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314109 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Maverick | Samuel Maverick | Mary Maverick appended to her memoirs certain of her husband's correspondence and an extract of a letter from George Madison Maverick, her son and collaborator in her biography, to the St. Louis Republic, apparently in response to an appeal to persons having sure information about the matter to convey their accounts to... | 2.234375 | 0 |
314113 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little%20tern | Little tern | The little tern (Sternula albifrons) is a seabird of the family Laridae. It was first described by the German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas in 1764 and given the binomial name Sterna albifrons. It was moved to the genus Sternula when the genus Sterna was restricted to the larger typical terns. The genus name Sternula i... | 3.171875 | 0 |
314115 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%8Dj%C5%8D%20Tokimune | Hōjō Tokimune | of the Hōjō clan was the eighth shikken (officially regent of the shōgun, but de facto ruler of Japan) of the Kamakura shogunate (reigned 1268–84), known for leading the Japanese forces against the invasion of the Mongols and for spreading Zen Buddhism. He was the second son of Tokiyori, fifth shikken of the Kamakura s... | 2.8125 | 0 |
314115 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C5%8Dj%C5%8D%20Tokimune | Hōjō Tokimune | In part to the victory over the Mongols under Tokimune's guidance, Zen Buddhism began to spread among the samurai class with some rapidity.
Tokimune also linked Zen with the "moral" code of the samurai class (later called bushido) that stressed frugality, martial arts, loyalty and "honor unto death." Born from neo-Con... | 2.6875 | 0 |
314123 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Thackery%20T.%20Lambshead%20Pocket%20Guide%20to%20Eccentric%20%26%20Discredited%20Diseases | The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases | The Thackery T. Lambshead Pocket Guide to Eccentric & Discredited Diseases (2003) is an anthology of fantasy medical conditions edited by Jeff VanderMeer and Mark Roberts, and published by Night Shade Books. A second edition was published by Spectra in 2005.
Contents
The Guide claims to be 83rd edition of a medical r... | 2 | 0 |
314124 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jody%20Williams | Jody Williams | Jody Williams (born October 9, 1950) is an American political activist known for her work in banning anti-personnel landmines, her defense of human rights (especially those of women), and her efforts to promote new understandings of security in today's world. She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 for her work t... | 2.578125 | 0 |
314131 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%BAca | Púca | Nature of the púca
The púca may be regarded as being either menacing or beneficial. Fairy mythologist Thomas Keightley said "notions respecting it are very vague", and in a brief description gives an account collected by Croker from a boy living near Killarney that "old people used to say that the Pookas were very num... | 2.78125 | 0 |
314131 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%BAca | Púca | Another example of the púca as a benevolent or protective entity comes in tales where the creature intervenes before a terrible accident or before the person is about to happen upon a malevolent fairy or spirit. In several of the regional variants of the stories where the púca is acting as a guardian, the púca identifi... | 2.734375 | 0 |
314131 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%BAca | Púca | Agricultural traditions
Certain agricultural traditions surround the púca. It is a creature associated with Samhain, a Goidelic harvest festival, when the last of the crops are brought in. Anything remaining in the fields is considered "puka", or fairy-blasted, and hence inedible. In some locales, reapers leave a small... | 2.5 | 0 |
314132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian%20cuisine | Malaysian cuisine | Malaysian cuisine (Malay: Masakan Malaysia; Jawi: ) consists of cooking traditions and practices found in Malaysia, and reflects the multi-ethnic makeup of its population. The vast majority of Malaysia's population can roughly be divided among three major ethnic groups: Malays, Chinese and Indians. The remainder consis... | 2.96875 | 0 |
314132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian%20cuisine | Malaysian cuisine | Because the vast majority of Chinese Malaysians are descendants of immigrants from southern China, Malaysian Chinese cuisine is predominantly based on an eclectic repertoire of dishes with roots from Fujian, Teochew, Cantonese, Hakka and Hainanese cuisines. However, although the vast majority of Indian Malaysians are d... | 2.75 | 0 |
314132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian%20cuisine | Malaysian cuisine | Being a multicultural country, Malaysians have over the years adopted each other's dishes to suit the taste buds of their own culture. For instance, Malaysians of Chinese descent have adapted the Indian curry, and made it more dilute and less spicy to suit their taste. Chinese noodles have been crossed with Indian and ... | 2.203125 | 0 |
314132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian%20cuisine | Malaysian cuisine | Across the sea from Peninsular Malaysia, on Borneo island, lie the states of Sabah and Sarawak. Traditional lifestyles and limited roads still predominate outside of the major cities, especially in Sarawak, where rivers are the only major highways for much of the inland population. The jungles of Borneo are teeming wit... | 2.640625 | 0 |
314132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian%20cuisine | Malaysian cuisine | The production and consumption of traditional liquor play an important cultural role for the non-Muslim peoples of East Malaysia. Alcoholic drinks made from rice is the most common form, as well as the widely available. In Sabah, the Penampang Kadazan lihing is perhaps the most well known. Yet due to the historical lac... | 2.40625 | 0 |
314132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian%20cuisine | Malaysian cuisine | Rice () is the most important staple food in Malaysia. According to Indonesian-born food and cookery writer Sri Owen, there is some evidence for rice cultivation found in the state of Sarawak in Malaysian Borneo dated 2300 BC, and about 900 years of history for the state of Kelantan in West Malaysia. Today Malaysia pro... | 2.640625 | 0 |
314132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian%20cuisine | Malaysian cuisine | Fish, both freshwater and saltwater, features prominently in the Malaysian diet. Most local fish is purchased soon after it is caught, while frozen fish is generally imported. Such fish, namely salmon and cod, are well received on the Malaysian table but are not found in Malaysian waters.
Many types of seafood are cons... | 2.671875 | 0 |
314132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian%20cuisine | Malaysian cuisine | Buddhist vegetarian restaurants are likely to be found in areas with a high concentration of Chinese and tend to be especially busy on certain festive days where many Buddhists adopt a strict vegetarian diet for at least a day. In Buddhism, some people who are full-time vegetarians are observing the Buddhist Five Prece... | 2.4375 | 0 |
314132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian%20cuisine | Malaysian cuisine | The omnipresent Mamak stall is a Malaysian institution. Available throughout the country and
particularly popular in urban areas, Mamak stalls and restaurants offer a wide range of food and some are open 24 hours a day. The proprietors of these establishments are members of Malaysia's Tamil Muslim community, who have d... | 2.171875 | 0 |
314132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian%20cuisine | Malaysian cuisine | Malaysian Chinese cuisine
Malaysian Chinese cuisine is derived from the culinary traditions of Chinese Malaysian immigrants and their descendants, who have adapted or modified their culinary traditions under the influence of Malaysian culture as well as immigration patterns of Chinese to Malaysia. Because the vast maj... | 2.53125 | 0 |
314132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian%20cuisine | Malaysian cuisine | Malaysian Indian cuisine
Malaysian Indian cuisine, or the cooking of the ethnic Indian communities in Malaysia consists of adaptations of authentic dishes from India, as well as original creations inspired by the diverse food culture of Malaysia. As the vast majority of Malaysia's Indian community are mostly ethnic Ta... | 2.46875 | 0 |
314132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian%20cuisine | Malaysian cuisine | Sabahan food
The food of Sabah reflects the ethnic diversity of its population and is very eclectic. Traditional Kadazandusun cuisine involves mostly boiling or grilling and employs little use of oil. From simple appetizers of seasoned unripe mango to a variety of pickled foods collectively known as noonsom, tangy and... | 2.5625 | 0 |
314132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian%20cuisine | Malaysian cuisine | Whether grilled, cured, deep-fried, steamed, stir-fried, braised, served raw, or made into soups, Sabah's seafood is famed for its freshness, quality, and good value for money. A vast variety of fish, cephalopods, marine crustaceans, shellfish, sea cucumbers and jellyfish have become mainstays on lunch and dinner menus... | 2.328125 | 0 |
314132 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysian%20cuisine | Malaysian cuisine | Among the foods and beverages particular to Sabah are:
Amplang is a type of cracker made from Spanish mackerel, tapioca starch and other seasonings, and then deep fried.
Bahar or baa is the Kadazandusun variant of palm wine made with sap collected from the cut flower bud of a young coconut tree and a special type of ... | 2.21875 | 0 |
314133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmerston%20North | Palmerston North | Palmerston North (; , colloquially known as Palmerston or Palmy) is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatū-Whanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains, the city is near the north bank of the Manawatū River, from the river's mouth, and from the end of the Manawatū Gorge, ab... | 2.375 | 0 |
314133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmerston%20North | Palmerston North | Early settlement
Ngāti Rangitāne were the local Māori iwi (tangata whenua) living in the area known as Te Ahu-ā-Tūranga, when a trader, Jack Duff, became the earliest known European to explore the area . He came on a whaling ship and explored possibly as far inland as the site of Woodville. He reported his discovery on... | 2.65625 | 0 |
314133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmerston%20North | Palmerston North | By 1900 the population had reached 6,000. In the 1910s, Palmerston North's growth was steady. The population in 1911 about 10,991 (excluding Māori). The city was affected by World War I, with Awapuni Racecourse being used as an army training camp in 1914. During the course of the war, the Borough Council renamed all Ge... | 2.65625 | 0 |
314133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmerston%20North | Palmerston North | Although the land Palmerston North is situated on is bounded by the lofty Ruahine and Tararua ranges in the east and south respectively, the city has a predominantly flat appearance. The occasional rise in elevation occurs further away from the river and is especially pronounced in the north and northeast, and also on ... | 2.875 | 0 |
314133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmerston%20North | Palmerston North | Palmerston North City had a population of 87,090 in the 2023 New Zealand census, an increase of 2,451 people (2.9%) since the 2018 census, and an increase of 7,011 people (8.8%) since the 2013 census. There were 42,453 males, 44,166 females and 471 people of other genders in 31,776 dwellings. 4.1% of people identified ... | 2.484375 | 0 |
314133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmerston%20North | Palmerston North | Of those at least 15 years old, 12,585 (20.0%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, 33,063 (52.4%) had a post-high school certificate or diploma, and 14,070 (22.3%) people exclusively held high school qualifications. The median income was $39,900, compared with $41,500 nationally. 5,601 people (8.9%) earned over $... | 2.671875 | 0 |
314133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmerston%20North | Palmerston North | Retail
The Plaza Shopping Centre is the largest shopping mall in the Manawatū-Whanganui region and a key shopping centre in the lower North Island, boasting over 100 stores. The mall was originally developed by the Premier Drapery Company (PDC) department store and opened in 1986 as the PDC Plaza. After PDC went into r... | 2.421875 | 0 |
314133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmerston%20North | Palmerston North | The city council since 2012 has been beautifying the banks of the Manawatū River, opening up previously neglected areas into more accessible recreational parks and reserves. Part of this development is He Ara Kotahi, a pedestrian and cycle track that connects the city to Massey University, adjacent research institutes... | 2.3125 | 0 |
314133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmerston%20North | Palmerston North | Health
Palmerston North Hospital is the city's main public hospital, and is the seat of the MidCentral District Health Board. The hospital is the major trauma centre for Palmerston North, Otaki, and the Manawatu, Horowhenua and Tararua districts.
There were two private hospitals, Aorangi and Southern Cross. In 2012, t... | 2.53125 | 0 |
314133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmerston%20North | Palmerston North | State Highway 3 runs northwest–southeast from SH 1 at Sanson through central Palmerston North (via Rangitikei Street, Grey Street, Princess Street and Main Street East), to SH 2 at Woodville. The section from Sanson forms the main route from the upper North Island, Taranaki and Whanganui into Palmerston North, while t... | 1.953125 | 0 |
314133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmerston%20North | Palmerston North | Palmerston North has a fairly comprehensive 65 km on-road bicycle lane network, particularly in high traffic areas, to make it safer for people to get around the city by bike. All local buses have racks for two cycles.
The cycle lane network has been criticised for a number of reasons. Motor traffic is often too fast,... | 2.265625 | 0 |
314136 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebasti%C3%A1n%20de%20Belalc%C3%A1zar | Sebastián de Belalcázar | Sebastián Moyano y Cabrera, best known as Sebastián de Belalcázar (; c. 1490 – April 28, 1551) was a Spanish conquistador. Belalcázar, also written as Benalcázar, is known as the founder of important early colonial cities in the northwestern part of South America; Quito in 1534 and Cali, Pasto and Popayán in 1537. Bela... | 2.53125 | 0 |
314136 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebasti%C3%A1n%20de%20Belalc%C3%A1zar | Sebastián de Belalcázar | Moving northward into present day Colombia in search of El Dorado in 1535, he entered the Cauca River Valley, founding the southwestern Colombian cities of Santiago de Cali in 1536, and Pasto and Popayán (next in importance after Quito) in 1537. Crossing overland to the Magdalena River Valley, he entered the highlands... | 2.796875 | 0 |
314139 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triptych | Triptych | A triptych ( ) is a work of art (usually a panel painting) that is divided into three sections, or three carved panels that are hinged together and can be folded shut or displayed open. It is therefore a type of polyptych, the term for all multi-panel works. The middle panel is typically the largest and it is flanked b... | 3.109375 | 0 |
314139 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triptych | Triptych | The triptych form's transportability was exploited during World War Two when a private citizens' committee in the United States commissioned painters and sculptors to create portable three-panel hinged altarpieces for use by Christian and Jewish U.S. troops for religious services. By the end of the war, 70 artists had ... | 3.015625 | 0 |
314151 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moissanite | Moissanite | Meteorites
Analysis of silicon carbide grains found in the Murchison meteorite has revealed anomalous isotopic ratios of carbon and silicon, indicating an extraterrestrial origin from outside the Solar System. 99% of these silicon carbide grains originate around carbon-rich asymptotic giant branch stars. Silicon carbid... | 2.53125 | 0 |
314151 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moissanite | Moissanite | On the Mohs scale of mineral hardness (with diamond as the upper extreme, 10) moissanite is rated as 9.25. As a diamond alternative, Moissanite has some optical properties exceeding those of diamond. It is marketed as a lower price alternative to diamond that does not involve the expensive mining practices used for th... | 2.40625 | 0 |
314154 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardnerella%20vaginalis | Gardnerella vaginalis | Gardnerella vaginalis is a species of Gram-variable-staining facultative anaerobic bacteria. The organisms are small (1.0–1.5 μm in diameter) non-spore-forming, nonmotile coccobacilli.
Once classified as Haemophilus vaginalis and afterwards as Corynebacterium vaginalis, G. vaginalis grows as small, circular, convex, g... | 2.234375 | 0 |
314154 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gardnerella%20vaginalis | Gardnerella vaginalis | A variety of diagnosis techniques are currently available for identifying Gardnerella vaginalis such as the OSOM BV Blue assay, FemExam cards and nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs), resulting in the determination of ongoing BV. The OSOM BV Blue Assay is a chromogenic point-of-care test which can measure sialidase... | 2.03125 | 0 |
314163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayreuth%20Festival | Bayreuth Festival | The Bayreuth Festival () is a music festival held annually in Bayreuth, Germany, at which performances of stage works by the 19th-century German composer Richard Wagner are presented. Wagner himself conceived and promoted the idea of a special festival to showcase his own works, in particular his monumental cycle and ... | 2.390625 | 0 |
314163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayreuth%20Festival | Bayreuth Festival | Despite making direct appeals based on Wagner's role as a composer of the new German Reich, the Societies and other fundraising channels were well short of the needed sum by the end of 1872. Wagner made another appeal to Bismarck in August 1873 and was again denied.
Desperate, Wagner turned to his former patron, Ludwi... | 2.546875 | 0 |
314163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayreuth%20Festival | Bayreuth Festival | Since its opening in 1876, the Bayreuth Festival has been a socio-cultural phenomenon. The inauguration took place on 13 August 1876, with a performance of Beethoven's "Choral" Symphony, which is occasionally programmed during the festival. (It was played at the post-war reopening in 1951, and subsequently in 1953, 195... | 1.984375 | 0 |
314163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayreuth%20Festival | Bayreuth Festival | Following the financial failure of the initial Bayreuth Festival, as well as Wagner's death in 1883, there was a political discourse of Wagner's works involving a disenchantment with the Reich that led to a cultural lull of the festival. The declining popularity of the current centralized government created an artistic... | 2.375 | 0 |
314163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayreuth%20Festival | Bayreuth Festival | After Cosima's retirement in 1906, Siegfried Wagner took over management of the festival, introducing new staging and performance styles. His early death in 1930 left the Festival in the hands of his English-born wife Winifred Wagner, with Heinz Tietjen as artistic director.
Bayreuth under Nazi Germany
In the 1920s,... | 2.515625 | 0 |
314163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayreuth%20Festival | Bayreuth Festival | Under the direction of Wieland Wagner, the "New Bayreuth" ushered in an era that was no less than revolutionary. Gone were the elaborate naturalistic sets, replaced with minimalist modern productions. In comparison, the pre-war changes seemed tame. For the first time in its history, the Bayreuth audience booed at the e... | 2.015625 | 0 |
314163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayreuth%20Festival | Bayreuth Festival | In 1973, faced with overwhelming criticism and family infighting, the Bayreuth Festival and its assets were transferred to a newly created Richard Wagner Foundation. The board of directors included members of the Wagner family and others appointed by the state. As chairman, Wolfgang Wagner remained in charge of adminis... | 2.46875 | 0 |
314163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayreuth%20Festival | Bayreuth Festival | The Festival authorities assiduously police the traffic of tickets, and monitor sites such as eBay. On admission patrons may be required to show photographic identification matching the name on the ticket, with any not matching being refused admission to the performance.
In 2011 it was revealed that the German Bundesr... | 2.03125 | 0 |
314171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltasar%20Garz%C3%B3n | Baltasar Garzón | Baltasar Garzón Real (; born 26 October 1955) is a Spanish former judge. He served on Spain's central criminal court, the Audiencia Nacional, and was the examining magistrate of the Juzgado Central de Instrucción No. 5, which investigates the most important criminal cases in Spain, including terrorism, organised crime,... | 1.992188 | 0 |
314174 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kajukenbo | Kajukenbo | Kajukenbo (Japanese: カジュケンボ) is a hybrid martial art from Hawaii. It was developed in the late 1940s and founded in 1947 in the Palama Settlement on Oahu, Territory of Hawaii.
Kajukenbo training incorporates a blend of striking, kicking, throwing, takedowns, joint locks and weapon disarmament.
Today, Kajukenbo is pr... | 2.65625 | 0 |
314174 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kajukenbo | Kajukenbo | Of the five, Adriano Directo Emperado is often attributed to be the founder. In its conception, the founders followed a simple rule: if a technique worked consistently on the street (or against one another), then it stayed in the system; if it did not, it was discarded. This allowed the style to maintain its self-defe... | 2.4375 | 0 |
314175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parihaka | Parihaka | When an influx of European settlers in Taranaki created a demand for farmland that outstripped the availability, the Grey government stepped up efforts to secure title to land it had confiscated but subsequently not taken up for settlement. From 1876 some Māori in Taranaki accepted "no fault" payments called takoha com... | 2.34375 | 0 |
314175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parihaka | Parihaka | As fears grew among white settlers that the resistance campaign was a prelude to renewed armed conflict, the Hall government began planning a military assault at Parihaka to close it down. Pressured by Native Minister John Bryce, the government finally acted in late October 1881 while the sympathetic Governor was out o... | 2.5 | 0 |
314175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parihaka | Parihaka | The local Parihaka marae now features the Rangikapuia, Te Niho, Toroānui and Mahikuare meeting houses. It is a tribal meeting ground for the Taranaki hapū of Ngāti Haupoto and Ngāti Moeahu.
In October 2020, the Government committed $457,693 from the Provincial Growth Fund to upgrade the Toroānui meeting house, creatin... | 2.5625 | 0 |
314175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parihaka | Parihaka | By the end of the 1870s, it had a population of about 1500 and was being described as the most populous and prosperous Māori settlement in the country. It had its own police force, bakery and bank, used advanced agricultural machinery, and organised large teams who worked the coast and bush to harvest enough seafood an... | 2.765625 | 0 |
314175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parihaka | Parihaka | In 1872 the Government acknowledged that although all Māori land in Taranaki had been confiscated, most of it had effectively fallen back into Māori ownership because so little had been settled by Europeans. As a result, the Government began buying back the land, including reserves and land given as compensation for wr... | 2.5 | 0 |
314175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parihaka | Parihaka | The new Hall Government was formed in October 1879 and promptly introduced more legislation to deal with the "Parihaka question". On 19 December the Confiscated Land Inquiry and Maori Prisoners' Trials Act was passed into law. The Act provided for an "inquiry into alleged grievances of Aboriginal Natives in relation to... | 2.390625 | 0 |
314175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parihaka | Parihaka | In June 1880, meanwhile, the road reached Parihaka and on Bryce's instruction, the Armed Constabulary broke fences around the large Parihaka cultivations, exposing their cash crops to wandering stock, crossed cultivations and looted Māori property. The New Zealand Herald reported the next Māori tactic as surveying bega... | 2.5625 | 0 |
314175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parihaka | Parihaka | From that date there were no more arrests. The cost of the operation had grown too much: while the land being taken was estimated at £750,000, the costs of the operation in South Taranaki had already exceeded £1 million. The bloody clashes between armed soldiers and unarmed Māori building fences on their own land, as w... | 2.390625 | 0 |
314175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parihaka | Parihaka | Shortly after 5am on 5 November, long columns emerged from the two main camps to converge on Parihaka, encircling the village. Each man carried two days' rations, the troops were equipped with artillery and a six-pound Armstrong gun was mounted on a nearby hill and trained on Parihaka. At 7am a forward unit advanced on... | 2.0625 | 0 |
314175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parihaka | Parihaka | In May 1882 the government introduced new legislation, the West Coast Peace Preservation Bill, which decreed that Te Whiti and Tohu were not to be tried, but would be jailed indefinitely. If released, they could be rearrested without charge at any time. Bryce explained that the law was necessary to protect the people o... | 2.40625 | 0 |
314175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parihaka | Parihaka | Their followers have continued to observe monthly dusk-to-dusk Te Whiti and Tohu days at Parihaka ever since. That for Te Whiti is held in the meeting houses Te Niho o te Ati Awa and Te Paepae, and for Tohu in Te Rangi Kāpuia. Although nominally on the 17th and 18th of each month, they are actually held on the 18th and... | 2.59375 | 0 |
314182 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonius%20of%20Rhodes | Apollonius of Rhodes | Apollonius of Rhodes ( Apollṓnios Rhódios; ; fl. first half of 3rd century BC) was an ancient Greek author, best known for the Argonautica, an epic poem about Jason and the Argonauts and their quest for the Golden Fleece. The poem is one of the few extant examples of the epic genre and it was both innovative and influ... | 2.6875 | 0 |
314182 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonius%20of%20Rhodes | Apollonius of Rhodes | Head of the Library of Alexandria. The second Life, the Suda, and P.Oxy. 1241 attest that Apollonius held this post. Moreover, P.Oxy. 1241 indicates that Apollonius was succeeded in the position by Eratosthenes; this must have been after 247/246 BC, the date of the accession of Ptolemy III Euergetes, who was probably t... | 2.40625 | 0 |
314182 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonius%20of%20Rhodes | Apollonius of Rhodes | Sensational stories
Ancient biographies often represent famous poets as going into exile to escape their ungrateful fellow citizens. Thus for example Homer was said to have left Cyme because the government there would not support him at public expense (Vit. Herod. 13-14), Aeschylus left Athens for Sicily because Athen... | 2.671875 | 0 |
314182 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonius%20of%20Rhodes | Apollonius of Rhodes | Scholar
Apollonius was among the foremost Homeric scholars in the Alexandrian period. He wrote the period's first scholarly monograph on Homer, critical of the editions of the Iliad and Odyssey published by Zenodotus, his predecessor as head of the Library of Alexandria. Argonautica seems to have been written partly a... | 2.53125 | 0 |
314182 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollonius%20of%20Rhodes | Apollonius of Rhodes | Apollonius' epic also differs from the more traditional epic in its weaker, more human protagonist Jason and in its many digressions into local custom, aetiology, and other popular subjects of Hellenistic poetry. Apollonius also chooses the less shocking versions of some myths, having Medea, for example, merely watch ... | 2.1875 | 0 |
314185 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Great%20Race%20%28rowing%29 | The Great Race (rowing) | The first race was held on 1 September 2002 where the University of Waikato crew led from the start and won by many boat lengths over the Cambridge University crew. For the second race, held on 7 September 2003, the Oxford crew got out to an early lead of two boat lengths by the first bridge. By half way, the Waikato ... | 2.15625 | 0 |
314197 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal%20bone | Temporal bone | The temporal bones are situated at the sides and base of the skull, and lateral to the temporal lobes of the cerebral cortex.
The temporal bones are overlaid by the sides of the head known as the temples where four of the cranial bones fuse. Each temple is covered by a temporal muscle. The temporal bones house the str... | 2.9375 | 0 |
314197 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal%20bone | Temporal bone | The temporal bone is ossified from eight centers, exclusive of those for the internal ear and the tympanic ossicles: one for the squama including the zygomatic process, one for the tympanic part, four for the petrous and mastoid parts, and two for the styloid process. Just before the end of prenatal development [Fig. 6... | 2.671875 | 0 |
314197 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporal%20bone | Temporal bone | Clinical significance
Glomus jugulare tumor:
A glomus jugulare tumor is a tumor of the part of the temporal bone in the skull that involves the middle and inner ear structures. This tumor can affect the ear, upper neck, base of the skull, and the surrounding blood vessels and nerves.
A glomus jugulare tumor grows in ... | 2.78125 | 0 |
314201 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%20Court%20of%20Australia | High Court of Australia | The High Court of Australia is the apex court of the Australian legal system. It exercises original and appellate jurisdiction on matters specified in the Constitution of Australia and supplementary legislation.
The High Court was established following the passage of the Judiciary Act 1903 (Cth). Its authority derives... | 2.453125 | 0 |
314201 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%20Court%20of%20Australia | High Court of Australia | Sir Owen Dixon said on his swearing in as Chief Justice of Australia in 1952:
The High Court's jurisdiction is divided in its exercise between constitutional and federal cases which loom so largely in the public eye, and the great body of litigation between man and man, or even man and government, which has nothing to ... | 2.265625 | 0 |
314201 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%20Court%20of%20Australia | High Court of Australia | On non-inter se matters, the Privy Council regularly heard appeals against High Court decisions. In some cases the Council acknowledged that the Australian common law had developed differently from English law and thus did not apply its own principles. Other times it followed English authority, and overruled decisions ... | 1.945313 | 0 |
314201 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%20Court%20of%20Australia | High Court of Australia | In 1986, with the passing of the Australia Act by both the UK Parliament and the Commonwealth Parliament (with the request and consent of the states), appeals to the Privy Council from state supreme courts were closed off, leaving the High Court as the only avenue of appeal. In 2002, Chief Justice Murray Gleeson said t... | 2.0625 | 0 |
314201 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%20Court%20of%20Australia | High Court of Australia | Formation of the court
The High Court was not immediately established after Australia came into being. Some members of the first Parliament, including Sir John Quick, then one of the leading legal experts in Australia, opposed legislation to set up the court. Even H. B. Higgins, who was himself later appointed to the c... | 2.8125 | 0 |
314201 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%20Court%20of%20Australia | High Court of Australia | Early years
On 12 October 1906, the size of the High Court was increased to five justices, and Deakin appointed H. B. Higgins and Isaac Isaacs to the High Court. Following a court-packing attempt by the Labor Prime Minister Andrew Fisher In February 1913, the bench was increased again to a total to seven. Charles Power... | 2.671875 | 0 |
314201 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%20Court%20of%20Australia | High Court of Australia | The court's operations were marked by various anomalies during World War II. The Chief Justice, Sir John Latham, served from 1940 to 1941 as Australia's first ambassador to Japan; however, his activities in that role were limited by a pact Japan had entered with the Axis powers prior to his arrival in Tokyo. Owen Dixon... | 2.421875 | 0 |
314201 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%20Court%20of%20Australia | High Court of Australia | Legal history
Historical periods of the High Court are commonly denoted by reference to the chief justice of the time. However, the chief justice is not always the most influential figure on the Court.
Griffith court: 1903–1919
The first court under Chief Justice Griffith laid the foundations of Australia's constitut... | 2.625 | 0 |
314201 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%20Court%20of%20Australia | High Court of Australia | Following the war, the court reigned in the scope of the defence power. It struck down several key planks of the Chifley Labor government's reconstruction program, notably an attempt to nationalise the banks in the Bank Nationalisation case (1948), and an attempt to establish a comprehensive medical benefits scheme in ... | 1.921875 | 0 |
314201 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High%20Court%20of%20Australia | High Court of Australia | Twenty-eight appointees have been residents of New South Wales, twenty-five of which graduated from Sydney Law School. Sixteen have come from Victoria, eight from Queensland, and four from Western Australia. No resident of South Australia, Tasmania, or any of the territories has ever been appointed to the bench.
The m... | 2.3125 | 0 |
314204 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemometrics | Chemometrics | Chemometrics is the science of extracting information from chemical systems by data-driven means. Chemometrics is inherently interdisciplinary, using methods frequently employed in core data-analytic disciplines such as multivariate statistics, applied mathematics, and computer science, in order to address problems in... | 2.15625 | 0 |
314205 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polynomial%20long%20division | Polynomial long division | Divide the first term of the dividend by the highest term of the divisor (meaning the one with the highest power of x, which in this case is x). Place the result above the bar (x3 ÷ x = x2).
Multiply the divisor by the result just obtained (the first term of the eventual quotient). Write the result under the first two ... | 2.859375 | 0 |
314206 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20justices%20of%20the%20High%20Court%20of%20Australia | List of justices of the High Court of Australia | The High Court of Australia is composed of seven justices: the chief justice of Australia and six other justices. There have been 57 justices who have served as justices of the High Court since its formation under the Judiciary Act 1903. Under Section 71 of the Australian Constitution, the judicial power of the Commonw... | 2.828125 | 0 |
314206 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20justices%20of%20the%20High%20Court%20of%20Australia | List of justices of the High Court of Australia | Most justices had previously served as judges of other Australian courts prior to their appointment to the High Court. Prior to the creation of the Federal Court of Australia in 1976, this was primarily the Supreme Courts of the States. Since 1976, a number of justices of the Federal Court have been appointed to the Hi... | 2.015625 | 0 |
314239 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimon%20bar%20Yochai | Shimon bar Yochai | Shimon bar Yochai (Zoharic Aramaic: , Šimʿon bar Yoḥay) or Shimon ben Yochai (Mishnaic Hebrew: ), also known by the acronym Rashbi, was a 2nd-century tanna or sage of the period of Roman Judaea and early Syria Palaestina. He was one of the most eminent disciples of Rabbi Akiva. The Zohar, a 13th-century foundational wo... | 2.28125 | 0 |
314239 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimon%20bar%20Yochai | Shimon bar Yochai | In the Jerusalem Talmud, in Terumot 46b and Sanhedrin 1:19a, Shimon's acuteness was tested and recognized by Aqiva when he first came to him; of all his pupils Aqiva ordained only Rabbi Meir and Shimon. Conscious of his merit, Shimon felt hurt at being ranked after Meir, and Aqiva was compelled to soothe him with soft ... | 1.976563 | 0 |
314239 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimon%20bar%20Yochai | Shimon bar Yochai | Legends of persecution and hiding
The persecution of the Jews under Hadrian inspired Shimon with a different opinion of the Romans than that held by his father. Shimon often demonstrated his anti-Roman feeling. When, at a meeting between Shimon and his former fellow pupils at Usha, probably about a year and a half afte... | 2.71875 | 0 |
314239 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimon%20bar%20Yochai | Shimon bar Yochai | To spare their garments, they sat naked in the sand, consequently covering their skin with scabs. At the end of twelve years, the prophet Elijah announced to them the death of the Roman emperor and the consequent annulment of the sentence of death against them. When they came forth, Shimon observed people occupied with... | 2.234375 | 0 |
314239 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimon%20bar%20Yochai | Shimon bar Yochai | As the last significant event in Shimon's life, it is said that he was sent to Rome (accompanied by Eleazar ben Jose) with a petition to the emperor for the abolition of the decree against the three Jewish observances and that his mission was successful. It is stated that Shimon was chosen for this mission because he w... | 2.53125 | 0 |
314239 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimon%20bar%20Yochai | Shimon bar Yochai | The particular characteristic of Shimon's teaching was that whether in a halakhah or in a aggadic interpretation of a Biblical command, he endeavored to find the underlying reason for it. This often resulted in a material modification of the command in question. From many instances the following may be taken: In the pr... | 2.609375 | 0 |
314239 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimon%20bar%20Yochai | Shimon bar Yochai | Aggadah
Shimon is very prominent also in aggadah, and his utterances are numerous in both Talmuds. Many of his sayings bear on Torah study, which he believed should be the main object of man's life. Despite the stress he laid on the importance of prayer, and particularly on the reading of the "Shema'," he declared that... | 2.375 | 0 |
314244 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichthyothere | Ichthyothere | Ichthyothere is a genus of flowering plants, found in parts of South America (the Amazon) and Central America.
The name ichthyothere literally translates as fish poison. These plants' active constituent is a chemical called ichthyothereol, which is a polyyne compound that is highly toxic to fish and mammals. Ichthyoth... | 3.03125 | 0 |
314269 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrtos | Myrtos | Myrtos is a coastal village and a community in the west of the municipality of Ierapetra, in the Regional Unit (previously called prefecture) of Lasithi on the Greek island of Crete. It is located from Agios Nikolaos and from Ierapetra, on the road to Viannos. A little to the west of the village is the iconic conica... | 2.375 | 0 |
314274 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haunted%20house | Haunted house | A haunted house, spook house or ghost house in ghostlore is a house or other building often perceived as being inhabited by disembodied spirits of the deceased who may have been former residents or were otherwise connected with the property. Parapsychologists often attribute haunting to the spirits of the dead who have... | 2.859375 | 0 |
314274 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haunted%20house | Haunted house | In 1972 Jerry Falwell and Liberty University introduced one of the first "hell houses" as an anti-Halloween attraction. Some Christian churches run these, which while being haunted houses, also promote their interpretation of the Christian gospel message. According to USA Today, in hell houses, "participants walk throu... | 2.3125 | 0 |
314274 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haunted%20house | Haunted house | Short stories and novels
Legends about haunted houses have long appeared in the literature. The earliest surviving report of a haunted house comes from a letter written by Pliny the Younger (61 – c. 112 CE) to his patron Lucias Sura, in which he describes a haunted villa in Athens. Nobody would live in the house until ... | 2.640625 | 0 |
314276 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrtos%20Pyrgos | Myrtos Pyrgos | The country house was built in the Late Minoan Period and was built atop of a hill. Historians theorize the house was built to overlook all of the agriculture and be a building that rules the site. The building had in total 9 rooms. Three of the rooms are thought to be basements for the rooms above. The house is also t... | 2.84375 | 0 |
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