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1804691 | Gerald Fitzgerald | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerald%20Fitzgerald | Gerald Fitzgerald
Gerald Fitzgerald
Gerald Fitzgerald may refer to:
- Gerald Fitzgerald, Lord of Offaly (died 1204)
- Gerald FitzGerald, 5th Duke of Leinster (1851–1893), Irish peer
- Gerald FitzGerald, 8th Duke of Leinster (1914–2004), Irish peer
- Gerald FitzGerald, 3rd Earl of Desmond (1335–1398)
- Gerald Fitz... | 22,600 |
1804691 | Gerald Fitzgerald | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gerald%20Fitzgerald | Gerald Fitzgerald
itzGerald, 11th Earl of Kildare (1525–1585)
- Gerald FitzGerald, 14th Earl of Kildare (died 1612), Irish peer
- Gerald FitzGerald, 15th Earl of Kildare (1611–1620)
- Gerald Fitzgerald, 3rd Lord Decies (died 1553)
- Gerald Fitzgerald (priest) (1894–1969), American clergyman
- Gerald FitzGerald, (1... | 22,601 |
1804695 | Long Branch GO Station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long%20Branch%20GO%20Station | Long Branch GO Station
Long Branch GO Station
Long Branch is a stop on GO Transit's Lakeshore West line in the Long Branch neighbourhood of Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Being one of the original GO Stations built in 1967, it is now scheduled for modernization. The plans would make the station accessible with ... | 22,602 |
1804695 | Long Branch GO Station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Long%20Branch%20GO%20Station | Long Branch GO Station
ghbourhood of Etobicoke, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Being one of the original GO Stations built in 1967, it is now scheduled for modernization. The plans would make the station accessible with new elevators, connecting tunnels, washrooms and canopies over the platforms. It is expected to be 2016 ... | 22,603 |
1804698 | Witness (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Witness%20(disambiguation) | Witness (disambiguation)
Witness (disambiguation)
A witness is someone who has first-hand knowledge of something, especially a crime or dramatic event, and usually by seeing it.
Witness may also refer to:
# Arts, entertainment, and media.
## Films.
- "The Witness" (1969 French film), a 1969 French film
- "The Wit... | 22,604 |
1804698 | Witness (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Witness%20(disambiguation) | Witness (disambiguation)
a Croatian film
- "The Witness" (2012 film), a Philippine film
- "The Witness" (2015 Chinese film), a Chinese film
- "The Witness" (2015 American film), an American documentary about the murder of Kitty Genovese
- "The Witness" (2018 film), a South Korean thriller
- Witnesses (2018 film)
... | 22,605 |
1804698 | Witness (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Witness%20(disambiguation) | Witness (disambiguation)
rock band
- Witness (French band), a French rock band
- Witness (gospel group), a female gospel quartet
- Witness (UK band), an English alternative rock band
- A Witness, an English post-punk band
### Albums.
- "Witness" (Benjamin Booker album), 2017
- "Witness" (Blessthefall album), 200... | 22,606 |
1804698 | Witness (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Witness%20(disambiguation) | Witness (disambiguation)
a song by Bo Bice from "See the Light"
- "Witness", a song by Jordan Feliz
## Periodicals.
- "Witness" (magazine), a magazine published by the Black Mountain Institute
- Witness (religious newspaper) edited by Hugh Miller in the mid nineteenth century
- "The Witness" (South African newspap... | 22,607 |
1804698 | Witness (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Witness%20(disambiguation) | Witness (disambiguation)
broadcast on the CBS network
- "Witnesses" (TV series), a 2015 French television series ("Les Témoins")
### Episodes.
- "Witness" ("The Secret Circle"), a 2012 episode of the American television series "The Secret Circle"
- "The Witness" ("Queen of Swords"), a 2000 episode of the TV series ... | 22,608 |
1804698 | Witness (disambiguation) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Witness%20(disambiguation) | Witness (disambiguation)
tness (comics)
- "Witness", a cast-iron sculpture by Antony Gormley
# Other uses.
- Witness (mathematics), a value τ for variable x with the property that φ(τ) is true, rendering the existential statement ∃x φ(x) true as well; τ is then said to be a "witness" for the statement ∃x φ(x)
- Wit... | 22,609 |
1804704 | Robert Carey | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert%20Carey | Robert Carey
Robert Carey
Robert Carey may refer to:
- Robert Carey (died 1583), MP for Barnstaple
- Robert Carey, 1st Earl of Monmouth (c. 1560–1639), English nobleman and MP
- Robert Carey (Major-General) (1821–1883), British Army officer
- Robert D. Carey (1878–1937), 11th Governor of Wyoming
- Robert T. Carey... | 22,610 |
1804683 | Operation Jericho | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Jericho | Operation Jericho
Operation Jericho
Operation Jericho was a low-level Second World War bombing raid on 18 February 1944, by Allied aircraft on Amiens Prison in German-occupied France.
The objective of the raid was to free French Resistance and political prisoners. The raid is remarkable for the precision and daring o... | 22,611 |
1804683 | Operation Jericho | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Jericho | Operation Jericho
of the escapees were recaptured.
# Background.
In 1943, many members of the French resistance movement in the Amiens area had been caught by the Germans and imprisoned in Amiens Prison. Some had been betrayed by collaborators and the entire movement in the area was at risk. By December 1943, 12 memb... | 22,612 |
1804683 | Operation Jericho | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Jericho | Operation Jericho
requested and the mission was allocated to the 2nd Tactical Air Force. The prison was next to a long straight road and surrounded by high walls. The guards ate in a building adjacent to the main prison building, making lunch the best time to kill the maximum number of guards. The balance of munitions ... | 22,613 |
1804683 | Operation Jericho | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Jericho | Operation Jericho
been condemned to death and it would give a chance for some at least to escape.
# Attack force.
No. 140 Wing of the RAF Second Tactical Air Force, based at RAF Hunsdon in Hertfordshire, was selected to carry out the raid using Mosquito FB Mk VIs. The Wing comprised 18 Mosquitos from No. 464 Squadron... | 22,614 |
1804683 | Operation Jericho | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Jericho | Operation Jericho
raid was to be led by Air Vice-Marshal Basil Embry and was ready to go from 10 February. Close escort was to be provided by Hawker Typhoons from No. 198 Squadron RAF and No. 174 Squadron RAF.
# Attack.
Embry was originally intended to command the attack but was later forbidden from flying on the mis... | 22,615 |
1804683 | Operation Jericho | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Jericho | Operation Jericho
were prepared. The crews were briefed at 08:00 under high security, the first time they had been made aware of the target. Pickard, in "F" for Freddie, was to bring up the rear of the second wave of aircraft, to assess the damage and to call in 21 Squadron if necessary. In the event of anything happen... | 22,616 |
1804683 | Operation Jericho | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Jericho | Operation Jericho
back due to engine trouble, leaving nine to carry out the main attack with four in reserve.
At one minute past noon they reached the target, three of the 487 Squadron aircraft aiming for the eastern and northern walls of the prison, with bombs fitted with eleven-second delayed-action fuses, while the... | 22,617 |
1804683 | Operation Jericho | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Jericho | Operation Jericho
to the prison. Simultaneously, two Mosquitos from 464 Squadron bombed the main building from , also with eight bombs. A direct hit on the guardhouse killed or disabled the occupants and a number of prisoners were killed or wounded, while many were able to escape. Pickard, circling at , saw prisoners e... | 22,618 |
1804683 | Operation Jericho | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Jericho | Operation Jericho
circumstances involving the request and the true purpose of the mission have remained a secret. While it has been widely believed that the request came from the French resistance, which had members in the prison scheduled to be executed, a post-war investigation by the RAF revealed that resistance lea... | 22,619 |
1804683 | Operation Jericho | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Jericho | Operation Jericho
of the raid. (The letter is signed by "C", a code name for Menzies.) This suggests that the SIS played a role in the planning of the raid. When the head of the SOE's French section, Maurice Buckmaster, was confronted with the fact of the letter signed by "C", he stated that he had never seen it, but t... | 22,620 |
1804683 | Operation Jericho | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Jericho | Operation Jericho
to those who died in the attack and a general airfield memorial is at Hunsdon Airfield, the Mosquito base. On the 60th anniversary in 2004, a Spitfire performed a flypast, as none of the surviving Mosquitos were airworthy.
# In film.
"Mosquito Squadron", a 1969 British war film directed by Boris Sag... | 22,621 |
1804683 | Operation Jericho | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Operation%20Jericho | Operation Jericho
emorial is at Hunsdon Airfield, the Mosquito base. On the 60th anniversary in 2004, a Spitfire performed a flypast, as none of the surviving Mosquitos were airworthy.
# In film.
"Mosquito Squadron", a 1969 British war film directed by Boris Sagal and starring David McCallum, was partially inspired b... | 22,622 |
1804696 | Danforth GO Station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danforth%20GO%20Station | Danforth GO Station
Danforth GO Station
Danforth GO Station is a railway station on GO Transit's Lakeshore East line in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The station is situated in the east end of the old City of Toronto, at Main Street, south of Danforth Avenue. The TTC's Main Street station on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth of the s... | 22,623 |
1804696 | Danforth GO Station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danforth%20GO%20Station | Danforth GO Station
a capacity of 420 cars and could store 31 locomotives in a roundhouse with adjacent repair shops. The York Railway Station was built on the north side of the tracks just east of Main Street around 1883. The GTR became part of Canadian National Railways in 1923 and by the 1940s the yard was no longer... | 22,624 |
1804696 | Danforth GO Station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Danforth%20GO%20Station | Danforth GO Station
freight and the roundhouse was demolished. Under Canadian National the station became Danforth Railway Station. The original GTR station building was demolished in 1974 and the current GO Transit facility was built in its place.
Main-Danforth has been identified by Metrolinx as a transportation mob... | 22,625 |
1804712 | Lionel Cranfield | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lionel%20Cranfield | Lionel Cranfield
Lionel Cranfield
Lionel Cranfield may refer to:
- Lionel Cranfield, 1st Earl of Middlesex (1575–1645), English merchant and nobleman
- Lionel Cranfield, 3rd Earl of Middlesex (1625–1674), English nobleman
- Lionel Cranfield (cricketer) (1883–1968), Gloucestershire and Somerset cricketer
- Monty Cr... | 22,626 |
1804701 | The Automatic Message | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Automatic%20Message | The Automatic Message
The Automatic Message
The Automatic Message (1933) ("Le Message Automatique") was one of André Breton's significant theoretical works about automatism. The essay was first published in the magazine "Minotaure", No. 3-4, (Paris) 1933.
In 1997 it became the title of a compilation of surrealist wri... | 22,627 |
1804701 | The Automatic Message | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The%20Automatic%20Message | The Automatic Message
dern European thought and writing. "The Automatic Message" contains the authorised translation by the poet David Gascoyne, himself a member of the group, and a friend of both authors.
"The Immaculate Conception" (1930) traces the interior and exterior life of man from "Conception" and "Intra-Uter... | 22,628 |
1804713 | Hassocks railway station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hassocks%20railway%20station | Hassocks railway station
Hassocks railway station
Hassocks railway station is on the Brighton Main Line in England, serving the village of Hassocks, West Sussex. It is down the line from via and is situated between and . It is managed by Southern.
Trains calling at Hassocks are operated by Southern and Thameslink.
#... | 22,629 |
1804713 | Hassocks railway station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hassocks%20railway%20station | Hassocks railway station
width is still apparent from the siting of the station buildings.
The original 1841 station building was designed by David Mocatta, the architect of the railway, in a simple cottage style, but using the same modular system that he applied to other stations on the line.
For many years Hassocks... | 22,630 |
1804713 | Hassocks railway station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hassocks%20railway%20station | Hassocks railway station
December 1880 and August 1881 a new station building was constructed by James Longley & Co of Crawley to the designs of Thomas Myres as the prototype for those later built in the same style on the Bluebell and Cuckoo line with a half-timbered upper storey, decorative brick eaves, stained glass ... | 22,631 |
1804713 | Hassocks railway station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hassocks%20railway%20station | Hassocks railway station
fell through, in 2008 Network Rail announced that it would be carrying out an 18-month feasibility study to identify possible improvements to the existing building in order to facilitate access by the disabled and elderly. Limited modifications were made to the station in 2011 with the addition... | 22,632 |
1804713 | Hassocks railway station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hassocks%20railway%20station | Hassocks railway station
2012 and the new ticket office opened for the first time on 14 June 2013. At this point there was still work to be completed including the installation of lifts to improve access to the subway however the opening of the new station officially took place on Friday 5 July 2013, conducted by the M... | 22,633 |
1804713 | Hassocks railway station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hassocks%20railway%20station | Hassocks railway station
he new ticket office opened for the first time on 14 June 2013. At this point there was still work to be completed including the installation of lifts to improve access to the subway however the opening of the new station officially took place on Friday 5 July 2013, conducted by the MD of South... | 22,634 |
1804721 | Oriole GO Station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oriole%20GO%20Station | Oriole GO Station
Oriole GO Station
Oriole GO Station is a small train station on GO Transit's Richmond Hill line. It is located under the Highway 401 overpass, west of Leslie Street in North York district of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is about half a kilometre south of Leslie subway station on the Sheppard line of ... | 22,635 |
1804721 | Oriole GO Station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oriole%20GO%20Station | Oriole GO Station
first, then again at the end of their GO Transit journey may use a TTC transfer for their second ride. At Oriole GO Station this applies to the Sheppard Subway and bus routes 51 Leslie, 85 Sheppard East and 115 Silver Hills.
This station serves a number of businesses in the area including IKEA North ... | 22,636 |
1804721 | Oriole GO Station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oriole%20GO%20Station | Oriole GO Station
n again at the end of their GO Transit journey may use a TTC transfer for their second ride. At Oriole GO Station this applies to the Sheppard Subway and bus routes 51 Leslie, 85 Sheppard East and 115 Silver Hills.
This station serves a number of businesses in the area including IKEA North York and N... | 22,637 |
1804705 | Exhibition GO Station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Exhibition%20GO%20Station | Exhibition GO Station
Exhibition GO Station
Exhibition GO Station is a GO Transit railway station on the Lakeshore West line between Toronto and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
The station is located west of downtown Toronto at Exhibition Place, an area of convention and exhibition venues, sports facilities, and other ent... | 22,638 |
1804705 | Exhibition GO Station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Exhibition%20GO%20Station | Exhibition GO Station
Times, Liberty Grand, BMO Field, Ontario Place, Budweiser Stage and Honda Indy Toronto.
# Transit connections.
Directly in front of the station there is a connection with Toronto Transit Commission buses on Dufferin route 29C and at the nearby Exhibition Loop with 511 Bathurst and 509 Harbourfro... | 22,639 |
1804705 | Exhibition GO Station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Exhibition%20GO%20Station | Exhibition GO Station
building, located on the south side of the tracks just east of Dufferin Street. The grade separation, which was done between 1910 and 1912, resulted in the demolition of that station since it was necessary to build a retaining wall along the south side of the cutting. New Dufferin Gates were const... | 22,640 |
1804705 | Exhibition GO Station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Exhibition%20GO%20Station | Exhibition GO Station
The grade separation, which was done between 1910 and 1912, resulted in the demolition of that station since it was necessary to build a retaining wall along the south side of the cutting. New Dufferin Gates were constructed at the entrance to Exhibition Place, with concrete stairs down to two sid... | 22,641 |
1804730 | Burgess Hill railway station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Burgess%20Hill%20railway%20station | Burgess Hill railway station
Burgess Hill railway station
Burgess Hill railway station is on the Brighton Main Line and Thameslink in England, serving the town of Burgess Hill, West Sussex. It is down the line from via and is situated between and on the main line. Train services are provided by Southern and Thameslink... | 22,642 |
1804730 | Burgess Hill railway station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Burgess%20Hill%20railway%20station | Burgess Hill railway station
of the station dating from 1874 shows that by then several sidings and a signal box had been constructed at the station.
# Station facilities.
The present station building dates from 1877 and is typical of LB&SCR stations of the period. It contains:
- Ticket office
- Newsagent
- Small ... | 22,643 |
1804730 | Burgess Hill railway station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Burgess%20Hill%20railway%20station | Burgess Hill railway station
by Thameslink;
- 2tph to Cambridge via Gatwick Airport, London Bridge, London St Pancras Int'l and , operated by Thameslink;
- 2tph to via Gatwick Airport, operated by Southern.
- Southbound:
- 6tph to .
At peak times the Southern services between London Victoria and Brighton are repla... | 22,644 |
1804730 | Burgess Hill railway station | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Burgess%20Hill%20railway%20station | Burgess Hill railway station
o Cambridge via Gatwick Airport, London Bridge, London St Pancras Int'l and , operated by Thameslink;
- 2tph to via Gatwick Airport, operated by Southern.
- Southbound:
- 6tph to .
At peak times the Southern services between London Victoria and Brighton are replaced by Gatwick Express s... | 22,645 |
1804731 | Ali Mohammad Afghani | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ali%20Mohammad%20Afghani | Ali Mohammad Afghani
Ali Mohammad Afghani
Ali Mohammad Afghani (, born 1925 in Isfahan, Iran) is an Iranian writer.
# Biography.
Veteran contemporary writer, Ali Mohammad Afghani was born in 1925 in Isfahan. He was raised in a poor family. Although a top student, he dropped out of school to work alongside his father... | 22,646 |
1804731 | Ali Mohammad Afghani | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ali%20Mohammad%20Afghani | Ali Mohammad Afghani
and opposed the then leader of Iran Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. On August 19, 1953, the nationalist government of Mohammad Mosaddeq was overturned through a Shah-backed coup d'état. Activities of the organization were disclosed after Zahedi swept to power, and Afghani was arrested along with a number of... | 22,647 |
1804731 | Ali Mohammad Afghani | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ali%20Mohammad%20Afghani | Ali Mohammad Afghani
as the renowned translator Najaf Daryabandari and the prominent author Mohammad Ali Jamalzadeh praised his novel. The novel depicts the appalling life of Iranian women in that era.
Daryabandari once stated, "Looking into the life of the rabble, the author in this book pictures a painful tragedy. T... | 22,648 |
1804731 | Ali Mohammad Afghani | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ali%20Mohammad%20Afghani | Ali Mohammad Afghani
n books."
In March 1962, Jamalzadeh, in a letter to a friend, wrote, "I received "Madam Ahou’s Husband". I think fellow writers and I should kiss goodbye writing. Iran is a bizarre country. It nurtures talented youth in no time. What a wonderful book! Such descriptive images."
In 1965, Afghani pu... | 22,649 |
1804733 | FUNET | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FUNET | FUNET
FUNET
FUNET is the Finnish University and Research Network, a backbone network providing Internet connections for Finnish universities and polytechnics as well as other research facilities. It is governed by the state-owned CSC – IT Center for Science Ltd. The FUNET project started in December 1983 and soon gain... | 22,650 |
1804733 | FUNET | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=FUNET | FUNET
ecember 1983 and soon gained international connectivity via EARN with DECnet as the dominant protocol. FUNET was connected to the greater Internet through NORDUnet in 1988. The FUNET FTP service went online in 1990, hosting the first versions of Linux in 1991.
The main backbone connections have gradually been up... | 22,651 |
269821 | HMS Upholder | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=HMS%20Upholder | HMS Upholder
HMS Upholder
Two Royal Navy submarines have been named HMS "Upholder".
- The first , launched in 1940, was a U-class submarine. She served in World War II. Her captain was Lieutenant Commander David Wanklyn, who received the Victoria Cross whilst in command of the vessel. HMS "Upholder" was the most deco... | 22,652 |
269824 | Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill%20Masterton%20Memorial%20Trophy | Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
The Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the National Hockey League player who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to ice hockey. It is named after Bill Masterton, the only player in NHL history to ... | 22,653 |
269824 | Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill%20Masterton%20Memorial%20Trophy | Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
January 15, 1968, after sustaining an injury during a hockey game. During his playing career, Masterton exhibited "to a high degree the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to hockey". It was first awarded following the 1967–68 regular season. As of the end of the 2016... | 22,654 |
269824 | Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bill%20Masterton%20Memorial%20Trophy | Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy
his playing career, Masterton exhibited "to a high degree the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to hockey". It was first awarded following the 1967–68 regular season. As of the end of the 2016–17 NHL season, players for the New York Rangers and Montreal Canadiens ha... | 22,655 |
1804697 | Step pyramid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Step%20pyramid | Step pyramid
Step pyramid
A step pyramid or stepped pyramid is an architectural structure that uses flat platforms, or steps, receding from the ground up, to achieve a completed shape similar to a geometric pyramid. Step pyramids are structures which characterized several cultures throughout history, in several locati... | 22,656 |
1804697 | Step pyramid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Step%20pyramid | Step pyramid
Iranian plateau, having the form of a terraced step pyramid of successively receding stories or levels. There are 32 ziggurats known at, and near, Mesopotamia. Twenty-eight of them are in Iraq, and four of them are in Iran. Notable Ziggurats include the Great Ziggurat of Ur near Nasiriyah, Iraq, the Ziggur... | 22,657 |
1804697 | Step pyramid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Step%20pyramid | Step pyramid
millennium BC, and the latest date from the 6th century BC. The earliest ziggurats probably date from the latter part of the Early Dynastic Period of Sumer. Built in receding tiers upon a rectangular, oval, or square platform, the ziggurat was a pyramidal structure. Sun-baked bricks made up the core of the... | 22,658 |
1804697 | Step pyramid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Step%20pyramid | Step pyramid
ramp from base to summit. It was also called Hill of Heaven or Mountain of the gods.
# Ancient Egypt.
The earliest Egyptian pyramids were step pyramids. During the Third Dynasty of Egypt, the architect Imhotep designed Egypt's first step pyramid as a tomb for the pharaoh, Djoser. This structure, the Pyra... | 22,659 |
1804697 | Step pyramid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Step%20pyramid | Step pyramid
"true pyramids" with smooth sides. The earliest of these pyramids, located at Meidum, began as a step pyramid built for Sneferu. Sneferu later made other pyramids, the Bent Pyramid and Red Pyramid at Dahshur, which were the first true pyramids to be built as such from the beginning. With this innovation, t... | 22,660 |
1804697 | Step pyramid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Step%20pyramid | Step pyramid
The structures were temples for the god Ala/Uto, who was believed to reside at the top. A stick was placed at the top to represent the god's residence. The structures were laid in groups of five parallel to each other. Because it was built of clay/mud like the Deffufa of Nubia, time has taken its toll requ... | 22,661 |
1804697 | Step pyramid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Step%20pyramid | Step pyramid
in the Early Bronze Age (c. 2000–1600 BC). Near the mound are several standing stones, and a large limestone slab, now at the foot of the mound, may have served as an altar."
# Mesoamerica.
The most prolific builders of these step pyramids were the pre-Columbian civilizations. The remains of step pyramid... | 22,662 |
1804697 | Step pyramid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Step%20pyramid | Step pyramid
also a part of South American architecture, such as that of the Moche and the Chavín culture.
# North America.
There are a number of earthwork step pyramids within North America. Often associated with mounds and other mortuary complexes across the Eastern Woodlands (concentrated in the North American Sou... | 22,663 |
1804697 | Step pyramid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Step%20pyramid | Step pyramid
by area in the world (after La Danta and Great Pyramid of Cholula).
# Indonesia.
As well as menhirs, stone tables, and stone statues Austronesian megalithic culture in Indonesia also featured earth and stone step pyramid structure, referred to as "punden berundak" as discovered in Pangguyangan site near ... | 22,664 |
1804697 | Step pyramid | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Step%20pyramid | Step pyramid
e spirit of the ancestors.
The step pyramid is the basic design of 8th century Borobudur Buddhist monument in Central Java. However the later temples built in Java were influenced by Indian Hindu architecture, as displayed by the towering spires of Prambanan temple. In the 15th century Java during the lat... | 22,665 |
269827 | Priory School, Portsmouth | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Priory%20School,%20Portsmouth | Priory School, Portsmouth
Priory School, Portsmouth
Priory School is a secondary school in Southsea, Hampshire, England. It is situated in the north of Southsea, close to Fratton railway station on the A2047.
# History.
The current site was originally purchased by the Portsmouth School Board in May 1890 for £3000, a... | 22,666 |
269827 | Priory School, Portsmouth | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Priory%20School,%20Portsmouth | Priory School, Portsmouth
the school site led it to cover the site of an old priory and a farm called "Priory Farm".
In 1905 it was decided that the Francis Avenue School for girls should move to a building next to the boys school. This school, which cost £25,000 to build, was opened on 4 November 1907.
During the Fi... | 22,667 |
269827 | Priory School, Portsmouth | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Priory%20School,%20Portsmouth | Priory School, Portsmouth
On 10 January 1941, German bombing led to the destruction of the boys school and the extension at the girls school. The boys moved to the St Ronan's Road School, with the old boys school being left as a bombed out wreck for the next twenty years.
In 1946 the girls school became the Portsmouth... | 22,668 |
269827 | Priory School, Portsmouth | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Priory%20School,%20Portsmouth | Priory School, Portsmouth
The school became a specialist sports college with the opening of the Priory Tennis Centre in 2006 and it became an academy, sponsored by the Bohunt Education Trust, in September 2014.
# Admissions.
Stewart Vaughan is the Headteacher at the school. Priory school is an academy and part of the... | 22,669 |
269827 | Priory School, Portsmouth | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Priory%20School,%20Portsmouth | Priory School, Portsmouth
## Portsmouth Southern Grammar School for Girls.
- Marilyn Cole, January 1972 Playmate of the Month, and Playmate of the Year 1973
- Kathleen O'Donovan, businesswoman, the first female finance director in a major public-listed company (in 1996)
## Notable former teachers.
- Mary James (edu... | 22,670 |
269829 | Priory School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Priory%20School | Priory School
Priory School
Priory School may refer to several schools:
# Jamaica.
- Priory School (Kingston)
# United Kingdom.
## England.
- Priory School, Isle of Wight, an independent school in Whippingham, Isle of Wight
- Priory School, Lewes, a comprehensive secondary school in Lewes, Sussex
- Priory Schoo... | 22,671 |
269829 | Priory School | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Priory%20School | Priory School
reparatory School, Banstead, Surrey
- The Priory School, Dorking, a comprehensive secondary school in Dorking, Surrey
- The Priory School, Hitchin, a comprehensive secondary school in Hitchin, Hertfordshire
- The Priory School, Shrewsbury, a secondary school in Shrewsbury, Shropshire
- Harris Academy ... | 22,672 |
269835 | Tabi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tabi | Tabi
Tabi
# Use.
Tabi are worn by both men and women with footwear such as zōri and sometimes geta. Tabi must be worn with clothing such as kimono. Tabi are toe-divided, so they can be worn with thonged footwear easier.
Samurai used to wear tabi.
# Styles.
The most common color of tabi is white. White tabi are wor... | 22,673 |
269835 | Tabi | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tabi | Tabi
# Jika-tabi.
"Main article: Jika-tabi"
There is a type of tabi called . Made of heavier, tougher material and often having rubber soles, jika-tabi resemble boots and are outer footwear rather than socks. Like other tabi, jika-tabi are toe-divided.
# Modern versions.
Contemporary tabi socks—socks with a separat... | 22,674 |
269828 | Frank J. Selke Trophy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frank%20J.%20Selke%20Trophy | Frank J. Selke Trophy
Frank J. Selke Trophy
The Frank J. Selke Trophy is awarded annually to the National Hockey League forward who demonstrates the most skill in the defensive component of the game. The winner is selected by a poll of the Professional Hockey Writers' Association following the regular season. Named af... | 22,675 |
269828 | Frank J. Selke Trophy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frank%20J.%20Selke%20Trophy | Frank J. Selke Trophy
Leafs and Montreal Canadiens. The Selke Trophy was the fifth and last of the major NHL awards to be introduced that have been named after General Managers and owners of the Original Six teams, the other awards being the Art Ross Trophy, James Norris Memorial Trophy, Conn Smythe Trophy, and Jack Ad... | 22,676 |
269828 | Frank J. Selke Trophy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frank%20J.%20Selke%20Trophy | Frank J. Selke Trophy
The team with the greatest number of unique winners are the Red Wings with 4—Sergei Fedorov (twice), Steve Yzerman, Kris Draper, and Datsyuk (three times)—all coming since 1994.
There has been only one instance in which a Selke Trophy winner was also awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy for Most Valu... | 22,677 |
269828 | Frank J. Selke Trophy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Frank%20J.%20Selke%20Trophy | Frank J. Selke Trophy
ei Fedorov captured both trophies during the 1993–94 NHL season. There has not been an instance in which the Art Ross Trophy winner has been awarded the Selke Trophy, though Fedorov finished second in regular season scoring in 1994, while Hart Trophy winner and Art Ross Trophy runner-up Joe Sakic ... | 22,678 |
269818 | Pike Expedition | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pike%20Expedition | Pike Expedition
Pike Expedition
The Pike Expedition (July 15, 1806 – July 1, 1807) was a military party sent out by President Thomas Jefferson and authorized by the United States government to explore the south and west of the recent Louisiana Purchase. Roughly contemporaneous with the Lewis and Clark Expedition, it w... | 22,679 |
269818 | Pike Expedition | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pike%20Expedition | Pike Expedition
discovery of Pikes Peak. After splitting up his men, Pike led the larger contingent to find the headwaters of the Red River. A smaller group returned safely to the US Army fort in St. Louis, Missouri before winter set in.
Pike's company made several errors and ended up in Spanish territory in present-d... | 22,680 |
269818 | Pike Expedition | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pike%20Expedition | Pike Expedition
were held in Mexican prisons for years, despite US objections. In 1810, Pike published an account of his expeditions, which was so popular that it was translated into French, German, and Dutch for publication in Europe.
# Exploration.
On June 24, 1806, General James Wilkinson, commander of the Western... | 22,681 |
269818 | Pike Expedition | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pike%20Expedition | Pike Expedition
The expedition followed the Missouri River and the Osage River to the Osage Nation village at the present-day border of Kansas and Missouri. On August 15, Pike returned the hostages and parleyed with the natives.
Striking northwest, the group made for the Pawnee territory on the Republican River in sou... | 22,682 |
269818 | Pike Expedition | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pike%20Expedition | Pike Expedition
it on October 14, the party split in two. One group was led by Lieutenant James Biddle Wilkinson, son of the General. They traveled downstream along the length of the Arkansas to its mouth and back up the Mississippi, safely returning to St. Louis.
Pike led the other, larger group upstream, to the west... | 22,683 |
269818 | Pike Expedition | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pike%20Expedition | Pike Expedition
existed." When Stephen Long led an expedition to the area in 1820, he labeled the area on his map as the "Great American Desert."
## Pike in Colorado.
On November 15, Pike recorded the first sight of the distant mountain he called "Grand Peak". It has since been called Pikes Peak in his honor. Pike tr... | 22,684 |
269818 | Pike Expedition | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pike%20Expedition | Pike Expedition
at the base of the Rocky Mountains.
Pike next intended to travel to the headwaters of the Red River and head downstream to the Mississippi and relative safety in the lowlands. But, the company had gotten confused in its bearings, and they made several blundering steps trying to find the river. They wer... | 22,685 |
269818 | Pike Expedition | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pike%20Expedition | Pike Expedition
cold, and exhausted, the party headed south over the mountains. Several men were left behind as they dropped from fatigue, but Pike doggedly pressed on. By January 30, he and the ten men still with him came to the Rio Grande at a point near Alamosa in present-day southern Colorado and then part of the S... | 22,686 |
269818 | Pike Expedition | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pike%20Expedition | Pike Expedition
rest of his men who had been scattered in the mountains, and marched them all south. The Spanish took them through Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and El Paso to Los Coabos, the state capital of Chihuahua. Along the way, Pike's party was treated with respect and celebrated by the Mexican locals, and Pike made ca... | 22,687 |
269818 | Pike Expedition | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pike%20Expedition | Pike Expedition
San Antonio, Texas, arriving at the border with Louisiana at Natchitoches on July 1, 1807.
The Spanish formally complained to the United States Department of State about the military expedition in its territory, but the government maintained that the party had been one of exploration only. Pike's captu... | 22,688 |
269818 | Pike Expedition | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pike%20Expedition | Pike Expedition
1978
- Nobles, Gregory H., "American Frontiers: Cultural Encounters and Continental Conquest", Hill and Wang, New York, 1997
- Owsley, Frank L., Jr., and Gene A. Smith, "Filibusters and Expansionists: Jeffersonian Manifest Destiny, 1800–1821", University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1997
# Exter... | 22,689 |
269818 | Pike Expedition | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pike%20Expedition | Pike Expedition
tal Conquest", Hill and Wang, New York, 1997
- Owsley, Frank L., Jr., and Gene A. Smith, "Filibusters and Expansionists: Jeffersonian Manifest Destiny, 1800–1821", University of Alabama Press, Tuscaloosa, AL, 1997
# External links.
- Lake History.info: "The Exploration of the Osage Valley by Zebulon ... | 22,690 |
269836 | Jack Adams Award | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Adams%20Award | Jack Adams Award
Jack Adams Award
The Jack Adams Award is awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) coach "adjudged to have contributed the most to his team's success." The league's Coach of the Year award has been presented 40 times to 34 coaches. The winner is selected by a poll of the National Hockey Lea... | 22,691 |
269836 | Jack Adams Award | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Adams%20Award | Jack Adams Award
conclusion of the regular season.
Jacques Demers is the only coach to win the award in consecutive seasons. Five coaches have won the award with two teams: Jacques Lemaire, Pat Quinn, Scotty Bowman, and John Tortorella have won the award twice, while Pat Burns is the only coach to win three times. The... | 22,692 |
269836 | Jack Adams Award | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jack%20Adams%20Award | Jack Adams Award
adelphia Flyers, Detroit Red Wings and Phoenix Coyotes with four winners each, although the Coyotes had two winners in Winnipeg before they moved to Arizona. Bill Barber, Bruce Boudreau and Ken Hitchcock are the only coaches to win the award after replacing the head coach who started the season. Barber... | 22,693 |
269845 | King Clancy Memorial Trophy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=King%20Clancy%20Memorial%20Trophy | King Clancy Memorial Trophy
King Clancy Memorial Trophy
The King Clancy Memorial Trophy is a sports award given annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) player who best exemplifies leadership qualities on and off the ice and who has made a significant humanitarian contribution to his community. The winner is chose... | 22,694 |
269845 | King Clancy Memorial Trophy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=King%20Clancy%20Memorial%20Trophy | King Clancy Memorial Trophy
Ballard, who called Clancy "one of the greatest humanitarians that ever lived". It honours similar community service as the Charlie Conacher Humanitarian Award, which was retired in 1984.
Five teams have had more than one player win the award. Three members of the Vancouver Canucks, Edmonto... | 22,695 |
269845 | King Clancy Memorial Trophy | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=King%20Clancy%20Memorial%20Trophy | King Clancy Memorial Trophy
Bourque and Dave Poulin winning the award in consecutive years for the same team for the only time in the history of the award. Two New York Islanders and Detroit Red Wings have also won the award. Players from the seven different Canadian teams have won the trophy on 12 of the 28 occasions ... | 22,696 |
1804737 | Blackwood, Caerphilly | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blackwood,%20Caerphilly | Blackwood, Caerphilly
Blackwood, Caerphilly
Blackwood () is a town, community and an electoral ward on the Sirhowy River in the Valleys of Wales administered as part of Caerphilly County Borough. It is located within the historic county of Monmouthshire.
The town houses a growing number of light industrial and high-t... | 22,697 |
1804737 | Blackwood, Caerphilly | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blackwood,%20Caerphilly | Blackwood, Caerphilly
1830s. The South Wales Chartist leaders John Frost, Zephaniah Williams — a Blackwood man — and William Jones met regularly at the Coach & Horses public house in Blackwood. Planning their march on Newport in what became known as the Newport Rising in 1839, intended to coincide with a Britain-wide '... | 22,698 |
1804737 | Blackwood, Caerphilly | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Blackwood,%20Caerphilly | Blackwood, Caerphilly
gaol. However, the South Wales Movement were the only ones to march and the national rising failed and its leaders were sentenced to death (later commuted to deportation to Tasmania).
In 1912 the Titanic's distress signals were picked up by amateur wireless enthusiast Artie Moore who resided at t... | 22,699 |
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