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38185 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley%20Bruce | Stanley Bruce | Stanley Melbourne Bruce (15 April 1883 – 25 August 1967) was the eighth Prime Minister of Australia from February 1923 until October 1929. He became Prime Minister when the Country Party asked Billy Hughes to resign. His government won elections in 1925 and 1928 but lost the 1929 election and Bruce became the first sit... |
38187 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Scullin | James Scullin | James Henry Scullin (18 September 1876 – 28 January 1953) was the ninth Prime Minister of Australia from October 1929 until January 1932. He became Prime Minister two days before the Great Depression began. His government could not stop the effects of the Depression. His government suffered a big defeat at the December... |
38191 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20music | World music | World music is the recognition of music from around the world. This genre of music is increasingly used in popular culture. World music is often included into mainstream music. World music can also be part of exhibitions, performances, and shows that travel the world. World music is typically music that describes its o... |
38201 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caprinae | Caprinae | Caprinae is a subfamily of the even-toed ungulate family Bovidae. Animals of the Caprinae subfamily are called caprid or goat-antelope.
The domestic sheep (Ovis aries) and domestic goat (Capra hircus) are part of this group.
Taxonomy
Subfamily Caprinae
Genus Pantholops
Tibetan antelope or Chiru (Pantholops hodgson... |
38207 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic%20goat | Domestic goat | The domestic goat (Capra hircus or Capra aegagrus hircus) is a domesticated mammal. It comes from the wild goat. A male goat is called a buck and a castrated goat is called a wether, a female is called a doe. Young goats are called kids.
People eat their meat, drink their milk, and use their fur and skin. With goat mi... |
38213 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domestic%20sheep | Domestic sheep | A domestic sheep (Ovis aries) is a domesticated mammal related to wild sheep and goats. Sheep are owned and looked after by a sheep farmer. Female sheep are called ewes. Male sheep are called rams. Young sheep are called lambs.
They are kept for their wool and their meat. The wool of sheep, after cleaning and treating... |
38216 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capra%20%28genus%29 | Capra (genus) | Capra is a genus of the subfamily Caprinae and the family Bovidae. The domestic goat and other animals like it belong to this genus.
Taxonomy
Genus Capra
Wild Goat (Capra aegagrus), and the domestic goat
Alpine Ibex (Capra ibex)
Walia Ibex (Capra walie)
West Caucasian Tur (Capra caucasica)
East Caucasian Tur (C... |
38244 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Sharpe | Richard Sharpe | Major Richard Sharpe is a fictional character. He is the main character in a series of books written by Bernard Cornwell. Many of the books have been made into television movies, where the stories were told in a different order from the books. Sharpe's story is set during the Napoleonic Wars. Sharpe has a series of "sw... |
38249 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protest | Protest | A protest is when a lot of people come together to show others that they strongly like or are against an idea or event. For example, some people protest racism or war.
There are many ways in which people can protest. Protesters can do things like write letters, not eat food, sing songs, or riot.
Related pages
Demon... |
38251 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roskilde | Roskilde | Roskilde () was the capital of Denmark until 1443. Since then, Copenhagen has been the capital.
The most important church in Denmark is in Roskilde. It is where the dead Danish kings are buried. The city also have a yearly music festival called Roskilde Festival. The festival is one of two biggest in Europe.
Roskilde... |
38252 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hong%20Kong%20Stock%20Exchange | Hong Kong Stock Exchange | The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (sometimes shortened to SEHK), is a stock exchange located in Hong Kong. It is East Asia's and Asia's third largest stock exchange in terms of market capitalization behind the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Shanghai Stock Exchange, and the sixth largest in the world before Euronext. As... |
38254 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aarhus | Aarhus | Aarhus is the second biggest city in Denmark after Copenhagen, and the biggest on Jutland, the Danish mainland. It has about 307,000 inhabitants, and the metropolitan area has more than 1,200,000.
The settlement of Aarhus was started in around the year 770 as a trading place of the Vikings, but the oldest recorded his... |
38255 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odense | Odense | Odense is the third largest city in Denmark with about 146,000 inhabitants and the capital of the island of Funen (Danish: Fyn).
It was started in 988 A.D. and was sometimes the seat of the parliament of Denmark. In 1805, it became capital of the island Funen.
Odense
988 establishments
10th-century establishments in ... |
38256 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aalborg | Aalborg | Aalborg is a city in Denmark. About 123,000 people live there, which makes it the fourth largest city in Denmark.
Aalborg was founded around 700 A.D. and was heard about for the first time in the year 1040.
It was a proper city in 1342 and became the seat of a Lutheran bishop in 1554.
Aalborg is in Northern Jutland,... |
38257 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esbjerg | Esbjerg | Esbjerg is a city in Denmark, on the peninsula Jutland.
It has about 82,000 inhabitants and is the 5th largest city of Denmark. The growing began in the 1860s, because Denmark lost its North Sea harbors to Prussia in the Danish-Prussian-Austrian war.
The new harbor was built in Esbjerg.
Cities in Denmark
Port cities ... |
38258 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirham | Dirham | Dirham is a unit of currency in several Arabic-speaking nations, including:
The Moroccan dirham
The United Arab Emirates dirham
1/1000 of the Libyan dinar
1/100 of the Qatari riyal
1/10 of the Jordanian dinar
The dirham, spelt 'diram,' is 1/100 of the Tajikistani somoni.
Historically, the word "dirham" is comes... |
38262 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desperate%20Housewives | Desperate Housewives | Desperate Housewives is an American television series. It is shown in many other countries, including the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, and Malaysia. The show is shown on ABC in the United States. The series ran on ABC from October 3, 2004 until May 13, 2012 with eight seasons and a total of 180 episo... |
38263 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballroom%20dance | Ballroom dance | Ballroom dance is the name for a number of dances done in ballrooms. It usually means pairs (mostly a man and woman) dancing on the same floor as other pairs. The most important difference in style is between the modern or standard dances and the Latin dances. The modern dances are the waltz, quickstep, foxtrot, tango ... |
38265 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wormhole | Wormhole | A wormhole is a theoretical passage through space creating a shortcut through time and space. It is not known whether or not they exist.
Scientists believe that if wormholes existed they could not be made following any traditional scientific methods. In order to hold a wormhole open, a form of theoretical exotic matte... |
38266 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free%20kick | Free kick | A free kick is a kick awarded to the other team because of a foul, which is committed by another player. Free kicks appear in many different ball sports, like association football.
Football (soccer) terminology |
38267 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corner%20kick | Corner kick | A corner kick is a kick awarded to the team for their opportunity to shoot at goal in soccer. It happens when the ball has come off a footballer at his or her own goal. There are two corner posts at each end of the ground, so two for each team depending where the ball is kicked out.
Football (soccer) terminology |
38269 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Referee | Referee | A referee is an official who watches a whole game of sports and makes all the decisions. The players of the sport being watched must always admit that the referee is always right, even if they aren't. Usually, if any player argues, they can get a yellow card or even sent off with a red card. Referees use a whistle so p... |
38270 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cataract | Cataract | A cataract is when the lens of the eye gets cloudy. It is a treatable medical condition. Cataracts can cause short-sightedness (myopia), which means you cannot see things in the distance but can see things up close.
If not fixed by surgery, some types of cataracts will cause blindness (which means you cannot see anyth... |
38271 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goal%20kick | Goal kick | A goal kick is given when the attacking team puts the ball over the end line in football. The other team then takes the goal kick from the goal areas (six-yard box) and the game starts again. Players of the other team have to stay outside the penalty box during the kick. If the defending team puts the ball over the end... |
38272 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Wiggles | The Wiggles | The Wiggles are an Australian children's music group formed in Sydney, New South Wales in 1991. The group are currently composed of Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce and Tsehay Hawkins. The Wiggles were founded in 1991 by Field, Murray Cook, Jeff Fatt, Greg Page and Phillip Wilcher. Wilcher left the group a... |
38274 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Throw-in | Throw-in | A throw-in in football (soccer) is when the ball has come off the opposite team, the other team picks that ball up and throws it in and the game continues.
Rules
The throw-in is made at the place, where the ball left the field.
The throw in is delivered by the team who has not touched the ball before he left the field... |
38276 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patch | Patch | A patch is a piece of a flexible material used to repair an object that has a hole in it, to protect an object from damage even before it is damaged, or to decorate clothing or other fabric items.
Cloth patches
For repairs
Cloth patches are rectangles of cloth that are used to cover up holes in clothing and other fa... |
38281 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savanna | Savanna | The word savanna comes from a Panamanian word for prairie or plains.
They are covered with tall grasses. They may have scattered bushes and trees, but not enough to keep grasses from growing. The most common definition of savanna is the tropical grassland, such as in Africa. They have seasonal rains and dry periods. ... |
38283 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peasant | Peasant | A peasant is a name for a person that worked for others on a farm and never had much money. They usually wore rough clothes and lived in small houses.
The word peasant came from the French word for "country" in the medieval era (15th century). In feudalism peasants, like other farmers, had to be able to do a number of... |
38284 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%2C%20Crown%20Princess%20of%20Denmark | Mary, Crown Princess of Denmark | Mary Donaldson, Crown Princess of Denmark (5 February 1972) was born in Hobart, Tasmania. She is the youngest daughter of John Dalgleish Donaldson, a professor of applied mathematics, and Henrietta Clark Donaldson. Her parents were Scots. She has two sisters and one brother. She graduated from University of Tasmania in... |
38285 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racquet | Racquet | A racquet (sometimes racket) is used in sports to hit an object. It differs from a paddle because the head is a grid of strings instead of solid.
Tennis
A tennis racquet has a long handle and a large oval-shaped area used to hit a tennis ball. It has many strings stretched across its surface (or face) both horizonta... |
38287 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary%20school | Secondary school | Secondary school is the next step up from primary school. Secondary schools are often called high schools or middle school in United States. In Britain, secondary schools may be public schools, grammar schools or comprehensive schools.
In Australia, a person will generally begin secondary school when they are at the a... |
38288 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cushion | Cushion | A cushion is a soft bag of material, filled with wool, hair, feathers, or even paper in small pieces . It may be used for sitting on to make a chair or couch more comfortable. Cushions can be used for body support. Cushions and rugs can be used outside, to make hard ground softer. Cushions are often for a decorative pu... |
38290 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choice | Choice | A choice is the act of choosing. It is the selection of an optional act, in other words, it has to be an act which allows us a choice. A choice is a decision between alternatives.
We all make choices everyday, from what we are going to have for breakfast to whether we drive or walk to work.
The field of economics ex... |
38293 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutheranism | Lutheranism | Lutheranism is a denomination within the Christian religion.
The namesake who led the Lutherans in their protest against the Roman Catholic Church was Martin Luther. He began this protest against the Catholic Church in the 14th century. Luther was a German priest, theologian, and university professor in Wittenberg. He... |
38294 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy%20League | Ivy League | This is a list of colleges and universities who play sports in the Ivy League:
Brown University
Columbia University
Dartmouth College
Harvard University
Princeton University
University of Pennsylvania
Yale University
References
Colleges and universities in the United States |
38295 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Lyons | Joseph Lyons | Joseph Aloysius Lyons (15 September 1879 - 7 April 1939) was the tenth Prime Minister of Australia. He was Premier of Tasmania in the 1920s. He was from the Labor Party. In 1931 he took his supporters and joined the other side. He started a new party called the United Australia Party. In January 1932 his new party won ... |
38298 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plow | Plow | A plow or plough is a simple machine used in farming. A plow is pulled across the ground by a human or animal. When pulled across the ground, the plow lifts up dirt and makes two lines of dirt behind it. The dirt lifted by the plow is more loose than before. Ground that has been plowed is a good place for a farmer to g... |
38303 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maglev%20train | Maglev train | Maglev trains (short form of magnetic levitation) are a very fast type of high-speed rail. Magnetic levitation is a technology that uses magnetic fields to make the train move. These fields lift the train a small distance above the tracks and move the train. They are much faster than regular trains. A transcontinenta... |
38309 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lace | Lace | Lace is a fabric, patterned with open holes in the work, made by machine or by hand. Lace is very lightweight and open, and the patterns usually have many holes and frills.
Lace is made by knitting, crocheting and weaving.
Other websites
Encajes Fino de Beny
Csetneki Hungarian Lace
Hungarian Lace
Cloth
Textile ar... |
38310 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Career | Career | Career has various meanings, mostly having to do with a job.
The word comes from a French word meaning "road". It came to mean someone's path through life, or through a particular part of life, for example one's time in school. Later many people used the word only for someone's work and, later yet, a profession, or ... |
38311 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeline | Madeline | Madeline is a popular children's book series. It was written by American author Ludwig Bemelmans. The first book in the series, Madeline, was published in 1939. The book was very successful. In the 1940s and 1950s, Bemelmans wrote many more sequels to the original. Bemelman’s grandson, John Bemelmans-Mariano, writes th... |
38312 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional | Professional | A professional is someone who has a specialised job which only very well trained people can perform, such as Doctors, lawyers, and teachers. These occupations are known as professional occupations. They may often get paid more than other people. In sport, a professional is someone who is paid to play. For example, Pet... |
38314 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apartment | Apartment | An apartment (US English) or flat (British English) is a place to live that is only part of a larger building. Usually it is a group of rooms on one floor of a highrise building in a city, where land is too expensive for people to have separate houses. An apartment that people own is called a condominium or "condo". A ... |
38316 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blouse | Blouse | A blouse is a dress shirt for women that fits loosely. In the past, men, women, and children wore blouses. These loose shirts often had a belt or tie at the waist.
Tops (clothing) |
38317 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocket | Pocket | A pocket is a bag which is part of an item of clothing, reached through an opening in the clothing. The fabric of the clothing is shaped to make these little pouches or purses which are very handy for keeping small amounts of money and other small objects for daily use.
Pockets can be on pants, shirts, skirts, or dres... |
38318 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dress%20shirt | Dress shirt | A dress shirt is a shirt worn by men with a necktie in order to have a professional appeal and to look dignified in a crowd. In England, this is a term for a shirt that is worn with a tuxedo.
Tops (clothing) |
38320 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilmore%20Girls | Gilmore Girls | Gilmore Girls is an American television series. It is about a single mother Lorelai Victoria Gilmore (Lauren Graham) and her teenage daughter Lorelai “Rory” Leigh Gilmore (Alexis Bledel). They live together in a fictional small town called Stars Hollow, Connecticut. The show aired on television from October 5, 2000 unt... |
38321 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasal%20cavity | Nasal cavity | The nasal cavity (or nasal fossa) is a large air filled space above and behind the nose in the middle of the face.
Function
The nose cavity is divided into a right and left passageway. The tissue that covers the wall of your nasal cavity contains many blood vessels. Heat from the blood in the vessels helps warm the ai... |
38324 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Radcliffe | Daniel Radcliffe | Daniel Jacob Radcliffe (born 23 July 1989) is a British actor. He is most famous for playing Harry in the movies based on J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter books.
Career
Radcliffe started acting in school plays when he was in primary school. When he was ten years old, he played the part of the young David Copperfield in th... |
38325 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juice | Juice | Juice is a liquid that comes from plants, animals or fruit. The juice from fruit is often made into a drink. Some fruits that are often made into drinks are apple, orange, tomato, pineapple, grapefruit, guava, mango, passionfruit, watermelon, cranberry, grape, lemon and lime, but there are many others.
In the United ... |
38328 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtropical%20cyclone | Subtropical cyclone | A subtropical cyclone (also known as a subtropical storm) is a cyclonic weather storm. Subtropical cyclones have wide wind patterns with the winds getting stronger as they get farther away from the centre of the storm.
Terms
A subtropical cyclone is more likely to be a tropical cyclone than an extratropical cyclone. S... |
38329 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morning | Morning | Morning is time periode of the day from midnight to noon (00:00:01-11:59:59). Morning is usually cooler than afternoon (12:00:01-17:59:59).
Morning activities
Many people use the morning as a time to get ready for the day. This includes things like taking a shower, eating a meal (called breakfast, because you break th... |
38330 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinfectant | Disinfectant | Disinfectant is a liquid used to destroy and kill unwanted germs and parasites. It is often used in the activity of cleaning, especially in bathrooms and kitchens, as they are the areas most likely to be contaminated with dangerous microorganisms. Disinfectants are dangerous liquids and should be used carefully becaus... |
38334 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floor | Floor | A floor is a horizontal surface inside a building. People walk on a floor. A floor can be made of many different materials, including concrete, tiling, or wooden floorboards. People often put carpets on a floor.
The word "floor" can also mean the level in a building. Another word for this is "storey".
The way these ... |
38336 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Okinawa | Okinawa | Okinawa is the name for the biggest island in the Ryūkyū Islands, far south of Japan. It is also the common name for Okinawa Prefecture, which controls the Southern Ryūkyū Islands.
The capital of Okinawa is Naha. Naha is on the island with the most people, Okinawa island. Okinawa used to be called Great Lew Chew Islan... |
38345 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Only%20Fools%20and%20Horses | Only Fools and Horses | Only Fools and Horses is a British comedy series sitcom. It is set in Peckham, south London. It was shown on BBC One and GOLD from 1981 to 2003.
Cast
David Jason as "Del Boy"
Nicholas Lyndhurst as Rodney
Buster Merryfield as Uncle Albert
Lennard Pearce as Grandad
Roger Lloyd Pack as Trigger
John Challis as Boycie
Tess... |
38385 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ateneo%20de%20Manila%20University | Ateneo de Manila University | The Ateneo de Manila University (also called "Ateneo de Manila" or simply "the Ateneo") is a private university run by the Society of Jesus in the Philippines. Its main campus is at Loyola Heights in Quezon City, Metro Manila. It offers elementary, secondary, undergraduate, and graduate level education. It teaches many... |
38391 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry%20Seinfeld | Jerry Seinfeld | Jerry Seinfeld (born April 29, 1954) is an American comedian and actor.
Seinfeld is known by many people for his television show, Seinfeld, which he created, wrote and acted in. The show won many awards. These included the Emmy and Golden Globe Awards.
Seinfeld wrote the movie Bee Movie. He was the voice of Barry B. ... |
38411 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subtropical%20Storm%20Nicole%20%282004%29 | Subtropical Storm Nicole (2004) | Subtropical Storm Nicole was the fourteenth named storm and first subtropical cyclone to form during the 2004 Atlantic hurricane season. It was the first subtropical storm to be given a name from the standard hurricane naming list and be considered a subtropical cyclone in real-time. The storm never made landfall as a ... |
38415 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanide | Cyanide | Cyanides are chemicals that contain the cyano-group C≡N. Organic compounds that contain the CN group are called nitriles. In that group a carbon atom has three chemical bonds to a nitrogen atom. The group is present in many substances. Those substances that can release the compound CN are highly poisonous.
Certain bac... |
38416 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindergarten | Kindergarten | Kindergarten, literally meaning "children's garden", is the first stage in the move from home to formal education. Children learn through play. In most countries kindergarten is part of the pre-school system. In North America and some parts of Australia kindergarten is the first year of school. Kindergarten children ar... |
38419 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Atlantic%20hurricane%20season | 2006 Atlantic hurricane season | The 2006 Atlantic hurricane season was an annual event in the yearly cycle of tropical cyclones. It officially started on June 1, 2006, and lasted until November 30, 2006. Ten tropical storms formed during the season. Five became hurricanes, and one tropical storm did not have a name. It Affected USA State Of Florida
... |
38436 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crash%20Bandicoot%20%28character%29 | Crash Bandicoot (character) | Crash Bandicoot is a video game character from the video game series with the same name, where he is the hero. He is a bandicoot who acts like a human, wearing blue jeans and trainers.
Other websites
Crash on Naughty Dog.com
Official site of the Vivendi Universal
European site of the Vivendi Universal
Video game ... |
38438 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elbl%C4%85g | Elbląg | Elblag ( ) is a city in northern Poland on the eastern edge of the Żuławy region with 124,257 inhabitants (December 31, 2011). Elbląg is one of the oldest cities in the province and in Poland.
Geometry
Elbląg is located about 55 kilometres (34 miles) south-east of Gdańsk and 90 km (56 mi) south-west of Kaliningrad, Ru... |
38443 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/500%20Series%20Shinkansen | 500 Series Shinkansen | The 500 Series Shinkansen is a high-speed train in Japan. They run on the Shinkansen lines. They were retired from the primary Nozomi service in 2010. They now run the all-stations Kodama service between Shin-Osaka and Hakata.
All 500 Series have 16 cars. Each train cost about 5 billion yen. Only nine were built.
R... |
38444 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balaton | Balaton | Balaton is the largest lake in Hungary and in Central Europe. Every year many tourists come to Balaton from Germany. There are many places to be visited. Balaton is a shallow lake, because its average depth is 3.2 meters and its maximum depth is 12.2 meters. The northern part of Balaton is deeper than the southern part... |
38464 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres%20%28dwarf%20planet%29 | Ceres (dwarf planet) | Ceres, also known as 1 Ceres (symbol: ), is the smallest dwarf planet in the Solar System and the only one in the main asteroid belt.
It was discovered on 1 January 1801, by Giuseppe Piazzi, and is named after the Roman goddess Ceres, as the goddess of growing plants, the harvest, and of motherly love. After about 200... |
38465 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarium | Aquarium | An aquarium (plural aquariums or aquaria) is a place where fish and other animals that live in water are kept by humans. An aquarium can be a small tank, or a large building with one or more large tanks.
Keeping an aquarium is a popular hobby around the world. Careful aquarists (people who keeps aquariums) make sure t... |
38505 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earle%20Page | Earle Page | Sir Earle Christmas Grafton Page (8 August 1880 – 20 December 1961) was the eleventh Prime Minister of Australia. He became Prime Minister when Joseph Lyons died in office. He remained until a new leader, Robert Menzies, was elected by the United Australia Party.
Page, Earle
Politicians from New South Wales
1880 birth... |
38526 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronin | Ronin | Ronin (浪人) is the word used to describe a kind of samurai without a master. Hundreds of years ago in Japan, it was very important for every samurai to have a master.
It also refers to somebody who has failed their university entrance exams and is studying for the next year's exams.
Japanese culture |
38533 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0smet%20%C3%96zel | İsmet Özel | İsmet Özel (born 19 September 1944, in Kayseri) is a Turkish poet. He was born in Kayseri, Turkey.
He started his university degree at Political Science Faculty of Ankara University. He graduated from the French language department at Hacettepe University.
In 1970, he published a literature magazine Halkın Dostları w... |
38541 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acarology | Acarology | Acarology is the study of mites and ticks. A person who studies acarology is an acarologist.
Branches of zoology |
38554 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fredrik%20Reinfeldt | Fredrik Reinfeldt | John Fredrik Reinfeldt (born August 4, 1965) was the Prime Minister of Sweden from 2006 to 2014. He was also the leader of the Moderate Party. The Moderate Party is the largest of the four political parties in the Swedish government, but the second largest in the parliament following the Swedish Social Democratic Party... |
38555 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat%20of%20arms%20of%20Russia | Coat of arms of Russia | The coat of arms of Russia (Russian: Герб России/Transkription Gerb rossi) was used since the year 1993 as coat of arms of Russia. Since the year 2000, the coat of arms was defined by court decision to the coat of arms of Russia. It is based on the coat of arms used before the Soviet Union. The coat of arms has been ch... |
38556 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother%20Bear | Brother Bear | Brother Bear is a 2003 traditionally-animated musical fantasy comedy-drama movie produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on November 21, 2003. It is about a human named Kenai who turns into a bear and discovers brotherhood. The 43rd animated feature in the Disney animated features... |
38561 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logical%20volume%20management | Logical volume management | Logical volume management is a method of allocating computer storage. It is about allocating space on mass storage devices, like hard drives. It is more flexible than the partitioning of the drive into static (unchangeable) volumes. With a logical volume manager it is possible to grow partitions, even beyond the size o... |
38565 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metallica%20%28album%29 | Metallica (album) | Metallica (also known informally as The Black Album) is the fifth studio album by thrash metal band Metallica. It was released in 1991 by Elektra Records. It debuted at #1 in the Billboard 200, making Metallica the band's first album to do so. Currently, Metallica has sold over 15 million copies in the United States al... |
38576 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbow%20trout | Rainbow trout | The rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) is a species of fish. It is farmed in some places. Like species of trout, the rainbow trout is related to salmon. The rainbow trout is one of many different kinds of trout. It is called a rainbow trout because its scales are colorful and shiny.
Other websites
Map showing endang... |
38577 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat-tailed%20gerbil | Fat-tailed gerbil | The fat-tailed gerbil (Pachyuromys duprasi) is a species of gerbil. Its tail becomes fatter when it eats something. Then it uses it when food becomes scarce. They can live 5 to 7 years in captivity. It is from Africa.
They can survive a long time without drinking because they are adapted to a dry climate.
They bury ... |
38579 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goku | Goku | Goku is a major character in the manga and anime Dragon Ball created by Akira Toriyama. He is a Saiyan who likes having a great challenge towards enemies.
Appearances
Goku is the main protagonist of the dragon Ball franchise. He starts off as young boy and meets a teenage girl named Bulma.
Dragon Ball characters
Fic... |
38580 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%20Ball | Dragon Ball | Dragon Ball (ドラゴンボール, Doragon Bōru) is a Japanese manga series by Akira Toriyama. It was originally published in Weekly Shōnen Jump magazine from 1984 to 1995, and the 519 chapters put into 42 volumes. The series follows the main character Son Goku, an alien originally thought to be a human, as he trains in martial art... |
38586 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flowers%20for%20Algernon | Flowers for Algernon | Flowers for Algernon is a book written by Daniel Keyes in 1960.
The main character of the book is Charlie Gordon, an unintelligent but lovable person. Charlie is used in part of a new experiment to triple his IQ. He becomes intelligent, and learns to read and enjoy the world around him better. But later, people stop... |
38589 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soapstone | Soapstone | Soapstone or steatite is a metamorphic rock. It has a large amount of the mineral talc.
Steatite is softer than most stones. Because steatite feels like soap, people call it "soapstone". People have been making things out of soapstone for thousands of years.
Soapstone has been a major component of ceramics used as... |
38591 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty%20of%20Tordesillas | Treaty of Tordesillas | The Treaty of Tordesillas was a treaty between Portugal and Spain in 1494 in which they decided to divide up all the land in the Americas between the two of them, no matter who was already living there. Pope Alexander VI, who was Spanish, was the Pope at the time of the treaty. The Pope drew an imaginary line on a map ... |
38610 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second%20%28disambiguation%29 | Second (disambiguation) | Second stands for:
a unit for time; See: Second
Two is the second positive whole number.
Arcsecond, a unit of angle
Second of right ascension, in astronomy
Second (parliamentary procedure), to support a proposal
Second, the agent of a participant in a duel or a cornerman in combative sports such as boxing
Music... |
38616 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr.%20Magoo | Mr. Magoo | Mr. Quincy Magoo is a popular cartoon character from the late 1940s until the 1970s. Jim Backus was the voice of Mr. Magoo. Mr. Magoo was not able to see well because he was very nearsighted.
History
The first cartoon with Mr. Magoo was The Ragtime Bear (1949).
Magoo family
Mister Quincy Magoo, an old, nearsigh... |
38618 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jam | Jam | Jam is a condiment. It is usually made from pressed fruit, sugar, and sometimes pectin. Most jams are cooked. After making, jam is normally put into an airtight jar.
Usually a jam contains as much sugar as it contains fruit. The two parts are then cooked together to form a gel.
In the European Union, the jam directiv... |
38621 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nei%C3%9Fe | Neiße | The word Neisse or Neiße (German) or Nysa (Polish) is the name of three rivers and one city.
Lausitzer Neiße
Glatzer Neisse
Wütende Neiße
A city in Poland, See: Nysa |
38625 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penalty%20kick | Penalty kick | A penalty kick (short pen) is a type of free kick in football. The ball is 11 meters away from the goal post. A penalty kick is taken by the team which has been fouled if the violent act is made in the penalty box.
Penalty shootout
Penalties can also happen in a penalty shootout, when there is a draw in a match even ... |
38627 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanilla | Vanilla | Vanilla is a spice and a flavoring. The plant it grows on is the orchid Vanilla, which is a vine.
The main species picked for vanilla is called Vanilla planifolia. Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés is credited with introducing both vanilla and chocolate to Europe in the 1520s.
Today, most of the flavoring is done in... |
38632 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper | Pepper | Peppers are plants, but there are many unrelated genera
The genus Piper. It contains Black pepper, a plant that is grown to produce the peppercorn, the dark powder known as pepper is made of.
The genus Capsicum. It contains the Chili pepper which is most often used as a vegetable
Sichuan pepper, a condiment that is ... |
38658 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glatzer%20Neisse | Glatzer Neisse | The Glatzer Neiße (Polish Nysa Kłodzka) is a river that flows into the Oder river from the left.
It is 150 km long, and flows through the cities of the central forest (Miedzylesie): Habelschwerdt (Bystrzyca Kłodzka) and Glatz (Kłodzko). It then runs eastward. Other cities on the river are Patschkau (Paczków), Ottmacha... |
38667 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oder%20River | Oder River | The Oder River (; Czech/) is a river in Central Europe. It starts in the Czech Republic and flows through Poland and Germany. It forms 187 kilometers of the border between Poland and Germany. The river is 854 kilometres long and ends in the Szczecin Lagoon in the Baltic Sea.
Some bigger towns the Oder passes are Wrocł... |
38672 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odra | Odra | Odra can be any of the following:
Oder River, a river in Central Europe
Name of several Polish football clubs, e.g. Odra Wodzislaw
Odra River (Croatia)
Odra River (Spain)
Odra, Silesian Voivodeship, village in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland |
38673 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Schumann | Robert Schumann | Robert Schumann (b. Zwickau in Saxony, June 8, 1810; died July 29, 1856) was a famous German composer. He lived in the time called the Romantic period. He had to give up his plans for being a concert pianist because he injured his hand. He published a music magazine and wrote a lot of articles about music that had just... |
38677 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecture | Lecture | A lecture is when someone talks to a group of people about something interesting. It is like a lesson. At college or university students go to lectures to learn things. The person who is teaching (talking to the group) is called the lecturer. The lecturer may accept questions from the audience.
Sometimes we say th... |
38680 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosel | Mosel | Mosel may mean the following:
Moselle, a European river, named Mosel in German
Mosul, a city in Iraq
Related pages
Moselle (disambiguation) |
38681 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moselle%20%28department%29 | Moselle (department) | Moselle is a department in the Grand Est region of France, named after the Moselle river. The prefecture (capital) of Moselle is Metz.
History
Moselle is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was divided in nine districts: Metz, Bitche, Boulay, Briey, Longwy, Morha... |
38685 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara%20Schumann | Clara Schumann | Clara Schumann (born Leipzig 13 September, 1819; died Frankfurt am Main 20 May, 1896), was the wife of composer Robert Schumann. She was a famous pianist and composer.
Clara was born Clara Wieck. Her father taught her the piano. She was a prodigy and by the time she was thirteen her father was taking her on concert to... |
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