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10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | The Chinese gaming industry has rapidly evolved into one of the world’s largest markets, with over half a billion players and significant contributions to the global gaming economy. Representing roughly 25% of the worldwide video game industry revenue, China’s gaming ecosystem has surpassed the United States in market ... | 2.34375 | 0 |
10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | To establish a global foothold, Chinese gaming companies have employed strategies like localization, acquisitions, and collaborations with Western developers. Mobile gaming, due to its accessibility and scalability, has been a primary vehicle for international growth. Games tailored to regional preferences, such as cul... | 2.578125 | 0 |
10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | Consoles were introduced to China in the late 1980s and were primarily imported form Japan. However, importing these into China was costly, with a 130% tariff on hardware and games along with value-added taxes. Console systems were in high demand, but because of the high costs of importing, only few foreign companies d... | 2.375 | 0 |
10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | Console games continued to grow in popularity through the 1990s, which created a broader concern in the media of video game addiction, with terms like "digital heroin" being used to describe video games. Even before the 1990s, there had been a broader stance in China that video games created negative effects on those t... | 2.734375 | 0 |
10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | Online gaming readily led way to the rise of social network games in China around 2007–2008, given that players were accustomed to free-to-play nature of online gaming. The Chinese game Happy Farm (2008) was included in Wired list of "The 15 Most Influential Games of the Decade" at #14, for its major influence on globa... | 2.1875 | 0 |
10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | Social and mobile gaming significantly grew the Chinese video game market beyond earlier estimates. By 2013, the Chinese market for video games saw nearly a ten-fold growth since 2007, valued at of the global , with over 490 million players, counting only those on personal computers; since consoles were still banned, ... | 2.25 | 0 |
10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | Popularity statistics
In order to gauge the popularity of online games, both in China and internationally, three benchmarks are commonly implemented. The first is peak concurrent users (PCU), which is the maximum numbers of players online simultaneously at a given time. A high PCU number signifies that a game has a l... | 2.140625 | 0 |
10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | China does have a small but growing indie game scene. The growth of China's indie game scene is considered to have been through hobbyist programmers starting around the 1990s and into the 2000s after the console ban where personal computer games became more popular. An early well-known indie developer, Coconut Island, ... | 1.960938 | 0 |
10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | Manufacturers
Most of the major video game systems in the world since the 1990s have been manufactured in China; by 2019, 96% of all video game consoles were manufactured in China, generally taking advantage of the net lower-income labor available in the country. Some of the larger manufacturers based in China or with ... | 2.234375 | 0 |
10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | China continued to expand its esports engagement alongside South Korea over the next several years, with its growth occurring alongside the growth of other online games in China. China became more involved with planning of the World Cyber Games along South Korea, who had founded the event in 2000. The growth was furthe... | 2.015625 | 0 |
10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | Due to both government encouragement and industry investment, the number of professional esports players in China grew from 50 in 2006 to over 1000 in 2016. In early 2019, China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security included both "professional gamer" and "professional gaming operator" as an officially recog... | 2.40625 | 0 |
10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | Despite the popularity of esports in the country, it is still not exempt from the grasp of the government's censorship. This was most notable in the Blitzchung controversy in October 2019 where an American video game developer Blizzard Entertainment punished Ng Wai Chung (吳偉聰) (known as Blitzchung), a Hong Kongese espo... | 2.21875 | 0 |
10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | More recently, with the tech industry boom in China, the government has implemented stricter copyright controls and processes, but it is still considered to be weaker than intellectual copyright protections in Western nations, which poses a threat for foreign companies seeking to sell into China.
Because of the high a... | 2.625 | 0 |
10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | National Radio and Television Administration
The General Administration of Press and Publication (GAPP) was responsible for monitoring and regulating publication of print based media, electronic media, and audio-visual products (including online games). GAPP has also been instrumental in combating the growing problem ... | 2.46875 | 0 |
10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | Crime
The Beijing Reformatory for Juvenile Delinquents claimed in 2007 that a third of its detainees were influenced by violent online games or erotic websites when committing crimes such as robbery and rape. In a high-profile case from October 2004, 41-year-old Qiu Chengwei was sentenced to death for murdering 26-year... | 2.1875 | 0 |
10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | With the formation of the Online Game Ethics Committee in December 2018, nine titles reportedly were classified as prohibited or to be withdrawn, but this has yet to be confirmed by reliable sources. These included Fortnite, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds, H1Z1, Paladins, and Ring of Elysium. Eleven other titles were to... | 2.359375 | 0 |
10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | China has sought to deal with addiction to video games by its youth by enacting regulations to be implemented by video game publishers aimed to limit consecutive play time particularly for children. As early as 2005 China's Ministry of Culture has enacted several public health efforts to address gaming and internet rel... | 2.59375 | 0 |
10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | A new law enacted in November 2019 limits children under 18 to less than 90 minutes of playing video games on weekdays and three hours on weekends, with no video game playing allowed between 10 p.m. to 8 a.m. These are set by requiring game publishers to enforce these limits based on user logins. Additionally, the law ... | 2.09375 | 0 |
10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | Data privacy
Most of the large publishers in China routinely collect data on players and how they play their game. One primary reason is that this is information that may be mandated by the government due to its mass surveillance programs and for implementing systems such as for the anti-addiction measures. Secondly, m... | 2.484375 | 0 |
10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | Foreign ownership
With the rising success of online games from 2007 onwards, some foreign companies sought to invest full or partial ownership of Chinese companies to help capture a portion of the growing market. The Chinese government, concerned that these foreign companies would have influence on how the Chinese comp... | 2.578125 | 0 |
10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | Chinese Game Companies’ Strategies for Global Expansion
Chinese gaming companies have emerged as dominant players in the global gaming industry, driven largely by their strategic focus on mobile gaming. This approach has enabled them to expand rapidly into international markets, leveraging the ubiquity of smartphones ... | 1.9375 | 0 |
10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | In the realm of esports, Tencent and NetEase have made substantial investments to develop robust infrastructures linked to their mobile games. The PUBG Mobile Global Championship (PMGC) exemplifies this effort, with the 2023 tournament attracting a peak viewership of 980,110 concurrent viewers during the grand finals, ... | 2.125 | 0 |
10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | Additionally, the Chinese government has implemented strict regulations to protect minors from excessive gaming. In 2021, new policies restricted minors to only three hours of online gaming per week, specifically from 8 PM to 9 PM on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays. These measures were introduced as part of efforts to ... | 2.1875 | 0 |
10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | Geopolitical and Policy Challenges
Geopolitical tensions have also created obstacles for Chinese gaming companies. Restrictions on Chinese technology companies in certain markets, particularly the United States, have made it harder for Chinese games to gain traction. Concerns over data privacy and security have led so... | 2.21875 | 0 |
10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | Cultural impact
Video games have evolved from simple entertainment to significant cultural and diplomatic tools, embodying the concept of "soft power," a term introduced by Joseph Nye in the late 20th century. Soft power refers to the ability of a nation to influence others through cultural appeal and persuasion rathe... | 2.8125 | 0 |
10673858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20games%20in%20China | Video games in China | China aims to maintain cultural integrity while seeking global recognition for its heritage. Controversies arise over historical portrayals, such as criticisms from Chinese audiences regarding perceived inaccuracies in the Korean drama "Jumong." Additionally, reactions to games like "The Prefect's Decision III," viewed... | 2.328125 | 0 |
10673941 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Crossland | Edward Crossland | Edward Crossland (June 30, 1827 – September 11, 1881) was a Confederate army officer in the American Civil War and later a United States representative from Kentucky. He commanded a brigade of cavalry in the Western Theater and served in several battles.
Crossland was born in Hickman County, Kentucky, to Samuel Crossl... | 2.328125 | 0 |
10673986 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lazzaro%20Morelli | Lazzaro Morelli | Lazzaro Morelli (1619 – 1690) was an Italian sculptor of the Baroque period.
Born in Ascoli Piceno, the son of the Florentine sculptor Fulgenzio Morelli, who also trained Lazzaro's cousin, the artist Giuseppe Giosafatti. Lazzaro initially came to Rome to work under Francesco Fiammingho (François Duquesnoy), but left t... | 2.265625 | 0 |
10674032 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raver%2C%20Maharashtra | Raver, Maharashtra | Roads
The town is connected to its district headquarters, Jalgaon (), by road. The Ankleshwar-Burhanpur National Highway (previously SH4) runs through the city. It connects Raver to Burhanpur () in Madhya Pradesh & Ankaleshwar () in Gujarat. This highway has caused Savda and neighbouring villages to become an important... | 1.90625 | 0 |
10674054 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideal%20observer%20theory | Ideal observer theory | Ideal observer theory is the meta-ethical view which claims that ethical sentences express truth-apt propositions about the attitudes of a hypothetical ideal observer. In other words, ideal observer theory states that ethical judgments should be interpreted as statements about the reactions that a neutral and fully inf... | 2.375 | 0 |
10674088 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rania%2C%20Sirsa | Rania, Sirsa | Rania is a town and a municipal committee in Sirsa district located on the upper bank of Ghaggar River in the Indian state of Haryana. Rania Town is a grain market in Sirsa district. Nearby cities to Rania includes Sirsa and Ellenabad. It shares its RTO office with Ellenabad which is also has its headquarters in Ellena... | 2 | 0 |
10674088 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rania%2C%20Sirsa | Rania, Sirsa | During the first war of independence in 1857, Raja Nahar Singh the Jat ruler of Ballabhgarh, Rao Tula Ram ruler of Rewari and Nawab Nur Muhammad Khan of Rania all played key role.
There were significant number Muslims who left during Indo-Pakistan partition in 1947. There are many old buildings in the town including m... | 2.828125 | 0 |
10674144 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newer%20Volcanics%20Province | Newer Volcanics Province | The Newer Volcanics Province is a geological area which is a volcanic field, formed by the East Australia hotspot across south-eastern Australia. It covers an area of , with over 400 small shield volcanoes and volcanic vents. The area contains the youngest volcanoes in Australia.
The volcanoes date from the Late-Pleis... | 2.578125 | 0 |
10674256 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City%20of%20Light%2C%20City%20of%20Dark | City of Light, City of Dark | City Of Light, City Of Dark is a comic book novel written by Newbery Medal-winning author Avi, and was the first book ever to be illustrated by Brian Floca. Additional Spanish translations were done by Jose Aranda and Anthony Trujillo. The book's title is probably inspired by the summer and winter solstices, the "light... | 2.3125 | 0 |
10674256 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City%20of%20Light%2C%20City%20of%20Dark | City of Light, City of Dark | This system works for centuries until evil Mr. Underton tried to steal the Power a few years back, and lost his eyesight. Now he is close to stealing it once again, and if he succeeds, the Kurbs will take back the City, reducing it to a dark and frozen tundra. It's up to two kids named Carlos and Sarah to find the subw... | 2.078125 | 0 |
10674328 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Frances%20Cabrini%20Church%20%28New%20Orleans%29 | St. Frances Cabrini Church (New Orleans) | St. Frances Cabrini Church was a Roman Catholic parish church in New Orleans, Louisiana, from 1963 until 2005, when it was extensively damaged by floodwaters of Hurricane Katrina. The church was designed in the modernist style by New Orleans architectural firm Curtis and Davis. Their design was intended to facilitate p... | 2.25 | 0 |
10674328 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Frances%20Cabrini%20Church%20%28New%20Orleans%29 | St. Frances Cabrini Church (New Orleans) | The name of the parish and ultimately the church itself was to commemorate St. Frances Xavier Cabrini's visitation of New Orleans in 1892. The purpose of her visit was to help overcome the widespread hostility and prejudice in New Orleans against Italian immigrants and Italian Americans that resulted in the 1891 New Or... | 2.609375 | 0 |
10674328 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Frances%20Cabrini%20Church%20%28New%20Orleans%29 | St. Frances Cabrini Church (New Orleans) | Curtis and Davis received an Award of Merit by the Louisiana Architects Association for the church design. The firm also received honorable mention from the Church Architectural Guild of America.
A 2006 article in The New York Times stated that the church received mixed reviews from other architects. The article compa... | 1.914063 | 0 |
10674347 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takashi%20Yamazaki | Takashi Yamazaki | is a Japanese filmmaker and visual effects supervisor. Known for his blockbusters featuring advanced visual effects, he is considered a leading figure in the Japanese film industry. Yamazaki is the recipient of multiple accolades, including an Academy Award, eight Japanese Academy Awards, five Nikkan Sports Film Awards... | 2 | 0 |
10674423 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taobao | Taobao | In 2008, Taobao established a platform rule providing that customers had the right to return clothes sold on the platform within seven days of receipt without cause, and subsequently expanded the rule to cover other commodities. This rule became an influential standard in Chinese e-commerce and in 2014 was made an indu... | 2.0625 | 0 |
10674436 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alipay | Alipay | In 2013 Alipay launched a financial product platform called . Alipay partnered with Tianhong Asset Management to launch the it. Yu'e Bao offers an online money market account in which Alipay customers can deposit money and receive a higher interest rate than that available from banks. It soon became China's largest onl... | 1.984375 | 0 |
10674436 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alipay | Alipay | At the time it was implemented and integrated into Taobao, the mandatory escrow feature of Alipay was a major institutional innovation for e-commerce platforms. This was a major reason Taobao was able to outcompete eBay/EachNet in the Chinese market.
Regulatory history
Prior to Alipay, third-party payment was a legal... | 2.296875 | 0 |
10674612 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon%20Matsa | Typhoon Matsa | Typhoon Matsa, known in the Philippines as Typhoon Gorio, was the second of eight Pacific tropical cyclones to make landfall on China during the 2005 Pacific typhoon season. The ninth tropical storm and fifth typhoon of the season, Matsa developed on July 30 to the east of the Philippines. Matsa intensified as it track... | 2.65625 | 0 |
10674612 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon%20Matsa | Typhoon Matsa | The origin of Typhoon Matsa is traced to the formation of an area of convection about east of Yap in late July. The convection gradually consolidated over a weak low-level circulation, and at 0300 UTC on July 30 the system was first mentioned in the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) Significant Tropical Weather Outl... | 2.453125 | 0 |
10674612 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon%20Matsa | Typhoon Matsa | In Zhejiang, where Matsa made landfall, high storm tides occurred along the coastline. In some areas, water levels rose quickly, with some coastal homes experiencing flooding from the tide. Rough seas off of Ningbo capsized a fishing boat, leaving its three occupants missing. About two-thirds of the province reported m... | 2 | 0 |
10674612 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typhoon%20Matsa | Typhoon Matsa | Aftermath
Subsequent to the passage of the typhoon in Taiwan, large quantities of mud and impurities entered and polluted the Shihmen Reservoir in Taoyuan County (now Taoyuan City), the county's primary source of water. Severe cloudiness occurred in the water, and at one time the reservoir recorded 25,000 nephelometric... | 2.484375 | 0 |
10674650 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Araure | Battle of Araure | The Battle of Araure was fought during the short-lived Second Republic of Venezuela on 5 December 1813, in the city of Araure in Portuguesa State, Venezuela. Simon Bolivar's force defeated General José Ceballos.
Prelude
After the Admirable Campaign, Simón Bolívar had reconquered the capital Caracas in August 1813, bu... | 2.75 | 0 |
10674660 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apor%C3%A1 | Aporá | Aporá is a municipality in the state of Bahia in the North-East region of Brazil.
The city population was 17 085 and its area is 572 km2 (29.36 inhabitants per km2) according to the 2002 census. Aporá was emancipated from the municipality of Inhambupe on 14 August 1958 by municipal Resolution 89, and Aporá was create... | 2.34375 | 0 |
10674663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith%20Ellen%20Foster | Judith Ellen Foster | Judith Ellen Horton Foster (November 3, 1840 – August 11, 1910) was an American lecturer, temperance worker, suffragist, and lawyer. She is thought to be the first woman in Iowa who was actually engaged in practice and the fourth woman admitted to practice before the Supreme Court of Iowa. In her time she was known as ... | 2.25 | 0 |
10674663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith%20Ellen%20Foster | Judith Ellen Foster | After her second marriage in 1869, she studied law and was admitted to the bar at Clinton, Iowa, in 1872. She occasionally helped her husband in trial cases and is thought to be the first woman in Iowa who was actually engaged in practice. She was admitted to practice in the Supreme Court of Iowa on October 20, 1875, t... | 2.40625 | 0 |
10674663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith%20Ellen%20Foster | Judith Ellen Foster | Foster was a pronounced suffragist. She maintained that no organization had the right to pledge the influence of its members to any other organization for any purpose. Her views naturally led her to affiliate with the Non-Partisan National Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and she served that body for several years a... | 2.5625 | 0 |
10674678 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergent%20curriculum | Emergent curriculum | The facilitator role for the teacher involves careful observations of the children and their play as well as flexibility and creativity in order to develop learning opportunities that align with their interests (Cassidy et al., 2003; Crowther, 2005; Jones & Reynolds, 2011; Stacey, 2009a/2011b; Machlachlan et al., 2013;... | 3.25 | 0 |
10674678 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergent%20curriculum | Emergent curriculum | Changes in curriculum
Because the emergent curriculum is continually changing, developing and growing, teachers need to allot time to reflect on their observations and strategies implemented (Stacey 2009a/2011b). One way to engage in reflection is through discussion with colleagues (Stacey, 2009). Reflection allows th... | 3.4375 | 0 |
10674678 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergent%20curriculum | Emergent curriculum | Then the process begins again. The teacher may be at different levels of this planning cycle for multiple activities or learning outcomes at once (Cassidy et al., 2003; Crowther, 2005; Jones & Reynolds, 2011; Stacey, 2009a/2011b; Machlachlan et al., 2013; Wein, 2008; Wright, 1997).
Learning plans
In emergent curricul... | 3.265625 | 0 |
10674678 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergent%20curriculum | Emergent curriculum | Documentation for planning
Use of webs and other graphic organizers can be a good way to demonstrate how the students are being exposed to curriculum expectations and brainstorm related ideas (MachLachlan et al., 2013; Stacey, 2009). Keeping track of interest paths that develop in the classroom can help teachers demon... | 3.078125 | 0 |
10674680 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumitomo%20Electric%20Industries | Sumitomo Electric Industries | Sumitomo Electric produced optical fiber well ahead of other manufacturers, taking note of the product's great capacity for voluminous, speedy, and assured data transmission, ideal for the advanced information age that was to come. In 1986, Sumitomo Electric developed Z-fiber, pure silica core fiber with the world's lo... | 1.929688 | 0 |
10674742 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Cowie | Edward Cowie | Edward Cowie (born 17 August 1943) is an Australian composer, author, natural scientist, and painter.
Life
Edward Cowie was born in England in 1943, and spent most of his early life in the rural countryside of Suffolk and then The Cotswolds. This first-hand experience of nature was to have a profound influence on his... | 2.40625 | 0 |
10674776 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egardus | Egardus | Egardus (; also Engardus or Johannes Echgaerd) was a European Medieval composer of ars subtilior. Almost no information survives about his life, and only three of his works are known. A certain "Johannes Ecghaerd", who held chaplaincies in Bruges and Diksmuide, may be a possible match for Egardus. The extant works—a ca... | 2.3125 | 0 |
10674791 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Near-field%20electromagnetic%20ranging | Near-field electromagnetic ranging | Near-field electromagnetic ranging (NFER) refers to any radio technology employing the near-field properties of radio waves as a Real Time Location System (RTLS).
Overview
Near-field electromagnetic ranging is an emerging RTLS technology that employs transmitter tags and one or more receiving units. Operating within ... | 2.71875 | 0 |
10674799 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formula%20One%3A%20Built%20to%20Win | Formula One: Built to Win | Formula One: Built to Win is a 1990 racing video game for the Nintendo Entertainment System developed by Winkysoft and published by SETA Corporation.
It was one of the first racing games to feature a career mode, multiple vehicles and an opportunity for the player to increase the performance of their in-game car throu... | 2.578125 | 0 |
10674821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simmons%20Tower | Simmons Tower | Simmons Bank Tower is a 40-story skyscraper located at 425 West Capitol Avenue in downtown Little Rock, Arkansas. At high, it is the tallest building in Arkansas.
Construction
The new tower was born out of discussions between two ascending business executives, John Flake, a Little Rock real estate developer, and Jer... | 1.96875 | 0 |
10674838 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Rumsey | Edward Rumsey | Edward Rumsey (November 5, 1796 – April 6, 1868) was a United States representative from Kentucky.
Background
Rumsey was born to Dr. Edward Rumsey in Botetourt County, Virginia. When the younger Rumsey was still a child, Dr. Rumsey moved the family to Christian County, Kentucky. Studying under Daniel Barry, he complet... | 2.40625 | 0 |
10674841 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%20Shiji | Li Shiji | Li Shiji (594? – December 31, 669), courtesy name Maogong, posthumously known as Duke Zhenwu of Ying, was a Chinese military general and politician who lived in the early Tang dynasty. His original family name was Xú, but he was later given the family name of the Tang imperial clan, Li, by Emperor Gaozu, the Tang dynas... | 2.171875 | 0 |
10674841 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%20Shiji | Li Shiji | Early life
Xu Shiji was probably born in 594. His clan was originally from Cao Province (, roughly modern Heze, Shandong), but late in the Sui dynasty moved to Hua Province (, roughly modern Anyang, Henan). Xu Shiji's father Xu Gai () was a member of the landed gentry, and both he and Xu Shiji were said to be generou... | 2.359375 | 0 |
10674841 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%20Shiji | Li Shiji | Meanwhile, Li Mi, the strategist for the Sui general Yang Xuangan, who unsuccessfully rebelled against Emperor Yang in 613, was visiting rebel generals in the region, seeking to sell his grand strategy to destroy Sui. As Li Mi was of noble birth, and there had been prophecies that the next emperor would be named Li, t... | 2.0625 | 0 |
10674841 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%20Shiji | Li Shiji | After Emperor Taizong took the throne, he made Li Shiji the commandant at Bing Prefecture (, roughly modern Taiyuan, Shanxi). In 629, when Emperor Taizong launched a major attack against Eastern Tujue's Jiali Khan Ashina Duobi (a.k.a. Jieli Khan or Illig Qaghan), commanded by Li Jing, Li Shiji was one of the major gen... | 2.203125 | 0 |
10674841 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%20Shiji | Li Shiji | In 643, when Emperor Taizong commissioned the Portraits at Lingyan Pavilion to commemorate the 24 great contributors to Tang rule, Li Shiji's was one of the portraits commissioned. In spring of that year, when Emperor Taizong's son Li You () the Prince of Qi, angry at his secretary general Quan Wanji (), killed Quan a... | 2.1875 | 0 |
10674841 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Li%20Shiji | Li Shiji | He then demoted Li Shiji to the post of the commandant of Die Prefecture (, roughly modern Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Gansu). Li Shiji, after receiving the order, departed without hesitation. The modern historian Bo Yang, commenting on this incident, opined that this showed that, down inside, neither Li Shi... | 1.96875 | 0 |
10674867 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Anderson%20%28Revolutionary%20War%29 | Robert Anderson (Revolutionary War) | At the Battle of Cowpens, Anderson was a colonel under Brigadier General Andrew Pickens. Anderson also served under Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee. He fought in the Battle of Eutaw Springs in which the British were victorious. Later, his regiment held the line against the British between Augusta, Georgia, and Ninety Six... | 2.34375 | 0 |
10674899 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%20J.%20Hecht | Jacob J. Hecht | Jacob J. Hecht (1924 – August 5, 1990), known occasionally as Rabbi JJ, was the assistant and translator of Rabbi Menachem Mendel Shneerson (the Lubavitcher Rebbe), and a leading Chabad rabbi, educator, writer and radio commentator.
Early life
Hecht was born in 1924 in Brownsville, Brooklyn. He was one of six brother... | 1.921875 | 0 |
10675152 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed%20Andrews | Ed Andrews | George Edward Andrews (April 5, 1859 – August 12, 1934) was an American professional baseball player. He was a right-handed second baseman and outfielder over parts of eight seasons (1884–1891) with the Philadelphia Quakers, Indianapolis Hoosiers, Brooklyn Ward's Wonders and Cincinnati Kelly's Killers. He was the Nat... | 2.140625 | 0 |
10675159 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin%20Cronyn | Benjamin Cronyn | The Rt. Rev. Benjamin Cronyn (11 July 1802 – 21 September 1871) was the first bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Huron.
Cronyn was born in Kilkenny, Ireland and educated at Trinity College, Dublin. A member of the prominent Anglo-Irish Protestant Ascendancy Cronyn family, he emigrated to Canada in 1832. He was posted... | 1.914063 | 0 |
10675318 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemesis%20at%20Potsdam | Nemesis at Potsdam | Nemesis at Potsdam: The Anglo-Americans and the Expulsion of the Germans is a 1977 book by Cuban-born American lawyer Alfred-Maurice de Zayas. Its title is drawn from Greek mythology; Nemesis is the Greek goddess of revenge. The book implies that at the Potsdam Conference (17 July to 2 August 1945) the victorious Alli... | 2.390625 | 0 |
10675321 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan%20Domingo%20de%20Monteverde | Juan Domingo de Monteverde | Juan Domingo de Monteverde y Rivas (born Juan Domingo de Monteverde; 2 April 1773 15 September 1832), commonly known as Domingo de Monteverde, was a Spanish soldier, governor and Captain General of Venezuela from June 1812 to 8 August 1813. Monteverde was the leader of Spanish forces in the Venezuelan War of Independen... | 2.671875 | 0 |
10675342 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac%20Hodgson | Isaac Hodgson | Isaac Hodgson (15 November 1828 – 24 November 1867) was an English first-class cricketer, active 1847–66, who played for Sheffield and Yorkshire.
He also appeared for the North of England (1861-1864), Yorkshire with Stockton-on-Tees (1861), United England Eleven (1863), the Players (1863) and England (1863-1865) as we... | 2.171875 | 0 |
10675370 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Domino%20Principle | The Domino Principle | Development
The Domino Principle was based on the sixth novel by former actor Adam Kennedy. New American Library purchased the paperback rights for $250,000 and there was considerable interest in the film rights before publication. The novel came out in 1975. The Los Angeles Times praised the book's "power and original... | 2.078125 | 0 |
10675505 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systolic%20hypertension | Systolic hypertension | In medicine, systolic hypertension is defined as an elevated systolic blood pressure (SBP).
If the systolic blood pressure is elevated (>140) with a normal (<90) diastolic blood pressure (DBP), it is called isolated systolic hypertension. Eighty percent of people with systolic hypertension are over the age of 65 years ... | 2.75 | 0 |
10675505 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Systolic%20hypertension | Systolic hypertension | Clinical trials have also documented the beneficial effects of weight loss, increased physical activity, and limiting alcohol consumption. For hypertensive men, alcoholic drinks should be reduced to 14 units per week. For hypertensive women, alcoholic drinks should be reduced to 8 units per week. (1 unit corresponds t... | 1.992188 | 0 |
10675519 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon%20Bright | Leon Bright | Leon "Pop" Bright, Jr. (born May 19, 1955 in Starke, Florida) is a former Gridiron football player in the Canadian Football League for four years and in the National Football League for five years.
He played Jr high school ball at Thomas Jefferson Jr High, high school football at Merritt Island High School in Merritt... | 1.953125 | 0 |
10675787 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon%20Holgate | Gideon Holgate | Gideon Holgate (23 June 1839 – 11 July 1895) was an English first-class cricketer, who played twelve matches for Yorkshire County Cricket Club, and several more for Lancashire between 1865 and 1867. Although there are several players who have done this, Holgate is unusual because he played for the two rivals in consec... | 1.921875 | 0 |
10675804 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptus%20cordata | Eucalyptus cordata | Eucalyptus cordata, commonly known as the heart-leaved silver gum is a shrub to medium-sized tree that is endemic to Tasmania. It has smooth bark throughout, mostly only juvenile, more or less heart-shaped, glaucous leaves, glaucous flower buds arranged in groups of three, white flowers and cylindrical or hemispherical... | 2.640625 | 0 |
10675894 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20Algonquian%20languages | Central Algonquian languages | The Central Algonquian languages are commonly grouped together as a subgroup of the larger Algonquian family, itself a member of the Algic family. Though the grouping is often encountered in the literature, it is an areal grouping, not a genetic grouping. In other words, the languages are grouped together because they ... | 2.1875 | 0 |
10675915 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Blechen | Carl Blechen | Carl Eduard Ferdinand Blechen (29 July 1798 – 23 July 1840) was a German landscape painter and a professor at the Academy of Arts, Berlin. His distinctive style was characteristic of the Romantic ideals of natural beauty.
Life
Blechen was born in Cottbus. His father was a minor tax official from Regensburg, and his m... | 2.5 | 0 |
10675915 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Blechen | Carl Blechen | His condition deteriorated and he suffered severe bouts of depression that forced him to take a leave of absence from the Academy in 1836. The following year, he had to be admitted to a hospital. He was able to make one final trip to Dresden, where he made his last drawings. He died four years later, in Berlin, in a st... | 2.4375 | 0 |
10675941 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel%20Mar%C3%ADa%20Mallarino | Manuel María Mallarino | Manuel María Mallarino Ibargüen (18 June 1808 – 6 January 1872) was the 8th Vice President of New Granada, and as such served as Acting President from 1855 to 1857.
Personal life
Manuel María was born on 18 June 1808 in Santiago de Cali, then part of the Viceroyalty of New Granada, the oldest child of José María Malla... | 2.0625 | 0 |
10675944 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics%20at%20the%201956%20Summer%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%20high%20jump | Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump | The men's high jump was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. Twenty-eight contestants from 19 nations met on the morning of the first day of the athletic contests, on Friday November 23, 1956, and 22 cleared the qualifying height of 1.92 metres, to meet again in the afternoon. The maximum numbe... | 2.453125 | 0 |
10675964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship%20stability | Ship stability | Ship stability is an area of naval architecture and ship design that deals with how a ship behaves at sea, both in still water and in waves, whether intact or damaged. Stability calculations focus on centers of gravity, centers of buoyancy, the metacenters of vessels, and on how these interact.
History
Ship stabilit... | 2.765625 | 0 |
10675964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship%20stability | Ship stability | Gyroscopes were first used to control a ship's roll in the late 1920s and early 1930s for warships and then passenger liners. The most ambitious use of large gyros to control a ship's roll was on an Italian passenger liner, the SS Conte di Savoia, in which three large Sperry gyros were mounted in the forward part of t... | 2.703125 | 0 |
10675964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship%20stability | Ship stability | Intact stability calculations are relatively straightforward and involve taking all the centers of mass of objects on the vessel which are then computed/calculated to identify the center of gravity of the vessel, and the center of buoyancy of the hull. Cargo arrangements and loadings, crane operations, and the design ... | 2.84375 | 0 |
10675964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship%20stability | Ship stability | Stability is also reduced in flooding when, for example, an empty tank is filled with seawater. The lost buoyancy of the tank results in that section of the ship lowering into the water slightly. This creates a list unless the tank is on the centerline of the vessel.
In stability calculations, when a tank is filled, i... | 2.359375 | 0 |
10675964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ship%20stability | Ship stability | Within this framework different countries establish requirements that must be met. For U.S.-flagged vessels, blueprints and stability calculations are checked against the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations and International Convention for the Safety of Life at Sea conventions (SOLAS). Ships are required to be stable in t... | 2.5 | 0 |
10676028 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams%20in%20Pyongyang | Trams in Pyongyang | Pyongyang Tram is a public tram system in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. The first line of the current system opened in 1989. There are four lines in operation.
Overview
Before the Korean War from 1950 to 1953, there were three tramway systems in the Korean Peninsula: one each in Seoul, Busan and Pyongyang.
D... | 2.5625 | 0 |
10676091 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20O%27Neill%2C%201st%20Baron%20O%27Neill | William O'Neill, 1st Baron O'Neill | Reverend William O'Neill, 1st Baron O'Neill (4 March 1813 – 18 April 1883) was an Anglo-Irish hereditary peer, clergyman and musical composer. Born William Chichester, he changed his surname to O'Neill in 1855.
Background and education
The eldest son of Reverend Edward Chichester, he was a member of the prominent Iris... | 2.234375 | 0 |
10676139 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics%20at%20the%201956%20Summer%20Olympics%20%E2%80%93%20Men%27s%20long%20jump | Athletics at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump | The men's long jump was an event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The qualifying stage and the final both were held on the second day of the track and field competition, on Saturday November 24, 1956. Thirty-two athletes from 21 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been se... | 2.546875 | 0 |
10676147 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright%20Agency%20%28Azerbaijan%29 | Copyright Agency (Azerbaijan) | The Copyright Agency of Azerbaijan Republic () is a governmental agency within the Cabinet of Azerbaijan in charge of regulation of activities related to protection of copyrights and intellectual property in Azerbaijan Republic. The committee is headed by Kamran Imanov.
History and structure
The Copyright Agency was e... | 2.109375 | 0 |
10676154 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Emperor%20of%20the%20East | The Emperor of the East | The Emperor of the East is a Caroline era stage play, a tragicomedy written by Philip Massinger and first published in 1632. The play provides an interesting example of the treatment of the Roman Catholic sacrament of confession in English Renaissance theatre.
Performance
The Emperor of the East was licensed for perfo... | 2.078125 | 0 |
10676211 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy%20Dorrell | Jimmy Dorrell | Jimmy Dorrell is Executive Director of Mission Waco in Waco, TX and pastor of Church Under the Bridge. Dorrell is also a part-time professor at Baylor University and George W. Truett Theological Seminary and has authored three books.
Early life and education
He grew up in Conroe, TX and moved to Waco in 1968 to attend... | 2.078125 | 0 |
10676251 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vajrasekhara%20Sutra | Vajrasekhara Sutra | The Vajraśekhara Sūtra is an important Buddhist tantra used in the Vajrayāna schools of Buddhism, but can refer to a number of different works. In particular a cycle of 18 texts studied by Amoghavajra, which included both Tattvasaṃgraha Tantra, and the Guhyasamaja Tantra, a Tibetan text which appears to be composed of ... | 2.140625 | 0 |
10676283 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dou%20Wei%20%28Tang%20dynasty%29 | Dou Wei (Tang dynasty) | Dou Wei (died 25 July 618), courtesy name Wenwei, formally Duke Jing of Yan'an, was a Sui dynasty official who, after the founding of the Tang dynasty in June 618, briefly served as a chancellor until his death a month later.
Background
Dou Wei was from Fufeng Commandery (扶風, roughly modern Baoji, Shaanxi). His fathe... | 1.90625 | 0 |
10676283 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dou%20Wei%20%28Tang%20dynasty%29 | Dou Wei (Tang dynasty) | In 617, the general Li Yuan the Duke of Tang rebelled and captured the capital Chang'an, declaring Emperor Yang's grandson Yang You the Prince of Dai emperor (as Emperor Gong). Li Yuan's deceased wife Duchess Dou was a niece of Dou Wei's, and Li Yuan, who retained power as regent, retained Dou on staff. At that time, t... | 2.328125 | 0 |
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