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8559527 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulfton%2C%20Houston | Gulfton, Houston | The Las Américas Education Center, which included a preschool named Las Américas Early Childhood Development Center and two middle schools, Las Américas Middle School and Kaleidoscope Middle School, started in 1995 as a reliever campus for Cunningham and Benavidez. The reliever school was established with funds from th... | 2.484375 | 0 |
8559527 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulfton%2C%20Houston | Gulfton, Houston | Gulfton residents are zoned to Margaret Long Wisdom High School (formerly Robert E. Lee High School), which opened in 1962 to relieve Lamar High School, with Lamar and Westside high schools as options. Most Gulfton high school-aged residents attend Wisdom High School. When it opened, Wisdom High School had mainly afflu... | 2.203125 | 0 |
8559527 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulfton%2C%20Houston | Gulfton, Houston | By the 1997–1998 school year, 75% of Gulfton students qualified for free or reduced-price lunches. Almost 95% of Gulfton students were classified as economically disadvantaged, almost double the Texas rate. More than 70% of Gulfton students exhibited a lack of English language proficiency, while 27.6% of Houston ISD st... | 2.59375 | 0 |
8559557 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Enrollment%20Management%20Association | The Enrollment Management Association | The Enrollment Management Association, formerly known as the Secondary School Admission Test Board (SSATB), is a nonprofit organization founded in 1957 in the United States by independent school admission officers with three goals in mind: to provide a forum for exchange and support among admission professionals, to cr... | 1.976563 | 0 |
8559560 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic%20fraction | Algebraic fraction | In algebra, an algebraic fraction is a fraction whose numerator and denominator are algebraic expressions. Two examples of algebraic fractions are and . Algebraic fractions are subject to the same laws as arithmetic fractions.
A rational fraction is an algebraic fraction whose numerator and denominator are both polyn... | 3.015625 | 0 |
8559584 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cropton | Cropton | Cropton is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is on the border of the North York Moors National Park, north-west of Pickering.
History
The village is mentioned in the Domesday Book as having three ploughlands, but it does not list any inhabitants. The name of the villag... | 2.1875 | 0 |
8559656 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrington | Terrington | Terrington is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated in the Howardian Hills, west of Malton.
History
The village is mentioned four times in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Teurintone. The lands were divided between the manors of Bulmer and Foston. At the time of th... | 2.0625 | 0 |
8559691 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nawton%2C%20North%20Yorkshire | Nawton, North Yorkshire | Nawton is a village and civil parish in the Ryedale district of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the A170 road, almost adjoining Beadlam, three miles west of Kirkbymoorside. There are two Methodist chapels on the south side of the village. It had a population of 569 according to the 2011 census. The origin o... | 2.171875 | 0 |
8559697 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph%20of%20Caen | Ralph of Caen | Ralph of Caen (also known as Radulphus Cadomensis) (c. 1080 – c. 1120) was a Norman chaplain and author of the Gesta Tancredi in expeditione Hierosolymitana (The Deeds of Tancred in the Crusade).
Biography
Ralph was born before 1080 to an unknown family who likely traced their roots to Caen in Normandy. As Ralph's ea... | 2.75 | 0 |
8559719 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mah%20Meri%20people | Mah Meri people | The Mah Meri are an ethnic group native to western part of Peninsular Malaysia. They are one of the 18 Orang Asli groups named by the Malaysian government. They are of the Senoi subgroup. Most of the members of the Mah Meri tribe live along the coast of South Selangor from Sungai Pelek up to Pulau Carey, although there... | 2.78125 | 0 |
8559726 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonegrave | Stonegrave | Stonegrave is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. At the 2011 Census the population was less than 100 and so the details are included in the civil parish of Nunnington. By 2015, North Yorkshire County Council estimated the population as 110. It is situated in the Howardian Hills Area of Outstanding... | 2.28125 | 0 |
8559743 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-layer%20insulation | Multi-layer insulation | Multi-layer insulation (MLI) is thermal insulation composed of multiple layers of thin sheets and is often used on spacecraft and cryogenics. Also referred to as superinsulation, MLI is one of the main items of the spacecraft thermal design, primarily intended to reduce heat loss by thermal radiation. In its basic for... | 2.75 | 0 |
8559743 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-layer%20insulation | Multi-layer insulation | Other more recent methods include the use of Computer-aided design and Computer-aided manufacturing technology to weld a precise outline of the final blanket shape using Ultrasonic welding onto a "pack" (the final set of layers before the external "skin" is added by hand.)
Seams and gaps in the insulation are responsi... | 2.171875 | 0 |
8559748 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Fouts | Roger Fouts | Roger S. Fouts (born June 8, 1943) is a retired American primate researcher. He was co-founder and co-director of the Chimpanzee and Human Communication Institute (CHCI) in Washington, and a professor of psychology at the Central Washington University. He is best known for his role in teaching Washoe the chimpanzee to ... | 2.4375 | 0 |
8559748 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Fouts | Roger Fouts | In Norman, Oklahoma
The Gardners initially used operant conditioning to teach Washoe signs from American Sign Language (ASL). Fouts, as their employee, was to reward Washoe with praise and treats and use a step-by-step process to get Washoe to sign correctly. But Fouts found more success by catering to Washoe's desire... | 2.953125 | 0 |
8559748 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Fouts | Roger Fouts | At Central Washington University
In 1980, Fouts accepted a tenured position as Professor of Psychology at Central Washington University (CWU) and arranged to take three of the chimpanzees with him to Ellensburg: Washoe, Loulis and Moja. In 1981, the Gardners sent Fouts two more chimps that they had finished working w... | 2.4375 | 0 |
8559750 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hin%20recombinase | Hin recombinase | Hin recombinase is a 21kD protein composed of 198 amino acids that is found in the bacteria Salmonella. Hin belongs to the serine recombinase family (B2) of DNA invertases in which it relies on the active site serine to initiate DNA cleavage and recombination. The related protein, gamma-delta resolvase shares high simi... | 2.515625 | 0 |
8559767 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allahverdi%20Khan | Allahverdi Khan | Allahverdi Khan (, ; 1560 – June 3, 1613) was an Iranian general and statesman of Georgian origin who, initially a gholām ("military slave"), rose to high office in the Safavid state.
Iskandar Beg Munshi, the Safavid court historian at the time, describes him as "one of the most powerful statesman to hold office und... | 2.078125 | 0 |
8559767 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allahverdi%20Khan | Allahverdi Khan | Death and burial
Allahverdi Khan died on 3 June 1613, during a visit at Isfahan. His death greatly saddened Abbas I, who accompanied his bier to a place where the corpses of the deceased were ritually washed and prepared for the burial. Abbas I also visited the house of Allahverdi Khan's family in Isfahan, where he of... | 2.171875 | 0 |
8559787 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleogenic | Nucleogenic | A nucleogenic isotope, or nuclide, is one that is produced by a natural terrestrial nuclear reaction, other than a reaction beginning with cosmic rays (the latter nuclides by convention are called by the different term cosmogenic). The nuclear reaction that produces nucleogenic nuclides is usually interaction with an a... | 3.171875 | 0 |
8559787 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleogenic | Nucleogenic | Alpha particles that produce nucleogenic reactions come from natural alpha particle emitters in uranium and thorium decay chains. Neutrons to produce nucleogenic nuclides may be produced by a number of processes, but due to the short half-life of free neutrons, all of these reactions occur on Earth. Among the most comm... | 2.796875 | 0 |
8559806 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lostwood%20Wetland%20Management%20District | Lostwood Wetland Management District | The Lostwood Wetland Management District is located in the U.S. state of North Dakota and extends from the Canada–United States border to the neighboring state of Montana. The district consists almost exclusively of privately owned property, and landowners work cooperatively with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to m... | 2.390625 | 0 |
8559889 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver%20Henry%20Shoup | Oliver Henry Shoup | Oliver Henry Nelson Shoup (December 13, 1869 – September 30, 1940) was the 22nd Governor of Colorado from 1919 to 1923.
Early life, education, and career
Oliver Shoup was born in Champaign County, Illinois on December 13, 1869, to William and Delia Shoup. His father was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil W... | 2.34375 | 0 |
8559900 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osei%20Kwadwo | Osei Kwadwo | In 1765, Osei Kwadwo established a military camp in the Fante territory of Abora following an agreement between the Ashanti and Fante. The base was formed to foster attacks against Wassa. In the process of this occupation, the Fante shared mistrust for Ashanti as this resulted in a decline of relations between both sta... | 2.171875 | 0 |
8559901 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capped%20wheatear | Capped wheatear | The capped wheatear (Oenanthe pileata) is a small insectivorous passerine bird that is widely distributed over southern Africa. It was formerly classed as a member of the thrush family Turdidae, but is now placed in the Old World flycatcher family, Muscicapidae.
Taxonomy
The capped wheatear was formally described in 1... | 2.09375 | 0 |
8559901 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capped%20wheatear | Capped wheatear | Description
The capped wheatear is 17–18 cm long and weighs 32 g. Its legs and pointed bill are black. This common species is striking and unmistakable in appearance. The adult has a black cap, cheeks and breast band, and white eye stripe and throat. The rest of the underparts are white with buff on the flanks and lowe... | 2.671875 | 0 |
8559908 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20England%20Patriots%20strategy | New England Patriots strategy | The New England Patriots run a modified base 3–4 Chuck Fairbanks-Hank Bullough system installed by Bill Belichick. The term 3–4 means that their base formation consists of 3 defensive linemen (defensive end, nose tackle, and defensive end), 4 linebackers (outside "Will" weak side linebacker, middle "Jack" weak side lin... | 2.46875 | 0 |
8559908 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20England%20Patriots%20strategy | New England Patriots strategy | The system is at times more conservative than certain other defenses currently in vogue in the league, despite the constant threat of its potent linebacker blitz. The Patriots defensive system generally places an emphasis on physicality and discipline over mobility and risk taking and is sometimes characterized as a "b... | 2.3125 | 0 |
8559953 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orly%20Castel-Bloom | Orly Castel-Bloom | Orly Castel-Bloom (; born 1960, Tel Aviv) is an Israeli author.
Biography
Orly Castel-Bloom was born in Northern Tel Aviv in 1960, to a family of French-speaking Egyptian Jews. Until the age of three, she had French nannies and spoke only French. She studied film at Tel Aviv University and theater at the Beit Zvi Scho... | 2.015625 | 0 |
8560012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indautxu | Indautxu | Indautxu is a quarter of central Bilbao, Basque Country (Spain), located in the district of Abando. It is a relatively affluent neighbourhood and is most famous for the large number of private hospitals and clinics, the large Society of Jesus school and the Doña Casilda Iturrizar park, all located in the area.
History... | 2.015625 | 0 |
8560012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indautxu | Indautxu | The main park of the quarter is the Doña Casilda Iturrizar park, a historical park of the city located in close proximity to the quarter's northern border by the river. The park is home to many fountains and ponds. Alongside this park, and by the river, is the riverbank park (Basque: Erribera Parkea). The Indautxu Plaz... | 2.125 | 0 |
8560186 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaoyangopterus | Chaoyangopterus | Chaoyangopterus is a genus of chaoyangopterid pterosaur known from a partial skeleton found in Liaoning, China. Chaoyangopterus was found in rocks dating back to the Aptian-age Lower Cretaceous Jiufotang Formation of Dapingfang, Chaoyang.
Etymology
Chaoyangopterus was named and described in 2003 by Wang Xiaolin and Zh... | 2.296875 | 0 |
8560225 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpya | Harpya | In an academic paper about Servais, Manuela Rosignoli says a theme of duality appears in many of the director's films, including Harpya. The harpy shares her partially human form with the mermaid in Servais' Siren (1968) and the motif of the half-human is emphasised when the protagonist in Harpya loses the bottom half ... | 2.640625 | 0 |
8560225 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpya | Harpya | Harpya marked a new technical development in Servais' career because it was the first time he combined animation with live actors. There are three actors in the film: as the man, Fran Waller Zeper as the harpy and Sjoert Schwibethus as the assailant. Servais said he had exhausted the possibilities of the traditional c... | 2.484375 | 0 |
8560225 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harpya | Harpya | Legacy
Harpya positive reception and its Palme d'Or win gave Servais international renown, and prompted more film festivals to invite him onto their competition juries. Several film schools invited him to teach at their animation departments. Although Servais did not reuse the animation technique from Harpya, responses... | 2.1875 | 0 |
8560249 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto%20Transit%20Commission%20accessibility | Toronto Transit Commission accessibility | Accessibility for people with disabilities on the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) system is incomplete but improving. Most of the Toronto subway system was built before wheelchair access was a requirement under the Ontarians with Disabilities Act (ODA). However, all subway stations built since 1996 are equipped with e... | 2.40625 | 0 |
8560249 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto%20Transit%20Commission%20accessibility | Toronto Transit Commission accessibility | Each bus is equipped with a ramp at the front door and can lower itself at the front door. All buses have two onboard positions to park a wheelchair or scooter. Blue-coloured priority seating is available at the front of the bus for riders with disabilities.
Accessible bus stops are designated with the blue Internatio... | 2.21875 | 0 |
8560249 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto%20Transit%20Commission%20accessibility | Toronto Transit Commission accessibility | All stations have yellow warning strips with bumps at the edge of the platforms, and most have tactile floor tiles that assist persons with visual impairments in locating elevators and other accessibility features. All vehicles are equipped with automated audible stop announcements. Surface vehicles and Toronto Rocket ... | 2.25 | 0 |
8560272 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton%20Racecourse | Brighton Racecourse | Brighton Racecourse is an English horse racing venue located a mile to the northeast of the centre of Brighton, Sussex, owned by the Arena Racing Company.
Location and layout
It is situated on Whitehawk Hill, on the edge of the South Downs, about four hundred feet above sea level and a mile from the coast. The geology... | 1.96875 | 0 |
8560288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istiodactylus | Istiodactylus | Istiodactylus is a genus of pterosaur that lived during the Early Cretaceous period, about 120 million years ago. The first fossil was discovered on the English Isle of Wight in 1887, and in 1901 became the holotype specimen of a new species, O. latidens (Latin for "wide tooth"), in the genus Ornithodesmus. This specie... | 3.046875 | 0 |
8560288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istiodactylus | Istiodactylus | Until the 21st century, Istiodactylus was the only known pterosaur of its kind, and was placed in its own family, Istiodactylidae, within the group Ornithocheiroidea. Istiodactylus differed from other istiodactylids in having a proportionally shorter skull. The distinctive teeth of Istiodactylus indicate that it was a ... | 3.203125 | 0 |
8560288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istiodactylus | Istiodactylus | In his 1901 Dragons of the Air, the first popular book about pterosaurs, Seeley reported another specimen (NHMUK R176 at the Natural History Museum in London, formerly BMNH), found by the Reverend William Fox in Atherfield on the Isle of Wight, and acquired by the British Museum in 1882. Specimen NHMUK R176 had been as... | 2.59375 | 0 |
8560288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istiodactylus | Istiodactylus | In 1913, the British amateur palaeontologist Reginald W. Hooley described two more specimens of O. latidens, collected from the sea after a rockfall near Atherfield Point on the Isle of Wight in 1904, originating from the Vectis Formation. The first of these, NHMUK R3877, was collected as three blocks and consists of a... | 2.6875 | 0 |
8560288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istiodactylus | Istiodactylus | In 1993, the British palaeontologists Stafford C. Howse and Andrew C. Milner concluded that the holotype sacrum and only specimen of O. cluniculus did not belong to a pterosaur, but to a maniraptoran dinosaur (this conclusion had also been reached independently by the British palaeontologist Christopher Bennett). They ... | 2.296875 | 0 |
8560288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istiodactylus | Istiodactylus | Howse and colleagues suggested in 2001 that the now missing holotype jaws of I. latidens may be specimen CAMMZ T706, which was recognised in 1982 by the English palaeontologist Jenny A. Clack, but had no documented history prior to the mid-1960s. In 2021, the Russian palaeontologist Alexander O. Averianov and colleague... | 2.515625 | 0 |
8560288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istiodactylus | Istiodactylus | The skull of Istiodactylus was relatively short and broad compared to most other pterosaurs, and it had a short, low snout-region in front of the nostrils. Much of the skull was occupied by very large naso-antorbital fenestrae (openings which combine the antorbital fenestra and the bony nostril). Unusually, this openin... | 2.875 | 0 |
8560288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istiodactylus | Istiodactylus | The tips of the jaws bore a semicircle of 48 teeth which were even in size, triangular, and compressed sideways. The teeth have been described as "petal-like" or "lancet-like". The teeth had sharply pointed crowns and triangular roots that were shorter than the crowns. Most tooth crowns had slightly blunted points, or ... | 2.828125 | 0 |
8560288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istiodactylus | Istiodactylus | Apart from the skull, the skeleton of Istiodactylus was similar to those of other ornithocheiroid pterosaurs. The vertebral column, forelimb, and trunk bones were pneumatised by air sacs. The neural arches of the vertebrae had tall, sloping laminae. The notarium (a structure consisting of fused vertebrae in the shoulde... | 3.125 | 0 |
8560288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istiodactylus | Istiodactylus | In 1913, Hooley found the skull and teeth of "O." latidens most similar to those of the pterosaurs Scaphognathus and Dimorphodon, and even considered it a modified form of the former. Later writers classified it among the short-tailed pterodactyloids, and from the 1980s and onwards, it was generally found to be closest... | 2.453125 | 0 |
8560288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istiodactylus | Istiodactylus | All istiodactylid remains are known from deposits in the Northern Hemisphere, dating from the Barremian–Aptian ages of the Early Cretaceous period. They are distinguished from other pterosaurs by features such as the shape and position of their teeth, broad snouts, narrowed orbits, and large naso-antorbital fenestrae. ... | 2.640625 | 0 |
8560288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istiodactylus | Istiodactylus | Based on his 1913 long-jawed reconstruction, Hooley found the beak of Istiodactylus similar to those of birds such as herons, storks, and skimmers, and suggested that Istiodactylus fed on fish, occasionally dipping in water in pursuit of prey. In 1991, the German palaeontologist Peter Wellnhofer compared the front ends... | 2.875 | 0 |
8560288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istiodactylus | Istiodactylus | Witton elaborated in 2012 and 2013 on the idea that Istiodactylus was a scavenger. Scavenging birds have a mosaic of strong and weak elements in their skulls; they do not have to struggle with their prey, but need to be able to tear and pull morsels from cadavers. These birds also have relatively small eyes compared to... | 3.140625 | 0 |
8560288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istiodactylus | Istiodactylus | In 2014, Martill suggested that the odontoid at the tip of the lower jaw of Istiodactylus served to fill the space where no tooth was present. This completed an arc-like bite that would have been necessary to sever morsels that would otherwise remain attached by a thread. Martill stated that few other animals are known... | 2.765625 | 0 |
8560288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istiodactylus | Istiodactylus | Wing elements of Istiodactylus were used to model pterosaur wing-mechanics by Ernest H. Hankin and David M. S. Watson in 1914, and by Cherrie D. Bramwell and George R. Whitfield in 1974, but the details of istiodactylid flight performance have not been studied. Witton suggested that istiodactylids would have been power... | 2.96875 | 0 |
8560288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istiodactylus | Istiodactylus | Witton also found that due to their relatively slighter flight-musculature, istiodactylids were adapted to launching from the ground like vultures, rather than from water like other ornithocheiroids. He also considered the fact that istiodactylid fossils are mainly found in sedimentary deposits that represent freshwate... | 2.671875 | 0 |
8560315 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Trilogy | The Trilogy | The Trilogy (1884–1888) is a series of three novels written by the Polish author Henryk Sienkiewicz. The series follows dramatized versions of famous events in Polish history, weaving fact and fiction. It is considered a great literary work, on par with Adam Mickiewicz's Pan Tadeusz.
The first novel, titled With Fire... | 2.234375 | 0 |
8560379 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal%20law%20of%20Singapore | Criminal law of Singapore | Although the legal system of Singapore is a common law system, the criminal law of Singapore is largely statutory in nature and historically derives largely from the Indian penal code. The general principles of criminal law, as well as the elements and penalties of general criminal offences such as assault, criminal in... | 2.640625 | 0 |
8560379 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal%20law%20of%20Singapore | Criminal law of Singapore | The Penal Code
For most of the 19th century, the criminal law which applied in the Straits Settlements (comprising the Prince of Wales' Island (Penang), Singapore and Malacca) was generally that of the United Kingdom. In 1871, the Straits Settlements Penal Code 1871, practically a re-enactment of the Indian Penal Code,... | 2.5625 | 0 |
8560379 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal%20law%20of%20Singapore | Criminal law of Singapore | Aims of punishment
The primary aim of criminal sentencing in Singapore is to punish and deter crimes.
Court process
The Attorney-General of Singapore is also the public prosecutor. Deputy public prosecutors and Attorney-General Chambers staff act for the attorney-general. As the public prosecutor, the Attorney-Gener... | 2.390625 | 0 |
8560379 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal%20law%20of%20Singapore | Criminal law of Singapore | Where an individual forces another to commit a crime, and is the essential cause of the actus reus, then that individual does not merely abet the crime but can be regarded as committing the actus reus himself.
Attempts
Attempting to commit a crime, but failing to do so, is an offence. The test for determining whether... | 2.71875 | 0 |
8560379 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal%20law%20of%20Singapore | Criminal law of Singapore | Culpable homicide
Culpable homicide refers to acts that cause death under the penal code. Murder is an example of culpable homicide.
Murder
Under section 300 of the penal code, murder is a form of culpable homicide that satisfies additional requirements alongside the culpable homicide offence elements. Murder attrac... | 2.671875 | 0 |
8560379 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criminal%20law%20of%20Singapore | Criminal law of Singapore | Drug trafficking
Narcotics laws established by the Misuse of Drugs Act are strict. Anyone caught with more than a certain quantity of heroin, cocaine, morphine, methamphetamine, or cannabis are presumed to be trafficking drugs, and face mandatory capital punishment.
There are two exceptions in which a convicted traf... | 2.015625 | 0 |
8560424 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal%20Code%20%28Singapore%29 | Penal Code (Singapore) | The Penal Code 1871 sets out general principles of the criminal law of Singapore, as well as the elements and penalties of general criminal offences such as assault, criminal intimidation, mischief, grievous hurt, theft, extortion, sex crimes and cheating. The Penal Code does not define and list exhaustively all the c... | 2.171875 | 0 |
8560424 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penal%20Code%20%28Singapore%29 | Penal Code (Singapore) | Charge in court
The Attorney-General of Singapore's role as the Public Prosecutor is done by the AGC's Crime Division.
Prosecutorial discretion grants AGC the power to institute, conduct or discontinue any prosecution at his discretion.
In criminal law, it is the role of the prosecution to must prove the case in cour... | 2.265625 | 0 |
8560484 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesta%20Tancredi | Gesta Tancredi | Gesta Tancredi in expeditione Hierosolymitana (The Deeds of Tancred in the Crusade), also known by its full title Gesta Tancredi Siciliae Regis in expeditione Hierosolymitana, is usually called simply Gesta Tancredi, is a prosimetric history written in laconic Latin prose and episodes of verse by Norman chaplin Ralph o... | 2.234375 | 0 |
8560484 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesta%20Tancredi | Gesta Tancredi | Gesta Tancredi, justified by Ralph's former intimacy with Bohemond and Tancred, focuses on the careers of the two men; it is dedicated to Arnulf. Gesta Tancredi is the most important Latin source for the Norman campaigns in Cilicia (1097–1108), and for the early Norman rule in Antioch. The work appears in Recueil des... | 2.390625 | 0 |
8560494 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus%20Elise%20GT1 | Lotus Elise GT1 | The Lotus Elise GT1 (also known as the Lotus GT1 and known internally as Type-115) is a race car developed for grand tourer-style sports car racing starting in 1997.
Development
Lotus Cars had previously been using the Lotus Esprit GT1 –a racing version of their Lotus Esprit road car– in the BPR Global GT Series since... | 2.484375 | 0 |
8560537 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Looe%20%28UK%20Parliament%20constituency%29 | West Looe (UK Parliament constituency) | West Looe, often spelt Westlow or alternative Westlowe, in Cornwall, England, was a rotten borough represented in the House of Commons of England from 1535 to 1707, in the House of Commons of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800, and in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832. It elected two Members of ... | 2.203125 | 0 |
8560537 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Looe%20%28UK%20Parliament%20constituency%29 | West Looe (UK Parliament constituency) | Franchise
In 1660, the Commons had resolved that "the right of election is in the freemen and inhabitants paying scot and lot". But this determination proved to be ambiguous. It was presumably intended to secure the vote to the inhabitants whether or not they were freemen, but it was quickly re-interpreted as restricti... | 2.578125 | 0 |
8560657 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association%20of%20Christian%20Democratic%20Students | Association of Christian Democratic Students | European Policy Program 2014
In addition to the party platform which was enacted in 2013, the RCDS adopted their European policy program one year later in 2014. The program strictly claims the sustainable promotion of European education areas as well as the enhancement of the ERASMUS program becoming ERASMUS+. Further... | 2.046875 | 0 |
8560662 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot%20Forbes | Elliot Forbes | Elliot Forbes (August 20, 1917, Cambridge, Massachusetts – January 9, 2006, in Cambridge), known as "El", was an American conductor and musicologist noted for his Beethoven scholarship.
Life and career
Forbes came from a Boston Brahmin family; his father, Edward W. Forbes, was the director of Harvard's Fogg Art Museum... | 2.546875 | 0 |
8560689 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Similajau%20National%20Park | Similajau National Park | Similajau National Park (or Samalaju National Park), is a national park in the Bintulu Division of Sarawak, Malaysia. It is located about from Bintulu.
Formation
The national park, facing the South China Sea, contains rainforests, beaches, and rocky shores. Initially, the park covered an area of , extending from Sung... | 2.609375 | 0 |
8560736 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triosephosphate%20isomerase%20deficiency | Triosephosphate isomerase deficiency | Triosephosphate isomerase deficiency is a rare autosomal recessive metabolic disorder which was initially described in 1965.
It is a unique glycolytic enzymopathy that is characterized by chronic haemolytic anaemia, cardiomyopathy, susceptibility to infections, severe neurological dysfunction, and, in most cases, deat... | 2.546875 | 0 |
8560802 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althiburos | Althiburos | Althiburos (, ʿ or , ʼ) was an ancient Berber, Carthaginian, and Roman settlement in what is now the Dahmani Delegation of the Kef Governorate of Tunisia. During the reign of emperor Hadrian, it became a municipality with Italian rights. It was the seat of a Christian bishop from the 4th to 7th centuries. The settlemen... | 2.1875 | 0 |
8560820 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiffany%20Thayer | Tiffany Thayer | During World War II, Thayer used every issue of Doubt to espouse his politics. He celebrated the escape of Gerhart Eisler, and named Garry Davis an Honorary Fellow of the Society for renouncing his American citizenship. Thayer frequently expressed opposition to Civil Defense, going to such lengths as encouraging reade... | 2.109375 | 0 |
8560899 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peucetians | Peucetians | Strabo places them to the north of the Calabri. Strabo adds (VI.8) "...the terms Peucetii and Daunii are not at all used by the native inhabitants except in the early times." In the time of Strabo the territory occupied by the former Peuceti lay on the mule-track that was the only connection between Brindisi and Beneve... | 2.78125 | 0 |
8560978 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triad%20%28anatomy%29 | Triad (anatomy) | In the histology of skeletal muscle, a triad is the structure formed by a T tubule with a sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) known as the terminal cisterna on either side. Each skeletal muscle fiber has many thousands of triads, visible in muscle fibers that have been sectioned longitudinally. (This property holds because T t... | 2.296875 | 0 |
8561014 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhou%20Fohai | Zhou Fohai | Zhou Fohai (; Hepburn: Shū Futsukai; May 29, 1897 – February 28, 1948) was a Chinese politician and the second-in-command of the Executive Yuan in Wang Jingwei's collaborationist Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China during the Second Sino-Japanese War.
Biography
Zhou was born in Hunan province, Chi... | 2.296875 | 0 |
8561030 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen%20Gongbo | Chen Gongbo | Chen Gongbo (; Japanese: Chin Kōhaku; October 19, 1892 – June 3, 1946) was a Chinese politician, noted for his role as the second and final president of the Reorganized National Government of the Republic of China, a puppet state of Japan.
Biography
Chen Gongbo was born in northern Guangdong, Qing Empire, to Hakka pea... | 2.1875 | 0 |
8561030 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chen%20Gongbo | Chen Gongbo | However, he remained politically aloof to Chiang Kai-shek and, after Wang Jingwei broke ranks with the Kuomintang and established the collaborationist Wang Jingwei Government, Chen soon followed despite his initial opposition. Within the new government Chen became the speaker of the Legislative Yuan. After nominal rule... | 2.125 | 0 |
8561035 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliona%20celata | Cliona celata | Sponges are asymmetrical, multicellular, diploblastic organisms that lack true tissues. They have two cell layers: the pinacoderm and the choanocyte layer. The pinacoderm layer is the epidermal layer that consists of pinacocyte cells that have the ability to contract. The contraction of these cells allows for the spong... | 3.28125 | 0 |
8561035 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliona%20celata | Cliona celata | This sponge is known for boring holes into calcium-rich substrates, hence the "boring sponge" nickname. The exact process is still being investigated, but it is known that the boring is accomplished by the utilization of specialized cells called etching cells. These cells are differentiated archaeocyte cells that form ... | 3.046875 | 0 |
8561035 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliona%20celata | Cliona celata | Cliona celata is a distinctive sponge known for its unique morphology and characteristics. In its 'raphyrus' or massive stage, it forms large lobose structures with rounded ridges, reaching sizes of up to 40 cm across and 100 cm in length. These sponges can be found boring into substrates like limestone, shells, or cal... | 2.75 | 0 |
8561035 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cliona%20celata | Cliona celata | Economic impact and ecological role
C. celata has various relationships with a plethora of creatures living within marine environments. Some of these relationships can be quite beneficial to various organisms, but can be seen as invasive to others. There has been a study showing that C. celata can potentially impact t... | 2.609375 | 0 |
8561041 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Wrong%20Way%20Home | The Wrong Way Home | The Wrong Way Home: Uncovering the Patterns of Cult Behavior in American Society, is a book on cult culture within the United States, written by Arthur J. Deikman, M.D. The book was originally published in hardcover format in December 1990 by Beacon Press, and reprinted in paperback form September 1994. Dr. Deikman (... | 2.171875 | 0 |
8561047 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wingsail | Wingsail | A wingsail, twin-skin sail or double skin sail is a variable-camber aerodynamic structure that is fitted to a marine vessel in place of conventional sails. Wingsails are analogous to airplane wings, except that they are designed to provide lift on either side to accommodate being on either tack. Whereas wings adjust ca... | 2.65625 | 0 |
8561055 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olan%20%28mountain%29 | Olan (mountain) | The Olan (l'Olan in French) (3564 m) is a mountain in the Massif des Écrins in the French Alps. It dominates the valleys of Valgaudemar, Valjouffrey, and Vénéon in the heart of Écrins National Park.
The mountain has two or three summits: the Épaule Sud (3,514 m), which can be considered a shoulder, the Sommet Central ... | 2.21875 | 0 |
8561156 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Night%20Walker | The Night Walker | The Night Walker, or The Little Thief is an early seventeenth-century stage play, a comedy written by John Fletcher and later revised by his younger contemporary James Shirley. It was first published in 1640.
Authorship
The play enters the historical record on 11 May 1633, when it was licensed for performance by Sir H... | 2.265625 | 0 |
8561173 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal%20trimmer | Coal trimmer | A coal trimmer or trimmer is a position within the engineering department of a coal-fired steamship that involves all coal handling duties. Their main task is to ensure that coal is evenly distributed within a ship to ensure it remains trim in the water. Their efforts to control the fore-and-aft angle at which a ship f... | 2.890625 | 0 |
8561200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web%20mapping | Web mapping | Web mapping or an online mapping is the process of using, creating, and distributing maps on the World Wide Web (the Web), usually through the use of Web geographic information systems (Web GIS). A web map or an online map is both served and consumed, thus, web mapping is more than just web cartography, it is a service... | 3.0625 | 0 |
8561200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web%20mapping | Web mapping | Web maps can easily deliver up to date information. If maps are generated automatically from databases, they can display information in almost realtime. They do not need to be printed, mastered and distributed. Examples:
A map displaying election results, as soon as the election results become available.
A traffic co... | 2.8125 | 0 |
8561200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web%20mapping | Web mapping | Web maps can combine distributed data sources. Using open standards and documented APIs one can integrate (mash up) different data sources, if the projection system, map scale and data quality match. The use of centralized data sources removes the burden for individual organizations to maintain copies of the same data ... | 2.59375 | 0 |
8561200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web%20mapping | Web mapping | Spatial databases are usually object relational databases enhanced with geographic data types, methods and properties. They are necessary whenever a web mapping application has to deal with dynamic data (that changes frequently) or with huge amount of geographic data. Spatial databases allow spatial queries, sub select... | 2.765625 | 0 |
8561200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web%20mapping | Web mapping | Impact on society
Web maps have become an essential tool for many, as illustrated by a 2021 labor strike demanding (among other things) a certain type of map. Web mapping has allowed for a more environmentally conscious way of navigating location. With the creation of web mapping, people do not have to use paper maps a... | 2.8125 | 0 |
8561200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web%20mapping | Web mapping | As much as web mapping has helped simplify our lives, there are also negative social consequences to the use of web mapping. There have been concerns raised about the privacy of personal information while using web mapping. It allows government agencies to create massive databases on individuals and their behaviors whi... | 2.875 | 0 |
8561200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web%20mapping | Web mapping | How Web Maps Interact With Human Variation
Web mapping allows you to choose a route of travel with provided directions and real time traffic and road condition updates. Of course, this is only possible with an internet connection. Populations that are associated with lower incomes may not have access to a mobile device... | 2.71875 | 0 |
8561200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web%20mapping | Web mapping | Web mapping barriers
There have been concerns raised about the privacy and confidentiality of personal information while using web mapping. Web maps contain personal information such as locations, identities, or attributes of people, places, or things. If not properly secured, your information can be accessed, copied,... | 2.53125 | 0 |
8561256 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Black%20Swan%3A%20The%20Impact%20of%20the%20Highly%20Improbable | The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable | Summary
Taleb has referred to the book as an essay or a narrative with one single idea: "our blindness with respect to randomness, particularly large deviations." The book moves from literary subjects in the beginning to scientific and mathematical subjects in the later portions. Part One and the beginning of Part Two... | 2.234375 | 0 |
8561256 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Black%20Swan%3A%20The%20Impact%20of%20the%20Highly%20Improbable | The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable | Argument
The term black swan was a Latin expression: its oldest reference is in the poet Juvenal's expression that "a good person is as rare as a black swan" ("", 6.165). It was a common expression in 16th century London, as a statement that describes impossibility, deriving from the old world presumption that 'all swa... | 2.515625 | 0 |
8561391 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Cereme | Mount Cereme | There are numerous recreational and tourist sites on the slopes of Mt Ciremai. Various sites, including parks and cafes, attract crowds of visitors from Cirebon. The museum at Linggajati on the slopes of Mt Ceremai which records the important historical event of the Linggadjati Agreement during the struggle for Indones... | 2.3125 | 0 |
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