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64599 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela%20Aames | Angela Aames | Angela Aames (27 February 27, 1956 in Pierre, South Dakota – November 27, 1988 in West Hills, California) was an American actress. She was famous for her role in the movie ’’Bachelor Party’’. She died of heart problems at the age of 32.
Other websites
1956 births
1988 deaths
American movie actors
Actors from South ... |
64600 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie%20Aames | Willie Aames | Willie Aames (born Albert William Upton 15 July 1960 in Los Angeles, California) is an actor famous for the roles of Buddy Lembeck on Charles in Charge, Tommy Bradford on Eight is Enough and the voice of Hank on Dungeons & Dragons, the cartoon. He also hosted a game show The Krypton Factor from 1990-91.
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64602 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Abbott | Bruce Abbott | Bruce Paul Abbott (born July 28, 1954 in Portland, Oregon) is an American actor. He was in movies such as Re-Animator, Bad Dreams, The Prophecy II, Out of Time, Bride of Re-Animator and the television series Dark Justice.
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1954 births
Living people
American television actors
Actors from O... |
64603 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bud%20Abbott | Bud Abbott | William Alexander “Bud” Abbott (October 2, 1895 – April 24, 1974) was an American actor, producer and comedian born in Asbury Park, New Jersey. He is famous for his role as the "straight man" of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Lou Costello.
Other websites
1895 births
1974 deaths
Actors from New Jerse... |
64604 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem%20Abdul-Jabbar | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar | Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (born Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor, Jr. on April 16, 1947) is an American former professional basketball player and current assistant coach. He was known as Lew Alcindor before changing his name in the fall of 1971, several years after converting to Islam. He is considered one of the greatest players of... |
64605 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty%20Aberlin | Betty Aberlin | Betty Aberlin (born Betty Kay Ageloff December 30, 1942, New York City) is an American actress, poet, and writer. She had a regular role on The Smothers Brothers Show. Aberlin worked on many television programs. She played Lady Aberlin on Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. Her movie roles include work in Dogma and Jersey Gir... |
64606 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake%20Abel | Jake Abel | Jacob Allen "Jake" Abel (born November 18, 1987 in Canton, Ohio) is an American actor.
He is best known for his roles in movie Go Figure as Spencer, and in Threshold. He also played Kirk in an episode of The Suite Life of Zack and Cody.
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1987 births
Living people
American television acto... |
64609 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baudrecourt%2C%20Moselle | Baudrecourt, Moselle | Baudrecourt is a village in the Lorraine region of France. It is about half way between Metz and Nancy. The TGV high-speed line from Paris to Strasbourg currently ends there. In 1999, 172 people lived there.
Communes in Moselle |
64610 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayden%20Panettiere | Hayden Panettiere | Hayden Lesley Panettiere (born August 21, 1989) is an American actress, singer and a Grammy Award nominee.
She first appeared on TV as a baby in commercials, and had her first role at the age of four in the TV show One Life To Live. She is also well known for her work in trying to stop whaling. In January 2008, Panett... |
64611 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar%3A%20The%20Last%20Airbender | Avatar: The Last Airbender | Avatar: The Last Airbender, also known as Avatar: The Legend of Aang in some places, is an American animated television series. It was shown on Nickelodeon and lasted for three seasons. The pilot episode, The Boy in the Iceberg, was first shown on February 21, 2005, and the last episode, Sozin's Comet, was first shown ... |
64614 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toul | Toul | Toul is a city in the Northeastern part of France. There are about 17,000 people living there. Toul is a fortified town, with a long history. The people who started building the city were the Romans. It was the capital of the Leuci tribe. When the Carolingian Empire was split by the Treaty of Meerssen, in 870, Toul was... |
64617 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blessthefall | Blessthefall | Blessthefall is an American post-hardcore band from Phoenix, Arizona. The band was formed in 2004 and released the first album His Last Walk in April 2007. The lead vocalist, Craig Mabbitt leaves the band in November 2007, the bassist Jared Warth was lead vocalist/bassist, replacing the Mabbitt place touring. Mabbitt j... |
64628 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber | Amber | Amber is the common name for fossil resin. It occurs in different colours, and is widely used for making jewellery and other ornaments. Although not mineralized, amber is sometimes considered as a gemstone.
Most of the world's amber is in the range of 30–90 million years old. Semi-fossilized resin or sub-fossil amber... |
64631 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resin | Resin | Resin is a hydrocarbon secreted by many plants, especially coniferous trees.
Plants evolved many complex chemicals as defences against herbivores. That may be the origin of these resins, which are certainly not good to eat. Plants secrete resins for their protective benefits in response to injury.
The resin protect... |
64633 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varnish | Varnish | Varnish is a transparent, hard, protective finish or film primarily used in wood finishing but also for other materials. Varnish is traditionally a combination of a drying oil, a resin, and a solvent.
Resin
Most resin or "gum" varnishes are made of a natural substance dissolved in a solvent. The two main types of nat... |
64634 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretion | Secretion | Secretion is the process of releasing chemicals from a cell, or from a gland.
Eukaryotic cells have a highly evolved process of secretion.
Bibliography
The Molecular Biology of the Cell 4th edition - Alberts et al.
The Physiology and Biochemistry of Prokaryotic 2nd edition – David White
Article by Kiera moser
P... |
64635 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhesive | Adhesive | An adhesive is a compound that sticks or bonds two items together. Adhesives may come from either natural or man-made material. Some modern adhesives are extremely strong, and are becoming increasingly important in modern construction and industry. Examples of adhesives include adhesive tape, glue, and sticky-tac. So... |
64636 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gum | Gum | A number of different things are called "gum":
Gums, or gingiva, the soft tissue partly covering teeth
Chewing gum, a type of confectionery
Bubble gum
Functional gum
Gum base
Gum industry
Vegetable gums, natural gums:
Guar gum
Gum arabic
Xanthan gum
Postage stamp gum
Gum Springs, Arkansas, a town
Tre... |
64637 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural%20gum | Natural gum | Natural gums are polysaccharides of natural origin, that can change the viscosity of a material in solution, even at small concentrations.
Agar (E406), obtained from seaweed
Alginic acid (E400), from seaweed
Beta-glucan, from oat or barley bran
Carrageenan (E407), from seaweed
Gum arabic, from Acacia
Mastic gum... |
64641 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mineralization | Mineralization | Mineralization may mean:
In palaeontology: the process where organic material is converted to inorganic substance. Waterborne minerals replace organic material in the body of an organism that has died and was buried by sediments. The minerals may be such as calcium carbonate (calcite), iron oxide (hematite or limo... |
64643 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali | Ali | Ali ibn Abi Talib (‘Alī ibn Abī Tālib) () (Approximately March 17, 599- January 28, 661) was an early Islamic leader. He was the fourth Sunni caliph and the first Shia imam.
Since Ali stated that his body should remain a secret, his followers tied his body on a white camel, and went towards northern Afghanistan. Befor... |
64644 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zakarid%20Armenia | Zakarid Armenia | The Zakarid Armenia describes territories of Armenia given to the Zakarid-Mxargrzeli princes as a fief by Tamar, the queen of the Kingdom of Georgia.
History of Armenia |
64645 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%20and%20Islam | Women and Islam | The complex relationship between women and Islam is shown by both Islamic texts and the history and culture of the Muslim world. Islamic scholars maintain that the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam, affirms women's religious and moral equality.
However, sharia (Islamic law) shows the marked differences between women's an... |
64646 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chador | Chador | A chador (Persian چادر) is a piece of clothing. It is for Muslim women. In Iran, women wear a chador in public. The Chador covers all the body except the face. However some religious women, cover their faces with their chador too.
A chador is a full-length semi-circle of fabric open down the front. It is thrown over... |
64647 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vortex%20mixer | Vortex mixer | A vortex mixer is small machine used in laboratories to mix small beakers of liquids.
What is inside?
Inside, a vortex mixer has an electric motor which turns a pipe facing upwards. This pipe is attached to a small rubber bowl where one can put a beaker of liquid to be mixed up. The rubber bowl turns quickly and crea... |
64648 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niq%C4%81b | Niqāb | A Niqab is a piece of clothing. It is for Muslim women. Women who wear niqab in public are called Niqabi. There are many Niqabis in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar,Yemen and Egypt. Niqab covers all the woman's body including the face.
Niqab around the world
In France, Italy, Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, Latvia... |
64649 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hira | Hira | Hira is a cave. It is on the Arabian Peninsula. Prophet Mohammad lived in this cave for forty days. Muslims believed that God spoke to Mohammad in Hira through angel Gabriel.
Other websites
Story about Hira
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64650 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdowsi | Ferdowsi | Hakīm Abul-Qāsim Firdawsī Tūsī (935-1020) () or Ferdowsi is a Persian poet. Ferdowsi was born in Tus. He wrote the Shāhnāma. Shahnama is the national epic of Iran.
935 births
1020 deaths
Persian poets |
64651 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu-Mansur%20Daqiqi | Abu-Mansur Daqiqi | Hakim Abu Mansur Muhammad Ibn Ahmad Daqiqi Balkhi (935/942-976/980) (Persian: حكیم ابومنصور محمد بن احمد دقیقی بلخی) or Daqiqi was a Persian poet. He was a Zoroastrian. His slave killed him. He wrote the Goshtaspnama.
10th-century births
10th-century deaths
Persian poets |
64657 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20VII | Edward VII | Edward VII (9 November 1841 – 6 May 1910) was the king of the United Kingdom from 1901 to 1910, which is called the Edwardian period. He was the first British monarch whose royal house was called the House of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. (King Edward's son, George V, changed the name to Windsor in 1917 and this name is in us... |
64660 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adhesive%20tape | Adhesive tape | Adhesive tape is a tape that is coated with adhesive and used to stick objects together.
Adhesive tape that will stick with application of pressure only (i.e. without activation by water, solvent or heat) is known as pressure sensitive tape. It can consist of a wide variety of tape backings and pressure sensitive adh... |
64662 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape | Tape | Tape refers to a strip of long, thin and narrow matter, usually rolled up. It can also refer to any of these.
Adhesive tape, including:
Gaffer tape
Duct tape
Masking tape
Electrical tape
Videotape
Cassette Tape, a magnetic data/audio storage device
Tape measure
Tape dispenser
Tape worm
Tape (movie), a 2001 ... |
64663 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Polanski | Roman Polanski | Roman Polanski (born Rajmund Roman Thierry Polanski, 18 August 1933) is a French-Polish movie director, producer, writer and actor. In 2003, he won the Academy Award for Best Director for his film, The Pianist.p148p186
Personal life
Polanski was born in Paris, France but his family moved back to Poland in 1937.p313p... |
64664 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watford | Watford | Watford (pronounced wot-fud) is a large town and borough in Hertfordshire in the East of England.
In 2011, it had a population of 131,928 people, making it Hertfordshire's largest settlement. Despite being Hertfordshire's largest town, the county town is Hertford.
Watford is located 17.5 miles north west of Central... |
64665 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home%20Alone | Home Alone | Home Alone is a 1990 American comedy action movie mostly set in Chicago, Illinois, Paris, Dallas, and Scranton. It was written and produced by 20th Century Fox by John Hughes and directed by Chris Columbus. It stars Macaulay Culkin and features Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Catherine O'Hara, Roberts Blossom, and... |
64666 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijab | Hijab | The word hijab is used in particular to refer to clothing which covers a woman's chest, head and hair. This is often done in Islam for females over the age of puberty. The headscarf, a symbol of hijab, is worn in the presence of adult males outside their immediate family. It is not necessary when females or males are w... |
64667 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scooby-Doo | Scooby-Doo | Scooby-Doo is an American long-running animated series that was made for Saturday morning cartoons in many different versions from 1969-present. The first series, that was called Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!, was made for Hanna-Barbera Productions. Hanna-Barbera made many versions like it and other shows like it until ev... |
64668 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akita%20Inu | Akita Inu | The Akita Inu is a breed of dog from Japan. It is usually high and weighs . Female Akitas are 5 to 10 kg lighter. Their coat can be many colors. There are two coat types in the Akita, the standard coat length and the long coat.
Akitas originate from Akita Prefecture, in the north of Japan.
The most famous Akita Hachi... |
64669 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nezami | Nezami | Nezami (Hakīm Nizām ad-Dīn Abū Muhammad Ilyās ibn-Yusūf ibn-Zakī ibn-Mu'ayyid Nezāmi Ganjavi (11411209) ) was a Persian poet. Nezāmi was born in Ganja, now Azerbaijan. He wrote five poetry books.
In 1169/1170 the king of Darband sent him the maiden Afaq, and Nizami married her. In 1174 his son Muhammad was born.
Niza... |
64670 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Persian%20poets%20and%20authors | List of Persian poets and authors |
Classical
Rudaki
Shahid Balkhi
Boshakor Balkhi
Daqiqi
Ferdowsi
Mansur Al Hallaj
Farrokhi Sistani
Unsuri
Kasai Marvazi
Manuchehri
Moazzi
Naser Khosrow
Anvari
Khaqani Shirvani
Mas'oud Sa'd
Jamal Raza
Jamaluddin Abdurrazzagh Isfahani
Kamaluddin Ishafahi
Baba Taher
Omar Khayyám
Attar
Mowlana Rumi
... |
64671 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric%20%28band%29 | Metric (band) | Metric is a Canadian band. This band was first made in 1998 in Toronto, Ontario.
Metric is made up of Emily Haines, a singer, and also plays the Synthesizer), James Shaw, who plays the guitar, Josh Winstead, who plays bass guitar, and drummer Joules Scott-Key. Their first CD, called Old World Underground, Where Are Yo... |
64672 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudaki | Rudaki | Abu Abdullah Jafar ibn Mohammad ibn Hakim ibn Abdurrahman ibn Adam Rudaki Samarghandi (859 - c. 941) () or Rudaki was a Persian poet. He was born in Panjakent, Tajikistan and lived in Samarghand. Rudaki translated the old Indian fable book Panchatantra into Persian verse. His poems are collected in diwan.
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64673 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba%20Taher | Baba Taher | Baba Taher () was a Persian poet. He lived in Hamadan, a city in Iran. Baha Taher songs are read in Pahlavi languages. His tomb is in Hamadan, western Iran.
10th-century births
11th-century deaths
Persian poets |
64674 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amir%20Khosrow | Amir Khosrow | Hakīm Abul-Hasan Yamīn al-Dīn Khusrow Balkhi Dehlavi (1253-1325) () or Amir Khosrow is a Persian poet. Amir Khusrow lived in Delhi. His poems are in Persian and Hindi.
Allaudin Khilji (1296 A.D - 1316 A.D) had a court minister named Hazrat Amir Khusro who was said to be highly gifted in music with an exceptionally in... |
64675 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafez | Hafez | Khwajeh Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi (also spelled Hafiz) (born between 1310 and 1337, believed to have died at age 69) () or Hafez is a Persian poet. Hafez was born in Shiraz, Iran. Hafez learnt the Quran by heart at an early age. His poems are collected in Divan e Hafez. William Jones translated his work int... |
64676 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forough%20Farrokhzad | Forough Farrokhzad | Forough Farrokhzad (January 5, 1935 — February 13, 1967) () was an Iranian poetess. She lived in Tehran. In 1967, she died in a car accident. She was thirty-two. Maryam Dilmaghani translated her poems to English in 2006.
Persian poets
1935 births
1967 deaths |
64678 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad%20Shamlou | Ahmad Shamlou | Ahmad Shamlou (December 12, 1925 – July 24, 2000) () or Shamlou was a Persian poet, writer and journalist. In 1954, he was arrested. He was freed in 1955. Shamlou published more than seventy books. He wrote short stories, novels, plays, essays and poems. He died in Tehran and was buried in Karaj.
1925 births
2000 dea... |
64679 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parvin%20E%27tesami | Parvin E'tesami | Parvin E'tesami (March 17, 1907 – April 5, 1941; ) is an Iranian poetess. She was daughter of Yosuf E'tesami, Iranian poet and writer. She started poetry when she was 9. Alladin Pazargadi translated her works from Persian into English in 2000.
Persian poets
1907 births
1941 deaths |
64688 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafiz | Hafiz | Hafiz or Hafez may mean:
Hafez or Khwajeh Shams al-Din Muhammad Hafez-e Shirazi, an Iranian mystic and poet. Sometimes credited as "Hafiz" or "Hafiz of Shiraz".
Hafiz (Quran), a term used by Muslims for people who have completely memorized the Qur'an
al-Hafiz (d. 1149), the eleventh Caliph of the Fatimids
Hafez al-... |
64694 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jihad | Jihad | Jihad is an Arabic word meaning "to struggle". Muslims (believers in Islam) use this word to talk about defending the faith and protecting their family and nation, as well as defending innocent people. It can also mean fighting with yourself to become a better person. It is an official part of Shi'a Islam, but it is... |
64696 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postfix%20notation | Postfix notation | Postfix notation is a mathematical notation. It is a way to write down equations and other mathematical formulae. Postfix notation is also known as Reverse Polish Notation. The notation was invented by Charles Hamblin in 1920. He wanted to simplify writing logic equations. He used Jan Łukasiewicz's prefix notation.
Wh... |
64699 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infix%20notation | Infix notation | Infix notation is the common arithmetic and logical formula notation, in which operators are written infix-style between the operands they act on (e.g. 2 + 2). It is not as simple to parse by computer as prefix notation ( e.g. + 2 2 ) or postfix notation ( e.g. 2 2 + ), but many programming languages use it due to its ... |
64705 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiqh | Fiqh | Fiqh or Islamic jurisprudence () is an expansion of Sharia law and is meant to be used with fatwas by Islamic clerics (known as 'Ulema' in Arabic) to help Muslims not break Sharia law. Fiqh is a section of Islamic law which deals with acts of Muslim, that includes both worship and daily life actions.
In Sunni Islam th... |
64713 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dir%20en%20grey | Dir en grey | Dir en grey is a rock band from Japan. They began in 1997. They have recorded twenty eight singles, three EPs and eight albums, of which they have released three in Europe and two in the United States.
Vocal Kyou use growl, falset, mixvoice and hoistle voice in their music. Their music mixes rock and metal with tribal... |
64714 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Wilma | Hurricane Wilma | Hurricane Wilma was the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in terms of pressure in the Atlantic Ocean. It destroyed parts of the Yucatán Peninsula and southern Florida during October in the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Wilma broke several records for both strength and seasonal activity. Wilma was only the t... |
64715 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucat%C3%A1n%20Peninsula | Yucatán Peninsula | The Yucatán Peninsula is a peninsula in North America. It separates the Caribbean Sea from the Gulf of Mexico. The peninsula is east of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, a northwestern geographic divider, separating Central America from the rest of North America.
The peninsula includes the Mexican states of Yucatán, Campech... |
64716 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clarksville%2C%20Tennessee | Clarksville, Tennessee | The city in New Zealand is at Clarksville, New Zealand
Clarksville is a city in Montgomery County, Tennessee, USA. Clarksville is the county seat of Montgomery County and is Tennessee's fifth largest city. As of the 2010 census , the city had a total population of 132,929, and as of 2017 had an estimated population of... |
64717 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live%20Earth | Live Earth | Live Earth was a series of concerts held on July 7, 2007, and were organized by Al Gore, who used to be the vice president. Inspired by Live Aid and Live 8, Live Earth was held to raise awareness about global warming. It was held in cities on every continent in the world, even Antarctica, and stars like Madonna and t... |
64720 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wembley%20Stadium%20%281923%29 | Wembley Stadium (1923) | Wembley Stadium was a sports arena in London, England. It was built in 1923 and was first known as the Empire Stadium, but because the area it was in is named "Wembley," it was renamed "Wembley Stadium." It featured twin towers by the entrance.
As well as being a sports arena, it had also been the site for several con... |
64721 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inch%20of%20mercury | Inch of mercury | The inch of mercury (inHg or "Hg) was a non-SI unit of pressure. It was used for measuring barometric pressure, (the thickness of air), in weather forecasts, and aviation (flying), but was replaced by the pascal.
It is the amount of pressure that a column of mercury that is one inch tall has at 0 °C at the standard ac... |
64723 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou%20Costello | Lou Costello | Lou Costello, born Louis Francis Cristillo (March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959), was an American actor and comedian best known as half of the comedy team of Abbott and Costello, with Bud Abbott.
Other websites
1906 births
1959 deaths
Actors from New Jersey
American movie actors
American radio actors
American stage actors
... |
64724 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirstie%20Alley | Kirstie Alley | Kirstie Louise Alley (born January 12, 1951) is an American actress famous for her role in the TV show Cheers, where she played Rebecca Howe from 1987 to 1993, winning an Emmy as the Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series for 1991. A year later, she won a Golden Globe for her acting in Cheers as well. She won an E... |
64725 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth%20Adkins | Seth Adkins | Seth Elijah Adkins (born October 30, 1989) is an American actor. He made his debut in the mid-1990s as a child artiste in the TV shows Small Talk and Sabrina, the Teenage Witch in 1996 and the films ...First Do No Harm and Titanic in 1997. He later made a successful transition to an adult performer. One of his most rec... |
64726 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny%20Aiello | Danny Aiello | Daniel Louis Aiello, Jr. (June 20, 1933 – December 12, 2019) was an Italian-American actor. He was in many movies. These include Once Upon a Time in America, Ruby, The Godfather: Part II, Hudson Hawk, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Moonstruck, Léon: The Professional, Two Days in the Valley, and Dinner Rush. He is most famou... |
64727 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude%20Akins | Claude Akins | Claude Marion Akins was an American actor (born May 25, 1926, in Nelson, Georgia - died January 27, 1994, in Altadena, California). With his big body and deep voice, Akins usually played the clever (or less than clever) tough guy, on the side of good or bad, in movies and television. He is famous as Sheriff Lobo in the... |
64728 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%20Adams | Don Adams | Don Adams (April 13, 1923 – September 25, 2005), born Donald James Yarmy, was an American actor, comedian and director. He was best known for his role as Maxwell Smart (Agent 86) in the TV situation comedy Get Smart (1965–1970, 1995), for which he also directed and wrote. Adams won three consecutive Emmy Awards for his... |
64729 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben%20Affleck | Ben Affleck | Benjamin Géza Affleck-Boldt (born August 15, 1972) is an American actor, movie director, producer and screenwriter. He became well known in the late 1990s, after acting in the movie Good Will Hunting. He has since become a Hollywood star having acted in several movies.
Affleck began playing the role of Batman in the D... |
64732 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Cosby%20Show | The Cosby Show | The Cosby Show was an American television sitcom starring Bill Cosby, first broadcast on September 20, 1984 and ran for eight seasons on the NBC television network, until April 30, 1992.
The show was about the Cosby family, African-Americans living in Brooklyn, New York City.
Other websites
1980s American black sit... |
64736 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wembley%20Stadium | Wembley Stadium | Wembley Stadium is a football stadium in London, England. It was built from 2003 to 2007 in the same spot that the first Wembley Stadium was built. It holds 90,000 seats. The new stadium features an arch that was designed not to cast a shadow over the stadium while games are played and to help hold part of the roof up... |
64737 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port%20Dover%20Composite%20School | Port Dover Composite School | Port Dover Composite School was a public high school in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada. The high school was open to both men and women. There were no school uniforms and it is free for Canadian citizens to attend from ages 14 to 21 years of age. In the past, the school hosted a dinosaur music party in French as well as ot... |
64744 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rouben%20Mamoulian | Rouben Mamoulian | Rouben Mamoulian (Armenian: Ռուբեն Մամուլյան) (October 8, 1897 – December 4, 1987) was an Armenian-American movie and theatre director.
Born in Tbilisi, Georgia (ruled at that time by imperial Russia) to an Armenian family, Rouben relocated to England and started directing plays in London in 1922. He moved to America ... |
64746 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan%20Aivazovsky | Ivan Aivazovsky | Ivan Aivazovsky (Russian: Иван Константинович Айвазовский, Armenian: Հովհաննես Այվազովսկի - Hovhannes Aivazovsky July 29, 1817 – May 5, 1900) was a Russian painter of Armenian descent, most famous for his seascapes, which make up more than half of his paintings.
Gallery
Armenian artists
1900 deaths
1817 births |
64751 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thistle%20tube | Thistle tube | A thistle tube is made of glass and is used in laboratories to add liquid to beakers of other liquids or sometimes to other pieces of equipment.
Characteristics
A thistle tube is a long hollow pole of glass which has a funnel at the top. Liquid is put into the top and travels down the tube and comes out the thin end ... |
64754 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Meteorological%20Organization | World Meteorological Organization | The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is an international organization with a membership of 188 Member States and Territories. It was originally known as the International Meteorological Organization (IMO), which was founded in 1873.
In 1950, the United Nations created the WMO for meteorology (weather and clima... |
64756 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Static%20mixer | Static mixer | A static mixer is a piece of equipment that is used to mix liquids in laboratories. It has a unique shape.
Structure
A static mixer is made up of rectangular plates twisted around at 180° so that they make a double-helix shape.
Liquids flow along the curves of the static mixer and also are separated by the smooth si... |
64757 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kom%C3%A1rno | Komárno | For the town in the Ukraine see Komarno
Komárno is a town in the southwest of Slovakia. It is an important, historical town which is famous for having the largest fortification in Europe.
The river Vah flows into the Danube at Komárno. The Danube at this point forms the border between the countries Slovakia and Hun... |
64758 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komarno | Komarno | Komarno (, , ) is a city in the Horodok Raion (district) of the Lviv Oblast (province) in western Ukraine. 4,000 people live there. It was founded in 1324. In the center of town is an old Polish Kostel (Catholic Church). There is also an old wooden church with ancient icons. The river Vereshytsia flows through the town... |
64761 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Correlation | Correlation | In statistics and probability theory, correlation is a way to indicate how closely related two sets of data are.
Correlation does not always mean that one causes the other. In fact, it is very possible that there is a third factor involved.
Correlation usually has one of two directions. These are positive or negative... |
64763 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunscreen | Sunscreen | Sunscreen (also known as sunblock, suntan lotion, or sun cream in the United Kingdom) is a lotion, spray or other topical product that helps protect the skin from the sun's ultraviolet (UV) radiation. It reduces sunburn and other skin damage, with the goal lowering your risk of skin cancer. However, in the United Sta... |
64768 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20Council%20of%20Nicaea | First Council of Nicaea | The First Council of Nicaea was held in Nicaea, in Bithynia in 325. Nicea is the city of Iznik in Turkey. The Roman Emperor Constantine I called the bishops of the Roman Empire to the first ecumenical conference of the early Christian Church. It had as most important result the first uniform Christian doctrine, called ... |
64776 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oscypek | Oscypek | Oscypek (in Polish, Oštiepok in Slovak language) is a smoked cheese from Poland and Slovakia.
Oscypek was originally made from sheep's milk, but it can also be made from cow's milk.
Cheeses
Polish food
Slovakia |
64778 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigos | Bigos | Bigos is a traditional dish from Poland and Lithuania. Bigos is created from cabbage (normal and sauerkraut) and meat. In very rare cases bigos can be made without meat or cabbage, but the presence of sauerkraut is absolutely essential.
Other websites
Bigos in wikinew`s cookbook
Polish food
Lithuanian culture |
64779 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaliber%2044 | Kaliber 44 | Kaliber 44 is a hip hop band from Poland. It was created in 1994 by Piotr Łuszcz ("Magik"), Marcin Marten ("AbraDab") and Michał Marten ("Joka").
Discography
Studio albums
Księga Tajemnicza. Prolog (Mysterious Book. Prologue) (1996)
W 63 minuty dookoła świata (Around the world in 63 minutes) (1998)
3:44 (2000)
Sing... |
64784 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupin | Lupin | Lupin, often spelled lupine in North America, is the common name for members of the genus Lupinus in the family Fabaceae.
The genus includes between 150-200 species, and has a wide distribution in the Mediterranean region - Subgen. Lupinus, and the Americas - Subgen. Platycarpos (Wats.) Kurl.
The species are mostly ... |
64785 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bar%20%28unit%29 | Bar (unit) | The bar (symbol bar), decibar (symbol dbar) and the millibar (symbol mbar, also mb) are units of pressure. They are not SI units, but they are anyhow also used with (although discouraged) for use with the SI. The bar is still used in descriptions of pressure because it is about the same as atmospheric pressure.
Terms ... |
64788 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%20%28unit%29 | Pascal (unit) | The pascal (symbol: Pa) is the SI derived unit of pressure or stress. It is a measure of perpendicular force per unit area i.e. equal to one newton per square meter. In everyday life, the pascal is maybe best known from meteorological air-pressure reports, where it happens in the form of hectopascal (1 hPa = 100 Pa). I... |
64790 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerez%20de%20la%20Frontera | Jerez de la Frontera | Jerez de la Frontera is a city in the province of Cádiz, in the region of Andalusia in Spain. It is famous as the home of the wine called sherry, whose name comes from the city's old Arabic name, pronounced Sherish.
Jerez de la Frontera, once called Xeres, has a rich history from the days of the Moorish Arab occupati... |
64791 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited%20government | Limited government | Limited government is a form of government with roles and powers given, and limited by law, usually in a written constitution. A limited government has only the powers that the people give it.
Related to this idea is "small government" – a system that put most of its power in smaller groups, such as private businesse... |
64792 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azores | Azores | The Azores () is an archipelago of nine volcanic islands in the North Atlantic Ocean; they are about west of Lisbon and about southeast of Newfoundland. The islands, and their Exclusive Economic Zone, form the Autonomous Region of the Azores, one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal.
There are nine major Azores... |
64793 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade%20Robson | Wade Robson | Wade Jeremy Robson (born 1982) is an Australian professional dancer, choreographer, producer, and songwriter. He has performed as a dancer since the age of 5 with celebrities such as Michael Jackson and Britney Spears, and is also an award-winning choreographer, known for his own MTV show Wade Robson Project, and the b... |
64795 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%20Stefan%20Sapieha | Adam Stefan Sapieha | Adam Stefan Stanisław Bonfatiusz Józef Sapieha (14 May 1867 – 23 July 1951) was a Polish Roman Catholic Church priest and Cardinal. He was a mentor and patron of Pope John Paul II.
Early life
Sapieha was born in 1867 in the castle of Krasiczyn. He was the youngest of the seven children of Prince Adam Stanisław Sapi... |
64796 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal%20%28Catholic%20Church%29 | Cardinal (Catholic Church) | Cardinal is a clerical office in the Roman Catholic Church. Cardinals are counselors of the pope.
Pope Innocent IV granted the use of the red hat to the cardinals in 1245. The red hat was a symbol of the cardinal's readiness to shed their blood in the cause of the church.
College of Cardinals
The collective name for ... |
64797 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faustyna%20Kowalska | Faustyna Kowalska | Maria Faustina Kowalska, commonly known as Saint Faustina, born Helena Kowalska (August 25, 1905, Głogowiec, then in the Russian Empire – October 5, 1938, Kraków, Poland) was a Polish nun and mystic. She is now venerated in the Roman Catholic Church as a saint.
Biography
Faustina Kowalska, the servant of God's mercy... |
64802 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet | Fleet | Fleet may mean:
Vehicles
A fleet is a collection of ships or vehicles:
Fleet vehicles, two or more vehicles
Fishing fleet
Naval fleet, large group of warships
A group of small ships or flotilla
A group of racing sailboats
Starfleet, fictional group in Star Trek
Ugs fleet, a collection of military ground sensors.
Plac... |
64803 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%20Giovanni | Don Giovanni | Don Giovanni is an Italian opera in two acts. It is about the character better known as Don Juan. The music was written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The libretto was written by Lorenzo da Ponte. The opera was first performed at the National Theatre in Prague on 29 October 1787. It was a great success.
Don Giovanni ... |
64806 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Magic%20Flute | The Magic Flute | The Magic Flute (German: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620) is an opera in two acts with music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder.
It premiered in Vienna on 30 September 1791 at Schikaneder's theater, the Freihaus-Theater auf der Wieden. The story has traditional fairy tale themes and Mason... |
64808 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Chuvalo | George Chuvalo | George Louis Chuvalo CM (born September 12, 1937), also known as Jure Čuvalo, was a Canadian heavyweight boxing champion and the multiple contender for the heavyweight title in the 1960s and 1970s. He was never knocked off his feet in ninety-three professional fights between 1956 and 1979.
Chuvalo was inducted into t... |
64815 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guest%20worker | Guest worker | Guest workers are people brought into a country to work in different industries.
They are used to fill a shortage in labour that most often cannot be done locally. Guest workers often do not have the same rights as normal workers. In some countries guest workers are not allowed to stay long periods of time. In Germany... |
64816 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical%20Storm%20Lee%20%282005%29 | Tropical Storm Lee (2005) | Tropical Storm Lee was a weak tropical storm that hardly reached tropical storm status for a short time while over the central Atlantic Ocean during late August and early September 2005. Lee was the twelfth named storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.
Tropical Storm Lee formed east of the Lesser Antilles as a tr... |
64817 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser%20Antilles | Lesser Antilles | The Lesser Antilles (also known as the Caribbees) are a group of islands between the eastern edge of the Caribbean Sea and the western Atlantic Ocean. They are east and south of the Greater Antilles. Some of the islands are also just off the northern coast of South America.
References
Caribbean islands
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