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1402465 | 1940 Atlantic hurricane season | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1940%20Atlantic%20hurricane%20season | 1940 Atlantic hurricane season
as it moved northward. On October 27, the system was analyzed to have a minimum pressure of at least 985 mbar (hPa; 29.09 inHg) after passing to the southeast of Bermuda. At 1200 UTC later that day, the cyclone reached an extratropical peak intensity with winds of 80 mph (130 km/h) just e... | 17,600 |
1402465 | 1940 Atlantic hurricane season | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1940%20Atlantic%20hurricane%20season | 1940 Atlantic hurricane season
by the HURDAT reanalysis project to have developed during the season. Due to their weak intensity, however, they were not added to HURDAT. On September 2, a closed low-pressure area was detected in the open Atlantic Ocean southeast of Bermuda and was analyzed as a tropical depression. At ... | 17,601 |
1402465 | 1940 Atlantic hurricane season | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1940%20Atlantic%20hurricane%20season | 1940 Atlantic hurricane season
before it was absorbed by a stationary front on September 7. Since there was only one report that the disturbance may have reached tropical storm intensity, it was not included in HURDAT. Later on September 10, a trough was detected in a similar region in the Atlantic where the first depr... | 17,602 |
1402465 | 1940 Atlantic hurricane season | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1940%20Atlantic%20hurricane%20season | 1940 Atlantic hurricane season
and well-defined, with its central pressure deepening to 1000 mph (hPa; 29.53 inHg). On October 9, the extratropical system was analyzed to have become a tropical depression. The low moved slowly to the northeast and gradually weakened before dissipating on October 10. On October 14, offs... | 17,603 |
1402465 | 1940 Atlantic hurricane season | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1940%20Atlantic%20hurricane%20season | 1940 Atlantic hurricane season
pressure gradient, the system was not included in HURDAT.
On November 2, a trough of low-pressure was analyzed near the Lesser Antilles. The system moved westward into the Caribbean Sea without much organization. On November 7, the low-pressure area moved south of Cuba and became suffici... | 17,604 |
1402465 | 1940 Atlantic hurricane season | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1940%20Atlantic%20hurricane%20season | 1940 Atlantic hurricane season
ntilles. The system moved westward into the Caribbean Sea without much organization. On November 7, the low-pressure area moved south of Cuba and became sufficiently organized to be considered a tropical depression with a pressure of at least 1010 mbar (hPa; 29.83 inHg). The depression mo... | 17,605 |
1402508 | Stavropol Soviet Republic | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stavropol%20Soviet%20Republic | Stavropol Soviet Republic
Stavropol Soviet Republic
Stavropol Soviet Republic (Russian: Ставропольская Советская Республика ["Stavropol’skaja Sovetskaja Respublika"]) (January 1–July 7, 1918) was part of the RSFSR in the territory of Stavropol Guberniya of the Imperial Russia. Its capital was Stavropol.
It was merged... | 17,606 |
1402506 | Adriana Iliescu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adriana%20Iliescu | Adriana Iliescu
Adriana Iliescu
Adriana Iliescu (born May 31, 1938) is a retired Romanian university lecturer and author of children's novels. She received international media attention in 2005, when she gave birth to daughter Eliza at age 66, making her the oldest birth mother in the world until this record was broke... | 17,607 |
1402506 | Adriana Iliescu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adriana%20Iliescu | Adriana Iliescu
zygotes with sperm and ovum from two anonymous donors) in 2004, becoming pregnant with triplets. After ten weeks one of the three fetuses failed to progress and died. The remaining two fetuses, both girls, weighed just 1.45 kilograms (3.19 pounds) and 0.69 kilograms (1.54 pounds) after 33 weeks of pregn... | 17,608 |
1402506 | Adriana Iliescu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adriana%20Iliescu | Adriana Iliescu
and, to bring them in line with typical European legislation, may prevent any form of such treatment after the age of 50.
The story became international headline news, causing debate as to whether fertility treatment is ethical after a certain age. The release of details about the pregnancy and birth w... | 17,609 |
1402506 | Adriana Iliescu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adriana%20Iliescu | Adriana Iliescu
her age from 67 to 66. Gheorghe Borcean, head of the Romanian medical profession's ethics committee, commented: "A case of such prominence should require academic debates and not just one single television report."
Television, newspaper polls and discussions around the world asked the public what their... | 17,610 |
1402506 | Adriana Iliescu | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Adriana%20Iliescu | Adriana Iliescu
e from 67 to 66. Gheorghe Borcean, head of the Romanian medical profession's ethics committee, commented: "A case of such prominence should require academic debates and not just one single television report."
Television, newspaper polls and discussions around the world asked the public what their opini... | 17,611 |
1402512 | HMS Adamant | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS%20Adamant | HMS Adamant
HMS Adamant
Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS "Adamant":
- was a 50-gun fourth rate launched in 1780. She was reduced to harbour service in 1809 and was broken up in 1814.
- was a submarine depot ship launched in 1911, commissioned in 1912 and sold in 1932.
- was a submarine depot ship l... | 17,612 |
1402510 | Kimura (crater) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kimura%20(crater) | Kimura (crater)
Kimura (crater)
Kimura is a small impact crater that is located on the Moon's far side, beyond the southeastern limb. It lies to the west-northwest of the crater Fechner, along the northeastern rim of an unnamed basin in the surface.
This is a relatively fresh feature that has not been significantly w... | 17,613 |
1402503 | Maurice Cornforth | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice%20Cornforth | Maurice Cornforth
Maurice Cornforth
Maurice Campbell Cornforth (28 October 1909 – 31 December 1980) was a British Marxist philosopher.
# Life.
Cornforth was born in Willesden, London, in 1909, and educated at University College School, where he was friends with Stephen Spender. In 1925 he went up to University Colle... | 17,614 |
1402503 | Maurice Cornforth | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice%20Cornforth | Maurice Cornforth
and in the autumn married a fellow Cambridge student, Kitty Klugmann, sister of James. From 1933 Cornforth worked full-time for the Communist Party in East Anglia.
Rejected for military service on medical grounds, during the Second World War Cornforth worked as a farm labourer. He published his first... | 17,615 |
1402503 | Maurice Cornforth | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice%20Cornforth | Maurice Cornforth
in the early 1930s, he was a follower of Ludwig Wittgenstein, writing in the then current style of analytic philosophy. Cornforth later became a leading ideologist of the Communist Party of Great Britain. He vigorously opposed the aesthetic theories of fellow Marxist Christopher Caudwell.
"In Defense... | 17,616 |
1402503 | Maurice Cornforth | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice%20Cornforth | Maurice Cornforth
the various sciences and the philosophical conundrums produced by the empiricist attempt to reduce science to the collection and correlation of data. Both the insights are based on the theory of the primacy of physical work and tools (thus, "materialism") in the development of specifically human trait... | 17,617 |
1402503 | Maurice Cornforth | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice%20Cornforth | Maurice Cornforth
received funding for from the London District Committee of the Communist Party of Great Britain in 1950.
The first volume, "Materialism and the Dialectical Method", provides a good introduction to several important sociological principles: idealism, metaphysics, materialism, mechanical materialism, a... | 17,618 |
1402503 | Maurice Cornforth | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice%20Cornforth | Maurice Cornforth
– Against Positivism and Pragmatism" (1950)
- "Science for Peace and Socialism" (c.1950) with J. D. Bernal
- "Dialectical Materialism" "Vol. 1: Materialism & the Dialectical Method", "Vol. 2: Historical Materialism", "Vol 3: Theory of Knowledge", and later editions
- "Readers' Guide to the Marxist ... | 17,619 |
1402503 | Maurice Cornforth | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maurice%20Cornforth | Maurice Cornforth
"Vol. 1: Materialism & the Dialectical Method", "Vol. 2: Historical Materialism", "Vol 3: Theory of Knowledge", and later editions
- "Readers' Guide to the Marxist Classics" (1952)
- "Rumanian Summer: A View of the Rumanian People's Republic" (1953) with Jack Lindsay
- "Philosophy for Socialists" (... | 17,620 |
1402509 | Johann Jakob Grynaeus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johann%20Jakob%20Grynaeus | Johann Jakob Grynaeus
Johann Jakob Grynaeus
Johann Jakob Grynaeus or Gryner (October 1, 1540 – August 13, 1617) was a Swiss Protestant divine.
# Life.
Grynaeus was born in Bern. His father, Thomas Grynaeus (1512–1564), was for a time professor of ancient languages at Basel and Bern, but afterwards became pastor of R... | 17,621 |
1402509 | Johann Jakob Grynaeus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johann%20Jakob%20Grynaeus | Johann Jakob Grynaeus
the Formula of Concord.
Called in 1575 to the chair of Old Testament exegesis at Basel, he became involved in unpleasant controversy with Simon Sulzer and other champions of Lutheran orthodoxy; and in 1584 he was glad to accept an invitation to assist in the restoration of the University of Heide... | 17,622 |
1402509 | Johann Jakob Grynaeus | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Johann%20Jakob%20Grynaeus | Johann Jakob Grynaeus
reorganize the gymnasium in 1588. Five years before his death he became totally blind, but continued to preach and lecture till his death. He died in Basel, aged 76.
# Works.
His many works include commentaries on various books of the Old and New Testament, "Theologica theoremata et problemata" ... | 17,623 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
National Labor Federation
The National Labor Federation (NATLFED) is a network of local community associations, run exclusively by volunteers, that claim to organize workers excluded from collective bargaining protections by U.S. labor law, specifically, under the National Labor Relations Act... | 17,624 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
canvassing in working-class neighborhoods and coordinate assistance programs operated by members and volunteers of the associations. According to literature printed by the groups, these benefit programs entitle members to emergency food, clothing, medical and dental care, legal advice, child c... | 17,625 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
which contend that since few US workers are still employed in large-scale factory operations, new methods are needed to go beyond historic membership organizing tactics issued from the factory gate.
Union workers are kept in separate bargaining units and not permitted to exercise time-honored... | 17,626 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
Labor Relations Act.".
"The Essential Organizer", a manuscript describing the techniques of "systemic organizing", purports to teach participants an approach for unrecognized workers to obtain benefits that are needed and are rightfully theirs in a manner consistent with their best overall in... | 17,627 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
a common concern for the long-term future of our communities.
A 10-year lawsuit brought by members of Western Farm Workers Association residing in state run migrant camps against the California Office of Migrant Services resulted in a monetary victory for the group of workers who brought suit... | 17,628 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
worker independent organizing efforts."
## Recruitment.
NATLFED recruits many of its members and volunteers from college campuses, through voluntary service programs, and by appeal to the larger community through speaking engagements and direct contact. For example, in one meeting of the Ame... | 17,629 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
help to enable these workers as an organized voice for change at WSWA functions. They have combated the downward wage effects of enterprise zones, in a deficit-laden California slashing education, health care, child care, and disabled services.
Shari Beck, a retired school teacher, has been v... | 17,630 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
an organizer for Northwest Seasonal Workers Association, described its goals as "to provide a voice for the poor and working people that is independent from the government and addresses the problems that go along with being poor." Literature printed by the organization asserts the principle th... | 17,631 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
needs and having the resources to meet them. There needs to be more of a voice for the working people."
# History.
## Origins.
The organization grew out of the Eastern Farm Workers Association in Suffolk County, New York, founded in 1972 by Gino Perente and others.
Perente had worked at th... | 17,632 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
EFWA received press attention in its early days attempting to organize farm workers at the I.M. Young company. Perente organized 800 farm workers with 30 full-time EFWA staff and 70 volunteers in December 1972, when the EFWA led a strike of potato workers. This was the first union of agricultu... | 17,633 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
volunteers with revolutionary positions and established discipline among the organizing drive's volunteers. Later accounts identified him as Gerald William Doeden, a former disc jockey from California with a less-than-pure reputation.
## Growth.
In the mid-1970s, Perente removed himself from... | 17,634 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
Perente gave lectures, often running late into the night offering idiosyncratic interpretations of the writings of Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, and Joseph Stalin to audiences at the NATLFED office.
Perente's movement used its core of volunteers to expand, sending recruiters to other cities and ... | 17,635 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
Homemakers Association pressured Sacramento County and won wage increases for attendant care workers. Subsequently, the county agreed to bargain with CHA over the terms of individual contracts with its home care workers. CHA organizer David Shapiro hailed the agreement as "the first time that ... | 17,636 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
by Eastern Service Workers Association, Western Service Workers Association, the Commemoration Committee for the Black Panther Party in Oakland, California, Western Massachusetts Labor Action in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Western Farm Workers Association in Stockton, California, Yuba City, Cal... | 17,637 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
NATLFED groups have kept a low profile, operating with little public attention for ten years, and journalists writing about the various groups have both praised and condemned the organizing drives.
In the early 1980s several journalists wrote highly critical articles about several groups in t... | 17,638 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
had taken leadership positions within CVSA's board. In the early 1980s, when CVSA was struggling financially, NATLFED took responsibility and control of its operations, leaving some of the church leadership bitter. As many as 50 NATLFED entities were listed among about 200 service organization... | 17,639 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
Tourish and Wohlforth report a similarly tenuous but longer-lived alliance between NATLFED and Fred Newman's new International Workers Party in the mid-70s. Perente became head of the IWP-organized Nationwide Unemployment League, and soon after dissolved it.
"The Public Eye" published a longe... | 17,640 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
on tips that they "...had planned a series of violent acts ..." Kit Decious, Kathleen Paolo, and Daniel P. Foster, three other lawyers among the organization's cadre, were convicted of felony larceny and possession of forged documents relating to the 1984 departure of Mia Prior, a member of te... | 17,641 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
columns about the group. Two of the organizers, Susan Angus and Diane Garrett, were initially convicted of misdemeanor possession of weapons, but the appeals court overturned the convictions because the search was improperly conducted without a warrant. No evidence of child abuse was ever prod... | 17,642 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
disappeared from its original host in 2004 and is mirrored on the Wayback machine: http://users.rcn.com/xnatlfed/
In 2016 former cadre Sonja Larsen's memoir "Red Star TattooMy Life as a Girl Revolutionary" was published by Random House Canada. The book details her time growing up in field off... | 17,643 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
in 1996, there has been little information about how NATLFED is run, although Margaret Ribar is reported to have assumed leadership.
The Eastern Service Workers Association (ESWA) operates on numerous college and university campuses in the Northeast, quietly recruiting student volunteers thro... | 17,644 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
who worked in state-run camps in 1996 and 1997. In 2004, they won the case. West-coast entities participated in demonstrations against physician assisted suicide in 2005. In 2006, the Jackson County Fuel Committee petitioned the Ashland City Council to halt utility cut-offs and distributes 30-... | 17,645 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
to know more than you need to know if you agree with the goals and strategy of the group. It's unfair to burden a comrade with unneeded information, and also unprofessional. The standard answer to any question you have not been instructed to answer is 'It's not my department.'
At times entity... | 17,646 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
the magazine "Collective Endeavor" about media reform and topics concerning women, and the CCLP and CCMP each publish the quarterly newsletters, "The Gavel" and "The Verdict".
## Mutual benefit associations.
New entities are started by recruiters from the cadre armed with lists of contacts.
... | 17,647 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
to members free of charge and soon start door-to-door campaigns to recruit volunteers and recruit low-income workers.
Available resources and the scope of the program vary from entity to entity, but usually include food, clothing, and holiday events for children. Some entities provide more in... | 17,648 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
some of the food, clothing and other goods collected for the poor is consumed by the cadre. Critics and some former members have claimed that the entities are highly inefficient—that the cadre consume much of the cash, food and clothing they purport to collect for the poor.
Volunteers for the... | 17,649 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
New members also sign an authorization form giving the association a vague authority to bargain on behalf of the member. The groups also solicit resources (funds, food, clothing, medical services and legal aid) from professionals, business owners, and volunteers willing to contribute to the ca... | 17,650 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
organizers will read a brief introduction to the organization to new volunteers and try to schedule visits to their office and participation in volunteer run activities.
For recruitment purposes, NATLFED entities keep extensive records of all their contacts on index cards. Drawers of these ca... | 17,651 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
roles of authority themselves, and the social pressure they apply convinces some volunteers to de-emphasize goals of their own. Regular volunteers are periodically interviewed and asked to increase their commitment to the organization.
Former members claim that deception and psychological man... | 17,652 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
and beliefs.
Critics deride NATLFED's focus on the indigent, claiming that it is merely cover for more sinister activity. Jeff Whitnack told "The Boston Globe" that "They are like political Moonies. They use poor people as flypaper to attract members."
# Cult accusations.
NATLFED and its en... | 17,653 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
and the deliberate schedule of mind-numbing work are all qualities that can be found in a cult.
In Larsen's memoir "Red Star Tattoo- My Life as a Girl Revolutionary" she also eventually categorizes the organization as cult-like. "The sense of urgency. The time table. The secret language. The ... | 17,654 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
The organizations claim to accept only those private donations that come "with no strings attached," and claim to be answerable only to their organizing committee and to their membership.
CCLP is not subject to the whims of constantly changing Congressional and Presidential administrations. B... | 17,655 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
to continue for the foreseable future. CCLP does not focus merely on individual representation or the issue-oriented litigation which others rely on to gain backing.
The individual organizations are not themselves labor unions. The various entities identify themselves with the labor movement ... | 17,656 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
of their donors and supporters speak up in defense of the services they provide for their communities. Former NATLFED cadre Robin Spellman-Fahlberg, who was an operations manager with Upstate NY EFWA for a decade, said in 2004 that in addition to helping in the most disenfranchised communities... | 17,657 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
leaving, and/or they were subject to physical threats if they did.
Other entity Operations personnel share an entirely different experience while organizing,Carol Rogers is the Administrative Assistant at EFWA. She is originally from Western Massachusetts, and was met on a door-to-door member... | 17,658 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
and really help people. They seemed different from other organizations. The cost for joining the organization was $.62 per month. I became a part-time volunteer even though I did not have transportation. A young man came every morning. I got trained. I learned how to type. I learned how to wor... | 17,659 |
1402499 | National Labor Federation | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=National%20Labor%20Federation | National Labor Federation
uld never be bored. We are always doing something, going places, have speaking engagements, we are always busy."
The balance of benefit to the community and toll on the volunteers, between the assistance they claim to provide and the actual assistance provided to the working poor, and the sec... | 17,660 |
1402525 | Kircher (crater) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kircher%20(crater) | Kircher (crater)
Kircher (crater)
Kircher is a lunar impact crater that is located in the south-southwestern part of the Moon, near the southern limb. In this position the crater appears foreshortened when viewed from the Earth. It is less than one crater diameter due south of the crater Bettinus, and is nearly attach... | 17,661 |
1402525 | Kircher (crater) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kircher%20(crater) | Kircher (crater)
theast rim of Kircher.
This crater is distinctive for an interior floor that is level and nearly featureless. It is marked by only a few tiny craterlets, with a single small craterlet near the north-northeast inner wall. The rim and inner wall has been worn and rounded by impacts, although only a few ... | 17,662 |
1402517 | Siliguri Corridor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Siliguri%20Corridor | Siliguri Corridor
Siliguri Corridor
The Siliguri Corridor, or Chicken's Neck, is a narrow stretch of land of about 22 kilometres, located in the Indian state of West Bengal, that connects India's northeastern states to the rest of India, with the countries of Nepal and Bangladesh lying on either side of the corridor. ... | 17,663 |
1402517 | Siliguri Corridor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Siliguri%20Corridor | Siliguri Corridor
Siliguri Corridor was created in 1947 after the partition of Bengal. The kingdom of Sikkim formerly lay on the northern side of the corridor, until its union with India in 1975 via a publicly held referendum. This gave India a buffer to the north of the Siliguri Corridor and consolidated India's contr... | 17,664 |
1402517 | Siliguri Corridor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Siliguri%20Corridor | Siliguri Corridor
between these two new states was marked by hostilities and confrontations.
The formation of East Bengal, now Bangladesh, created a geographical barrier to the northeastern part of India. The narrow Siliguri Corridor, which at one point is less than wide, remained as the only bridge between the northe... | 17,665 |
1402517 | Siliguri Corridor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Siliguri%20Corridor | Siliguri Corridor
North-East India, an area containing almost 50 million people. This situation arose during the war between India and China in 1962.
# Current situation.
As a sensitive area amidst three countries, the strip is heavily patrolled by the Indian Army, the Assam Rifles, the Border Security Force and the ... | 17,666 |
1402517 | Siliguri Corridor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Siliguri%20Corridor | Siliguri Corridor
agreement between Bangladesh and India. The Tetulia Corridor, an alternative to the Siliguri Corridor, is proposed under Article VIII of the India–Bangladesh Trade Agreement 1980, which states that "The two governments agree to make mutually beneficial arrangements for the use of their waterways, rail... | 17,667 |
1402517 | Siliguri Corridor | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Siliguri%20Corridor | Siliguri Corridor
ial stages of negotiation.
The route has a major broad gauge railway line. Electrification of this double-track corridor is in progress with assistance from Central Organization for Railway Electrification (CORE). Additionally, the old metre gauge line (recently converted to a broad-gauge line) conne... | 17,668 |
1402559 | Megastar | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Megastar | Megastar
Megastar
Megastar may refer to:
- Megastar (projector), a series of planetarium projectors
- "How to be a Megastar 2.0", a tour of Blue Man Group from 2006–2008
- MS "Megastar", a ro-ro/passenger ferry owned by Tallink AS | 17,669 |
1402538 | Lamb (crater) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lamb%20(crater) | Lamb (crater)
Lamb (crater)
Lamb is a lunar crater that lies beyond the southeastern limb on the Moon's far side. It is located in an irregular lunar mare region named Mare Australe, just to the east of the crater Jenner.
This crater has a slender inner wall and an interior floor that has been resurfaced by basaltic ... | 17,670 |
1402538 | Lamb (crater) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lamb%20(crater) | Lamb (crater)
ular shape and is not overlaid by any smaller craters of significance. The interior floor is marked only by a multitude of tiny craters, and a small, unnamed crater in the south-southeastern section.
The exterior of the crater consists of the outer rampart and sections of rough terrain. This in turn is n... | 17,671 |
1402535 | M-Bahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M-Bahn | M-Bahn
M-Bahn
The M-Bahn or Magnetbahn was an elevated Maglev train line operating in Berlin, Germany from 1989 to 1991. The line was in length, and featured three stations, two of which were newly constructed. The line was built to fill a gap in the public transport network created by the construction of the Berlin W... | 17,672 |
1402535 | M-Bahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M-Bahn | M-Bahn
stations. After the partition of Berlin, Gleisdreieck station was in West Berlin whilst Potsdamer Platz station was directly under the border to East Berlin. After the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961, the trains from both sides terminated at the last station before Potsdamer Platz (from the East: Mohrenstraß... | 17,673 |
1402535 | M-Bahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M-Bahn | M-Bahn
and the U-Bahn tracks northwards towards the border. It then diverged slightly to the west to terminate close to Potsdamer Platz but still in West Berlin.
Work on the line started in 1983, and the first test runs, without passengers, took place in June 1984 on the southern section of the line. Initial testing u... | 17,674 |
1402535 | M-Bahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M-Bahn | M-Bahn
as the original two, were built. Several planned opening dates were not met, and in December 1988, a test train failed to stop at Kemperplatz and one of the cars crashed to the ground and was destroyed. A public service eventually started in August 1989, although service was intermittent and not guaranteed, and ... | 17,675 |
1402535 | M-Bahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M-Bahn | M-Bahn
of way. The principal need for the M-Bahn had also been removed, as the area served by it was again easily accessible from the Potsdamer Platz station. Dismantling of the M-Bahn started only two months after its official opening, and was completed during February 1992. The U-Bahn connection between Gleisdreieck ... | 17,676 |
1402535 | M-Bahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M-Bahn | M-Bahn
close to the present Berlin Potsdamer Platz railway station)
- "Bernburger Str." (close to the present site of Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-Park U-Bahn station)
- "Gleisdreieck" (now reclaimed for its original U-Bahn use)
The new section from Kemperplatz and through Bernburger Str. was double track with two parallel... | 17,677 |
1402535 | M-Bahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M-Bahn | M-Bahn
along with structure carrying the M-Bahn between them.
# Rolling stock.
The M-Bahn operated a total of eight cars, although not all were used in public service.
# Technology.
For propulsion, the M-Bahn used a long stator linear motor. However, unlike the Transrapid and other magnetic levitation trains, only ... | 17,678 |
1402535 | M-Bahn | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=M-Bahn | M-Bahn
her magnetic levitation trains, only 85% of the M-Bahn vehicle weight was supported by magnetic levitation, with the balance being supported by traditional wheels.
During operation, the Berlin M-Bahn line ran as an automated driverless operation, although the system had been designed to be driven by a human dri... | 17,679 |
1402571 | Lyman (crater) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lyman%20(crater) | Lyman (crater)
Lyman (crater)
Lyman is a lunar impact crater that lies in the southern hemisphere on the far side of the Moon. It is located to the south of the huge walled plain Poincaré, and to the northeast of Schrödinger, another walled plain. To the east-southeast is the larger crater Minnaert.
The rim of Lyman ... | 17,680 |
1402571 | Lyman (crater) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lyman%20(crater) | Lyman (crater)
occurred. Around much of the interior edge the unconsolidated material has collapsed, forming a ring-shaped pile around the edge of the interior floor. There are a few terraces along parts of the inner wall.
The interior floor of Lyman is relatively level with a few minor ridges and a small number of ti... | 17,681 |
1402518 | Morón de la Frontera | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morón%20de%20la%20Frontera | Morón de la Frontera
Morón de la Frontera
Morón de la Frontera () is a Spanish town in Seville province, Andalusia, 63 km South-East of Seville. Situated in the south of the province, it is the center of the region that bears the same name and is the head of one of the 85 judicial courts of Andalucia.
# Geography.
I... | 17,682 |
1402518 | Morón de la Frontera | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morón%20de%20la%20Frontera | Morón de la Frontera
is La Puebla de Cazalla, and to the west and the south are Montellano, Coripe and Pruna along with the province of Cádiz.
## Climate.
The climate of Morón de la Frontera is similar to the rest of the province of Seville, which is similar to other subtropical Mediterranean regions. Rain occurs fai... | 17,683 |
1402518 | Morón de la Frontera | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morón%20de%20la%20Frontera | Morón de la Frontera
more than 1 mm.
There are significant temperature differences between the day and night, and the average annual temperature is 17.9°C. Winters are cool and the summers are generally hot and dry, with the average high temperature being 35 °C and the average low temperature being 18 °C in July. Duri... | 17,684 |
1402518 | Morón de la Frontera | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morón%20de%20la%20Frontera | Morón de la Frontera
several species of rabbits and hares as well as a large variety of birds.
# History.
## Overview.
The origins of the city go all the way back to prehistory, with the first human settlement being near the hill where the castle is today. For this reason and the rugged topography of this region, th... | 17,685 |
1402518 | Morón de la Frontera | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morón%20de%20la%20Frontera | Morón de la Frontera
placed was called Maurorum, which was a reference to the large population from North Africa. During the Moorish rule of the Iberian Peninsula the Latin term evolved into Mawror, and finally Moron. Though generally less accepted, there is another theory that the name Moron, comes from the preromanes... | 17,686 |
1402518 | Morón de la Frontera | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morón%20de%20la%20Frontera | Morón de la Frontera
France, Argentina, Cuba, Venezuela, Peru and Mongolia.
# Economy.
The economy of Morón is primarily based in the industries of construction, and the production of olive oil, cereals and preserved vegetables. The extraction of calcium oxide and, to a lesser extent tourism industry, are also import... | 17,687 |
1402518 | Morón de la Frontera | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morón%20de%20la%20Frontera | Morón de la Frontera
olive oil, and other olive products.
# Demographics.
The last census by the national institute of statistics, released January 1, 2011, states that the city has 28 489 inhabitants. In the 20th century, the demographics of the city were affected similarly to other agrarian zones in the province. R... | 17,688 |
1402518 | Morón de la Frontera | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morón%20de%20la%20Frontera | Morón de la Frontera
slow but stable population growth.
# Symbols.
## Flag.
The flag of Morón de la Frontera is a blue rectangle that contains the municipal coat of arms in the center. It is unknown why the flag is blue or when the flag was adopted by the city.
## Coat of Arms.
Morón de la Frontera's coat of arms ... | 17,689 |
1402518 | Morón de la Frontera | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morón%20de%20la%20Frontera | Morón de la Frontera
shields. The coat of arms is completed with the crown of Henry II of Castile.
The current design was adopted in the year 1970, and is attributed to the painter Joaquín Pascual Alemán. The horse's reins represent the desire for freedom. The figure is based on the equine figures present in the baroq... | 17,690 |
1402518 | Morón de la Frontera | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Morón%20de%20la%20Frontera | Morón de la Frontera
when the province of Seville was created in 192".
# Landmarks.
It is primarily known outside of Spain as being home to Morón Air Base. The most remarkable monuments are the Moorish castle ruins and the main church (San Miguel).
# Famous people.
- Fernando Villalón, poet
- Diego del Gastor, gui... | 17,691 |
1402595 | Frank Griffiths | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frank%20Griffiths | Frank Griffiths
Frank Griffiths
Frank A. Griffiths (December 17, 1916 – April 7, 1994) was a Canadian media executive through his company, Western International Communications Ltd. (WIC).
Frank Griffiths was born in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. In 1956, along with Walter Stewart Owen, he acquired New Westminste... | 17,692 |
1402595 | Frank Griffiths | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frank%20Griffiths | Frank Griffiths
s the station's parent company. He expanded to own a number of other radio stations as well as CBC Television and CTV affiliate stations.
He was the owner of the NHL's Vancouver Canucks from 1974 until his death in 1994 (although he would surrender majority control to his son Arthur in 1988), he was in... | 17,693 |
1402603 | Nearch (crater) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nearch%20(crater) | Nearch (crater)
Nearch (crater)
Nearch is a lunar impact crater that is located in the southeastern part of the Moon, to the southeast of the crater Hommel. North of Nearch is Vlacq, and to the northeast lies Rosenberger. The crater is 76 kilometers in diameter and 2.9 kilometers deep. It is from the Pre-Nectarian per... | 17,694 |
1402603 | Nearch (crater) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nearch%20(crater) | Nearch (crater)
trudes into the southeastern rim of Nearch. Small craters have also disrupted the rim to the north and west. The remainder of the rim is relatively intact, and retains its generally circular form.
The inner walls of the crater slope down to a relatively level interior floor. This bottom floor is nearly... | 17,695 |
1402596 | Galatsi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galatsi | Galatsi
Galatsi
Galatsi (, "Galátsi" ), called in Katharevousa Galatsion (, "Galátsion"), is a northern suburb of Athens, Greece, and a municipality of the Attica region. The municipality has an area of 4.026 km. Until the mid-20th century, the area was mainly made up of farmlands but due to the continuous expansion o... | 17,696 |
1402596 | Galatsi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galatsi | Galatsi
in 1851. Consequently, the whole area was given his name, which, according to the phenomenon featuring the old Athenian phonology and known as tsitakism, was pronounced 'Galatsis', thus the name of the area was finally "Galatsi". An alternative theory suggests that it derived from "gala", the Greek word for the... | 17,697 |
1402596 | Galatsi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galatsi | Galatsi
by flora though, as the hill of Tourkovounia with its forests and the park Alsos Veikou are among the major "green lungs" within the centre of Athens. The famous Grava school complex is located there, as are many other educational foundations and public and private institutes.
# Sites of interest.
- Alsos Vei... | 17,698 |
1402596 | Galatsi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Galatsi | Galatsi
located there, as are many other educational foundations and public and private institutes.
# Sites of interest.
- Alsos Veikou, a beautiful leafy park
- Galatsi Olympic Hall - where table tennis and gymnastics were played. It holds up to 6,200 seats Website:
- Omorfokklisia, a 12th-century church in an are... | 17,699 |
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