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11675262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil%20Rieve | Emil Rieve | Local UTW leaders, however, refused to call off the strike. Locals in northern Alabama struck on July 18, and the strike swept through the Deep South. UTW was forced to call a special convention on August 13 to address the crisis. The UTW drew up a list of demands, which mill owners ignored. Nevertheless, the strike en... | 2.03125 | 0 |
11675262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil%20Rieve | Emil Rieve | After a mere 22 days, the strike was over. President Franklin D. Roosevelt had established a mediation board in the first week of the strike. The board recommended further study, that workers return to work, and that employers rehire workers without discriminating against strikers. With the UTW able to provide staff, f... | 2.796875 | 0 |
11675262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil%20Rieve | Emil Rieve | In early 1938, however, Rieve was forced to act against his own union members. The recession of 1937 had led to a significant worsening of economic conditions. Union members in Philadelphia demanded a pay increase. Rieve argued that the union had only managed to stop a wage giveback; there was no possibility of securin... | 2.34375 | 0 |
11675262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil%20Rieve | Emil Rieve | CIO leaders had little confidence in Gorman or the UTW. Gorman had overseen the ill-fated 1934 textile strike. The UTW staff was considered incompetent, and politically behold to McMahon's relatively conservative policies. Rieve coveted the presidency of UTW, and worked to undercut Gorman at every turn—even when that m... | 1.929688 | 0 |
11675262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil%20Rieve | Emil Rieve | TWOC organized impressive numbers of workers in its first six months. By September 1937, TWOC had organized 215,000 workers, most of them in the Northeast. But the recession of 1937 led to layoffs and sharp drops in TWOC membership. Additionally, Hillman fell critically ill in October 1937. He did not return to the com... | 2.0625 | 0 |
11675262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emil%20Rieve | Emil Rieve | In late 1938, TWOC also saw a revolt from within. Hillman distrusted Gorman, and clearly favored Rieve as the leader of the union which would emerge once TWOC's organizing drives concluded. Gorman and other disgruntled UTW leaders filed suit against TWOC, claiming that UTW funds had been illegally appropriated by TWOC.... | 2.203125 | 0 |
11675666 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen%20Baskin-Ball | Kathleen Baskin-Ball | In 2002, Baskin-Ball had a Profession of Faith/Worship Attendance Index value of 17.73. (Worship attendance: 440, Profession of Faith: 78) This index denotes how many persons joined by profession of faith for every 100 persons in worship each week. This is the highest value ever recorded for a female minister serving... | 2.296875 | 0 |
11675666 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathleen%20Baskin-Ball | Kathleen Baskin-Ball | Honors
Baskin-Ball was elected as Chair of the Ministry and Higher Education Legislation Committee for the 2008 General Conference of the United Methodist Church.
Baskin-Ball was named Best Pastor in Collin County in the 2006 Reader's Choice Awards sponsored by Star Community Newspapers.
Other activities
In mid-1989,... | 2.265625 | 0 |
11675935 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug%20allergy | Drug allergy | Risk factors
Risk factors for drug allergies can be attributed to the drug itself or the characteristics of the patient. Drug-specific risk factors include the dose, route of administration, duration of treatment, repetitive exposure to the drug, and concurrent illnesses. Host risk factors include age, sex, atopy, spe... | 2.421875 | 0 |
11675983 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Hamilton%20%28composer%29 | David Hamilton (composer) | David Blair Hamilton (born 21 December 1955) is a New Zealand composer and teacher.
Biography
Hamilton was born in Napier and studied composition with Douglas Mews and John Rimmer at the University of Auckland. He graduated in 1979 with an MMus. He trained as a teacher and joined the staff of Epsom Girls Grammar Scho... | 2.046875 | 0 |
11676135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alsace%20First | Alsace First | Alsace First (, EZ; , ADA), formerly the Alsatian Regionalist Movement () from 1998 to 2002, is a political party based in Alsace, France, established in 1989. It promotes autonomy for Alsace in France.
The party is considered far-right by many observers due to its strong stance against immigration, its opposition to ... | 2.03125 | 0 |
11676219 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20airborne%20landings%20in%20Normandy | American airborne landings in Normandy | American airborne landings in Normandy were a series of military operations carried by the United States as part of Operation Overlord, the invasion of Normandy by the Allies on June 6, 1944, during World War II. In the opening maneuver of the Normandy landings, about 13,100 American paratroopers from the 82nd and 101s... | 2.71875 | 0 |
11676219 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20airborne%20landings%20in%20Normandy | American airborne landings in Normandy | Plans and revisions
Plans for the invasion of Normandy went through several preliminary phases throughout 1943, during which the Combined Chiefs of Staff (CCS) allocated 13½ U.S. troop carrier groups to an undefined airborne assault. The actual size, objectives, and details of the plan were not drawn up until after Gen... | 2.328125 | 0 |
11676219 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20airborne%20landings%20in%20Normandy | American airborne landings in Normandy | Bradley insisted that 75 percent of the airborne assault be delivered by gliders for concentration of forces. Because it would be unsupported by naval and corps artillery, Ridgway, commanding the 82nd Airborne Division, also wanted a glider assault to deliver his organic artillery. The use of gliders was planned until ... | 2.296875 | 0 |
11676304 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony%20No.%203%20%28Bax%29 | Symphony No. 3 (Bax) | The finale opens with a gong and repeated notes from the strings and woodwinds, which is then transformed into the main theme. The mood is inescapably optimistic, as though to exorcise the dark and wild moods of the first and second symphonies. It ends in a famous, peaceful and beautiful epilogue which makes a suitable... | 2.125 | 0 |
11676362 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Walls | Peter Walls | In 1977, Walls was appointed as Rhodesia's Commander, Combined Operations, commanding the nation's military and police forces, providing him with almost 50,000 men under his orders in increasingly severe fighting. On 3 April 1977, in a sign that time was running out for Rhodesia amid economic sanctions, Walls announced... | 2.328125 | 0 |
11676362 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Walls | Peter Walls | On 12 February 1979, in an attempt to assassinate Walls, ZIPRA shot down Air Rhodesia Flight 827 with a Soviet-made SAM-7 missile. Flight 827 was a regularly scheduled flight from Kariba to Salisbury. The aircraft was a Vickers Viscount known as The Umniati, and the second civilian Viscount they had shot down. All 55 p... | 1.96875 | 0 |
11676489 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Agostini | Mike Agostini | Michael George Raymond Agostini (23 January 1935 – 12 May 2016) was a Trinidadian track and field athlete. He was the first athlete from his country to win a gold medal at what is now known as the Commonwealth Games, when he won the 100 yards final in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, on 31 July 1954.
Early life
M... | 2.125 | 0 |
11676489 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Agostini | Mike Agostini | In 1955 Agostini participated in the Pan American Games held in Mexico and won a silver and a bronze in the 100 m and 200 m races, respectively. He also won silver at the 1959 Chicago Pan American Games in the 100 m, a bronze in the 200 m, and another bronze in the 4 × 100 m relay.
In the next Commonwealth Games at Ca... | 2.109375 | 0 |
11676536 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nothofagus%20solandri | Nothofagus solandri | Nothofagus solandri, commonly called black beech, is species of tree endemic to New Zealand. Black beech occurs on both the North and the South Island at low elevations up to the mountains. It is also known as Nothofagus solandri var. solandri. In New Zealand the taxon is often called Fuscospora solandri.
Black beech ... | 2.609375 | 0 |
11676818 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979%20Daytona%20500 | 1979 Daytona 500 | The 1979 Daytona 500, the 21st annual running of the event, was the second race of the 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. It was held on February 18, 1979 at Daytona International Speedway, in Daytona Beach, Florida. It has been called the most important race in stock car history.
The race was televised live "flag... | 2.578125 | 0 |
11676818 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979%20Daytona%20500 | 1979 Daytona 500 | Television
The 1979 Daytona 500 was the first 500-mile race to be broadcast in its entirety live on national television in the United States. Races were shown on television, but the Indianapolis 500, for example, was broadcast on tape delay later in the evening on the day it was run in this era and usually in edited fo... | 2.390625 | 0 |
11677005 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine%20Corps%20Auxiliary%20Landing%20Field%20Bogue | Marine Corps Auxiliary Landing Field Bogue | Bogue Field consists of a runway constructed of aluminum panels which can be disassembled and reconstructed anywhere in the world in a matter of days by a specialty construction battalion. The remains of two other runways still exist. The Airport Facility Directory includes the remark, "Runway 18 utilized for catapults... | 2.078125 | 0 |
11677041 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%20Daytona%20500 | 1996 Daytona 500 | The 1996 Daytona 500, the 38th running of the event, was run on February 18, 1996, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, as the first race of the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup season. Dale Jarrett won this race for the second time after winning it in 1993 and for the first (and only) time in all of Day... | 2.46875 | 0 |
11677084 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%20Daytona%20500 | 2002 Daytona 500 | Pre-race regulation changes
For the race, NASCAR mandated a series of rules regarding the aerodynamics of the cars. Restrictor plates had to have an opening of in every car, and their air dams were extended to forward on the front bumpers. The rear spoilers on the Dodge, Pontiac and Ford vehicles were required to be... | 2.3125 | 0 |
11677084 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%20Daytona%20500 | 2002 Daytona 500 | 54 cars entered first-round qualifying on February 9; due to NASCAR's qualifying procedure only 43 could race. Unlike most races during the season, the qualifying session determined the first two position, while the rest of the field qualified by the 2002 Gatorade 125s. Each driver was limited to two timed laps, with t... | 1.914063 | 0 |
11677095 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAB2 | GAB2 | GRB2-associated-binding protein 2 also known as GAB2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the GAB2 gene.
GAB2 is a docking protein with a conserved, folded PH domain attached to the membrane and a large disordered region, which hosts interactions with signaling molecules. It is a member of the GAB/DOS family loca... | 2.328125 | 0 |
11677095 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAB2 | GAB2 | Mutagenesis and Binding assays have helped to identify which molecules and what pathways are downstream of GAB2. The two main pathways of GAB proteins are SHP2 and PI3K. GAB protein binding to SHP2 molecules acts as an activator whose main effect is the activation of the ERK/MAPK pathway. There are also, however, other... | 2.03125 | 0 |
11677103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997%20Daytona%20500 | 1997 Daytona 500 | The 1997 Daytona 500, the 39th running of the event, was held on February 16 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. Consisted of 200 laps and 500 miles, it was the first race of the 1997 Winston Cup season. Mike Skinner, driving the #31 car for Richard Childress Racing, won the pole and Jeff Gordo... | 2.21875 | 0 |
11677122 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991%20Daytona%20500 | 1991 Daytona 500 | The 1991 Daytona 500 By STP was the first stock car race of the 1991 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season and the 33rd iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, February 17, 1991, before an audience of 145,000 in Daytona Beach, Florida at Daytona International Speedway, a 2.5 miles (4.0 km) permanent triangular-... | 2.09375 | 0 |
11677122 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991%20Daytona%20500 | 1991 Daytona 500 | Pit rules
This race began a series of changes to pit road procedure after the death of a Melling Racing rear tire changer in a pit road accident at Atlanta the previous November.
Changing tires under caution was banned, under any circumstances. Any tire changed under caution (even if it was flat) resulted in a one-la... | 2.0625 | 0 |
11677133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic%20of%20Sonora | Republic of Sonora | The Republic of Baja California and Sonora or more simply known as the Republic of Sonora was a short-lived, unrecognized federal republic ruled by filibuster William Walker in 1854. It was based in Baja California and also claimed (but never controlled) Sonora. Walker's actions generated interest back in San Francisco... | 3 | 0 |
11677149 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994%20Daytona%20500 | 1994 Daytona 500 | The 1994 Daytona 500, the 36th running of the event, was held February 20 at Daytona International Speedway, in Daytona Beach, Florida. Loy Allen Jr., ARCA graduate and Winston Cup rookie, driving the No. 19 for TriStar Motorsports, won the pole. Speedweeks 1994 was marked by tragedy when two drivers, Neil Bonnett and ... | 2.078125 | 0 |
11677229 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eben%20Ezra%20Roberts | Eben Ezra Roberts | Eben Ezra Roberts (1866–1943) was an American architect known for his work in the early modern Prairie style, pioneered by Frank Lloyd Wright, as well as other traditional residential styles. Roberts was born in Boston and attended architectural school at Tilton Seminary in New Hampshire. After moving to Chicago he eve... | 2.6875 | 0 |
11677274 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last%20Roman%20Emperor | Last Roman Emperor | The legend is based on the Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius, which was, after the Book of Daniel and the Book of Revelation, "the most widespread apocalypse story in Europe". The work proposes a Last Emperor who will fight against religious enemies, most notably the then-recent spread of Islam during the Early Muslim con... | 2.515625 | 0 |
11677307 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type%2084%20mine | Type 84 mine | The Type 84 is a Chinese air-dispersed scatterable anti-tank mine, normally deployed by the GBL212 122 mm artillery rocket, or the Type 122-15 ATML rocket for export versions. Each rocket can carry six or eight mines and has a range of around six or seven kilometres. The rockets are launched from a BM-21 Grad multiple ... | 2.046875 | 0 |
11677312 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/34%20equal%20temperament | 34 equal temperament | In musical theory, 34 equal temperament, also referred to as 34-TET, 34-EDO or 34-ET, is the tempered tuning derived by dividing the octave into 34 equal-sized steps (equal frequency ratios). Each step represents a frequency ratio of , or 35.29 cents .
History and use
Unlike divisions of the octave into 19, 31 or 53... | 2.890625 | 0 |
11677324 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chewton%2C%20Victoria | Chewton, Victoria | Chewton is a town in Mount Alexander Shire, Victoria, Australia, 116 kilometres north west of the state capital, Melbourne. At the 2021 census, Chewton had a population of 763.
History
Prior to European settlement, the Chewton area was inhabited by the Dja Dja Wurrung Aboriginal people, part of the Kulin nation. The ... | 2.265625 | 0 |
11677340 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Harrabin | Roger Harrabin | Roger Harrabin (born 28 March 1955) is a British journalist who was the BBC's energy and environment analyst until July 2022. He has broadcast on environmental issues since the 1980s and has won many awards in print, TV and radio. Aside from his speciality he has covered many major general news stories. He is an honora... | 2 | 0 |
11677340 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Harrabin | Roger Harrabin | BBC Radio 4's Today programme created a roving role for him, and he spent a decade there travelling widely, reporting and organising series on issues like globalisation, health and the role of women. He won an award for an investigation into flower-growing in Kenya which showed that multi-national companies tended to t... | 2.28125 | 0 |
11677340 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Harrabin | Roger Harrabin | In September 2010, he presented Uncertain Climate, a highly praised two-part documentary on BBC Radio 4, which examined media depictions of climate change. He also reported for TV from a Chinese cave on how scientists are using stalagmites to decipher past monsoon patterns. Later that year he completed a documentary ou... | 2.359375 | 0 |
11677359 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taruca | Taruca | The taruca (Hippocamelus antisensis), also known as the Peruvian guemal, north Andean deer, north Andean huemul, northern huemul or northern guemal, is a mid sized deer species that inhabits the high regions of the Andes mountains in South America. The common name taruca means "deer" in both the Quechua and Aymara lang... | 2.71875 | 0 |
11677359 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taruca | Taruca | Peru holds the largest population of tarucas in South America. In 2008 it was suggested that between 9,000 and 12,000 individuals lived across the central Andes mountains. The Huancabamba depression marks the northern limit of the species distribution. Tarucas live at altitudes ranging from to , and at lower altitudes... | 3.125 | 0 |
11677373 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samavayanga%20Sutra | Samavayanga Sutra | Samavayanga Sutra (c. 3rd-4th century BCE) is the 4th amongst the 12 Angas of the Jaina canon. The sutra is believed to have been composed by Ganadhara Sudharmaswami. This ancient manuscript is the holy book of the Śvetāmbara sect. This text contains the essence of Jain religion, defined and catalogued systematically. ... | 2.234375 | 0 |
11677480 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro%20La%C3%ADn%20Entralgo | Pedro Laín Entralgo | Pedro Laín Entralgo (15 February 1908 – 5 June 2001) was a Spanish physician, historian, author and philosopher. He worked, fundamentally, on medical history and anthropology.
Biography
He was born in Urrea de Gaén (Teruel, Spain) in 1908. He obtained the degrees of Medicine and Chemical Sciences in the Central Unive... | 2.171875 | 0 |
11677513 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%20Domansky | Don Domansky | Bohdan "Don" Domansky (born August 11, 1946 in Ulm, Germany) is a retired track and field athlete, who represented Canada at two Summer Olympics (1968 and 1976), two British Commonwealth Games (1966 and 1970) and two Pan Am Games in 1967 and 1975 in the 400 metres and the 4x400 metre relay. He won medals at the Britis... | 1.992188 | 0 |
11677522 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madman%20%28film%29 | Madman (film) | Development
In 1979, filmmakers Joe Giannone and Gary Sales, both graduates of Richmond College, were inspired to make a horror film after the commercial successes of recent low-budget horror films. In developing a screenplay, Sales recalled the urban legend of the Cropsey maniac which he had heard as a child and sugge... | 2.171875 | 0 |
11677545 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret%20Canovan | Margaret Canovan | Margaret Canovan (1939–2018) was an English author and political theorist.
Born in Carlisle in 1939, Canovan studied history at Girton College, Cambridge, where she completed a PhD on 18th Century scientist and philosopher Joseph Priestley. She became a professor in the Politics Department at Lancaster University no... | 1.90625 | 0 |
11677564 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stott | Stott | George Stott
The only son of Joseph Stott, George was born in Oldham in 1876. He was educated at Mr Binns' Highfield Academy and Manchester Grammar School. On Joseph Stott's death in 1894 George Stott took over his father's practice, trading as Joseph Stott and Son.
George Stott adopted the triple brick arch system of... | 2.359375 | 0 |
11677565 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Bailey%20%28pharmacologist%29 | David Bailey (pharmacologist) | David George Bailey (March 17, 1945 – August 27, 2022) was a Canadian track and field athlete, and subsequently a recognized pharmacologist, who pioneered the research of grapefruit–drug interactions.
Athletic career
Bailey represented Canada at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the men's 1,500 metres. He was the first Cana... | 2.4375 | 0 |
11677601 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panoramic%20tripod%20head | Panoramic tripod head | A panoramic tripod head is a piece of photographic equipment, mounted to a tripod, which allows photographers to shoot a sequence of images around the entrance pupil of a lens that can be used to produce a panorama. The primary function of the panoramic head is to precisely set the point of rotation about the entrance ... | 3.140625 | 0 |
11677633 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withy | Withy | A withy or withe (also willow and osier) is a strong flexible willow stem, typically used in thatching, basketmaking, gardening and for constructing woven wattle hurdles. The term is also used to refer to any type of flexible rod of natural wood used in rural crafts such as hazel or ash created through coppicing or pol... | 2.4375 | 0 |
11677673 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscount%20of%20Jersey | Viscount of Jersey | The Viscount of Jersey () has, since the 14th century, been the chief executive officer of the Royal Court of Jersey. Since 1930, court services have been provided by the Viscount's Department () in conjunction with the Judicial Greffe. Until 1973 the Viscount was appointed by the Crown; since 1973 Viscounts have been ... | 2.609375 | 0 |
11677819 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20John%27s%20Square | St John's Square | St John's Square (Maltese: Pjazza San Ġwann, or Piazza san Giovanni) is found in front of St John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta, the capital of Malta. It has several outdoor cafés, surrounded by a graceful arcade.
In the middle of the square, facing the parvis and entrance to the cathedral, there is a small monument to f... | 2.09375 | 0 |
11677875 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unaccredited%20institutions%20of%20higher%20education | Unaccredited institutions of higher education | Most states require degree-issuing higher education institutions to obtain a basic business license—the same simple paperwork required of any business, such as a day care center or a grocery store—and to register with the state or to have other formal authorization in order to enroll students or issue degrees; however,... | 2.25 | 0 |
11678035 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Record%20Society | British Record Society | The British Record Society is a British learned society that focuses on publishing historic records, or, more specifically, indexes to such records. In recent years, the Society has concentrated on the publication of name indexes to English probate records, and the texts of 17th-century Hearth Tax returns.
Foundation ... | 2.234375 | 0 |
11678037 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsaritsyno%20Palace | Tsaritsyno Palace | Tsaritsyno (, literal meaning "Tsaritsa's property") is a palace museum and park reserve in the south of Moscow.
It was founded in 1775 as the summer residence of Empress Catherine II, but the construction remained incomplete. For most of its history, it was a half-abandoned park with picturesque ruins. In the 2000s,... | 2.390625 | 0 |
11678037 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsaritsyno%20Palace | Tsaritsyno Palace | By February 1786, Kazakov prepared a project for the Grand Palace, and it was approved by the Empress. In March, the dismantling of two buildings began - the chambers of Catherine and Tsarevich Pavel. In November 1796, Catherine the Great suddenly died. At this time, the construction of the Grand Tsaritsyno Palace had ... | 2.140625 | 0 |
11678037 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsaritsyno%20Palace | Tsaritsyno Palace | Finally, in 1860, after an audit that admitted that the maintenance of the estate did not bring significant income, Tsaritsyno was transferred from the department that managed the royal property to the Department of Appanages. Thus, Tsaritsyno ceased to be the personal property of the imperial family.
Becoming a state... | 1.953125 | 0 |
11678037 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsaritsyno%20Palace | Tsaritsyno Palace | However, the Tsaritsyno reconstruction work caused an intense debate, which lasted throughout the implementation of the project. Critics of the project, among whom were prominent art critics, restorers, and architects, noted that the new Tsaritsyno construction was carried out with violations of the legislation of prot... | 2.109375 | 0 |
11678108 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20Mamba%20%28roller%20coaster%29 | Black Mamba (roller coaster) | Black Mamba is an inverted roller coaster built by Bolliger & Mabillard in the German theme park Phantasialand. The ride is situated in the "Deep in Africa" area of the park and is named after the black mamba snake. Theming in the area largely draws from the mud architecture of Western Africa, especially the cities of ... | 2.125 | 0 |
11678117 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linton%2C%20Derbyshire | Linton, Derbyshire | Linton is a settlement and civil parish in South Derbyshire, England, 5 miles south east of Burton-on-Trent. The population of the civil parish taken at the 2011 Census was 2,303.
Nearby settlements are the town of Swadlincote and the villages of Castle Gresley, Overseal, Rosliston, Cauldwell (pronounced "Cordal") and... | 2.140625 | 0 |
11678288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%BCrnrohr%20Power%20Station | Dürnrohr Power Station | The Dürnrohr power station is a thermal power station in Lower Austria.
The power station was built as a replacement for the Zwentendorf Nuclear Power Station, a plant that was finished but due to a 1978 referendum never started up. The Dürnrohr plant was built in its proximity in order to use the already established ... | 2.265625 | 0 |
11678315 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backbone%20State%20Park | Backbone State Park | Backbone State Park is Iowa's oldest state park, dedicated in 1919. Located in the valley of the Maquoketa River, it is approximately three miles (5 km) south of Strawberry Point in Delaware County. It is named for a narrow and steep ridge of bedrock carved by a loop of the Maquoketa River originally known as the Dev... | 2.1875 | 0 |
11678315 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backbone%20State%20Park | Backbone State Park | Historic district
Three distinct areas of park were individually listed as historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990: Cabin-Bathing Area (Area A), Picnicking, Hiking & Camping Area (Area B), and Richmond Springs (Area C). They contain 70 contributing resources and are differentiated by fun... | 2.578125 | 0 |
11678315 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backbone%20State%20Park | Backbone State Park | Cabin-Bathing Area (Area A)
Area A is located at the southern end of the park and around the Backbone Lake on the Makoqueta River. Its historic buildings and structures include 17 cabins, pump house, two sets of trail steps, soil erosion dams, six parking areas, paved road, the site of CCC Camp 1756, bathhouse, boath... | 1.96875 | 0 |
11678367 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%201946%20French%20constitutional%20referendum | May 1946 French constitutional referendum | A constitutional referendum was held in France on 5 May 1946. Voters were asked whether they approved of a new draft Constitution proposed by the Constituent Assembly elected in 1945 (the "Constitutional Bill of 19 April 1946").
The draft Constitution, approved by the Constituent Assembly on 19 April 1946, was support... | 2.390625 | 0 |
11678407 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bungala%20River | Bungala River | The Bungala River is a river located on the Fleurieu Peninsula in the Australian state of South Australia.
Course and features
The river rises in the lower Inman Valley and flows generally north west through the Fleurieu Peninsula, through primarily agricultural surroundings and drains into the Gulf St Vincent. The Bu... | 2.515625 | 0 |
11678429 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambooya%2C%20Queensland | Cambooya, Queensland | Cambooya is a rural town and locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Cambooya had a population of 2,260 people.
Geography
Cambooya is in the Darling Downs region, west of the state capital, Brisbane.
Outside of the town, the land use is a mix of dry and irrigated crop-growi... | 2.625 | 0 |
11678513 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%20Engineering%20Hall | Old Engineering Hall | The Van de Graaff Building, also known as the Nuclear Physics Laboratory, is an annex built in 1964 behind and connected to Old Engineering Hall in order to house the world's first 3-stage Van de Graaff accelerator obtained by the university's Nuclear Physics Laboratory. The accelerator, which had numerous advantages ... | 2.390625 | 0 |
11678549 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962%20French%20presidential%20election%20referendum | 1962 French presidential election referendum | A referendum on the method of the election of the president was held in France on 28 October 1962. The question was whether to have the President of the French Republic elected by direct popular vote, rather than by an electoral college. It was approved by 62.3% of voters with a 77.0% turnout. The reform was controvers... | 2.875 | 0 |
11678549 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962%20French%20presidential%20election%20referendum | 1962 French presidential election referendum | Many legal scholars and politicians disagreed with this application of Article 11, which they felt was unconstitutional, while Gaullists generally supported the move. François Mitterrand, former minister and future President of the Republic, characterized the referendum as unconstitutional. Gaston Monnerville, presiden... | 1.960938 | 0 |
11678555 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumbai%20Police%20Detection%20Unit | Mumbai Police Detection Unit | Detection Unit consisted of several high-profile officers of Mumbai Police. The squad primarily dealt with members of the Mumbai underworld and other criminal gangs.
Gang wars in Mumbai
The Unit came to be known as the "Encounter Squad" because of its involvement in the encounter killings. It came into prominence in t... | 1.984375 | 0 |
11678567 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorit%C3%A9%20de%20la%20concurrence | Autorité de la concurrence | The law New Economic Regulations (called NRE) of 15 May 2001 introduced numerous procedural innovations for the benefit of the Competition Council: the latter may enter into transactions with sanctioned companies, or make use of leniency procedures 19.
The law 2003-706 of August 1, 2003 of Financial Security integrate... | 2.03125 | 0 |
11678567 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorit%C3%A9%20de%20la%20concurrence | Autorité de la concurrence | National allocations of the Competition Authority
The competition law applies "to all production, distribution and services, including those that are made public persons, particularly in the context of public service delegation agreements", according to Article L. 410-1 of the commercial code. Article L. 461-1 of the ... | 2 | 0 |
11678605 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne%20Hightower | Wayne Hightower | Wayne A. Hightower (January 14, 1940 – April 18, 2002) was an American professional basketball player who had a long and productive career in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and American Basketball Association (ABA) from 1962 to 1972. He stood and primarily played the forward positions. He was born in Philad... | 2.046875 | 0 |
11678605 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne%20Hightower | Wayne Hightower | In December 1957, Overbrook won the Cambria County War Memorial Basketball Tournament after they defeated Charleroi High School, 72–58. Hightower was named the tournament's most outstanding player. The UPI named Hightower to the first all-Pennsylvania high school basketball team during the 1957–58 season. Overbrook def... | 2.015625 | 0 |
11678605 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne%20Hightower | Wayne Hightower | American Basketball Association (1967–1972)
Hightower signed a contract with the Denver Rockets of the fledgling American Basketball Association (ABA) in May 1967. He was the third player who played the 1966–67 season in the NBA to sign with an ABA team, behind Jim Barnes and Erwin Mueller. He attended the Rockets trai... | 1.945313 | 0 |
11678605 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne%20Hightower | Wayne Hightower | The ABA formally recognized the American Basketball Players Association, a labor union that represented league players, in July 1970. Hightower was elected the organization's first vice president after it gained recognition. Hightower scored a season high 34 points and 8 assists during the Stars victory over the Indian... | 1.984375 | 0 |
11678696 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pels%20Rijcken | Pels Rijcken | Gerhard Christiaan Coenraad (Gerrit) Pels Rijcken (10 January 1810 – 2 May 1889) was a career officer of the Royal Dutch Navy and a politician. As an officer, Pels Rijcken reached the rank of Vice-Admiral. He was Dutch Navy Minister from 1866 to 1868.
Biography
Pels Rijcken was born in Princenhage, Netherlands, where... | 2.296875 | 0 |
11678730 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuhardenberg | Neuhardenberg | Neuhardenberg is a municipality in the district Märkisch-Oderland, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is the site of Neuhardenberg Palace, residence of the Prussian statesman Prince Karl August von Hardenberg (1750–1822). The municipal area comprises the villages of Altfriedland, Quappendorf and Wulkow. Neuhardenberg is part ... | 2.109375 | 0 |
11678799 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted%20bowerbird | Spotted bowerbird | The spotted bowerbird (Chlamydera maculata) is a sedentary, mid-sized passerine found across broad parts of the drier habitats of eastern Australia. The species is known for its remarkable behaviours, like many other bowerbirds (Ptilonorynchidae), which include bower building and decorating, courtship displays and voca... | 3 | 0 |
11678799 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted%20bowerbird | Spotted bowerbird | Taxonomy and systematics
First described by John Gould as Ptilonorynchus maculata, then later changed to Chlamydodera occipitalis, it was again changed to Chlamydera maculata, which is the currently accepted name by some taxonomic authorities (e.g. James Clements, Birdlife International and ITIS). Molecular studies b... | 3.046875 | 0 |
11678799 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotted%20bowerbird | Spotted bowerbird | Like most bowerbirds, Spotted bowerbirds are polygynous and males build and maintain bowers and display courts. These serve as a focal point for many social activities and are thought to act as an indicator of male quality for potential mates. Spotted bowerbirds build avenue-bowers of grass and twigs, that are wider th... | 2.734375 | 0 |
11678830 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choctaw%20County%20School%20District | Choctaw County School District | The Choctaw County School District is a public school district based in Ackerman, Mississippi (USA).
The district's boundaries parallel that of Choctaw County.
Schools
Choctaw County High School (Choctaw County, Grades 7-12)
Choctaw County Elementary School (Choctaw County, Grades PK-6)
French Camp Elementary School... | 2.4375 | 0 |
11678935 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal%20education%20in%20the%20Philippines | Legal education in the Philippines | Legal education in the Philippines is developed and offered by Philippine law schools, supervised by the Legal Education Board. Previously, the Commission on Higher Education supervises the legal education in the Philippines but was replaced by the Legal Education Board since 1993 after the enactment of Republic Act No... | 2.171875 | 0 |
11678935 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal%20education%20in%20the%20Philippines | Legal education in the Philippines | Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) – The LL.B. was the most common law degree offered and conferred by Philippine law schools. It was a standard four-year law program covering all bar exam subjects. Almost all law schools followed a standard LL.B. curriculum, wherein students are exposed to the required bar subjects. Other schoo... | 2.1875 | 0 |
11678935 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal%20education%20in%20the%20Philippines | Legal education in the Philippines | Admission to the practice of law
The 1987 Constitution of the Philippines has given the Supreme Court the sole power to admit individuals to the practice of law in the Philippines. This power is exercised through a Bar Examination Committee, an ad hoc academic group tasked to formulate questions, administer proceedings... | 2.125 | 0 |
11678981 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%A6amrija%20Tower | Ħamrija Tower | Ħamrija Tower (), originally known as Torre della Pietra Nigra () and also known locally as Torri ta' Rsejjen, is a small watchtower in Qrendi, Malta. It was completed in 1659 as the twelfth of the De Redin towers. The tower was restored by Heritage Malta and it is now in good condition.
History
Ħamrija Tower was bui... | 2.21875 | 0 |
11678999 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadence%20Design%20Systems | Cadence Design Systems | Cadence supplies semiconductor intellectual property (SIP) blocks, covering interface design, USB, MIPI, ethernet, memory, analog, SoC peripherals, and data plane processing units. Cadence also develops chip verification technologies including simulators and formal verification tools. Cadence develops Tensilica DSP pro... | 1.976563 | 0 |
11679026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting%20in%20Russia | Hunting in Russia | Hunting in Russia has an old tradition in terms of indigenous people, while the original features of state and princely economy were farming and cattle-breeding. There was hunting for food as well as sport. The word "hunting" ("охота", okhota) first appeared in the common Russian language at the end of the 15th century... | 2.546875 | 0 |
11679026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting%20in%20Russia | Hunting in Russia | The wolf is the most widespread large indigenous game animal in Russia. The best hunting time is considered to be January–February.
Wolves were hunted in both Czarist and Soviet Russia with borzoi by landowners and Cossacks. Covers were drawn by sending mounted men through a wood with a number of dogs of various bree... | 2.953125 | 0 |
11679026 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunting%20in%20Russia | Hunting in Russia | After the Russian Revolution (1917), the newly formed Soviet government worked heavily to eradicate wolves and other predators during an extensive land reclamation program. During the Eastern Front, wolf populations increased, though after Nazi Germany's defeat, wolf hunts resumed. With the end of the war and the onset... | 2.6875 | 0 |
11679092 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot%20Pinhey | Elliot Pinhey | Elliot Charles Gordon Pinhey (18 July 1910 in Knokke, Bruges – 7 May 1999 in Cowfold near Horsham, West Sussex) was an entomologist who worked in Africa and specialised in African Lepidoptera and Odonata. Born of British parents on holiday in Belgium, Pinhey made major contributions in entomology to the knowledge of bu... | 1.984375 | 0 |
11679092 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot%20Pinhey | Elliot Pinhey | Elliot Pinhey published almost 200 names for species, subspecies and forms of Odonata in thirty-three years, from 1950 to 1982. He named more than a tenth of known Afrotropical species, making him the most prolific author of that fauna aside from his predecessor, Frederic Fraser (Dijkstra et al. 2003). Sixty-three perc... | 2.21875 | 0 |
11679092 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elliot%20Pinhey | Elliot Pinhey | Pinhey obtained material from species-rich, poorly accessible areas, such as NW Republic of Congo and near the confluence of the Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia borders. Therefore, his collection includes a large proportion of 'rare' species. Species described by Pinhey and known only from the type seri... | 1.992188 | 0 |
11679421 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judith%20Wright%20Arts%20Centre | Judith Wright Arts Centre | The Judith Wright Arts Centre, formerly the Judith Wright Centre of Contemporary Arts, is a visual and performing arts centre in Fortitude Valley in Brisbane, Queensland. The venue was renovated and re-opened as an arts centre in October 2001. The Centre is named after Judith Wright, who was a Queensland poet, an advo... | 2.0625 | 0 |
11679448 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick%20James%20Halliday | Frederick James Halliday | Sir Frederick James Halliday (25 December 1806 – 22 October 1901) was a British civil servant and the first Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal.
Early life and career
Frederick James Halliday was born on 25 December 1806 at Ewell, Surrey. According to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, he was educated at Rugby Sc... | 2.109375 | 0 |
11679448 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick%20James%20Halliday | Frederick James Halliday | Lieutenant-governor
Around May 1854, Halliday was appointed as the first Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal. He took up residence at Belvedere House, the former home of Warren Hastings in Calcutta. Prior to that time the region had been overseen by the governor-general, and by a deputy-governor when the former was away. The... | 2.15625 | 0 |
11679476 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigur%C3%B0arkvi%C3%B0a%20hin%20skamma | Sigurðarkviða hin skamma | Sigurðarkviða hin skamma or the Short Lay of Sigurd is an Old Norse poem belonging to the heroic poetry of the Poetic Edda. It is one of the longest eddic poems and its name derives from the fact that there was once a longer Sigurðarkviða, but this poem only survives as the fragment Brot af Sigurðarkviðu (see the Great... | 2.296875 | 0 |
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