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57465 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecomuseum | Ecomuseum | An ecomuseum is a museum which shows things about the identity of a place or landscape. Many of the people who live in that place help to organize things in the museum. The ecomuseum tries to help the welfare and development of the local community.
Other page
Ecology
Museums |
57470 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottie%20Pippen | Scottie Pippen | Scottie Maurice Pippen (born September 25, 1965) is a retired American basketball player. He played for the Chicago Bulls of the National Basketball Association (NBA) for most of his career and won six championships with the Bulls, although he also played with Charles Barkley in 1999 for the Houston Rockets and the Por... |
57471 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago%20Bulls | Chicago Bulls | The Chicago Bulls are an American professional basketball team. They play in Chicago, Illinois at the United Center. The Bulls are a part of the National Basketball Association (NBA). They were named the Bulls in reference to the Chicago Union Stockyards, which was once a major business in Chicago. The current head coa... |
57472 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry%20Bonds | Barry Bonds | Barry Bonds (born July 24, 1964, in Riverside, California) is an American Major League Baseball player. Barry Bonds was a left fielder for the Pirates (1986-1992) and Giants (1993-2007)He holds the Major League Baseball career home run record with 762 home runs. He is currently a free agent. He is not signed with any t... |
57473 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill%20Russell | Bill Russell | William Felton Russell (born February 12, 1934) is a retired American basketball player. Russell played for the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He won 11 championships; 11 is the most anyone has ever won in American basketball history.
African-American basketball players
Boston Celtics pla... |
57493 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirge%20of%20Cerberus%3A%20Final%20Fantasy%20VII | Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII | Dirge of Cerberus: Final Fantasy VII is a third-person shooter roleplaying video game. It is a sequel to Final Fantasy VII.
Story
Three years after the what happened in Final Fantasy VII, a group of powerful SOLDIERs that nobody had seen before appear, stopping the peace enjoyed by the people of world. The members of... |
57499 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving%20suit | Diving suit | A diving suit is a type of protective clothing worn by scuba divers when they swim underwater in oceans, lakes, and rivers. Diving suits help insulate the diver from the cold temperature of the water. There are several types of diving suits, including wetsuits and dry suits.
Protective clothing |
57500 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilt | Kilt | A kilt is a ceremonial article of clothing worn in Scotland. It is made of a thick, woven fabric with a tartan (checkered) pattern. It resembles a pleated skirt except that it is worn by men. It is still worn during ceremonies by some Scottish and Canadian military units and by people who play the bagpipes (a Scottish ... |
57501 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straitjacket | Straitjacket | A straitjacket is a type of clothing used to restrain patients in mental health hospitals and psychiatric wards of hospitals. A straitjacket has straps that restrain a person's arms and hands. Hospitals put straitjackets on people who have mental illnesses such as schizophrenia or paranoia, to keep them from hurting th... |
57502 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20suit | Space suit | A spacesuit is the specialised covering of protective clothing worn by astronauts when they travel into outer space occasional cases such as extravehicular activity (EVA) or into the upper atmosphere. Spacesuits are completely sealed, so that an astronaut can survive in the harsh, cold, and airless environment of space... |
57510 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weasel | Weasel | Weasels are the genus Mustela, part of the Mustelidae family. The genus includes the weasels, polecats, stoats, ferrets and minks.
Weasels are small, active predators, long and slender with short legs. Their body shape is adapted to going down burrows after prey such as rabbits. There are 17 species, and they live al... |
57514 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passport | Passport | A passport is a travel document that says that the person who owns it is a citizen of the country on the passport. A passport asks that the person carrying it be allowed to enter and pass through other countries. They also allow a person to re-enter their country. Passports are given by national governments.
Passports... |
57533 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Nottingham | University of Nottingham | The University of Nottingham is a university in the city of Nottingham, in the United Kingdom. It has four different sites in the United Kingdom. It also has a site in China and a site in Malaysia. It was named the 'University of the Year' in 2006 by the London newspaper, The Times.
The University of Nottingham is ran... |
57534 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metastasis | Metastasis | Metastasis is what happens when cancer spreads from its original place to another part of the body. Cancer cells spread from the original site to other places in the body by traveling through the bloodstream. When the cancer cells stick to a new place in the body, they grow and form another tumor there. Metastasis mak... |
57538 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dingo | Dingo | The dingo (plural: dingoes or dingos) is a mammal found in Australia and South-East Asia. Dingos are similar to domestic dogs. Dingoes were brought to Australia from South-East Asia about 4000 years ago. They are not found in Tasmania as the sea levels cut the island off from mainland Australia about 10,000 years ago. ... |
57546 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silk%20Road | Silk Road | The Silk Road was a group of trade routes that went across Asia to the Mediterranean Sea. This let China trade with the Middle East and the Mediterranean world.
It was called the Silk Road because silk was traded along it. At the time, silk was only made in China, and it was a valuable material.
The Silk Road not onl... |
57549 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isis | Isis | Isis is a goddess in Egyptian mythology. She was known as the goddess of the moon. As goddess of life and magic, Isis protected women and children, and healed the sick. Closely linked to the throne, she was one of the greatest goddesses of Ancient Egypt.
Her symbols were the ankh, her wings, and her throne headdress. ... |
57550 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osiris | Osiris | In Egyptian mythology, Osiris is the god of life, death, the flooding of the Nile, and the afterlife. He was the brother and husband of Isis. They had a son named Horus. Osiris was murdered by his brother Set because Osiris was the pharaoh, which Set wanted to be. Osiris was killed when Set tricked him into getting int... |
57557 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO%203166-2%3ABR | ISO 3166-2:BR | ISO 3166-2:BR is an ISO standard which defines geocodes: it is the subset of ISO 3166-2 which applies to Brazil. It covers 1 Federal District and 26 states.
Brazil
ISO Brazil |
57558 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privy%20Council%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom | Privy Council of the United Kingdom | Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a group of advisors to the British Monarch. A lot of its most important work is done by two committees,
The Cabinet. All cabinet ministers are made Privy Councillors (or Privy Counsellors), as are other important politicians, such as the leaders of the big political parti... |
57562 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrician | Patrician | A patrician was a member of the upper class in the two social classes in ancient Rome. They were rich and powerful. The other class was the plebeian class.
References
Kurt Raaflaub, ed. Social Struggles in Archaic Rome: New Perspectives on the Conflict of the Orders (Blackwell Publishing, 2005)
Gary Forsythe, 2005, A... |
57582 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.A.S.P. | W.A.S.P. | W.A.S.P. is an American heavy metal band. The band was formed in 1982 in Los Angeles, California by Blackie Lawless, Rik Fox, Randy Piper and Tony Richards.
Current members
Blackie Lawless - Vocals, guitar and bass guitar
Doug Blair - Guitar
Mike Duda - Bass guitar
Mike Dupke - Drums
Former members
Glenn Soderling
... |
57584 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia%20Tech%20massacre | Virginia Tech massacre | The Virginia Tech massacre was a school shooting on April 16, 2007, which took place at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, a college in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States. Seung-Hui Cho, a senior English major at Virginia Tech, who had been diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, major depressive dis... |
57600 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakira | Shakira | Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll (born 2 February 1977 in Barranquilla, Colombia), known as Shakira, is a two-time Grammy Award-winning and 10 Latin Grammy Award-winning Colombian-Lebanese singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, record producer, dancer, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and occasional actress, first season of the c... |
57603 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Louis | Joe Louis | Joe Louis (born Joseph Louis Barrow, May 13, 1914 - April 12, 1981) was an American boxer. He was the world heavyweight champion from 1937 to 1949. Louis won the title from James Braddock. He made a record twenty-five title defenses before giving up the title in 1949.
Career
Perhaps his most famous fight was his one-... |
57605 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry%20Holmes | Larry Holmes | Larry Holmes (born on November 3, 1949) was an American boxer. He held the world heavyweight championship from 1978 to 1985. Holmes fought out of Easton, Pennsylvania. He was nicknamed the "Easton Assassin."
Holmes won the vacant World Boxing Council championship from Ken Norton in 1979. He defended that title, and la... |
57608 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skiing | Skiing | Skiing is either sportive or recreational activity using skis for sliding over snow. Skis are used with special boots connected to them with a binding. There are two different types of skiing: downhill skiing and cross country skiing.
Downhill skiing
Downhill skiing is a sport. Skiers ski down a trail (also called a ... |
57611 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1966%20FIFA%20World%20Cup | 1966 FIFA World Cup | The 1966 FIFA World Cup was the eighth FIFA World Cup. It was held in England from 11-30 July. England was chosen as hosts by FIFA to celebrate 100 years of football in England. England won the final beating West Germany 4-2. This was England's first (and so far only) World Cup win. England also became the first host t... |
57615 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess%20Taiping | Princess Taiping | Princess Taiping was a princess of Tang dynasty China. She was the daughter of Emperor Gaozong and Empress Wu Zetian. She became an important figure during her mother's rule as Empress in the second Zhou dynasty 690-705 AD.
Princess Taiping supported saving the Tang dynasty and the Li family. After the death of Empres... |
57616 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horus | Horus | Horus was the Egyptian god of the Sky. He was the son of Isis and Osiris. After fighting his uncle, Set (Osiris and Isis' brother) he became the king of Egypt. During this fight, he lost his eye. The Eye of Horus became one of the most important symbols in ancient Egypt and Egyptian civilization. When Horus lost his ey... |
57618 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth | Seth | In Egyptian mythology, Set' (also spelled Sutekh, Setesh, Seteh, Seth) was a god of the desert (including desert storms), thunder, evil, pain and suffering.
The word 'Seth' was first said as 'Set'. Because of changes in the Egyptian language over the 3,000 years that Seth was worshiped, the 't' in Set was pronounced ... |
57620 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaka%20Sankofa | Shaka Sankofa | Shaka Sankofa aka Gary Graham born Gary Lee Graham (September 5, 1963 - June 22, 2000). Sankofa was put to death for the murder of fifty-three year-old Bobby Lambert in Houston, Texas on May 13, 1981. The murder happened when Sankofa was seventeen.
Sankofa was found guilty of shooting Lambert in the parking lot of a H... |
57623 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juliusz%20S%C5%82owacki | Juliusz Słowacki | Juliusz Slowacki (September 4, 1809 - April 3, 1849) was a Polish poet. He was born on August 23, 1809, according to the Old Calendar. September 4 is often given as his birthday but the calculation between days was wrong by one day. Slowacki is thought of as being as good a poet as most of the famous Polish writers. Th... |
57625 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistreat | Mistreat | Mistreat is a pro-white hard rock/Oi!/Rock Against Communism band from Kouvola, Finland. The band was formed in 1988.
Current line-up
Muke (quitar, vocals)
Pete (bass)
Miika (quitar)
Atte (drums)
Albums
Mistreat-EP (1990)
Faith And Fury (1995)
The Flame From The North (1997)
Waffenbruder (1997)
Battle Cry (2000... |
57637 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20dwarf | Red dwarf | A red dwarf is a kind of star. Red dwarf stars are smaller than half the size of the Sun. They are also cooler than most stars. Red dwarfs burn their fuel slowly, so they shine with less light than hot stars.
Red dwarf stars are the most common in our galaxy, at least near our sun. However, since red dwarf stars are c... |
57644 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali%20Khamenei | Ali Khamenei | Grand Ayatollah (Persian: آیتالله سید علی حسینی خامنهای ayatollah Seyyed `Ali Ḥoseyni Khamene'i) (born 19 April 1939) also known as Seyyed Ali Khamene'i, is the current Supreme Leader of Iran. He was the president of Iran from 1981 to 1989.
References
Other websites
Personal Website
1939 births
Living people
Cur... |
57645 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon%20law | Canon law | Canon law is the term used for the internal Ecclesiastical law of many churches, such as the Roman Catholic Church, the Eastern Orthodox Churches and the Anglican Communion of churches.
Catholic Church
The Roman Catholic Church has the oldest continuously functioning legal system in the Western World. It is older tha... |
57658 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mstislav%20Rostropovich | Mstislav Rostropovich | Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich (born Baku 27 March 1927; died Moscow, 27 April 2007) was a Russian cellist and conductor. Many musicians say that he was the greatest cellist who ever lived. He played the cello with an amazing technique and musicianship, and asked lots of composers to write cello music for him. He g... |
57679 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Super%20Mario%20Bros. | New Super Mario Bros. | New Super Mario Bros. is a 2006 platformer video game made and sold by Nintendo for the Nintendo DS game console. It is the first Mario platform game in 2D on a handheld console since Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins in 1992. It was first sold in stores in North America on May 15, 2006, and was later sold in stores ... |
57681 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galina%20Vishnevskaya | Galina Vishnevskaya | Galina Vishnevskaya (born Leningrad, October 25, 1926 - December 11, 2012) was a Russian opera singer and recitalist.
Birth
Vishnevskaya was born in Leningrad, the town which is now called St Petersburg. In 1952 she won an important competition singing a song by Rachmaninoff and an aria by Verdi. She soon became a ... |
57694 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voting%20system | Voting system | The voting system is a set of rules about the way people vote and how the votes are counted. Different countries have different voting systems. There are many different types of voting system. One of the first voting systems to be used is called "first-past-the-post". Under this system each voter writes an "x" next to ... |
57696 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single%20transferable%20vote | Single transferable vote | Single transferable vote (STV for short) is a type of voting system that gives proportional representation. It is used to elect more than one person (though it becomes Instant Runoff Voting in one-winner elections), and voters rank the candidates when voting.
How to vote in an STV election
Write a number "1" next to ... |
57698 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Individual%20Savings%20Account | Individual Savings Account | An Individual Savings Account is called an ISA. It is a special type of bank account in United Kingdom. It was started on 6 April 1999. Before that, Personal Equity Plans (PEPs) and Tax-Exempt Special Savings Accounts (TESSAs) were used. You can put £3600 or less in an ISA every year. It is special because you do not ... |
57699 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bound%20for%20Glory | Bound for Glory | Bound for Glory is a Neo-Nazi thrash metal/Rock Against Communism band from Minnesota, USA. The band was formed in 1989. They are one of the best known and oldest bands of their genre in the United States.
In October 2016, Bound for Glory planned to play a concert in Falkirk, Scotland. A public outcry by the Scottish ... |
57700 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neo-Nazism | Neo-Nazism | Neo-Nazism means the ideology of some political groups who want to return to the beliefs and practices of Nazism after the end of World War II. Different groups have their own sets of beliefs and practices. Neo-Nazis believe in loyalty to Adolf Hitler, hating Jews (anti-Semitism), racism, belief in a Germanic master ra... |
57707 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali | Bengali | Bengali might mean:
Anything related to Bengal, a region in south Asia
Bengali language
Bengali people |
57723 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israeli%20West%20Bank%20barrier | Israeli West Bank barrier | The Israel West Bank barrier is a wall built by the State of Israel to separate Palestinian territories from Israel. It is built mostly of fences and in some places it is built of high concrete walls. It is 708 kilometers (439 miles) long.
Construction
The barrier was built in the Second Intifada that began in Septemb... |
57727 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joey%20Maxim | Joey Maxim | Joey Maxim (born Giuseppe Antonio Berardinelli March 28, 1922 - June 2, 2001) was an American boxer. He was the light heavyweight boxing champion of the world from 1951 to 1952. Archie Moore beat him by decision over 15 rounds for the light heavyweight championship in 1952. During Maxim's time as champion, he beat Suga... |
57744 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed%20Islamic%20Group | Armed Islamic Group | The Armed Islamic Group (GIA, from French Groupe Islamique Armé; Arabic الجماعة الإسلامية المسلّحة, al-Jama'ah al-Islamiyah al-Musallaha) was an Islamist terrorist organization based in Algeria. It wanted to overthrow the Algerian government and replace it with an Islamic state. The GIA adopted violent tactics in 199... |
57746 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takfir%20wal-Hijra | Takfir wal-Hijra | Takfir wal-Hijra ( - Excommunication and Exodus) is a violent radical Islamist extremist group. The group that was founded in Egypt in the 1960s. Today Takfir wal-Hijra has members or supporters in several other countries, allied to Al-Qaeda. In Spain the group is also known as Martyrs for Morocco.
Members of the gro... |
57748 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ma%27at | Ma'at | In Egyptian mythology, Ma'at, pronounced as 'Muh-aht', is goddess of law, morality, and justice. Ma'at was supposed the stars, seasons, and the actions of both people and gods. Her first role in Egyptian mythology was the weighing of words that took place in the underworld, Duat.
Purpose
Ma’at's purpose was to keep ... |
57749 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sermon%20on%20the%20Mount | Sermon on the Mount | According to the Bible, the Sermon on the Mount was a speech that Jesus of Nazareth gave to his followers and a large group of people around AD 30. Jesus gave the speech on the side of a mountain. The most popular part of the speech is the Beatitudes, which are at the beginning. The Sermon also contains the Lord's Pray... |
57752 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irmo%2C%20South%20Carolina | Irmo, South Carolina | Irmo is a town 12 miles outside of Columbia, South Carolina. There were 11,039 people living in Irmo as of the year 2000.
Geography
Irmo is found at (34.092629, -81.186073).
The United States Census Bureau says the town has an area of 10.7 km² (4.1 mi²). There is no water in that area.
Festivals
Irmo is home to th... |
57758 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mediterranean%20climate | Mediterranean climate | A Mediterranean climate is a climate that has dry summers that are mild to hot as well as winters that are mild to cool with moderate or high rainfall. It includes the climate of much of the land near the Mediterranean Sea. Outside the Mediterranean, one can find this climate only in rather small areas. It is found in... |
57759 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans%20Richter | Hans Richter | Hans Richter (born as Raab (now Györ) 4 April 1843; died Bayreuth 5 December 1916) was an Austro-Hungarian conductor. His name was originally János Richter.
Richter came from a musical family and studied violin, horn and music theory at the Vienna Conservatory. He became famous for his conducting of the music of Ric... |
57769 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thylacine | Thylacine | Thylacine was a carnivorous (mainly meat eating) marsupial animal. The Thylacine was also known as a Tasmanian tiger, a Tasmanian wolf and a Tasmanian hyena. The last known Thylacine died in a Hobart zoo on 7 September 1936. They once lived across Australia and New Guinea. There are paintings of the animals in the nort... |
57772 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock%20Against%20Communism | Rock Against Communism | Rock Against Communism (RAC) is a type of rock music. It started as a series of Neo-Nazi concerts in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s and 1980s. The first RAC concert was in Leeds, England in 1978.
RAC bands
Skrewdriver
Bound For Glory
Skullhead
Landser
Mistreat
Blue Eyed Devils
Related pages
Blood and Honour
Br... |
57782 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer%20movies | List of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer movies | This is a selected list of feature movies made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
1920s
Greed (1924) (MGM's first feature-length movie)
He Who Gets Slapped (1924) (first movie featuring the MGM logo)
Ben-Hur (1925, plus remake in 1959)
The Big Parade (1925)
The Unholy Three (1925)
La bohème (1926)
Flesh and the Devil (19... |
57786 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo%20Tycoon%202 | Zoo Tycoon 2 | Zoo Tycoon 2 is a 2004 simulation computer game. In the game, the player must create and run a zoo. This is done by managing its finances, employees and animal exhibits. The goal is to become a "zoo tycoon".
The game is a sequel the 2001 game Zoo Tycoon. Six expansion packs have been created for the game. The latest i... |
57787 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoo%20Tycoon | Zoo Tycoon | Zoo Tycoon is a simulation computer game. It was developed by Blue Fang Games and released by Microsoft Game Studios. It is a game in which the player must run a business, in this case a zoo, and try to earn money. Zoo Tycoon was followed by Zoo Tycoon 2 in 2004.
Zoo Tycoon
2001 video games
fr:Zoo Tycoon |
57790 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapel | Chapel | A chapel is a place for Christian worship. The word is used in several different ways. Generally, a chapel is a place of worship that is not a church which belongs to a parish in a village or town, but is more private or has a special purpose.
Private chapels
Small chapels
Some large houses and palaces have their own... |
57793 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clandestine%20chemistry | Clandestine chemistry | Clandestine chemistry is chemistry that occurs in a lab that is used for making illegal drugs, usually using unsafe equipment. The use of this unsafe laboratory equipment will sometimes result in explosions, fires or heavy flows of noxious fumes. Meth labs are the main form of clandestine laboratories and are used for ... |
57821 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flask | Flask | A flask is a type of container made of glass. They are a common piece of apparatus used in laboratories. Their size are chosen by the volume they can hold, and is measured in metric units, like litres (L) or mililitres (mL). Their shape depends on what they are used for, but they usually consist of a wider body, which ... |
57828 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebermannstadt | Ebermannstadt | Ebermannstadt is a German town in the district of Forchheim, Bavaria, Germany. The population of the town is about 7,000. The next largest cities are: Forchheim, Bayreuth, Bamberg, Kulmbach and Erlangen. The city parts of Ebermannstadt are:
Breitenbach
Ebermannstadt
Gasseldorf
Niedermirsberg
Rüssenbach
Neuses-Pox... |
57830 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franks | Franks | The Franks or the Frankish peoples were one of several west Germanic federations of tribes. It was formed out of Germanic tribes: Salians, Sicambri, Chamavi, Tencteri, Chattuarii, Bructeri, Usipetes, Ampsivarii, Chatti. Most of them lived at the northern borders of the Rhine.
They entered the late Roman Empire from th... |
57831 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franks%20%28disambiguation%29 | Franks (disambiguation) | The Franks are medieval Germanic tribes.
Franks may also refer to:
Crusaders, or more broadly any persons originating in Catholic western Europe (medieval Middle Eastern history). See Farangi, firang, farang and barang for derived words.
Frankfurter sausages, the filling for hot dogs
USS Franks (DD-554), a United... |
57846 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebra%20mussel | Zebra mussel | The zebra mussel is a small shellfish. It is a bivalve mollusc, a type called a mussel.
Color patterns vary, with only dark or colored shells or no stripes. They are typically found attached to objects, surfaces, or each other by threads underneath the shells. Although similar in appearance to the quagga mussel, the t... |
57858 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Marcos%2C%20Texas | San Marcos, Texas | San Marcos is a city in central Texas. Texas State University-San Marcos is there. It is in the Interstate 35 corridor, between Austin and San Antonio.
In 2013 and 2014, the United States Census Bureau named it the fastest-growing city in the United States. In December 2013, it was named #9 on Business Insider's list ... |
57864 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar%20%28music%29 | Bar (music) | A bar or measure is used in writing music. It is a way of organizing the written music in small sections. Each bar is a small amount of time. Most music has a regular beat (or pulse) which can be felt. Each bar usually has the same number of beats in it. Music that feels like 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-4 will be divided into ba... |
57869 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostov | Rostov | Rostov (Russian: Росто́в; Old Norse: Rostofa) is one of the oldest towns in Russia. It was first mentioned in the year 862 as an already important town. By the 13th century Rostov became the capital of an important area.
Now it is an important tourist centre of the so-called Golden ring. It is located on the shores of... |
57882 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaskan%20king%20crab%20fishing | Alaskan king crab fishing | Alaskan king crab fishing is an event done in the winter in the Bering Sea near Alaska. People fish for many King Crabs. The crabbers fish from boats between 40 and 250 feet (13-75m) in length. They throw steel cages, called pots, over the side of the boat, and the crabs are lured to bait placed in them. When the pots ... |
57885 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Legend%20of%20Zelda%3A%20Phantom%20Hourglass | The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass | is a part of Legend of Zelda series of video games. It is for the Nintendo DS. The game is played only using the touch screen on the Nintendo DS. It is a sequel to the 2002/2003 GameCube game The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker. The game was released in Japan on June 23, 2007, in the United States on October 1, 2007, i... |
57886 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link%20%28The%20Legend%20of%20Zelda%29 | Link (The Legend of Zelda) | Link is the main character from The Legend of Zelda series.
The game was created by Shigeru Miyamoto. 47 million copies of the game have been sold since 2007.
Description
Link wears a green shirt and a long, floppy green hat on his head. In the Legend of Zelda games, the player must use Link to fight against evil, e... |
57902 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar%20power%20station%20in%20Victoria | Solar power station in Victoria | A big new Solar power station in Victoria is planned.
A company called Solar Systems has announced a large 154 MW photovoltaic (PV) solar power station for north-western Victoria. The A$420 million project will provide enough electricity for more than 45,000 homes. It will create jobs and will also reduce greenhouse ... |
57903 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldpolenz%20Solar%20Park | Waldpolenz Solar Park | Waldpolenz Solar Park, is a photovoltaic (PV) power plant, to the east of Leipzig in Germany. The power plant is a 40-megawatt solar power system using new technology. It is in the Muldentalkreis district in the state of Saxony in eastern Germany. The investment cost for the Waldpolenz solar park amounts to some Euro 1... |
57905 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaccio | Masaccio | Masaccio (, , ; December 21, 1401 – summer 1428), born Tommaso di Ser Giovanni di Simone, was a famous painter of the Italian Renaissance. He worked in Florence. Masaccio was a nickname that meant Fat Untidy Tom. He lived a very short life and only a few of his paintings exist, but they were so different to the style o... |
57906 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind%20power%20in%20Germany | Wind power in Germany | Germany is the world's biggest user of wind power with an installed capacity of 20,621MW in 2006, ahead of Spain which had 11,615MW. There are 18,000 wind turbines in Germany. The country plans to build more.
Related pages
Renewable energy in Germany
Passivhaus
Global warming
References
Wind farms
Germany
de:Win... |
57907 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind%20power%20in%20Denmark | Wind power in Denmark | After the world's oil crises in the 1970s, Denmark started to develop wind power. In 1988, two years after the Chernobyl disaster, the Danes passed a law forbidding the construction of nuclear power plants.
The Danes were pioneers in developing commercial wind power during the 1970s and today almost half of the wind t... |
57914 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%20River%20%28Russia%29 | Don River (Russia) | The Don (Дон) is one of the major rivers of Russia. It starts in the town of Novomoskovsk 60 km southeast from Tula, southeast of Moscow, and flows for a distance of about 1,870 km (1,162 miles) to the Sea of Azov.
From its source, the river first flows southeast to Voronezh, then southwest to its mouth. The main city... |
57916 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace%20Hopper | Grace Hopper | Grace Murray Hopper (December 9 1906 – January 1 1992) was an American computer scientist and United States Navy officer.
Early Life
Hopper was born in New York, USA. Hopper graduated from Vassar College in 1928 and Yale University in 1934 with a Ph.D degree in mathematics. She joined the US Navy during the World War ... |
57923 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marin%20Alsop | Marin Alsop | Marin Alsop (born Manhattan, New York, October 16, 1956) is an American conductor.
Alsop went to Yale University and then got a master's degree from the Juilliard School in violin playing. She won the Koussevitzky Conducting Prize at the Tanglewood Music Center in 1989, where she studied with famous conductors such as... |
57924 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nevada%20Solar%20One | Nevada Solar One | Nevada Solar One is the third biggest solar power plant in the world, generating 64MW. It was built in Boulder City, Nevada.
Nevada Solar One is a solar thermal power station and will use parabolic troughs, heating tubes of liquid (solar receivers). These solar receivers are specially coated tubes made of glass and s... |
57926 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated%20pest%20management | Integrated pest management | In agriculture, Integrated Pest Management (IPM) is a pest control strategy. This strategy uses many different ways to deal with pests: natural predators and parasites, pest-resistant varieties of plants, cultural practices, biological controls, various physical techniques, and pesticides as a last resort.
It is an e... |
57928 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serpa%20solar%20power%20plant | Serpa solar power plant | Serpa solar power plant (also known as Hércules solar power plant) is a power plant found in Serpa, Portugal. It was begun in June 2006 and finished in January 2007. The plant consists of a photovoltaic system that uses silicon solar cell technology to convert sunlight directly into energy.
The Serpa solar power plan... |
57929 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian%20Solar%20Loan%20Programme | Indian Solar Loan Programme | The United Nation Environment Programme's Indian Solar Loan Programme has won the World award for Sustainability for helping to establish a householder loan program for solar home power systems.
Over the span of three years more than 16,000 solar home systems have been financed through 2,000 bank branches, mainly in ... |
57940 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clovis%20I | Clovis I | Clovis I (variously spelled Chlodowech or Chlodwig, giving modern French Louis and modern German Ludwig) (c. 466 – November 27, 511) was the first king of the Franks who united that nation. He succeeded his father Childeric I in 481 as King of the Salian Franks, one of two main groups of Frankish tribes, They were occu... |
57945 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merovingian%20dynasty | Merovingian dynasty | The Merovingians were a dynasty of Frankish kings who ruled in the region of ancient Gaul (more or less modern France), from the fifth to the 8th century when the Carolingian dynasty took control.
They were sometimes referred to as the "long-haired kings" (Latin reges criniti) by people of the time, for their symbolic... |
57958 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dale%20Earnhardt | Dale Earnhardt | Ralph Dale Earnhardt, Sr. (April 29, 1951 – February 18, 2001) was an American NASCAR driver. He is the father of race car driver Dale Earnhardt, Jr. He started Dale Earnhardt, Inc., also called DEI. Earnhardt died in a crash during the Daytona 500 in 2001. The accident happened a few seconds before his own son came se... |
57962 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homelessness | Homelessness | Homelessness means people who do not have a place to stay. The word "homelessness" also includes people who sleep in warming centers, homeless shelters, or in abandoned buildings, parking garages, or other places not meant for humans to live in. Homelessness occurs for many reasons. It may happen when people or househo... |
57964 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideshi%20Hino | Hideshi Hino | Hideshi Hino (日野日出志 Hino Hideshi, born April 19, 1946) is a Japanese manga artist. He draws and writes horror stories. Some of the books he has written are: Hino Horror, Panorama of Hell, and Hell Baby. He has also made and been in horror movies.
Movies
References
1946 births
Living people
Japanese manga artists |
57968 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salland | Salland | Salland is a historical region in the west and north of the present Dutch province of Overijssel.
History
The history of Salland goes back to the early Middle Ages, when the four quarters of Oversticht (Salland, Twente, Land van Vollenhove and Drenthe) came together.
Salland (and nearby areas) may have been the early ... |
57978 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isengard | Isengard | Isengard, a fictional place in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth
Isengard (Norwegian band)
Isengard (Swedish band) |
57979 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darkthrone | Darkthrone | Darkthrone is a black metal band from Norway.
Albums
Soulside Journey
A Blaze In The Northern Sky
Under A Funeral Moon
Transilvanian Hunger
Panzerfaust
Total Death
Goatlord
Ravishing Grimness
Plaguevielder
Hate Them
The Cult Is Alive
F.O.A.D.
Dark Thrones and Black Flags
Circle the Wagons
The Underground Resistance
... |
57981 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minutemen%20%28band%29 | Minutemen (band) | The Minutemen were a very well known American hardcore punk band from the 1980s. The people in the band were D. Boon on guitar, Mike Watt on bass guitar and George Hurley on drums.
The Minutemen were formed in January of 1980 and began to record music that same year. They gave to the public their first EP, called Pa... |
57982 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hammurabi | Hammurabi | Hammurabi (Akkadian from Amorite ˤAmmurāpi, meaning "the kinsman is a healer," from ˤAmmu, meaning "paternal kinsman", and Rāpi, meaning "healer"), was the sixth king of Babylon from 1792 BC to 1750 BC. He became king after his father abdicated, and was the first ruler of Babylonia. By winning wars against other kingdo... |
57985 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double%20Nickels%20on%20the%20Dime | Double Nickels on the Dime | Double Nickels on the Dime is a hardcore punk album made by the Minutemen. The album was recorded in 1984 and was given to the public in the same year. The album is very long and has 43 songs. It is thought to be a very good album and one of the best of the genre.
Song List
D.'s Car Jam/Anxious Mofo
Theatre Is the ... |
57987 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timbaland | Timbaland | Timothy Zachery Mosley, also known as Timbaland, (born March 10, 1972) is a Grammy Award-winning American record producer, record executive, rapper, singer, songwriter and DJ. He is from Norfolk, Virginia.
Timbaland owns his own record label, Mosley Music Group, which is under Universal Music Group. Timbaland has also... |
57988 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melvins | Melvins | The Melvins are an American rock band. They are from the city of Aberdeen, Washington. The only members who have been in the band for a long time are Buzz "King Buzzo" Osborne who plays guitar and Dale Crover who plays drums. Coady Willis who plays drums (in addition to Dale) and Jared Warren who plays bass guitar are ... |
58004 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1337 | 1337 |
Events
March 16 - Edward, the Black Prince is crowned Duke of Cornwall.
The Hundred Years' War (c. 1337–1453) begins between France and England.
Philip VI of France confiscates Aquitaine.
Births
Louis II, Duke of Bourbon (d. 1410)
Deaths
January 8 - Giotto di Bondone, Italian Painter (b. 1267)
June 7 - Wil... |
58008 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth%20name | Birth name | A birth name is the family name someone has when he or she is born, or at least from the time he or she is a child. This term can be used by a man or a woman who changes a name later in life for any reason.
A maiden name is the family name—usually the birth name—a woman has before she marries.
A married name is the f... |
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