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9180009 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%20Route%2041%20in%20Illinois | U.S. Route 41 in Illinois | U.S. Route 41 (US 41) in the U.S. state of Illinois runs north from the Indiana border beneath the Chicago Skyway on Indianapolis Boulevard to the Wisconsin border north of the northern terminus of the Tri-State Tollway with Interstate 94. It is the only north–south U.S. Route to travel through a significant portion of... | 2.046875 | 0 |
9180009 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%20Route%2041%20in%20Illinois | U.S. Route 41 in Illinois | US 41 is named Skokie Boulevard through Skokie, then its name changes to Skokie Valley Road north of Skokie. Traveling north, it joins I-94 (Edens Expressway) westbound just north of the Old Orchard Shopping Center; they split a few miles north when US 41 becomes the Skokie Highway. The highway serves as a major north–... | 2.25 | 0 |
9180013 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geophysical%20Fluid%20Dynamics%20Laboratory%20Coupled%20Model | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Coupled Model | Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Coupled Model (GFDL CM2.5) is a coupled atmosphere–ocean general circulation model (AOGCM) developed at the NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory in the United States. It is one of the leading climate models used in the Fourth Assessment Report of the IPCC, along with models d... | 2.25 | 0 |
9180020 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/They%20Shoot%20Horses%2C%20Don%27t%20They%3F%20%28novel%29 | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (novel) | They Shoot Horses, Don't They? is a novel written by Horace McCoy and first published in 1935. The story mainly concerns a dance marathon during the Great Depression. It was adapted into Sydney Pollack's 1969 film of the same name.
Plot
The story follows the narrator, Robert Syverten, a naive young man in Hollywood w... | 2.328125 | 0 |
9180071 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry%20Poteet | Jerry Poteet | Jerry Poteet (November 29, 1936 – January 15, 2012) was an American martial arts instructor, recognized for his teachings in the art of Jeet Kune Do as an original Bruce Lee student.
Biography
Poteet began his martial arts career in Kenpo, and became a brown belt under the Kenpo instructor Ed Parker. Poteet also trai... | 1.921875 | 0 |
9180146 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20McMillan%20%28fur%20trader%29 | James McMillan (fur trader) | James McMillan (August 1783–26 January 1858) was a fur trader and explorer for the North West Company and Hudson's Bay Company. He led some of the earliest surveys of the lower Fraser River and founded Fort Langley for the HBC in 1827, and was its first Chief Trader.
Early life and first Fraser River expedition
Born i... | 2 | 0 |
9180146 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20McMillan%20%28fur%20trader%29 | James McMillan (fur trader) | On June 27, 1827, McMillan was again dispatched north from the Columbia River by Simpson, this time to establish a Hudson's Bay Company presence on the lower Fraser River. After leaving Fort Vancouver, McMillan, his 25-man party and two small boats arrived at Port Orchard on Puget Sound on July 4. There they camped, aw... | 2.6875 | 0 |
9180174 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20gay%20icons | List of gay icons | Diana, Princess of Wales
Highly regarded by the LGBT community due to her work with gay men suffering from AIDS, Diana, Princess of Wales, is considered to be a gay icon. The hardships she faced during her life within the British royal family and her struggles with bulimia have been cited as factors to which members o... | 2.046875 | 0 |
9180174 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20gay%20icons | List of gay icons | Elton John
Sir Elton Hercules John, famously known as Elton John, is perhaps one of the most famous, publicly queer musicians of all time. During 1976, he announced publicly that he was bisexual and remained open about his sexuality to present day, happily married to his husband David Furnish since 2014. Aside from hi... | 2.015625 | 0 |
9180200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence%20H.%20Haring | Clarence H. Haring | Clarence Henry Haring (February 9, 1885, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania – September 4, 1960, in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American historian of Latin America and a pioneer in initiating the study of Latin American colonial institutions among scholars in the United States.
Early life and education
The son of a bu... | 2.640625 | 0 |
9180200 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarence%20H.%20Haring | Clarence H. Haring | In 1923, Harvard University appointed him the Robert Woods Bliss Professor of Latin American History, named after a U.S. ambassador to Argentina prior to World War I; Haring held the post until he retired from Harvard thirty years later in 1953. While at Harvard, he played a key role in the newly emerging field of Lat... | 2.203125 | 0 |
9180206 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Mackenzie%20%28ophthalmologist%29 | William Mackenzie (ophthalmologist) | William Mackenzie (25th April 1791 – 30th July 1868) was a Scottish ophthalmologist. He wrote Practical Treatise of the Diseases of the Eye, one of the first British textbooks of ophthalmology.
Life
Mackenzie was born in Queen Street, Glasgow, and studied medicine at the University of Glasgow and the Glasgow Royal In... | 2.109375 | 0 |
9180223 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Phantom%20Public | The Phantom Public | The Phantom Public is a book published in 1925 by journalist Walter Lippmann in which he expresses his lack of faith in the democratic system by arguing that the public exists merely as an illusion, myth, and inevitably a phantom. As Carl Bybee wrote, "For Lippmann the public was a theoretical fiction and government wa... | 2.0625 | 0 |
9180223 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Phantom%20Public | The Phantom Public | Against the idealizations and obfuscations, Lippmann posits that society is made up of two types of people: agents and bystanders (also referred to as insiders and outsiders). The agent is someone who can act "executively" on the basis of his own opinions to address the substance of an issue, and the bystander is the p... | 1.914063 | 0 |
9180223 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Phantom%20Public | The Phantom Public | According to Lippmann, however, the public has one specific role and one particular capacity, to intervene during a moment of social disturbance or "a crisis of maladjustment.... It is the function of public opinion to check the use of force" (74) by using its own force. Public opinion responds to failures in the admin... | 2.296875 | 0 |
9180267 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gegepterus | Gegepterus | Gegepterus is a genus of ctenochasmatid pterosaur from the Early Cretaceous period of what is now the Yixian Formation of Liaoning, China. Only one species is known, G. changi.
History and etymology
The genus was named in 2007 by Wang Xiaolin, Alexander Kellner, Zhou Zhonge and Diogenes de Almeida Campos. The type spe... | 2.125 | 0 |
9180313 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalgamated%20Housing%20Cooperative | Amalgamated Housing Cooperative | The Amalgamated Housing Cooperative is a limited-equity cooperative in New York City. Organized by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers (ACW), a Manhattan-based socialist labor union, the co-op's original cluster of Tudor-style buildings was erected at the southern edge of Van Cortlandt Park in 1927. Additional buildings w... | 2.3125 | 0 |
9180313 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalgamated%20Housing%20Cooperative | Amalgamated Housing Cooperative | In the 1920s, Abraham Kazan served as president of the ACW's cooperative credit union. The son of Jewish immigrants from Russia, Kazan had grown up on the Lower East Side. An ambitious labor activist, he sought to apply a version of the Rochdale principles to the urgent need for affordable housing in New York City. Alo... | 2.3125 | 0 |
9180313 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalgamated%20Housing%20Cooperative | Amalgamated Housing Cooperative | The Amalgamated Co-op was the first housing complex in the United States founded under limited equity rules—a model that would ultimately be used to develop more than 40,000 units of affordable, owner-occupied and self-governing apartment co-ops in Greater New York. The original buildings were designed by an architectu... | 2.484375 | 0 |
9180406 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varsity%20View%2C%20Saskatoon | Varsity View, Saskatoon | Varsity View is a mostly residential neighbourhood located near central Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. It is immediately south of the University of Saskatchewan campus. It is an older suburban subdivision, comprising a mixture of low-density, single detached dwellings, detached duplexes and apartment-style units. As ... | 2.15625 | 0 |
9180525 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daud%20Beureueh | Daud Beureueh | Teungku Mohammad Daud Beureueh (17 September 1899 – 10 June 1987) was an Indonesian military Governor of Aceh (1945–1953) and leader of the Darul Islam rebellion in the province (1953–1963).
Born in the Keumangan chiefdom of Pidie regency, he began in 1930 to champion a more modern form of Islamic school and became a ... | 2.296875 | 0 |
9180525 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daud%20Beureueh | Daud Beureueh | His consistency towards the enforcement of Islamic law started from the da'wah in his youth, until the beginning of the revolution. On one occasion with Teuku Nyak Arief, he gave the view that Indonesia should be based on Islam. However, Teuku Nyak Arief refused, explaining the diversity that existed in the forerunner ... | 2.203125 | 0 |
9180566 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand%20boil | Sand boil | Sand boils, sand volcanoes, or sand blows occur when water under pressure wells up through a bed of sand. The water looks like it is boiling up from the bed of sand, hence the name.
Sand volcano
A sand volcano or sand blow is a cone of sand formed by the ejection of sand onto a surface from a central point. The sand... | 3.078125 | 0 |
9180566 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sand%20boil | Sand boil | Flood protection structures
Sand boils can be a mechanism contributing to liquefaction and levee failure during floods. Boil refers to the visible "boiling" movement of coarse sand grains retained in the hole even as finer particles (silts and fine sands) are carried out and deposited on the apron around the boil hole.... | 3.109375 | 0 |
9180739 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemisia%20afra | Artemisia afra | Artemisia afra, the African wormwood, is a common species of the genus Artemisia in Africa, with a wide distribution from South Africa, to areas reaching to the North and East, as far north as Ethiopia.
Description
Artemisia afra grows in clumps, with ridged, woody stems, reaching from 0.5 meters to 2 meters in heigh... | 2.578125 | 0 |
9180881 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Nancy | Battle of Nancy | The Battle of Nancy was the final and decisive battle of the Burgundian Wars, fought outside the walls of Nancy on 5 January 1477 by Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, against René II, Duke of Lorraine, and the Swiss Confederacy.
René's forces won the battle, and Charles' mutilated body was found two days later.
Bac... | 2.4375 | 0 |
9180881 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Nancy | Battle of Nancy | After a march lasting some two hours, the center force emerged from the wooded slopes slightly to the rear of the Burgundian position and formed up in a wedge formation. The early notes of the Swiss horns sounded three times, and the Swiss charged downhill into the Burgundian positions. The artillery attempted to retra... | 2.46875 | 0 |
9180881 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Nancy | Battle of Nancy | Commemoration
René II built the church of Notre-Dame-de-Bonsecours on the site of the battle, and the Church of Saint-François-des-Cordeliers in Nancy itself. He furthermore built the basilica of Saint-Nicolas-de-Port to recognize the help of St. Nicholas in the battle. The city adopted the motto of non inultus premor ... | 2.921875 | 0 |
9180885 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska%20Press%20Ass%27n%20v.%20Stuart | Nebraska Press Ass'n v. Stuart | The attorney for the defendant, in addition to the prosecutor handling the case, requested the state court system in Nebraska reduce the intensity of the reporting on the incident due to a concern over neutral jury selection. Simants had given law enforcement a confession during the course of the case. After the reques... | 1.914063 | 0 |
9181014 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SV%20Saar%2005%20Saarbr%C3%BCcken | SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken | After World War II occupying Allied authorities ordered the dissolution of all organizations in Germany, including sports and football associations. In late 1945 the club was re-established as SV Saarbrücken, becoming SV Saar Saarbrücken in 1949, and SV Saar 05 Saarbrücken in 1951. In post-war football the club played ... | 2.265625 | 0 |
9181168 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith%20Ogden%20Harrison | Edith Ogden Harrison | Edith Ogden Harrison (16 November 1862 – 22 May 1955) was a writer of children's books and fairy tales in the early decades of the 20th century. She was the wife of Carter Harrison, Jr., five-term mayor of Chicago.
Biography
Edith Ogden was born to Judge Robert N. Ogden, Jr. and Sarah L Beattie, and raised in New Orle... | 2.359375 | 0 |
9181171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Mellor%20%28designer%29 | David Mellor (designer) | David Rogerson Mellor (5 October 1930 – 7 May 2009) was an English designer, manufacturer, craftsman and retailer.
Regarded as one of the best-known designers in Britain, Mellor specialised in metalwork and especially cutlery. He also produced many other designs, including for bus shelters and the traffic light syste... | 2.03125 | 0 |
9181194 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm%20Kilduff | Malcolm Kilduff | Malcolm MacGregor "Mac" Kilduff Jr. (September 26, 1927 – March 3, 2003) was an American journalist, best known for making the public announcement of the death of U.S. President John F. Kennedy.
Mac Kilduff was Kennedy's assistant White House Press Secretary, and the ranking press secretary on Kennedy's November 1963... | 1.992188 | 0 |
9181207 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctostaphylos%20manzanita | Arctostaphylos manzanita | One of many species of manzanita, Arctostaphylos manzanita has the common names common manzanita and whiteleaf manzanita.
Arctostaphylos manzanita is endemic to California, where it can be found in the Coast Ranges and Sierra Nevada foothills. It is common on chaparral slopes and low-elevation coniferous forest ecosys... | 2.75 | 0 |
9181326 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent%20Death | Silent Death | Silent Death is a miniatures space battle game by Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE), based on the Star Strike sourcebook to the Spacemaster role-playing game, but with vastly simplified mechanics. In particular, combat is fast and lethal, and so chances of crewman death or ship destruction are frighteningly high in a singl... | 2.09375 | 0 |
9181362 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Guelph | University of Guelph | The University of Guelph (abbreviated U of G) is a comprehensive public research university in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. It was established in 1964 after the amalgamation of Ontario Agricultural College (1874), the MacDonald Institute (1903), and the Ontario Veterinary College (1922), and has since grown to an instituti... | 2.09375 | 0 |
9181362 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Guelph | University of Guelph | The Science Complex opened for the 2007/2008 academic year. It is the largest integrated science teaching and research facility in North America. This facility houses 150 faculty and 4500 students, and centralizes physical, biological and computational sciences. A new and improved building consisted of Pathobiology and... | 2.484375 | 0 |
9181362 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Guelph | University of Guelph | In the Canadian University Report by The Globe and Mail, Guelph was ranked in the top 3 in 15 of 19 categories among medium-sized universities. This included the top spot in course registration, academic counselling, student residences, information technology, campus atmosphere, environmental commitment and work-play b... | 2.25 | 0 |
9181362 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Guelph | University of Guelph | Athletics
The university is represented in the Ontario University Athletics and the Canadian Interuniversity Sport by the Guelph Gryphons. The school colors are red, black and yellow or gold. UofG's mascot is a Gryphon named Gryph. The university offers 15 varsity sports for men and 15 for women. OUA only sports includ... | 2.28125 | 0 |
9181362 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Guelph | University of Guelph | Painting Old Jeremiah
Old Jeremiah is the name of an antique British naval gun that rests along Winegard Walk in Branion Plaza, at the heart of the University of Guelph campus. Rumoured to have seen battle during the War of 1812, Old Jeremiah was last fired in April 1913. After World War I, the gun's barrel was plugged... | 2.28125 | 0 |
9181362 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Guelph | University of Guelph | A University of Guelph dance move, Winding Your Toy, is almost always incorporated into each boogie, usually to a bass-heavy dance track. A winding motion is made with the rear hand–as if winding a wind-up toy–while the knees are bent in rhythm. The origins of "winding the toy" are not well known, yet it retains notori... | 2.25 | 0 |
9181515 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fry%20Art%20Gallery | Fry Art Gallery | The Fry Art Gallery is an art gallery in Saffron Walden, Essex. Recognised as an Accredited Museum by Arts Council England, it displays work by artists of national significance who lived or worked in North West Essex during the twentieth century and after. The gallery is known for its comprehensive collection of work ... | 2.203125 | 0 |
9181515 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fry%20Art%20Gallery | Fry Art Gallery | Edward Bawden, who with his friend Eric Ravilious discovered Great Bardfield and became a key figure in the local artists' scene, is well represented in the Fry Art Gallery collection through linocuts, watercolours, posters, ceramics, books, scrapbooks and other printed material. The gallery holds watercolours by Ravil... | 2.140625 | 0 |
9181618 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonic%20sol-fa | Tonic sol-fa | Tonic sol-fa (or tonic sol-fah) is a pedagogical technique for teaching sight-singing, invented by Sarah Anna Glover (1786–1867) of Norwich, England and popularised by John Curwen, who adapted it from a number of earlier musical systems. It uses a system of musical notation based on movable do solfège, whereby every no... | 2.890625 | 0 |
9181618 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonic%20sol-fa | Tonic sol-fa | B. C. Unseld and Theodore F. Seward, with Biglow and Main publishers, imported Curwen's tonic sol-fa to the United States, though the method was never widely received. Before this, the 9th edition of the Bay Psalm Book (Boston, USA) had appeared with the initials of four-note syllables (fa, sol, la, me) underneath the ... | 2.390625 | 0 |
9181685 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum%20screen | Drum screen | A drum screen, sometimes referred to as a drum shield or acoustic shield, is a tool used by audio engineers to avoid the sound control problems caused when louder instruments overwhelm quieter instruments and vocals on stage. It is a transparent acoustic panel or system of panels that are used around drums, percussion ... | 2.4375 | 0 |
9181697 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midrash%20Eser%20Galiyyot | Midrash Eser Galiyyot | Midrash Eser Galiyyot (Hebrew: מדרש עשר גליות) is one of the smaller midrashim and treats of the ten exiles which have befallen the Jews, counting four exiles under Sennacherib, four under Nebuchadnezzar, one under Vespasian, and one under Hadrian. It contains also many parallels to the Seder 'Olam, ch. xxii. et seq.
... | 2.59375 | 0 |
9181727 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan%20Sullivan%20%28American%20football%29 | Dan Sullivan (American football) | Daniel Joseph Sullivan (born September 1, 1939) is a former American football offensive lineman in the National Football League (NFL), playing from 1962 through 1972 for the Baltimore Colts.
Early life
Sullivan was born in Boston, Massachusetts and grew up in Dorchester. He played football at Boston Technical High Sc... | 2.140625 | 0 |
9181755 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucan%20Biddulph | Lucan Biddulph | Settlement
Despite being more than to the north , in 1829 the area became a refuge for a group of free African Americans from Cincinnati, Ohio, who had been threatened by riots and job discrimination by white people in their city. A group of roughly 200 Black Americans were granted refuge and land by the Canada Compa... | 3.09375 | 0 |
9181755 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucan%20Biddulph | Lucan Biddulph | Early history
An important railway route belonging to the Grand Trunk Railway opened in 1856, passing through the village. The village and surrounding township prospered as a result of quicker access to larger marketplaces, such as Toronto farther to the east, and new immigrants settling the area. Its post office was... | 2.40625 | 0 |
9181833 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cary%20Nelson | Cary Nelson | Cary Nelson (born 1946), is an American professor emeritus of English and Jubilee Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was president of the American Association of University Professors between 2006 and 2012.
Education
In 1967, Nelson graduated from Antioch Colle... | 1.984375 | 0 |
9181844 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curchorem | Curchorem | Curchorem (Kudchade) is a City and municipal council in the South Goa district of Goa, India. Curchorem is a part of the Quepem taluka and is a twin town with Sanvordem, both located on either side of the Zuari River. The town is self-sufficient and has a number of hospitals (including a Government Primary Health Centr... | 2.6875 | 0 |
9181897 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn%20Ressler | Glenn Ressler | Glenn Emanuel "Zeke" Ressler (born May 21, 1943) is an American former football offensive lineman who played in the National Football League (NFL) from 1965 through 1974 for the Baltimore Colts.
Ressler was regarded as one of the top college football linemen in the country during his junior and senior years of 1963 an... | 2.15625 | 0 |
9181897 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn%20Ressler | Glenn Ressler | The enthusiastic coach told another reporter of his senior two-way line star, "Ressler is big, strong, quick, a fine tackler, and what else do you need? On offense he excels at blocking the man over center and clearing the way for our inside attack. He snaps the ball well for punts and on hand-ups. Defensively he's a r... | 1.976563 | 0 |
9181906 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Spider-Man%20%281994%20TV%20series%29%20characters | List of Spider-Man (1994 TV series) characters | This is a list of characters from the 1994 television series Spider-Man.
Heroes and allies
Spider-Man
Peter Benjamin Parker (voiced by Christopher Daniel Barnes and briefly as an old man by Peter Mark Richman) is the main protagonist of the series. A one-time high school "science geek", Peter was the subject of much... | 2.125 | 0 |
9181906 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Spider-Man%20%281994%20TV%20series%29%20characters | List of Spider-Man (1994 TV series) characters | When Spider-Man was bitten by the radioactive spider that gave him his powers, it also had a terrible side effects of giving him a disease that was part of his evolutionary cycle. The cycle would eventually lead Spider-Man into becoming the sadistic beast known as the Man-Spider (vocal effects provided by Jim Cummings)... | 1.921875 | 0 |
9181906 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Spider-Man%20%281994%20TV%20series%29%20characters | List of Spider-Man (1994 TV series) characters | Richard and Mary Parker (voiced by uncredited actors) are Peter Parker's parents who both died when he was very young. They are only rarely mentioned in the series and only once appear, to Peter in a vision caused by Baron Mordo in "Doctor Strange". In the fifth-season episode "Six Forgotten Warriors", it is revealed t... | 1.90625 | 0 |
9181949 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Vogel | Bob Vogel | College career
Vogel played at Ohio State for longtime head coach Woody Hayes. Vogel was named a starter for Ohio State as a sophomore, where he was moved from end to offensive tackle prior to the start of the season. Vogel protected Buckeye quarterback, and future Colts teammate, Tom Matte, who threw for 737 yards and... | 2.09375 | 0 |
9181979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren%20M2B | McLaren M2B | Legacy
Despite the M2B's lack of success Herd said of the team, "Everyone was ten times more determined to do better the following year." On the design of the car he reflected that, "our emphasis tended to be more on the elegance of the chassis structure rather than on the design of a really quick racing car" and that,... | 2.109375 | 0 |
9181988 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%20New%20York%20Yankees%20season | 2007 New York Yankees season | August
The beginning of August saw the Yankees, along with all of Major League Baseball, eagerly awaiting home run number 500 from Alex Rodriguez. During the home run milestone chase George Steinbrenner's health once again came into question when the New York Post and the New York Daily News each reported that Steinbre... | 1.945313 | 0 |
9182045 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bubonicon | Bubonicon | Bubonicon is an annual multigenre convention in Albuquerque, New Mexico, typically held during the last weekend of August.
History
Bubonicon was first held in 1969 as a literary science fiction gathering in Albuquerque called NewMexiCon. Authors Roy Tackett and Robert E. Vardeman were two of the key figures in establi... | 2.265625 | 0 |
9182102 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg%20Pruitt | Greg Pruitt | Gregory Donald Pruitt (born August 18, 1951) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) from 1973 through 1984. He played college football for the Oklahoma Sooners. Pruitt was selected to five Pro Bowls, four as a member of the Cleveland Browns and on... | 2.046875 | 0 |
9182102 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg%20Pruitt | Greg Pruitt | Despite his stellar college career, concerns about his lack of size (he entered the draft at just 177 pounds) led to him not being drafted until Cleveland selected him with the 30th pick of the second round. Pruitt played his first nine seasons in the NFL for the Cleveland Browns, leading the team in rushing five time... | 2.140625 | 0 |
9182105 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midrash%20Maaseh%20Torah | Midrash Maaseh Torah | Midrash Maaseh Torah (Hebrew: מדרש מעשי תורה) is one of the smaller midrashim, and contains compilations of doctrines, regulations of conduct, and empirical rules, arranged in groups of three to ten each and taken from various works. It is frequently found in manuscript, and has been edited at Constantinople (1519), Ve... | 2.359375 | 0 |
9182105 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midrash%20Maaseh%20Torah | Midrash Maaseh Torah | A similar collection, probably more ancient in origin, was edited by Horowitz in the Kebod Huppah, the work being based on a codex of De Rossi of the year 1290. This compilation is named the "Huppat Eliyahu" or the "Sheva Huppot," on account of its opening words, "Seven canopies will God set up for the righteous in the... | 1.9375 | 0 |
9182199 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenians%20in%20Poland | Armenians in Poland | Armenians enjoyed better living and earning conditions in Poland, local Armenian self-government, religious tolerance and the opportunity to preserve their own customs. Initially, Armenians settled in royal cities along important trade routes, but later also in private towns, attracted by Polish magnates. Armenians liv... | 2.65625 | 0 |
9182199 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenians%20in%20Poland | Armenians in Poland | In 1660, the Armenians of Kijów were expelled by the Russian occupiers. In 1674, Armenians of Kamieniec Podolski were expelled by the Ottoman occupiers, and after around three years of exile in the Balkans, they returned to Poland and mostly settled in Lwów, Stanisławów, Brody, Łysiec, Tyśmienica and Złoczów, but some ... | 2.78125 | 0 |
9182199 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenians%20in%20Poland | Armenians in Poland | After suffering heavy losses along with the rest of Poland's population in the war, the Polish Armenian community suffered a second loss. The regions of Poland where Armenians were concentrated such as Eastern Galicia were annexed into the Soviet Union as part of the agreements reached at the Yalta conference. As a res... | 2.75 | 0 |
9182199 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenians%20in%20Poland | Armenians in Poland | The Foundation of Culture and Heritage of Polish Armenians was established by the Ordinary of the Armenian-Catholic rite in Poland, Cardinal Józef Glemp, the Primate of Poland, on April 7, 2006 to care for the books, paintings, religious remnants which were saved from perishing when carried away from Armenian churches ... | 2.546875 | 0 |
9182220 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20Divide%20Data | Digital Divide Data | DDD is a social enterprise that delivers digital content, data and research services to clients worldwide. Customers receive high-quality competitively priced digital content services. At the same time, DDD's innovative social model enables talented youth from low-income families to access professional opportunities an... | 1.953125 | 0 |
9182280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliza%20Sibbald%20Alderson | Eliza Sibbald Alderson | Eliza Sibbald Alderson (16 August 1818 – 18 March 1889) was an English poet and hymn writer.
Eliza Sibbald Dykes, sister of the hymnwriter the Rev. J. B. Dykes, was born at Kingston upon Hull in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. Eliza and her brother began composing as children while attending their grandfather's... | 2.078125 | 0 |
9182309 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian%20Bird%20and%20Bat%20Banding%20Scheme | Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme | The Australian Bird and Bat Banding Scheme (ABBBS), a combination of the former Australian bird banding and bat banding schemes, is managed by the Department of the Environment, Australia.
History
The earliest banding of wild birds for scientific research in Australia began in 1912 with the banding of short-tailed she... | 2.734375 | 0 |
9182385 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kol%20Bo | Kol Bo | Kol Bo (, 'all is in it') is a collection of Jewish ritual and civil laws. Its author has not yet been ascertained. The work in content resembles other codes, as, for instance, the Orḥot Ḥayyim, though in its form it is very different.
Its contents and peculiarities
The Kol Bo does not pretend to any order; the laws ... | 2.1875 | 0 |
9182414 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell%20WerBell%20III | Mitchell WerBell III | Mitchell Livingston WerBell III (March 18, 1918 – December 17, 1983) was a U.S. Office of Strategic Services (OSS) operative, mercenary, paramilitary trainer, firearms engineer, and arms dealer.
Early life and OSS service
WerBell was born in Philadelphia, the son of a Tsarist cavalry officer in the Imperial Army of R... | 1.984375 | 0 |
9182414 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitchell%20WerBell%20III | Mitchell WerBell III | SIONICS was absorbed by Military Armament Corporation (MAC), later called Cobray, where WerBell developed a training center for counterterrorism in the 1970s. The courses lasted 11 weeks and students included members of the military, high-risk executives, CIA agents, and private individuals. WerBell concurrently ran ... | 2.125 | 0 |
9182455 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forgotten%20NY | Forgotten NY | Forgotten New York is a website created by Kevin Walsh (born 1958) in 1999, chronicling the unnoticed and unchronicled aspects of New York City such as painted building ads, decades-old castiron lampposts, 18th-century houses, abandoned subway stations, trolley track remnants, out-of-the-way neighborhoods, and flashes ... | 1.921875 | 0 |
9182696 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey%20Burnand | Geoffrey Burnand | Geoffrey Burnand (1 January 1912 – 17 August 1997) was an English painter, theatrical designer and mural artist.
Biography
Early life
Geoffrey Burnand was born in Hastings, Sussex to an English father, a Colonel in the British Army, and an Irish mother. His first noted ambition was at the age of six, when he wished ... | 2.5625 | 0 |
9182696 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey%20Burnand | Geoffrey Burnand | Regard for Burnand's work in the medium was sufficiently high for him to be hired to work at a number of famous opera houses, including the Royal Opera House in the London district of Covent Garden, Glyndebourne opera house near Lewes in East Sussex, and the Teatro di San Carlo opera house in Naples, Italy, on a produc... | 2.078125 | 0 |
9182699 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kumugwe | Kumugwe | Kumugwe (also Komokwa or Goomokwey) (pronounced "koo-moo-gwee") is a figure in the mythology of Pacific Northwest peoples. Known as "Copper-Maker", he is the god of the undersea world revered by the Kwakwaka'wakw and Nuxalk indigenous nations. He has a house under the sea filled with riches and his name means "wealthy ... | 2.1875 | 0 |
9182709 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnstone%20Strait | Johnstone Strait | Johnstone Strait () is a channel along the north east coast of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. Opposite the Vancouver Island coast, running north to south, are Hanson Island, West Cracroft Island, the mainland British Columbia Coast, Hardwicke Island, West Thurlow Island and East Thurlow Island. At tha... | 2.78125 | 0 |
9182742 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbara%20Fellowships | Hasbara Fellowships | Hasbara Fellowships is an organization that brings students to Israel and trains them to be effective pro-Israel activists on college campuses. Based in New York, it was started in 2001 by Aish HaTorah in conjunction with the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The organization claims to have trained nearly 2,000 stud... | 2.0625 | 0 |
9182754 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann%20Friedrich%20Meckel | Johann Friedrich Meckel | Johann Friedrich Meckel (17 October 1781 – 31 October 1833), often referred to as Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Younger, was a German anatomist born in Halle. He worked as a professor of anatomy, pathology and zoology at the University of Halle, Germany.
Life and research
In 1802, he received his medical doctorate fro... | 2.59375 | 0 |
9182754 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann%20Friedrich%20Meckel | Johann Friedrich Meckel | Associated terms
The following eponymous terms are named after him:
Meckel's diverticulum – an out-pouching of the ileum, part of the small intestine, and found in approximately 2% of the population.
Meckel's cartilage – A cartilaginous bar from which the mandible is formed. Described in 1820.
A syndrome – Meckel s... | 2.421875 | 0 |
9182855 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Jos%C3%A9%20de%20Gracia%2C%20Michoac%C3%A1n | San José de Gracia, Michoacán | San José de Gracia is a town in the Mexican state of Michoacán de Ocampo, located in the extreme northeast of the state. It is the municipal seat of the municipality of Marcos Castellanos. The area of San José de Gracia is approximately 231 square kilometers. It is located at the intersection of the 20th parallel and t... | 2.3125 | 0 |
9182868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Raichur | Battle of Raichur | The Battle of Raichur was fought between the Vijayanagara Empire and the Sultanate of Bijapur in 1520 in the town of Raichur, India. It resulted in a decisive victory for Vijayanagara forces, and the Bijapur ruler was defeated and pushed across the river Krishna.
Background
The fort of Raichur was built by Kakatiya k... | 2.828125 | 0 |
9182868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Raichur | Battle of Raichur | The battle was fought in Raichur between the armies of Krishnadevaraya and the Sultanate of Bijapur. The main commander of the Vijayanagara army was Saluva Timmarusu also known as Saluva Timma. The Vijayanagara Empire had a force consisting of 32,600 cavalry and 551 elephants according to contemporary sources. The Bija... | 2.5625 | 0 |
9182868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Raichur | Battle of Raichur | Infuriated by the ambassador's deceit, Krishndevaraya invaded Bijapur, causing destruction and capturing some cities. At Sagar, he faced a large army and won a decisive battle with heavy casualties on both sides. Krishnaraya also won battles at Shorapur and Kemba in Kalaburagi district. He took prisoner three sons of a... | 2.40625 | 0 |
9182948 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Al-Safra | Battle of Al-Safra | The Battle of Al-Safra took place in late 1811, when Tusun Pasha's forces engaged with Saudi forces led by Saud bin Abdulaziz. It was a resounding Saudi victory against the Ottoman forces.
Prelude
In 1811, the Ottoman forces led by Tusun Pasha, the son of Muhammad Ali Pasha, captured Yanbu from the Saudis. The Saudi g... | 2.734375 | 0 |
9182973 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy%20Harrisville | Roy Harrisville | Roy Alvin Harrisville II (April 22, 1922 – July 25, 2023) was an American Lutheran theologian who wrote extensively on the interpretation of the New Testament.
Harrisville was educated at Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota), Luther Theological Seminary (in Saint Paul, Minnesota), Princeton Seminary, Princeton, New... | 1.976563 | 0 |
9183086 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striped%20bark%20scorpion | Striped bark scorpion | Reports have also found C. vittatus in locations inconsistent with the aforementioned natural geographic distribution. Populations seem to be found only in particular cities outside its natural distribution, so it is thought likely that human activity has introduced C. vittatus to these areas. They include locations in... | 2.515625 | 0 |
9183086 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striped%20bark%20scorpion | Striped bark scorpion | Unlike most species of scorpion, C. vittatus is social, presenting it with more opportunities to mate and compete for mates. Consequently, the process of reproduction is both intricate and extensive. Males begin by engaging behavior to establish dominance to mate. They engage in a showdown that highlights tail-waving a... | 2.640625 | 0 |
9183086 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Striped%20bark%20scorpion | Striped bark scorpion | Human significance
Thousands of people are stung yearly by C. vittatus while barefoot or accidentally making contact with the scorpion in houses and other man-made structures. While a sting from C. vittatus is very rarely deadly, it is painful and causes localized swelling. Neurotoxins in the venom can also cause pares... | 2.328125 | 0 |
9183127 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Antonio%20de%20Padua | San Antonio de Padua | San Antonio de Padua, or plainly Padua, is a city in the Greater Buenos Aires, in Argentina. It is located in Merlo Partido. The city has an area of and a population of around 38,000.
The name commemorates the village founded by Francisco de Merlo, Villa San Antonio del Camino in 1755, named for the Portuguese saint ... | 2.03125 | 0 |
9183346 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20George%27s%20Cathedral%2C%20Lviv | St. George's Cathedral, Lviv | St. George's Cathedral (, translit. Sobor sviatoho Yura) is a baroque-rococo cathedral located in the city of Lviv, the historic capital of western Ukraine. It was constructed between 1744-1760 on a hill overlooking the city. This is the third manifestation of a church to inhabit the site since the 13th century, and it... | 2.390625 | 0 |
9183346 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20George%27s%20Cathedral%2C%20Lviv | St. George's Cathedral, Lviv | After the Second World War, Soviet authorities began persecuting the UGCC, imprisoning the newly ordained Archbishop of Lviv, Josyf Slipyj, in 1945, as well as the rest of the church hierarchy. In March 1946, the cathedral hosted the Synod of Lviv, which nullified the Union of Brest. A young Volodymyr Sterniuk (future ... | 2.265625 | 0 |
9183346 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20George%27s%20Cathedral%2C%20Lviv | St. George's Cathedral, Lviv | Designed by architect Bernard Meretyn and sculptor Johann Georg Pinsel, St. George's Cathedral reflects both Western influences and the traditions of Ukrainian church construction. An expressive statue of St. George the Dragon-slayer, by Pinsel, stands in the church attic. Pinsel's hands also created the stone images o... | 2.234375 | 0 |
9183371 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madurai%20Nayak%20dynasty | Madurai Nayak dynasty | The Madurai Nayaks were a Telugu dynasty who ruled most of modern-day Tamil Nadu, India, with Madurai as their capital. The Madurai Nayaks had their origins in Balija warrior clans of present-day Andhra Pradesh. The Nayak reign which lasted for over two centuries from around 1529 to 1736 was noted for its achievements ... | 2.625 | 0 |
9183371 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madurai%20Nayak%20dynasty | Madurai Nayak dynasty | Viswanatha also rebuilt fortifications at Madurai and made travel safer. He cleared the jungle around the banks of the Kaveri near Tiruchirappalli and destroyed hideouts of robbers there. He also expanded the borders of the kingdom so it included most of modern southern and western Tamil Nadu at his death. However, man... | 2.609375 | 0 |
9183371 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madurai%20Nayak%20dynasty | Madurai Nayak dynasty | After his death in 1572, power in the kingdom went to his son Virappa Nayaka. Some documents claim the two sons of Krishnappa Nayaka were co-rulers, while other historians claim some member of the royal family was associated with rule, but not actually a ruler, like a yuva raja system in many of the princely states. Du... | 2.6875 | 0 |
9183371 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madurai%20Nayak%20dynasty | Madurai Nayak dynasty | Muttu Virappa III's son Vijayaranga Chokkanatha reached maturity in 1704. However, he was more interested in scholarship and learning than ruling, and so real power fell to his chief counselor and commander of the army, who were known to abuse their power prodigiously. After his death in 1732, his wife, Queen Meenakshi... | 2.5625 | 0 |
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