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69047 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Caine | Michael Caine | Sir Michael Caine CBE ; (born Maurice Joseph Micklewhite Jr., 14 March 1933) is an English actor, producer, and author. Known for his distinctive cockney accent, Caine has appeared in over 115 movies, and is regarded as a British movie icon.
His early role in Alfie (1966) earned him an Academy Award nomination. He als... |
69048 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging | Begging | Begging means asking people for money, food, shelter or other things, when one is not able to give anything instead. It is also referred to as sponging, spanging (short for "spare-changing") or (in American English) panhandling.
In larger cities, it is common to see beggars who ask for money, food, or other items. Typ... |
69052 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benicio%20del%20Toro | Benicio del Toro | Benicio Monserrate Rafael del Toro Sánchez (born February 19, 1967) is a Puerto Rican actor and film producer. He grew up in Santurce, but spent his adolescence and high school years in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, USA. He has won several awards in his career, including an Academy Award.
Other websites
Benicio Del ... |
69054 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey%20Rush | Geoffrey Rush | Geoffrey Roy Rush (born 6 July 1951) is an Australian actor who has won the Academy and Emmy awards, as well as several others. He was the first Australian actor to win an Academy Award for acting.
He has won one Academy Award for acting (from four nominations), three British Academy Film Awards (from five nominations... |
69055 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaquin%20Phoenix | Joaquin Phoenix | Joaquín Rafael Phoenix () (born October 28, 1973), originally called Leaf Phoenix, is an American actor. He is from a family of actors, like his brother, the late actor River Phoenix. He has been nominated four times for the Academy Award, winning once in 2020. He also won the Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, BAFTA a... |
69056 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Hurt | William Hurt | William Hurt (born March 20, 1950) is an American actor. He won an Academy Award in 1985 for his work in the movie film Kiss of the Spider Woman.
Other websites
1950 births
Living people
American movie actors
BAFTA Award winners
Academy Award winning actors
Actors from Washington, D.C. |
69057 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrien%20Brody | Adrien Brody | Adrien Brody (born April 14, 1973) is an American actor. He starred in Roman Polanski's The Pianist (2002). The role won him an Academy Award for Best Actor, the youngest actor ever to win the award. His mother, Sylvia Plachy (born 1943) is a Hungarian photographer. His father is of Polish descent.
Other websites
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69058 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Wahlberg | Mark Wahlberg | Mark Robert Michael Wahlberg (born June 5, 1971) is an American actor and television and movie producer. His father was of Swedish and Irish descent, and his mother is of Irish, Scottish, English, and French-Canadian ancestry. He has been nominated for an Academy Award. He was also known as "Marky Mark" at the beginnin... |
69062 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley%20Snipes | Wesley Snipes | Wesley Trent Snipes (born July 31, 1962) is an American actor, martial artist and movie producer. He is best known for his role as the vampire hunter in the Blade trilogy movies.
Snipes was born in Orlando, Florida and spent most of his childhood in The Bronx, New York City. He moved back to Orlando when he was a teen... |
69063 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jak%203 | Jak 3 | Jak 3 is a video game for Sony's PlayStation 2 made by Naughty Dog. It is the third game in the Jak and Daxter series.
Story
Jak, Daxter, and Pecker are thrown into the desert by their own people one year after the previous game, Jak II, ended. They are found by Damas, Kleiver, and another wastelander. Jak is tested i... |
69064 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Norton | Edward Norton | Edward Harrison Norton (born August 18, 1969) is an American movie actor and director. He was nominated for three Academy Awards. He won the Golden Globe in 1997 for Primal Fear.
References
Other websites
1969 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
American vo... |
69065 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal%20%28bird%29 | Cardinal (bird) | The Cardinals or Cardinalidae are a family of passerine birds that live in North and South America.
References
Stiles and Skutch, A guide to the birds of Costa Rica
Hilty, Birds of Venezuela,
ffrench, Birds of Trinidad and Tobago
"National Geographic" Field Guide to the Birds of North America
Klicka, Bu... |
69067 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magpie | Magpie | Magpies are birds in the crow family, Corvidae. They are general scavengers and predators of insects, small mammals, and other birds' eggs and young.
The word "magpie" usually means the European magpie (Pica pica), which is a very common bird, found all over Europe. Elsewhere, there are other species of magpie. Most a... |
69074 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final%20Fantasy%20Tactics | Final Fantasy Tactics | Final Fantasy Tactics is a tactical role-playing game for the Playstation and Game Boy Advance. It was released in 1997 by Square Co., Ltd. (now Square Enix).
Final Fantasy games
1997 video games |
69086 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuole | Vacuole | A vacuole is a membrane-bound organelle. They are a kind of vesicle. Vacuoles are closed sacs, made of membranes with inorganic or organic molecules inside, such as enzymes. They have no set shape or size, and the cell can change them as needed. They are in most eukaryotic cells and do many things. They can store waste... |
69099 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/College%20of%20Arms | College of Arms | The College of Arms, in London is one of the few remaining government heraldic authorities in Europe. It was founded in 1484 by King Richard III, and its job is to control heraldry and grant new armorial bearings, sometime called coats of arms.
The college is run by the Kings of Arms, heralds and pursuivants who handl... |
69111 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/City%20of%20Sunderland | City of Sunderland | The City of Sunderland is a metropolitan borough in Tyne and Wear, in North East England. Since 1992 it has had the status of a city and metropolitan borough.
It is named after its largest settlement, Sunderland, but covers a far larger area which includes the towns of Washington, Houghton-le-Spring, and other small... |
69115 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-Strengthening%20Movement | Self-Strengthening Movement | The Self-Strengthening Movement ( or ; 1861 - 1895) was a reform organised during the late Qing Dynasty. The movement's intent was the modernization of China as a result of many military defeats it had faced at the hands of the West. It could be divided into three phases the first phase (1861 - 1872), the second phase... |
69116 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Keaton | Michael Keaton | Michael John Douglas (born September 5, 1951), better known by the artistic name Michael Keaton, is an American actor who became popular for his early comedic film roles, most notably his performance as the title character of Tim Burton's Beetlejuice, and later gained international fame for his dramatic portrayal of Br... |
69120 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inequality | Inequality | Inequality is when one object is:
Smaller than the other ( means that a is smaller than b)
Bigger than the other ( means that a is bigger than b)
Not smaller than the other ( means that a is not smaller than b, that is, it is either bigger, or equal to b)
Not bigger than the other ( means that a is not bigger than ... |
69121 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chechnya | Chechnya | Chechnya (; ), officially the Chechen Republic (; ), is a federal subject in Russia. It is located in the Caucasus region. The capital is Grozny.
Most people in Chechnya are Muslims and are of ancient Hurrian roots who spoke a Caucasian language. Most Chechens belong to the Shafi`i school of Sunni Islam.
Chechens spe... |
69124 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hilbert%27s%20paradox%20of%20the%20Grand%20Hotel | Hilbert's paradox of the Grand Hotel | Hilbert's paradox of the Grand Hotel is a mathematical paradox named after the German mathematician David Hilbert. Hilbert used it as an example to show how infinity does not act in the same way as regular numbers do.
The paradox
Normal hotels have a set number of rooms. This number is finite. Once every room has bee... |
69132 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposite%20number | Opposite number | In mathematics, the opposite or additive inverse of a number is a number which, when added to , results in 0. The opposite of is . For example, −7 is the opposite of 7, because .
The opposite of a positive number is the negative version of the number. The opposite of a negative number is the positive version of th... |
69134 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nth%20root | Nth root | An n-th root of a number r is a number which, if n copies are multiplied together, makes r. It is also called a radical or a radical expression. It is a number k for which the following equation is true:
(for the meaning of , see Exponentiation.)
We write the nth root of r as . If n is 2, then the radical expression ... |
69142 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isle%20of%20Portland | Isle of Portland | The Isle of Portland is an island in Dorset in the south of England. Portland is south of the resort of Weymouth. 13,000 people live there. It is where the famous Portland limestone was originally found.
In 2012, the sailing in the Olympics will take place on Portland and in Weymouth.
References
Other websites
Dor... |
69143 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weymouth%2C%20Dorset | Weymouth, Dorset | Weymouth is a resort town in Dorset on the south coast of England. 52,000 people live in the town. Thousands of tourists have holidays there, because it is by the sea. In summer it is sometimes sunny and warm and there is lots to do. The sailing in the 2012 Summer Olympics were held in Weymouth and on the Isle of Portl... |
69145 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysanthemum | Chrysanthemum | Chrysanthemums are a genus (Chrysanthemum) of about 30 species of perennial flowering plants in the family Asteraceae, from Asia and northeast Europe.
References and other websites
Germplasm Resources Information Network: Chrysanthemum
Painting of Chrysanthemums
Chrysanthemum Gardening and care
ICBN: List of conserv... |
69147 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flagship | Flagship | A flagship is the ship used by the officer who commanded a group of naval ships. The term comes from the custom of the commanding officer to fly a special flag to show he was present.
Used in this way, "flagship" is normally a temporary name; the flagship is wherever the officer is flying his flag. However, admirals h... |
69151 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasian%20magpie | Eurasian magpie | The Eurasian magpie or common magpie (Pica pica) is a bird that lives in Europe, much of Asia, and northwest Africa. It is one of several birds in the crow family named as magpies.
In Europe, "magpie" is used by English speakers to call the European magpie; it is the only magpie in Europe outside the Iberian Peninsula... |
69157 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sui%20generis | Sui generis | Sui generis (pronounced or ) is a term from Latin. It can be translated to Of (his/her/its) own kind. It basically means that something has VERY special characteristics. They are so special, that the thing cannot really be compared to anything else. It is used in various contexts. The term was invented by philosophers... |
69159 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular%20polygon | Regular polygon | A regular polygon is a polygon which is both equilateral (which means all its sides have the same length) and equiangular (which means that all its angles are the same).
Examples
The simplest examples of regular polygons are:
Polygons |
69163 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straightedge%20and%20compass%20construction | Straightedge and compass construction | Straightedge and compass construction, also known as ruler-and-compass construction, is drawing of lengths, angles or shapes using only a ruler and compass.
Some things cannot be drawn this way. For example, there are only 32 regular polygons with an uneven number of sides which are known to be constructible. It ha... |
69167 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnation | Carnation | A carnation is a type of flower. It has been grown for so many years, we are not sure where it came from.
Related pages
Sweet William
Caryophyllaceae |
69170 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air%20Force%20One | Air Force One | Air Force One is the air traffic call sign (name) of any U.S. Air Force aircraft carrying the president of the United States.
The president usually flies in one of the two specially changed Boeing 747 jumbo jets (airplane) kept by the United States Air Force.
They are only called Air Force One when the president is ... |
69174 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incubus | Incubus | In the Middle Ages, people in Europe believed that Incubi (one Incubus, several Incubi) were male demons. There were also female demons, called succubi. They lay on sleeping people, to have sexual intercourse with them. They would also do this to make other incubi. While they had sex with their victim, they drained its... |
69179 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth%20realm | Commonwealth realm | A Commonwealth realm is a country in the Commonwealth of Nations which has Queen Elizabeth II as monarch. It includes her home country of the United Kingdom and many of its former colonies or territories, including:
In each of the countries outside the UK, the Queen appoints a Governor-General to represent her, who, a... |
69182 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashiki | Dashiki | A Dashiki is a loose fitting, brightly coloured garment associated with African culture. It is also associated with the counterculture of the 1960s in the United States. The most popular styles cover the top half of the body. It originated in West Africa. A common form is a loose-fitting pullover garment, with an ornat... |
69188 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado%20Avalanche | Colorado Avalanche | The Colorado Avalanche are an American ice hockey in the National Hockey League (NHL). They play their home games at Ball Arena in Denver, Colorado. They play in the Central Division of the Western Conference. The team has won the Stanley Cup championship two times, in 1996 and in 2001.
References
Other websites
Offi... |
69189 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Midway | Battle of Midway | The Battle of Midway was an important naval battle of World War II, between the United States and the Empire of Japan. It took place from 4 June 1942 to 7 June 1942. This was about a month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, and six months after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
The United States Navy defeated a Jap... |
69190 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota%20Wild | Minnesota Wild | The Minnesota Wild are a NHL team based in Saint Paul, Minnesota. The team's name was chosen by a fans' contest. The logo suggests the "wild" lands of northern Minnesota. It includes trees, the moon, stars and a river. Those things are surrounded by the outline of the head of a wild animal, possibly a bear.
The Wild j... |
69195 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghassanids | Ghassanids | Ghassanids, are an Arab clan who came to the Levant from Yemen before Islam. Ghassanids were Christians. Some of them remain Christians until modern days especially in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Palestine, and Israel. The Ghassanids were a puppet of the Byzantine Empire during the Byzantine-Sassanid wars during the war t... |
69197 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing%20B-29%20Superfortress | Boeing B-29 Superfortress | The Boeing B-29 Superfortress was a heavy bomber aircraft with four engines used by the United States Army Air Forces in World War II, and by other countries' military after that. The name "Superfortress" came from its famous previous model, the B-17 Flying Fortress.
The B-29 Boeing Model 345 was one of the biggest ai... |
69203 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sewing | Sewing | Sewing is stitching cloth, leather, furs, or other materials, using a needle and thread. Sewing can be done on a sewing machine, or by hand.
"Plain" sewing is mostly done to make or mend clothing and household furnishings such as curtains, sheets, upholstery, and table linens. It is also used for sails, bellows, skin ... |
69211 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saipan | Saipan | Saipan (IPA: in English) is the largest island and capital of the United States Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), a chain of 15 tropical islands which are part of the Marianas archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean (15°10’51”N, 145°45’21”E) with a total area of 115.39 km² (44.55 sq mi). At the 200... |
69214 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knitting | Knitting | Knitting creates flexible fabric by looping thread or yarn together using two or more knitting needles or a knitting machine.
Types of knitting
Flat knitting
Flat knitting, which is usually done on two straight needles, makes a length of cloth and is used to create things like blankets, scarves, and the backs, front... |
69216 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarn | Yarn | Yarn is a long, continuous length of fibers that have been spun or felted together. Yarn is used to make cloth or different wearable accessories including shoes, hats, scarfs, etc. by knitting, crocheting or weaving. Yarn is sold in a shape called a skein to prevent the yarn from becoming tangled or knotted.
Yarn can ... |
69217 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20Australian%20Navy | Royal Australian Navy | The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the navy of Australia. It is part of the Australian Defence Force. It was created in 1901, and was formed out of the Commonwealth Naval Forces to become the small navy of Australia. The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom continued to defend Australia in the Pacific Ocean until World War... |
69220 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takijir%C5%8D%20%C5%8Cnishi | Takijirō Ōnishi | was a Vice-Admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, who came to known as the father of the kamikaze.
Other websites
One of the commanders who be orderd the Kamikaze operation (in Japanese)
1891 births
1945 deaths
Admirals
Aviators
Japanese military people
Military personnel of World War II
People f... |
69223 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torpedo | Torpedo | The torpedo, is an explosive projectile weapon that moves by itself (using a propeller), launched above or below the water surface, that goes underwater toward a target, and made to explode when it hits a target or is near to it. Torpedoes may be launched from submarines, surface ships, helicopters, aircraft, land etc.... |
69225 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Undercarriage | Undercarriage | In aviation, the undercarriage or landing gear is the structure (usually wheels) that supports an aircraft and allows it to move across the surface of the Earth when it is not flying.
Other websites
Alphonse Pénaud website
FAA Website
Aircraft |
69227 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven%20Years%27%20War | Seven Years' War | The Seven Years' War lasted from 1756 to 1763 and involved most of the great powers in Europe. At first, the war was made up of two conflicts. One was mainly between Britain and France, and the other was between Prussia and its enemies: France, Austria, Russia, and Sweden.
An important cause of the war was the earlier... |
69238 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield%202 | Battlefield 2 | Battlefield 2 is a first-person shooter developed by Digital Illusions CE and published by EA Games.
By playing online the players can gather points for the global ranking. If a player has enough points, he is promoted to the next higher rank and can unlock new weapons and awards.
The storyline takes place in Middle-... |
69242 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battlefield%20%28series%29 | Battlefield (series) | The Battlefield series consists of the following first-person shooter games that were developed by Digital Illusions CE, and published by Electronic Arts:
Battlefield 1942 - (PC, Mac), released 10 September 2002.
The Road to Rome (Expansion Pack)
Secret Weapons of World War II (Expansion Pack)
Battlefield Vietnam - ... |
69245 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tangent | Tangent | The word tangent can mean different things:
tangent, a trigonometric function
tangent, a line which touches a curve. |
69247 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subset | Subset | In set theory, a subset is a set which has some (or all) of the elements of another set, called superset, but does not have any elements that the superset does not have. A subset which does not have all the elements of its superset is called a proper subset. We use the symbol ⊆ to say a set is a subset of another set. ... |
69257 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemma | Lemma | Lemma may refer to:
Lemma (mathematics), a proven statement that is used to prove another statement
Lemma (linguistics), the canonical form of a word. They are the head words in a dictionary.
Lemma (logic), which is simultaneously a premise for a contention above it and a contention for premises below it
Lemma (bot... |
69261 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle%20Temple | Middle Temple | The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple is one of the four Inns of Court exclusively entitled to call their members to the English bar as barristers. (The others are the Inner Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn.) It is near the Royal Courts of Justice, within the City of London.
Inns of Court |
69271 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albanian%20Orthodox%20Church | Albanian Orthodox Church | The Orthodox Autocephalous Church of Albania is one of the Eastern Orthodox churches. It is very new. It was created in 1922 by the fathers of the Albanian Orthodoxy Fan Noli, Visarion Xhuvani, and others. The Albanian Orthodox Church is autocephalous, meaning its bishop does not have to answer before any superior cler... |
69282 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Padua | University of Padua | The University of Padua (Italian Università degli Studi di Padova, UNIPD) is in Padua, Italy. It was created in 1222. It is one of the oldest European universities and the second oldest in Italy. As of 2003, the university had about 65,000 students.
History
The university is usually said to have been founded in 1222 ... |
69300 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-aircraft%20warfare | Anti-aircraft warfare | Anti-aircraft warfare, or air defence, is any way of fighting military aircraft in combat from the ground. Different guns and cannons have been used for this since the first military aircraft were used in World War I. They have become more powerful over the years. After World War II, Surface to Air Missiles began to b... |
69308 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Museum%20of%20the%20United%20States%20Air%20Force | National Museum of the United States Air Force | The National Museum of the United States Air Force (formerly the United States Air Force Museum) is the official national museum of the United States Air Force and is located on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, near Dayton, Ohio. Over 400 aircraft and missiles are on display, most of them indoors. Admission is free.
... |
69311 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Tour%20de%20France%20winners | List of Tour de France winners | The first Tour de France was in 1903, but it was not run during World War I and World War II
Winners
The "Year" column refers to the year the competition was held, and wikilinks to the article about that season.
The "Distance" column refers to the distance over which the race was held.
The "Margin" column refers t... |
69313 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inner%20Temple | Inner Temple | The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple is one of the four Inns of Court around the Royal Courts of Justice in London. They may call members to the Bar and allow them to practice as barristers. (The other Inns are Middle Temple, Gray's Inn and Lincoln's Inn.)
The Inner Temple was first recorded as being used for le... |
69314 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inns%20of%20Court | Inns of Court | The Inns of Court are a group of four legal societies in Britain that have the exclusive right to train barristers and to regulate their admission to the British bar. The buildings, which house these societies, are called Inns of Court. The Inns of Court have directing and disciplinary functions over their members. T... |
69315 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln%27s%20Inn | Lincoln's Inn | The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn is one of the four Inns of Court around the Royal Courts of Justice in London. They may call members to the Bar and allow them to practice as barristers. (The other Inns are Middle Temple, Gray's Inn and Inner Temple.)
Lincoln's Inn is thought to be the oldest of the four Inns ... |
69316 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray%27s%20Inn | Gray's Inn | The Honourable Society of Gray's Inn is one of the four Inns of Court around the Royal Courts of Justice in London. They may call members to the Bar and allow them to practice as barristers. The other Inns are Middle Temple, Lincoln's Inn and Inner Temple.
Gray's Inn is in Holborn, in the London Borough of Camden, on ... |
69319 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Okinawa | Battle of Okinawa | The Battle of Okinawa was a great battle of World War II. It took place on Okinawa Island in the Ryukyu Islands (south of the four big islands of Japan). The battle was between the military forces of the Empire of Japan and the Allies. It was the second biggest amphibious battle (from sea to land) of World War II, afte... |
69320 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naomi%20Nari%20Nam | Naomi Nari Nam | Naomi Nari Nam (born July 6, 1985 in Anaheim, California) is a figure skater from the United States.
Nam was a very good skater as a child. She won the silver medal (second place) at the 1999 United States national championships behind Michelle Kwan at age 13. She would have normally gone to the World Championships af... |
69321 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Themistocles%20Leftheris | Themistocles Leftheris | Themistocles "Themi" Leftheris (born December 20, 1982) is a figure skater from the United States.
Leftheris has skated pairs for most of his life. He has had many partners and has done very well with them.
In 2005, he started skating as a team with Naomi Nari Nam. They placed 5th at the 2006 Nationals, a very good... |
69322 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohka | Ohka | The Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka (櫻花 "cherry blossom") was a type of airplane rocket, used for suicide attacks by the Empire of Japan in the last months of World War II. The United States gave the aircraft the name Baka (Japanese for "stupid").
It was carried by a bomber that dropped it when close enough to an enemy ship. The ... |
69325 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%C3%A9phane%20Lambiel | Stéphane Lambiel | Stéphane Lambiel (born 2 April 1985 in Martigny, Valais) is a figure skater from Switzerland. He is famous for his very good spins.
Lambiel was a good skater as a child. When he was 12 years old, he was picked to perform an exhibition at the 1997 World Championships.
He has won the Swiss national championships every... |
69328 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daisuke%20Takahashi | Daisuke Takahashi | is a Japanese athlete. He is best known as a figure skater.
Takahashi was born in Kurashiki, Okayama.
Career
Takahashi won the Japanese national championships in 2006 and 2007.
Takahashi is the first male skater from Japan to win the World Junior Championships and the first male skater from Japan to win a silver me... |
69329 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evgeni%20Plushenko | Evgeni Plushenko | Evgeni Plushenko (born 3 November 1982) is a figure skater from Russia. He was born and raised in the Soviet Union. He is the last of the "Soviet System" figure skaters, which took children from their parents at a young age and raised them in a training system away from home while giving them everything they needed, in... |
69332 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bald%20eagle | Bald eagle | The bald eagle (Latin name: Haliaeetus leucocephalus) is a bird of prey that lives in North America. It is the national bird of the United States of America. The bald eagle is a kind of sea eagle. It can be found in most of Canada, all of the United States, and the northern part of Mexico. It lives near big areas of wa... |
69333 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/End%20of%20days | End of days | End of Days usually can mean:
End times in eschatology and religion.
"End of Days" has also been the title of a number of movies and television episodes:
End of Days (1999 movie), starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and directed by Peter Hyams
"End of Days" (Buffy episode), a season 7 episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer
"E... |
69334 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stacy%20London | Stacy London | Stacy London (born May 25, 1969 in New York City, New York) is an American fashion consultant and media personality. She known best for her role as a co-host on the makeover reality program What Not to Wear.
American television presenters
Television personalities from New York City
1969 births
Living people |
69336 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaiten | Kaiten | The Kaiten (Japanese: 回天, translated "Change the World" or "Reverse Destiny") was a torpedo that was changed to become a suicide weapon, and used by the Navy of the Empire of Japan in the last months of the Second World War. It was basically a torpedo with a pilot, and it could be thrown from a submarine or a ship.
Th... |
69337 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanket | Blanket | A blanket is a large, usually rectangular piece of cloth, generally used on a bed over a sheet to keep the sleeping person warm. Some blankets are knitted or crocheted while others are made of two layers of cloth sewn together with stuffing in the middle. Blankets can be made with hollow fibre or feathers.
Other names... |
69340 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crochet | Crochet | Crochet is a way of creating fabric from yarn or thread using a crochet hook to pull loops of yarn through other loops. It is similar to knitting, except that usually only one loop is active at one time, and that a crochet hook is used instead of knitting needles. Also, crochet can not be made by machine. Crochet us... |
69347 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weaving | Weaving | Weaving is the interlacing of two sets of threads at right angles to each other to form cloth. Weaving is usually done on a loom.
One set of threads is called the warp. These threads are held taut and in parallel order on the loom by harnesses creating a space called the shed. The weft thread is wound onto bobbins. In... |
69349 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loom | Loom | A loom is a machine for weaving thread or yarn into textiles. Looms can range from very small hand-held frames, to large free-standing hand looms, to huge automatic mechanical devices.
The invention of the power loom by Edmund Cartwright was very important in the Industrial Revolution.
Hobbies
Weaving |
69350 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweater | Sweater | A sweater is a piece of clothing worn on the upper body to keep the person warm. Sweaters are usually knitted or crocheted. Other names for sweaters are pullover, jersey, or jumper. Sweaters that open in the front are often called cardigans. They are named after James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, a British general ... |
69351 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarf | Scarf | A scarf is a piece of fabric worn on or near the head or around the neck for warmth, cleanliness, fashion or for religious reasons. Neck scarves are usually knitted or crocheted, while headscarves are usually woven.
Many Muslim women wear a headscarf known as a hijab. In the Persian Gulf Region it is called a sheila.
... |
69354 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Across%20the%20Universe%20%28movie%29 | Across the Universe (movie) | Across the Universe is a musical movie made in 2007. It is directed by Julie Taymor and written by Ian La Frenais and Dick Clement. The main characters are played by Evan Rachel Wood and Jim Sturgess. There are also other famous actors and singers who appear in the movie: Bono, who plays Dr. Robert, Eddie Izzard as Mr.... |
69358 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo%20Weaving | Hugo Weaving | Hugo Wallace Weaving (born 4 April 1960) is a British-Australian actor. He is also well known as a voice actor. Weaving is most famous for his roles as Agent Smith in The Matrix and Elrond in The Lord of the Rings movie trilogy, the main character of V for Vendetta and the voices of Noah the Elder in Happy Feet, Megatr... |
69359 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20the%20Philippine%20Sea | Battle of the Philippine Sea | The Battle of the Philippine Sea was an important naval battle of the Second World War between the navies of the United States and Japan. This battle took place on June 19 and 20, 1944 near the Mariana Islands, and involved two big naval forces and many Japanese aircraft from bases on land. The battle was a great defea... |
69369 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tour%20of%20Britain | Tour of Britain | The Tour of Britain is the name of a cycle race held in United Kingdom. The race is made up of several parts in which the racers go from place to place across parts of Great Britain. The history of the event dates back to 1951. The Tour of Britain is part of the UCI's European Tour.
The race includes teams from Scotla... |
69372 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tengiz | Tengiz | Tengiz is a lake in Kazakhstan, Kostanay oblast near Russia. This lake has an area of about 1950 km2.
Lakes of Kazakhstan |
69374 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aike | Aike | Aike is a lake on the border between Kazakhstan and Russia. The lake has an area of about . The village of Terensay is on the coast of the lake. The lake is at
References
Lakes of Kazakhstan
Lakes of Russia |
69375 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamgaly | Tamgaly | Tamgaly is a lake in Kazakhstan, in South Kazakhstan oblast. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site where petroglyphs (rock pictures) have been found.
Lakes of Kazakhstan |
69376 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union%20Cycliste%20Internationale | Union Cycliste Internationale | The Union Cycliste Internationale or International Cycling Union usually called the UCI is the governing body of bicycle racing in the world.
It sets out rules for bicycle design, and types of races. The UCI also issues licences to racing teams which gives them permission to compete in one of the ranks or tours.
The ... |
69377 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashchikol | Ashchikol | Ashchikol is a lake in Kazakhstan, in Kyzylorda oblast. It is near the north border of the country.
Other websites
Ashchikol - Google Explorer Expert
Lakes of Kazakhstan |
69379 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kajbagar | Kajbagar | Kajbagar is a lake in Kustanay Oblast, Kazakhstan. Kushmurun Lake is about to the west.
Lakes of Kazakhstan |
69381 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk%20Marketing%20Board | Milk Marketing Board | The Milk Marketing Board was an agency of the British government.
The Board bought all of the milk in England and Wales from dairy farmers and passed it on to be processed and sold. This way small farmers always got a fair price, because no big producer could sell their milk more cheaply.
The Board was first set ... |
69387 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smithsonian%20Institution | Smithsonian Institution | The Smithsonian Institution is an educational and research institute and museum complex. Most of the institution is in Washington, D.C., but its 19 museums, zoo, and eight research centers include sites in New York City, Virginia, Panama, and elsewhere. It has over 137 million items in its collections.
A monthly maga... |
69398 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Leyte%20Gulf | Battle of Leyte Gulf | The Battle of Leyte Gulf, was the biggest naval battle in modern history. The battle was part of World War II, and happened in the seas near the Philippines island of Leyte. It took place from 23 October to 26 October 1944, between the Allies and the Empire of Japan. The Allies started the battle to cut the way between... |
69401 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman%20dynasty | Ottoman dynasty | The Ottoman dynasty (or the Imperial House of Osman) ruled the Ottoman Empire from 1299 to 1922. The dynasty began with Osman I, but it was not recognized until 1383 when Murad I declared himself sultan. The dynasty might have been known as Söğüt before 1383, but it was later renamed Osmanlı (Ottoman in English) in hon... |
69402 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Vizier | Grand Vizier | Grand Vizier, Sadr-ı Azam (Sadrazam) or Serdar-ı Ekrem (in Ottoman Turkish "صدر اعظم" or "وزیر اعظم"), was the greatest minister of the Sultan. The Grand Vizier had absolute power of attorney and could only be removed by the Sultan. He held the imperial seal and he could gather all other viziers to attend meetings rega... |
69403 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1446 | 1446 | Year 1446 was a common year. It started on a Saturday.
Events of 1446
Portuguese navigator, Álvaro Fernandes, reaches the mouth of the Geba River in Guinea-Bissau.
The Precious Belt Bridge in China is fully rebuilt.
The troops of Francesco Piccinino and Luigi dal Vermebesiege Cremona, Italy.
The Hunmin Jeongeumis... |
69404 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Ottoman%20Grand%20Viziers | List of Ottoman Grand Viziers | This is the list of Grand Viziers of the Ottoman Empire.
Other websites
Turkish State Archives (1281-1406) (in Turkish)
Turkish State Archives (1413-1616) (in Turkish)
Turkish State Archives (1616-1689) (in Turkish)
Turkish State Archives (1691-1807) (in Turkish)
Turkish State Archives (1807-1876) (in Turkish)
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