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37325 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billericay | Billericay | Billericay is a town in the United Kingdom. It is in the east of England in the county of Essex. It has a train station named Billericay railway station.
Geography
Billericay is a semi-rural (not like a city and not like the countryside but looks like a mixture of the two) town with many green spaces. Some green sp... |
37329 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%20of%20England | East of England | The East of England is a region in England. There are nine regions of England. It was made in 1994 and was used as a category for statistics in 1991. The counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk are in the region. Also Peterborough is in the region.
In 2001 the census in ... |
37330 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions%20of%20England | Regions of England | The region in England is also named the Government Office Region. It is the highest level layer of local government in England.
List of regions (see map)
Greater London
South East
South West
West Midlands
North West
North East
Yorkshire and the Humber
East Midlands
East of England
Other websites
Boundary Commissio... |
37331 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prelude | Prelude | A prelude is a short piece of music for a musical instrument. It is called a prelude because it is supposed to be played before something else (Latin pre=before; ludere=to play).
History
Preludes come from the Renaissance period, when lutenists (people who played the lute) improvised (which means playing while making ... |
37332 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polonaise | Polonaise | The polonaise is a Polish dance. It started as a folk dance and then became popular among the Polish nobility. It is in 3/4 time. It follows a distinctive rhythm as illustrated above. Many polonaises are composed in what is called ternary form, or song form, or minuet and trio. These forms all follow an A-B-A patter... |
37333 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elector | Elector | Elector may refer to:
Elector, a person legally eligible to vote in an election.
Prince-elector, someone who had the right to elect the Holy Roman Emperor
Elector, a member of the Electoral College, which formally chooses the President of the United States |
37351 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm%20Arnold | Malcolm Arnold | Sir Malcolm Arnold (born Northampton, 21 October 1921; died 23 September 2006) was an English composer. He is famous for writing symphonies, concertos and movie music. People disagree about whether he is one of the really great composers, or just a very skilled musician. His music is often very tuneful, sometimes it... |
37352 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowser%20%28character%29 | Bowser (character) | Bowser is a video game character. He is the evil Koopa that takes over the Mushroom Kingdom and kidnaps Princess Peach. He has spikes on his back, breathes fire, and is bigger than normal koopas. He was ranked #1 in the Top 50 Video Game Villains of all-time list by the Guinness World Records Gamer's Edition 2013.
Vid... |
37358 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lars%20Ulrich | Lars Ulrich | Lars Ulrich ( ; born 26 December 1963) is a Danish musician and songwriter best known as the drummer and co-founder of the American heavy metal band Metallica. He was born in Denmark, but moved to Los Angeles when he was seventeen.
Lars Ulrich is also known for his part in the removal of a music-sharing computer progr... |
37364 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim%20Possible | Kim Possible | Kim Possible is a Disney Channel original Emmy Award winner and American cartoon series. The title character is a teenage girl tasked with fighting crime on a regular basis while coping with everyday issues commonly associated with adolescence. Kim is aided by her clumsy best friend and eventual love interest, Ron Stop... |
37365 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20Live%20Messenger | Windows Live Messenger | Windows Live Messenger is an instant messenger that is the most-used in the world. It is made by the Windows Live section of Microsoft. It used to be called MSN Messenger before MSN was changed into Windows Live. Microsoft announced that they were retiring Windows Live Messenger (except for China) in favor of Skype.
... |
37366 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Dane | Great Dane | The Great Dane is a large breed of dog. They are about or taller at the shoulder. Great Danes can have coats of a fawn color, black, Harlequin (a combination of black and white spots), blue, brindle, or mantle. The females are usually smaller and weight on an average of . Males are slightly larger.
Exercise
They nee... |
37369 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linkin%20Park | Linkin Park | Linkin Park is an American rock band from Agoura Hills, California. They started making music in 1996, the band became very famous with their first album, Hybrid Theory, which was labeled with the Diamond Award of more than 10 million copies by the RIAA and multi-platinum in several other countries. Their second album,... |
37375 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/0s%20BC | 0s BC | The 0s BC was the decade before Jesus Christ was born.
Events
circa 4 BC? – Jesus is born in Bethlehem. |
37376 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/168%20BC | 168 BC |
Events
June 22 – Third Macedonian War ends with the Battle of Pydna. Romans under Lucius Aemilius Paullus (awarded the surname "Macedonicus" for this victory) defeat and capture Perseus of Macedon when he surrendered. This ends the Antigonid dynasty, one of the three successor empires created upon the death of Alexa... |
37377 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bissau | Bissau | Bissau is the capital city of Guinea-Bissau. It is also the largest city in the country; around 355,000 people live there. The city is where the Geba river flows into the Atlantic Ocean.
The city was built by the Portuguese in 1687. It became the capital of Portuguese Guinea in 1942, and has been the capital since in... |
37378 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1130s | 1130s |
Events and trends
Romanesque church at Vezelay has a carving completed
1130 Innocent II is elected pope
1139
Alphonso I becomes the first king of Portugal
Second Council of the Lateran
1130s |
37379 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1120s | 1120s |
Events and trends
Romanesque sculptor Gislebertus does his work at Autun, Burgundy, France
1121 Council of Soissons is does not like the work of Pierre Abélard
1122
The problem of the Investiture Controversy in the Concordat of Worms is solved
Pierre Abélard writes Sic et Non
1123
First Council of the Latera... |
37380 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1699 | 1699 | 1699 is a year in the 17th century.
The most important events
January 26 – Treaty of Karlowitz signed.
March 30 – the tenth Sikh Master, Guru Gobind Singh made the Khalsa.
May 1 – Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville starts the first European settlement in the Mississippi River Valley.
William Dampier goes to and discover... |
37383 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamberg | Bamberg | Bamberg (, , ; East Franconian: Bambärch, archaic: Babenberg) is a town in the region of Upper Franconia, Bavaria, and the seat of the district administration Bamberg.
The town has about 70,000 inhabitants. Bamberg is an university city and administrative city. Its Lord Mayor is Andreas Starke (SPD). Beside being a m... |
37396 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving | Diving | Diving is a form of movement downwards, either from air to ground or to water. Diving is also a sport. Diving is often done from a springboard or an elevated platform.
Underwater diving includes Scuba diving. Scuba diving, however, is typically not considered a sport. Dives used for scuba diving are relatively simpli... |
37404 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celle | Celle | Celle is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany.
References |
37405 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurich | Aurich | Aurich (; East Frisian Low Saxon: Auerk, West Frisian: Auwerk, ) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Aurich and is the second largest City in East Frisia, both in population, after Emden, and in area, after Wittmund.
Twin towns – sister cities
Aurich is twinned with:
Appingedam, N... |
37407 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloppenburg | Cloppenburg | Cloppenburg (Low Saxon: Cloppenborg, Saterland Frisian: Kloppenbuurich) is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany, capital of Cloppenburg District. It lies some south-south-west of Oldenburg in the Weser-Ems region between Bremen and the Dutch border. The town is a centre for the largely agricultural region of southern Olde... |
37425 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulsar | Pulsar | Pulsars are neutron stars which spin rapidly and produce huge electromagnetic radiation along a narrow beam. Neutron stars are very dense, and have short, regular spins. This produces a very precise interval between pulses that range from roughly milliseconds to seconds for an individual pulsar. The pulse can only be ... |
37426 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star%20Wars%3A%20Knights%20of%20the%20Old%20Republic%20II%3A%20The%20Sith%20Lords | Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords | Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II: The Sith Lords is a RPG video game set in the Star Wars expanded universe. It was developed by Obsidian Entertainment and was released in December 2004 on Xbox video game console and in February 2005 on PC.
Description
Developed with the Odissey Engine, the game is set five ... |
37430 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius%20Caesar%20%28play%29 | Julius Caesar (play) | The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is a play by William Shakespeare. It is about the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BC.
Shakespeare based his play on stories in Plutarch's Life of Brutus and Life of Caesar. The play was probably written in 1599. It was first published in 1623 in the First Folio, a collection of all o... |
37432 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twisted%20Sister | Twisted Sister | Twisted Sister is an American metal band. They were popular in the 1980's with their music videos We're Not Gonna Take it and I Wanna Rock. Originally a glam rock band influenced by New York Dolls, when Dee Snider came they moved to a heavy metal direction.
References
Other websites
Official site
Official Bent Bro... |
37435 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1630 | 1630 | 1630 is a year in the 17th century.
The most important events
February 22 – Native American Quadequine shows popcorn to English colonists.
March 22 – Massachusetts Bay Colony makes having cards, dice and gaming tables against the law.
June 6 – Swedish warships leave Stockholm to go to Germany.
June 26 – July 6 – ... |
37438 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Biya | Paul Biya | Paul Biya (born Paul Barthélemy Biya'a bi Mvondo; 13 February 1933) is a Cameroonian politician. He is the President of Cameroon. He has been the country's president since 6 November 1982.
Biya was born in the village of Mvomeka'a in Cameroon. At that time, the country was called French Cameroon. He studied in France,... |
37448 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Olympic%20Committee | International Olympic Committee | The International Olympic Committee (IOC; French: Comité international olympique, CIO) is an organization based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin and Demetrios Vikelas on June 23 1894 to reinstate the Ancient Olympic Games held in Greece between 776 BC to 393 AD. Its membership is 203 National Ol... |
37449 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederation%20of%20African%20Football | Confederation of African Football | The Confederation of African Football often referred to as just CAF, is the organization that controls African football.
Related pages
CAF Champions League
Other websites
Confederation Of African Football official CAF site
Football organizations
1957 establishments in Africa |
37450 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceania%20Football%20Confederation | Oceania Football Confederation | The Oceania Football Confederation, often referred to as just OFC , is the organization that controls Oceania football (soccer).
New Zealand is the OFC's biggest federation.
Since Australia left the OFC in 2006 to join the AFC, the members of the OFC are:
American Samoa
Cook Islands
Fiji
New Caledonia
New Zealan... |
37454 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwigsburg%20Rural%20District | Ludwigsburg Rural District | Ludwigsburg is a district in Baden-Württemberg.
It is the region Stuttgart in the Stuttgart Government Region. Seat of the district is the former württembergische Residenzstadt (Royal Württemberg City) of Ludwigsburg, the largest city of the district.
Towns and municipalities
References
Other websites
Official ... |
37458 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1260s | 1260s | The 1260s is a decade. It started on 1 January 1260 and ended on 31 December 1269.
Kublai Khan became the supreme leader (a title for their leader) of the Mongol Empire and moved his capital to Beijing. He was at war with the southern Chinese Song Dynasty. The Mongol Empire lost some of its battles. The first time it ... |
37460 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dessau | Dessau | Dessau is a town in Saxony-Anhalt in Germany. The next larger cities are Halle (Saale), about 40 km southwest, Leipzig, about 52 km south and Magdeburg, about 54 km northwest. The city became well known for its college of architecture Bauhaus (Architecture House or Building House related to the German verb for "build")... |
37468 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weissenfels | Weissenfels | Weißenfels was the capital city of the old Weißenfels Rural District in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, until the district changes of 2007. The King of Saxony used to live here. It is about 30 km southwest of Leipzig.
Population
Growth in number of people over the years:
Data source from 1990: Statistic national office Saxo... |
37490 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution%20of%20the%20United%20States | Constitution of the United States | The United States Constitution is the highest law of the United States of America. It was signed on September 17, 1787 by the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Later, it was put into effect, or ratified, by representatives of the people of the first 13 states. When nine of the states ratified th... |
37492 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space-time | Space-time | Space-time is a mathematical model that joins space and time into a single idea called a continuum. This four-dimensional continuum is known as Minkowski space.
Combining these two ideas helped cosmology to understand how the universe works on the big level (e.g. galaxies) and small level (e.g. atoms).
In non-relati... |
37497 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish%20Socialist%20Party | Scottish Socialist Party | The Scottish Socialist Party (SSP; ; ) is a political party which was formed in 1998. It argues for socialism and Scottish independence.
References
Political parties in Scotland
1998 establishments in the United Kingdom
1990s establishments in Scotland |
37500 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esztergom | Esztergom | Esztergom is a city in Hungary, 45 kilometers north of Budapest. 30 928 people live in Esztergom. It is the center of the Roman Catholic Church in Hungary, and the Constitutional court is in the city. There are a lot of rich museums in the city.
Geography
Esztergom is on the right side of the river Danube. There are ... |
37503 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public%20transport | Public transport | Public transport (public transportation in the United States) is the transport of passengers. Passengers don't need their own cars or other vehicles. Most public transport lets many people travel at the same time.
History
Ships have carried passengers since prehistoric times. Early public transport by land became imp... |
37505 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund%20Barton | Edmund Barton | Sir Edmund Barton (18 January 1849 – 7 January 1920) was the first Prime Minister of Australia. He was born in the suburb of Glebe in 1849 and died from heart failure in the Blue Mountains in 1920.
He was elected to the first Australian parliament in 1901 as the member for Hunter. He had a big part in making Australi... |
37512 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crofton%2C%20British%20Columbia | Crofton, British Columbia | Crofton is a town on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. It is a small town with only 2,500 people living in it. Crofton lies alongside the water. A miner named Henry Croft founded the town in 1902 so he could do better mining on the mountains around Crofton. But soon after, the mining stopped. In 1956, a mi... |
37513 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zabno | Zabno | Zabno (Polish: Żabno) is a town in Poland. 4,275 people live there. Zabno is near a bigger city, Tarnow.
Towns in Poland |
37520 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western%20Australia | Western Australia | Western Australia is one of the eight states and territories of Australia. It is the largest state in Australia, with about 33% of the land area of the mainland. It has a population of about two million people. Its capital city is Perth.
Geography
Most of Western Australia (WA) is made of very ancient rocks from the... |
37521 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Australia | South Australia | South Australia is one of the six states of Australia. The capital city is Adelaide.
Location
South Australia is in the southern central part of the country. It is one of the driest parts of the continent. South Australia gets very little rain.
Appearance
The state has a total land area of 984,377 km² (380,070 sq m... |
37529 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Roeper | Richard Roeper | Richard Roeper (born October 17, 1959 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American movie critic, television personality, journalist, and historian. He starred on the American television program "At the Movies" with Roger Ebert from 2000 to 2008 as Gene Siskel's successor. Roeper also writes about movies for an American newspap... |
37531 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred%20Deakin | Alfred Deakin | Alfred William Deakin (3 August 1856 – 7 October 1919) was the second Prime Minister of Australia.
He was born in Collingwood, Melbourne, Australia, the second child of William Deakin. In the 1890s he helped Australia become a country. He was Australia's first Attorney-General (head lawyer) when Edmund Barton was Prim... |
37539 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Watson | Chris Watson | John Christian Watson (c. 9 April 1867 - 18 November 1941), known as Chris Waston, was the third Prime Minister of Australia. He was the first Prime Minister from the Labor Party. He was Prime Minister for only four months.
Watson, Chris
1867 births
1941 deaths
Australian Labor Party politicians
Leaders of the Opposit... |
37557 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archie%20Comics | Archie Comics | Archie Comics is a comic book company in the United States. Its most famous and popular title is "Archie". This comic book is about a teenage boy named Archie Andrews and his friends: Betty Cooper, Veronica Lodge, Reggie Mantle, Sabrina Spellman, and Jughead Jones. Every character in this comic book is fictional, and t... |
37558 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zak%20Starkey | Zak Starkey | Zak Starkey (born 13 September 1965) is a British musician. He is the son of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr. Like his father he is also a drummer and has played with bands including The Who and Oasis.
References
1965 births
Living people
English drummers
English rock musicians
Musicians from London
Ringo Starr |
37559 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroin | Heroin | Heroin is a drug. It is also known as Diacetylmorphine or Diamorphine. Heroin was originally a trade name. It is an opioid - a type of drug which acts like morphine in the body. Heroin is called a semi-synthetic opioid. This means it is made from an opiate that occurs in nature. For Heroin, that natural opiate is morp... |
37561 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh | Pittsburgh is a city in the American state of Pennsylvania. The city was known in the 20th century for its steel industry. However, with the collapse of United States steel industry in the 1980s, the economy of Pittsburgh is now mostly based on healthcare, education, technology, and financial services. It is also the h... |
37567 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal%20bone | Nasal bone | The nasal bones are two small oblong bones in the human skull. Their size and form differs among individuals. They are placed side by side at the middle and top part of the face, forming the "bridge" of the nose at their junction.
Bones of the skull
Nose |
37576 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapellmeister | Kapellmeister | Kapellmeister, (pronounce: Ka-PEL-my-ster), is a German word which means a musician who is in charge of music-making. The word comes from the Latin word for "chapel". In German "Kapelle" got the meaning: "choir" (because they sang in a chapel). "Meister" means "master".
The French word is maître de la chapelle. ... |
37580 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom%20of%20England | Kingdom of England | The Kingdom of England (French: Royaume d'Angleterre) was a country in Western Europe. It was the land in the south of the island of Great Britain. It is now two home nations. The present home nations that were part of the Kingdom of England are England and Wales.
Before the Romans arrived, what is now considered to b... |
37585 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romansh%20language | Romansh language | Romansh (also spelled Rumantsch, Romansch or Romanche) is one of Switzerland's four national languages. (The other three are French, German and Italian.) 50,000 people in the canton of Graubünden use it as their native language.
References
Romance languages
Swiss culture
Graubünden
Languages of Europe |
37593 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protractor | Protractor | The protractor is a tool used to measure angles in degrees. It usually has marks with labels of the degrees.
Geometry
Measuring tools |
37597 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabbi | Rabbi | Rabbi (in the Hebrew classic רִבִּי ribbi; in the Hebrew modern רַבִּי rabbi) in Judaism can mean "professor, master" or literally "grand". The word "Rabbi" ("My Master") derives from the Hebrew root "Rav", that in Biblical Hebrew signifies "grand" or "respected" (in knowledge).
In Judaism, most rabbis earn their tit... |
37598 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentile | Gentile | A Gentile is a person who is not Jewish. It is polite to use this word when needed to describe a person who is not Jewish, as in "my friend Robert is a Gentile." Up until about a hundred years ago, it was very hard (and unlikely) for Jews and Gentiles to be close friends. This is because they would be expected to ask e... |
37602 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super%20Mario%20Galaxy | Super Mario Galaxy | Super Mario Galaxy is a 2007 platform video game by Nintendo. It was released for Wii and is very different from older Mario games with new gameplay. A sequel, Super Mario Galaxy 2, was released in May 2010.
Plot
Bowser has captured Princess Peach again, this time using a surprise attack over the Mushroom Kingdom, wit... |
37604 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five%20and%20dime | Five and dime | Five and dime (also known as five-cent stores, dime stores, and ten-cent stores) is a type of store that was popular in the United States in the early to mid-20th century. They sold many different items, most of which were worth five or ten cents. Popular five and dimes included:
Duckwall-ALCO Retail Stores
Ben Fran... |
37611 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Legend%20of%20Zelda%20%28series%29 | The Legend of Zelda (series) | The Legend of Zelda is a series of open world adventure video games. The games are typically about a boy named Link who has to rescue Princess Zelda from Ganon. The first game of the franchise was made by Shigeru Miyamoto and was first sold February 21, 1986 by Nintendo. Most of the Zelda games take place in the fictio... |
37625 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/3rd%20century | 3rd century | The 3rd century was the century from 201 to 300.
Decades and years
Note: years before or after the 3rd century are in italics. |
37626 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd%20century | 2nd century | The 2nd century was the century from 101 to 200.
Decades and years
Note: years before or after the 2nd century are in italics.
Related pages
Kofun period |
37629 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walmart | Walmart | Walmart () is a company founded by Sam Walton in 1962. It is one of the world's largest companies, behind Exxon Mobil. Walmart stores are large department stores that sell many different things. There are more than 8,000 Wal-Mart stores around the world, and over 2 million people work for Walmart.
Places Walmart can b... |
37632 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam%20Walton | Sam Walton | Samuel Moore Walton was an American businessman. He was born on March 29, 1918 in Kingfisher, Oklahoma. Walton created the well-known American stores, Wal-Mart and Sam's Club. Walton was born to Thomas Gibson Walton and Nancy Lee Walton. He was part of the Walton family, which is one of the richest families in the worl... |
37635 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20Stock%20Exchange | New York Stock Exchange | The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), also called the "Big Board," is a stock exchange in New York City. It is the biggest stock exchange in the United States by the amount of money and the second-biggest stock exchange by the number of companies listed. Its building is on Wall Street.
Stock exchanges in the United Stat... |
37636 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock%20exchange | Stock exchange | A stock exchange, share market or bourse is a place where people meet to buy and sell shares of company stock. Some stock exchanges are real places (like the New York Stock Exchange), others are virtual places (like the NASDAQ).
International Stock Exchanges
The most important stock exchanges in the world include:
A... |
37637 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay%20Stock%20Exchange | Bombay Stock Exchange | The Bombay Stock Exchange is a stock exchange in Mumbai, India.
History
The Bombay Stock Exchange is the oldest stock exchange in Asia.
The BSE failure to modernize resulted in the creation of an electronic platform in the National Stock Exchange.
Timeline
1850s: Trading under a banyan tree opposite Bombay's Town ... |
37638 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamford%20Raffles | Stamford Raffles | Sir Stamford Raffles FRS (Thomas Stamford Bingley Raffles 5 July 1781 – 5 July 1826), was the founder of the city of Singapore. He is one of the most famous Britons who expanded the British Empire.
Early years
Raffles was born on the ship Ann to Captain Benjamin Raffles and Anne Raffles. Although his family was in ... |
37642 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euronext | Euronext | Euronext is a stock exchange in Europe. It has buildings in Belgium, France, Netherlands, Portugal and the United Kingdom.
Euronext was created on September 22 2000, when the stock exchanges of Amsterdam, Brussels Stock Exchange and Paris Bourse were joined together in a merger. In recent years, Euronext has become t... |
37646 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hippopotamidae | Hippopotamidae | Hippopotamidae is a group of even-toed ungulate mammals. They form the family Hippopotamuses. There are two living species of Hippopotamuses.
Taxonomy
Family Hippopotamidae
Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius)
Pygmy Hippopotamus (Hexaprotodon liberiensis or Choeropsis liberiensis)
Other websites
Even-toed ungul... |
37648 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshi%20Yamauchi | Hiroshi Yamauchi | Hiroshi Yamauchi (, Yamauchi Hiroshi, November 7, 1927 – September 19, 2013) was a Japanese businessman. He was the third president of Nintendo from 1949 until he quit on May 31, 2002. He transformed Nintendo from a small card-making company to a multibillion-dollar video game company. He was known as "Mario's Farther"... |
37649 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/ExxonMobil | ExxonMobil | Exxon Mobil or ExxonMobil () is the world's biggest oil and gas company. It was created when Exxon and Mobil, both companies formed after the John D. Rockefeller's original Standard Oil company split apart, joined together in a merger to become one company. ExxonMobil has been involved in the global warming controvers... |
37651 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Allen | Paul Allen | Paul Gardner Allen (January 21, 1953 – October 15, 2018) was an American who created Microsoft with Bill Gates. He was the fifth richest person in the United States. He lived in Mercer Island, Washington.
Allen was also the outright owner of two sports teams, and was part-owner of a third. He fully owned the Seattle S... |
37660 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero | Hero | A hero () in Greek mythology is a Demigod, a half-god/half-human being. Herakles, for example, was the son of the god Zeus and the mortal woman Alkmene. Heroes performed extraordinary feats and were worshipped in hero cults.
The word hero comes from the Greek ἥρως (hērōs), "hero" (literally "protector" or "defender"... |
37668 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonic%20Rivals | Sonic Rivals | Sonic Rivals is a video game for the PlayStation Portable that came out on November 24, 2006. The game is made by Backbone Entertainment and Sega. People can play as Sonic the Hedgehog, Shadow the Hedgehog, Knuckles the Echidna, or Silver the Hedgehog.
2006 video games
PlayStation Portable-only games
Sonic the Hedgeho... |
37672 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sega%20Genesis | Sega Genesis | The , called the Sega Genesis in North America is a 16-bit video game console made by Sega. It is Sega's third video game console. Sega released it as the Mega Drive in Japan in 1988. In 1989, they released it in North America as the Genesis.
In Japan, the Mega Drive sold poorly against its two main competitors, Ninte... |
37674 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamcast | Dreamcast | The is the fourth and last home console made by Sega that can play video games. It was sold before the PlayStation 2, GameCube, or Xbox came out. However, not many people bought it after the PlayStation 2 was released, so in the end Sega decided to stop making them.
Making the Dreamcast
When it was time to make anot... |
37681 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platte%20River | Platte River | The Platte River (also called the Nebraska River) is a river in the United States that flows into the Missouri River. It is around 310 miles (or 499 km) long.
References
Rivers of Nebraska
Oregon Trail |
37685 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counting | Counting | Counting is something people do to find out how many things there are of any kind.
One way to count
The person counting in English usually starts with the number one, and gives this number to the first thing. The next thing is given the number two. Then, the next thing is given the number three. If there is another th... |
37686 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blast%20off | Blast off | Blast off may refer to:
A blast off is when a rocket ship lifts off the launch pad. Another word for blast off is lift off. NASA is known for its counting down to zero before blast off.
Blast Off, a video game.
Blast Off!, the album by The Blue Hearts.
Blast Off, the Transformers character.
Blast Off at Woomera, ... |
37687 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Launch%20pad | Launch pad | A launch pad is where rockets and spacecraft are placed until they are ready to blast off. NASA has its own launch pads for its spacecraft. Launch pads are often made out of steel reinforced concrete. Launch pads for larger spacecraft will often have towers to support it during its launch.
Spaceflight
Transport buildi... |
37690 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20Shuttle | Space Shuttle | The Space Shuttle was a spacecraft which was used by the American National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA. Space Shuttles were used to carry astronauts and cargo into space. Cargo such as satellites, parts of a space station or scientific instruments were taken up into space by the space shuttle. It was ... |
37691 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thor | Thor | Thor (Old Norse: Þórr) is the god of thunder and lightning in Norse mythology, associated with strength, storms, hallowing and fertility. He is the son of Odin and Jörð, the personification of the Earth, and is the strongest of the Æsir.
The champion of Asgard, Thor is said to protect both it and Midgard from the lik... |
37705 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tube | Tube | Tube may refer to:
Electronics
vacuum tube, a component of electronics
cathode ray tube, a common component of electronics such as televisions and other displays
Tube, An expansion bus on the BBC Micro computer
Food
Yoplait Tubes, the Canadian name for Go-Gurt portable yog(o)urt
Geometry
A hollow cylinder.
Mec... |
37710 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood%20cell | Blood cell | A blood cell is any cell of any type found in blood. There are three main types of blood cells in mammals:
Red blood cell-carries oxygen
White blood cell-kills bacteria and cleans up debris
Platelet-helps heal wounds. Platelets are really thrombocytes. These are small fragments (pieces) of a cell called a megakaryocyte... |
37711 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windsurfing | Windsurfing | Windsurfing is a water sport invented in the U.K. by Peter Chilvers in 1958 on Hayling Island, Hampshire. It is performed on a board with a sail. The sail both empowers the board and helps the board change directions. The sport is a combination of surfing and sailing. Windsurfers can travel on either flat or rough wat... |
37712 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoroughbred | Thoroughbred | Thoroughbred is a breed of horse. They are mainly used for racing.
Their pedigree is known and recorded. For each horse there is a chart showing its ancestry.
Horses in general have been used for many years, for farm, racing, harness work and so forth. Horses were the fastest way for people to travel on land before ... |
37714 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound%20card | Sound card | A sound card (or audio card) is the part of the computer hardware that controls the input and output of the sound signals. A sound card is what is known as an expansion card. This means that the card can be added to the motherboard.
Nowadays, most of the audio cards are integrated with the motherboard. That means they... |
37717 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%20Chaplin | Charlie Chaplin | Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was a British actor, comedian, movie maker, screenwriter, editor, musician, anarchist, and author. He was very famous in silent movies (where there was no talking or sound). He acted, directed, scripted, and produced most of them.
Charlie Chapl... |
37719 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Stock%20Exchange | American Stock Exchange | The American Stock Exchange (AMEX) is a stock exchange in New York City. It was created on Broad Street near Exchange Place, during colonial times. The stock exchange is currently owned by its own members.
Buildings and structures in Manhattan
New York City Designated Landmarks
Stock exchanges in the United States |
37721 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field%20hockey | Field hockey | Field Hockey is a well-liked sport for both men and women. It is played in many countries all around the world. In Asian countries like Pakistan and Republic of India, it is considered the "National sport." The game is played between two teams and each team is made up of 11 players. There are four 15-minute quarters wi... |
37723 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudoku | Sudoku | (sometimes spelled as Su Doku, but also called Number Place or Nanpure) is a puzzle that is very popular in Japan. It was created in Indianapolis in 1979 by Howard Garns and it appeared in Dell Magazines afterwards.
Sudoku puzzles are solved by logic and no math is required. As seen on the right, it consists of a grid... |
37751 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrix%20of%20the%20Netherlands | Beatrix of the Netherlands | Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands (Beatrix Wilhelmina Armgard; born 31 January 1938) is the former Queen regnant of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. She reigned from 1980 to 2013.
Beatrix is the eldest daughter of Queen Juliana and her husband, Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld. In 1948, she became heiress presump... |
37788 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qatar%20Airways | Qatar Airways | Qatar Airways (in Arabic: القطرية, al-Qatari'ya) is an airline company. This airline is based in Doha, the capital city of Qatar. Its office can be found at Hamad International Airport. There will be another airport in Doha in short time. It is one of the fastest growing airlines, and one of the four airlines that are ... |
37789 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Reid | George Reid | Sir George Houston Reid (25 February 1845 – 12 September 1918) was the fourth Prime Minister of Australia. He was the first Leader of the Opposition and leader of Free Trade Party. He moved to London after he retired and was elected to the House of Commons.
Reid was elected to the Australian Paliament in 1901 for the ... |
37792 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider%20Riders | Spider Riders | Spider Riders is a Japanese–Canadian animated television series based on a trilogy novel series. It premiered on June 17, 2006, and was produced by Cookie Jar Entertainment and Bee Train.
Synopsis
After wearing a manacle on his arm, Hunter Steele ends up entering the center of the Earth and seeing the inner world of ... |
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