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15824606 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushmataha%20Area%20Council | Pushmataha Area Council | The Pushmataha Area Council is part of the Boy Scouts of America. It renders service to Scout units in ten counties of North Mississippi, providing skills training and character development to boys and girls between the ages of 5 and 18. The council also serves boys and girls between the ages of 14 and 21 through Vent... | 2.5625 | 0 |
15824606 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pushmataha%20Area%20Council | Pushmataha Area Council | Service
Watonala Lodge devotes much of its service time to development and maintenance of their home camp, Camp Seminole, which is located five miles north of Starkville, Mississippi. The lodge also publishes an online "Where To Go Camping Guide" at www.Watonala.Org, aimed at helping other Boy Scouts and the general p... | 2.265625 | 0 |
15824705 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protection%20of%20Animals%20Act%201934 | Protection of Animals Act 1934 | The Protection of Animals Act 1934 (24 & 25 Geo. 5. c. 21) was an act of the British parliament effectively making rodeo, as it then existed, illegal in England, Scotland and Wales. The law was based upon the perceived cruelty to animals exhibited at western rodeos brought by promotions such as Tex Austin's 1924 "King... | 2.5625 | 0 |
15824788 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zweibr%C3%BCcker | Zweibrücker | The Zweibrücker (pl. Zweibrücken) is a type of German warmblood horse bred in Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland. Traditionally, the breeding of Zweibrücken was centered on the onetime Principal Stud of Zweibrücken but since 1977 has been under the jurisdiction of the Horse Breeders' Association of Rhineland-Palatinate-... | 2.3125 | 0 |
15824788 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zweibr%C3%BCcker | Zweibrücker | In 1801, Zweibrücken was annexed by France, and the noble horses were moved to Rosiers aux Salines. However, Napoleon saw the stallion and mare herds at Zweibrücken Principal Stud re-established in 1806. The central facility and its many outposts and stallion depots were populated with more than 250 stallions and a her... | 2.6875 | 0 |
15824788 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zweibr%C3%BCcker | Zweibrücker | This process is common to all German Warmbloods, and is quite similar to the studbook selection process used for other Warmbloods, as well.
Characteristics
The best way to identify a Zweibrücker is by the brand on the left hind leg. It features the two bridges of the city of Zweibrücken topped by a representation of ... | 2.390625 | 0 |
15824788 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zweibr%C3%BCcker | Zweibrücker | Zweibrücken share the standard of German Riding or Sport Horse with their parallels in other regions. Ideally, the horse is characterized by a noble expression, with long-lined and correct conformation. The head is dry, expressive, and aesthetically appealing though need not have out of the ordinary refinement. The top... | 2.390625 | 0 |
15824795 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20Dailey | Albert Dailey | Albert Preston Dailey (June 16, 1939 – June 26, 1984) was an American jazz pianist.
Early life
Dailey was born in Baltimore, Maryland. His parents were Albert Preston Dailey Sr, and Gertrude Johnson Dailey. He began studying piano as a child, and his first professional appearances were with the house band of the Balti... | 2.28125 | 0 |
15824799 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Ridgefield | Battle of Ridgefield | The Battle of Ridgefield was a series of American Revolutionary War skirmishes in Danbury, Connecticut and Ridgefield, Connecticut.
History
On April 25, a British force under the command of the Royal Governor of the Province of New York, Major General William Tryon, landed at Compo, Connecticut between Fairfield and N... | 2.671875 | 0 |
15824799 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Ridgefield | Battle of Ridgefield | Troops left to defend New York were to include a brigade of 3,000 provincial troops under the command of New York's former royal governor William Tryon, who was given a temporary promotion to "major general of the provincials" in spring 1777. Howe's plan included authorizing Tryon to operate on the Hudson River or to "... | 2.65625 | 0 |
15824828 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pouce%20Coupe%20River | Pouce Coupe River | The Pouce Coupe River is a major tributary of the Peace River in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada. Its name is officially spelled Pouce Coupé River, but it is commonly written without the acute accent.
Originating in Alberta's Saddle Hills County, it flows into British Columbia's Peace River Regional District, th... | 2.53125 | 0 |
15824829 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish%20Abroad%20Unit | Irish Abroad Unit | The Irish Abroad Unit was established in 2004 following an announcement by Brian Cowen TD, then Irish Minister of Foreign Affairs. The Irish Abroad Unit is a dedicated Unit within the Department of Foreign Affairs and coordinates the provision of services to Irish emigrants across the globe and administers financial su... | 2.328125 | 0 |
15824854 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis%20Yancey | Lewis Yancey | Captain Lewis Alonzo Yancey (September 16, 1895 – March 2, 1940) was an American aviator and air navigator who toured America, Central America, and the Caribbean in a Pitcairn autogyro.
Biography
Born in Chicago, Yancey enlisted in the United States Navy in 1911 and was made a lieutenant during World War I. He left t... | 2.3125 | 0 |
15824880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapline | Trapline | In the fur trade, a trapline is a route along which a trapper sets traps for their quarry. Trappers traditionally move habitually along the route to set and check the traps, in so doing become skilled at traversing remote terrain, and become experts in the geography of the local area. Because of this traditional know... | 3.078125 | 0 |
15824880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trapline | Trapline | Registered traplines
In Canada formal trapping territories assigned by the state are typically called "registered traplines" (RTLs), though each province administers its own system; they have been common across Canada since the 1930s.
Alberta's registered traplines were once exactly that: lines which followed a creek... | 2.84375 | 0 |
15824969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia%20caregiving | Dementia caregiving | As populations age, caring for people with dementia has become more common. Elderly caregiving may consist of formal care and informal care. Formal care involves the services of community and medical partners, while informal care involves the support of family, friends, and local communities. In most mild-to-medium cas... | 2.515625 | 0 |
15824969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia%20caregiving | Dementia caregiving | Research shows that African Americans face a more significant burden in Alzheimer’s care management and will face more negative life changes and health outcomes due to providing care. African Americans are twice as likely to be diagnosed with dementia as other ethnic groups, and caregivers often materialize as secondar... | 2.5625 | 0 |
15824969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia%20caregiving | Dementia caregiving | According to a US study "the transition to institutional care is particularly difficult for spouses, almost half of whom visit the patient daily and continue to provide help with physical care during their visits. Clinical interventions that better prepare the caregiver for a placement transition and treat their depres... | 2.203125 | 0 |
15824969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia%20caregiving | Dementia caregiving | Caregivers often experience a range of emotions, including stress, anxiety, depression, guilt, and grief. Witnessing the decline of a loved one's cognitive and functional abilities can be emotionally distressing and overwhelming.Providing care for someone with Alzheimer's can be physically demanding, especially as the ... | 2.46875 | 0 |
15824969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia%20caregiving | Dementia caregiving | Respite care is designed to give rest or relief to caregivers and can take place in many different settings, depending on the needs of those involved. Respite services are offered at adult daycare facilities, nursing homes, or in-home. There is a lack of evidence regarding the potential benefits or drawbacks of these i... | 2.4375 | 0 |
15824969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia%20caregiving | Dementia caregiving | In July 2023, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced increased integration of policy and legislative efforts such as the introduction of Guiding an Improved Dementia Experience (GUIDE) Model within Comprehensive Care for Alzheimer’s Act, an eight year program focused on decreasing burden on caregi... | 2.375 | 0 |
15824969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia%20caregiving | Dementia caregiving | The environment that a person with dementia lives in is very important. Nurses should help provide a healthy environment for people with dementia. A negative, frustrated atmosphere from the nurses could lead to emotional neglect for the patients. Nursing home managers do not understand how to take care of their dementi... | 2.703125 | 0 |
15824969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia%20caregiving | Dementia caregiving | Try to keep a routine, such as bathing, dressing, and eating, at the same time each day.
Help the person write down to-do lists, appointments, and events in a notebook or calendar.
Plan activities that the person enjoys and try to do them at the same time each day.
Consider a system or reminders for helping those wh... | 2.765625 | 0 |
15824969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia%20caregiving | Dementia caregiving | Nurses must use therapeutic communication while talking to patients. Therapeutic lying and validation therapy are tools that caregivers use to reassure patients that they are okay, and it is used in situations that would not harm the patient in any way. One technique that works is to get into the person’s reality; if t... | 2.75 | 0 |
15824969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia%20caregiving | Dementia caregiving | Assistive technology
, there is a lack of high-quality evidence to determine whether assistive technology effectively supports people with dementia to manage memory issues. Thus, it is not presently certain whether or not assistive technology is beneficial for memory problems.
Psychological and psychosocial therapies... | 2.75 | 0 |
15824969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia%20caregiving | Dementia caregiving | As the population continues to age, the number of patients in hospital settings with dementia will most likely increase. To prevent the elderly with dementia from receiving inadequate recognition of pain, nurses should use common sense to aid in assessments. Interpreting body language has been shown to be effective in ... | 2.859375 | 0 |
15824969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia%20caregiving | Dementia caregiving | In general, however, the unfamiliar environment and routine practices of the acute care setting can be particularly challenging for people living with dementia. The absence of family and familiar surroundings, on top of the physical issue leading to the admission, heightens anxieties, confusion, and distress. Challenge... | 2.625 | 0 |
15824969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia%20caregiving | Dementia caregiving | Guidelines suggest that treatment should always be preferred to containment, as pads and catheterization can be uncomfortable and negatively affect the person's dignity. However, the continence problems of people with dementia are different than those of those without, and the care strategy should take their and their ... | 2.4375 | 0 |
15824969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia%20caregiving | Dementia caregiving | While it's vitally important to administer at-home care for a loved one with dementia, it's just as important for the caregiver to receive the same level of care. 80% of patients with dementia are being cared for at home, and one-quarter of dementia caregivers are in the sandwich generation. Caregiver stress is a physi... | 2.5 | 0 |
15824969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dementia%20caregiving | Dementia caregiving | One well-understood genetic element is a form of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene. One form of this gene, APOE e4, increases the risk of Alzheimer’s disease. Approximately 25% to 30% of the population carries APOE e4. However, not everyone with this form of the gene develops the disease.
In hospitals
In a hospital co... | 2.734375 | 0 |
15825012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academia%20Mexicana%20de%20la%20Lengua | Academia Mexicana de la Lengua | The Academia Mexicana de la Lengua (variously translated as the Mexican Academy of Language, the Mexican Academy of the Language, the Mexican Academy of Letters, or glossed as the Mexican Academy of the Spanish Language; acronym AML) is the correspondent academy in Mexico of the Royal Spanish Academy. It was founded in... | 2.4375 | 0 |
15825012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academia%20Mexicana%20de%20la%20Lengua | Academia Mexicana de la Lengua | To achieve its objectives, the Academy takes abroad several studies and activities related to its competence, in plenary form as well as though its assigned especialized commissions.
Composition and operation
Originally, the Academy was created with 12 members, but now has 36 full members (académicos de número) and ... | 2.515625 | 0 |
15825012 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academia%20Mexicana%20de%20la%20Lengua | Academia Mexicana de la Lengua | Activities and projects
From its creation, the work of the academy has been documented with the publication of the Memories and a Yearbook.
In the Memories appear the works read by the members of the Academy in the meetings and others that, according to their judgement, are worth of publishing. Each volume starts wit... | 2.234375 | 0 |
15825060 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les%20Corts%20%28district%29 | Les Corts (district) | Les Corts () is one of the ten districts into which Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain has been divided up since 1984, numbered IV. It was created in 1897 out of two former municipalities: Les Corts de Sarrià and some parts of Sarrià (the remaining of which went to become the current district of Sarrià-Sant Gervasi). It had 8... | 2.28125 | 0 |
15825071 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIO2 | DIO2 | Type II iodothyronine deiodinase (iodothyronine 5'-deiodinase, iodothyronine 5'-monodeiodinase) is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the DIO2 gene.
Function
The protein encoded by this gene belongs to the iodothyronine deiodinase family. It activates thyroid hormone by converting the prohormone thyroxine (T4) b... | 1.953125 | 0 |
15825114 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frances%20Ellen%20Watkins%20Harper%20House | Frances Ellen Watkins Harper House | The Frances Ellen Watkins Harper House is a historic row house at 1006 Bainbridge Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Of uncertain construction date, it was the home of Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (1825-1911) from 1870 until her death. Harper was a prominent African-American abolitionist, women's rights and c... | 2.4375 | 0 |
15825185 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20North%20Carolina%20hurricanes%20%281900%E2%80%931949%29 | List of North Carolina hurricanes (1900–1949) | The list of North Carolina hurricanes between 1900 and 1949 encompasses 75 tropical cyclones or their remnants that affected the U.S. state of North Carolina. Collectively, cyclones in North Carolina during that time period resulted in 53 total fatalities, as well as about $328 million in damage in 2008 USD. Tropical c... | 2.90625 | 0 |
15825201 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martyrs%20of%20Abitinae | Martyrs of Abitinae | The Martyrs of Abitinae (or Abitinian Martyrs) were a group of 49 Christians found guilty, in 304, during the reign of the Emperor Diocletian, of having illegally celebrated Sunday worship at Abitinae, a town in the Roman province of Africa. The town is frequently referred to as Abitina, but the form indicated in the A... | 2.734375 | 0 |
15825237 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabyan%20Windmill | Fabyan Windmill | The Fabyan Windmill is an authentic, working Dutch windmill dating from the 1850s located in Geneva, Kane County, Illinois, just north of Batavia, Illinois, off Illinois Route 25. The five-story wooden smock mill with a stage, which stands tall, sits upon the onetime estate of Colonel George Fabyan, but is now part of... | 2.421875 | 0 |
15825237 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabyan%20Windmill | Fabyan Windmill | George Fabyan died in 1936, and his wife died two years later. The estate was then sold by the executors of the will to the Kane County Forest Preserve District for $70,500.
Structure
The giant cypress wood beams, trimmed with black walnut, are all hand joined and doweled with wood dowels. In fact, there are no metal... | 2.734375 | 0 |
15825237 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabyan%20Windmill | Fabyan Windmill | During its reconstruction, the Colonel had a new foundation poured, which created a basement. In the basement, he had ovens installed whose vents and chimney extended underground beneath Route 25 to a structure that once stood on the other side. In addition to the ovens, marble slabs and cooling racks were also install... | 2.828125 | 0 |
15825299 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work%20in%20Fishing%20Convention%2C%202007 | Work in Fishing Convention, 2007 | Work in Fishing Convention (2007) C 188, was adopted at the 96th International Labour Conference (ILC) of the International Labour Organization ILO in 2007. The objectives of the Convention is to ensure that fishers have decent conditions of work on board fishing vessels with regard to minimum requirements for work on ... | 2.234375 | 0 |
15825336 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Gloucestershire | Flag of Gloucestershire | The Gloucestershire flag, also known as the Severn Cross, was the winning entry in a competition held by the then High Sheriff of Gloucestershire, Jonathan Carr, to commemorate the 1000th anniversary of the county in March 2008. Prior to 2008, the banner of arms for Gloucestershire County Council was used as the de fac... | 2.5 | 0 |
15825353 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Maponya | Richard Maponya | Richard John Pelwana Maponya, GCOB, (24 December 1920 – 6 January 2020) was a South African entrepreneur and property developer best known for building a business empire despite the restrictions of apartheid and his determination to see the Soweto township develop economically.
Early career
Born in Maponya Hill north ... | 1.945313 | 0 |
15825405 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%20Ana%20del%20Yacuma | Santa Ana del Yacuma | Santa Ana del Yacuma (also Santa Ana) is a town in the Beni Department in north-eastern Bolivia.
History
The Jesuit mission of Santa Ana was founded in 1719. Movima Indians resided at the mission. Today, the Movima language is still spoken in and around the town.
Location
Santa Ana is the capital of the Yacuma Provin... | 2.609375 | 0 |
15825439 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty%20Deland | Betty Deland | She made her formal debut as an actress of her father's company in Uppsala in 1847. The travelling Deland theater was one of the most famed in both Sweden and Finland during its existence between 1833 and 1861: it performed in the theaters of smaller cities and towns in Sweden and Finland, which seldom had a permanent... | 2 | 0 |
15825453 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinajas%20Altas%20Mountains | Tinajas Altas Mountains | The Tinajas Altas Mountains (O'odham: Uʼuva:k or Uʼuv Oopad) are an extremely arid northwest–southeast trending mountain range in southern Yuma County, Arizona, approximately 35 mi southeast of Yuma, Arizona. The southern end of the range extends approximately one mile into the northwestern Mexican state of Sonora on t... | 2.3125 | 0 |
15825453 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinajas%20Altas%20Mountains | Tinajas Altas Mountains | The range lies in the Lower Colorado subdivision of the Sonoran Desert. This subdivision is sometimes referred to as the Colorado Desert and encompasses much of southeastern California, southwestern Arizona, northwestern Sonora, and northeastern Baja California. The subdivision is characterized by minimal precipitation... | 2.5625 | 0 |
15825455 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigrid%20Comb%C3%BCchen | Sigrid Combüchen | Sigrid Combüchen (born 16 January 1942) is a Swedish novelist, essayist, literary critic and journalist.
Career
Sigrid Combüchen was born in Solingen, Germany in the Ruhr territory. Shortly after the War her family moved to Sweden.
Sigrid Combüchen made her debut at the age of eighteen with the novel (1960). She wo... | 2 | 0 |
15825487 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture%20of%20Savannah | Capture of Savannah | The Capture of Savannah (also known as the First Battle of Savannah and the Battle of Brewton Hill) was a battle of the American Revolutionary War fought on December 29, 1778. It pitted an American garrison of Continental Army and militia units against a British invasion force commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Archibald ... | 2.65625 | 0 |
15825487 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture%20of%20Savannah | Capture of Savannah | In March 1778, following the capture of a British army at Saratoga and the consequent entry of France into the American Revolutionary War on the American side, George Germain, the Secretary of State for the Colonies, wrote to General Sir Henry Clinton that capturing the Southern Colonies was "considered by the King as ... | 2.53125 | 0 |
15825487 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture%20of%20Savannah | Capture of Savannah | The first sounds of battle Howe heard were musket fire from the barracks, but these were rapidly followed by cannon fire and the appearance of charging British and Hessian troops on his front. He ordered an immediate retreat, but it rapidly turned into a rout. His untried troops hardly bothered to return fire, some thr... | 2.296875 | 0 |
15825487 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capture%20of%20Savannah | Capture of Savannah | Campbell gained control of the city at the cost to his forces of seven killed and seventeen wounded; including the four men killed and five wounded during preliminary skirmishing. Campbell took 453 prisoners, and there were at least 83 dead and 11 wounded from Howe's forces. The number of men who drowned during the ret... | 2.15625 | 0 |
15825505 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen%20Eager | Allen Eager | Allen Eager (January 10, 1927 – April 13, 2003) was an American jazz tenor and alto saxophonist who also competed in auto racing and took part in LSD experiments.
Early life
Allen Eager was born in New York City on January 10, 1927. He grew up in the Bronx. According to Denise McCluggage, Eager could read aged 3, and ... | 2.3125 | 0 |
15825505 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen%20Eager | Allen Eager | Eager played with Gerry Mulligan in 1951, with Terry Gibbs in 1952, and shortly after with Buddy Rich. He then briefly abandoned music and became a ski and horse riding instructor. Eager's drug addiction could clearly be linked to his music career, as Ira Gitler noted: "when he was skiing or horseback riding and comple... | 1.921875 | 0 |
15825554 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish%2C%20Food%20and%20Allied%20Workers%20Union | Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union | The Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW) is a trade union in Newfoundland and Labrador that represents 15,000 workers. Most of the members are in the fishing industry but the FFAW also has organized workers in the hotel, hospitality, brewing, metal fabrication, window manufacturing and oil industries in the provi... | 2.15625 | 0 |
15825554 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish%2C%20Food%20and%20Allied%20Workers%20Union | Fish, Food and Allied Workers Union | By 1977, the union was negotiating province-wide master contracts with the industry as a whole represented by the Fisheries Association of Newfoundland and Labrador. The union also waged a successful campaign for workers compensation in the fishing industry with a law being passed by the House of Assembly in 1981.
In ... | 2.03125 | 0 |
15825582 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill%E2%80%93Physick%E2%80%93Keith%20House | Hill–Physick–Keith House | The Hill–Physick–Keith House, also known as the Hill–Keith–Physick House, the Hill–Physick House, or simply the Physick House, is a historic house museum located at 321 S. 4th Street in the Society Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Built 1786, it was the home of Philip Syng Physick (1768–1837), who ... | 2.484375 | 0 |
15825793 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt%20deflation | Debt deflation | Debt deflation is a theory that recessions and depressions are due to the overall level of debt rising in real value because of deflation, causing people to default on their consumer loans and mortgages. Bank assets fall because of the defaults and because the value of their collateral falls, leading to a surge in bank... | 2.4375 | 0 |
15825793 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt%20deflation | Debt deflation | In the context of this quote and the development of his theory and the central role it places on debt, it is of note that Fisher was personally ruined due to his having assumed debt due to his over-confidence prior to the crash, by buying stocks on margin.
Other debt deflation theories do not assume that debts must be... | 1.984375 | 0 |
15825793 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debt%20deflation | Debt deflation | Building on both the monetary hypothesis of Milton Friedman and Anna Schwartz as well as the debt deflation hypothesis of Irving Fisher, Bernanke developed an alternative way in which the financial crisis affected output. He builds on Fisher's argument that dramatic declines in the price level and nominal incomes lead ... | 2.203125 | 0 |
15825802 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C8%98erban%20Nichifor | Șerban Nichifor | Șerban Nichifor (born 25 August 1954) is a Romanian composer, cellist and music educator.
Biography
Șerban Nichifor was born on 25 August 1954 to Ermil Nichifor (1916–1997) and Livia Nichifor, née Balint (1922–2017) in Bucharest, Romania. Both his parents were physicians. His father was also a musician and conductor ... | 2.046875 | 0 |
15826030 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship%20Fountain | Friendship Fountain | Friendship Fountain is a large fountain in Jacksonville, Florida. It is in St. Johns River Park (also known as Friendship Fountain Park) at the west end of Downtown Jacksonville's Southbank Riverwalk attraction. The world's largest and tallest fountain when it opened, it has been one of Jacksonville's most recognizable... | 2.03125 | 0 |
15826030 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship%20Fountain | Friendship Fountain | Features
The fountain's basin is in diameter holding of water which is treated according to swimming pool sanitation standards.
The spray component consists of three rings.
The outer ring contains 36 nozzles, equally spaced around the perimeter, projecting a stream of water inward at a 45° angle, rising , driven by a... | 2.4375 | 0 |
15826085 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linda%20M.%20Brzustowicz | Linda M. Brzustowicz | Linda M. Brzustowicz (born November 13, 1960) is a professor of genetics at Rutgers University and a member of the Motif BioSciences Scientific Advisory Board, whose main purpose is to develop technology that will benefit all laboratories using "biosamples," or samples of blood, DNA, stem cells, etc. that advance the f... | 2.484375 | 0 |
15826154 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addison%20Farmer | Addison Farmer | Addison Gerald Farmer (August 21, 1928, Council Bluffs, Iowa – February 20, 1963, New York City) was an American jazz bassist. He was the twin brother of Art Farmer.
Early life
Farmer was born an hour after his twin brother, on August 21, 1928, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, reportedly at 2201 Fourth Avenue. Their parents, ... | 1.976563 | 0 |
15826297 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seriousness | Seriousness | Seriousness (noun; adjective: serious) is an attitude of gravity, solemnity, persistence, and earnestness toward something considered to be of importance. Some notable philosophers and commentators have criticised excessive seriousness, while others have praised it. Seriousness is often contrasted with comedy, as in t... | 2.859375 | 0 |
15826297 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seriousness | Seriousness | Philosophical disdain for seriousness
Many have expressed an attitude of disdain toward taking things too seriously, as opposed to viewing things with an attitude of humor. Poet, playwright, and philosopher Joseph Addison said that being serious is dull, "we are growing serious, and let me tell you, that's the next st... | 2.515625 | 0 |
15826297 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seriousness | Seriousness | Seriousness is sometimes contrasted with the comical in humor. In the performing arts and literature, the seriocomedy is a genre which blends seriousness with the comical, drama with comedy.
Measurement and detection
Detecting presence and absence of seriousness in humor
In the theory of humor, one must have a sens... | 2.78125 | 0 |
15826297 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seriousness | Seriousness | The meaning and measurement of seriousness is a major concern in public policy considerations. A quantitative scoring system called the "seriousness score" has been developed for use in allocating law enforcement resources and sentencing.
As to England and Wales, see section 143 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003.
Med... | 2.859375 | 0 |
15826362 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave%20Rosenthal | Gustave Rosenthal | Gustavus Heinrich de Rosenthal (1753–1829) was a Baltic German soldier and member of the Baltic nobility born in Vaimõisa, present-day Estonia, with the Title of Baron and last name of von Wetter-Rosenthal, a junior line of the von Wetter-Tegerfelden (von Wetter-Tegervelt). He came into conflict with another man and wa... | 2.21875 | 0 |
15826362 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave%20Rosenthal | Gustave Rosenthal | Shortly after leaving the grove, the detachment spotted several Indians. After pursuing them some distance they were ambushed by the hidden force of Native Americans under the Wyandot chief Half King, the Delaware chiefs Captain Pipe and Wingenund and the British Indian agent Simon Girty. Rose led the company in a figh... | 2.890625 | 0 |
15826462 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre%20Arrechea | Alexandre Arrechea | Alexandre Arrechea (born 1970) is a Cuban visual artist. His work involves concepts of power and its network of hierarchies, surveillance, control, prohibitions, and subjection.
For twelve years he was a member of the art collective Los Carpinteros, until he left the group in July 2003 to continue his career as a sol... | 2.078125 | 0 |
15826481 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsaid | Unsaid | The term "unsaid" refers what is not explicitly stated, what is hidden and/or implied in the speech of an individual or a group of people.
The unsaid may be the product of intimidation; of a mulling over of thought; or of bafflement in the face of the inexpressible.
Linguistics
Sociolinguistics points out that in nor... | 2.34375 | 0 |
15826551 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81azienki%20Bridge | Łazienki Bridge | The Łazienki Bridge () is a five-span steel bridge, across the Vistula in Warsaw, Poland. It is 423 m long and 28 m wide, holding three lanes for vehicles each way, dedicated cycling lanes and sidewalks for pedestrians. The name refers to the Łazienki Park and Łazienki Palace, which are located to the south-west of the... | 1.9375 | 0 |
15826551 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%81azienki%20Bridge | Łazienki Bridge | Fire
Below the street level, the bridge has a service corridor, mainly for inspection, but also housing certain installations: medium voltage electricity, telecommunication fiber-optics, etc. Since its construction, this corridor had a wooden floor. Due to safety concerns, it was decided to replace all wood and other f... | 1.984375 | 0 |
15826554 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostolic%20Administration%20of%20Southern%20Albania | Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania | The Apostolic Administration of Southern Albania (, , ) is an apostolic administration of the Catholic Church in Albania, covering the southern regions of the country. It has jurisdiction over all Catholics on its territory, both of Latin Church and Byzantine Catholics. It is suffragan to the Archdiocese of Tiranë–Durr... | 2.375 | 0 |
15826583 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1667%20papal%20conclave | 1667 papal conclave | The 1667 papal conclave was convened on the death of Pope Alexander VII and ended with the election of Cardinal Giulio Rospigliosi as Pope Clement IX. The conclave was dominated by factions loyal to the cardinal nephews of Alexander VII and Urban VIII. It saw the continued existence of the Squadrone Volante, or Flying ... | 2.78125 | 0 |
15826585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest%20H.%20Dervishian | Ernest H. Dervishian | Ernest Herbert Dervishian (, August 10, 1916 – May 20, 1984) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in World War II.
Biography
Dervishian was born in Richmond, Virginia to Hagop Artin Dervishian and Mary Juskalian Dervish... | 2.296875 | 0 |
15826631 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Warrior%20Basin | Black Warrior Basin | The Black Warrior Basin is a geologic sedimentary basin of western Alabama and northern Mississippi in the United States. It is named for the Black Warrior River and is developed for coal and coalbed methane production, as well as for conventional oil and natural gas production. Coalbed methane of the Black Warrior Ba... | 2.109375 | 0 |
15826704 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Griffin%20and%20Sabine%20Saga | The Griffin and Sabine Saga | Characters
Griffin Moss - An artist residing in London, England who illustrates and creates postcards from his own studio, Gryphon Cards. A solitary young man who lived a rigid existence, his life abruptly changes when he receives a postcard from Sabine, a complete stranger to him. They begin to correspond and Griff... | 1.929688 | 0 |
15826711 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolom%C3%A9%20Flores | Bartolomé Flores | Bartolomé Flores (1511 – November 11, 1585) is believed to have been the first German to arrive in Chile. He came with the expedition of Pedro de Valdivia at the beginning of the Spanish conquest of Chile.
Biography
Bartholomew, known in Chile as Bartolomé Flores, was born 1506 or 1511 in the Franconian town of Nuremb... | 2.21875 | 0 |
15826762 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahaba%20Basin | Cahaba Basin | The Cahaba Basin is a geologic area of central Alabama developed for coal and coalbed methane (CBM) production. Centered in eastern Bibb and southwestern Shelby Counties, the basin is significantly smaller in area and production than the larger Black Warrior Basin in Tuscaloosa and western Jefferson Counties to the nor... | 2.3125 | 0 |
15826773 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Manueline | Neo-Manueline | Neo-Manueline is a revival style of architecture which drew from the 16th century Manueline Late Gothic architecture of Portugal. Neo-Manueline constructions have been built across Portugal, Brazil, and the Lusophone world (the former Portuguese Empire).
History
The term manuelino was introduced in 1842 by Brazilian a... | 2.96875 | 0 |
15826829 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intent%20log | Intent log | An intent log is a mechanism used to make computer operations more resilient in the event of failures. They are used in database software, transaction managers, and some file systems. In database area, transaction log is widely used. In file system area, intent log is used more often.
Before performing an operation, a... | 2.78125 | 0 |
15826831 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Patrick | Eric Patrick | Eric Patrick is an independent filmmaker, freelance animator, Guggenheim fellow, musician, and educator. He is currently a tenured professor in the Radio-TV-Film program at Northwestern University.
Originally from Port Arthur, Texas, he played in a band throughout the Southern United States before he studied art and f... | 2.3125 | 0 |
15826876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner%20Terai%20Valleys%20of%20Nepal | Inner Terai Valleys of Nepal | The Inner Terai Valleys of Nepal comprise several elongated river valleys in the southern lowland Terai part of the country. These tropical valleys are enclosed by the Himalayan foothills, viz the Mahabharat Range and the Sivalik Hills farther south.
These valleys are part of the Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands ecor... | 3.265625 | 0 |
15826876 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner%20Terai%20Valleys%20of%20Nepal | Inner Terai Valleys of Nepal | History
Until the mid 18th century, the Terai was divided into several smaller kingdoms, and the forests were little disturbed. After the unification of Nepal in the late 1760s, the rulers granted large areas of fertiIe land and forest resources to members of the royal family, officials, priests and selected groups of... | 3.203125 | 0 |
15826893 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20F.%20DeFranzo | Arthur F. DeFranzo | Arthur Frederick DeFranzo (March 20, 1919 – June 10, 1944) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.
Biography
DeFranzo joined the Army from his birthplace of Saugus, Massachusetts, in November 1940, and by Ju... | 2.28125 | 0 |
15826917 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra%20Norte%20de%20Oaxaca | Sierra Norte de Oaxaca | La Sierra Norte de Oaxaca is a heavily wooded region in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico.
It is 62 km from the city of Oaxaca on Federal highway 175, heading east towards Tuxtepec.
The region is divided into three districts: Ixtlán, which has 26 municipalities, Villa Alta, which has 25 municipalities and Mixe, which has ... | 2.609375 | 0 |
15826955 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pokhara%20Valley | Pokhara Valley | Pokhara Valley is the second-largest valley in the hilly region of Nepal. It lies in the western part of Nepal. The cities of Pokhara and Lekhnath are in the valley. As of 2023, Pokhara has a population of 599,504. It is located in Gandaki zone, west of Kathmandu Valley. The city of Pokhara is one of the major cities ... | 2.46875 | 0 |
15827013 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writhlington%20School | Writhlington School | Writhlington School is a secondary school for pupils aged 11–18 in Writhlington, Bath and North East Somerset, England. It is the main secondary school in the Radstock area, providing further education to local children and some pupils who live outside the catchment area. The school became an academy in October 2011.
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15827070 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitwan%20Valley | Chitwan Valley | The Chitwan Valley () is an Inner Terai valley in the south of Nepal, encompassing the districts of Makwanpur, Chitwan and Nawalpur. The valley is part of the Terai-Duar savanna and grasslands ecoregion of about length and width.
Major cities are Hetauda and Ratnanagar in the easternmost part of the valley, Narayang... | 2.453125 | 0 |
15827135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS%20Friedrich%20der%20Grosse | SS Friedrich der Grosse | SS Friedrich der Grosse (or Friedrich der Große) was a Norddeutscher Lloyd liner built in 1896 which sailed Atlantic routes from Germany and sometimes Italy to the United States and on the post run to Australia. At the outset of World War I the ship was interned by the U.S. and, when that country entered the conflict i... | 2.546875 | 0 |
15827135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS%20Friedrich%20der%20Grosse | SS Friedrich der Grosse | U.S. Navy transport
Though not initially a participant in the hostilities, on the outbreak of what was then called the Great War, the United States Government interned German and Austro-Hungarian ships wherever they had put into port, and seized Friedrich der Grosse, leaving it anchored in New York harbour, but still u... | 2.84375 | 0 |
15827160 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20Titmuss | Christopher Titmuss | Christopher Titmuss (born 22 April 1944) is a British Dhamma teacher. He offers retreats on ethics, insight meditation (vipassana), and wisdom. He is the author of 20 books on such themes as mindfulness, spirituality, teachings of the Buddha, and global issues. He has lived in Totnes, Devon, since 1982.
Biography
Titm... | 2.421875 | 0 |
15827197 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Robbins%20%28author%29 | Peter Robbins (author) | Peter Robbins (born 1946) is a British author whose published works include Stolen Fruit and a range of specialist books on related topics including precious metals markets, tropical commodity markets, trade sanctions, access to market information, and on support for rural communities.
He was a commodities trader in ... | 2.140625 | 0 |
15827245 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas%20City%20Country%20Club | Kansas City Country Club | The Kansas City Country Club (KCCC) is a golf course which was founded in 1896 in Kansas City, Missouri and today located in Mission Hills, Kansas. The Country Club District and Country Club Plaza of Kansas City are named for the club, which claims to be the third-oldest country club west of the Mississippi River.
His... | 2.03125 | 0 |
15827246 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damian%20Hopley | Damian Hopley | Damian Hopley (born 12 April 1970) is a former rugby union player for London Wasps and England. His position of choice was on the wing or in the centres.
Background
Born in South London, Hopley attended St Benedict's School in Ealing West London where he represented first his School, County, Region and Country in rug... | 2.234375 | 0 |
15827251 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20W.%20Davis | Charles W. Davis | Charles Willis Davis (February 21, 1917 – January 18, 1991) was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.
Biography
Born February 21, 1917, Davis joined the Army from Montgomery, Alabama, and by January 12, 1943 w... | 2.3125 | 0 |