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52745 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%204400 | The 4400 | The 4400 was a science fiction television series. The series ran from 2004 to 2007.
The story
"The 4400" is a reference to 4400 people who disappeared mysteriously over the last century. These people all returned near Seattle, Washington at the same time from a large ball of light. They had not gotten older. After a ... |
52750 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foyle%27s%20War | Foyle's War | Foyle's War is a British detective drama television show. It started on 27 October 2002 and ended on 18 January 2015. The show is set during and after World War II.
On 12 January 2015, it was announced by ITV that they would not commission any more episodes because of how much production costs and their intention to a... |
52761 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant%20anteater | Giant anteater | The giant anteater, Myrmecophaga, is an animal that lives in Central and South America.It is also known as the ant bear
It the only mammal without teeth. Its diet consists of termites and ants, hence the name. It is the largest anteater: its length is between 182 cm and 217 cm. Males weigh between 33 and 41 kg, femal... |
52762 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanctuary%20%28TV%20series%29 | Sanctuary (TV series) | Sanctuary is a Canadian science-fiction-fantasy television series.
The show originally started out as a no-cost eight-webisode series and later expanded into a television-based 13-episode season after Syfy decided to buy the rights to it. The show ran for 4 seasons before Syfy said that the show had been cancelled.
R... |
52763 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Lamb%2C%202nd%20Viscount%20Melbourne | William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne | William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (15 March 1779-24 November 1848) was a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Lamb was elected to Parliament in 1806 as a member of the Whig party.
Lamb served as Irish Secretary in the government.
Lamb became Lord Melbourne when his father died. His family home was in Melbourne ... |
52765 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silicon%20Valley | Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley is the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area in California in the United States. The term originally meant the innovators and manufacturers of silicon chip who worked here, but now means all the high-tech businesses in the area. Even though it's not truly a valley, it is a term for the high-tech ... |
52766 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal%20%28biology%29 | Signal (biology) | A signal in biology is any kind of coded message sent from one organism to another, or from one place in an organism to another place.
Vocal calls
Some social behaviours
Chemical signals
inside organisms
nerve transmission
hormones
inside cells
between organisms
In biology, especially in electrophysiology, a signal ... |
52767 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Gascoyne-Cecil%2C%203rd%20Marquess%20of%20Salisbury | Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury | Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury KG GCVO PC FRS (3 February 1830 - 22 August 1903) was a Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He was known as Lord Robert Cecil before 1865 and as Viscount Cranborne from 1865 until 1868.
Salisbury served as Prime Minister three times for a total of over t... |
52770 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrophysiology | Electrophysiology | Electrophysiology is the study of the electrical properties of biological cells and tissues. It involves measurements of voltage change or electrical current flow on a wide variety of scales from single ion channel proteins, to whole tissues like the heart. In neuroscience, it includes measurements of the electrical ac... |
52771 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion%20channel | Ion channel | An ion channel is a pore-forming protein that helps to establish and control the small voltage gradient across the plasma membrane of all living cells (see resting potential) by allowing the flow of ions down their electrochemical gradient. They are present in the membranes that surround all biological cells.
An ion c... |
52778 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Addington%2C%201st%20Viscount%20Sidmouth | Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth | Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, PC (30 May 1757–15 February 1844) was a British statesman. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804.
His father was a physician specialising in the treatment of mental illness. His father was one of George III's doctors and this resulted in Addington being... |
52781 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustus%20FitzRoy%2C%203rd%20Duke%20of%20Grafton | Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton | Augustus Henry FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton, KG, PC (28 September 1735–14 March 1811) was a British Whig statesman. He was one of a handful of dukes who were Prime Minister of Great Britain.
Education
He studied at Westminster School and then got a degree from Peterhouse College in Cambridge.
Titles from birth to de... |
52783 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Wyndham%20Grenville%2C%201st%20Baron%20Grenville | William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville | William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville PC (25 October 1759–12 January 1834), was a British Whig statesman and Prime Minister. Grenville was the son of Prime Minister George Grenville.
He was educated at Eton College, Christ Church, Oxford and Lincoln's Inn.
References
1759 births
1834 deaths
Alumni of the... |
52785 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Jenkinson%2C%202nd%20Earl%20of%20Liverpool | Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool | Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool (7 June 1770–4 December 1828) was an English politician and the longest serving Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (Robert Walpole held office for longer, but only as Prime Minister of Great Britain) During his time as Prime Minister from 1812 to 1827, Liverpool became kn... |
52790 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick%20John%20Robinson%2C%201st%20Viscount%20Goderich | Frederick John Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich | Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon PC (1 November 1782–28 January 1859) was a British statesman and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (when he was known as Lord Goderich).
Titles
Frederick John Robinson (1782 - 1827)
The Viscount Goderich (1827 -1833)
The Earl of Ripon ( 1833 - 1859)
1782 births
1859 deat... |
52793 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Wellesley%2C%201st%20Duke%20of%20Wellington | Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington | Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS (1 May 1769–14 September 1852) was a soldier and statesman. He was one of the leading military and political figures of 19th-century Britain. His defeat of Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 put him in the top rank of Britain's milita... |
52794 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Grey%2C%202nd%20Earl%20Grey | Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey | Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey, KG, PC (13 March 1764 – 17 July 1845) was a British Whig statesman and Prime Minister. Earl Grey tea, a type of tea with a bergamot orange flavour is named after him. He was the son of Major General Charles Grey, 1st Earl Grey.
Titles
Charles Grey (1764 - 1806)
Viscount Howick (1806 - 1... |
52797 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Russell%2C%201st%20Earl%20Russell | John Russell, 1st Earl Russell | John Russell, 1st Earl Russell, KG, GCMG, PC (18 August 1792 – 28 May 1878) was an English Whig and Liberal politician. He served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century.
Biography
Russell was known as "Lord John Russell", which is called a courtesy title. As the third son of the then Du... |
52799 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Temple%2C%203rd%20Viscount%20Palmerston | Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston | Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, KG, GCB, PC (20 October 1784 – 18 October 1865) was a British statesman who served twice as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in the mid-19th century. He began his parliamentary career as a Tory and ended it as a Liberal.
He is best remembered for his leading of British f... |
52803 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Hamilton-Gordon%2C%204th%20Earl%20of%20Aberdeen | George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen | George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, KG, KT, PC (28 January 1784–14 December 1860) was a Scottish Tory/Peelite politician. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1852 until 1855.
1784 births
1860 deaths
Members of the House of Lords
Politicians from Edinburgh
Members of the Privy Council of th... |
52804 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Smith-Stanley%2C%2014th%20Earl%20of%20Derby | Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby | Edward George Geoffrey Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, KG, PC (29 March 1799–23 October 1869) was an English statesman. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom three times. To date, Derby was the longest serving leader of the Conservative Party. Derby is one of only four British Prime Ministers to have bee... |
52805 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald%20Primrose%2C%205th%20Earl%20of%20Rosebery | Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery | Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery (7 May 184721 May 1929) was a British Liberal politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, also known as Archibald Primrose (1847–1851), Lord Dalmeny (1851–1868).
After an education at Eton and Oxford, Dalmeny succeeded to his grandfather's Scottish earldom in 18... |
52806 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Campbell-Bannerman | Henry Campbell-Bannerman | Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman GCB (7 September 1836 - 22 April 1908) was a Scottish- born British Liberal statesman. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 5 December 1905 until resigning because of bad health on 3 April 1908.
Campbell-Bannerman was born in Glasgow, Scotland, in 1836 as Henry Campbell.... |
52811 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch | Pitch | Pitch can mean:
Pitch (music), a term in music
Pitch (card game)
Pitch (resin), a substance from plants or from petroleum
Pitch (baseball), a throw of a baseball from the pitcher to the catcher
A field of play, usually outdoors. A lawn.
Association football pitch
Cricket pitch
Rugby pitch
Sales pitch
Pitch (... |
52813 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Census%20Bureau | United States Census Bureau | The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census) is a part of the United States government that is responsible for the United States Census.
The Census Bureau is a part of the United States Department of Commerce.
Legal mandate
The Constitution of the United States says that the population must be co... |
52820 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Signal%20processing | Signal processing | Signal processing is the analysis, interpretation and manipulation of signals. Signals of interest include sound, images, biological signals such as ECG, radar signals, and many others.
Processing of such signals includes storage and reconstruction, separation of information from noise (e.g., aircraft identification ... |
52822 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri%20Troyat | Henri Troyat | Henri Troyat, born Levon Aslan Torossian or Lev Aslanovich Tarasov, (November 1, 1911 – March 2, 2007) was a French author, biographer, historian and novelist. Originally, his family was from Armenia.
He was born in Moscow. His family fled Russia, because they feared the coming revolution. After a long exile, the fami... |
52835 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rond%C3%B4nia | Rondônia | Rondônia is a state in Brazil. It is in the northwest of the country. To the west is the state of Acre. To the north is the state of Amazonas. In the east is Mato Grosso. In the south is Bolivia. Its capital is Porto Velho. The state was named after Candido Rondon.
Other cities include:
Ji-Paraná
Ariquemes
Vilhena... |
52840 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singular | Singular | In linguistics, noun phrases have grammatical number. Singular is one kind of grammatical number. A singular noun phrase usually refers to something that you would count as one only (e.g., one time, a glass, the sun, my mother, Jennifer). Noun phrases that cannot be counted are also singular in English (e.g., water, th... |
52851 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantons%20of%20Switzerland | Cantons of Switzerland | Switzerland is divided into 26 different areas called cantons. A canton is similar to a state in the United States.
In the past, each canton had its own army and money. This changed in 1848 when Switzerland finished a civil war and changed to the structure it has now.
The cantons Uri, Schwyz, Unterwalden (Nidwalden a... |
52871 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nervous%20system | Nervous system | The nervous system is a body system which sends signals around the body. It lets animals respond to what is around them. The central nervous system is the brain, the spinal cord, and nerves. It is present in almost all animals. It is there to process the input from the senses, and to coordinate movement.
The nervous ... |
52906 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre%20Dumas%2C%20fils | Alexandre Dumas, fils | Alexandre Dumas, fils (fils is French for son), (27 July 1824 – 27 November 1895) was the son of Alexandre Dumas, père (père is French for father). Like his father, Alexandre Dumas, fils was a celebrated author and playwright.
Alexandre Dumas fils was born in Paris, France, the illegitimate child of Marie-Catherine La... |
52922 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunctivitis | Conjunctivitis | Conjunctivitis (also known as pinkeye) is a medical condition when the Conjunctiva (a transparent membrane that lines the outer eye, and inner part of the eyelid) becomes inflamed. The cause of conjunctivitis can be either bacterial or viral infection.
Other websites
Mayo Clinic - Pink-eye
All About Vision
Kid's ... |
52923 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerulean | Cerulean | Cerulean is a range of colours from teal-blue, sky-blue, bright blue, or azure to deep cyan. The word cerulean comes from the Latin word caeruleum, which means "sky" or "heavens". This was in turn from Latin caeruleus deep blue: resembling the blue of the sky.
In classical times, this term was used to describe blue pi... |
52938 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Barrowman | John Barrowman | John Barrowman MBE (born 11 March 1967) is a Scottish-American actor. He was born in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom but moved to Joliet, Illinois in the United States when he was 8 years old and grew up there. He is citizen of both the United Kingdom and the United States because of this. Barrowman was a contestant ... |
52943 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swamp | Swamp | A swamp is a type of wetland ecosystem. Swamps are forested, low, spongy land generally saturated with water and covered with trees and aquatic plants. Big parts of swamps are often flooded with water. Swamps are nesting and breeding grounds for birds and other animals.
The water of a swamp may be fresh water, brackis... |
52949 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego%20Rivera | Diego Rivera | Diego Rivera (December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957) was a famous Mexican painter and muralist. He was born in Guanajuato City, Guanajuato.
Rivera is famous for his 1933 mural, "Man at the Crossroads," for the lobby of the RCA Building at Rockefeller Center. Before he finished the mural, people saw that there was an im... |
52950 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Alfaro%20Siqueiros | David Alfaro Siqueiros | David Alfaro Siqueiros (December 29, 1896 in Camargo, Chihuahua, Mexico – January 6, 1974 in Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico) was a famous painter and muralist.
Other websites
Short biography and some of his artwork
David Alfaro Siqueiros Online - more information and art galleries
1896 births
1974 deaths
Mexican painte... |
52970 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avenged%20Sevenfold | Avenged Sevenfold | Avenged Sevenfold (or A7X) is an American hard rock band. The band started in Huntington Beach, California in 1999. The band is sometimes called "A7X", which is a title started by the band's guitarist, Zacky Vengeance.
Avenged Sevenfold's first few albums were metalcore, before the band became more hard rock/heavy met... |
52983 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege | Siege | A siege is a military blockade of a city or fortress. The purpose is to conquer by starvation, lack of water, or by a well-prepared assault.
Siege warfare is a form of constant, low-intensity conflict. The defender inside has a strong, static, defensive position. Negotiation between combatants is common.
A siege hap... |
52992 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull | Hull | A hull can be:
Husk or hull, the outer covering of a fruit or vegetable
Hull (watercraft), the body or frame of a ship
The main body of an armored tank
in economics, the Hull-White model of interest rates
In mathematics:
the affine hull in affine geometry
the convex hull in geometry
Carathéodory's theorem for conve... |
52993 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/River%20Hull | River Hull | The River Hull is a river in Yorkshire in the north of England.
It has its source in the Yorkshire Wolds. It joins the River Humber estuary in the centre of Kingston upon Hull.
The river separates the industrial area of the city, and several opening bridges have been constructed. These continue to cause traffic delay... |
52996 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hull%20%28watercraft%29 | Hull (watercraft) | A hull is the body of a ship or boat. It is a central concept in floating vessels as it provides the buoyancy that keeps the vessel from sinking.
General features
Almost all watercraft, from small boats to the largest ships, have a general form that is necessary for stability and efficient propulsion, which includes:... |
52999 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buoyancy | Buoyancy | In physics, buoyancy () is a force on an object making that object rise or move upward. It comes from the Spanish word for "float", boyar. Buoyancy is made by the difference in pressure put on the object by the Fluid or air that the object is in.
The net upward buoyancy force is equal to the magnitude of the weight of... |
53002 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asura | Asura | The Asura are a group of supernatural creatures in Hinduism and Buddhism.
In today's beliefs and assumptions, the Asuras are demons. But this was not always that way. The idea of the Asuras is very, very old, from long before the time people learned how to read and write. The Asuras only became demons after much time ... |
53004 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercontinental%20ballistic%20missile | Intercontinental ballistic missile | ICBM is an acronym. It stands for Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. It is a missile that can travel such distances so it can be used from one continent to another. The missile can then carry a bomb. This can be a conventional or nuclear warhead. Today, most of the time, it will be a nuclear warhead.It is a guided bal... |
53011 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevation | Elevation | When talking about geography the elevation of a certain point is how high it is compared to some reference point. Very often, the reference point is mean sea level, the level of the ocean midway between high and low tide on an average day. Most land has a positive elevation, which means it is above sea level. A few des... |
53021 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastila%20Shan | Bastila Shan | Bastila Shan is a character from the Star Wars universe.
Bastila Shan was born in the year 3,979 BBY. She is the daughter of Helena Shan and an unknown treasure hunter who joined the Jedi Order despite her protests. She became a valuable member to the Jedi Order despite her young age due to her mastery of Battle Medit... |
53022 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darth%20Revan | Darth Revan | Darth Revan is a fictional character from the Star Wars universe and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic.
Revan was a Jedi Knight and general who turned to the dark side in the Mandalorian Wars. After the death of Mandalore the Ultimate, Revan claimed the title of "Dark Lord of the Sith". He then founded a powerful... |
53038 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kraft%20Foods | Kraft Foods | Kraft Foods () is a business that makes packaged food. They own Oscar Meyer and Nabisco.
Other websites
Kraft Corporate Website
Kraft Foods Inc. Fact Sheet from Hoover's
1903 establishments in the United States
1900s establishments in Illinois
American food companies
Companies based in Illinois |
53042 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soft%20drink | Soft drink | Soft drinks (also known as pop, soda, tonic, soda pop, fizzy drinks, or minerals ) are "fizzy" drinks made from concentrates and sugar. When they are made, carbon dioxide gas is added which makes them "fizzy". This process is called carbonation. Some soft drinks have flavors. Some popular types of soda are Sprite, Moun... |
53152 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lexington%2C%20Kentucky | Lexington, Kentucky | Lexington is the second largest city in Kentucky. In 2010, 295,803 people live there. It is called "the Horse Capital of the World".
History
Lexington was first named by a party of Virginians who camped here in June, 1775, after they heard the news about the Battle of Lexington, Massachusetts in April of that year sta... |
53167 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toby%20Keith | Toby Keith | Toby Keith Covel (born July 8, 1961) is an American country music singer-songwriter, record producer and actor.
Albums
1993 - Toby Keith
1994 - Boomtown
1996 - Blue Moon1997 - Dream Walkin'1999 - How Do You Like Me Now?!2001 - Pull My Chain2002 - Unleashed2003 - Shock'n Y'all2005 - Honkytonk University2006 - White Tra... |
53171 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redhead | Redhead | Redhead is a person with red or reddish-tinted hair. Approximately 1 to 2% of the world's population has red hair.
In iceland people that have red hair are called Anton Einar or short name for it lúði
Red hair is made by genes. The gene for red hair is recessive, meaning to be weaker than other genes, like the brown ... |
53184 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen%20Spencer-Thomas | Owen Spencer-Thomas | Owen Spencer-Thomas was born on 3 March 1940 in Braughing, Hertfordshire, England. He is perhaps best known as a television and radio news journalist over three decades. Spencer-Thomas combined this career with that of ordained Anglican clergyman and charity fundraiser. He is married to Maggie; they have three adult c... |
53185 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Inman | John Inman | Frederick John Inman (28 June 1935 – 8 March 2007) was an English actor. He is best known for his role as Mr Humphries in the 1970s/early 1980s BBC comedy series, Are You Being Served?.
Other websites
1935 births
2007 deaths
Actors from Lancashire
Deaths from hepatitis
English movie actors
English stage actors
Engli... |
53201 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Abbey | Edward Abbey | Edward Paul Abbey (January 29, 1927 – March 14, 1989) was an American nature writer. He is known for books including Desert Solitaire, Black Sun, The Journey Home, The Fool's Progress, and Hayduke Lives.
Early life and education
He was born in the state of Pennsylvania in the United States in 1927. He grew up in Penn... |
53221 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20MPs%20elected%20in%20the%202005%20United%20Kingdom%20general%20election | List of MPs elected in the 2005 United Kingdom general election | This is a list of Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons for the Fifty-Fourth Parliament of the United Kingdom at the 2005 general election, held on 5 May 2005. The list is arranged by constituency.
List of MPs elected in the general election
The following table is a list of MPs elected on 5 May, ... |
53222 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio%20de%20Janeiro%20%28state%29 | Rio de Janeiro (state) | Rio de Janeiro is one of the 26 states of Brazil. Its capital is the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Rio de Janeiro is in the Southeast Region of Brazil. It shares borders with Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo and São Paulo as well as the Atlantic Ocean. Rio de Janeiro has an area of .
The state's largest cities are Rio de Janei... |
53223 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling | Sampling | Sampling could mean:
Sampling (signal processing), changing a continuous signal into a discrete signal
Sampling (music), re-using parts of sound recordings in a piece of music
Sample (statistics), selection of observations to get some knowledge of a statistical population
Sampling (case studies), selection of cases fo... |
53234 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretons | Bretons | The Bretons are a distinct ethnic group in the region of Brittany in France. They trace much of their heritage to groups of ancient Britons who settled the area from south western Great Britain in the 4th–6th centuries. The region of Brittany is named after them and many speak Brezhoneg, a Brythonic language closely r... |
53235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Midlands%20%28region%29 | West Midlands (region) | The West Midlands is an official Region of England, covering the western half of the Midlands.
Geography
The official region contains the large conurbation that includes Birmingham and Wolverhampton and includes also the mainly rural shire counties of Herefordshire, Shropshire, Staffordshire, Warwickshire and Worces... |
53237 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midlands | Midlands | Midlands could be in general the central region of any territory. In Britain and Ireland, the term is reseved for the "middle" in the North-South ("vertical") direction (countries that are oriented more East-West use "Mid" with a "horizontal" meaning.)
In the United Kingdom, Scotland and England both have midland are... |
53238 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midlands%20%28disambiguation%29 | Midlands (disambiguation) | There are several regions in the world known as the Midlands. These include:
Midlands, Tasmania, Australia.
Midlands, England.
Midlands, South Carolina, United States.
Natal Midlands, South Africa.
Midlands, Zimbabwe.
Mittelland, Switzerland, see Swiss plateau.
Vidzeme, Latvia. |
53259 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaworzno | Jaworzno | Jaworzno is a city in Poland in Silesian Voivodeship. It has about 96 600 inhabitants and 152,2 km².
Cities in Poland |
53260 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volt | Volt | For the electric plug-in hybrid concept car, see Chevrolet Volt.
For the record label, see Volt Records
The volt (symbol: V) is the SI derived unit of electric potential difference or electromotive force (also known as voltage). It is named in honor of the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta (1745–1827), who invented th... |
53275 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music%20competition | Music competition | A music competition is an event in which people compete for prizes by performing music. Music competitions can be for solo performers or for small or large groups such as orchestras, bands or choirs. Some competitions are for young people who are starting to make a professional career in music. Other music competiti... |
53285 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjudicator | Adjudicator | An adjudicator is someone who decides on a winner at a competition for music or theatre. The adjudicator will always be somebody who has a lot of experience in what he is adjudicating. In big international festivals, a team of several adjudicators may decide together on the winners. In amateur competitions, the adju... |
53298 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism | Criticism | Criticism is a word used in two senses. Originally, it meant "a scholarly analysis and balanced judgement". Later (mid-20th century) it came to mean "a hostile attack" pointing out the bad features of the topic.
Constructive criticism: criticism to evaluate and improve. This is an important activity, especially when ... |
53301 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur | Arthur | Arthur is a male name that can also mean:
Fictional characters
King Arthur
Arthur Teller
Arthur Read
Other
Arthur (TV series)
Arthur (1981 movie), a movie starring Dudley Moore |
53304 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard%20Hanslick | Eduard Hanslick | Eduard Hanslick (born Prague September 11, 1825; died Baden, Austria, August 6, 1904) was a famous music critic. He wrote about music that was being composed in his time. He liked the music of composers like Brahms and Schumann but hated the music of Wagner and Liszt. Their music sounded too modern for his taste.
H... |
53306 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Fairly%20OddParents | The Fairly OddParents | The Fairly OddParents was an animated television series created by Butch Hartman in 2001 for the Nickelodeon cable television network. It is about a ten-year-old boy named Timmy Turner who has fairy godparents, named Cosmo and Wanda, and a fairy godbrother named Poof. The fairies have the power to grant wishes to Timmy... |
53325 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion%20of%20Poland%20%281939%29 | Invasion of Poland (1939) | The Invasion of Poland in 1939 was a military offensive in which Nazi Germany and, two weeks later, the Soviet Union, invaded Poland. The invasion was the start of World War II in Europe and took place from 1 September to 6 October 1939. The invasion of Poland caused the United Kingdom and France to declare war on Germ... |
53329 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winter%20War | Winter War | The Winter War (30 November 1939 - 13 March 1940) was a conflict fought between the Soviet Union and Finland. It began when the Soviet Union tried to invade Finland soon after the Invasion of Poland. The Soviet military forces expected a victory over Finland in a few weeks, because the Soviet army had many more tanks a... |
53333 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joiner | Joiner | For "joinery" in North American sense see: Woodworking joints
A joiner is a person who makes woodwork that is used for buildings. That includes things that are called "Finish carpentry" and "millwork" in the United States. Joiners make and install parts of building, for example doors, windows, stairs, wooden panelling... |
53335 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stairs | Stairs | Stairs, staircase, stairway, stairwell, and flight of stairs are all names for a construction designed to bridge a large vertical distance by dividing it into smaller vertical distances, called steps. Stairways may be straight, round, or may consist of two or more straight pieces connected at angles.
Special stairways... |
53344 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minas%20Gerais | Minas Gerais | Minas Gerais () is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It has the second highest number of people. It has the fourth largest area. The capital is the city of Belo Horizonte, near the center of the state. The name means "General mines". Minas Gerais was formed mainly by colonists searching for gold, gemstones and diamonds.
... |
53345 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cear%C3%A1 | Ceará | Ceará is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. Ceará has many beaches, which brings a lot of tourism.
Geography
Ceará has an area of 148,016 km². It shares borders on the east by the states of Rio Grande do Norte and Paraíba, on the south by Pernambuco s... |
53346 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esp%C3%ADrito%20Santo | Espírito Santo | Espírito Santo is one of the states of southeastern Brazil. It is often referred to as "ES". The capital of ES is Vitória and its largest city is Vila Velha. Those who are born in the state are known as "Capixabas", but the more correct word is "Espiritossantenses". The name means "holy spirit" after the Holy Ghost of ... |
53348 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goi%C3%A1s | Goiás | Goiás is a state of Brazil. It is in the central part of the country. It shares borders with Tocantins, Bahia, Minas Gerais, the Federal District, Mato Grosso do Sul and Mato Grosso. The capital and largest city in the state is Goiânia. With an area of 341,289 km², Goiás is about the size of the Republic of the Congo; ... |
53349 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maranh%C3%A3o | Maranhão | Maranhão is one of the states of Brazil. It is in the northeastern region of the country. To the north is the coast of the Atlantic Ocean. Maranhão shares borders with Piauí, Tocantins and Pará. In the 19th century, the state used plantation slaves to produce cotton for Europe.
Major cities in the state besides the st... |
53350 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mato%20Grosso | Mato Grosso | Mato Grosso is one of the states of Brazil. It is in the western part of the country. Mato Grosso shares borders with the states of Rondônia, Amazonas, Pará, Tocantins, Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul. It also borders the country Bolivia to the southwest. The name, Mato Grosso, means "thick jungle".
Mato Grosso is the s... |
53351 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hassium | Hassium | Hassium is a very radioactive and unstable chemical element. It has the symbol Hs and it has the atomic number 108. It is a superheavy transuranium element.
Hassium is a radioactive element that does not exist in nature. It has to be made in a lab.
History
Hassium was first made in 1984. and eka-osmium. It was mad... |
53352 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roraima | Roraima | Roraima is one of the states of Brazil. It is in the northern part of the country. It shares borders with the states of Pará and Amazonas, as well as the countries Venezuela and Guyana. Roraima is both the northernmost and least populated state of Brazil.
Geography
The climate is tropical with an average temperature ... |
53356 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%20Catarina%20%28state%29 | Santa Catarina (state) | Santa Catarina is a state in Southern Brazil. It has with one of the highest standards of living in the country. Its capital is Florianópolis, which partly lies on the Santa Catarina Island.
Santa Catarina shares borders with the states of Rio Grande do Sul to the south and Paraná to the north. It is bordered on the ... |
53358 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trail | Trail | A trail is a pedestrian path or road mainly used for walking, but often also for cycling, cross-country skiing or other activities. Some trails are off-limits to everyone other than hikers, and few trails allow motorized vehicles.
Nomenclature
In the United States, the word footpath is also used to mean a trail; how... |
53361 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Pardoner%27s%20Prologue%20and%20Tale | The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale | The Pardoner's Prologue and Tale is a story that is a part of The Canterbury Tales by English writer, Geoffrey Chaucer.
About the Pardoner
The Pardoner went on a journey to the town of Canterbury from Rouncivalle with his friend the Summoner.
Appearance
The Pardoner had hair as yellow as wax which fell on his head ... |
53376 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final%20Fantasy%20XII | Final Fantasy XII | Final Fantasy XII is a fantasy role-playing video game for the Playstation 2. It was released in 2006 by Square Enix.
Characters
Final Fantasy XII has six characters you can play as: Vaan, an orphan who wants to be a sky pirate; Ashe, a princess; Basch, who is charged with killing the King; Balthier, a sky pirate who ... |
53380 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final%20Fantasy%20IX | Final Fantasy IX | Final Fantasy IX is a fantasy role-playing video game for the Playstation. It was released in 2000 by Square Enix.
Final Fantasy games
2000 video games
PlayStation games |
53383 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final%20Fantasy%20%28video%20game%29 | Final Fantasy (video game) | Final Fantasy is a fantasy role-playing video game. It was made by Squaresoft, now called Square Enix. It was released in 1987.
Final Fantasy 01
1987 video games
Nintendo Entertainment System games |
53384 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final%20Fantasy%20II | Final Fantasy II | Final Fantasy II is a fantasy role-playing video game. It was made by Squaresoft, now called Square Enix. Instead of getting stronger by getting points by killing monsters and using these to gain levels, for each attack you make there is a chance a stat (strength, health, agility...) will be increased.
References
Fi... |
53385 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final%20Fantasy%20III | Final Fantasy III | Final Fantasy III is a fantasy role-playing video game. It was made by Squaresoft, now called Square Enix. Final Fantasy III is notably the first Final Fantasy game to make use of the job feature. For each battle you win you get points, you can spend these points on job classes, each job class has different commands in... |
53386 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final%20Fantasy%20IV | Final Fantasy IV | Final Fantasy IV is a fantasy role-playing video game. It was made in 1991 by Squaresoft, now called Square Enix. It was first played on the Super Famicom in Japan, and Super Nintendo in the United States. It was called Final Fantasy II when it was on the Super Nintendo. You can also play it on the Sony PlayStation, Wo... |
53387 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final%20Fantasy%20V | Final Fantasy V | Final Fantasy V is a medieval fantasy role-playing video game. It is developed and published by Square (now Square Enix). It was first made in 1992 as a part of the Final Fantasy series. The game first appeared only in Japan on Nintendo's Super Famicom. It has been remade with little differences to Sony's PlayStation a... |
53388 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final%20Fantasy%20VI | Final Fantasy VI | Final Fantasy VI (also known as Final Fantasy III for the US-SNES version) is a fantasy role-playing video game. It was made by Squaresoft, now called Square Enix. In this game, the story is about a half human, half Esper named Terra who must stop an evil empire led by Emperor Gestahl.
The game allows you to control ... |
53389 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final%20Fantasy%20VIII | Final Fantasy VIII | Final Fantasy VIII is a fantasy role-playing video game. It was released for the PlayStation in 1999 and Windows computers in 2000. It was made by Square (now Square Enix). It is the eight title of the Final Fantasy series. It removed magic point-based spell-casting. It was the first title to consistently use realistic... |
53390 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final%20Fantasy%20X | Final Fantasy X | Final Fantasy X is a fantasy role-playing video game made by Square Enix. It is the 10th game in the Final Fantasy video game series. The game was released in 2001, and is the first Final Fantasy game that was made for the Sony PlayStation 2 video game console.
Other websites
Official Final Fantasy X website
Final ... |
53391 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final%20Fantasy%20X-2 | Final Fantasy X-2 | Final Fantasy X-2 is a fantasy role-playing video game released for the PlayStation 2 in 2003. It was made by Square Enix. It is a direct sequel to the game Final Fantasy X, the first direct sequel in the Final Fantasy series.
Final Fantasy 10.5
Final Fantasy 10.5
PlayStation 2 games |
53392 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final%20Fantasy%20XI | Final Fantasy XI | Final Fantasy XI is an online fantasy role-playing video game. It was made by Square Enix.
Final Fantasy 11
Final Fantasy 11
Massively multiplayer online role-playing games |
53393 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ditch | Ditch | For use of the ditch as obstacles for horses, see ditch (obstacle)
A ditch is created to channel water and can be described as a small or moderate depression. A ditch can be used for drainage, to drain water from low-lying areas, alongside roadways or fields, or to channel water from a more distant source for plant ir... |
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