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67448 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus%20the%20Great | Cyrus the Great | Cyrus the Great (, Kurosh e Bozorg, c. 590 BC or 576 — August 530 BC), was the founder of the Achaemenid dynasty in today's Iran. He was chosen as the leader of Persian people in Anshan, he defeated the Medes and was chosen as the Shah of the Persian Empire in 599 BC. Cyrus fought with the Lydian Empire and the Babylon... |
67452 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafa%C5%82%20Wiechecki | Rafał Wiechecki | Rafał Sylwester Wiechecki (born September 25, 1978 in Piotrków Trybunalski) is a Polish politician.
He is member of the League of Polish Families. From May 5 2006 to August 13 2007 was the minister of Polish government. He was the youngest cabinet minister in Polish history.
Other websites
Rafał Wiechecki
1978 bir... |
67456 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relative%20density | Relative density | Relative density is the ratio of the densities of two materials. The term specific gravity is similar but not the same. In specific gravity, the reference material is water. Mathematically, relative density is found with:
Other websites
Weight Per Cubic Foot And Specific Gravity
Basic physics ideas |
67458 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%8Cejov | Čejov | Čajev is small village near Humpolec in the Pelhřimov District, Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. 473 people live there and it has 7,98 km².
Villages in the Czech Republic |
67464 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satsuma | Satsuma | Satsuma / sat-soo-muh/ .n. is a variety of tangerine with a loose skin.
It is named after the former Satsuma Province of Japan. In the United Kingdom it is often associated with Christmas.
Footnotes
Other websites
The Satsuma Tangerine - University of Florida
PLANTanswers - Texas Cooperative Extension
Mikan (... |
67472 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data%20storage%20device | Data storage device | A data storage device is a device for recording (storing) information (data). Recording can be done using virtually any form of energy. People have been storing data for thousands of years, by pictures and writing. Modern storage device may hold information, process information, or both. Most often the term is used wit... |
67473 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relief | Relief | Relief is a way of making sculptures or carvings. You start with a flat stone or wooden base, and take small parts away until you have made the art you want.
Reliefs are found around the world. They can be used to decorate buildings, such as temples. Usually the artist makes reliefs of figures, such as people or anima... |
67474 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relief%20%28disambiguation%29 | Relief (disambiguation) | A relief is a sculptured artwork where a modeled form projects out from a flat background.
Relief could also mean:
Relief (music), the curvature of the neck of a guitar or similar instrument
Relief print, art techniques in printmaking
Relief map, a map depicting elevation
Relief pitcher, a baseball pitcher who is brou... |
67475 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frieze | Frieze | In architecture the frieze is the wide central section of an entablature and may be plain or– in the Ionic or Corinthian order – decorated with bas-reliefs.
Architectural elements |
67476 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frieze%20%28disambiguation%29 | Frieze (disambiguation) | Frieze has two major, totally unrelated meanings:
In architecture, the frieze is the wide central section part of an entablature: see Frieze, Parthenon Frieze.
In textiles, frieze ("Frisian woolen cloth") is a napped woollen cloth: see Frieze (textile).
See also:
the London art fair: see Frieze Art Fair.
the mathema... |
67478 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entablature | Entablature | An entablature (IPA [ɛnˈtæblətʃə]; Latin, and tabula, a tablet) is a major piece of classical architecture. It is the big part of the building made of moldings and bands that sits flat above the columns, resting on their capitals (tops).
An entablature is made of three parts:
the architrave - the bottom part which... |
67480 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flickr | Flickr | Flickr is a photo sharing website and web services suite. It was founded by Stewart Butterfield and Caterina Fake in 2002.It is also an online community platform, which is considered an early example of a Web 2.0 application.
Users can upload any photo to their website. The user will then be asked to release the photo... |
67481 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norton%20AntiVirus | Norton AntiVirus | Norton AntiVirus (NAV) is a popular product of Symantec Corporation. It is one of the most widely used antivirus programs. Norton AntiVirus is sold as a standalone product. It is also included as part of Norton Internet Security and Norton SystemWorks. There is also a standalone corporate edition version called Symante... |
67488 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haemophilia | Haemophilia | Haemophilia is a blood condition that means bleeding does not stop. The bleeding occurs because the blood does not clot. People with hemophilia lack proteins in the blood that make scabs and blood clots. A person with a small cut or internal bleed (bruise) could bleed to death. They do not bleed more than a normal pers... |
67491 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otis%20Bowen | Otis Bowen | Otis R. Bowen, M.D. (February 26, 1918 – May 4, 2013), was the governor of the American state of Indiana from 1973 to 1981. He was the first governor of Indiana to serve two consecutive terms. He was also the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services on the cabinet of President Ronald Reagan.
Early life
Bo... |
67492 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guacamole | Guacamole | Guacamole (called Guacamol in Central America and Cuba) is a Mexican dip made of avocados, salt and sometimes tomatoes. Various herbs can be added too, such as chives. It is depicted as a green, creamy dip or garnish. It is often served as a dip or garnish with Mexican foods such as tacos and tortilla chips.
Related ... |
67493 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordan%20Nikolitch | Gordan Nikolitch | Gordan Nikolitch (born 1968) is a Serbian violinist. He is the leader of the London Symphony Orchestra.
Gordan Nikolitch began playing the violin when he was seven. He studied at the Musikhochschule (music conservatoire) in Basel, Switzerland. He worked with many famous people including the composers Witold Lutosła... |
67498 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1085 | 1085 | This page lists things that happened in the year 1085.
Events
Start of reign of Abu Sa'id Taj ad-Dawla Tutush I, Seljuk Ruler in Syria
Deaths
May 25 - Emperor Shenzong of China (b 1048)
May 25 - Pope Gregory VII
July 15 - Robert Guiscard, Norman adventurer. |
67519 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literal%20translation | Literal translation | Literal translation is the translation of text from one language to another "word-for-word", rather than giving the sense of the original. For this reason, literal translations usually mis-translate idioms. For example, a literal English translation of the German word "Kindergarten" would be "garden of children," but i... |
67520 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine%20translation | Machine translation | Machine translation, sometimes referred to by the acronym MT, is part of computational linguistics. It looks at the use of computer software to translate text or speech from one natural language to another.
At its basic level, MT performs simple substitution of words in one natural language for words in another (see:... |
67522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/786 | 786 |
Events
A council is organized in Constantinople, but disturbed by soldiers
Beatus of Liébana, Spanish monk, publishes his Commentary on the Apocalypse.
September 14 — Harun al-Rashid becomes the Abbasid Caliph in Baghdad upon the death of his brother al-Hadi, and appoints Salim Yunisi as the Abbasid governor of S... |
67524 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlinear%20text | Interlinear text | Interlinear text is text on several lines where additional lines give explanations of the main text. That can be a transliteration or a translation of each word of the main line (literal translation) or a free translation of the entire main text line.
Interlinear text is usually used to translate or explain the main... |
67525 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcription | Transcription | Transcription may mean:
Transcription (linguistics), the conversion of spoken words into written language. Also the conversion of handwriting, or a photograph of text into pure text
Transcription (genetics), the process of copying DNA to RNA by an enzyme called RNA polymerase (RNAP)
Transcription (music), either nota... |
67526 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcript | Transcript | Transcript could mean:
Transcript (molecular biology) refers to a strand of messenger RNA
Transcript (education), a copy of a student's permanent academic record
Transcript (medical), the documented medical record of patients
Film Transcript, a transcript needed for dialogue
Transcript (law), a record of all cour... |
67527 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transcription%20%28linguistics%29 | Transcription (linguistics) | Transcription is the conversion of a text from another medium.
That can be the conversion of human speech into written, typewritten or printed form. But it can also mean the scanning of books and making digital versions. A transcriber is a person who performs transcriptions.
Transcription as going from sound to scri... |
67532 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumgait%20pogrom | Sumgait pogrom | The Sumgait pogrom was a pogrom by the local Azerbaijanis that targeted the Armenian population living in the Azerbaijani seaside town of Sumgait on February 1988. An estimated 30 were killed. But most say 200.
Related pages
Anti-Armenianism
Kirovabad pogrom
Khojaly Massacre
Maraghar Massacre
Nagorno-Karabakh War
Oth... |
67533 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/710 | 710 |
Events
End of the Asuka period, the second and last part of the Yamato period and beginning of the Nara period in Japan; Heijō-kyō (Nara) becomes the capital of Japan.
April 5 — During the Cold Food Festival, Chinese Emperor Zhongzong of Tang had his chief ministers of court, sons-in-law, and high-ranking military o... |
67534 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/784 | 784 |
Events
The Japanese capital moved away from Nara. End of the Nara period.
The Chinese engineer and prince Li Gao invents a successful model of a paddle-wheel ship.
August 31—Paul IV abdicates as Patriarch of Constantinople
December 25—Tarasius elected Patriarch of Constantinople |
67535 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/842 | 842 |
Events
February 14 – Charles the Bald and Louis the German sign a treaty.
Oaths of Strasbourg — alliance of Louis the German and Charles the Bald against emperor Lothar — sworn and recorded in vernacular languages.
Ramiro I succeeds Alfonso II as king of Asturias.
Uurad is succeeded by Bred, then Ciniod.
Charle... |
67536 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/825 | 825 | 825 (DCCCXXV) was .
Events
Egbert of Wessex defeats Beornwulf of Mercia at Ellandun. Kent, Surrey, Sussex and Essex submit to Wessex and East Anglia acknowledges Egbert as overlord.
Emperor Louis the Pious of the Franks wars against the Wends and Sorbs.
Births
Louis II, Holy Roman Emperor (d. 875)
Deaths |
67537 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/880 | 880 |
Events
Oldest known mention of the city of Dortmund
Pope John VIII issued the Bill "Industriae Tuae", creating an independent ecclesiastical province in Great Moravia with Archbishop Saint Methodius as its head. The Old Church Slavonic was recognized as the fourth liturgical language, besides Latin, Greek and Hebr... |
67557 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Momijigari | Momijigari | is the Japanese tradition of visiting areas where leaves have turned red in the autumn. The word comes from the two Japanese words meaning "red leaves" or "maple tree" and , "hunting". It is also called . "Kōyō" is another pronunciation of the characters for "momiji". In Hokkaidō another word for it is .
Many people... |
67558 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom | Bloom | The term bloom mostly means one or more flowers on a flowering plant. The word may also be used as a metaphor for young people at the peak of their beauty or health. See also Blossom.
Bloom may also mean:
Entertainment
Club Blooming is a football (soccer) club and academy from Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia.
Blo... |
67559 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient | Ancient | Ancient means very old. The word can also be used in these ways:
Ancient history — the period of written history starting more or less 5,000–5,500 years ago.
Ancient (band) — the progressive black metal musical group.
Ancient (company) — the Japanese software developer.
Ancient — used to refer to an ensign in medieval ... |
67560 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calm | Calm | Calm is an adjective meaning peaceful, quiet; particularly used of the weather, free from wind or storm, or of the sea, opposed to rough. The word appears in French calme, through which it came into English, in Spanish, Portuguese and Italian calma.
Weather |
67561 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himeji%20Castle | Himeji Castle | is a Japanese castle which is in Himeji in Hyōgo Prefecture. It includes 83 buildings made of wood. It is sometimes known as Hakurojō or Shirasagijō ("White Heron Castle") because of its brilliant white exterior.
It is a Japanese National Cultural Treasure. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Along with Matsumoto C... |
67564 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tang%20Dynasty | Tang Dynasty | The Tang Dynasty (Chinese: 唐朝; Pinyin: Táng Cháo) (18 June 618 – 4 June 907) was an imperial dynasty of China. It came after the Sui Dynasty and was followed by the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period. It was founded by the Li (李) family, who came to power during the fall of the Sui Empire. The dynasty was interrupt... |
67566 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divination | Divination | Divination (Greek μαντεια, from μαντις "seer") is an attempt to get information through omens or supernatural things. The verb form is to divine, but this should not be confused with the adjective divine. Divining the outcome of things has been done by many different methods, such as the ones listed below.
Divination ... |
67567 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offering | Offering | Offering can mean any of the following:
An offering is a donation during religious worship. See also alms, tithe, charity, gift and virtue.
An offering can mean a religious sacrifice of plant, animal or human life (blood sacrifice), or a sacrifice of precious things. An offering may also be in money, or may be of a p... |
67568 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast | Feast | Feast may mean:
A large meal.
A Festival
A day (or the celebration on that day) in honor of a certain saint, in Christianity. |
67571 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor%20Saga | Emperor Saga | was the 52nd emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Saga's reign started in 809 and ended in 823.
Traditional history
Before he became the monarch, this prince's personal name (imina) was . He was the son of Emperor Kammu, and he was the younger brother of Emperor Heizei by the same moth... |
67572 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder%20of%20Kriss%20Donald | Murder of Kriss Donald | Kriss Donald (2 July 1988 – 15 March 2004) was a Scottish boy who was kidnapped, tortured and stabbed to death by five Pakistani Muslims because he was white. The murderers were later convicted of his murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.
References
2004 in the United Kingdom
2000s in Scotland
British murder vi... |
67573 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imperial%20Court%20in%20Kyoto | Imperial Court in Kyoto | Imperial Court in Kyoto was the government of Japan from 794 AD until the Meiji Era, in which the court was moved to Tokyo. It was moved by Empress Gemma.
Since Minamoto no Yoritomo started the shogunate, the true power had been in the hand of the Shoguns, who were mistaken several times for the Emperors of Japan by th... |
67576 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uhorilka | Uhorilka | Úhořilka is a small village in the Havlíčkův Brod District, Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. 51 people live in Úhořilka. It covers 2,52 km². It was first documented in 1454.
Villages in the Czech Republic |
67577 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temporary | Temporary | Temporary is a term that shows a finite period of time, with a clear beginning and an end. It is derived from the Latin temporarius "of seasonal character, lasting a short time," from tempus (gen. temporis) "time, season." It is the opposite of permanent. It could also mean any of the following:
In computing:
tempora... |
67578 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukiyo-e | Ukiyo-e | , "pictures of the floating world", is a genre of Japanese woodblock prints. They were produced between the 17th and the 20th centuries and showed landscapes, tales from history, the theatre, and brothels. It is the main artistic genre of woodblock printing in Japan.
Ukiyo-e were cheap because they could be mass-produ... |
67579 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshige | Hiroshige | , also called Hiroshige, was a Japanese artist. He was a master of the ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting.
List of print series
Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tōto Meisho jukkei), 1831
36 Views of Mount Fuji (Fuji Sanjū-Rokkei), 1832
53 Stations of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō Gojūsantsugi), 1832-1834 ... |
67580 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forecasting | Forecasting | Forecasting is studying and saying what is likely to happen in the future. It is similar to predicting, but usually forecasting is done with scientific methods. Forecasting can be done for many different things, like weather forecasting (predicting the weather) or economy forecasting. Science cannot know the future fo... |
67582 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan%20Meteorological%20Agency | Japan Meteorological Agency | The or JMA, is the Japanese government's weather service. It has the duty of getting the information on the weather and making the weather forecasts in Japan. It also must observe and warn about earthquakes, typhoons, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions.
The central office of the agency is in Tokyo, and it has six sma... |
67583 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariwara%20no%20Narihira | Ariwara no Narihira | Ariwara no Narihira (, 825 - 9 July 880) was a Japanese poet and noble. He was the fifth son of Prince Abo, a son of Emperor Heizei. His mother Princess Ito was a daughter of Emperor Kammu, so he was family to Emperor Kammu by both his mother and father. Along with his other brothers, he was forced to have a civilian l... |
67584 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yoshino%2C%20Nara | Yoshino, Nara | Yoshino (吉野町; -cho) is a town in Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2003, the town had an about 10,550 people living there and a density of 110.61 people per km². The total area was 95.65 km².
Mt. Yoshino is famous for its 500,000 sakura trees. They are planted in three gardens at different altitude so... |
67586 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daigo%2C%20Ibaraki | Daigo, Ibaraki | Daigo (大子町; -machi) is a town that is in the Kuji District, Ibaraki, Japan.
In 2003, about 22,813 people lived there, 70.03 people per km². The total area is .
Other websites
Official website
Towns in Japan
Settlements in Ibaraki Prefecture |
67588 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ueno%20Park | Ueno Park | is a big public park in the Ueno section of Taito-ku, Tokyo, Japan. It is in the site of an old Kan'eiji, a temple very related with the Tokugawa shoguns, who had built the temple to guard Edo Castle against the northeast. The temple was destroyed during the Boshin War.
Ueno Park was created through an imperial land g... |
67589 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansa%20Musa | Mansa Musa | Mansa Musa (about 1280 – about 1337) was an emperor (manse) of the Mali Empire during the 14th century. He became emperor in 1312. He was the first African ruler to be famous in all of Europe and the Middle East. Historians say he was the richest person to have ever lived. Today, his wealth would be worth about US$40... |
67590 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macon%2C%20Georgia | Macon, Georgia | Macon is a city in central Georgia, USA. It is among the largest metropolitan areas in Georgia, and the county seat of Bibb County. It is near the center of Georgia, more or less 75 miles (129 km) south of Atlanta, that's why the city's called the Heart of Georgia. As of the 2000 census, Macon had a population of 97,25... |
67594 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Tale%20of%20Genji | The Tale of Genji | is a classic work of Japanese literature.
It is believed to have been written by the Japanese noblewoman Murasaki Shikibu at the beginning of the 11th century, around the highest point of the Heian Period. The form of the language used at that time is called Late Old Japanese. The Tale of Genji is sometimes called the... |
67597 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokugawa%20Yoshimune | Tokugawa Yoshimune | was a Japanese shogun of the Edo period. His ruled started in 1716 and ended in 1745.<ref name="nussbaum979">Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). [https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA979&dq= "Tokugawa Yoshimune"] in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 979.</ref>
Early life
Yoshimune was the son of Tokugawa Mitsusada,... |
67598 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyotomi%20Hideyoshi | Toyotomi Hideyoshi | (February 2, 1536 or March 26, 1537–September 18, 1598) was a military leader of Japan. He was born in Owari (which is now called Nagoya city, Aichi prefecture). He grew up to become a daimyo. Hideyoshi came to power after his master, Oda Nobunaga, died. He built the Osaka Castle in Osaka. Then, Hideyoshi unified Japan... |
67600 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motojir%C5%8D%20Kajii | Motojirō Kajii | was a Japanese author of the Shōwa period. He wrote several famous poetic short stories such as "The Lemon", "Winter Days", and "Under the Cherry Trees".
He died at a young age and wrote few works, but his stories have become influential in Japanese culture. For example, many high school students imitate the protagoni... |
67602 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staff | Staff | Staff may mean:
Staff (stick), a stick or pole to help with walking, or to use as a weapon.
Employees, a group of people who work for a firm or other organization.
Staff (music) (or stave), five horizontal lines used for writing musical notes.
Staff of office, a stick or pole used for ceremony by someone important.... |
67603 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumpling | Dumpling | Dumplings may be any of a wide variety of dishes, both sweet and salty, in several different cuisines. They are either made from balls of dough or are small bits of food put into pastry, dough, batter, or leaves.they are mostly cooked in southern Africa in a pot covered by an airtight,strong plastic so that it gets to ... |
67606 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank%20Williams | Hank Williams | Hank Williams, Sr. (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953), born Hiram King Williams, was an American singer-songwriter and musicians. Williams is known as "the Father of Country and Western Music", because his songs were some of the first to come from that . As with many musical , Williams did not set out to create a n... |
67608 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sui%20Dynasty | Sui Dynasty | The Sui Dynasty (, ) was an imperial dynasty of China between the years 581 and 618. It followed the "Jin period" and was followed by the Tang Dynasty. It ended nearly four centuries of division between rival regimes.
The Sui Dynasty was founded by Emperor Wen, or Yang Jian. Its capital was Chang'an (present-day Xi'an... |
67611 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bento | Bento | is a meal that is common in Japanese cuisine, made to take away to be eaten somewhere else. A traditional bento consists of rice, fish or meat, and one or more pickled or cooked vegetables as a side dish. Containers for bento may be very different, from disposable mass produced to handcrafted lacquerware. While bento m... |
67614 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clown | Clown | A clown is a kind of entertainer, or performance artist, who performs physical comedy and stunts to amuse others. They usually wear grease paint makeup that hides their real face, a large wig with brightly-colored hair, and baggy, padded clothing.
Many clowns belong to a circus, while others freelance or have a talent... |
67615 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dango | Dango | is a Japanese dumpling made from mochiko (rice flour). It is sticky and filling. It is often served with green tea.
Dango are eaten throughout the year, but the different types are traditionally eaten in certain seasons. Three to four dango are often served on a skewer. One variety of dango from Hokkaidō is made from... |
67616 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music%20stand | Music stand | A music stand is something musicians can use to put sheet music on when they are performing.
There are several different sorts of music stand, but almost all of them can be adjusted in height so that they can be used by tall or short players, and by players whether they are sitting down or standing up.
The most popul... |
67618 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumulative%20voting | Cumulative voting | Cumulative voting is a system for doing an election. There are a certain number of choices. This is a process sometimes known as proportional voting. Each voter has a certain number of points he or she can spread over the choices. That way it is possible to choose more than one option, and to weigh the choices. Usually... |
67619 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proportional%20representation | Proportional representation | Proportional representation is a system used to elect a country's government. The election gets works by taking the results of an election to decide how many seats each party has. Decisions are then made by the people who are elected.
Another way to do this is to take the first-past-the-post system in which constituen... |
67620 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smokey%20Robinson | Smokey Robinson | William ("Smokey") Robinson (born February 19, 1940 in Detroit, Michigan) is an American R&B singer-songwriter. Most of his hit records were on Motown Records or one of its labels, and many of them were performed with The Miracles, his longtime band.
Robinson is an African American. His mother died when he was young;... |
67621 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew%20Davis | Andrew Davis | Sir Andrew Frank Davis CBE (born 2 February 1944) is a British conductor.
Andrew Davis was born in Ashridge in Hertfordshire to Robert J. Davis and his wife Florence J. (née Badminton), Davis grew up in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, and in Watford. He studied at the Royal College of Music, King's College, Cambridge where ... |
67622 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haiku | Haiku | is a type of Japanese poetry. Previously called hokku, haiku was given its current name by the Japanese writer Masaoka Shiki at the end of the 19th century.
The traditional hokku usually was written in six verses or more or less 5, 7, 5 syllables and they had to follow (on-ji). The Japanese word cow, meaning "sound",... |
67624 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gennady%20Rozhdestvensky | Gennady Rozhdestvensky | Gennady Rozhdestvensky (4 May 1931, Moscow – 16 June 2018) was a Russian conductor. Rozhdestvensky was born into a musical family. His name at first was Gennady Nikolayevich Anosov. When he started his musical career, he took his mother's maiden name.
Rozhdestvensky studied conducting with his father Nikolai Anosov ... |
67626 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waka | Waka | Waka () or Yamato uta is a genre of Japanese poetry. Waka literally means "Japanese poem" in Japanese. The word waka was originally created by poets during the Heian Period to make clear the difference between native Japanese poetry and the kanshi (, "Chinese poems"). This meant that they put together several different... |
67627 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiri%20Baraka | Amiri Baraka | Amiri Baraka (October 7, 1934 – January 9, 2014) was an American writer. He has written poetry, drama, essays and music criticism. He is also the father of Newark city mayor Ras Baraka.
Racism
Baraka's writings have made controversy over the years, mostly because of his advocacy of rape and violence towards (at many t... |
67628 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jorge%20Luis%20Borges | Jorge Luis Borges | Jorge Luis Borges (August 24, 1899 – June 14, 1986) was an Argentine writer. He was best known in the English-speaking world for his short stories and fictive essays. Borges was also a poet, critic, translator and man of wisdom.
He was influenced by authors such as Dante Alighieri, Miguel de Cervantes, Franz Kafka, H.... |
67630 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayashi%20Issa | Kobayashi Issa | was a Japanese poet. He is known for his haiku poems and his journals. He is thought of as one of the four haiku masters in Japan. The others are Bashō, Buson and Shiki.
Other websites
Haiku of Kobayashi Issa A searchable online archive of 9000 haiku by David G. Lanoue. Originally housed at Xavier University of Loui... |
67631 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masaoka%20Shiki | Masaoka Shiki | was the pen-name of a Japanese author, poet, literary critic, and journalist in Meiji period of Japan. His real name was Masaoka Tsunenori. As a child he was called Noboru.
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Selected Poems (haiku and tanka) of Masaoka Shiki, Translated by Janine Beichman at University of Virginia Library Japanese Text ... |
67632 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy%20Collins | Billy Collins | William J. "Billy" Collins (born March 22, 1941) is a poet who served two terms as the 11th Poet Laureate of the United States. He served from 2001 to 2003. In his home state, Collins has been recognized as a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library (1992) and selected as the New York State Poet for 2004.
Quotatio... |
67634 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind%20power%20in%20Texas | Wind power in Texas | Wind power in Texas consists of many wind farms with a total installed generating capacity of 9,410 MW from over 40 different projects. Texas produces the most wind power of any U.S. state, followed by Iowa with 3,670 MW.
Several forces are working to the advantage of wind power in Texas: the wind resource in many are... |
67640 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yu%20Suzuki | Yu Suzuki | is a famous Japanese game designer. He was born in 1958. For most of his life, he has worked for Sega. Some people say he is as famous as Shigeru Miyamoto. Suzuki created games like Hang-On and Virtua Fighter and Shenmue. He was person #6 who was added to the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences Hall of Fame.
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67642 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isra%20and%20Mi%27raj | Isra and Mi'raj | The Isra and Mi'raj are two parts of a story that Muslims tell about Muhammad. They say that in the year 621, while he was resting in the Kaaba in Mecca, an angel came to him, with an animal called a Buraq. The Buraq carried Muhammad to a mosque that was far away, and then the Buraq took Muhammad up into heaven. Whi... |
67644 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fustat | Fustat | Fustat was the first Arab capital in Egypt. It was founded in 641 AD, after the Arabs conquered Alexandria. The Arabs did not want their capital to be so far away as Alexandria, which is why they made Fustat, which was far from the sea and closer to Arabia, and was on their side of the Nile river.
Fustat became a be... |
67645 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vizier | Vizier | A vizier is an Arabic word for a kind of government official. A vizier would usually work for a Muslim monarch like a Caliph or a Sultan.
Notes
References
Etymology OnLine
Royal Ark, dynasties in historical context - see each muslim nation quoted in this article, often in the section 'Glossary'
WorldStatesmen - ... |
67649 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank%20Williams%20Jr. | Hank Williams Jr. | Randall Hank Williams (born May 26, 1949) is an American musician and songwriter. He is the son of country music legend Hank Williams. His nickname is "Bocephus", given to him by his father. He has a half-sister, named Jett Williams.
From his boyhood, Hank Jr., performed his father's music publicly, because many peopl... |
67650 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utagawa%20Kunisada | Utagawa Kunisada | Utagawa Kunisada (; 1786 – 12 January 1865), also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III (, ), was a Japanese artist. He was a master of the ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting.
Gallery
References
Other websites
The Utagawa Kunisada Project
List of Kunisada pictures
Kunisada
Japanese printmakers
1786 births
1... |
67652 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsukioka%20Yoshitoshi | Tsukioka Yoshitoshi | , also called or Yoshitoshi, was a Japanese artist. He was a master of the ukiyo-e style of woodblock prints and painting.
His adopted son was Tsukoka Kōgyō (1869-1927), who was also an artist.
Gallery
References
Other websites
Artencyclopedia.com, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi Online
Japanese printmakers
1839 births
1... |
67656 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odawara%20Castle | Odawara Castle | is a landmark in the city of Odawara in Kanagawa Prefecture. It was the fortress of various daimyo during the Muromachi period of Japanese history.
Odawara Castle was destroyed by the Meiji government. However, present Odawara Castle was rebuilt in 1960. It serves as a museum and is designated as an important historic... |
67664 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ab%20urbe%20condita | Ab urbe condita | Ab urbe condita is a way to measure time.
Origin
The phrase is Latin. It literally means from when the city was founded. The city talked about is the city of Rome. This way of measuring time was not used in Classical antiquity. The first to have used it was the historian Orosius, about 400 AD.
History
Marcus Terent... |
67666 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesosphere | Mesosphere | The mesosphere is a part of the atmosphere. It is between the stratosphere and the thermosphere. On Earth, the mesosphere starts at 50 kilometers above the planet to about 90 km above the planet.
The mesosphere is the most poorly understood part of the atmosphere. The mesosphere lies above the highest point for flyin... |
67667 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetosphere | Magnetosphere | A magnetosphere is a region around an astronomical object, such as a planet. It is the region where charged particles are affected by the object's magnetic field. The magnetosphere of the Sun is called the heliosphere. Ions and electrons of the solar wind are deflected by the heliosphere.
Since a magnetosphere is ma... |
67668 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorus%20Rijkers | Dorus Rijkers | Theodorus "Dorus" Rijkers (January 27, 1847 in Den Helder – April 19, 1928 in Den Helder) was a famous Dutch lifeboat captain and folk hero, he is most famous for his sea rescues of 487 shipwrecked victims over a total of 38 rescue operations and at least 25 before joining the lifeboat-service.
'Opa' Dorus
Dorus rece... |
67672 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince%20of%20Wales | Prince of Wales | Prince of Wales is a royal title. It is usually held by the eldest son of the King or Queen of the United Kingdom. The title is not automatic, but is given by the reigning monarch.
When a person becomes King or Queen, their eldest son immediately becomes Duke of Cornwall and Duke of Rothesay. The current Prince of Wa... |
67684 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts%20Institute%20of%20Technology | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, and it has 32 academic departments, and gives much importance to scientific and technological research. MIT students, graduates, and faculty members are famous for being given many ... |
67686 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Colbert%20Report | The Colbert Report | The Colbert Report was an American television talk show starring Stephen Colbert.
It was aired on Comedy Central Monday to Thursday, starting October 17, 2005. The last episode aired on December 18, 2014. It was a spin-off of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Colbert acts as if he is very conservative, as a parody. His... |
67687 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taneda%20Santoka | Taneda Santoka | was the pen name of a Japanese writer. He is known for writing haiku of free verse. His real name was Taneda Shouichi (種田正一).
Other websites
e-texts of Santoka's works at Aozora Bunko
Weeds, Falling Rain a selection of Zen Haikai by Santoka Taneda, translated by Okami
Santoka - a biography and poems
SANTOKA by K... |
67692 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cid%20Corman | Cid Corman | Cid (Sidney) Corman (June 29, 1924 – March 12, 2004) was an American poet well known for editing the magazine Origin.
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Thirty-one poems
Cid Corman on poetry over the radio, October 1952
CID CORMAN & ORIGIN PRESS
A large collection of Cid Corman's manuscripts is held at the Harry Ransom Humanities Res... |
67694 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenard%20Moore | Lenard Moore | Lenard Duane Moore (born February 13, 1958) is an American writer. He was born in Jacksonville, North Carolina. He has written more than 20 forms of poetry, drama, essays and literary criticism. He has been writing and publishing haiku for 25 years.
Poetry
Lenard's poetry has been translated into several languages. He... |
67695 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octavio%20Paz | Octavio Paz | Octavio Paz Lozano (March 31, 1914 – April 19, 1998) was a Mexican writer, poet, and diplomat. He won the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature.
On April 19, 1998, Paz died of cancer in Mexico City, Mexico.
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Pegasos biography
Nobel museum biography and list of works
Octavio Paz's complete poems and essa... |
67697 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raymond%20Roseliep | Raymond Roseliep | Raymond Roseliep (August 11, 1917 – December 6, 1983) was a poet. He wrote haiku. He was a Catholic priest. He has been described as "the John Donne of Western haiku".
Other websites
Selected Roseliep haiku
An academic analysis of the poems of Roseliep
Writers from Iowa
1917 births
1983 deaths
American poets |
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