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269897 | La Union | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Union | La Union
into a business and industrial area, helps to facilitate such commercial activity.
The major products of the province include: hand-woven blankets ("Inabel"), softbrooms, baskets, pottery, rice wine ("tapuey"), sugarcane wine ("basi"), sugarcane vinegar, wood craft, bamboo craft, native rice cakes, antique-fi... | 23,300 |
269897 | La Union | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Union | La Union
into three branches: executive, legislative and judiciary. The judicial branch is administered solely by the Supreme Court of the Philippines. The LGUs have control of the executive and legislative branch.
The executive branch is composed of the governor for the provinces, mayor for the cities and municipalit... | 23,301 |
269897 | La Union | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Union | La Union
is vested upon the mayor and other elected officers who hold office at the City Hall of San Fernando. The Sanguniang Bayan is the center of legislation, stationed in the Speaker Pro-Tempore Francisco I. Ortega Building, the Legislative Building at the back of the Capitol.
## Elected officials.
La Union is go... | 23,302 |
269897 | La Union | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Union | La Union
Mauro Ortiz (1916–1918)
- Pio Ancheta (1918–1921)
- Thomas de Guzman (1922–1923)
- Juan Lucero (1923–1928)
- Thomas de Guzman (1928–1931)
- Pio Ancheta (1931)
- Mauro Ortiz (1931–1934)
- Juan Rivera (1934–1937)
- Francisco Nisce, (1937–1940)
- Bernardo Gapuz (1940)
#### Japanese occupation.
- Jorge ... | 23,303 |
269897 | La Union | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Union | La Union
Victor F. Ortega, (2001–2007)
- Manuel C. Ortega (2007–2016)
- Francisco Emmanuel R. Ortega III, (2016–present)
## Court system.
The Supreme Court of the Philippines recognizes La Union ("inter alia") regional trial courts and metropolitan or municipal trial courts within the province and towns, that have ... | 23,304 |
269897 | La Union | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Union | La Union
First Judicial Region. Nine branches (Branches XXVI to XXXIV) for the province of La Union, Branches XXVI to XXX with seats at San Fernando, Branches XXXI and XXXII at Agoo, Branch XXXIII at Bauang, and Branch XXXIV at Balaoan;
The law also created Metropolitan Trial Courts in each metropolitan area establish... | 23,305 |
269897 | La Union | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Union | La Union
Two branches for San Fernando, La Union;
The courts of law are stationed in Halls of Justices of the Province and towns. In La Union, the Regional Trial Court is stationed at the "Bulwagan ng Katarungan" or Halls of Justice in San Fernando, La Union and other Regional Trial Courts in Bauang and Agoo, La Union... | 23,306 |
269897 | La Union | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La%20Union | La Union
- JB Magsaysay (born 1980) – Pinoy Big Brother (season 1) housemate; actor, public servant and businessman
- Bienvenido Nebres (born 1940) - Filipino mathematician, academic, National Scientist of the Philippines, former Provincial Superior of the Society of Jesus in the Philippines
- Camilo Osias (1889–1976... | 23,307 |
269883 | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Glenn%20Columbus%20International%20Airport | John Glenn Columbus International Airport
John Glenn Columbus International Airport
John Glenn Columbus International Airport , is an international airport located east of downtown Columbus, Ohio. Formerly known as Port Columbus International Airport, it is managed by the Columbus Regional Airport Authority, which als... | 23,308 |
269883 | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Glenn%20Columbus%20International%20Airport | John Glenn Columbus International Airport
million passengers, approaching the record set in 2007.
According to a 2005 market survey, Columbus attracts about 50% of its passengers from outside its radius primary service region.
John Glenn Columbus International Airport is the largest passenger airport in central Ohio ... | 23,309 |
269883 | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Glenn%20Columbus%20International%20Airport | John Glenn Columbus International Airport
roadway, International Gateway, connects directly to I-670.
On May 25, 2016, the Ohio General Assembly passed a bill to rename the airport from Port Columbus International Airport to its current name, in honor of astronaut and four-term U.S. senator John Glenn. The name change... | 23,310 |
269883 | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Glenn%20Columbus%20International%20Airport | John Glenn Columbus International Airport
Airports Council International as the most improved airport in North America in 2016.
# History.
## Early history.
The airport opened July 8, 1929, on a site selected by Charles Lindbergh, as the eastern air terminus of the Transcontinental Air Transport air-rail New York to... | 23,311 |
269883 | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Glenn%20Columbus%20International%20Airport | John Glenn Columbus International Airport
World War II, most of the facility was taken over by the U.S. Navy, which established Naval Air Station Columbus in 1942. NAS Columbus was closed and the facility relinquished back to civilian authorities in 1946. Also, during the war, the government established a government-ow... | 23,312 |
269883 | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Glenn%20Columbus%20International%20Airport | John Glenn Columbus International Airport
$12 million terminal building opened on September 21, 1958. Jet airline flights (American 707s) started in April 1964.
## Historical airline service.
The April 1957 Official Airline Guide shows 72 airline departures each weekday: 41 TWA, 16 American, 6 Eastern, 6 Lake Central... | 23,313 |
269883 | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Glenn%20Columbus%20International%20Airport | John Glenn Columbus International Airport
due to financial losses and the post 9/11-decline in air travel.
The airport was the home base of short-lived Skybus Airlines, which began operations from Columbus on May 22, 2007. The airline touted themselves as the cheapest airline in the United States, offering a minimum o... | 23,314 |
269883 | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Glenn%20Columbus%20International%20Airport | John Glenn Columbus International Airport
Ten years later in 1989, a second, $15.5 million, seven-gate south concourse (now Concourse A) was dedicated. The concourse was used exclusively by US Airways at the time, and later housed hubs for both America West Airlines until 2003, and Skybus Airlines until they shut it do... | 23,315 |
269883 | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Glenn%20Columbus%20International%20Airport | John Glenn Columbus International Airport
and office spaces were completed for NetJets in 1999, as well as a $92 million parking garage including an underground terminal entrance, new rental car facilities, dedicated ground transportation area, improved eight-lane terminal access on two levels, and a new atrium and ent... | 23,316 |
269883 | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Glenn%20Columbus%20International%20Airport | John Glenn Columbus International Airport
new ceilings, new restrooms, more TSA security lanes, and new LED lighting. Construction started on Concourse A in late 2012 and was completed throughout the terminal in early 2016.
In 2013, the airport completed a $140 million runway improvement that moved the south runway fa... | 23,317 |
269883 | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Glenn%20Columbus%20International%20Airport | John Glenn Columbus International Airport
2006, Skybus Airlines began leasing of office and hangar facilities at the Columbus International AirCenter adjacent to the airport.
Regional carriers Envoy Air and Republic Airline operate large maintenance bases at the airport.
The airport has its own police and fire depart... | 23,318 |
269883 | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Glenn%20Columbus%20International%20Airport | John Glenn Columbus International Airport
carrier runway, ILS equipped.
- Runway 10L/28R: , air carrier runway, ILS equipped.
Runway 10L/28R is just north of the 40th parallel north.
An expansion in 2008–2009 moved the primary access road to the main terminal, over which a new aircraft bridge was built. The John Gle... | 23,319 |
269883 | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Glenn%20Columbus%20International%20Airport | John Glenn Columbus International Airport
23 single engine, 5 multi-engine, 48 jet aircraft, and 2 helicopters.
# Terminals.
John Glenn Columbus International Airport has 3 airport concourses.
## Concourse A.
Concourse A (gates A1 – A7) was built in 1989 for US Airways and is currently home to Southwest, which uses... | 23,320 |
269883 | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Glenn%20Columbus%20International%20Airport | John Glenn Columbus International Airport
its jet bridge removed.
## Concourse C.
Concourse C (gates C46 – C56), opened in 1995 for Delta and Southwest and extended in 2002, is home to Alaska (C49), Delta (C50-56) and Frontier (C47); C48 is currently unused. Vacation Express charters also depart from Concourse C, typ... | 23,321 |
269883 | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Glenn%20Columbus%20International%20Airport | John Glenn Columbus International Airport
cargo operations take place at Rickenbacker.
# Ground transportation.
## Car.
The airport is accessible directly by taking exit number nine on Interstate 670 to International Gateway. Alternatively, drivers can also get to the airport from the east via Hamilton Road, just so... | 23,322 |
269883 | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Glenn%20Columbus%20International%20Airport | John Glenn Columbus International Airport
to the terminal and also offers some covered parking. The cost of parking a car in the blue lot is $9 per 24 hours. The Red Lot costs $7 per 24 hours and the green lost costs $5 per 24 hours to park.The Green lot is the furthest away from the terminal. Additionally, there is a ... | 23,323 |
269883 | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Glenn%20Columbus%20International%20Airport | John Glenn Columbus International Airport
at the Greater Columbus Convention Center and many of the downtown hotels. Tickets are available for purchase at a kiosk in the airport with credit cards (only) and on board the bus with cash (only).
Other routes available from COTA include Line 7-Mt. Vernon, which travels bet... | 23,324 |
269883 | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Glenn%20Columbus%20International%20Airport | John Glenn Columbus International Airport
Logan, and Nelsonville.
## Taxi.
Inbound taxi services operate through numerous taxi businesses in the Columbus area. A number of taxi services provide outbound transportation in the taxi lane.
# Accidents and incidents.
- On June 27, 1954 an American Airlines Convair CV-24... | 23,325 |
269883 | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Glenn%20Columbus%20International%20Airport | John Glenn Columbus International Airport
local controller which he allowed to continue without taking the necessary corrective action. A contributing factor was the failure of both crews to detect this situation by visual and/or aural vigilance.""
- On January 7, 1994, United Express Flight 6291 was a BAe Jetstream 4... | 23,326 |
269883 | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Glenn%20Columbus%20International%20Airport | John Glenn Columbus International Airport
crew allowed the airspeed to decay to stall speed following a very poorly planned and executed approach characterized by an absence of procedural discipline; (2) Improper pilot response to the stall warning, including failure to advance the power levers to maximum, and inapprop... | 23,327 |
269883 | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Glenn%20Columbus%20International%20Airport | John Glenn Columbus International Airport
to the accident. Additionally, for the following two factors, Chairman Hall and Member Lauber concluded that they were causal to the accident, while Members Vogt and Hammerschmidt concluded they were contributory to the accident: (5) The company's failure to provide adequate cr... | 23,328 |
269883 | John Glenn Columbus International Airport | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John%20Glenn%20Columbus%20International%20Airport | John Glenn Columbus International Airport
e following two factors, Chairman Hall and Member Lauber concluded that they were causal to the accident, while Members Vogt and Hammerschmidt concluded they were contributory to the accident: (5) The company's failure to provide adequate crew resource management training, and ... | 23,329 |
1804899 | Mackey space | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mackey%20space | Mackey space
Mackey space
In mathematics, particularly in functional analysis, a Mackey space is a locally convex topological vector space "X" such that the topology of "X" coincides with the Mackey topology τ("X","X′"), the finest topology which still preserves the continuous dual.
# Examples.
Examples of Mackey sp... | 23,330 |
1804899 | Mackey space | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mackey%20space | Mackey space
spaces and all Hausdorff locally convex reflexive spaces).
- All Hausdorff locally convex metrizable spaces.
- All Hausdorff locally convex barreled spaces.
- The product, locally convex direct sum, and the inductive limit of a family of Mackey spaces is a Mackey space.
# Properties.
- A locally conve... | 23,331 |
269891 | Porno (novel) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Porno%20(novel) | Porno (novel)
Porno (novel)
Porno is a novel published in 2002 by Scottish writer Irvine Welsh, the sequel to "Trainspotting".
The book describes the characters of "Trainspotting" ten years after the events of the earlier book, as their paths cross again, this time with the pornography business as the backdrop rather... | 23,332 |
269891 | Porno (novel) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Porno%20(novel) | Porno (novel)
divided into three sections, each of which comprises chapters with different narrators. Unlike "Trainspotting" which had more narrational diversity, "Porno" is reduced to just five narrators: Sick Boy, Renton, Spud, Begbie and Nikki. Another difference from the format of "Trainspotting" is that each chara... | 23,333 |
269891 | Porno (novel) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Porno%20(novel) | Porno (novel)
a distinctive prose style. Renton, Sick Boy, and Nikki's chapters are written almost entirely in "standard" English while Begbie and Spud's chapters are in Scots. For example, in Chapter 25, Spud narrates, "So ah'm downcast git intae the library, thinkin tae masel" ("So I'm downcast when I get into the li... | 23,334 |
269891 | Porno (novel) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Porno%20(novel) | Porno (novel)
Leith when he comes into ownership of his aunt's pub. Convinced that the area is destined to become a social and cultural hub, Simon decides to focus his energy into making the pub an upper class establishment. Nikki Fuller-Smith is a university student who works part-time in a massage parlour. Rab, a uni... | 23,335 |
269891 | Porno (novel) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Porno%20(novel) | Porno (novel)
contemplates suicide. Meanwhile, in Amsterdam, Mark Renton is co-owner of a successful nightclub. One night, a DJ from his hometown (Carl Ewart from Welsh's previous novel "Glue") plays at one of his clubs and recognises him. When Sick Boy learns of Terry's operation, he offers the use of the upstairs bar... | 23,336 |
269891 | Porno (novel) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Porno%20(novel) | Porno (novel)
friend on a debt collection errand, he meets Kate and begins a relationship with her. When Alison begins working at Sick Boy's pub and Sick Boy deliberately attempts to end her relationship with Spud, the friendship between Spud and Sick Boy is over. During one heated argument, Spud reveals that he receiv... | 23,337 |
269891 | Porno (novel) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Porno%20(novel) | Porno (novel)
Rab. Sick Boy is initially reluctant to attend but changes his mind after Carl, a DJ, mentions that Renton works at a club there.
### Exhibition.
Sick Boy's "Porno" shoot becomes a slow demolition of his so-called mates. Spud ends their friendship when Sick Boy tells him he was using him for the purpos... | 23,338 |
269891 | Porno (novel) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Porno%20(novel) | Porno (novel)
Begbie is angrily beating Spud, Alison and the couple's young son burst in, stopping them. Spud is severely injured, but his last narration implies that he can see life getting better. The biggest departure Sick Boy has from his life is Renton. After promising to meet Sick Boy in Cannes, Renton instead go... | 23,339 |
269891 | Porno (novel) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Porno%20(novel) | Porno (novel)
feel happy by this he is heartbroken and comforts Begbie while he is taken to hospital. It is indicated that as Begbie slips into a coma he may have forgiven Renton. After learning that Begbie has fallen into a coma, Renton flees the country with Nikki and Diane, as well as Sick Boy's £60,000 made from a ... | 23,340 |
269891 | Porno (novel) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Porno%20(novel) | Porno (novel)
years since "Trainspotting" he had a son with a woman who is now his ex-wife. He has also lost some of the charm and physical attractiveness he previously possessed.
- Mark "Rents" Renton - kicked heroin and owns a successful nightclub in Amsterdam. Agrees to finance Sick Boy's porn film in exchange for ... | 23,341 |
269891 | Porno (novel) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Porno%20(novel) | Porno (novel)
and is attracted to Sick Boy. She decides to help Sick Boy with his film by starring in it.
- Terry Lawson - a self-centred womanizer, his sexual exploits find him involved in the local dogging / amateur pornography scene, into which Rab introduces Nikki, becoming the star of Seven Rides.
- Rab Birrell ... | 23,342 |
269891 | Porno (novel) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Porno%20(novel) | Porno (novel)
(a character who was in an on / off relationship with Sick Boy in "Trainspotting") and feels like he has become a burden on her. He considers his life insurance policy and contemplates suicide.
- Rab "Second Prize" McLaughlin - a reformed alcoholic, the fifth of the gang robbed by Renton at the end of Tr... | 23,343 |
269891 | Porno (novel) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Porno%20(novel) | Porno (novel)
as heroic.
# Major themes.
Welsh picks up upon ways in which Edinburgh has changed.
# Film adaptation.
Danny Boyle stated his wish to make a sequel to "Trainspotting" based on "Porno" which takes place nine years later. He was reportedly waiting until the original actors themselves age visibly enough ... | 23,344 |
269891 | Porno (novel) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Porno%20(novel) | Porno (novel)
played anti-hero Renton, expressed his reluctance to do a sequel saying it would be a "terrible shame". Boyle and McGregor had not worked together since 1997's "A Life Less Ordinary", when McGregor was passed over in favour of Leonardo DiCaprio for the lead role in Boyle's big screen adaptation of Alex Ga... | 23,345 |
269891 | Porno (novel) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Porno%20(novel) | Porno (novel)
was in order to "explore the story and script ideas. We're not interested in doing something that will trash the legacy of "Trainspotting"... we want to do something that's very fresh and contemporary."
On 17 November 2014, Welsh revealed that McGregor and Boyle had resolved their differences and had hel... | 23,346 |
269891 | Porno (novel) | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Porno%20(novel) | Porno (novel)
ky road, but now also reconciled. With the "Trainspotting" sequel the attention is going to be even more intense this time round because the first was such a great movie - and Danny’s such a colossus now. We’re all protective of the Trainspotting legacy and we want to make a film that adds to that legacy ... | 23,347 |
1804905 | Sükhbaatar's Mausoleum | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sükhbaatar's%20Mausoleum | Sükhbaatar's Mausoleum
Sükhbaatar's Mausoleum
Sükhbaatar's Mausoleum was a mausoleum for Damdin Sükhbaatar, leader of Mongolia's 1921 revolution, and Khorloogiin Choibalsan, head of Mongolia's government from the late 1930s to his death in 1952, in Mongolia's capital Ulaanbaatar, on the northern side of Sükhbaatar Squ... | 23,348 |
1804905 | Sükhbaatar's Mausoleum | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sükhbaatar's%20Mausoleum | Sükhbaatar's Mausoleum
the Saaral Ordon. The building was erected after Choibalsan's death, and removed in 2005 to make place for a hall dedicated to Genghis Khan. The mausoleum resembled the shape of Lenin's Mausoleum but differed in color.
Sükhbaatar had been buried at the Altan-Ölgii National Cemetery in 1923, but ... | 23,349 |
269903 | Ottmar Mergenthaler | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ottmar%20Mergenthaler | Ottmar Mergenthaler
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Ottmar Mergenthaler (May 11, 1854 – October 28, 1899) was a German-born inventor who has been called a second Gutenberg, as Mergenthaler invented the linotype machine, the first device that could easily and quickly set complete lines of type for use in printing presses. This mac... | 23,350 |
269903 | Ottmar Mergenthaler | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ottmar%20Mergenthaler | Ottmar Mergenthaler
moved with Hahl's shop to Baltimore, Maryland. In 1881, Mergenthaler became Hahl's business partner.
In 1876 he was approached by James O. Clephane, who sought a quicker way of publishing legal briefs, via Charles T. Moore, who held a patent on a typewriter for newspapers which did not work and ask... | 23,351 |
269903 | Ottmar Mergenthaler | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ottmar%20Mergenthaler | Ottmar Mergenthaler
a supporter in Whitelaw Reid of the "New York Tribune". Another fifty patents were required before Mergenthaler could show a more or less usable model to the "New York Tribune" on July 3, 1886. While he was riding on a train, the idea came to him: why a separate machine for casting and another for s... | 23,352 |
269903 | Ottmar Mergenthaler | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ottmar%20Mergenthaler | Ottmar Mergenthaler
Christmas cookies. His first attempt proved the idea feasible, and a new company was formed, then fights with shareholders and unions followed with the press even in Germany attacking him. Finally success came with many honors, including a trip to his old home town.
In the printing office of the "N... | 23,353 |
269903 | Ottmar Mergenthaler | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ottmar%20Mergenthaler | Ottmar Mergenthaler
using the same matrices as the Linotype, only where Mergenthaler prided themselves on intricately formed cast-iron parts on their machine, Intertype machined many of their similar parts from steel and aluminum.
During the 1970s and 1980s, linotype and similar "hot metal" typesetting machines were r... | 23,354 |
269903 | Ottmar Mergenthaler | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ottmar%20Mergenthaler | Ottmar Mergenthaler
1878, Mergenthaler became a naturalized citizen of the United States. He died of tuberculosis in Baltimore in 1899.
# Legacy.
An operational Linotype machine is on display at the Baltimore Museum of Industry, in the museum's print shop. Baltimore's vocational high school, Mergenthaler Vocational T... | 23,355 |
269903 | Ottmar Mergenthaler | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ottmar%20Mergenthaler | Ottmar Mergenthaler
ational high school, Mergenthaler Vocational Technical Senior High School, which opened in 1953, is named after him, although it is commonly referred to simply as "MERVO".
Mergenthaler Hall on the Homewood Campus of the Johns Hopkins University was constructed in 1940–41 with donations by Eugene an... | 23,356 |
1804940 | Furry lobster | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Furry%20lobster | Furry lobster
Furry lobster
Furry lobsters (sometimes called coral lobsters) are small decapod crustaceans, closely related to the slipper lobsters and spiny lobsters. The antennae are not as enlarged as in spiny and slipper lobsters, and the body is covered in short hairs, hence the name furry lobster. Although previ... | 23,357 |
1804940 | Furry lobster | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Furry%20lobster | Furry lobster
is covered in short hairs, hence the name furry lobster. Although previously considered a family in their own right (Synaxidae ), the furry lobsters were subsumed into the family Palinuridae in 1990, and molecular phylogenies support the inclusion of the furry lobsters in the family Palinuridae.
# Taxono... | 23,358 |
1804907 | Woodchipper | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodchipper | Woodchipper
Woodchipper
A tree chipper or woodchipper is a machine used for reducing wood (generally tree limbs or trunks) into smaller woodchips. They are often portable, being mounted on wheels on frames suitable for towing behind a truck or van. Power is generally provided by an internal combustion engine from to .... | 23,359 |
1804907 | Woodchipper | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodchipper | Woodchipper
away from the chipping blades) and started into the chipping mechanism. The chips exit through a chute and can be directed into a truck-mounted container or onto the ground. Typical output is chips on the order of to across in size. The resulting wood chips have various uses such as being spread as a ground... | 23,360 |
1804907 | Woodchipper | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodchipper | Woodchipper
feed funnels. Once a branch has been gripped by the rollers, the rollers transport the branch to the chipping blades at a steady rate. These rollers are a safety feature and are generally reversible for situations where a branch gets caught on clothing.
# History.
The woodchipper was invented by Peter Jen... | 23,361 |
1804907 | Woodchipper | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodchipper | Woodchipper
quiet, dust free, and self-feeding. Some of these machines are equipped with an anti-jamming feature.
## Disc.
The original chipper design employs a steel disk with knives mounted upon it as the chipping mechanism. This technology dates back to an invention by German Heinrich Wigger, for which he obtained... | 23,362 |
1804907 | Woodchipper | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodchipper | Woodchipper
of more uniform shape and size. Most chippers currently used by commercial tree care companies are disk-type.
Consumer-grade disk-style chippers usually have a material diameter capacity of . Industrial-grade chippers are available with discs as large as in diameter, requiring . One application of industri... | 23,363 |
1804907 | Woodchipper | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodchipper | Woodchipper
known as a "chuck-and-duck" chipper, due to the immediate speed attained by material dropped into the drum.
Chippers of this type have many drawbacks and safety issues. If an operator becomes snagged on material being fed into the machine, injury or death is very likely. Chippers of this type are also very... | 23,364 |
1804907 | Woodchipper | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodchipper | Woodchipper
typically handle material diameters of to may employ drums, disks, or a combination of both. The largest machines used in wood processing, often called "Tub Grinders", may handle a material diameter of or greater, and use carbide tipped flail hammers to pulverize wood rather than cut it. These machines usua... | 23,365 |
1804907 | Woodchipper | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodchipper | Woodchipper
are made from high grade steel and usually contain a minimum of 8% chromium for hardness.
# Safety.
Thirty-one people were killed in woodchipper accidents between 1992 and 2002 in the US, according to a 2005 report by the "Journal of the American Medical Association".
# In popular culture.
Joel and Etha... | 23,366 |
1804907 | Woodchipper | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Woodchipper | Woodchipper
minimum of 8% chromium for hardness.
# Safety.
Thirty-one people were killed in woodchipper accidents between 1992 and 2002 in the US, according to a 2005 report by the "Journal of the American Medical Association".
# In popular culture.
Joel and Ethan Coen's film Fargo features an infamous scene in whi... | 23,367 |
1804898 | Schwatka Lake | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Schwatka%20Lake | Schwatka Lake
Schwatka Lake
Schwatka Lake is a reservoir created by the damming of the Yukon River in Whitehorse, Yukon, completed in 1958. The dam provides electrical power generation and is operated by the Yukon Energy Corporation. The White Horse Rapids, which gave the city its name, are now under the lake. The lak... | 23,368 |
1804898 | Schwatka Lake | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Schwatka%20Lake | Schwatka Lake
almon to their spawning grounds upstream of Whitehorse. The Chinook salmon that pass the dam have the longest freshwater migration route of any salmon, over 3,000 kilometres to the mouth of the Yukon River in the Bering Sea.
Whitehorse Water Aerodrome, a float plane base, is located on the lake. The lake... | 23,369 |
1804961 | James Bernard, 4th Earl of Bandon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James%20Bernard,%204th%20Earl%20of%20Bandon | James Bernard, 4th Earl of Bandon
James Bernard, 4th Earl of Bandon
James Francis Bernard, 4th Earl of Bandon, KP (12 September 1850 – 18 May 1924), was a British Deputy Lieutenant in Ireland and Representative Peer. Lord Bandon was a cousin of the Earl of Middleton, who was head of the southern Irish Unionist Allianc... | 23,370 |
1804961 | James Bernard, 4th Earl of Bandon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James%20Bernard,%204th%20Earl%20of%20Bandon | James Bernard, 4th Earl of Bandon
Bernard, near Bandon, County Cork, was one of the great houses burned during the Anglo-Irish War in the early 1920s by the Irish Republican Army under Sean Hales on 21 June 1921. The home was burned as a counter-reprisal measure against British policy of burning the homes of suspected ... | 23,371 |
1804961 | James Bernard, 4th Earl of Bandon | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=James%20Bernard,%204th%20Earl%20of%20Bandon | James Bernard, 4th Earl of Bandon
pped and held hostage for three weeks being released on 12 July. The IRA threatened to have him executed if the British went ahead with executing IRA prisoners. During his captivity, Bandon reportedly coolly played cards with his captors, who seem to have treated him fairly well. Repor... | 23,372 |
1804931 | Studia Mathematica | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Studia%20Mathematica | Studia Mathematica
Studia Mathematica
Studia Mathematica is a Polish mathematics journal published by the Polish Academy of Sciences and accepts papers written in English, French, German, or Russian, primarily in functional analysis, abstract methods of mathematical analysis and probability theory.
# History of the j... | 23,373 |
1804931 | Studia Mathematica | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Studia%20Mathematica | Studia Mathematica
of the Web of Science it occupied place 157 of 295 in the category "Mathematics".
In the SCImago Journal Rank of mathematical journals in 2017, "Studia Mathematica" was ranked 395 out of 1382 journals with a rank indicator of 0.846.
# Effects of the war.
The first issues after the war display th... | 23,374 |
1804931 | Studia Mathematica | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Studia%20Mathematica | Studia Mathematica
linéaires" in volume 10 was prefaced with the following lines:
"L’auteur de ce travail a été assassiné par les Allemands en mars de 1943. Le manuscrit qu’il fut parvenir à la Rédaction en 1941 a été retrouvé récemment entre les papiers laissés par S. Banach."
(The author of this work was murdered i... | 23,375 |
1804931 | Studia Mathematica | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Studia%20Mathematica | Studia Mathematica
he editors in 1941, was recently found among the writings left by S. Banach.)
In volume 11 (1950) Andrzej Alexiewicz refers as follows to his dissertation in a footnote:
"Presented with some insignificant alterations as Doctor Thesis, on March 10, 1944 to the , during the terror of the German occup... | 23,376 |
269902 | Martin Bell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martin%20Bell | Martin Bell
Martin Bell
Martin Bell, OBE, (born 31 August 1938) is a British UNICEF (UNICEF UK) Ambassador, a former broadcast war reporter and former independent politician who became the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tatton from 1997 to 2001. He is sometimes known as "the man in the white suit".
# Background.
Bell... | 23,377 |
269902 | Martin Bell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martin%20Bell | Martin Bell
Class Honours Degree in English. He served on the committee of Cambridge University Liberal Club, including a term as Publicity Officer. He failed to obtain a commission during his two-year national service and served out his time as an acting corporal in the Suffolk Regiment serving in Cyprus during the em... | 23,378 |
269902 | Martin Bell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martin%20Bell | Martin Bell
from wars and conflicts in Vietnam, Middle East, Nigeria, Angola, and in Northern Ireland (during the "Troubles").
His roles at the BBC included diplomatic correspondent (1977–78), chief Washington correspondent (1978–89), and Berlin correspondent (1989–94).
He won the Royal Television Society's Reporter ... | 23,379 |
269902 | Martin Bell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martin%20Bell | Martin Bell
unimpressed by the BBC's introduction of a 24-hour news channel (BBC News 24) and what he described as the increasing "Murdochisation" of BBC News.
# Independent politician.
In 1997, twenty-four days before that year's British General Election, Martin Bell announced that he was leaving the BBC to stand as... | 23,380 |
269902 | Martin Bell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martin%20Bell | Martin Bell
was trounced, and Bell was elected an MP with a majority of 11,077 votes – overturning a Conservative majority of over 22,000 – and thus became the first successful independent parliamentary candidate since 1951.
He did not often speak in the House of Commons, and when he did, it was mostly on matters of B... | 23,381 |
269902 | Martin Bell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martin%20Bell | Martin Bell
agree that the perception of wrong-doing can be as damaging to public confidence as the wrong-doing itself? Have we slain one dragon only to have another take its place, with a red rose in its mouth?"
Bell said that the only thing which could make him change his mind would be Neil Hamilton being re-selecte... | 23,382 |
269902 | Martin Bell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martin%20Bell | Martin Bell
serve for one term, Bell stuck to his promise.
In 2001, Bell stood as an independent candidate against another Conservative MP Eric Pickles in the "safe" Essex constituency of Brentwood and Ongar, where there were accusations that the local Conservative Association had been infiltrated by a Pentecostal chu... | 23,383 |
269902 | Martin Bell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martin%20Bell | Martin Bell
was loosely based on Bell's political career.
# Post-political life.
Bell was appointed UNICEF UK Ambassador for Humanitarian Emergencies in 2001, to work to improve the plight of children affected by conflict and natural disaster.
He made a brief return to television news in 2003 when he provided analys... | 23,384 |
269902 | Martin Bell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martin%20Bell | Martin Bell
2005 general election he became affiliated with the Independent Network to help promote independent candidates (its most prominent candidate being Reg Keys who fought against prime minister Tony Blair in the Sedgefield constituency).
In April 2006, Scottish National Party MP Angus MacNeil asked the Metropo... | 23,385 |
269902 | Martin Bell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martin%20Bell | Martin Bell
of the scandal over MPs' expenses.
On 21 May 2009, he appeared on the special live edition of BBC's "Question Time" which was held in Salisbury in the midst of the political scandal surrounding MPs' expenses.
He announced that he was considering standing against a third Conservative MP, Sir Nicholas Winte... | 23,386 |
269902 | Martin Bell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martin%20Bell | Martin Bell
November 2018 Bell fell at Gatwick Airport and required major maxillo-facial surgery at St George's Hospital to rebuild his face. He praised surgeon Helen Witherow saying "this lady is an absolutely brilliant surgeon, and I think sometimes the NHS can use a bit of good publicity".
# Publications.
- "In ha... | 23,387 |
269902 | Martin Bell | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Martin%20Bell | Martin Bell
s way: Bosnia - a war reporter's story" (London, 1995, revised edition 1996)
- "An Accidental MP" (Viking, London, 2000, Penguin paperback 2001)
- "Through Gates of Fire: a Journey into World Disorder" (London, 2003, Phoenix paperback 2004)
- "The Truth That Sticks: New Labour's Breach of Trust" (Icon Bo... | 23,388 |
1804962 | Saint Augustine by the Sea Catholic Church | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint%20Augustine%20by%20the%20Sea%20Catholic%20Church | Saint Augustine by the Sea Catholic Church
Saint Augustine by the Sea Catholic Church
Saint Augustine by the Sea Catholic Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church of Hawai‘i in the United States. It falls under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Honolulu and its bishop; it is staffed by the Congregation of the ... | 23,389 |
1804962 | Saint Augustine by the Sea Catholic Church | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint%20Augustine%20by%20the%20Sea%20Catholic%20Church | Saint Augustine by the Sea Catholic Church
is shown about Father Damien and his work with Kalaupapa leprosy settlement.
The current clerics of the parish include Father Lane K. Akiona, SS.CC., pastor, and Father Lucius, SS.CC., parochial vicar.
# History.
Father Modestus Favens, SS.CC., was said to have built the fi... | 23,390 |
1804962 | Saint Augustine by the Sea Catholic Church | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint%20Augustine%20by%20the%20Sea%20Catholic%20Church | Saint Augustine by the Sea Catholic Church
the chapel. The chapel was deemed much too small for continued military use and a temporary wooden frame structure was erected by the military authorities with a roof and open sides thatched with coconut palm fronds. Msgr. Ropert blessed the new structure and entrusted it to t... | 23,391 |
1804962 | Saint Augustine by the Sea Catholic Church | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saint%20Augustine%20by%20the%20Sea%20Catholic%20Church | Saint Augustine by the Sea Catholic Church
mmunity in Waikīkī continued to frequent the chapel on Sundays when Father Valentin said Mass.
Ropert approved plans to build a more permanent church and in 1901, on the feast day of Saint Augustine, he dedicated the new church under the title of its festal namesake, as the c... | 23,392 |
1804969 | List of Commonly Used Characters in Modern Chinese | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List%20of%20Commonly%20Used%20Characters%20in%20Modern%20Chinese | List of Commonly Used Characters in Modern Chinese
List of Commonly Used Characters in Modern Chinese
The List of Commonly Used Characters in Modern Chinese () is a list of 7,000 commonly used Chinese characters in Chinese. It was created in 1988 in the People's Republic of China.
The List of Frequently Used Characte... | 23,393 |
1804896 | Prunus serotina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prunus%20serotina | Prunus serotina
Prunus serotina
Prunus serotina, commonly called black cherry, wild black cherry, rum cherry, or mountain black cherry, is a deciduous tree or shrub belonging to the genus "Prunus". The species is widespread and common in North America and South America.
Black cherry is closely related to the chokeche... | 23,394 |
1804896 | Prunus serotina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prunus%20serotina | Prunus serotina
serotina" subsp. "hirsuta" – Georgia
- "Prunus serotina" var. "rufula" – southwestern United States, northern + central Mexico
- "Prunus serotina" subsp. "serotina" – Canada, United States, Mexico, Guatemala
- "Prunus serotina" var. "serotina" – Canada, United States, Mexico, Guatemala
- "Prunus ser... | 23,395 |
1804896 | Prunus serotina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prunus%20serotina | Prunus serotina
diameter.
A mature black cherry tree can easily be identified in a forest by its very broken, dark grey to black bark, which has the appearance of very thick, burnt cornflakes. However, for about the first decade or so of its life, the bark is thin, smooth, and banded, resembling that of a birch. It ca... | 23,396 |
1804896 | Prunus serotina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prunus%20serotina | Prunus serotina
and Cronquist (1991) describe "P. serotina" as "[f]ormerly a forest tree, now abundant as a weed-tree of roadsides, waste land, and forest-margins". It is a moderately long-lived tree, with ages of up to 258 years known, though it is prone to storm damage, with branches breaking easily; any decay result... | 23,397 |
1804896 | Prunus serotina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prunus%20serotina | Prunus serotina
hard seeds that benefit from scarification to germinate (which in nature is produced by passing through an animal's digestive tract).
"Prunus serotina" was widely introduced into Western and Central Europe as an ornamental tree in the mid 20th century, where it has become locally naturalized. It has ac... | 23,398 |
1804896 | Prunus serotina | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Prunus%20serotina | Prunus serotina
release hydrogen cyanide when the seed is ground or minced, which releases enzymes that break down the compounds. These enzymes include amygdalin beta-glucosidase, prunasin beta-glucosidase and mandelonitrile lyase. In contrast, although the flesh of cherries also contains these compounds, it does not c... | 23,399 |
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