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1488463 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agroforestry | Agroforestry | Severe famines across the African Sahel in the 1970s and 1980s led to a global response, and stopping desertification became a top priority. Conventional methods of raising exotic and indigenous tree species in nurseries were used. Despite investing millions of dollars and thousands of hours of labour, there was little... | 3.125 | 0 |
1488463 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agroforestry | Agroforestry | History
In the early-1980s, in the Maradi region of the Republic of Niger, the missionary organisation, Serving in Mission (SIM), was unsuccessfully attempting to reforest the surrounding districts using conventional means. In 1983, SIM began experimenting and promoting FMNR amongst about 10 farmers. During the famin... | 2.875 | 0 |
1488463 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agroforestry | Agroforestry | Following the success of the Humbo project, FMNR spread to the Tigray region of northern Ethiopia where 20,000 hectares have been set aside for regeneration, including 10 hectare FMNR model sites for research and demonstration in each of 34 sub-districts. The Government of Ethiopia has committed to reforest 15 million ... | 2.734375 | 0 |
1488463 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agroforestry | Agroforestry | For each stump, a decision is made as to how many stems will be chosen to grow. The tallest and straightest stems are selected and the remaining stems culled. Best results are obtained when the farmer returns regularly to prune any unwanted new stems and side branches as they appear. Farmers can then grow other crops b... | 3.03125 | 0 |
1488463 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agroforestry | Agroforestry | Benefits
FMNR can restore degraded farmlands, pastures and forests by increasing the quantity and value of woody vegetation, by increasing biodiversity and by improving soil structure and fertility through leaf litter and nutrient cycling. The reforestation also retards wind and water erosion; it creates windbreaks wh... | 2.953125 | 0 |
1488463 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agroforestry | Agroforestry | Key success factors and constraints
While there are numerous accounts of the uptake and spread of FMNR independent of aid and development agencies, the following factors have been found to be beneficial for its introduction and spread:
Awareness creation of FMNR's potential.
Capacity building through workshops and ... | 2.578125 | 0 |
1488463 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agroforestry | Agroforestry | Brown et al. suggest that the two main reasons why FMNR has spread so widely in Niger are attitudinal change by the community of what constitutes good land management practices, and farmers' ownership of trees. Farmers need the assurance that they will benefit from their labour. Giving farmers either outright ownership... | 2.703125 | 0 |
1488473 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Law%20Commission | International Law Commission | The International Law Commission (ILC) is a body of experts responsible for helping develop and codify international law. It is composed of 34 individuals recognized for their expertise and qualifications in international law, who are elected by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) every five years.
The ideologi... | 2.6875 | 0 |
1488473 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Law%20Commission | International Law Commission | On November 21, 1947, the UN General Assembly passed Resolution 174, which provided for the creation of an "International Law Commission" in order to fulfill the obligations of the Charter. To the resolution was attached the statute of the Commission, which defined its purposes as:
Promoting the codification of intern... | 2.296875 | 0 |
1488483 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panbiogeography | Panbiogeography | Panbiogeography, originally proposed by the French-Italian scholar Léon Croizat (1894–1982) in 1958, is a cartographical approach to biogeography that plots distributions of a particular taxon or group of taxa on maps, and connects the disjunct distribution areas or collection localities together with lines called trac... | 2.625 | 0 |
1488495 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger%20House | Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House | The area surrounding present-day Romney remained sparsely populated by European settlers until the middle of the 18th century, when tensions with Native Americans began to subside. Around this time, Lord Fairfax wanted to have the lands of his Northern Neck Proprietary used and enticed European settlers to move there. ... | 2.703125 | 0 |
1488495 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger%20House | Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House | On October 9, 1770, George Washington purportedly stayed the night in an old log house at the northeastern corner of Lot Number 48. This was his final visit to Romney. In his diary, Washington wrote:
Wilson became a justice of the peace for newly established Bedford County, Pennsylvania, in 1771. He was involved in th... | 2.328125 | 0 |
1488495 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger%20House | Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House | Mytinger family
Tobias Mytinger acquired the property in 1861. Mytinger was active in the community affairs of Romney. He was elected a town councilman in 1874 and 1884; appointed to a committee in 1875 to assess repairs needed for the Hampshire County Courthouse; and elected to the Romney District Board of Education ... | 2.03125 | 0 |
1488495 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger%20House | Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House | The rear (northern) structure of the house dates from around 1750, and is thought to be the oldest extant building on the property and in Romney. It is believed to have been a kitchen for most of its existence. The kitchen structure is one and one-half stories in height and measures by . Constructed of hand-hewn logs,... | 2.015625 | 0 |
1488495 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger%20House | Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House | The residential structure consists of four rooms: two each traversing the ground level and upper level lengthwise. The front room on both the ground and upper levels is long and narrow. The double chimneys on the structure's western side allow for fireplaces in all four rooms. The western fireplace walls in all four ro... | 2.203125 | 0 |
1488495 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger%20House | Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House | Clerk's office (1780s)
The largest and most imposing structure contributing to the Wilson-Wodrow-Mytinger House complex is the two and one-half-story "clerk's office". This building is the oldest extant public office building in the state of West Virginia. Built of wooden frame construction, it measures by , with its... | 2.109375 | 0 |
1488501 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steppenwolf%20Theatre%20Company | Steppenwolf Theatre Company | Steppenwolf Theatre Company is a Chicago theater company founded in 1974 by Terry Kinney, Jeff Perry, and Gary Sinise in the Immaculate Conception grade school in Highland Park, Illinois and is now located in Chicago's Lincoln Park neighborhood on Halsted Street. The theatre's name comes from Hermann Hesse's novel Step... | 1.921875 | 0 |
1488553 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society%20for%20Classical%20Studies | Society for Classical Studies | Activities
Through its divisions of Research, Education, Publications, Professional Matters, and Program, the Society conducts a variety of activities to support and disseminate knowledge of the ancient Greek and Roman worlds. For example, it operates a Placement Service, gathers statistical information about the demog... | 2.078125 | 0 |
1488582 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warzone%202100 | Warzone 2100 | Warzone 2100 is an open-source real-time strategy and real-time tactics hybrid computer game, originally developed by Pumpkin Studios and published by Eidos Interactive. It was originally released in 1999 for Microsoft Windows and PlayStation, and is now also available for macOS, FreeBSD, AmigaOS 4, AROS, MorphOS, Linu... | 1.992188 | 0 |
1488618 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20Goldman | Gary Goldman | Gary Wayne Goldman (born November 17, 1944) is an American film producer, director, animator, writer and voice actor. He is known for working on films with Don Bluth such as All Dogs Go to Heaven for his directorial debut, Anastasia, An American Tail, and The Land Before Time. He was an animator at Disney before workin... | 2 | 0 |
1488618 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20Goldman | Gary Goldman | In an effort to accelerate their skills in preparation for leadership assignments within the Disney organization, Goldman and Bluth began to purchase used animation equipment and probe every aspect of animated production, at Don Bluth's home. United by the common goal of restoring the lost techniques of classical anima... | 2.390625 | 0 |
1488618 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20Goldman | Gary Goldman | Since leaving Disney, the team produced several feature films, starting with The Secret of NIMH, which won the Saturn Award for "Best Animated Feature" from the Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Film Academy. In late 1982, composer Jerry Goldsmith introduced them to director Steven Spielberg. Their first collaboratio... | 2.0625 | 0 |
1488637 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20Air | New York Air | The 1981 Air Traffic Controllers strike badly affected New York Air's operations and its finances. The strike led to long flight delays, encouraging passengers to avoid flying. In order to ease delays, the Federal Aviation Administration reduced the number of available slots in Northeastern airports, forcing airlines t... | 2.359375 | 0 |
1488637 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20Air | New York Air | In July 1985, New York Air announced it would open a hub at Washington Dulles Airport. Construction began on a $3.6 million concourse to handle the expanded number of flights, which featured an 'Apple Club' restaurant. By the end of 1985, New York Air had 35 flights a day from Dulles, and eventually made the airport it... | 1.9375 | 0 |
1488664 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston%20Social%20Forum | Boston Social Forum | [the Boston Social Forum] was called to help progressive activists to begin to answer some very basic questions: What kind of future do we want for Boston? For our region? For our nation? For the world? What is our vision of a better society?
Through a series of workshops, cultural events, plenary sessions, and giant ... | 1.914063 | 0 |
1488680 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young%20Avengers | Young Avengers | The Young Avengers are the names of two superhero teams appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Allan Heinberg and Jim Cheung, the first team appeared in Young Avengers #1 (April 2005). The Young Avengers team features numerous adolescent characters who typically have connections to est... | 2.8125 | 0 |
1488680 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young%20Avengers | Young Avengers | The Young Avengers appear in the 2010–2012 miniseries, Avengers: The Children's Crusade, written by Allan Heinberg and illustrated by Jim Cheung. In the series, Magneto learned that the Young Avengers were going to search for the still missing Scarlet Witch, and that Wiccan and Speed may be the reincarnations of Wanda'... | 2.25 | 0 |
1488680 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Young%20Avengers | Young Avengers | Thus the team again disbanded, after Hawkeye, America Chavez, and Noh-Varr joined West Coast Avengers, Wiccan and Speed focusing their relationships with Hulkling and Prodigy respectively.
Members
Development and production
Prior to co-creating Young Avengers, Allan Heinberg was a writer and producer for The O.C., a... | 1.960938 | 0 |
1488707 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slipware | Slipware | Slipware is pottery identified by its primary decorating process where slip is placed onto the leather-hard (semi-hardened) clay body surface before firing by dipping, painting or splashing. Slip is an aqueous suspension of a clay body, which is a mixture of clays and other minerals such as quartz, feldspar and mica. ... | 2.859375 | 0 |
1488752 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Francisco%20Board%20of%20Supervisors | San Francisco Board of Supervisors | The San Francisco Board of Supervisors is the legislative body within the government of the City and County of San Francisco in the U.S. state of California.
Government and politics
The City and County of San Francisco is a consolidated city-county, being simultaneously a charter city and charter county with a consoli... | 2.5 | 0 |
1488752 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Francisco%20Board%20of%20Supervisors | San Francisco Board of Supervisors | Prior to 1977 and again from 1980 through 2000, the Board of Supervisors was chosen in at-large elections, with all candidates appearing together on the ballot. The person who received the most votes was elected President of the Board of Supervisors, and the next four or five (depending on how many seats were up for el... | 2.3125 | 0 |
1488752 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Francisco%20Board%20of%20Supervisors | San Francisco Board of Supervisors | The terms are staggered so that only half of the 11-member board is elected every two years, thereby providing continuity. Supervisors representing odd-numbered districts are elected every fourth year counted from 2000. Supervisors representing even-numbered districts were elected to transitional two-year terms in 2000... | 2.453125 | 0 |
1488756 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safi%2C%20Malta | Safi, Malta | Safi () is a village in the Southern Region of Malta, bordering Żurrieq and Kirkop. It has a population of 2,126 people as of March 2014.
The formation of the village, as known today, goes back to the Punic-Roman period: the Ta' Ġawhar Tower, a round Punic-Roman tower in the village, was probably built at the time of ... | 2.125 | 0 |
1488756 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safi%2C%20Malta | Safi, Malta | At last, in 1592, Bishop Gargallo decided to separate Ħal Safi, Imqabba and Ħal Kirkop from Bir Miftuħ. He amalgamated the three villages into one Parish. Father Carl Taliana from Luqa was appointed as its Parish Priest. Ħal Safi residents were still not satisfied because they had to walk long distances when visiting t... | 2.21875 | 0 |
1488756 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safi%2C%20Malta | Safi, Malta | In the 80’s a playing field adjacent to the school was inaugurated, later refurbished with synthetic turf in 2000. In 1986, a public health clinic started to operate in Saint George Street. Moreover, the number of houses and consequently the number of residents is always increasing. In fact, from latest statistics, the... | 2.078125 | 0 |
1488789 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Sydney%20Oval | North Sydney Oval | North Sydney Oval (Also known as “Bear Park” by North Sydney Bears fans) is a multi-use sporting facility in North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, owned and operated by North Sydney Council. First used as a cricket ground in 1867, it is also used for Australian rules football, rugby league, rugby union and soccer.
... | 2.375 | 0 |
1488789 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Sydney%20Oval | North Sydney Oval | Rugby league
North Sydney Oval has been the home ground of the North Sydney Bears since their inception in 1908. The first top grade rugby league match to be played at the oval came in round 1 of the 1910 NSWRL season where North Sydney defeated Glebe 13-9 in front of 3000 spectators. The club currently plays in the N... | 1.953125 | 0 |
1488809 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moonie%20Highway | Moonie Highway | The Moonie Highway is a state highway of Queensland, Australia. Part of State Route 49, it leaves the Warrego Highway at Dalby and runs for over 290 km until it reaches St George. From there, State Route 49 continues west as the Balonne Highway. From Dalby, it continues north-east as the Bunya Highway.
The highway ser... | 2.0625 | 0 |
1488819 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo%20Granda%20affair | Rodrigo Granda affair | Diplomatic tensions
This event set off a series of diplomatic tensions, with Colombia questioning Venezuela's lack of cooperation in law enforcement actions against guerrillas in its territory, the United States supporting Colombia's position and outright accusing Venezuela of harboring these guerrillas, Venezuela acc... | 2.0625 | 0 |
1488821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls%20Preparatory%20School | Girls Preparatory School | Partnerships in the Community (PIC)
A broad spectrum of community organizations and components of local governments are part of PIC: East Side Elementary School and Chattanooga Girls Leadership Academy; City of Chattanooga Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Northside Neighborhood House; Habitat for Humanity of th... | 2.390625 | 0 |
1488821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls%20Preparatory%20School | Girls Preparatory School | May Day
While most traditions are school-wide, some focus on certain grades. One such tradition is May Day, a pageant that combines the old traditions of a May Day from the Renaissance and a debutante pageant. The senior class is presented in colorful dresses, one by one, with a May Court and May Queen introduced sepa... | 2.828125 | 0 |
1488821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls%20Preparatory%20School | Girls Preparatory School | Rivalry Week
One week out of every fall semester is reserved for celebrating the friendship between GPS and McCallie and the schools' rivalry with Baylor. The week begins on Monday and includes many activities, both coordinate with McCallie and within GPS, including a car drop, a bonfire, and several pep rallies. The ... | 2.109375 | 0 |
1488861 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malalane | Malalane | Malalane, alternatively rendered Malelane, is a farming town in Mpumalanga, South Africa situated on the N4 national highway. The farms in the region produce sugarcane, subtropical fruit and winter vegetables. The town was proclaimed in 1949 after which it was named. The origin of the name is disputed but was corrupted... | 2.390625 | 0 |
1488861 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malalane | Malalane | In 1942 the government of the Transvaal commissioned a dirt road through the area for military use, that was later tarred. The road increased traffic through the area, however this had little effect on the local economy as the traffic was primarily passing through to Lourenço Marques (now Maputo). The odd traveller may... | 2.6875 | 0 |
1488862 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CMS%20College%20Kottayam | CMS College Kottayam | Managing Council
The CSI Madhya Kerala Diocese is in charge of CMS College Kottayam. The Managing Council is made up of thirteen individuals. All significant decisions relating to the college's governance are made by the Council, which convenes no fewer than four times annually.
Departments and courses
The college of... | 2.015625 | 0 |
1488888 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabin%20pressurization | Cabin pressurization | Cabin pressurization is a process in which conditioned air is pumped into the cabin of an aircraft or spacecraft in order to create a safe and comfortable environment for humans flying at high altitudes. For aircraft, this air is usually bled off from the gas turbine engines at the compressor stage, and for spacecraft,... | 2.96875 | 0 |
1488888 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabin%20pressurization | Cabin pressurization | Hypoxia
The lower partial pressure of oxygen at high altitude reduces the alveolar oxygen tension in the lungs and subsequently in the brain, leading to sluggish thinking, dimmed vision, loss of consciousness, and ultimately death: In some individuals, particularly those with heart or lung disease, symptoms may begin ... | 2.78125 | 0 |
1488888 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabin%20pressurization | Cabin pressurization | Hyperventilation, the body's most common response to hypoxia, does help to partially restore the partial pressure of oxygen in the blood, but it also causes carbon dioxide (CO2) to out-gas, raising the blood pH and inducing alkalosis. Passengers may experience fatigue, nausea, headaches, sleeplessness, and (on extended... | 2.25 | 0 |
1488888 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabin%20pressurization | Cabin pressurization | The part of the bleed air that is directed to the ECS is then expanded to bring it to cabin pressure, which cools it. A final, suitable temperature is then achieved by adding back heat from the hot compressed air via a heat exchanger and air cycle machine known as a PAC (Pressurization and Air Conditioning) system. In ... | 2.453125 | 0 |
1488888 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabin%20pressurization | Cabin pressurization | Some aircraft, such as the Boeing 787 Dreamliner, have re-introduced electric compressors previously used on piston-engined airliners to provide pressurization. The use of electric compressors increases the electrical generation load on the engines and introduces a number of stages of energy transfer; therefore, it is ... | 2.625 | 0 |
1488888 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabin%20pressurization | Cabin pressurization | The first airliner to enter commercial service with a pressurized cabin was the Boeing 307 Stratoliner, built in 1938, prior to World War II, though only ten were produced before the war interrupted production. The 307's "pressure compartment was from the nose of the aircraft to a pressure bulkhead in the aft just for... | 2.578125 | 0 |
1488888 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabin%20pressurization | Cabin pressurization | The critical engineering principles concerning metal fatigue learned from the Comet 1 program were applied directly to the design of the Boeing 707 (1957) and all subsequent jet airliners. For example, detailed routine inspection processes were introduced, in addition to thorough visual inspections of the outer skin, m... | 2.59375 | 0 |
1488888 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabin%20pressurization | Cabin pressurization | The supersonic airliner Concorde had to deal with particularly high pressure differentials because it flew at unusually high altitude (up to ) and maintained a cabin altitude of . Despite this, its cabin altitude was intentionally maintained at . This combination, while providing for increasing comfort, necessitated ma... | 2.5 | 0 |
1488888 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabin%20pressurization | Cabin pressurization | The designed operating cabin altitude for new aircraft is falling and this is expected to reduce any remaining physiological problems. Both the Boeing 787 Dreamliner and the Airbus A350 XWB airliners have made such modifications for increased passenger comfort. The 787's internal cabin pressure is the equivalent of al... | 2.390625 | 0 |
1488890 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20River%2C%20Mpumalanga | White River, Mpumalanga | White River () is a small holiday and farming town situated just north of Mbombela in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The farms in the region produce tropical fruits, macadamia nuts, vegetables, flowers and timber. As of 2011, White River had a population of 16,639.
History
Early history
Archaeological evidence from surro... | 2.625 | 0 |
1488890 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20River%2C%20Mpumalanga | White River, Mpumalanga | In 1905, after the South African War, Lord Alfred Milner (British administrator of the Transvaal) demarcated land along the Emanzimhlope river for settlement by British settlers, mainly demobilised British Anglo-Boer War soldiers. Milner tasked soldier Tom Lawrence to allocate land to the settlers. Lawrence became the ... | 2.765625 | 0 |
1488890 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20River%2C%20Mpumalanga | White River, Mpumalanga | Apartheid Era
Under the Apartheid era Group Areas Act, White River was designated a white area. The aparthied state and white farmers forcibly resettled thousands of Black people living in White River and as labour tenants on surrounding farms were to African reserves and towns like Bushbuckridge, Peinaar and Kabokwe... | 2.53125 | 0 |
1488902 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huancavelica | Huancavelica | Huancavelica () or Wankawillka in Quechua is a city in Peru. It is the capital of the department of Huancavelica and according to the 2017 census had a population of 49,570 people. The city was established on August 5, 1572 by the Viceroy of Peru Francisco de Toledo. Indigenous peoples represent a major percentage of ... | 2.765625 | 0 |
1488902 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huancavelica | Huancavelica | History
At the time of Spanish conquest, Huancavelica was known as the Wankawillka region or "sacred stone". The city itself was established on August 5, 1572 by viceroy Francisco de Toledo. The community has expanded throughout the region.
The deposits of Huancavelica were disclosed in 1564, or 1566, by the Indian N... | 2.734375 | 0 |
1488902 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huancavelica | Huancavelica | Health
The city has one hospital; the Hospital General, that serves the city and the nearby towns. Close to the hospital there is a clinic; the Policlinico EsSalud. Mercury, lead, and arsenic contamination owing to centuries of quicksilver mining in the city's surrounding expose approximately 19,000 of Huancavelica's ... | 2.421875 | 0 |
1488918 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulane%20Stadium | Tulane Stadium | ZZ Top played Tulane Stadium during its Worldwide Texas Tour July 17, 1976. Fans rioted and threw objects at police officers, prompting Tulane to ban any future concerts on campus, a ban which has extended to Yulman Stadium. Twelve years prior, Tulane refused to host The Beatles on their second U.S. tour, forcing the b... | 1.921875 | 0 |
1488923 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeremiah%20Day | Jeremiah Day | Never strong, and after 1836 subject to attacks of angina pectoris, Day prolonged his life by self-knowledge and moderation in all things. He was a man of dignity and extreme reserve. Although, as described by Timothy Dwight V, the younger, "he was a wise disciplinarian, a judicious governor, a thorough and accurate sc... | 2.46875 | 0 |
1488925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova%20%28novel%29 | Nova (novel) | Setting
Nova is set in a science fictional universe with high technology, including interstellar travel and large-scale use of cyborg adaptions. Most people use intravenous drips for nutrition rather than eating, and disease is considered to be impossible. The novel is an obsolete art form and has been replaced by the... | 2.296875 | 0 |
1488925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova%20%28novel%29 | Nova (novel) | Economic tensions have created a feud between the "new money" Von Ray family and the "old money" Red family, both of whom have a large stake in intergalactic transportation. Shortly before the novel's events (within the lifetime of Lorq's father), the Pleiades region achieved political autonomy from Draco, and is now a... | 2.171875 | 0 |
1488925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova%20%28novel%29 | Nova (novel) | Art
The two artists in Nova represent different kinds of art: the Mouse's sensory syrynx playing is spontaneous and instinctive, and on the other hand Katin's novel is carefully considered but not begun. However, while talking to the Mouse, Katin equates writing his novel to playing the sensory syrynx. Both create sen... | 2.34375 | 0 |
1488925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova%20%28novel%29 | Nova (novel) | Race
Delany has consistently created black characters to populate his science fiction, and race is both obvious and essential to Nova. The main character, Lorq, is mixed-race; his father is of Norwegian descent, and his Earth-born mother is Senegalese. This prevented the novel from being serialised in Analog before pub... | 2.40625 | 0 |
1488925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova%20%28novel%29 | Nova (novel) | The setting of Nova is vague, but is explicitly defined as an empire, and it depends on Illyrion mining in the peripheral Outer Colonies. The name of the planet where Lynceos and Idas worked, Tubman, is a direct allusion to the American abolitionist Harriet Tubman. Colonial history is thus mapped onto the galactic sett... | 2.421875 | 0 |
1488925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nova%20%28novel%29 | Nova (novel) | Style
Delany uses a careful prose style to present his work both sensually and metaphorically. He uses language to differentiate the characters; for instance, people from Pleiades speak with verbs at the ends of their sentences, and Lynceos and Idas begin and finish each other's sentences. The same is true for point o... | 1.976563 | 0 |
1488932 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumbes%2C%20Peru | Tumbes, Peru | Tumbes is a city in northwestern Peru, on the banks of the Tumbes River. It is the capital of the Tumbes Region, as well as of Tumbes Province and Tumbes District. Located near the border with Ecuador, Tumbes has 111,595 inhabitants as of 2015. It is served by the Cap. FAP Pedro Canga Rodriguez Airport. It is located o... | 2.078125 | 0 |
1488932 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tumbes%2C%20Peru | Tumbes, Peru | During its colonial period, Tumbes was sparsely populated and formed a part of the Audiencia of Quito through an unmodified Cedula of 1563 and Cedula of 1740. When Tumbes declared its independence from Spain, it opted to join Peru believing in the right of free determination of peoples. First, the Republic of the Gran ... | 2.90625 | 0 |
1488940 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue-black%20grassquit | Blue-black grassquit | The blue-black grassquit (Volatinia jacarina) is a small Neotropical bird in the tanager family, Thraupidae. It is the only member of the genus Volatinia. It is a common and widespread bird that breeds from southern Mexico through Central America, and South America as far as northern Chile, Argentina, and Paraguay, and... | 2.359375 | 0 |
1488970 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven%20M.%20Wise | Steven M. Wise | Steven M. Wise (December 19, 1950 – February 15, 2024) was an American lawyer and legal scholar who specialized in animal rights, primatology, and animal intelligence. He taught animal rights law at Harvard Law School, Vermont Law School, John Marshall Law School, Lewis & Clark Law School, Tufts University School of Ve... | 2.53125 | 0 |
1488970 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven%20M.%20Wise | Steven M. Wise | Background
Wise received his undergraduate education in chemistry at the College of William & Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. Wise first became interested in politics through his involvement in the anti-Vietnam War movement while at William & Mary. Wise studied law at Boston University and was awarded his J.D. there in... | 2.5625 | 0 |
1488970 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven%20M.%20Wise | Steven M. Wise | In Rattling the Cage, Wise offers examples of primates who he believed have suffered unjustifiably. He wrote about Jerom, a chimpanzee who lived alone in a small cage in the Yerkes Regional Primate Research Center, with no access to sunlight, after being infected with one strain of HIV when he was three, another at the... | 2.515625 | 0 |
1488994 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum%20wage%20in%20Canada | Minimum wage in Canada | Under the Constitution of Canada, the responsibility for enacting and enforcing labour laws, including the minimum wage, rests primarily with the ten Provinces of Canada. The three Territories of Canada have a similar power, delegated to them by federal legislation. Some provinces allow lower wages to be paid to liquor... | 2.953125 | 0 |
1489020 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padukka | Padukka | The development of Padukka as an urban center began with the building of a road from Colombo to Ingiriya in the 19th century and the opening of the interior forests with the spreading of rubber, tea, cinnamon and coconut plantations. The building of the Kelani valley railway in 1902, which ran from Colombo to Yatiyanto... | 2.859375 | 0 |
1489027 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volley%20gun | Volley gun | A volley gun is a gun with multiple single-shot barrels that volley fired simultaneously or sequentially in quick succession. Although capable of unleashing intense firepower, volley guns differ from modern machine guns in that they lack autoloading and automatic fire mechanisms, and therefore their volume of fire is l... | 2.609375 | 0 |
1489050 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon%20Heroes | Pokémon Heroes | The city of Alto Mare is protected by the dragon siblings Latias and Latios. Their father, also a Latios, once saved the city from an evil Pokémon Trainer and their Pokémon, transforming its streets into canals. The father Latios died protecting the city, leaving behind the Soul Dew containing his own soul. The citizen... | 1.976563 | 0 |
1489076 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo%20Hall | Expo Hall | Expo Hall is an indoor arena located at the Florida State Fairgrounds in East Lake-Orient Park, Florida. It is used primarily as an exhibition hall during the Florida State Fair, but has also hosted concerts and sporting events.
The South Florida Bulls men's basketball team used Expo Hall as their main home arena for ... | 2.03125 | 0 |
1489092 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain%27t%20No%20Sunshine | Ain't No Sunshine | "Ain't No Sunshine" is a song by Bill Withers, from his 1971 debut album Just As I Am, produced by Booker T. Jones. The record featured musicians Donald "Duck" Dunn on bass guitar, Al Jackson Jr. on drums and Stephen Stills on guitar. String arrangements were arranged by Jones. The song was recorded in Los Angeles, wi... | 1.90625 | 0 |
1489099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20New%20York%20City%20Subway | History of the New York City Subway | The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system that serves four of the five boroughs of New York City, New York: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens. Its operator is the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA), which is controlled by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) of New York. In 2016, an av... | 2.53125 | 0 |
1489099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20New%20York%20City%20Subway | History of the New York City Subway | The beginnings of the actual Subway came from various excursion railroads to Coney Island and elevated railroads in Manhattan and Brooklyn. At that time, New York County (Manhattan Island and part of the Bronx), Kings County (including the cities of Brooklyn and Williamsburg), and Queens County were separate municipal ... | 2.703125 | 0 |
1489099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20New%20York%20City%20Subway | History of the New York City Subway | The Beach Pneumatic Transit was the first attempt to build an underground public transit system in New York City. In 1869, Alfred Ely Beach and his Beach Pneumatic Transit Company of New York began constructing a pneumatic subway line beneath Broadway. Funneled through a company he set up, Beach put up $350,000 of his ... | 2.84375 | 0 |
1489099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20New%20York%20City%20Subway | History of the New York City Subway | In 1898, New York, Kings and Richmond Counties, and parts of Queens and Westchester Counties and their constituent cities, towns, villages, and hamlets, were consolidated into the City of Greater New York. During this era the expanded City of New York resolved that it wanted the core of future rapid transit to be under... | 2.953125 | 0 |
1489099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20New%20York%20City%20Subway | History of the New York City Subway | Starting in 1899, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT; 1896–1923) and Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT; 1923–1940) operated rapid transit lines in New York City — at first only elevated railways and later also subways.
The BRT was incorporated on January 18, 1896. It took over the bankrupt Long Island T... | 2.765625 | 0 |
1489099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20New%20York%20City%20Subway | History of the New York City Subway | Ground was broken in a ceremony at City Hall on March 24, celebrated at the time as "Tunnel Day". A plan for an extension from City Hall to the Long Island Rail Road's Flatbush Avenue terminal station (now known as Atlantic Terminal) in Brooklyn was adopted on January 24, 1901, and Contract 2, giving a lease of 35 year... | 2.640625 | 0 |
1489099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20New%20York%20City%20Subway | History of the New York City Subway | The original plan had been to turn east on 230th Street to just west of Bailey Avenue, at the New York Central Railroad's Kings Bridge station. When the line was extended to 242nd Street, the temporary platforms at 230th Street were dismantled, and were rumored to be brought to 242 Street to serve as the station's side... | 2.359375 | 0 |
1489099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20New%20York%20City%20Subway | History of the New York City Subway | Until the completion of the Fourth Avenue Line, there was a tram across the Manhattan Bridge which did not connect to any tracks in the New York City Subway. The track was called "Manhattan Bridge Three Cent Line" because the fare was three cents. Along with the Brooklyn and North River Railroad, the two streetcar comp... | 2.828125 | 0 |
1489099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20New%20York%20City%20Subway | History of the New York City Subway | As part of the contracts, the two companies were to share lines in Queens: a short line to Astoria called the Astoria Line; and a longer line reaching initially to Corona, and eventually to Flushing, called the Corona Line. The lines operated jointly and began from Queensboro Plaza. The IRT accessed the station both fr... | 2.296875 | 0 |
1489099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20New%20York%20City%20Subway | History of the New York City Subway | As part of the Dual Contracts, the operations of the original IRT system changed drastically. Instead of having trains go via Broadway, turn onto 42nd Street, and finally turn onto Park Avenue, there were two trunk lines connected by the 42nd Street Shuttle. The system was changed from a "Z" system to an "H" system. Th... | 2.296875 | 0 |
1489099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20New%20York%20City%20Subway | History of the New York City Subway | On the other hand, New York City had grown to over five and a half million inhabitants and urgently needed new subway lines. The dual system could not keep pace with this ever-increasing ridership. So, a compromise solution was finally found that would allow Hylan's plans as well as the interests of private operators t... | 2.40625 | 0 |
1489099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20New%20York%20City%20Subway | History of the New York City Subway | Lines
As the first line neared completion, New York City offered it for private operation as a formality, knowing that no operator would meet its terms. Thus the city declared that it would operate it itself, formalizing a foregone conclusion. The first line opened without a formal ceremony. The trains began operating ... | 2.453125 | 0 |
1489099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20New%20York%20City%20Subway | History of the New York City Subway | The first section of the Queens Boulevard Line, west from Roosevelt Avenue to 50th Street, opened on August 19, 1933. trains ran local to Hudson Terminal (today's World Trade Center) in Manhattan, while the (predecessor to current G service) ran as a shuttle service between Queens Plaza and Nassau Avenue on the IND C... | 2.53125 | 0 |
1489099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20New%20York%20City%20Subway | History of the New York City Subway | Further revision of the plan and more studies followed. By 1939, construction had been postponed indefinitely, and Second Avenue was relegated to "proposed" status. The 1939 plan for subway expansion took the line not only into the Bronx (by now as a single line to Throggs Neck) but also south into Brooklyn, connecting... | 2.4375 | 0 |
1489099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20New%20York%20City%20Subway | History of the New York City Subway | The most grandiose plan, conceived in 1929, was to be part of the city-operated IND. By 1939, with unification planned, all three systems were included. As this grandiose expansion was not built, the subway system is only 70% of what it was planned to be. Magnificently engineered, almost entirely underground, with pla... | 2.421875 | 0 |
1489099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20New%20York%20City%20Subway | History of the New York City Subway | In June 1940, the IND's operator, the New York City Board of Transportation, took over the transportation assets of the IRT and BMT. In June 1953, the New York City Transit Authority, a state agency incorporated for the benefit of the city, now known to the public as MTA New York City Transit, succeeded the BoT. A comb... | 2.875 | 0 |
1489099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20New%20York%20City%20Subway | History of the New York City Subway | The original IRT subway lines (those built before the Dual Contracts) were built to modified elevated line dimensions. Whereas the IRT lines were originally equipped with cars that were long, the cars designed for the IRT subway measure long. Both sets of lines did not permit cars wider than . The clearances and curv... | 2.328125 | 0 |
1489099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20New%20York%20City%20Subway | History of the New York City Subway | Ridership skyrocketed during the late 1940s, and on December 23, 1946, the system-wide record of 8,872,249 fares was set.
Because the consolidation dragged in the first years after unification, some improvements in operational processes were rather slow, and soon the question of organization was raised. The outsourcin... | 2.578125 | 0 |
1489099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20New%20York%20City%20Subway | History of the New York City Subway | In 1946, Mayor William O'Dwyer initiated a program to lengthen station platforms to accommodate ten-car trains. The first contract, which was completed in August 1946, extended the platforms at 125th Street, 207th Street, 215th Street, 225th Street, 231st Street and 238th Street on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line ... | 2.390625 | 0 |
1489099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20New%20York%20City%20Subway | History of the New York City Subway | Soon after, the city entered a fiscal crisis. Closures of elevated lines continued. These closures included the entire IRT Third Avenue Line in Manhattan (1955) and the Bronx (1973), as well as the BMT Lexington Avenue Line (1950), much of the remainder of the BMT Fulton Street Line (1956), the downtown Brooklyn part o... | 2.5 | 0 |
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