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4050055 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karahall%C4%B1 | Karahallı | Karahallı is a town in Uşak Province in the inner Aegean region of Turkey. It is the seat of Karahallı District. Its population is 5,672 (2022). Karahallı is at a distance of from the province center of Uşak lying to its north.
The name of the town makes reference to its founder, the 14th century Turkmen bey Kara Hal... | 2.3125 | 0 |
4050074 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erbaa | Erbaa | Erbaa is a town in Tokat Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Erbaa District. Its population is 75,210 (2022). The town of Erbaa lies on the left bank of the Kelkit River and is surrounded by the Erbaa Plain, most of which lies in its district.
One kilometer east-southeast of Erbaa is the arch... | 2.203125 | 0 |
4050086 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bristol%20400 | Bristol 400 | The Bristol 400 is a luxury car made by the Bristol Aeroplane Company from 1947 to 1950. It was the first model of car that the company made. After World War II, BAC decided to diversify. In 1947 it formed a car division, which later became the Bristol Cars company in its own right. BAC inspected the Soviet-controlled ... | 2.21875 | 0 |
4050089 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turhal | Turhal | Turhal is a district in Tokat Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey. It is the seat of Turhal District. Its population is 62,030 (2022). It is 48 km to the west of Tokat. Turhal is situated on a fertile plain fragmented by the Yeşil Irmak river. It has an elevation of approximately 530 m. The city is best known fo... | 2.4375 | 0 |
4050089 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turhal | Turhal | After the collapse of Alexander's Empire (as Alexander died in 323 BC), the region was taken over by the Pontus Kingdom founded on the Black Sea coast who later had to retreat in the face of emerging Roman power in the whole Anatolia. The Pontus Kings from the Mithridates descendance constructed an even more powerful f... | 2.6875 | 0 |
4050095 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Stalnaker | Robert Stalnaker | Robert Culp Stalnaker (born 1940) is an American philosopher who is Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and a Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy.
Education and career
Stalnaker was bo... | 1.976563 | 0 |
4050100 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arde%C5%9Fen | Ardeşen | Ardeşen (Laz and Georgian: არტაშენი/Art'asheni or არდაშენი/Ardasheni; Armenian: Արտաշեն/Artashen) is a town in Rize Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, along the coast road from the city of Rize. It is the seat of Ardeşen District. Its population is 30,645 (2021).
History
See Rize Province for the history of ... | 2.1875 | 0 |
4050135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pazar%2C%20Rize | Pazar, Rize | Pazar (Laz and Georgian: ათინა, Atina; ) is a town in Rize Province in the Black Sea region of Turkey, 37 km east of the city of Rize. It is the seat of Pazar District. Its population is 17,946 (2021). The town contains many inhabitants of Laz and Georgian ancestries as well as other peoples. The town consists of the q... | 2.125 | 0 |
4050135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pazar%2C%20Rize | Pazar, Rize | Pazar has plenty of grazing land, including summer grazing in the high mountain pastures (yayla in Turkish) further up the Fırtına River. At even higher altitudes efforts are being made to plant trees but it is hard to put roads through and manage a forest in these steep, high mountains.
Today Pazar is a market town,... | 2.796875 | 0 |
4050150 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gamalost | Gamalost | Gamalost (also Gammelost, Gammalost) is a traditional Norwegian cheese.
History
Gamalost, which translates as old cheese, was once a staple of the Norwegian diet. Like many traditional Norwegian foods, such as flat bread, dry salted meats and stockfish, Gamalost could be stored for long periods without refrigeration... | 2.625 | 0 |
4050172 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0ncirliova | İncirliova | İncirliova is a municipality and district of Aydın Province, Turkey. Its area is 188 km2, and its population is 55,848 (2022). It is west of the city of Aydın.
Etymology
Formerly known as "Karapınar" the name was changed in 1937 to İncirliova meaning, literally, "the valley of figs", in reference to the fruit (ficu... | 2.359375 | 0 |
4050188 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20yeast%20rice | Red yeast rice | Red yeast rice or red rice koji is a bright reddish purple fermented rice, which acquires its color from being cultivated with the mold Monascus purpureus. Red yeast rice is what is referred to as a kōji in Japanese, meaning "grain or bean overgrown with a mold culture", a food preparation tradition going back to ca. 3... | 2.21875 | 0 |
4050189 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Harptree | West Harptree | West Harptree is a small village and civil parish in the Chew Valley, Somerset within the unitary district of Bath and North East Somerset. The parish has a population of 439.
The village is south of Bristol, southwest of Bath and east of Weston-super-Mare. The village has a pub and several shops including a post o... | 2.1875 | 0 |
4050205 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Sayers | Tom Sayers | Tom Sayers (15 or 25 May 18268 November 1865) was an English bare-knuckle prize fighter. There were no formal weight divisions at the time, and although Sayers was only five feet eight inches tall and never weighed much more than 150 pounds, he frequently fought much bigger men. In a career which lasted from 1849 until... | 2.625 | 0 |
4050205 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Sayers | Tom Sayers | Fight for the championship
At this time, there was no undisputed champion of England amongst the heavier fighters. Harry Broome, who had won the title in 1851 against William Perry (known as the "Tipton Slasher") and defended it against Harry Orme in 1853, had forfeited an arranged re-match with William Perry and had w... | 2.046875 | 0 |
4050205 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Sayers | Tom Sayers | After the Heenan fight of 1860, Tom Sayers never fought again. A public subscription was raised for him after the fight, and he received the sum of £3,000, enough to fund a comfortable retirement. This money was safely invested following the advice of John Gideon. In the Autumn of 1860, Sayers was engaged by the Americ... | 1.921875 | 0 |
4050205 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Sayers | Tom Sayers | At ringside with Heenan
The bout with Heenan was Sayers' last prizefight. However, he made one last appearance in the prizefighting ring, when on 10 December 1863, he was one of Heenan's seconds, when the American returned to England to fight the then champion, Tom King. Heenan had been trained for the fight by his cou... | 2.015625 | 0 |
4050210 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartter%20syndrome | Bartter syndrome | Patients with classic Bartter syndrome may have symptoms in the first two years of life, but they are usually diagnosed at school age or later. Like infants with the neonatal subtype, patients with classic Bartter syndrome also have polyuria, polydipsia, and a tendency to dehydration, but normal or just slightly increa... | 2.296875 | 0 |
4050210 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartter%20syndrome | Bartter syndrome | Pathophysiology
Bartter syndrome is caused by mutations of genes encoding proteins that transport ions across renal cells in the thick ascending limb of the nephron also called as the ascending loop of Henle. Specifically, mutations directly or indirectly involving the Na-K-2Cl cotransporter are key. The Na-K-2Cl cotra... | 2.359375 | 0 |
4050210 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartter%20syndrome | Bartter syndrome | The clinical findings characteristic of Bartter syndrome is hypokalemia, metabolic alkalosis, and normal to low blood pressure. These findings may also be caused by other conditions, which may cause confusion. When diagnosing a Bartter's syndrome, the following conditions must be ruled out as possible causes of the sym... | 2.25 | 0 |
4050210 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartter%20syndrome | Bartter syndrome | Treatment
Medically supervised sodium, chloride and potassium supplementation is necessary, and spironolactone can be also used to reduce potassium loss. Free and unqualified access to water is necessary to prevent dehydration, as patients maintain an appropriate thirst response. In severe cases where supplementation a... | 2 | 0 |
4050232 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20State%20Route%20210 | New York State Route 210 | New York State Route 210 (NY 210) is a state highway in Orange County, New York, in the United States. It runs north from the New Jersey state line—where it continues south as Passaic County Route 511 (CR 511)—along the west shore of Greenwood Lake to the eponymous village of Greenwood Lake, where it ends at a junction... | 2.046875 | 0 |
4050234 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rees%2C%20Germany | Rees, Germany | Rees is a town in the district of Kleve in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the right bank of the Rhine, approximately 20 km east of Kleve. The population in 2005 was 22,559. Founded in 1228, Rees is the oldest town in the lower Rhine area.
Geography
Rees is administratively organized in ... | 2.3125 | 0 |
4050234 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rees%2C%20Germany | Rees, Germany | In the Middle Ages Rees was surrounded by a city wall which was built from 1289 - 1307. Several parts of the wall are well-preserved and can be visited, e.g. the "White Tower" (Weißer Turm) built in 1410 which was used as a prison until the 18th century. The watch tower (Wachturm)near the Jewish cemetery dates from 148... | 2.4375 | 0 |
4050252 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazhou | Dazhou | Dazhou () is a prefecture-level city in the northeast corner of Sichuan province, China, bordering Shaanxi to the north and Chongqing to the east and south. As of 2020 census, Dazhou was home to 5,385,422 inhabitants whom 1,850,869 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of 2 urban districts.
History
Dazhou's hist... | 2.390625 | 0 |
4050273 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Mill%20at%20Sonning | The Mill at Sonning | The Mill at Sonning is a theatre and restaurant (or dinner theater), converted from a circa-1800 flour mill on earlier foundations, on an island in the River Thames at Sonning Eye in the English county of Berkshire.
The river divides into three, with the mill race forming the middle branch, spanned by one of the Sonni... | 2.140625 | 0 |
4050276 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evandro%20Chagas | Evandro Chagas | Evandro Serafim Lobo Chagas (August 10, 1905 – November 8, 1940) the eldest son of Carlos Chagas (1879-1934), noted physician and scientist who discovered Chagas disease, and brother of Carlos Chagas Filho (1910-2000), also a noted physician and scientist who was president of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.
In 192... | 2.375 | 0 |
4050297 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Brace | William Brace | William Brace (23 September 1865 – 12 October 1947) was a Welsh trade unionist and Liberal and Labour politician.
Early life and career
Born in Risca, in the coal-mining district of Monmouthshire, he was one of six children of Thomas and Anne Brace. Brace briefly attended school before starting work at the local colli... | 2.046875 | 0 |
4050297 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Brace | William Brace | At the 1906 general election he was elected as a Liberal-Labour member of parliament for South Glamorganshire, holding the seat at the next two general elections. He continued taking the Liberal whip for some years, despite the Miners' Federation of Great Britain, which sponsored him, having affiliated to the Labour Pa... | 1.929688 | 0 |
4050322 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M6%20heavy%20tank | M6 heavy tank | The Heavy Tank M6 was an American heavy tank designed during World War II. The tank was produced in small numbers and never saw combat.
Development history
Because of limited budgets for tank development in the interwar years, at the outbreak of World War II the United States Army possessed few tanks, though it had b... | 2.515625 | 0 |
4050322 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M6%20heavy%20tank | M6 heavy tank | By October, the US developers reached the same conclusion as their European counterparts. The armament was changed to a single vertically stabilized 3-inch (76.2 mm) gun and a coaxial 37 mm gun in a single three-man turret with both manual and electric traverse. The turret had a commander's cupola identical to that of ... | 2.28125 | 0 |
4050331 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kranenburg%2C%20North%20Rhine-Westphalia | Kranenburg, North Rhine-Westphalia | 19th and 20th century
During the Napoleonic Wars and subsequent French occupation, Kranenburg was a separate canton within the Roer département and temporary the most northern location of the Napoleonic Empire. At the same time, it however lost its town privileges.
In 1802, the Order of St. Martin and the St. Catherine... | 2.640625 | 0 |
4050363 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Albright%20%28musician%29 | William Albright (musician) | William Hugh Albright (October 20, 1944 – September 17, 1998) was an American composer, pianist and organist.
Biography
Albright was born in Gary, Indiana, and began learning the piano at the age of five. He attended the Juilliard Preparatory Department (1959–62), the Eastman School of Music (1962–63) and the Univers... | 2.203125 | 0 |
4050425 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timescape%20%28Star%20Trek%3A%20The%20Next%20Generation%29 | Timescape (Star Trek: The Next Generation) | "Timescape" is the 151st episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, and the 25th episode of the sixth season.
Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Starfleet crew of the Federation starship Enterprise-D.
In this episode, Captain Picard, Counsel... | 2.0625 | 0 |
4050452 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat%20of%20arms%20of%20the%20Turks%20and%20Caicos%20Islands | Coat of arms of the Turks and Caicos Islands | The coat of arms of the Turks and Caicos Islands consists of a gold-coloured escutcheon (shield) charged with a conch shell, lobster and a cactus, supported by two flamingos, and topped with a pelican in the crest. Adopted three years after the islands became a Crown colony, it has been the coat of arms of the Turks a... | 2.75 | 0 |
4050456 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riaumont | Riaumont | Riaumont (literally meaning "royal mountain") is located on the hill of Riaumont, in the commune of Liévin, in the Pas-de-Calais département in northern France, in the former province of Artois. It refers to a Benedictine monastic community, a children's residential village, and a Scout group.
History
The village an... | 2.40625 | 0 |
4050456 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riaumont | Riaumont | Stemming from a troop of Scouts de France in the 1960s, the Association des Scouts et Guides de Riaumont (Association of the Scouts and Guides of Riaumont) passed successively by Scouts d'Europe, Scouts Saint-George and the Association Française de Scouts et Guides Catholiques. It has been a federation affiliated for 1... | 2.234375 | 0 |
4050489 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alone%20%281931%20Soviet%20film%29 | Alone (1931 Soviet film) | The film was shot on location in Leningrad and, over a period of seven months, in the Altai Mountains of Kazakhstan. It was originally planned as a silent film, but it was eventually decided to add a sound track to accompany it. This included sound effects and some dialogue (recorded after shooting, although the film m... | 2.015625 | 0 |
4050509 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas%20Shackleton | Nicholas Shackleton | Sir Nicholas John Shackleton (23 June 1937 – 24 January 2006) was an English geologist and paleoclimatologist who specialised in the Quaternary Period. He was the son of the distinguished field geologist Robert Millner Shackleton and great-nephew of the explorer Ernest Shackleton.
Education and employment
Educated a... | 2.90625 | 0 |
4050509 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas%20Shackleton | Nicholas Shackleton | Much of Shackleton's later work focused on constructing precise timescales based on matching the periodic cycles in deep-sea sediment cores to calculations of incoming sunlight at particular latitudes over geological time. This method allows a far greater level of stratigraphic precision than other dating methods, and ... | 2.703125 | 0 |
4050509 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas%20Shackleton | Nicholas Shackleton | Shackleton was also a skilled amateur clarinet player, and collector of woodwind instruments. During his lifetime he amassed a large collection of clarinets and related instruments. His Cambridge home became a place of pilgrimage for many players and scholars. Shackleton was internationally known as an organologist, re... | 2.640625 | 0 |
4050520 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenealy%2C%20Hong%20Kong | Glenealy, Hong Kong | Glenealy is one of the few roads or streets without a street type suffix in Hong Kong. Located in the Mid-Levels on the Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong, it starts from Ice House Street and goes uphill to Hong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens, across Robinson Road and ends at Hornsey Road and Conduit Road.
Name
Glenea... | 2.125 | 0 |
4050542 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Gerald%20R.%20Ford | USS Gerald R. Ford | The keel of the new warship was ceremonially laid on 14 November 2009 in Dry Dock 12 by Ford's daughter, Susan Ford Bales. In a speech to the assembled shipworkers and DoD officials, Bales said: "Dad met the staggering challenges of restoring trust in the presidency and healing the nation's wounds after Watergate in th... | 2.03125 | 0 |
4050542 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Gerald%20R.%20Ford | USS Gerald R. Ford | On 3 October 2013, Gerald R. Ford had four 30-ton, -diameter bronze propellers installed. The installation of the propellers required more than ten months of work to install the underwater shafting.
On 11 October 2013, the ship's drydock was flooded for the first time in order to test various seawater-based systems. H... | 2.09375 | 0 |
4050556 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fereydun | Fereydun | Fereydun (, ; New Persian: , Fereydūn/Farīdūn) is an Iranian mythical king and hero from the Pishdadian dynasty. He is known as an emblem of victory, justice, and generosity in Persian literature.
According to Abolala Soudavar, Fereydun is partially a reflection of Cyrus the Great (), the first Achaemenid King of King... | 2.453125 | 0 |
4050576 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20John%20F.%20Kennedy%20%28CVN-79%29 | USS John F. Kennedy (CVN-79) | On 1 October 2019, the ship's crew was activated for the first time as Pre-Commissioning Unit (PCU) John F. Kennedy at a ceremony aboard the vessel at Newport News Shipbuilding. On 29 October 2019, Newport News Shipbuilding began flooding the dry dock where John F. Kennedy has been under construction. The process of f... | 2.21875 | 0 |
4050578 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxicodendron%20rydbergii | Toxicodendron rydbergii | Toxicodendron rydbergii, the western poison ivy or northern poison oak, is a species of Toxicodendron in the cashew family native to North America. As a poison ivy, it can cause urushiol-induced contact dermatitis.
Description
Unlike Toxicodendron radicans (eastern poison ivy), which often appears as a trailing or c... | 2.640625 | 0 |
4050602 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest%20C.%20Quigley | Ernest C. Quigley | Ernest Cosmos Quigley (March 22, 1880 – December 10, 1960) was a Canadian-born American sports official who became notable both as a basketball referee and as an umpire in Major League Baseball. He also worked as an American football coach and official.
Born in Canada and raised in Concordia, Kansas, Quigley attended... | 2.21875 | 0 |
4050620 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20W.%20Koster | Samuel W. Koster | Samuel William Koster (December 29, 1919 – January 23, 2006) was a career officer in the United States Army. He attained the rank of major general, and was most notable for his service as commander of the Americal Division and Superintendent of the United States Military Academy. A veteran of World War II, the Korean W... | 2.046875 | 0 |
4050623 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire%20from%20Heaven | Fire from Heaven | Phocis – though it is never visited in the novel, Phocis serves as the pretext for Philip to become involved in the military disputes of southern Greece. Phocis' sacrilegious cultivation of fields meant to be reserved as holy land (and the resulting wealth which threatens their neighbours) is the impetus for the Third ... | 2.578125 | 0 |
4050623 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire%20from%20Heaven | Fire from Heaven | Alexander's family is further revealed when, three years later, he goes on a horse ride with a soldier he admires, Ptolemy. Alexander has heard around the barracks that Ptolemy is also the son of Philip, but Ptolemy explains to Alexander why this should not be repeated, as Ptolemy's mother is married to someone other t... | 2.5 | 0 |
4050623 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire%20from%20Heaven | Fire from Heaven | Philip returns from war, bringing crowds of slaves with him. He also marries a woman from Thrace to seal an alliance, causing mad jealousy in Olympias. In retaliation, Olympias appears on stage in a celebratory play, something which is allowed her as a priestess of Dionysos, god of theatre, but is still considered wild... | 2.40625 | 0 |
4050623 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire%20from%20Heaven | Fire from Heaven | Chapter Four
Alexander learns eagerly from his tutors, and bemoans the fact that he must sleep when there is so much he wants to do. His music teacher, Epikrates, encourages him to perform due to his great skill on the cithara, but Philip publicly humiliates Alexander for being too good a musician. Epikrates resigns, a... | 2.09375 | 0 |
4050623 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire%20from%20Heaven | Fire from Heaven | Chapter Five
Alexander is nearly 15 and is studying the military histories of Xenophon. When they are hiding out together on a rooftop, Alexander convinces Hephaestion to climb to a dangerously high pinnacle. Hephaestion, who has become completely infatuated, likens Alexander to Zeus, and himself to Semele, realizing t... | 2.484375 | 0 |
4050623 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire%20from%20Heaven | Fire from Heaven | Alexander's family is reunited at the springtime Dionysia, held at the old capital at Aigai. His mother is jealous that Alexander and Philip have now bonded through their common passion for war. Caught up in the heterosexual furor surrounding the Dionysia, Alexander flirts with a serving woman, Gorgo, but later comes u... | 2.03125 | 0 |
4050647 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pandanaceae | Pandanaceae | Pandanaceae is a family of flowering plants native to the tropics and subtropics of the Old World, from West Africa to the Pacific. It contains 982 known species in five genera, of which the type genus, Pandanus, is the most important, with species like Pandanus amaryllifolius and karuka (Pandanus julianettii) being im... | 2.9375 | 0 |
4050648 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cream%20wave | Cream wave | The cream wave (Scopula floslactata) is a moth of the family Geometridae. The species was first described by Adrian Hardy Haworth in 1809. It is found in forest and woodland regions, feeding on grasses and small plants such as dandelion.
Distribution
It is a very common species in parts of France and central Europe. T... | 2.328125 | 0 |
4050683 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Walsh%20%28politician%29 | Stephen Walsh (politician) | Stephen Walsh (26 August 1859 – 16 March 1929) was a British miner, trade unionist and Labour Party politician.
Background
Born in Liverpool, Walsh became an orphan at a very young age. He was educated at an industrial school in the Kirkdale area of the city, leaving school aged 13 to work in a coalmine in Ashton in M... | 2.203125 | 0 |
4050692 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxicodendron%20pubescens | Toxicodendron pubescens | Toxicodendron pubescens (syn. Rhus pubescens), commonly known as Atlantic poison oak, or eastern poison oak, is an upright shrub which can cause contact dermatitis for most people.
Description
The shrub can grow to 1 metre (3 feet) tall. Its leaves are 15 centimetres (6 inches) long, alternate, with three leaflets on ... | 2.875 | 0 |
4050712 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Langton%20Grammar%20School%20for%20Boys | Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys | By 1900, the school had a range of traditions. On 24 May, Queen Victoria's birthday, Empire Day was celebrated by a parade and the raising of the Union Flag in the playground, a speech by the headmaster, and a holiday. At the end of each Christmas term, boys would put on an "Entertainment", and over the Christmas holid... | 2.765625 | 0 |
4050712 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Langton%20Grammar%20School%20for%20Boys | Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys | Academic performance
The school achieved dual specialisms in science and mathematics. The CERN Courier described the school as "one of the most active in implementing innovative ways of teaching science in the UK".
Langton Star Centre
The Langton Star Centre is an organisation led by Tim Lesworth that supports rese... | 2.65625 | 0 |
4050728 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan%20Davidson | Clan Davidson | The Clan Davidson or Clan Dhai are recorded as being wiped out as a fighting force in 1370 at the Battle of Invernahavon, which was fought between the Chattan Confederation and the Clan Cameron. There was a dispute between the Davidsons and another clan of the Chattan Confederation, the Clan Macpherson, over who would ... | 2.421875 | 0 |
4050728 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan%20Davidson | Clan Davidson | By the 16th century the name Davidson could be found from Ayr in the south to Aberdeen in the north. The first Davidsons recorded in Cromarty were Donald Davidson and Alexander Davidson who were living in the new town of Cromarty and who are listed as "in the council" in July 1670. Another Alexander Davidson who was kn... | 2.6875 | 0 |
4050729 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varberg%20Fortress | Varberg Fortress | Varberg Fortress () is a former fortification in Varberg, Halland County, Sweden, which currently serves as a museum.
History
Varberg Fortress was built in 1287-1300 by Count Jacob Nielsen as protection against Eric VI of Denmark, who had declared him an outlaw after the murder of his father King Eric V of Denmark. Ja... | 2.21875 | 0 |
4050780 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20American%20blizzard%20of%202006 | North American blizzard of 2006 | The North American blizzard of 2006 was a nor'easter that began on the evening of February 11, 2006 and impacted much of eastern North America. It dumped heavy snow across the Mid-Atlantic and New England states, from Virginia to Maine through the early evening of February 12, and ended in Atlantic Canada on February 1... | 2.640625 | 0 |
4050780 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20American%20blizzard%20of%202006 | North American blizzard of 2006 | The storm system began developing on February 11 as a relatively minor system, bringing some snow along the southern Appalachian range. The low pressure center moved off-shore early February 12 before it began its rapid intensification. By early morning, snow began falling heavily, taking several forecasters by surpris... | 3 | 0 |
4050780 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20American%20blizzard%20of%202006 | North American blizzard of 2006 | Three casualties occurred as a result of the snow: in Virginia, a man died due to his truck sliding off a highway; in Baltimore, a person died in a house fire as a result of snow delaying rescue workers from getting to the fire. A third fatality occurred in a weather-related accident in Nova Scotia.
Connecticut
While ... | 2.125 | 0 |
4050780 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20American%20blizzard%20of%202006 | North American blizzard of 2006 | Maryland
The heaviest snow in Maryland fell from the northern suburbs of Washington, D.C., to the Baltimore area. These areas overwhelmingly saw over a foot of snow. Snowfall rates of per hour were common, and thundersnow occurred. Snowfall amounts of up to were reported in Columbia, in Baltimore, in Catonsville, a... | 1.914063 | 0 |
4050780 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20American%20blizzard%20of%202006 | North American blizzard of 2006 | The New York metropolitan area received the brunt of the February Blizzard of 2006. All three of the airports in the New York City area (LaGuardia Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport) were closed during the record blizzard, for the first time since the September 11, 2... | 2.28125 | 0 |
4050781 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanqella | Shanqella | Shanqella (Amharic: ሻንቅላ šanqəlla sometimes spelled Shankella, Shangella, Shánkala, Shankalla or Shangalla) is an exonym for a number of Nilotic ethnic groups that lived in the westernmost part of Ethiopia, but are known to have also inhabited more northerly areas until the late nineteenth century. A pejorative, the te... | 2.765625 | 0 |
4050783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrik%20Hellstenius | Henrik Hellstenius | Henrik Hellstenius (born 28 April 1963) is a Norwegian composer and musicologist.
Born in Bærum, Norway, Hellstenius studied musicology at the University of Oslo and composition with Lasse Thoresen, Olav Anton Thommessen and Bjørn Kruse at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. He studied in 1992–1993 with Gérard Gr... | 1.9375 | 0 |
4050858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Watchmakers-Clockmakers%20Institute | American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute | The American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute (AWCI) is a not-for-profit trade association based in the United States that is dedicated to the advancement of the modern watch industry, from which it receives a significant portion of its funding. While the AWCI is an American organization, it also has members throughou... | 2.21875 | 0 |
4050858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Watchmakers-Clockmakers%20Institute | American Watchmakers-Clockmakers Institute | AWCI was organized in 1960 as the American Watchmakers Institute (AWI). This was the nation's first unified horological organization. It combined the members of the United Horological Association of America (UHAA) with those of the Horological Institute of America (HIA) to form AWI. However, with the continual influx o... | 2.171875 | 0 |
4050884 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate%20Larson%20%28historian%29 | Kate Larson (historian) | Kate Clifford Larson is an American historian and Harriet Tubman scholar. Her 2003 biography of Harriet Tubman, Bound for the Promised Land was one of the first non-juvenile Tubman biographies published in six decades. Larson is the consultant for the Harriet Tubman Special Resource Study of the National Park Service a... | 2.640625 | 0 |
4050898 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windfall%20tax | Windfall tax | A windfall tax is a higher tax rate on profits that ensue from a sudden windfall gain to a particular company or industry.
There have been windfall taxes in various countries across the world, including Australia, Italy, and Mongolia (2006–2009). During the 2021–2023 global energy crisis, policy specialists at the In... | 2.109375 | 0 |
4050906 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trisakti%20University | Trisakti University | According to the vision and mission of the Institute of Community Services (LPKM), which refers to the vision and mission of the university, the purpose of LPKM is to support and accelerate the creation of a prosperous society and its environmental sustainability. During the academic year 2013/2014 Universitas Trisakti... | 2.203125 | 0 |
4050915 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nideggen | Nideggen | Nideggen () is a town in the district of Düren in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the river Rur, in the Eifel hills, approx. 15 km south of Düren.
Nideggen is known for its ruined, but partly restored castle (Burg Nideggen) and the sandstone rocks along the Rur. It is twinned with Thatch... | 1.945313 | 0 |
4050940 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio%20Chiamparino | Sergio Chiamparino | Mayor of Turin
In May 2001, Chiamparino was elected mayor of Turin as a member of the Democrats of the Left, succeeding to Valentino Castellani; he oversaw the organization for the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, and the city's transition into a post-industrial society. His strategic vision focused on economic developm... | 1.984375 | 0 |
4050950 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Thomas%20Corley | John Thomas Corley | Brigadier General John Thomas Corley (August 4, 1914 – April 16, 1977) was a career United States Army officer who served with distinction in World War II. He was also noted for his contributions to army training.
Early life
John Thomas Corley was born to Irish immigrant parents (Bridget Beatrice Surdival b. December ... | 2.390625 | 0 |
4050950 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Thomas%20Corley | John Thomas Corley | While commanding the 3rd Battalion, 26th Infantry Regiment, in Mateur, Tunisia, Corley was wounded. He recovered and went on to fight at the front in Sicily. As the 1st Division pushed through North Africa and eventually invading Sicily, Corley picked up his second Silver Star in July 1943 when he remained at the front... | 2.640625 | 0 |
4050950 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Thomas%20Corley | John Thomas Corley | He served as battalion commander of the 24th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division, a segregated regiment composed of black enlisted men and mostly white officers. Corley led his troops in close combat and earned an oak leaf cluster for his Distinguished Service Cross and three additional clusters for his Silver St... | 2.421875 | 0 |
4050994 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%BCrtgenwald | Hürtgenwald | Hürtgenwald (Ripuarian: Hüêtschewald) is a municipality in the district of Düren in the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the Eifel hills, approx. 15 km south-west of Düren. Much of the area is covered by forest (Hürtgenwald in literal translation means Hürtgen Forest).
Hürtgenwald is ... | 2.078125 | 0 |
4050996 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crodowaldo%20Pavan | Crodowaldo Pavan | Crodowaldo Pavan (; 1 December 1919 – 3 April 2009) was a Brazilian biologist and geneticist, and a scientific leader in Brazil.
Early life
Pavan was born to a family of second-generation immigrants from Italy in 1919, in the city of Campinas, São Paulo state, Brazil. His great-grandfather was an expert in textile pai... | 2.375 | 0 |
4050996 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crodowaldo%20Pavan | Crodowaldo Pavan | In 1966, Pavan accepted an invitation from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee to establish a laboratory for further investigation on cellular genetics. In 1968, he accepted an invitation to become a tenured full professor at the University of Texas at Austin, in Austin, Texas. He returned to Brazil in 1975,... | 2.140625 | 0 |
4050998 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyngen%20Alps | Lyngen Alps | The Lyngen Alps (, , ) are a mountain range in northeastern Troms county in Norway, east of the city of Tromsø. The mountain range is located on the Lyngen Peninsula and it runs through Lyngen Municipality, Balsfjord Municipality, Storfjord Municipality, and Tromsø Municipality. The mountains follow the western shore o... | 2.375 | 0 |
4050998 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyngen%20Alps | Lyngen Alps | The Lyngen Alps Landscape Reserve () was established by the King of Norway on 20 February 2004 to protect one of Norway's characteristic mountain areas, which includes glaciers, moraines, valleys, and geological deposits, with biodiversity, cultural monuments, and cultural influences that characterize the landscape. Th... | 2.53125 | 0 |
4050998 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyngen%20Alps | Lyngen Alps | The proglacial lake Blåvatnet is located in the northern part of the Lyngen Peninsula in Strupskardet valley. The lake lies next to Nordre Jægervasstinden and Lenangstinden mountains and below the Eastern and Western Lenangsbreene glaciers. Strupskardelva river flows in Strupskardet valley towards the west via a chain ... | 2.859375 | 0 |
4050998 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyngen%20Alps | Lyngen Alps | Glaciofluvial outwash is forming a prograding delta at the head of the lake and provides suspended sediment which refracts light as an intense turquoise color, giving Blåvatnet (the Blue Lake) its name. Clear water in non-glacial lakes absorbs longer wavelengths of visible light and strongly reflects shorter blue and b... | 2.578125 | 0 |
4050998 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyngen%20Alps | Lyngen Alps | The Lyngen Peninsula is part of the Caledonian Orogeny. The Caledonian Orogeny, which stretches from Arctic Norway through Great Britain, Ireland, and parts of Greenland, was formed as a result of the collision of the ancient continents Laurentia and Baltica 380–430 million years ago. The mountains of this folding coul... | 2.71875 | 0 |
4050998 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyngen%20Alps | Lyngen Alps | Despite the long history of glaciation, the evidence of glaciation that we can observe today is only from the last ice age because, due to its length and intensity, it largely wiped out the results of previous ice ages. During the maximum ice thickness around 20,000 years ago, the Lyngen peninsula was probably covered ... | 3.265625 | 0 |
4050998 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyngen%20Alps | Lyngen Alps | The highest mountain regions of Lyngsalpan are species-poor, while the lower mountainous regions, valleys, and forest areas show a greater diversity of both birds and animals. In the highlands, the species diversity is limited, and in general, you can only meet rock ptarmigans, ravens, and snow buntings. At lower altit... | 2.8125 | 0 |
4050998 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyngen%20Alps | Lyngen Alps | The way of life of the Sea Sami in this area was based on a combination of several types of crafts that ensured survival. Women were primarily responsible for running the household. They took care of the children, looked after the barn, cooked, and did the housework. Men were mainly responsible for maintaining building... | 2.9375 | 0 |
4051032 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towards%20Understanding%20Islam | Towards Understanding Islam | Towards Understanding Islam is a book written by Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi which gained its author a reputation as a religious teacher and major thinker. This book has been translated into a number of languages. Jamaat-e-Islami claims that it has been translated into 13 languages. One English translation of this book is ... | 2.046875 | 0 |
4051040 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allahabad%20Fort | Allahabad Fort | Allahabad Fort was built by the Mughal emperor Akbar at Prayagraj in 1583. The fort stands on the banks of the Yamuna, near its confluence with the Ganges. It is classified by the Archaeological Survey of India as a monument of national importance.
A stone inscription inside fort describe 1583 as a foundation year but... | 3.203125 | 0 |
4051040 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allahabad%20Fort | Allahabad Fort | The Allahabad Fort is the largest fort built by Akbar. This fort has three galleries flanked by high towers. According to historian William Finch, it took 5,000 to 20,000 workers of different denomination over a period of forty years to build the fort.
Revolt by Prince Salim
In 1600, Mughal prince Salim, the future e... | 3.171875 | 0 |
4051041 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom%20of%20movement%20for%20workers%20in%20the%20European%20Union | Freedom of movement for workers in the European Union | History
The Treaty of Paris (1951) establishing the European Coal and Steel Community established a right to free movement for workers in these industries, and the Treaty of Rome (1957) provided a right for the free movement of workers within the European Economic Community, to be implemented within 12 years from the d... | 2.578125 | 0 |
4051041 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom%20of%20movement%20for%20workers%20in%20the%20European%20Union | Freedom of movement for workers in the European Union | The Directive 2004/38/EC on the right to move and reside freely assembles the different aspects of the right of movement in one document, replacing inter alia the directive 1968/360/EEC. It also clarifies procedural issues, and it strengthens the rights of family members of European citizens using the freedom of moveme... | 2.546875 | 0 |
4051041 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freedom%20of%20movement%20for%20workers%20in%20the%20European%20Union | Freedom of movement for workers in the European Union | Purpose: under the European Court of Justice caselaw, the rights of free movement of workers applies regardless of the worker's purpose in taking up employment abroad, so long as the work is not solely provided as a means of rehabilitation or reintegration of the workers concerned into society.
Time commitment: the rig... | 2.03125 | 0 |
4051049 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmer%20%26%20the%20Dukes | Wilmer & the Dukes | Recording history
After seven years of playing the local circuit, arrangements were made for the group to cut their first recordings for Buffalo-based Aphrodisiac Records. The band's first single was an original dance track by guitarist Brown called "Give Me One More Chance", and was released in the spring of 1968. I... | 2.046875 | 0 |
4051094 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jo%C3%A9%20Juneau | Joé Juneau | Joseph Juneau () (born January 5, 1968) is a Canadian former professional hockey player and engineer, born in Pont-Rouge, Quebec. He played in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins, Washington Capitals, Buffalo Sabres, Ottawa Senators, Phoenix Coyotes and the Montreal Canadiens.
Playing career
As a youth, ... | 2.390625 | 0 |
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