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en | wit-train-topic-000000211 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadium_Australia | Stadium Australia | Introduction | Stadium Australia | Stadium Australia, commercially known as ANZ Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium located in the Sydney Olympic Park, in Sydney, Australia. The stadium, which in Australia is sometimes referred to as Sydney Olympic Stadium, Homebush Stadium or simply the Olympic Stadium, was completed in March 1999 at a cost of A$690 million to host the 2000 Summer Olympics. The Stadium was leased by a private company the Stadium Australia Group until the Stadium was sold back to the NSW Government on 1 June 2016 after NSW Premier Michael Baird announced the Stadium was to be redeveloped as a world-class rectangular stadium. The Stadium is owned by Venues NSW on behalf of the NSW Government.
The stadium was originally built to hold 110,000 spectators, making it the largest Olympic Stadium ever built and the second largest stadium in Australia after the Melbourne Cricket Ground which held more than 120,000 before its re-design in the early 2000s. In 2003, reconfiguration work was completed to shorten the north and south wings, and install movable seating. These changes reduced the capacity to 83,500 for a rectangular field and 82,500 for an oval field. Awnings were also added over the north and south stands, allowing most of the seating to be under cover. The stadium was engineered along sustainable lines, e.g., utilising less steel in the roof structure than the Olympic stadiums of Athens and Beijing. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000212 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheibler_Armorial | Scheibler Armorial | Introduction | Scheibler Armorial | The so-called Scheibler Armorial (Scheiblersches Wappenbuch, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Cod.icon. 312 c) is an armorial manuscript
compiled, in two separate portions, over the course of the 15th to 17th centuries.
It is named for its first known private owners, the baronial Scheibler family of Hülhoven in the Rhineland.
The first part can be dated to the later 15th century, ca. 1450–1480. It contains a total of 476 coats of arms.
The second part, compiled during the 16th to early 17th centuries, adds 148 additional complete coats of arms, for a total of 624, not including 62 delineated coats of arms left empty.
Page numbers and a register in alphabetic order were added in the late 17th century.
The collection includes coats of arms of noble families from much across the Holy Roman Empire, predominantly its southern areas, categorised as Bavaria, Swabia and Alsace, Franconia, the Rhineland and the Low Countries, Saxony, Meissen and Silesia, Austria, Styria, Tyrol, Turgovia and Raetia Curiensis. The younger part introduces the additional, more specific categories of Hegau, Lake Constance, Swiss, Breisgau, Allgäu, Westphalia, Walgau, Moravia and Bohemia. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000213 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trams_in_Irkutsk | Trams in Irkutsk | History | Trams in Irkutsk / History | Trams in Irkutsk form the main surface transport network in Irkutsk, the capital of Irkutsk Oblast, Russia. The tramway was founded in 1947 and currently operates 7 lines. | The first plans to create a tram system in Irkutsk appeared at the end of the 19th century, but initial plans to build a horsecar network were rejected by city authorities as too expensive and unreliable. The next iteration proposed an electric network, and the city government approved two lines, one crossing the Angara River and another bisecting the city north-south. However, implementation was stalled by the Russian Revolution in 1917.
Construction of the first line was started on July 5, 1945. According to the initial calculations of the designers, the tram system of the city was supposed to transport 44 million passengers annually (the average Irkutsk citizen makes 133 trips). Three routes were planned: 1) from the station to the tram depot on Krasnoyarskaya ul., 9.5 km long, the planned completion time of construction is 1947; 2) to the Leninsky district through the Irkutny bridge, 9 km long, the planned time for the end of construction is 1948; 3) through r. Ushakovka to the street. Barricade and st. Workers Headquarters, the planned completion time is 1950. There were plans to lay a tram track on Circum-Baikal Street. In 1950-1951, work was carried out on the construction of tram tracks. In 1952, the decision was revised and the dismantling of the tracks .
The construction was carried out using the “people's construction” method - daily, 24 urban enterprises allocated 300–800 people for construction . The construction involved Japanese prisoners of war.
1946 - On November 7, the first line of the tramway was commissioned. Due to the failure of the deadline, the opening was postponed to December 31, and then to 1947.
On August 3, 1947, route No. 1 “Station - Central Market” was launched (4 km one-track).
1948 - On September 12, six new trams from Leningrad entered the city highway. During the year of operation, the tram carried 2.5 million passengers .
1949 - at the end of May, the laying of second tracks began: from the railway station to ul. Stepan Razin, from Soviet Street. to the central market. By the end of the year, 5 km of tracks were laid. The total length of the route was 10 km. There are 14 trams in the park (most of them are from Leningrad). Received 8 cars: four from Leningrad and Chelyabinsk. The Leningrad trams were decorated with the inscriptions: "To workers from Irkutsk from Leningrad." For all the time of operation of the tram line (1947-1949), 11 million people were transported. The own overhaul of the cars started on August 1 - a tram came out on the route, which was repaired in the Irkutsk depot .
1950 - route number 2 "Station - Trampark." Started laying the way from the station to the Sverdlovsk market.
1952 - the passenger turnover of the Irkutsk tram was 17 million passengers a year .
1961 - Route number 1 is extended from the station to the campus.
1964 - route number 3 "Volzhskaya Street - Central Market".
1968 - route number 4 "Central Market - Pre
1968 - route number 4 "Central Market - Working Suburb".
1983 - route number 5 "Central Market - Sunny".
1990 - the Irkutsk tram transported the maximum number of passengers - 51.6. million people
1999 - 36.9 million people transported
2001 - transported 42.2 million people.
2002 - from December the fare rose to 5 rubles.
2003 - March 29, a strong fire occurred in the tram depot. 46.4 million people transported
2004 - from January 1, the fare was 7 rubles.
2005 - transported 27.4 million people.
2006 - after a long break (since 1992) the renovation of the tram fleet began - 2 cars were purchased KTM-19.
2007 - the Irkutsk tram transported 25.1. million people Route number 2 was extended for several months from the train station to the campus - this option did not catch on. The direction of movement of the 4th route along the stop has changed. The central market - before the tram was moving counterclockwise, while on the street. Baikal moved in the opposite direction of the traffic.
2008 - transported 24.8 million people. 6 KTM-19 tramcars purchased. Since January 1, the fare has grown to 10 rubles. During the year, 8 trams were written of |
en | wit-train-topic-000000214 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Ka_To | Jim Ka To | 2013 World Endurance Championship | Jim Ka To / 2013 World Endurance Championship | Jim Ka To is a race car driver who competed in the 2001 Formula Renault 2000 Eurocup and currently competes in the China Touring Car Championship.
The son of Hong Kong street car racer Jim Chong Shing, he started racing at an early age at the Zhuhai International Circuit. He showed great potential in the China Formula Campus series and was sent by Formula Racing Developments to La Filière in France to be trained to become a racing driver.
Upon his return, he took pole position in the Asian Formula 2000 race in Macau at the age of 16. But his single-seater career has stagnated since then. In 2011, he decided to move to touring cars. | On 8 March 2013, KCMG announced that Jim will partner Alexandre Imperatori and Matt Howson to drive its no.47 Morgan-Nissan LMP2 entry at the 6 Hours of Silverstone, part of the 2013 FIA World Endurance Championship season. The trio finished the race 6th in class and 12th overall, 5 laps behind the class winner. Chinese driver Ho Pin Tung will take his place in the team for the 2013 24 Hours of Le Mans. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000215 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_Evangelical_Lutheran_Synod | Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod | Education | Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod / Organization / Education | The Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod, also referred to simply as the Wisconsin Synod, is an American Confessional Lutheran denomination of Christianity. Characterized as theologically conservative, it was founded in 1850 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
As of 2019, it had a baptized membership of 353,753 in 1,276 congregations, with churches in 47 US states and 4 provinces of Canada. The WELS also does gospel outreach in 40 countries around the world. It is the third largest Lutheran denomination in the United States. The WELS school system is the fourth largest private school system in the United States.
The WELS is in fellowship with the Evangelical Lutheran Synod and is a member of the Confessional Evangelical Lutheran Conference, a worldwide organization of Lutheran church bodies of the same beliefs. | The WELS school system is the fourth largest private school system in the United States. As of 2012, WELS churches and associations operate 406 early childhood centers, 334 elementary schools, 23 high schools, 2 colleges, and 1 seminary across the nation, enrolling over 41,000 students in its institutions of learning.
The WELS maintains four schools of ministerial education: two college preparatory schools Michigan Lutheran Seminary and Luther Preparatory School; a pre-seminary and teacher training college, Martin Luther College in New Ulm, Minnesota; and a seminary for training pastors, Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary, located in Mequon, Wisconsin.
Wisconsin Lutheran College, a liberal arts college in Milwaukee, is affiliated with, but not operated by, the WELS. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000216 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Science_Festival | Philadelphia Science Festival | Introduction | Philadelphia Science Festival | The Philadelphia Science Festival is an annual free science festival held in Philadelphia. The festival is organized and managed by the Franklin Institute.
The inaugural event was held from April 15, 2011, through April 28, 2011. Subsequently, the festival has been held every year in the second half of April. The festival stretches over a number of days and features events held throughout the city. It culminates with a Festival on Saturday that is typically held on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000217 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wooden_churches_of_the_Slovak_Carpathians | Wooden churches of the Slovak Carpathians | World Heritage Site | Wooden churches of the Slovak Carpathians / World Heritage Site | Carpathian Wooden Churches is the name of a UNESCO World Heritage Site that consists of nine wooden religious buildings constructed between the 16th and 18th centuries in eight different locations in Slovakia. They include two Roman Catholic, three Protestant and three Greek Catholic churches plus one belfry in Hronsek. In addition to these churches there are about 50 more wooden churches in the territory of present-day Slovakia mainly in the northern and eastern part of the Prešov Region. | Following is the list of wooden religious buildings included in the World Heritage site. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000218 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orchard_Portman | Orchard Portman | Introduction | Orchard Portman | Orchard Portman is a village and civil parish in Somerset, England, situated 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Taunton in the Somerset West and Taunton district. The village has a population of 150.
The parish includes the hamlet of Thurlbear and the nearby Thurlbear Wood and Quarrylands Site of Special Scientific Interest. St Thomas' church in Thurlbear is home to the heaviest complete set (cast together at the same time) of four church bells in the world. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000219 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psectrotanypus_dyari | Psectrotanypus dyari | Introduction | Psectrotanypus dyari | Psectrotanypus dyari is a species of midge in the family Chironomidae. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000220 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Onslow,_1st_Earl_of_Onslow | George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow | Introduction | George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow | George Onslow, 1st Earl of Onslow PC (13 September 1731 – 17 May 1814), known as The Lord Onslow from 1776 until 1801, was a British peer and politician. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000221 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Liberty,_Ohio | Mount Liberty, Ohio | Introduction | Mount Liberty, Ohio | Mount Liberty is an unincorporated community on the border between the Milford and Liberty Townships of Knox County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 43048. It lies along the concurrent U.S. Route 36 and State Route 3. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000222 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver_as_an_investment | Silver as an investment | Coins and rounds | Silver as an investment / Investment vehicles / Coins and rounds | Silver may be used as an investment like other precious metals. It has been regarded as a form of money and store of value for more than 4,000 years, although it lost its role as legal tender in developed countries when the use of the silver standard came to a final end in 1935. Some countries mint bullion and collector coins, however, such as the American Silver Eagle with nominal face values. In 2009, the main demand for silver was for industrial applications, jewellery, bullion coins, and exchange-traded products. In 2011, the global silver reserves amounted to 530,000 tonnes.
Collectors of silver and other precious metals who collect for the purpose of investment are commonly nicknamed stackers, with their collections dubbed as stacks. The motivations for stacking silver varies between collectors.
Millions of Canadian Silver Maple Leaf coins and American Silver Eagle coins are purchased as investments each year. | Silver coins include the one ounce 99.99% pure Canadian Silver Maple Leaf and the one ounce 99.93% pure American Silver Eagle. Coins may be minted as either fine silver or junk silver, the latter being older coins made of 90% silver. U.S. coins 1964 and older (half dollars, dimes, and quarters) are generally accepted to weigh 24.71 grams of silver per dollar of face value, which at their nominal silver content of 90%, translates to 22.239 g of silver per dollar. All U.S. dimes, quarters, halves and 1 dollar pieces contained 90% silver since their introduction up until 1964 when they were discontinued. The combined mintage of these coins by weight exceeds by far the mintages of all other silver investment coins.
All United States 1965-1970 and one half of the 1975-1976 Bicentennial San Francisco proof and mint set Kennedy half dollars are "clad" in a silver alloy and contain 40% silver.
Junk-silver coins are also available as sterling silver coins, which were officially minted until 1919 in the United Kingdom and Canada and 1945 in Australia. These coins are 92.5% silver and are in the form of (in decreasing weight) Crowns, Half-crowns, Florins, Shillings, Sixpences, and threepence. The tiny threepence weighs 1.41 grams, and the Crowns are 28.27 grams (1.54 grams heavier than a US$1). Canada produced silver coins with 80% silver content from 1920 to 1967.
Other hard money enthusiasts use .999 fine silver rounds as a store of value. A cross between bars and coins, silver rounds are produced by a huge array of mints, generally contain a troy ounce of silver in the shape of a coin, but have no status as legal tender which makes them lose favorable VAT status in those countries where lower or zero-rate VAT exists for silver coins. Produced in a wide variety of different designs, ranging from reproductions of existing coin designs to wholly original shapes and patterns, rounds can be ordered with a custom design stamped on the faces or in assorted batches. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000223 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCnsingen | Münsingen | Economy | Münsingen / Economy | Münsingen is a municipality in the Bern-Mittelland administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Trimstein merged into Münsingen, and on 1 January 2017 the former municipality of Tägertschi also merged.
The village lies on the River Aare between the cities of Bern and Thun. | Münsingen's most important enterprise is the firm of USM (Ulrich Schaerer Münsingen), internationally known producers of office furniture.
As of 2011, Münsingen had an unemployment rate of 1.8%. As of 2008, there were a total of 5,778 people employed in the municipality. Of these, there were 48 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 16 businesses involved in this sector. 1,485 people were employed in the secondary sector and there were 91 businesses in this sector. 4,245 people were employed in the tertiary sector, with 398 businesses in this sector. There were 5,729 residents of the municipality who were employed in some capacity, of which females made up 45.4% of the workforce.
In 2008 there were a total of 4,680 full-time equivalent jobs. The number of jobs in the primary sector was 37, of which 36 were in agriculture and 1 was in forestry or lumber production. The number of jobs in the secondary sector was 1,386 of which 1,042 or (75.2%) were in manufacturing and 327 (23.6%) were in construction. The number of jobs in the tertiary sector was 3,257. In the tertiary sector; 756 or 23.2% were in wholesale or retail sales or the repair of motor vehicles, 56 or 1.7% were in the movement and storage of goods, 153 or 4.7% were in a hotel or restaurant, 63 or 1.9% were in the information industry, 113 or 3.5% were the insurance or financial industry, 188 or 5.8% were technical professionals or scientists, 400 or 12.3% were in education and 1,175 or 36.1% were in health care.
In 2000, there were 3,211 workers who commuted into the municipality and 3,464 workers who commuted away. The municipality is a net exporter of workers, with about 1.1 workers leaving the municipality for every one entering. Of the working population, 31.7% used public transportation to get to work, and 38.1% used a private car. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000224 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westrail_N_class | Westrail N class | History | Westrail N class / History | The N class was a class of diesel locomotives built by Comeng, Bassendean for Westrail between 1977 and 1979. | Eleven were built all for use on the Western Australian narrow gauge network, primarily to haul mineral trains in the south east. Between July 1982 and June 1983, the first four members of the class had their vacuum brake equipment replaced with Westinghouse air brake systems, and were redesignated as the NA class. While liked by crews for their ride quality and power, they suffered from reliability problems and most were withdrawn in the early 1990s. The last were withdrawn in 1997.
In January 1995 two of the NA class were converted to standard gauge using bogies from Mount Newman Alco M636s, and redesignated as the NB class. In February 1998 these two were sold to Austrac Ready Power, Junee. These were sold in 2004 to Patrick Port Link, Adelaide and again in September 2011 to Australian Locolease who redesignated as the 18 class and leased them to El Zorro for use in Victoria.
Austrac also purchased NA1874 but it was sold without use to South Spur Rail Services in 2001 and converted for standard gauge operation in January 2006. It was scrapped in 2014. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000225 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Michigan_State_Historic_Sites_in_Berrien_County | List of Michigan State Historic Sites in Berrien County | Current listings | List of Michigan State Historic Sites in Berrien County / Current listings | The following is a list of Michigan State Historic Sites in Berrien County, Michigan. Sites marked with a dagger are also listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Berrien County, Michigan. | |
en | wit-train-topic-000000226 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Collation_and_Annotation_of_Sa%E1%B9%83yukt%C4%81gama | The Collation and Annotation of Saṃyuktāgama | Introduction | The Collation and Annotation of Saṃyuktāgama | The Collation and Annotation of Saṃyuktāgama
Early Buddhism evolved schools approximately 100 years after the parinirvana of the Buddha, and was transmitted far southwards and northwards in the period of Ashoka (3rd century BC). Theravada and Sarvastivada were most influential then, throughout the south to Sri Lanka (the Tripitaka and notes and commentaries of Theravada still remain intact today), and north to China (the extant texts of Sarvastivada are most abundant). Yijing (Tang dynasty, 635–713) has said in his A Record of the Buddhist Religion as practised in India and the Malaya Archipelago: All that is spreading in South India and Sinhala (Sri Lanka) is Theravada, and in North India and South Sea States (Southeast Asia) is Sarvastivada. The prevailing of these two sects at that time can be seen.
The Chinese Samyuktagama is an early version of Sarvastivada, which was brought from Sri Lanka by Faxian (337–422), and translated by the eminent Indian monk Gunabhadra (394–468). It's the only one from Sanskrit among the northern four Agamas, deemed to be the words of the Buddha which is closest to the texts of pre-sectarian Buddhism. Correspondingly, the southern Pali version Samyutta Nikaya completely retains the original state of the Theravada's texts 2300 years ago, which is the earliest version among the extant Buddhist texts.
Unfortunately, such a rare edition has been downgraded because of its "Hinayana" status since coming to China. After thousands of years, its sequence was disarranged, and scrolls were lost and became incomplete, coupled with wrong transcribing and wrong complement, which made it difficult to read.
Before modern times, Lucheng, Yinshun and other progenitors did a lot of pioneering research work on it. Just on the base of their work, this set of books represents arduous efforts to extend the exploration in order to reach the truth.
There are three major achievements in this set of books:
Categories were compiled and the lost were retrieved; errors were corrected and the text complemented. According to the styles recorded in Xuanzang (602–664) and Yijing's translations, the categories were recompiled and the order of scrolls was restored. Using Tripitaka Koreana as master copy, Fangshan Stone carving Tripitaka, Zhaocheng Jin Tripitaka and so on with about ten block-printed editions as proofreading copies, together with other scriptures and treatises both in Chinese and Pali, the whole text was collated, and two lost scrolls from Pali Canon were translated to make the text more complete.
The Chinese version was collated with the Pali Canon; ancient texts were annotated with ancient texts. Southern Pali Tripitaka, Northern Matika, the offprints and the various editions of Agama, Sarvastivada Abhidharma, Sarvastivada Vinayapitaka, etc., were collected for cross-reference and variorum gloss, without ignoring or omitting, integrating them all into the dictionary.
Southern versions were compared with the northern, determining their common source. Early texts of Pali Canon and Chinese versions were studied fully and deeply and corresponding sutras were complemented and corrected, while recording all the traces and evidences which demonstrate the northern Agama and the southern Nikaya are from the same source. The words and sentences, the grammar and meaning of contemporary texts prove each other strongly, while later texts are far less reliable.
Through collation, reorganization and addendum, the whole text consists of 4 parts, 7 chapters, 56 samyuktas and 8491 sutras, divided into 3 categories: sutra, geya and vyakarana. The compiling of this set of books is a huge and complex project; the authors did their utmost, taking more than fourteen years to complete it, filling in many gaps in research fields of Samyuktagama and even pre-sectarian Buddhism. This set of books is collated and punctuated correctly, translated accurately, and annotated in detail, not only restoring Samyuktāgama to the original, clearing out all the obstacles in texts, but also outlining and sharpening the frame of early Buddhism, m |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000227 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feni_Rose | Feni Rose | Introduction | Feni Rose | Feni Rosewidyadhari (born November 1, 1973) is an Indonesia TV presenter and entrepreneur. She is notable for her performance of "Ibu Dewi" in a "Sabun Surf" advertisement, and as a presenter in the "Silet" infotainment program on RCTI and Formula One in RCTI, TPI, and GlobalTV. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000228 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelino_Dulcert | Angelino Dulcert | Dalorto 1325 Map | Angelino Dulcert / Dalorto 1325 Map | Angelino Dulcert, probably also the same person known as Angelino de Dalorto, and whose real name was probably Angelino de Dulceto or Dulceti or possibly Angelí Dolcet, was an Italian-Majorcan cartographer.
He is responsible for two notable 14th-century portolan charts, the "Dalorto" chart of 1325 and the "Dulcert" chart of 1339. The latter is the first portolan known to have been produced in Palma, and considered the founding piece of the Majorcan cartographic school. He is also believed to be the author of a third undated and unsigned chart held in London. | Angelino "Dalorto" is known for a portolan chart commonly dated 1325 (now revised to 1330), privately held by the Prince Corsini collection in Florence. Its signature was traditionally read as "Hoc opus fecit Angelinus de Dalorto ano dñi MCCXXV de mense martii composuit hoc" (and since re-read as "Angelinus de Dulceto'" and "ano dñi MCCXXX", thus the revision of the name to "Dulceto" and the year to 1330).
In many ways, the 1325 Dalorto portolan marks a transition point in European portolans, between the Genoese and Majorcan cartographic schools. For the most part, Dalorto follows the restrained coast-focused Italian style, exemplified by the early portolans of his Genoese predecessor Pietro Vesconte, but he also begins moving away from its sparseness by illustrating inland details, such as miniature cities, mountain ranges and rivers, a tendency will flourish in the later Majorcan school. Indeed, some of Dalorto's details here presage the standard Majorcan stylings (e.g. Red Sea colored red, the Atlas Mountains shaped like a palm tree, the chicken-foot Alps, the Danube's "hillocks").
Among its advances in geographic knowledge, the Dalorto map gives a better picture of northern Europe (particularly the Baltic Sea) than its predecessors.
The Dalorto chart is also the first to depict the legendary island of Brasil, as circular disk-shaped island southwest of Ireland. It is denoted by the caption "Insula de monotonis siue de brazile" ("isle of sheep (?) or of brasil"). |
en | wit-train-topic-000000231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don_Larsen%27s_perfect_game | Don Larsen's perfect game | Aftermath | Don Larsen's perfect game / Aftermath | On Monday, October 8, 1956, in Game 5 of the 1956 World Series, pitcher Don Larsen of the New York Yankees threw a perfect game against the Brooklyn Dodgers at Yankee Stadium. Larsen's perfect game is the only one in the history of the World Series; it was the first one thrown in 34 years and is one of only 23 perfect games in MLB history.
His perfect game remained the only no-hitter of any type ever pitched in postseason play until Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Roy Halladay threw a no-hitter against the Cincinnati Reds on October 6, 2010, in Game 1 of the National League Division Series. Larsen's perfect game was also the only postseason game in which any team faced only the minimum 27 batters until Kyle Hendricks and Aroldis Chapman of the Chicago Cubs combined to accomplish the feat in the decisive sixth game of the 2016 National League Championship Series. | The Dodgers won Game 6 of the series, but the Yankees won the decisive Game 7. Larsen's performance earned him the World Series Most Valuable Player Award and the Babe Ruth Award. When the World Series ended, Larsen did a round of endorsements and promotional work around the United States, but he stopped soon after because it was "disrupting his routine".
Larsen's perfect game remained the only no-hitter thrown in the MLB postseason until Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies threw a no-hitter on October 6, 2010, against the Cincinnati Reds in the first game of the 2010 National League Division Series. Halladay, who had already thrown a perfect game earlier in the 2010 season, faced 28 batters after giving up a walk to Jay Bruce in the fifth inning.
Larsen's perfect game remained the only postseason game in which any team faced the minimum 27 batters until Kyle Hendricks and Aroldis Chapman of the Chicago Cubs managed to achieve the feat in Game 6 of the 2016 National League Championship Series. In that game, the Cubs gave up two hits and a walk and committed a fielding error, but managed to put out all four baserunners, three via double plays and one on a pickoff. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000232 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Rizal_University | José Rizal University | College | José Rizal University / Academic programs / College | José Rizal University is a non-sectarian, non-stock private educational institution. Located at Shaw Boulevard, Mandaluyong City, Philippines. It was founded in 1919 by Don Vicente Fabella, the Philippines' first certified accountant.
José Rizal University joined the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 1927. The college varsity teams are called the Jose Rizal University Heavy Bombers. It is one of the schools situated in the east side of Mandaluyong City, the others being Arellano University – Plaridel Campus and Don Bosco Technical College. | Courses Offered
All courses offered in the College Division are recognized by the Commission on Higher Education (CHED) of the Government of the Republic of the Philippines. In addition, the undergraduate programs have been accredited by the Philippine Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines, and qualified by the Commission on Higher Education and the Department of Education, Culture and Sports.
The collegiate undergraduate programs in Commercial Science, Liberal Arts and Education have been granted Level III accreditation by Philippine Association of Colleges and Universities Commission on Accreditation and the Federation of Accrediting Agencies of the Philippines, and qualified by the Commission on Higher Education.
In addition, the University was granted a deregulated status by the Commission on Higher Education to recognize its commitment and contribution to the promotion of quality education. Only 50 universities in the Philippines have this seal.
Business and Accountancy
Bachelor of Science in Accountancy (B.S.A.)
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (B.S.B.A.) - CHED Center of Development
Major in Accounting
Major in Computer Science
Major in Economics
Major in Finance
Major in Management
Major in Marketing
Major in Secretarial Science
Major in Service Management for BPO
Major in Supply Chain Management
Major in Office Management
Hospitality and Tourism
Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management (B.S.H.R.M.)
Major in Cruise Management
Bachelor of Science in Tourism Management (B.S.T.M.)
Liberal Arts
Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
in English
in Mathematics
in Psychology
in History
Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering (B.S.Cp.E.)
Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communication Engineering (B.S.E.C.E.)
Information Technology
Bachelor of Science in Information Technology (B.S.I.T.)
Major in Animation and Game Development
Nursing
Bachelor of Science in Nursing (B.S.N.)
Criminology
Bachelor of Science in Criminology (B.S.C.)
Students Organizations
There are several of student organizations in the campus, all under the leadership of students with faculty supervision. From time to time, the different organizations sponsor convocations and open forum on subjects of current interest. Notable speakers with special knowledge of the topic are usually invited.
The Central Student Council
The highest student body on the campus, the Central Student Council prepares students for leadership in the community outside the College. It is composed of the officers of the different recognized campus organizations and advised by a senior faculty member. It has the basic task of coordinating student activities in which the whole student body has direct interest.
The Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants (JPIA)
One of the largest college organization in the Philippines, the JRU-JPIA is composed of different students who are taking BSA and BSBA-Accounting. It is an honor society devoted to the promotion of accounting through different programs. Furthermore, it aims to develop accounting students mentally, emotionally and socially as preparation for their journey to become Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the future.
Other Organizations in the College Division
MANSOC - Management Society
MATHSOC - Mathematics Society
YES - Young Educators Society
COMSOC - Computer Society
ICpEP.se - JRU Chapter - Formerly ACES (Auxiliary of Computer Engineering Students)
ASH - Association of Students in History (formerly History Society)
ATOMS - Association of Tourism Management Students
JPIA - Junior Philippine Institute of Accountants
JFINECS - Junior Finance and Economics Society (formerly Finance Society)
LASO - Liberal Arts Students Organization (Formerly Communication Arts Society)
HHRS - Hospitality Hotelier and Restaurateurs Society
YMA - Young Marketers Association
SMS - Supply Management Society (Formerly Supply Management Elites)
Teatro Rizal
Jose Rizal University Book Buddies
Jose Rizal University Chorale
Jose Rizal University Dance Troupe
Jose Rizal University Pep Squad |
en | wit-train-topic-000000233 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doreen_Valiente | Doreen Valiente | The Pagan Front, National Front, and further publications: 1970–84 | Doreen Valiente / Biography / The Pagan Front, National Front, and further publications: 1970–84 | Doreen Edith Dominy Valiente was an English Wiccan who was responsible for writing much of the early religious liturgy within the tradition of Gardnerian Wicca. An author and poet, she also published five books dealing with Wicca and related esoteric subjects.
Born to a middle-class family in Surrey, Valiente began practicing magic while a teenager. Working as a translator at Bletchley Park during the Second World War, she also married twice in this period. Developing her interest in occultism after the war, she began practicing ceremonial magic with a friend while living in Bournemouth. Learning of Wicca, in 1953 she was initiated into the Gardnerian tradition by its founder, Gerald Gardner. Soon becoming the High Priestess of Gardner's Bricket Wood coven, she helped him to produce or adapt many important scriptural texts for Wicca, such as The Witches Rune and the Charge of the Goddess, which were incorporated into the early Gardnerian Book of Shadows. In 1957, a schism resulted in Valiente and her followers leaving Gardner in order to form their own short-lived coven. | Living in Brighton, Valiente took up employment in a branch of the Boots pharmacist. In 1971 she appeared on the BBC documentary, Power of the Witch, which was devoted to Wicca and also featured the prominent Wiccan Alex Sanders. That same year, she was involved in the founding of the Pagan Front, a British pressure group that campaigned for the religious rights of Wiccans and other Pagans. In November 1970 she developed a full moon inauguration ritual for local branches of the Front to use and on May Day 1971 she chaired its first national meeting, held at Chiswick, West London. It was she who developed the three principles that came to be central to the Pagan Front's interpretation of their religion: adherence to the Wiccan Rede, a belief in reincarnation, and a sense of kinship with nature.
In April 1972 her husband Casimiro died; he had never taken an interest in Wicca or esotericism and Valiente later claimed that theirs had been an unhappy relationship. Newly widowed, she soon had to move as the local council decided that her home was unfit for human habitation; she was relocated into council accommodation in the mid-1960s tower block of Tyson Place in Grosvenor Square, Brighton. Her flat was described by visitors as cramped, being filled with thousands of books. It was there that she met Ronald Cooke, a member of the apartment block's residents' committee; they entered into a relationship and she initiated him into Wicca, where he became her working partner. Together they regularly explored the Sussex countryside, and went on several holidays to Glastonbury, further considering moving there. She also joined a coven that was operating in the local area, Silver Malkin, after it was established by the Wiccan High Priestess Sally Griffyn.
During the early 1970s, Valiente became a member of a far right white nationalist political party, the National Front, for about eighteen months, during which she designed a banner for her local branch. Valiente's biographer Philip Heselton suggested that the party's nationalistic outlook may have appealed to her strongly patriotic values and that she might have hoped that the Front would serve as a political equivalent to the Pagan movement. At the same time she also became a member of another, more extreme far right group, the Northern League. However, she allowed her membership of the National Front to lapse, sending a letter to her local branch stating that although she respected its leader John Tyndall and had made friends within the group, she was critical of the party's opposition to women's liberation, gay rights, and sex education, all of which she lauded as progressive causes. Heselton has also suggested that Valiente may have joined these groups in order to investigate them before reporting back to Britain's intelligence agencies.
It was also in the early 1970s that she read John Michell's The View Over Atlantis and was heavily influenced by it, embracing Michell's view that there were ley lines across the British landscape that channelled earth energies. Inspired, she began searching for ley lines in the area around Brighton. She also began subscribing to The Ley Hunter magazine, for which she authored several articles and book reviews. Valiente came to see the public emergence of Wicca as a sign of the Age of Aquarius, arguing that the religion should ally with the feminist and environmentalist movements in order to establish a better future for the planet.
In 1973, the publishing company Robert Hale brought out Valiente's second book, An ABC of Witchcraft, in which she provided an encyclopaedic overview of various topics related to Wicca and esotericism. In 1975, Hale published Valiente's Natural Magic, a discussion of what she believed to be the magical usages and associations of the weather, stones, plants, and other elements of the natural world. In 1978 Hale then published Witchcraft for Tomorrow, in which Valiente proclaimed her belief that Wicca was ideal for the dawning Age of Aquarius and espoused James Lovelock's Gaia hypothesis. It also explained to the reader |
en | wit-train-topic-000000234 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historic_properties_in_Phoenix | List of historic properties in Phoenix | 20th century historic houses | List of historic properties in Phoenix / Phoenix / 20th century historic houses | This is a list, which includes photographic galleries, of some of the remaining historic structures and monuments, of historic significance, in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. Included are photographs of properties identified by the African, Asian and Hispanic historic property surveys of the City of Phoenix, focusing on the themes of history in Phoenix from 1870 to 1975.
This list however, is not limited to historical structures and monuments. Also listed are historical landmarks, some of which are listed in the National Register of Historic Places such as the Pueblo Grande Ruin and Irrigation Sites and the Deer Valley Rock Art Center. These contain the ruins of structures and artifacts of the Hohokams who lived within the modern Phoenix city area before the arrival of the settlers of non-Native American origin.
The abandoned Joint Head Dam and the early canals built by the early pioneers of European descent played an important role in the irrigation and development of Phoenix and its surrounding areas. Pictured is the ruins of the abandoned Joint Head Dam built in 1884. | The following prominent people who at one time or another lived in Phoenix and whose houses are listed here are:
Dr. Charles "Charley" Borah, an American athlete, who won the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Jorgine Slettede Boomer, the widow of Lucius Boomer, a successful hotelier. Her house was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
Dr. George Brockway, a physician who served as the Pinal County Superintendent of Public Health as well as two terms as Mayor of Florence.
L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the Church of Scientology religion.
John McCain, a statesman who served as a United States Senator from Arizona from January 1987 until his death. He previously served two terms in the United States House of Representatives and was the Republican nominee for President of the United States in the 2008 election.
Colonel James McClintock, whose full name was "James Henry McClintock", was a veteran of the United States Army who served in the Spanish–American War. He moved to Arizona and served as state historian from 1917 through 1922. He was also one of the founders of the Arizona Republican newspaper, now The Arizona Republic.
Dr. James C. Norton, the territorial veterinarian.
Wing F. Ong, the first person born in China to be elected to a state legislative house.
Henry E. Pierce, who served as County Assessor during the 1920s and was secretary to Governor John C. Phillips from 1929 until 1932. He was chairperson of the Maricopa County Republican Central Committee. In addition to his political activities, Pierce was a partner in the real estate firm of Jacobs & Pierce.
Aubrey and Winstona Aldridge. Winstona Hackett was the daughter of Dr. Winston Hackett the first African-American doctor in the area, and her husband Aubrey Aldridge.
William Wrigley, Jr., the Chewing-gum magnate whose mansion in Phoenix is known by some people as "La Colina Solana". |
en | wit-train-topic-000000235 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuvalu_at_the_2012_Summer_Olympics | Tuvalu at the 2012 Summer Olympics | Weightlifting | Tuvalu at the 2012 Summer Olympics / Weightlifting | Tuvalu competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, which was held from 27 July to 12 August 2012. The country's participation at London marked its second appearance in the Summer Olympics since its debut at the 2008 Summer Olympics. The delegation consisted of three competitors: two short-distance runners, Tavevele Noa and Asenate Manoa, and one weightlifter, Tuau Lapua Lapua. All three qualified for the games through wildcard places because they did not meet the qualification standards. Lapua was the flag bearer for the opening ceremony while Manoa carried it at the closing ceremony. Noa and Manoa failed to advance beyond the preliminary rounds of their events although the latter established a new national record for the women's 100 metres, while Lapua placed 12th in the men's featherweight weightlifting competition. | Tuau Lapua Lapua participated on Tuvalu's behalf in the men's featherweight (62 kilogram) weightlifting competition. He was the oldest person to represent Tuvalu at age 21 and had not participated in any previous Olympic Games. Lapua qualified for the games by earning a wildcard place based on his performance at the 2012 Oceania Weightlifting Championships in Apia, Samoa. Before his event he said that he was delighted to compete in the competition and wanted to make Tuvalu proud. His event took place in 31 July, and included 14 athletes in total. During the event's snatch phase, Lapua was given three attempts. He successfully attempted to lift over 90 kilograms of weight in his first two attempts, but did not achieve this objective on the third attempt. Lapua then attempted 130 kilograms during the clean and jerk phrase of the event, successfully lifting it in all three of his attempts. Overall, the combination of Lapua's highest scores in snatch (108) and clean and jerk (135) yielded a score of 243 points and 12th place. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000237 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hlu%C5%A1ovice | Hlušovice | Introduction | Hlušovice | Hlušovice is a village and municipality (obec) in Olomouc District in the Olomouc Region of the Czech Republic.
The municipality covers an area of 4.24 square kilometres (1.64 sq mi), and has a population of 497 (as at 2 October 2006).
Hlušovice lies approximately 6 kilometres (4 mi) north of Olomouc and 212 km (132 mi) east of Prague. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000238 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Araya_A._Hargate | Araya A. Hargate | Introduction | Araya A. Hargate | Araya Alberta Hargate (Thai: อารยา อัลเบอร์ตา ฮาร์เก็ต; June 28, 1981), better known as Araya A. Hargate (Thai: อารยา เอ ฮาร์เก็ต) or Chompoo (Thai: ชมพู่; RTGS: Chomphu), is a Thai actress, model, host, TV personality and cover girl. Her most notable achievement is her role in Doksom Sithong. She is of English, Lao and Thai descent. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000239 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peopling_of_Thailand | Peopling of Thailand | Hmong–Mien migration from China via Laos | Peopling of Thailand / Hmong–Mien migration from China via Laos | The peopling of Thailand refers to the process by which the ethnic groups that comprise the population of present-day Thailand came to inhabit the region. | Like the Lolo, many of the Hmong–Mien ethnic groups are among the hill tribes in Thailand. Their population is clustered in the northeastern region of Thailand near the Laotian border. The Hmong–Mien of Thailand generally migrated from China in the second half of the 19th century through Laos, where they established themselves for some time prior to their arrival in Thailand. An exception to the China-Laos-Thailand migration pattern is the Iu Mien people, who apparently passed through Vietnam during the 13th century, prior to entering Thailand through Laos. The Iu Mien arrived in Thailand approximately 200 years ago, contemporaneously with a large number of other Hmong–Mien migrants. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000240 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Dolphin_(SS-169) | USS Dolphin (SS-169) | Inter-war period | USS Dolphin (SS-169) / Service history / Inter-war period | USS Dolphin, a submarine and one of the "V-boats", was the sixth ship of the United States Navy to be named for that aquatic mammal. She also bore the name V-7 and the classifications SF-10 and SC-3 prior to her commissioning. She was launched on 6 March 1932 by the Portsmouth Navy Yard, sponsored by Mrs. E.D. Toland, and commissioned on 1 June 1932 with Lieutenant John B. Griggs, Jr. in command. | Dolphin departed Portsmouth, New Hampshire on 24 October 1932 for San Diego, California, arriving on 3 December to report to Submarine Division 12 (SubDiv 12). She served on the West Coast, taking part in tactical exercises and test torpedo firings until 4 March 1933, when she got underway for the East Coast. She arrived at Portsmouth Navy Yard on 23 March for final trials and acceptance, remaining there until 1 August. Dolphin returned to San Diego on 25 August 1933 to rejoin SubDiv 12.
In 1933, Dolphin tested an unusual feature for submarines of having a waterproof motor boat, stored in a compartment aft of the sail, which could be brought out when needed. At that time, most navies adhered to the prize rules, which required submarines to board and inspect merchant vessels before they could sink them, as had often been done in World War I, except in periods of unrestricted submarine warfare.
She cruised on the west coast with occasional voyages to Pearl Harbor, Alaska, and the Panama Canal Zone for exercises and fleet problems. On 1 December 1937, Dolphin departed San Diego for her new homeport, Pearl Harbor, arriving one week later. She continued to operate in fleet problems and training exercises, visiting the West Coast on a cruise from 29 September to 25 October 1940. Located at Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, Dolphin took the attacking enemy planes under fire, and then left for a patrol in search of Japanese submarines in the Hawaiian Islands. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000242 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsang_Kam_To | Tsang Kam To | Introduction | Tsang Kam To | Tsang Kam To (born 21 June 1989) is a Hong Kong footballer who currently plays for Hong Kong Premier League club Lee Man. He has represented Hong Kong in international competition since childhood. In 2009, he won a gold medal at the East Asian Games as a member of the Hong Kong national under-23 football team.
Known for his versatility, he played as forward when he played for Hong Kong 08. He is adept at different position including wingback and winger. For the Hong Kong under-23 football team, he occasionally plays at centre-back. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000243 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Canal | Victoria Canal | Introduction | Victoria Canal | Victoria Canal (born August 11, 1998) is a Spanish-American singer-songwriter who currently lives in Los Angeles. Victoria released her single "Drama" on November 1, 2019. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000244 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Wachapreague_(AGP-8) | USS Wachapreague (AGP-8) | The Leyte campaign begins | USS Wachapreague (AGP-8) / United States Navy service / World War II / The Philippines campaign / The Leyte campaign begins | USS Wachapreague (AGP-8) was a motor torpedo boat tender in commission in the United States Navy from 1944 to 1946, seeing service in the latter part of World War II. After her Navy decommissioning, she was in commission in the United States Coast Guard from 1946 to 1972 as the cutter USCGC McCulloch, later WHEC-386, the fourth ship of the U.S. Coast Guard or its predecessor, the United States Revenue Cutter Service, to bear the name. In 1972 she was transferred to South Vietnam and served in the Republic of Vietnam Navy as the frigate RVNS Ngô Quyền. Upon the collapse of South Vietnam at the end of the Vietnam War in 1975, she fled to the Philippines, and she served in the Philippine Navy from 1977 to 1985 as the frigate RPS Gregorio del Pilar and from 1987 to 1990 as BRP Gregorio del Pilar. | On 13 October 1944, Wachapreague sailed in company with the motor torpedo boat tenders USS Oyster Bay (AGP-6) and USS Willoughby (AGP-9), the seaplane tender USS Half Moon (AVP-26), and two United States Army craft for Leyte, 1,200 nautical miles (2,222 kilometers) away. The 45 torpedo boats, 15 of which were assigned to each motor torpedo boat tender, were convoyed by the larger ships, refuelled while underway at sea – with Wachapreague slowing to nine knots (17 km/hr) periodically to fuel two torpedo boats simultaneously, one alongside to starboard and one astern, eventually replenishing the fuel supply of all 15 of her brood – and successfully completed the voyage under their own power. A brief two-day respite at Kossol Roads, Palau, for repairs and a further refueling of the PT boats, preceded the final leg of the voyage.
While Wachapreague dropped anchor at northern San Pedro Bay off Leyte, her PT boats, fresh and ready for action immediately, entered Leyte Gulf on 21 October 1944, the day after the initial landings on Leyte. On 24 October 1944, Wachapreague shifted to Liloan Bay, a small anchorage off Panoan Island, 65 nautical miles (120 kilometers) south of San Pedro Bay, which scarcely afforded the ship room to swing with the tide. Soon after her arrival at Liloan Bay, Wachapreague contacted the Philippine guerrilla radio network for a mutual exchange of information as to Japanese forces in the area. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000246 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friends_of_Friendless_Churches | Friends of Friendless Churches | England | Friends of Friendless Churches / List of vested churches / England | The Friends of Friendless Churches is a registered charity formed in 1957 and active in England and Wales. It campaigns for and rescues redundant historic churches threatened by demolition, decay, or inappropriate conversion. To that end, as of September 2018, it owns 51 former churches or chapels, 26 of which are in England, and 25 in Wales. | |
en | wit-train-topic-000000247 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saltdal | Saltdal | Notable people | Saltdal / Notable people | Saltdal is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Rognan. Other villages in Saltdal include Røkland and Lønsdal.
The 2,216-square-kilometre municipality is the 26th largest by area out of the 356 municipalities in Norway. Saltdal is the 185th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,671. The municipality's population density is 2.2 inhabitants per square kilometre and its population has decreased by 0.4% over the previous 10-year period. | Ludvig Kristensen Daa (1809 in Saltdal – 1877) a Norwegian historian, ethnologist, auditor, editor of magazines and newspapers, educator and politician
Arne Hjersing (1860 in Saltdal – 1926) a Norwegian painter
Bernhoff Hansen (1877 in Rognan – 1950) a Norwegian wrestler, gold medallist in the 1904 Summer Olympics
Erling Engan (1910 in Saltdal – 1982) a Norwegian politician
Trygve Henrik Hoff (1938 in Rognan – 1987) a Norwegian singer, composer, songwriter and writer
Ragnhild Furebotten (born 1979 in Saltdal) a Norwegian fiddler, folk musician and composer
Lena Kristin Ellingsen (born 1980 in Saltdal) a Norwegian actress |
en | wit-train-topic-000000248 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josh_Perry | Josh Perry | Newcastle Knights | Josh Perry / Playing career / Club career / Newcastle Knights | Josh Perry is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer. An Australian international and New South Wales State of Origin representative prop, he played in the NRL for the Newcastle Knights, with whom he won the 2001 NRL Premiership and the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles, with whom he won the 2008 NRL Premiership, and played in the Super League for St Helens. | Perry made his first-grade début in round 17 of the 2000 season playing for Newcastle against the New Zealand Warriors at EnergyAustralia Stadium on 27 May.
Perry played at prop forward in the 2001 NRL Grand Final-winning Newcastle team that defeated the Parramatta Eels, 30–24 at Stadium Australia on 30 September in an upset victory. Having won the 2001 NRL Premiership, the Newcastle club traveled to England to play the 2002 World Club Challenge against Super League champions, the Bradford Bulls. Perry played at prop forward in Newcastle's loss.
In the 2005 NRL season, Perry was limited to only seven appearances for Newcastle as the club endured a horror year on the field and finished last. In the 2006 NRL season, the club turned their fortunes around by qualifying for the finals. Perry played in the club's 50-6 elimination final loss against the Brisbane Broncos at the Sydney Football Stadium. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000249 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_Leymarie | Isabelle Leymarie | Introduction | Isabelle Leymarie | Isabelle Leymarie is a French musicologist, writer, pianist, filmmaker, translator and photographer. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000250 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonthaburi_Province_Stadium | Nonthaburi Province Stadium | Introduction | Nonthaburi Province Stadium | Nonthaburi Province Stadium, Nonthaburi Sports Complex Stadium (Thai: สนามกีฬาจังหวัดนนทบุรี "นนทบุรี สปอร์ต คอมเพล็กซ์") is a multi-purpose stadium in Nonthaburi Province , Thailand. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of Nonthaburi. The stadium holds 10,000 people. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000251 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Dassios | George Dassios | Introduction | George Dassios | George Dassios (Greek: Γεώργιος Δάσιος) is a Greek mathematician, scholar and corresponding member of the Academy of Athens. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000252 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jana_Zamoyskiego_Street_in_Bydgoszcz | Jana Zamoyskiego Street in Bydgoszcz | Main edifices | Jana Zamoyskiego Street in Bydgoszcz / Main edifices | Jana Zamoyskiego Street is located in downtown district, in Bydgoszcz, Poland. Most of its buildings display Eclectic, Art Nouveau or early modernist architectural styles. One of them is registered on the Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list. | Tenement house at the corner with Gdańska Street
1887, by Józef Święcicki and Anton Hoffmann
Eclecticism & French Neo-Renaissance
Puttos and sirens stucco reliefs are mounted on the facade.
Villa Carl Grosse, corner with Gdańska Street
Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, No.601311-Reg.A/1056, February 26, 1997
1898–1899, by Karl Bergner
German Historicism
In the 1920s, rumor had it -mistakenly- that the villa belonged to Polish actress Apolonia Chalupiec, aka Pola Negri.
Tenement houses at No.2 & 2a
1950s
Modern architecture
Modern buildings refurbisged at the beginning of the 21st century. The building at No.2 houses local edition of Gazeta Pomorska newspaper.
Building at No.2b
2010s
Modern architecture
This modern glass and metal setback building erected in 2017 is the seat of Bydgoszcz IT firm Softblue SA.
Tenement houses at No.3 & 3a
1930s
Modern architecture
These buildings from the late 1930s recall tenements in the neighbourhood, like those built by architect Jan Kossowski. The right facade at No.3a received a recent refurbishing.
Petrikowski Tenement at No.4, corner with 20 Stycznia 1920 Street 14
1906–1907, by Victor Petrikowski
Art Nouveau
This large tenement from 1906 had as first landlord Victor Petrikowski, a carpenter and a construction entrepreneur who designed the building, then at Stein straße 23. In this house lived Edward Woyniłłowicz, a Polish and Belarusian social and economic activist, who left his eastern lands to dwell in Bydgoszcz. He wrote there his memoirs, Wspomnienia 1847-1928.
The edifice has been thoroughly renovated in 2015, preserving its historic Art Nouveau architectural details, alongside its specific decorated interiors (staircase, ornaments and stained glass), adorned with floral motifs and stylized faces.
Tenement at No.6
1909
Art Nouveau
This grand tenement has been used for renting purposes since its inception: in 1915, one could list a dozen of tenant families inhabiting the building. In addition to the elaborate decoration of the entry portal with pilasters, masks and floral Art Nouveau patterns, one can still notice the initials MR, of the first landlord, Max Reschke, a wood factory entrepreneur.
The successful renovation of the tenement in 2015 allows to appreciate the quality of the Art Nouveau stuccoes, be it in the adornment of the widow tops or in the motifs embellishing the gables.
Tenement at No.8
1909
Art Nouveau
This tenement had been commissioned by Max Reschke, a wood factory entrepreneur, and designed by Victor Petrikowski, also builder and owner of the house at No.4. Reschke was living at the time at Goethe Straße 26 (today's 20 Stycznia 1920 Street 22), but kept ownership of Zamoyskiego 8 until the end of WWI. On July 7, 1920, famous Polish actress Pola Negri bought the place to live there in a luxury apartment refurbished to her taste until May 1922. In July of the same year, she sold the building to Marta Czaplewska who owned it till the outbreak of WWII.
The entire building has undergone a thorough refurbishing in 2017–2018, thanks for which one can admire the richness of the original architectural details. Art Nouveau elements are particularly noticeable around the elaborate adornment of the portal, displaying motifs, patterns, masks and floral items up to the transom light. At the top of the transom, the initials MR for Max Reschke are still visible, as they are in the abutting portal at No.6.
Tenement at No.9, corner with 20 Stycznia 1920 Street 16
Registered on Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship heritage list, N°A/1628/1-2 (February 25,)
1910, by Rudolf Kern
Art Nouveau
The building was first the property of the architect who realized it, Rudolf Kern, one of the leading designers in the early 20th century in Bydgoszcz (then called Bromberg).
This immense edifice, at the crossing with Zamoyskiego street, reveals in particular a large metal roof studded with a corner finial, dormers, a terrace crowning the avant-corps which bottom is pierced by arches to make room for the majestic main entry area. The portal arch is covered on the inside |
en | wit-train-topic-000000253 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_European_Parliament_election_in_Spain | 2019 European Parliament election in Spain | Introduction | 2019 European Parliament election in Spain | The 2019 European Parliament election in Spain was held on Sunday, 26 May 2019, as part of the EU-wide election to elect the 9th European Parliament. All 54 seats allocated to Spain as per the Treaty of Lisbon were up for election. Once the United Kingdom is effectively out of the European Union in a legal basis as a result of Brexit, 5 additional seats would be allocated to Spain. The election was held simultaneously with regional elections in twelve autonomous communities and local elections all throughout Spain.
Held one month after the 2019 Spanish general election, the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE) of Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez scored a landslide victory—as well as the first win for the party in a European Parliament election in 15 years, also with Josep Borrell as its main candidate—by achieving 32.9% of the share and 20 seats, a result which allowed it to become the largest national delegation within the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats. Concurrently, the opposition People's Party suffered a severe setback and scored its worst result ever in a European Parliament election, but slightly improved on its general election results by achieving 20.2% of the vote and 12 seats. Citizens (Cs), which had integrated UPyD within its lists ahead of the election, became the third most-voted party of the country, but at 12.2% and 7 seats it only slightly improved on the combined Cs–UPyD results in 2014. Unidas Podemos Cambiar Europa, the alliance of Podemos and United Left (IU) suffered a considerable drop from both parties' past results, being reduced to 10.1% and 6 seats. Far-right Vox performed well below expectations after disappointing results for the party in the 2019 general election, scoring 6.2% of the share and 3 seats. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000254 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Oslo_Faculty_of_Medicine | University of Oslo Faculty of Medicine | Deans | University of Oslo Faculty of Medicine / Deans | The Faculty of Medicine of the University of Oslo is the oldest and largest research and educational institution in medicine in Norway. It was founded in 1814, effectively as a Norwegian continuation of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Copenhagen, the only university of Denmark-Norway until 1811. It was Norway's only medical faculty until the Cold War era. The faculty has around 1,000 employees, 2000 students and 1400 PhD candidates. The faculty is headquartered at Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, with important campuses at Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål and several other hospitals in the Oslo area.
The Faculty consists of three institutes and one center: Institute of Clinical Medicine, Institute of Basic Medical Science, Institute of Health and Society and Centre for Molecular Medicine Norway.
The Dean is the Faculty's chief executive. From 2011 to 2018, Frode Vartdal has been the elected dean. In September 2018, Ivar Prydtz Gladhaug was elected new dean at the Faculty of medicine for 2019-2022. | Frode Vartdal 2011–
Finn Georg Brun Wisløff 2007–2010
Stein A. Evensen 1998–2006
Gunnar Tellnes 1998
Jon Dale 1996-1998
Per Jørgen Wiggen Vaglum 1990–1996
Erik Thorsby 1989–1990
Kaare R. Norum 1986–1989
Ivar Hørven 1980–1986
Morten Harboe 1977–1980
Bjarne A. Waaler 1974–1977
Jon Utheim Lundevall 1971–1974
Haakon Natvig 1968–1970
Thore Lie Thomassen 1967
Alf Brodal 1964-1966
Axel Christian Smith Strøm 1956-1963
Georg Henrik Magnus Waaler 1953-1955
Torleif Bjarne Dale 1946-1952
Georg Herman Monrad-Krohn 1941-1945
Theodor Kristian Brun Frølich 1938-1940
Otto Lous Mohr 1935-1937
Johan Gustav Edvin Bruusgaard 1932-1934
Ragnar Vogt 1929-1931
Johan Nicolaysen 1926-1928
Kristian Emil Schreiner 1923-1945
Kristian Kornelius Hagemann Brandt 1922
Axel Holst 1919-1921
Peter Fredrik Holst 1917-1919
Hjalmar August Schiøtz 1914-1916
Francis Gottfred Harbitz 1911-1913
Hagbarth Strøm 1909-1910
Cæsar Peter Møller Boeck 1907-1908
Søren Bloch Laache 1905-1906
Poul Edvard Poulsson 1904
Axel Holst 1901-1903
Edvard Schønberg 1899-1900
Sophus Torup 1897-1898
Gustav Adolf Guldberg 1895-1896
Edvard Schønberg 1893-1894
Johan Storm Aubert Hjort 1891-1892
Hjalmar Heiberg 1889-1890
Julius Nicolaysen 1887-1888
Emanuel Frederik Hagbarth Winge 1885-1886
Edvard Schønberg 1883-1884
Jacob Worm Müller 1881-1882
Johan Storm Aubert Hjort 1879-1880
Hjalmar Heiberg 1877-1878
Julius Nicolaysen 1875-1876
Emanuel Fredrik Hagbarth Winge 1871-1874
Joachim Andreas Voss 1869-1870
Christian Peter Bianco Boeck 1867-1868
Frants Christian Faye 1865-1866
Joachim Andreas Voss 1863-1864
Andreas Christian Conradi 1861-1862
Christian Peter Bianco Boeck 1859-1860
Frederik Holst 1857-1858
Christen Heiberg 1855-1856
Carl Wilhelm Boeck 1853-1854
Frants Christian Faye 1851-1852
Andreas Christian Conradi 1849-1850
Christian Peter Bianco Boeck 1847-1848
Christen Heiberg 1846
Frederik Holst 1845
Christian Peter Bianco Boeck 1844
Christen Heiberg 1843
Frederik Holst 1842
Magnus Andreas Thulstrup 1841
Michael Skjelderup 1840
Frederik Holst 1839
Christen Heiberg 1838
Magnus Andreas Thulstrup 1837
Nils Berner Sørenssen 1836
Frederik Holst 1834-1835
Magnus Andreas Thulstrup 1833
Nils Berner Sørenssen 1832
Michael Skjelderup 1830-1831
Frederik Holst 1828-1829
Nils Berner Sørensen 1826-1827
Magnus Andreas Thulstrup 1825
Michael Skjelderup 1816-1824 |
en | wit-train-topic-000000255 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eristalis | Eristalis | Gallery | Eristalis / Gallery | Eristalis is a large genus of hoverflies, family Syrphidae, in the order Diptera. Several species are known as drone flies because they bear a resemblance to honeybee drones. Drone flies and their relatives are fairly common generalist pollinators, the larvae of which are aquatic, and breathe through a long, snorkel-like appendage, hence the common name rat-tailed maggots.
Eristalis is a large genus of around 99 species, and is subdivided into several subgenera and species groups. | |
en | wit-train-topic-000000256 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_B._Won_Pat_International_Airport | Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport | Passenger terminal | Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport / Facilities / Passenger terminal | Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport, also known as Guam International Airport, is an airport located in Tamuning and Barrigada, three miles east of the capital city of Hagåtña in the United States territory of Guam. The airport is a hub for Asia Pacific Airlines and for United Airlines, serving as the latter's Pacific Ocean hub. It is also the home of the former Naval Air Station Agana, and is the only international airport in the territory. The airport is named after Antonio Borja Won Pat, the first delegate from Guam to the United States House of Representatives, and is operated by the A.B. Won Pat International Airport Authority, Guam, an agency of the Government of Guam. | The current passenger terminal's first phase was completed on September 10, 1996. The 550,000-square-foot (51,000 m²) terminal included a new customs and immigration hall and a 710 space parking lot. In August 1998 the second phase of the current passenger terminal opened. The expansion program that opened the current terminal had a cost of $741 million. The terminal has three levels. The basement level houses arrival facilities, including customs and baggage claim. The basement also houses the GIAA Airport Police and GIAA Arcade offices and the Hafa Adai Gardens. The apron level (the departure level) houses the ticketing counters. The third floor houses the departure gates, immigration facilities, and GIAA administrative offices.
Since all flights require customs or immigration inspection, the airport's post-security concourse and gate area was not designed to separate arriving and departing passengers. The only normal passenger entrance is through security and the only normal exit is through immigration. Except for the few gates designated for Honolulu arrivals, which route passengers directly to customs, all other gates do not have a separate arrival corridor. Arrival passengers walk directly into the gates waiting area, and in the past could actually purchase food or merchandise before entering the immigration hall.
The original design is said to be compliant with security standards at the time of opening. However, after the September 11, 2001 attacks, the U.S. government began to require separation of uninspected arrival passengers. The airport initially used a system of chairs, moving sidewalks, retractable belts and security/police staffing to usher arriving passengers from the gate to the immigration hall without coming into physical contact with departing passengers. In recent years, semi-permanent movable walls separate much of the length of the terminal building into two halves, decreasing the need for human staffing and those lighter objects previously in use. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000257 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0zmir_Archaeological_Museum | İzmir Archaeological Museum | Gallery | İzmir Archaeological Museum / Gallery | The Izmir Archeology Museum is an archeology museum in Izmir, Turkey, containing a number of artifacts from around the Gulf of Izmir. Most of the artifacts, which include busts, statues, statuettes, tools, and various eating and cooking utensils, come from the Bronze Age, or from the Greek and Roman periods. | |
en | wit-train-topic-000000258 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra_Kiroi-Bogatyreva | Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva | Introduction | Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva | Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva (born 4 March 2002) is an Australian rhythmic gymnast. Kiroi-Bogatyeva is 2018 and 2019 Australian All Around Rhythmic Gymnastics Champion |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000259 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ships_built_by_Fincantieri | List of ships built by Fincantieri | 1991–2000 | List of ships built by Fincantieri / 1991–2000 | Fincantieri – Cantieri Navali Italiani S.p.A. is an Italian shipbuilding company based in Trieste, Italy. The following is a list of ships built by Fincantieri: | |
en | wit-train-topic-000000260 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Williams_(weightlifter) | Ray Williams (weightlifter) | Introduction | Ray Williams (weightlifter) | Raymond Williams (born 9 September 1959 in Holyhead, North Wales) is a Welsh weightlifter.
Williams was voted Young Welsh Sports Personality of the Year in 1977 after being placed in the junior weightlifting championships. He joined the army and served with the Royal Welsh Fusiliers until 2003.
Returning to the sport, Williams won the Welsh weightlifting championships in 1983 and the Celtic Nations title the following year.
Williams won the gold medal in the featherweight class at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, beating David Lowenstein of Australia and Jeffrey Brice, a fellow Welshman.
In 2003, Williams was appointed as the first National Weightlifting Coach for Wales. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000261 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanjong_Pagar | Tanjong Pagar | History | Tanjong Pagar / History | Tanjong Pagar is a historic district located within the Central Business District in Singapore, straddling the Outram Planning Area and the Downtown Core under the Urban Redevelopment Authority's urban planning zones. | Since 1600s, Tanjong Pagar, located between the docks and the town, was an enclave for the thousands of Chinese and Indian dock workers who had migrated to Singapore from the mid-19th century. With all the traffic between the docks and the town, Tanjong Pagar was also lucrative ground for rickshaw pullers awaiting clients. So prevalent was their presence that in 1904, the government established a Jinricksha Station at the junction of Tanjong Pagar Road and Neil Road.
From the time the docks began operations in 1864, land values in Tanjong Pagar rose, attracting wealthy Chinese and Arab traders to buy real estate there.
The proliferation of impoverished workers led to overcrowding, pollution and social problems such as opium smoking and prostitution. Tanjong Pagar generally deteriorated into an inner city ghetto. By World War II, Tanjong Pagar was a predominantly working class Hokkien area with an Indian minority.
In the mid-1980s, Tanjong Pagar became the first area in Singapore to be gazetted under the government's conservation plan. When the conservation project was completed, many of the area's shophouses were restored to their original appearance. But although a few traces of the old Tanjong Pagar remain – an old swimming pool, the odd street cobbler – the face of Tanjong Pagar has changed. Today, Tanjong Pagar has become a fashionable district, filled with thriving businesses, cafés, bars and restaurants. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Royal_French_foreign_regiments | List of Royal French foreign regiments | Swiss regiments | List of Royal French foreign regiments / Swiss regiments | Royal French foreign regiments were enlisted abroad for French service during the 17th and 18th centuries. Coming mainly from Switzerland, Germany, Ireland, and Wallonia they gave a significant contribution to the French military effort. Swedish and Polish regiments were counted as German; Scotch as Irish. After the French Revolution the foreign regiments were in 1791 merged with the indigenous French regiments to new, numbered, regiments of the line. | Régiment de Stoppa le Jeune
Raised 1677
→ 1692: Régiment de Surbeck
→ 1714: Régiment de Hemel
→ 1729: Régiment de Bezenwald
→ 1741: Régiment de La Cour au Chantre
→ 1749: Régiment de Grandvillars
→ 1749: Régiment de Balthazar
→ 1754: Régiment de Planta
→ 1760: Régiment d’Arbonnier
→ 1763: Régiment de Jenner
→ 1774: Régiment d’Aulbonne
→ 1783: Régiment de Châteauvieux
→ 1791: 76ème régiment d’infanterie de ligne
Régiment de Greder
Raised1673
→ 1714: Régiment d’Affry
→ 1734: Régiment de Wittmer
→ 1757: Régiment de Waldner
→ 1783: Régiment de Vigier
→ 1791: 69ème régiment d’infanterie de ligne
Régiment de Salis
Raised 1672
→ 1690: Régiment de Pollier
→ 1692: Régiment de Reynold
→ 1702: Régiment de Castellas (Castella)
→ 1722: Régiment de Bettens
→ 1739: Régiment de Monin
→ 1756: Régiment de Reding
→ 1763: Régiment de Pfyffer
→ 1768: Régiment de Sonnenberg
→ 1791: 65ème régiment d’infanterie de ligne
Régiment d’Erlach
Raised 1671
→ 1694: Régiment de Manuel
→ 1701: Régiment de Villars-Chandieu
→ 1728: Régiment de May
→ 1739: Régiment de Bettens
→ 1751: Régiment de Jenner
→ 1762: Régiment d’Erlach
→ 1782: Régiment d’Ernest
→ 1791: 63ème régiment d’infanterie de ligne
Régiment de Stoppa le Vieux
Raised 1672
→ 1701: Régiment de Brendle
→ 1738: Régiment de Seedorf
→ 1752: Régiment de Boccard
→ 1782: Régiment de Salis-Samade
→ 1791: 64ème régiment d’infanterie de ligne
Régiment de Salis-Soglio
Raised 1690
→ 1702: Régiment de May
→ 1715: Régiment du Buisson
→ 1721: Régiment de Diesbach
→ 1791: 85ème régiment d’infanterie de ligne
Régiment de Pfyffer
Raised 1672
→ 1689: Régiment d’Hessy
→ 1729: Régiment de Burky
→ 1737: Régiment de Tschudy
→ 1740: Régiment de Vigier
→ 1756: Régiment de Castellas
→ 1791: 66ème régiment d’infanterie de ligne
Régiment de Courten
Raised 1690
→ 1791: 86ème régiment d’infanterie de ligne
Régiment d’Eptingen
Raised 1758
→ 1783: Régiment de Schönau (Schonau)
→ 1786: Régiment de Reinach
→ 1791: 100ème regiment d’infanterie de ligne
Régiment de Karrer
Raised 1719
→ 1752: Régiment de Hallwyl
→ 1763 Merged with Régiment de Béarn (French regiment)
Régiment de Lochmann
Raised 1758
→ 1777: Régiment de Muralt
→ 1782: Régiment de Steiner
→ 1791: 97ème régiment d’infanterie de ligne
Régiment de Travers
Raised 1734
→ 1740: Régiment de Salis-Soglio
→ 1744: Régiment de Salis Mayenfeld
→ 1762: Régiment de Salis-Marchlin
→ 1791: 95ème régiment d’infanterie de ligne |
en | wit-train-topic-000000263 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cheeses | List of cheeses | Austria | List of cheeses / Europe / Austria | This is a list of cheeses by place of origin. Cheese is a milk-based food that is produced in wide-ranging flavors, textures, and forms. Hundreds of types of cheese from various countries are produced. Their styles, textures and flavors depend on the origin of the milk, whether they have been pasteurized, the butterfat content, the bacteria and mold, the processing, and aging.
Herbs, spices, or wood smoke may be used as flavoring agents. The yellow to red color of many cheeses, such as Red Leicester, is normally formed from adding annatto. While most current varieties of cheese may be traced to a particular locale, or culture, within a single country, some have a more diffuse origin, and cannot be considered to have originated in a particular place, but are associated with a whole region, such as queso blanco in Latin America.
Cheese is an ancient food whose origins predate recorded history. | |
en | wit-train-topic-000000264 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Senator_(tree) | The Senator (tree) | History | The Senator (tree) / History | The Senator was the biggest and oldest bald cypress tree in the world, located in Big Tree Park, Longwood, Florida. At the time of its demise in 2012, it was 125 feet tall, with a trunk diameter of 17.5 feet. The tree was thought to have been destroyed by a fire from a lightning strike, but it was later discovered that the fire was started by an arsonist. | The Seminoles and other Native American Indians who lived throughout Central Florida used this tree as a landmark. In the late 19th century, the tree attracted visitors even though much of the surrounding land was swamp; reaching the tree was done by leaping from log to log. A walkway was later constructed by the Works Progress Administration. In 1925, a hurricane destroyed the top of the tree, reducing its height from 165 feet (50 m) to 118 feet (36 m).
The Senator was named for Florida State Senator Moses Overstreet, who donated the tree and surrounding land to Seminole County for a park in 1927. In 1929, former US President Calvin Coolidge reportedly visited The Senator and dedicated the site with a commemorative bronze plaque. A photo that was published of Coolidge and his wife near the tree was reported by the Orlando Sentinel to have been doctored. The plaque and portions of an iron fence were stolen by vandals in 1945 and never recovered. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000265 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi_Dignity | Mitsubishi Dignity | Series S43A (1999–2001) | Mitsubishi Dignity / Series S43A (1999–2001) | The Mitsubishi Dignity, whose name was derived from "the English to describe the peerless grandeur and majestic stateliness of the model", is a limousine originally manufactured by Mitsubishi Motors from late 1999 as the flagship of the company's domestic range, alongside the smaller Proudia luxury car, and was reintroduced 2012 to Japanese buyers based on the Nissan Cima. In Japan, it was sold at a specific retail chain called Galant Shop. | The entire Proudia/Dignity range was designed by Mitsubishi Motors and co-manufactured with Hyundai of South Korea, who marketed their own version as the Hyundai Equus (from 1999 to 2009). The Dignity was introduced as a competitor to the Nissan President and Toyota Century as the top level flagship, however Mitsubishi chose to use a transversely installed engine with front wheel drive. A Dignity is used by Fumihito, Prince Akishino, the second son of Akihito the Emperor Emeritus of Japan.
The ¥9,990,000 Dignity (approximately US$87,709) (S43 chassis code) featured Mitsubishi's 8A80 4,498 cc V8, a 90-degree aluminium-block GDi engine producing 280 PS (206 kW) at 5000 rpm and 412 N⋅m (304 lb⋅ft) at 4000 rpm, and an extension of the Proudia's exterior dimensions in order to liberate more interior space for the rear occupants; the roofline was raised by 10 mm (0.4 in) and the wheelbase by 250 mm (9.8 in). It used MacPherson struts for the front suspension and a multi-link suspension for the rear wheels. The car was equipped with several advanced features like Driver Support System (CCD cameras to monitor adjacent lanes and behind the car for lane departure warning system and blind spot monitor, and a lidar activated adaptive cruise control), self-levelling multi-link air suspension with electronic damping control
The Dignity and Proudia's combined volumes fell far shy of Mitsubishi's forecasted 300 sales per month, and they were available for only fifteen months from their introduction on February 20, 2000, before Mitsubishi's financial difficulties forced the company to discontinue both models in an effort to streamline its range and reduce costs. However, the Hyundai Equus proved more commercially successful and would remain in production until replaced in 2008. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000266 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hersheypark_attractions | List of Hersheypark attractions | Roller coasters | List of Hersheypark attractions / Present attractions / Roller coasters | This is a list of Hersheypark attractions giving an overview of the rides and attractions, as well as information about the rides or attractions themselves. Hersheypark currently has 76 rides and water attractions. | Hersheypark has 14 roller coasters, the most of any amusement park in Pennsylvania. One of these is a water coaster and can be found in the water rides section. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000267 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandvikens_Skeppsdocka_och_Mekaniska_Verkstad | Sandvikens Skeppsdocka och Mekaniska Verkstad | Shipbuilding and repairs | Sandvikens Skeppsdocka och Mekaniska Verkstad / Early 20th century / Shipbuilding and repairs | Aktiebolaget Sandvikens Skeppsdocka och Mekaniska Verkstad was a Finnish shipbuilding and engineering company that operated in Helsinki in 1895–1938. The company was set up to continue shipbuilding at Hietalahti shipyard, after its predecessor Helsingfors Skeppsdocka, which operated the yard in 1865–1895, had bankrupted.
The company portfolio consisted building and repairing of ships, production of tram and railway wagons, boilers, steam and combustion engines, winches and other products. Before and during the First World War the main customers were the Imperial Russian Navy and the Finnish State Railways. Following the Finnish Declaration of Independence in 1917, the Finnish Civil War broke out in 1918. The yard was closed until the Red Guards had left the city.
Due to recession in shipbuilding the company owners decided to sell the shares to another Helsinki engineering company, Kone- ja Siltarakennus in 1926. In 1935 Kone- ja Siltarakennus was taken over by Wärtsilä, which amalgamated Hietalahti Shipyard and Engineering Works into its own organisation. The yard continued operating under name Wärtsilä Hietalahti Shipyard after that. | In year 1900 Hietalahti Shipyard and Engineering Works invested on pneumatic tools. A separate air compressor building was constructed next to the steam boiler building, and the premises were equipped with a comprehensive pressurised air supply network. The new tools increased productivity especially at the dockyard.
At the early 20th century the company built passenger ships, tug steamers and other vessels to Finnish and Russian customers. In 1904 the company recruited Theodor Höijer as shipbuilding master. Höijer was an experienced engineer who had worked in Sweden and the United States.
The size of ships visiting in the Finnish harbours had grown by the end of the 19th century, and in order to be able to dock those ships, the dock had to be extended. In 1903 the dock was extended to 96 metres, in 1910 to 100.6 metres and in 1912 to 106.7 metres. After the last enlargement, the company was able to dock the largest ships which visited the Finnish harbours. As the dry dock alone was not enough to meet the demand, the company considered building another similar one or a floating dry dock. The first option was ruled out due to cost reasons, and the second one due to lack of suitable place next to the area. Therefore, the company ended up to replace an 1886-built cradle by a larger one with 1,500 tonnes capacity. The 1907–1908 built new cradle was a significant investment, costing nearly 350,000 marks. Ship repair capabilities were further enhanced by introduction of welding in 1906 and investments on machinery, including two large lathes in 1908.
Between 1900–1914 the company built at least 60 vessels. Most of the customers were from Russia and other countries around the Baltic Sea. 22 projects were steam launches and passenger steamers, three were coast guard vessels, 20 vessels were tug boats, rescue vessels or icebreakers and 11 were barges. In motor vessels the company used engines produced by Swedish J. & C. G. Bolinders Mekaniska Verkstads AB. About 30 vessels built in 1910–1918 were powered by these engines designed by Erik Rundlöf.
At the end of 1904 the Russian Admiralty ordered first two, then another two torpedo boats, which were delivered in 1907. The drawings and engines came from Germany. The orders were highly profitable and during the building the company headcount was increased from 700 to 1,000. The project required building an electrogalvanisation facility which operated until 1914. While the order intake of military vessels declined in 1910, the company got significant repair projects: in 1911 three medium-size navy vessels, in 1912 three ships-of-the-line and five smallers vessels, in 1913 one ship of the line and a minelayer. Moreover, in 1914 shortly before the outbreak of the war, nine smaller ships underwent a thorough repair. Also new ships were constructed in the meantime. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000269 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phan_B%E1%BB%99i_Ch%C3%A2u | Phan Bội Châu | Introduction | Phan Bội Châu | Phan Bội Châu (Vietnamese: [faːn ɓôjˀ cəw]; 26 December 1867 – 29 October 1940) was a pioneer of Vietnamese 20th century nationalism. In 1903, he formed a revolutionary organization called the “Reformer"(Duy Tân hội). From 1905 to 1908, he lived in Japan where he wrote political tracts calling for the independence of Vietnam from French colonial rule. After being forced to leave Japan, he moved to China where he was influenced by Sun Yat-sen. He formed a new group called the “Vietnamese Restoration League” (Việt Nam Quang Phục Hội), modeled after Sun Yat-sen's republican party. In 1925, French agents seized him in Shanghai. He was convicted of treason and spent the rest of his life under house arrest in Huế. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000270 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Artist_of_the_Armenian_SSR | People's Artist of the Armenian SSR | Introduction | People's Artist of the Armenian SSR | People's Artist of the Armenian SSR (Народный артист Армянской ССР), is an honorary title awarded to citizens of the Armenian SSR in the Soviet Union. It is awarded for outstanding performance in the performing arts, whose merits are exceptional in the sphere of the development of the performing arts (theatre, music, dance, circus, cinema, etc.). |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000271 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Fields_House | Gold Fields House | Introduction | Gold Fields House | Gold Fields House was a high rise office block in the Sydney central business district on the corner of Alfred and Pitt Streets. Completed in 1966, it was one of the earliest high rises in Sydney. The 27 storey building was designed by Peddle, Thorp & Walker. It was sold for redevelopment in 2014 and demolished in 2017/2018. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000272 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%C5%82%C5%BCa | Iłża | Sights | Iłża / Sights | Iłża is a small town in Masovian Voivodeship, Poland. In 2006 Iłża had approximately 5,165 inhabitants. The town belongs to the historical region of Lesser Poland, and from its foundation until 1795, it was part of Lesser Poland’s Sandomierz Voivodeship. Iłża lies in Malopolska Upland, on the Iłżanka river, 30 kilometres south of Radom, and is situated along National Road Nr. 9, which is part of European route E371.
Iłża is the northern terminus of the Starachowice Narrow Gauge Line, a 20-kilometre line built in the early 1950s, which now is open for tourists in the summer. | Among local attractions are:
remains of the castle built in 1340 by bishop Jan Grot, which in 1560s was turned into a Renaissance residence,
parish church dating back to 1326, remodelled in 1603,
remnants of Gothic buildings, such as round tower (late 13th century),
Holy Spirit church (1448), rebuilt in 1922,
parish cemetery (1832),
Jewish cemetery from the 19th century,
complex of the 1754 hospital. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000273 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hajong_people | Hajong people | Traditional ornaments | Hajong people / Traditional ornaments | The Hajong are a tribal group native to the Indian subcontinent, notably in the northeast Indian states and Bangladesh. The majority of the Hajongs are settled in India. Hajongs are predominantly rice farmers. They are said to have brought wet-field cultivation to Garo Hills, where the Garo people used slash and burn method of agriculture. Hajong have the status of a Scheduled Tribe in India. | Some of the Traditional
ornaments are :
Harsurah or chondrohar - Silver necklace worn by women
Katabaju - Pair of armlets made of silver.
Galahicha - A Torc.
Buila - Pair of bangles made of silver.
Not - Nose ring made of gold.
Nolok - a nose ring made of silver.
Koromphul - A pair of earrings made of silver.
Kankurya - A pair of earrings made of gold.
Bak Gunjri or Gujurâti - A pair of ornaments worn by women around the ankles made of silver.
Bak Kharu - A pair of ornaments worn by men around the legs made of silver. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000274 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manx_runestones | Manx runestones | Br Olsen;191B (Braddan (III), MM 136) | Manx runestones / Braddan parish / Br Olsen;191B (Braddan (III), MM 136) | The Manx runestones were made by the Norse population on the Isle of Man during the Viking Age, mostly in the 10th century. Despite its small size, the Isle of Man stands out with many Viking Age runestones, in 1983 numbering as many as 26 surviving stones, which can be compared to 33 in all of Norway. So many of them may appear on the Isle of Man because of the merging of the immigrant Norse runestone tradition with the local Celtic tradition of raising high crosses.
In addition, the church contributed by not condemning the runes as pagan, but instead it encouraged the recording of people for Christian purposes. Sixteen of the stones bear the common formula, "N ... put up this cross in memory of M", but among the other ten there is also a stone raised for the benefit of the runestone raiser.
The Manx runestones are consequently similar to the Scandinavian ones, but whereas a Norwegian runestone is called "stone" in the inscriptions, even if it is in the shape of a cross, the runestones that were raised in the British isles are typically called "crosses". There are also two slabs incised with Anglo-Saxon runes at Maughold. | This stone cross is found in the church Braddan. The inscription consists of short-twig runes and it is dated to the 980s. The runemaster is identified as man named Thorbjörn, who also made Br Olsen;193A, below. It has been badly damaged since it was recorded.
Latin transliteration:
utr : risti : krus : þono : aft : fro(k)(a) [: f](a)(þ)[ur sin : in :] (þ)[urbiaurn : ...]
Old Norse transliteration:
Oddr reisti kross þenna ept Frakka, fǫður sinn, en Þorbjǫrn ...
English translation:
"Oddr raised this cross in memory of Frakki, his father, but ... ..." |
en | wit-train-topic-000000275 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_places_of_worship_in_Waverley_(borough) | List of places of worship in Waverley (borough) | Current places of worship | List of places of worship in Waverley (borough) / Current places of worship | As of 2020, there are more than 110 current and former places of worship in the borough of Waverley in Surrey, England. Various Christian denominations own and use 87 churches, chapels and halls across the borough, and a further 28 buildings no longer serve a religious function but survive in alternative uses. Waverley is the largest of 11 local government districts in the county of Surrey—a small inland county south of London. The borough is largely rural: there are some small towns and dozens of villages and hamlets. Many of these have ancient parish churches, and other places of worship were established in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
The United Kingdom Census 2011 reported that the majority of residents are Christian. The largest number of churches in Waverley belong to the Church of England—the country's Established Church—but Roman Catholicism and Protestant Nonconformism are also well represented, the latter particularly in the ancient towns of Farnham and Godalming. | |
en | wit-train-topic-000000276 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronprinsessegade_6 | Kronprinsessegade 6 | Introduction | Kronprinsessegade 6 | Kronprinsessegade 6 is a Neoclassical property overlooking Rosenborg Castle Garden in central Copenhagen, Denmark. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000277 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash_test_dummy | Crash test dummy | Volunteer testing | Crash test dummy / History / Volunteer testing | A crash test dummy is a full-scale anthropomorphic test device that simulates the dimensions, weight proportions and articulation of the human body during a traffic collision. Dummies are used by researchers, automobile and aircraft manufacturers to predict the injuries a person might sustain in a crash. Modern dummies are usually instrumented to record data such as velocity of impact, crushing force, bending, folding, or torque of the body, and deceleration rates during a collision. Some dummies cost over US$400,000.
Prior to the development of crash test dummies, automobile companies tested using human cadavers, animals and live volunteers. Cadavers have been used to modify different parts of a car such as the seatbelt This type of testing may provide more realistic test results than using a dummy but it raises ethical dilemmas because human cadavers and animals are not able to consent to research studies. Animal testing is not prevalent today. Computational models of the human body are increasingly being used in the industry and research to complement the use of dummies as virtual tools.
There is constant need for new testing because each new vehicle has a different design. | Some researchers took it upon themselves to serve as crash test dummies. In 1954, USAF Colonel John Paul Stapp was propelled to over 1000 km/h on a rocket sled and stopped in 1.4 seconds. Lawrence Patrick, then a professor at Wayne State University, endured some 400 rides on a rocket sled in order to test the effects of rapid deceleration on the human body. He and his students allowed themselves to be hit in the chest with heavy metal pendulums, impacted in the face by pneumatically driven rotary hammers, and sprayed with shattered glass to simulate window implosion. While admitting that it made him "a little sore", Patrick has said that the research he and his students conducted was seminal in developing mathematical models against which further research could be compared. While data from live testing was valuable, human subjects could not withstand tests that exceeded a certain degree of physical injury. To gather information about the causes and prevention of injuries and fatalities would require a different kind of test subject. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000278 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienna | Vienna | Tourist attractions | Vienna / Tourist attractions | Vienna, Czech: Vídeň, is the national capital, largest city, and one of nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's most populous city, with about 1.9 million inhabitants, and its cultural, economic, and political center. It is the 6th-largest city by population within city limits in the European Union.
Until the beginning of the 20th century, Vienna was the largest German-speaking city in the world, and before the splitting of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in World War I, the city had 2 million inhabitants. Today, it is the second-largest German-speaking city after Berlin. Vienna is host to many major international organizations, including the United Nations, OPEC and the OSCE. The city is located in the eastern part of Austria and is close to the borders of the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. These regions work together in a European Centrope border region. Along with nearby Bratislava, Vienna forms a metropolitan region with 3 million inhabitants. In 2001, the city center was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. In July 2017 it was moved to the list of World Heritage in Danger. | Major tourist attractions include the imperial palaces of the Hofburg and Schönbrunn (also home to the world's oldest zoo, Tiergarten Schönbrunn) and the Riesenrad in the Prater. Cultural highlights include the Burgtheater, the Wiener Staatsoper, the Lipizzaner horses at the spanische Hofreitschule, and the Vienna Boys' Choir, as well as excursions to Vienna's Heurigen district Döbling.
There are also more than 100 art museums, which together attract over eight million visitors per year. The most popular ones are Albertina, Belvedere, Leopold Museum in the Museumsquartier, KunstHausWien, Bank Austria Kunstforum, the twin Kunsthistorisches Museum and Naturhistorisches Museum, and the Technisches Museum Wien, each of which receives over a quarter of a million visitors per year.
There are many popular sites associated with composers who lived in Vienna including Beethoven's various residences and grave at Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery) which is the largest cemetery in Vienna and the burial site of many famous people. Mozart has a memorial grave at the Habsburg gardens and at St. Marx cemetery (where his grave was lost). Vienna's many churches also draw large crowds, famous of which are St. Stephen's Cathedral, the Deutschordenskirche, the Jesuitenkirche, the Karlskirche, the Peterskirche, Maria am Gestade, the Minoritenkirche, the Ruprechtskirche, the Schottenkirche, St. Ulrich and the Votivkirche.
Modern attractions include the Hundertwasserhaus, the United Nations headquarters and the view from the Donauturm. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000279 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_wood_duck | Australian wood duck | Reproduction | Australian wood duck / Behaviour / Reproduction | The Australian wood duck, maned duck or maned goose is a dabbling duck found throughout much of Australia. It is the only living species in the genus Chenonetta. Traditionally placed in the subfamily Anatinae, it might belong to the subfamily Tadorninae; the ringed teal may be its closest living relative. | Australian wood duck nests in cavities in trees or in nest-boxes above or near water. Nests are made with a pile of down. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_Kolkata | Economy of Kolkata | Introduction | Economy of Kolkata | Kolkata is the prime business, commercial and financial hub of eastern India and the main port of communication for the North-East Indian states, It is one of the most important metro cities of India. It is considered to be one of the wealthiest Indian cities with a net wealth of $ 290 billion and accounting for 9600 millionaires. Recent estimates (as of 2019) of Kolkata's economy is 170 billion $ (GDP adjusted for purchasing power parity) making it third most-productive metropolitan area in India, after Mumbai, and Delhi. Kolkata is home to India's oldest, and also India's second-largest stock exchange company (bourse) – The Calcutta Stock Exchange. Kolkata is home to a major port, an international airport and many nationally and internationally reputed colleges and institutions aimed at supplying a highly skilled work force. Kolkata is also home to India's and South Asia's first metro railway service – Kolkata Metro.
There are a few of the oldest and front line banks and PSUs —such as UCO Bank, Allahabad Bank, United Bank of India and Geological Survey of India, Zoological Survey of India, Botanical Survey of India and Tea Board of India—were founded and is headquartered in Kolkata. The oldest operating photographic studio in the world, Bourne & Shepherd, is also based in the city. The Standard Chartered Bank has a major branch in Kolkata. Kolkata is also the headquarters of Botanical Survey of India and Zoological Survey of India and many more organisations and companies. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000281 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother_Ignatius_Hayes | Mother Ignatius Hayes | Early life | Mother Ignatius Hayes / Life / Early life | Mary Ignatius Hayes, O.S.F., also known as Mother Mary Ignatius of Jesus, was an Anglican religious sister who was later received into the Catholic Church and became a Franciscan sister. Her lifetime of religious service, in the course of which she traveled widely, led to the establishment of three separate religious congregations of Franciscan sisters and the establishment of the Poor Clare nuns in the United States. | She was born Elizabeth Hayes in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey. Her father, Philip Hayes, was an Anglican priest from England who was the headmaster of Elizabeth College which prepared boys for matriculation. Her ancestors were very musical and were associated with the work of George Frederick Handel in England. She was the eighth and youngest surviving child of her parents' ten children. Her parents ensured that she received a sound education, was fluent in both French and English and encouraged her love of literature.
After the deaths of both her parents, in the 1840s Hayes moved to England, where she took employment as a teacher in London and Oxford. There she came under the influence of the Oxford Movement and in 1850 became one of the first members of the Anglican Community of St Mary the Virgin and was given the religious name of Sister Mary Ignatius of Jesus. After being a qualified principal and a leader of her community for some years, she was received into the Catholic Church and joined the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, who lived in Greenwich and later in Bayswater, under the leadership of Mother Elizabeth Lockhart, who were committed to serving the poor of London. In 1858 she received the religious habit from the future cardinal, Henry Edward Manning, but chose to go to Scotland to do her novitiate under the Tertiary Franciscan Sisters of Glasgow, founded in the mid-15th century, who traced their heritage back to Angela of Foligno. She professed her vows on 26 November 1859. In addition to the traditional three religious vows, she made a fourth vow to dedicate her life to the foreign missions. She wrote in her diary at the time, "God calls me to leave my home and country and to join a foreign mission". |
en | wit-train-topic-000000282 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_armouries_in_Canada | List of armouries in Canada | Alphabetical listing (by community) | List of armouries in Canada / Alphabetical listing (by community) | A number of armouries and drill halls exist in communities across Canada. Of these, the majority were built in Ontario and Quebec. | |
en | wit-train-topic-000000284 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sushi_machine | Sushi machine | Introduction | Sushi machine | A sushi machine or sushi robot is a mechanical device that automatically creates various styles of sushi. Several are electrically powered. Some sushi machines produce mounds of sushi rice for creating nigiri. This style of sushi machine may use a hopper that is filled with sushi rice, from where the rice is fed into the machine and the sushi rice mounds are formed and then ejected. After the rice mounds are ejected, sashimi and other ingredients are then manually placed atop them. Some sushi machines can produce sushi rolls, whereby the machine automatically flattens rice into sheets, adds various ingredients such as sashimi, nori (edible seaweed) and vegetables, rolls them up and then slices the rolls into separate pieces. Some roll machines are adjustable to change settings for roll length and thickness. Sushi restaurants and food service operations may use sushi machines to reduce labor costs. Sushi prepared with electric sushi machines may be priced lower at retail stores and outlets compared to that prepared solely by humans. Some sushi machines are manually operated and function without the use of electricity. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000285 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffersonville,_Ohio | Jeffersonville, Ohio | Introduction | Jeffersonville, Ohio | Jeffersonville is a village in Fayette County, Ohio, United States. The population was 1,203 at the 2010 census. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000286 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_AFL_finals_series | 2017 AFL finals series | Venues | 2017 AFL finals series / Venues | The 2017 Australian Football League finals series was the 121st annual edition of the VFL/AFL final series, the Australian rules football tournament staged to determine the winner of the 2017 AFL Premiership Season. The series ran over four weekends in September 2017, culminating with the 2017 AFL Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 30 September 2017.
The top eight teams from the season qualified for the finals series. AFL finals series have been played under the current format since 2000. The qualifying teams were Adelaide, Greater Western Sydney, Geelong, Richmond, Port Adelaide, Sydney, Essendon and West Coast. | The matches of the 2017 AFL finals series will be contested at four venues around the country.
As was the case in 2015 and 2016, Melbourne will host only four finals matches, including the Grand Final, with all four played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The Adelaide Oval hosted three finals: Adelaide's first qualifying final against Greater Western Sydney, their home preliminary final against Geelong, and Port Adelaide's elimination final against West Coast, while the Sydney Cricket Ground hosted Sydney's elimination final against Essendon and Spotless Stadium hosted Greater Western Sydney's first semi-final against West Coast. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000287 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salif_Diallo | Salif Diallo | Introduction | Salif Diallo | Salif Diallo (9 May 1957 – 19 August 2017) was a Burkinabé politician who was President of the National Assembly of Burkina Faso from 2015 to 2017. He was a key associate of President Blaise Compaoré from the 1980s to the 2000s, serving in various posts during that period, including as Director of the Cabinet of the President from 1987 to 1989, Minister of Environment and Water from 1995 to 1999, and Minister of Agriculture from 2000 to 2008. He was appointed as Burkina Faso's Ambassador to Austria later in 2008. He also served as Vice-President of the Congress for Democracy and Progress, the ruling party.
Diallo resigned from the CDP in January 2014 and participated in the founding of an opposition party, the People's Movement for Progress (MPP), becoming its First Vice-President. After the MPP's victory in the November 2015 general election, he was elected as President of the National Assembly on 30 December 2015. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leinster_Senior_Hurling_Championship | Leinster Senior Hurling Championship | History | Leinster Senior Hurling Championship / Venues / History | The Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship, known simply as the Leinster Championship, is an annual inter-county hurling competition organised by the Leinster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association. It is the highest inter-county hurling competition in the province of Leinster, and has been contested every year since the 1888 championship.
The final, usually held on the first Sunday in July, serves as the culmination of a series of games played during May and June, and the results determine which team receives the Bob O'Keeffe Cup. The championship was previously played on a straight knockout basis whereby once a team lost they were eliminated from the championship; however, as of 2018, the championship involved a round-robin system.
The Leinster Championship is an integral part of the wider GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship. The winners of the Leinster final, like their counterparts in the Munster Championship, are rewarded by advancing directly to the semi-final stage of the All-Ireland series of games. The losers of the Leinster final enter the All-Ireland series at the quarter-final stage, while the third-placed team advances to the preliminary quarter-finals. | Leinster Championship matches were traditionally played at neutral venues or at a location that was deemed to be halfway between the two participants; however, teams eventually came to home and away agreements depending on the capacity of their stadiums. Every second meeting between these teams was played at the home venue of one of them. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000289 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Busanjin | Siege of Busanjin | Introduction | Siege of Busanjin | The Siege of Busanjin was a battle fought at Busan between Japanese and Korean forces on April 14, 1592 (Gregorian: May 24, 1592). The attacks on Busan and the neighboring fort of Dadaejin were the first battles of the Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98). |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000290 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pump_action | Pump action | Rifles | Pump action / Rifles | A pump-action or slide-action firearm is one whose action is operated manually by a sliding forend that can be moved forward and backward in order to eject and load ammunitions. When shooting, the forend is pulled rearward and the expended cartridge is ejected; the gun is then cocked and reloaded by pushing the forend to the front.
Because the forend is manipulated usually with the support hand, a pump-action gun is much faster than a bolt-action and somewhat faster than a lever-action, as it does not require the trigger hand to be removed from the trigger while reloading. Also because the action is cycled in a linear fashion, it creates less torque that can tilt and throw the gun off aim when repeat firing rapidly. | When used in rifles, this action is also commonly called a slide action or more commonly referred to in the 19th century as a trombone action.
Colt manufactured the Colt Lightning Carbine from 1884 to 1904 chambered in .44-40 caliber. Later pump action rifles were manufactured by Marlin, Browning and Remington.
A 21st century variant is the Krieghoff Semprio in-line repeating rifle. The Semprio is an in-line action system that functions like a pump-action rifle but designed differently. The Krieghoff Semprio 7 locking lugs display a locking surface of 65 mm² (0.101 in²) compared to 56 mm² (0.087 in²) for the Mauser M98 bolt action. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000291 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Es_Vedr%C3%A0 | Es Vedrà | Introduction | Es Vedrà | Es Vedrà ([əz vəˈðɾa]) is a small rocky island off the south western seaboard of the Spanish island of Ibiza. The island, which is 413 metres tall, is part of the Cala d’Hort nature reserve and lies 1.5423 miles (2.4821 km) off the coast at Cala d’Hort, which is in the municipality of Sant Josep de sa Talaia. The island is uninhabited. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koolhoven_F.K.58 | Koolhoven F.K.58 | Operational history | Koolhoven F.K.58 / Operational history | The Koolhoven F.K.58 was a single engine, interceptor-fighter aircraft designed and mainly manufactured by N V Koolhoven in the Netherlands under contract by France. Intended for Armée de l'Air use, the F.K.58 saw limited service in the Battle of France. | The F.K.58 was originally ordered to serve with AdA units based in French overseas territories. Following the outbreak of war with Germany, however, the type was assigned to an ad hoc, Free Polish air force unit commanded by Captain Walerian Jasionowski. Roughly equivalent to a French escadrille, or Polish eskadra, it was often known by the unofficial name "Eskadra Koolhoven". The unit's official role was patrouille ("patrol") – as the AdA designated units that defended rear areas against long-range bombers and other enemy aircraft, as part of the Défense Aérienne du Territoire ("Territorial Air Defense"; DAT). The unit operated from the Salon and Clermont-Aulnat air bases.
By May 1940, 13 aircraft were operational with Eskadra Koolhoven. As delivered, however, the fighters were unarmed and the Poles had to acquire machine guns and fit them. From 30 May 1940, they were in service, patrolling firstly in the Avignon-Marseille area, and then over Clermont-Ferrand. At least 47 operational sorties were recorded, but the Escadron did not encounter enemy aircraft.
The type's service life was short-lived, with ; the unit had no confirmed victories, but at least one F.K.58 was lost. After the fall of France, all surviving airframes were scrapped. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000293 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Atlanta_Icelandic | Air Atlanta Icelandic | History | Air Atlanta Icelandic / History | Air Atlanta Icelandic is a charter and ACMI airline based in Kópavogur, Iceland. It specialises in leasing aircraft on an ACMI and wet lease basis to airlines worldwide needing extra passenger and cargo capacity. It also operates charter services. The company operates in different countries and has bases worldwide. | The airline was established on 10 February 1986 by Captain Arngrimur Johannsson and his wife, Thora Gudmundsdottir. It started operations in 1986. Its first contract came when Caribbean Airways wet-leased a Boeing 707-320 from them for its London to Barbados flights. In 1988, the airline leased planes for Air Afrique to be used during the Hajj pilgrimage trips. This would become an important part of the structure of Air Atlanta Icelandic later on. Sudan Airways and Lufthansa were among the other airlines that benefited from leasing passenger airplanes from Air Atlanta Icelandic during the late 1980s, as well as Finnair, which leased a Boeing 737 from the Icelandic company.
It was in 1991 that Air Atlanta Icelandic was able to take passengers to the sky with its own airline operation. Its first flight was with a Lockheed L-1011-500 plane. Later in 1992, Air Atlanta Icelandic participated in the United Nations peacekeepers airlifting, flying the UN representatives from former Yugoslavia to Nigeria and France.
In 1993, the Boeing 747 arrived, and Saudia became one of the first airlines to lease that plane from Air Atlanta Icelandic, also for Hajj flights. After signing a contract with Samvinn Travel, Air Atlanta Icelandic began operating domestic charter flights as well. Later in 1993, a flight from Phnom Penh to Bangkok was launched using a Boeing 737-200.
By 1994, Air Atlanta Icelandic had obtained rights to operate service from many other countries, including the United States, from where it had a flight to Colombia; and the Philippines, from where it was allowed to operate domestic charter flights. About that time, it began to offer flights within Europe and began service to Portugal.
In 1996, a couple rented an Air Atlanta Icelandic Lockheed L-1011-500 to have a sky-wedding. The couple and its wedding guests were treated to a flight over the Arctic Circle, while the wedding was performed inside of the jet.
1997 saw the arrival of contracts with airlines such as Britannia Airways and Iberia, which would use an Air Atlanta Icelandic plane for its routes from Barajas International Airport in Madrid to José Martí International Airport in Havana and to other points in the Caribbean. That year also saw the arrival of the airline's first Boeing 747SP plane, which would later be utilized by government officials, sports teams, The Rolling Stones, and others.
In 1998, Air Atlanta Icelandic leased planes for British Airways. In 1999, Magnus G. Thorstenn was named the company's new CEO. The airline became a fully wide bodied airplane airline in 1999 when it sold the last of its Boeing 737s. In 2000, Air India joined the growing list of airlines that have leased airplanes from Air Atlanta Icelandic airlines.
In 2003, Air Atlanta Icelandic expanded into the United Kingdom with its subsidiary, Air Atlanta Europe, which operated Boeing 747s ad-hoc, charter and for the Florida tour operator, Travel City Direct.
In March 2004, the company acquired a 40.5% stake in the UK charter airline Excel Airways. That stake later increased to 76.9%. In January 2005, the Avion Group was formed, and Air Atlanta Icelandic and Islandsflug merged under the Air Atlanta Icelandic brand name.
In 2005, the Avion Group acquired Eimskip, a leading Icelandic sea transportation company, and Travel City Direct, a UK holiday company. In 2006, the Avion Group announced the purchase of the entire issued share capital of French charter airline Star Airlines, the second largest charter airline in the French market. Star Airlines operated charter flights mainly to destinations in Africa, the Middle East, and the Mediterranean, in addition to regular services to Lebanon, Male, and cities in Mexico.
In June 2006, Air Atlanta Icelandic wet-leased one Boeing 747-200 to Yangtze River Express to operate cargo freight between Shanghai - Anchorage - Los Angeles.
In October 2006, the Avion Group changed its name to HF Eimskipafélag Íslands, and at the same time sold UK Leisure Group Excel as well as 51% of Avion Aircraft Trading. A decision was also made to merge both Excel Ai |
en | wit-train-topic-000000294 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Window | Window | Introduction | Window | A window is an opening in a wall, door, roof or vehicle that allows the passage of light and may also allow the passage of sound and sometimes air. Modern windows are usually glazed or covered in some other transparent or translucent material, a sash set in a frame in the opening; the sash and frame are also referred to as a window. Many glazed windows may be opened, to allow ventilation, or closed, to exclude inclement weather. Windows often have a latch or similar mechanism to lock the window shut or to hold it open by various amounts.
Types include the eyebrow window, fixed windows, hexagonal windows, single-hung and double-hung sash windows, horizontal sliding sash windows, casement windows, awning windows, hopper windows, tilt and slide windows (often door-sized), tilt and turn windows, transom windows, sidelight windows, jalousie or louvered windows, clerestory windows, lancet windows, skylights, roof windows, roof lanterns, bay windows, oriel windows, thermal, or Diocletian, windows, picture windows, Rose windows, emergency exit windows, stained glass windows, French windows, panel windows, double/triple paned windows, and witch windows.
The Romans were the first known to use glass for windows, a technology likely first produced in Roman Egypt, in Alexandria ca. 100 AD. Paper windows were economical and widely used in ancient China, Korea and Japan. In England, glass became common in the windows of ordinary homes only in the early 17th century whereas windows made up of panes of flattened animal horn were used as early as the 14th century. In the 19th century American west, greased paper windows came to be used by itinerant groups. Modern-style floor-to-ceiling windows became possible only after the industrial plate glass making processes were fully perfected. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000295 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbria_House | Cumbria House | Introduction | Cumbria House | Cumbria House is a municipal building in Botchergate, Carlisle, Cumbria. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000296 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gastropholis_prasina | Gastropholis prasina | Description | Gastropholis prasina / Description | Gastropholis prasina, the green keel-bellied lizard, is a species of lizard belonging to the family Lacertidae. | The green keel-bellied lizard is a slim, bright green lizard with a long prehensile tail that accounts for about 70% of its body length. The scales on its back are small, smooth and non-overlapping, and emerald-green in colour. The scales on its underside are yellow-green and keeled. There are patches of turquoise around its limbs, and occasionally black speckled lines along the sides of its body and black speckles on its tail. Its tongue is bright red.
It can grow up to a length of 40cm, with average individuals measuring 25-35cm. Juveniles are 11-12cm long. Its digits are long and spindly, with a hooked claw at the end. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000297 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youngblood_Brass_Band | Youngblood Brass Band | Members | Youngblood Brass Band / Members | The Youngblood Brass Band is a brass band from Oregon, Wisconsin, United States that was started by students at Oregon High School in 1995 when they were known as the One Lard Biskit Brass Band with the name changed to the current name in 1998. | Youngblood Brass Band's Lineup as of 2018
David Henzie-Skogen- vocals/percussion/production
Zach Lucas - alto and tenor saxophones
Tony Barba - tenor saxophone and bass clarinet
Adam Meckler - trumpet
Charley Wagner - trumpet
Joe Goltz - trombone
Matt Hanzelka - trombone
Nat McIntosh - trombone/euphonium
Miles Lyons - sousaphone
Conor Elmes - percussion
Tom Reschke - percussion
Natalie Baker - live audio engineer (de facto member) |
en | wit-train-topic-000000299 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahmoh_Penikett | Tahmoh Penikett | Career | Tahmoh Penikett / Career | Tahmoh Penikett is a Canadian actor. He is known for playing Karl "Helo" Agathon on SyFy's 2004 television series Battlestar Galactica. He has appeared in TV series Supernatural, Dollhouse, and the Showcase time travel show, Continuum. | In 2002, he had a brief appearance as one of the first Human-Form Replicators in the season 6 episode of Stargate SG-1, "Unnatural Selection". From 2004-2005, Penikett portrayed Ray Chase, who appeared in eleven episodes of the Canadian police drama, Cold Squad. He played a leading role as Noah Hamilton in the 2005 made-for-TV film Hush alongside actress Tori Spelling. He had a role in the video game Need for Speed: Carbon, as a street racer named Darius. He also appeared in four episodes of the television series Whistler as Elias Noth. Penikett also provided voice talent for antagonist Troy Hammerschmidt on the Adult Swim show Titan Maximum. In 2010, Penikett played the lead role of Matt Ellman on Syfy's miniseries Riverworld an adaption of the science fiction books written by Philip José Farmer of the same name. He starred in the first two episodes of Warner Brothers' Mortal Kombat: Legacy as Kurtis Stryker, which debuted in April on YouTube; he was replaced by Eric Jacobus for season 2.
Among his early acting work were stints on assorted Canadian TV series such as Cold Squad. He also appeared on the TV show Smallville, in the episode "Resurrection" in Season 3 as Vince Davis, and in the Season 6 episodes "Nemesis" and "Prototype" as Sgt. Wes Keenan. He portrayed a police officer for a predominantly gay neighbourhood in the 2004 The L Word episode "Losing It", which starred Battlestar Galactica co-star Nicki Clyne in a related storyline.
In 2003, the 1978 science fiction television series Battlestar Galactica was "reimagined" as a three-hour miniseries on the SciFi Channel. The miniseries was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and Penikett, a local actor, auditioned and was cast in the part of Karl "Helo" Agathon, an officer in the Colonial Fleet. The miniseries proved highly successful, and a Battlestar Galactica series was commissioned.
The role was not based on a character in the original series, and was meant to be confined only to the miniseries; in the miniseries Helo is shown giving up a spot on a spaceship fleeing the doomed planet of Caprica, with the implication that he was left to die. However, both the producers and test audiences were sufficiently impressed with the character, and Penikett's performance, that the decision was made to make Helo a recurring character on the show. A plot that took place over much of the show's first season was that the Cylons on Caprica kept Helo alive in order to have him fall in love with, and impregnate, a Cylon (Helo was chosen because his crew partner, Sharon Valerii, was in fact a Cylon, and another copy of the same model was sent to pretend to be her). By the second season, his character had returned to the Galactica; as the father of the only successful human-Cylon hybrid; this character and his family became central to the show's mythology.
In 2009, Penikett was cast as Paul Ballard in Joss Whedon's science fiction drama television series Dollhouse, which aired on Fox network Friday nights at 9:00.
Dollhouse was canceled at the end of its second season, and the series finale aired on Friday, January 29, 2010. In 2012, he guest-starred as a politician named Jim Martin in the first season of Showcase's Continuum. He returned as a recurring character in the second season of the show. In 2013, Penikett was cast on the CW TV series Supernatural as a fallen angel who claimed to be Ezekiel, appearing in the show's ninth season premiere. The character's real name was revealed as Gadreel in episode nine and Penikett reprised the role in episode ten. He has since reprised the roles in episodes eighteen, twenty-one and twenty-two. He also landed another recurring role on the mid-season drama Star-Crossed, which premiered in February 2014.
In 2014, Penikett guest-starred in the 200th episode of Criminal Minds as Michael Hastings, an ex-CIA agent and leader of the terrorist group, The Regime Squad. Since 2014, he has also starred in the award-winning web series Riftworld Chronicles. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000300 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Jesuit_educational_institutions | List of Jesuit educational institutions | Philippines | List of Jesuit educational institutions / List of Jesuit universities / Philippines | The Jesuits in the Catholic Church have founded and manage a number of institutions, including the notable secondary schools, colleges and universities listed here.
Some of these universities are in the United States where they are organized as the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. In Latin America they are organized in the Association of Universities Entrusted to the Society of Jesus in Latin America. | Ateneo de Davao University, Davao City
Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Metro Manila
Ateneo de Naga University, Naga City Camarines Sur
Ateneo de Tuguegarao, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan (closed in 1962)
Ateneo de Zamboanga University, Zamboanga City, Zamboanga del Sur
Ateneo de Cagayan - Xavier University, Cagayan de Oro City, Misamis Oriental
Loyola College of Culion, Culion, Palawan
San Jose Seminary, Quezon City, Metro Manila |
en | wit-train-topic-000000301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morrison_County,_Minnesota | Morrison County, Minnesota | History | Morrison County, Minnesota / History | Morrison County is a county in the East Central part of the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 33,198. Its county seat is Little Falls.
Camp Ripley Military Reservation occupies a significant area in north-central Morrison County. | Dakotah and Ojibwe Indians lived in central Minnesota around the Mississippi River. French and English fur traders and voyageurs traveled through Minnesota from the 17th century to the 19th century. They used the river to transport their goods and trade with the natives. The county was named for fur trading brothers William and Allan Morrison.
In the 19th century three prominent explorers led expeditions along the river through the area that became Morrison County. Zebulon Pike came through in 1805. Michigan Territory Governor Lewis Cass led an expedition through the area in 1820. Explorer and scientist Joseph Nicollet created the first accurate map of the area along the river in 1836.
Missionaries were some of the area's first European settlers. Methodist missionaries settled temporarily along the Little Elk River in 1838. The Reverend Frederic and Elisabeth (Taylor) Ayer moved to the Belle Prairie area in 1849. They started a mission and school there for the Ojibwe. Father Francis Xavier Pierz came to the area in 1852 and started many communities in central Minnesota, including Sobieski and Rich Prairie (later renamed Pierz) in Morrison County.
The US legislature established the Wisconsin Territory effective July 3, 1836. It existed until its eastern portion was granted statehood (as Wisconsin) in 1848. The federal government set up the Minnesota Territory effective 3 March 1849. The newly organized territorial legislature created nine counties across the territory in October of that year. On 25 February 1856, Benton, one of those original counties, had a portion of its northern section partitioned off to create Morrison County, with Little Falls as the county seat. It was named for William and Allen Morrison, early fur trappers and traders in the area.
The event that prodded further development of the county was the building of Fort Ripley (originally named Ft. Gaines). In order to construct this military outpost, the Little Falls Mill and Land Company built a dam and sawmill in 1849. The company was formed by James Green, Allan Morrison, Henry Rice, John Irvine, John Blair Smith Todd, and Napoleon Jackson Tecumseh Dana. Fort Ripley was ostensibly built to protect the Winnebago Indians, who had been relocated by Henry Rice from Iowa to central Minnesota west of the Mississippi River, between the Crow Wing and Long Prairie rivers. Rice hoped the Winnebago would act as a buffer between the warring Ojibwe and Dakotah. His plan was unsuccessful and in 1855 the Winnebago were moved to the Blue Earth River in southern Minnesota.
The Little Falls area was first settled in 1848, and platted in 1855. Its growth occurred when the Little Falls Company (later called the Little Falls Manufacturing Company) built a second dam. This dam washed out, as had the first, and Little Falls entered a long period of economic depression and stagnant population. Bit by bit, Little Falls grew, until it was officially incorporated as a village in 1879.
Another wave of immigration occurred between 1880 and 1920. A wide variety of ethnic groups settled in Morrison County. This wave of immigration was spurred by the construction of the third dam at Little Falls in 1887. A group of investors from Louisville, Kentucky led by M. M. Williams financed the dam. To be sure their investment would succeed, they encouraged other major industries to move to the city, touting the water power.
Pine Tree Lumber Company, run by Charles A. Weyerhaeuser and Richard "Drew" Musser, was one business that took advantage of the water power, with their operations in Little Falls beginning in 1890. Hennepin Paper Company also started operations that year in the city.
In 1889 the Louisville investors drew up a charter to transform Little Falls from a village to a city. Nathan Richardson, one of Morrison County's original organizers, became the city's first mayor. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000302 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampa_Bay_Automobile_Museum | Tampa Bay Automobile Museum | Gallery | Tampa Bay Automobile Museum / Gallery | The Tampa Bay Automobile Museum, located in Pinellas Park, Florida in the Tampa Bay Area, displays historic automobiles from the 20th century. All of the vehicles displayed are from the collection of Alain Cerf, a French entrepreneur.
The collection is focused on cars which demonstrate special creativity and imagination in their history and engineering. This includes rare early front-wheel drive cars, Tatra rear engine cars, rear-engine Mercedes-Benz, Citroën cars, the only surviving car by French engineer Émile Claveau, and a unique working full-scale replica of the first self-propelled mechanical vehicle, the fardier of Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot. | |
en | wit-train-topic-000000303 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonated_water | Carbonated water | Soda siphons | Carbonated water / Products for carbonating water / Home / Soda siphons | Carbonated water is water containing dissolved carbon dioxide gas, either artificially injected under pressure or occurring due to natural geological processes. Carbonation causes small bubbles to form, giving the water an effervescent quality. Common forms include sparkling natural mineral water, club soda, and commercially produced sparkling water.
Club soda and sparkling mineral water and some other sparkling waters contain added or dissolved minerals such as potassium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate, sodium citrate, or potassium sulfate. These occur naturally in some mineral waters but are also commonly added artificially to manufactured waters to mimic a natural flavor profile. Various carbonated waters are sold in bottles and cans, with some also produced on demand by commercial carbonation systems in bars and restaurants, or made at home using a carbon dioxide cartridge.
It is thought the first person to aerate the water with carbon dioxide was William Brownrigg in 1740, although he never published a paper. | The soda siphon, or seltzer bottle—a glass or metal pressure vessel with a release valve and spout for dispensing pressurized soda water—was a common sight in bars and in early- to mid-20th-century homes where it became a symbol of middle-class affluence.
The gas pressure in a siphon drives soda water up through a tube inside the siphon when a valve lever at the top is depressed. Commercial soda siphons came pre-charged with water and gas and were returned to the retailer for exchange when empty. A deposit scheme ensured they were not otherwise thrown away.
Home soda siphons can carbonate flatwater through the use of a small disposable steel bulb containing carbon dioxide. The bulb is pressed into the valve assembly at the top of the siphon, the gas injected, then the bulb withdrawn. Soda water made in this way tends not to be as carbonated as commercial soda water because water from the refrigerator is not chilled as much as possible, and the pressure of carbon dioxide is limited to that available from the cartridge rather than the high-pressure pumps in a commercial carbonation plant. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000304 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_capital | Natural capital | Introduction | Natural capital | Natural capital is the world's stock of natural resources, which includes geology, soils, air, water and all living organisms. Some natural capital assets provide people with free goods and services, often called ecosystem services. Two of these (clean water and fertile soil) underpin our economy and society, and thus make human life possible.
It is an extension of the economic notion of capital (resources which enable the production of more resources) to goods and services provided by the natural environment. For example, a well-maintained forest or river may provide an indefinitely sustainable flow of new trees or fish, whereas over-use of those resources may lead to a permanent decline in timber availability or fish stocks. Natural capital also provides people with essential services, like water catchment, erosion control and crop pollination by insects, which in turn ensure the long-term viability of other natural resources. Since the continuous supply of services from the available natural capital assets is dependent upon a healthy, functioning environment, the structure and diversity of habitats and ecosystems are important components of natural capital. Methods, called 'natural capital asset checks', help decision-makers understand how changes in the current and future performance of natural capital assets will impact human well-being and the economy. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000305 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_historic_places_in_Lunenburg_County,_Nova_Scotia | List of historic places in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia | List of historic places | List of historic places in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia / List of historic places | This is a list of historic places in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. | |
en | wit-train-topic-000000306 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bangladesh%E2%80%93United_States_relations | Bangladesh–United States relations | Present relations | Bangladesh–United States relations / Present relations | Bangladesh–United States relations are the current and historical relations between Bangladesh and the United States. Bangladesh has an embassy in Washington D.C. and consulates in New York City and Los Angeles. The United States has an embassy in Dhaka, with information centers in Chittagong, Jessore, Rajshahi and Sylhet. The U.S. Embassy in Bangladesh also operates the Archer K Blood American Library and the Edward M Kennedy Centre in Dhaka. Both countries are members of the United Nations.
In 2014, 76% of Bangladeshis expressed a favorable view of the United States, one of the highest ratings for the countries surveyed in South Asia. | Bangladesh is a major American ally in South Asia. The two countries have extensive cooperation on matters of regional and global security, counter terrorism and climate change. Bangladesh has been a key participant in the Obama administration's main international development initiatives, including food security, healthcare and the environment. A strategic dialogue agreement was signed between the two countries in 2012. The US Ambassador to Bangladesh Marcia Bernicat in 2015 described relations as "vibrant, multi-faceted, and indispensable".
U.S. policy towards Bangladesh emphasizes political stability, human rights and democracy. The U.S. also views Bangladesh as a moderate Muslim ally among Islamic countries. Although relations are traditionally regarded as excellent, the United States has often been strongly critical of the political administration in Bangladesh for lack of respect of the rule of law, suppressing freedom of the press and human rights abuses by security forces, notably the Rapid Action Battalion. Following a general election boycotted by the main opposition party in 2014, the U.S. gave a cold shoulder to the Bangladeshi government.
According to American diplomats, U.S. policy in Bangladesh features the "three Ds", meaning Democracy, Development and Denial of space for terrorism.
As of 2016, Bangladesh is the largest recipient of U.S. assistance in Asia outside Afghanistan and Pakistan. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000307 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian_St._Stephen_Church | Bulgarian St. Stephen Church | Gallery | Bulgarian St. Stephen Church / Gallery | Bulgarian St Stephen Church, also known as the Bulgarian Iron Church, is a Bulgarian Orthodox church in Balat, Istanbul, Turkey. It is famous for being made of prefabricated cast iron elements in the neo-Gothic style. The church belongs to the Bulgarian minority in the city. | |
en | wit-train-topic-000000308 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Washington_County,_Vermont | National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Vermont | Current listings | National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Vermont / Current listings | This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Vermont.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Vermont, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in a map.
There are 69 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including 2 National Historic Landmarks.
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted July 31, 2020. | |
en | wit-train-topic-000000309 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_extreme_points_of_Poland | List of extreme points of Poland | Introduction | List of extreme points of Poland | This is a list of the extreme points of Poland, the points that are farther north, south, east or west than any other location. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000310 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nederlandse_Spoorwegen | Nederlandse Spoorwegen | Rail network | Nederlandse Spoorwegen / Coverage / Rail network | Nederlandse Spoorwegen is a Dutch state-owned company, the principal passenger railway operator in the Netherlands. Founded in 1938, NS provides rail services on the Dutch main rail network. The Dutch rail network is the busiest in the European Union, and third busiest in the world after Switzerland and Japan.
The rail infrastructure is maintained by network manager ProRail, which was split off from NS in 2003. Freight services, formerly operated by NS Cargo, merged with DB Schenker in 2000. NS runs 4,800 scheduled domestic trains a day, serving 1.1 million passengers. Also, NS provides international rail services from the Netherlands to other European destinations and carries out concessions on some foreign rail markets through its subsidiary Abellio. | The hoofdrailnet is the official core internal passenger railnetwork of the Netherlands. Currently NS has a concession until 1 January 2015 to provide all passenger services on this network, except that on some stretches there is an overlap with lines for which other operators have a concession. Some of the most notable of these stretches are those from Elst railway station to Arnhem Centraal railway station, where NS shares tracks with Arriva, and further on to Arnhem Velperpoort. Here the tracks are shared by three operators, as Breng, ultimately part of Transdev, operates there in addition to the two previously mentioned operators. Officially the overlaps do not constitute competition on the same lines.
The concession was free of charge until 2009, and costs an increasing amount since then, up to €30 million for the year 2014. The concession distinguishes main stations and other stations. Except on New Year's Eve, the main stations have to be served at least twice an hour per direction from 6 a.m. to midnight and the other stations at least once an hour. Exceptions are possible until the start of the next concession.
The next concession period is 2025–2035. For the 2015–2025 concession, requirements include: for every train service where on average more than one-third of the passengers travel longer than 30 minutes, a train with a toilet is used, every newly ordered train has a toilet and in 2025 every train has to have a toilet. Currently trains on the hoofdrailnet without a toilet include the NS SGMm numbers 2111 to 2125, the so-called classical "Sprinter" and the Sprinter Lighttrain (SLT, these trains are being converted periodically to have a toilet on board). |
en | wit-train-topic-000000312 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysophosphatidylethanolamine | Lysophosphatidylethanolamine | Structure and chemistry | Lysophosphatidylethanolamine / Structure and chemistry | A lysophosphatidylethanolamine is a chemical compound derived from a phosphatidylethanolamine, which is typical of cell membranes. LPE results from partial hydrolysis of phosphatidylethanolamine, which removes one of the fatty acid groups. The hydrolysis is generally the result of the enzymatic action of phospholipase A2. LPE can be used in agricultural use to regulate plant growth such as color increase, sugar content increase, plant health increase, and storability increase without side effect.
LPE is present as a minor phospholipid in the cell membrane. Actually, LPE was detected in human serum, and its level is reported to be about several hundred ng mL⁻¹. Available sources of LPE are egg yolk lecithin, soybean lecithin, and other lecithins. | Lysophosphatidylethanolamine (LPE) is composed of an ethanolamine head group and glycerophosphoric acid with a various fatty acid located sn-1 position. The fatty acid may be saturated or unsaturated acyl.
Chemical name: 1-Acyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho(2-aminoethanol)
CAS number: 95046-40-5
Molecular weight: ≅479 |
en | wit-train-topic-000000313 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_buildings_in_Philadelphia | List of tallest buildings in Philadelphia | Tallest buildings | List of tallest buildings in Philadelphia / Tallest buildings | Philadelphia, the largest city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, is home to more than 300 completed high-rise buildings up to 330 feet, and 56 completed skyscrapers of 330 feet or taller, of which 32 are 400 feet or taller and are listed below. As of 2019, the tallest building in the city is the 60-story Comcast Technology Center, which topped out at 1,121 feet in Center City on November 27, 2017 and was completed in 2018. Comcast Technology Center is the tallest building in the United States outside Manhattan and Chicago, and is currently ranked as the tenth-tallest building in the United States. The second-tallest building in Philadelphia is the 58-story Comcast Center at 974 feet, while the third-tallest building is One Liberty Place, which rises 61 floors and 945 feet. One Liberty Place stood as the tallest building in Pennsylvania for over 20 years until the completion of Comcast Center in 2008. Overall, seven of the ten tallest buildings in Pennsylvania are in Philadelphia, with the remainder being in Pittsburgh. | This list ranks completed and topped out skyscrapers in Center City Philadelphia that stand at least 400 feet (122 m) tall, based on standard height measurement, including spires and architectural details but excluding antenna masts. An equal sign (=) following a rank indicates the same height between two or more buildings. The "Year" column indicates the year in which a building was completed. The only demolished building that would have ranked on this list was the 492-foot (150 m) One Meridian Plaza, razed in 1999. |
en | wit-train-topic-000000314 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Ellis_County,_Oklahoma | National Register of Historic Places listings in Ellis County, Oklahoma | Current listings | National Register of Historic Places listings in Ellis County, Oklahoma / Current listings | This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Ellis County, Oklahoma.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties on the National Register of Historic Places in Ellis County, Oklahoma, United States. The locations of National Register properties for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map.
There are 10 properties listed on the National Register in the county.
This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted August 3, 2018. | |
en | wit-train-topic-000000315 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hory_(Karlovy_Vary_District) | Hory (Karlovy Vary District) | Introduction | Hory (Karlovy Vary District) | Hory (German: Horn) is a village and municipality in Karlovy Vary District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. |
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en | wit-train-topic-000000316 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristocracy_of_Norway | Aristocracy of Norway | Titular counts, titular barons, and nobility | Aristocracy of Norway / Noble families / Modern aristocratic families / Titular counts, titular barons, and nobility | Aristocracy of Norway refers to modern and medieval aristocracy in Norway. Additionally, there have been economical, political, and military élites that—relating to the main lines of Norway's history—are generally accepted as nominal predecessors of the aforementioned. Since the 16th century, modern aristocracy is known as nobility.
The very first aristocracy in today's Norway appeared during the Bronze Age. This bronze aristocracy consisted of several regional élites, whose earliest known existence dates to 1500 BC. Via similar structures in the Iron Age, these entities would reappear as petty kingdoms before and during the Age of Vikings. Beside a chieftain or petty king, each kingdom had its own aristocracy.
Between 872 and 1050, during the so-called unification process, the first national aristocracy began to develop. Regional monarchs and aristocrats who recognised King Harald I as their high king, would normally receive vassalage titles like Earl. Those who refused were defeated or chose to migrate to Iceland, establishing an aristocratic, clan-ruled state there. | |
en | wit-train-topic-000000317 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico_State_Road_475 | New Mexico State Road 475 | Gallery | New Mexico State Road 475 / Gallery | State Road 475 is a 16.907-mile-long state highway in the US state of New Mexico. NM 475's western terminus is at U.S. Route 84 and US 285 in Santa Fe, and the eastern terminus is at the end of route at Santa Fe Ski Basin. | |
en | wit-train-topic-000000318 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_premiers_of_Nova_Scotia | List of premiers of Nova Scotia | Premiers of Nova Scotia | List of premiers of Nova Scotia / Premiers of Nova Scotia | The Canadian province of Nova Scotia was a British colony with a system of responsible government since 1848, before it joined Canadian Confederation in 1867. Since Confederation, the province has been a part of the Canadian federation and has kept its own legislature to deal with provincial matters.
Nova Scotia has a unicameral Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which the Premier is the leader of the party that controls the most seats in the House of Assembly. The Premier is Nova Scotia's head of government, and the Queen in Right of Nova Scotia is its head of state and is represented by the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. The Premier picks a cabinet from the elected members to form the Executive Council of Nova Scotia, and presides over that body.
Members are first elected to the House during general elections. General elections must be conducted every five years from the date of the last election, but the Premier may ask for early dissolution of the Legislative Assembly. An election may also occur if the governing party loses the confidence of the legislature by the defeat of a supply bill or tabling of a confidence motion. | Confederation Party Nova Scotia Liberal Party Nova Scotia New Democratic Party Progressive Conservative Association of Nova Scotia |
en | wit-train-topic-000000319 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Wake | Brian Wake | Introduction | Brian Wake | Brian Wake (born 13 August 1982) is an English former footballer who spent four years playing in Scottish football before ending his career in Sweden. He is first-team coach at Östersunds FK |