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2938090 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accounting%20constraints | Accounting constraints | For investors, they want to know all financial information if possible in ideal condition, which may cause tremendous financial burden in the corporations. Moreover, some financial information may not be valuable for external users to acquire a huge benefit, for example, how much money does a company spend for its gree... | 2.21875 | 0 |
2938090 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accounting%20constraints | Accounting constraints | Financial Constraint
Financial Constraint is defined as a temporary restriction of internally generated funds which may require resources to be cut for investments including marketing resources, so that managers can achieve their financial goals.
During the past two decades, researchers have conducted a large number... | 2 | 0 |
2938105 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dribbling | Dribbling | In sports, dribbling is maneuvering a ball by one player while moving in a given direction, avoiding defenders' attempts to intercept the ball. A successful dribble will bring the ball past defenders legally and create opportunities to score.
Association football
In association football, a dribble is one of the most ... | 2.921875 | 0 |
2938105 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dribbling | Dribbling | Dribbling allows players to move the ball down the court, evade defenders, and create scoring opportunities. It's a fundamental skill in basketball that involves moving the ball around the court with control.
James Naismith's original rules said nothing about dribbling, merely stating that passing the ball was the leg... | 3.078125 | 0 |
2938105 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dribbling | Dribbling | Dribbling should be done with finger pads and the fingers should be relaxed and spread. The wrist should be pushing the basketball, and the forearm should be moving up and down. Skilled ball handlers bounce the ball low to the ground, reducing the risk of a defender reaching in to steal the ball. Adept dribblers can dr... | 2.6875 | 0 |
2938117 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20Wales | Transport in Wales | Current services
Transport for Wales operate all mainline services wholly within Wales. These range from rural lines such as the Welsh Marches Line to the Cardiff commuter lines, and long-distance routes between North and South Wales, via Chester, Wrexham General and Shrewsbury. They also operate services from Wales t... | 2.21875 | 0 |
2938117 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20Wales | Transport in Wales | Heritage railways
Wales has a large number of heritage railways. Some of these were former industrial narrow gauge railways, such as the Corris Railway. Others were formed from portions disused standard gauge railways, either kept as standard gauge (e.g. Barry Tourist Railway) or converted to narrow gauge (e.g. Brecon ... | 2.875 | 0 |
2938117 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20Wales | Transport in Wales | In 2018, Cardiff City Council announced plans to develop a Cycle Superhighway network, similar to the network which exists in London. The project has since been rebranded, and five new Cycleways have been proposed in the city. The scheme is due to be completed over a fifteen-year period and is aimed at promoting active... | 2.359375 | 0 |
2938137 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Gage | John Gage | Early life
Gage was born on October 9, 1942, in Long Beach, California. His father was James Robert Gage, born in Woodville, East Texas, and president of the UCLA Class of 1935, captain in the United States Navy, and senior manager for Douglas Aircraft in Long Beach, then for McDonnell Douglas Aerospace in Seal Beach. ... | 2.15625 | 0 |
2938137 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Gage | John Gage | He was a three-time All-American swimmer and Pacific Coast champion in the 100-yard breaststroke. He played on the Pacific Coast champion water polo team. He was a member of the Order of the Golden Bear and the Big C Society.
In 1968, he joined six other students from California on the delegation assembled by Speaker o... | 2.15625 | 0 |
2938137 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Gage | John Gage | Subsequently, Gage was called to rescue the Louisiana Celebration of Life Festival after two people had drowned; produced the New York Shea Stadium Festival for Peace Concert with Peter Yarrow, Janis Joplin, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Herbie Hancock, Miles Davis, Dionne Warwick, Paul Simon, Sha-Na-Na, Johnny Winter,... | 1.96875 | 0 |
2938137 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Gage | John Gage | In 1995, at the Technology, Entertainment, and Design Conference (TED6) in Monterey, California, Gage and James Gosling announced and Gage demonstrated for the first time the Java programming language, creating the first interactive interface for the World Wide Web.
In 2002, Gage joined the United Nations Information a... | 2.484375 | 0 |
2938137 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Gage | John Gage | In the first state, California, over 100,000 volunteers wired 4,000 schools in one day: March 9, 1996. NetDay was endorsed by President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore, active participants in NetDay '96. Over the next two years, over 70,000 US K-12 schools held NetDays, and Korea, Great Britain, France and othe... | 2.34375 | 0 |
2938144 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudince | Dudince | Dudince (before 1927 Ďudince, , ) is a spa town in southern Slovakia. With a population of around 1,400, it is the smallest town in Slovakia. It is known for its mineral water, hot springs and destination spas. It is located near the edge of the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia.
Geography
It is located in the foothi... | 2.046875 | 0 |
2938157 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanus%20Pontifex | Romanus Pontifex | (from Latin: "The Roman Pontiff") is the title of at least three papal bulls:
One issued in 1436 by Pope Eugenius IV;
A second issued on September 21, 1451, by Pope Nicholas V, relieving the dukes of Austria from any potential ecclesiastical censure for permitting Jews to dwell there;
Another in 1455 by Nicholas V p... | 2.9375 | 0 |
2938157 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanus%20Pontifex | Romanus Pontifex | In the early 15th century the Portuguese searched for a sea route to India to participate in the spice trade. As a first step, Prince Henry the Navigator launched expeditions to explore the West Coast of Africa. This experience exerted a deep impression so that his reign later on was marked by an ambitious expansion th... | 2.96875 | 0 |
2938163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Balochistan | History of Balochistan | The history of Balochistan refers to the history of the Balochistan region of Pakistan, Iran and Afghanistan. Vague allusions to the region were found in Greek historical records of around 650 BCE. Prehistoric Balochistan dates to the Paleolithic.
Throughout history, Balochistan has served as a vibrant center of civi... | 2.984375 | 0 |
2938163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Balochistan | History of Balochistan | In 650 BC, the Greek historian Herodotus described the Paraitakenoi as a tribe ruled by Deiokes, a Persian zaid, in north-western Persia (History I.101). The Achaemenids established the Satrapies of Gedrosia and Arachosia in Balochistan after its conquest in 6th century BCE. Arrian described how Alexander the Great enc... | 2.859375 | 0 |
2938163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Balochistan | History of Balochistan | The invasions of Genghis Khan into Bampoor caused the bulk of Baloch migrations and the Balochs were given refuge in the greater Sindh region. Later infighting between Balochs resulted in clans led by sardars, which claimed regions within Sindh. In an effort to gain total control of the regions, the British named the a... | 2.703125 | 0 |
2938163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Balochistan | History of Balochistan | Arghun dynasty
The Baloch extended their power to Kalat, Kachhi, and the Punjab, and the wars took place between Mir Chakar Khan Rind and Mir Gwahram Khan Lashari which are so celebrated in Baloch verse. In these wars a prominent part was played by Amir Zunnun Beg, Arghun, who was governor of Kandahar under Sultan Husa... | 2.46875 | 0 |
2938163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Balochistan | History of Balochistan | The Baloch Brahui tribe Khans of Kalat, who lived in modern-day Pakistan Balochistan, were the rulers of Kalat. They were never fully independent, there was always a paramount power to whom they were subject. In the earliest times they were merely petty chiefs: later they bowed to the orders of the Mughal emperors of D... | 2.890625 | 0 |
2938163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Balochistan | History of Balochistan | During the reign of Mir Abdullah's successor, Mir Muhabbat, Nadir Shah rose to power and the Ahmadzai ruler obtained through him the cession of Kachhi in 1740 in compensation for the blood of Mir Abdullah and the men who had fallen with him. The Brahuis had now gained what highlanders always coveted, good cultivable la... | 2.625 | 0 |
2938163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Balochistan | History of Balochistan | Britain and Iran divided Baluchistan into many parts, with the British creating the Baluchistan Agency in 1877. In the 19th century, nationalists in western Baluchistan revolted against the Persian occupation. At the end of the 19th century, when Sardar Hussein Narui Baloch started an uprising against Persia which was ... | 2.765625 | 0 |
2938163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Balochistan | History of Balochistan | The British Indian Empire gradually became involved in Balochistan during the reign of Mir Mehrab Khan whose reign was characterised by the power struggle he had with the chief, many of whom he had murdered. Mehrab Khan had become dependent on Mulla Muhammad Hasan and Saiyid Muhammad Sharif. And it was these men who ha... | 2.578125 | 0 |
2938163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Balochistan | History of Balochistan | After this, the Khan claimed that Kalat was a non-Indian state and requested the Government of India to accept his rule over Las Bela, Kharan and the Bugti and Marri tribal regions. The Government of India concluded after a careful investigation that Kalat had always been an Indian state. Since the Government policy wa... | 2.0625 | 0 |
2938163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Balochistan | History of Balochistan | In British-ruled Colonial India, Baluchistan contained a Chief Commissioner's province and princely states (including Kalat, Makran, Las Bela and Kharan) that became a part of Pakistan. The province's Shahi Jirga and the non-official members of the Quetta Municipality, according to the Pakistani narrative, agreed to jo... | 2.21875 | 0 |
2938163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Balochistan | History of Balochistan | The Congress, knowing that union with India would be unrealistic due to demographic and geographic reasons, propagated the notion that Pakistan would be too economically weak. Jinnah requested that the general population should be allowed to vote instead of the limited electorate of the Shahi Jirga. But the British ref... | 2.234375 | 0 |
2938163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Balochistan | History of Balochistan | Ahmad Yar Khan had insisted on the non-Indian status so that he could avoid India's political and constitutional evolution. But Pakistan used that same argument to keep control over the leased areas. Talks between Kalat and Pakistan started in September 1947. The negotiations showed that while Pakistan had accepted Ka... | 2.625 | 0 |
2938163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Balochistan | History of Balochistan | In acceptance of the decision of the Indian government the Pakistani government regarded Las Bela and Kharan as being a part of the Baluch-Brahui confederacy led by Kalat's ruler. While Kalat and Pakistan held talks, the rulers of Kharan and Las Bela endeavored to get the Pakistani government to recognise their separat... | 2.5625 | 0 |
2938163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Balochistan | History of Balochistan | Second conflict
Nawab Nauroz Khan, Chief of Jhalawan took up arms in resistance to the One Unit policy, which decreased government representation for tribal leaders, from 1958 to 1959. He and his followers started a guerrilla war against Pakistan, and were arrested, charged with treason, and imprisoned in Hyderabad. Fi... | 2.53125 | 0 |
2938163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Balochistan | History of Balochistan | On 12 August 2009, Khan of Kalat Mir Suleiman Dawood declared himself ruler of Balochistan and formally announced a Council for Independent Balochistan. The council's claimed domain includes Sistan and Baluchestan Province, as well as Pakistani Balochistan, but does not include Afghan Baloch regions. The council claime... | 1.992188 | 0 |
2938165 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20Scotland | Transport in Scotland | Numerous local independent operators also run bus services throughout Scotland as well as Lothian Buses, Edinburgh's largest bus operator and Scotland's last council-run bus company.
Scotland's bus network, like that of Great Britain outside London, is deregulated following an act of UK Parliament in 1986. This broke ... | 2.390625 | 0 |
2938165 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20Scotland | Transport in Scotland | Caledonian MacBrayne, a subsidiary of David MacBrayne, is owned by the Scottish Government. A fleet of 31 ferries serve a 52 ports and 49 routes on the ferry network in Scotland, with 5.3 million passengers travelling on the Caledonian MacBrayne ferry network in 2018. The ferry network in Scotland is faced with issues,... | 1.984375 | 0 |
2938165 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20Scotland | Transport in Scotland | Edinburgh Airport is the busiest airport in Scotland by passenger numbers, and is a major transatlantic gateway for Scotland. In 2023, Edinburgh Airport handled in excess of 14 million passengers, a 28% increase from recorded passenger numbers in 2022. Thirty-five airlines fly to 152 international destinations from Edi... | 2.03125 | 0 |
2938193 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budenheim | Budenheim | Coat of arms
The municipality's arms might be described thus: Gules on a base sable Saint Pancras in armour with a sword on his belt all argent, in his hand dexter a flagpole argent bendwise flying from which the banner of Saint Pancras, argent a cross gules, standing on his foot sinister a shield argent charged with ... | 2.203125 | 0 |
2938198 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith%20Rockefeller%20McCormick | Edith Rockefeller McCormick | Edith Rockefeller McCormick (August 31, 1872 – August 25, 1932) was an American socialite, daughter of Standard Oil co-founder John D. Rockefeller.
She and her husband Harold Fowler McCormick were prominent in Chicago society, supporting many causes, including the city's first opera company. After being treated for de... | 2.5 | 0 |
2938198 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith%20Rockefeller%20McCormick | Edith Rockefeller McCormick | Philanthropy and support of Jung
As wealthy socialites, with two family fortunes available, the McCormicks were prominent in Chicago social and cultural circles, donating large amounts of money and time to causes. Edith helped fund the juvenile probation program of Chicago's pioneering Juvenile Court system when it was... | 2.671875 | 0 |
2938225 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerro%20Las%20Tetas | Cerro Las Tetas | Cerro Las Tetas, nicknamed Las Tetas de Cayey but officially Las Piedras del Collado, are two mountain peaks located in the municipality of Salinas, Puerto Rico, north of the city of Salinas proper. Since September 1, 2000, the peaks have become part of the Las Piedras del Collado Nature Reserve and are protected by la... | 2.09375 | 0 |
2938225 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerro%20Las%20Tetas | Cerro Las Tetas | Another possible source of confusion may lie in the fact that the road to reach the peaks begins from within the Municipality of Cayey—albeit just meters from its border with the Municipality of Salinas. A third possible source of confusion, about the municipality where the mountains are located, may be the fact that ... | 2.3125 | 0 |
2938232 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o%20Paulo%20State%20University | São Paulo State University | The academic year at Unesp follows a two-semester schedule, with slight differences depending on the courses and programs chosen. The spring semester runs from August - December and the fall semester from February - June.
In the recent decade Brazil has generally become more widely recognized as a good academic enviro... | 2.0625 | 0 |
2938245 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainow | Rainow | Rainow is a village and civil parish in Cheshire, England, in the valley of the River Dean and next to the B5470 road between Macclesfield and Kettleshulme. It straddles the eastern side of the Peak District border of Derbyshire and Cheshire, and is surrounded by pasture farmland. The Peak District Boundary Walk runs ... | 2.1875 | 0 |
2938247 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict%20Joseph%20Fenwick | Benedict Joseph Fenwick | Benedict Joseph Fenwick (September 3, 1782 – August 11, 1846) was an American Catholic prelate, Jesuit, and educator who served as the Bishop of Boston from 1825 until his death in 1846. In 1843, he founded the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts. Prior to that, he was twice the president of Georgeto... | 2.328125 | 0 |
2938247 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict%20Joseph%20Fenwick | Benedict Joseph Fenwick | Early life
Benedict Joseph Fenwick was born on September 3, 1782, at Beaverdam Manor in Leonardtown, Maryland, to George Fenwick II, a planter and surveyor, and Margaret Fenwick, née Medley. His paternal ancestors hailed from Northumberland in North East England. Benedict's great-great-great-grandfather, Cuthbert Fenw... | 2.53125 | 0 |
2938247 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict%20Joseph%20Fenwick | Benedict Joseph Fenwick | Ministry in New York
In November 1808, Fenwick was sent with Anthony Kohlmann to minister to the Catholics of New York City, where they were put in charge of St. Peter's Church, the only Catholic church in the city. He assisted in establishing the New York Literary Institution, the second Jesuit school in New York Cit... | 2.453125 | 0 |
2938247 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict%20Joseph%20Fenwick | Benedict Joseph Fenwick | Fenwick arrived in Charleston in the fall of 1818 as vicar general of the Archdiocese of Baltimore for the city. His mission was to resolve the ecclesiastical dispute, where the lay trustees at the predominantly Irish St. Mary's Church refused to accept a French priest as their pastor, and defied the orders of Archbish... | 2.046875 | 0 |
2938247 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict%20Joseph%20Fenwick | Benedict Joseph Fenwick | Fenwick was appointed the second Bishop of Boston by Pope Leo XII on May 10, 1825, succeeding Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus. The papal bull notifying him of his appointment arrived in July 1825, and he embarked on an eight-day spiritual retreat. Upon its completion, Fenwick was consecrated a bishop in the Cathedral o... | 2.53125 | 0 |
2938247 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict%20Joseph%20Fenwick | Benedict Joseph Fenwick | Fenwick attended the First Provincial Council of Baltimore convened in 1829. He addressed a shortage of priests in his diocese by sending prospective seminarians to Maryland and Canada to be educated, and by incardinating several priests from other dioceses. He also trained several students in a makeshift seminary at ... | 2.515625 | 0 |
2938247 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict%20Joseph%20Fenwick | Benedict Joseph Fenwick | Educational institutions
One of Fenwick's primary tasks was the creation of Catholic educational institutions in Boston. He established a Sunday school at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross, where Fenwick himself catechized both children and their parents. This was followed by the establishment of a co-educational day sc... | 2.71875 | 0 |
2938247 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict%20Joseph%20Fenwick | Benedict Joseph Fenwick | Nativism and anti-Catholicism were rampant in Greater Boston at this time. Lurid rumors that Catholic convents were dens of immorality were prevalent; among these were allegations that convents imprisoned women against their will, murdered babies, and concealed sexual deviance. While upper-class Protestants were willin... | 2.609375 | 0 |
2938247 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict%20Joseph%20Fenwick | Benedict Joseph Fenwick | Fenwick's episcopate involved numerous conflicts both among parishioners over control of their respective churches, and between parishioners and the bishop. Some of these disputes turned violent, and involved calls for leaving the Catholic Church to create new churches.
One such dispute arose at St. Mary's Church in t... | 2.171875 | 0 |
2938301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1-Naphthaleneacetic%20acid | 1-Naphthaleneacetic acid | Use and analysis
NAA is widely used in agriculture for various purposes. It is considered to be only slightly toxic but when at higher concentrations it can be toxic to animals. This was shown when tested on rats via oral ingestion at 1000–5900 mg/kg. NAA has been shown to greatly increase cellulose fiber formation in ... | 2.1875 | 0 |
2938303 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capesthorne%20Hall | Capesthorne Hall | Capesthorne Hall is a country house near the village of Siddington, Cheshire, England. The house and its private chapel were built in the early 18th century, replacing an earlier hall and chapel nearby. They were built to Neoclassical designs by William Smith and (probably) his son Francis. Later in the 18th century... | 2.0625 | 0 |
2938303 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capesthorne%20Hall | Capesthorne Hall | The manor of Capesthorne was held by the Capesthorne family until 1386, when it passed to the Ward family. The house previously on the site was to the west, with a chapel to its north, its site being marked by a brick column in the grounds. In 1719 John Ward engaged William Smith to design a new house and chapel on... | 2.4375 | 0 |
2938303 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capesthorne%20Hall | Capesthorne Hall | John Ward died in 1748 and as he had no male heir the manor passed to the Davenport family by the marriage of his daughter Penelope to Davies Davenport. Davies Davenport's grandson (also called Davies Davenport) improved and extended the house, with the addition of a single-storey orangery to the southwest, and a draw... | 2.28125 | 0 |
2938303 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capesthorne%20Hall | Capesthorne Hall | Capesthorne Hall is constructed in red brick with ashlar dressings and has a slate roof. Its plan is symmetrical and consists of a central block in three storeys with cellars, and two-storey lateral blocks protruding forward to form three sides of a forecourt. The middle part of the central block is in seven bays, wi... | 2.109375 | 0 |
2938303 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capesthorne%20Hall | Capesthorne Hall | Interior
In rebuilding the interior of the house after the fire of 1861, Salvin followed Blore's design in some of the rooms, and in others he used his own designs. The Entrance Hall very much follows Blore's design. It has a panelled ceiling with pendants, and the windows contain 19th-century stained glass arranged ... | 1.984375 | 0 |
2938303 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capesthorne%20Hall | Capesthorne Hall | The bridge crossing the lake dates from about 1843, and is constructed in brick with stone dressings. It consists of five segmental arches, with abutments running down to the banks. The arches have rusticated voussoirs and keystones, and above the voussoirs are hood moulds. Between the arches are brick pilasters. Al... | 2.4375 | 0 |
2938303 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capesthorne%20Hall | Capesthorne Hall | The hall, together with the wall surrounding the entrance court, and the chapel are recorded in the National Heritage List for England as designated Grade II* listed buildings. Grade II* is the middle of the three grades of listed buildings and is applied to "particularly important buildings of more than special inter... | 1.9375 | 0 |
2938305 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20expedition%20to%20Abyssinia | British expedition to Abyssinia | The British Expedition to Abyssinia was a rescue mission and punitive expedition carried out in 1868 by the armed forces of the British Empire against the Ethiopian Empire (also known at the time as Abyssinia). Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia, then often referred to by the anglicized name Theodore, imprisoned several m... | 2.703125 | 0 |
2938305 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20expedition%20to%20Abyssinia | British expedition to Abyssinia | Tewodros sent letters to the Russian Empire, Prussia, the Austrian Empire, French Empire and the British Empire. The French government responded with demands on behalf of a Lazarist mission in Hamasien, at the edge of Tewodros's realm; they were the only country known to have responded. A former diplomat points out mor... | 2.203125 | 0 |
2938305 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20expedition%20to%20Abyssinia | British expedition to Abyssinia | Advance
It took the British forces three months to trek over of mountainous terrain to the foot of the Emperor's fortress at Magdala. At Antalo, Napier parleyed with Dajamach Kassai (later Emperor Yohannes IV), and won his support, which the British needed in their single-minded march to Magdala; without the help, or... | 2.515625 | 0 |
2938305 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20expedition%20to%20Abyssinia | British expedition to Abyssinia | Tewodros, however, ordered an attack, and thousands of soldiers, many of them armed only with spears, charged the British positions. The British quickly deployed to meet the charging mass, and poured devastating fire into their ranks, including rockets from the Naval Brigade and Mountain gun artillery fire, as well as ... | 2.21875 | 0 |
2938305 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20expedition%20to%20Abyssinia | British expedition to Abyssinia | The British continued their advance on 13 April, and laid siege to the fortress of Magdala. The British attack began with a bombardment with mortars, rockets, and artillery. Infantry units then opened fire to provide cover for the Royal Engineers as they blew up the gates of the fortress at 4pm. British infantry then p... | 2.453125 | 0 |
2938305 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20expedition%20to%20Abyssinia | British expedition to Abyssinia | Before the British abandoned Magdala, Sir Robert ordered the destruction of Tewodros's artillery. He also permitted his troops to loot and burn the fortress, including its churches, as a punitive measure. The troops collected many historical and religious artefacts that were taken back to Britain, many of which can now... | 2.03125 | 0 |
2938305 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20expedition%20to%20Abyssinia | British expedition to Abyssinia | Looted objects
The British Museum sent a member of staff as part of the expedition. After the Magdala expeditions ended, many looted objects, cultural artefacts and art objects found their way into state and private collections, family possessions, and the hands of ordinary soldiers. Most of the books and manuscripts w... | 3.203125 | 0 |
2938306 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20University%20of%20Music%20Bucharest | National University of Music Bucharest | The National University of Music Bucharest (, UNMB) is a university-level school of music located in Bucharest, Romania. Established as a school of music in 1863 and reorganized as an academy in 1931, it has functioned as a public university since 2001. It also offered training in drama until 1950, when this function w... | 2.4375 | 0 |
2938306 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20University%20of%20Music%20Bucharest | National University of Music Bucharest | During the interwar period, the Conservatory grew to accommodate counterpoint, orchestration, aesthetics and music history classes. On July 17, 1931, it was turned into an academy placed under the patronage of King Carol II, and renamed Royal Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (Academia Regală de Muzică și Artă Dramatic... | 2.484375 | 0 |
2938316 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch-down%20block | Punch-down block | A punch-down block (also punchdown block, punch block, punchblock, quick-connect block and other variations) is a type of electrical connection often used in telephony. It is named because the solid copper wires are "punched down" into short open-ended slots which are a type of insulation-displacement connector. These ... | 2.578125 | 0 |
2938317 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Conway%20%28cardinal%29 | William Conway (cardinal) | William John Cardinal Conway (22 January 1913 – 17 April 1977) was an Irish cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland from 1963 until his death, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1965. He was head of the Catholic Church in Ireland during the reforms of the ... | 2 | 0 |
2938317 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Conway%20%28cardinal%29 | William Conway (cardinal) | Cardinal Conway and the Troubles
Conway presided over the Irish Church at the outbreak of the Troubles and, as a native of Belfast and a priest of the diocese of Down and Connor, was well-placed to respond to the demands of the era. On 12 September 1971, after the introduction of internment, he and his fellow Northern... | 1.9375 | 0 |
2938317 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Conway%20%28cardinal%29 | William Conway (cardinal) | Ecumenical relations
Conway was keen throughout his time as Primate of All-Ireland to develop and maintain good relations with the leaders of other Christian churches on the island. He enjoyed a particularly close friendship with his Church of Ireland counterpart as Primate in Armagh, George Simms. In 1973 Archbishop ... | 2.375 | 0 |
2938319 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancestral%20graph | Ancestral graph | In statistics and Markov modeling, an ancestral graph is a type of mixed graph to provide a graphical representation for the result of marginalizing one or more vertices in a graphical model that takes the form of a directed acyclic graph.
Definition
Ancestral graphs are mixed graphs used with three kinds of edges: ... | 2.65625 | 0 |
2938344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20history%20of%20Thailand | Military history of Thailand | Burma successfully invaded Ayutthaya again in 1767, this time burning the capital and temporarily dividing the country. General, later King, Taksin assumed power and defeated the Burmese at the battle of Pho Sam Ton Camp later in 1767. With Chinese political support, Taksin fought several campaigns against Vietnam, wr... | 2.90625 | 0 |
2938344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20history%20of%20Thailand | Military history of Thailand | Siam and the European military threat (1826–1932)
The British victories over Burma in 1826 set the stage for a century in which the military history of Thailand was to be dominated by the threat of European colonialism. Initially, however, Siamese concern remained focused on its traditional rivals of Burma and Vietnam.... | 2.9375 | 0 |
2938344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20history%20of%20Thailand | Military history of Thailand | Under Napoleon III, France escalated the military pressure on Siam from the east. France's naval interventions in Vietnam in the 1840s gave way to a concerted imperial campaign. Saigon fell in 1859, with French ascendancy in Vietnam being confirmed in 1874. France took Cambodia in 1863, combining it with Vietnam to for... | 2.625 | 0 |
2938344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20history%20of%20Thailand | Military history of Thailand | Siam's response under King Mongkut was to commence a wide programme of reform on the Western model, which including the Siam military. The Royal Thai Army traces its origins as a standing force to Mongkut's creation of the Royal Siamese Army as a standing force in the European tradition in 1852. By 1887, Siam had perma... | 2.84375 | 0 |
2938344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20history%20of%20Thailand | Military history of Thailand | The closing act of this struggle was the French occupation of eastern Thai territory in the Franco-Siamese conflict of 1893, which paved the way for an uneasy peace between Siam and France in the region for the next forty years. French Indochina's Governor-General had sent an envoy to Bangkok to bring Laos under French... | 2.671875 | 0 |
2938344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20history%20of%20Thailand | Military history of Thailand | By the final stages of the war, however, the weakening position of Japan across the region and the Japanese requisition of supplies and materiel reduced the military benefits to Siam, turning an unequal alliance into an increasingly obvious occupation. Allied air power achieved superiority over the country, bombing Ban... | 2.546875 | 0 |
2938344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20history%20of%20Thailand | Military history of Thailand | Whilst the war in Indochina was being fought between the Vietnamese and the French, Thailand – disliking both her old rivals equally – initially refrained from entering the conflict, but once it became a war between the US and the Vietnamese Communists, Thailand committed itself strongly to the US side. Thailand conclu... | 2.234375 | 0 |
2938344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20history%20of%20Thailand | Military history of Thailand | The last twenty years of Thailand's military history has been dominated less by the threat of external attack, but by the role of the Thai military in internal politics. For most of the 1980s, Thailand was ruled by prime minister Prem Tinsulanonda, a democratically inclined leader who restored parliamentary politics. T... | 2.453125 | 0 |
2938387 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caf%C3%A9%20de%20Flore | Café de Flore | Café de Flore () is one of the oldest coffeehouses in Paris, known for its emblematic shopfront and celebrated for its famous clientele, which in the past included influential writers, philosophers, and members of Parisian high society (tout-Paris). The café is located in Saint-Germain-des-Prés, a historic quarter on t... | 2.203125 | 0 |
2938464 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitch%20gameplay | Twitch gameplay | History
"Twitch" refers to the motion the player makes, a sudden movement or reaction to an event on the screen. An early use of the term was by Vern Raburn of Microsoft in 1981. Many early computer, arcade, and console games are considered to be "twitch games". They mostly involved "see and react" situations. For inst... | 2.984375 | 0 |
2938464 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitch%20gameplay | Twitch gameplay | Early first-person shooters were much like early games in general; fast reactions were required and little strategy or thought went into the gameplay. Even the youngest players were able to understand the concept, which may have been the reason such games became instantly popular among a large demographic. Many of the ... | 2.640625 | 0 |
2938495 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Elliott%20%28police%20officer%29 | Frank Elliott (police officer) | Frank Louis Dumbell Elliott CB (11 September 1874 – 26 March 1939) was an Assistant Commissioner of the London Metropolitan Police from 1914 to 1931.
Elliott was born in Nynee Tal, British India, the son of Sir Charles Elliott, former Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, and Louisa Jane Dumbell of Onchan, Isle of Man, daugh... | 2.0625 | 0 |
2938514 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20Patterson | Albert Patterson | Political career
Patterson began his political career in 1937 as a member of the Phenix City Board of Education. By 1940, he was also chairman of the Russell County Draft Board. In 1946, he was elected to the Alabama State Senate, where he served from 1947 to 1951 and helped introduce several important bills, including... | 2.265625 | 0 |
2938514 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20Patterson | Albert Patterson | On the evening of June 18, 1954, Patterson was working in his law office in the Coulter Building in Phenix City. As he left at about 9 p.m., he walked to his car, which was parked in an alley off Fifth Avenue next to the Elite Cafe. An unidentified assailant walked up to him, pushed a gun in his mouth, and shot him thr... | 2.03125 | 0 |
2938548 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordazepam | Nordazepam | Pharmacology
Nordazepam is a partial agonist at the GABAA receptor, which makes it less potent than other benzodiazepines, particularly in its amnesic and muscle-relaxing effects. Its elimination half life is between 36 and 200 hours, with wide variation among individuals; factors such as age and sex are known to impac... | 2.0625 | 0 |
2938616 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew%205%3A43 | Matthew 5:43 | Matthew 5:43 is the forty-third verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. This verse is the opening of the final antithesis, that on the commandment to "Love thy neighbour as thyself".
Content
In the King James Version of the Bible the text reads:... | 2.046875 | 0 |
2938620 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eucalyptol | Eucalyptol | Eucalyptol (also called cineole) is a monoterpenoid colorless liquid, and a bicyclic ether. It has a fresh camphor-like odor and a spicy, cooling taste. It is insoluble in water, but miscible with organic solvents. Eucalyptol makes up about 70–90% of eucalyptus oil. Eucalyptol forms crystalline adducts with hydrohalic... | 2.25 | 0 |
2938625 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football%20Supporters%27%20Federation | Football Supporters' Federation | The Football Supporters' Federation (FSF) was an organisation representing football fans in England and Wales. It campaigned across a range of issues and supports fan representation on clubs' boards, lower ticket prices, and the introduction of safe standing areas at grounds in the top two tiers of English football. Th... | 2.125 | 0 |
2938639 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew%205%3A44 | Matthew 5:44 | "Enemies" is a broad term for all manner of foes and adversaries. In this verse, persecutors are specifically mentioned; at the time of its writing (approximately the last quarter of the 1st century), the Christian community had recently faced considerable persecution under Nero. The entire Jewish community at both the... | 2.84375 | 0 |
2938656 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew%205%3A45 | Matthew 5:45 | Matthew 5:45 is the forty-fifth verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. This is the third verse of the final antithesis, that on the commandment: "Love thy neighbour as thyself". Jesus here explains why one must love one's enemies.
Content
In t... | 2.265625 | 0 |
2938666 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Academy%20of%20Financial%20Management | American Academy of Financial Management | The American Academy of Financial Management (AAFM) was a US-based board of standards, certifying body, and accreditation council focused on the finance sector and wealth management professionals. AAFM was superseded by the Global Academy of Finance and Management (GAFM).
History
The AAFM was founded in 1996 through a... | 1.914063 | 0 |
2938678 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GER%20Class%20A55 | GER Class A55 | The GER Class A55 or Decapod was an experimental steam locomotive with an 0-10-0T wheel arrangement designed by James Holden for the Great Eastern Railway. It was the first ten-coupled steam locomotive in Great Britain.
Background
The locomotive was built for purely political purposes in order to block the passage ... | 2.40625 | 0 |
2938694 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuramoto%20model | Kuramoto model | The Kuramoto model (or Kuramoto–Daido model), first proposed by , is a mathematical model used in describing synchronization. More specifically, it is a model for the behavior of a large set of coupled oscillators. Its formulation was motivated by the behavior of systems of chemical and biological oscillators, and it h... | 2.421875 | 0 |
2938695 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral%20school | Cathedral school | Cathedral schools began in the Early Middle Ages as centers of advanced education, some of them ultimately evolving into medieval universities. Throughout the Middle Ages and beyond, they were complemented by the monastic schools. Some of these early cathedral schools, and more recent foundations, continued into modern... | 2.375 | 0 |
2938695 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral%20school | Cathedral school | Charlemagne, king of the Franks and later Emperor, recognizing the importance of education to the clergy and, to a lesser extent, to the nobility, set out to restore this declining tradition by issuing several decrees requiring that education be provided at monasteries and cathedrals. In 789, Charlemagne's Admonitio G... | 2.734375 | 0 |
2938695 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral%20school | Cathedral school | Cathedral schools were mostly oriented around the academic welfare of the nobility's children. Because it was intended to train them for careers in the church, girls were excluded from the schools. Later on, many lay students who were not necessarily interested in seeking a career in the church wanted to enroll. The de... | 2.53125 | 0 |
2938699 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew%205%3A48 | Matthew 5:48 | Matthew 5:48 is the forty-eighth and final verse of the fifth chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament and is part of the Sermon on the Mount. This is the final verse of the final antithesis, and it is a summary of Jesus' earlier teachings.
Text
In the King James Version of the Bible, the text reads:
Be y... | 2.421875 | 0 |
2938699 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew%205%3A48 | Matthew 5:48 | One commentary offers, "Manifestly, our Lord here speaks, not of degrees of excellence, but of the kind of excellence which was to distinguish His disciples and characterize His kingdom. When therefore He adds, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect—He refers to that full-orbed glorious completeness which is... | 2.296875 | 0 |
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