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7059308 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olearia%20teretifolia | Olearia teretifolia | Olearia teretifolia, commonly known as cypress daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a slender, erect to spreading shrub with more or less sessile, linear leaves pressed against the stem, and white and yellow, daisy-like inflore... | 2.734375 | 0 |
7059317 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archenhold%20Observatory | Archenhold Observatory | The exhibition covered themes like history of astronomy, Earth and Moon, Sun and planets, comets and meteors, stars and star clusters, instruments and optics. Observations included standard objects, lunar eclipses, comets and the Nova Cygni 1903. 23,000 visitors attended in 1897, the number rising to 60,000 by 1899 and... | 3.03125 | 0 |
7059317 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archenhold%20Observatory | Archenhold Observatory | Research reports and technical articles were published on the comets Perrine in 1897 and Halley in 1910, a fireball and noctilucent clouds. The participation in the observation campaign of Nova Persei in 1901 is documented, which followed earlier similar observations. The cause of novae (surface eruptions on white dwar... | 2.421875 | 0 |
7059317 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archenhold%20Observatory | Archenhold Observatory | In November 1976, Wattenberg retired and Dieter B. Herrmann was made director of the observatory. The technical director, Eckehard Rothenberg was in charge for all further modernisations, the construction of two planetariums and the restoration of the Great Refractor. In March 1982, the small planetarium in Treptow was... | 2.15625 | 0 |
7059317 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archenhold%20Observatory | Archenhold Observatory | Didactical works, textbooks on the subject of astronomy and astronomy-related chapters in textbooks for various natural sciences were written by Director Herrmann and his staff, led by the qualified astronomy teachers Dietmar Fürst and Oliver Schwarz (the latter later received a professorship for physics didactics at t... | 2.21875 | 0 |
7059376 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petit%20suisse | Petit suisse | Petit-suisse (meaning "little Swiss cheese") is a French cheese from the Normandy region.
Production and use
Petit-suisse is a fromage frais, an unripened, unsalted, smooth, and creamy cheese with a texture closer to a very thick yogurt than a typical cheese. It is made from cow's milk enriched with cream so that it... | 2.609375 | 0 |
7059394 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyridon%20of%20Athens | Spyridon of Athens | Spyridon (secular name: Σπυρίδων Βλάχος Spyridon Vlachos) was Archbishop of Athens and All Greece from 1949 until 1956. He was born in Chili (Χήλη), in present-day northern Turkey. His parents originated from the village of , near Pogoni in northern Greece. He studied at the Halki seminary. As a senior preacher in Kava... | 2.078125 | 0 |
7059568 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco%20Dalupan%20Sr. | Francisco Dalupan Sr. | Francisco Tarnate Dalupan Sr. (October 4, 1895 – November 25, 1987) was the Filipino founder and first chairman and the president of the University of the East (UE). He was the father of the legendary Filipino basketball coach Virgilio "Baby" Dalupan.
Dalupan graduated from the Ateneo de Manila University. Before foun... | 1.984375 | 0 |
7059576 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-arc%20basin | Back-arc basin | A back-arc basin is a type of geologic basin, found at some convergent plate boundaries. Presently all back-arc basins are submarine features associated with island arcs and subduction zones, with many found in the western Pacific Ocean. Most of them result from tensional forces, caused by a process known as oceanic tr... | 3.09375 | 0 |
7059576 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-arc%20basin | Back-arc basin | Evidence of seafloor spreading has been seen in cores of the basin floor. The thickness of sediment that collected in the basin decreased toward the center of the basin, indicating a younger surface. The idea that thickness and age of sediment on the sea floor is related to the age of the oceanic crust was proposed by ... | 2.578125 | 0 |
7059576 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-arc%20basin | Back-arc basin | Back-arc basins are different from normal mid-ocean ridges because they are characterized by asymmetric seafloor spreading, but this is quite variable even within single basins. For example, in the central Mariana Trough, current spreading rates are 2–3 times greater on the western flank, whereas at the southern end of... | 2.703125 | 0 |
7059576 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-arc%20basin | Back-arc basin | Formation and tectonics
The extension of the crust behind volcanic arcs is believed to be caused by processes in association with subduction. As the subducting plate descends into the asthenosphere it sheds water, causing mantle melting, volcanism, and the formation of island arcs. Another result of this is a convecti... | 3.09375 | 0 |
7059576 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-arc%20basin | Back-arc basin | Sedimentation
Sedimentation is strongly asymmetric, with most of the sediment supplied from the active volcanic arc which regresses in step with the rollback of the trench. From cores collected during the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP) nine sediment types were found in the back-arc basins of the western Pacific. Deb... | 2.53125 | 0 |
7059576 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back-arc%20basin | Back-arc basin | Pelagic clays containing iron-manganese micronodules, quartz, plagioclase, orthoclase, magnetite, volcanic glass, montmorillonite, illite, smectite, foraminiferal remains, diatoms, and sponge spicules made up the uppermost stratigraphic section at each site it was found. This sediment type consisted of 4.2% of the tota... | 2.53125 | 0 |
7059579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MF%2001 | MF 01 | The MF 01 (; ; also called MF 2000 from its year of its invitation to tender) is a model of steel-wheeled electrical multiple units used on Paris's Metro system. The cars first arrived in December 2007 and delivery was completed in 2015. RATP ordered 160 trains or 800 cars in 2001, to replace the aging MF 67. It is use... | 2.125 | 0 |
7059579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MF%2001 | MF 01 | The winning consortium of four train manufacturers, namely Alstom, Bombardier, Technicatome and CSEE was chosen to manufacture the MF 2000 stock at a cost of €800 million. It was the first time in history that the RATP has assigned four manufacturers to manufacture different components of the train cars. This process d... | 2.1875 | 0 |
7059581 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Fletcher-Cooke | John Fletcher-Cooke | Sir John Fletcher-Cooke (8 August 1911 – 19 May 1989) was a British Conservative Party politician.
In World War II Fletcher-Cooke joined the R.A.F. and was captured by the Japanese in Singapore. He was a prisoner for three and a half years, mostly in Japan; he wrote about his experiences in "The Emperor's Guest".
He... | 2.09375 | 0 |
7059620 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Massie | Paul Massie | Paul Massie (born Arthur Dickinson Massé; July 7, 1932June 8, 2011) was a Canadian actor and academic. He later became a theater professor for the University of South Florida during the 1970s. He remained with the faculty until his retirement as professor emeritus in 1996.
Massie won a BAFTA Award in 1959 for Most Pro... | 1.921875 | 0 |
7059638 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewi%20Pethrus | Lewi Pethrus | Lewi Pethrus (born Pethrus Lewi Johansson) (11 March 1884 – 4 September 1974) was a Swedish Pentecostal minister who played a decisive role in the formation and development of the Pentecostal movement in his country. In 1964, he founded the political party the Christian Democrats.
Life
Pethrus was born in 1884 in Varg... | 2.25 | 0 |
7059638 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewi%20Pethrus | Lewi Pethrus | Pethrus became pastor of the Seventh Baptist Church in Stockholm in 1910 and of the Filadelfia Church in 1911. In 1913, the year in which he married Norwegian Lydia Danielsen, his church was expelled from the Swedish Baptist Union due to disagreements about speaking in tongues and holy communion (his church practiced ... | 2.34375 | 0 |
7059671 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxembourg%20men%27s%20national%20ice%20hockey%20team | Luxembourg men's national ice hockey team | The Luxembourg national ice hockey team is the national men's ice hockey team of Luxembourg. It is controlled by the Luxembourg Ice Hockey Federation and a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation. Luxembourg is currently ranked 43rd in the IIHF World Rankings and competes at Division II of the IIHF World Cham... | 2.21875 | 0 |
7059778 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosios%20Loukas | Hosios Loukas | Hosios Loukas () is a historic walled monastery situated near the town of Distomo, in Boeotia, Greece. Founded in the mid-10th century, the monastery is one of the most important monuments of Middle Byzantine architecture and art, and has been listed on UNESCO's World Heritage Sites since 1990, along with the monasteri... | 2.53125 | 0 |
7059778 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosios%20Loukas | Hosios Loukas | Architecture
The church
The Hosios Loukas, the oldest in the complex, is the only church known with certainty to have been built in the tenth century in its site in mainland Greece. This centralized parallelogram-shaped building is the oldest example of the cross-in-square type in the country; its plan closely follo... | 2.671875 | 0 |
7059778 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosios%20Loukas | Hosios Loukas | There is evidence that the monastery was reputed all over Byzantium for its lavish decoration, liberally applied to all surfaces. Apart from revetment, carving, gold and silver plate, murals, and mosaics (especially imposing on curving surfaces), the interior featured a choice assortment of icons, chandeliers, silk cur... | 2.46875 | 0 |
7059778 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosios%20Loukas | Hosios Loukas | It is believed that most if not all of the crypt frescoes were painted after 1048 AD and the death of Theodore Leobachus, a wealthy, government elite believed to have been one of the prominent patrons and who later in life became the abbot of Hosios Loukas.
The sanctuary of the crypt contains a prosthesis niche, an al... | 2.53125 | 0 |
7059801 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ortolano | Ortolano | Ortolano was an Italian painter of the Ferrara School, active in the Renaissance period. Ticozzi cites his birth as ca. 1480.
Biography
He was born in Ferrara. He was baptized Giovanni Battista Benvenuti, and he was called L'Ortolano because his father, Francisco, was a gardener. Of his career little is known, save th... | 2.328125 | 0 |
7059915 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito%20Ju%C3%A1rez%20Partido | Benito Juárez Partido | The historical origin of Benito Juarez Partido does not differ from that of other partidos in the area: to constitute a civilizing advance into the "desert," that vast area of the pampas inhabited by natives.
The area around Benito Juarez, with its historical reference points being "La Tinta" and "San Antonio," was al... | 2.65625 | 0 |
7059915 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benito%20Ju%C3%A1rez%20Partido | Benito Juárez Partido | The Birth of the Partido
In order to better manage the lands of the south, by Decree 544 of 31 August 1865 ten new partidos were created in Buenos Aires Province: Castelli, Tuyu, Ayacucho, Balcarse, Necochea, Tres Arroyos, Arenales, Rauch, 9 de Julio and Lincoln. This allowed the government to reduced distances (civil... | 2.625 | 0 |
7059918 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkuk%20University | Konkuk University | Konkuk University () is private university in South Korea founded in 1931.
Konkuk University is known for its veterinary and art colleges at the Seoul campus. It has two campuses: one in Seoul and one in Chungju. The Seoul campus is located near the Han River, by the Konkuk University Station (subway line no.2).
His... | 2.34375 | 0 |
7059918 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konkuk%20University | Konkuk University | Konkuk University Museum
Established in 1963, Konkuk University Museum features 4,532 historical artifacts, including Dongguk Jeongun, one of the National Treasures of South Korea. The museum originated in Nagwon-dong, Jongno-gu, and in 1985 moved to the Sanghuh Memorial Hall, the building in which the Chosun School of... | 2.453125 | 0 |
7059973 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsiang%20Tingfu | Tsiang Tingfu | Tsiang Tingfu (; 17 February 1895 – 9 October 1965), was a historian and diplomat of the Republic of China who published in English under the name T.F. Tsiang.
Early life and education
Tsiang was born in Shaoyang, Hunan. Tsiang's education from his teenage years had been Western and largely Christian, and he converted... | 2.21875 | 0 |
7059973 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsiang%20Tingfu | Tsiang Tingfu | Diplomatic career
Following mounting tensions in China's relations with Japan, Tsiang left academia in 1935 and joined the Chinese Nationalist government, which he served in many different capacities throughout the Sino-Japanese War. Between 1947 and 1962, Tsiang served as the Permanent Representative of China to the U... | 2.453125 | 0 |
7059978 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naim%20Ateek | Naim Ateek | Naim Stifan Ateek () (born in the Palestinian village of Beisan in 1937) is a Palestinian priest in the Anglican Communion and founder of the Sabeel Ecumenical Liberation Theology Center in Jerusalem. He has been an active leader in the shaping of the Palestinian liberation theology. He was the first to articulate a Pa... | 2.390625 | 0 |
7059978 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naim%20Ateek | Naim Ateek | Sabeel's stated vision is "to make the gospel relevant ecumenically and spiritually in the lives of the local indigenous Church.... following in the footsteps of Christ means standing for the oppressed, working for justice, and seeking peace-building opportunities, and it challenges us to empower local Christians." Sab... | 2.078125 | 0 |
7059978 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naim%20Ateek | Naim Ateek | Disagreement with Zionist interpretations of the Hebrew Bible
Ateek outlined his disagreement with what he sees as Zionist interpretations of the Hebrew Bible in his 1989 book, Justice, and Only Justice: A Palestinian Theology of Liberation: "Before the creation of the State [of Israel], the Old Testament was considere... | 2.125 | 0 |
7060023 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Warbey | William Warbey | William Noble Warbey (16 August 1903 – 6 May 1980) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom.
He was born in the then newly created Metropolitan Borough of Hackney in London, and was educated at Hackney Downs School, King's College London and the London School of Economics. As a young man he was an interpret... | 1.976563 | 0 |
7060038 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth%20and%20Torbay%20Railway | Dartmouth and Torbay Railway | The Dartmouth and Torbay Railway was a broad gauge railway linking the South Devon Railway branch at Torquay with Kingswear in Devon, England. It was operated from the outset by the South Devon Railway.
Most of the line is now operated as the heritage Dartmouth Steam Railway but the section north of Paignton is part ... | 2.28125 | 0 |
7060038 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth%20and%20Torbay%20Railway | Dartmouth and Torbay Railway | A public meeting in Torquay in 1852 objected strongly to the SDR's idea that an extension be built to Torquay harbour. In 1853, two groups proposed (i) an extension to Torquay harbour and (ii) an extension to Paignton, Brixham and Kingswear with a branch from Livermead to Torquay harbour. However, insufficient capital ... | 1.992188 | 0 |
7060038 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dartmouth%20and%20Torbay%20Railway | Dartmouth and Torbay Railway | At this point, the company funds were exhausted and a cheaper way of reaching Dartmouth was proposed. This was to build a line to Greenway Quay on the River Dart. The deviation would have had steep gradients of 1 in 56 and a zig-zag requiring the reversal of trains very close to Greenway House and another reversal lowe... | 2.125 | 0 |
7060049 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwood%2C%20Prince%20Edward%20Island | Sherwood, Prince Edward Island | Sherwood is a neighbourhood of the city of Charlottetown in central Queens County, Prince Edward Island, Canada.
Sherwood is centrally located in Charlottetown on the border of Queens Royalty and the township of Lot 33.
Originally the settlement was known as Sherwood Station, as it was located on the mainline of the ... | 2.03125 | 0 |
7060055 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20of%20St-Thierry | William of St-Thierry | William of Saint-Thierry, O. Cist (French: Guillaume de Saint-Thierry; Latin: Guillelmus S. Theodorici; 1075/80/85–1148) was a twelfth-century Benedictine, theologian and mystic from Liège who became abbot of Saint-Thierry in France, and later joined the Cistercian Order.
Biography
William was born at Liège (in presen... | 2 | 0 |
7060055 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20of%20St-Thierry | William of St-Thierry | Three of William's writings were widely read in the later Middle Ages. However, they were frequently attributed to Bernard of Clairvaux – a sign of their quality and also another reason for their continued popularity. Only in the early twentieth century did interest in William as a distinct writer begin to develop agai... | 1.984375 | 0 |
7060078 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Robert%20Wingate | David Robert Wingate | David Robert Wingate (February 20, 1819 – 1899) was an American lumber businessman and plantation farmer who served in the Confederate Army as the commissioner of defense for Jefferson County, Texas, during the American Civil War. Overcoming numerous financial setbacks throughout his lifetime, he remained a successful ... | 2.28125 | 0 |
7060078 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Robert%20Wingate | David Robert Wingate | Participation in the American Civil War
In April 1861, Wingate and one of his sons enlisted in the Sabine Pass Guard. David was appointed as chairman of safety for Sabine Pass, as well as Confederate States marshal of the east Texas region. During this time, he began blockade running, but lost a steamer he owned in 186... | 2.75 | 0 |
7060118 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Barr | Steve Barr | Steven Charles Barr (born September 8, 1951) is a retired American professional baseball player. A left-handed pitcher, he worked in 24 games in Major League Baseball between 1974 and 1976 for the Boston Red Sox and the Texas Rangers. He was listed as tall and .
Early life
Barr was born in St. Louis but grew up in So... | 1.929688 | 0 |
7060139 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Rapids%20Amateur%20Astronomical%20Association | Grand Rapids Amateur Astronomical Association | The Grand Rapids Amateur Astronomical Association (or "GRAAA") is an astronomy group located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It was formed in 1955 by an enthusiastic group of individuals led by businessman James C. Veen, with a love of astronomy and science. Veen initially provided a meeting place in his office, but died in... | 2.328125 | 0 |
7060231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria%20Bridge%2C%20Penrith | Victoria Bridge, Penrith | The Victoria Bridge, also known as the Victoria Bridge over the Nepean River, is a heritage-listed former railway bridge and now wrought iron box plate girder road bridge across the Nepean River on the Great Western Highway in the western Sydney suburb of Penrith in the City of Penrith local government area of New Sout... | 2.75 | 0 |
7060231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria%20Bridge%2C%20Penrith | Victoria Bridge, Penrith | Unfortunately this success did not last long. In August 1857 a flood carried away the four centre spans, no doubt due to the poor security of the mid-stream timber piles which reportedly were frayed like mop heads where McBeth had attempted to drive them into rock. McBeth had lacked experience and knowledge in bridge ... | 2.640625 | 0 |
7060231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria%20Bridge%2C%20Penrith | Victoria Bridge, Penrith | The loss of the punts coincided with a period in which the Great Western Railway was in the advanced planning stages, including plans for the construction of a bridge over the Nepean River to link Penrith with Bathurst in the west, as part of the Penrith to Weatherboard Line (later Wentworth Falls). It was decided that... | 2.84375 | 0 |
7060231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria%20Bridge%2C%20Penrith | Victoria Bridge, Penrith | The construction contract for Victoria Bridge was split into several parts. One contract for the construction of the piers was awarded to William Tyler in 1862. He commenced work but flooding in 1863 and 1864 damaged his equipment and contributed to his abandonment of the contract in August 1864. The contract was subse... | 2.453125 | 0 |
7060231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria%20Bridge%2C%20Penrith | Victoria Bridge, Penrith | Victoria Bridge had a significant impact on the local economy. Prior to its opening Penrith station formed the rail head of the western line, making Penrith a trade hub. The introduction of the road across the Nepean River diminished the business in the town previously brought in by travellers delayed in Penrith by poo... | 2.734375 | 0 |
7060231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria%20Bridge%2C%20Penrith | Victoria Bridge, Penrith | An undivided pedestrian pathway approximately is located adjacent to the roadway. Following community advocacy, in 2010, Roads & Maritime Services commenced a feasibility study into a shared pedestrian/cyclist pathway over the bridge. By mid-2016 Roads & Maritime Services contracted Seymour Whyte to build the Yandhai ... | 2.15625 | 0 |
7060231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria%20Bridge%2C%20Penrith | Victoria Bridge, Penrith | Victoria bridge represents a type of bridge that was considered to be the cutting edge of technology when it was designed in 1862. Design principles used in Victoria Bridge were pioneered by Robert Stephenson in his design of the Britannia Bridge and The Conwy Bridge in Britain. In addition to this prestigious design h... | 2.8125 | 0 |
7060231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria%20Bridge%2C%20Penrith | Victoria Bridge, Penrith | Victoria Bridge is of state significance for its association with its designer John Whitton, Engineer-in Chief for the NSW Railways, who also designed the Great Western Railway and the Zig Zag Railway at Lapstone and Lithgow. Mr Whitton was an outstanding engineer of his time and was also responsible for overseeing con... | 2.28125 | 0 |
7060231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria%20Bridge%2C%20Penrith | Victoria Bridge, Penrith | The bridge has state technical and aesthetic significance. Whitton's design employed the latest in British Bridge technology, utilising the through girder form, reinforced with boxes at the top and bottom of the girders, and long continuous spans to achieve maximum waterway, a feature of major importance at this site. ... | 2.5 | 0 |
7060231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria%20Bridge%2C%20Penrith | Victoria Bridge, Penrith | Public esteem for the bridge and an enduring interest in its management and use over its lifetime has imbued Victoria Bridge with social significance at a State level. Its historic, technical and aesthetic qualities are widely recognised within the Penrith, Sydney and Blue Mountains communities and more widely among ra... | 2.484375 | 0 |
7060322 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Day%20of%20Languages | European Day of Languages | The European Day of Languages is observed on 26 September, as proclaimed by the Council of Europe on 6 December 2001, at the end of the European Year of Languages (2001), which had been jointly organised by the Council of Europe and the European Union. Its aim is to encourage language learning across Europe.
Objective... | 3.21875 | 0 |
7060322 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Day%20of%20Languages | European Day of Languages | There are about 225 indigenous languages in Europe – roughly 3% of the world's total. Most of the European languages are of Indo-European origin. Since the end of the 18th century, the most widespread language of Europe (both in terms of geography and the number of native speakers) has been Russian, which replaced Fren... | 3.0625 | 0 |
7060387 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ala-Arriba%21%20%28film%29 | Ala-Arriba! (film) | Ala-Arriba! is a 1942 Portuguese romantic docufiction set in Póvoa de Varzim, a traditional Portuguese fishing town.
Dealing with ethnographic matters, it may be considered as an ethnofiction. The film was directed by Leitão de Barros, and stars real fishermen as themselves in order to give a realistic view over tradi... | 2.3125 | 0 |
7060415 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concessionary%20fares%20on%20the%20British%20railway%20network | Concessionary fares on the British railway network | Devon & Cornwall Railcard
This railcard, covering the counties of Devon and Cornwall, was introduced on 10 September 2006 to replace two Railcards which covered the counties separately: the Devon Railcard and the Cornish Railcard. It gives discounts for the holder (who must be aged 16 or over) and one accompanying adul... | 2.03125 | 0 |
7060446 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20motorcycle%20Grand%20Prix | British motorcycle Grand Prix | The British motorcycle Grand Prix is a motorcycling event that is part of the FIM Grand Prix motorcycle racing season.
History
Before 1977, the only British round was the Isle of Man TT, which was part of the FIM championship from its inauguration in 1949 until 1976.
The Isle of Man TT was the most prestigious event... | 2.15625 | 0 |
7060579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkington%20Silver%20Electroplating%20Works | Elkington Silver Electroplating Works | The Elkington Silver Electroplating Works was a building on Newhall Street in Birmingham, England. It later housed the Birmingham science museum Museum of Science and Industry until the creation of Thinktank.
Standing opposite the Birmingham Assay Office, the original 19th century silver electroplating factory of Geor... | 2.203125 | 0 |
7060633 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wacker%20Leipzig | Wacker Leipzig | SC Wacker Leipzig was a German association football club playing in Leipzig, Saxony. The club was formed 24 February 1895 out of the merger of the school clubs Concordia Leipzig and Saxonia Leipzig. Wacker was a founding member of the German Football Association (Deutscher Fussball Bund) in 1900.
FC changed its name t... | 2.296875 | 0 |
7060650 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campile | Campile | Campile () is a small village situated in County Wexford in the south of Ireland. It is south of the town of New Ross. As of the 2022 census, Campile had a population of 371 people.
History
Archaeological evidence of ancient settlement in the area include several burnt mounds and ringforts in the neighbouring townlan... | 2.09375 | 0 |
7060794 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postboy%20%28ship%29 | Postboy (ship) | The 63 ton schooner Postboy was built at Port Adelaide in 1874. The schooner was owned by Messrs. Weman and Morgan and registered at Port Adelaide. She was a regular trading vessel between Port Adelaide and the gulf ports.
Captain James Thomas was in charge of Postboy on 15 December 1876 about 11–12 miles (20 km) off ... | 1.921875 | 0 |
7060815 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Pullen | Robert Pullen | While in Paris, Pullen taught logic and theology with great success. Among his pupils was John of Salisbury, who describes him as a man commended both by his life and his learning, in 1141 or 1142. In 1143 he is still described as Archdeacon of Rochester and in or about that year he probably went to Rome on the invitat... | 2.296875 | 0 |
7060815 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Pullen | Robert Pullen | Works
As a theologian Cardinal Pullen used all his influence against the teaching of Abelard, and set out his doctrine in his work Sententiarum Logicarum Libri VIII. In this treatise he was breaking new ground, being one of the first teachers to compile a book of "Sentences," but his work was soon supplanted by that of... | 1.921875 | 0 |
7060881 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KRCL | KRCL | While it began to air occasional programs on public radio station KUER-FM, Listeners also applied for a license to build its own station on June 27, 1976. One legacy of the dispute with KSL was that its owner, Bonneville International, donated space on the Farnsworth Peak tower used by KSL's FM radio and television sta... | 2.265625 | 0 |
7060883 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Babel%20%28Alberta%29 | Mount Babel (Alberta) | Mount Babel is a mountain peak of the Bow Range in Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada. The mountain can be seen from the Valley of the Ten Peaks.
Mount Babel was first climbed by A Hart, Edward Oliver Wheeler, L. Wilson and H. Worsfold in 1910.
Geology
Like other mountains in Banff Park, Mount Babel is composed of ... | 2.765625 | 0 |
7060900 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATSV%201860%20Bremen | ATSV 1860 Bremen | ATSV 1860 Bremen was a German association football club playing in Bremen. Today the sports club no longer fields a football side and has departments for badminton, basketball, cheerleading, dancing, fencing, handball, Judo, Karate, pool-billiards, rhythmic gymnastics, rugby union, skating, Taekwon-do, and volleyball.
... | 2.171875 | 0 |
7060924 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hankinson%27s%20equation | Hankinson's equation | Hankinson's equation (also called Hankinson's formula or Hankinson's criterion) is a mathematical relationship for predicting the off-axis uniaxial compressive strength of wood. The formula can also be used to compute the fiber stress or the stress wave velocity at the elastic limit as a function of grain angle in woo... | 2.078125 | 0 |
7060939 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkan%20Naumburg | Elkan Naumburg | Elkan Naumburg (1835–1924) was a New York City merchant, banker, philanthropist and musicologist, best remembered for his sponsorship of the arts in Manhattan. From the last quarter of the nineteenth century, he used his wealth to promote public interest in symphonic and "semi-classical" music by helping to form and es... | 2.375 | 0 |
7060939 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elkan%20Naumburg | Elkan Naumburg | The parlor of his Manhattan townhouse hosted pianists, opera singers and string quartets, and soon became a forum for celebrities of the music field. With his success he chose to make access to fine music available to a broader public in New York, as one of his principal legacies. In 1873, Leopold Damrosch founded the ... | 2.046875 | 0 |
7060947 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freisa | Freisa | Freisa is a red Italian wine grape variety grown in the Piedmont region of north-west Italy, primarily in Monferrato and in the Langhe, but also further north in the provinces of Turin and Biella. Freisa is a vigorous and productive vine whose round, blue-black grapes are harvested in early October. The three-lobed lea... | 2.421875 | 0 |
7060947 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freisa | Freisa | Viticulture
Freisa is a vigorous and productive vine whose round, blue-black grapes are harvested in early October. The three-lobed leaves are relatively small and the bunches are elongated in form. The vine is highly resistant to peronospora but has some susceptibility to oidium. It grows best in well-exposed, sunny s... | 2.5625 | 0 |
7060962 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Highway%20150%20%28India%2C%20old%20numbering%29 | National Highway 150 (India, old numbering) | The National Highway 150, or NH-150, in India runs between the towns of Kohima in Nagaland and Aizwal in Mizoram, passing through the state of Manipur. In Manipur, it passes through the capital city Imphal, Bishnupur, Churachandpur, and Tipaimukh. In the newnumbering, the Imphal–Aizal section of the road is part of Nat... | 2.234375 | 0 |
7060962 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Highway%20150%20%28India%2C%20old%20numbering%29 | National Highway 150 (India, old numbering) | Current condition of the road
Even before the highway was declared a National Highway, it normally took around a day to travel to or from the Tipaimukh to the district town of Churachandpur which is around 270 km. Then, regular state buses plied from Churachandpur town to Tipaimukh on daily basis and people, goods and... | 1.929688 | 0 |
7060967 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crayford%20focuser | Crayford focuser | The Crayford focuser is a simplified focusing mechanism for amateur astronomical telescopes. Crayford focusers are considered superior to entry-level rack and pinion focusers, normally found in this type of device. Instead of the rack and pinion, they have a smooth spring-loaded shaft which holds the focus tube agains... | 2.65625 | 0 |
7061038 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Dowd%20%26%20the%20Language%20of%20Music | Tom Dowd & the Language of Music | Tom Dowd & the Language of Music is a documentary about the life and work of music producer/recording engineer Tom Dowd released in 2003 and in theater in August 2004. The documentary contains historical footage, vintage photographs and interviews with a list of musicians from the worlds of jazz, soul and classic rock ... | 2.515625 | 0 |
7061069 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia%20State%20Route%20330 | Georgia State Route 330 | State Route 330 (SR 330) is a state highway in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. It travels through rural areas of Barrow and Jackson counties.
Route description
SR 330 begins at an intersection with SR 82 north of Statham, in Barrow County. This intersection also marks the northern terminus of Thur... | 2.140625 | 0 |
7061105 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple%20Lake%20%28Polk%20County%29 | Maple Lake (Polk County) | Maple Lake is a lake in central Polk County, Minnesota, United States, due south of Mentor and approximately west of Erskine. The lake's name is taken from the extensive sugar maple forest that surrounds it. Even before American settlement of the region, the existence of these extensive hardwood forests in an otherw... | 2.1875 | 0 |
7061133 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia%20State%20Route%20329 | Georgia State Route 329 | State Route 329 (SR 329) is a east-to-west state highway in the central part of the U.S. state of Georgia. It travels within portions of Macon and Dooly counties, with a portion along the Dooly–Macon county line and the Dooly–Houston county line.
Route description
SR 329 begins at an intersection with SR 26 east of M... | 2.140625 | 0 |
7061159 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chunked%20transfer%20encoding | Chunked transfer encoding | Chunked transfer encoding is a streaming data transfer mechanism available in Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) version 1.1, defined in RFC 9112 §7.1. In chunked transfer encoding, the data stream is divided into a series of non-overlapping "chunks". The chunks are sent out and received independently of one another. N... | 2.375 | 0 |
7061246 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernie%20Fields | Ernie Fields | Ernest Lawrence Fields (August 28, 1904 – May 11, 1997) was an American trombonist, pianist, arranger and bandleader. He first became known for leading the Royal Entertainers, a territory band which was based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and toured along a circuit stretching from Kansas City, Kansas, to Dallas, Texas, and event... | 2.4375 | 0 |
7061254 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridge%20Pa | Bridge Pa | Bridge Pa (sometimes spelled "Bridge Pā") is a rural Māori settlement and surrounding area in Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, located approximately 10 kilometres inland from Hastings. The pā itself comprises a school, a meetinghouse of the LDS Church, two marae (Korongata Marae and a later addition in 1984 of the Mangaroa Ma... | 2 | 0 |
7061301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Pavlopoulos | George Pavlopoulos | George Pavlopoulos (; 22 June 1924 – 26 November 2008) was a Greek poet, relatively unknown outside Greece, but admired within his own country by fellow poets such as George Seferis.
George or Giorgos or Giorgis or Georgios Pavlopoulos as known in the literature field, was born in Pyrgos, on the west coast of the Pelo... | 2.265625 | 0 |
7061350 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore%20%26%20Ohio%20Railroad%20station%20%28Philadelphia%29 | Baltimore & Ohio Railroad station (Philadelphia) | Philadelphia's Baltimore and Ohio Railroad station – also known as the B & O station or Chestnut Street station – was the main passenger station for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Designed by architect Frank Furness in 1886, it stood at 24th Street and the Chestnut Street Bridge from 188... | 2.53125 | 0 |
7061377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As%20I%20Walked%20Out%20One%20Midsummer%20Morning | As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning | As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning (1969) is a memoir by Laurie Lee, a British poet. It is a sequel to Cider with Rosie which detailed his early life in Gloucestershire after the First World War. In this sequel Lee leaves the security of his Cotswold village of Slad in Gloucestershire to start a new life, at the sam... | 2.125 | 0 |
7061377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/As%20I%20Walked%20Out%20One%20Midsummer%20Morning | As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning | He lands in Galicia in July 1935. Joining up with three young German musicians, he accompanies them around Vigo and then they split up outside Zamora. By August 1935 he reaches Toledo, where he has a meeting with the South African poet Roy Campbell and his family, whom he comes across while playing his violin. They ... | 2.171875 | 0 |
7061446 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kersey%20%28cloth%29 | Kersey (cloth) | Kersey is a kind of coarse woollen cloth that was an important component of the textile trade in Medieval England.
History
It derives its name from kersey yarn and ultimately from the village of Kersey, Suffolk, having presumably originated in that region. However the cloth was made in many places. It was being woven ... | 2.796875 | 0 |
7061494 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop%20Prendergast%20High%20School | Archbishop Prendergast High School | In 1917, the Archdiocese of Philadelphia purchased the for $57,000 and the Ordinary, Archbishop Edmond Francis Prendergast, announced the construction of an orphanage for five hundred orphans to be operated by the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The orphanage replaced one demolished to allow the constru... | 2.359375 | 0 |
7061556 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roebling%20Road%20Raceway | Roebling Road Raceway | Roebling Road Raceway, formerly Savannah International Raceway, is a 2.02-mile (3.25 km) road racing course located just outside Bloomingdale, Georgia, United States. Opened in 1959, Roebling Road is relatively unique amongst racetracks in that it lacks any accommodations for spectators; there are no grandstands, no pi... | 2.109375 | 0 |
7061589 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorstein%20the%20Red | Thorstein the Red | Thorstein the Red or Thorstein Olafsson was a viking chieftain who flourished in late ninth-century Scotland.
Biography
He was born around 850 AD and was the son of Olaf the White, King of Dublin, and Aud the Deep-minded, who was the daughter of Ketil Flatnose. After the death of Olaf, Aud and Thorstein went to live i... | 2.03125 | 0 |
7061651 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Gypsy%20%28ARS%28D%29-1%29 | USS Gypsy (ARS(D)-1) | USS Gypsy (ARS(D)-1) was the lead ship of her class of salvage lifting vessels serving in the United States Navy. Originally designated LSM-549, she was launched by Brown Shipbuilding Corporation, Houston, Texas, on 7 December 1945, and commissioned on 18 March 1946 at Houston.
Service history
1946–1948
Gypsy comple... | 2.078125 | 0 |
7061844 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government%20of%20Louisville%2C%20Kentucky | Government of Louisville, Kentucky | The government of Louisville, Kentucky, headquartered at Louisville City Hall in Downtown Louisville, is organized under Chapter 67C of the Kentucky Revised Statutes as a First-Class city in the state of Kentucky. Created after the merger of the governments of Louisville, Kentucky and Jefferson County, Kentucky, the c... | 2.5625 | 0 |
7061844 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government%20of%20Louisville%2C%20Kentucky | Government of Louisville, Kentucky | Legislative Powers of the city of Louisville are vested in the Louisville Metro Council. Formally established in 2003 after the city/county merger, the council is a unicameral body consisting of 26 Council members, whose districts are defined by geographic population boundaries that each contain approximately 28,500 p... | 2.5 | 0 |
7061844 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government%20of%20Louisville%2C%20Kentucky | Government of Louisville, Kentucky | The Metro Council is organized into 13 Standing Committees. Each Committee is led by a Chairman and Vice Chairman, both of whom are appointed by the Council President, who serves as an ex officio member of all committees.
Public agencies
In the city of Louisville, Public Agency is the name given to various regulatory... | 2.40625 | 0 |
7061857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Dick%20%28scientist%29 | Thomas Dick (scientist) | Dick became assistant at a school in Dundee, and in 1794 entered the University of Edinburgh, supporting himself by private tuition.
His philosophical and theological studies terminated, he set up a school at Dundee, took out a licence to preach in 1801, and officiated as probationer during some years at Stirling and ... | 2.0625 | 0 |
7061857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Dick%20%28scientist%29 | Thomas Dick (scientist) | On leaving Methven, Dick spent another decade as a teacher in Perth. During this interval he made his first independent appearance as an author. The Christian Philosopher, or the Connexion of Science and Philosophy with Religion, was published first during 1823.
Several new editions were published during the next few ... | 2.109375 | 0 |
7061857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Dick%20%28scientist%29 | Thomas Dick (scientist) | Despite the success of his books, however, Dick made such loose bargains with his publishers, that he derived little profits from them, and his poverty was relieved in 1847 by a pension of 50 pounds a year, and by a local subscription of 20 or 30 pounds. He died at the age of eighty-two, on 29 July 1857, and was buried... | 2.390625 | 0 |
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