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11679483 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartarin | Tartarin | Tartarin is the main character in the French writer Alphonse Daudet's novels Tartarin of Tarascon (1872), Tartarin on the Alps (1885) and Port Tarascon (1890). He is a plump and gullible man who is spurred by the small-town dynamics of Tarascon in Provence to go on a series of misadventures abroad. The stories are writ... | 2.40625 | 0 |
11679576 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Shore%20Riverfront%20Park | North Shore Riverfront Park | North Shore Riverfront Park is a small municipal park along the north banks of the Allegheny and Ohio Rivers across from Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
History and notable features
This municipal park is a parcel of Three Rivers Park, the city's urban waterfront park along its rivers that provides a... | 2.40625 | 0 |
11679602 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn%20Sharp%20%28aviator%29 | Evelyn Sharp (aviator) | Evelyn Genevieve "Sharpie" Sharp (October 1, 1919 – April 3, 1944) was an American aviator. She was a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP). Sharp died at age 24, when the plane she was flying lost an engine during takeoff.
Early life
Sharp was born Lois Genevieve Crouse on October 1, 1919, in Melstone, M... | 2.203125 | 0 |
11679632 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge%20community | Knowledge community | A knowledge community is a community construct, stemming from the convergence of knowledge management as a field of study and social exchange theory. Formerly known as a discourse community and having evolved from forums and web forums, knowledge communities are now often referred to as a community of practice or virtu... | 2.421875 | 0 |
11679632 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knowledge%20community | Knowledge community | From an organizational perspective, knowledge communities serve to maintain the strong ties and weak ties of the organization with many diverse publics; they help feed quality back into the organization (via more timely feedback and narrative analysis of discussions), drive organization credibility (via more rich expos... | 2.421875 | 0 |
11679720 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8D%C3%B1igo%20V%C3%A9lez%20de%20Guevara%2C%20Count%20consort%20of%20O%C3%B1ate | Íñigo Vélez de Guevara, Count consort of Oñate | Íñigo Vélez de Guevara, Count consort of Oñate and Count of Villamediana (1566 in Salinillas de Buradón, Alava; 31 October 1644 in Madrid) was a Spanish political figure. He played an important role in the Thirty Years' War.
Biography
He was the son of Pedro Vélez de Guevara and María de Tassis. He married Catalina ... | 2.40625 | 0 |
11679783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria%20Lines | Victoria Lines | The Victoria Lines, originally known as the North West Front, are a line of fortifications that spans 12 kilometres along the width of Malta, dividing the north of the island from the more heavily populated south.
Location
The Victoria Lines run along a natural geographical barrier known as the Great Fault, from Madli... | 2.828125 | 0 |
11679783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria%20Lines | Victoria Lines | The forts on the defensive line were designed with a dual land/coastal defence role in mind, particularly the ones at the extremities but, due to the topography in the northern part of the island, there were areas of dead ground along the coast and inland approaches which could not be properly covered by the guns in th... | 2.390625 | 0 |
11679783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria%20Lines | Victoria Lines | Limitations
By 1888, the line of the cliffs formed by the great geological fault and the works which had been constructed along its length from Fort Bingemma on the left to Fort Madalena on the right constituted, in the words of Nicholson and Goodenough, "a military position of great strength". The main defects inheren... | 2.53125 | 0 |
11679801 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20Armed%20Forces%20Museum | Central Armed Forces Museum | The Central Armed Forces Museum () also known as the Museum of the Soviet Army, is located in northern Moscow, Russia, near the Red Army Theater.
History
The first exposition which showed the military condition of the Soviet Republic and the Red Army was organised in Moscow in the building of today's State Universal S... | 2.25 | 0 |
11679801 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20Armed%20Forces%20Museum | Central Armed Forces Museum | Part of the Great Patriotic War section is devoted to the Soviet Union's allies on the Western Front. There are examples of Soviet propaganda posters depicting Germany being crushed between the two fronts and maps of the Allied advance from Normandy into Germany. British and American small arms and uniforms are display... | 2.421875 | 0 |
11680057 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotrophic%20fungus | Radiotrophic fungus | Radiotrophic fungi are fungi that can perform the hypothetical biological process called radiosynthesis, which means using ionizing radiation as an energy source to drive metabolism. It has been claimed that radiotrophic fungi have been found in extreme environments such as in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant.
Most ... | 3.0625 | 0 |
11680057 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotrophic%20fungus | Radiotrophic fungus | Further research conducted at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine showed that three melanin-containing fungi—Cladosporium sphaerospermum, Wangiella dermatitidis, and Cryptococcus neoformans—increased in biomass and accumulated acetate faster in an environment in which the radiation level was 500 times higher than i... | 2.296875 | 0 |
11680057 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotrophic%20fungus | Radiotrophic fungus | Role of melanin
Melanins are an family of dark-colored, naturally occurring pigments with radiation-shielding properties. These pigments can absorb electromagnetic radiation due to their dark color and high molecular weights; this quality suggests that melanin could help protect radiotropic fungi from ionizing radiati... | 2.875 | 0 |
11680057 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiotrophic%20fungus | Radiotrophic fungus | The amount of radiation deflected was found to directly correlate with the amount of fungus. There was no difference in the reduction of ionizing radiation between the experimental and control group within the first 24 hour period; however, once the fungus had reached an adequate maturation, and with a 180° protection ... | 2.109375 | 0 |
11680060 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UAE%20Philharmonic%20Orchestra | UAE Philharmonic Orchestra | The UAE Philharmonic Orchestra is an orchestra based in the United Arab Emirates.
After being inactive for several years, the orchestra was relaunched in 2024 by BACKART Production under the baton of conductor Nicolas Mann.
Rebranded as "UAE Phil." it became the first orchestra in the UAE to offer a full yearly conce... | 2.375 | 0 |
11680141 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans%20Klok | Hans Klok | Johannes Franciscus Catharinus "Hans" Klok (born 22 February 1969) is a Dutch magician and illusionist.
Biography
Klok was born in Purmerend, North Holland. On his tenth birthday, he received a magic set as a present and began performing for friends at their birthday parties.
Klok started his professional career in ... | 2.078125 | 0 |
11680143 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pact%20of%20Misenum | Pact of Misenum | The Pact of Misenum was a treaty to end the naval blockade of the Italian Peninsula during the war between the Second Triumvirate and Sextus Pompey. Signed in 39 BC, the triumvirs allowed Sextus Pompeius to retain his control of Sicily and Sardinia and also granted him control of Corsica and the Peloponnesus. They also... | 2.765625 | 0 |
11680143 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pact%20of%20Misenum | Pact of Misenum | Ventidius therefore arrived in Syria/Phoenicia in the fall of 39 BC, after which Octavius, Mark Antony, and the Roman Senate appointed Herod as king of Judea, so that he could go to join Ventidius in Syria and raise an army from his own countrymen to aid the Romans in their war against the Parthians. The Pact of Misenu... | 2.25 | 0 |
11680250 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereditary%20Order%20of%20Descendants%20of%20Colonial%20Governors | Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors | The Hereditary Order of Descendants of Colonial Governors (HODCG) is a hereditary society composed of men and women who can prove their descent from a colonial-era governor. Founded in 1896 Miss Mary Cabell Richardson of Covington, Kentucky, the Order's mission is to "commemorate the services of those men who, prior t... | 2.21875 | 0 |
11680380 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwyn%20Burnaby%20%28courtier%29 | Edwyn Burnaby (courtier) | Captain Edwyn Burnaby JP DL (29 September 1798 – 18 July 1867) of Baggrave Hall, Leicestershire, was an English landowner, courtier, He was a maternal great-grandfather of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and therefore a direct ancestor of Queen Elizabeth II and King Charles III.
Early life
Edwyn was the eldest son of... | 2.03125 | 0 |
11680399 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long%20count | Long count | Long count or slow count is a term used in boxing. When a boxer is knocked down in a fight, the referee will count over them and the boxer must rise to their feet, unaided, by the count of ten or else deemed to have been knocked out. A long count occurs when a boxer is given more than the allotted time (a notional ten ... | 2.625 | 0 |
11680401 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Drummond%20of%20Carnock | Robert Drummond of Carnock | Drummond's own house at Carnock in Stirlingshire was demolished in 1941. It was abandoned and unsafe due to subsidence caused by essential coalworking during the 1914-18 war. It had an interesting plan with two staircases. The armorial panel of 1548 with his coat of arms and that of Marjorie Elphinstone can be seen at ... | 2.078125 | 0 |
11680435 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin-Baker%20MB%202 | Martin-Baker MB 2 | The Martin-Baker MB 2 was a British private-venture fighter prototype based on a simple basic structure that had been developed in the earlier MB 1 civil aircraft. Although briefly evaluated as a fighter by the Royal Air Force, the MB 2 was limited in design potential and never entered series production.
Design and de... | 2.15625 | 0 |
11680441 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20B.%20Rochester | William B. Rochester | William Beatty Rochester (January 29, 1789 Hagerstown, Maryland – June 14, 1838) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.
Early life
Rochester was the first child of Col. Nathaniel Rochester (1752–1831), founder of the City of Rochester, New York, and Sophia (née Beatty) Rochester (1768–1845). Mayor Thoma... | 2 | 0 |
11680581 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20Order%20of%20Foreign%20Wars | Military Order of Foreign Wars | In April 1895, the name of the Order was officially changed to its present name – The Military Order of Foreign Wars of the United States (MOFW). By the end of 1896, commanderies had been formed in seven states.
The MOFW was patterned after the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States (MOLLUS) which was... | 2.65625 | 0 |
11680590 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menna | Menna | The ancient Egyptian official named Menna carried a number of titles associated with the agricultural estates of the temple of Karnak and the king. Information about Menna comes primarily from his richly decorated tomb (TT 69) in the necropolis of Sheikh Abd al-Qurna at Thebes. Though his tomb has traditionally been ... | 2.453125 | 0 |
11680596 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne%20Hummert | Anne Hummert | Anne Hummert (née Schumacher) (January 19, 1905 – July 5, 1996) was the leading co-creator of daytime radio serials or soap opera dramas during the 1930s and 1940s, responsible for more than three dozen series.
Biography
She was born in Baltimore, Maryland, one of four children. Little is known about her parents or he... | 2.0625 | 0 |
11680645 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval%20order | Interval order | In mathematics, especially order theory,
the interval order for a collection of intervals on the real line
is the partial order corresponding to their left-to-right precedence relation—one interval, I1, being considered less than another, I2, if I1 is completely to the left of I2.
More formally, a countable poset is a... | 2.421875 | 0 |
11680691 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindenau%2C%20Germany | Lindenau, Germany | Lindenau is a municipality in the Oberspreewald-Lausitz district, in Upper Lusatia, Brandenburg, Germany. Since 1992, it is part of the Amt (municipal confederation) of Ortrand.
Lindenau, located between the rivers Pulsnitz and Schwarze Elster, is the westernmost village of the historic Upper Lusatia region. The Reihe... | 2.09375 | 0 |
11680848 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelvin%20bridge | Kelvin bridge | The operation of the Kelvin bridge is very similar to the Wheatstone bridge, but uses two additional resistors. Resistors R1 and R2 are connected to the outside potential terminals of the four terminal known or standard resistor Rs and the unknown resistor Rx (identified as P1 and P′1 in the diagram). The resistors Rs,... | 2.390625 | 0 |
11680995 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equine%20lymphangitis | Equine lymphangitis | Equine lymphangitis is an inflammation or swelling associated with impairment of the lymphatic system, particularly in a limb, in horses. It is most commonly a bacterial infection, although bacterial culture may be negative.
Often referred to as fat- or big-leg disease, it is sometimes known as weed or Monday-morning... | 2.3125 | 0 |
11680995 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equine%20lymphangitis | Equine lymphangitis | In ulcerative lymphangitis, intravenous iodine salts may also be used, and abscesses should be poulticed or lanced. Ideally, an abscess should only be lanced after it has matured well and has an obvious soft spot, or the procedure should be guided with ultrasound to find the best site for drainage that avoids importan... | 2.140625 | 0 |
11681039 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xu%20Zihua | Xu Zihua | Xu Zihua (; 1873–1935) was a Chinese poet.
She was educated at home and interested in poetry from an early age. She became a widow when she was still young and became the principal of Xunxi Girls' School. Both she and her sister Xu Yunhua were part of the South Association. In 1906, she hired Qiu Jin, an anti-Qing Emp... | 2.125 | 0 |
11681126 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chepiwanoxet%20Point | Chepiwanoxet Point | Chepiwanoxet is a neighborhood in Warwick, Rhode Island, with an island peninsula in Greenwich Bay, an arm of Narragansett Bay. The neighborhood straddles the Amtrak railroad lines, which lies just east of and parallel to the Post Road (US Route 1). Its boundaries are Neptune Street to the North, Alger Avenue to the So... | 2.234375 | 0 |
11681126 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chepiwanoxet%20Point | Chepiwanoxet Point | Geology
Chepiwanoxet is underlaid by sedimentary rocks of the Coal Age (Pennsylvanian period, about 300 million years old). This rock formation is long, extending from Hanover, Massachusetts, south to the mouth of Narragansett Bay, and wide from Providence to Fall River. It underlies the entire Narragansett Bay, incl... | 3.015625 | 0 |
11681126 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chepiwanoxet%20Point | Chepiwanoxet Point | During the Gallaudet Factory period, the Bostitch Corporation, located in East Greenwich, was allowed to dump hundreds of truckloads of waste metal staples along the east facing shore behind the wood bulkhead to control erosion from the 1930s to the early 1950s. The staples rusted in large heaps that gradually were ero... | 2.34375 | 0 |
11681126 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chepiwanoxet%20Point | Chepiwanoxet Point | A few years after Hurricane Carol, the Chepiwanoxet Marina was built along the south shore of the island bordering the Gallaudet wood shore wall, and using a large single floor surviving building for boat inside winter storage. Its wood piers and floating docks pointed south into Greenwich Cove, a few wood piles remain... | 2.359375 | 0 |
11681138 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cone%20of%20power | Cone of power | The cone of power is a method of raising energy in ritual magic, especially in Wicca. The cone of power is visualized as a cone of energy that encompasses the circumference of the magic circle of Wiccans and tapering off to a point above the group. As a group, the cone is formed by the Wiccans standing in a circle, som... | 2.703125 | 0 |
11681243 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolca | Bolca | Bolca is a village in the Veneto, on the southern margin of the Italian Alps. It is a of the comune of Vestenanova, in the province of Verona. The area is famous for the marine fossils from the lagerstätte of Monte Bolca. It was one of the first fossil sites with high quality preservation known to Europeans, and is st... | 2.171875 | 0 |
11681272 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20Science%20and%20Technology%20Heritage%20Centre | Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre | The Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre (Austehc), lasted from 1999 to 2006, was a non-profit organisation that received the majority of its funding from collaborative works with the government and industry groups. Austehc was a part of the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University... | 2.53125 | 0 |
11681272 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20Science%20and%20Technology%20Heritage%20Centre | Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre | With the introduction of the World Wide Web in 1993–1994, several adjustments were made in the ASAP. From 1992 to 1999, 11% of its publications were considered web resources, which was not a common term during this time. The archival guides now only take up 22% of the total publications and the majority of them were al... | 2.546875 | 0 |
11681272 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20Science%20and%20Technology%20Heritage%20Centre | Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre | Australian Science at Work
The Australian Science at Work project was first published in 1999 by the Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre. This was an online register of research institutions, corporations, industries, scientific societies, and other organisations that were actively involved in the histor... | 2.609375 | 0 |
11681334 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan%20%28name%29 | Jordan (name) | Jordan is a given name and a surname.
The form found in Western names originates from the Hebrew Yarden, relating to the Jordan River in West Asia. According to the New Testament of the Bible, John the Baptist baptised Jesus Christ in the Jordan, and during the Crusades, crusaders and pilgrims would bring back some o... | 2.921875 | 0 |
11681480 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20P.%20Parker%20House | Robert P. Parker House | The Robert P. Parker House is a house located in the Chicago suburb of Oak Park, Illinois, United States. The house was designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright in 1892 and is an example of his early work. Real-estate agent Thomas H. Gale had it built and sold it to Robert P. Parker later that year. The house ... | 2.078125 | 0 |
11681480 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20P.%20Parker%20House | Robert P. Parker House | They were built later that same year, 1892, by real-estate agent Thomas Gale, who sold the Parker House to attorney Robert Parker. The three houses were part of a series of homes that had nearly identical plans with only small differences. They include the aforementioned Walter Gale House and Thomas H. Gale House, the ... | 2.34375 | 0 |
11681488 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nei%C3%9Fem%C3%BCnde | Neißemünde | Neißemünde (Neissemuende, literally Mouth of the Neisse river) is a municipality in the Oder-Spree district, in Brandenburg, Germany. It belongs to the Amt ("collective municipality") Neuzelle, which has its administrative seat in the neighbouring Neuzelle municipality.
Geography
The municipal area is located in the h... | 2.296875 | 0 |
11681516 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gu%20Taiqing | Gu Taiqing | Gu Taiqing (; 1799 – c. 1877) was one of the top-ranked women poets of the Qing Dynasty. She is especially known for her ci poetry and for her sequel to the novel Honglou meng (Dream of the Red Chamber). One scholar estimates that there are as many as 1,163 surviving poems written by Gu.
Life
She was descended from Ma... | 2.0625 | 0 |
11681531 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sawley%2C%20Derbyshire | Sawley, Derbyshire | Cricket
The village of Sawley has a long history of recreational cricket. The first match report was recorded in 1843, between Ockbrook and "Sawley Club", but the earliest known reference to Sawley was a report of a match fixture against Shardlow in 1834. The original ground, aptly named ‘Trent Bridge Ground’, was situ... | 2.421875 | 0 |
11681532 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rietz-Neuendorf | Rietz-Neuendorf | Rietz-Neuendorf is a municipality in the Oder-Spree district, in Brandenburg, Germany
History
The municipality of Rietz-Neuendorf was formed on 31 December 2001 by merging the municipalities of Ahrensdorf, Birkholz, Buckow, Drahendorf, Görzig, Groß Rietz, Herzberg, Neubrück (Spree), Pfaffendorf, Sauen and Wilmersdorf.... | 2.171875 | 0 |
11681597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangrove%20kingfisher | Mangrove kingfisher | The mangrove kingfisher (Halcyon senegaloides) is a kingfisher in the genus Halcyon. It is similar in appearance to the woodland kingfisher. It is found along the eastern coastline of Sub-Saharan Africa, living in woodland, along rivers, and in estuaries and mangrove. The International Union for Conservation of Nature ... | 2.46875 | 0 |
11681597 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangrove%20kingfisher | Mangrove kingfisher | Distribution and habitat
This species is found near the eastern coast of Africa, from Somalia, south through Kenya, Tanzania and Mozambique, to South Africa. One individual has been recorded in eastern Zambia. It usually occurs within of the coast, but is also found inland along the Jubba and Zambezi rivers. It is con... | 2.921875 | 0 |
11681653 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderick%20W.%20Home | Roderick W. Home | Roderick Weir "R.W." Home (born 6 January 1939), is an Australian academic and historian of Science. Home has been Professor of History and Philosophy of Science, University of Melbourne from 1975 to 2002 on his retirement. Previously he was lecturer and then senior lecturer in the Department of History and Philosophy ... | 2.15625 | 0 |
11681678 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice%20Matthews | Maurice Matthews | Colonel Maurice Kershaw Matthews OBE, TD, DL (21 June 1880 – 20 June 1957) was a British army officer, businessman, and local politician. He was also a sport shooter, who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics.
In the 1908 Olympics, he won a gold medal in the team small-bore rifle event, silver in the moving target sma... | 2.125 | 0 |
11681697 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%201974 | May 1974 | May 15, 1974 (Wednesday)
An attempt by Israel's Sayeret Matkal to free 115 hostages, most of them students at the Netiv Meir Elementary School in Ma'alot-Tarshiha, resulted in the deaths of 25 captives and the injury of 68 others. All three of the terrorists, members of the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palest... | 1.9375 | 0 |
11681697 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%201974 | May 1974 | May 20, 1974 (Monday)
U.S. District Judge John J. Sirica ordered President Nixon to surrender 64 tape recordings of White House conversations that had been subpoenaed by the special prosecutor, Leon Jaworski. Addressing concerns of national security raised by Nixon's attorney, Sirica stated in his order that he would l... | 2.09375 | 0 |
11681697 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%201974 | May 1974 | May 23, 1974 (Thursday)
The Airbus A300, the world's first twin-engine, double-aisle (wide-body) airliner, was introduced into commercial service with a flight by Air France from Paris to London.
All 29 people aboard an Aeroflot Yakovlev Yak-40 airliner were killed when the airplane crashed during its scheduled approac... | 1.953125 | 0 |
11681843 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabila | Mabila | Mabila (also spelled Mavila, Mavilla, Maubila, or Mauvilla, as influenced by Spanish or French transliterations) was a small fortress town known to the paramount chief Tuskaloosa in 1540, in a region of present-day central Alabama. The exact location has been debated for centuries, but southwest of present-day Selma, ... | 2.90625 | 0 |
11681843 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabila | Mabila | Based on the earlier sources, Garcilaso de la Vega described the town of Mabila as:
Battle of Mabila
The Spaniards suffered their greatest losses of the De Soto Expedition during the battle at Mabila, but the Mississippians suffered even more grievous losses. De Soto had demanded supplies, bearers, and women from the ... | 2.625 | 0 |
11681843 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabila | Mabila | The Spaniards barely escaped from the well-fortified town. The Indians closed the gates and "beating their drums, they raised flags, with great shouting." De Soto determined to attack the town, and in the battle that followed, Elvas records: "The Indians fought with so great spirit that they, many times, drove our peo... | 2.765625 | 0 |
11681850 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen%20Leigh%20King | Karen Leigh King | Karen Leigh King (born February 16, 1954, raised in Sheridan, Montana) is a historian of religion working in the field of Early Christianity, who is currently the Hollis Professor of Divinity at Harvard University, in the oldest endowed chair in the United States (since 1721) She was the first woman to be appointed to ... | 1.984375 | 0 |
11681885 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio%20I%20of%20Kongo | António I of Kongo | António I Vita a Nkanga (or Mvita a Nkanga) was a mwenekongo of the Kingdom of Kongo who ruled from 1661 to his defeat and death at the Battle of Mbwila on October 29, 1665. He was elected following the death of King Garcia II. Like the former king, António I pursued a foreign policy focused on removing the Portuguese ... | 2.046875 | 0 |
11681885 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio%20I%20of%20Kongo | António I of Kongo | Death at the Battle of Mbwila
The Portuguese got wind of these plans and were also pressing claims to sovereignty over the small kingdom of Mbwila. When a succession dispute between Mbwila's king (supported by Kongo) and his aunt (supported by Portugal) erupted, the rivals both came with armies to settle the dispute. A... | 2.53125 | 0 |
11681948 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinggisids | Chinggisids | The Chinggisids were the descendants of Genghis Khan, also known as Chinggis Khan, and his first wife Börte. The dynasty, which evolved from Genghis Khan's own Borjigin tribe, ruled the Mongol Empire and its successor states. The "Chinggisid principle"—that only descendants of Genghis Khan and Börte could be legitimate... | 2.96875 | 0 |
11682009 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20John%20Coltrane%20Quartet%20Plays | The John Coltrane Quartet Plays | The John Coltrane Quartet Plays (full title The John Coltrane Quartet Plays Chim Chim Cheree, Song of Praise, Nature Boy, Brazilia) is an album by the jazz musician John Coltrane, recorded in February and May 1965, shortly after the release of A Love Supreme.
Background
The February and May 1965 recording sessions bra... | 2.140625 | 0 |
11682016 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concepci%C3%B3n%20Cabrera%20de%20Armida | Concepción Cabrera de Armida | Concepción Cabrera de Armida (December 8, 1862, in San Luis Potosí, Mexico – March 3, 1937, in Mexico City) was a Mexican Catholic mystic and writer.
She is also referred to as María Concepción Cabrera Arias de Armida, sometimes as Conchita Cabrera de Armida or Conchita Cabrera Arias de Armida, and often simply as "C... | 2.359375 | 0 |
11682016 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concepci%C3%B3n%20Cabrera%20de%20Armida | Concepción Cabrera de Armida | Her writings were widely distributed and inspired the establishment of the "Works of the Cross" in Mexico:
Apostleship of the Cross founded in 1895,
Congregation of the Sisters of the Cross of the Sacred Heart of Jesus founded in 1897,
Covenant of Love with the Heart of Jesus founded in 1909,
The Fraternity of ... | 2.078125 | 0 |
11682017 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Delaware%20Bridge | Mid-Delaware Bridge | The Mid-Delaware Bridge, sometimes known as the Port Jervis–Matamoras Bridge or the Fourth Barrett Bridge, is a continuous truss bridge which carries U.S. Routes 6 and 209 across that river between those two communities and thus the states of New York and Pennsylvania. Although it did have four lanes at one point in it... | 2.59375 | 0 |
11682017 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mid-Delaware%20Bridge | Mid-Delaware Bridge | A severe flood hit the Delaware River valley in October 1903. Rising waters tore the bridge away from the Matamoras side at 8:30am due to pier damage. The bridge came loose from the middle pier and overturned in the water. Of four people on the bridge, three were killed when the bridge overturned: a prescription clerk,... | 2.453125 | 0 |
11682048 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hertfordshire%20Chorus | Hertfordshire Chorus | Hertfordshire Chorus, formed in 1970, is one of the leading large choirs in England with over 130 members from across the county of Hertfordshire, London and the surrounding areas, performing across the country and regularly touring.
Initially, Hertfordshire Chorus was known as the Hatfield Philharmonic Chorus which, ... | 2.078125 | 0 |
11682101 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20Chimps | Space Chimps | Space Chimps is a 2008 animated comic science fiction film directed by Kirk DeMicco (in his debut), who wrote the screenplay with Rob Moreland. It features the voices of Andy Samberg, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Daniels, Patrick Warburton, Kristin Chenoweth, Kenan Thompson, Zack Shada, Carlos Alazraqui, Omid Abtahi, Patrick Bre... | 1.945313 | 0 |
11682126 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Cormorant%20%28AM-40%29 | USS Cormorant (AM-40) | World War II Atlantic Theatre operations
Between 18 January and 19 May 1943, Cormorant gave tug services at Guantanamo Bay to destroyers in training there, and after calling at Charleston, South Carolina, for repairs in June, sailed north to Reykjavík, Iceland, for salvage duty until 13 October. On 7 December she arr... | 2.34375 | 0 |
11682159 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard%20Nathan | Leonard Nathan | Leonard E. Nathan, (November 8 1924 – June 3, 2007) was an American poet, critic, and professor emeritus of rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley where he retired in 1991.
Born in El Monte, California, Nathan earned a bachelor's degree in English at UC Berkeley in 1950, a master's degree in English in 195... | 2.28125 | 0 |
11682178 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariens%C3%A4ule | Mariensäule | The Mariensäule (lit. 'Mary's Column') is a Marian column located on the Marienplatz in Munich, Germany. Mary is revered here as Patrona Bavariae (Latin: Protector of Bavaria).
History
It was erected in 1638 to celebrate the end of Swedish occupation during the Thirty Years' War, to be precise, following a respective ... | 2.515625 | 0 |
11682266 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantaro%20River | Mantaro River | The Mantaro River (, ) is a long river running through the central region of Peru. Its Quechua name means "great river". The word "Mantaro" may be a word originally from the Asháninka language, who live downstream along the Ene River. The Mantaro, along with the Apurimac River, are the sources of the Amazon River, depe... | 2.59375 | 0 |
11682266 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantaro%20River | Mantaro River | The first complete paddling descent of the river from the source was accomplished by Rocky Contos and James Duesenberry in May 2012. Previously, the lower 140 km of the river were descended in kayak and later cataraft by Richard Pethigal in 2002. The lower section of the river is known for Sendero Luminoso camps.
Sour... | 2.390625 | 0 |
5407968 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubroboletus%20satanas | Rubroboletus satanas | Rubroboletus satanas, commonly known as Satan's bolete or the Devil's bolete, is a basidiomycete fungus of the bolete family (Boletaceae) and one of its most infamous members. It was known as Boletus satanas before its transfer to the new genus Rubroboletus in 2014, based on molecular phylogenetic data. Found in broad-... | 2.421875 | 0 |
5407968 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubroboletus%20satanas | Rubroboletus satanas | Rubroboletus rhodoxanthus is found predominantly on acidic soil, develops pinkish tinges of the cap, has a more or less cylindrical or clavate stipe with a very dense, well-developed net and lemon-yellow flesh that distinctly stains blue only in the cap when longitudinally sliced.
Rubroboletus legaliae is also acidophi... | 2.53125 | 0 |
5407968 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubroboletus%20satanas | Rubroboletus satanas | In the United Kingdom, this striking bolete is found only in the south of England. It is rare in Scandinavia, occurring primarily on a few islands in the Baltic Sea where conditions are favourable, with highly calcareous soil. In the eastern Mediterranean region, it has been reported from the Bar'am Forest in the Upper... | 2.171875 | 0 |
5408007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorne%2C%20Scotland | Lorne, Scotland | Lorne (or Lorn; ) is an ancient province (medieval Latin: provincia) in the west of Scotland, which is now a district in the Argyll and Bute council area. The district gives its name to the Lynn of Lorn National Scenic Area, one of forty such areas in Scotland, which have been defined so as to identify areas of excepti... | 2.296875 | 0 |
5408007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorne%2C%20Scotland | Lorne, Scotland | In the 6th century, Irish migrants crossed the straits of Moyle, invading Lorn and the coast to its south, as well as the islands between there and Moyle in Ulster, establishing the Gaelic kingdom of Dál Riata. In around AD 500, Loarn mac Eirc (a brother of Fergus Mór) became king of Dál Riata, founding the Cenél Loair... | 2.609375 | 0 |
5408007 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorne%2C%20Scotland | Lorne, Scotland | In the 13th century, the MacDougalls established the twin castles of Aros (in Mull) and Ardtornish (on the mainland, opposite), which together controlled the Sound of Mull. Later in the century, they built Dunstaffnage Castle, a few miles to the north of Dun Ollaigh, as a more comfortable headquarters. At the end of th... | 2.484375 | 0 |
5408056 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.%20Ullas%20Karanth | K. Ullas Karanth | Kota Ullas Karanth is a conservation zoologist and a leading tiger expert based in Karnataka, India. He was the director of the Wildlife Conservation Society's India Programme. He is notable for pioneering the scientific use of camera traps in population density studies of large wild mammals in India.
He was a Senior C... | 2.4375 | 0 |
5408056 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.%20Ullas%20Karanth | K. Ullas Karanth | Other work
Karanth has conducted groundbreaking research on the ecology of tigers and other large mammals. He pioneered radio-telemetry of tigers in India. He founded the Centre for Wildlife Studies, published more than 135 international peer-reviewed scientific papers and popular articles, and authored seven books in ... | 2.203125 | 0 |
5408056 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K.%20Ullas%20Karanth | K. Ullas Karanth | Karanth also works conservation policy issues and mitigation of human-wildlife conflict. Karanth has traveled widely to provide expert consultation to research/conservation projects in Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Indonesia, Russia, and some countries in Africa and Latin America. His work has been featu... | 1.96875 | 0 |
5408093 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Guerrero | Tony Guerrero | Guerrero's first album, Tiara, was produced in a sixteen-track studio owned by John Friesen, drummer for the 1970s band Player. Guerrero had little experience in the studio at the time and producer Terry Whetton rarely showed up during the recording sessions. The musicians were a mixture of Guerrero's college-age frien... | 1.953125 | 0 |
5408095 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrefour%20de%20l%27Horloge | Carrefour de l'Horloge | The Carrefour de l'Horloge (literally The Clock Crossroad), formerly Club de l'Horloge (1974–2015), is a French far-right national liberal think tank founded in 1974 and presided by Henry de Lesquen. The organization promotes an "integral neo-Darwinist" philosophy, characterized by a form of economic liberalism infused... | 1.929688 | 0 |
5408100 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronx%20Community%20Board%2011 | Bronx Community Board 11 | Operating within the boundaries and with no formal affiliation of or with the board - are many civic associations, which hold public meetings once a month or week throughout the year, excluding some summer or winter months. Their meetings usually feature guests from city, state or federal government offices but are not... | 1.96875 | 0 |
5408217 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easton%2C%20Suffolk | Easton, Suffolk | Easton in England is situated on the River Deben around three miles south of Framlingham and is the former estate village of Easton Park, one-time seat of the Duke of Hamilton. The population of the parish at the 2011 Census was 331.
William Douglas-Hamilton, 12th Duke of Hamilton, died without male issue in 1895 and ... | 1.90625 | 0 |
5408291 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pragmatic%20General%20Multicast | Pragmatic General Multicast | Pragmatic General Multicast (PGM) is a reliable multicast computer network transport protocol. PGM provides a reliable sequence of packets to multiple recipients simultaneously, making it suitable for applications like multi-receiver file-transfer.
Multicast is a network addressing method for the delivery of informati... | 2.359375 | 0 |
5408361 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20P.%20Doles | George P. Doles | George Pierce Doles (May 14, 1830 – June 2, 1864) was an American businessman and Confederate general during the American Civil War. His men played a key role on the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg in driving back the Union XI Corps.
Early life
Doles was born in Milledgeville, Georgia, the son of Josiah and Mart... | 2.203125 | 0 |
5408361 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20P.%20Doles | George P. Doles | On January 19, 1863, before the Battle of Chancellorsville in May, several brigades of the Army of Northern Virginia were rearranged to contain regiments from the same states. On this date, the 1st and 3rd North Carolina Infantry Regiments were transferred out of Doles's Brigade and the 12th and 21st Georgia Infantry R... | 2.28125 | 0 |
5408374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionisio%20Alcal%C3%A1%20Galiano | Dionisio Alcalá Galiano | Dionisio Alcalá Galiano (8 October 1760 – 21 October 1805) was a Spanish Navy officer, cartographer, and explorer. He mapped various coastlines in Europe and the Americas with unprecedented accuracy using new technology such as chronometers. He commanded an expedition that explored and mapped the Strait of Juan de Fuca... | 2.4375 | 0 |
5408374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionisio%20Alcal%C3%A1%20Galiano | Dionisio Alcalá Galiano | On 13 May they arrived at the Spanish post at Nootka Sound, then under the command of Francisco de Eliza. Also present was Eliza's senior officer, Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra, who had come to negotiate with George Vancouver the carrying out of the Nootka Convention, an agreement between Britain and Spain regar... | 2.828125 | 0 |
5408374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionisio%20Alcal%C3%A1%20Galiano | Dionisio Alcalá Galiano | On 3 June a group of Nuu-chah-nulth asked Quadra for help against a ship that had attacked a village in Esperanza Inlet. They said that seven of their people had been killed, many wounded, and all their sea otter furs seized. Quadra had his surgeon tend some of the wounded and promised to punish the aggressors. Galiano... | 2.3125 | 0 |
5408374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionisio%20Alcal%C3%A1%20Galiano | Dionisio Alcalá Galiano | Strait of Juan de Fuca
Galiano and Valdés left Nootka Sound very early on 5 June and entered the Strait of Juan de Fuca, reaching at today's Neah Bay (Puerto de Núñez Gaona to the Spanish) the next day, where a Spanish post was being established by Salvador Fidalgo. They anchored near Fidalgo's ship, the corvette Princ... | 2.609375 | 0 |
5408374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionisio%20Alcal%C3%A1%20Galiano | Dionisio Alcalá Galiano | The Sutil and Mexicana left Neah Bay on 8 June, crossing to the north side of the Strait and cruising along the coast of Vancouver Island. They sailed through the night, reaching Race Rocks around dawn, then made for Esquimalt Harbour (Puerto de Córdova). Tetacus suggested a place to stop and take on water, there being... | 2.6875 | 0 |
5408374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionisio%20Alcal%C3%A1%20Galiano | Dionisio Alcalá Galiano | Galiano had received letters of suggestion and order from both Malaspina and Viceroy Revillagigedo. Malaspina urged a stop at San Francisco on the return, in order to map and assess the Spanish colony there, which Malaspina's expedition had been unable to do. The viceroy, while not directly contradicting Malaspina, inf... | 2.625 | 0 |
5408374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionisio%20Alcal%C3%A1%20Galiano | Dionisio Alcalá Galiano | Alessandro Malaspina returned to Spain in August 1794. Galiano joined him in presenting the Malaspina expedition's report to the Commander in Madrid. Along with two other officers they stayed in the capital to prepare a planned publication compiled from the vast quantity of reports, observations, charts, drawings, and ... | 2.65625 | 0 |
5408374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dionisio%20Alcal%C3%A1%20Galiano | Dionisio Alcalá Galiano | In 1798 Galiano went with a group of ships to America to bring treasure to Spain, much needed for war funding. He slipped through the British blockade of Cádiz at night during a storm, then sailed to the Caribbean, picking up silver and other valuables at Cartagena and Veracruz. Returning, he had to evade enemy ships s... | 2.59375 | 0 |
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