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2937185 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrick%20Krock | Hendrick Krock | Hendrick Krock (21 July 1671 – 18 November 1738) was a Danish history painter who, from 1706, was the court painter of Frederick IV as well as his successor Christian VI. Along with Benoit Le Coffre set the tone for history painting in Denmark during the 18th century-1720s, having been influenced by the Italian baroque... | 2.234375 | 0 |
2937185 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrick%20Krock | Hendrick Krock | Painter to the court
He returned to Denmark again in 1705, and painted over the remainder of his working life many plafonds, wall panels, door pieces and mythological paintings as decoration for such royal palaces and castles as Frederiksberg, Fredensborg, Hirschholm, Rosenborg, and Christiansborg, as well as for vari... | 2.640625 | 0 |
2937185 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrick%20Krock | Hendrick Krock | His position as royal painter was renewed in 1731; at that same time, however when the building of Christiansborg had begun, the preferred artistic style was quickly changing from Krock’s baroque to the new rococo-style. French painters were being called in to do the work, because there were no qualified Danish artist... | 2.59375 | 0 |
2937197 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newnes%2C%20New%20South%20Wales | Newnes, New South Wales | Newnes (), an abandoned oil shale mining site of the Wolgan Valley, is located in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. The site that was operational in the early 20th century is now partly surrounded by Wollemi National Park. The settlement was originally built by the Commonwealth Oil Corporatio... | 2.21875 | 0 |
2937227 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Sterling%20Rockefeller | John Sterling Rockefeller | John Sterling Rockefeller (October 28, 1904 – May 10, 1988) was an American philanthropist, conservationist, and amateur ornithologist of the Rockefeller family. He purchased Kent Island in the Bay of Fundy in order to establish a bird sanctuary, and later donated the island to Bowdoin College for use as a research sta... | 2.4375 | 0 |
2937227 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Sterling%20Rockefeller | John Sterling Rockefeller | Purchase and donation of Kent Island
In order to thank him for his work on the expedition and for collecting the first Grauer's broadbill, Rockefeller undertook to purchase three small islands near Allan Moses's home on Grand Manan Island in the Bay of Fundy and make them a bird sanctuary. The common eider population h... | 2.765625 | 0 |
2937231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%20cell | G cell | A G cell or gastrin cell is a type of cell in the stomach and duodenum that secretes gastrin. It works in conjunction with gastric chief cells and parietal cells. G cells are found deep within the pyloric glands of the stomach antrum, and occasionally in the pancreas and duodenum. The vagus nerve innervates the G cells... | 2.53125 | 0 |
2937259 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concordance%20%28genetics%29 | Concordance (genetics) | In genetics, concordance is the probability that a pair of individuals will both have a certain characteristic (phenotypic trait) given that one of the pair has the characteristic. Concordance can be measured with concordance rates, reflecting the odds of one person having the trait if the other does. Important clinica... | 3.34375 | 0 |
2937259 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concordance%20%28genetics%29 | Concordance (genetics) | Because identical twins are genetically virtually identical, it follows that a genetic pattern carried by one would very likely also be carried by the other. If a characteristic identified in one twin is caused by a certain gene, then it would also very likely be present in the other twin. Thus, the concordance rate of... | 2.59375 | 0 |
2937269 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney%20Barthelemy | Sidney Barthelemy | Sidney John Barthelemy (born March 17, 1942) is a former American political figure. The second African American to hold the New Orleans mayoral chair, he was a member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1974 to 1978 and a member at-large of the New Orleans City Council from 1978 to 1986. He served as mayor of New Orlean... | 2.40625 | 0 |
2937269 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney%20Barthelemy | Sidney Barthelemy | From 1972 to 1974 Barthelemy was Director of the Department of Welfare under Mayor Moon Landrieu. Backed by COUP, Barthelemy was elected in 1974 to one term in the Louisiana State Senate from District 4; he was the first African-American to serve in that body since Reconstruction. While he served in the Legislature, he... | 2.125 | 0 |
2937269 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney%20Barthelemy | Sidney Barthelemy | Election of 1986
Sidney Barthelemy first set his sights on becoming mayor of New Orleans in 1982, when he was reelected to the city council. Barthelemy seemed the complete opposite of his fiery predecessor Ernest Morial, who had something of a "will of iron". Barthelemy was more relaxed in demeanor. Not allowed to run... | 2.125 | 0 |
2937269 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney%20Barthelemy | Sidney Barthelemy | Mayorship
First elected in 1986, Barthelemy became the second African American mayor of New Orleans with 58% of the vote. Barthelemy's mayoralty began under difficult circumstances. Federal government revenue sharing to municipalities had been progressively reduced from 1981 onwards, and had ended by the time Barthele... | 2.953125 | 0 |
2937269 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney%20Barthelemy | Sidney Barthelemy | Taking a less hands-on approach to economic development than his predecessor, Barthelemy preferred to let the private sector be the primary engine of growth. This preference in favor of for-profit actors extended to affordable housing issues, highlighted by Barthelemy's proposal to privatize and demolish much of the ci... | 1.953125 | 0 |
2937269 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney%20Barthelemy | Sidney Barthelemy | Barthelemy's administration was not without economic development successes, as he managed to bring additional investment to New Orleans East, most notably by attracting the giant Pick 'n Save distribution center to the New Orleans Regional Business Park (then known as the Almonaster-Michoud Industrial District). The Pi... | 2.28125 | 0 |
2937269 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney%20Barthelemy | Sidney Barthelemy | Throughout his political career, Barthelemy carried a reputation as a quiet and mild-tempered politician, in marked contrast to his fiery predecessor Dutch Morial, and to typical New Orleans politicians in general. His critics interpreted this as a sign of passivity and poor leadership. Under his mayoralty, the city's ... | 1.96875 | 0 |
2937295 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Banks%20Caperton | William Banks Caperton | William Banks Caperton (June 30, 1855 – December 21, 1941) was an admiral of the United States Navy. He held major posts ashore and afloat, chief of which were commanding the naval forces intervening in Haiti (1915–16) and Santo Domingo (1916), and Commander-in-Chief, Pacific Fleet, from July 28, 1916, to April 30, 191... | 1.976563 | 0 |
2937300 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Keble%20Martin | William Keble Martin | The Rev. William Keble Martin (9 July 1877 – 26 November 1969) was a Church of England priest, botanist and botanical illustrator, known for his Concise British Flora in Colour, published in May 1965 when the author was 88.
The book was the result of 60 years' meticulous fieldwork and exquisite painting skills, and be... | 2.140625 | 0 |
2937313 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocular%20melanosis | Ocular melanosis | Ocular melanosis (OM) is a blue-gray and/or brown lesion of the conjunctiva that can be separated into benign conjunctival epithelial melanosis (BCEM) and primary acquired melanosis (PAM), of which the latter is considered a risk factor for uveal melanoma. The disease is caused by an increase of melanocytes in the iris... | 2.46875 | 0 |
2937313 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocular%20melanosis | Ocular melanosis | PAM is a potentially cancerous lesion of the conjunctiva, which has a higher risk of transforming into a malignant melanoma in white persons. Nearly 75% of all melanomas that arise from the conjunctiva have been found to have occurred in the setting of PAM. It is different from BCEM because there is a proliferation, or... | 2.265625 | 0 |
2937321 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Mojkovac | Battle of Mojkovac | The Battle of Mojkovac was a World War I battle fought between 6 and 7 January 1916 near Mojkovac, in today's Montenegro, between the armies of Austria-Hungary and the Kingdom of Montenegro. It ended with a decisive Montenegrin victory.
Prelude
In the winter of 1915, the Montenegrin Army had been fighting the Austro-H... | 2.15625 | 0 |
2937321 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Mojkovac | Battle of Mojkovac | Results
There is considerable disagreement about the actual conduct of the battle, but the Montenegrins forced a numerically superior foe to retreat. The battle was intended to give the Royal Serbian Army enough time reach the Albanian mountains in their retreat to Corfu, but in fact, most of the Serbian troops had alr... | 2.40625 | 0 |
2937339 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadio%20Diego%20Armando%20Maradona | Estadio Diego Armando Maradona | Since it was small and unsafe, the stadium was left apart in the early 1980s, and the football team moved its basis to the nearer Arquitecto Ricardo Etcheverri stadium, in the neighbourhood of Caballito. The idea was to build a modern and bigger stadium with the 5,800,000 dollars that the club received from the transfe... | 2.234375 | 0 |
2937358 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Clifford%2C%203rd%20Earl%20of%20Cumberland | George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland | Sir George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland, 13th Baron de Clifford, 13th Lord of Skipton, (8 August 155830 October 1605), was an English peer, naval commander, and courtier of Queen Elizabeth I of England. He was notable at court for his jousting, at the Accession Day Tilts, which were highlights of the year at cou... | 2.453125 | 0 |
2937358 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Clifford%2C%203rd%20Earl%20of%20Cumberland | George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland | He led and invested in a number of expeditions, but many were turned back due to storms or lack of prizes. His first success was an expedition to the Azores in 1589, taking a number of Portuguese and Spanish prizes. He suffered losses in the Battle of Berlengas Islands in 1591, and in 1592 he helped to prepare an exped... | 2.515625 | 0 |
2937358 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Clifford%2C%203rd%20Earl%20of%20Cumberland | George Clifford, 3rd Earl of Cumberland | George Clifford's tournament armour survives and is considered the finest surviving garniture of the Tudor period. As Queen's Champion, Clifford's armour has been unrivalled in beauty. It was made at the Greenwich armoury established by King Henry VIII, and a drawing of it is included in the Jacob Album, a book of desi... | 2.703125 | 0 |
2937374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Caperton | USS Caperton | USS Caperton (DD-650) was a of the United States Navy, named for Admiral William B. Caperton (1850–1941).
Caperton was launched 22 May 1943 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, sponsored by Miss M. Caperton; and commissioned 30 July 1943.
Service history
Caperton sailed from Boston 8 October 1943 for Pearl Harbor, where... | 1.945313 | 0 |
2937395 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Goodsell%20Rockefeller | William Goodsell Rockefeller | William Goodsell Rockefeller (May 21, 1870 – November 30, 1922) was a director of the Consolidated Textile Company and a member of the prominent Rockefeller family.
Early life
He was born on May 21, 1870, in Manhattan, New York City. He was the third child of Standard Oil co-founder William Avery Rockefeller Jr. and A... | 2.421875 | 0 |
2937396 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Starling | Simon Starling | Simon Starling (born 1967) is an English conceptual artist and won the Turner Prize in 2005.
Early life
Simon Starling was born in 1967 in Epsom, Surrey. He studied photography and art at Maidstone College of Art from 1986 to 1987, then at Trent Polytechnic Nottingham from 1987 to 1990 and then attended Glasgow School... | 2.046875 | 0 |
2937431 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KKXT | KKXT | Christian format
In 1976, Eldred Thomas, the founder of Covenant Educational Media, bought KVTT and turned it into a Christian music and teaching station. Thomas took KVTT's original call letters and created the "Keep Voicing The Truth" tagline. From its studios in North Dallas, it carried a variety of teaching program... | 2.078125 | 0 |
2937447 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Driscoll | Mark Driscoll | Founding the Acts 29 Network
In 1998, Driscoll and David Nicholas founded the Acts 29 Network ("Acts 29"), a church planting network, in response to people approaching Driscoll for advice on planting churches. The goal of this parachurch organization was to plant 1000 new churches around the world "through recruiting,... | 1.9375 | 0 |
2937447 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Driscoll | Mark Driscoll | Driscoll later distanced himself from the movement:
In the mid-1990s I was part of what is now known as the emerging church and spent some time traveling the country to speak on the emerging church in the emerging culture on a team put together by Leadership Network called the Young Leader Network. But, I eventually ha... | 2.03125 | 0 |
2937454 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby%20on%20board | Baby on board | "Baby on board" is the message of a small (usually ) sign intended to be placed in the back window of an automobile to caution other drivers that an infant is travelling in the automobile.
The sign may also be intended as a warning to emergency personnel in case of emergency, as there may be a baby in the vehicle. How... | 1.960938 | 0 |
2937490 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina%20men%27s%20national%20basketball%20team | Argentina men's national basketball team | The Argentina men's national basketball team () represents Argentina in men's international basketball officially nicknamed The Argentine Soul (), and it is controlled by the Argentine Basketball Federation.
Argentina's national basketball team remains among the most successful in the Americas and one of the most succ... | 2.5625 | 0 |
2937493 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold%20water%20extraction | Cold water extraction | Cold water extraction (also called CWE) is the process whereby a substance is extracted from a mixture via cold water. It is a type of fractional crystallization.
The process generally involves taking a mixture of substances, dissolving them in warm water, and then rapidly cooling the mixture. The insoluble compounds ... | 2.59375 | 0 |
2937511 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A1t%20B%C3%A0%20Island | Cát Bà Island | Cát Bà Island is the largest of the 367 islands spanning that comprise the Cat Ba Archipelago, which makes up the southeastern edge of Lan Ha Bay in Northern Vietnam and maintains the dramatic and rugged features of Ha Long Bay. The archipelago has been a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 2004 and a part of Ha Long Bay -... | 2.890625 | 0 |
2937511 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A1t%20B%C3%A0%20Island | Cát Bà Island | Goals of the National Park
The first purpose is conservation, and the park is primarily committed to protecting the nature and wildlife in the archipelago. The second purpose is scientific research, and the third purpose is to promote eco-tourism and environmental education. A fourth priority is to increase the econ... | 3.046875 | 0 |
2937511 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A1t%20B%C3%A0%20Island | Cát Bà Island | Environmental problems
Cat Ba Island faces numerous environmental problems. Increases in tourism and recent developments threaten the ecological integrity and biodiversity of the island, reducing and fragmenting the natural habitat for Cat Ba's numerous species. Illegal hunting and poaching, overfishing, and water p... | 2.828125 | 0 |
2937529 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrelman | Barrelman | Barrelman is in reference to a person who would be stationed in the barrel of the foremast or crow's nest of an oceangoing vessel as a navigational aid. In early ships the crow's nest was simply a barrel or a basket lashed to the tallest mast. Later it became a specially designed platform with protective railing.
Hist... | 3.125 | 0 |
2937533 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basal%20cell | Basal cell | Overview
A basal cell is a general cell type that is present in many forms of epithelial tissue throughout the body. Basal cells are located between the basement membrane and the remainder of the epithelium, effectively functioning as an anchor for the epithelial layer and an important mechanism in the maintenance of... | 3.125 | 0 |
2937533 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basal%20cell | Basal cell | Regardless of their specific location, basal cells generally share a similar basic structure. They are all usually either cuboidal, polyhedral or pyramidal shaped cells with enlarged nuclei and minimal cytoplasm. Basal cells are bound to each other by desmosomes, and to the basal lamina of the basement membrane by hemi... | 2.90625 | 0 |
2937533 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basal%20cell | Basal cell | This process of proliferation and differentiation is regulated by multiple genetic and environmental factors including a calcium gradient, Vitamins A and D, epidermal growth factor (EGF), transcription factor p63, and transforming growth factor alpha (TGF-α).
Errors in the regulatory mechanisms of epidermal basal cell... | 2.4375 | 0 |
2937533 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basal%20cell | Basal cell | The process of respiratory basal cell differentiation is regulated by multiple factors including transcription factors such as FOXJ1, FOXA3, Sox2, and p53, proteins such as LEF-1, and interleukins IL-1α and IL-33, as well as other other cytokines. However, the primary control of basal respiratory cell differentiation i... | 2.203125 | 0 |
2937533 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basal%20cell | Basal cell | In the stomach, basal cells are generally located in the isthmus region, or near the top, of gastric glands, a location that allows them to easily differentiate within the gland and then diffuse bi-directionally as they differentiate, going either to the above gastric pit or the base of the gastric gland to replenish d... | 2.671875 | 0 |
2937609 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravata%C3%AD | Gravataí | Gravataí (Tupi–Guarani: gravatá, a kind of flower common in the region; y, river.) is a Brazilian municipality near Porto Alegre at the Rio Grande do Sul State. Its population is approximately 280,000 people, making it the sixth most populous city in the state.
History
The land where Gravataí is located was subject of... | 2.578125 | 0 |
2937609 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gravata%C3%AD | Gravataí | Agriculture was essential to Gravataí's economy during its first two centuries. After the 1950s the city started a process of industrialization. This process was accelerated in 2000 after the inauguration of a General Motors manufacturing plant. Since its opening 600,000 cars have been built, more than one hundred thou... | 2.375 | 0 |
2937625 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting%20coup | Counting coup | Among the Plains Indians of North America, counting coup () (“coup“ is french for “blow” or “shock”) is the warrior tradition of winning prestige against an enemy in battle. It is one of the traditional ways of showing bravery in the face of an enemy and involves intimidating him, and, it is hoped, persuading him to ad... | 2.796875 | 0 |
2937651 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater%20Manchester%20Built-up%20Area | Greater Manchester Built-up Area | The Greater Manchester Built-up Area is an area of land defined by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), consisting of the large conurbation that encompasses the urban element of the city of Manchester and the metropolitan area that forms much of Greater Manchester in North West England. According to the United Kin... | 2.640625 | 0 |
2937652 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boulaide | Boulaide | Boulaide (; ; ) is a commune and small town in north-western Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Wiltz, which is part of the district of Diekirch. As of 2023, it has a total population of 1,499.
The commune is composed of three villages: Boulaide, which as of 2024 has a population of 754, Baschleiden, and Surré.... | 1.953125 | 0 |
2937698 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1969%20NBA%20Finals | 1969 NBA Finals | The 1969 NBA World Championship Series to determine the champion of the 1968–69 NBA season was played between the Los Angeles Lakers and Boston Celtics. The Lakers were heavily favored due to the presence of three formidable stars: Elgin Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain, and Jerry West. In addition, Boston was an aging team; t... | 2.5625 | 0 |
2937699 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest%20Emerson | Ernest Emerson | Ernest R. Emerson (born March 7, 1955) is an American custom knifemaker, martial artist, and edged-weapons expert. Originally an engineer and machinist in the aerospace industry, Emerson became a knifemaker by producing knives for a martial arts class and making art knives early in his knifemaking career. In the 1980s ... | 2.453125 | 0 |
2937699 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest%20Emerson | Ernest Emerson | Emerson began his training in martial arts at the age of 16 with the Korean version of Judo known as Yudo, traveling from Wisconsin to Minnesota twice a week to attend school. He continued his study of the martial arts while attending the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse where he earned a brown belt in Kyokushinkai Ka... | 2.21875 | 0 |
2937699 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest%20Emerson | Ernest Emerson | Emerson's early folding knives were of the linerlock variety, ground by the stock removal method, and utilized rare materials from the aerospace industry, including titanium, carbon fiber, micarta, and meteorite. He incorporated exotic materials common to knifemakers of the time, including mother-of-pearl, abalone she... | 2.1875 | 0 |
2937699 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest%20Emerson | Ernest Emerson | These early knives sold for between $800 and $2,000 each; that, combined with his appearances at knife shows and write-ups in knife magazines, helped Emerson gain status and credibility as a custom knifemaker. Once established as a serious and reputable maker, Emerson was soon able to concentrate on making the knives h... | 2.078125 | 0 |
2937699 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest%20Emerson | Ernest Emerson | In 1986 individual Navy SEALs from a West Coast team had been using personally purchased custom fixed-blade knives made by Southern California knifemaker Phill Hartsfield. Hartsfield's knives were hard ground from differentially heat-treated A2 tool steel and are known for their distinctive chisel-ground blades. More a... | 1.992188 | 0 |
2937699 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest%20Emerson | Ernest Emerson | One of Emerson's earliest production models, the Commander (winner of Blade Magazines Overall Knife of the Year Award for 1999), is a large recurve folding knife based on a special custom design, the ES1-M, that he had made for a West Coast Navy SEAL Team. The Commander has a hook on the spine of the blade (originally ... | 2.078125 | 0 |
2937699 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernest%20Emerson | Ernest Emerson | The Navy went to Emerson, who designed and fabricated a working prototype within 24 hours. They found that it met their needs, and the model was dubbed the "SARK" (Search and Rescue Knife). The SARK is a folding knife with a wharncliffe-style blade and a blunt tip designed so a rescuer could cut trapped victims free wi... | 2.28125 | 0 |
2937704 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front%20Mission%205%3A%20Scars%20of%20the%20War | Front Mission 5: Scars of the War | Links is a feature that allows multiple units to provide offensive and defensive support to each other during battles. Scars of the War streamlines this feature by allowing up to six units to form one "link" for Player Phase and Enemy Phase battles. As long as a unit's pilot has a Link-class skill and the appropriate w... | 2.125 | 0 |
2937704 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front%20Mission%205%3A%20Scars%20of%20the%20War | Front Mission 5: Scars of the War | Story
Unlike all other Front Mission titles, the story of Scars of the War uses a very different approach. Set over the course of five decades starting from 2070, the game encapsulates and concludes the entire serialized storyline. All unresolved plot elements from past Front Mission entries are finally brought to thei... | 2.15625 | 0 |
2937704 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front%20Mission%205%3A%20Scars%20of%20the%20War | Front Mission 5: Scars of the War | Plot
The plot of Scars of the War revolves around USN soldier Walter Feng. When Huffman Island is deemed ready for colonization by the United Nations in 2065, Feng becomes one of the island's first immigrants. Living in Freedom City, Walter befriends two other children - Randy O'Neill and Glen Duval. The three boys exp... | 1.976563 | 0 |
2937752 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammelburg | Hammelburg | In the 12th century, the prince-abbots of Fulda built the castle of Saaleck on the heights over the Saale's left bank for Hammelburg's protection, which particularly served for control of the Trimburg established by the Hennebergs. In 1234, Würzburg succeeded in appropriating the Trimburg from the Hennebergs. Fulda ans... | 2.640625 | 0 |
2937752 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammelburg | Hammelburg | Until 1803, Hammelburg belonged to Fulda. In the course of the German mediatisation it passed to the Principality of Nassau-Orange-Fulda from 1803-1806. Under Napoleon's brother-in-law, Marshal Murat (1806-1810), the city was under French administration. In 1810, it was assigned to the new Grand Duchy of Frankfurt. Aft... | 2.15625 | 0 |
2937772 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermophotovoltaic%20energy%20conversion | Thermophotovoltaic energy conversion | Another problem with lower-temperature sources is that their energy is more spread out, according to Wien's displacement law. While one can make a practical solar cell with a single bandgap tuned to the peak of the spectrum and just ignore the losses in the IR region, doing the same with a lower temperature source will... | 2.515625 | 0 |
2937772 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermophotovoltaic%20energy%20conversion | Thermophotovoltaic energy conversion | RTGs
Conventional radioisotope thermoelectric generators (RTGs) used to power spacecraft use a radioactive material whose radiation is used to heat a block of material and then converted to electricity using a thermocouple. Thermocouples are very inefficient and their replacement with TPV could offer significant improv... | 2.75 | 0 |
2937772 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermophotovoltaic%20energy%20conversion | Thermophotovoltaic energy conversion | Efficiency, temperature resistance and cost are the three major factors for choosing a TPV emitter. Efficiency is determined by energy absorbed relative to incoming radiation. High temperature operation is crucial because efficiency increases with operating temperature. As emitter temperature increases, black-body radi... | 2.34375 | 0 |
2937772 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermophotovoltaic%20energy%20conversion | Thermophotovoltaic energy conversion | Rare-earth oxides such as ytterbium oxide (Yb2O3) and erbium oxide (Er2O3) are the most commonly used selective emitters. These oxides emit a narrow band of wavelengths in the near-infrared region, allowing the emission spectra to be tailored to better fit the absorbance characteristics of a particular PV material. The... | 2.234375 | 0 |
2937772 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermophotovoltaic%20energy%20conversion | Thermophotovoltaic energy conversion | The gallium antimonide (GaSb) PV cell, invented in 1989, is the basis of most PV cells in modern TPV systems. GaSb is a III-V semiconductor with the zinc blende crystal structure. The GaSb cell is a key development owing to its narrow bandgap of 0.72 eV. This allows GaSb to respond to light at longer wavelengths than s... | 2.078125 | 0 |
2937776 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Michael%27s%20Abbey%2C%20Farnborough | St Michael's Abbey, Farnborough | Saint Michael's Abbey (French: Abbaye Saint-Michel) is a Benedictine abbey in Farnborough, Hampshire, England. The small community is known for its liturgy (which is sung in Latin and Gregorian chant), its pipe organ, and its liturgical publishing and printing. This abbey is also known for enshrining a Pontifically cro... | 2.734375 | 0 |
2937806 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engstingen | Engstingen | The Alb plateau was created when the disk of the White Jurassic was raised before about 50 million years ago. There were many cracks and fissures in the limestone rock, so that rainwater seeps very quickly, and so the Alb is quite low in water. Thus, it is surprising that a mineral spring exists in the municipality of ... | 2.5 | 0 |
2937806 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engstingen | Engstingen | Kleinengstingen
Northwest of Kleinengstingen is an Alemannic row grave field. The oldest known mention of "Clain Engstingen" dates from 1482. The place was sometimes called "Freiengstingen" in the 13th century during the reign of the barons of Engstingen (liber de Anegestingen). However, it was probably already then un... | 2.1875 | 0 |
2937857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooks%20Dauss | Hooks Dauss | 1912–1915
Deacon McGuire, then a scout for the Detroit Tigers, saw Dauss pitch in St. Paul during the 1912 season. Detroit team president Frank Navin tried unsuccessfully to draft Dauss and ended up purchasing him from St. Paul in September 1912. Dauss made his major league debut on September 28, 1912, pitching a fou... | 2.171875 | 0 |
2937857 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooks%20Dauss | Hooks Dauss | During the 1914 season, Dauss became a workhorse for the Tigers, appearing in 45 games and 302 innings pitched. He improved his record to 19–15 and had a 2.86 ERA. He finished among the American League's leaders with 22 complete games (3rd), 19 wins (4th), 302 innings pitched (4th), and 150 strikeouts (5th). However... | 2.28125 | 0 |
2937859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Hall%20Gower | Richard Hall Gower | Captain Richard Hall Gower (1768–1833) was an English mariner, empirical philosopher, nautical inventor, entrepreneur, and humanitarian.
Mariner
Richard was the youngest son of Rev. Foote Gower, physician and antiquarian, and Elizabeth, a sister of John Strutt, Member of Parliament for . He won a scholarship to Winche... | 2.609375 | 0 |
2937859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Hall%20Gower | Richard Hall Gower | Empirical Philosopher
The Age of Reason and the Industrial Revolution had brought experimental enquiry, scientific reasoning and, thus, engineering to bear on the legends, traditions and practices of all the crafts. Naval architects and shipwrights were no exceptions. Richard Gower quoted a Mr Mackonochie " ... in a m... | 2.4375 | 0 |
2937859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Hall%20Gower | Richard Hall Gower | It was just about the turn of the century that both the Royal Navy and the Royal Mail recognised the need for fast vessels for scouting and for carrying messages and mail to and from the United Kingdom and her dominions and colonies overseas. These newly recognised tasks required new designs of vessels and new opportun... | 2.28125 | 0 |
2937859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Hall%20Gower | Richard Hall Gower | Gower and his family removed to Nova Scotia House at Ipswich in 1817. There he devoted himself to the invention, patenting, design and building of a remarkable series of novel vessels including three vessels named Transit, a fly boat, two yachts the Unique and the Gower, the Landguard Fort Lifeboat, and a number of oth... | 2.71875 | 0 |
2937859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Hall%20Gower | Richard Hall Gower | Entrepreneur
The design, building and sailing of the vessels Transit and the promotion of the novel ideas that he incorporated in them, occupied much of his life. The most original features of these vessels were their slab sides above, and the concave and convex sweeps of the hull, below the waterline, the Joints scarf... | 2.625 | 0 |
2937859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Hall%20Gower | Richard Hall Gower | Humanitarian
Captain Gower was a regular contributor, mainly on nautical subjects, to the Suffolk Chronicle under the initials R. G. or "John Splice". He expressed much concern about the cramped and squalid conditions under which Jack Tar had to work and he deplored the cruel and heartless behaviour of many captains. H... | 1.921875 | 0 |
2937859 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Hall%20Gower | Richard Hall Gower | In his last book, published posthumously, Gower reflected on the gigantic advances made in the use of iron and steam. He noted this especially on the railroads where passengers and heavy freight travelled at the extraordinary velocity of thirty miles per hour. He thought that, because of the need for large coal bunkers... | 2.296875 | 0 |
2937866 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Manson | George Manson | George Manson (3 December 1850 – 27 February 1876) was a Scottish watercolour painter born in Edinburgh. At approximately fifteen years of age, Manson became an apprentice woodcutter with W. & R. Chambers, with whom he remained for over five years, employing his spare time in the study and practice of art and producing... | 2.15625 | 0 |
2937868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluevale%20Collegiate%20Institute | Bluevale Collegiate Institute | Bluevale Collegiate Institute is a secondary school in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, run by the Waterloo Region District School Board. As of the 2019–2020 school year, Bluevale has an enrollment of 1,240 students. The school opened in 1972 under the direction of principal Robert Chilton, and vice-principal Charlie Wilson,... | 2.53125 | 0 |
2937868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluevale%20Collegiate%20Institute | Bluevale Collegiate Institute | Sports
Bluevale provides opportunities for participation in athletics including intramurals, team sports and individual-based programs. These opportunities include rugby, American football, basketball, volleyball, swimming, tennis, track and field, cross-country, curling, skiing, ice hockey, badminton, and other teams.... | 2.78125 | 0 |
2937920 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquascaping | Aquascaping | A contrasting approach is the "nature aquarium" or Japanese style, introduced in the 1990s by Takashi Amano. Amano's three-volume series, Nature Aquarium World, sparked a wave of interest in aquarium gardening, and he has been cited as having "set a new standard in aquarium management". Amano also worked in natural-lan... | 2.53125 | 0 |
2937920 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquascaping | Aquascaping | For instance, blackwater biotope aquariums mimic a blackwater watercourse, pond, or swamp. Blackwater aquariums resemble the native environment of many popular aquarium fish. The chemical composition of blackwater rivers in the Amazon rainforest is often used as a reference. They contain recalcitrant (slow-decaying) or... | 3.03125 | 0 |
2937920 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquascaping | Aquascaping | It is also necessary to support photosynthesis by providing light. A variety of lighting systems may be used to produce the full spectrum of light, usually at 2–4 watts per gallon (0.5–1 watts per litre). Lights are usually controlled by a timer that allows the plants to be acclimated to a set cycle. Alternatively, som... | 2.6875 | 0 |
2937920 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquascaping | Aquascaping | Algae (including cyanobacteria, as well as true algae) is considered distracting and unwanted in aquascaping, and is controlled in several ways. Algae is most commonly caused by an excess of nutrients and waste, so aquarists will perform water changes to lower the nitrates present. Another method is the use of animals ... | 3.09375 | 0 |
2937943 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Legislative%20Medal%20of%20Honor | Texas Legislative Medal of Honor | The Texas Legislative Medal of Honor, commonly referred to as the Texas Medal of Honor, is the highest military decoration that can be conferred to a service member of the Texas Military Forces. It can also be conferred to service members of the United States Armed Forces. Subsequent decorations are conferred by a gold... | 2.140625 | 0 |
2937943 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Legislative%20Medal%20of%20Honor | Texas Legislative Medal of Honor | In 2013, HB 1589 was signed into law by Governor Rick Perry amending the statute for the bestowal of two Texas Legislative Medals of Honor each legislative session, one for service pre-1956 and one for service post-1957.
On May 18, 2023 the Texas Senate passed Rep. Terry Wilson's HB 4421 by a 31-0 vote to award the Te... | 2.03125 | 0 |
2937957 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Pycroft | James Pycroft | James Pycroft (1813 – 10 March 1895) is chiefly known for writing The Cricket Field, one of the earliest books about cricket, published in 1851.
Pycroft mythologised cricket as a noble, manly and essentially British activity ("Cricket is essentially Anglo-Saxon, ... Foreigners have rarely imitated us. English settlers... | 2.359375 | 0 |
2937967 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place%20Saint-Sulpice | Place Saint-Sulpice | The Place Saint-Sulpice is a large public square, dominated on its eastern side by the Church of Saint-Sulpice. It was built in 1754 as a tranquil garden in the Latin Quarter of the 6th arrondissement of Paris.
History as a tourist destination
By 1855, the Place was already a tourist destination, with several omnibuse... | 2.40625 | 0 |
2937981 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20England | Transport in England | Transport in England includes road, rail, air, and water networks.
A radial road network totals of main roads, of motorways and of paved roads. The National Rail network of 10,072 route miles (16,116 km) in Great Britain carries over 18,000 passenger and 1,000 freight trains daily. Urban rail networks and bus ne... | 2.953125 | 0 |
2937981 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20England | Transport in England | The world's first passenger railway running on steam was the Stockton and Darlington Railway, opened on 27 September 1825. Just under five years later the world's first intercity railway was the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, designed by George Stephenson and opened by the Prime Minister, the Duke of Wellington on 1... | 2.671875 | 0 |
2937981 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20England | Transport in England | The National Cycle Network was established to encourage cycling and walking throughout England. It uses dedicated bike paths as well as roads with minimal traffic, and covers 14,000 miles, passing within a mile of half of all homes. Other cycling routes such as The National Byway, the Sea to Sea Cycle Route, and local ... | 2.453125 | 0 |
2938020 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiran%20Mazumdar-Shaw | Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw | Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (born 23 March 1953) is an Indian billionaire entrepreneur. She is the executive chairperson and founder of Biocon Limited and Biocon Biologics Limited, a biotechnology company based in Bangalore, India and the former chairperson of Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore. In 2014, she was awarded... | 1.921875 | 0 |
2938020 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiran%20Mazumdar-Shaw | Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw | Affordable innovation
Mazumdar-Shaw's belief in "affordable innovation" has always been a driving philosophy behind Biocon's expansion. Inspired by the need for affordable drugs in less-wealthy countries, she has looked for opportunities to develop cost-effective techniques and low-cost alternatives. She has also prop... | 2.25 | 0 |
2938042 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milano%E2%80%93Torino | Milano–Torino | Milano–Torino is a semi classic European single day cycling race, between the northern Italian cities of Milan and Turin over a distance of 199 kilometres. The event was first run in 1876 making it the oldest classic race in the world. The event is owned by the RCS media group which owns the Italian sports daily La Ga... | 2.015625 | 0 |
2938042 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milano%E2%80%93Torino | Milano–Torino | The route
The race starts in Novate Milanese, just north west of Milan, and crosses the Ticino river at Vigevano after 40 kilometres, leaving the region of Lombardy and entering Piedmont. The first 95 kilometres of the race are run in a south westerly direction on broad flat roads, the climb of Vignale Monferrato (293... | 2.03125 | 0 |
2938054 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%27s%20Air%20Ambulance%20Charity | London's Air Ambulance Charity | London's Air Ambulance Charity is a registered charity that operates a helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) dedicated to responding to serious trauma emergencies in and around London. Using a helicopter from 08:00 to sunset and rapid response vehicles by night, the service performs advanced medical interventions... | 2.484375 | 0 |
2938054 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%27s%20Air%20Ambulance%20Charity | London's Air Ambulance Charity | Television appearances
In 2004, the service was featured heavily in the BBC television series Trauma. In 2009, a standalone documentary about the air ambulance was made for the BBC by North One Television. Medic One: Life and Death in London showcased the service in a number of emergencies. In 1993, the HEMS team were ... | 2.234375 | 0 |
2938089 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20Visconti | Louis Visconti | Louis Tullius Joachim Visconti (Rome February 11, 1791 – December 29, 1853) was an Italian-born French architect and designer.
Life
Son of the Italian archaeologist and art historian Ennio Quirino Visconti, Visconti designed many Parisian residences, public buildings and squares, including the Place Saint Sulpice and... | 2.5625 | 0 |
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