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55428 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold%20II%20of%20Belgium | Leopold II of Belgium | Leopold II (Léopold Louis Philippe Marie Victor) (9 April 1835 – 17 December 1909) was King of the Belgians. Born in Brussels the second (but oldest surviving) son of Leopold I and Louise of Orléans. He succeeded his father to the throne on 17 December 1865 and was king until his death.
Biography
Leopold is mainly r... |
55429 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20V | George V | George V (born George Frederick Ernest Albert; 3 June 186520 January 1936) was King of the United Kingdom. He was the first British monarch with the family name Windsor. His father was Edward VII.
George was born in 1865. He was in the Royal Navy when he was twelve; he left the Navy to become king. George was crowned ... |
55430 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy | Candy | Candy, also called a sweet, is a sweet kind of food that is usually made from sugar and water, with flavors and other ingredients added.
The word candy comes from the Persian word for "cane sugar",(نیشکر), and probably also from Sanskrit khanda, which means "piece (of sugar)".
Candy is found in almost any store becau... |
55431 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loanword | Loanword | A loanword is a word that is adopted by a language that comes from another language. Since people who speak different languages often need to talk to each other, it is actually very common for languages to "borrow" words from other languages.
Examples of this can be seen in the English language because it has many lo... |
55433 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moray%20eel | Moray eel | Moray eels is a family of eel. Sometimes they are also called by their Latin name Muraenidae. Moray eels can be found all over the world. There are 200 different species in 15 genera.
Typically, moray eels grow to a length of about 1.5 metres. The largest known moray eel is the Slender giant moray, which can reach 4 ... |
55434 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguilloidei | Anguilloidei | The Anguilloidei are a suborder of the order Anguilliformes (the eels) containing three families:
Anguillidae (freshwater eels)
Serrivomeridae (sawtooth eels)
Nemichthyidae (snipe eels)
This suborder used to have included several other families that have recently been moved to new suborders:
Chlopsidae (false morays... |
55437 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcassonne | Carcassonne | Carcassonne () is a fortified French town, in the Aude département, Occitanie region. It is separated into the fortified Cité de Carcassonne and the more expansive lower city, the ville basse.
This bastide, which was thoroughly restored from 1853 by the theorist and architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc, was added to the UN... |
55438 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcassonne%20%28disambiguation%29 | Carcassonne (disambiguation) | Carcassonne can mean:
Carcassonne, the medieval fortified city in France
Carcassonne (board game), a 2001 Spiel des Jahres award-winning German-style board game
Carcassonne (Faulkner), a short story by written by William Faulkner in 1931.
Carcassonne (album), a music album by Stephan Eicher. |
55439 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villeneuve-sur-Lot | Villeneuve-sur-Lot | Villeneuve-sur-Lot (Gascon: Vilanuèva d'Olt) is a town and commune in southwestern France, in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It is a subprefecture of the Lot-et-Garonne department. The commune was formerly named Villeneuve-d'Agen.
It is also the capital of the arrondissement of Villeneuve-sur-Lot and of 2 cantons i... |
55443 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agen | Agen | Agen is a commune in southwestern France, in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It is the prefecture of the Lot-et-Garonne department and the capital of the arrondissement of Agen.
The Agenais, the region where is the commune, is a natural region of the old province of Aquitaine, now in Nouvelle-Aquitaine.
Geography
A... |
55444 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libourne | Libourne | Libourne (; ) is a commune in the Gironde department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department.
It is the wine-making capital of northern Gironde and lies near Saint-Émilion and Pomerol, both known for their wines.
History
Libourne was created as a bastide by R... |
55446 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirepoix%20%28Ari%C3%A8ge%29 | Mirepoix (Ariège) | Mirepoix is a city in the south of France. Today, about 3.000 people live there. It was founded as a bastide. Though it is not a bastide in the sense that it is a planned city. It was rebuilt following complete destruction after the local river overboarded. This reconstruction was done according to the 'bastide' idea. ... |
55450 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss%20%28album%29 | Kiss (album) | Kiss is the self-titled first album from the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on February 8, 1974.
Track listing
Strutter
Nothin' to Lose
Firehouse
Cold Gin
Let Me Know
Kissin' Time
Deuce
Love Theme from Kiss
100,000 Years
Black Diamond
Kiss albums
1974 albums
Debut albums
Hard roc... |
55452 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotter%20Than%20Hell | Hotter Than Hell | Hotter Than Hell is the second album from the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on October 22, 1974.
Track listing
Got To Choose
Parasite
Goin' Blind
Hotter Than Hell
Let Me Go, Rock 'N' Roll
All The Way
Watchin' You
Mainline
Comin' Home
Strange Ways
References
Kiss albums
1974 alb... |
55455 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dressed%20to%20Kill | Dressed to Kill | Dressed to Kill is the third studio album from the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on March 19, 1975.
Track listing
Room Service
Two Timer
Ladies in Waiting
Getaway
Rock Bottom
C'mon and Love Me
Anything for My Baby
She
Love Her All I Can
Rock and Roll All Nite
Kiss albums
1975 albums
Hard ... |
55459 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alive%21 | Alive! | Alive is the fourth album from the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It is also their first live album. Released on September 10, 1975.
Track listing
Deuce
Strutter
Got To Choose
Hotter Than Hell
Firehouse
Nothin' To Lose
C'mon And Love Me
Parasite
She
Watchin' You
100,000 Years
Black Diamond
Roc... |
55460 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Destroyer%20%28album%29 | Destroyer (album) | Destroyer is the fourth studio album and fifth album overall by the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on March 15, 1976.
Track listing
"Detroit Rock City"
"King Of The Night Time World"
"God Of Thunder"
"Great Expectations"
"Flaming Youth"
"Sweet Pain"
"Shout It Out Loud"
"Beth"
"Do Y... |
55462 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/12-hour%20clock | 12-hour clock | The 12-hour clock is a way of dividing the 24 hours of the day into two sections. The two halves are called ante meridiem (a.m.) and post meridiem (p.m.).
Both names are from Latin, and numbered from 12, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11. Time from midnight to noon is a.m. and from noon to midnight p.m. The table... |
55466 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic | Classic | Classic could mean:
Classic songs
Classic books
Classic cars
Classic literature
Classic movies
Classic rock music
Classic stamps
Classic television programs
British Classic Races
American Classic Races
Classic cycle races
The Classic (snooker) tournament
Macintosh Classic
Classic (Mac OS X)
Classic (transit bus), a typ... |
55471 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norfolk%20County%20Fair%20and%20Horse%20Show | Norfolk County Fair and Horse Show | The Norfolk County Fair and Horse Show is an annual showcase of rides, country music, carnival food, expensive contraptions, and horses that takes place in Simcoe, Ontario, Canada. The fair has been held in Norfolk County since the 19th Century. Simcoe Composite School people enjoy the competitions and cheerleading th... |
55472 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootylicious | Bootylicious | Bootylicious is a song sung by R&B girl group Destiny's Child. It is on their third album Survivor 2001 and was the second single from the album. It was their fourth U.S. number-one single and reached the top-five in Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom. The music video was directed by Matthew Rolston.
The word "b... |
55475 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rigor%20mortis | Rigor mortis | Rigor Mortis, the first sign of post-mortem decomposition, literally translates to ‘stiffness of death’ in Latin. As the name suggest, rigor mortis is the process in which a body stiffens after death. During this process, all the muscles in the body contract, and they do not relax for approximately 36 hours.
Three to... |
55499 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colosseum | Colosseum | The Colosseum, also known as the Flavian Amphitheatre, is a large artefact or structure in the city of Rome. The construction of the Colosseum started around 70–72 AD and was finished in 80 AD. Emperor Vespasian started all the work, and Emperor Titus completed the colosseum. Emperor Domitian made some changes to the ... |
55502 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphitheatre | Amphitheatre | An amphitheatre (or amphitheater) is a type of structure. It is a flat area, surrounded by an area that ascends gradually. In the ascending area, people can be seated. Today, such structures are used for presentations, but also spectator sports.
In Ancient Rome, these structures were used to entertain the population.... |
55504 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus%20Maximus | Circus Maximus | The Circus Maximus (translates to biggest round-course) is an ancient hippodrome in Rome. It was built by the Romans. It was used to stage chariot races, but also other uses like gladiator fights. Today it is a park.
Other websites
James Grout: Circus Maximus, part of the Encyclopædia Romana
Circus Maximus Ipix 3... |
55505 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Maxwell%20Davies | Peter Maxwell Davies | Sir Peter Maxwell Davies, CBE (8 September 1934 – 14 March 2016), was an English composer and conductor. He received many honours, including his appointment as Master of the Queen’s Music. His surname was "Davies"; "Maxwell" is his middle name, and his friends called him 'Max'.
Life
Davies was born in Salford, Lancas... |
55506 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Take%20That | Take That | Take That are an English boy band from Manchester. They formed in 1989, and between then and 1996, when they broke up, they sold 19 million records.
They reformed in 2006 and went on tour, without Robbie Williams. Williams rejoined the band in 2009, doing the Progress sessions. In 2011 Williams and Take That toured Eu... |
55518 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambulance | Ambulance | An ambulance is a type of vehicle made to carry sick or injured people. Normally, ambulances go to people in emergencies to take people to hospital. Examples of emergencies include heart attacks, strokes, serious bleeding, broken bones, chest pain, serious head injuries, trouble breathing, and people injured in situati... |
55520 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gan%20language | Gan language | Gan is the language of Jiangxi and some others provinces in China.
It is spoken by 20 to 50 million people in southern China.
Gan has 9 dialects, and Nangchang dialect is representative.
Dialects
Chang-Jing (昌靖片)
Yi-Liu (宜瀏片)
Ji-Cha (吉茶片)
Fu-Guang (撫廣片)
Ying-Yi (鷹弋片)
Da-Tong (大通片）
Lei-Zi (耒資片）
Dong-Sui (洞綏片... |
55521 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock%20and%20Roll%20Over | Rock and Roll Over | Rock and Roll Over is the fifth studio album and sixth album overall by the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on November 11, 1976.
Track listing
I Want You
Take Me
Calling Dr. Love
Ladies Room
Baby Driver
Love 'Em and Leave 'Em
Mr. Speed
See You in Your Dreams
Hard Luck Woman
Makin' Love
Kis... |
55523 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love%20Gun | Love Gun | Love Gun is the sixth studio album by the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on June 30, 1977.
Track listing
"I Stole Your Love"
"Christine Sixteen"
"Got Love For Sale"
"Shock Me"
"Tomorrow And Tonight"
"Love Gun"
"Hooligan"
"Almost Human"
"Plaster Caster"
"Then She Kissed Me"
References
Kiss... |
55524 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alive%20II | Alive II | Alive II is the second live album and eighth album overall by the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on November 28, 1977. The last five songs are exclusive to (only on) this album.
Track listing
Detroit Rock City
King Of The Night Time World
Ladies Room
Makin' Love
Love Gun
Calling Dr. Love
Ch... |
55534 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20IV%2C%20Holy%20Roman%20Emperor | Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor | Henry IV (1050–1106) was King of Germany from 1056 and Holy Roman Emperor from 1084, till he was forced to step down in 1105. He was the third emperor of the Salian dynasty and one of the most interesting and important figures of the eleventh century. His reign was marked by the Investiture Controversy with the Papacy ... |
55537 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene%20Simmons%20%28album%29 | Gene Simmons (album) | Gene Simmons is a solo album by Gene Simmons, the bass player of the American hard rock/heavy metal band, Kiss. It was released on September 18, 1978, as one of four solo albums released by the members of Kiss.
Track listing
Kiss albums
1978 albums
Rock albums |
55540 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Stanley%20%28album%29 | Paul Stanley (album) | Paul Stanley is a solo album from the guitarist of the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on September 18, 1978, as one of four solo albums released by the members of Kiss.
Track listing
Tonight You Belong To Me
Move On
Ain't Quite Right
Wouldn't You Like To Know Me
Take Me Away (Together As On... |
55541 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ace%20Frehley%20%28album%29 | Ace Frehley (album) | Ace Frehley is the first solo album from Ace Frehley, the guitarist of the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on September 18, 1978, as one of four solo albums released by the members of Kiss. The album was rated 4 out of 5 stars by AllMusic. They said "Of the four Kiss solo albums released simul... |
55542 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan%20und%20Isolde | Tristan und Isolde | Tristan und Isolde (Tristan and Isolde) is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner. As always, Wagner wrote the words for the opera himself. He took the famous old legend which had been told by the German poet Gottfried von Strassburg
Wagner composed the opera between 1857 and 1859. It was first performed, with... |
55543 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Criss%20%28album%29 | Peter Criss (album) | Peter Criss is a solo album from the drummer of the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on September 18, 1978, as one of four solo albums released by the members of Kiss.
Track listing
I'm Gonna Love You
You Matter To Me
Tossin' And Turnin'
Don't You Let Me Down
That's The Kind Of Sugar Papa Lik... |
55560 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pop%20Rocks | Pop Rocks | Pop Rocks are a kind of candy with carbonation added to make a "popping" feeling in the mouth of the person eating them.
Other websites
Images of US patent 4289794 for Pop Rocks from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Pop Rocks: The Inside Story of America's Revolutionary Candy, book detailing the story of Pop Ro... |
55561 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynasty%20%28album%29 | Dynasty (album) | Dynasty is a studio album by the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on May 23, 1979.
Track listing
I Was Made For Lovin' You
2,000 Man
Sure Know Something
Dirty Livin'
Charisma
Magic Touch
Hard Times
X-Ray Eyes
Save Your Love
Kiss albums
1979 albums
Hard rock albums
Disco albums |
55562 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%20of%20the%20Queen%27s%20Music | Master of the Queen's Music | Master of the Queen's Music (or Master of the King's Music when the United Kingdom has a king) is the title given to one chosen composer of classical music; it is a post in the Royal Household of the King or Queen of the United Kingdom. Only one person holds the title at any one time. It is very similar to the post o... |
55565 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unmasked | Unmasked | Unmasked is a studio album by the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on May 20, 1980.
Track listing
Is That You
Shandi
Talk To Me
Naked City
What Makes The World Go 'Round
Tomorrow
Two Sides Of The Coin
She's So European
Easy As It Seems
Torpedo Girl
You're All That I Want
Kiss albums
1980 alb... |
55567 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music%20from%20%22The%20Elder%22 | Music from "The Elder" | Music from "The Elder" is a concept album by the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on November 10, 1981.
Track listing
"Fanfare"
"Just a Boy"
"Odyssey"
"Only You"
"Under the Rose"
"Dark Light"
"A World Without Heroes"
"The Oath"
"Mr. Blackwell"
"I"
Kiss albums
1981 albums
Progressive rock alb... |
55572 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross-platform | Cross-platform | Cross-platform software is a type of software that can run on many different operating systems or computer architectures. Together, the combination of an operating system and computer architecture is commonly referred to as a platform.
Microsoft Windows, macOS, iOS, BlackBerry, Linux and Android are five different ty... |
55576 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investiture%20Controversy | Investiture Controversy | The Investiture Controversy, also known as the lay investiture controversy, was the most important conflict between secular and religious powers in medieval Europe. It began as a dispute in the 11th century between the Holy Roman Emperor Henry IV and Pope Gregory VII. The question was who would control appointments of ... |
55578 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm | Palm | The word palm can mean:
The central region of the human hand
Palm reading, a form of telling the future by looking at the lines and structure of the human hand
Palm (unit), a unit of length
Different plants: Arecaceae (Palm trees), Cycadaceae (Sago palm), Heliconiaceae (Travellers palm)
Palm wine, a drink made from the... |
55579 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cycas | Cycas | Cycas is a genus of plants. It is the only genus currently known in the Cycadaceae family. Over 100 species are known.
Probably the best-known of these is marketed as Sago Palm or King Sago Palm. The plant is not a true palm, however. The generic name comes from Greek kykas and means "palm tree".
Cycas is native to... |
55581 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliconia | Heliconia | Heliconia is a genus of flowering plants. They are native tropical South America, as well as the Pacific Ocean Islands west to Indonesia. There are between 100 and 200 species in the genus. Other common names include lobster-claw, wild plantain and false bird-of-paradise.
The plants have very decorative flowers. For ... |
55597 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screenplay | Screenplay | A screenplay or script is the written instruction about what happens in a play, movie or television program. The screenplay for a movie has everything that happens in the movie. It includes the plot, the dialogue and actions of the characters, and instructions for editing. The person who writes the screenplay is calle... |
55607 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope%20Gregory%20VII | Pope Gregory VII | Pope Gregory VII (; 1020–May 25, 1085), born Hildebrand (Italian: Ildebrando di Soana), was an Italian priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the 158th Pope from April 22, 1073 until he died in 1085.
Early life
Hildebrand was born in Sovana in Tuscany. As a youth, he became a Benedictine monk.
In Rome, Hildebrand... |
55608 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excommunication | Excommunication | Excommunication is a religious act used to take off or suspend membership in a religious community.
The word literally means out of communion, or no longer in communion. In some churches, excommunication includes the belief that the person who was exocommunicated is going to Hell. Sometimes punishment follow excommu... |
55610 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen%20Clark | Helen Clark | Helen Elizabeth Clark (born 26 February 1950) was the Prime Minister of New Zealand from December 1999 to November 2008. She is was later the head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) from 2009 to 2017. In 2006, she was ranked by Forbes magazine as the 20th most powerful woman in the world.
Clark is a me... |
55614 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scalable%20Vector%20Graphics | Scalable Vector Graphics | Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) are a type of two dimensional picture that work on vectors, rather than pixels. This means that they can be easily be made bigger or smaller without losing any quality or becoming blurry. SVG is based on XML and created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
History
The W3C published S... |
55616 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creatures%20of%20the%20Night | Creatures of the Night | Creatures of the Night is a studio album by the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on October 13, 1982.
Track listing
Creatures of the Night
Saint and Sinner
Keep Me Comin'
Rock and Roll Hell
Danger
I Love It Loud
I Still Love You
Killer
War Machine
Kiss albums
1982 albums
Heavy metal albums |
55626 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full%20communion | Full communion | Full communion is a term used in Christian ecclesiology to describe relations between two distinct Christian communities or Churches that recognise that each other shares the same communion and the same essential doctrines. That does not mean that there would be no differences at all between them.
The meaning of full... |
55632 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queue%20area | Queue area | A queue is a line of people standing behind one another who are waiting for something. The person at the front of the queue will have his turn next, then the next person and so on. When someone comes to join the queue they have to go to the back of the queue and wait until it is their turn. Sometimes people try to "... |
55636 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiology | Ecclesiology | In Christian theology, ecclesiology is the study of doctrine about the Church itself as a community and about the churches own view of its mission and role.
That means that ecclesiology looks at the role of the church in salvation, at its origin, its relationship to the historical Christ, its discipline, its destiny (... |
55638 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesia%20%28Church%29 | Ecclesia (Church) | Ecclesia (or Ekklesia) in Christian theology means both: a particular body of faithful people, and the whole body of the faithful. Latin ecclesia, from Greek ekklesia, where the word is a compound of two segments: "ek", a preposition meaning "out of", and a verb, "kaleo", signifying "to call" - together, literally, "to... |
55639 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communion%20%28Christian%29 | Communion (Christian) | The term Communion comes from Latin communio (sharing in common). The corresponding term in Greek is κοινωνία, which is often translated as "fellowship".
In Christianity, the basic meaning of the term communion is an especially close relationship of Christians, as individuals or as a Church, with God and with other C... |
55646 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renewable%20resource | Renewable resource | A renewable resource is a resource which can be used repeatedly and replaced naturally. Renewable energy almost never runs out, for example: solar energy is powered by heat from the sun and never runs out. Other examples include oxygen, geothermal power, fresh water, solar energy and biomass. New resources may include ... |
55647 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derek%20Taylor | Derek Taylor | Derek Taylor (7 May 1932 – 7 September 1997) was an English journalist and author. He spent most of his career covering popular music and celebrity news. He had a long association with rock band The Beatles, serving at different times as their . He was also a to The Beatles manager Brian Epstein, and co-wrote a with ... |
55648 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot%20chocolate | Hot chocolate | Hot chocolate, also known as hot cocoa or drinking chocolate, is a hot drink. It is usually made by mixing chocolate or cocoa powder, sugar, and usually a sweetener. Hot chocolate may be topped with whipped cream or marshmallows. Hot chocolate is usually drunk to make the drinker feel happier or warmer. Some studies ... |
55652 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diuretic | Diuretic | A diuretic is a chemical substance. This substance is either in a herb (such as dandelions), or it has been separated and made into a drug. Diuretics increase the amount of urine that is secreted from the body. Diuretics are used as a treatment for heart failure, liver cirrhosis, hypertension and certain problems with ... |
55653 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Byrds | The Byrds | The Byrds were a popular folk rock band, from California. Their members included Jim McGuinn (who later changed his name to Roger), David Crosby, Gene Clark, Chris Hillman and Michael Clarke. Later band members included Gram Parsons, Clarence White, and Gene Parsons.
The Byrds pioneered folk rock, a blend of folk musi... |
55655 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meningitis | Meningitis | Meningitis is an infection of certain membranes and tissues of the nervous system. Those are called meninges (singular: meninx). Their function is to protect the central nervous system. Most often, this infection is caused by microorganisms, like viruses, bacteria, fungi or parasites. The most common cause of meningiti... |
55659 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mental%20confusion | Mental confusion | Mental confusion (often simply called confusion) is a symptom. People suffering from it have problems finding their way around in the world. They have troubles remembering who they are, where they are, or what time (or day of the week) it is. Additionally, they may have trouble remembering things or memorizing new thin... |
55661 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lick%20It%20Up | Lick It Up | Lick It Up is a studio album by the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on September 18, 1983.
Track listing
Exciter
Not For The Innocent
Lick It Up
Young And Wasted
Gimme More
All Hell's Breakin' Loose
A Million To One
Fits Like A Glove
Dance All Over Your Face
And On The 8th Day
Kiss albums
1... |
55663 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesleyan%20University | Wesleyan University | Wesleyan University, is a private liberal arts university in Middletown, Connecticut. It was founded by Methodist leaders and the people of Middletown in 1831. The university was the first college or university to be named after John Wesley, the founder of Methodism. Wesleyan is one of the three small New England colle... |
55664 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%2010 | Ben 10 | Ben 10 is an American animated television show. The first episode was shown on December 27, 2005-present on Cartoon Network. The main character, Ben Tennyson, is a ten-years old boy who can turn himself into many different aliens including 10 original aliens. Ben and his rival girl cousin named Gwen are on summer with ... |
55667 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karol%20Szymanowski | Karol Szymanowski | Karol Maciej Szymanowski (6 October 1882 - 29 March 1937) was a Polish composer. Next to Frederic Chopin, Karol was Poland's most famous composer. He is thought to be one of the greatest Polish composers of the first half of the 20th century.
Early life
Szymanowski was born on his family's estate in Tymoszówka in wha... |
55668 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animalize | Animalize | Animalize is a studio album by the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on September 13, 1984.
Track listing
1984 albums
Heavy metal albums
Hard rock albums
Kiss albums |
55670 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eubie%20Blake | Eubie Blake | Eubie Blake (February 7, 1883 or 1887 - February 12, 1983) was an American pianist and composer. There is some confusion about his birth date. During the latter part of his life he had said that he was born in 1883. However, recently released documents - the 1900 United States census, his World War 1 draft card, his So... |
55684 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television%20director | Television director | A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program. He or she is part of a television crew. A television director is different from a movie director. In television the producer usually has creative control. In movies, the director has creative control. Most television directors special... |
55686 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseanne | Roseanne | Roseanne is an American television sitcom. It was shown on ABC from 1988 to 1997. It stars comedian Roseanne Barr. The series is about a working-class family living in fictional city of Lanford, Illinois. For many years, Roseanne was more truthful than other series of the time in how it showed family life. They dealt w... |
55688 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veronica%20Mars | Veronica Mars | Veronica Mars is an American teen drama/mystery-neo-noir series set in Southern California. It was first shown on UPN on September 22, 2004. The series was shown for its first two seasons on the UPN before moving to The CW Television Network on October 3, 2006. The show stars Kristen Bell as Veronica Mars: a student wh... |
55690 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game%20Gear | Game Gear | The is a handheld video game system made by the Sega Corporation. It was released in Japan in 1990, and then released later in Europe, the United States and Australia.
The Game Gear has a colour screen, a speaker, and needs six AA batteries (for 4 hours of play-time) to run. It is bigger and costs more money than the... |
55691 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/God%20the%20Father | God the Father | In many religions, the deity or God is called the Father.
In Christianity, God the Father is the first person of the Trinity. He is God, just like the Son and the Holy Spirit, but as a person He is different from the Son and the Holy Spirit. Although Jesus had St. Joseph for his human father on earth, Jesus is God, so... |
55693 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20Smith | Kevin Smith | Kevin Patrick Smith (born August 2, 1970) is an American screenwriter, movie director and the founder of View Askew Productions. He is also known as a comic book writer and actor. Smith's movies often take place in his home state of New Jersey. The movies are filled with pop culture references. Many of the references ... |
55694 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicene%20Creed | Nicene Creed | The Nicene Creed, Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed or Icon/Symbol of the Faith, is the most widespread or ecumenical Christian statement of faith.
Since its original formulation it continues to be used in the Roman Catholic, Syrian Orthodox (Jacobite), Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Assyrian, Anglican, Lutheran,... |
55696 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apostles%27%20Creed | Apostles' Creed | The Apostles' Creed (Latin: Symbolum Apostolorum), sometimes titled Symbol of the Apostles, is an early statement of Christian belief, a creed or "symbol."
It is commonly used by many Christian denominations, during religious ceremonies and as a summary of Christian beliefs. It is most commonly used during ceremonies ... |
55697 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matcha | Matcha | Matcha (pronounce: "MA-cha") also spelt maccha (Japanese: 抹茶), is a fine, powdered green tea. It is used in Japanese tea ceremony and for dying and flavouring foods such as mochi and soba noodles, green tea ice cream and different types of wagashi (Japanese confectionery). The most famous Matcha-producing regions are U... |
55700 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asylum%20%28album%29 | Asylum (album) | Asylum is a studio album by the American hard rock/heavy metal band Kiss. It was released on September 16, 1985.
Track listing
King Of The Mountain
Any Way You Slice It
Who Wants To Be Lonely
Trial By Fire
I'm Alive
Love's A Deadly Weapon
Tears Are Falling
Secretly Cruel
Radar For Love
Uh! All Night
Kiss a... |
55702 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green%20tea | Green tea | The drink green tea () is a "true" tea. It comes from the plant species Camellia sinensis. Green tea is a tea that has undergone little oxidation while it was processed. Green tea is popular in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, and the Middle East. Recently it has been drunk more widely in the West, where usually... |
55706 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatami | Tatami | mats are a traditional Japanese flooring. The top surface is made of woven straw. Traditional tatami are packed with straw. Nowadays some of them are packed with styrofoam. Tatami are individual mats. They have a uniform size and shape. They have borders of brocade or plain green cloth.
Tatami were originally a luxur... |
55707 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sake | Sake | Sake (Japanese:酒; pronounced 'sa.kɛ' ) is a Japanese word for "alcoholic drink". In English, "sake" means one kind of alcoholic drink made from rice. In Japan, people call this drink nihonshu ( "Japanese alcohol") or sake. This article uses the word "sake" as it is used in English.
Ingredients
Sake is a fermented dri... |
55710 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majority | Majority | Majority means the greater number of something. The opposite is minority.
If more than half the people are right-handed we can say that the majority of people are right-handed.
A minority of people are left-handed.
In fact, nearly everyone is right-handed, so we can say that the "vast majority" are right-handed, and ... |
55714 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Koechlin | Charles Koechlin | Charles Koechlin (pronounce:”Ke-klin” with “klin” to rhyme with French “vin”), (born Paris, November 27 1867; died Le Canadel, December 31 1950) was a French composer, teacher and writer on music. He wrote a very large amount of music, but very little of it was published because he was more interested in helping youn... |
55726 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jastrz%C4%99bie-Zdr%C3%B3j | Jastrzębie-Zdrój | Jastrzębie-Zdrój is a city in Poland in Silesian Voivodeship. It has about 94,072 inhabitants and an area of 85,44 km².
Other websites
Municipal homepage
JastrzebieOnline.pl
Jasnet.pl
Modern Portal of Jastrzębie-Zdrój
SJZ1963 - Portal Jastrzebie Zdrój
Forum Mieszkańców
Cities in Poland |
55727 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm%20%28unit%29 | Palm (unit) | A palm, when used as a unit of length, is usually four digits (fingers) or three inches, i.e. 7.62 cm (for the international inch).
In English this unit is no longer in use as other units that are based on the human arm: digit (¼ palm), finger (7/24 palm), hand (4/3 palms), shaftment (2 palms), span (3 palms), cubit (... |
55731 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schnapps | Schnapps | Schnapps is a type of distilled alcoholic drink. The word schnapps comes from the German word schnaps.
German schnapps
Traditional German schnapps are usually clear alcoholic drinks which are distilled from fermented cereals, roots, and fruits. Traditional German schnapps has no sugar or other flavoring added. It is s... |
55732 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard%20time | Standard time | Standard time is putting all clocks in a time zone to the same time.
Standard time can also be used to mean the time without daylight saving time. Standard time happens from autumn to early spring. Daylight saving time happens from early spring to autumn.
History
Great Britain
Standard time was first used by British... |
55733 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Span | Span | Span could mean:
span (unit of length)
span (architecture)
Span (band), a Norwegian punk rock band
Switched Port ANalyzer, a way to monitor computer networks, similar to a network tap
Linear span, in mathematics
(co)spans in category theory
wingspan, in Aerospace engineering (aircraft design)
span and div in H... |
55734 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Span%20%28unit%20of%20length%29 | Span (unit of length) | Span is the width of a human hand, from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the pinky finger.
1 span = 9 inches
= 0.2286 m
In Slavic language, the analogue of span is pyad (peti, пядь). It is the width from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the forefinger.
1 pyad = 4 vershok
= 7 inches
= 0.1778 m
Everyday life |
55736 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acting%20president%20of%20the%20United%20States | Acting president of the United States | The acting president of the United States is a person who temporarily acts as president when the president is unable to carry out their duties, but remains in office. The position was created by the 25th Amendment to the United States Constitution.
The acting president possesses all presidential powers and duties duri... |
55762 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electric%20power%20transmission | Electric power transmission | Electric power transmission is the transmitting of electricity to places where it will be used. Specifically, it is the bulk transfer of electrical power from the power plant to substations near populated areas. Electric power distribution is the delivery from the substation to the consumers. Due to the large amount... |
55763 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical%20grid | Electrical grid | An electrical grid is a connection network of power generation, power transmission, power distribution and power load. The grid connects all of those parts in power systems to deliver power from the generators at the power station to the customers or load center which will use the electricity.
Electricity |
55766 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur%20conflict | Darfur conflict | The Darfur conflict is an ongoing military conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan, the third largest country in Africa. It is a conflict along ethnic and tribal lines that began in 2003. Many people and the United States Government, consider it to be a genocide. The United Nations currently does not see this as genoc... |
55767 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darfur%20conflict%20bibliography | Darfur conflict bibliography | This is the bibliography and reference section for the Darfur conflict series. Other websites to reports, news articles and other sources of information may also be found below.
Published works
Burr, J. Millard and Robert O. Collins (2006) Darfur: The Long Road to Disaster, Markus Wiener, Princeton N.J.,
de Waal, ... |
55771 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIESEC | AIESEC | AIESEC (said like "Eye Seck"), is a big student organisation that was started in 1948. It was made to fix problems between countries and create peace after World War II. It has spread all over the world since it started. There are many members in about 125 countries.
AIESEC is an organisation that helps its members to... |
55780 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organelle | Organelle | In cell biology, an organelle is a part of a cell that does a specific job.
Organelles typically have their own plasma membrane round them. Most of the cell's organelles are in the cytoplasm.
The name organelle comes from the idea that these structures are to cells what an organ is to the body.
There are many types ... |
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