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60526 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/MenuetOS | MenuetOS | MenuetOS (also known as MeOS) is an operating system for architecture computers for x86 and x86-64 processors, by Ville Mikael Turjanmaa. It is a very small system, which can be run from a floppy disk. It is written in only assembly code, and works fast because of these differences and because it has less "code overh... |
60528 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/SkyOS | SkyOS | SkyOS is a privately-owned operating system currently in production. SkyOS is mostly POSIX-compliant. It comes with the core of the open source GNU tools, including GCC.
Due to its level of POSIX-compliance and port of the GTK+ widget toolkit, many Linux or other UNIX applications have been ported, including AbiWord a... |
60535 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jodie%20Foster | Jodie Foster | Jodie Foster (born Alicia Christian Foster; November 19, 1962) is an American actress, movie director and producer. She has starred in many movies like Bugsy Malone, Taxi Driver, The Silence of the Lambs and Panic Room. She has won many awards including two Oscars.
Foster began directing movies in 1991. These include... |
60542 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/President%20of%20the%20French%20Republic | President of the French Republic | The President of the French Republic is the head of state of France. The current President is Emmanuel Macron since 14 May 2017 defeating Marine Le Pen in the second round of the presidential election on 7 May 2017.
List of French presidents (Fifth Republic)
Living former presidents of France
There are two living for... |
60545 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context | Context | The word Context have a couple of meanings:
Context (language): the text in which a word or passage appears and which affects its meaning; also the words and social setting which surrounds a spoken word or passage.
ConTeXt, a macro package for the TeX typesetting system
ConTEXT, a Windows text editor
Context (com... |
60546 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthodoxy | Orthodoxy | Orthodoxy means right belief or purity of faith. Orthodoxy is established by an absolute authority.
The term "orthodoxy" or "orthodox" is typically used to label or identify a specific kind of theology and doctrine of religion.
Orthodoxy or "correct" belief is not subjective.
References
Related pages
Orthodox Ju... |
60548 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corn%20Pops | Corn Pops | Corn Pops is a breakfast cereal made by Kellogg's. It was originally called Sugar Pops in 1951, and then changed Sugar Corn Pops, and then to "Corn Pops" and in January of 2006 the name of the cereal was changed to Pops, only to be changed back to Corn Pops several months later. In the middle of 2007, Corn Pops made a ... |
60561 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ko%C5%84skowola | Końskowola | Końskowola is a village in Southeastern Poland. It is the capital of a separate commune within Puławy County and the Lublin Voivodeship. It has 2,188 inhabitants (as of 2004).
History
The town was established on June 8, 1532. Końskowola served as a center of the foodstuffs trade for the surrounding area. Several te... |
60568 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich%20Maria%20Remarque | Erich Maria Remarque | Erich Maria Remarque (22 June 1898 – 25 September 1970) was the pseudonym of Erich Paul Remark, a German author.
Life
Erich Paul Remark was born in Osnabrück. His parents were of the working-class. The family was Roman Catholic. When he was eighteen, he had to go to war. The Army sent him the front lines of World Wa... |
60576 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellinzona | Bellinzona | Bellinzona ([] in French Bellinzone [] and Bilitio [] in Latin) is the capital of the Swiss Canton of Ticino. Its German name Bellenz [] is no longer in use. With about 17.300 people living there, it is the second biggest city of the canton (after Lugano, with about 52.000 people).
On 2 April 2017 the former municipal... |
60579 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.%20R.%20Richard | J. R. Richard | James Rodney "J. R." Richard (March 7, 1950 – August 4, 2021) was an American Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Houston Astros. Richard was excellent in basketball and baseball in high school. He was drafted by the Houston Astros in the first round of the 1969 amateur draft. He made his baseball debut on S... |
60582 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conrad%20Lant | Conrad Lant | Conrad "Cronos" Lant (born 15 January 1963) is the vocalist and bass player in black metal band Venom. He was born in 1963 in London, England.
History
Cronos started to sing in 1978 in the band Guillotine. Then he knew Jeffrey "Mantas" Dunn and they founded Venom.
In 1989 Cronos left the band to start a solo work. V... |
60585 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/County%20Wicklow | County Wicklow | County Wicklow (Irish: Contae Chill Mhantáin) is a county on the east coast of Ireland. It is directly south of Dublin. County Wicklow has an area of 2,024 square kilometres (781 sq mi). Wicklow is known as "The Garden of Ireland" because of its scenery.
The county town is Wicklow. County Wicklow's largest municipalit... |
60586 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lusaka | Lusaka | Lusaka is the capital of Zambia. It is also the largest city in that country. It is in south central Zambia on a plateau at 1300 m (4265 ft) in altitude. Lusaka has 1,084,703 people living in it.
References
Capital cities in Africa
Cities in Zambia |
60592 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shield | Shield | A shield is the name used to refer to any object or force used to block something.
History
The oldest shield known was a device used to block hand weapons and arrows. The shield has been constructed differently over time, even animal hides were used, and the size and weight were largely different as well.
Middle Age... |
60596 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kite%20shield | Kite shield | A kite shield is a Middle Age shield in the shape of a kite. The kite shield was used by many knights and people for protection, but was given up for two-handed weapons and more mobility.
The efficiency of the kite shields shields shape came into action when cavalry combat occurred, useful to protect most of the body f... |
60607 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerbilling | Gerbilling | Gerbilling is an urban legend. This means it a story that is not true. It is the act of placing a gerbil into the human rectum for sexual pleasure. Other small live animals (usually gerbils but also mice, hamsters, rats and various other rodents) are used.
Folklorist Jan Harold Brunvand writes that the urban legend... |
60608 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialist%20Party%20%28France%29 | Socialist Party (France) | The Socialist Party (Parti Socialiste, PS) is one of the largest political parties in France. It replaced the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO) in 1969.
It is one of the social democratic parties.
It first won power under the Fifth Republic with François Mitterrand's victory at the 1981 presidentia... |
60610 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomie | Anomie | Anomie means the absence of the usual moral or ethical values, where a person or group lacks ethical standards. In the context of society or government it may be a cause of social unrest.
Etymology
The word comes from Greek, namely the prefix a- “without”, and nomos “law”. The original meaning of anomie was "against... |
60611 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fog | Fog | Fog is a meteorological phenomenon when the clouds are getting thick. It may appear on land or sea and it usually lowers visibility (makes it hard to see very far). When fog forms at high levels it creates a cloud called stratus. When the air chills, moisture will turn to fog.
Fog is made up of tiny water droplets or... |
60613 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frost | Frost | Frost is ice that is formed when water vapor freezes onto a surface. It has a white, powdery appearance. It forms on cold surfaces when the temperature of the air is very low. It can destroy crops.
Many plants can be damaged or killed by freezing temperatures or frost. This varies with the type of plant and tissue exp... |
60621 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983%20Atlantic%20hurricane%20season | 1983 Atlantic hurricane season | The 1983 Atlantic hurricane season was the least active Atlantic hurricane season ever recorded. The season officially started on June 1, 1983, and ended on November 30. The seaon had only a total of 4 named storms, which was less than half of the average number of storms in a season. In addition, it was the least acti... |
60623 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandra%20Feodorovna%20%28Alix%20of%20Hesse%29 | Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse) | Alexandra Fyodorovna (Russian: Императрица Александра Фёдоровна) (born Princess Alix of Hesse and by Rhine 6 June 1872 – 17 July 1918) was Empress consort of Nicholas II, the last Tsar of the Russian Empire. She was a granddaughter of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom. The Russian Orthodox Church canonised her as Sa... |
60629 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Gere | Richard Gere | Richard Tiffany Gere (born August 31, 1949) is an American actor and activist. He grew up in Syracuse, New York. He has been acting for over 20 years. In favour with 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, Gere is a devout Tibetan Buddhist, which he converted to in 1978. He has three sisters and a brother. Gere was married to ... |
60636 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rikishi | Rikishi | A rikishi () is a professional sumo wrestler. The Japanese characters making up the name mean "strong man". The people who take part in sumo wrestling are very strong and big.
During their careers, the sumo wrestlers live in "stables" kept by a former wrestler. The former wrestler makes sure the new wrestlers who live... |
60637 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorax | Thorax | The thorax is a part of an animal's body that is between the head and the abdomen.
In mammals, the parts that make up the thorax are the sternum, the thoracic vertebrae and the ribs. It starts from the neck and stops at the diaphragm.
In insects and crustaceans, it is the middle of the three main body sections. The... |
60645 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edda | Edda | Edda or the plural Eddas or Eddur, including Poetic Edda (or Older Edda) and Prose Edda (or Younger Edda), are two collections of stories about Viking deities. They were made in around 9th to 13th century by Icelandic Christian historians.
Although the Eddur are the most important written records remaining today about ... |
60648 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Njord | Njord | Njörðr is the god of the seas and the wind in Norse mythology. A member of the Vanir, he is the father of the twin gods Freyr and Freyja by an unnamed sister of his. He is married to the jötunness Skaði, daughter of Þjazi.
Marriage With Skaði
Skadi's father Þjazi caught Loki, and forced him to lure out the goddess Iðu... |
60649 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freyr | Freyr | Freyr / Frey(Old Norse: “[the] Lord”) is the god of prosperity, fair weather, and fertility in Norse mythology, associated with sacral kingship, and virility. A member of the Vanir, he is the son of Njördand twin brother of Freya. Husband of Gerðr, Freyr rides into battle on the massive shining boar Gullinbursti (Old N... |
60651 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folkvang | Folkvang | Folkvanger, in Norse mythology, is the goddess Freyja's place. Its name means "Field of the Folk". The "folk" here refers to men sent to battle.
Norse mythology |
60652 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sessrumnir | Sessrumnir | In Norse mythology, Sessrumnir (Old Norse: “seat-room” or “seat-roomer”) is an enormous hall belonging to the goddess Freyja. There she receives half of those killed in battle, as chosen by the Valkyries. It is said to be very large and has many seats.
Norse mythology |
60665 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinach | Spinach | Spinach is a green, leafy vegetable. It comes from southwestern and central Asia. Its flowers are small and yellow. Spinach is rich in vitamin K, vitamin A, vitamin C, and folate, making it healthy. Spinach, along with other green, leafy vegetables, is rich in iron.
Here are some perceptions about spinach that come fr... |
60672 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arta%20Prefecture | Arta Prefecture | Arta Prefecture is one of the 51 prefectures of Greece. It is in the west of Greece. Many of its people live in the west parts, near the Arachthos valey. Its capital is Arta.
Prefectures of Greece |
60673 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiomyopathy | Cardiomyopathy | The word cardiomyopathy means "heart muscle disease". Cardiomyopathies are a group of diseases in which the function of the myocardium (heart muscle) is impaired for any reason. People with cardiomyopathy are often at risk of arrhythmia and/or sudden cardiac death.
There are four main types of cardiomyopathy:
Dilate... |
60677 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm | Norm | One common understanding of norm is: something that is regarded as normal or typical.
But it may mean as well:
Norm (artificial intelligence)
Norm (philosophy)
Norm (sociology)
Normative
The diminutive of the proper name, "Norman"
In mathematics:
Norm (mathematics), a map that assigns lengths to vectors
Normed vector... |
60687 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire%20salamander | Fire salamander | The fire salamander (Salamandra salamandra) is a species of salamander which can be found in Europe. It is black and has different kinds of yellow spots or stripes. Some salamanders are mostly black while others are mostly yellow. Shades of red and orange may sometimes appear. They either mix with the yellow, or replac... |
60689 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clamp | Clamp | A clamp is a device used to hold things tightly together and to prevent movement and/or separation of objects.
Clamps are used in technical work, such as woodworking. There are also special types of clamps used in medicine.
References
Tools |
60690 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miamisburg%2C%20Ohio | Miamisburg, Ohio | Miamisburg is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States.
References
Cities in Ohio
1797 establishments in the United States
1790s establishments in the Northwest Territory |
60692 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamandridae | Salamandridae | The family Salamandridae is a family of amphibians. It consists of true salamanders and newts.
The species are spread all over the northern hemisphere - Europe, Asia, the northern tip of Africa and North America.
As of 2007, there were 74 known species, in 20 genera. |
60693 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legalism | Legalism | Legalism was one of the four main philosophies in Chinese history during the Warring States Period. It is a political philosophy which says that people are bad by nature and need to be controlled by the government. It was introduced by Qin Shi Huang.
One of the most important contributors to Legalism was Han Fei Zi (韓... |
60702 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold%20Coast%20Art%20Centre | Gold Coast Art Centre | The Gold Coast Art Centre is a place on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The Art Centre is home to many facilities including the Gold Coast City Art Gallery. The Art Centre holds events like weddings, Theatre, parties, corporate functions, seminars and conferences. The art centre is funded by the Gold Coast City ... |
60705 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynoldsburg%2C%20Ohio | Reynoldsburg, Ohio | Reynoldsburg is a city in Fairfield, Franklin, and Licking counties in the U.S. state of Ohio.
Famous people
Mark Anthony Garrett - International Speaker, Author
References
Cities in Ohio |
60714 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sekhmet | Sekhmet | In Egyptian mythology, Sekhmet was the goddess of the sun, fire plagues, healing and war. She had the head of a lioness and the body of a woman. She was married to Ptah, the god of healing. They balanced each other. It was believed that her breath created the desert.
Sometimes known as sister to Bastet/Bast, a goddess... |
60723 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterodoxy | Heterodoxy | Heterodoxy means a position that is not within the standards of orthodoxy or to put it precisely "any opinions or doctrines at variance with an official or orthodox position". As an adjective, heterodox is used to describe a subject as "characterized by departure from accepted beliefs or standards" (status quo).
Eccle... |
60726 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isotherm | Isotherm | Isotherms are lines drawn around places with the same temperature range on isotherm maps. Each point on this line shows one temperature reading, or the average of many temperature readings. Isotherm maps also have scales that tell the signals or colors for the different temperatures. Isotherm lines are usually curvy an... |
60730 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate%20boundary | Plate boundary | The major types of plate boundaries are:
Spreading boundaries. Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Africa's Great Rift Valley are examples. Rift valleys, mountains (orogeny), volcanoes.
Collision boundaries. These collide, forming a subduction zone (West coast of the Americas) or a continental collision (India with Asia). Mountai... |
60737 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hourglass%20dolphin | Hourglass dolphin | The hourglass dolphin (Lagenorhynchus cruciger) (also known as the electra dolphin, little killer whale, or many-toothed blackfish) is a species of dolphin. It is small and wide compared to other dolphins. It only lives in the very cold waters of the Antarctic. It was not known to science until a drawing was made of it... |
60741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berberis | Berberis | Berberis or barberry is a genus of shrub, usually with spines and yellow flowers and red or blackish berries. It is used for medicines.
References
Shrubs
Ranunculales |
60744 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magic%20%28card%20game%29 | Magic (card game) | Magic: The Gathering is a trading card game. Players buy and trade cards, and build their own card decks. Decks must have at least 60 cards. Players can play in tournaments, and there are even professional Magic players. Most players of Magic: The Gathering simply call the game Magic. The game is in a fantasy world in... |
60747 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant%20salamander | Giant salamander | The giant salamanders are a family of large aquatic amphibia, the Cryptobranchidae.
They are the largest living amphibians. The Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus), reaches up to , feeds on fish and crustaceans, and has been known to live for more than 50 years in captivity. The Chinese giant salamander (An... |
60749 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred%20von%20Richthofen | Manfred von Richthofen | Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (2 May 1892 - 21 April 1918) was a German fighter aircraft pilot in World War I. His nickname was the "Red Baron". He is considered the ace-of-aces of the war, being officially credited with 80 air combat victories. The "Red Baron" is one of the most famous aviators in history ... |
60750 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker%20Dr.I | Fokker Dr.I | The Fokker Dr.I was a World War I fighter airplane. It was designed by Reinhold Platz and built by Fokker-Flugzeugwerke.
The Dr.I was used only in small numbers and it had many problems. It is well known as the plane flown by the "Red Baron", Manfred von Richthofen.
World War I aircraft
Military aircraft
Fokker airc... |
60752 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Butch%20Hartman | Butch Hartman | Elmer Earl "Butch" Hartman IV (Born January 10, 1965, Highland Park, Michigan) is an American Christian conservative animator, creator of The Fairly OddParents and Danny Phantom.
Childhood
Hartman was born in Highland Park, Michigan to Elmer Earl Hartman III and Carol Davis. He received the nickname "Butch" as a youth... |
60755 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modes%20of%20limited%20transposition | Modes of limited transposition | Modes of limited transposition are a kind of musical scale. They were used by the French composer Olivier Messiaen.
Major scales have twelve different transpositions. This means that a major scale can start on any of the twelve notes (C, C#, D, D# etc.). There are also twelve different transpositions of the minor s... |
60757 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olivier%20Messiaen | Olivier Messiaen | Olivier Messiaen (born Avignon, 10 December 1908; died Clichy, near Paris, 27 April 1992) was a French composer and organist. He is the most famous French composer of the mid-20th century and one of the most important and original composers of his time. He was a brilliant organist and played the organ at the church of ... |
60767 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplified%20Chinese%20characters | Simplified Chinese characters | Simplified Chinese characters are one of the two commonly used forms of Chinese characters. As its name shows, it is made of characters that have in part been "simplified" from the original written form, which are called traditional Chinese characters.
History
When the People's Republic of China was formed in 1949, t... |
60768 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional%20Chinese%20characters | Traditional Chinese characters | Traditional Chinese characters are one of the two commonly used forms of Chinese characters. As its name shows, it is the "traditional" written form of the Chinese language that first came about during the Han Dynasty (shortly after the Qin Dynasty) in 206 BC. The name "traditional" is used to set them apart from simpl... |
60770 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20Server%202008 | Windows Server 2008 | Windows Server 2008 is the name of a server operating system from Microsoft, the previous version of which was Windows Server 2003.
This operating system was codenamed named Windows Server "Longhorn", but on May 15, 2007, Bill Gates announced its official name on Windows Hardware Engineering Conference 2007.
This op... |
60774 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20Server%202003 | Windows Server 2003 | Windows Server 2003 is a server operating system produced by Microsoft. Introduced on April 24, 2003 as the next version to Windows 2000 Server, it was considered by Microsoft to be the cornerstone of their Windows Server System line of business server products.
According to Microsoft, Windows Server 2003 is more scal... |
60783 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perry | Perry | Perry or pear cider is an alcoholic drink that is made from pear juice. Its alcohol content is around 5 to 8 percent.
Perry may contain high amount of sugar, while cider does not.
Perry is made in many countries. The countries that produce the most perry are the United Kingdom, France, and Spain.
References
Ferment... |
60789 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate%20tectonics | Plate tectonics | Plate tectonics is a theory of geology. It explains movement of the Earth's lithosphere: this is the earth's crust and the upper part of the mantle. The lithosphere is divided into plates, some of which are very large and can be entire continents.
Heat from the mantle is the source of energy driving plate tectonics. E... |
60791 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithosphere | Lithosphere | The lithosphere is the solid shell of the planet Earth. That means the crust, plus the part of the upper mantle that behaves elastically on long time scales.
Under the lithosphere is the asthenosphere, the weaker, hotter, and deeper part of the upper mantle. This part can flow.
The lithosphere provides a conductiv... |
60795 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Jersey%20Devils | New Jersey Devils | The New Jersey Devils are an ice hockey team that is part of the NHL. They play in the state of New Jersey. They have won the Stanley Cup, awarded to the best team in the NHL, 3 times.
Year by year
Statistics above are correct as of April 28, 2010.
Franchise records
Scoring leaders
These are the top-ten point-scor... |
60797 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville%20Predators | Nashville Predators | The Nashville Predators are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. They play in the National Hockey League (NHL). Their name is sometimes shortened to the "Preds." They play in Bridgestone Arena (formerly named Nashville Arena, Gaylord Entertainment Center, and Sommet Center). Their logo is a re... |
60798 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crookes | Crookes | Crookes is an area of the City of Sheffield, England, about 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) west of the center of the city. It borders Broomhill to the south, Walkley and Crookesmoor to the east and open countryside around the River Rivelin to the north. The area is
thought to have got its name from the Old Norse word "Kr... |
60800 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dallas%20Stars | Dallas Stars | The Dallas Stars are a professional ice hockey team based in Dallas, Texas. They play in the National Hockey League (NHL). They have won 1 Stanley Cup, in 1999.
The team began in the autumn of 1967, as the Minnesota North Stars. After the 1992-1993 season, the team moved to Dallas. Texas is known as the "Lone Star Sta... |
60801 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharmaconomist | Pharmaconomist | Pharmaconomist means expert in pharmaceuticals (expert in medicine).
A pharmaconomist is a Danish person who works in a pharmacy. Just like pharmacists, pharmaconomists have to be trained to work there, and have lots of knowledge about the drugs and treatments that they give out.
Related pages
Pharmacist
Pharmacy
So... |
60803 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broomhill | Broomhill | Broomhill which includes the areas of Sheffield of Broomhill, Crookesmoor, Endcliffe, and Tapton, is one of the 28 wards in City of Sheffield, in the country of England. It is in the western part of the city and covers an area of 2.7 km2. The population of this ward in 2001 was 16,800 people in 5,700 houses.
Districts... |
60806 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owen%20Hargreaves | Owen Hargreaves | Owen Hargreaves (born 20 January 1981 in Calgary, Alberta) was a Canadian-born Welsh English football player. He played his club football for Bayern Munich, Manchester United and Manchester City. He is now retired, and works as a commentator.
His speciality was midfield defence, running interfenence in front of the ba... |
60811 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asthenosphere | Asthenosphere | The asthenosphere is part of earth's mantle. It is about 100 km to 350 km under the surface. It is the lower part of the upper mantle, and behaves as a hot viscous liquid.
It consists of hot, weak material that can be deformed like silly putty. That means it is capable of gradual flow. It is under the lithosphere.
Re... |
60817 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo%20Airoldi | Carlo Airoldi | Carlo Airoldi (21 September 1869–18 June 1929) was an Italian marathon runner, famous for walking to the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.
Early life
Airoldi was born in Origgio, near Saronno. He competed in sporting contests in the Varese. Later, he competed at the national and international level. In 1892, he ... |
60829 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Priestley | Joseph Priestley | Joseph Priestley (13 March 1733 – 8 February 1804) was an English chemist, philosopher, clergyman, and teacher. He is known as the discoverer of oxygen. He was a Unitarian.
On 1 August 1774, Priestly identified oxygen in his laboratory at Bowood House in Wiltshire, England.
References
Other websites
The Priestley... |
60835 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vince%20McMahon | Vince McMahon | Vincent Kennedy McMahon, better known as Vince McMahon or Mr. McMahon (born August 24, 1945) is an American businessman, wrestling promoter, professional wrestler, and movie producer. He is the Chairman of the board and main owner of WWE, Inc.. McMahon has been both the ECW World Champion and the WWE Champion.
Forbes ... |
60836 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogden%20Nash | Ogden Nash | Frederic Ogden Nash (August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971) was an American poet. His poetry is thought by many people to be very funny. Nash was born in Rye, New York on August 19, 1902. In 1932, he joined the staff of The New Yorker. He died of Crohn's disease on May 19, 1971 in Baltimore, Maryland.
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60837 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986%20Atlantic%20hurricane%20season | 1986 Atlantic hurricane season | The 1986 Atlantic hurricane season officially started on June 1, 1983, and ended on November 30. The season had a total of 6 named storms and 4 hurricanes.
Storms
Tropical Storm Andrew
Tropical Depression One formed on June 5 north of the Bahamas. It strengthened into Tropical Storm Andrew the next day. Andrew trave... |
60848 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abidjan | Abidjan | Abidjan is the largest city and former capital of Ivory Coast. It is the commercial and banking center of Ivory Coast as well as the de facto capital. Yamoussoukro is the official capital. The city is in Ébrié Lagoon. It is built on many peninsulas and islands which are connected by bridges. There are an estimated 4 to... |
60850 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accra | Accra | Accra is the capital city of Ghana. It has a population of about 1,970,400 (2005). The city is Ghana's largest city. It is also the administrative, communications, and economic center of the country. The main economic activities in Accra are financial and government services, communications, construction, transportat... |
60852 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar%20Franck | César Franck | César Franck (born Liège, 10 December, 1822; died Paris, November 8, 1890), was a composer, organist and music teacher of Belgian and German origin who lived in France. He was one of the great musicians of his time. He was organist at the church of Sainte Clotilde in Paris for more than 30 years, and he taught many ta... |
60854 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Addis%20Ababa | Addis Ababa | Addis Ababa (spelled Addis Abeba by the Ethiopian Mapping Institute, also called Finfinne) is the capital city of Ethiopia. It is also the capital of the African Union and the Oromia region of Ethiopia.
History
Addis Ababa is both a city and a state. The city has people living in it from as many as 80 different count... |
60866 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home%20directory | Home directory | In computing, a home directory is a special directory (or location in the File system, Apple calls directories folders). Very often, there is one such home directory per user. Some users, which were created by the system and usually do not log in, do not have such a home directory.
A home directory is used to store pe... |
60870 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowruz | Nowruz | Nowruz (, meaning "[The] New Day", ; ) it is what the Iranians call their New Year. It is one of the ancient celebrations which has survived throughout history and is considered to be a day in which new good things start.
Nowruz (, IPA: [nouˈɾuːz], meaning "[The] New Day", ) is the name of the Iranian New Year.
Nowru... |
60875 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s%20mantle | Earth's mantle | Earth's mantle is the 1,800 mile (2,900 km) thick shell making up about 84% of Earth's volume. It is over the Earth's iron-rich core, which takes up about 15% of Earth's volume.
The upper mantle
Past episodes of melting and volcanism at the outer levels of the mantle have produced a very thin crust of crystallized me... |
60879 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Burns | Robert Burns | Robert Burns (25 January 1759 1796) was a famous poet born in Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland. Some of his most famous poems include To A Mouse, Auld Lang Syne, and Tam o Shanter. Burns is seen as the national poet of Scotland. Much of his work is written in broad Scots, a sister language to English. His poem and song A M... |
60893 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book%20club | Book club | A book club is a club where people regularly meet to discuss a book that they have read and talk about their opinions, likes, dislikes of the characters and plot. Book clubs meet in private homes, libraries, bookstores, pubs, cafes or restaurants over meals, etc.
Books
Organizations |
60895 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video%20Relay%20Service | Video Relay Service | VRS or Video Relay Service is a service by which deaf people can use sign language on phone calls. In some countries it has largely replaced the use of TTY for for this pupose.
VRS uses a video camera and a high-speed Internet connection, to let people call friends, family, and business associates. A deaf or hard of ... |
60900 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida%20Panthers | Florida Panthers | The Florida Panthers are an ice hockey team that plays in the NHL. They play in Sunrise, Florida at FLA Live Arena. They were named for the Florida panther, a type of cougar that is considered an endangered species.
The Panthers have made it to the Stanley Cup Finals once in 1996 when they lost to the Colorado Avalanc... |
60901 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina%20Hurricanes | Carolina Hurricanes | {{Infobox NHL team
| team_name = Carolina Hurricanes
| current = 2020–21 Carolina Hurricanes season
| bg_color = background:#FFFFFF; border-top:#CC0000 5px solid; border-bottom:#000000 5px solid;
| text_color = #000000
| logo_image =
| conference = Eastern
| division = Metropolitan
| founded = 1972
| history = New Eng... |
60924 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dakar | Dakar | Dakar is the capital city of Senegal. It is on the country's Atlantic coast on the western edge of Africa. The city is a trade seaport for items leaving Africa. Dakar has a population of 1,030,594 people. The metropolitan area has about 2.45 million people living in it.
The National Assembly of Senegal and Senegal Pre... |
60933 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRCAM | IRCAM | IRCAM stands for Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique (Institute for Research and Coordination of Acoustic Music). It is an institute in Paris for composing electronic music. IRCAM is housed underneath the Pompidou Centre which is a very large building devoted to the arts, and named after the form... |
60936 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaound%C3%A9 | Yaoundé | Yaoundé is the capital city of the Republic of Cameroon. It is the second largest city in the country after Douala.
History
Yaoundé was founded in 1888 by German traders. It was created to be used as a base for the ivory trade and an agricultural research station. The city was under the control of Belgian troops duri... |
60938 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asmara | Asmara | Asmara is the capital city of Eritrea. It is the largest settlement in the country. Asmara has a population of about 579,000 people. Textiles and clothing, meat, beer, shoes, and ceramics are the major industrial products of the city.
History
Asmara grew from four villages founded in the twelfth century. It is said t... |
60941 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamako | Bamako | Bamako is the capital and largest city of Mali. It is on the Niger River, near the rapids that divide the Upper and Middle Niger Valleys, in the southwestern part of the country.
Other websites
Capital cities in Africa
Cities in Mali
17th-century establishments in Africa |
60944 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lom%C3%A9 | Lomé | Lomé is the capital city of Togo. Lomé is the administrative and industrial center of the country. The city is also the main port of Togo. The city exports coffee, cocoa, copra, and palm kernels. The population of the city was estimated as around 700,000 people in 1998. It is estimated that more than 1 million people l... |
60947 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%20Atlantic%20hurricane%20season | 2002 Atlantic hurricane season | The 2002 Atlantic hurricane season was a buzzword used to reference all of the hurricanes happening in 2012. The season officially began on June 1 and ended on November 30. In total, 12 named storms and 4 other hurricanes formed.
Because of an El Nino event happening in the Pacific Ocean, the season ended early on Oct... |
60953 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless%20Markup%20Language | Wireless Markup Language | Wireless Markup Language (WML) is a programming language used for of wireless devices. It is similar to HTML. WML is a version of XML. This means that syntax is very important. Every tag needs to be properly nested and closed. WML can only be displayed in a Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) Browser.
Other websites
... |
60956 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maseru | Maseru | Maseru (pronounced "ma'seru") is the capital city of Lesotho. It is near Mohokare River. Maseru is on the border with South Africa, and is connected to it through Maseru Bridge. The nearest city to Maseru in South Africa is named Ladybrand.
The National University of Lesotho amd the international airport called Moshoe... |
60976 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fandom | Fandom | Fandom (from the noun fan and the affix -dom, as in kingdom, dukedom, etc.) or fanbase is a name used for a group of people (called "fans") who are interested in something. A fandom can be about any interest or activity. Fandoms can be for example about hobbies, genres or fashions, book or movie series, or even individ... |
60978 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20Islanders | New York Islanders | The New York Islanders are an ice hockey team that plays in the National Hockey League (NHL). They were a great team between 1980 and 1983, winning four Stanley Cups and a record 19 consecutive playoff series. The Islanders have played for most of their history in Nassau County, New York on Long Island. They played fro... |
60979 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arizona%20Coyotes | Arizona Coyotes | The Arizona Coyotes are an ice hockey team that plays in the NHL. They play in Glendale, Arizona.
History
In 1996, the team moved to Phoenix from Winnipeg, Canada, where they were known as the Jets. The team moved to the suburb of Glendale in December 2003. They have never won a Stanley Cup. Their head coach is Rick T... |
60980 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffalo%20Sabres | Buffalo Sabres | The Buffalo Sabres are an ice hockey team that plays in the National Hockey League.
Other websites
Official website
References
1970 establishments in New York (state)
Ice hockey teams in the United States
Buffalo Sabres
Sabres |
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