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8570283 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle%20North%20Executive%20Airport | Triangle North Executive Airport | Triangle North Executive Airport is a county-owned, public-use airport in Franklin County, North Carolina, United States. It is located five nautical miles (9 km) southwest of the central business district of Louisburg, North Carolina.
It was known as the Franklin County Regional Airport until November 2008, when the... | 2.078125 | 0 |
8570287 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lochsa%20River | Lochsa River | The Lochsa River is in the northwestern United States, in the mountains of north central Idaho. It is one of two primary tributaries (with the Selway to the south) of the Middle Fork of the Clearwater River in the Clearwater National Forest. Lochsa is a Nez Perce word meaning rough water. The Salish name is Ep Smɫí, "... | 2.46875 | 0 |
8570287 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lochsa%20River | Lochsa River | During mid-September 1805, the explorers Lewis and Clark traveled westward along the Lolo Trail, descending into and out of the Lochsa Gorge, then above its north rim. They described the region near the modern-day ranger station at Powell as follows:
They experienced significant early season snowfall and suffered nea... | 2.65625 | 0 |
8570287 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lochsa%20River | Lochsa River | Commercial outfitters offer pre-arranged trips, and people with sufficient technical expertise run the rapids on their own. River access points with parking lots along Highway 12 are at the following sites and highway mile markers: Knife Edge, 107; Split Creek, 111; Fish Creek, 119; Nine Mile, 130, and White Pine, 138.... | 1.992188 | 0 |
8570288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Higgins%20%28rock%20climber%29 | Tom Higgins (rock climber) | Yosemite Valley, Tuolumne Meadows and other areas
In the late 60s, Higgins began climbing in Yosemite Valley. With Kamps, he did the first free ascent of the NE Buttress of Middle Cathedral Rock. With Chris Jones, he did the first free of Serenity Crack and other first ascents (Punch Bowl, The Peanut, Owl Roof, The Voi... | 2.359375 | 0 |
8570301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret%20Farrar | Margaret Farrar | Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book o... | 2.1875 | 0 |
8570301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret%20Farrar | Margaret Farrar | In early 1924, Adams introduced Petherbridge to Richard L. Simon and M. Lincoln Schuster, who were launching a book publishing company but did not yet have any manuscripts. Petherbridge, along with two co-authors, was given an advance of $25 and asked to compile a book of crossword puzzles. Due to their anxiety over th... | 2.109375 | 0 |
8570301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret%20Farrar | Margaret Farrar | In her position as editor of the crossword at The New York Times, Farrar encouraged and inspired many crossword puzzle writers and editors. Farrar created many regulations that have become standards, such as limiting the number of black squares in the grid, creating a minimum word-length of three letters, requiring gri... | 2.28125 | 0 |
8570319 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living%20Museum%20of%20the%20Horse | Living Museum of the Horse | The Living Museum of the Horse () is a museum in Chantilly, France dedicated to equine art and culture. It is housed in the Great Stables (Grandes Écuries) of the Château de Chantilly, about 40 km (25 mi) north of Paris.
History
The Great Stables were built in 1719, on the orders of Louis Henri, duke of Bourbon, Prin... | 2.140625 | 0 |
8570402 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaempfer%27s%20woodpecker | Kaempfer's woodpecker | Kaempfer's woodpecker (Celeus obrieni), also known as the Piauí woodpecker and previously as the caatinga woodpecker, is a species of bird in subfamily Picinae of the woodpecker family Picidae. It is endemic to Brazil.
Taxonomy and systematics
The type specimen of Kaempfer's woodpecker, a female, was collected in the... | 2.46875 | 0 |
8570402 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaempfer%27s%20woodpecker | Kaempfer's woodpecker | Kaempfer's woodpecker is long and weighs . Both sexes have a rufous-red head with a bushy crest. Adult males have a bright red malar patch and some red behind the eye and onto the crest; females do not have any bright red. Both sexes' hindneck and upperparts are yellow to creamy buff with a few black bars on the mantl... | 2.90625 | 0 |
8570402 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaempfer%27s%20woodpecker | Kaempfer's woodpecker | Sightings of recently fledged juveniles suggest that the breeding season of Kaempfer's woodpecker begins in June or July, the start of the local dry season. Nothing else is known about its breeding biology.
Vocal and non-vocal sounds
Kaempfer's woodpecker makes a "[l]oud, upslurred squeal followed by a softer bubblin... | 2.921875 | 0 |
8570512 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trefonen | Trefonen | Trefonen is a small village located approximately south-west of Oswestry, and three miles east of the England-Wales border, in Shropshire, England. The name translates into "village of the ash trees" in English. In 2001, the total population was 1,798, but there has been considerable housing development since that... | 2.625 | 0 |
8570526 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidstone%20Grammar%20School%20for%20Girls | Maidstone Grammar School for Girls | Air Raid Shelters
During the second world war, the school was believed to be at high risk due to its location at the intersection of two train lines, the Medway Valley line and the Maidstone line. As a result, three separate air raid shelters were constructed on the school site; two at the front and one at the rear of ... | 2.546875 | 0 |
8570532 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangutans%20in%20popular%20culture | Orangutans in popular culture | Orangutans in video games
Manky Kongs are recurring antagonists in the SNES' Donkey Kong Country. They are barrel-rolling orangutans (as opposed to a member of the Kong family) appearing in a number of levels. There is a level heavily featuring them named "Orang-utan Gang".
In Donkey Kong 64, Lanky Kong is an orangut... | 2 | 0 |
8570551 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Littleton%2C%20County%20Tipperary | Littleton, County Tipperary | Littleton () is a village in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is within the townlands of Ballybeg and Ballydavid, about northeast of Cashel and to the southeast of Thurles. By-passed by the M8 in December 2008, Littleton lies at a crossroads on the R639 road. Its population was 394 at the 2016 census. It is in the barony... | 2.015625 | 0 |
8570623 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamkaran%20Mosque | Jamkaran Mosque | The Jamkaran Mosque (; ) is one of the primary significant mosques in Jamkaran, a village in the outskirts of the city of Qom, Iran.
Overview and history
The mosque, six kilometers east of Qom, has long been a sacred place, at least since 373 A.H., 17th of Ramadan (22 February 984 C.E.), when according to the mosque ... | 2.203125 | 0 |
8570677 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ERA%20School | ERA School | The ERA School was a co-educational secondary school that opened in Melbourne in February 1971. The school was regarded as providing an 'alternative’ education curriculum. Attendance at lessons was not mandatory, and students could select their own study program. The school was loosely based on the Summerhill School in... | 2.609375 | 0 |
8570826 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDivko%20Stojsavljevi%C4%87 | Živko Stojsavljević | Živko Stojsavljević (1 October 1900, Benkovac, Kingdom of Dalmatia – 19 January 1978, Belgrade) was a Serbian painter.
Biography
He received his first painting lessons in Zadar high school, and afterwards he continued his education in Italy. He lived in Florence and Rome, where he graduated from two prestigious art ac... | 2.125 | 0 |
8570873 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20Nationalist%20Crusade | Christian Nationalist Crusade | Christian Nationalist Crusade was an American political advocacy organization founded by Gerald L. K. Smith in 1947. It nominated Smith for President in 1948 and Douglas MacArthur in 1952.
The Christian Nationalist Crusade promoted antisemitic and racist causes, including the sale and distribution of The Internationa... | 2.140625 | 0 |
8570918 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20Energy%20Institute | Nuclear Energy Institute | The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) is a nuclear industry trade association in the United States, based in Washington, D.C.
Synopsis
The Nuclear Energy Institute represents the nuclear technologies industry. NEI’s stated mission “is to promote the use and growth of nuclear energy through efficient operations and effec... | 2.328125 | 0 |
8570918 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20Energy%20Institute | Nuclear Energy Institute | History
The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) was founded in 1994 from the merger of several nuclear energy industry organizations, the oldest of which was created in 1953. Specifically, in 1994, NEI was formed from the merger of the Nuclear Utility Management and Resources Council (NUMARC), which addressed generic regu... | 2.359375 | 0 |
8570918 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20Energy%20Institute | Nuclear Energy Institute | Advocacy
One of NEI's main focuses is advocating for policies that would promote beneficial uses of nuclear energy. NEI utilizes the National Nuclear Energy Strategy which has four main points that they want to hit when guiding policy: preserve, sustain, innovate, and thrive. Preservation aims to keep and preserve the... | 2.4375 | 0 |
8570918 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20Energy%20Institute | Nuclear Energy Institute | Along with the advocacy of policy, NEI also is dedicated to advocating the advantages of nuclear energy as well. Some of the main advantages that NEI states are the benefits in climate, national security, sustainable development, infrastructure, and air quality. Nuclear energy will help our climate by contributing to d... | 2.609375 | 0 |
8570947 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean%20Ocean%20Foundation | Clean Ocean Foundation | The Clean Ocean Foundation is an Australian environmental organisation that seeks to stop all forms of ocean pollution and restore our oceans to their former health.
Clean Ocean Foundation holds that the best way of minimising the impact of the waste from any land-based activity is for the waste to be retained on land... | 2.4375 | 0 |
8570978 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ%20rights%20in%20Uruguay | LGBTQ rights in Uruguay | Uruguay was the first Latin American country to legalize civil unions under national legislation. Under the legislation, couples must be together for at least five years and sign a registry. The couples will receive health benefits, inheritance, parenting and pension rights. The bill was passed in Parliament on 30 Nove... | 2.5 | 0 |
8570978 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ%20rights%20in%20Uruguay | LGBTQ rights in Uruguay | Since September 2009, same-sex couples in a civil union can jointly adopt. The law enabling this was approved by the Chamber of Representatives on 28 August 2009 and by the Senate on 9 September 2009. Uruguay was the first country in Latin America to allow same-sex couples to adopt children.
17 out of 23 senators vote... | 2.375 | 0 |
8570978 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ%20rights%20in%20Uruguay | LGBTQ rights in Uruguay | On 3 October 2018, a family judge ruled that the Ministry of Education and Culture had discriminated when it prohibited an unmarried lesbian couple from listing both of their surnames on their twin daughters' records. The judge ruled that this was discrimination on account of sexual orientation as heterosexual couples ... | 2.25 | 0 |
8570978 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBTQ%20rights%20in%20Uruguay | LGBTQ rights in Uruguay | Gender identity and expression
In October 2009, in a 51–2 vote in the Chamber of Representatives and 20–0 in the Senate, the General Assembly passed a law allowing transgender people over the age of 18 to change their name and legal gender on official documents, so that it is in line with their gender identity. Since O... | 2.375 | 0 |
8570979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From%20an%20Abandoned%20Work | From an Abandoned Work | From An Abandoned Work, a "meditation for radio" by Samuel Beckett, was first broadcast on BBC Radio 3’s Third Programme on Saturday, 14 December 1957 together with a selection from the novel Molloy. Donald McWhinnie, who already had a great success with All That Fall, directed the Irish actor Patrick Magee.
The work ... | 1.921875 | 0 |
8570979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/From%20an%20Abandoned%20Work | From an Abandoned Work | Psychoanalysis says that to understand people's behaviour (their minds, mental processes), we must realise that it is geared not to objective reality, but to psychic reality; to simplify: the meanings attached to reality, the experienced reality.
Dreams often come up in psychoanalysis, and provide a powerful route to ... | 2.59375 | 0 |
8571001 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth%20Council%20of%20Orl%C3%A9ans | Fifth Council of Orléans | ‡ Absent, represented by a priest.
‡‡ Absent, represented by a deacon.
‡‡‡ Absent, represented by an abbot.
Enactments
King Childebert had ordered the Council to be summoned to deal with the case of Bishop Marcus of Orleans, who had been driven from his see. After defending Mark, Bishop of Orléans, from attacks made ... | 2.40625 | 0 |
8571001 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth%20Council%20of%20Orl%C3%A9ans | Fifth Council of Orléans | Cannon of the Council
The minutes of the council are 24 canons.
The first canon of the council pronounced an anathema against the errors of Nestorius and Eutyches. The council seems to have feared that the troubles that appeared in the East and aroused by the Nestorians and Eutychians do not spread in the West.
The s... | 1.984375 | 0 |
8571001 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth%20Council%20of%20Orl%C3%A9ans | Fifth Council of Orléans | The fifteenth canon confirms the foundation of a hospital in Lyon by Childebert and it is forbidden to the bishop of Lyon and his successors to claim some property from this hospital.
The sixteenth canon pronounces anathema against anyone who dares to deprive the churches of the donations made to them.
The seventeent... | 1.960938 | 0 |
8571031 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduardo%20Hontiveros | Eduardo Hontiveros | Rev Fr. Eduardo Jose Pardo Hontiveros, SJ (20 December 1923 – 15 January 2008), also known as "Fr. Honti", was a Filipino Jesuit composer and musician, best known as an innovative hymnwriter and the “Father of Philippine liturgical music".
Biography
He was born in Molo, Iloilo City, one of eight siblings, to José Ho... | 2.171875 | 0 |
8571038 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%20Edward%27s%20Horse | King Edward's Horse | King Edward's Horse (The King's Overseas Dominions Regiment) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1901, which saw service in the First World War.
Early history
The regiment was originally formed as part of the Imperial Yeomanry in November 1901, as the 4th County of London Imperial Yeomanry (King's C... | 2.625 | 0 |
8571038 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%20Edward%27s%20Horse | King Edward's Horse | Uniforms
Upon its establishment in November 1901 this regiment wore a khaki serge uniform with narrow scarlet stripes on the turn-down collar, cuffs and khaki cord breeches. The headdress was a wide-brimmed hat of khaki felt with a scarlet plume and lancer style lines. Unusually three badges were worn on the hat - two ... | 2.203125 | 0 |
8571051 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Canada%20Air%20Lines%20Flight%20810-9 | Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810-9 | Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810-9 was a Canadair North Star on a scheduled flight from Vancouver to Calgary (continuing to Regina, Winnipeg, and Toronto). The plane crashed into Mount Slesse near Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada, on 9 December 1956 after encountering severe icing and turbulence over the mountain... | 1.921875 | 0 |
8571055 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evarcha%20falcata | Evarcha falcata | Evarcha falcata is a species of 'jumping spiders' belonging to the family Salticidae.
Taxonomy
Evarca falcata (Clerk, 1757) is considered by some authors a complex of three sibling species - E. falcata s.str., Evarcha proszynskii Marusik & Logunov, 1998, Evarcha hoyi (Peckham & Peckham, 1883) - and their range is larg... | 2.296875 | 0 |
8571244 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical%20Storm%20Beryl%20%282000%29 | Tropical Storm Beryl (2000) | Tropical Storm Beryl made landfall just south of the Mexico–United States border in mid-August 2000, causing minimal damage. The second named storm of the 2000 Atlantic hurricane season, Beryl originated from a tropical wave near the African coastline. Tracking westward, the wave failed to organize substantially until ... | 2.625 | 0 |
8571244 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical%20Storm%20Beryl%20%282000%29 | Tropical Storm Beryl (2000) | The tropical depression traveled to the northwest across the southwest Gulf of Mexico. It strengthened rapidly, and there was evidence of deep convection as it passed over warm waters. It was upgraded to Tropical Storm Beryl late on August 14 with surface winds of , based on reconnaissance aircraft observation. Six hou... | 2.46875 | 0 |
8571244 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical%20Storm%20Beryl%20%282000%29 | Tropical Storm Beryl (2000) | The National Hurricane Center began issuing hurricane warnings early on August 14, anticipating that Beryl would reach hurricane strength. The warnings were issued along the Texas coast from Baffin Bay to the United States–Mexico border. The Government of Mexico issued hurricane warnings from the borderline south to La... | 2.546875 | 0 |
8571244 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical%20Storm%20Beryl%20%282000%29 | Tropical Storm Beryl (2000) | The warnings remained in effect for twelve hours, then they were discontinued north of Port Mansfield in Texas. The hurricane warning was downgraded to a tropical storm warning in all areas between Port Mansfield southwards to Tampico. It was predicted the rains from Beryl could produce dangerous flash floods and mudsl... | 2.34375 | 0 |
8571260 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limmu%20Kosa | Limmu Kosa | Demographics
The 2007 national census reported a total population for this District of 161,338, of whom 81,462 were men and 79,876 were women; 14,842 or 9.2% of its population were urban dwellers. The majority of the inhabitants were Moslem, with 72.6% of the population reporting they observed this belief, while 24.41... | 2.171875 | 0 |
8571285 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock%20parrot | Rock parrot | The rock parrot (Neophema petrophila) is a species of grass parrot native to Australia. Described by John Gould in 1841, it is a small parrot long and weighing with predominantly olive-brown upperparts and more yellowish underparts. Its head is olive with light blue forecheeks and lores, and a dark blue frontal band ... | 2.90625 | 0 |
8571285 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock%20parrot | Rock parrot | The Italian ornithologist Tommaso Salvadori defined the new genus Neophema in 1891, placing the rock parrot within it and giving it its current scientific name Neophema petrophila. Within the grass parrot genus Neophema, it is one of four species classified in the subgenus Neonanodes. Analysis of mitochondrial DNA publ... | 2.71875 | 0 |
8571285 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock%20parrot | Rock parrot | The rock parrot can be confused with the elegant parrot in Western Australia, or blue-winged parrot in South Australia, both of which have similar (though brighter) olive plumage. These two species also have yellow lores and the latter has much bluer wings. The orange-bellied parrot has brighter green plumage and green... | 2.671875 | 0 |
8571285 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock%20parrot | Rock parrot | Behaviour
Rock parrots are encountered in pairs or small groups, although they may congregate into larger flocks of up to 100 birds. They can form mixed flocks with elegant or blue-winged parrots. Mostly terrestrial, rock parrots at times perch on rocks or shrubs, and can take cover among large rocks. Generally quiet a... | 3.078125 | 0 |
8571285 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock%20parrot | Rock parrot | The nesting site is under rocks or in crevices or burrows, which may be covered by plants such as pigface, or heart-shaped noon flower (Aptenia cordifolia). They may re-use burrows of wedge-tailed shearwaters (Ardenna pacifica) or white-faced storm petrels (Pelagodroma marina). Regardless of location, nests are well-hi... | 3.15625 | 0 |
8571285 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock%20parrot | Rock parrot | Rock parrots eat seeds of several species of grass (Poaceae), including common wild oat (Avena fatua), wheat (Triticum aestivum), hare's tail (Lagurus ovatus), and Australian brome (Bromus arenarius), and rush (Cyperaceae), as well as shrubs and particularly succulent plants of the family Aizoaceae, such as pigface, a... | 2.859375 | 0 |
8571285 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock%20parrot | Rock parrot | On Rottnest Island, the species was common up to at least 1929. On a survey of the island in 1965, Western Australian biologist Glen Storr found it to have become rare and concluded this was due to young birds being taken for the pet trade. This occurred mainly in the 1940s and 1950s before being closed down in the 197... | 3.09375 | 0 |
8571290 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain%27t%20She%20Sweet | Ain't She Sweet | "Ain't She Sweet" is a song composed by Milton Ager, with lyrics by Jack Yellen. It was published in 1927 by Ager, Yellen & Bornstein, Inc. It became popular in the first half of the 20th century and typified the Roaring Twenties. Like "Happy Days Are Here Again" (1929), it became a Tin Pan Alley standard. Both Ager an... | 2.15625 | 0 |
8571327 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gera%20%28woreda%29 | Gera (woreda) | Gera is one of the woredas in the Oromia Region of Ethiopia. It is named after the former Kingdom of Gera, whose territory was approximately the same as the modern woreda. Part of the Jimma Zone, Gera is bordered on the south by the Gojeb River which separates it from the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Reg... | 2.90625 | 0 |
8571327 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gera%20%28woreda%29 | Gera (woreda) | Based on figures published by the Central Statistical Agency in 2005, this woreda has an estimated total population of 104,036, of whom 52,183 are men and 51,853 are women; 8,185 or 7.87% of its population are urban dwellers, which is less than the Zone average of 12.3%. With an estimated area of 1,451.25 square kilome... | 2.390625 | 0 |
8571333 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence%20Arena%20%28Floriana%29 | Independence Arena (Floriana) | Independence Arena (also known as Ix-Xagħra tal-Furjana) was a multi-use stadium in Floriana, Malta. The stadium has fallen in a state of disrepair and is now used as a parking. The stadium was used mostly for football matches and was the home training pitch of Floriana. The stadium held 3,000 people.
Background and d... | 1.914063 | 0 |
8571396 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic%20Revival%20architecture%20in%20Canada | Gothic Revival architecture in Canada | In the 18th century, a growing spirit of Romanticism and interest in the Medieval past led to a revival of Gothic styles in Britain. The style made its way to Canada during the early 19th century. One of the first appearances is in an 1811 proposal by Jeffry Wyatt for a new legislature in Quebec City. One of the first ... | 2.84375 | 0 |
8571396 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic%20Revival%20architecture%20in%20Canada | Gothic Revival architecture in Canada | By the 1840s, the Gothic Revival style had become virtually universal among Anglicans and was used for most other Christian denominations as well. As in much of the English speaking world, the lancet windows and buttresses of the Gothic Revival style soon became permanently associated in most people's mind with ecclesi... | 2.6875 | 0 |
8571396 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic%20Revival%20architecture%20in%20Canada | Gothic Revival architecture in Canada | In his Hand Book to the Parliamentary and Departmental Buildings, Canada (1867), Joseph Bureau wrote, "The style of the Buildings is the Gothic of the 12th and 13th Centuries, with modification to suit the climate of Canada. The ornamental work and the dressing round the windows are of Ohio sandstone. The plain surface... | 2.90625 | 0 |
8571396 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic%20Revival%20architecture%20in%20Canada | Gothic Revival architecture in Canada | One style that rose to special prominence was the Château Style of Canada's grand railway hotels, also known as Railway Gothic. This style first appeared in the late 19th century, with grandiose railway hotels such as the Château Frontenac and Banff Springs Hotel. It mixed Gothic Revival with elements borrowed from the... | 2.984375 | 0 |
8571396 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic%20Revival%20architecture%20in%20Canada | Gothic Revival architecture in Canada | While during this period the Gothic Revival style was almost universal among Christian religious buildings, it was less so among secular structures. Other revival styles were also popular. Romanesque Revival buildings were popular, as were neo-classical structures. No provincial legislature copied the style of the Parl... | 2.765625 | 0 |
8571396 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic%20Revival%20architecture%20in%20Canada | Gothic Revival architecture in Canada | The Gothic Revival style started to wane in popularity in the late 19th century. New technologies such as steel building frames, elevators, and electric lighting were having a considerable impact on how buildings could be used and constructed. Newer styles such as the Beaux-Arts and Art Deco came to prominence. However... | 2.875 | 0 |
8571396 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gothic%20Revival%20architecture%20in%20Canada | Gothic Revival architecture in Canada | Perhaps the most important Gothic Revival structure was the new Centre Block of the Canadian Parliament. The Gothic Revival monument of Thomas Fuller was destroyed by a fire in 1917. Despite the half a century that had elapsed since the first parliament was built, the Gothic Revival style was still the obvious choice t... | 2.796875 | 0 |
8571443 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Vale%20Church%2C%20Guernsey | The Vale Church, Guernsey | St. Michel du Valle is the parish church of Vale, Guernsey.
Early History of the Church
In January 1949 an Early Christian monument was unearthed outside the West door of the church. This stone dates from the 7th or 8th century. It is now situated outside the Baptistry, resting against the wall. This stone points to ... | 2.21875 | 0 |
8571443 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Vale%20Church%2C%20Guernsey | The Vale Church, Guernsey | According to tradition, Robert II, Duke of Normandy (the father of William the Conqueror) was journeying to England in 1032, to help Edward the Confessor. He was obliged to take shelter in Guernsey and gave land, now known as the Clos du Valle, to the monks. Furthermore, in 1061, when pirates attacked and pillaged the ... | 2.75 | 0 |
8571443 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Vale%20Church%2C%20Guernsey | The Vale Church, Guernsey | The parish church
The site of the church makes it a landmark for seafarers, and from many points in the North of the Island one can glimpse this building. Prior to 1806 the church was reached by boat at high tide, the Braye du Valle being navigable for small craft.
The present church, built alongside the Priory, was ... | 2.3125 | 0 |
8571533 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Blue%20Belt | The Blue Belt | The Blue Belt (Norwegian: Det blå båndet) is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in Norske Folkeeventyr. It is Aarne-Thompson type 590.
Plot summary
A beggar woman and her son were returning home when he saw a blue belt. She forbade him to pick it up, but after a time, he sn... | 2.109375 | 0 |
8571577 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracy%20Letts | Tracy Letts | Early life
Letts was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, to author Billie Letts () and college professor and actor Dennis Letts. He has two brothers, Shawn, a musician, and Dana. Letts was raised in Durant, Oklahoma, and graduated from Durant High School in the early 1980s. He moved to Dallas, where he waited tables and worked in... | 1.9375 | 0 |
8571640 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Penghu | Battle of Penghu | A few days before the battle, Shi Lang had bought cannons from the Dutch so his ships were better armed. On July 12, 1683, Qing naval forces took Hujing Island and Tongpan Island in the early stages of the battle. During the battle, the Qing forces smashed into Liu's force and broke up his formation. The defenders stil... | 2.46875 | 0 |
8571704 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastery%20of%20Saint%20Pishoy | Monastery of Saint Pishoy | The Monastery of Saint Pishoy (also spelled Bishoy, Pshoi, or Bishoi), also known as Saint Pishoy Monastery, is a Coptic Orthodox monastery in Wadi El Natrun, west of the Nile Delta in northern Egypt. It is the largest active monastery in the region and is currently headed by Bishop Anba Agabius. Founded in the late 4t... | 2.34375 | 0 |
8571704 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastery%20of%20Saint%20Pishoy | Monastery of Saint Pishoy | Another raid occurred in 817 AD, prompting further repairs by Pope Jacob I, while Pope Joseph I returned the relics of Saints Pishoy and Paul of Tammah to the site and oversaw the construction of the main church, which dates back to 840 AD. In 1069 AD, the Berber Luata tribe invaded the monastery, leading to additional... | 2.578125 | 0 |
8571704 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastery%20of%20Saint%20Pishoy | Monastery of Saint Pishoy | The Church of Saint Pishoy is located in the southern part of the monastery, accompanied by various annexes, including "the Table" to the west, the altar of Saint Benjamin's Church to the north, the Church of Abu Sakhiron, the Church of Saint George, and a baptistery to the south. The central area features a garden sur... | 2.25 | 0 |
8571704 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastery%20of%20Saint%20Pishoy | Monastery of Saint Pishoy | The original walls of the monastery date back to the 9th century, while most of the current walls were constructed in the 11th century, with various sections restored and rebuilt over time. On the western side of the wall, there is a noticeable lack of reinforcement, and the southern two-thirds of the wall have not und... | 2.703125 | 0 |
8571704 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monastery%20of%20Saint%20Pishoy | Monastery of Saint Pishoy | Architecturally, the fortress shares similarities with the fortress of the Monastery of Saint Macarius, albeit with some minor variations. The structure consists of a ground floor and one upper level, suggesting that a second upper floor once existed but has since collapsed. A drawbridge connects the fortress, with one... | 2.234375 | 0 |
8571710 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rural%20Municipality%20of%20Senlac%20No.%20411 | Rural Municipality of Senlac No. 411 | The Rural Municipality of Senlac No. 411 (2016 population: ) is a rural municipality (RM) in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within Census Division No. 13 and Division No. 6. Located in the west-central portion of the province, it is adjacent to the Alberta boundary.
History
The RM of Senlac No. 411 incorporat... | 2.421875 | 0 |
8571733 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise%2C%20vibration%2C%20and%20harshness | Noise, vibration, and harshness | Noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH), also known as noise and vibration (N&V), is the study and modification of the noise and vibration characteristics of vehicles, particularly cars and trucks. While noise and vibration can be readily measured, harshness is a subjective quality, and is measured either via jury evalua... | 2.578125 | 0 |
8571733 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise%2C%20vibration%2C%20and%20harshness | Noise, vibration, and harshness | Many problems are generated as either vibration or noise, transmitted via a variety of paths, and then radiated acoustically into the cabin. These are classified as "structure-borne" noise. Others are generated acoustically and propagated by airborne paths. Structure-borne noise is attenuated by isolation, while airbor... | 2.4375 | 0 |
8571733 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise%2C%20vibration%2C%20and%20harshness | Noise, vibration, and harshness | There are three principal means of improving NVH:
Reducing the source strength, as in making a noise source quieter with a muffler, or improving the balance of a rotating mechanism
Interrupting the noise or vibration path, with barriers (for noise) or isolators (for vibration)
Absorption of the noise or vibration e... | 2.015625 | 0 |
8571791 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culver%20Line%20%28surface%29 | Culver Line (surface) | The Culver Line, Gravesend Avenue Line, or McDonald Avenue Line was a surface public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, running along McDonald Avenue and built by the Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad. Most of its main line has been essentially replaced by the IND Culver Line of the New York ... | 2.484375 | 0 |
8571791 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culver%20Line%20%28surface%29 | Culver Line (surface) | The Culver Line built a connection to the South Brooklyn Railway, which had built a line to gain access to ferry connections at 39th Street and the waterfront. When this branch, parallel to Brooklyn 37th Street, was electrified with trolley wire elevated trains from the Fifth Avenue Line were able to use the Culver Lin... | 2.46875 | 0 |
8571800 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed%20Smith%20%28defensive%20end%29 | Ed Smith (defensive end) | Edwin Alexander Smith (born October 23, 1950) is a former American football defensive end who played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Denver Broncos. He is better known for being the first player born in the Bahamas to be drafted in the NFL. He played college football for Colorado College.
Early years
Smi... | 2.03125 | 0 |
8571814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sason%20%28spider%29 | Sason (spider) | Sason is a genus of bark-dwelling brushed trapdoor spiders first described by Eugène Simon in 1887. It is distributed from the Seychelles through India to northern Australia. The closest related genus seems to be the monotypic Paracenobiopelma.
Description
These are small, compact spiders, ranging from long. They are... | 2.515625 | 0 |
8571860 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bajour%20%28musical%29 | Bajour (musical) | Bajour is a musical with a book by Ernest Kinoy and music and lyrics by Walter Marks. The musical is based on the Joseph Mitchell short stories The Gypsy Women and The King of the Gypsies published in The New Yorker. The title is allegedly a Romani word for a con game in which lonely and unhappy women are swindled out... | 2.03125 | 0 |
8571901 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam%20Thompson%20%28playwright%29 | Sam Thompson (playwright) | Several radio plays and documentary features for the BBC were to follow. Tommy Baxter, Shopsteward (1957) focuses on discrimination against a trades union official by the management, while The General Foreman (1958) takes on the difficult role of the foreman mediating between management and the workforce. The autobiogr... | 2.125 | 0 |
8571929 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smoking%20room | Smoking room | A smoking room (or smoking lounge) is a room which is specifically provided and furnished for smoking, generally in buildings where smoking is otherwise prohibited.
Locations and facilities
Smoking rooms can be found in public buildings such as airports, and in semi-public buildings such as workplaces. Such rooms are... | 2.15625 | 0 |
8571933 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loch%20Scaven | Loch Scaven | Loch Scaven (Scottish Gaelic: Loch Sgamhain) is a small freshwater loch at the head of Glen Carron near the source of the River Carron, Wester Ross, Scotland. It is about southwest of Achnasheen and upstream from Loch Gowan.
The loch's name derives from a local legend involving a kelpie. The Scottish Gaelic sgamhan... | 2.71875 | 0 |
8571950 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis%20Dodd%20%28general%29 | Francis Dodd (general) | Francis Townsend Dodd (October 5, 1899 – March 5, 1973) was a U.S. Army brigadier general held hostage by North Korean POWs during a camp uprising when he was commander of the United Nations-administered prisoner-of-war camps on Koje Island during the Korean War. The incident led to a North Korean propaganda victory a... | 2.109375 | 0 |
8571950 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis%20Dodd%20%28general%29 | Francis Dodd (general) | In February 1952, Dodd was ordered from Seoul to take command of the Geoje POW camp on Koje Island (currently Geojedo or Geoje Island) island after a U.S. soldier had been killed and 138 POWs wounded when the inmates of Compound 62 attacked an infantry battalion sent to forcibly screen POWs to determine whether they we... | 2.21875 | 0 |
8571950 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis%20Dodd%20%28general%29 | Francis Dodd (general) | After the Koje Island incident
General Clark chaired a board to review the incident. Both generals (Dodd and Colson) were criticized for handing a propaganda victory to the communist side rather than risk a forcible rescue of Dodd. Dodd was relieved of command and reduced in rank to colonel on May 23, 1952. Dodd was no... | 1.914063 | 0 |
8571969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antitaenite | Antitaenite | Antitaenite is a meteoritic metal alloy mineral composed of iron (Fe) and 20–40% nickel (Ni), (and traces of other elements) that has a face centered cubic crystal structure.
There are three other known Fe-Ni meteoritic minerals: kamacite, taenite, and tetrataenite.
The existence of antitaenite as a new mineral speci... | 2.65625 | 0 |
8572055 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%B4r%20Tewdws | Côr Tewdws | Fictional story
Iolo Morganwg claimed that the college was established around AD 400 at a place called Caer Worgorn by co-founders, Emperor Theodosius and Custennin Fendigaid (meaning Constantine the Blessed) and was called Bangor Dewdws. In his contributions to the Triads in the Myvyrian Archaiology of Wales, Morganwg... | 2.59375 | 0 |
8572083 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy%20Lee%20Williams | Roy Lee Williams | Williams attempted to remain president of the Teamsters, however. He was sentenced to 55 years in prison on March 31, 1983. He offered to testify in various trials of organized crime figures, which federal prosecutors accepted. Williams remained free on bail while he was deposed. But Congress, hearing more and more te... | 2.03125 | 0 |
8572165 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logbook%20of%20The%20World | Logbook of The World | Logbook of the World (LoTW) is a web-accessed database provided by the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) to implement a contact verification service among amateur radio operators. Using LoTW, radio amateurs (hams) are able to claim and verify contacts (QSOs) made with other amateurs, generally for claiming credit for ... | 2.03125 | 0 |
8572166 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20School%20of%20Pacific%20Administration | Australian School of Pacific Administration | The Australian School of Pacific Administration (ASOPA) was a tertiary institution established by the Australian Government to train administrators and later school teachers to work in Papua New Guinea. It became the International Training Institute (ITI) in 1973 and provided management training for professionals from... | 2.25 | 0 |
8572166 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20School%20of%20Pacific%20Administration | Australian School of Pacific Administration | In 1954, ASOPA began to train Australian teachers for service in TPNG to assist develop primary education. At the same time, courses were offered to teachers recruited for Special (Aboriginal) Schools in the Northern Territory of Australia. From 1956, teacher cadets were trained at distant Bathurst Teachers’ College in... | 2.609375 | 0 |
8572292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whites%20Bridge | Whites Bridge | Whites Bridge (alternatively White's Bridge) is a Brown truss covered bridge, originally erected in 1869 in Keene Township, Michigan, United States, near Smyrna on the Flat River. Carrying Whites Bridge Road across the Flat River, it is located north of the Fallasburg Bridge and south of Smyrna. The original bridge wa... | 2 | 0 |
8572310 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bussy%20D%27Ambois | Bussy D'Ambois | Bussy D'Ambois: A Tragedie (probably written 1603–1604; first published 1607) is a Jacobean stage play written by George Chapman. Classified as either a tragedy or "contemporary history," Bussy D'Ambois is widely considered Chapman's greatest play, and is the earliest in a series of plays that Chapman wrote about the F... | 2.390625 | 0 |
8572310 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bussy%20D%27Ambois | Bussy D'Ambois | The King's Men acted the play at Court twice in the 1630s, on 7 April 1634 and 27 March 1638, with Eliard Swanston in the title role. The prelude to the 1641 edition also indicates that Nathan Field played Bussy; Field may have brought the play to the King's Men when he joined in 1616. Apparently, Joseph Taylor inherit... | 2.328125 | 0 |
8572374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim%20Jabs | Hans-Joachim Jabs | Hans-Joachim Jabs (14 November 1917 – 26 October 2003) was a German officer in the Luftwaffe during World War II. Jabs was the rare case of a pilot who found success in two distinctly different forms of aerial combat. He was one of the few pilots to obtain Experte while flying a heavy daytime fighter. Surviving the Bat... | 2.125 | 0 |
8572374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim%20Jabs | Hans-Joachim Jabs | To improve his destructive power Jabs had his aircraft's forward armament replaced, changing from the two 20 mm cannons and four MG 17 machine-guns to a pair of 30 mm cannons. The heavier gun was more effective against Allied heavy bombers. He was credited with 3 bombers on the night of 19 February. He added another sc... | 2.625 | 0 |
8572374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Joachim%20Jabs | Hans-Joachim Jabs | On 29 April 1944 Jabs paid a visit to fellow night fighter pilot Heinz-Wolfgang Schnaufer and his Gruppe at St. Trond Belgium. In mid-afternoon through cloudy and foggy skies Jabs made the short trip back to his home base at Deelen. As Jabs approached Deelen he could see a small group of single engine fighters low over... | 2.046875 | 0 |
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