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5403133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Bingham%20Walkley | Arthur Bingham Walkley | In 1892 Walkley published his first book, a collection of his theatre reviews. The Times said of it, "Reprints of dramatic criticism are, as a rule, rather unsatisfying reading. But an exception may well be made in favour of Mr. Walkley's Playhouse Impressions." A selection from his miscellaneous essays in The Speaker,... | 2.046875 | 0 |
5403134 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aguila%2C%20Arizona | Aguila, Arizona | Aguila is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 60, west of Wickenburg and northeast of Wenden. Major economic activities include cantaloupe farming and formerly included mining. It uses the same street numbering system as... | 2.171875 | 0 |
5403136 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veternica%20%28river%29 | Veternica (river) | The Veternica (, ) is a river in southern Serbia, a 75 km long left tributary to the Južna Morava, which gives the name to the region surrounding its valley.
The Veternica originates from the Grot peak, the southernmost part of the Kukavica mountain. Four smaller streams meet at the village of Vlase and continue to th... | 2.03125 | 0 |
5403147 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straub | Straub | Straub is a Germanic surname that literally means "one with bushy or bristly hair". Its original meaning in Middle High German is "rough" or "unkempt". It may also refer to people who come from Straubing in Germany. Spelling variations of Straub include Straube, Strauber, Straubinger, Strauble, Strob, Strobel, Strube,... | 2.109375 | 0 |
5403159 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nelly%20Bay%2C%20Queensland | Nelly Bay, Queensland | Nelly Bay is a town on Magnetic Island and a suburb of the City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. A tourism hub on the island, it is especially significant as the site of the ferry terminal, which links it to Townsville. In the , the suburb of Nelly Bay had a population of 1,213 people.
History
Robert Hayles, a l... | 1.914063 | 0 |
5403195 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arlington%2C%20Arizona | Arlington, Arizona | Arlington is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, located west of downtown Phoenix on old U.S 80. It follows the street numbering system of Phoenix. As of the 2020 census, the population was 150, down from 194 at the 2010 census.
Demographics
Arli... | 2.125 | 0 |
5403243 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cashion%2C%20Arizona | Cashion, Arizona | Cashion is a neighborhood and former unincorporated community in Avondale, Maricopa County, Arizona, United States. As of 2000, it had a population of 2,965. It is bounded in the north by Buckeye Rd., in the south by Durango St., on the west by 115th Ave., and on the east by 107th Ave.
Cashion ceased to be a census-de... | 2.0625 | 0 |
5403250 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Price%20of%20Coal | The Price of Coal | The Price of Coal is a two-part television drama written by Barry Hines and directed by Ken Loach first broadcast as part of the Play for Today series in 1977. Set at the fictional Milton Colliery, near Barnsley in South Yorkshire, the episodes contrast "efforts made to cosmetically improve the pit in preparation for a... | 2.234375 | 0 |
5403269 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitagliptin | Sitagliptin | Sitagliptin works to competitively inhibit the enzyme dipeptidyl peptidase 4 (DPP-4). This enzyme breaks down the incretins GLP-1 and GIP, gastrointestinal hormones released in response to a meal. By preventing breakdown of GLP-1 and GIP, they are able to increase the secretion of insulin and suppress the release of gl... | 1.953125 | 0 |
5403298 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Pied%20Piper%20%281986%20film%29 | The Pied Piper (1986 film) | Production
The Pied Piper was an unusually ambitious project for the production company Kratky Film, which like other animation studios in Czechoslovakia primarily made television short films for children. Research for the film took six months. Director Jiří Barta's aim was to make an adaptation of the Pied Piper of Ha... | 2.796875 | 0 |
5403310 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry%20Jemmott | Jerry Jemmott | Biography
Born in Morrisania, Bronx, New York City, in 1946, Jerry Jemmott began playing upright (acoustic) bass at the age of eleven after he discovered Paul Chambers. After switching to electric bass guitar, he was discovered by saxophonist King Curtis in 1967. With his connection through Curtis to Atlantic Records, ... | 2.375 | 0 |
5403356 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20Station%20Seventh%20Grade | Space Station Seventh Grade | Space Station Seventh Grade is a young adult novel by Jerry Spinelli, published in 1982; it was his debut novel. It was inspired by an odd event when one of his six children ate some fried chicken that he had been saving for the next day.
The novel was intended for adults but became a young adult novel instead.
Plot s... | 2.90625 | 0 |
5403359 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Gothenburg | History of Gothenburg | The history of Gothenburg () begins with the foundation of the city in 1621, although by that time people had already been living in the area for thousands of years, since the Neolithic Period, and moreover there had already been a series of earlier settlements on the lower Göta Älv, including one which also bore the n... | 2.671875 | 0 |
5403359 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Gothenburg | History of Gothenburg | The earliest predecessor of present-day Gothenburg was the town of Lödöse, located 40 kilometres upstream from the present city, on the east bank of the Göta Älv. The town first emerged in the late Viking Age and became a flourishing trade centre during the Middle Ages. One of the earliest attestations of the name Lödö... | 2.375 | 0 |
5403359 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Gothenburg | History of Gothenburg | In 1621, King Gustav II Adolf, the son and successor of Charles IX, decided to make yet another attempt at founding a city on the Göta Älv. According to legend, the king was searching for a suitable location when suddenly a dove fleeing from an eagle landed at his feet, seeking shelter. Gustav took this as a sign from ... | 2.53125 | 0 |
5403359 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Gothenburg | History of Gothenburg | The harbour developed into Sweden's main harbour for trade towards the west, and was the main port of departure for Swedish emigrants to North America. This history is reflected by the foundation of the House of the Emigrants (Emigranternas Hus) museum in the city in 2004. The impact of Gothenburg as a main port of em... | 2.65625 | 0 |
5403363 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test%20of%20English%20Proficiency%20%28South%20Korea%29 | Test of English Proficiency (South Korea) | Test structure
TEPS consists of four sections: Listening Comprehension, Grammar, Vocabulary, and Reading Comprehension. The test has a total of 135 questions and takes approximately 1 hours and 45 minutes to administer. Scores are assigned on a scale of 0 points to 600 points total and incorporate Item Response Theory,... | 3.09375 | 0 |
5403363 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test%20of%20English%20Proficiency%20%28South%20Korea%29 | Test of English Proficiency (South Korea) | Vocabulary: The TEPS vocabulary section measures a test taker's ability to use vocabulary in authentic and practical contexts. The vocabulary section incorporates many items that test knowledge of collocations in order to measure the ability to distinguish among synonyms and related words, which could be confused when ... | 3.171875 | 0 |
5403368 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Llapi%20River | Llapi River | The Llapi River is a river in the north-eastern part of Kosovo. The long right tributary to the Sitnica river, it is the main river in the Llap (region) depression.
Etymology
The etymology of the river's name is derived from a pre-Slavic form Alb that underwent linguistic metathesis within Slavic giving the final for... | 2.796875 | 0 |
5403432 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unni%20Wikan | Unni Wikan | Unni Wikan (born 18 November 1944) is professor of social anthropology at the University of Oslo, Norway. She has served as visiting professor at the University of Chicago (2011), Harvard University (1999–2000), Goethe University, Frankfurt (2000), London School of Economics (1997), École des Hautes Études en Sciences ... | 2.28125 | 0 |
5403487 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palazzo%20Farnese%2C%20Piacenza | Palazzo Farnese, Piacenza | An initial design was made by Francesco Paciotto, from Urbino, and in 1558, the architect Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola, better known as Vignola, was brought in to revise the designs. Vignola had already been commissioned to design the Villa Farnese at Caprarola (Latium) for Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, the older brother ... | 2.1875 | 0 |
5403512 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flyboys%20%28film%29 | Flyboys (film) | The singular use of Fokker Triplanes, which were not in widespread operational use, is contentious and almost every Triplane was also painted red in the film, indicating that the Triplane was in Jasta 11, the "all-red" unit. Despite this the remaining pre-production aircraft, designated Dr.I, were delivered to Jasta 11... | 2.25 | 0 |
5403563 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speckled%20longfin%20eel | Speckled longfin eel | The speckled longfin eel, Australian long-finned eel or marbled eel (Anguilla reinhardtii) is one of 15 species of eel in the family Anguillidae. It has a long snake-like cylindrical body with its dorsal, tail and anal fins joined to form one long fin. The dorsal fin also often extends farther than the anal fin. It usu... | 2.84375 | 0 |
5403641 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie%20Fleming | Marjorie Fleming | Marjorie Fleming (also spelt Marjory; 15 January 1803 – 19 December 1811) was a Scottish child writer and poet. She gained appreciation from Robert Louis Stevenson, Leslie Stephen, and possibly Walter Scott.
Life
Born in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland on 15 January 1803, Marjorie was the third child of the Kirkcaldy accoun... | 2.234375 | 0 |
5403641 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie%20Fleming | Marjorie Fleming | The diary includes a wide variety of observations: "The Monkey gets as many visitors as I or my cousins." "I like to here [sic] my own sex praised but not the other." "I never read Sermons of any kind but I read Novelettes and my bible."
Fleming is notable for a diary that she kept for the last 18 months of her life. D... | 2.1875 | 0 |
5403663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Fisher%20%28missionary%29 | Mary Fisher (missionary) | Mary Fisher, also Mary Fisher Bayley Crosse, (c. 1623–1698) was among the first travelling Quaker ministers. She counts as one of the Valiant Sixty, the group of early itinerant preachers whose mission was to spread the spiritual message of the founder of the Quakers, George Fox.
Early life
Mary Fisher was born in Yor... | 2.390625 | 0 |
5403663 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Fisher%20%28missionary%29 | Mary Fisher (missionary) | Mission to the New World
In 1655, Fisher and another Quaker preacher, Ann Austin, voyaged to the New World to spread the Quaker message there. They were subsidised in their mission by Quaker funds. They first sailed to Barbados in the Caribbean, where they were well received and where they converted the lieutenant gove... | 2.8125 | 0 |
5403726 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20C.%20Houston | William C. Houston | William Cannon Houston (March 17, 1852 – August 30, 1931) was an American politician and a member of the United States House of Representatives for the 5th congressional district of Tennessee.
Biography
Born in Shelbyville, Tennessee, in Bedford County, Houston moved with his mother to Woodbury, Tennessee, in Cannon C... | 2.03125 | 0 |
5403852 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austroalpine%20nappes | Austroalpine nappes | The Austroalpine nappes are a geological nappe stack in the European Alps. The Alps contain three such stacks, of which the Austroalpine nappes are structurally on top of the other two (meaning they were thrust over the other two). The name Austroalpine means Southern Alpine, because these nappes crop out mainly in the... | 2.78125 | 0 |
5403852 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austroalpine%20nappes | Austroalpine nappes | A special unit is the greywacke zone, a band of Paleozoic metamorphosed sedimentary rocks that forms an east-west band through the Austrian Alps. The greywacke zone crops out between the Mesozoic rocks of the Northern Calcareous Alps and the Austroalpine and Penninic basement rocks of the Central Eastern Alps. Stratigr... | 2.75 | 0 |
5403888 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clunie | Clunie | Clunie is a small settlement in Perthshire, Scotland, west of Blairgowrie. It lies on the western shore of the Loch of Clunie.
History
Near the village on a small hill are the foundations of an early defensive settlement. The fortifications on the site date back to the 9th century and even Iron Age material has been... | 2.828125 | 0 |
5403939 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chukwuma%20Nzeogwu | Chukwuma Nzeogwu | Lieutenant-Colonel Patrick Chukwuma "Kaduna" Nzeogwu (26 February 1937 – 29 July 1967) was a Nigerian military officer who played a leading role in the 1966 Nigerian coup d'état, which overthrew the First Nigerian Republic.
Early life
Patrick Chukwuma Nzeogwu was born on 26 February 1937 in Kaduna, Colonial Nigeria. ... | 2.078125 | 0 |
5403942 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken%20Harris | Ken Harris | Life and career
Ken Harris was born in Tulare County, California. He finished his education at an unknown college in Stockton, New Jersey. Harris started as a race car builder and driver with his brother, who had a garage. Harris and his brother had to spend $4,000 ($ in 2022 dollars) on a race track. He raced at Asc... | 2.140625 | 0 |
5403989 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern%20Alps%20%28Europe%29 | Southern Alps (Europe) | The Southern Alps are a geological subdivision of Alps that are found south of the Periadriatic Seam, a major geological faultzone across the Alps. The southern Alps contain almost the same area as the Southern Limestone Alps. The rocks of the southern Alps gradually go over in the Dinarides or Dinaric Alps to the sout... | 2.796875 | 0 |
5404002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tufting | Tufting | Tufting is a type of textile manufacturing in which a thread is inserted on a primary base.
It is an ancient technique for making warm garments, especially mittens. After the knitting is done, short U-shaped loops of extra yarn are introduced through the fabric from the outside so that their ends point inwards (e.g., ... | 2.859375 | 0 |
5404002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tufting | Tufting | Tufting requires the use of specialised primary backing fabric, which is often composed of woven polypropylene. Primary backing fabric is produced with a range of densities and weaving styles, allowing for use with different gauges of needles. Primary backing fabric must be stretched tightly to the frame so that it is ... | 2.59375 | 0 |
5404002 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tufting | Tufting | After tufting is completed, the tufted piece requires a coat of latex glue on the back in order to keep the tufts anchored in their place. Latex glue is beneficial for tufted pieces as it provides flexibility and dimensional stability. The piece should remain stretched on the frame until the glue has finished drying to... | 2.453125 | 0 |
5404046 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine%20II%20and%20opera | Catherine II and opera | Catherine II the Great (1729–1796), Empress of Russia was not only an opera fan, a patroness of the arts, music and theatre, but also an opera librettist. She commissioned some well-known Russian and foreign composers to provide music for her texts.
The Imperial opera and ballet theatre were founded by imperial decre... | 2.765625 | 0 |
5404046 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine%20II%20and%20opera | Catherine II and opera | The subject of the fairy tale on Fuflych-Bogatyr (Fuflych Unfortunate Hero) was suggested by Count Orlov. Catherine made this a parody on her cousin Gustav III, King of Sweden. The libretto was set to music by Vicente Martin y Soler, a Spanish composer settled in Russia in 1788. The opera Gore-Bogatyr Kosometovich (Г... | 2.03125 | 0 |
5404082 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MCW%20Metrorider | MCW Metrorider | The MCW Metrorider was an integral midibus designed and built by Metro Cammell Weymann (MCW) between 1986 and 1989.
Design
Launched at the 1986 British International Motor Show in Birmingham, the MCW Metrorider was the second purpose-built midibus design for the United Kingdom bus market, following the launch of the V... | 2.109375 | 0 |
5404124 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaving%20%28knitting%29 | Weaving (knitting) | In knitting, weaving is a family of techniques used for several purposes in knitting.
The most common use for the technique is when working stranded color patterns, in which two yarns are alternated to certain of the stitches to create patterns. Weaving is used to attach the horizontal strands of yarn that pass unuse... | 2.984375 | 0 |
5404152 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-nosed%20horned%20frog | Long-nosed horned frog | The long-nosed horned frog (Pelobatrachus nasutus), also known as the Malayan horned frog or Malayan leaf frog is a species of frog restricted to the rainforest areas of southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia to Singapore, Sumatra, and Borneo. However, records from Thailand to the Sunda Shelf may apply to another, p... | 2.8125 | 0 |
5404184 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep%20temporal%20arteries | Deep temporal arteries | The deep temporal arteries are two arteries of the head. They ascend between the temporalis muscle and the pericranium. They anastomose with the middle temporal artery, among other vessels. They supply the temporalis muscle.
Structure
The deep temporal arteries consist of an anterior and a posterior artery. They are ... | 2.390625 | 0 |
5404280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehsan%20Masood | Ehsan Masood | Hassan Ehsan Masood (born 9 August 1967) is a British science writer, journalist and broadcaster. Between 2009 and 2017 he was the editor of Research Fortnight (part of Research Professional News), is currently bureau chief (editorials, Africa and the Middle East) at Nature, and has been teaching international science ... | 1.992188 | 0 |
5404290 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarmassif | Aarmassif | The Aarmassif or Aaremassif (German: Aarmassiv) is a geologic massif in the Swiss Alps. It contains a number of large mountain chains and parts of mountain chains.
Name
The massif is named after the Aar, a river that has its source in the Aarmassif.
Geography
The Aarmassif crops out in the eastern part of the Bernese... | 2.6875 | 0 |
5404341 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rzav%20%28Drina%29 | Rzav (Drina) | As one of the consequences of the ecological protests in various parts of Serbia since 2019, especially against the small hydros, a survey was conducted in western and central Serbia to check the effects of such facilities regarding the nature. The survey of nine streams was conducted by the Faculty for Natural and Mat... | 2.40625 | 0 |
5404350 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOT%20%28charity%29 | MOT (charity) | MOT's life skills concept has five programmes which are offered to schools and municipalities on four continents – Europe, Africa, Asia and America.
MOT originates from Norway. The initiative to start MOT was taken by the former Olympians and Norwegian speedskaters Atle Vårvik and Johann Olav Koss after the Olympic Wi... | 2.796875 | 0 |
5404398 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20ironclad%20Petr%20Veliky | Russian ironclad Petr Veliky | Design and description
Petr Veliky had its genesis in the visit of the American twin-turret monitor to Kronstadt in August 1866, that inspired Rear Admiral A. A. Popov to submit a preliminary design for a low-freeboard, breastwork monitor with a full suite of sails and masts. He intended the ship to act as a hybrid mo... | 2.515625 | 0 |
5404398 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20ironclad%20Petr%20Veliky | Russian ironclad Petr Veliky | Armament
Four muzzle-loading smoothbore guns, based on the American Rodman design, were originally intended as Petr Velikys main armament, but the Russians were impressed by a demonstration of a new Krupp rifled gun. They bought a few guns directly as well as a production license and an enlarged 12-inch, 20-caliber, ... | 2.4375 | 0 |
5404398 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20ironclad%20Petr%20Veliky | Russian ironclad Petr Veliky | The anti-torpedo boat armament of the Petr Veliky consisted of six four-pounder () guns, four mounted on the bridge, and two at the stern, and two Palmcrantz one-pounder () Gatling-type machine guns. Two telescoping spar torpedoes were mounted in the bow; one set at below the waterline and the other at . They did not ... | 2.1875 | 0 |
5404398 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20ironclad%20Petr%20Veliky | Russian ironclad Petr Veliky | Immediately after her sea trials the ship departed Scotland for a Mediterranean cruise. Petr Veliky made port visits at Algiers, Athens, Corfu, Naples, La Spezia and Toulon before being recalled. She visited Cadiz, Lisbon, Brest, and Cherbourg before reaching Kronstadt on 12 September. The ship remained in the Baltic S... | 2.296875 | 0 |
5404404 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickwell | Pickwell | History
Under Edward the Confessor Pickwell and Leesthorpe manors and in all but their rectories were held by Ordmar, and in 1086 of the king by Geoffrey de Wirce. In 1129 Pickwell and Leesthorpe were held by Roger de Mowbray (Lord of Montbray) who had acquired all Geoffrey's land in Leicestershire. The Mowbray family ... | 2.046875 | 0 |
5404408 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Georges%20Terrace | St Georges Terrace | St Georges Terrace (colloquially known as "The Terrace") is the main street in the city of Perth, Western Australia. It runs parallel to the Swan River and forms the major arterial thoroughfare through the central business district.
Its western end is marked by the Barracks Arch near Parliament House across the Mitc... | 2.015625 | 0 |
5404422 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex%20P.%20Schmid | Alex P. Schmid | "Terrorism is an anxiety-inspiring method of repeated violent action, employed by (semi-) clandestine individual, group or state actors, for idiosyncratic, criminal or political reasons, whereby – in contrast to assassination – the direct targets of violence are not the main targets. The immediate human victims of viol... | 2.171875 | 0 |
5404422 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex%20P.%20Schmid | Alex P. Schmid | In an article published in Contemporary Voices in 2020, Schmid revisits the many challenges associated with defining terrorism, outlining six main reasons why this is the case:
It is a complex phenomenon.
Confusion exists in the terminology, specifically the terms “terror” and “terrorism” and the relationship between... | 2.1875 | 0 |
5404453 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euonymus%20alatus | Euonymus alatus | Euonymus alatus, known variously as burning bush, winged euonymus, winged spindle, and winged spindle-tree, is a species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae, native to central and northern China, Japan, and Korea.
It is a popular ornamental plant in gardens and parks due to its bright pink or orange fruit an... | 2.546875 | 0 |
5404453 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euonymus%20alatus | Euonymus alatus | Uses
Generally cultivated for its ornamental qualities, attraction to wildlife, and ability to adapt to urban and suburban environments, the shrub commonly is used in foundation planting, hedges, and along highways and commercial strips. Sales across the United States are in the tens of millions of dollars every year.
... | 2.28125 | 0 |
5404470 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Ott | John Ott | John Nash Ott (23 October 1909 – 6 April 2000) was a photo-researcher, writer, photographer, and cinematographer who was an early adopter of many modern photographic practices, including time-lapse photography and full-spectrum lighting.
Photography
Ott's early career was in finance. He never went to college, although... | 2.421875 | 0 |
5404470 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Ott | John Ott | His work caught the attention of organizations who employed him to make time-lapse segments for films they were producing, including the educational film Secrets of Life, for the Walt Disney Company in 1956, and The Story of Wheat, for the Santa Fe Railroad. From the late 1940s to the early 1950s he hosted a Chicago-ar... | 2.71875 | 0 |
5404490 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Georgia | Human rights in Georgia | Human rights in Georgia are guaranteed by the country's constitution. There is an independent human rights Public Defender of Georgia elected by the parliament to ensure such rights are enforced. However, it has been alleged by Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the United States Department of State and the Geo... | 2.59375 | 0 |
5404490 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Georgia | Human rights in Georgia | The 2002 concordat between the G.O.C. and the Georgian government is in place, which grants the Georgian Orthodox Church a privileged status in Georgia, and endows it with authority over all religious matters. It is the only church that has tax-free status, and it is often consulted in government matters. Together with... | 2.15625 | 0 |
5404557 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20battleship%20Rostislav | Russian battleship Rostislav | Rostislav was a pre-dreadnought battleship built by the Nikolaev Admiralty Shipyard in the 1890s for the Black Sea Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy. She was conceived as a small, inexpensive coastal defence ship, but the Navy abandoned the concept in favor of a compact, seagoing battleship with a displacement of . Po... | 2.375 | 0 |
5404557 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20battleship%20Rostislav | Russian battleship Rostislav | Design and description
Similar in size to earlier coastal defence ships but seaworthy for operations in the Black Sea, Rostislav was conceived in 1892 as a cheap and compact platform for 12-inch guns. Admiral Nikolay Chikhachov, Chief of the Ministry of the Navy, envisioned a squadron of such ships, each displacing , ... | 2.5625 | 0 |
5404557 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20battleship%20Rostislav | Russian battleship Rostislav | Service
On May 1, 1899, Captain Grand Duke Alexander Mikhailovich assumed command of Rostislav, becoming the first Romanov since Peter I to command a combat ship. Another Romanov, Grand Duke Kirill, spent a few uneventful months on board Rostislav in 1900. Alexander's guests, parties and diplomatic visits to Istanbul r... | 2.34375 | 0 |
5404557 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20battleship%20Rostislav | Russian battleship Rostislav | The Tsentralka, the group plotting a mutiny of the Black Sea Fleet, decided on June 25, 1905, that the mutiny should start on Potemkin rather than Rostislav. On June 27, 1905, the day of the battleship Potemkin mutiny, Rostislav was sailing under the ensign of Vice Admiral Alexander Krieger. Nicholas II ordered Krieger... | 2.9375 | 0 |
5404557 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20battleship%20Rostislav | Russian battleship Rostislav | Two plans for modernizing the ship were put forward before World War I. In 1907 the Naval General Staff proposed a major reconstruction aimed at reducing her draft and raising her armor belt higher out of the water. Her above-water torpedo tubes, torpedo nets, auxiliary boilers and 47-millimeter guns would have been re... | 2.625 | 0 |
5404557 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20battleship%20Rostislav | Russian battleship Rostislav | Diplomatic incidents
Before the outbreak of World War I Rostislav was involved in two minor international incidents. On August 11, 1911, and Panteleimon, two of the Black Sea Fleet battleships paying a state visit to Romania, ran aground on a shoal just off the port of Constanța. Rostislavs officers had detected the h... | 2.609375 | 0 |
5404557 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20battleship%20Rostislav | Russian battleship Rostislav | The February Revolution of 1917 did not demoralize the Black Sea Fleet as quickly as the Baltic Fleet. Captain Fyodor Stark, a former destroyer commander, maintained Rostislav in combat-ready condition until the end of the year. The battleship sailed out for her last voyage to Batumi in September and October. Stark man... | 2.46875 | 0 |
5404591 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozonac | Cozonac | Cozonac () or Kozunak ( ) is a sweet yeast dough that can be used to make different traditional holiday breads and cakes. Often mixed with raisins or nuts, it can be baked as a loaf or rolled out with fillings like poppy seed or walnuts. It is common throughout Southeastern Europe in countries such as Romania, Moldova,... | 2.359375 | 0 |
5404591 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cozonac | Cozonac | In North Macedonia, the Macedonians for Easter traditionally bake a sweet bread called with sultanas and raisins in the shape of a girl's plated hair, a braid. That is why the name of this traditional Easter bread is derived from the Bulgarian word for hair-коса/kosa. There is also the straw plated mat Macedonians in t... | 2.5625 | 0 |
5404602 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liu%20Shueh-shuan | Liu Shueh-shuan | Liu Shueh-shuan (; born 4 March 1969) is a Taiwanese composer. He has written works for the Erhu, and his music combines elements of traditional and modern cultures in eclectic musical styles.
Life and career
Liu was born in Chang-hua, Taiwan. His composition, “Gui-Ze”, was awarded the gold medal in the Council for ... | 2.109375 | 0 |
5404610 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open%E2%80%93closed%20principle | Open–closed principle | In object-oriented programming, the open–closed principle (OCP) states "software entities (classes, modules, functions, etc.) should be open for extension, but closed for modification";
that is, such an entity can allow its behaviour to be extended without modifying its source code.
The name open–closed principle has ... | 2.765625 | 0 |
5404658 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold%20Munro%20Fox | Harold Munro Fox | Harold Munro Fox (; 28 September 1889 – 29 January 1967) was an English zoologist.
Education and early life
He was born Harold Munro Fuchs in Clapham, London, in 1889 to George Gotthilf Fuchs, a former captain in the Prussian Army, and Margaret Isabella Campbell Munro, daughter of Lieutenant Colonel Andrew Munro of t... | 2.1875 | 0 |
5404691 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebezh | Sebezh | Sebezh () is a town and the administrative center of Sebezhsky District in Pskov Oblast, Russia, located in a picturesque setting between Lakes Sebezhskoye and Orono south of Pskov, the administrative center of the oblast. Population:
History
It was first mentioned in 1414 as a fortress protecting Pskov from the sou... | 2.140625 | 0 |
5404691 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebezh | Sebezh | Administrative and municipal status
Within the framework of administrative divisions, Sebezh serves as the administrative center of Sebezhsky District, to which it is directly subordinated. As a municipal division, the town of Sebezh, together with sixty-eight rural localities, is incorporated within Sebezhsky Municipa... | 2.203125 | 0 |
5404709 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanley%20Castle | Hanley Castle | Hanley Castle is a village and civil parish in Worcestershire, England, between the towns of Malvern and Upton upon Severn and a short distance from the River Severn. It lies in the administrative area of Malvern Hills District, and is part of the informal region known as The Malverns. It is served primarily by bus se... | 2.296875 | 0 |
5404724 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice%20Yonge | Maurice Yonge | Sir Charles Maurice Yonge, CBE, FRS FRSE (9 December 1899 – 17 March 1986) was an English marine zoologist.
Life
Charles Maurice Yonge was born in Silcoates School near Wakefield in Yorkshire in 1899 the son of John Arthur Yonge (1865–1946) and his wife, Sarah Edith Carr.
He was educated at Silcoates School, where hi... | 2.265625 | 0 |
5404725 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newport%20Bus | Newport Bus | Newport Bus (the operating name of Newport Transport Limited) is the main provider of bus services in the city of Newport, Wales. A limited company whose shares are wholly owned by Newport City Council, it is one of the few remaining municipal bus companies in the United Kingdom.
History
In 1901, the Newport Corporat... | 2.0625 | 0 |
5404734 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block%20Island%20State%20Airport | Block Island State Airport | Block Island State Airport is a public use airport located on Block Island, in Washington County, Rhode Island, United States. The airport is owned by the State of Rhode Island. It is primarily a general aviation airport, but there is also scheduled airline service to Westerly State Airport. The airport opened in 1950... | 2.078125 | 0 |
5404755 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolling%20Hall%2C%20Bradford | Bolling Hall, Bradford | Bolling Hall is one of the oldest buildings in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It is currently used as a museum and education centre. The building is about a mile from the centre of Bradford in East Bowling. Its surroundings are suburban in character.
Before the Industrial Revolution, Bradford was a small town and ... | 2.609375 | 0 |
5404760 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenice | Phoenice | Phoenice or Phoenike () was an ancient Greek city in Epirus and capital of the Chaonians. It is located high on an almost impregnable hill commanding the fertile valley below and near the modern town of the same name, Finiq, in southern Albania. It was the wealthiest city in Epirus and had the strongest walls until the... | 2.65625 | 0 |
5404775 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nandina | Nandina | Nandina domestica ( ) commonly known as nandina, heavenly bamboo or sacred bamboo, is a species of flowering plant in the family Berberidaceae, native to eastern Asia from the Himalayas to Japan. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Nandina. It is widely grown in gardens as an ornamental plant with a number of ... | 2.671875 | 0 |
5404826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Barcroft | Joseph Barcroft | Sir Joseph Barcroft (26 July 1872 – 21 March 1947) was a British physiologist best known for his studies of the oxygenation of blood.
Life
Born in Newry, County Down into a Quaker family, he was the son of Henry Barcroft DL and Anna Richardson Malcomson of The Glen, Newry – a property purchased for his parents by ... | 2.765625 | 0 |
5404833 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little%20grass%20frog | Little grass frog | The little grass frog (Pseudacris ocularis) is a species of chorus frog endemic to the Southeastern United States. It is currently the smallest North American anuran and occurs in a wide variety of ephemeral and semi-permanent wetlands.
Description
P. ocularis is the smallest frog in North America, only reaching a max... | 2.75 | 0 |
5404833 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little%20grass%20frog | Little grass frog | Reproduction
To gain a female's attention, males will remain perched on top of grass stems or tree trunks and call. This calling is most often compared to high insect-like chirps. P. ocularis The little Grass Frog breeds in shallow, fish free wetlands, including cypress domes, marshes, bogs, wet prairies, wet flatwood... | 3.09375 | 0 |
5404867 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik%20Grant%20Lea | Erik Grant Lea | From the bottom again
After the Second World War, his new businesses slowly kept growing. In the more or less roadless Dalsfjorden area, Gjølanger became the place with the most frequent steam ship arrivals. But in 1951 the mill, the power plant, and the shop were all destroyed by fire. He was underinsured and once ag... | 2.3125 | 0 |
5404874 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20Germany | Northern Germany | Northern Germany (, ) is a linguistic, geographic, socio-cultural and historic region in the northern part of Germany which includes the coastal states of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Lower Saxony and the two city-states Hamburg and Bremen. It contrasts with Southern Germany, Western Germany, and East... | 2.734375 | 0 |
5404874 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20Germany | Northern Germany | Culture
Northern Germany has traditionally been dominated by Protestantism, especially Lutheranism. The two northern provinces of Schleswig-Holstein and Lower Saxony have the highest proportion of self-reported Lutherans in Germany. Exceptions include the Catholic districts of Emsland, Cloppenburg and Vechta in the wes... | 2.65625 | 0 |
5404874 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20Germany | Northern Germany | Cuisine
The traditional northern German daily diet is centered around boiled potatoes, rye bread, dairy products, cabbages, cucumbers, berries, jams, fish, and pork and beef. A breakfast specialty is the crispbread (), eaten with a variety of toppings such as ham, soft cheese, cucumber, tomatoes, and liver paste. Lenti... | 2.578125 | 0 |
5404877 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace%20Tabberer%20Brown | Horace Tabberer Brown | Horace Tabberer Brown FRS (born Tabberer; 20 July 1848 – 6 February 1925) was a British chemist.
Early life
Brown was born in Burton upon Trent, the sixth child of Benjamin Tabberer, a farmer, and Jane Atkin Tabberer. He had four elder sisters – Sophia, Jane, Julia, and Beatrice – and an elder brother, Benjamin. His... | 2.515625 | 0 |
5404914 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayman | Rayman | Rayman (SNES) - Ancel initially produced Rayman for the Atari ST, a 16-bit personal computer system, working alone on every aspect of the game. Following Houde's arrival on the project, Ancel noticed that public interest in the ST had started to wane and looked to the Super NES CD-ROM, a CD peripheral for the 16-bit Su... | 2.390625 | 0 |
5404914 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rayman | Rayman | Rayman Raving Rabbids (platformer) - From the previous project a second development was started at the studio of Ubisoft Montpellier, the studio that developed the first three chapters of the series. In 2006, the second phase was again geared towards the development of a 3D platform game designed by Michel Ancel and kn... | 2.03125 | 0 |
5404922 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis%20Kiernan | Francis Kiernan | Francis Kiernan FRS (2 October 1800 – 31 December 1874) was an anatomist and physician.
He was born in Ireland, the eldest of four children. His father, Francis Kiernan (died 7 March 1850 at 30 Manchester Square, London), was also a physician and brought the family to England in the early 19th century. Francis junior ... | 2.25 | 0 |
5404957 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivrea%20zone | Ivrea zone | The Ivrea zone is a tectonic terrane in the Italian Alps, that consists of a steeply dipping piece of the Earth’s lower crust of the Apulian plate. The zone is named after the Italian city of Ivrea.
Geologically the Ivrea zone is considered a part of the Southern Alps. Most rocks in the zone are sedimentary, for examp... | 2.828125 | 0 |
5404962 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Stein | Tony Stein | Tony Stein (September 30, 1921 – March 1, 1945) was a United States Marine who posthumously received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in World War II. He received the award for repeatedly making single-handed assaults against the enemy and for aiding wounded Marines during the... | 1.90625 | 0 |
5404962 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Stein | Tony Stein | On February 19, 1945, he took part in the amphibious landings which began the Battle of Iwo Jima. As his unit moved inland, he stormed a series of hostile pillboxes using his "Stinger" and made eight trips back to the beach to retrieve ammunition, each time taking a wounded Marine with him. It was for his actions on th... | 2.328125 | 0 |
5404964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septet%20%28Beethoven%29 | Septet (Beethoven) | The Septet in E-flat major for clarinet, horn, bassoon, violin, viola, cello, and double bass, Op. 20, by Ludwig van Beethoven, was sketched out in 1799, completed, and first performed in Vienna in 1800 and published in 1802. The score contains the notation: "Der Kaiserin Maria Theresia gewidmet" (Dedicated to the Empr... | 2.875 | 0 |
5404967 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bully-les-Mines | Bully-les-Mines | Bully-les-Mines () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais département in northern France. It forms part of the Lens-Liévin agglomeration community, which encompasses 36 French communes and 250,000 inhabitants. For many years it was a major coal mining center.
History
The name of Bully-les-Mines has frequently had various f... | 2.359375 | 0 |
5404967 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bully-les-Mines | Bully-les-Mines | Misfortunes of Bully
Bully's close proximity to three military strongholds - Arras, Béthune, and Lens - often situated it in the path of war. In 1213 the village was raided; in 1303 it was destroyed completely, even its trees cut down. In 1348 a third of the population fell to the Black Death, which returned four times... | 2.671875 | 0 |
5405001 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeghishe%20Charents | Yeghishe Charents | Yeghishe Charents (; March 13[25], 1897 – November 27, 1937) was an Armenian poet, writer and public activist. Charents' literary subject matter ranged from his experiences in the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and frequently Armenia and Armenians. He is recognized as "the main poet of the 20th century" in Ar... | 2.328125 | 0 |
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