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10680561 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesare%20Mariani | Cesare Mariani | Cesare Mariani (January 13, 1826 – February 21, 1901) was an Italian painter and architect of the late-19th century, active in Rome and Ascoli Piceno.
Early life and training
He was born in Rome to Pietro and Maria Agnelletti; his father worked for the Giustiniani family. This helped him access in 1837 to studies at t... | 2.09375 | 0 |
10680561 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesare%20Mariani | Cesare Mariani | His also worked on the decoration of the church of Santa Maria in Monticelli, restored by the architect Francesco Azzurri. Mariani entirely frescoed the vault with Christian heroines, the presbytery with Christ and Christ teaches children between the crowds in the hall of the temple, the wall above the organ with Moses... | 1.984375 | 0 |
10680561 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesare%20Mariani | Cesare Mariani | In 1868, he became a member of the Artistic Commission for Roman Copperplate Engraving. After the death of Cesare Fracassini, Mariani, along with Francesco Grandi, and Coghetti, were asked to complete the fresco decoration of the newly rebuilt Basilica of San Lorenzo fuori le Mura. He painted a Martyrdom and Burial of ... | 2.046875 | 0 |
10680561 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesare%20Mariani | Cesare Mariani | In 1887 he painted a Japanese Martyrs crucified in 1597 in Nagasaki for the church of San Antonio di Padua on Via Merulana. He also painted two versions of this painting for the School of Giovanni Battista de la Salle (1887–88) and contributed to the cycles of frescoes for the Cathedral of St. Emidio at Ascoli Piceno (... | 2.4375 | 0 |
10680561 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cesare%20Mariani | Cesare Mariani | He continued the inveterate tradition of Italian religious frescoes with work at the Cathedral of Ascoli Piceno, the church of Madonna delle Grazie in the city of Teramo in the region of Abruzzo and the churches of Santa Maria del Suffragio and Santo Stefano del Cacco. Cesare's style owes as much to the Italian herita... | 2.484375 | 0 |
10680650 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armsmear | Armsmear | The house and manicured grounds were the primary residence of Samuel Colt and his family. The Colts entertained lavishly at the estate, holding large parties that were the highlight of the Hartford society season. Samuel Colt lived in Armsmear for approximately 5 years from 1857 until his death in 1862. He was buried ... | 1.953125 | 0 |
10680706 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigastro | Bigastro | Bigastro (; Valencian: Bigastre) is a municipality in the Valencian Community (Spain) situated in the south of the province of Alicante, in the comarca of Vega Baja del Segura. It had a population of 6,450 at the time of the 2005 census.
History
In La Loma, there is an archaeological site dating from the Bronze Age.
... | 2.015625 | 0 |
10680742 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation%20Gospels%20%28British%20Library%2C%20Cotton%20MS%20Tiberius%20A.ii%29 | Coronation Gospels (British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius A.ii) | The Athelstan Gospels, or British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius A. ii is a late 9th or early 10th-century Ottonian illuminated Gospel book which entered England as a gift to King Athelstan, who in turn offered it to Christ Church, Canterbury. It is also referred to as the Coronation Gospels (as are other manuscripts) on ... | 2.46875 | 0 |
10680742 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronation%20Gospels%20%28British%20Library%2C%20Cotton%20MS%20Tiberius%20A.ii%29 | Coronation Gospels (British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius A.ii) | Athelstan, in turn, may have received the book from his brother-in-law Otto the Great, who was king of Germany, and Otto's mother, Matilda (d. 968). Their names ( and ) are written, probably by an Englishman, on the back of the picture of Saint Matthew (f. 24r), here shown to the right. A third inscription, which occur... | 2.265625 | 0 |
10680758 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narragansett%20Park | Narragansett Park | During its early years, Narragansett Park was one of the most financially successful tracks in the country. From the time it opened to September 30, 1936 it posted a net profit of $2,017,381.54. In 1934 Rhode Island received over $800,000 in revenue from the track, which was more than 10% of the state's entire budget. ... | 2.0625 | 0 |
10680758 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narragansett%20Park | Narragansett Park | The race track war
In the summer of 1937, track president Walter E. O'Hara got into an altercation with the state racing steward. The state Horse Racing Division ordered that O'Hara be removed as a track official of the race track for intimidating and interfering with the steward. The Horse Racing Division also ordered... | 2.078125 | 0 |
10680758 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narragansett%20Park | Narragansett Park | Later years
The track began a slow decline in the 1950s. On October 9, 1960, two of the track's barns burned down. Many horses fled the barns and ran into neighboring yards and streets. By the 1970s the track had fallen upon hard times. Due to reduced public interest in thoroughbred racing, competition for racing dates... | 2.03125 | 0 |
10680827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANT%20%28network%29 | ANT (network) | ANT accommodates three types of messaging: broadcast, acknowledged, and burst. Broadcast is a one-way communication from one node to another (or many). The receiving node(s) transmit no acknowledgment, but the receiving node may still send messages back to the transmitting node. This technique is suited to sensor appli... | 2.421875 | 0 |
10680827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ANT%20%28network%29 | ANT (network) | ANT uses an adaptive isochronous network technology to ensure coexistence with other ANT devices. This scheme provides the ability for each transmission to occur in an interference-free time slot within the defined frequency band. The radio transmits for less than 150 μs per message, allowing a single channel to be div... | 2.109375 | 0 |
10680841 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20organisations%20designated%20as%20terrorist%20by%20Australia | List of organisations designated as terrorist by Australia | Designated terrorist organisations in Australia are organisations that have been designated by the Australian government as terrorist organisations. A list of terrorist organisations was first created under the Security Legislation Amendment (Terrorism) Act 2002, as part of the fight against terrorism worldwide.
Histo... | 1.921875 | 0 |
10680899 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October%201959%20Icelandic%20parliamentary%20election | October 1959 Icelandic parliamentary election | Early parliamentary elections were held in Iceland on 25 and 26 October 1959. Following the electoral reforms made after the June elections, the Independence Party won 16 of the 40 seats in the Lower House of the Althing.
Electoral reforms
The June 1959 elections had ended with both the Independence Party and the Prog... | 2.75 | 0 |
10680960 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Redd%20Hutcheson | John Redd Hutcheson | John Redd Hutcheson (January 13, 1886 – January 23, 1962) was the ninth president of Virginia Tech.
Early life and education
Hutcheson was born to Robert Francis Hutcheson and Mary Claiborne Barksdale on January 13, 1886, near Charlotte Courthouse, Virginia. He earned a B.S. in 1907 and M.S. in 1909, both from Virgin... | 2.1875 | 0 |
10680960 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Redd%20Hutcheson | John Redd Hutcheson | With this increase in the student population came a need for additional student housing. The college installed a trailer court for married students that they called "Vetsville" surrounding the historic Solitude farm house, which was converted into a community center for the residents. Two additional trailer courts that... | 2.234375 | 0 |
10681031 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canford%20Magna | Canford Magna | Canford Magna is a village in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, in the ceremonial county of Dorset, England. The village is situated just south of the River Stour and lies between the towns of Wimborne Minster and Poole. The village was significantly developed by the Guest family of Canford Manor, featu... | 2.28125 | 0 |
10681052 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandahar%20District | Kandahar District | Kandahar District or Dand District is situated in the central part of Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, surrounding the city of Kandahar. It borders Panjwai District to the west, Arghandab District to the north, Shah Wali Kot District to the northeast and Daman District to the east and south. The population is 468,200 (... | 2.609375 | 0 |
10681083 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dugald%20Bruce%20Lockhart | Dugald Bruce Lockhart | Dugald Bruce Lockhart is an Anglo-Scottish stage and screen actor, director and writer.
Background and education
A member of the Bruce Lockhart family, Lockhart was born in Fiji in 1968, the son of James Robert Bruce Lockhart (1941–2018), a diplomat, spy, artist, and author, and Felicity A. Smith. His grandfather, J. ... | 1.960938 | 0 |
10681093 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superbad%20%28website%29 | Superbad (website) | Superbad is a noted web art installation created by graphic designer Ben Benjamin in 1997.
Superbad.com received a 1999 Webby award in the "Weird" category, and was one of nine websites featured in the Whitney Museum Biennial in 2000. Superbad began as a test bed for Benjamin's web design for technology corporations; ... | 2.046875 | 0 |
10681107 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamaha%20%28Dakota%20scout%29 | Tamaha (Dakota scout) | Tamaha (c. 1776–1864), also known as Standing Moose or "L'Orignal Levé," was one of two Mdewakanton Dakota scouts for the United States in the War of 1812, when most Sioux sided with the British. He was a member of Chief Red Wing's band and was presented with a medal and certificate by Governor William Clark of Missour... | 2.578125 | 0 |
10681107 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamaha%20%28Dakota%20scout%29 | Tamaha (Dakota scout) | According to Eastman, it was during his escapade running from the Ojibwe that Tamaha famously said to his friend, "I'll meet you at the mouth of the St. Croix River, or in the spirit land!"
Friendship with Zebulon Pike
In his journal entries on September 23 and 24, 1805, Lieutenant Zebulon Pike made repeated referen... | 2.359375 | 0 |
10681235 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Brandon%20Barringer | Paul Brandon Barringer | Paul Brandon Barringer (February 13, 1857 – January 9, 1941) was an American physician and college administrator, the sixth president of Virginia Tech, serving from September 1, 1907 through July 1, 1913. He was also chairman of the faculty at the University of Virginia (then equivalent to president) from 1895 through ... | 2.421875 | 0 |
10681235 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Brandon%20Barringer | Paul Brandon Barringer | Early life and education
Barringer was the son of Confederate General Rufus Clay Barringer and Eugenia (née Morrison) Barringer. He was named after his paternal grandfather, General Paul Barringer (1776-1835), a veteran of the War of 1812. His father was an attorney who became an officer in the Confederate Army during ... | 2.359375 | 0 |
10681235 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Brandon%20Barringer | Paul Brandon Barringer | Barringer had likely learned, long before this time, that as a young man his father had sired two mixed-race sons with an enslaved black woman, Thomas Clay and Warren Clay Coleman (b. 1849), before his parents' marriage and before he was born. His half-brother Warren Clay Coleman was ambitious and had established sever... | 2.609375 | 0 |
10681235 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Brandon%20Barringer | Paul Brandon Barringer | However, this was not the end of Barringer's troubles at V.P.I. In the fall of 1911, the Board called for another investigation when a former Commandant of the Corps of Cadets accused Barringer of "countenancing immorality" on campus. An investigation concluded that the charges were "without foundation."
Having surv... | 2.375 | 0 |
10681235 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Brandon%20Barringer | Paul Brandon Barringer | Legacy and honors
By the turn of the 21st century eugenic ideas were no longer considered politically correct and were being widely rejected as pseudoscience. This has significantly harmed the reputation of Barringer and other 20th century eugenicists whose ideas were once considered scientific and progressive.
The Ba... | 2.296875 | 0 |
10681241 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Dupuy%20Eggleston | Joseph Dupuy Eggleston | Joseph Dupuy Eggleston II (November 13, 1867 – March 15, 1953) was an American educator, the seventh president of Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College and Polytechnic Institute (now Virginia Tech), and the 14th president of Hampden-Sydney College. Eggleston also served as a public school teacher and administrat... | 2.09375 | 0 |
10681241 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Dupuy%20Eggleston | Joseph Dupuy Eggleston | The Work of the Rural School
In 1913, Eggleston published The Work of the Rural School. The book is an in-depth study (with images) of rural schools in the United States. Eggleston, throughout the book, discusses what rural schools were like at the time, as well as proposed changes needed. Eggleston used many of his ow... | 2.578125 | 0 |
10681241 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Dupuy%20Eggleston | Joseph Dupuy Eggleston | Legacy
Eggleston dedicated his entire life to education. In fact, volume 24, issue seven of American Education, which hosts a picture of Eggleston along with his name and position as president of Hampden-Sydney on its cover, notes that, "[e]ducation as a life work strongly appealed to Dr. Eggleston even in his youth." ... | 2.421875 | 0 |
10681265 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud%20Dowlatabadi | Mahmoud Dowlatabadi | Mahmoud Dowlatabadi (; born August 1, 1940 in Dowlatabad, Sabzevar) is an Iranian writer and actor, known for his promotion of social and artistic freedom in contemporary Iran and his realist depictions of rural life, drawn from personal experience.
In 2020, he wrote and recited a work called Soldier (Half-Burned boots... | 2.171875 | 0 |
10681272 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20McLaren%20McBryde | John McLaren McBryde | During McBryde's 16-year tenure as President of Virginia Agriculture and Mechanical College, the college expanded greatly. McByrde expanded the curriculum to include seven bachelor's degrees in Agriculture, Horticulture, Applied Chemistry, General Science, Civil Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical Engin... | 2.453125 | 0 |
10681275 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal%20scuttle | Coal scuttle | A coal scuttle, sometimes spelled coalscuttle and also called a hod, "coal bucket", or "coal pail", is a bucket-like container for holding a small, intermediate supply of coal convenient to an indoor coal-fired stove or heater.
Description
Coal scuttles are usually made of metal and shaped as a vertical cylinder or t... | 2.546875 | 0 |
10681285 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20men%27s%20national%20rugby%20sevens%20team | United States men's national rugby sevens team | The United States national rugby sevens team competes in international rugby sevens competitions. The national sevens team is organized by USA Rugby, and was led by Head Coach Mike Friday from 2014-2024, when he resigned and was replaced by Simon Amor.
The main competition the team plays in every year is the World Rug... | 2.265625 | 0 |
10681317 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kat%20DeLuna | Kat DeLuna | Early life
DeLuna was born and raised in the Bronx, New York City, to Dominican parents. At a young age, DeLuna and her family moved to the Dominican Republic. Deluna has American and Dominican citizenship, and identifies as a "Dominican". When she was 12, DeLuna performed onstage and was heard by Milly Quezada who co... | 2.40625 | 0 |
10681331 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bour-Davis | Bour-Davis | The Bour-Davis was an American automobile manufactured from 1916 until 1922. The car took its name from two of the founders of the company; Robert C Davis and Charles J Bour. Production of the car was started in Detroit, before moving to Frankfort, Indiana in 1917. In 1918, the automobile's manufacturing rights were ac... | 1.921875 | 0 |
10681392 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/China%20Railway%20Museum | China Railway Museum | The China Railway Museum () is a Chinese museum preserving locomotives that have operated on the railways of the People's Republic of China. The museum offers a total exhibition space of 16500m2 and 8 exhibition tracks.
The museum is located in Chaoyang District of Beijing City, some 15 km northeast of downtown Beijin... | 2.28125 | 0 |
10681451 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Dillon%2C%2010th%20Viscount%20Dillon | Charles Dillon, 10th Viscount Dillon | Charles Dillon, 10th Viscount Dillon (1701–1741) fought in the War of the Polish Succession for France under Berwick as colonel-proprietor of Dillon's Regiment at the Siege of Kehl in 1733 and the Siege of Philippsburg in 1734. After the armistice, he married, moved to Ireland, and succeeded his cousin Richard as the 1... | 2.328125 | 0 |
10681451 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Dillon%2C%2010th%20Viscount%20Dillon | Charles Dillon, 10th Viscount Dillon | Early life and career
While Charles was a child, he lived with his mother at the Jacobite court at the Château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye where James II of England died on 16 September 1701 N.S.,
the year of Charles's birth. James II was succeeded by James Francis Edward, whom Louis XIV immediately recognised as the ri... | 2.609375 | 0 |
10681477 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satoo%2C%20Edmonton | Satoo, Edmonton | Satoo is a residential neighbourhood in the Mill Woods area of the City of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Satoo is one of three neighbourhoods in the Mill Woods community of Knottwood.
It is bounded on the north by 23 Avenue, on the south by Anthony Henday Drive, on the west by 91 Street, and on the east by 80 Street an... | 1.914063 | 0 |
10681528 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollokshields%20railway%20station | Pollokshields railway station | Pollokshields railway station was a railway station in Pollokshields, a district of Glasgow, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway. It was opened in 1840 and amalgamated into the neighbouring Shields Road station in 1925.
History
Sources published in the late 20th century c... | 2 | 0 |
10681537 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade%20Knowledge%20Network | Trade Knowledge Network | The Trade Knowledge Network (TKN) is the collaboration of research institutions in developed and developing countries located in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Americas. The Trade Knowledge Network is aimed at building long-term capacity to address issues of trade and sustainable development in developing country researc... | 2.1875 | 0 |
10681572 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dga | Yōga | Since that time, Yōga and Nihonga have been the two main divisions of modern Japanese painting. This division is reflected in education, the mounting of exhibitions, and the identification of artists. However, in many cases Nihonga artists also adopted realistic Western painting techniques, such as perspective and shad... | 2.421875 | 0 |
10681623 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kildalton%20Cross | Kildalton Cross | The Kildalton Cross is a monolithic high cross in Celtic cross form in the churchyard of the former parish church of Kildalton (from Scottish Gaelic Cill Daltain, "Church of the Foster Son" (i.e. St John the Evangelist) on the island of Islay in the Inner Hebrides, Scotland. It was carved probably in the second half o... | 2.265625 | 0 |
10681636 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glimmen | Glimmen | Glimmen is a village in the northeastern Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Groningen, about 10 kilometres from the city. It had a population of around 1,342 in 2021. The river Drentsche Aa flows past the village, nearby the Huis te Glimmen (House in Glimmen), a stately home on the site.
The Appèlbergen... | 2.390625 | 0 |
10681712 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Dillon%2C%204th%20Viscount%20Dillon | Thomas Dillon, 4th Viscount Dillon | Thomas Dillon, 4th Viscount Dillon PC (Ire) (March 1615 – 1673) held his title for 42 years that saw Strafford's administration, the Irish Rebellion of 1641, the Irish Confederate Wars and the Cromwellian Conquest of Ireland. He was a royalist and supported Strafford and Ormond. He sided with the Confederates for a whi... | 2.25 | 0 |
10681712 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Dillon%2C%204th%20Viscount%20Dillon | Thomas Dillon, 4th Viscount Dillon | Irish wars
In October 1641 the Irish Rebellion broke out. In February 1642, the Irish Parliament sent Lord Dillon and his brother-in-law Lord Taaffe to England to submit grievances to Charles I. However, they were intercepted at Ware by order of the English House of Commons. They escaped a few months later and met the... | 2.765625 | 0 |
10681748 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No.%2071%20Squadron%20RAF | No. 71 Squadron RAF | At the start of the Second World War before the US entered the war, there were a large number of American volunteers offering their services. No. 71 was formed at RAF Church Fenton on 19 September 1940 as the first of the Eagle Squadrons with Brewster Buffalos. Appraisal by Royal Air Force acceptance personnel criticis... | 2.265625 | 0 |
10681794 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt%20Armory | Colt Armory | The Colt Armory is a historic factory complex for the manufacture of firearms, created by Samuel Colt. It is located in Hartford, Connecticut along the Connecticut River, and as of 2008 is part of the Coltsville Historic District, named a National Historic Landmark District. It is slated to become part of Coltsville N... | 2.59375 | 0 |
10681794 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colt%20Armory | Colt Armory | Four Porter-Allen steam engines drove the armory's machine tools through a maze of shafts and belts. Mark Twain, who lived in the nearby Mark Twain House, visited Colt's armory in 1868 and described it thus: "It comprises a great range of tall brick buildings, and on every floor is a dense wilderness of strange iron ma... | 2.390625 | 0 |
10681812 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th%20Rifle%20Division%20%28Soviet%20Union%29 | 5th Rifle Division (Soviet Union) | The 5th Rifle Division was an infantry division of the Soviet Union's Red Army, formed twice. The division was formed in 1918, initially as the 2nd Penza Infantry Division. After becoming the 5th Rifle Division a month later, it fought in the Counteroffensive of Eastern Front in spring 1919 and later operations in Sibe... | 2.3125 | 0 |
10681813 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft%20laser%20desorption | Soft laser desorption | Soft laser desorption (SLD) is laser desorption of large molecules that results in ionization without fragmentation. "Soft" in the context of ion formation means forming ions without breaking chemical bonds. "Hard" ionization is the formation of ions with the breaking of bonds and the formation of fragment ions.
Backg... | 2.109375 | 0 |
10681897 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrox%20railway%20station | Ibrox railway station | Ibrox railway station was a railway station in Ibrox, a district of Glasgow, Scotland. The station was originally part of the Glasgow and Paisley Joint Railway.
History
The station opened on 6 November 1843 and was known as Bellahouston. Bellahouston had a short life and was closed in 1845. However, the station was re... | 2.015625 | 0 |
10682043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast%20megalopolis | Northeast megalopolis | The Northeast megalopolis, also known as the Northeast Corridor, Acela Corridor, Boston–Washington corridor, BosWash, or BosNYWash, is the most populous megalopolis exclusively within the United States, with slightly over 50 million residents as of 2022. It is the world's largest megalopolis by economic output.
Locate... | 2.609375 | 0 |
10682043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast%20megalopolis | Northeast megalopolis | Region
The Northeast megalopolis includes many of the financial and political centers of influence in the United States, including the national capital of Washington, D.C., and all or part of 12 states (from north to south): Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylva... | 1.9375 | 0 |
10682043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast%20megalopolis | Northeast megalopolis | The global headquarters of many major financial firms, including JPMorgan Chase, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, Capital One, The Vanguard Group, and Fidelity, are located in the region. Among the world's 500 largest companies, 54 are based in the Northeast megalopolis. Among the 500 ... | 2.1875 | 0 |
10682043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast%20megalopolis | Northeast megalopolis | While possessing neither particularly rich soil—one exception being New England's Connecticut River Valley—nor exceptional mineral wealth, the region still supports some agriculture and mining. The climate is temperate and not particularly prone to hurricanes or tropical storms, which increase further south. However, t... | 2.734375 | 0 |
10682043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast%20megalopolis | Northeast megalopolis | Modern history
The Northeast played a significant role in the foundation of the United States during the late colonial era and in the American Revolutionary War. Pre-revolutionary events like the Gaspee affair, the Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Party, and the First Continental Congress all occurred in the region. In 177... | 2.875 | 0 |
10682043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast%20megalopolis | Northeast megalopolis | By 1800, the region included the only three U.S. cities with populations of over 25,000: Philadelphia, New York City, and Baltimore. By 1850, New York City and Philadelphia alone had over 300,000 residents while Baltimore, Boston, Brooklyn (at that time a separate city from New York), Cincinnati, and New Orleans had ov... | 2.90625 | 0 |
10682043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast%20megalopolis | Northeast megalopolis | The region has been home to the richest city in the nation for over 200 years: Hartford, Connecticut held the title from the pre–Civil War industrial era until about 1929, and New York City has held it since. Loudoun and Fairfax County, Virginia are the wealthiest counties in the country, and Connecticut's Gold Coast h... | 2.609375 | 0 |
10682043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northeast%20megalopolis | Northeast megalopolis | On the other hand, while the major cities of the Northeast megalopolis all are distinct, independent cities, they are closely linked by transportation and telecommunications. Neil Gustafson showed in 1961 that the vast majority of phone calls originating in the region terminate elsewhere in the region, and it is only a... | 2.234375 | 0 |
10682049 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theobald%20Dillon%2C%201st%20Viscount%20Dillon | Theobald Dillon, 1st Viscount Dillon | Theobald Dillon, 1st Viscount Dillon (died 1624), was an Irish military commander and adventurer. He held extensive lands in eastern Connacht and north-western Leinster, some acquired by sharp practices. He was a loyal supporter of Elizabeth I of England in her Irish wars.
Birth and origins
Theobald was probably born... | 2.15625 | 0 |
10682058 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranfield%20Institute | Cranfield Institute | The Cranfield Institute for Safety, Risk, and Reliability, commonly referred as The Cranfield Institute, is a part of Cranfield University in Cranfield, Bedfordshire, England, UK. It is primarily a teaching and research facility, but also offers safety-related consultancy to businesses.
Facilities
The Cranfield Insti... | 2.328125 | 0 |
10682092 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican%20Party%20of%20Liberty | Republican Party of Liberty | The Republican Party of Liberty (, PRL) was a centre-right to right-wing French political party founded after the Liberation of France on 22 December 1945 by Joseph Laniel, André Mutter, Édouard Frédéric-Dupont and Jules Ramarony. It was the only significant right-wing conservative political party in the late 1940s. Ke... | 2.234375 | 0 |
10682301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gideon%20%28play%29 | Gideon (play) | Gideon, a play by Paddy Chayefsky, is a seriocomic treatment of the story of Gideon, a judge in the Old Testament. The play had a successful Broadway run in 1961 and was broadcast on NBC in 1971 as a Hallmark Hall of Fame special.
The story
Chayefsky drew from three chapters in the Book of Judges in writing this play... | 2.203125 | 0 |
10682306 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidya%20Bharati | Vidya Bharati | Organisation
By the early 1990s, the network had grown to 5,000 schools and by 2003, to about 14,000 schools with 17 lakh (1.7 million) pupils. This expansion was facilitated by the growing demand for education in India and the disaffection with the state school system. As of March 2002, it had 17,396 schools, 22 lakh... | 2.203125 | 0 |
10682306 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vidya%20Bharati | Vidya Bharati | Ideology and objectives
Dinanath Batra, former General Secretary of Vidya Bharati, said that they were fighting an "ideological battle against Macaulay, Marx, and Madrasawadis". In comparison to which Vidya Bharati advocates "Indianisation, nationalisation and spiritualisation" of education. In the areas of study that ... | 2.609375 | 0 |
10682341 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulbroka | Ulbroka | Ulbroka is a village in Stopiņi Parish, Ropaži Municipality in the Vidzeme region of Latvia. It is the administrative center of Stopiņi Parish and municipality. The village is crossed by two first category roads Rīga-Ērgļi (P4) and Rīga-Ogre (P5).
In 2000 Ulbroka had 2,701 inhabitants, rising to 3,102 in 2021.
Etymol... | 1.984375 | 0 |
10682357 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanavasi%20Kalyan%20Ashram | Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram | Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram (lit. Tribal Welfare Monastery) is an Indian social welfare organization based in Jashpur, in the Chhattisgarh state of India. It focuses on the welfare activities of members of Scheduled Tribes in remote areas of India. The organization is a constituent of the Sangh Parivar, the family of organi... | 2.34375 | 0 |
10682381 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimachi | Aimachi | In May 2014, the Aimachi Band performed at Winter Guard International Championships in Dayton, Ohio, as a WGI Winds exhibition group. On April 17, 2016, Aimachi won the WGI Winds International World Division with a show entitled "Ascension," becoming the first group from outside of the U.S. to win any division at WGI F... | 2.375 | 0 |
10682381 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimachi | Aimachi | In 1952, at the age of nine, Sekine entered a xylophone contest that was broadcast live on a local radio station. His third-place finish in the contest encouraged him to continue his study of music. One of the experiences that made a strong impression on Sekine was a display by the local fire department. In addition to... | 2.59375 | 0 |
10682381 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimachi | Aimachi | The success of the Merry Young Man Band led Mr. Sekine to want to organize a concert band. After talking to Aimachi Church members about it, they donated enough money for Sekine to purchase 15 instruments. The only problem was that he didn’t have anyone who could play these concert band instruments. About the same time... | 2.53125 | 0 |
10682381 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimachi | Aimachi | An important moment in the development of the Aimachi Band came in 1970, when the Tenrikyo Young Men's Association invited the Band to perform at an event in Tokyo at the Nippon Budokan, a famous arena that was built to host the judo competition at the 1964 Summer Olympics events but has also hosted numerous other even... | 2.296875 | 0 |
10682381 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimachi | Aimachi | Many Japanese band directors had resisted becoming involved in the marching activity due to space constraints at their schools, but larger obstacles were their lack of knowledge about it, a fear that it would be harmful to the quality of sound of their concert bands and that it was not part of the Japanese tradition up... | 2.71875 | 0 |
10682381 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimachi | Aimachi | A major change for the Aimachi Band occurred in 1975, when Mr. Sekine married Hatsume and relocated to Handa City. When he arrived there, he had to build the Tenri Church membership starting with a very small group and very limited facilities. This made it infeasible for him to continue working with the Aimachi Band, a... | 2.078125 | 0 |
10682381 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimachi | Aimachi | Drum Corps International Championship videos started becoming available in Japan in the late 1970s and members of the Aimachi Band loved to watch these over and over again. Around this time, a percussionist in the Aimachi Band, Uichi Kajiyama, met a member of the Velvet Knights Drum Corps percussion section who was Jap... | 2.421875 | 0 |
10682381 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimachi | Aimachi | Over the next several years, more Aimachi Band members, including two of his children, Kazue and Kiyotaka, traveled to the U.S. to join various drum corps including the Cadets, Blue Devils, Carolina Crown, Santa Clara Vanguard, Troopers, Blue Stars, Phantom Regiment and several more to the Cavaliers. Most of these peop... | 2.203125 | 0 |
10682381 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimachi | Aimachi | On weekends, especially on Sundays, a place was usually found that would allow for longer rehearsals, sometimes outside. In 1995, Mr. Sekine broke ground on a new gymnasium to be built on the grounds of the Aikiyo Church in Handa. This required moving the “Dome House” (a guest house used by visiting church officials, i... | 2.296875 | 0 |
10682381 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimachi | Aimachi | From 1994 to 1997, the Band performed shows based on common themes such as the music from the opera Carmen, various symphonic band works, and Russian music. The Band improved its ranking to second place during this period but was unable to put together a championship show. Starting with the 1996 show, “Winds of Spain,”... | 1.976563 | 0 |
10682381 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aimachi | Aimachi | After coming in second in 1999, the Band looked for a theme for the next year's show that would take advantage of their strong drumline and decided that a show entitled “Africa” would do that, and it also opened up numerous opportunities for costuming and other effects. In 2001, Mr. Sekine decided to do a show entitled... | 2.125 | 0 |
10682528 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imants%20Tillers | Imants Tillers | Imants Tillers (born 1950), is an Australian artist, curator and writer. He lives and works in Cooma, New South Wales.
Early life and education
Imants Tillers was born in Sydney in 1950, the child of Latvian immigrants. In 1973 he graduated from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Science in Architecture (Hon... | 2.203125 | 0 |
10682567 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bead%20breaker | Bead breaker | A bead breaker is a tool used for separating tires from rims. The innermost diameter of the tire that interfaces with the rim of a wheel is called the tire bead. The bead is a thicker section of rubber, and is reinforced with braided steel cables, called the bead bundle. The surface of the bead creates a seal between... | 2.421875 | 0 |
10682628 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolan%20Ellis | Dolan Ellis | Francis Dolan Ellis (born March 1, 1935, in Kansas) is an American singer-songwriter who has been Arizona's Official State Balladeer since 1966, as appointed by ten consecutive governors. Governor Sam Goddard made the first appointment. Since then, official balladeers have been appointed in other states.
In his role a... | 2.421875 | 0 |
10682786 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annyalla | Annyalla | Annyalla or Annayalla () is a small village and townland situated in the east of County Monaghan in Ireland between Castleblayney and Clontibret. As of the 2022 census, Annyalla had a population of 205.
Geography
Annyalla townland is part of the civil parish of Clontibret. Originally located on the main N2 road from ... | 2.390625 | 0 |
10682818 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Long%20Christmas%20Ride%20Home | The Long Christmas Ride Home | The Long Christmas Ride Home is a one-act play written by Paula Vogel. It dramatises a road trip by two parents and their three young children to visit grandparents for Christmas dinner, and the emotional turmoil that they undergo. A significant element of the production schema is a Western contemporary employment of b... | 1.929688 | 0 |
10682818 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Long%20Christmas%20Ride%20Home | The Long Christmas Ride Home | It has subsequently appeared throughout the United States in both university, regional, and Off-Broadway productions. Notable productions include those at the Studio Theatre (Washington, D.C.). Many of these productions have honored Vogel's assertion that the play, while partly about Christmas, is not meant as a season... | 2.1875 | 0 |
10682818 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Long%20Christmas%20Ride%20Home | The Long Christmas Ride Home | The traditional bunraku function of the Japanese tayū (or chanter), who, among other narrative tasks, performs a puppet character's utterances, is fulfilled by the Man or Woman narrator at the beginning of the journey and then by a puppeteer (one per child character) in the latter part of the journey. In so doing, Voge... | 2.265625 | 0 |
10682818 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Long%20Christmas%20Ride%20Home | The Long Christmas Ride Home | Scenic design
Vogel intends the work to be played on a "simple, elegant, bare" set: stools, benches, and simple chairs. Such minimalism will, she hopes, "allow the action [to] flow as much as possible." Real stage properties (e.g., an actual umbrella) should be used only "when absolutely necessary." Most major producti... | 2.28125 | 0 |
10682930 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikalojus%20Dauk%C5%A1a | Mikalojus Daukša | Mikalojus Daukša (other possible spellings include Mikalojus Daugsza, and Mikolay Dowksza; after 1527 – 16 February 1613 in Medininkai) was a Lithuanian and Latin religious writer, translator and a Lithuanian Catholic Church official. He is best known as the first among Lithuania's humanists to underline the need to c... | 2.234375 | 0 |
10682930 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikalojus%20Dauk%C5%A1a | Mikalojus Daukša | In 1599 Daukša published another important work, the Lithuanian translation of the Polish language collection of sermons by Jakub Wujek, the Catholic Postil. There are two prefaces to this work, one in Latin and one in Polish. In the Polish preface, Daukša advocates the promotion of the Lithuanian language in the Grand... | 2.1875 | 0 |
10682964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andersonville%2C%20South%20Carolina | Andersonville, South Carolina | Andersonville was a town in Anderson County, South Carolina, that was settled around 1800. It was named for Robert Anderson, who was a Revolutionary War veteran. Although it had been a thriving textile and trading community, it suffered from repeated floods and was bypassed by the railroad. The construction of Lake Har... | 2.09375 | 0 |
10683041 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry%20of%20the%20Interior%20and%20Administration | Ministry of the Interior and Administration | Ministry of the Interior and Administration () is an administration structure controlling main administration and security branches of the Polish government. After Parliamentary Election on 9 October 2011 was transformed for two ministries: Ministry of Interior (Minister: Jacek Cichocki) and Ministry of Administration ... | 1.984375 | 0 |
10683064 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibradden%20Mountain | Tibradden Mountain | Tibradden Mountain () is a mountain in County Dublin in the Republic of Ireland. Other former names for the mountain include "Garrycastle" and "Kilmainham Begg" (a reference to Kilmainham Priory which once owned the lands around the mountain). It is high and is the 561st-highest mountain in Ireland. It forms part of t... | 2.28125 | 0 |
10683064 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibradden%20Mountain | Tibradden Mountain | Prehistoric monuments
Close to the summit is a prehistoric burial site. Local tradition associates it, incorrectly, with Niall Glúndub. It was excavated in 1849 by members of the Royal Irish Academy who found a stone-lined cist containing a pottery vessel and cremated remains, now preserved by the National Museum of Ir... | 2.703125 | 0 |
10683064 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibradden%20Mountain | Tibradden Mountain | Other sites of historical interest
The antiquarian Weston St. John Joyce described a rude carving of a cross and a crowned figure with upraised arms on one of the rocks to the south of the summit. This feature was also documented and photographed by the archaeologist Patrick Healy. Although the cross is in an early Chr... | 2.296875 | 0 |
10683154 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong%20Kong%20Comics%3A%20A%20History%20of%20Manhua | Hong Kong Comics: A History of Manhua | Hong Kong Comics: A History of Manhua is a reference book on Hong Kong comics. It was authored by Wendy Siuyi Wong, and released in 2002.
Content
The book covers the origin of Manhua from the very first generation of comic books in China, to Hong Kong and some information on manga adaptations. It includes a complete ... | 2.5 | 0 |
10683183 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong%20Kong%20comics | Hong Kong comics | The arrival of television in the 1970s was a changing point. Bruce Lee's films dominated the era and his popularity launched a new wave of Kung Fu comic. The explicit violence helped sell comic books, and the Government of Hong Kong intervened with the Indecent Publication Law in 1975. Little Rascals was one of the pi... | 2.0625 | 0 |
10683365 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abom%20language | Abom language | Abom is a nearly extinct language spoken in the Western Province of Papua New Guinea. According to a 2002 census, only 15 people still speak this language. All of the speakers are older adults. Middle-aged adults have some understanding of it, but no children speak or understand Abom.
Abom is spoken in Lewada (), Muta... | 2.421875 | 0 |
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