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{"datasets_id": 657, "wiki_id": "Q11106", "sp": 76, "sc": 549, "ep": 76, "ec": 1195} | 657 | Q11106 | 76 | 549 | 76 | 1,195 | Bacon | Reception | have turned out successful: for example, following NBC News's report of an undercover investigation of an abusive pig farm, Tyson Foods terminated their contract with the pig farm. Similar to NBC's investigation, The Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) investigated Seaboard Foods, one of the pig breeding facilities that supply Walmart. According to HSUS, the pigs were treated poorly and abused. Walmart spokesperson Diana Gee said, "As soon as we were made aware of the allegations, we immediately reached out to Seaboard to begin investigating the issue ... Pending our review, we will take any action necessary." Petitions also exist |
{"datasets_id": 657, "wiki_id": "Q11106", "sp": 76, "sc": 1195, "ep": 84, "ec": 211} | 657 | Q11106 | 76 | 1,195 | 84 | 211 | Bacon | Reception & Bacon-flavoured products & Bacon bits | that oppose poor treatment of pigs, many of which state that the current treatment of pigs in factories is cruel and unethical. Bacon-flavoured products The popularity of bacon in the United States has given rise to a number of commercial products that promise to add bacon flavouring without the labour involved in cooking it or the perceived negative qualities of bacon. Bacon bits Bacon bits are a frequently used topping on salad or potatoes, and a common element of salad bars. They are usually salted. Bacon bits are made from small, crumbled pieces of bacon; in commercial plants they are |
{"datasets_id": 657, "wiki_id": "Q11106", "sp": 84, "sc": 211, "ep": 92, "ec": 226} | 657 | Q11106 | 84 | 211 | 92 | 226 | Bacon | Bacon bits & Other bacon-flavoured products & In popular culture | cooked in continuous microwave ovens. Similar products are made from ham or turkey, and analogues are made from textured vegetable protein, artificially flavoured to resemble bacon. Other bacon-flavoured products There is also a wide range of other bacon-flavoured products, including a bacon-flavoured salt (Bacon Salt), Baconnaise (a bacon-flavoured mayonnaise), Bacon Grill (a tinned meat, similar to Spam) and bacon ice cream. In popular culture Bacon has been gaining popularity over the past decade. An internet fad arose around bacon.
Epic Meal Time, a cooking show based on YouTube, features bacon in many of their episodes. In one episode entitled Bacon Tree, |
{"datasets_id": 657, "wiki_id": "Q11106", "sp": 92, "sc": 226, "ep": 92, "ec": 449} | 657 | Q11106 | 92 | 226 | 92 | 449 | Bacon | In popular culture | Epic Meal Time creates a tree made out of bacon using over 2,000 strips of bacon. In another episode entitled Boss Bacon Burger, over 400 strips of bacon are used to make a gigantic hamburger with bacon and other toppings. |
{"datasets_id": 658, "wiki_id": "Q2495478", "sp": 2, "sc": 0, "ep": 6, "ec": 554} | 658 | Q2495478 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 554 | Bad Luck Blackie | Synopsis | Bad Luck Blackie Synopsis As the story begins, a small white kitten is being mercilessly tormented by a mean bulldog. The kitten manages to escape, and while hiding for safety behind a garbage can, she is met by a bowler hat-wearing, cigar-chomping black cat, who offers to protect the kitten (his business card reads "Black Cat — Bad Luck Company — Paths Crossed–Guaranteed Bad Luck"). The black cat demonstrates his skills by crossing the path of the rapidly approaching bulldog (to the tune of Comin' Through the Rye), who is then knocked out by a flowerpot that falls from the |
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The bulldog revives, and tries multiple times to attack the kitten, but every attempt is foiled in the same way: the kitten blows the whistle, the black cat crosses the bulldog's path regardless of circumstances, and the dog is pummeled by various objects falling from the sky, including a cash register, a piano, and a set of good luck horseshoes (not to mention the horse they belong to).
Eventually, the bulldog frightens the kitten into giving up the whistle, and (after a |
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{"datasets_id": 659, "wiki_id": "Q638649", "sp": 2, "sc": 0, "ep": 6, "ec": 621} | 659 | Q638649 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 621 | Bageshwar | History | Bageshwar History The city and Bagnath Temple find mention in the Manaskhand of Shiva Purana, where it is written that the temple and its surrounding city was built by Chandeesh, a servant of the Hindu deity Shiva. According to another Hindu Legend, Sage Markandeya worshipped Lord Shiva here. Lord Shiva blessed sage Markandeya by visiting here in the form of a Tiger.
Bageshwar has historically been a part of Kumaon Kingdom. Bageshwar was located adjacent to Kartikeypura, the then capital of Katyuri Kings that ruled over Kumaon in the 7th century. According to historians, Nepalese invader Kranchaldev won the Bageshwar region |
{"datasets_id": 659, "wiki_id": "Q638649", "sp": 6, "sc": 621, "ep": 6, "ec": 1250} | 659 | Q638649 | 6 | 621 | 6 | 1,250 | Bageshwar | History | by defeating Katyuri kings in 1191. He later weakened the Katyuris and kept his local governors to rule the region. These governors later became independent before Chand king Balo Kalyan Chand of Almora won the region from local Khas rulers in 1565. In the 10th century, the Chand kingdom was established by Som Chand. He displaced the Katyuri Kings, called his state Kurmanchal and established its capital in Champawat in Kali Kumaon. In 1568, Kalyan Chand established a permanent capital at Khagmara and called it Almora.
In 1791, the Gorkhas of Nepal while expanding their kingdom westwards across Kali River, invaded |
{"datasets_id": 659, "wiki_id": "Q638649", "sp": 6, "sc": 1250, "ep": 6, "ec": 1860} | 659 | Q638649 | 6 | 1,250 | 6 | 1,860 | Bageshwar | History | and overran Almora, the seat of the Kumaon Kingdom and other parts of Kumaon including Bageshwar. The Gorkhas were defeated by the East India Company in Anglo-Nepalese War in 1814 and were forced to cede Kumaon to the British as part of the Treaty of Sugauli in 1816.
The Kumaon region was joined with the eastern half of the Garhwal region and was governed as a chief-commissionership, also known as the Kumaon Province, on the non-regulation system. According to Atkinson's The Himalayan Gazetteer, Bageshwar had a population of 500 in 1886. In 1891, the division was composed of the three districts |
{"datasets_id": 659, "wiki_id": "Q638649", "sp": 6, "sc": 1860, "ep": 6, "ec": 2507} | 659 | Q638649 | 6 | 1,860 | 6 | 2,507 | Bageshwar | History | of Kumaon, Garhwal and the Tarai; but the two districts of Kumaon and the Tarai were subsequently redistributed and renamed after their headquarters, Nainital and Almora.
Before the First World War, the British Government did a Survey for a rail link connecting Bageshwar with Tanakpur in 1902. However, the project was stalled by British due to The World War. The Surveys restarted in the 1980s after Indira Gandhi visited Bageshwar. The first motor road arrived in Bageshwar in 1952 from Almora via Garur. Bus services started operating on the Bageshwar-Kapkot motorway in 1955-56. After the 1962 India-China War, an important strategic |
{"datasets_id": 659, "wiki_id": "Q638649", "sp": 6, "sc": 2507, "ep": 6, "ec": 3121} | 659 | Q638649 | 6 | 2,507 | 6 | 3,121 | Bageshwar | History | road connecting Bageshwar with Pithoragarh was completed in 1965.
In the early phase of its urban development, the central township of Bageshwar was a group of 9 small mutually tangled group of villages which had three uninhabited and 6 manned village. The Bageshwar State village was formed in 1948 by joining these villages. Bageshwar was declared a town in 1955, under the UP Town Area Act of 1914, and the first Town area committee was constituted in 1957. Bageshwar received the status of a notified area committee in 1962 and municipal Council in 1968. The pumping water supply scheme was introduced |
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In the early Twentieth century dispensary (1906) and Post Office (1909) were established in Bageshwar. A public school started in 1926, which was made junior high school in 1933. After independence by several attempts from local residents, a private high school was opened in 1949 in memory of Victor Mohan Joshi, which became an Inter College in 1967. The first women's primary school started in the 1950s and women's public high school started in 1975. A |
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After Independence of India in 1947, Bageshwar was a part of the Almora District. Bageshwar had a population of 1740 people according to the 1951 Census. It was part of the Kanda development block, that was later converted into Bageshwar development block. On 15 September 1997 the Bageshwar district was carved out of Almora district by then Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati and Bageshwar became its Headquarter. On 9 November 2000, Bageshwar came in the Uttarakhand State that was created from the Himalayan and adjoining |
{"datasets_id": 659, "wiki_id": "Q638649", "sp": 6, "sc": 4371, "ep": 10, "ec": 567} | 659 | Q638649 | 6 | 4,371 | 10 | 567 | Bageshwar | History & Government and Politics | northwestern districts of Uttar Pradesh. Government and Politics The Bageshwar Assembly seat is reserved for a person belonging to the Scheduled Castes. Chandan Ram Das from Bharatiya Janata Party is the present MLA OF Bageshwar. Bageshwar is a "Nagar Palika Parishad" (Municipal Council) city in district of Bageshwar, Uttarakhand. The Bageshwar city is divided into 7 wards, for which elections are held every 5 years. The Bageshwar Nagar Palika Parishad has population of 9,079 of which 4,711 are males while 4,368 are females as per report released by Census India 2011. Suresh khetwal from Independent candidate is the Mayor of |
{"datasets_id": 659, "wiki_id": "Q638649", "sp": 10, "sc": 567, "ep": 10, "ec": 1256} | 659 | Q638649 | 10 | 567 | 10 | 1,256 | Bageshwar | Government and Politics | Bageshwar. Bageshwar Nagar Palika Parishad has total administration over 2,054 houses to which it supplies basic amenities like water and sewerage. It is also authorized to build roads within Nagar Palika Parishad limits and impose taxes on properties coming under its jurisdiction. The Uttarakhand Power Corporation Ltd. (UPCL) is responsible for supply of electricity in the city. Uttarakhand Jal Vidyut Nigam Ltd. generates electricity from the 8.5 MW electric sub-station at Bageshwar. The Notified Area Committee, Bageshwar is responsible for approval of building plans after getting no objection certificate from various departments like Jal Nigam, PWD, Electricity Board and Health |
{"datasets_id": 659, "wiki_id": "Q638649", "sp": 10, "sc": 1256, "ep": 14, "ec": 688} | 659 | Q638649 | 10 | 1,256 | 14 | 688 | Bageshwar | Government and Politics & Economy | Department etc. Economy Bageshwar's largest economic sectors include agriculture, trade, transportation, municipal, tourism and resource extraction. Copper Utensils and Carpets were listed as the two most important industrial commodities produced in Bageshwar in the 2011 Census of India. Large portions of the local economy of Bageshwar depend on its geographical location and surrounding natural resources. Per Capita Income of Bageshwar was Rs 22709 in 2015. Bageshwar is a major tourist destination and acts as a starting point for many trekking routes notably being to Pindari, Kafni and Sunderdhunga Glacier. It also lies along the path to Kailash-Mansarovar pilgrimage.
Bageshwar has traditionally |
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The traditional Uttarayani festival organised since centuries on the banks of the Sarju and Gomati rivers was the main place where woollen outfits made by Saukas of Munsiyari were brought form higher valleys for ages, thus strengthening trade links between the two communities.
As of 2006, Bageshwar had a total of 6 Health Care units including four Hospitals (Two Allopathik, one Ayurvedik and one Homoepathik), one Maternity & Child welfare centre and one Community Health Centre. Bageshwar has a total of Five Nationalized Bank’s, Two Post Offices, One Telegraph Office, 80 PCO'S and |
{"datasets_id": 659, "wiki_id": "Q638649", "sp": 14, "sc": 1966, "ep": 18, "ec": 520} | 659 | Q638649 | 14 | 1,966 | 18 | 520 | Bageshwar | Economy & Culture | 1844 Telephone Connections. Mobile Communication services are provided by Private companies like Vodafone, Airtel, Idea, Reliance etc. Culture Many classical dance forms and folk art are practised in the city. Some well-known dances include Hurka Baul, Jhora-Chanchri, Jhumaila, and Chholiya. Music is an integral part of the Kumaoni culture. Popular types of folk songs include Mangal, Basanti, Khuded and Chhopati. These folk songs are played on instruments including dhol, damau, turri, ransingha, dholki, daur, thali, bhankora, mandan and mashakbaja.Music is also used as a medium through which the gods are invoked. Jagar is a form of spirit worship in which |
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The primary food of Bageshwar is vegetables with wheat being a staple. A distinctive characteristic of Uttarakhand cuisine is the sparing use of tomatoes, milk, and milk based products. Coarse grain with high fibre content is very common in Uttarakhand due to the harsh terrain. Another crop which is associated with Uttarakhand is Buckwheat (locally called |
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Kathgodam railway station is the nearest railway station. Kathgodam is the last terminus of the broad gauge line of North East Railways that connects Kumaon with Delhi, Dehradun, and Howrah. A new Railway line connecting Bageshwar with Tanakpur has been a long-standing demand of the people of the region. the tanakpur-Bageshwar rail link was first planned by British in 1902. However the project was stalled by Railway ministry in 2016 citing the commercial viability of the rail line. There have also been speculations about another railway line, that would connect Bageshwar to Chaukhutia via Garur.
Bageshwar |
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The first public school in Bageshwar was started in 1926, which was made junior high school in 1933. Another private high school was opened in 1949 in memory of Victor Mohan Joshi, which became an Inter College in 1967. The first women's primary school started in the 1950s and women's public high school started in 1975. A new Government Degree College was inaugurated in 1974 by the then Chief Minister Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna.
Kumaon Kesari Pandit Badridutt Pandey Government PG College is located here. |
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{"datasets_id": 661, "wiki_id": "Q3016488", "sp": 2, "sc": 0, "ep": 14, "ec": 28} | 661 | Q3016488 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 28 | Bahamian slender blind snake | Geographic range & Description & Reproduction | Bahamian slender blind snake Geographic range C. biminiensis is endemic to the Bahamas. Description C. biminiensis has a long and slender body. The dorsal scales in the vertebral row number 465-500 from the rostral to the tail-tip spine, and the scales around the body number 22-24. The snout is broad and rounded. The rostral scale is wide, half as wide as the head. The preocular is in contact with the second and third upper labials. Reproduction C. biminiensis is oviparous. |
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Reviewing the album for Allmusic, Jeff Tamarkin gave it four stars out of a possible five, and termed it a "stunning debut". Tamarkin praised the band for successfully fusing styles as disparate as blues, jazz, klezmer, calypso, and ska into "music that sounds at once ageless and primeval, authentically indigenous and inexplicably otherworldly, familiar and unlike anything else." He also praised the group for making "listener-friendly music" that doesn't "require a degree in ethnomusicology to enjoy".
Pitchfork Media reviewer Joe Tangari gave the album's track "Everybody Loves You," a |
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{"datasets_id": 663, "wiki_id": "Q804055", "sp": 2, "sc": 0, "ep": 16, "ec": 5} | 663 | Q804055 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 5 | Baiyoke Tower II | Late 1980s & Early 1991 & November 1992 & 1995 | Baiyoke Tower II Late 1980s Project conceived by Panlert Baiyoke. Early 1991 Official ground breaking. Foundation works carried out by Multiplex RSY Concert and the rest of the year of high quality of structions (Australia). Workers began to install 360 concrete piles (driven to 65m depth) before placing a 5m thick mat over the top. November 1992 Concrete Constructions (Thailand) Ltd took over the project, work on the superstructure began. The contractor achieved 1.5 floors per month using jump forms and pumped concrete, the construction pace quadruple to 6 floors per month after the first 21 floors were built. 1995 |
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Completion of the 19 level parking and retail podium. August 1996 Concrete pouring ceremony on the tower's 85th floor (tower topped out in early 1997). June 1999 Official opening of the Baiyoke Sky Hotel August 1999 ITV is the first station that has established TV transmitter station and install TV transmitter with antenna on the top of tower for broadcasting at that time on UHF-Channel 29 since 1 August same year. (Later TITV in 2007 also TPBS in 2008 and Now renamed Thai PBS , together with the present only broadcasting on UHF-Channel 44 for |
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Up to 360 piles of concrete were driven through clay into thick sand layer to the depth of over 50m and sealed with a 5m thick mat.
The building represents one of |
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Columns start solid at the base and becoming hollow at the top.
The erection of tower was sped up with the use of VSL Climbform self-climbing, modular system for construction of vertical walls. It is the first time VSL Climbform technology was in |
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Concrete were pumped to a 300m height level using Putzmeister pump (the pump previously set world record in high-rise conveying of concrete to a height of 532 metre during the construction of the Riva del Garda dam in Italy). And from the 300m level the concrete were lifted by a Favelle 310D luffing jib tower crane.
Baiyoke 2 was the tallest reinforced concrete building in the world at the time of completion in 1997. This record was surpassed by CITIC Plaza building in Guangzhao (China) which was completed a year later.
Site testing shows the building sway to a cycle |
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The estimated cost of the project was put at around 3.4 Billion Baht (costed before the devaluation of the Thai Baht in July 1997).
Initial plans call for a 140m high communication tower to be placed on top of the building (see rendering of the building's 3D model with the proposed telecom tower on top) although the developer has opted for a smaller radio transmission tower.
Baiyoke 2 was the world's tallest hotel at |
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{"datasets_id": 664, "wiki_id": "Q804213", "sp": 2, "sc": 0, "ep": 6, "ec": 547} | 664 | Q804213 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 547 | Bajuni Islands | History | Bajuni Islands History The islands, as well as the extreme southern area of present-day Somalia, were part of British East Africa prior to World War I. They were later transferred to Italy after the war. According to C. Wightwick Haywood, then a British official in Kismayo, who visited the islands in 1913, the only inhabited islands in the chain were Tovai (i.e., Chovaye - the biggest island in the chain) and the nearby Tula (i.e. Chula). Each of these two islands were no more than 3 miles long and a mile across.
On his 1913 trip, Haywood saw ruins of what |
{"datasets_id": 664, "wiki_id": "Q804213", "sp": 6, "sc": 547, "ep": 10, "ec": 142} | 664 | Q804213 | 6 | 547 | 10 | 142 | Bajuni Islands | History & Demographics | he described as a "fair-sized town" on the Tovai (Chovaye) Island. He was impressed He mentioned that somewhat similar stone scrollwork could also be seen on houses in the Lamu Islands in present-day Kenya. Demographics The islands are today mainly inhabited by the eponymous Bajuni people. All Bajuni inhabitants of Koyama island belong to the Nowfali sub-clan. |
{"datasets_id": 665, "wiki_id": "Q4849782", "sp": 2, "sc": 0, "ep": 10, "ec": 34} | 665 | Q4849782 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 34 | Balado railway station | History & The site today | Balado railway station History Opened by the Devon Valley Railway, it became part of the North British Railway and so into the London and North Eastern Railway. The line then passed on to the Scottish Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. The station was then closed by the British Railways Board. The site today Part of the platform still remains |
{"datasets_id": 666, "wiki_id": "Q4849995", "sp": 2, "sc": 0, "ep": 4, "ec": 292} | 666 | Q4849995 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 292 | Balanced polygamma function | Balanced polygamma function In mathematics, the generalized polygamma function or balanced negapolygamma function is a function introduced by Olivier Espinosa Aldunate and Victor H. Moll.
It generalizes the polygamma function to negative and fractional order, but remains equal to it for integer positive orders. |
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{"datasets_id": 667, "wiki_id": "Q16837281", "sp": 2, "sc": 0, "ep": 6, "ec": 188} | 667 | Q16837281 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 188 | Baldpate Mountain | In fiction | Baldpate Mountain In fiction It was the setting of Seven Keys to Baldpate (novel), followed by a play and several film adaptations.
It was also a key location in the slenderverse ARG wed series EverymanHYBRID. |
{"datasets_id": 668, "wiki_id": "Q4850526", "sp": 2, "sc": 0, "ep": 14, "ec": 63} | 668 | Q4850526 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 63 | Baldwin Bazuaye | Club career & International career & Managerial career | Baldwin Bazuaye Club career Born in Nigeria, Bazuaye moved to play in the Greek second division at the age of 24, signing with Ethnikos Piraeus F.C..
Bazuaye would finish his playing career in Nigeria, playing for Concord F.C. and Shooting Stars F.C., helping the latter in their 1999 CAF Champions League campaign. International career Bazuaye was a member of Nigeria's squad which won the 1985 FIFA U-16 World Championship. He would also play for the senior Nigeria national football team and participated in the 1990 African Nations Cup finals. Managerial career After his playing career ended, Bazuaye began coaching and took |
{"datasets_id": 668, "wiki_id": "Q4850526", "sp": 14, "sc": 63, "ep": 14, "ec": 91} | 668 | Q4850526 | 14 | 63 | 14 | 91 | Baldwin Bazuaye | Managerial career | the helm of Lobi Stars F.C. |
{"datasets_id": 669, "wiki_id": "Q18209859", "sp": 2, "sc": 0, "ep": 6, "ec": 582} | 669 | Q18209859 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 582 | Ballance Agri-Nutrients (Kapuni) Ltd v The Gama Foundation | Background | Ballance Agri-Nutrients (Kapuni) Ltd v The Gama Foundation Background Ballance leased a Christchurch industrial property. In April 2001, Ballance had given 6 months notice that they were terminating the lease. At this date, the property was originally owned by Gama Holdings, but on 10 June 2001, ownership was transferred to the related company Gama Foundation.
Ballance were not notified of the sale at the time.
Due to the fact that the sale was a related party transaction, the sale was not registered until 9 months later in January 2002.
This delay caused problems for the landlord, when they sought payment for damages to |
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Ballance disputed that Gama Foundation was a permitted assignor. |
{"datasets_id": 670, "wiki_id": "Q3497331", "sp": 2, "sc": 0, "ep": 6, "ec": 567} | 670 | Q3497331 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 567 | Balram Jakhar | Early life and education | Balram Jakhar Early life and education Jakhar was born in Panchkosi village of Fazilka district in Punjab now in Abohar on 23 August 1923. His father was Chaudhari Rajaram Jakhar and his mother Patodevi Jakhar. His elder son, Sajjan Kumar Jakhar, is a former Punjab minister and his youngest, Sunil Jakhar is three time MLA from Abohar and became Leader of the Opposition in Punjab in March 2012 and Member of Parliament from Gurdaspur and became PPCC President in 2017.
Jakhar earned a degree in Sanskrit from Forman Christian College, Lahore, in 1945. He had knowledge of English, Punjabi, Urdu, |
{"datasets_id": 670, "wiki_id": "Q3497331", "sp": 6, "sc": 567, "ep": 10, "ec": 562} | 670 | Q3497331 | 6 | 567 | 10 | 562 | Balram Jakhar | Early life and education & Politician | Sanskrit and Hindi languages. Politician Jakhar was elected to the Punjab Legislative Assembly in 1972 and was re-elected in 1977 becoming the Leader of the Opposition.
He was elected to the seventh Lok Sabha from Ferozepur in 1980 and re-elected to the eighth Lok Sabha from Sikar in 1984. He served twice as Speaker of Lok Sabha from 1980 to 1989, a rare achievement in indian parliament history,thus became the longest speaker of the Lok Sabha (lower house of the Indian Parliament). As Speaker of Lok Sabha he was an instrument for automation and computerization of Parliamentary works. He |
{"datasets_id": 670, "wiki_id": "Q3497331", "sp": 10, "sc": 562, "ep": 14, "ec": 189} | 670 | Q3497331 | 10 | 562 | 14 | 189 | Balram Jakhar | Politician & Social activities | promoted Parliament library, reference, research, documentation and information services for the knowledge and use of members of Parliament. The establishment of Parliament Museum was his contribution. He was first Asian to be elected as Chairman of Commonwealth Parliamentarian Executive Forum.
He became the Central Agriculture minister in 1991 in INC govt headed by P. V. Narasimha Rao.
He was Governor of Madhya Pradesh state from 30 June 2004 to 30 May 2009. Social activities Jakhar was the life president of Bharat Krishak Samaj and president of Jallianwala Bagh Memorial Trust Management Committee. He has written a book, People, Parliament and Administration. He |
{"datasets_id": 670, "wiki_id": "Q3497331", "sp": 14, "sc": 189, "ep": 14, "ec": 632} | 670 | Q3497331 | 14 | 189 | 14 | 632 | Balram Jakhar | Social activities | tried to introduce scientific techniques in agriculture to increase production. The president of India awarded him 'Udyan Pandit' in 1975 for his contribution to Horticulture. Haryana Agricultural University Hisar and Gurukul Kangri Visvavidyalaya Haridwar have awarded him Doctor of Science and ‘'Vidya Martand'’ honorary degrees for his contribution to the Agriculture and Horticulture.
Sports, farming and reading were his hobbies. |
{"datasets_id": 671, "wiki_id": "Q4852883", "sp": 2, "sc": 0, "ep": 10, "ec": 286} | 671 | Q4852883 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 286 | Baltimore International College | History & Campus & facilities | Baltimore International College History BIC was accredited by the American Culinary Federation. It lost its accreditation from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools on August 31, 2011 due to unaddressed issues from its 2007 review. BIC was acquired by Stratford University in January 2012, and the former campuses are now Stratford campuses. Campus & facilities The college’s main campus is located in downtown Baltimore near the Inner Harbor. The college owns two full-service hotels downtown Baltimore—the Mount Vernon Hotel and Hopkins Inn. Further, BIC owns and operates the Bay Atlantic Club, which offers delivery breakfast and lunch, dine-in |
{"datasets_id": 671, "wiki_id": "Q4852883", "sp": 10, "sc": 286, "ep": 14, "ec": 169} | 671 | Q4852883 | 10 | 286 | 14 | 169 | Baltimore International College | Campus & facilities & Students | lunch, and as banquet hall with reservations. In addition, the college operates the Park Hotel on its 100-acre (400,000 m²) Virginia Park satellite campus in Virginia, County Cavan, Ireland. Students The college offers student housing in Dublin Hall, which is location in the Mount Vernon Hotel. Slightly more than half (52 percent) of its 800 or so students are male. |
{"datasets_id": 672, "wiki_id": "Q4853393", "sp": 2, "sc": 0, "ep": 6, "ec": 665} | 672 | Q4853393 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 665 | Bambolino's | History | Bambolino's History Managers and investors of the Ninfa's restaurant chain established Bambolino's. Most of the funding came from the Ninfa's Inc. restaurants. When Bambolino's started, it raised $400,000 through a private placement of notes and an additional $160,000 through a debt-and-equity arrangement with MESBIC Financial Corp. Bambolino's was the Laurenzo family's second attempt in making an Italian-American restaurant. The first Bambolino's was scheduled to open on March 30, 1987 in Southwest Houston. The Laurenzo family hoped that the increasing trend of carry-out food would help the restaurant chain's success. The original Bambolino's was to be only serving carry out |
{"datasets_id": 672, "wiki_id": "Q4853393", "sp": 6, "sc": 665, "ep": 6, "ec": 1292} | 672 | Q4853393 | 6 | 665 | 6 | 1,292 | Bambolino's | History | and drive through customers. Each location consisted of a group of portal spaces that could occupy 275 square feet (25.5 m²) in two spaces in a standard parking lot. The president of Ninfa's and a son of Ninfa Laurenzo, Roland Laurenzo, said that this would allow a Bambolino's restaurant to make relatively few sales in order to break even.
In February 1987 the company elected D. Drue Pollan Jr. as the president, Leo J. Kelleher as the chief financial officer, and Joanne L'Abbate as the secretary-treasurer. The first restaurant opened in April 1987. It was the Ninfa's company's first restaurant established since |
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In 1989 and 1990, RioStar converted four Bambolino's locations into Ninfa's Cafe fajitarias. The first conversion occurred in November 1989, and the conversions of the other three occurred afterwards. |
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In 1996 one Bambolino's remained. In 1997 Bambolino's filed for bankruptcy. The Laurenzo family kept the rights to the name. Between the chain's opening and 1993, 17 Bambolino's restaurants had been in operation.
As of 2019, there is one franchised Bambolino's location in operation on 1525 Westheimer Rd. In 2011, the Laurenzo family opened a Bambolino's location on Airline Drive at the site that had housed their short-lived |
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In regards to the Bambolino's on Montrose Boulevard, the individual slices are packed in cardboard boxes that absorb the grease. During that year Houston Chronicle columnist Ken Hoffman said, "That's precisely what I love about Bambolino's. You can buy slices. If I'm driving around, and I'm in the mood for pizza, I don't want |
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In 1996 a single plain cheese pizza slice had a cost of $1.69, and a fully loaded double-wide slice such as |
{"datasets_id": 672, "wiki_id": "Q4853393", "sp": 10, "sc": 1047, "ep": 10, "ec": 1658} | 672 | Q4853393 | 10 | 1,047 | 10 | 1,658 | Bambolino's | Cuisine | the "Double Big House -The Works," which had bell peppers, Canadian bacon, hamburger, Italian sausage, jalapeños, mozzarella, mushrooms, black olives, pepperoni, and red onions. In regards to the flavor, Hoffman said in 1996 that "Bambolino's is surprisingly tasty pizza. I was expecting a lesser quality because Bambolino's is pretty much a fast-food hamburger joint that just happens to sell pizza. The dough has a sweet pastry flavor. The sauce is mild, and the cheese is the real deal. Bambolino's also heaps on the toppings. My Double Big House was about an inch tall. The mushrooms, et al., were so heavy |
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And spoon."
Roland Laurenzo, the founder of the new Bambolino's, said, as paraphrased by Allison Wollam of the Houston Business Journal, that the pizza dough used to make the pizzas is "as spongy and airy, tender on the inside and crispy on the outside and made from scratch each day." The fresh-squeezed lemonade was a signature item on the menu of the old Bambolino's. In regards to the new Bambolino's, Laurenzo said "It’s our signature drink. It’s a frozen Lemonade — very tart, not too sweet, and it will give |
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{"datasets_id": 673, "wiki_id": "Q4853755", "sp": 2, "sc": 0, "ep": 6, "ec": 555} | 673 | Q4853755 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 555 | Banaag at Sikat | Analysis and reviews | Banaag at Sikat Analysis and reviews Although a work that discusses politics in the Philippines, Banaag at Sikat is the only novel included by the Filipino critic Teodoro Agoncillo to a list of important books about Tagalog literature in 1949, because according to Agoncillo the book has a weakness but it started the system of writing a Tagalog novel. Thus, this book of Lope K. Santos paved the way on how to write other Tagalog-language novels which has a combined themes about love, livelihood, and the truthful and moving status of society. Furthermore, despite of being one of the first |
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However, this is not the first Tagalog novel, because Lope K. Santos' novel was published after Nena at Neneng - Nena and Neneng - (1905), which is considered as the first Tagalog novel published as a book and written by Valeriano Hernandez Peña. Still, there was another Tagalog novel, Cababalaghan ni P. Brava (literally, P. Brava’s Mystery) by Gabriel Beato Francisco, which appeared in |
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The title Banaag at Sikat is translated by critics and reviewers into From Early Dawn to Full Light of the sun, a translation derived from the reviews done by Patricio N. Abinales and Donna J. Amoroso. Primary characters The novel is about two friends: Delfin and Felipe. Delfin is a socialist, while Felipe advocates the works of an anarchist. As a socialist, Delfin believes and wishes to spread the principles of socialism to the public, where the citizens could have more right in all |
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On the other hand, Felipe – who advocates anarchy – believes in the forceful way of destroying the existing powers and cruelty harbored by the rich landowners. He wants to dispel the abusive members of society who rule society. Even though he is the son of a rich town leader, Felipe hates the |
{"datasets_id": 673, "wiki_id": "Q4853755", "sp": 10, "sc": 861, "ep": 14, "ec": 323} | 673 | Q4853755 | 10 | 861 | 14 | 323 | Banaag at Sikat | Primary characters & Selected scenes and scenarios | cruel ways of his father. He would rather see a society with equal rights and equal status for all its citizens: where there is no difference between the poor and the rich classes. Selected scenes and scenarios Due to his hatred of his life as a son of a cruel and rich landowner, Felipe left his home to live a life of poverty. He left his life of luxury in order to join the common class of society. He decided to live with Don Ramon, a godfather through the Catholic sacrament of confirmation, in Manila. Later on, Felipe also felt |
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Don Ramon, Felipe’s godfather, has two siblings. Thalia was the eldest and Meni is the youngest daughter. Delfin - Felipe’s friend – fell in love with one of these two siblings, a woman |
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The novel ends at a scene when Felipe and Delfin decided |
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{"datasets_id": 674, "wiki_id": "Q826551", "sp": 2, "sc": 0, "ep": 6, "ec": 633} | 674 | Q826551 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 633 | Banaue Rice Terraces | Ifugao rice culture | Banaue Rice Terraces Ifugao rice culture The terraces are found in the province of Ifugao and the Ifugao people have been its caretakers. Ifugao culture revolves around rice, and the culture engenders an elaborate array of celebrations linked with agricultural rites from rice cultivation to rice consumption. The harvest season generally calls for thanksgiving feasts, while the concluding harvest rites called tango or tungul (a day of rest) entail a strict taboo on any agricultural work. Partaking of the bayah rice wine), rice cakes, and betel nut constitutes an indelible practice during the festivities.
The Ifugao people practice traditional farming spending |
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{"datasets_id": 674, "wiki_id": "Q826551", "sp": 6, "sc": 1293, "ep": 14, "ec": 256} | 674 | Q826551 | 6 | 1,293 | 14 | 256 | Banaue Rice Terraces | Ifugao rice culture & Organic farming & Official heritage designation | art, the rice terraces have sustained and shaped the lives of the community members. Organic farming In March 2009 the Ifugao rice terraces were declared free from genetically modified organisms (GMO). An event declaring this achievement was organized in Dianara Viewpoint in collaboration with local and municipal government, Greenpeace, and the Miss Earth Foundation. Official heritage designation The Banaue Rice Terraces refer to the cluster close to the Banaue poblacion as seen from the viewpoint. Contrary to popular belief perpetrated by its inclusion on the twenty peso banknote, the Banaue Rice Terraces are not a UNESCO World Heritage Site. They |
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The five clusters inscribed as part of the Rice Terraces of the Philippine Cordilleras are Batad, Bangaan, Hungduan, Mayoyao Central and Nagacadan. Batad and Bangaan are under the jurisdiction of the Municipality of Banaue but are not called the Banaue Rice Terraces.
The Banaue Rice Terraces were declared by the Philippine government as a National Cultural Treasure under Ifugao Rice Terraces by virtue of Presidential Decree No. 260 in 1973. Tourism |
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Domestic tourism however has gone down over the past few years. A contributing factor to this is the treatment of domestic tourists by the local guides in the area where it has been reported that local guides are more willing to entertain |
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The park is featured on the reverse side of the 1985 series of the Philippine one thousand peso note as well as the reverse side of the 2010 series of the Philippine twenty peso note. Other notable rice terraces in Ifugao Aside from the Banaue Rice terraces there are 4 other similar terraces: the Batad Rice Terraces, Mayoyao Rice Terraces, Hapao Rice Terraces, and Kiangan Rice Terraces. Soil types in |
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{"datasets_id": 675, "wiki_id": "Q4854085", "sp": 2, "sc": 0, "ep": 10, "ec": 16} | 675 | Q4854085 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 16 | Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño (building) | Location & History and Significance | Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño (building) Location The building is located on Calle Marina (Marina Street) and Calle Amor (Amor Street, now "Paseo Arias" (Arias Promenade), facing west across Plaza Degetau. It is bounded on the east by Calle Mayor (Mayor Street). Amor Street was also called Callejon Amor (Amor Alley), literally, Love Alley. In 1991, Amor Street was converted into a promenade and renamed Paseo Antonio S. Arias Ventura, after the long-time employee of Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño who started as a custodian and rose to become the bank's general manager. History and Significance Built in 1924 as |
{"datasets_id": 675, "wiki_id": "Q4854085", "sp": 10, "sc": 16, "ep": 10, "ec": 660} | 675 | Q4854085 | 10 | 16 | 10 | 660 | Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño (building) | History and Significance | the main office for the expanding Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño bank this building represents one of the last examples of the once popular turn-of-the-century eclectic architecture so common in Ponce after the 1918 earthquake. Banco Crédito was designed and built by Francisco Porrata-Doria, who at the time had recently returned to Puerto Rico after studying engineering at Cornell University and architectural courses at Columbia University. Porrata Doria was one of the island's finest architects, a pioneer in the development of a local modern architecture, and one of the architects responsible for what can be called "Ponce Monumental |
{"datasets_id": 675, "wiki_id": "Q4854085", "sp": 10, "sc": 660, "ep": 10, "ec": 1316} | 675 | Q4854085 | 10 | 660 | 10 | 1,316 | Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño (building) | History and Significance | Architecture", of which Banco Crédito is a good example. Among the directors and officers of this prominent bank were some of the most recognized names in the city of Ponce and Puerto Rico at large, including former Ponce mayor, Ulpiano Colóm.
This building together with the one next door it, Banco de Ponce, exemplify the effort of local financial institutions to compete with US-based banks for the wealth of Puerto Rico's booming sugar economy.
Banco Crédito's monumental exuberance expresses the pride of the institution, its solidity, and its capacity to hold its own against far more wealthy Stateside institutions competing for the |
{"datasets_id": 675, "wiki_id": "Q4854085", "sp": 10, "sc": 1316, "ep": 14, "ec": 277} | 675 | Q4854085 | 10 | 1,316 | 14 | 277 | Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño (building) | History and Significance & Architecture | dollars of the local moneyed classes.
The Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceños setting on the city's main square contributes to the elegance of this part of the city. Several adjacent structures are already listed in the National Register, including the old Firehouse (1883) the City Hall (1845) and the Cathedral (1841). The latter's facade is a 1932 Porrata-Doria design. Architecture The building's architect was Francisco Porrata-Doria. It is a two-story masonry and concrete building located near the southeastern end of Ponce's main square. It sits on a corner lot, looking southwestward towards the main street, Plaza Degetau (Calle Atocha).
It is a |
{"datasets_id": 675, "wiki_id": "Q4854085", "sp": 14, "sc": 277, "ep": 14, "ec": 904} | 675 | Q4854085 | 14 | 277 | 14 | 904 | Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño (building) | Architecture | single, compact volume which wraps itself around the corner in a dramatic curve that corresponds to the chamfered corner required since the late 19th century by city ordinances. The main two levels have nearly twenty-feet-high ceilings, thus giving the structure sufficient bulk so as to stand out within its context. Verticality is accented by the use of colossal Corinthian pilasters, square and paired at the facades to each street and round and single at the corner.
The exterior is compositionally organized in three levels: the bottom one is a base executed in the pink limestone common to this area; the central |
{"datasets_id": 675, "wiki_id": "Q4854085", "sp": 14, "sc": 904, "ep": 14, "ec": 1557} | 675 | Q4854085 | 14 | 904 | 14 | 1,557 | Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño (building) | Architecture | and main body is defined by the aforementioned colossal pilasters, which articulate the openings of the two main floors in three-bay modules with additional one-bay modules flanking the longer, Amor Street facade.
The upper body is an elaborate entablature with garlands, dentils, and a projecting, bracketed upper cornice. On top there is a balustered railing filling the space between three broken pediments, the one on the corner curved, with medallions on their centers. The medallions on the facades contain stained glass inserts, and the one on the corner a clock. First-floor openings are arched, those on the second are rectangular. The |
{"datasets_id": 675, "wiki_id": "Q4854085", "sp": 14, "sc": 1557, "ep": 18, "ec": 144} | 675 | Q4854085 | 14 | 1,557 | 18 | 144 | Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño (building) | Architecture & Contemporary use | first-floor windows are covered by bulging cages of fine cast iron bars; those on the second floor are balustered. The entire ensemble is topped by a copper roof in a Mansard configuration.
Officers and historians with the Puerto Rico Historic Preservation Office have stated that "The Banco Crédito building, overall, is a fine example of the early twentieth century Beaux-Arts style which is extensively represented in the Ponce architecture of this period." Contemporary use Today, the bank is used as a branch of the Banco de Santander, a Spanish concern that bought the assets of Banco Credito y Ahorro Ponceño during |
{"datasets_id": 675, "wiki_id": "Q4854085", "sp": 18, "sc": 144, "ep": 18, "ec": 160} | 675 | Q4854085 | 18 | 144 | 18 | 160 | Banco Crédito y Ahorro Ponceño (building) | Contemporary use | the late 1970s. |
{"datasets_id": 676, "wiki_id": "Q806188", "sp": 2, "sc": 0, "ep": 6, "ec": 580} | 676 | Q806188 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 580 | Banco Espírito Santo | History | Banco Espírito Santo History Banco Espírito Santo's origins began with the lottery, currency exchange, and securities business carried out by José Maria do Espírito Santo e Silva between 1869 and 1884. The first references to trading that the “patriarch of the only dynasty of Portuguese bankers” was undertaking was in the purchase and sale of lotteries, along with national and international transactions in loan securities, on his own account. This took place in his Casa de Cambio, situated in centre of Lisbon and which dated back to the second half of the 19th century (1869). Since then and until 1920, |
{"datasets_id": 676, "wiki_id": "Q806188", "sp": 6, "sc": 580, "ep": 6, "ec": 1199} | 676 | Q806188 | 6 | 580 | 6 | 1,199 | Banco Espírito Santo | History | he founded a number of banking institutions, such as Beirão, Silva Pinto & Cª., (1884–1887), Silva, Beirão, Pinto & Cª. (1897–1911), J. M. Espírito Santo Silva (1911–1915), and J. M. Espírito Santo Silva & Cª. (1915).
In 1915, after the death of José Maria do Espírito Santo e Silva, these firms were dissolved and his heirs founded the Casa Bancária Espírito Santo Silva & Cª, which was transformed into a public limited-liability company in 1920 under the name Banco Espírito Santo with the bank, in this decade, managing to consolidate its position within the context of national banking by opening agencies |
{"datasets_id": 676, "wiki_id": "Q806188", "sp": 6, "sc": 1199, "ep": 6, "ec": 1860} | 676 | Q806188 | 6 | 1,199 | 6 | 1,860 | Banco Espírito Santo | History | and using a renewed management model.
In 1937, the bank strengthened its position in commercial banking through a merger with Banco Comercial de Lisboa to form Banco Espírito Santo e Comercial de Lisboa (BESCL), which again changed its name to BES in 1999.
Up to the mid-1970s, BESCL reinforced its international presence with acquisitions, partnerships, and the creation of banks in countries such as the United States, Angola, and the United Kingdom, among others. Under a Decree Law of 1975, the bank was nationalised and the Espírito Santo family was prevented from doing business in Portugal. Within this context, the family re-established |
{"datasets_id": 676, "wiki_id": "Q806188", "sp": 6, "sc": 1860, "ep": 6, "ec": 2536} | 676 | Q806188 | 6 | 1,860 | 6 | 2,536 | Banco Espírito Santo | History | its financial interests abroad in countries such as Brazil, Switzerland, France, and the United States, culminating in 1975 with the creation of a holding company based in Luxembourg. This company was the predecessor of the Espírito Santo Financial Group (ESFG).
The return to Portugal began in 1986 in partnership with Crédit Agricole and with the support of a core group of Portuguese shareholders. They formed the Banco Internacional de Crédito (BIC), also forming Espírito Santo Sociedade de Investimentos (ESSI), together with Swiss bank UBS and KBC Bank of Luxembourg.
In 1990, the Espírito Santo Group recovered Companhia de Seguros Tranquilidade — the |
{"datasets_id": 676, "wiki_id": "Q806188", "sp": 6, "sc": 2536, "ep": 6, "ec": 3152} | 676 | Q806188 | 6 | 2,536 | 6 | 3,152 | Banco Espírito Santo | History | Espirito Santo family held a stake since 1935 — and the control of Banco Espírito Santo in 1991 with the creation of a holding company between ESFG and Crédit Agricole, called BESPAR.
In 1992, BES began operating in the Spanish market where it created Banco Espírito Santo S.A. and in 1995, to open Banco Espírito Santo do Oriente (BESOR) that offers corporate and investment solutions to private clients. Also, in 2001, Banco Espírito Santo Angola, a bank formed under Angolan law, was founded.
In the first six months of 2014 the bank lost the equivalent of $4.8 billion raising concerns about the |
{"datasets_id": 676, "wiki_id": "Q806188", "sp": 6, "sc": 3152, "ep": 6, "ec": 3462} | 676 | Q806188 | 6 | 3,152 | 6 | 3,462 | Banco Espírito Santo | History | health of the bank. BES shares fell by 89 per cent. On 3 August 2014, Portugal's central bank announced BES would be restructured by splitting the bank into two. This announcement, following BES record Q2 loss of €3.49 billion, allowed Portuguese stocks to outperform the broader European market the next day. |
{"datasets_id": 677, "wiki_id": "Q4854153", "sp": 2, "sc": 0, "ep": 4, "ec": 417} | 677 | Q4854153 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 417 | Bancroft County, Iowa | Bancroft County, Iowa Bancroft County, Iowa was a county located in what today is the northern portion of Kossuth County. The county was established in 1851 by the Iowa General Assembly, but then abolished six years later in 1857 and the area joined to Kossuth County.
The county was named for George Bancroft (1800–1891), the historian.
There never was a county-seat established or the organization of a county government. |
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{"datasets_id": 678, "wiki_id": "Q2045821", "sp": 2, "sc": 0, "ep": 8, "ec": 219} | 678 | Q2045821 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 219 | Bandurria, Peru | Description | Bandurria, Peru Bandurria is a large archaeological site on the Huaura River in Peru going back to 4,000 BC. It is located about 3 km south of the city of Huacho, in Huacho District, Huaura Province, Lima Region. It corresponds chronologically to the period known as the 'Late Archaic' or 'Late preceramic' covering the years from about 4000 to 2000 BC. Description The site is located near the Pacific coast, in the area called Playa Chica at kilometer 141 of the Panamericana Norte highway. It was discovered in 1973 by Domingo Torero Fernandez de Cordova. It occupies the area of 54 |
{"datasets_id": 678, "wiki_id": "Q2045821", "sp": 8, "sc": 219, "ep": 16, "ec": 137} | 678 | Q2045821 | 8 | 219 | 16 | 137 | Bandurria, Peru | Description & Environment & Research history | hectares and has been studied by a team led by archaeologist Alejandro Chu. Environment Bandurria is located near the Santa Rosa irrigation project, and the nearby wetland area. Part of the archaeological site has been destroyed as a result of water infiltration when the project started in 1973. But this is also when the site was discovered.
The area got its name from a species of birds present in this area, known also as Buff-necked ibis. Research history The site was investigated by Rosa Fung in 1973 and 1977. These investigations concluded that the site belongs to the Late Archaic period, |
{"datasets_id": 678, "wiki_id": "Q2045821", "sp": 16, "sc": 137, "ep": 16, "ec": 817} | 678 | Q2045821 | 16 | 137 | 16 | 817 | Bandurria, Peru | Research history | from the 4th to the 3rd millennium BC. Some of the radiocarbon dates obtained were between 2,500 and 2,300 BC.
Bandurria represents an early coastal fishing settlement featuring the first evidence of a ceremonial stone architecture. Archaeological sites belonging to the Late Archaic period had been identified previously to the north, but Bandurria was prior to them chronologically.
In August 2005, the research work restarted on the site, more than 30 years after its discovery. The Bandurria Archaeological Project, led by Alejandro Chu, uncovered a section of a monument built with boulders and mortar. These recent excavations have uncovered the evidence of |
{"datasets_id": 678, "wiki_id": "Q2045821", "sp": 16, "sc": 817, "ep": 16, "ec": 1469} | 678 | Q2045821 | 16 | 817 | 16 | 1,469 | Bandurria, Peru | Research history | monumental architecture, and established that this was an urban center distinct from the other monumental sites on the north central coast of Peru. This may represent the earliest evidence of urbanism in this larger coastal area.
The site is divided into two distinct sectors. The area featuring domestic occupation is the largest. Most of this area was destroyed by the irrigation project.
The sector featuring monumental architecture at first seemed like a natural formation made up of low rocky hills. However, a thorough review of the surface and surroundings of these hills revealed at least 4 major mounds, to which other smaller |
{"datasets_id": 678, "wiki_id": "Q2045821", "sp": 16, "sc": 1469, "ep": 20, "ec": 599} | 678 | Q2045821 | 16 | 1,469 | 20 | 599 | Bandurria, Peru | Research history & Recent developments | mounds were associated. Recent developments In 2007, additional radio-carbon dates have been obtained. According to Alejandro Chu Barrera, the director of the Archaeological Project of Bandurria, the site is now dated firmly to 3200 BC. This is older than Caral, the more famous site in the River Supe Valley to the north, that has previously been described as 'the oldest city in the New World'. Caral is located 33 km northeast of Bandurria.
Bandurria has similar architecture to Caral and several other sites in the Supe Valley, featuring a sunken circular plaza and stairways. There are also other related structures constructed in |
{"datasets_id": 678, "wiki_id": "Q2045821", "sp": 20, "sc": 599, "ep": 24, "ec": 395} | 678 | Q2045821 | 20 | 599 | 24 | 395 | Bandurria, Peru | Recent developments & Current conditions | a symmetrical pattern.
There are also other coastal sites in Peru that have been dated very early as the result of recent excavations. They include Sechin Bajo with the oldest radiocarbon dates of 3600 BC, and Huaricanga, dated to about 3500 BC. Current conditions Unfortunately Bandurria has been subject to systematic destruction that began when the nearby irrigation project started in 1973. Since it was visited in 2002 for the first time, the archaeological site was invaded by squatters, who built shacks on the mound.
Subsequently, the Directorate General of Archaeological Heritage of the Peruvian National Institute of Culture tried to protect |
{"datasets_id": 678, "wiki_id": "Q2045821", "sp": 24, "sc": 395, "ep": 24, "ec": 640} | 678 | Q2045821 | 24 | 395 | 24 | 640 | Bandurria, Peru | Current conditions | the archaeological site. The regional government has also been supportive. Students from the Faculty of Management and Tourism of the Jose Faustino Sanchez Carrion National University of Huacho have also contributed to the preservation efforts. |
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