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64818 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold%20front | Cold front | A cold front is a meteorological word that is used to describe the movement of a cooler air mass into an area of warmer air. The air with greater density moves under the less dense warmer air, lifting it, which can cause a line of showers and thunderstorms, or a squall line to form when there is sufficient moisture. T... |
64823 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separating%20funnel | Separating funnel | A separating funnel (also called a separation funnel) is a piece of laboratory equipment. It is usually made of glass, and is used to separate two liquids, for example, oil and water. They always separate out, and this is how to remove one from the other:
Uses
For this example, oil and water will be used:
A mixture o... |
64824 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plate%20reader | Plate reader | Plate readers, also known as microplate readers or microplate photometers, are laboratory equipment used to see any biological, chemical or physical change in samples of chemicals in microtiter plates.
Process
Most of the time, a very bright lamp shines light to the microtiter well and the chemicals react in special... |
64825 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microtiter%20plate | Microtiter plate | A microtiter plate (sometimes called a microplate) is a flat plate with lots of "wells" used as small test tubes.
Structure
A microtiter plate is used mostly in laboratories and pharmacies. A microtiter plate could have 6, 24, 96, 384 or even sometimes 1536 wells arranged in rows. Some microplates, used in the indus... |
64833 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgarian%20language | Bulgarian language | Bulgarian (, [ˈbɤ̞lɡarski ɛˈzik]) is an Indo-European language. It is spoken mainly in Bulgaria and parts of North Macedonia, Serbia, Ukraine and Moldova. The Bulgarian language is similar to the Macedonian and the Serbian languages, which are part of the South Slavic branch of Slavic languages. There are nearly 9 mill... |
64835 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlenmeyer%20flask | Erlenmeyer flask | An Erlenmeyer flask or conical flask is a kind of flask with a base in the shape of a cone and a short neck. It was first invented in 1861 by a German chemist named Richard Erlenmeyer. Erlenmeyer Flasks are used in laboratories.
This type of flask is used as a container for chemical substances, or to heat or boil liq... |
64836 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girlfriend | Girlfriend | A girlfriend is a term that usually means a female partner in a non-marital relationship. It is less common to use the word "girlfriend" to mean a female friend in a platonic relationship.
Related pages
Boyfriend
Basic English 850 words
Women |
64839 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Native | Native | Native could mean:
Native person, see Indigenous peoples
Native (ecology), an animal or plant species that comes from a given place
In computing, native software is software that is written for a specific processor (see native on Wiktionary)
Native (processing), a CPU processing system
Native (comics), a character in t... |
64840 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Adventures%20of%20Jimmy%20Neutron%3A%20Boy%20Genius | The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius is an American computer animated television series. It was shown on the Nickelodeon television network until 2006 (with re-runs airing from April-June 2010 and again in January-May 2011) and currently on Nicktoons. It is a spinoff of the 2001 film, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius a... |
64842 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concordia%2C%20Kansas | Concordia, Kansas | Concordia is a city in north-eastern Kansas, USA. It has been the county seat of Cloud County since 1871.
References
Cities in Cloud County, Kansas
County seats in Kansas |
64843 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous%20peoples | Indigenous peoples | Indigenous people means the first people who lived in any region, and not later immigrants.
Indigenous people can also be described as aborigines, native people, first people, first nations and autochthonous.
The United Nations prefers the phrase Indigenous peoples to these descriptions. The other descriptions somet... |
64844 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migrant%20worker | Migrant worker | A migrant worker is someone who regularly works away from home, if they even have a home.
The United Nations' use of this term overlaps with 'foreign worker'. In the United States, the term is commonly used broadly to describe people who move frequently to find work or, more narrowly, those who earn low wages performi... |
64846 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode | Unicode | Unicode is a standard for encoding computer text in most of the internationally used writing systems into bytes. It is promoted by the Unicode Consortium and based on ISO standards. Its goal is to replace current and previous character encoding standards with one worldwide standard for all languages. New versions are i... |
64847 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low%20pressure%20area | Low pressure area | A low pressure area, or low for short, is a word used in meteorology (the study of weather) that means a place where the atmospheric pressure is lowest compared to the surrounding area. Coriolis effect causes winds to blow counter-clockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in southern hemisphere. This makes sto... |
64849 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill%20fort | Hill fort | A hill fort is an ancient fortified refuge or defended settlement. It was usually in a place that rises from the surrounding area, given the name. This is done to exploit the rise for military advantage. The fortification usually follows the shape of the hill. Usually it is made of one or more lines of earthworks. Ther... |
64854 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy%2C%20Michigan | Troy, Michigan | Troy, Michigan is a city in Michigan, United States. It is a suburb of the larger city of Detroit, and has over 80,000 residents. Many companies have offices in the city. It is where the world headquarters for Kmart used to be.
Cities in Michigan |
64866 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gin | Gin | Gin is a type of alcoholic drink with a high amount of alcohol in it, usually about 35-50% alcohol by volume. It was invented in the Netherlands in the 17th century, and soon became very popular in England. This became a problem when many people drank themselves to death, because gin was cheap to make and contained so ... |
64870 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prostitution | Prostitution | A prostitute is a person, most of the time a woman, who has sex with people for money. Prostitution is sometimes called the "world's oldest profession". There are written records of it in almost every culture and society. In many countries it is a crime. In some places it is the customers who get arrested.
Terminology... |
64871 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girl | Girl | A girl is a young female human, either a child or a teenager. Little girls still have the body of a child. It is not until they reach puberty (which starts at age 12 on average) that their bodies start to mature and they become a woman. During puberty, a girl develops breasts, their hips and shoulders widen and they be... |
64872 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family%20Guy | Family Guy | Family Guy is an American adult animated sitcom created by Seth MacFarlane. It first was shown on FOX in 1999. The series did not become popular until shown again on Adult Swim and TBS, and episodes were sold on DVD & Blu-ray. Fox chose to cancel the series because it was not very popular. After many DVDs were sold, F... |
64873 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace | Myspace | Myspace is a social networking website owned by News Corp. Digital Media where people can communicate using messages, video and photo uploads, blogs, social groups, and music. Myspace was founded in 2003 and used to be the 24th most popular website in the world. Myspace was popular with young people between 2005 and 20... |
64874 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/RuneScape | RuneScape | RuneScape is a video game that is played on the Internet. Multiple people play RuneScape all at the same time, which makes it a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (or MMORPG). It began in 2001, and is owned by Jagex Ltd. It is set in a fantasy land.
History
The game first started in 2001 as Runescape (now... |
64875 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jagex | Jagex | Jagex (Java Gaming Experts) is a company that makes computer games. Its most famous game is Runescape.
References
Other websites
Video game companies of the United Kingdom
2001 establishments in England |
64887 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella%20Enchanted | Ella Enchanted | Ella Enchanted is a Newbery Honor book. It was written by Gail Carson Levine. It was published in 1997. It is also the title of the American movie based on the novel, released April 9, 2004. The movie was directed by Tommy O'Haver and starred Anne Hathaway and Hugh Dancy. The story is a retelling of Cinderella featurin... |
64888 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploitation | Exploitation | Exploitation means using things that are available in order to benefit from it. It is usually used in a bad sense, although it can be used in a good sense as well.
If a person exploits a situation it means that they realize that they can use it to do something which will be good for them. Very often this also means th... |
64893 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%20%28magazine%29 | People (magazine) | People is a weekly American magazine of celebrity and human interest stories. It is published by Time Inc. As of 2006, it had a circulation of 3.75 million. It was named "Magazine of the Year" by Advertising Age in October 2005, for very good editorial, circulation and advertising. People ranked #6 on Advertising Age's... |
64899 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye%20of%20Horus | Eye of Horus | The Eye of Horus was an important symbol in ancient Egypt. It was the symbol of protection and Royal Power from Ra or Horus.
Horus was an ancient Egyptian sky god in the form of a falcon. The right eye represents a peregrine falcon's eye and the markings around it. This includes the "teardrop" marking sometimes found ... |
64905 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Great%20Khali | The Great Khali | Dalip Singh Rana (born August 27 1972) is an Indian professional wrestler, actor and powerlifter. He is better known by his ring name The Great Khali. He worked for the WWE from 2006 to 2014. Before he started his professional sports career, he was an officer in the Punjab state police.
Early career
Under the ring na... |
64922 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ani%20%28god%29 | Ani (god) | In Etruscan mythology, Ani is god of the sky. He is shown as living in the highest heaven. He is sometimes shown with two faces, possibly showing a link with the Akkadian god Anu and the Roman god Janus.
Notes
References
Jordan, Michael Encyclopedia of Gods: Over 2,500 Deities of the World New York: Facts on File ... |
64926 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tecophilaea | Tecophilaea | Tecophilaea is a genus of plants in the family Tecophilaeaceae. It has two species. One of them, Chilean Blue Crocus (T. cyanocroccus), is at risk (IUCN Red List).
Asparagales |
64929 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propolis | Propolis | Propolis „for“ y „city“ is a wax-like resinous substance collected by honey bees from tree buds (e.g. poplar) or other plant-related sources and used as cement and to seal cracks or open spaces in the beehive. It can also kill bacteria.
Bees |
64945 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home%20and%20Away | Home and Away | Home and Away (often called H&A) is an Australian soap opera that has been made in Sydney by the Seven Network since July 1987. The show first aired on 17 January 1988 with a two hour pilot. It is set in Summer Bay, a fictional town in New South Wales. It stars Samara Weaving with Jessica Falkholt and Cornelia Frances.... |
64946 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Hopkins | Anthony Hopkins | Sir Philip Anthony Hopkins CBE (born 31 December 1937) is a Welsh actor of movies, theater and television. He is very famous for many roles in movies, especially as Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs. He has won an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Emmys and the Cecil B. DeMille Golden Globe Award.
In 20... |
64948 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner%20Classic%20Movies | Turner Classic Movies | Turner Classic Movies (TCM) is a cable television channel featuring commercial-free classic movies, mostly from the Turner Entertainment and Warner Bros. film libraries, which include many MGM, United Artists, RKO and Warner Bros. titles. Movie historian Robert Osborne used to host the channel until his retirement in e... |
64949 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet%20Broadway%20Database | Internet Broadway Database | The Internet Broadway Database (IBDb) is an online database of Broadway theatre productions and their personnel. It is operated by the Research Department of the League of American Theatres and Producers, a trade association for the North American commercial theatre community.
Other websites
Internet Broadway Databas... |
64952 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte%20Bardot | Brigitte Bardot | Brigitte Bardot (French IPA: ) (born 28 September 1934) is a French actress, former fashion model, singer, animal rights activist, and considered one of the most important sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s. She was one of the few actresses from Europe to which the American media paid attention.
Life and career
Born ... |
64953 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farben%20Lehre | Farben Lehre | Farben Lehre is a Polish punk rock band. The band was started in 1986 in Płock, Poland.
Discography (only albums)
1991 - Bez pokory
1993 - My maszyny
1994 - Samo życie (live)
1995 - Nierealne ogniska
1995 - Insekty
1996 - Zdrada
1996 - Garażówka
2001 - Atomowe zabawki
2001 - Wiecznie młodzi
2003 - Bez pokor... |
64954 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy%20Crystal | Billy Crystal | Billy Crystal (born March 14, 1948) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning American actor, writer, producer, comedian, singer, movie director and television host. He became famous in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC Comedy-drama, Soap. Crystal was a castmember of Saturday Night Live. He... |
64956 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen%20Electra | Carmen Electra | Tara Leigh Patrick (born April 20, 1972), professionally known as Carmen Electra, is an American actress, model, singer and media personality. Dubbed a "sex symbol" and "pop culture icon", Electra came to widespread recognition for playing Lani McKenzine in Baywatch (1998–1999) and for her work in 2000s parody films. ... |
64957 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calista%20Flockhart | Calista Flockhart | Calista Kay Flockhart (born on November 11, 1964) is an American actress. She was nominated for an Emmy Award. Flockhart won a Golden Globe award in 1998. She was on soap operas and other television shows. She is famous for her role as the main character in the 1997-2002 television show, Ally McBeal. She played Sally F... |
64959 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight%20Schultz | Dwight Schultz | William Dwight Schultz (born November 24, 1947 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American stage, television and movie actor. He is known for his roles as Captain "Howling Mad" Murdock on the hit 1980s action show The A-Team, and Reginald Barclay in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager and the movie Star Trek:... |
64960 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred%20Savage | Fred Savage | Frederick Aaron Savage (born July 9, 1976) is an Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award-nominated American actor and television director. He is best known for his role as Kevin Arnold in The Wonder Years.
Other websites
Picture Gallery
Fred Savage at NNDB
World Poker Tour Profile
Actors from Illinois
American child acto... |
64961 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene%20Kelly | Gene Kelly | Eugene Curran Kelly (August 23, 1912 – February 2, 1996), better known as Gene Kelly, was an American dancer, actor, singer, director, producer and choreographer.
He was a great example of 20th century filmed dance, famous for his energetic and athletic dancing style, his good looks and the likeable characters that h... |
64964 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic%20fundamentalism | Islamic fundamentalism | Islamic fundamentalism is supporting usage of Islamic laws, based on the Quran and hadiths in law.
Islam |
64965 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden%20Globe%20Awards | Golden Globe Awards | The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. Run since 1944 by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), the awards are a major part of the film industry's "awards season" which ends each year with the Oscars and Screen Actors... |
64967 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/AllMusic | AllMusic | Allmusic, which was known as All Music Guide (AMG) before, is a database about music. It is owned by All Media Guide. All Music was created in 1991 by popular-culture archivist Michael Erlewine and mathematician Vladimir Bogdanov, Ph.D., as a guide for people who wish to buy music. They have published a book every year... |
64971 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Lord%20of%20the%20Rings%20%28movie%20series%29 | The Lord of the Rings (movie series) | The Lord of the Rings is a set of three fantasy movies: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Two Towers (2002) and The Return of the King (2003). The movies were based on J. R. R. Tolkien's book The Lord of the Rings.
The movie trilogy was directed by Peter Jackson. The screenplay was written by Fran Walsh, Philippa... |
64972 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20Coleman | Gary Coleman | Gary Wayne Coleman (February 8, 1968 - May 28, 2010) was an American actor. Coleman was an African American who was born in Zion, Illinois, with a kidney disease causing nephritis. Nephritis is an autoimmune destruction of the kidney. The disease stopped his growth at an early age. Because of this, he was only tall. H... |
64973 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameo%20appearance | Cameo appearance | A cameo role or cameo appearance (often shortened to just cameo) is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, movies, video games and television. Such a role does not have to be an actor: short appearances by movie directors, politicians, athletes, and other celebrities are c... |
64974 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameo%20%28carving%29 | Cameo (carving) | A cameo is a kind of small sculpture. A cameo has an image in relief. The image is often a different colour to the background. An intaglio is the opposite of cameo.
History
Cameos with portraits of people were common in the jewellery of Classical Antiquity. This type of cameo was also common in the Renaissance.
Refe... |
64976 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Peppard | George Peppard | George Peppard, Jr. (October 1, 1928 – May 8, 1994) was an American movie and television actor.
His roles included in the film Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), and the television series The A-Team, where he was the leader of the group, who was often smoking a cigar.
Peppard had lung cancer and died of pneumonia on May... |
64977 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotten%20Tomatoes | Rotten Tomatoes | Rotten Tomatoes is a website dedicated to reviews, information, and news of movies and TV. The name derives from the vaudeville-era cliché of throwing tomatoes and other products at stage performers if a performance was particularly bad. The company has been owned by Flixster, a Warner Bros. company, since May 2011.
A... |
64980 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halle%20Berry | Halle Berry | Halle Maria Berry (born August 14, 1966) is an American actress. Berry has received Emmy and Golden Globe awards, and was awarded the Academy Award in 2002 for her role in Monster's Ball. She is the first and still only African American woman to have won the Academy Award for Best Actress. Berry was ranked No. 1 on Peo... |
64981 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden%20Raspberry%20Awards | Golden Raspberry Awards | The Golden Raspberry Awards or Razzies, first awarded in 1981, were made by John J. B. Wilson in 1980, with the goal of being the opposite of the Academy Awards by dishonoring the worst movies. It is usually a plastic raspberry spray-painted gold and mounted on a plastic base, however Bill Cosby accepted a custom-made ... |
64983 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowing%20a%20raspberry | Blowing a raspberry | Blowing raspberries is to make a noise similar to flatulence that may signify derision, It is made by placing the tongue between the lips, and blowing
Related pages
Bilabial trill
Golden Raspberry Awards, which are named after the term
Sound
The Bronx |
64984 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua%20Jackson | Joshua Jackson | Joshua Carter Jackson (born June 11, 1978) is a Canadian actor. He has appeared in American television and movies, and is famous for his role as Pacey Witter in the television series Dawson's Creek and Charlie Conway in The Mighty Ducks movie series.
He also starred as Peter Bishop on Fringe.
Movies
Shutter (2008)
B... |
64986 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Wayne | John Wayne | John Wayne (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979) was an Academy Award-winning, American movie actor. He has become a symbol of American man.
Early life
Born with the name Marion Robert Morrison in Winterset, Iowa. Wayne was Scotch Irish on his father and Irish on his mother's side. During Wayne's childhood, he moved to Palm... |
64992 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical%20Storm%20Tammy%20%282005%29 | Tropical Storm Tammy (2005) | Tropical Storm Tammy is the nineteenth named storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. Tammy was a tropical storm that only existed for a total of two days and brought minor damages to the southeastern United States. It peaked with 50 mph (85 km/h) just before making landfall on the northern Florida coast. Most of t... |
64993 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuchehri | Manuchehri | Abu Najm Ahmad ibn Qaus Manuchehri Damghani (c. 982 – 1040) () or Manucheri was a Persian poet. He was from Damghan in Iran. His poems are collected in a Diwan.
982 births
1040 deaths
Persian poets |
64994 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piranshahr | Piranshahr | Piranshahr () is a city in northwest of Iran. The people of Piranshahr are mostly Kurds who consider themselves to be descendants of the Medes, one of the three Aryan tribes who migrated to Iran. Piranshahr is the capital of Mokrian district.
Cities in Iran |
64995 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rumi | Rumi | Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi (30 September 1207 – 17 December 1273), also named Mawlānā, which means Our Master, is one of the Islamic world's greatest poets. He is usually known in the English-speaking world simply as Rumi. He is a Sufi mystic, philosopher and lover of humanity. His followers began a school of mysticism... |
64997 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu-Shakur%20Balkhi | Abu-Shakur Balkhi | Abu-Shakur Balkhi (born 915 in Balkh) (Persian: بوشکور بلخی) or Boshakor Balkhi was a Persian poet. He lived in the Samanid era in central Asian Persia and wrote the Afarin Nama in 944. He died in Balkh, now in modern Afghanistan.
Persian poets
915 births
Year of death unknown |
65000 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasir%20Khusraw | Nasir Khusraw | Abu Mo’in Hamid al-Din Nasir ibn Khusraw Qubadiani Marvzi (1004-1088), also known as Nāsir Khusraw Qubādiyānī Balkhi or Nasir Khusraw Balkhi was a Persian poet. He was born in a village near Balkh in modern Afghanistan. He knew about science, medicine, mathematics, astronomy and astrology. He had studied Arabic, Turkis... |
65004 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anvari | Anvari | Hakīm Awhad ad-Din Ali ibn Mohammad Khavarani Anvari Abivardi (1126-1189) () or Anvari is a Persian poet. He was born in Abivard (a village between Iran and Turkmenistan) and died in Balkh (now in Afghanistan). He studied science and literature in Tun, a city in Iran. He studied science, astronomy, medicine and litera... |
65017 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%20World%20Underground%2C%20Where%20Are%20You%20Now%3F | Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? | Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? is a 2003 album by Canadian band Metric. There are six videos that came out for this album between 2003/04, they are (directors in brackets):
"Calculation Theme" (Ramon Bloomberg)
"IOU" (Steven Hanft & Michael Lustig)
"Succexy" (Ashley Cahill)
"Combat Baby" (Michael Schiller)... |
65020 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad%20Reza%20Pahlavi | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi | Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (, October 16, 1919 – July 27, 1980) was the last Shah of Iran. He was the Shah of Iran from the 1941 abdication of his father, until the Iranian Revolution in 1979. After the 1979 revolution, the government of Iran changed into an Islamic republic.
He died at a Cairo hospital from chronic lympho... |
65021 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehdi%20Bazargan | Mehdi Bazargan | Mehdi Bazargan (; 1 September, 1907 in Bazargan – 20 January, 1995) or Mahdi Bazargan was an Iranian scholar. He protested against the Shah regime in Iran. He was jailed many times for political reasons. Bazargan was Iran's first prime minister after the Iranian Revolution in 1979. He was against the United States Emba... |
65033 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazelle | Gazelle | Gazelles are a kind of antelope. They are in the genera Gazella, Eudorcas and Nanger.
Gazelles are mostly found in the grasslands and savannas of Africa, but they are also found in southwest Asia. Gazelles are known as fast animals. They can reach high speeds for long periods of time. They usually live in herds. They ... |
65034 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Idiot%20%28album%29 | American Idiot (album) | American Idiot is the 7th album by the American punk rock band Green Day. It was released in 2004. The following songs are on the album:
"American Idiot" – 2:54
"Jesus of Suburbia" – 9:08
"Holiday" – 3:52
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams" – 4:20
"Are We the Waiting" – 2:42
"St. Jimmy" – 2:55
"Give Me Novacaine" – 3:... |
65041 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20Division | First Division | 1st Division or First Division can mean:
1st Division (military), a military or naval division
First Division (sport), a division of a sporting league, typically the highest
Belgian First Division
Football League Championship, formerly called Football League First Division
Russian First Division
Scottish Football Leag... |
65054 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabyle%20language | Kabyle language | Kabyle is a Berber language (Kabyle: , taqbaylit, pronounced ) spoken by the Kabyle people. There are 3,123,000 speakers worldwide, the majority in Algeria, where there are more 2,000,000 speakers.
Kabyle was (with some exceptions) rarely written before the 20th century; however, in recent years a small but increasin... |
65056 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slackware | Slackware | Slackware is a GNU/Linux distribution which is famous for being stable, fast and suitable for older computers. Slackware is the oldest Linux distribution that is still supported.
It does not offer any graphical tools for configuration; rather, the person must change it on their own using the command line interface an... |
65062 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical%20Storm%20Bret%20%282005%29 | Tropical Storm Bret (2005) | Tropical Storm Bert was a weak storm that only lasted from June 28 to June 29. Bret hit the eastern coast of Mexico on June 29 before dying inland. Bret was also the second storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season.
Tropical Storm Bert formed close to land over the Bay of Campeche on June 28 before making landfall o... |
65071 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical%20Storm%20Harvey%20%282005%29 | Tropical Storm Harvey (2005) | Tropical Storm Harvey was a strong tropical storm that moved across the Atlantic Ocean from August 2 to August 8. Harvey was the eighth named storm of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. The storm caused no damages.
Harvey formed from a tropical wave to the southwest of Bermuda on August 2 and passed close to Bermuda ... |
65073 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash%20Gordon | Flash Gordon | Flash Gordon is a science fiction adventure story that began as a comic strip in 1934. Since then, the Flash Gordon story has been made into movies, TV shows and a radio show.
In the story, Flash Gordon and Dale Arden blast off into space in a rocket invented by the strange Dr. Hans Zarkov. They travel to the planet ... |
65079 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2%20%28number%29 | 2 (number) | 2 (Two; ) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the number after 1 (one) and the number before 3 (three). In Roman numerals, it is II.
In mathematics
Two has many meanings in math. For example: . An integer is even if half of it equals an integer. If the last digit of a number is even, then the number is even. This... |
65081 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regina%2C%20Saskatchewan | Regina, Saskatchewan | Regina is the capital and second largest city of Saskatchewan, Canada. It is in the eastern prairie region of Western Canada. It is nicknamed "The Queen City" because it was named after Queen Victoria, i.e. Victoria Regina, in 1882, by her daughter Princess Louise, who was the wife of the then-Governor General the Marq... |
65083 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Success | Success | Success may mean:
a level of social status
achievement of an objective or goal
the opposite of failure
achievement of freedom
Geography
Success, Western Australia, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia in Australia
Success, Arkansas, United States
Success, Missouri, United States
Success, New Hampshire, United ... |
65086 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachute | Parachute | A parachute uses drag to slow something moving in air. It is often an umbrella shaped device on which people or things can float slowly and safely down to the ground from a great height, such as an aircraft.
The word parachute comes from the French words parer meaning to protect and chute meaning fall carefully down m... |
65087 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Capitol | United States Capitol | A capital is a city that is home to a government. A capitol is a building where the legislature meets. For the capital of the United States, see Washington, D.C.
The United States Capitol is the building where the United States Congress meets. It is the center of the legislative branch of the U.S. federal government... |
65090 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strut%20bar | Strut bar | A car's strut bar or strut brace is to prevent body roll by bracing the top of the strut towers together.
Auto parts |
65091 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front-wheel%20drive | Front-wheel drive | Front-wheel drive, or FWD, is a car setup, where the car's power is at the front wheels. This makes the car safe in wet and snowy conditions, because it has better traction, or grip, to the road. But, FWD can cause uneven weight, which may cause brakes to fail if used for large periods of time.
Automotive technologies |
65092 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rear-wheel%20drive | Rear-wheel drive | Rear-wheel drive, or RWD, is when a car uses its rear wheels to move. This is good for dry roads, and for acceleration, or how fast you move forward, as the weight is pushed backwards on the back wheels. But, RWD cars can spin out, also called oversteer or fishtail. This can cause crashes if the driver is new and not f... |
65097 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless | Wireless | The word wireless is used to refer to any type of electrical or electronic operation which is done without a "hard wired" connection. Wireless communication is the transfer of information over a distance without the use of wires. The distances involved may be short (when using a television remote control) or very long ... |
65108 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrifuge | Centrifuge | A centrifuge is a device with a motor in it, which is used to spin an object with high speed. This high speed spinning forces the object outwards. This force is used for several purposes:
a uranium centrifuge is used to separate two isotopes of uranium (named U-235 and U-238) from each other;
in medical laboratories... |
65119 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah | Shah | Shah () is a Persian word which means the king or ruler of a country. This word is used in different countries in the world, including Iran, India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Presently the term "Shah" is used as a surname commonly by many people in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan who are Hindu, Moslem and Jain. Many In... |
65120 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approval%20voting | Approval voting | Approval voting is a voting system used for elections. In approval voting, each person can vote for any number of candidates they like. The votes for each of the candidates are counted, and summed up. The candidate or candidates with most votes are chosen as the winners of the election.
Supporters argue it to be bette... |
65125 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agar%20plate | Agar plate | An agar plate is a Petri dish that contains agar and some nutrients (food for the microorganisms). It is used to grow microorganisms. For example, a blood sample of a patient may be put on agar plate, to let the bacteria that made the patient sick grow. These bacteria can then be identified using a microscope to let th... |
65126 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansur%20Al-Hallaj | Mansur Al-Hallaj | Abū al-Mughīth Hossein ibn Manūr Al Hallāj (c. 858 - March 26, 922) () or Hallaj was a Persian poet and writer. Hallaj was born in Shūshtar, Iran. Hallaj memorized the Quran when he was young. He taught Sufism in Baghdad. Muslim scholars were against his teachings. He was imprisoned in Baghdad for eleven years. In the ... |
65128 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Again | Again | "Again" is the name of many songs:
"Again" (1949 song), recorded by many singers, with Doris Day, Vic Damone and Vera Lynn
"Again" (1993 album), by Alan Stivell
"Again" (Alice in Chains song), by Alice in Chains
"Again" (2002 song), by Archive
"Again" (2004 song), by Earshot
"Again" (2005 song), from the album Th... |
65129 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conical%20measure | Conical measure | A conical measure is a piece of laboratory equipment which is used to store and mix liquids.
Structure
A conical measure is a conical, or in the shape of a cone. It has a wide top so that liquids can be poured in more easily and marks on the side of it to help measure the amount of liquid more easily. They can be mad... |
65130 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unsuri | Unsuri | Abu Al Qasim Hasan ibn Ahmad Unsuri Balkhi (d. 1039/1040) () or Unsuri was a Persian poet. He was born in Balkh, in modern Afghanistan. He became the poet of Sultan Mahmud Ghaznavi. Mahmud Ghaznavi called him "King of Poets". All of his poems are in Persian. His poems are collected in a Divan.
Persian poets
1039 death... |
65131 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali%20Shariati | Ali Shariati | Ali Shariati Mazinani (1933-1977) (Persian: علی شريعتی مزینانی) or Shariati was an Iranian Muslim philosopher, sociologist, poet and writer.
Shariati's life
Shariati was born in 1933 in Mazinan, Iran. He studied sociology in the University of Paris. He returned to Iran in 1964. When he returned to Iran, the Shah regi... |
65132 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kisai%20Marvazi | Kisai Marvazi | Abul Hasan Abu Ishaq Kasa'i Marvazi (or Marvzi) (953 - 10th century)
() or Kasai is a Persian poet. He was born in Marv. He was a poet in the court of Mahmud Ghaznavi. He converted to Shia Islam. He has praised Ali ibn Abi Talib many times in his poems. All of his poems are in Persian. His poems are collected in a Diw... |
65133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farrokhi%20Sistani | Farrokhi Sistani | Abul Hasan Ali ibn Julugh Farrukhi Sistani (c. 980 - 1037 or 1038) () or Farrokhi is a Persian poet. Farrokhi was the best poet in the court of Mahmud Ghaznavi. All of his poems are in Persian. His poems are collected in a Divan.
10th-century births
1037 deaths
Persian poets |
65135 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mu%27izzi | Mu'izzi | Amir Abdollah Muhammad Mu'izzi (1048-1125) was an 11th century and 12th century poet. He was from Persia, and was the poet laureate of Sanjar. He was from the village of Nisa. He is considered one of the great masters of the Persian panegyric qasideh.
He lived in the courts of Malik Shah I and Sultan Sanjar. His divan... |
65136 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khaqani%20Shirvani | Khaqani Shirvani | Afzal ad- Din Badil Ibrahim ibn Ali Nadjar Khaqani Shirvani (1120-1190) () or Khaghani Shirvani was a Persian poet. His most famous poem is The Arch of Madain(). He wrote the poem book Tohfat-ul Iraqein (in Persian: تحفه العراقين meaning A Gift from the Two Iraqs) in his journey to Mesopotamia. The Shirvanshah ordered ... |
65137 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Seasons%20%28Haydn%29 | The Seasons (Haydn) | The Seasons (German: Die Jahreszeiten) is an oratorio by Joseph Haydn. An oratorio is a long musical work with orchestra, choir and solo singers. It usually tells a story from the Old Testament of the Bible. The Seasons is different. It is about the four seasons of the year. It describes nature and people's relationshi... |
65138 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sohrab%20Sepehri | Sohrab Sepehri | Sohrab Sepehri (; October 7, 1928 - April 21, 1980) was an Iranian poet and painter. He was born in Kashan, Iran. His poems are in Persian. His most famous poetry book is Hasht Ketab (Eight Books). His poems have been translated to French, English, Arabic, Italian, Swedish, Hindi and Russian. Sohrab Sepehri died in Teh... |
65142 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shabestari | Shabestari | Mahmud Shabestari (1288-1340; ) is a Persian Sufi poet. He was born in the city of Tabriz. His most famous poem is called Gulshan-i Rāz (Persian: meaning "A Secret Rose Garden"). Gulshan-i Rāz is an important Sufi text.
Persian poets
1288 births
1340 deaths |
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