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7061857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Dick%20%28scientist%29 | Thomas Dick (scientist) | Selected works
Among his works may be mentioned:
The Christian Philosopher, or the Connection of Science with Religion, Glasgow: William Collins; London: Whittaker & Co; (1823). His first popular work, from which he was sometimes known as "the Christian Philosopher".
The Philosophy of a Future State, Glasgow, 1829, in... | 2.0625 | 0 |
7061908 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy%20Bowlegs%20III | Billy Bowlegs III | Billy Bowlegs III, Billy Fewell, aka Cofehapkee (c. 1862–1965), was a Seminole historian of mixed Indigenous American and African American descent from Florida.
Early life and education
According to an interview with Bowlegs, he was born along the Arbuckle Creek where it meets Lake Istokpoga. He was named Billie Fewel... | 2.671875 | 0 |
7062014 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob%20Wrey%20Mould | Jacob Wrey Mould | Jacob Wrey Mould (7 August 1825 – 14 June 1886) was a British architect, illustrator, linguist and musician, noted for his contributions to the design and construction of New York City's Central Park. He was "instrumental" in bringing the British High Victorian style of architecture to the United States, and was a foun... | 2.5 | 0 |
7062056 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave%20Kids | Cave Kids | Cave Kids (also known as Cave Kids Adventures or Cave Kids: Pebbles & Bamm-Bamm) is an American animated preschool television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons and a spin-off of The Flintstones. The show was syndicated to public television stations by Warner Bros. Television from September 29 to November 17, 19... | 2.25 | 0 |
7062064 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunot%20Island | Brunot Island | Brunot Island (also spelled Brunot's Island) is a island in the Ohio River. It is officially part of the Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. It was named for Dr. Felix Brunot who settled the island with his extended family in the late 1700s. The family entertained the Lewis an... | 2.546875 | 0 |
7062107 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Carolina%20Highway%2028 | North Carolina Highway 28 | NC 28 overlaps with two state scenic byways: the Waterfall Byway, between Highlands and Franklin, and the Indian Lake Scenic Byway, between Almond and Deals Gap. NC 28 also overlaps parts of the Mountain Waters Scenic Byway, a National Forest Scenic Byway, that traverses through the Nantahala National Forest.
Histor... | 2.015625 | 0 |
7062107 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Carolina%20Highway%2028 | North Carolina Highway 28 | NC 288 was originally to be rebuilt along the north shore of Fontana Lake by the National Park Service, an agreement that was made between the county, state, and federal government. Construction of New Fontana Road (SR 1364) was completed in 1958, connecting Bryson City to the border of the Great Smoky Mountains Natio... | 2.203125 | 0 |
7062219 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Lougou | Battle of Lougou | The French Voulet–Chanoine Mission, led by the captains Paul Voulet and Julien Chanoine, had been dispatched in 1898 to Africa by the French government with the mission to conquer the territories between the Niger River and Lake Chad and join in uniting French territories in West Africa. After leaving French Sudan in J... | 2.40625 | 0 |
7062233 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tres%20de%20Febrero%20Partido | Tres de Febrero Partido | Around the same time, the Lacroze brothers introduced a rural tram system, which became electric in 1908. This tramway started from the intersection of Medrano and Corrientes streets and extended to the village of San Martín. Alongside the low property costs in the area, the tramway significantly stimulated demographic... | 2.53125 | 0 |
7062239 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-%C3%89tienne%20Dominique%20Esquirol | Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol | Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol (3 February 1772 – 12 December 1840) was a French psychiatrist.
Early life and education
Born and raised in Toulouse, Esquirol completed his education at Montpellier. He came to Paris in 1799 where he worked at the Salpêtrière Hospital and became a favorite student of Philippe Pinel.
T... | 2.25 | 0 |
7062239 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-%C3%89tienne%20Dominique%20Esquirol | Jean-Étienne Dominique Esquirol | In 1817, under the restored Bourbon monarchy, Esquirol initiated a course in maladies mentales in the makeshift quarters of the Salpêtrière dining hall. This was perhaps the first formal teaching of psychiatry in France. It was in 1817 that he coined the word hallucination. At this time he was neither a professor at th... | 2.078125 | 0 |
7062261 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binkie%20Beaumont | Binkie Beaumont | Early years
Throughout his life Beaumont was evasive about his background, given, as one biographer wrote, "to disseminating fanciful accounts of his origins". It was not until a 1989 biography by Richard Huggett that the facts became widely known. He was born Hughes Griffiths Morgan, in Hampstead, London, the son of M... | 2.328125 | 0 |
7062276 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Rosenthal | Samuel Rosenthal | Samuel Rosenthal (7 September 1837 – 12 September 1902) was a Polish-born French chess player. Chess historian Edward Winter wrote, "He dedicated his life to chess-playing, touring, writing, teaching and analysing. Despite only occasional participation in first-class events, he scored victories over all the leading m... | 2.390625 | 0 |
7062291 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Strauss | Eric Strauss | Eric G. Strauss is a President's Professor at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in Los Angeles, California. He is a member of the Biology Department at the Frank R. Seaver College of Science and Engineering and director of the Ballona Discovery Park. Founder of the Center for Urban Resilience (CURes), Strauss aims to c... | 2.125 | 0 |
7062295 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberystwith%20and%20Welsh%20Coast%20Railway | Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway | Striking westward and crossing very difficult terrain, the Newtown and Machynlleth Railway was opened on 31 December 1862. Although Machynlleth was an important market town, its promoters were considering an extension to Aberystwyth and the Cardigan Bay coast. Due to a shortage of subscription money from general invest... | 2.40625 | 0 |
7062295 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberystwith%20and%20Welsh%20Coast%20Railway | Aberystwith and Welsh Coast Railway | The contractor Thomas Savin was undertaking all the remaining construction work for the A&WCR section of the Cambrian Railways, as well as working the traffic. He had accepted company shares as the major part of the payment for his construction work, and he was directly financing company outlays from his own resources.... | 2.296875 | 0 |
7062356 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomalous%20diffusion | Anomalous diffusion | In 1926, using weather balloons, Lewis Fry Richardson demonstrated that the atmosphere exhibits super-diffusion. In a bounded system, the mixing length (which determines the scale of dominant mixing motions) is given by the Von Kármán constant according to the equation , where is the mixing length, is the Von Kármán ... | 2.15625 | 0 |
7062377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath%20of%20World%20War%20II | Aftermath of World War II | The aftermath of World War II saw the rise of two global superpowers, the United States (U.S.) and the Soviet Union (USSR). The aftermath of World War II was also defined by the rising threat of nuclear warfare, the creation and implementation of the United Nations as an intergovernmental organization, and the decoloni... | 2.859375 | 0 |
7062377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath%20of%20World%20War%20II | Aftermath of World War II | As a consequence of the war, the Allies created the United Nations, an organization for international cooperation and diplomacy, similar to the League of Nations. Members of the United Nations agreed to outlaw wars of aggression in an attempt to avoid a third world war. The devastated great powers of Western Europe for... | 2.875 | 0 |
7062377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath%20of%20World%20War%20II | Aftermath of World War II | The Soviet Union suffered enormous losses in the war against Germany. The Soviet population decreased by about 27 million during the war; of these, 8.7 million were combat deaths. The 19 million non-combat deaths had a variety of causes: starvation in the siege of Leningrad; conditions in German prisons and concentrati... | 2.90625 | 0 |
7062377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath%20of%20World%20War%20II | Aftermath of World War II | The immediate post-war period in Europe was dominated by the Soviet Union annexing, or converting into Soviet Socialist Republics, all the countries invaded and annexed by the Red Army driving the Germans out of central and eastern Europe. New satellite states were set up by the Soviets in Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary, Cz... | 3 | 0 |
7062377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath%20of%20World%20War%20II | Aftermath of World War II | US policy in post-war Germany from April 1945 until July 1947 had been that no help should be given to the Germans in rebuilding their nation, save for the minimum required to mitigate starvation. The Allies' immediate post-war "industrial disarmament" plan for Germany had been to destroy Germany's capability to wage w... | 2.46875 | 0 |
7062377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath%20of%20World%20War%20II | Aftermath of World War II | The 1947, Treaty of Peace with Italy spelled the end of the Italian colonial empire, along with other border revisions, like the transfer of the Italian Islands of the Aegean to the Kingdom of Greece and the transfer to France of Briga and Tenda, as well than to minor revisions of the Franco-Italian border. Moreover, u... | 2.953125 | 0 |
7062377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath%20of%20World%20War%20II | Aftermath of World War II | Following the war, the Allies rescinded Japanese Empire pre-war annexations such as Manchuria, and Korea became militarily occupied by the United States in the south and by the Soviet Union in the north. The Philippines and Guam were returned to the United States. Burma, Malaya, and Singapore were returned to Britain a... | 2.734375 | 0 |
7062377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath%20of%20World%20War%20II | Aftermath of World War II | In 1940 the Soviet Union invaded and annexed the neutral Baltic states, Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. In June 1941, the Soviet governments of the Baltic states carried out mass deportations of "enemies of the people"; as a result, many treated the invading Nazis as liberators when they invaded only a week later. The ... | 2.65625 | 0 |
7062377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath%20of%20World%20War%20II | Aftermath of World War II | Rapes also occurred under other Allied forces in Europe, though the majority were committed by Soviet troops. In a letter to the editor of Time published in September 1945, a United States Army sergeant wrote, "Our own Army and the British Army along with ours have done their share of looting and raping ... This offens... | 2.59375 | 0 |
7062377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath%20of%20World%20War%20II | Aftermath of World War II | In the first few weeks of the American military occupation of Japan, rape and other violent crime was widespread in naval ports like Yokohama and Yokosuka but declined shortly afterward. There were 1,336 reported rapes during the first 10 days of the occupation of Kanagawa prefecture. Historian Toshiyuki Tanaka relates... | 2.21875 | 0 |
7062377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath%20of%20World%20War%20II | Aftermath of World War II | During World War II the Japanese military established brothels filled with "comfort women", a euphemism for the 200,000 girls and women who were forced into sexual slavery for Japanese soldiers. In Confucian nations like Korea and China, where premarital sex is considered shameful, the subject of the "comfort women" wa... | 2.5 | 0 |
7062377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath%20of%20World%20War%20II | Aftermath of World War II | Due to the rising tension in Europe and concerns over further Soviet expansion, American planners came up with a contingency plan code-named Operation Dropshot in 1949. It considered possible nuclear and conventional war with the Soviet Union and its allies to counter a Soviet takeover of Western Europe, the Near East,... | 2.5625 | 0 |
7062377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath%20of%20World%20War%20II | Aftermath of World War II | The U.S. sought to promote an economically strong and politically united Western Europe to counter the threat posed by the Soviet Union. This was done openly using tools such as the European Recovery Program, which encouraged European economic integration. The International Authority for the Ruhr, designed to keep Germ... | 2.359375 | 0 |
7062377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath%20of%20World%20War%20II | Aftermath of World War II | In Asia, the surrender of Japanese forces was complicated by the split between East and West as well as by the movement toward national self-determination in European colonial territories.
India
Decisions to decolonize British India led to an agreement to partition the country along religious lines into two independ... | 2.984375 | 0 |
7062377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath%20of%20World%20War%20II | Aftermath of World War II | During WWII, the Vichy French aligned colonial authorities cooperated with the Japanese invaders. The communist-controlled common front Viet Minh (supported by the Allies) was formed among the Vietnamese in the colony in 1941 to fight for the independence of Vietnam, against both the Japanese and prewar French powers. ... | 2.90625 | 0 |
7062377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath%20of%20World%20War%20II | Aftermath of World War II | British covert operations in the Baltic States, which began in 1944 against the Nazis, escalated following the war. In Operation Jungle, the Secret Intelligence Service (known as MI6) recruited and trained Estonians, Latvians, and Lithuanians for the clandestine work in the Baltic states between 1948 and 1955. Leaders ... | 2.46875 | 0 |
7062377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath%20of%20World%20War%20II | Aftermath of World War II | When the divisions of postwar Europe began to emerge, the war crimes programmes and denazification policies of Britain and the United States were relaxed in favour of recruiting German scientists, especially nuclear and long-range rocket scientists. Many of these, prior to their capture, had worked on developing the Ge... | 2.59375 | 0 |
7062377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath%20of%20World%20War%20II | Aftermath of World War II | The Soviets began Operation Osoaviakhim in 1946. NKVD and Soviet army units effectively deported thousands of military-related technical specialists from the Soviet occupation zone of post-war Germany to the Soviet Union. The Soviets used 92 trains to transport the specialists and their families, an estimated 10,000–15... | 2.46875 | 0 |
7062377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftermath%20of%20World%20War%20II | Aftermath of World War II | League of Nations mandate, mostly territories that had changed hands in World War I, became United Nations trust territories. South West Africa, an exception, was still governed under terms of the original mandate. As the successor body to the League, the UN still assumed a supervisory role over the territory. The Free... | 2.90625 | 0 |
7062385 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangmere | Tangmere | Tangmere is a village, civil parish, and electoral ward in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. Located three miles (5 km) north east of Chichester, it is twinned with Hermanville-sur-Mer in Lower Normandy, France.
The parish has a land area of 467.3 hectares (1,154 acres). In the 2001 census 2,462 people ... | 1.960938 | 0 |
7062385 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangmere | Tangmere | The first and worst enemy raid on the station came on 16 August 1940, when 100 Junkers Stuka dive bombers caused extensive damage to buildings and aircraft on the ground. Fourteen service people and six civilians were killed. Throughout the war the station was also a secret base for the Special Operations Executive (SO... | 2.125 | 0 |
7062418 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errol%20%C3%89tienne | Errol Étienne | While he worked in numerous mediums, his work as a water colorist was considered world-class. During the last 20 years of his life, his technique never varied. Subject matter was drawn primarily from his visual interpretation of nature (fish, flowers and panoramas) using bold colors. Watercolors were created exclusivel... | 2.53125 | 0 |
7062430 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/122%20mm%20howitzer%20M1909/37 | 122 mm howitzer M1909/37 | 122 mm howitzer M1909/37 () was a Soviet 121.92 mm (4.8 inch) howitzer, a modernization of World War I era 122 mm howitzer M1909. The gun saw combat in the German-Soviet War.
Development and production history
The gun resulted from a modernization of the Russian 122 mm howitzer M1909, initially developed by Krupp. ... | 2.1875 | 0 |
7062441 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crnojevi%C4%87%20printing%20house | Crnojević printing house | The Crnojević printing house () or Cetinje printing house (), was the first printing house in Southeastern Europe; the facility operated between 1493 and 1496 in Cetinje, Zeta (modern Montenegro).
It was founded by Đurađ Crnojević, the ruler of Zeta between 1490 and 1496. The printing press was operated by Serbian Ort... | 2.40625 | 0 |
7062443 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil%20burner | Oil burner | An oil burner is a heating device which burns #1, #2 and #6 heating oils, diesel fuel or other similar fuels. In the United States, ultra low sulfur #2 diesel is the common fuel used. It is dyed red to show that it is road-tax exempt. In most markets of the United States, heating oil is the same specification of fuel a... | 2.453125 | 0 |
7062443 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil%20burner | Oil burner | If an oil burner wears out, it can usually be upgraded and replaced with a more efficient modern burner. If the heat exchanger wears out, a new furnace is required. Oil furnaces can last decades if maintained regularly ensuring the heat exchanger is vacuumed out and cleaned. Oil burners deposit soot in the heat exchang... | 2.28125 | 0 |
7062443 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil%20burner | Oil burner | Oil-fired burners are fitted with a safety mechanism to confirm proper ignition. The terms "primary control", "safety control", "cad cell control", "master control", and "fire-eye control" are variously used to describe a light dependent resistor (LDR) which detects the flame whose value changes by the amount of light ... | 2.546875 | 0 |
7062457 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne-Gaspard%20Robert | Étienne-Gaspard Robert | Robert developed a phantasmagoria show based around his projection system and the use of other effects and techniques. Robert scripted scenes that involved actors and ventriloquism alongside his projections, creating a convincing impression of the appearance of ghosts. Robert used several projection devices in a varie... | 2.640625 | 0 |
7062457 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne-Gaspard%20Robert | Étienne-Gaspard Robert | The shows began with the audience being shown optical illusions and trompe-l'œil effects on their way to the showroom. Inside the candlelit room the audience would be seated as audio effects emulate the sound of wind and thunder and an unseen glass harmonica plays unsettling music. Robert would then enter the room an... | 2.515625 | 0 |
7062457 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tienne-Gaspard%20Robert | Étienne-Gaspard Robert | Nevertheless, close examination of the results shows, that many of them contradict with laws of physics, which were already known at the time of the flights. Prof. L.W. Gilbert discussed the results published by Robert in his Annalen der Physik. and showed why Robert was wrong. For example, Robert claimed, that a sprin... | 2 | 0 |
7062469 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthquake%20scenario | Earthquake scenario | Earthquake scenario is a planning tool to determine the appropriate emergency responses or building systems in areas exposed to earthquake hazards. It uses the basics of seismic hazard studies, but usually places a set earthquake on a specific fault, most likely near a high-population area. Most scenarios relate dire... | 2.78125 | 0 |
7062509 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosignal | Biosignal | A biosignal is any signal in living beings that can be continually measured and monitored. The term biosignal is often used to refer to bioelectrical signals, but it may refer to both electrical and non-electrical signals. The usual understanding is to refer only to time-varying signals, although spatial parameter vari... | 3.09375 | 0 |
7062643 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil%20burner%20%28engine%29 | Oil burner (engine) | An oil burner engine is a steam engine that uses oil as its fuel. The term is usually applied to a locomotive or ship engine that burns oil to heat water, to produce the steam which drives the pistons, or turbines, from which the power is derived.
This is mechanically very different from diesel engines, which use inte... | 2.78125 | 0 |
7062652 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa%20Ludovisi | Villa Ludovisi | The Villa Ludovisi was a suburban villa in Rome, built in the 17th century on the area once occupied by the Gardens of Sallust (Horti Sallustiani) near the Porta Salaria. On an assemblage of vineyards purchased from Giovanni Antonio Orsini, Cardinal Francesco Maria Del Monte and others, Cardinal Ludovico Ludovisi erect... | 1.953125 | 0 |
7062719 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aduard | Aduard | Aduard (; ) is a village in the municipality of Westerkwartier, in the Netherlands. It is located about 8 km northwest of Groningen. As of 1 January 2023, it had a population of 2,095.
The history of Aduard dates back to the foundation in 1192 of the Cistercian Aduard Abbey, where famous early Humanists like Rodolphu... | 2.265625 | 0 |
7062738 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001%20Avjet%20Gulfstream%20III%20crash | 2001 Avjet Gulfstream III crash | On March 29, 2001, a chartered Gulfstream III business jet operated by Avjet from Los Angeles, California, to Aspen, Colorado, crashed into the ground while on final approach. All three crew members and 15 passengers on board perished.
The subsequent investigation by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) con... | 2 | 0 |
7062765 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelis%20Nay | Cornelis Nay | Cornelis Corneliszoon Nay was a Dutch navigator and explorer who attempted to discover the Northeast Passage from Europe to the Far East. He came from Enkhuizen in the Netherlands.
In June 1594, he set out from the Dutch island of Texel with a small fleet consisting of three ships and a fishing sloop to discover the N... | 2.78125 | 0 |
7062805 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple%20epiphyseal%20dysplasia | Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia | Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia (MED), also known as Fairbank's disease, is a rare genetic disorder (dominant form: 1 in 10,000 births) that affects the growing ends of bones. Long bones normally elongate by expansion of cartilage in the growth plate (epiphyseal plate) near their ends. As it expands outward from the grow... | 2.984375 | 0 |
7062805 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple%20epiphyseal%20dysplasia | Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia | Since 2003, the European Skeletal Dysplasia Network has used an online system to diagnose cases referred to the network before mutation analysis to study the mutations causing PSACH or MED.
COL9A1, COL9A2, COL9A3 are genes coding for collagen type IX, that is a component of hyaline cartilage. MATN3 protein may play a ... | 2.234375 | 0 |
7062805 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple%20epiphyseal%20dysplasia | Multiple epiphyseal dysplasia | In 2007, Piròg-Garcia's group generated another mouse model carrying a mutation previously found in a human patient. With this new model, they were able to demonstrate that reduced cell proliferation and increased apoptosis are significant pathological mechanisms involved in MED and PSACH. In 2010, this mouse model all... | 2.34375 | 0 |
7062854 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moses%20H.%20Grinnell | Moses H. Grinnell | Moses Hicks Grinnell (March 3, 1803 – November 24, 1877) was a shipper and businessman. He became a United States Congressman representing New York, and a Commissioner of New York City's Central Park.
Early life
Grinnell was born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, on March 3, 1803. He was the son of Cornelius Grinnell (1... | 2.0625 | 0 |
7062870 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T.%20C.%20Worsley | T. C. Worsley | Thomas Cuthbert Worsley (10 December 1907 – 23 February 1977) was a British teacher, writer, editor, and theatre and television critic. He is best remembered for his autobiographical book Flannelled Fool: A Slice of a Life in the Thirties.
Biography
Cuthbert Worsley was born on 10 December 1907 in Durham, the son of a... | 2.015625 | 0 |
7062871 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assam%20Accord | Assam Accord | The Assam Accord was a Memorandum of Settlement (MoS) signed between representatives of the Government of India and the leaders of the Assam Movement. It was signed in the presence of the then-Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi in New Delhi on 15 August 1985. Later, the Citizenship Act was amended for the first time the follo... | 3 | 0 |
7062917 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel%20Fairbanks | Mabel Fairbanks | Mabel Fairbanks (November 14, 1915 – September 29, 2001) was an American figure skater and coach. As an African American and Native American woman she paved the way for other minorities to compete in the sport of figure skating such as Tai Babilonia, Debi Thomas, and Naomi Lang. She was inducted into the US Figure Skat... | 2.828125 | 0 |
7062917 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel%20Fairbanks | Mabel Fairbanks | In the 1930s, Fairbanks, due to her race, was denied access to the local rink by the cashier but she kept returning until the manager admitted her. Maribel Vinson Owen and Howard Nicholson provided her with technical advice. Fairbanks was not allowed to compete in the national qualifying event for the Olympics or any c... | 2.078125 | 0 |
7062936 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almkerk | Almkerk | Almkerk is a village in the municipality of Altena, in the Netherlands. It is located about 7 km south of Gorinchem.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1292 as Almekercke, and means "church on the Alm river". The Alm used to be a distributary of the Meuse. The mouth of river had been dammed before 1230 in Gie... | 1.976563 | 0 |
7062949 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o%20F%C3%A9lix%20Hill | São Félix Hill | São Félix Hill or Mount São Félix, Monte de São Félix in Portuguese, is the highest hill in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, as measured by the height above sea level of its summit, .
São Félix is the north of the two hills east of the city, the other being Cividade Hill. São Félix is located in the civil parish of Laundos,... | 2.4375 | 0 |
7062964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draper%20Kauffman | Draper Kauffman | Rear Admiral Draper Laurence Kauffman (4 August 1911 – 18 August 1979) was an American underwater demolition expert, who served during the 1960s as 44th Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy. During World War II, he organized the first U.S. Navy Combat Demolition Units from which the SEALs and Navy Explosiv... | 2.328125 | 0 |
7062964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Draper%20Kauffman | Draper Kauffman | In January 1942, he was assigned the task of organizing a U.S. Naval Bomb Disposal School at the Washington Navy Yard. This school is one of the forefathers to the Explosive Ordnance Disposal School (NAVSCOLEOD) at the Kauffman Training Facility at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, which is managed by the Navy and staffed... | 2.6875 | 0 |
7063125 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Wainwright%20%28CG-28%29 | USS Wainwright (CG-28) | USS Wainwright (DLG/CG-28), a destroyer leader, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for members of the Wainwright family; specifically, Commander Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright, his son, Master Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright Jr., and his cousin, Commander Richard Wainwright, as well as Rear Admiral Richar... | 2.09375 | 0 |
7063125 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Wainwright%20%28CG-28%29 | USS Wainwright (CG-28) | On 6 January 1967, Wainwright got underway for Boston and post-shakedown availability. She concluded that repair period and headed back to Charleston on 15 March. Following local operations there, the guided missile destroyer embarked upon her first deployment to the western Pacific on 10 April. She transited the Panam... | 2.25 | 0 |
7063125 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Wainwright%20%28CG-28%29 | USS Wainwright (CG-28) | The guided missile destroyer ended 1967 and began 1968 at Charleston. On 19 January 1968, she exited her home port and headed for Newport, Rhode Island, where she served as school ship for the Destroyer School from 21 January to 3 February before returning to Charleston on 5 February. Her operations from her home port,... | 2.09375 | 0 |
7063125 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Wainwright%20%28CG-28%29 | USS Wainwright (CG-28) | On 16 February 1970, the ship returned to operational status. Training off the Florida coast followed by more of the same off the Virginia Capes occupied her until mid-March. After three days in Charleston, Wainwright got underway for gunnery and missile shoots on the Atlantic Fleet weapons range near Puerto Rico. Refr... | 2.265625 | 0 |
7063125 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Wainwright%20%28CG-28%29 | USS Wainwright (CG-28) | After a final two-day stop at Subic Bay, Wainwright began the long voyage back to Charleston which took her through the Indian Ocean, around the Cape of Good Hope, and across the southern Atlantic to complete her first circumnavigation of the globe. Along the way, she made a series of calls at African and South America... | 2.140625 | 0 |
7063125 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Wainwright%20%28CG-28%29 | USS Wainwright (CG-28) | Upon completion of a 59-day post-deployment stand-down, Wainwright resumed operations early in June as a unit of the Atlantic Fleet Cruiser-Destroyer Force. She spent much of June in the Caribbean Sea undergoing gunnery and missile training and returned to Charleston on 19 June. Four days later, work began on the insta... | 2.328125 | 0 |
7063125 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Wainwright%20%28CG-28%29 | USS Wainwright (CG-28) | Upon completing those exercises, she headed for the southern coast of France, arriving in Marseille on 17 January for a two-day visit. More AAW exercises followed, as did port visits to Palma de Mallorca, Málaga, and Genoa. On 17 February, she departed Genoa in company with the Italian cruiser Vittorio Veneto to partic... | 2.375 | 0 |
7063125 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Wainwright%20%28CG-28%29 | USS Wainwright (CG-28) | Wainwright completed sea trials, the final phase of overhaul, between 10 and 14 June 1974 and officially rejoined the Atlantic Fleet on 20 June at the Charleston Naval Station. For the remainder of the year, the warship was busy with refresher training, a myriad of tests, qualifications, inspections, and evaluations, a... | 2.265625 | 0 |
7063125 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Wainwright%20%28CG-28%29 | USS Wainwright (CG-28) | The battle, the largest for American surface forces since World War II, sank two Iranian warships and as many as six armed speedboats. It also marked the first surface-to-surface missile engagement in U.S. Navy history.
The attack by the U.S. helped pressure Iran to agree to a ceasefire with Iraq later that summer, en... | 2.3125 | 0 |
7063216 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top%20Skater | Top Skater | Top Skater is an arcade skateboarding sports video game released by Sega in 1997, and built on the Sega Model 2 hardware. It was one of the first arcade games to feature a skateboard controller interface. The game was directed by Kenji Kanno.
In Top Skater, players stand on a skateboard-like platform which swung side-... | 2.15625 | 0 |
7063291 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockey%20card | Hockey card | A hockey card is a type of trading card typically printed on some sort of card stock, featuring one or more ice hockey players or other hockey-related theme and are typically found in countries such as Canada, the United States, Finland and Sweden where hockey is a popular sport and there are professional leagues. The ... | 2.5 | 0 |
7063324 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%20Earp | Newton Earp | Newton Jasper Earp (October 7, 1837 – December 18, 1928) was an American pioneer born in Kentucky in 1837.
He was the eldest child of Nicholas Porter Earp and Abigail Storm. He was the half-brother of Old West lawmen Wyatt, Virgil, and Morgan Earp.
He was in the Union army during the Civil War, serving as a part of ... | 2.03125 | 0 |
7063487 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Bed%20of%20Nails%20%28Yes%20Minister%29 | The Bed of Nails (Yes Minister) | The episode is often credited in the UK professional community as being the source of the term 'integrated transport'. A 'Commission for Integrated Transport' was established in 1998 "to provide independent advice to Government on the implementation of integrated transport policy, to monitor developments across transpo... | 2.109375 | 0 |
7063495 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mander%20family | Mander family | The Mander family has held for over 200 years a prominent position in the Midland counties of England, both in the family business and public life.
In the early Industrial Revolution, the Mander family entered the vanguard of the expansion of Wolverhampton, on the edge of the largest manufacturing conurbation in the Br... | 2.296875 | 0 |
7063495 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mander%20family | Mander family | (Samuel) Theodore Mander (1853–1900), paint and varnish manufacturer, public servant and philanthropist, was the eldest of seven children of Samuel Small Mander. He was educated at London and Berlin Universities, and at Clare College, Cambridge. He entered the partnership of Mander Brothers with his first cousin Charle... | 2.140625 | 0 |
7063495 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mander%20family | Mander family | Sir Geoffrey Le Mesurier Mander (1882–1962), was the eldest son of (Samuel) Theodore Mander, the builder of Wightwick Manor. He was a Midland industrialist and chairman of Mander Brothers, an art collector and radical parliamentarian. He was the Member of Parliament for Wolverhampton East from May 1929 until he lost hi... | 1.992188 | 0 |
7063495 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mander%20family | Mander family | Miles Mander (1888–1946), younger brother of Geoffrey, broke away from the mould of public service and industry, and became a well-known character actor of the Hollywood cinema of the 1930s and 1940s, and film director, playwright and novelist. He was an early aviator and racing car enthusiast, who spent his 20s in New... | 2.15625 | 0 |
7063615 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonthi%20Boonyaratglin | Sonthi Boonyaratglin | He also suggested that the term in office of village heads and kamnan be increased from 5 years to 10 years, while the role of elected tambon administrative organisations be reduced.
Relations with Singapore
In 2006, Thaksin Shinawatra sold his shares in telecom firm Shin Corp to Temasek Holdings. The sale also trans... | 1.96875 | 0 |
7063693 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Mosberg | Samuel Mosberg | Olympic gold medalist, 1920
Mosberg did not perform well enough in the Olympic trials in Boston to be placed on the two-person American lightweight boxing team, but was picked as an alternate and sailed to the Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium in August 1920. He was selected for the team when he defeated a higher-ranking te... | 2.4375 | 0 |
7063693 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Mosberg | Samuel Mosberg | In his first professional match, on December 7, 1920, Mosberg defeated Frank Cassidy, in a close ten-round newspaper decision of the Philadelphia Record at the Fourth Regiment Armory in New Jersey. Other newspapers wrote that Mosberg had clearly won on points scoring, but admitted the bout was close. Cassidy had the st... | 2.203125 | 0 |
7063693 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Mosberg | Samuel Mosberg | On December 26, 1921, Mosberg lost to fellow Jewish boxer Harry "Kid" Brown in a close eight-round newspaper decision of three Philadelphia newspapers before a partisan crowd at the Olympic Athletic Club in Philadelphia. Brown, a native Philadelphian, was a formidable opponent with a powerful punch, an enviable record,... | 2.125 | 0 |
7063693 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Mosberg | Samuel Mosberg | Eddie Fitzsimmons, June 1922
On June 26, 1922, Mosberg was knocked out a few seconds into the first round by southpaw Eddie Fitzsimmons in an important twelve-round, semi-final match before a huge crowd of 20,000 at New York's Bronx Velodrome. Fitzsimmons was an unusually powerful lightweight, with over 50% of his wins... | 2.0625 | 0 |
7063727 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shri%20Venkateswara%20%28Balaji%29%20Temple | Shri Venkateswara (Balaji) Temple | The Shri Venkateswara (Balaji) Temple () is a large functioning Hindu temple in the United Kingdom, Europe. It is dedicated in the Vaishnava tradition to a form of the supreme Hindu god Maha Vishnu, who is believed to be the preserver and protector of the universe. The temple is located in Tividale, West Midlands, Engl... | 2.4375 | 0 |
7063813 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tract%20index | Tract index | A tract index is a document which summarizes real property transactions in certain U.S. states and may be available in the offices of Recorder of deeds.
Layout and content
The information is organized by section, with a section relating to one square mile. Each section is presented in a two-page representation, usua... | 2.609375 | 0 |
7063882 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road%20Traffic%20Act%201930 | Road Traffic Act 1930 | The Road Traffic Act 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 43) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom introduced by the Minister of Transport Herbert Morrison.
Context
The last major legislation on road traffic was the Motor Car Act 1903. Amendments had been discussed in 1905, 1911, 1913 and 1914 as the Motor Car Act (1... | 2.703125 | 0 |
7063886 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Mallin | Harry Mallin | Henry William Mallin (1 June 1892 – 8 November 1969) was an English middleweight amateur boxer. He came originally from Hackney Wick, his younger brother was the Olympic boxer Fred Mallin. He lived in Dartmouth Park, North London and was a police officer with the Metropolitan Police.
Boxing career
Mallin was Amateur B... | 1.914063 | 0 |
7063916 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20U.S.%20hardwood%20forests | Central U.S. hardwood forests | The central U.S. hardwood forests comprise a temperate broadleaf and mixed forests ecoregion in the Eastern United States, as defined by the World Wildlife Fund. It has one of the most diverse herbaceous plant floras of ecoregions in North America.
Setting
This is a large region, mainly of rolling plain except for th... | 2.6875 | 0 |
7063916 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20U.S.%20hardwood%20forests | Central U.S. hardwood forests | Today there is very little intact habitat in this ecoregion, with a reduction of bottomland hardwood forests by 70–95%, and only 0.02 percent of the original oak savannas remain. Although much of the area is forested, these forests tend to be highly fragmented and significantly altered by development, agriculture, and... | 2.671875 | 0 |
7063965 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aponogeton%20crispus | Aponogeton crispus | Aponogeton crispus, the crinkled aponogeton or ruffled sword plant, is an aquatic plant species in the family Aponogetonaceae.
Description
It is a seasonally submerged aquatic plant with a round rhizome 2–3 cm and up to 5 cm in diameter. The leaves are light green to olive green-brown, 8 – 14 inches (20–35 cm) long a... | 2.671875 | 0 |
7063965 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aponogeton%20crispus | Aponogeton crispus | It prefers moderate to bright lighting from above, and will tolerate a wide temperature range, c. 15 – 32C. It does better planted in an established aquarium because of its liking for a nutrient rich environment. When these conditions are met a mass of leaves will be formed and flowering will often occur. It doesn't no... | 2.875 | 0 |
7063977 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%20Kent%20Road%20Car%20Company | East Kent Road Car Company | During the Second World War, East Kent vehicles were regular targets for enemy aircraft and their long-range guns, from across the Channel on the French coast, after the fall of France. To try to combat this, the cream-coloured roofs of the buses were repainted grey to help make them less visible. The company experienc... | 2.09375 | 0 |
7064125 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Thai%20coup%20d%27%C3%A9tat | 2006 Thai coup d'état | The 2006 Thai coup d'état took place on 19 September 2006, when the Royal Thai Army staged a coup d'état against the elected caretaker government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra. The coup d'état, which was Thailand's first non-constitutional change of government in fifteen years since the 1991 Thai coup d'état, fo... | 1.945313 | 0 |
7064125 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Thai%20coup%20d%27%C3%A9tat | 2006 Thai coup d'état | The Nation noted that the timing of the coup contains many instances of the number nine, a highly auspicious number in Thai numerology. The coup occurred at the 19th day of the 9th month of Buddhist Era 2549. Coup leader Sonthi Boonyaratglin made a major public announcement on the morning after the coup at 9.39 am. Th... | 2.09375 | 0 |
7064125 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Thai%20coup%20d%27%C3%A9tat | 2006 Thai coup d'état | The junta established a committee empowered to investigate any projects or acts by members of the Thaksin government and others who were suspected of any irregularities, including personal tax evasion. The committee, chaired by Nam Yimyaem, had the authority to freeze the assets of members and families of the Thaksin ... | 2.1875 | 0 |
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