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58506 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wessex | Wessex | Wessex was an old Anglo-Saxon kingdom before England became one country. It was one of seven kingdoms in England. It was named after the West Saxons. It was in the south and southwest of England. Wessex was a kingdom from the 6th century until the English state was made in the 9th century. It was an earldom between 101... |
58527 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrel%20racing | Barrel racing | Barrel racing is an event often seen in rodeos. It involves a rider and horse going around 3 barrels in a cloverleaf pattern, started on either the right or the left side, but more often than not, the right side. Riders go from one barrel to the next making a square pattern around each and then running back past the ti... |
58528 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clover | Clover | Clover (Trifolium) is a genus of about 300 species of plants in the pea family. It grows worldwide, mainly in the temperate Northern Hemisphere, but many species also in South America and Africa, including at high altitudes on mountains in the tropics.
They are small herbaceous plants. It has three sections to each le... |
58532 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clover%20%28disambiguation%29 | Clover (disambiguation) | Clover could mean:
Plants
Clover, a genus of plants
Places
Clover, South Carolina, a town in York County
Clover, Virginia, a place in Halifax County
Companies
Clover Studio, the now defunct Capcom funded game developer
Clover (toy company), a Japanese toy company
Clover (dairy), a South African dairy company
... |
58533 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discus%20throw | Discus throw | The discus throw is an event in athletics, where a heavy disc is thrown for distance. It was invented in 708 BC in Ancient Greece. The goal is to throw the discus farther than your opponents.
The discus throw is the subject of a number of well-known ancient Greek statues and Roman copies of them.US thrower Al Oerter i... |
58538 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics | Athletics | Athletics may mean:
Track and field athletics, a group of sport events that involves either running, walking, throwing or jumping on a running track or the field inside a running track
Sport in general
Oakland Athletics, Major League Baseball team based in Oakland, California
Philadelphia Athletics (1860–1876), a f... |
58545 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eragon | Eragon | Eragon is a book written by Christopher Paolini. It was published in August 2003. Eragon is the first book in the Inheritance Cycle. The second book in the Inheritance Cycle, called Eldest, was published in mid-2005. The third of the four books, Brisingr, was released in 2008. Eragon was made into a movie and released ... |
58555 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Baillie | William Baillie | Captain William Baillie (June 5, 1723 – December 22, 1810) was an Irish military man and artist.
Baillie went to London at age of 18 to study law, but liked art more. Shortly after getting to London, he joined the army. He served at the Battle of Culloden the Battle of Minden and retired with the rank of Cap... |
58557 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rusty%20Anderson | Rusty Anderson | Rusty Anderson (born January 20, 1959) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter from La Habra, California. He has played lead guitar for Paul McCartney since 2001. He has played for many famous musicians, for example, Elton John, The Bangles, Courtney Love and Belinda Carlisle. He also has a band called Rusty An... |
58564 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/HLS | HLS | HLS has a number of meanings:
Harvard Law School
Homeland Security
Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz, a Swiss encyclopedia
Hue, Saturation, Lightness color space (can be referred to as either HLS or HSL)
Huntingdon Life Sciences, a contract animal-testing company based in Huntingdon, England, and New Jersey. |
58571 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handshake | Handshake | A handshake is when two people hold hands for a few seconds and move them up and down before letting go. It is often used like a greeting (like saying "Hello, Hi" or "goodbye" when people meet) or to say that two people have agreed on something. Handshakes are also used between romantic partners.
The action is ancien... |
58576 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave%20%28gesture%29 | Wave (gesture) | A wave is a movement of the hand that people use to greet each other or say goodbye. People wave by raising their hand and moving it from side to side. They can also wave by moving their hand up and down. The way that people wave generally depends on their culture.
Non-verbal communication |
58580 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball%20bat | Baseball bat | A baseball bat is a smooth wooden or metal rod used in the game of baseball to hit the ball after the ball is thrown by the pitcher. It is not more than 2⅔ inches (70 mm) in diameter at the thickest part and not more than 42 inches (1067 mm) in length. It usually weighs no greater than four pounds (1.8 kg). The batter... |
58583 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Softball | Softball | Softball is a sport similar to baseball. Men, women, boys, or girls can play softball.
There are three types of softball: fastpitch, modified and slow pitch. In both types of softball, pitchers throw underhand (with hand below shoulder level).
How softball is played
There are nine to twelve players per team. ... |
58587 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bat%20%28disambiguation%29 | Bat (disambiguation) | Bat or Bats may mean:
Bat, the flying mammal
Sports:
The Louisville Bats, a AAA minor league baseball team related to the Cincinnati Reds, based in Louisville, Kentucky
Bat, a club or broad, blunt and/or club-like object
Bat, a piece of sports equipment such as a baseball bat or cricket bat
Entertainment:
The Ba... |
58588 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dietrich%20Buxtehude | Dietrich Buxtehude | Dietrich Buxtehude (or Dieterich according to Danish spelling) (born about 1637; died May 9, 1707) was a German (or Danish) composer and organist. He is one of the most important composers of the mid-Baroque period. He is best known for his organ works which are very often heard at recitals and church services. He al... |
58591 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buxtehude | Buxtehude | For the German Baroque composer, see Dieterich Buxtehude.
Buxtehude () is a town in Northern Germany. It has 39,000 inhabitants. It is by the Este river which joins the city to the important river Elbe just 6 miles away.
Buxtehude is known as "The Fairytale Capital" of the world. The tale of "The Bunny and the Hedgeh... |
58596 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summit%20Entertainment | Summit Entertainment | Summit Entertainment is an American movie production and distribution company. It is a label of Lionsgate Films, owned by Lionsgate Entertainment. The company was founded in 1991. It is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.
References
Movie production companies
Companies based in Santa Monica, California
1991 e... |
58599 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem%20Renaissance | Harlem Renaissance | The Harlem Renaissance is the name for a movement in African-American culture in the 1920s and 1930s which has had a big influence on African-American literature, philosophy and music. The Harlem Renaissance is also called the "Black Literary Renaissance", '"The New Negro Movement" and "The flowering of Negro literatu... |
58602 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollywood%20Pictures | Hollywood Pictures | Hollywood Pictures was one of Walt Disney Studios movie companies. It makes movies for a more adult audience than Walt Disney Pictures. It is similar to Disney's Touchstone Pictures brand. The studio was launched in 1989, but was closed in 2007.
List of films released by Hollywood Pictures
1990s
2000s
Movie studio... |
58615 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third%20World | Third World | The "third world" describes the developing countries.
History
The term third world was introduced during the Cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union. At that time, there were three "worlds". Colors do not represent current economic development.
References
politics
economics
Country classifications |
58629 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thirty%20Years%27%20War | Thirty Years' War | The Thirty Years' War was fought from 1618 until 1648. Though it was primarily centered in Germany, several other countries became involved in the conflict, including France, Spain, and Sweden. In fact, almost all of the powerful countries in Europe were involved in the war. It began as a fight about religion — the Pro... |
58634 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database%20normalisation | Database normalisation | Database normalisation is an approach to designing databases which was introduced by Edgar F. Codd in the 1970s. Certain databases, known as relational databases, allow data to be stored in separate groups. Each group is commonly called a table. To provide useful information, these groups are connected to each other. ... |
58637 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clipboard | Clipboard | ''For the clipboard in computers, see Clipboard (computing).
A clipboard is a thin board with a large (usually metal) clip at the top. Clipboards are a little larger than a piece of paper. They are used to support paper with one hand, while writing on the paper with the other hand. Clipboards are often used in situati... |
58639 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugliness | Ugliness | Ugliness is a property of physical things that are not nice to look at. Something or someone who has ugliness is called ugly. This word is commonly used in when talking about human appearance. The opposite of ugliness is beauty. Someone who discriminates against ugly people is called a lookist or cacophobe.
Ugliness ... |
58643 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texture | Texture | The word texture means: what things are made of and how they feel. Textures can be described as “rough”, “smooth”, “hard”, “soft”, “liquid”, “solid”, “lumpy”, “gritty” etc. The word “texture” is used for many different things. It can even be used in abstract senses, e.g. for music and poetry.
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Food
People like... |
58644 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outlook%20Express | Outlook Express | Microsoft Outlook Express, also known as Microsoft Internet Mail and News, is an email program and newsreader program made by Microsoft. It is a free version of Outlook, also made by Microsoft. Microsoft's Outlook Express was discontinued in 2006 with the release of its new operating system, Windows Vista, which has Wi... |
58653 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Spinks | Michael Spinks | Michael Spinks (born on July 13, 1956) is a retired American boxer. He was the light heavyweight and heavyweight champion of the world.
Spinks was a member of the 1976 United States Olympics team and won a gold medal in the boxing competition. He became a professional boxer in 1977 and won the light heavyweight champ... |
58654 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye | Goodbye | Goodbye is a word used to express good wishes when parting. It may originate from the phrase "God be with you".
Goodbye can also mean:
Music
Goodbye (Cream album), an album by Cream
Goodbye (Ben & Jason album), an album by Ben & Jason
Goodbye (Dubstar album), an album by Dubstar
Goodbye (Ulrich Schnauss album), an up... |
58665 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candy%20cane | Candy cane | A candy cane is a hard cane-shaped candy stick. It is usually white with red stripes and tastes like peppermint. It is also made in many other flavors and colors. The candy cane is a traditional candy of the Christmas holiday in the United States, but you can find them during the rest of the year. It is a symbolic fig... |
58670 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon%20Spinks | Leon Spinks | Leon Spinks (July 11, 1953 – February 5, 2021) was an American boxer. He won the world heavyweight championship. He won a gold medal in the 1976 Olympics in the boxing category. He became a professional boxer. In his eighth bout, he won the heavyweight championship from Muhammad Ali. In his first defense, he lost the t... |
58671 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruiserweight | Cruiserweight | Cruiserweight is a division in boxing for fighters who weigh over 175 pounds and up to 200 pounds (91 kg). The weight limit was once 190 pounds. The World Boxing Council created this weight division in the late 1970s because it felt that some fighters were too small to fight in the heavyweight division but too big to f... |
58686 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botanic | Botanic | Botanic is a district of South Belfast, in the country of Ireland. It is named after Botanic Gardens, a local park dedicated to the science of botany.
Northern Ireland |
58695 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Jay | Steve Jay | Stephen "Steve" Jay (born January 26, 1951) is a bassist best known for working with the singer-songwriter "Weird Al" Yankovic.
1951 births
Living people
Bassists |
58700 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum%20wage | Minimum wage | The minimum wage is the least amount of salary that employees of a business can be paid. Around the world, the minimum wage is enforced as a law that every company must follow. If companies do not give their employees at least the minimum wage, the companies will be forced to pay an expensive fine for breaking the law.... |
58705 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Manchin | Joe Manchin | Joseph (Joe) Manchin III (born August 24, 1947) is an American politician. He was elected Governor of the state of West Virginia in the 2004 election. He took office as Governor on January 17, 2005 and remained in that position until 2010. In 2010, he became a Senator for West Virginia, after the death of Robert Byrd. ... |
58727 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance%20art | Renaissance art | Many of the most famous and best-loved works of art in the world were created during the time known as the Renaissance. The Renaissance began about 1400 and lasted until about 1600. Italy, and in particular the city of Florence is thought of as the home of Renaissance art.
Many Flemish painters from the area of moder... |
58728 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance%20architecture | Renaissance architecture | The Dome of Florence Cathedral
Florence Cathedral, (called il Duomo), built by Arnolfo di Cambio, had a huge hole at the centre. The competition to build a roof over it was won by Brunelleschi who built the largest dome since Roman times. He cleverly got the whole city excited by getting teams of workers from the eight... |
58757 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji%20One | Fiji One | Fiji One is a free-to-air television channel run by Fiji Television. It is shown all across Fiji. It is paid for by advertisements. For this reason, programs on Fiji One have commercial breaks, to allow advertisers that fund the programs to showcase their products or services.
References
Television networks
Fiji |
58758 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet%20Group | Comet Group | Comet was a chain of shops in the UK. They were the second largest retailer of TVs, and biggest retailer of fridges, washing machines and dishwashers in England.
Shops |
58766 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sainsbury%27s | Sainsbury's | Sainsbury's is the biggest supermarket chain based in the United Kingdom. Sainsbury's originally sold only food, but it now sells other things like mobile phones, clothing, and books. Sainsbury's is the second largest supermarket in the UK (after Tesco). The clothing range at Sainsbury's has changed a lot over the year... |
58772 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venus%20of%20Willendorf | Venus of Willendorf | Venus of Willendorf, also known as the Woman of Willendorf, is an 11.1 cm (4.4 inches) high statuette of a female figure. It was discovered in 1908 by archaeologist Josef Szombathy at a paleolithic site near Willendorf. Willendorf is a village in Lower Austria near the city of Krems. The statuette is made of a kind of ... |
58780 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acts%20of%20Supremacy | Acts of Supremacy | The Acts of Supremacy was passed by Elizabeth I in 1558. This act stated that the king, not the pope was the head of the Church of England.
When this act was originally passed by Henry VIII, in 1534, he had been the ‘Head of the Church in England’ but under Elizabeth’s reign, she was “Supreme Governor of the Church in... |
58786 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact%20fluorescent%20lamp | Compact fluorescent lamp | A compact fluorescent lamp (CFL), is a type of lamp (or light bulb) designed to fit into the same space and usually also the same socket as an incandescent bulb, but with the advantages of a fluorescent lamp. Many CFLs can directly replace an existing incandescent lamp. They were invented late in the 20th century and m... |
58791 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/PL%20Kyodan | PL Kyodan | PL Kyodan or the Church of Perfect Liberty is an international religion that developed from the Zen Buddhist culture of Japan early in the 20th century. PL teaches that "Life is art." Humans have been born to express their own unique individuality in everything they do - "creating true art".
To assist them in improvi... |
58794 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston%20Smith | Winston Smith | Winston Smith is a fictional character and the protagonist of George Orwell's 1949 novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. In the book, Winston is a clerk for the Ministry of Truth, where his job is to rewrite historical documents so that they match the current party line, which changes on a daily basis.
Characters in written fic... |
58796 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yantai | Yantai | Yantai is a city in Shandong, China. It is on the coast facing the Huang Hai. The average annual temperature is 12°C. The annual rainfall is 20 mm.
The city used to be called "Chefoo" because an island close to the city was named "Chefoo". The name of the city means "Smokey Tower" (yan - smoke, tai - tower). The city... |
58798 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qiemo | Qiemo | Qiemo, also called Cherchen, is an inland city in Xinjiang, China. About 60,000 people live in the city. It is a river town on the edge of the Taklamakan Desert. The area has been settled for a long time. A cemetery at least 3,500 years old is near the town, as well as Bronze Age rock carvings. The town was along the t... |
58815 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fictional%20universe | Fictional universe | A fictional universe is a made up world that is used as the setting for one or (more commonly) many works of fiction. It is often used in books but can be used in any form used to tell a story, for example role-playing games, television or movies. It can be said that every work of fiction makes a world of its own. A fi... |
58816 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronnie%20James%20Dio | Ronnie James Dio | Ronnie James Dio (born Ronaldo Giovanni Padovan July 10, 1942 - May 16, 2010) was an American heavy metal singer. His parents were Italian Americans. He performed with Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, and his own band Dio. He was also part of the band Heaven and Hell (named after Black Sabbath's most famous song), with som... |
58817 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chow%20Yun-Fat | Chow Yun-Fat | Chow Yun-fat SBS (born May 18, 1955), formerly called Donald Chow, is a Hong Kong actor and singer. He often worked with John Woo in the action movies A Better Tomorrow, The Killer, and Hard Boiled. He also acted in Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, and has acted in many drama movies.
Career
His parents were f... |
58828 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglican%20Communion | Anglican Communion | The Anglican Communion is an association of all Anglican churches in full communion with the Church of England. There is no single "Anglican Church" with universal authority, because each national or regional church has full autonomy. With over one hundred and ten million members, the Anglican Communion is the third la... |
58830 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1019 | 1019 |
Events
The Azdâjis ends the Kingdom of Nekor in Morocco.
Sviatopolk I dies, and is succeeded by his brother Yaroslav I (the Wise). He becomes, with the support of the Novgorodians and the help of Varangian (Viking) mercenaries, the Grand Prince of Kiev. Yaroslav consolidates the Kievan state, through both cultural... |
58831 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan%20of%20Acre | Joan of Acre | Joan of Acre (April 1272 – 7 April, 1307) was a daughter of King Edward I of England and his first wife, Eleanor of Castile (1241-1290).
English royalty
1272 births
1307 deaths |
58833 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules%20Verne | Jules Verne | Jules Verne (February 8, 1828 – March 24, 1905) was a French writer. He was one of the first authors to write science fiction. Some of his books include Journey To The Centre Of The Earth (1864), From the Earth to the Moon (1865), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873).... |
58836 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage%20Mutant%20Ninja%20Turtles | Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles | The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT; known as the Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles, TMHT when they were introduced in the UK) are a fictional group of four mutant turtles who were taught how to be ninjas by a mutant rat named Splinter. The TMNT were created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird and made their comic book debut... |
58840 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atze%20Schr%C3%B6der | Atze Schröder |
Atze Schröder is a German comedy figure played by Hubertus Albers.
Atze Schröder
The figure "Atze Schröder" was born on 27 September 1965 in the German town Essen.
Biography of the comedian
In public, he always acts as his pseudonym "Atze Schröder". Some sources report Emsdetten as his place of birth. He was suin... |
58842 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomy | Autonomy | Autonomy means being able to rule without having to obey some other higher authority. Autonomy is something that philosophers often talk about. The idea occurs in moral, political, and bioethical philosophy. It means that someone is able to make a sensible decision without being forced to do so by someone else. They... |
58843 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg%20Wilhelm%20Friedrich%20Hegel | Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel | Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (August 27, 1770 – November 14, 1831) was a German philosopher born in Stuttgart, Württemberg, which is now southwest Germany. He started Hegelianism and is a part of German Idealism. He influenced many writers and philosophers, including those who agreed with him (Bradley, Sartre, Küng, B... |
58849 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%20Borough%20of%20Croydon | London Borough of Croydon | The London Borough of Croydon is a London Borough. It is in south London. The borough is the farthest south of Greater London, with the M25 circle motorway touching it at the bottom. In North Croydon the borough mainly borders the London Borough of Bromley to the east as well as the London Boroughs of Southwark and Lam... |
58852 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas%20Sarkozy | Nicolas Sarkozy | Nicolas Sarkozy, born on 28 January 1955 in Paris, France,
is a French politician. He was the 23rd President of France and, because of that position, ex officio Co-Prince of Andorra from 16 May 2007 to 15 May 2012 succeeding Jacques Chirac.
He was the leader of the UMP, and was elected President of the French Repub... |
58854 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/RVV%20Hillesluis | RVV Hillesluis | Rotterdamse Voetbalvereniging "Hillesluis" (translated:Rotterdam's Football Society "Hillesluis") was a football club in Rotterdam. It was located near the Feyenoord stadium. It was created in 1932 in a Rotterdam's town with the same name. It was disestablished in 2012.
This club has 21 teams from which:
4 senior team... |
58855 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrant | Tyrant | A tyrant (pronounce: tie-rant) is a person who rules with absolute power. In its Greek origin the word has no negative meaning: we translate Oedipus Tyrannus as 'Oedipus the King'. A tyrant usually rules a country, and he often got his position as powerful ruler by force, although some of them inherited their power.
... |
58864 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann%20Pachelbel | Johann Pachelbel | Johann Pachelbel (born Nuremberg (German:Nürnberg), baptized 1 September, 1653; died Nürnberg, buried 9 March, 1706) was a German composer and organist. He is very famous for his organ music. He also wrote other keyboard music and music for the Protestant church. His Canon in D has become a very popular piece of mu... |
58875 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opioid | Opioid | Opioids are substances that act on opioid receptors to produce morphine-like effects. Opioid receptors are widespread in the brain, and are also in the spinal cord and digestive tract.
Opioids are chemical substances that relieve pain. There are a wide range of natural and artificial opioids. They are used in hospita... |
58876 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analgesic | Analgesic | Analgetics (one analgetic) (or analgesics) is a word for some drugs that are used to stop pain. These are also known as painkillers. There are several kinds of painkillers. All act on the nervous system. Some painkillers (such as opioids) can make people addicted if they are taken for a long time. Some painkillers have... |
58883 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blender%20%28program%29 | Blender (program) | Blender is a free, open source 3D computer graphics program. It is available for many operating systems, for example Microsoft Windows, macOS and Linux. It is made by the Blender Foundation. It was used, for example, to make the short movies Elephants Dream, Big Buck Bunny and Sintel.
History
A Dutch animation studio ... |
58885 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Shuttleworth | Mark Shuttleworth | Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African business person. He was the first African in space. He bought himself his space travel. He is also the leader of the Ubuntu project.
White South African people
South African businesspeople
1973 births
Living people |
58894 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracetamol | Paracetamol | Paracetamol (or acetaminophen) is a common analgesic, a drug that is used to relieve pain. It can also be used to reduce fever, and some kinds of headache. This makes it an antipyretic, something that reduces fevers. It is used in many drugs that treat the flu and colds.
The words acetaminophen and paracetamol both co... |
58897 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morphine | Morphine | Morphine (INN) (IPA: ) is a strong opiate pain killer drug. It is the principal active agent in opium and the prototypical opiate. Like other opioids, e.g. diacetylmorphine (heroin), morphine acts directly on the central nervous system (CNS) to relieve pain, and at synapses of the nucleus accumbens in particular. Mor... |
58898 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9gol%C3%A8ne%20Royal | Ségolène Royal | Marie-Ségolène Royal (born September 22, 1953 in Dakar, French West Africa, now Senegal) is a French politician. She is the president of the Poitou-Charentes region, a member of the National Assembly and a prominent member of the Socialist Party in France. She was the Socialist Party's candidate for the 2007 French pre... |
58899 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Codeine | Codeine | Codeine or methylmorphine is an opiate used for its analgesic properties. It is also used to treat coughing and diarrhea. It is marketed as the salts codeine sulfate and codeine phosphate. Codeine hydrochloride is more commonly marketed in continental Europe and other regions.
Codeine is an alkaloid found in opium in ... |
58904 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opium | Opium | Opium is a narcotic resin produced from opium poppies (Papaver somniferum). It contains up to 16% morphine, an opiate alkaloid, which is most frequently processed chemically to produce heroin for the black market. The resin also has non-narcotic alkaloids in it. Some of these are papaverine and noscapine. Opium is also... |
58906 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union%20for%20a%20Popular%20Movement | Union for a Popular Movement | The Union for a Popular Movement (French: Union pour un Mouvement Populaire, UMP), was the main French centre-right political party. It was formed in 2002. On 30 May 2015, it was replaced by The Republicans.
The party had an absolute majority in the National Assembly but lost its majority in the Senate in September 20... |
58909 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxycodone | Oxycodone | Oxycodone is a medicine that is used to treat pain. This kind of pain medicine is called an analgesic.
Oxycodone is a man-made opioid. This means that in the body, it acts like morphine, a powerful, natural painkiller. The chemical elements in oxycodone are very similar to codeine, another natural painkiller.
Form... |
58910 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pethidine | Pethidine | Pethidine or meperidine (often called Demerol in the United States) is a synthetic opioid - a man-made drug similar to morphine. It is a painkiller. It is used against moderate to severe pain. It can mix badly with other medicines, including muscle relaxants, some antidepressants, benzodiazepines, and alcohol.
Pethidi... |
58912 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Assembly%20%28France%29 | National Assembly (France) | The French National Assembly (French: Assemblée nationale) is one of the two houses of the Parliament of France under the Fifth Republic. The other is the Senate ("Sénat").
The National Assembly consists of 577 members known as députés (deputies), each elected by a single-member constituency. Deputies are elected in e... |
58914 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperthyroidism | Hyperthyroidism | Hyperthyroidism is a medical condition. It is caused by a thyroid gland that is too active. The thyroid gland makes hormones. These hormones manage the body’s metabolism. An example of one of these hormones is thyroxine. The thyroid-stimulating hormone starts the making of thyroxine. The thyroid-stimulating hormone is ... |
58916 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/99942%20Apophis | 99942 Apophis | (99942) Apophis is a near-Earth asteroid that worried people for a short time in December 2004. This was because observations seemed to show that it would hit the Earth in 2029. Other observations had more accurate, or better, ideas. During 2029, Apophis would go through a "gravitational keyhole", an area in space no m... |
58933 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dance%20music | Dance music | Dance music is music that is made to be danced to. In a broader sense, an enormous amount of music sounds like dance music, even if it is not composed for dancing. The history of dance music is similar to the history of dance as well as to the history of music.
Dance music was probably the first kind of music there ... |
58934 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baruch%20Spinoza | Baruch Spinoza | Baruch Spinoza (24 November 1632 in Amsterdam – 21 February 1677 in The Hague) was a Dutch philosopher of Portuguese Jewish origin. He is considered to be one of the great Rationalist philosophers of the 17th century. Other famous rationalists include Gottfried Leibniz and René Descartes.
Life
Spinoza's ideas were n... |
58936 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationalism | Rationalism | Rationalism is the view that reasoning by itself is a source of knowledge or proof. It is a philosophical movement that began in the 17th century, but the same ideas were also talked about before then. Rationalist philosophers believe that all knowledge can be understood through a process of reasoning, without any exte... |
58943 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Universal%20Pictures%20movies | List of Universal Pictures movies | This is a partial listing of movies produced and/or distributed by Universal Pictures, the main production/distribution arm of Universal Studios, a subsidiary of NBCUniversal and Comcast.
List of movies
1920s
White Youth (1920)
The Flaming Disc (1920)
Am I Dreaming? (1920)
The Dragon's Net (1920)
The Adorable Sa... |
58951 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2029 | 2029 | 2029 (MMXXIX) will be .
Predicted events
Friday, April 13 — The asteroid 99942 Apophis (previously also known by its provisional designation 2004 MN4) will pass within 30,000 km (18,600 mi) of the Earth.
Music by Buddy Holly will enter the public domain this year.
Ray Kurzweil and other futurists predict that com... |
58953 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephants%20Dream | Elephants Dream | Elephants Dream is a short movie made using mostly open source software. Blender was the main program used to make the movie. It began production in September 2005 and was released on March 24, 2006. It was first developed under the name Orange, then later changed to Machina then finally to Elephants Dream since the pe... |
58955 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapel%20Royal | Chapel Royal | The Chapel Royal is a department of the monarch's household in the United Kingdom.
Incorrectly, the term is also used for the choirs of these chapels. The correct name for these choirs is the Gentlemen of the Chapel. They are a group of priests and singers who sing church services for the British monarch (king or que... |
58956 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlando%20Gibbons | Orlando Gibbons | Orlando Gibbons (born: Oxford, baptised 25 December 1583; died Canterbury, 5 June 1625) was an English composer and organist. He was one of the most important composers of his day. He is famous for his church music and organ music. He lived in the late Tudor and early Jacobean periods.
Gibbons was born in Oxford wh... |
58960 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waits | Waits | Waits or waites were British town musicians. From medieval times up to the early 19th century, every important British town and city had a band of waites. Some other countries in Europe also had waits. They were called Stadtpfeifer in Germany and Pifferi in Italy.
The duties (things they had to do) varied in differen... |
58961 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis%20Court%20Oath | Tennis Court Oath | The oath was a pledge signed by 576 members out of 577 of France's Third Estate and a few members of the First Estate on June 20, 1789 in a tennis court near the Palace of Versailles.
The meeting hall of the Estates General had been locked accidentally, but the Third Estate thought that this was an invasion of their ... |
58971 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chart | Chart | A chart or graph is an image which summarizes data and presents it in an easy to understand way. Charts are often used to make it easier to understand the relationships of different aspects of the data. It is easier to read a chart than the raw data.
Types of charts
A bar chart uses bars to show values for different... |
58973 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Adams | Samuel Adams | Samuel Adams (September 27 (OS), 1722–October 2, 1803) was an American leader, politician, writer, and political philosopher, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Adams helped gather support in the American colonies to rebel against Great Britain. This led to the American Revolution. Adams shaped the ... |
58976 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar%20chart | Bar chart | A bar chart is a type of chart which shows the values of different categories of data as rectangular bars with different lengths. A histogram is a bar chart that shows how data is spread over its categories.
It is another one dimensional diagram also known as pillar diagram or column graph. These bars do not have any ... |
58983 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie%20chart | Pie chart | A pie chart is a type of chart with the shape of a pie or circle. It presents the relationship of different parts of the data. One would easily see the biggest or smallest share of the total data, by simply looking at the pie chart.
History
The earliest known pie charts were in William Playfair's Statistical Breviary... |
58997 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biographical%20Directory%20of%20the%20United%20States%20Congress | Biographical Directory of the United States Congress | The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress is a biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress. It also includes all members of the Continental Congress. It also includes delegates from territories and the District of Columbia and Resident Commissioners from the Ph... |
59017 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teapot | Teapot | A teapot is a container used to mix tea leaves with boiling water to make tea. Usually the tea leaves are in a tea bag when the tea leaves are put into the water. The tea can be poured from the teapot into cups.
Further reading
Steve Woodhead, "The Teapot Book" A.&C. Black, 2005 .
Robin Emmerson, "British Teapots and ... |
59021 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le%20Monde | Le Monde | Le Monde (English: The World) is a French daily evening newspaper. It is amongst the newspapers most read in France. Its political opinion is slightly left-wing. In many countries outside France, this is the only French newspaper available.
The newspaper should not be confused with the monthly publication Le Monde di... |
59030 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging%20the%20question | Begging the question | Begging the question requires two or more ideas. Each of these ideas may or may not be true. The speaker of these ideas tries to show that one idea is true by saying a second idea proves it, but the second idea is true only if the first idea is true already.
Begging the question is commonly known as circular reasoning... |
59053 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciwan%20Haco | Ciwan Haco | Ciwan Haco (born 1957) is a Kurdish singer. He was born near Qamishlo in Syria. After finishing high school, he left for Germany in order to continue his studies. He studied music at the University of Bochum for three years. After university, he started his career as a singer. He combined Kurdish folk music with wester... |
59059 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tata%20Young | Tata Young | Amita Marie "Tata" Young (born December 14, 1980 in Bangkok) is a Thai singer, model and actress, partly from American descent.
She became a singer when she was 15. Her first album was called Amita Tata Young and it was very successful. It sold more than a million copies in less than 5 months. In 2004, she made an En... |
59060 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trip | Trip | Trip has several meanings:
Trip (drink), a brand of juice in Finland
TRIPs Agreement, the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights
Transformation Induced Plasticity, a strain-hardening effect in steel
The Trip (1967 movie), starring Peter Fonda
The Trip (2002 movie)
The Trip (TV series),... |
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