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68707 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sapphire | Sapphire | Sapphire is a type of the mineral corundum, an aluminium oxide (Al2O3). Sapphires are the same as rubies, except that they are not red.
Sapphire can be found in the ground or it can be made in large crystal. Blue sapphires are the most famous kind, but they can be many different colors, like amber and orange.
Sap... |
68712 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne%20Hathaway | Anne Hathaway | Anne Jacqueline Hathaway (born November 12, 1982) is an Academy Award winning American movie and stage actress. She played the princess in The Princess Diaries and The Princess Diaries 2. In Tim Burton's 2010 movie, Alice in Wonderland, she played the White Queen. She played Catwoman in Christopher Nolan's 2012 superhe... |
68717 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear%20Factor | Fear Factor | Fear Factor is an American stunt/dare reality game show. It was created by Endemol Netherlands. The program was first aired on June 11, 2001.
About the show
The original Dutch version of the program was called Now or Neverland. When Endemol USA and NBC changed it to be shown in America in 2001, they changed the name ... |
68718 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Rogan | Joe Rogan | Joe Rogan (born August 11, 1967) is an American comedian and actor. He is best known for his role as Joe Garrelli in NewsRadio and as host on the television game/reality program Fear Factor.
Rogan is also a color commentator for the Ultimate Fighting Championship. He holds a Brown Belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu under Edd... |
68719 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endemol | Endemol | Endemol was a media company based in the Netherlands that produced programs for television. The company had subsidiaries and joint ventures in 23 countries. These countries included the United Kingdom, the United States, France, Mexico, Spain, Italy, Germany, Argentina, Poland, Netherlands, India, South Africa, Lebanon... |
68720 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilton%20Hotels | Hilton Hotels | The Hilton Hotels brand was re-united internationally after more than 40 years in February 2006, when United States-based Hilton Hotels Corporation purchased the lodging arm of United Kingdom-based Hilton Group PLC, which had acquired Hilton's international operations in 1987 (the companies had been severed originally ... |
68722 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily%20Osment | Emily Osment | Emily Jordan Osment (born March 10, 1992 Los Angeles, California) is an American actress and singer. She is most famous for her roles of Gerti Giggles in the Spy Kids trilogy, and Lilly Truscott in Hannah Montana. The younger brother of former child actor Haley Joel Osment, actress/vocalist Emily Osment launched her ca... |
68724 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerry%20Katona | Kerry Katona | Kerry Jayne Elizabeth Katona (born 6 September 1980 in Warrington, Cheshire, England) is an English television presenter, magazine columnist, actress and former pop singer with girl group Atomic Kitten.
She was a contestant on the sixth series of ''Dancing on Ice in 2011. She finished in second place in the 2011 UK se... |
68725 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic%20Kitten | Atomic Kitten | Atomic Kitten is an English girl group from Liverpool. The people in the band are Liz "Lil" McClarnon, Natasha "Tash" Hamilton, and Jenny Frost - who replaced original member Kerry Katona in January 2001. Atomic Kitten has sold over 12 million albums and 8 million singles around the world. Many of their singles and alb... |
68726 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrington | Warrington | Warrington is a large town and borough within the ceremonial county of Cheshire, England. It sits beside the West Coast Mainline, the M6, M56 and M62 motorways, and alongside the Manchester Ship Canal.
Towns in Cheshire
Unitary authorities |
68727 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darin%20%28singer%29 | Darin (singer) | Darin Zanyar (born June 2, 1987), known simply as Darin, is a pop singer from Sweden.
Darin was the first place runner-up in the Swedish Idol 2004, acquiring a fanbase primarily of teenage girls. Darin lives in Vällingby outside of Stockholm. He is of Kurdish heritage, and he speaks Central Kurdish. He won the Kurd of ... |
68728 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%A4strikland | Gästrikland | , is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden. It borders Uppland, Västmanland, Dalarna, Hälsingland and the Gulf of Bothnia. The province is the southernmost district of Norrland.
Provinces of Sweden |
68729 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uppland | Uppland | Uppland is a historical province or landskap on the eastern coast of Sweden, just north of Stockholm, the capital. It borders Södermanland, Västmanland and Gästrikland. It is also bounded by lake Mälaren and the Baltic sea. It has an extremely short and strangely shaped land border with Åland, an autonomous province of... |
68730 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4stmanland | Västmanland | Västmanland is a historical Swedish province, or landskap, in middle Sweden. It borders Södermanland, Närke, Värmland, Dalarna and Uppland.
The name comes from "West men", referring to the people west of Uppland, the core province of early Sweden.
Provinces of Sweden |
68731 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4rmland | Värmland | Värmland is a historical province or landskap in the west of middle Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Dalsland, Dalarna, Västmanland and Närke. It is also bounded by Norway in the west. Its Latin name is Wermelandia; its English derivative is Wermland or similar variation. The origin of the name is uncertain. It may re... |
68732 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf%20of%20Bothnia | Gulf of Bothnia | The Gulf of Bothnia is the northernmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It is situated between Finland's west coast and Sweden's east coast. In the south of the gulf lie the Åland Islands, between the Sea of Åland and the Archipelago Sea. Gulf of Bothnia is often divided into three parts which are called in Finnish language:
... |
68737 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lolo%20Ferrari | Lolo Ferrari | Lolo Ferrari (9 February 1963 – 5 March 2000) was the stage name of a French dancer and actress billed as "the woman with the largest breasts in the world", though their size was artificially achieved. She was born Eve Valois in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dome.
She started as a model and a prostitute.
Encouraged by her... |
68758 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluorescent%20lamp | Fluorescent lamp | A fluorescent lamp, is a type of electric light (lamp) that uses ultraviolet emitted by mercury vapor to excite a phosphor, which emits visible light. There are two general types, traditional fluorescent and compact fluorescent. This article is about traditional (straight tube shaped) fluorescent lamps.
The purchase p... |
68763 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/My%20December | My December | My December is Kelly Clarkson's third album. The songs "Never Again", "Sober" and "One Minute" have been released.
2007 albums
Kelly Clarkson albums
Pop albums |
68764 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical%20Storm%20Chantal%20%282007%29 | Tropical Storm Chantal (2007) | Tropical Storm Chantal was a very short-lived storm in the northern Atlantic Ocean that stayed away from land during most of its existence. It was also the third named storm of the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. The stormed formed from a non-tropical system between Bermuda on Cape Cod, Massachusetts that developed on ... |
68773 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flinders%20Street%20Station | Flinders Street Station | Flinders Street Station is the central railway station of the rail network of Melbourne, Australia. It is on the corner of Flinders and Swanston Streets next to the Yarra River in the middle of the city, stretching from Swanston Street to Queen Street and covering two city blocks. Each weekday, about 105,000 people an... |
68776 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/RIOT%21 | RIOT! | {{Infobox album
| name = Riot!
| type = studio
| artist = Paramore
| released = June 12, 2007
| recorded = January–March 2007
| studio = House of Loud, Elmwood Park, New Jersey
| genre =
| length = 38:58
| label = Fueled by Ramen
| producer = David Bendeth
| Reviews =
| prev_title = The Summer Tic EP(2006)
!(2... |
68777 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramore | Paramore | Paramore is an American alternative rock band formed in 2004 in Franklin, Tennessee. At first there were 4 members, Hayley Williams, Josh and Zac Farro and Jeremy Davis. In 2009, Taylor York joined the band. Now there are 3 members - singer Hayley Williams, drummer Zac Farro, and guitarist Taylor York. They have releas... |
68794 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonemasonry | Stonemasonry | Stonemasonry is the craft of making things out of stone. People who do this are called stonemasons. Their crafts have existed since the start of civilization. They have made important buildings and structures out of stone. This stone comes from the earth. Stone has been used to build many long-lasting things. These cou... |
68824 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ouran%20High%20School%20Host%20Club | Ouran High School Host Club | Ouran High School Host Club is a manga created by Bisco Hatori.
Plot
The manga and anime are centered around Haruhi who is a girl mistaken for a boy and the Host club which she belongs to. Haruhi is a commoner, and quite poor, whereas the other Host Club members are very rich.
Manga |
68825 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wei%20Yuan | Wei Yuan | Wei Yuan was a Chinese scholar during the Qing Dynasty. He wrote books on politics. He was also known as Mo Shen () and Hanshi ().
Life
When Wei Yuan was young, he followed his teacher, Liu Feng, to study the History of China.
During the reign of Daoguang Emperor, Wei Yuan successfully got a provincial degree in the... |
68827 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert%20von%20Karajan | Herbert von Karajan | Herbert von Karajan (born Salzburg, Austria, 5 April 1908; died Salzburg 16 July 1989) was an Austrian conductor. He was probably the best-known conductor in the world during his time. He conducted the greatest orchestras, and made many wonderful recordings. He was the conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic for 35 years.... |
68830 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snape%20Maltings | Snape Maltings | Snape Maltings is a group of buildings including a famous concert hall in the village of Snape, Suffolk. Many concerts are given in the Maltings. Every year the Aldeburgh Festival has many of its concerts there. The composer Benjamin Britten used to live in Aldeburgh with the singer Peter Pears. They started a musi... |
68831 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladiator | Gladiator | Gladiators (Latin: gladiatōrēs, "swordsmen" or "one who uses a sword," from gladius, "sword") were professional fighters in ancient Rome, who fought against each other, wild animals and sentenced criminals, sometimes to the death, for the entertainment of the public. These fights took place in arenas in many cities fr... |
68833 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohm%27s%20law | Ohm's law | Ohm's law says that in an electrical circuit, the current passing through a resistor is related to the voltage difference and the electrical resistance between the two sides, as long as the physical conditions and the temperature of the conductor remain constant. Because there are three variables, it can be written in ... |
68835 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lin%20Shu | Lin Shu | Lin Shu (8 November 1852, Fuzhou — 9 October 1924, Beijing) was a Chinese translator from Fujian. He worked with others to translate more than 170 titles (mostly novels) from English and French to Chinese.
1852 births
1924 deaths
Chinese people
Chinese translators |
68838 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamikaze | Kamikaze | Kamikaze (Japanese: 神風; literally: "god-wind"; usual translation: "divine wind") is a word of Japanese origin. It comes from the name the Japanese gave to a typhoon that destroyed the Mongol ships in the 13th century and saved the country from invasion. In Western culture, the word kamikaze is used to mean the suicide ... |
68840 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9C | Ü | Ü or ü is a letter not used in English. It is commonly used to represent the sound . It started as an U with an E above it. It is heavily used in the Turkic languages, such as Turkish. In German, the letter can be replaced by Ue or ue respectively, if it is not available on the keyboard.
German
Germany and Austria
... |
68841 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umlaut | Umlaut | An umlaut is a diacritic or accent used in some languages, including German. They are written ä, ö, ü (or ae, oe, ue).
Without the diaeresis (the dots) those three letters are said [a], [o], and [u]. In German, when the dots are put over them, Ä, Ö, and Ü change to sound like [ɛ], [œ]/[ø] and [y]/[ʏ].
When a word th... |
68842 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96 | Ö | Ö or ö is not a letter used in English, but is used in some other languages, such as German, Finnish, Estonian, Hungarian, Turkish, Swedish and Icelandic.
German
Germany and Austria
Ö or ö is one of the 4 extra letters used in German. It can be replaced by using the letters Oe or oe. In English language newspapers... |
68843 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20emperors%20of%20China | List of emperors of China | This is a list of the rulers of China from 221 BC to AD 1911. These rulers named themselves (Mandarin: huangdi); in English, we normally say they were emperors.
All of them were men but Wu Zetian.
Rulers of the Qin Dynasty (211–206 BC)
Rulers of the Qin Dynasty:
Qin Shihuang | Zuxuan | Zhaw
Rulers of the Ming Dyn... |
68844 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%84 | Ä | Ä or ä are letters used in some languages. Ä and ä are both just "a"s with umlauts.
German
Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Ä or ä is one of the 4 extra letters used in German. It can be replaced by using the letters Ae or ae. In English language newspapers it is often written as A or a but this is not correct. Ä... |
68845 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulyanovsk | Ulyanovsk | Ulyanovsk (), formerly Simbirsk (), is a city on the Volga River in Russia. It was founded in the year 1648. Ulyanovsk had a population of 638,300 in 2005. It is the administrative center of Ulyanovsk Oblast. In 1924, the city was renamed Ulyanovsk after Vladimir Ulyanov, better known as Lenin, who was born there.
Oth... |
68849 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age%20of%20Enlightenment | Age of Enlightenment | The Age of Enlightenment was an 18th century cultural movement in Europe. It was most popular in France, where its leaders included philosophers like Voltaire and Denis Diderot. Diderot helped spread the Enlightenment's ideas by writing the Encyclopédie, the first big encyclopedia that was available to everyone. The En... |
68851 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawk | Hawk | A hawk is a common term for a medium to large-sized birds of prey. Its usage varies in different places.
The subfamily Accipitrinae, the subfamily of the Accipitridae often called the "true" hawks. It includes all members of Accipiter and the closely related genera. Goshawks and sparrowhawks are examples. They are mai... |
68853 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird%20of%20prey | Bird of prey | A bird of prey (also called raptor) is a bird that mainly uses its claws (called talons) to seize prey. They are not classified into one natural family or group. They have strong sharp, hooked beaks and claws and have sharp eyesight. The behaviour evolved many times in different groups. This is an illustration of conve... |
68855 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%20RLY%3F | O RLY? | O RLY? is an Internet meme often used in chat rooms or Forums. It is short for Oh, really?. O RLY is used as a response to an above post or comment to show (sarcastically) that it is obvious, clear, or apparent. O RLY? is usually followed by YA RLY, then NO WAI. This sarcasm is not to be confused with trolling, disrupt... |
68858 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Peace%20One | World Peace One | World Peace One (WP1) is a ten-year idea for promoting peace. It includes lots of inventive global campaigns, programs and activities that are meant to help the world in "ending all wars" and have "permanent peace". It is a huge world peace movement, that focuses on human re-inspiration, re-education and redirection—to... |
68875 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey%20Buttle | Jeffrey Buttle | Jeffrey Buttle (born September 1, 1982) is a figure skater from Canada.
Buttle has won the national championships for Canada three times. He won the bronze medal (third place) at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He won the World Championships in 2008. He has twice won the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships, a comp... |
68879 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ina%20Bauer | Ina Bauer | An Ina Bauer is a figure skating element. It is named after a figure skater from Germany named Ina Bauer, who invented the position.
The Ina Bauer is performed by placing the feet in the fourth position in ballet. The front leg is bent forwards at the knee and the back leg is extended behind the skater. The front leg ... |
68883 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn%20Sawyer | Shawn Sawyer | Shawn Sawyer (born January 14, 1985 in Edmundston, New Brunswick) is a Canadian figure skater. He won the bronze medal two times at the Canadian national championships. He skated at the 2006 Winter Olympics and came in 12th.
Biography
Unlike most figure skaters who spin on the ice and during their jumps in a counter-... |
68885 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Orser | Brian Orser | Brian Orser, OC (born December 18, 1961 in Belleville, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian figure skater. He won two silver medals (second place) at the Olympics: the first in 1984 and the second in 1988.
At the 1988 Olympics, he was part of the Battle of the Brians. He and American Brian Boitano were both favorites to win... |
68887 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuna%20Kim | Yuna Kim | Kim Yu-Na (, IPA: [kimjʌna]; born September 5, 1990 in Bucheon, Gyeonggi-do) is a South Korean figure skater.
She is the 2010 Olympic champion in ladies singles, the 2009 World champion, the 2009 Four Continents championship, a three-time (2006–2007, 2007–2008, 2009–2010) Grand Prix Final champion, the 2006 World Juni... |
68893 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20Mabee | Christopher Mabee | Christopher Mabee (born on August 26, 1985 in Tillsonburg, Ontario) is a figure skater from Canada. He won the silver medal (second place) at the 2007 national championships. This earned him a spot to the 2007 World Championships, his first time ever at that competition.
Mabee is a good friends with Jeffrey Buttle. Th... |
68895 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanith%20Belbin | Tanith Belbin | Tanith Jessica Louise Belbin (born July 11, 1984 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian-American ice dancer. She is a citizen of both Canada and the United States. Her skating partner is Benjamin Agosto.
Belbin was born in Canada and lived in various places like Montreal until she was thirteen years old. At the a... |
68896 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin%20Agosto | Benjamin Agosto | Benjamin Alexandro "Ben" Agosto (born January 15, 1982, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American ice dancer. His skating partner is Tanith Belbin.
Agosto originally skated with Katy Hill in the Chicago area. In 1998, he moved to Michigan and he teamed up with Belbin. They are coached by Igor Shpilband. Shpilband is the on... |
68897 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice%20dancing | Ice dancing | Ice dancing is a form of figure skating related to ballroom dancing. Its first competition was at the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, but it did not become a Winter Olympic Games medal sport until 1976. As in pair skating, dancers compete as a couple, a man and a woman.
Ice dancing is different from pai... |
68899 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%20White | Charlie White | Charlie White is an ice dancer from the United States. His skating partner is Meryl Davis. They won the junior title at the United States national championships in 2006. In 2007, they won the bronze medal (third place) on the senior level, becoming the first team since Tanith Belbin & Benjamin Agosto to go from being j... |
68900 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meryl%20Davis | Meryl Davis | Meryl Davis is an ice dancer from the United States. Her skating partner is Charlie White. They won the junior title at the United States national championships in 2006. In 2007, they won the bronze medal (third place) on the senior level, becoming the first team since Tanith Belbin & Benjamin Agosto to go from being j... |
68901 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty%20of%20Shimonoseki | Treaty of Shimonoseki | The Treaty of Shimonoseki (, ) was signed between the Qing Dynasty and Empire of Japan at Shimonoseki in 1895. It ended the First Sino-Japanese War (1894 - 1895).
Main terms of the treaty
Korea was not a vassal-state under China. Korea would became an independent nation.
China had to give Japan 200 million taels (a... |
68902 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tessa%20Virtue | Tessa Virtue | Tessa Virtue is an ice dancer from Canada. Her skating partner is Scott Moir. Virtue and Moir have been skating together since 2008. In the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, the duo won the gold medal in the ice dancing competition; which was not only a first for them, but also for the country of Canada. They went on to ... |
68903 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott%20Moir | Scott Moir | Scott Moir is an ice dancer from Canada. His skating partner is Tessa Virtue. Virtue and Moir have been skating together since 1997. In the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics, the duo won the gold medal in the ice dancing competition; which was not only a first for them, but also for the country of Canada. They went on to ... |
68904 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albena%20Denkova | Albena Denkova | Albena Denkova (born December 3, 1974 in Sofia) is an ice dancer from Bulgaria. Her skating partner and fiancee is Maxim Staviski.
Denkova and Staviski are the first Bulgarian skaters to win Worlds, which they did in 2006 and 2007.
In 2006, Denkova was elected as the president of the Bulgarian figure skating federati... |
68905 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxim%20Staviski | Maxim Staviski | Maxim Staviski () (born November 16, 1977, in Rostov-on-Don, Soviet Union (now Russia)) is an ice dancer from Bulgaria. His skating partner and fiancee is Albena Denkova.
Staviski originally competed for the Soviet Union and later Russia. He moved to Bulgaria when he started skating with Denkova. He has acquired Bulga... |
68913 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/First%20Sino-Japanese%20War | First Sino-Japanese War | The First Sino-Japanese War (, ; 1 August 1894–17 April 1895) was a war between the Qing Dynasty and the Empire of Japan. Finally, the Empire of Japan won the war. They signed the Treaty of Shimonoseki in 1895.
Comparison of the Military Power
Status of Chinese Fleets
There were totally 65 warships in China before ... |
68914 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny%20Weir | Johnny Weir | Johnny Weir (born July 2, 1984 in Coatesville, Pennsylvania) is an American figure skater. He won the United States national championships three times. In a memoir released in January 2011, he wrote that he was gay.
Weir had a late start in skating, starting at the age of 12. He had previously competed as an equestria... |
68916 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobunari%20Oda | Nobunari Oda | is a Japanese athlete. He is best known as a figure skater from Japan.
Oda is a descendant of Oda Nobunaga who was an important daimyo during Japan's Sengoku period.
Career
Oda won the 2005 World Junior Figure Skating Championships.
In 2009, he was the Japanese national champion figure skater.
Oda was a member of... |
68919 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Simpsons%20Movie | The Simpsons Movie | The Simpsons Movie is a 2007 animated comedy movie. It is based on the television programme The Simpsons. The movie is mainly about environmental disaster. The movie features the main television voices of Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, and Harry Shearer.
Plot
Homer ado... |
68924 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male%20enhancement | Male enhancement | Male enhancement supplements work by increasing the amount of blood flow the genital region receives and the volume of blood that it can retain. In a flaccid state, the penis, like any other part of the body, receives a normal amount of blood flow. When an erection occurs, the penis is surged with a rich supply of bloo... |
68929 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zealand%20%28disambiguation%29 | Zealand (disambiguation) | Zealand or Zeeland can mean:
Places
Zealand (Danish Sjælland), the Danish island
Region Sjælland, a Danish administrative region
Zeeland, the Dutch province
Zeeland (North Brabant), a town in the Netherlands
Zeeland (Gelderland), a hamlet in the Netherlands
Zeeland, Michigan, U.S. town
Zealand, New Brunswick, Canad... |
68930 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Californication%20%28TV%20series%29 | Californication (TV series) | Californication is an American television series. The series is shown on the Showtime television network. Californication was created by Tom Kapinos and stars David Duchovny as Hank Moody. It is about a troubled novelist who moves to Los Angeles, California. The series deals with problems with his job that cause proble... |
68932 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushido%20%28disambiguation%29 | Bushido (disambiguation) | Originally, Bushido ( Bushi-Dō ) is the Samurai code of honour in Japan.
Bushido may also mean:
Bushido (rapper), a German rapper.
A mod in development for the computer game Half-Life 2.
Bushido (role-playing game), a role playing game from the late 20th century.
Bushido (comics), a DC comics character. |
68937 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Californication | Californication | Californication can be:
Californication (album) - An album by the band, Red Hot Chili Peppers
Califonication (song) - A song of the album with the same name, by the Red Hot Chili Peppers
Californication (TV series) - A television series starring David Duchovny |
68939 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honour | Honour | Honour, spelt honor in the United States, is the idea of the trustworthiness and social status of a person by the society, by judgement of his actions. The idea of honour, like most cultural things, is very different from place to place, and through time. In Europe in the Middle Ages, honour took form in the code of Ch... |
68944 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil%20field | Oil field | An oil field is a region with many oil wells extracting petroleum (oil) from below ground. Because the oil reservoirs usually extend over a large area, possibly several hundred kilometres across, the only way to completely exploit the field is with many wells in different parts of the field. Other than wells, there may... |
68945 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeoff | Takeoff | Takeoff is the part of flight in which an aircraft goes from moving along the ground (taxiing) to flying in the air, usually on a runway. For balloons, helicopters and some special aircraft (such as the Harrier), no runway is needed. Takeoff is the opposite of landing.
Aviation |
68957 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Joubert | Brian Joubert | Brian Joubert (born September 20, 1984 in Poitiers) is a French figure skater. He won the 2007 World Championships, the 2004, 2007 & 2009 European Championships, and has won the French Nationals seven times. He competed in the 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014 Winter Olympics.
Joubert did not have a good junior career, but th... |
68959 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pap | Pap | Pap or Pop is a city in Uzbekistan. It is in the Namangan region in the eastern part of the country. The city is near the Syr Darya river. Pap has over 22,750 people. Pap is the capital of Pap District.
References
Cities in Uzbekistan |
68960 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gift | Gift | A gift or a present is something (usually money or a good) which is given to someone. People give gifts voluntarily and do not expect anything in return. A gift is usually something that family or friends give to each other on special occasions like a birthday or holiday. For example you will give and / or receive gift... |
68962 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy%20Goebel | Timothy Goebel | Timothy Goebel (born September 10, 1980 in Evanston, Illinois) is an American figure skater. He is Catholic and was adopted as an infant.
Goebel is the first skater to perform a quadruple salchow jump and the first American skater to perform a quadruple jump of any kind. Goebel is also the first skater to perform thre... |
68965 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angela%20Nikodinov | Angela Nikodinov | Angela Nikodinov (born May 9, 1980 in Spartanburg, South Carolina), is an American figure skater. She is the 2000 Four Continents Champion.
Biography
Nikodinov is the daughter of Bulgarian immigrants. She speaks Bulgarian fluently. She was born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Her family moved to southern California wh... |
68966 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto%20Gonzales | Alberto Gonzales | Alberto Gonzales (born August 4, 1955) is an American jurist who is the 80th Attorney General of the United States. Gonzales was appointed to the position in February 2005 by President George W. Bush. While Bush was Governor of Texas, Gonzales was part of his general counsel, and later was the Secretary of State of Tex... |
68969 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cantilever | Cantilever | A cantilever is a figure skating move. It is considered a field move because it is not a jump, a spin, or a spiral.
A cantilever is performed by a skater traveling on a deep lean across the ice, either in a spread eagle or a Besti squat position. The skater then bends backwards, so their back is parallel to the ice, w... |
68974 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao%20Asada | Mao Asada | Mao Asada (born September 25, 1990) is a former figure skater from Japan. She is a former World Figure Skating Champion (2008) and is ranked no. 3 by ISU. She won the Japanese national championships in 2007 and 2008 after winning two silver medals in a row. She is the 2005 World Junior Champion. She won the silver meda... |
68978 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catia | Catia | Catia (Computer Aided Three dimensional Interactive Application) is a commercial designing software. It was made by Dassault Systemes and marketed world-wide by IBM. CATIA is written in C++.
Other websites
Dassault Systemes Home Page
IBM CATIA page
CATIA in South Africa
Catia V5 French web site with methodolo... |
68981 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigham%20Young | Brigham Young | Brigham Young (June 1, 1801 – August 29, 1877) was the second president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon church) and the first Governor of the American state of Utah. Young was born in Vermont. He became president of the Mormon church in 1847 after the death of Joseph Smith, Jr in 1844.
Brigh... |
68984 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker%20%28politics%29 | Speaker (politics) | Speaker is the title of the person in charge of some legislatures, usually the lower house.
House of Commons of the United Kingdom
The speaker is elected by other members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom, and is usually a member of the government party, but leaves his or her party because the speaker must... |
68985 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orator | Orator | An orator is someone who pleads a case in public. Originally, it meant speaking in a public place for or against a person or a proposal. In ancient Greek, Latin, French and English, an orator spoke for and against the accused in courts, and for or against big political decisions, such as whether to go to war. Gradually... |
68988 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsifal | Parsifal | Parsifal is an opera in three acts by Richard Wagner. Wagner took most of the story from a medieval poem Parzival by the German poet Wolfram von Eschenbach. It was the last opera that Wagner completed. He started thinking about it in 1857 but did not do much work to it until after he had finished the cycle of four o... |
68989 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kana | Kana | Kana is the name for syllable-based writing systems used in the Japanese language.
There are three types of kana:
Manyogana is the use of Chinese characters (or kanji) to represent each sound in spoken Japanese.
Hiragana is the script used to write native Japanese words and grammatical elements.
Katakana is the... |
68991 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical%20Storm%20Erin%20%282007%29 | Tropical Storm Erin (2007) | Tropical Storm Erin was the second tropical cyclone to make landfall on the United States in the 2007 Atlantic hurricane season. It was also the fifth named storm of the season. Erin formed in the Gulf of Mexico on August 14 from an area of convection which was becoming stronger. It became stronger and changed into a t... |
68997 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio%20Banderas | Antonio Banderas | José Antonio Domínguez Bandera (born 10 August 1960), better known as Antonio Banderas, is an Spanish movie actor, producer and singer. He has acted in several important Hollywood movies including Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever, Assassins, Interview with the Vampire, Mariachi sequels, Philadelphia, The Mask of Zorro, The Le... |
68999 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Carrey | Jim Carrey | James Eugene Carrey (born January 17, 1962) is a Canadian actor, artist, comedian, producer and writer. He is known for his acting in movies, such as the Ace Ventura movie series, Dumb and Dumber, The Cable Guy, Liar Liar and Bruce Almighty. He has also been successful in dramatic roles in movies such as The Truman Sho... |
69000 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian%20cobra | Egyptian cobra | The Egyptian cobra (naja haje) is a type of poisonous cobra. It was worshiped by the Ancient Egyptians. It lives in both North Africa and Southwestern Asia. It is one of the most venomous snakes in the world. Egyptian cobras can grow up to 5 feet or 6 feet, 8 inches (1.5–2 m) and have been seen as large as 8 feet in ... |
69001 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mikhail%20Baryshnikov | Mikhail Baryshnikov | Mikhail Nikolaevitch Baryshnikov (, born 27 January 1948) is a Russian-American dancer, choreographer, and actor. Born in Latvia to Russian parents during the time of the Soviet Union, he later became an American citizen. After a promising start in the Kirov Ballet at the Mariinsky Theatre, Leningrad, he defected to Ca... |
69017 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman%20Begins | Batman Begins | Batman Begins is a 2005 superhero movie directed by Christopher Nolan and written by Nolan and David S. Goyer. Based on the fictional DC Comics character Batman, it stars Christian Bale, Michael Caine, Gary Oldman, Liam Neeson, Katie Holmes, Cillian Murphy, Tom Wilkinson, Rutger Hauer, Ken Watanabe, and Morgan Freeman.... |
69022 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam%20Neeson | Liam Neeson | William John "Liam" Neeson, OBE (born 7 June 1952) is an Irish actor and comedian, nominated for many awards including the Oscar. He is well known for his role as Oskar Schindler in the 1993 movie Schindler's List, and after that he has appeared in several popular movie series, including the Star Wars prequel trilogy, ... |
69027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Seal%20of%20the%20United%20States | Great Seal of the United States | The Great Seal of United States is the official coat of arms of United States, and it is placed in official documents from United States Government. The name is used both for the coat of arms, and the material seal itself, which is made by the United States' executive power. The great seal was used for the first time i... |
69031 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1444 | 1444 | Year 1444was a leap year. It started on a Wednesday.
Events
March 2 – The Albanian League started in Lezha; Gjergj Kastrioti Skanderbeg becomes leader of the Albanian resistance
April 16 – Truce of Tours begins between England and France
June 15 – Cosimo de' Medici starts the Laurentian Library.
August 26 – Battl... |
69032 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biellmann%20spin | Biellmann spin | The Biellmann spin is a spin in figure skating. It is performed on one foot. The free leg (the leg not on the ice) is pulled up from behind and pulled above the head. The knee is bent slightly and the back is bent backwards into the spin. This forms a teardrop position with the body. In the classic version of the spin,... |
69033 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1445 | 1445 | Year 1445 was a common year. It started on a Friday.
Events of 1445
Dinas Diaz discovers Senegal and Cape Verde.
Emperor Zara Yaqob of Ethiopia defeats and kills Sultan Arwe Badlay of Adal in the Battle of Gomit.
Births
March 1 – Sandro Botticelli, Italian painter (died 1510) (born 1444 or 1445)
March 16 – Joha... |
69035 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar%20Sharif | Omar Sharif | Omar Sharif (; born 10 April 1932 – 10 July 2015) was an Egyptian actor who worked in many Hollywood movies. He acted in Arabic, French, and English movies. Sharif is most famous for his roles in Doctor Zhivago, Lawrence of Arabia and Funny Girl (1968). He was nominated for the Academy Award and won the Golden Globe Aw... |
69037 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toshir%C5%8D%20Mifune | Toshirō Mifune | Toshirō Mifune (Japanese: 三船 敏郎 Mifune Toshirō – IPA: [miɸɯne toɕiɺoː]) (1 April 1920 – 24 December 1997) was a Japanese actor. He had roles in almost 170 movies.
Other websites
In English
Toshirō Mifune - Tribute Site
Toshirō Mifune: Biographical details and selected filmography at the British Film Institute
In... |
69041 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy%20Garc%C3%ADa | Andy García | Andrés Arturo García Menéndez (born April 12, 1956), professionally known as Andy Garcia, is an Cuban American actor and director born in Cuba. He became famous in the 1990s, when he acted in many successful Hollywood movies, including The Godfather: Part III, When a Man Loves a Woman, Ocean's Eleven, and Ocean's Thirt... |
69043 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodrigo%20Santoro | Rodrigo Santoro | Rodrigo Junqueira dos Reis Santoro (born August 22, 1975) is a Brazilian Actor. He started his career acting in different soap operas in his country. In the last few years, he has become known after his roles in the movies Love Actually and 300.
Santoro was born in Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro. He is half of Italian des... |
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