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36768 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theria | Theria | Theria is a subclass of mammals. It includes almost all living mammals: the ones that give birth to live young, and not by using a shelled egg.
The Theria are divided into two groups (infraclasses): Metatheria and Eutheria. The surviving Metatheria are the marsupials, and the Eutheria are the placental mammals.
Mamm... |
36769 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ameridelphia | Ameridelphia | The Ameridelphia is a superorder of marsupial mammals only found in South America. It consists of two orders:
Ameridelphia
Order Didelphimorphia
Order Paucituberculata
Marsupials of South America |
36780 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luiz%20In%C3%A1cio%20Lula%20da%20Silva | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva | Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (born October 27, 1945) was the 39th President of Brazil. He was the president of Brazil from January 1, 2003 to December 31, 2010. He succeeded Fernando Henrique Cardoso, and was succeeded by Dilma Rousseff. His wife was Marisa Letícia Lula da Silva until her death in 2017.
Lula said he woul... |
36781 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paran%C3%A1%20%28state%29 | Paraná (state) | Paraná is a state in Southern Brazil. It is next to Paraguay and Argentina. Its capital is Curitiba. Paraná is a famous state because of Itaipu Dam and the Iguaçu Falls.
Paraná is bounded on the north by São Paulo, on the east by the Atlantic Ocean, on the south by Santa Catarina and the Misiones Province of Argentina... |
36783 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual%20Alliance | Dual Alliance | The Dual Alliance was an alliance made between Germany and Austria-Hungary. It was started to help one another if Russia attacked either of them. It was formed on October 7, 1879.
History of Germany
Austria-Hungary |
36788 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/RCTV | RCTV | Radio Caracas Television (or RCTV) is one of the largest and most important television stations in Venezuela. It can be seen in all of Venezuela on channel 2. It was the third television station to start up in Venezuela (Televisiora Nacional was the first and Televisa was the second). Both Televisora Nacional and Telev... |
36802 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS | AIDS | Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a disease caused by a virus called HIV.
Acquired means that people are not born with the disease. They get it after being infected with the HIV virus.
Immune or Immuno- talks about the immune system. The immune system is the part of t... |
36806 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibibyte | Gibibyte | A gibibyte (GiB) is a unit of measurement in computers and similar electronic devices. One gibibyte holds 1024 mebibytes (MiB). Some people call this number of bytes a gigabyte. This would be considered the binary equivalent to the base-10 gigabyte, which consists of exactly one billion bytes.
A gibibyte is equivalent... |
36815 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Return%20to%20Castle%20Wolfenstein | Return to Castle Wolfenstein | Return to Castle Wolfenstein is a first person shooter computer game made by id Software and published by Activision for computers as well as PlayStation 2 and Xbox game consoles.
Other websites
Return to Castle Wolfenstein Official Site
Planet Wolfenstein
Wolfstuff Return to Castle Wolfenstein Resources
GameFAQs... |
36870 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ssirum | Ssirum | Ssirûm, or Korean wrestling, is a very old sport. It is shown in pictures that are painted on walls in the ancient graves in Korea.
This kind of wrestling was formed in Korea. It took place on days of "public enjoyment" that were created by custom. Similar to Sumo. the man who stays on his feet until the end was the... |
36871 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland | Queensland | Queensland is a state in eastern Australia. It is the second largest state by area and the third largest state by population. In 2006 there were 3,904,532 people living in Queensland.
It occupies the north-east corner of Australia. The state has the Northern Territory to the west, South Australia to the south-west an... |
36887 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babes%20in%20Toyland%20%281961%20movie%29 | Babes in Toyland (1961 movie) | Babes in Toyland is an 1961 Disney musical movie. It starred Tommy Sands as Tom Piper and Annette Funicello as Mary Contrary. The characters in the movie are taken from Mother Goose nursery rhymes.
Plot
Tom the Piper's Son is about to marry Mary Quite Contrary. On the night before of their wedding, evil Barnaby hires... |
36902 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airship | Airship | Airships are kind of aircraft. Airships float in the sky and do not have to move to stay up. This is different from aeroplanes that stay up in the sky by moving. An airship floats like a balloon. But an airship is different from a balloon. An airship has an engine for power and a way to control its direction of movemen... |
36903 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Amsterdam | New Amsterdam | New Amsterdam is the name the Dutch gave to the island of Manhattan after buying it from local Natives. It was the capital of New Netherland. In 1664 an English fleet arrived and took control. The English renamed it New York.
History of Manhattan |
36904 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal%20suffrage | Universal suffrage | Universal suffrage means that every citizen above the age of 18 is allowed to vote. Most countries have universal suffrage, but some do not. In some countries people had to fight to get it. In other countries, it was granted after demonstrations in the main cities. They thought it was important to have it because they ... |
36909 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Dickinson | Bruce Dickinson | Bruce Dickinson (born 7 August 1958) is an English heavy metal singer. He is the singer in the band Iron Maiden.
Biography
Dickinson was born on 7 August 1958 in Worksop, Nottinghamshire. He was born as Paul Dickinson, but changed his first name to Bruce. As a teenager, he lived in Sheffield. This was where he starte... |
36911 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming%20Soundtracks | Streaming Soundtracks | Streaming Soundtracks is a radio station that is found on the internet. It plays mostly theme music from movies and television shows, but also plays music from video games. It has a website to talk with other listeners.
Other websites
Streaming Soundtracks website
Radio stations
Entertainment websites |
36926 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89tude | Étude | An étude (said "ay-TOOD"; French for study) is a short piece of music written to help the player to become a better player. They are usually quite difficult. Sometimes they are just called "studies". Composers such as the pianist Carl Czerny and the violinist Otakar Ševčik wrote lots of études. Each one concentrates o... |
36929 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nocturne | Nocturne | A nocturne is a piece of music, usually for piano, which suggests the night (“nocturnal” means “of the night”). The Irish composer John Field was the first person to make nocturnes popular. He was inspired by the slow, gentle tunes of Italian operas of his time (early 19th century). His nocturnes are mostly tunes wi... |
36937 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta%20Air%20Lines | Delta Air Lines | Delta Air Lines, Inc. is a large airline from the United States. They are headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Their largest hub is also in Atlanta. Delta's first flight was in 1929. In 1972, Delta merged with Northeast Airlines. In 1987, Delta merged with Western Airlines. In 2009, they merged with Northwest Airlines. U... |
36947 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vytorin | Vytorin | Vytorin is a clinical drug made up of chemicals called ezetimibe (right image) and simvastatin (Left image) to help people with diseases that change the amount of fats in the blood.
Other websites
http://www.vytorin.com/vytorin/shared/documents/vytorin_pi.pdf
http://blogs.wsj.com/health/2008/09/02/new-england-journa... |
36948 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade%20Runner | Blade Runner | Blade Runner is a 1982 American-Hong Kong dark science fiction movie directed by Ridley Scott and written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples. It was based on the book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick. Blade Runner's main actors are Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos and ... |
36950 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ridley%20Scott | Ridley Scott | Sir Ridley Scott (born 30 November 1937) is an English movie director and producer. The movies he has directed and produced include:
Boy and Bicycle (1965)
The Duellists (1977)
Alien (1979)
Blade Runner (1982)
Legend (1985)
Someone to Watch Over Me (1987)
Black Rain (1989)
Thelma & Louise (1991)
1492: Conques... |
36970 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mot%C3%B6rhead | Motörhead | Motörhead were an English rock band. The band were started in 1975 by bassist, singer and songwriter Ian Fraser “Lemmy” Kilmister. He is known better as "Lemmy." Although they started in 1975 they did not start to become famous until they became part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal in 1979. Motörhead is another ... |
36993 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity%20%28disambiguation%29 | Celebrity (disambiguation) | Celebrity can mean:
Celebrity, a person who is widely recognized (famous) in a society
Celebrity (album), 2001 album by 'N Sync
Celebrity (movie), 1998 movie by Woody Allen
Celebrity (game), a party game
Celebrity Cruises, a cruise line
Celebrity (magazine), published by Scientology |
36995 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celebrity | Celebrity | A celebrity is a person who is well known and gets lots of public attention, or attention from other people. A person whom the public knows such as a person in government might be well known but not a celebrity unless something else makes them interesting to other people. Usually, a person becomes a celebrity from ente... |
37000 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epinephrine | Epinephrine | Epinephrine, also known as adrenaline, is a hormone and a medication. The names "adrenaline" and "epinephrine" come from the Latin words ad-+renes and the Greek words epi-+nephros. Both mean "into or onto the kidney" (adrenaline is made in the adrenal glands, which sit on top of the kidneys). In medical jargon, epineph... |
37004 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/February%20Revolution | February Revolution | The February Revolution (, ) of 1917 was a revolution that ended the monarchy in the Russian Empire. A provisional government replaced the Tsar, Nicholas II. This was the beginning of the Russian Revolution. The February Revolution was caused by problems left over from World War I. These included economic and other har... |
37005 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Russia | Flag of Russia | The flag of Russia is a horizontal tricolor of three colors - white on the top, blue in the middle, and red on the bottom. These Slavic tricolors are also used in flags of other Slavic nations (e.g. Serbia, Slovenia, Croatia, Slovakia and the Czech Republic).
History
When Tsar Peter I traveled in the year 1699 to the... |
37007 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neckar | Neckar | The Neckar (Swabian: Negger) is a 367 km long river in the South-West of Germany, in the state of Baden-Württemberg. Rising in the Black Forest, it flows through a steep valley in the Odenwald hills and passes through the cities of Tübingen (University), Nürtingen, Esslingen, Stuttgart (capitol of Baden-Württemberg, an... |
37009 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaphylaxis | Anaphylaxis | Anaphylaxis is a serious allergic reaction. It begins suddenly. it may cause death. Anaphylaxis has many symptoms (signs of being sick), such as an itchy rash, throat swelling, breathing problems, and low blood pressure. Common causes include insect bites, foods, and medications.
Anaphylaxis happens when a person ea... |
37011 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radolfzell | Radolfzell | Radolfzell at the Bodensee is northwest a city on the west bank of Bodensee of about 18 km from Konstanz. It is after Konstanz and Singen (Hohentwiel) the third biggest city of the district Konstanz. Since 1 January 1975 Radolfzell is large district town.
Neighbour cities
Following cities and municipalities border on... |
37012 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nenzingen | Nenzingen | Nenzingen is a city in the district Konstanz in Baden-Württemberg.
Nowerdays Nenzigen has got an population of 3.126 inhabitants (December 2005)
History
On 21 April 839 Nenzingen was mentioned for the first time as Nancingas in a document of the monastery Reichenau.
The place belonged to the county of Nellenburg an... |
37026 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypertension | Hypertension | Hypertension or high blood pressure is a chronic medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is higher than it should be. This involves the heart working harder than normal to circulate blood through the blood vessels.
Blood pressure
The pressure in the arteries changes depending on what the heart... |
37034 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live%20Aid | Live Aid | Live Aid was a charity rock concert that took place in more than one stadium. It was held on July 13, 1985. It was organized by Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to raise money for Africa, whose citizens were not getting enough food. Live Aid was held in two places at the same time: Wembley Stadium in London, and John F. Kenned... |
37039 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model | Model | Model, models, or modeling can mean: An abstract (idea, theory, simulation) or smaller approximation of an object or system for testing. (Like a car, building or ship.)
Ideas, concepts or software
Business model
Model (abstract), an abstract or conceptual object used in the creation of math to predict its behavior
... |
37041 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Script | Script | Script could mean different types of writing that are carefully put together.
Writing
A writing system, such as an alphabet
A style of handwriting or calligraphy, such as 'cursive', which means joined-up writing.
Documents
A written document in draft form, that might develop into a final book or performance form
A sc... |
37044 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commercial | Commercial | Commercial could mean:
Advertising, commercial messages
Radio commercial, via the medium of radio
Television advertisement, promoted via the medium of television
Commerce, the voluntary exchange of goods, services, or both
Trade, the trading of something of economic value such as goods, services, information or... |
37057 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20the%20Soviet%20Union | Flag of the Soviet Union | The first official flag of the Soviet Union was adopted in December 1922 at the first congress of the Soviets' USSR. The red flag of the communist party was adopted as the national flag.
History
On 30 December 1922, the congress Declaration and Agreement on the establishment of the USSR. Article 22 of the Agreement s... |
37059 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat%20of%20arms%20of%20the%20Soviet%20Union | Coat of arms of the Soviet Union | The coat of arms of the Soviet Union is the symbol of the Soviet Union. It was accepted in 1923 and was used until the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.
Design
The coat of arms has a hammer and sickle, a red star over the Earth, and two ears of wheat covered by red ribbons. Each ribbon has a different language on it, s... |
37060 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kornwestheim | Kornwestheim | Kornwestheim is a town in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is the third largest town of the Ludwigsburg district, behind Ludwigsburg and Bietigheim Bissingen.
Since 1956, Kornwestheim has been an administrative district town in Baden-Württemberg.
Geography
Kornwestheim lies about 10 km in the north of Stuttgart. In the... |
37064 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giancarlo%20Fisichella | Giancarlo Fisichella | Giancarlo Fisichella (born 14 January, 1973 in Rome) is an Italian driver and drives at present in Formula One with the Renault F1-Team.
Career
First time Formula 1 10. March 1996 GP of Australia
Team Minardi (1996), Jordan (1997), Benetton (1998 - 2001), Jordan (2002 - 2003), clean (2004), Renault (since 2005)
Cu... |
37065 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karate | Karate | is a Japanese martial art. It was developed in the former Ryūkyū Kingdom in what is now Okinawa Prefecture.
Karate uses all parts of the human body as a weapon such as the hand, fist, elbow, leg and knee.
Karate training has three main sections:
is learning the basic techniques or fundamentals;
is the training o... |
37069 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kickboxing | Kickboxing | Kickboxing is a descriptive term for martial arts that, while similar to boxing, use the feet just like the hands to hit. Kickboxing can be practiced for general health, or as the fight sport. The word kickboxing represents a set of disciplines or sports of combat that use the feet and the fists. Especially, kickboxing... |
37071 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Kubica | Robert Kubica | Robert Józef Kubica (born 7 December 1984 in Krakow) is a Polish racing driver.
On 1 December 2005, Kubica got to test in Formula One for the Renault F1 Team. After the test, he was hired by the BMW Sauber F1 team as the test and reserve driver for the 2006 F1 season.
Robert Kubica got the chance to race in the Hung... |
37072 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bietigheim-Bissingen | Bietigheim-Bissingen | Bietigheim-Bissingen (German pronunciation: [ˌbiːtikʰhaim ˈbisiŋən]) is a city in the northern centre of Baden-Württemberg in Germany, about north of Stuttgart and south of Heilbronn. It is the second biggest city in the district of Ludwigsburg; only Ludwigsburg City is bigger.
Twin towns
Bietigheim-Bissingen is tw... |
37073 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grady%20Sizemore | Grady Sizemore | Grady Sizemore III (born August 2, 1982) is a retired American baseball player. He played for four Major League Baseball teams: the Cleveland Indians, Boston Red Sox, Philadelphia Phillies, and Tampa Bay Rays. He was a center fielder.
Sizemore graduated from Cascade High School in Everett, Washington in 2000. A notabl... |
37074 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim%20Sauer | Joachim Sauer | Joachim Sauer (born 19 April 1949) is a German professor of physical and theoretical chemistry. He was born in Hosena, Brandenburg. Sauer has two sons by his first wife. He married Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel on 30 December 1998.
1949 births
Living people
East German people
German academics
German chemists
Peo... |
37075 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everett%2C%20Washington | Everett, Washington | Everett is a city in the American state of Washington. It is the county seat of Snohomish County. 103,019 people live there.
The city is where Boeing builds many of its airplanes, like the Boeing 747 and Boeing 787. It is also where the United States Navy has a base called Naval Station Everett.
Other websites
Cit... |
37076 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tempe%2C%20Arizona | Tempe, Arizona | Tempe is an American city in the central part of the southwestern state of Arizona. A spring training team plays baseball in Tempe in March. Grady Sizemore resides here when not playing baseball and traveling with his team. Tempe, Arizona is also home to Arizona State University and many businesses. It features attract... |
37077 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoyerswerda | Hoyerswerda | Hoyerswerda (Upper Sorbian: Wojerecy, Lower Sorbian: Wórjejce) is a city in the north of the Saxonian Upper Lusatia, lying north east of Cottbus and from Dresden, (Saxony). It is in the Sorbian settlement area. The city is one of the six centers of the Free State of Saxony and is a member of the Euroregion Neisse, a ... |
37082 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamburger%20SV | Hamburger SV | The Hamburger Sport-Verein (short HSV) is German Sportsclub from Hamburg and became known particularly by its football crews. The man crew of the HSV created it thereby as an only soccer association, 43 years long continuously in the Bundesliga to play and was always first-class since the establishment union in the yea... |
37083 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borussia%20Dortmund | Borussia Dortmund | Borussia Dortmund (BVB) is a German Sports club in Dortmund. It is most noted for its football team that plays in the Bundesliga. Dortmund is one of the most successful clubs in German football history.
Besides football, the club has handball and table tennis departments since the end of 2004, the club also has a fan ... |
37091 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace%20of%20Soviets | Palace of Soviets | The Palace of Soviets (Russian: Dvorjez Sovjetov / Дворец Советов) was a building project planned by the government of the Soviet Union. A contest was held for the architectural design of the building from 1931 until 1933. Construction was started on the building in 1937, but was stopped in 1941 because of World War II... |
37094 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20the%20Somme | Battle of the Somme | The Battle of the Somme took place in World War I. The battle started on 1 July 1916, and ended on 18 November 1916. The battle was named after the French River Somme where it was fought.
On the first day the British Army had 57,470 casualties, of whom 19,240 were killed. The French Army had 1,590 casualties and the G... |
37097 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravicherla | Ravicherla | Ravicherla is a village in Nuzvid Mandal, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh, India. It is a peaceful village with about 1300 people living in it. Most of the people living here work on agriculture. The main crops are mango and paddi. This village has different religions including Hinduism, Christianity and Islam.
In re... |
37107 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Marino%2C%20California | San Marino, California | San Marino is a residential town in Los Angeles County, California, United States. It's population is 13,147 as per the 2010 United States Census. |
37114 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballade | Ballade | For the ballade as a musical (instrumental) form see ballade (musical form).
A ballade is a medieval French verse or song which tells a story. Like the rondeau and the virelai it was very popular in 14th and 15th century France. All these three songs were originally dances. Famous composers like Guillaume de Macha... |
37120 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballade%20%28musical%20form%29 | Ballade (musical form) | This article is about the instrumental ballade that was popular in the 19th century.
For the medieval French ballade see Ballade.
A ballade is a piece of music, usually for piano. It has several tunes, and one can easily imagine that it is telling a story (a ballade is a medieval French song which tells a story).
The... |
37122 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAF | RAF | RAF may refer to:
Royal Air Force - Air force of the United Kingdom
Red Army Faction |
37125 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal%20Iduna%20Park | Signal Iduna Park | Westfalenstadion (German for "Westphalia Stadium"), officially known since November 2005 as Signal Iduna Park, is an association football stadium in Dortmund, Germany. With 80,708 spectator places, it is the largest football stadium in Germany, and is classified by UEFA as an "elite stadium", allowing it to host the fi... |
37127 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allianz%20Arena | Allianz Arena | Allianz Arena (; known as Fußball Arena München for UEFA competitions) is a football stadium in the north of Munich, Germany. Bayern Munich, TSV 1860 München and the Germany national football team use this stadium. The stadium offers 69,901 seats.
The stadium was used for the 2012 UEFA Champions League Final.
Constru... |
37130 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imtech%20Arena | Imtech Arena | The Imtech Arena is a concert and sports arena in Hamburg, Germany. It is owned and used by the Hamburger SV football team. Many Hamburg residents still refer to the arena as the Volksparkstadion (Peoples Park Stadium), though AOL bought the naming rights for 30 million marks or 15.3 million euros in 2001. From July 20... |
37132 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veltins%20Arena | Veltins Arena | The Veltins-Arena (between 2001-2005 Arena AufSchalke) in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, is the stadium of the German member of the soccer federal league FC Schalke 04. The Veltins arena is one of the most modern stages of the world and possesses since June 2015 a capacity of 62.271 spectators with plays on national level, wi... |
37133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC%20Schalke%2004 | FC Schalke 04 | The Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as FC Schalke 04, is a successful and popular German football club.
It plays in Gelsenkirchen. With more than 80.313 members (15. Dezember 2009) at present it is the second largest Sportsclub of Germany and has departments for football, basketball, table tenni... |
37140 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Ballack | Michael Ballack | Michael Ballack (born 26 September 1976 in Görlitz, Germany) was a German football player and is the retired captain of the Germany national team. He last played for Chelsea, an English club.
Ballack started his career in a small club in Eastern Germany. He later turned to several German clubs, including Bayern Munic... |
37146 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat%20of%20arms%20of%20Germany | Coat of arms of Germany | The coat of arms of Germany (German Wappen Deutschlands) is a symbol of Germany; the coat of arms feature an eagle. The coat of arms are similar to those of the flag of Germany (black, red and gold ). It is the oldest existing state symbol in Europe and is one of the oldest insignia in the world. Its history as an embl... |
37167 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plauen | Plauen | Plauen is the biggest city of the Vogtlandkreis in the southwest of Saxony. It is the fifth-largest city in the state. Only Leipzig, Dresden, Chemnitz and Zwickau are larger.
Plauen was a Kreisfreie stadt until July 2008. Since 1. August 2008 Plauen ist Part of the Vogtlandkreis.
The nearest large cities are Zwickau,... |
37172 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braunau%20am%20Inn | Braunau am Inn | Braunau am Inn is a town in the Innviertel region of Upper Austria (Oberösterreich), the north-western state of Austria. It lies about 90 km west of Linz and about 60 km north of Salzburg, on the border with the German state of Bavaria. It has a continental climate (Dfa in the Koeppen climate classification). The popul... |
37176 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin%20Hauptbahnhof | Berlin Hauptbahnhof | Berlin Hauptbahnhof (English: Berlin Central Station) is the central railway station of the German capital Berlin. It began full operation two days after a ceremonial opening on 26 May 2006.
It is on the site of the old Lehrter Bahnhof. Until it opened as a main line station, it was a stop on the Berlin S-Bahn suburba... |
37181 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mazurka | Mazurka | The Mazurka is a Polish country dance. It comes from an area called Mazovia near Warsaw where the people are called Mazurs. It was known in the 16th century. In the 17th century its popularity spread all over Poland and by the 19th century it was becoming known in England and then the United States. The Mazurka is ... |
37186 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesliga%20%28disambiguation%29 | Bundesliga (disambiguation) | Bundesliga is the name of the highest level of play in many different sports. Bundesliga literally means "Federal League", or league of the whole country. The word is used in the countries Germany and in Austria. Soccer is the most popular sport in these countries. That is why Germany's soccer league is the best-known... |
37189 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weserstadion | Weserstadion | The Weserstadion is a stadium in Bremen, Germany. It lies to the right side of the Weser, in the Pauliner Marsch, a flooding area in the quarter of Peterswerder. It is the homeground of the Werder Bremen football club.
History
The Weser stadium was built in 1909 by Bremen's Allgemeiner Bremer Turn- und Sportverein as... |
37194 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belt | Belt | A belt is a piece of clothing worn around a person's waist. They can be used to hold up trousers(pants, men) or skirts(women) or for carrying things in pockets, such as on a utility belt, which police use. Belts are commonly made using cloth or leather. They are worn by men and women, however men wear them more casuall... |
37197 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zugspitze | Zugspitze | The Zugspitze (Bavarian: Zugspitz) is located in Bavaria, Germany. It is the highest mountain in Germany. It is above sea level. It attracts thousands of visitors every year.
Literature
Toni Hiebeler: Zugspitze: Von d. Erstbesteigung bis heute Mosaik-Verlag,
Heinrich Schott: Die Zugspitze : Gipfel d. Technik, Tr... |
37204 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Airways | British Airways | British Airways (sometimes known as just "BA") is the United Kingdom's largest airline, and is the UK's flag carrier. It was formed in 1974 when the UK's two government owned airlines, the British Oversea Airways Corporation and British European Airways were joined together. It is now owned by a company called Internat... |
37205 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group%20of%20Eight | Group of Eight | The Group of Eight (G8) was a group made up of Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia (suspended), the United Kingdom and the United States. The European Commission is also represented in the committee. The group has conferences or meetings throughout the year, it researches policies, and has a summit meeting on... |
37216 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut%20Kohl | Helmut Kohl | Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (3 April 1930 – 16 June 2017) was a German CDU politician. He was the last Chancellor of West Germany, and he stayed in office after reunification as the first Chancellor of a united Germany.
From 1969 to 1976 he was the Minister President of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate and from 1982 t... |
37229 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ%20%28anatomy%29 | Organ (anatomy) | In biology, an organ is a group of tissues that work together in an organism. They specialise in particular vital functions. They create an organ system which, as a whole, is an organism.
These are examples of organs:
Heart
Lungs
Brain
Ear
Eye
Gall bladder
Stomach
Spleen
Bones
Pancreas
Kidneys
Liver
Intes... |
37230 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Students%20for%20a%20Democratic%20Society | Students for a Democratic Society | The Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) was a student activist movement in the United States in the 1960s (1960 to 1969).
A new SDS group was also begun in 2006.
History 1960-1969
SDS held its first meeting in 1960 at Ann Arbor, Michigan. They had their first convention in 1962, and criticized the political syste... |
37232 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postulate | Postulate | A postulate (also sometimes called an axiom) is a statement that is agreed by everyone to be correct. This is useful for creating proofs in mathematics and science, (also seen in social science)Along with definitions, postulates are often the basic truth of a much larger theory or law. Thus a postulate is a hypothesis ... |
37234 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consistency | Consistency | Consistency could mean:
Consistency proof, in mathematics, logic, and theoretical physics
Consistency (statistics), a property of estimation
Consistency criterion for voting systems, which says that whenever option A is the winner in two different districts, it must also be the winner in the combined district
Cons... |
37238 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Influence | Influence | Social influence means someone affecting the emotions, opinions, or behaviours of others. It can be either planned for a purpose, or be an unplanned result of other events.
The adjective influential means "having much influence", so influential people or things have the power to change other people or things in some w... |
37242 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Existence | Existence | Existence usually means "the state or fact of being", but there are many different views on the meaning of the word existence, and what it means to exist.
In English, existence is usually connected with the verb "to be".
I am a human.
This is a pen.
The sky is blue.
Four plus three is seven.
The first sentence can... |
37243 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidl | Lidl | Lidl Stiftung & Co. KG is a German food retail company. It is an international enterprise with independent national companies almost everywhere in Europe. The company owns more than 10,000 stores. 3,000 of these stores are in Germany alone, making Germany Lidl's biggest national market.
History
The Lidl & Schwarz Gr... |
37251 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian%20Games | Asian Games | The Asian Games are a multi-sport event, held every four years between competitors from all nations of Asia. It includes a variety of sports, from soccer to alpine skiing. Like the Olympics, it has a winter event and a summer event ^^
List of Asian Games
1951 - 1st Asian Games, New Delhi, India
1954 - 2nd Asian Ga... |
37252 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newton%20Mearns | Newton Mearns | Newton Mearns is a small town near Glasgow in Scotland. About 22,000 people live there. Since 1996 it has been part of the East Renfrewshire area.
Towns in Scotland |
37254 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA%20Finals | NBA Finals | The NBA Finals, previously known as the NBA World Championship Series until 1987, is the championship series of the National Basketball Association, played under a best-of-seven playoff format. The team who wins the Eastern Conference Finals earns one of the two places in the championship round, with the other place fo... |
37255 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Open%20Championship | The Open Championship | The Open Championship - often known as the British Open outside the United Kingdom and Ireland - is the oldest of the four major championships in men's golf. The event is hosted annually by one of several prestigious golf clubs in the United Kingdom and is administered by The R&A regardless of its location. The next to... |
37256 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viennese%20waltz | Viennese waltz | A Viennese waltz (Valse in French, Walzer in German) is a music and dance which started in Vienna in the late 18th century. It is a ballroom dance in 3/4 time. It is the most famous of all dance forms. It became extremely popular during the 19th century, and is still danced today. Many famous composers wrote waltzes fo... |
37259 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musk%20deer | Musk deer | Musk deer are a group of even-toed ungulate mammals. They form the family Moschidae. There is only one genus in Moschidae, Moschus. There are five species of musk deer, and they are all very similar.
Musk deer are not true deer, and are classed in a different family. Unlike other deer, musk deer do not grow antlers... |
37261 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayan%20musk%20deer | Himalayan musk deer | The Himalayan musk deer or white-bellied musk deer (Moschus leucogaster) is a deer that lives in Central Asia.
Like other musk deer, the Himalayan musk deer lives in the Himalayan mountains and places around those mountains. They are large plant-eating animals that can live in cold places.
Behavior
Himalayan musk d... |
37287 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIBA%20Basketball%20World%20Cup | FIBA Basketball World Cup | The FIBA Basketball World Cup, known as the FIBA World Championship from 1950 through 2010, is a world basketball tournament for men's national teams held once every four years by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). After the 2014 FIBA World Cup, the tournament will move to a new four-year cycle to avoid co... |
37292 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwigsburg | Ludwigsburg | This page is about the city. For the district of the same name, please see Ludwigsburg (district).
Ludwigsburg is an about 12 km northern city in the center of Baden-Württemberg, of the Stuttgart city center. It is the district town and largest city of the Ludwigsburg district, as well as after Esslingen at the Neckar... |
37295 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking%20oil | Cooking oil | Cooking oil is clean fat from plants or animals that is used for cooking. It is usually a liquid. Cooking oils can either be refined or cold extracted.
Some of the many different kinds of cooking oils are:
Olive oil
Coconut oil
Avocado oil
Canola oil
Corn oil
Cottonseed oil
Sunflower oil
Safflower oil
Peanut... |
37296 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hulk%20%28Marvel%20Comics%29 | Hulk (Marvel Comics) | The Hulk is a popular superhero in Marvel Comics. He was created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. There has been lots and lots of stuff made about this character, including a television show and a few movies.
The Hulk is the alter-ego of Bruce Banner, a mild-mannered scientist. One day when Bruce was working he was exposed... |
37298 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelican | Pelican | Pelicans are a genus of large water birds of the family Pelecanidae. They have a long beak and a large throat pouch. They drain water from the contents before swallowing the fish. They have mostly pale plumage, the exceptions being the brown and Peruvian pelicans. The bills, pouches and bare facial skin of all species ... |
37301 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharpie | Sharpie | Sharpie is a line of permanent marker pens in the United States that are manufactured by Newell Brands.
Sharpie markers are made with many tips. The most common and popular is the Fine tip. Other tips include Ultra Fine Point, Extra Fine Point, Brush tip, Chisel tip, and Retractable tip.
Other websites
Sharpie's we... |
37302 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis%20Ford%20Coppola | Francis Ford Coppola | Francis Ford Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is an American director and movie producer. He directed the Godfather trilogy and the Vietnam War epic Apocalypse Now. He is part of the group called the New Hollywood. This group includes Martin Scorsese, Terrence Malick, Robert Altman, Woody Allen, William Friedkin, Philip K... |
37314 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul%20Aziz%20Al%20Ghurair | Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair | Abdul Aziz Al Ghurair (1954) from the United Arab Emirates is the chief executive of the publicly traded Mashreq Bank. His family's most valuable holding is worth an estimated US$8 billion.
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Business people
1954 births
Living people
Emirati people |
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