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313075 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity%20politics | Identity politics | By the mid-1970s, an "ethnic model of identity" had surpassed the popularity of both the homophile movement and gay liberation. Proponents operated through a sexual minority framework and advocated either reformism or separatism (notably lesbian separatism).
While the 1970s were the peak of "gay liberation" in New Yor... | 2.375 | 0 |
313075 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity%20politics | Identity politics | Anies Baswedan, who has been doing identity politics in Indonesia since 2017, referred to it as unavoidable because every candidate competing in a political contest will always have an identity as their nature. During his 2024 Presidential Candidate, he added that identity politics is a form of support and conveying th... | 2.03125 | 0 |
313075 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity%20politics | Identity politics | Intersectional critique
In her journal article Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics and Violence against Women of Color, Kimberlé Crenshaw treats identity politics as a process that brings people together based on a shared aspect of their identity. Crenshaw applauds identity politics for bringing ... | 2.28125 | 0 |
313075 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity%20politics | Identity politics | Queer critique
In postmodernist analyses, labels are a form of regulation, and any activism based on them increases their regulatory power over subordinate groups. Consequently, "identity politics appears to be narrow, political, state-centered activism that fails to adequately address the cultural bases of power." Th... | 2.109375 | 0 |
313075 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity%20politics | Identity politics | Formalistic representation
Formalistic representation focuses on the formal procedures of institutions and has two dimensions: authorization and accountability. Authorization looks at the means by which a representative obtains their position in office. Accountability centers around the ability of constituents to puni... | 2.890625 | 0 |
313089 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Tennessean | The Tennessean | In 1935, the Reconstruction Finance Corporation acquired a large portion of the paper's outstanding bonds. It eventually sold them to Paul Davis, president of the First American National Bank of Nashville.
Still suffering from effects of the Great Depression, the paper was sold at auction in 1937, when it was purchas... | 1.960938 | 0 |
313104 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnolfo%20di%20Cambio | Arnolfo di Cambio | Arnolfo di Cambio ( – 1300/1310) was an Italian architect and sculptor of the Duecento, who began as a lead assistant to Nicola Pisano. He is documented as being capomaestro or Head of Works for Florence Cathedral in 1300, and designed the sixth city wall around Florence (1284–1333).
By the end of his career he eviden... | 2.203125 | 0 |
313104 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnolfo%20di%20Cambio | Arnolfo di Cambio | In Rome Arnolfo had seen the Cosmatesque art, and its influence can be seen in the intarsia and polychrome glass decorations in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls and the church Santa Cecilia in Trastevere, where he worked in 1285 and 1293 respectively. In this period he also worked on the presepio of Santa M... | 2.53125 | 0 |
313107 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline%20Kael | Pauline Kael | Pauline Kael (; June 19, 1919 – September 3, 2001) was an American film critic who wrote for The New Yorker from 1968 to 1991. Known for her "witty, biting, highly opinionated and sharply focused" reviews, Kael often defied the consensus of her contemporaries.
One of the most influential American film critics of her e... | 2 | 0 |
313107 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline%20Kael | Pauline Kael | Early life and education
Kael was born to Isaac Paul Kael and Judith Kael (née Friedman), Jewish immigrants from Poland, on a chicken farm among other Jewish chicken farmers, in Petaluma, California. Her siblings were Louis (1906), Philip (1909), Annie (1912), and Rose (1913). Her parents lost their farm when Kael was... | 2.328125 | 0 |
313110 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell%20tradition | Hopewell tradition | American archaeologist Warren K. Moorehead popularized the term Hopewell after his 1891 and 1892 explorations of the Hopewell Mound Group in Ross County, Ohio. The mound group was named after Mordecai Hopewell, whose family then owned the property where the earthworks are sited. What any of the various peoples now clas... | 2.875 | 0 |
313110 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell%20tradition | Hopewell tradition | Today, the best-surviving features of the Hopewell tradition era are earthwork mounds. Researchers have speculated about their purposes and debate continues. Great geometric earthworks are one of the most impressive Native American monuments throughout American prehistory, and were built by cultures following the Hopew... | 2.875 | 0 |
313110 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell%20tradition | Hopewell tradition | Artwork
The Hopewell created some of the finest craftwork and artwork of the Americas. Most of their works had some religious significance, and their graves were filled with necklaces, ornate carvings made from bone or wood, decorated ceremonial pottery, ear plugs, and pendants. Some graves were lined with woven mats, ... | 2.984375 | 0 |
313110 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell%20tradition | Hopewell tradition | Armstrong culture
The Armstrong culture was a Hopewell group in the Big Sandy River Valley of northeastern Kentucky and western West Virginia from 1 to 500 CE. They are thought to have been a regional variant of the Hopewell tradition or a Hopewell-influenced Middle Woodland group who had peacefully mingled with the lo... | 2.5625 | 0 |
313110 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell%20tradition | Hopewell tradition | The Cloverdale site is situated at the mouth of a small valley that opens into the Missouri River Valley, near present-day Saint Joseph, Missouri. It is a multi-component site with evidence of Kansas City Hopewell (around 100 to 500 CE) and Steed-Kisker (around 1200 CE) occupation.
Laurel complex
The Laurel complex w... | 2.421875 | 0 |
313110 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell%20tradition | Hopewell tradition | Montane Hopewell
The Montane Hopewell on the Tygart Valley area, an upper branch of the Monongahela River of northern West Virginia, is similar to Armstrong. The pottery and cultural characteristics are also similar to late Ohio Hopewell. They occurred during the neighboring Watson through Buck Garden periods of people... | 2.71875 | 0 |
313110 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hopewell%20tradition | Hopewell tradition | Wilhelm culture
The Wilhelm culture (1 to 500 CE), Hopewellian influenced, appeared in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia. They were contemporaneous to Armstrong central in the Big Sandy valley, nearly 200 miles downstream on the Ohio River. They were surrounded by peoples who made Watson-styled pottery, with a Z-... | 2.890625 | 0 |
313114 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night-vision%20device | Night-vision device | A night-vision device (NVD), also known as a night optical/observation device (NOD) or night-vision goggle (NVG), is an optoelectronic device that allows visualization of images in low levels of light, improving the user's night vision.
The device enhances ambient visible light and converts near-infrared light into ... | 2.515625 | 0 |
313127 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20cardinal | Northern cardinal | The northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis), known colloquially as the common cardinal, red cardinal, or just cardinal, is a bird in the genus Cardinalis. It can be found in southeastern Canada, through the eastern United States from Maine to Minnesota to Texas, New Mexico, southern Arizona, southern California and s... | 3.140625 | 0 |
313127 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20cardinal | Northern cardinal | Taxonomy
The northern cardinal was described by Carl Linnaeus in the 1758 10th edition of Systema Naturae. It was originally categorized as Loxia cardinalis, a genus which now contains only crossbills. In 1838, it was recategorized as Cardinalis virginianus. In 1918, the scientific name was sometimes replaced with Rich... | 3.171875 | 0 |
313127 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20cardinal | Northern cardinal | Adults
The northern cardinal is a mid-sized songbird with a body length of and a wingspan of . The adult weighs from , with an average . The male averages slightly larger than the female.
Adult plumage
The adult male is a brilliant crimson red color with a black face mask over the eyes, extending to the upper chest... | 3.046875 | 0 |
313127 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20cardinal | Northern cardinal | Songs
Both sexes sing clear, whistled song patterns, which are repeated several times, then varied. Some common phrases are described as "cheeeer-a-dote, cheeer-a-dote-dote-dote", "purdy, purdy, purdy...whoit, whoit, whoit, whoit", "what-cheer, what-cheer... wheet, wheet, wheet, wheet" and "cheer, cheer, cheer, what, ... | 3.09375 | 0 |
313127 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20cardinal | Northern cardinal | Reproduction
Pairs may mate for successive years, but some also "divorce" between seasons or choose a new mate when one dies. Pairs generally stay together year-round but are not necessarily monogamous. DNA studies of two populations of cardinals found that 9–35% of nestlings were not fathered by the female's mate. Ma... | 3.3125 | 0 |
313127 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20cardinal | Northern cardinal | Eggs are laid one to six days following the completion of the nest. Three or four eggs are laid in each clutch. The female generally incubates the eggs. The male may incubate for brief periods of time, though this is rare. Incubation takes 12 or 13 days. Young fledge 10 or 11 days after hatching. Two or three, and even... | 3.171875 | 0 |
313127 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20cardinal | Northern cardinal | Mascot
In the United States, the northern cardinal (referred to as just "cardinal") is the mascot of numerous athletic teams; however, most teams portray the bird with a yellow beak and legs. In professional sports, it is the mascot of the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball's National League and the Arizona... | 2.484375 | 0 |
313135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahendra%20of%20Nepal | Mahendra of Nepal | Mahendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (; 11 June 1920 – 31 January 1972) was King of Nepal from 13 March 1955 until his death in 1972, which was due to a heart attack, as told in an interview by his personal physician Dr. Mrigendra Raj Pandey. Following the 1960 coup d'état, he established the party-less Panchayat system, which... | 2.25 | 0 |
313135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahendra%20of%20Nepal | Mahendra of Nepal | In 1951 King Tribhuvan launched a successful political movement against the Ranas and established Nepal as a constitutional monarchy. Mahendra was not happy that King Tribhuvan had reduced the rights of the monarchy in the 1951 (2007 B.S) Interim Constitution while bidding farewell to the Rana dynasty after the 1951 re... | 2.453125 | 0 |
313135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahendra%20of%20Nepal | Mahendra of Nepal | Constitution of the Kingdom of Nepal 1962
The Constitution Drafting Commission was formed on 8 May 1962, with the then Minister for Finance and Economic Affairs Rishikesh Shah as chairman and Kulshekhar Sharma as Member Secretary and Mrs. Angur Baba Joshi as the only female member. The commission was assigned to submi... | 2.734375 | 0 |
313135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahendra%20of%20Nepal | Mahendra of Nepal | King Mahendra's role in the promotion of nationalism has been unforgettable. In nearly two centuries since Prithvi Narayan Shah, Nepal was administered as a single political entity from Kathmandu and was treated as a single country by its neighbouring powers including like China, India and Tibet but its citizens never ... | 2.75 | 0 |
313135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahendra%20of%20Nepal | Mahendra of Nepal | The death of the first wife of King Mahendra due to birth complications led to the building of the kingdom's first maternity hospital, Paropakar Shree Panch Indra Rajya Lakshmi Maternity Hospital later renamed as Paropakar Maternity and Women's Hospital, commonly known as the Prasuti Griha, on the grounds of Charburja ... | 2.546875 | 0 |
313135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahendra%20of%20Nepal | Mahendra of Nepal | To support animal husbandry and agriculture and to modernize the traditional agriculture Institute of Agriculture and Animal Science (IAAS) was established in 1957 as an independent institute for the motive of training agriculture technicians which was later brought under Tribhuvan University's management. In 1964, to... | 2.390625 | 0 |
313135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahendra%20of%20Nepal | Mahendra of Nepal | At the beginning of king's reign the literacy rate of the country was estimated to be 5 percent and it reached 10 percent in 1960 while it reached 18 percent in 1971. After the 1960 coup, efforts were made to establish an education system. The All Round National Education Committee was established in 1961, and the Nat... | 2.578125 | 0 |
313135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahendra%20of%20Nepal | Mahendra of Nepal | In 1962 (2021 BS), King Mahendra, set up a Guthi Sansthan with the objectives to continue preservation and promotion of festivals, heritage and culture of the people. During the kings reign, Sikhism flourished in Nepal as a number of Sikhs entered Nepal as a businessman with the permission of the king. King Mahendra w... | 2.328125 | 0 |
313135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahendra%20of%20Nepal | Mahendra of Nepal | Dismantling of democracy
Mahendra seized power after dissolving the government of Nepali Congress, jailed any objectors and moved steadily towards an authoritarian rule. He considered political parties anti-national elements and put a complete ban on them in favor of a partyless system. While he believed himself to be... | 2.03125 | 0 |
313138 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart%20Senate%20Office%20Building | Hart Senate Office Building | The Philip A. Hart Senate Office Building is the third U.S. Senate office building, and is located on 2nd Street NE between Constitution Avenue NE and C Street NE, northeast of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., in the United States. Construction began in January 1975, and it was first occupied in November ... | 2.03125 | 0 |
313138 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart%20Senate%20Office%20Building | Hart Senate Office Building | The Hart Senate Office Building was completed in September 1982 at a cost of $137.7 million ($ in dollars). The Architect of the Capitol argued that the significantly higher costs of the Hart Senate Office building were due to the unexpected excavation issues, the foundation construction errors, Senate-ordered changes... | 2.1875 | 0 |
313138 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart%20Senate%20Office%20Building | Hart Senate Office Building | In late 1982, the Senate found $9.5 million ($ in dollars) in unused funds, which it designated to pay for the modular furniture and partitions for use in the Hart building.
Structure
The Hart Senate Office Building consists of nine above-ground stories. The structure has of internal floor space, of which is usabl... | 2.359375 | 0 |
313139 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidmouth | Sidmouth | Sidmouth () is a town on the English Channel in Devon, South West England, southeast of Exeter. With a population of 13,258 in 2021, it is a tourist resort and a gateway to the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. A large part of the town has been designated a conservation area.
History
The origins of Sidmouth pre-d... | 2.3125 | 0 |
313139 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidmouth | Sidmouth | During the 14th century, Sidmouth enjoyed a degree of prosperity from the wine trade and, as part of the manor of Otterton, was transferred by King Henry V from Mont-Saint-Michel to Syon Abbey. King Henry VIII confiscated it again during the dissolution of the monasteries and sold it off, whereafter it changed hands se... | 2.375 | 0 |
313139 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidmouth | Sidmouth | Literary associations
Sidmouth has featured in various literary works, e.g. as "Stymouth" in Beatrix Potter's children's story The Tale of Little Pig Robinson (1930), in which the author included views of the beach and other parts of the Devon countryside. In Thomas Hardy's Wessex it is the inspiration for "Idmouth". ... | 2.390625 | 0 |
313142 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prithvi%20Narayan%20Shah | Prithvi Narayan Shah | Prithvi Narayan Shah (; 7 January 1723 – 11 January 1775), was the last king of the Gorkha Kingdom and first king of the Kingdom of Nepal (also called the Kingdom of Gorkha). Prithvi Narayan Shah started the unification of Nepal. He is also credited for moving the royal seat of power to Kathmandu.
Prithvi Narayan Sh... | 2.3125 | 0 |
313142 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prithvi%20Narayan%20Shah | Prithvi Narayan Shah | Reign and military career
Before Prithvi Narayan Shah's unification movement, there were a total of 54 states in Nepal. The 54 states were named as Baisi Rajya and Chaubise Rajya. In the South-Eastern Terai, there were three Sen states: Makawanpur, Bijayapur, and Chaudandi. In the West, from Gorkha to Gandaki Province... | 2.9375 | 0 |
313147 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Expeditionary%20Forces | American Expeditionary Forces | Logistic operations were under the direction of Chicago banker Charles G. Dawes, with the rank first of colonel and then brigadier general. Dawes reported directly to Gen. Pershing. Dawes recommended in May 1918 that the allies set up a joint logistics planning board, which was approved by the Allies in the form of th... | 2.78125 | 0 |
313147 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Expeditionary%20Forces | American Expeditionary Forces | African Americans were drafted on the same basis as whites and made up 13 percent of the draftees. By the end of the war, over 350,000 African-Americans had served in AEF units on the Western Front. However, they were assigned to segregated units commanded by white officers. One fifth of the black soldiers sent to Fran... | 3.078125 | 0 |
313147 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Expeditionary%20Forces | American Expeditionary Forces | The 369th, 370th, 371st, and 372nd Infantry Regiments (nominally the 93d Division, but never consolidated as such) served with distinction under French command with French colonial units in front-line combat. The French did not harbor the same levels of disdain based on skin color and for many Americans of African desc... | 2.828125 | 0 |
313147 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Expeditionary%20Forces | American Expeditionary Forces | Casualties
The AEF sustained about 320,000 casualties: 53,402 battle deaths, 63,114 noncombat deaths and 204,000 wounded. Relatively few men suffered actual injury from poison gas, although much larger numbers mistakenly thought that they had been exposed. The 1918 influenza pandemic in late 1918 raged in the U.S. and... | 2.46875 | 0 |
313153 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Powell%20%28long%20jumper%29 | Mike Powell (long jumper) | Michael Anthony Powell (born November 10, 1963) is an American former track and field athlete, the holder of the long jump world record, and a two-time world champion as well as two-time Olympic silver medalist in the event. His world record of was set on August 30, 1991.
Biography
Background
Powell was born in Phil... | 2.046875 | 0 |
313155 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Till%20Eulenspiegel | Till Eulenspiegel | The first known chapbook on Eulenspiegel was printed in –1512 in Strasbourg. It is reasonable to place the folkloristic origins of the tradition in the 15th century, although, in spite of suggestions to the effect "that the name 'Eulenspiegel' was used in tales of rogues and liars in Lower Saxony as early as 1400", 1... | 2.078125 | 0 |
313155 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Till%20Eulenspiegel | Till Eulenspiegel | The literal translation of the High German name "Eulenspiegel" is "owl-mirror" (hence owle-glasse). It is both innocuous and indicative of his character and has been explained as a garbled form of an expression for "wipe-the-arse".
Many of Till's pranks are scatological in nature, and involve tricking people into tou... | 1.960938 | 0 |
313155 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Till%20Eulenspiegel | Till Eulenspiegel | The two earliest printed editions, in Early New High German, were printed by Johannes Grüninger in Strasbourg. The first edition was unknown before sixteen folia of printing proofs
were discovered in 1971 in the binding of a Latin edition of Reynard.
Peter Honegger dated these pages to 1510/11 based on the type used,... | 2.3125 | 0 |
313155 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Till%20Eulenspiegel | Till Eulenspiegel | The Legend of Thyl Ulenspiegel and Lamme Goedzak, an 1867 novel by Belgian author Charles De Coster, has been translated, often in mutilated versions, into many languages.
It was De Coster who first transferred Ulenspiegel from his original late medieval surroundings to the Protestant Reformation. In this version, Ule... | 2.484375 | 0 |
313161 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dipendra%20of%20Nepal | Dipendra of Nepal | Dipendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev () (27 June 1971 – 4 June 2001) was King of Nepal for three days from 1 to 4 June 2001. For the duration of his three-day reign he was in a coma
. Upon Dipendra's death, his paternal uncle Gyanendra became king.
Early life
Dipendra was born on 27 June 1971 at the Narayanhiti Royal Palace... | 2.359375 | 0 |
313162 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kula%2C%20Hawaii | Kula, Hawaii | Kula is a district and census-designated place (CDP) of Maui, Hawaii. It stretches across Upcountry Maui, the western-facing slopes of Haleakalā. Most residential areas lie between about in elevation. The district is distinct from the generally hotter and busier coastal areas. The population of the Kula CDP at the 202... | 2.546875 | 0 |
313162 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kula%2C%20Hawaii | Kula, Hawaii | When the territorial legislature first set up the political design in 1906, they decreed only two levels of government: state and county. Consequently, Hawaii's towns do not have specific boundaries or "city limits". There are also no official district boundaries for Maui County elections.
Upper Kula
The twisty Haleak... | 2.421875 | 0 |
313162 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kula%2C%20Hawaii | Kula, Hawaii | Even after nearly 50 years, there are few businesses along the highway, while the old road has the usual establishments that serve rural communities, including historic churches. Holy Ghost Catholic Church has a unique octagonal shape and hand-carved altar. Its turret is a landmark on the slopes of Haleakala, visible f... | 2.546875 | 0 |
313163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Bolivar%20Buckner%20Jr. | Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. | Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr. ( ; 18 July 1886 – 18 June 1945) was a lieutenant general in the United States Army during World War II who served in the Pacific Theater. As commanding general of Alaska Defense Command, Buckner commanded American-Canadian forces in the Aleutian Islands campaign, including the Battle of Att... | 2.625 | 0 |
313164 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Arkwright | Richard Arkwright | Sir Richard Arkwright (23 December 1732 – 3 August 1792) was an English inventor and a leading entrepreneur during the early Industrial Revolution. He is credited as the driving force behind the development of the spinning frame, known as the water frame after it was adapted to use water power; and he patented a rotary... | 3.109375 | 0 |
313164 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Arkwright | Richard Arkwright | In 1776 Arkwright built a second, larger mill at Cromford and, soon afterwards, mills at Bakewell, Wirksworth and elsewhere (see below). His success as a businessman and innovator was widely recognized in his own time. The spinning frame was a large advance over Hargreaves's spinning jenny, in that very little training... | 2.8125 | 0 |
313164 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Arkwright | Richard Arkwright | Arkwright instigated novel and highly disciplined working arrangements at Cromford. Work was organised in two 13-hour shifts per day, including an overlap for the change of shift. Bells rang at 5 am and 5 pm and the gates were shut precisely at 6 am and 6 p.m.: anyone who was late was excluded from work for the rest of... | 2.6875 | 0 |
313169 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birendra%20of%20Nepal | Birendra of Nepal | Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (), (29 December 1945 – 1 June 2001) was King of Nepal from 1972 until his assassination in 2001. He was the eldest son of King Mahendra.
Early life and education
Birendra was born at the Narayanhiti Royal Palace in Kathmandu as the eldest son of the then Crown Prince Mahendra Bir Bikram... | 2.328125 | 0 |
313169 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birendra%20of%20Nepal | Birendra of Nepal | He proposed Nepal to be declared a zone of Peace in the United Nations meeting, taking into consideration Nepal's historic peace status, birth of Gautam Buddha and its historical policy of Non-alignment to any foreign powers. This proposal was supported by 116 countries in the UNO. He later established a "Peace Keeping... | 2.78125 | 0 |
313169 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birendra%20of%20Nepal | Birendra of Nepal | For the purpose of conservation of Tigers in the nation, an area of 368 km2 was gazetted as Royal Karnali Wildlife Reserve in 1976 which was later proclaimed as Royal Bardiya Wildlife Reserve in 1982. The Babai River Valley was further added to this reserved area in 1984. A flourishing ecosystem in the reserve later le... | 2.328125 | 0 |
313169 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birendra%20of%20Nepal | Birendra of Nepal | Social reforms
Recognizing low literacy levels as the main hindrance to national progress, King Birendra made development of education system his national priority. The five year plan starting from 1971 was mainly focused in building new educational institutions and upgrading the efficiency of the current education sy... | 2.734375 | 0 |
313169 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birendra%20of%20Nepal | Birendra of Nepal | Stagnant economy
Though King Birendra is remembered as a development-friendly king, he is also criticized for his inability to drive the country towards rapid development efforts like his father King Mahendra. He had the political will but simply not the skill through which development efforts could be rapidly gained.... | 2.5 | 0 |
313173 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal%20exemption | Personal exemption | Under United States tax law, a personal exemption is an amount that a resident taxpayer is entitled to claim as a tax deduction against personal income in calculating taxable income and consequently federal income tax. In 2017, the personal exemption amount was $4,050, though the exemption is subject to phase-out limit... | 2.421875 | 0 |
313173 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal%20exemption | Personal exemption | Phase-out
The personal exemptions begin to phase out when AGI exceeds $309,900 for 2017 joint tax returns and $258,250 for 2017 single tax returns. Each tax exemption is reduced by 2% for each $2,500 by which a taxpayer's AGI exceeds the threshold amount until the benefit of all personal exemptions is eliminated.
In 2... | 1.960938 | 0 |
313173 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal%20exemption | Personal exemption | Qualifying children as dependents
Qualifying children must first be "children" in the sense of § 152(f)(1). The term "children" includes adopted children, children placed for adoption, stepchildren, and foster children. Id. Qualifying children must have the same principal place of abode as the taxpayer for more than on... | 2.03125 | 0 |
313177 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyanendra%20of%20Nepal | Gyanendra of Nepal | Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev (; born 7 July 1947) was the last King of Nepal, reigning from 2001 to 2008. As a child, he was briefly king from 1950 to 1951, when his grandfather, Tribhuvan, took political exile in India with the rest of his family. His second reign, which began after the 2001 Nepalese royal massacre, ... | 2.015625 | 0 |
313177 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyanendra%20of%20Nepal | Gyanendra of Nepal | End of direct rule
The agreement between the parties and Gyanendra under Indian supervision was not honored by the parties. It is widely believed that the then Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala was deeply convinced that as long as Gyanendra remained in the power structure, there was always danger to the democratic o... | 2.109375 | 0 |
313184 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vazgen%20Sargsyan | Vazgen Sargsyan | Sargsyan, along with Karen Demirchyan and six others, were killed in the Armenian parliament shooting on 27 October 1999. The perpetrators were sentenced to life in prison. However, the distrust toward the trial process gave birth to a number of conspiracy theories. Some experts and politicians argue that their assassi... | 2.5 | 0 |
313184 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vazgen%20Sargsyan | Vazgen Sargsyan | An amateur writer, Sargsyan developed a literary and active social life. He wrote his first novel in 1980, and became a member of the Writers Union of Armenia in 1985. From 1986 to 1989, he headed the publicity department of the (, "Spring") literary monthly in Yerevan. In 1986, his first book, (, Bread temptation), ... | 2.453125 | 0 |
313184 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vazgen%20Sargsyan | Vazgen Sargsyan | By January 1990, he became part of the leadership of the Pan-Armenian National Movement. Sargsyan was elected to the Armenian parliament (the Supreme Council) in the May 1990 election. He served as the head of the Supreme Council Commission on Defense and Internal Affairs until December 1991. With his initiative, the S... | 2.78125 | 0 |
313184 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vazgen%20Sargsyan | Vazgen Sargsyan | In early April 1993, the Armenian forces captured Kelbajar, a city outside the originally contested areas, causing international attention to the conflict. Turkey closed its border with Armenia, while the United Nations passed a resolution condemning the act. In the summer of 1993, Armenian forces gained more territori... | 2.671875 | 0 |
313184 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vazgen%20Sargsyan | Vazgen Sargsyan | Sargsyan showed strong confidence in the army and stated in 1997 that its strength has doubled in the past two years. In the same year, in response to Azerbaijani President Heydar Aliyev's statements that Azerbaijan was "ready to solve the Karabakh problem by force," Sargsyan replied, "Let him do it. We are ready." Sar... | 2.109375 | 0 |
313184 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vazgen%20Sargsyan | Vazgen Sargsyan | Alliance with Demirchyan
It was initially announced that the Republican Party would go to the parliamentary election alone and would seek "qualitative majority" in the parliament, and that their goal was the fairness of the electoral process. Surprisingly for many, on 30 March 1999, Vazgen Sargsyan and the runner-up o... | 2.015625 | 0 |
313184 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vazgen%20Sargsyan | Vazgen Sargsyan | Vazgen Sargsyan was awarded the title Hero of Artsakh, the highest award of the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic, in 1998. On 27 December 1999, two months after the parliament shooting, Sargsyan was posthumously given the title National Hero of Armenia. He widely is recognized as the founder of the Armenian army.
A president... | 2.390625 | 0 |
313184 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vazgen%20Sargsyan | Vazgen Sargsyan | Vazgen Sargsyan's museum was opened in his hometown of Ararat on 5 March 2001 by the decision made by the Armenian government. Notable attendees of the opening ceremony of the museum included Prime Minister Andranik Margaryan, National Assembly Speaker Armen Khachatryan, Defence Minister Serzh Sargsyan, and other high-... | 2.28125 | 0 |
313186 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henschel%20Hs%20117 | Henschel Hs 117 | The Henschel Hs 117 Schmetterling (German for Butterfly) was a radio-guided German surface-to-air missile project developed during World War II. There was also an air-to-air version, the Hs 117H.
The operators used a telescopic sight and a joystick to guide the missile by radio control, which was detonated by acoustic... | 2.21875 | 0 |
313188 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Kocharyan | Robert Kocharyan | Early life and Nagorno-Karabakh war
Robert Kocharyan was born on 31 August 1954 in Stepanakert, capital of the Nagorno-Karabakh Autonomous Oblast. He received his secondary education in Stepanakert and served in the Soviet Army from 1972 to 1974. Kocharyan's career began as an engineer at Stepanakert's electro-technica... | 2.171875 | 0 |
313188 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Kocharyan | Robert Kocharyan | Following the election result, protests organized by supporters of unsuccessful candidate Levon Ter-Petrosyan began in Yerevan's Freedom Square and accompanied by mass disorders. The opposition accused the government of rigging the election in Sargsyan's favor. On March 1, the demonstrators were dispersed by police and... | 2.125 | 0 |
313190 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preventive%20maintenance%20checks%20and%20services | Preventive maintenance checks and services | Preventive maintenance checks and services (PMCS) in the United States Army or preventive maintenance inspections (PMI) in the United States Air Force are the checks, services, and maintenance performed before, during, and after any type of movement or before the use of all types of military equipment.
Description
M... | 2.3125 | 0 |
313191 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Sparrow%20%28novel%29 | The Sparrow (novel) | The Sparrow (1996) is the first novel by author Mary Doria Russell.
It won the Arthur C. Clarke Award, James Tiptree Jr. Award, Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis and the British Science Fiction Association Award. It was followed by a sequel, Children of God, in 1998. The title refers to Gospel of Matthew 10:29–31, which relates that ... | 2.015625 | 0 |
313191 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Sparrow%20%28novel%29 | The Sparrow (novel) | Father Sandoz is a talented Puerto Rican linguist. He is described as of mixed Taíno and Conquistador heritage and character. Sandoz grew up in La Perla, a poor neighborhood in San Juan. He joined the Jesuits as a teenager. After several stints at Jesuit missionaries around the world, he returns to Puerto Rico. Several... | 2.03125 | 0 |
313191 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Sparrow%20%28novel%29 | The Sparrow (novel) | However, Pearl's comment about categorization as science fiction is at odds with the author's own assessment. In "Jesuits in Space," her afterword to the 20th-anniversary edition of The Sparrow, Russell repeatedly refers to the book as science fiction, and writes, "At the heart of religion, and at the heart of anthropo... | 1.929688 | 0 |
313195 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashley%20Wilkes | Ashley Wilkes | Role
Wilkes is the character best personifying the tragedy of the Southern upper class after the Civil War. Coming from a privileged background, he is an honorable and educated man. This is in clear contrast to Rhett Butler, who is decisive and full of life. Rhett is both ruthless and practical, and willing to do whate... | 2.015625 | 0 |
313199 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cho%20Hun-hyun | Cho Hun-hyun | Cho Hunhyun (; born 10 March 1953) is a South Korean professional Go player and politician. Considered one of the greatest players of all time, Cho reached professional level in Korea in 1962. Since then, Cho has amassed 150 professional titles, more than any other player in the world. He thrice held all of the open to... | 1.921875 | 0 |
313200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun%20of%20May | Sun of May | The Sun of May (Spanish: ) is a national symbol of Argentina, Uruguay and Ecuador, appearing on each of their flags.
History
According to Diego Abad de Santillán, the Sun of May represents Inti, the Incan god of the sun.
The specification "of May" is a reference to the May Revolution which took place in the week fr... | 2.75 | 0 |
313201 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6nigslutter | Königslutter | Königslutter am Elm is a town in the district of Helmstedt in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Geography
It is located on the northeastern slopes of the Elm hill range, within the Elm-Lappwald Nature Park, about east of Brunswick, west of the district capital Helmstedt, and south of Wolfsburg.
The town has access to the Br... | 2.03125 | 0 |
313208 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20Zach | Jan Zach | Zach's surviving oeuvre comprises a wealth of both instrumental and sacred music: some 30 masses, 28 string sinfonias, a dozen keyboard works and other pieces. Due to the nature of Zach's life it is difficult to establish a precise chronology. His work reflects the transition from the old Baroque style to the emerging ... | 2.609375 | 0 |
313216 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk%203ds%20Max | Autodesk 3ds Max | Autodesk 3ds Max, formerly 3D Studio and 3D Studio Max, is a professional 3D computer graphics program for making 3D animations, models, games and images. It is developed and produced by Autodesk Media and Entertainment. It has modeling capabilities and a flexible plugin architecture and must be used on the Microsoft W... | 2.296875 | 0 |
313216 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk%203ds%20Max | Autodesk 3ds Max | Texture assignment/editing
3ds Max offers operations for creative texture and planar mapping, including tiling, mirroring, decals, angle, rotate, blur, UV stretching, and relaxation; Remove Distortion; Preserve UV; and UV template image export. The texture workflow includes the ability to combine an unlimited number ... | 2.15625 | 0 |
313216 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk%203ds%20Max | Autodesk 3ds Max | Skeletons and inverse kinematics (IK)
Characters can be rigged with custom skeletons using 3ds Max bones, IK solvers, and rigging tools powered by Motion Capture Data.
All animation tools — including expressions, scripts, list controllers, and wiring — can be used along with a set of utilities specific to bones to b... | 2.265625 | 0 |
313216 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk%203ds%20Max | Autodesk 3ds Max | 3ds Max has been used in the development of 3D computer graphics for a number of video games.
Architectural and engineering design firms use 3ds Max for developing concept art and previsualization.
Educational programs at secondary and tertiary level use 3ds Max in their courses on 3D computer graphics and computer a... | 2.703125 | 0 |
313216 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autodesk%203ds%20Max | Autodesk 3ds Max | The non-uniform property of NURBS brings up an important point. Because they are generated mathematically, NURBS objects have a parameter space in addition to the 3D geometric space in which they are displayed. Specifically, an array of values called knots specifies the extent of influence of each control vertex (CV) o... | 2.015625 | 0 |
313217 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruhrstahl%20X-4 | Ruhrstahl X-4 | The missile was spin-stabilized at about 60 rpm, or one rotation a second, so any asymmetrical thrust from the engine or inaccuracies in the control surfaces would be evened out. Signals to operate control surfaces on the tail were sent via two wires (a method chosen to avoid radio jamming), which unwound from bobbins ... | 2.640625 | 0 |
313218 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bornum%20am%20Elm | Bornum am Elm | Bornum am Elm is a village of 919 inhabitants (2021) in the city of Königslutter am Elm, Lower Saxony, Germany. It was a municipality until 1974, when it was joined to Königslutter.
Bornum is near the northern edge of the Elm hills on the bank of the Scheppau stream, at an elevation of 135 meters. Neighboring places a... | 1.960938 | 0 |
313232 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schunter | Schunter | Schunter is a river in Lower Saxony, Germany. It has a length of and is a right tributary of the Oker.
Etymology
The river was first mentioned as Schuntra in a 781 deed. The name may be of Slavic origin as sukątora means "with many turns" or “meandering.” The name underwent a number of changes throughout its recorde... | 2.390625 | 0 |
313236 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phytolacca | Phytolacca | Phytolacca is a genus of perennial plants native to North America, South America and East Asia. Some members of the genus are known as pokeweeds or similar names such as pokebush, pokeberry, pokeroot or poke sallet. Other names for species of Phytolacca include inkberry and ombú. The generic name is derived from the Gr... | 2.671875 | 0 |
313256 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty%20of%20Dancing%20Rabbit%20Creek | Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek | The Choctaw were the first of the "Five Civilized Tribes" to be removed from the southeastern United States, as the federal and state governments desired Indian lands to accommodate a growing agrarian American society. Nearly 15,000 Choctaws together with 1,000 slaves made the move to what would be called Indian Territ... | 3.203125 | 0 |
313256 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty%20of%20Dancing%20Rabbit%20Creek | Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek | "WHEREAS the General Assembly of the State of Mississippi has extended the laws of said State to persons and property within the chartered limits of the same, and the President of the United States has said that he cannot protect the Choctaw people from the operation of these laws; Now therefore that the Choctaw may li... | 2.765625 | 0 |
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