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2136771 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/June%20Anderson | June Anderson | June Anderson (born December 30, 1952) is a Grammy Award-winning American coloratura soprano. She is known for bel canto performances of Rossini, Donizetti, and Vincenzo Bellini.
Subsequently, she has extended her repertoire to include a wide variety of other roles, including those from the Russian repertoire and work... | 1.992188 | 0 |
2136776 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace%20Thurman | Wallace Thurman | Wallace Henry Thurman (August 16, 1902 – December 22, 1934) was an American novelist and screenwriter active during the Harlem Renaissance. He also wrote essays, worked as an editor, and was a publisher of short-lived newspapers and literary journals. He is best known for his novel The Blacker the Berry: A Novel of Neg... | 2.78125 | 0 |
2136776 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace%20Thurman | Wallace Thurman | While in Los Angeles, he met and befriended writer Arna Bontemps, and became a reporter and columnist for a black-owned newspaper. He started a magazine, Outlet, intended to be a West Coast equivalent to The Crisis, operated by the NAACP.
Career
In 1925 Thurman moved to Harlem, New York City. During the next decade, h... | 2.21875 | 0 |
2136776 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace%20Thurman | Wallace Thurman | During this time, Thurman's flat in a rooming house, at 267 West 136th Street in Harlem, became the central meeting place of African-American literary avant-garde and visual artists. Thurman and Hurston mockingly called the room "Niggerati Manor." He had painted the walls red and black, which were the colors he used on... | 2.359375 | 0 |
2136788 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigmatized%20property | Stigmatized property | In real estate, stigmatized property is property that buyers or tenants may shun for reasons that are unrelated to its physical condition or features. These can include death of an occupant, murder, suicide, previous illicit activities, and even the belief that a house is haunted.
Controversy exists regarding the de... | 2.828125 | 0 |
2136788 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigmatized%20property | Stigmatized property | Legal status
At least in the United States, the principle of caveat emptor ("let the buyer beware") was held for many years to govern sales. As the idea of an implied warranty of habitability began to find purchase, however, issues like the stigma attached to a property based on acts, "haunting", or criminal activity b... | 2.421875 | 0 |
2136794 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brockenhurst%20College | Brockenhurst College | Many of the lessons held in this block are Music courses with their own sound rooms and recording studios, Performing Arts and Theatre with their own Performing Arts Centre, Media which also have sound rooms and digital editing suites, Philosophy, Politics, Archeology, History, and Business which has over five computer... | 2.171875 | 0 |
2136799 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Front%20%28Italy%2C%201967%29 | National Front (Italy, 1967) | The National Front (Fronte Nazionale, FN) was a neo-fascist political party in Italy.
The party was founded in 1967 by Junio Valerio Borghese who was dissatisfied by the political activities of the Italian Social Movement, of which he had held the largely ceremonial post of party President.
The new party aimed to abo... | 1.984375 | 0 |
2136812 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie%20Barnes | Ernie Barnes | Ernest Eugene Barnes Jr. (July 15, 1938 – April 27, 2009) was an American artist, well known for his unique style of elongated characters and movement. He was also a professional football player, actor and author.
Early life
Childhood
Ernest Barnes Jr. was born during the Jim Crow era in "the bottom" community of Du... | 2.390625 | 0 |
2136812 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie%20Barnes | Ernie Barnes | A self-described chubby and unathletic child, Barnes was taunted and bullied by classmates. He continually sought refuge in his sketchbooks, finding the less-traveled parts of campus away from other students. One day Ernest was drawing in his notebook in a quiet area of the school. He was discovered hiding there by the... | 2.859375 | 0 |
2136812 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie%20Barnes | Ernie Barnes | In what was one of the most unusual positions in the AFL, Werblin retained Barnes as a salaried player, but positioned him in front of the canvas, rather than on the football field. Werblin told Barnes, "You have more value to the country as an artist than as a football player."
Barnes's November 1966 debut solo exhib... | 2.234375 | 0 |
2136812 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie%20Barnes | Ernie Barnes | Eyes closed
A consistent and distinct feature in Barnes's work is the closed eyes of his subjects.
It was in 1971 when I conceived the idea of The Beauty of the Ghetto as an exhibition. And I showed it to some people who were Black to get a reaction. And from one (person) it was very negative. And when I began to expr... | 1.976563 | 0 |
2136812 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie%20Barnes | Ernie Barnes | "The Beauty of the Ghetto" exhibition
In response to the 1960s "Black is beautiful" cultural movement and James Brown's 1968 "Say it Loud: I'm Black and I'm Proud" song, Barnes created The Beauty of the Ghetto exhibition of 35 paintings that toured major American cities from 1972 to 1979 hosted by dignitaries, profess... | 2.984375 | 0 |
2136816 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young%20Citizen%20Volunteers%20%281912%29 | Young Citizen Volunteers (1912) | The Young Citizen Volunteers of Ireland, or Young Citizen Volunteers (YCV) for short, was an Irish civic organisation founded in Belfast in 1912. It was established to bridge the gap for 18 to 25 year olds between membership of youth organisations—such as the Boys' Brigade and Boy Scouts—and the period of responsible a... | 2.734375 | 0 |
2136819 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthias%20N.%20Forney | Matthias N. Forney | Matthias Nace Forney (March 28, 1835 – January 14, 1908) was an American steam locomotive designer and builder. He is most well known for the design of the Forney type locomotive. Locomotives that he designed served the elevated railroads of New York City for many years before that system converted to electric power.... | 2.15625 | 0 |
2136842 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardine%20run | Sardine run | The KwaZulu-Natal sardine run of southern Africa occurs from May through July when billions of sardines – or more specifically the Southern African pilchard Sardinops sagax – spawn in the cool waters of the Agulhas Bank and move northward along the east coast of South Africa. Their sheer numbers create a feeding frenzy... | 3.1875 | 0 |
2136842 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardine%20run | Sardine run | Genomic and transcriptomic data indicate that the sardines participating in the run originate from South Africa's cool-temperate Atlantic coast. These are attracted to temporary cold-water upwelling off the south-east coast, and eventually find themselves trapped in subtropical habitat that is too warm for them.
The ... | 3.28125 | 0 |
2136842 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardine%20run | Sardine run | Oceanographic regions of the KwaZulu-Natal coast
The KwaZulu-Natal coast includes varied oceanographic regions, each influenced by distinct environmental forces.
The continental shelf waters of the KwaZulu-Natal Mid to Lower South coasts are dominated by the warm Agulhas Current which flows toward the south west. This ... | 3.140625 | 0 |
2136842 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardine%20run | Sardine run | Water temperature has an inverse and highly significant influence. This is consistent with the preferred temperature range of sardine.
Sea currents have a significant effect, with calm current conditions most favourable for sardine presence and moderate current speeds from north to south most detrimental. As sardine mo... | 2.921875 | 0 |
2136842 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sardine%20run | Sardine run | Swells dropped to 1–1.5 m on 28 June 2011, allowing more netting of sardines. Sardines were netted at Amanzimtoti; on the main beach and at Chain Rocks. A 22-year-old American marine biology student (research diver) named Paulo Edward Stanchi was attacked by a large dusky shark while diving at Aliwal Shoal Marine Prote... | 2.4375 | 0 |
2136858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon%20episodes%20removed%20from%20rotation | Pokémon episodes removed from rotation | Pokémon is an anime television series that originally debuted in Japan on April 1, 1997. Throughout its run of over 1,300 episodes, specific episodes have been pulled from airing, banned from airing in certain countries, or never aired at all.
Many episodes that have been banned were stated to have been the cause of "... | 1.984375 | 0 |
2136861 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian%20Red%20Cross | Italian Red Cross | 7 Fundamental Principles
The 7 Fundamental Principles are the foundation of the Italian Red Cross and International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies:
Humanity: "The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, born of a desire to bring assistance without discrimination to the wounded on the ba... | 2.453125 | 0 |
2136866 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl%20Heinrich%20Weizs%C3%A4cker | Karl Heinrich Weizsäcker | Karl Heinrich Weizsäcker (11 December 1822 – 13 August 1899) was a German Protestant theologian.
Life and work
Weizsäcker was born in Öhringen near Heilbronn in Württemberg, the son of Sophie (Rößle) and Christian Ludwig Friedrich Weizsäcker. He studied at Tübingen and Berlin.
After studying at the University of Tübi... | 1.921875 | 0 |
2136875 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Lawrence%20%28songwriter%29 | Jack Lawrence (songwriter) | Jack Lawrence (born Jacob Louis Schwartz, April 7, 1912 – March 16, 2009) was an American songwriter. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1975.
Life and career
Jack Lawrence was born in Brooklyn, New York to an Orthodox Jewish family of modest means as the third of four sons. His parents, Barney (Bery... | 2.359375 | 0 |
2136876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal%20colic | Renal colic | Renal colic, also known as ureteric colic, is a type of abdominal pain commonly caused by obstruction of ureter from dislodged kidney stones. The most frequent site of obstruction is the vesico-ureteric junction (VUJ), the narrowest point of the upper urinary tract. Acute obstruction and the resultant urinary stasis (d... | 2.140625 | 0 |
2136876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renal%20colic | Renal colic | Treatment
Most small stones are passed spontaneously and only pain management is required. Above the rate of spontaneous stone passage decreases. NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs), such as diclofenac or ibuprofen, and antispasmodics like butylscopolamine are used. Although morphine may be administered to ... | 1.96875 | 0 |
2136884 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard%20Brodie%20%28military%20strategist%29 | Bernard Brodie (military strategist) | Bernard Brodie (May 20, 1910 – November 24, 1978) was an American military strategist well known for establishing the basics of nuclear strategy. Known as "the American Clausewitz," and "the original nuclear strategist," he was an initial architect of nuclear deterrence strategy and tried to ascertain the role and val... | 2.65625 | 0 |
2136884 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard%20Brodie%20%28military%20strategist%29 | Bernard Brodie (military strategist) | He married Fawn McKay Brodie – who became a well-known biographer of Richard Nixon, Joseph Smith, Thomas Jefferson and others – on August 28, 1936. They were the parents of three children.
Theories
Initially a theorist about naval power, Brodie shifted his focus to nuclear strategy after the creation of the nuclear bo... | 2.625 | 0 |
2136885 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-Man%20%28TV%20series%29 | Pac-Man (TV series) | Pac-Man is an American animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and based on the Namco video game franchise of the same title. It premiered on ABC and ran for 44 episodes over two seasons from September 25, 1982, to November 5, 1983. It was the first cartoon based on a video game.
It was the hi... | 2.390625 | 0 |
2136889 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20%28VII%29%20of%20Germany | Henry (VII) of Germany | Henry (VII) (1211 – 12 February 1242), a member of the Hohenstaufen dynasty, was King of Sicily from 1212 until 1217 and King of Germany (formally Rex Romanorum) from 1222 until 1235, as son and king, co-ruler of Emperor Frederick II. He was the seventh Henry to rule Germany, but in order to avoid confusion with the Lu... | 2.71875 | 0 |
2136889 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20%28VII%29%20of%20Germany | Henry (VII) of Germany | In Nürnberg on 29 November 1225, by order of his father, Henry married Margaret of Babenberg, daughter of Duke Leopold VI of Austria, a woman seven years older than he was. Sixteen months later, on 23 March 1227, she was crowned German queen in Aachen. The marriage produced two sons, Henry and Frederick, who both died ... | 2.609375 | 0 |
2136889 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20%28VII%29%20of%20Germany | Henry (VII) of Germany | 'The British Library's manuscript Royal MS 14 C VII is the only complete copy of the Historia Anglorum, a history of England covering the years 1070–1253, probably composed and written by Matthew Paris in the period between 1250–1255, and also includes Part III of the Chronica Maiora by Matthew Paris, covering the year... | 2.46875 | 0 |
2136903 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel%20Chetwynd | Lionel Chetwynd | Lionel Chetwynd (born January 29, 1940) is a British-American screenwriter, director and producer.
Life and career
Lionel Chetwynd was born to a Jewish family in Hackney, London, the son of Betty (née Dion) and Peter Chetwynd. His family moved to Canada when he was eight years old. Problems within his dysfunctional fa... | 2.171875 | 0 |
2136914 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Green%20%28Medal%20of%20Honor%29 | John Green (Medal of Honor) | John Green (November 20, 1825 – November 22, 1908) was a United States cavalry officer who received the Medal of Honor for his bravery and leadership at the First Battle of the Stronghold during the Modoc War.
Early life
Green was born in the German territory of Württemberg in 1825, and in 1832 his parents brought the... | 2.359375 | 0 |
2136925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lip | Lip | The lips are a horizontal pair of soft appendages attached to the jaws and are the most visible part of the mouth of many animals, including humans. Vertebrate lips are soft, movable and serve to facilitate the ingestion of food (e.g. suckling and gulping) and the articulation of sound and speech. Human lips are also a... | 3.296875 | 0 |
2136925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lip | Lip | The lower lip is formed from the mandibular prominence, a branch of the first pharyngeal arch. The lower lip covers the anterior body of the mandible. It is lowered by the depressor labii inferioris muscle and the orbicularis oris borders it inferiorly.
The upper lip covers the anterior surface of the body of the maxi... | 2.703125 | 0 |
2136925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lip | Lip | A woman's lips are also a visible expression of her fertility. In studies performed on the science of human attraction, psychologists have concluded that a woman's facial and sexual attractiveness is closely linked to the makeup of her hormones during puberty and development. Contrary to the effects of testosterone on... | 2.15625 | 0 |
2136925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lip | Lip | Open questions
The function of the abrupt change in skin structure between the lips and surrounding face (in particular, the function of the less keratinized vermillion and the white roll) is not completely understood. Possible reasons for the difference may include advantages to somatosensory function, better communi... | 3 | 0 |
2136925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lip | Lip | Lips are often viewed as a symbol of sensuality and sexuality. This has many origins; above all, the lips are a very sensitive erogenous and tactile organ. Furthermore, in many cultures of the world, a woman's mouth and lips are veiled because of their representative association with the vulva, and because of their rol... | 2.828125 | 0 |
2136931 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conquest%20of%20Elysium%20II | Conquest of Elysium II | Conquest of Elysium II ("II" denotes the version 2.0, the first Windows compatible version) is a turn-based strategy game developed by Illwinter Game Design. The game can be played with up to eight human players. Single player against computer is possible. The game has support for Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and Solaris.
... | 2.171875 | 0 |
2136931 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conquest%20of%20Elysium%20II | Conquest of Elysium II | The game map, made out of separate terrain tiles, is littered with different terrain types and locations including old battlefields, settlements of varying size, mines and locations that can be used as additional citadels. Certain locations have other uses for some characters. Seasonal changes affect money and spells. ... | 2.515625 | 0 |
2136941 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guagua | Guagua | Later in 1918, Guagua National Institute (now Guagua National Colleges) in Barangay Santa Filomena was founded in the convento of the local church. Further, in 1941, the then-parish priest felt the need for another high school in town, so he opened Saint Michael's College.
Philippine independence
In November 1959, nin... | 2.390625 | 0 |
2136956 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg%20Rudolf%20Weckherlin | Georg Rudolf Weckherlin | Georg Rudolf Weckherlin (15 September 1584 – 13 February 1653) was a German poet and diplomat. Influenced by the French La Pléiade, his poetry introduced Renaissance forms and themes previously unknown in German verse.
In his political career, Weckherlin worked in the service of the Electorate of the Palatinate, servi... | 2.078125 | 0 |
2136978 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macabebe | Macabebe | Macabebe, officially the Municipality of Macabebe (; ), is a municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 78,151 people.
Etymology
The town was named Macabebe because it is geographically situated along the shores (Pampangan: bebe; Tagalog: baybay) or ban... | 2.578125 | 0 |
2136980 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magalang | Magalang | Magalang, officially the Municipality of Magalang (; ), is a municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 124,188 people.
History
Magalang was mentioned as a visita to the nearby town of Arayat on December 29, 1598. On April 30, 1605, it was separated by t... | 2.046875 | 0 |
2136980 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magalang | Magalang | The revolutionary government took over the local government on June 12, 1898, led by General Francisco Macabulos and Colonel Lorenzo D. Camaya. During that time, Magalang was one of the revolutionary centers in Pampanga due to its proximity to Camansi, a revolutionary headquarters located in Mount Arayat. The forces of... | 2.6875 | 0 |
2136980 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magalang | Magalang | Heliograph Towers
On August 21, 2017, the “Heliograph Towers” inside the premises of Cariyana Monastery in Barangays San Isidro and Santa Cruz were declared as Important Cultural Property (Philippines) of the National Museum of the Philippines per Resolution 14-2016. They were officially turned over by the National Mu... | 2.75 | 0 |
2137015 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud%20Shabestari | Mahmoud Shabestari | Mahmoud Shabestari or Mahmūd Shabestarī (; 1288–1340) is one of the most celebrated Persian Sufi poets of the 14th century.
Life and work
Shabistari was born in the town of Shabestar near Tabriz in 1288 (687 AH), where he received his education. He became deeply versed in the symbolic terminology of Ibn Arabi. He wr... | 2.109375 | 0 |
2137026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert%20Stephenson | Gilbert Stephenson | Vice Admiral Sir Gilbert Owen Stephenson, (13 February 1878 – 27 May 1972) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy, a pioneer of anti-submarine techniques in the First World War and a distinguished naval training commandant in the Second World War.
Early life and career
Stephenson was born in London on 13 February 187... | 2.28125 | 0 |
2137026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert%20Stephenson | Gilbert Stephenson | First World War and first retirement
At the outbreak of the First World War in August 1914, Stephenson was based in the Admiralty, attached to the Naval Intelligence Division. However, he soon managed to obtain a seagoing role as executive officer of . He was involved in operations in the Dardanelles, and then commande... | 2.515625 | 0 |
2137026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert%20Stephenson | Gilbert Stephenson | Stephenson then served ashore, first as Chief of Staff to the Commander-in-Chief, Portsmouth and then as Commodore of Portsmouth Naval Barracks, where he undertook many innovations to raise morale including regular community singing. In 1929, he was part of the official British delegation at the funeral of Marshal Ferd... | 2.28125 | 0 |
2137026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilbert%20Stephenson | Gilbert Stephenson | Stephenson realised that the task of training war-time reservist officers and hostilities-only ratings required a different approach to that of training regulars. He believed that the most important priority was making the trainees determined to win; then that they understood the importance of discipline; next the impo... | 2.234375 | 0 |
2137031 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Association%20of%20Art%20Critics | International Association of Art Critics | AICA - the International Association of Art Critics (Association Internationale des Critiques d’Art, AICA) was founded in 1950 to revitalize critical discourse, which suffered under Fascism during World War II. Affiliated with UNESCO AICA was admitted to the rank of non-governmental organization in 1951.
The main obje... | 2.15625 | 0 |
2137040 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang%20Sartorius%20von%20Waltershausen | Wolfgang Sartorius von Waltershausen | Wolfgang Sartorius Freiherr von Waltershausen (17 December 180916 March 1876) was a German geologist.
Life and work
Waltershausen was born at Göttingen and educated at this city's university. There he devoted his attention to physical and natural science, and in particular to mineralogy. Waltershausen was named after ... | 2.390625 | 0 |
2137053 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable%20of%20the%20Ten%20Virgins | Parable of the Ten Virgins | The Parable of the Ten Virgins, also known as the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins or the Parable of the ten bridesmaids, is one of the parables of Jesus. According to , ten virgins await a bridegroom; five have brought enough oil for their lamps for the wait, while the oil of the other five runs out. The five ... | 2.25 | 0 |
2137053 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable%20of%20the%20Ten%20Virgins | Parable of the Ten Virgins | Other parables in this sequence include the parable of the budding fig tree (Matthew 24:32–35) and the parable of the Faithful Servant (Matthew 24:42–51). The parable of the Ten Virgins reinforces the call for readiness in the face of the uncertain time of the Second Coming. It has been described as a "watching parable... | 2.28125 | 0 |
2137053 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable%20of%20the%20Ten%20Virgins | Parable of the Ten Virgins | The parable does not criticise the virgins for sleeping, since both groups do that, but for being unprepared as they brought no extra oil. It is unclear as to whether the foolish virgins succeed in purchasing any oil that night: most shops would not have been open. The New Testament scholar, Dan O. Via, considers the s... | 2.21875 | 0 |
2137053 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable%20of%20the%20Ten%20Virgins | Parable of the Ten Virgins | In the Syriac Orthodox Church, the parable is used to commemorate the Sunday vespers service of Nahire. They believe Nahire symbolizes living in accordance with the 10 virgins, and that only through a life of dedication, vigilance, fasting and prayer can we be ready for the Bridegroom himself.
The parable is the Gospe... | 2.40625 | 0 |
2137053 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable%20of%20the%20Ten%20Virgins | Parable of the Ten Virgins | The virgins are also depicted on cathedrals in Switzerland and other countries; the portal leading into the main church of Hovhannavank (1216-1221) in Armenia has carved scenes from the Parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins.
The ubiquity of such sculptures has inspired a fictional description: the carvings on the do... | 2.546875 | 0 |
2137054 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Malden%20Studd | Peter Malden Studd | Sir Peter Malden Studd (15 September 1916 – 22 June 2003) was an English cricketer and the 643rd Lord Mayor of London.
Biography
Peter Malden Studd was born 15 September 1916. Studd's father, Brigadier Malden A. Studd DSO MC, was ADC to King George VI during the early part of World War II.
Sir Peter Studd was the Lor... | 2.03125 | 0 |
2137067 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital%20Authority | Hospital Authority | The Hospital Authority is a statutory body managing all the government hospitals and institutes in Hong Kong. It is under the governance of its board and is under the monitor of the Secretary for Health of the Hong Kong Government. Its chairman is Henry Fan.
History
Before the establishment of the Hospital Authority, ... | 2.46875 | 0 |
2137067 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hospital%20Authority | Hospital Authority | Hospital Governing Committees
To enhance community participation and governance of public hospitals, the authority has established 31 Hospital Governing Committees in 38 hospitals and institutions. These committees received regular management reports from the hospital chief executives, monitored operational and financi... | 2.296875 | 0 |
2137075 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20Wandesford | Christopher Wandesford | Christopher Wandesford (24 September 1592 – 3 December 1640) was an English administrator and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1621 and 1629. He was Lord Deputy of Ireland in the last months of his life.
Life
Wandesford was born on 24 September 1592 at Bishop Burton, near Beverley, Yorkshire, the son... | 2.078125 | 0 |
2137075 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20Wandesford | Christopher Wandesford | He had married Alice (1592–1659), the only daughter of Sir Hewett Osborne and his wife Joyce Fleetwood, and sister to Sir Edward Osborne, 1st Baronet, vice-president, under Wentworth, of the Council of the North. They had seven children, five of whom survived to adulthood. During the Irish Rebellion of 1641 his widow a... | 2.515625 | 0 |
2137075 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20Wandesford | Christopher Wandesford | Defence was a priority for Christopher Wandesford, who built a castle in Castlecomer sometime between 1635 and 1640. He had been granted Castlecomer after he argued that the O'Brennans or Brennans who had been there since 1200 held the area without legal right. Because of this, he had to build a castle "to protect his ... | 2.046875 | 0 |
2137097 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masantol | Masantol | Masantol, officially the Municipality of Masantol (; ), is a municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 57,990 people.
Etymology
The municipality is named after the santol trees that used to grow abundantly in the area.
The reason is either because ther... | 2.125 | 0 |
2137099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico%2C%20Pampanga | Mexico, Pampanga | Mexico (also known as Masiku), officially the Municipality of Mexico (; ), is a municipality in the province of Pampanga, the Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 173,403 people. It was also formerly known as Nuevo México during the Spanish period.
Mexico is from San Fernando and from Ma... | 2.515625 | 0 |
2137099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico%2C%20Pampanga | Mexico, Pampanga | September 4: The people of Mexico celebrate the feast of Virgen dela Consolacion y Correa (Our Lady of Consolation and the Cincture; Patroness of the Augustinian Order) during which they receive blessed cinctures imitating the gesture of the Virgin Mary giving her own cincture to Saint Monica during her grief and sorro... | 2.171875 | 0 |
2137100 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minalin | Minalin | Minalin, officially the Municipality of Minalin (; ), is a municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 48,380 people.
The name of the Municipality "Minalin" came from the word "Minalis" or "Minalis la ding dutung". This got its name during the constructio... | 2.359375 | 0 |
2137100 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minalin | Minalin | This is an avenue where men from all walks of life cross-dress and dare to step out of their statuses. Whether you are a known public figure, a farmer, or a professional, it is with utmost pride that a man from Minalin will dare step out of his status to give joy (pikatulan) to his people. With the continuous celebrati... | 2.21875 | 0 |
2137103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porac | Porac | Porac, officially the Municipality of Porac (; ), is a municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 140,751 people.
History
Porac was founded on October 31, 1594, upon acceptance by Fray Mateo Peralta in the Friar's Intermediate Chapter (recorded by Fray G... | 2.40625 | 0 |
2137108 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%20Ana%2C%20Pampanga | Santa Ana, Pampanga | Santa Ana, officially the Municipality of Santa Ana (; ), is a municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 61,537 people.
History of Santa Ana (Town and Parish)
The chapter of December 19, 1598 accepted the town of Pinpin (meaning "land laid aside") as a... | 2.140625 | 0 |
2137108 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%20Ana%2C%20Pampanga | Santa Ana, Pampanga | In October 22, 2013, the National Historical Commission, installed a historical marker in the church belfry, bearing the church's history. It was inaugurated with the town former Mayor Rommel Concepcion, Archbishop Emeritus Paciano B. Aniceto D.D and the Rev. Fr. Nolasco L. Fernandez, parish priest.
The town celebrate... | 2.1875 | 0 |
2137111 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%20Rita%2C%20Pampanga | Santa Rita, Pampanga | Dúman is made of malagkit rice (lacatan malútû) that is beaten from its husks and toasted in a clay oven. To the rest of the country, it may just be plain green rice or even un-popped pinipig. But it is a prized seasonal food that can be found during the Christmas season, after the rice harvest in November. The younger... | 2.5 | 0 |
2137111 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%20Rita%2C%20Pampanga | Santa Rita, Pampanga | Building of the church had to be delayed until the late 19th century due to economic adjuristicial conditions. The single-nave church is 55m long, 13m wide and 10m high. It has a large and well lit transept. The solid brass facade has baroque characteristics and the single columns are relatively slender.
The reliquary... | 2.125 | 0 |
2137116 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasmuan | Sasmuan | Sasmuan, officially the Municipality of Sasmuan (, ; ), formerly known by its Spanish name Sexmoán (pronunciation: ses-mo-wan), is a municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 29,076 people, making it the least populated municipality in the province.
Ety... | 2.15625 | 0 |
2137118 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santo%20Tomas%2C%20Pampanga | Santo Tomas, Pampanga | Santo Tomas, officially the Municipality of Santo Tomas (; ), is a municipality in the province of Pampanga, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 42,846 people.
It is a mainly agricultural and fishing community; industry includes casket manufacture, ceramics, and carpentry.
Etymology
The ... | 2.390625 | 0 |
2137175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Nature%20of%20Alexander | The Nature of Alexander | The Nature of Alexander (1975) is a nonfiction work by novelist Mary Renault (1905–1983).
Summary
The book is a biography of King Alexander the Great, (356-323 BCE), ruler of Macedon, Egypt and Persia. Renault wrote several historical novels in which Alexander appears: The Mask of Apollo (1966), Fire from Heaven (1969... | 2.46875 | 0 |
2137183 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%20Dog | Devil Dog | Devil Dog is a nickname for a United States Marine coined during World War I.
History
Multiple publications of the United States Marine Corps claim that the nickname "Teufel Hunden"—"Devil Dogs" in English—was bestowed upon the Marines by German soldiers at the Battle of Belleau Wood in June 1918. However, on April 1... | 2.4375 | 0 |
2137185 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain%20Cook%20Highway | Captain Cook Highway | The Captain Cook Highway is a short, regional highway in Queensland that originates in Cairns and terminates in Mossman, where it joins Mossman-Daintree Road, continuing to Daintree. It is a state-controlled regional road (number 20A).
The highway is used to connect the CBD of Cairns to the Northern Beaches, a collect... | 2.0625 | 0 |
2137185 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Captain%20Cook%20Highway | Captain Cook Highway | The original route continues north to the intersection of the Kennedy Highway in Smithfield, next to the Smithfield Shopping Centre. From this intersection, the highway continues north to the intersection of McGregor road, next to James Cook University, where it joins with the Smithfield Bypass. The two routes recombin... | 1.984375 | 0 |
2137226 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E0%20%28cipher%29 | E0 (cipher) | Cryptanalysis
Several attacks and attempts at cryptanalysis of E0 and the Bluetooth protocol have been made, and a number of vulnerabilities have been found.
In 1999, Miia Hermelin and Kaisa Nyberg showed that E0 could be broken in 264 operations (instead of 2128), if 264 bits of output are known. This type of attack ... | 2.09375 | 0 |
2137232 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marlos%20Nobre | Marlos Nobre | Nobre was a visiting professor at Yale, the Universities of Indiana, Arizona and Oklahoma and the Juilliard School. He was Music Director of the Radio MEC and the National Symphony Orchestra from 1971 to 1976, the First Director of the National Institute of Music at FUNARTE from 1976 to 1979, and the President of the B... | 2.171875 | 0 |
2137236 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattice%20multiplication | Lattice multiplication | Lattice multiplication, also known as the Italian method, Chinese method, Chinese lattice, gelosia multiplication, sieve multiplication, shabakh, diagonally or Venetian squares, is a method of multiplication that uses a lattice to multiply two multi-digit numbers. It is mathematically identical to the more commonly use... | 2.84375 | 0 |
2137236 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lattice%20multiplication | Lattice multiplication | Numbers are filled to the left and to the bottom of the grid, and the answer is the numbers read off down (on the left) and across (on the bottom). In the example shown, the result of the multiplication of 58 with 213 is 12354.
Multiplication of decimal fractions
The lattice technique can also be used to multiply dec... | 2.984375 | 0 |
2137251 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20van%20Heijenoort | Jean van Heijenoort | From Frege to Gödel: A Source Book in Mathematical Logic contributed to advancing the view that modern logic begins with, and builds on, the Begriffsschrift. Grattan-Guinness (2000) argues that this perspective on the history of logic is mistaken, because Frege employed an idiosyncratic notation and was significantly l... | 2.3125 | 0 |
2137273 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20Foundation%20for%20Children%2C%20Youth%20and%20the%20Law%20v%20Canada%20%28AG%29 | Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law v Canada (AG) | Section 12 prevents "cruel and unusual punishment". Citing the standard of showing cruel and unusual punishment from R. v. Smith [1987] 1 S.C.R. 1045 as "so excessive as to outrage standards of decency", McLachlin rejected the claim as the section only permits "corrective force that is reasonable" and thus cannot be ex... | 1.953125 | 0 |
2137286 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Larned | William Larned | William Augustus Larned (December 30, 1872 – December 16, 1926) was an American tennis player who was active at the beginning of the 20th century. He won seven singles titles at the U.S. National Championships.
Biography
Larned was born and raised in Summit, New Jersey, on the estate of his father, William Zebedee La... | 2.40625 | 0 |
2137291 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucaria%20angustifolia | Araucaria angustifolia | Araucaria angustifolia, the Paraná pine, Brazilian pine or candelabra tree (, or ), is a critically endangered species in the conifer genus Araucaria. Although the common names in various languages refer to the species as a "pine", it does not belong in the genus Pinus.
Description
It is an evergreen tree usually g... | 2.828125 | 0 |
2137291 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucaria%20angustifolia | Araucaria angustifolia | The prehistoric distribution of A. angustifolia in earlier geologic periods was very different to the present day; fossils have been found in northeastern Brazil. The species moved into its present-day range in southern Brazil during the later Pleistocene and early Holocene. This chorological shift may possibly be due... | 3.015625 | 0 |
2137291 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araucaria%20angustifolia | Araucaria angustifolia | The seeds of A. angustifolia, similar to large pine nuts, are edible, and are extensively harvested in southern Brazil (Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul states), an occupation particularly important for the region's small population of natives (the Kaingáng and other Southern Jê). The seeds, called are po... | 2.6875 | 0 |
2137292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag%20%28physics%29 | Drag (physics) | In fluid dynamics, drag, sometimes referred to as fluid resistance, is a force acting opposite to the relative motion of any object moving with respect to a surrounding fluid. This can exist between two fluid layers, two solid surfaces, or between a fluid and a solid surface. Drag forces tend to decrease fluid velocity... | 3.40625 | 0 |
2137292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag%20%28physics%29 | Drag (physics) | In aviation, induced drag tends to be greater at lower speeds because a high angle of attack is required to maintain lift, creating more drag. However, as speed increases the angle of attack can be reduced and the induced drag decreases. Parasitic drag, however, increases because the fluid is flowing more quickly aroun... | 2.9375 | 0 |
2137292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag%20%28physics%29 | Drag (physics) | The velocity asymptotically approaches the terminal velocity . For a given , denser objects fall more quickly.
For the special case of small spherical objects moving slowly through a viscous fluid (and thus at small Reynolds number), George Gabriel Stokes derived an expression for the drag constant:
where is the Sto... | 2.671875 | 0 |
2137292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag%20%28physics%29 | Drag (physics) | Overview of aerodynamics
When the airplane produces lift, another drag component results. Induced drag, symbolized , is due to a modification of the pressure distribution due to the trailing vortex system that accompanies the lift production. An alternative perspective on lift and drag is gained from considering the ch... | 2.921875 | 0 |
2137292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag%20%28physics%29 | Drag (physics) | Viscosity of the fluid has a major effect on drag. In the absence of viscosity, the pressure forces acting to hinder the vehicle are canceled by a pressure force further aft that acts to push the vehicle forward; this is called pressure recovery and the result is that the drag is zero. That is to say, the work the body... | 2.421875 | 0 |
2137292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag%20%28physics%29 | Drag (physics) | History
The idea that a moving body passing through air or another fluid encounters resistance had been known since the time of Aristotle. According to Mervyn O'Gorman, this was named "drag" by Archibald Reith Low. Louis Charles Breguet's paper of 1922 began efforts to reduce drag by streamlining. Breguet went on to pu... | 2.640625 | 0 |
2137292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag%20%28physics%29 | Drag (physics) | The interaction of parasitic and induced drag vs. airspeed can be plotted as a characteristic curve, illustrated here. In aviation, this is often referred to as the power curve, and is important to pilots because it shows that, below a certain airspeed, maintaining airspeed counterintuitively requires more thrust as sp... | 2.703125 | 0 |
2137294 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buluggin%20ibn%20Ziri | Buluggin ibn Ziri | The Fatimids transferred their court from Mahdia to Cairo. Buluggin was then appointed viceroy of Ifriqiya with Kairouan as its capital. The Fatimids had taken the treasury and fleet with them to Egypt, so the first priority of the Zirid government was to consolidate its rule. However, the loss of the fleet meant loss... | 2.265625 | 0 |
2137297 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French%20ship%20Formidable%20%281795%29 | French ship Formidable (1795) | On 22 June 1805, the returning Franco-Spanish fleet was intercepted by a British fleet under Sir Robert Calder, resulting in the Battle of Cape Finisterre. After a violent artillery exchange and the capture of two of the Spanish ships, the fleets were separated in the fog. Exhausted after six months at sea, the fleet a... | 2.6875 | 0 |
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