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53396 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flags%20of%20Brazilian%20states | Flags of Brazilian states | This gallery of flags of Brazilian states shows the flags of the 26 Brazilian States and the federal district.
States of Brazil
Brazil
pt:Anexo:Lista de bandeiras do Brasil#Estaduais |
53398 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chobits | Chobits | is a Japanese manga and anime series created by CLAMP.
Plot
The story is mostly about the life of Hideki Motosuwa who did not make it into a university, and so is called a 'ronin', a repeat student. Hideki tries to get into a university by moving from his farm and studying at Seki, a cram school in Tokyo. He is not u... |
53420 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brossard%2C%20Quebec | Brossard, Quebec | Brossard is a city near Montreal in the Canadian province of Quebec. Brossard is also near the Saint Lawrence River. About 70,000 people live in the city of Brossard. Paul Leduc is the mayor of Brossard since 2009. Brossard was created on February 14, 1958.
Brossard has a lot of people from different places. For ex... |
53425 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%20of%20Puppets | Master of Puppets | Master of Puppets is Metallica's third album. It was released by Elektra Records on February 21 1986. The album has 8 songs, which many feel made a permanent impact on heavy metal music. Several of its songs are still played on the radio. It is the last album to feature bassist Cliff Burton, who died in a bus accident ... |
53426 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%20Bruckner | Anton Bruckner | Anton Bruckner (born Ansfelden, Austria, 4 September 1824; died Vienna, 11 October 1896) was an Austrian composer. He is especially famous for his nine symphonies. They are all very long and are written in a late Romantic style for a large orchestra. He was also an organist and teacher.
Life
Bruckner’s father was an... |
53427 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rondo | Rondo | In music a rondo is a piece of music which has one main theme, which is heard several times, and other musical ideas in between each time. If we give the main theme a label "A" and the other musical ideas "B", "C", "D" etc. then the form of a rondo can be described as ABACADA. The sections in between the main "A" sec... |
53441 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20engineering | Military engineering | A military engineer uses his skills in construction to build many different structures for warfare. These different structures can be made for either offense or defense. Other jobs include building and taking apart minefields and bridges. In some cases an engineer may have to destroy something that he has built before.... |
53461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melisma | Melisma | In music, a melisma is the technique of singing one syllable to a lot of notes. They are often called vocal runs or simply runs. Music which uses melismas can be called melismatic.
In Western music melismas are often used in operas or any other music which is written for the singer to show off the voice. Melismatic... |
53463 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinet | Spinet | A spinet is a small kind of harpsichord. In Renaissance and Baroque times, and even later, people often had a spinet in their homes. The advantage of a spinet was that it was cheaper than a harpsichord and it also took up less room.
Sometimes the word used to be spelt differently, e.g. "spinnet" or "spinnit".
The spi... |
53475 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Artists | United Artists | United Artists is a Hollywood movie company. The original company was created in 1919 by actors by D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, and Douglas Fairbanks. This group did not want to depend on commercial studios.
Ownership
In 1967, United Artists was bought by Transamerica Corporation. In 1981, Metro-Go... |
53476 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc., or MGM, is an American media company. They mainly make movies and television programs. On April 8, 2005, the company was bought by a group led by Sony and Comcast along with Texas Instruments and Warner Bros. until emerged from bankruptcy on December 20, 2010, due to Spyglass Entertainment fo... |
53477 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostle | Apostle | Apostle and The Apostles can mean:
Religion
The Twelve Apostles, the 12 followers of Jesus given "the Great Commission".
The Seventy Apostles, the 70 sent forth in Luke 10. They are referred to as Apostles by the Orthodox Church and as Disciples in the Western tradition.
Jesus is referred to as an apostle in Hebre... |
53480 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercontinental%20Cup | Intercontinental Cup | The European/South American Cup, commonly called the Intercontinental Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition by UEFA and CONMEBOL. The competition was between the winners of the European Champions League and the South American Copa Libertadores in a match played each year.
The Cup was called the World Club Cham... |
53494 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafizullah%20Amin | Hafizullah Amin | Hafizullah Amin (, August 1, 1929 – December 27, 1979) was the second President of Afghanistan. He was president during the time of the communist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. The Soviets got information from their KGB spies that Amin's rule was a threat to the stability of Afghanistan. They also were not certai... |
53510 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Para%C3%ADba | Paraíba | Paraíba is one of the states of Brazil. It is in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is the easternmost point of the Americas. João Pessoa is the capital city.
Major Cities
João Pessoa, state capital
Campina Grande
Areia
Guarabira
Patos
Sousa
Arara
Sao de Carnao
History
In the mid... |
53514 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mato%20Grosso%20do%20Sul | Mato Grosso do Sul | Mato Grosso do Sul is one of the states of Brazil. It shares borders with the states of Mato Grosso, Goiás, Minas Gerais, São Paulo and Paraná. It also borders the countries of Paraguay and Bolivia to the west. Campo Grande is the capital of the state
Mato Grosso do Sul means "Southern Thick Forest". The name comes fr... |
53535 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming%20pool | Swimming pool | A swimming pool is a tank or large basin that is filled with water and intended for recreational or competitive swimming or diving. Pools are also used for other bathing activities, such as playing, wading, water exercising, floating on inner tubes, or cooling off on hot days.
Various methods are used to keep algae, ... |
53544 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny%20Elfman | Danny Elfman | Daniel Robert "Danny" Elfman (May 29, 1953) is an American composer and singer-songwriter. He is Jewish (of British Jewish, Polish Jewish and Russian Jewish descent). He wrote music for many movies and television series. In 2003, he married actress Bridget Fonda. They have one child, Oliver Elfman (born January 21, 200... |
53569 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA%2007 | FIFA 07 | FIFA 07 is a Sony PlayStation 2, Xbox 360, Xbox, GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation Portable and Microsoft Windows game that features world beat music and fun football action. The object is to score more goals that the opponent. The game can be played in either English or Spanish, these modes have dif... |
53583 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph%20Waldo%20Emerson | Ralph Waldo Emerson | Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882) was an American author, poet, and philosopher.
Early life
Emerson was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1803. His father was a Unitarian minister. He chose not to follow the beliefs of the Unitarians and instead, created his own world view, Transcendentalism. He firs... |
53591 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushranger | Bushranger | A bushranger was a thief who lived in the Australian bush. Bushrangers often stole expensive things from banks or coaches. There were more than 2000 bushrangers during Australia's past. Most were simply criminals and thieves. A few bushrangers became famous and were seen as heroes. They are part of a long history that... |
53592 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20bush | The bush | The bush is a phrase used to describe land where people do not live, land a long way from cities, or forests. The word is mainly used in Australia, New Zealand, Africa, Canada, and Alaska.
Australia
In Australia, the phrase, the bush, has a special symbolic meaning in Australian life. When used to describe the land, ... |
53594 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moondyne%20Joe | Moondyne Joe | Moondyne Joe (1826 – 1900), real name Joseph Bolitho Johns, is the most famous bushranger from Western Australia. He became famous, not for his crimes, but for his many escapes from gaol (jail).
Early years
Johns was born in Cornwall, England around 1826. His father Thomas Johns was a blacksmith. He might have had sma... |
53595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fremantle%2C%20Western%20Australia | Fremantle, Western Australia | Fremantle is a port city in Western Australia. It is the main city on the ocean and is near Perth. The city has a population of 26,000 people. It is at the place where the Swan River runs into the Indian Ocean.
It was established by English people who arrived there in 1829 and established the Swan River Colony. Th... |
53612 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard%20deviation | Standard deviation | Standard deviation is a number used to tell how measurements for a group are spread out from the average (mean or expected value). A low standard deviation means that most of the numbers are close to the average, while a high standard deviation means that the numbers are more spread out.
The reported margin of error i... |
53635 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/53%20BC | 53 BC | Year 53 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Messalla and Calvinus (or sometimes year 701 Ab urbe condita). This year has been called 53 BC since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the most common way of naming years ... |
53677 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Potter%20and%20the%20Deathly%20Hallows | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and last book in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. The book was released worldwide on 21 July 2007. It became the fastest-selling book ever, with 8.3 million copies sold in the United States during the first 24 hours.
This book is about Harry Potter, the main char... |
53680 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boiling | Boiling | Boiling is the phase change that occurs when a liquid becomes gas throughout the substance. When bubbles are formed you can tell a substance is boiling. This is not to be confused with evaporation.
The temperature at which boiling happens is called the boiling point and depends on the particular nature of the substanc... |
53681 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/He | He | He (, unstressed ) is a third-person singular pronoun used to talk about a male. "He" can be used in place of a male's name. When the name of a man has been the subject, then "he" can be used instead of that name. While "he" is the subject form, the word "him" is the object or possessive form (see table below). The wor... |
53682 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan%20River | Swan River | The Swan River is an important river in Western Australia. It runs past the city of Perth and into the Indian Ocean at Fremantle.
Rivers of Western Australia
Perth, Western Australia |
53694 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheinfeld | Scheinfeld | Scheinfeld is a town in Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim, in Bavaria, Germany. It is 14 km northwest of Neustadt (Aisch), and 40 km east of Würzburg. Schloss Schwarzenberg is next to the town. The town is home to an Adidas testing factory.
References
Other websites
Official town website
Website with information on t... |
53695 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirk%20Nowitzki | Dirk Nowitzki | Dirk Werner Nowitzki (born June 19, 1978 in Würzburg, Germany; pronounced durk VER-ner nah-VIT-skee) is a former German basketball player. He played for the Dallas Mavericks in the United States' National Basketball Association's (NBA).
Nowitzki started playing in the NBA in 1998. He is only the second player who was ... |
53696 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkach | Volkach | Volkach is a town in Kitzingen in the Regierungsbezirk Unterfranken (Lower Franconia) in Bavaria, Germany. It is on the river Main and has a population of around 8,700.
Gallery
Other websites
Volkach website
References
Kitzingen (district) |
53697 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ochsenfurt | Ochsenfurt | Ochsenfurt () is a town in Würzburg, in Bavaria, Germany. Ochsenfurt is on the left edge of the River Main. This makes it the largest town in the Würzburg district.
Geography
Place
The town is on the left edge of the River Main, south of Würzburg.
Subdivision
The districts of Ochsenfurt are: Darstadt, Erlach, Goßm... |
53698 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitzingen%20%28district%29 | Kitzingen (district) | Kitzingen is a district in Bavaria, Germany.
History
The district was last changed in 1973. The old district of Gerolzhofen was split up, and half of its territory was joined with the old Kitzingen district. The city of Kitzingen lost its status as an independent city and was put into the district.
Geography
The ... |
53700 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haflinger | Haflinger | Haflinger is an all-round breed of horse. It is a mountain horse but today people use it for spare time. A Haflinger counts as a pony breed of horse. The first cloned horse, Prometea is of this breed. A Haflinger has a gallant dry head with big eyes, wide-dilating nostrils, and small, attentive ears. People who raise t... |
53701 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20Kur%C3%A1nyi | Kevin Kurányi | Kevin Kuranyi (born 2 March 1982 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a German football player. He used to play for the German national team, but was excluded in October 2008 due to improper behaviour. His team is Dynamo Moscow. Before playing for Moscow, he played for Stuttgart and Schalke.
Club career statistics
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53702 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%BCrzburger%20Kickers | Würzburger Kickers | Kickers Wurzburg is one of the most traditional football clubs in Franconia. It was founded in 1907.
Famous Footballers of FC Wurzburger Kickers:
Bernd Hollerbach, Trainer VfB Lübeck
Claus Reitmaier, formerly goal keeper of the VfL Wolfsburg
Peter Sippel, FIFA-Arbitrator
Honours
League
Bayernliga (III)
Champion... |
53703 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chico%2C%20California | Chico, California | Chico is a big city in the Central Valley of the American state of California. It is in the northern part of the state. Chico is in the Sacramento Valley close to the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountain range. The city has a population of 79,091. People first started living in Chico in 1843. The city was founded in... |
53704 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repperndorf | Repperndorf | Repperndorf is a village in Regierungsbezirk, Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. Since 1977 it is part of the town of Kitzingen. Repperndorf has a population of 260 people. The village has a graveyard and two churches, one for Catholics and one for Protestants. It also has one restaurant and one soccer club. There was... |
53705 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gro%C3%9Flangheim | Großlangheim | Großlangheim is a municipality in Kitzingen in Bavaria in Germany.
References
Kitzingen (district) |
53763 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun%20Gong | Falun Gong | Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa) is a spiritual discipline from China with exercises similar to Tai chi chuan. It was founded by Li Hongzhi in 1992. People who follow Falun Gong do five exercises and read books written by Li Hongzhi, the movement's founder. They believe in "Truthfulness, Compassion and Forbearance... |
53766 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deflation | Deflation | Deflation means that generally the prices of products are going down. It is the opposite of inflation. It is said, that deflation happens when there is less money than there are goods. It is also said that deflation is a sign of a weak state of that country's economy, because deflation usually happens during an economi... |
53789 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical%20symbol | Chemical symbol | A chemical symbol is the shortform of the name of an element. Usually, it is made up of one or two letters, but sometimes it is made up of three letters. For example, the chemical symbol for oxygen is O. The chemical symbol for calcium is Ca. Until it is discovered and scientists decide what it will be called, the chem... |
53846 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary%20of%20State | Secretary of State | Secretary of State is a title for a government official. The title has different meanings in different countries, and in some cases there are several Secretaries of State in the government.
In many countries, a secretary of state is a mid-level official.
In the United Kingdom a secretary of state is a senior minist... |
53847 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official | Official | An official is someone who holds an office (meaning an official position) in an organisation or government. This doesn't have to mean an office room—it can also just mean an important rank. An official in government is called a government official or public official . Officials may be appointed or elected to their posi... |
53849 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Function | Function | Function may mean:
professional or official position: Official
Function (mathematics), the relationship between two or more amounts using algebra
Computable function in software programming languages
Function (biology) explains the way a part works in an organism
Function (philosophy), in philosophy, a relation of... |
53851 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteroptera | Heteroptera | The Heteroptera is a group of about 40,000 species of insects in the Hemiptera. They are typical bugs.
"Heteroptera" is Greek for "different wings": most species have front wings with both membranous and hardened portions (called hemelytra.
The name "Heteroptera" is used in two different ways in modern classificatio... |
53865 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snuff | Snuff | Snuff is a kind of tobacco which is sniffed instead of smoked. People take a bit of snuff between their fingers and put it in their nostrils to smell it. Not many people use snuff now, but a century or more ago it was very common. In the novels of 19th century authors like Charles Dickens we often read about people ... |
53866 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Elder%20Scrolls%20III%3A%20Morrowind | The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind | The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind, or just Morrowind, is a video game released in 2002. In it, players take on the role of a character which they create, and use it to wander around in a big and diverse world. There is a storyline, but players do not have to follow it, instead doing the side-quests that are included wit... |
53870 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Nose%20%28opera%29 | The Nose (opera) | The Nose is an opera by Dmitri Shostakovich. It was written in 1927. At this time a lot of exciting new movies were being made in the Soviet Union. There were also some very interesting new plays in the theatres. The famous theatre director Vsevolod Meyerhold had many new ideas. However, operas that were being wr... |
53876 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20game%20developer | Video game developer | A video game developer is a person or company who makes games on computers and other game systems. Some developers make games for only one or two types of game systems, others might even make one kind of game. Some games are only for one system. Developers might try and make a copy of such a game to another, different ... |
53877 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20game%20publisher | Video game publisher | A video game publisher is a company that publish games that they have made or that they have bought to be made by a video game developer. The publisher pays for the development of the game. Because of that, they can tell the developers exactly what kind of game they want. The publisher is responsible for the making and... |
53884 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cork%20%28city%29 | Cork (city) | Cork is a city in County Cork in Ireland. It is the country's second largest city, only Dublin is larger. It is the third largest city on the island of Ireland, as Belfast is also larger. People from Cork are called Corkonians. It was founded by Saint Finbarr in the sixth century. 274,000 people live in Cork city and t... |
53887 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/County%20Cork | County Cork | County Cork is the largest county in Ireland in terms of size. Almost half a million people live there. The leader of the Irish War of Independence, Michael Collins, was born in the town of Clonakilty in County Cork. He was killed in Béal na mBláth in west Cork. West Cork is known for its beautiful scenery.
The main ... |
53906 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genie | Genie | Genies or jinns or djinns are supposed to be magical beings or creatures with free will. They are originally found in ancient myths and legends of the Middle East, especially Arabia.
Nowadays, people in many Muslim countries like Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Palestine, Egypt, Iraq, Syria,United Arab Emirates, Libya, ... |
53908 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cork | Cork | Cork could mean:
Places
Cork (city), a city in the Republic of Ireland
County Cork, the largest and southernmost county in Ireland
Cork Harbour, a natural harbour and estuary
Cork International Airport, just outside the Irish city
Metropolitan Cork
Objects and materials
Cork (material), a material used for bo... |
53910 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suikoden | Suikoden | is a series of role playing video games made by Japanese company Konami. There have been five main Suikoden games made. Suikoden and Suikoden 2 were released on the first PlayStation. Suikoden 3, Suikoden 4, and Suikoden 5 were released on the PlayStation 2. In each game the player would play the role of a hero who mus... |
53913 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elasticity | Elasticity | Elasticity could mean:
Elasticity (economics), a general term for a ratio of change. For more specific economic forms of elasticity, see:
Price elasticity of demand
Price elasticity of supply
Income elasticity of demand
Cross elasticity of demand
Output elasticity
Elasticity of substitution
Arc elasticity
Beta coeffic... |
53915 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kendo | Kendo | is a Japanese martial art.
History
Kendo means the "way of the sword". The rules and gear of kendo were first created in the 18th century and its modern rules and styles date to 19th century.
Rules
An opponent may be struck at seven places: both sides and top of helmet (men), on either hand (gloves, kote) or either s... |
53916 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleontology | Paleontology | Palaeontology or Paleontology is the study of fossils of living things, and their phylogeny (evolutionary relationships). It depends on basic sciences such as zoology, botany and historical geology. The term palaeobiology implies that the study will investigate the palaeoecology of the groups in question.
In palaeozoo... |
53918 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cotswolds | Cotswolds | The Cotswolds is a range of hills in central England, sometimes called the "Heart of England", a hilly area reaching over 300 m. The area has been designated as Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The highest point in the Cotswolds is Cleeve Hill at 330 m (1083 ft).
The Cotswolds lie within the current ceremonial coun... |
53920 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piau%C3%AD | Piauí | Piauí is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is in the northeastern part of the country. The capital of Piauí is Teresina.
Geography
Piauí shares borders with the states of Maranhão (west), Ceará (east), Pernambuco (east) and Bahia (east and south). It borders the Atlantic Ocean to the north.
Piauí has the shortest c... |
53925 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio%20Grande%20do%20Norte | Rio Grande do Norte | Rio Grande do Norte is one of the 26 states of Brazil. It is in the northeastern part of the country. It is on the edge of the South American continent.
Geography
Rio Grande do Norte has a large coastline. The state is well known for its beaches and sand dunes. The air is the cleanest in South America.
Because of a... |
53928 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian%20Federal%20District | Brazilian Federal District | The Brazilian Federal District or Distrito Federal is a part of Brazil, which is used to shelter Brasília, the federal capital. It is in the centre of the country.
History
The government of Brazil was moved to Distrito Federal on April 21, 1960. Before this, the Brazilian Federal District used to be the municipality o... |
53931 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiromu%20Shinozuka | Hiromu Shinozuka | Hiromu Shinozuka (, born 27 March 1979 in Fukuoka) is a Japanese manga artist. She writes in Ciao. She came out with Takkyu shoujo in 1999.
Famous works
Chenge!
Mirrumo de pon!
Koisuru purin
Chibi☆debi!!
Other websites
Profile at Ciao Magazine site
Hiromu Shinozuka at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
Japanese ... |
53938 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zve%C4%8Dan | Zvečan | Zvečan is a town in north Kosovo, Serbia, near Kosovska Mitrovica. , about 16,600 people lived there. The town was first mentioned at the time of border disputes between Serbia and the Byzantine Empire between 1091 and 1094.
References
Towns in Europe
Settlements in Serbia |
53942 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosario | Rosario | Rosario is a city in the center-east of Argentina, about northwest from Buenos Aires. It is the main city of Santa Fe Province. As of 2008 Rosario metropolitan area has a population of around 1,300,000 inhabitants, making it Argentina's third-largest city. The city is on the Paraná River.
It is called Rosario because... |
53962 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnastics | Gymnastics | Gymnastics is a sport which involves doing exercises which need strength, flexibility, balance and control. This may include running, jumping, tumbling, somersaulting, flipping and balancing.
In women's gymnastics, there are four activities: floor, uneven bars, balance beam, and vault. In men's gymnastics, there ar... |
53976 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atahualpa | Atahualpa | Atahuallpa or Atawallpa (c. 1502 – 1533) was the 13th and last sovereign emperor of the Tahuantinsuyo, or Inca empire. He became emperor after defeating his younger half-brother Huáscar in a civil war that followed the death of their father, Inca Huayna Capac, from an infectious disease (maybe malaria or smallpox). Dur... |
53977 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die%20Meistersinger%20von%20N%C3%BCrnberg | Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg | Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (The Mastersingers of Nuremberg) is an opera by Richard Wagner. It is the only comic opera that Wagner wrote. Wagner wrote the words (the libretto) in 1862 and composed the music in 1867. It was first performed in Munich in 1868.
The story is set in the town of Nuremberg (German: Nürnber... |
53983 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takbir | Takbir | Allahu Akbar is a Muslim saying. The exact words in Arabic mean "God is greater", but people know that saying "God is great" in the right time and place means the same as "God is Greater." "Allahu Akbar" is the first part of the Adhan, which people hear 5 times a day where Muslim people live together. Saying "God is ... |
53989 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shire | Shire | A shire is an administrative area of Great Britain (also county) and Australia. It is a kind of local government.
History
The first shires were created by the Anglo-Saxons in central and southern England. Shires were controlled by a royal official known as a "shire reeve" or sheriff. In modern English usage shires ar... |
53990 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy%20Tail | Fairy Tail | Fairy Tail is a shonen manga published in the Weekly Shônen Magazine from August 2, 2006 to July 26, 2017. It was created by Hiro Mashima. It has 545 chapters and 63 tankōbon volumes. The series is also aired. Some video games are released by Konami. In August 2012 The Phoenix Priestess, a Fairy Tail movie, was release... |
53991 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viol | Viol | The viol (rhymes with "mile") is a string instrument that is played with a bow. The viol was a popular instrument from the 15th to the 18th century. Small viols are held on the lap, and the larger ones are held between the knees, which gave them the name of "viol da gamba", meaning a leg viol. The bow is held with th... |
54001 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regnitz | Regnitz | The Regnitz is a river in Bavaria, Germany. It is a left tributary of the Main and is 58 km in length.
The river is formed by the confluence of the rivers Rednitz and Pegnitz, which meet in the city of Fürth. From there the Regnitz runs northwards through the cities of Erlangen and Forchheim. It finally meets the Main... |
54008 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geir%20Ivars%C3%B8y | Geir Ivarsøy | Geir Ivarsøy (June 27, 1957 – March 9, 2006) was the main programmer at Opera Software. He and Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner were part of a research group at the Norwegian state telephone company (now known as Telenor). They made browsing software called MultiTorg Opera. Telenor stopped them from working on the program,... |
54019 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color%20wheel | Color wheel | A color wheel is a circular chart that shows primary and secondary colors.
The color wheel most commonly used today is called the HSV color wheel which means hue, saturation, value. The digital form of the HSV color wheel is called the RGB color wheel (shown below). The HSV/RGB color wheel is described below. The... |
54021 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rerun | Rerun | A rerun is a repeat of the same broadcast media, when that program is played again. This is usually a television show, but can also be a radio show.
Television
Radio |
54023 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cutaway | Cutaway | A cutaway in movieing is a camera shot that interrupts the program. Its subjects are related. It is going on at the same time as the main action of the program.
Television
Movie production |
54026 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherie%20Blair | Cherie Blair | Cherie Blair CBE QC (born 23 September 1954) is a British barrister, sometimes known as Cherie Booth. She is the wife of former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Tony Blair. She was born at Fairfield General Hospital in Bury, Lancashire, and grew up in Waterloo, Lancashire. She is a daughter of actor Antony Booth.
... |
54032 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regions%20of%20Slovakia | Regions of Slovakia | Since 1949 (except 1990-1996), Slovakia has been divided into a number of kraje (singular kraj, usually translated as Regions, but mean rather county). Slovakia is currently divided into 8 regions. Each kraj is then divided into many okresy (singular okres, usually translated as districts). Slovakia currently has 79 di... |
54033 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Districts%20of%20Slovakia | Districts of Slovakia | An okres (in English district) is an administrative unit of Slovakia.
Several districts form one region. On the other hand, one district is made of several municipalities, which are further divided into cadastral areas. The current districts exist since 1996, which at first had their own offices, but in 2004, they wer... |
54040 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%BDilina | Žilina | Žilina (German: Sillein, Hungarian: Zsolna) is a city in northwestern Slovakia.
Geography
The city is located in the northwestern Slovakia, at the confluence of Váh, Kysuca and Rajčanka rivers. It is surrounded by numerous mountains ranges, for example Lesser Fatra, Strážov Mountains and many others.
History
People... |
54043 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renting | Renting | Renting (also called leasing) is where someone pays money to use something for a definite amount of time. This can be anything from a car or house to a DVD. The document that has all the details written on it is called the lease. The person who owns the item that will be leased or rented is called the lessor. The pers... |
54050 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre%C5%A1ov | Prešov | Prešov (; ) is a city in eastern Slovakia. With a population of approximately 91,000 it is the third-largest city in the country.
Geography
Prešov is a city lying in the Torysa river valley, in the historical Šariš region. It is located 33 km north of Košice, connected by the motorway D1.
History
People have lived ... |
54051 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trnava | Trnava | Trnava (German: Tyrnau, Hungarian: Nagyszombat) is a city in western Slovakia, around 50 km from the capital Bratislava. Because it has so many churches with its town walls, it is commonly called Little Rome or Slovak Rome.
History
The town was first mentioned in 1211. It received royal free town privileges as the fir... |
54052 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitra | Nitra | Nitra (Hungarian: Nyitra / Nyitria [archaic]; German: Neutra ()) is a city in western Slovakia (and the fifth largest urban settlement in Slovakia) situated at the foot of Zobor Mountain in the Nitra River valley.
Nitra is one of the oldest cities in Slovakia. It existed as a town since at least the early 9th century.... |
54056 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tren%C4%8D%C3%ADn | Trenčín | Trenčín (German: Trentschin; Hungarian: Trencsén; Latin: Laugaritio) is a town in western Slovakia (close to the Czech border) on the Váh river.
History
The site is inhabited since time immemorial. Trenčín is best known for Roman writing below the Trenčín castle. In the 13th century, the castle was home to the legen... |
54063 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bansk%C3%A1%20Bystrica | Banská Bystrica | Banská Bystrica (German: Neusohl, Hungarian: Besztercebánya, Latin: Villa Nova), is a large town in central Slovakia, on the Hron river.
History
It was first mentioned in 1255 as a royal free mining town. The town had rich ore deposits, mainly copper, and to a lesser extent silver, gold and iron. As the deposits were... |
54069 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20realism | Social realism | Social realism is a style of art, fiction, movies and plays. It describes the daily life of workers and poor people. Social realist artists try to show people and their lives in a realistic way. This means that they often show things which are not beautiful or attractive. They may show people who are elderly, sick, sad... |
54082 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish%20Premier%20League | Scottish Premier League |
Competition format
League
The SPL is in a league format – a team gains points by playing another team in the league. Three points are awarded for a win and one point for a draw. No points are awarded for a loss. Once all the games have been played, the team at the top of the league wins the SPL trophy. If two or mo... |
54083 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan%20county | Metropolitan county | There are six metropolitan counties in England, which each cover large urban areas, typically with populations of 1.2 to 2.8 million. They were created in 1974 and are each divided into several metropolitan districts.
There are no county councils any more since 1986. Most of their functions were taken over by the ind... |
54085 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitary%20authority | Unitary authority | A unitary authority is a type of local authority that is responsible for all local government functions within its area. This is different from a system where local government functions are divided between different authorities.
Typically unitary authorities cover large towns or cities, which are large enough to be in... |
54087 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative%20division | Administrative division | Administrative division is a term for an administrative region within a country that is created for the purposes of managing of land and the affairs of people. The area typically has a local government with a certain degree of autonomy, and is on a level below that of the sovereign state.
Select examples
Autonomous c... |
54090 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/County%20council | County council | A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries.
British Isles
County councils were responsible for more strategic services in a region, with smaller urban district councils and rural district councils responsible... |
54101 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.%20Ron%20Hubbard | L. Ron Hubbard | Lafayette Ronald Hubbard (March 13, 1911 – January 24, 1986) was an American pulp fiction writer. He created Dianetics and Scientology. Hubbard was born in Tilden, Nebraska to Harry Ross Hubbard and Ledora May Hubbard. He died of a stroke in Creston, California.
References
1911 births
1986 deaths
Cardiovascular dise... |
54106 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%20Midlands | East Midlands | The East Midlands is one of the regions of England and is the eastern half of the Midlands.
The counties of Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Rutland, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire and most of Lincolnshire belong to this region.
The highest point in the region is Kinder Scout, in Derbyshire at 2,088 ft ... |
54109 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Pirates%20of%20the%20Caribbean%20characters | List of Pirates of the Caribbean characters | This is a list of characters appearing in the Pirates of the Caribbean movie series.
Main characters
Jack Sparrow
Jack Sparrow begins the Curse of the Black Pearl as a pirate captain without a ship. He is played by Johnny Depp.
Sparrow had been captain of the Black Pearl before his first mate, Hector Barbossa led ... |
54123 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater%20Nottingham | Greater Nottingham | Greater Nottingham is a conurbation based around the city of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England.
Unlike Greater Manchester, which is a metropolitan county and Greater London, which is a region, Greater Nottingham not officially an administrative area. But it is an own Nottingham Urban Area with a population of ... |
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