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72678 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/KIO%20Towers | KIO Towers | The Puerta de Europa towers (Gate of Europe or Europe's Gate or just Torres KIO) are two office buildings in Madrid. They were built in 1996 by the Kuwait Investments Office (KIO) now owned by Caja Madrid and Realia Business. Each building is 115m tall and leans 15º. They are located near Plaza de Castilla.
Buildings ... |
72679 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portamento | Portamento | In music, portamento is a gradual slide from one note to another. It is very similar to a glissando, but a glissando is deliberately written in the music by the composer and may be a long slide between two or three octaves or more. A portamento is a much shorter slide, usually between two notes which are quite close. O... |
72680 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogen%20bond | Hydrogen bond | A hydrogen bond is a type of chemical bond that weakly attaches a molecule to another molecule. It is based on the attraction between opposite electric charges. The negative charge on an electronegative atom of one molecule is attracted to a positive charge on a hydrogen atom of another molecule. The hydrogen atom car... |
72696 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide | Thalidomide | Thalidomide is a drug. It was used as a sedative. It also had uses for other illnesses.
It was mainly prescribed to pregnant women in the 1950s and 1960s, to help with sleep, until it was found to be a teratogen (that is: birth deformity causing substance). The drug can cause birth defects in rats, primates and human... |
72706 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Arab%20Republic | United Arab Republic | The United Arab Republic was a country formed in 1957 when Egypt and Syria joined together. Gamal Abdel Nasser was the president. When they separated in 1961, Egypt kept the name of United Arab Republic until 1971 when the official name of the country was changed to Arab Republic of Egypt.
1957 establishments
1961 di... |
72716 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drop%20goal | Drop goal | A drop goal, also referred to as a dropped goal or field goal, is a method of scoring points in rugby union and rugby league. A drop goal is scored by drop kicking the ball above the crossbar and between the uprights. A drop goal is worth three points in rugby union and one point in rugby league.
Rugby |
72783 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern%20Rhodesia | Southern Rhodesia | Southern Rhodesia was the a self-governing British colony in southern Africa. It existed at various times during the 20th century. It covered territory north of the Limpopo River and south of the Zambezi River.
Other websites
History of Zimbabwe
Former British colonies |
72801 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displacement | Displacement | Displacement is a word. It means that something is moved. More specifically, this movement can be:
A displacement vector, from the original position to the current one.
A special move in fencing to avoid an attack.
Forced migration - people having to move to somewhere else, because of violence, war, or another reason.
... |
72817 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibylline%20Books | Sibylline Books | The Sibylline Books were a collection of prophecies in rhyme written in Greek. The legendary king of Rome, Tarquinius Superbus bought them from a Sibyl (a kind of prophetess), and the prophecies used to be consulted in times when great danger happened in the history of the Roman Empire.
History
The books were also kn... |
72824 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020%20Summer%20Olympics | 2020 Summer Olympics | The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, was a sporting event in Tokyo, Japan from 23 July to 8 August 2021. Tokyo was announced as the host city at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on 7 September 2013. The winning bid, Tokyo, was announced on 7 September 2013.
Th... |
72829 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016%20Summer%20Olympics | 2016 Summer Olympics | The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad was a major international sport and cultural event from 5 August 2016, to 21 August. The host city was Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The 2016 Summer Paralympic Games was also held in the same city and organized by the same organizing committee.
Po... |
72834 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular%20biology | Molecular biology | Molecular biology is the study of biology at a molecular level. The field overlaps with other areas of biology and chemistry, particularly cell biology, genetics, biophysics and biochemistry.
Molecular biology chiefly concerns itself with understanding the interactions between the various systems of a cell, including ... |
72838 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uracil | Uracil | Uracil is a base found in RNA. It pairs with adenine and replaces thymine in DNA. Uracil, a pyrimidine, was originally discovered in 1900.
Biochemistry |
72847 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double%20stopping | Double stopping | Double stopping means playing two notes at once on a bowed string instrument by drawing the bow across two strings at once while "stopping" two notes by pressing the fingers down on the fingerboard: one finger on each of the two strings being played.
On instruments such as the violin the player is mostly playing one n... |
72850 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saar%20%28protectorate%29 | Saar (protectorate) | Saar was the name of the Saarland after World War Two, when it was under French control. It became part of West Germany in 1957.
Related pages
Saarland The modern German state
Saargebiet The League of Nations's protectorate
Former countries in Europe
20th century in Germany
20th century in France
Saarland
1947 esta... |
72851 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Law%20of%20large%20numbers | Law of large numbers | The law of large numbers, or LLN for short, is a theorem from statistics. It states that if a random process is repeatedly observed, then the average of the observed values will be stable in the long run. This means that as the number of observations increases, the average of the observed values will get closer and clo... |
72854 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hennes%20%26%20Mauritz | Hennes & Mauritz | H & M Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M), is a Swedish clothing company. It sells fast fashion at cheaper prices. The company was created in Västerås, Sweden, in 1947 by Erling Persson. At first, the company only sold women's clothing. At that time, it was called Hennes, Swedish for "hers." In 1968, Persson got the building and... |
72862 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luchegorsk | Luchegorsk | Luchegorsk (Russian:Лучегорск, lit. Ray of mountains) is a urban-type settlement and administrative center of Pozharsky District (Primorsky Krai, Russia). It was founded in 1966. There are 22,365 people living there according to 2002 Census.
Geography
Geographical coordinates are 46-27N,134-17E. Luchegorsk is the lar... |
72865 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Tell-Tale%20Heart | The Tell-Tale Heart | "The Tell-Tale Heart" is an 1843 short story by Edgar Allan Poe. Detectives capture a man who admits to the killing of the old man with a strange eye. The murder is carefully planned, and the killer killed the old man's by pulling his bed on top of the man and hiding the body under the floor. The killer feels guilty ab... |
72877 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boxe%20pieds-poings | Boxe pieds-poings | French, one calls boxe pieds-poings ("feet-fists boxing"), since the years 1980, the combat sports of striking with boxing gloves. These sports are practised in a ring (or on a mat) and belong to the category of sport boxing. The boxers use, according to the regulation, the techniques of leg (kicks and knee kicks), the... |
72879 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vibrato | Vibrato | Vibrato is a series of very quick changes up and down to the pitch of a note. It is like a deliberate, controlled wobble. The word “vibrato” is related to the word “vibrate”.
Vibrato is used to make a melody sound more beautiful by making it more expressive. Singers use vibrato, especially when singing dramatic solo m... |
72883 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glockenspiel | Glockenspiel | The glockenspiel is a percussion instrument. It originated in Germany. It is in the same category as the xylophone and timpani. It usually has a range of 2 and a half octaves. It is set up in a keyboard instrument format. It is played by hitting it with mallets that have a plastic or felt tip. It has a soft sound, but ... |
72884 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan%20A.E. | Titan A.E. | Titan A.E. is a 2000 animated science fiction movie from Fox Animation Studios and Twentieth Century Fox. The name of the movie comes from the fictional spacecraft that is a main part of the plot. The A.E. meaning "After Earth." The movie was created using both hand-drawn animation and computer generated imagery.
Tita... |
72889 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nigella%20Lawson | Nigella Lawson | Nigella Lucy Lawson (born 6 January 1960) is an English television chef, journalist, television presenter and food writer. She was born in Wandsworth, London and is of Jewish descent.
She presented the cooking show Nigella Bites on Channel 4 from 2000 to 2001. After that series, she went on to present two cookery seri... |
72890 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburg%2C%20Texas | Pittsburg, Texas | Pittsburg is a city in the American state of Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 4,347.
References
Other websites
Official City Web Site
Cities in Texas
County seats in Texas |
72907 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level%2042 | Level 42 | Level 42 is a Pop band from the United Kingdom. They were formed in 1979 on the Isle of Wight. Their songs include Something About You (1985) and "Lessons in Love" (1986). The current Level 42 is formation have Mark King, Mike Lindup, Pete Ray Biggin and Nathan King.
1970s British music groups
1979 establishments in t... |
72914 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann%20Heinrich%20Schmelzer | Johann Heinrich Schmelzer | Johann Heinrich Schmelzer (born Austria some time between 1620 and 1623; died in Prague some time between 29 February and 20 March) was a German composer. He was one of the most important composers of instrumental music in the mid-17th century.
Nothing is known about his early life. He became a member of the imperi... |
72926 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oireachtas | Oireachtas | The Oireachtas is the national parliament of Ireland.
There are three parts of the Oireachtas:
The President of Ireland
Dáil Éireann - The lower house. It is similar to the House of Commons in the United Kingdom or the House of Representatives in the United States.
Seanad Éireann - The upper house. It is similar to ... |
72930 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quasar | Quasar | Quasars or quasi-stellar radio sources are the most energetic and distant active galactic nuclei (AGN).
They are quite small in comparison with the energy they put out. Quasars are not much larger than the Solar System. The mechanism of brightness changes probably involves relativistic beaming of jets pointed nearly ... |
72933 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A1il%20%C3%89ireann | Dáil Éireann | Dáil Éireann ( literally Assembly of Ireland) is the lower house of the parliament of Ireland. Its members are elected by all Irish citizens of voting age (which is now 18). Members of Dáil Éireann are called Teachta Dala (TD).
History
First Dáil
The First Dáil was elected at the British General election of 1918. Th... |
72935 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taoiseach | Taoiseach | The Taoiseach (), also referred to as An Taoiseach (), is the head of the government in Ireland. The term prime minister is not used by the Irish media.
Appointment
When a new Dáil Éireann meets after an election it nominates one of its members to be Taoiseach. He then visits the President, and is appointed. He t... |
72947 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%20Webern | Anton Webern | Anton Webern (born Vienna 3 December 1883; died Mitterill 15 September 1945) was an Austrian composer. Webern and Alban Berg were the most famous pupils of Arnold Schoenberg, the composer who had invented the twelve tone system. This style of composition is often called the “Second Viennese School”. Webern was probably... |
72950 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seanad%20%C3%89ireann | Seanad Éireann | Seanad Éireann (; Senate of Ireland) is the second house of the Irish parliament, the Oireachtas.
Function
Seanad Éireann's main business is the revising of legislation sent to it by Dáil Éireann.
It can initiate (start) and revise legislation, except bills for raising tax and spending money (Money Bills). Financia... |
72959 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein%20biosynthesis | Protein biosynthesis | Protein biosynthesis (synthesis) is when cells build proteins. The term is sometimes used to refer only to protein translation but more often it refers to a multi-step process.
Amino acids are either synthesised or eaten in food. Then, after the transcription of polypeptide genes, the amino acids are put together. Thi... |
72962 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20hurricanes%20in%20California | List of hurricanes in California | A California hurricane is a tropical cyclone that affects the state of California. Usually Pacific hurricanes weaken a lot before getting to land.
O
Normally, rainfall is the only effect that Pacific hurricanes have on California. Sometimes, this rainfall is strong enough to cause flooding and some damage. For example,... |
72965 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Weather%20Service | National Weather Service | The National Weather Service (also known as NWS) is one of the six scientific agencies that make up the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of the United States government. Its job is to provide "weather, hydrologic, and climate forecasts and warnings for the United States, its territories, adjacent ... |
72968 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuma%2C%20Arizona | Yuma, Arizona | Yuma is a city in and the county seat of Yuma County, Arizona, United States. According to the 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 84,688.
References
Other websites
City of Yuma Website
Yuma Convention and Visitors Bureau Website
MCAS Yuma Official Website
Yuma Stats
Cities in Arizona
Cou... |
72969 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storm%20surge | Storm surge | A storm surge is a sudden rise of water hitting areas close to the coast. Storm surges are usually created by a hurricane or other tropical cyclone. The surge happens because a storm has fast winds and low atmospheric pressure. Water is pushed on shore, and the water level rises. Strong storm surges can flood coastal t... |
72970 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%20Current | California Current | The California Current is a Pacific Ocean current that starts along the northwestern United States coast and ends on the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula.
Other websites
Seattle Times: 2005 Warming Event
Pacific Ocean
Ocean currents |
72971 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baja%20California%20Peninsula | Baja California Peninsula | The Baja California Peninsula (or Lower California) is a peninsula of North America. It is west of Mexico. It extends some 1,250 km (775 miles) from Mexicali in the north to Cabo San Lucas in the south, separating the Pacific Ocean from the Gulf of California (or "Sea of Cortés").
Other websites
Google maps
Baja.net
... |
72979 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukkot | Sukkot | Sukkot (also known as Feast of Tabernacles) is a Jewish festival. In this event, people celebrate the gathering of the crops, and remember the time in the past when small shelters were made by the Jews when they were in the wilderness and had no homes.
Dates
2017: October 4-11 (October 12, outside Israel)
2018: Sep... |
73019 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waterworld | Waterworld | Waterworld is a 1995 American science fiction action movie. The movie stars Kevin Costner who also produced it. Waterworld was released in the United States on July 28, 1995.
Problems during the making of the movie caused it to cost much more than expected. It was the most expensive movie ever made at the time. With a... |
73022 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20Costner | Kevin Costner | Kevin Michael Costner (born January 18, 1955) is an American movie actor, director, producer and musician. He is most known for his role in Dances with Wolves (1990), which won seven Academy Awards, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991), and The Bodyguard (1992).
Biography
Kevin was born in Lynwood, California, on Ja... |
73027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas%20Hyde | Douglas Hyde | Douglas Hyde (or Dubhghlas de hÍde, born January 17, 1860, died July 12, 1949) was the first President of Ireland from 1938 to 1945. He founded the Gaelic League, one of the most influential cultural organisations in Ireland. He promoted use of the Irish language, using the Irish spelling of his name and the pseudonym ... |
73032 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cearbhall%20%C3%93%20D%C3%A1laigh | Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh | Cearbhall Ó Dálaigh (12 February 1911 – 21 March 1978, ) served as fifth President of Ireland, from 1974 to 1976. He was elected after the death of President Childers, but he resigned in 1976 after a clash with the government. He also had a notable legal career, including serving as Chief Justice of Ireland.
Cearbh... |
73043 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translation%20%28genetics%29 | Translation (genetics) | Translation is the second part of protein biosynthesis (the making of proteins). It is part of the process of gene expression.
Before translation comes:
transcription, which produces a chain of introns and exons.
RNA splicing by spliceosomes which remove introns, and
formulation of the messenger RNA from exons.
In e... |
73044 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene%20expression | Gene expression | Gene expression is how the heritable information in a gene (the sequence of DNA base pairs) is made into a functional product such as a protein or RNA. The basic idea is that DNA is transcribed into RNA, which is then translated into proteins. Proteins make many of the structures and all the enzymes in a cell or organi... |
73046 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtis%20%2850%20Cent%20album%29 | Curtis (50 Cent album) | Curtis is the third album by rapper 50 Cent. The album was released on September 11, 2007. The album features production from Dr. Dre, Eminem, and Timbaland, among others. Guest appearances include Akon, Justin Timberlake, Nicole Scherzinger, and other notable musicians. 50 Cent divides between "hard" songs and "soft" ... |
73051 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C5%A0arplaninac | Šarplaninac | The Šarplaninac (pronounced shar-pla-NEE-natz) (also known as Sharplaninec) is a large-sized shepherd dog breed of the Balkan region, from the Šar mountains (Šar Planina in Serbian and Macedonian or Bjeshket e Sharrit in Albanian).
Dog breeds |
73062 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%20Lim%C3%B3n%2C%20Saman%C3%A1 | El Limón, Samaná | El Limón (in English, The Lemon) is a Municipal district of Santa Bárbara de Samaná, Samaná province, Dominican Republic. It is on the north coast of the Samaná Peninsula, on the Atlantic coast.
It was made a municipal district on July 20, 2001.
There are other two Municipal districts with the same name (El Limón) in... |
73063 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9odore%20Chass%C3%A9riau | Théodore Chassériau | Théodore Chassériau (September 20, 1819 – October 8, 1856) was a French romantic painter noted for his portraits, historical and religious paintings, and images inspired by his travels to Algeria.
Life and work
Chassériau was born in El Limón, Samaná, in Saint Domingue (now the Dominican Republic). Her mother, Maria ... |
73074 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermolecular%20force | Intermolecular force | In physics, chemistry, and biology, intermolecular forces are forces that act between stable molecules or between functional groups of macromolecules.
These forces are generally much weaker than the chemical bonding forces. Their bonding energies are less than a few kcal/mol. But they are responsible for many diffe... |
73079 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spineshank | Spineshank | SpineShank is a alernative metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1996. They released four albums under Roadrunner Records:
Strictly Diesel
The Height of Callousness
Self-Destructive Pattern
The Best of Spineshank
References
American heavy metal bands
Alternative metal bands
Musical groups from Los Angeles |
73083 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanystropheus | Tanystropheus | Tanystropheus is a long necked reptile that lived in the Middle Triassic period. The main feature that stands out about this animal is its very long neck. Fossils of this creature have been found in Europe and the Middle East. Habitat: probably aquatic.
reptiles |
73088 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuryuzan%2C%20Chelyabinsk%20Oblast | Yuryuzan, Chelyabinsk Oblast | Yuryuzan () is a town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. Its population is near 13,700 ().
Yuryuzan is located on Yuryuzan River's bank.
Related pages
List of cities and towns in Russia
References
Towns in Russia |
73091 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sim%20%28town%29 | Sim (town) | Sim (, 54°59'N 57°41'E) is town in Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia. Its population is near 15,900 (2005).
Sim is located on Sim River's bank. Town was founded in 1759 and named Simsky Zavod until 1942.
Igor Kurchatov is from Sim.
Towns in Russia
18th-century establishments in Russia
1759 establishments |
73092 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duff%20Beer | Duff Beer | Duff Beer is a fictional alcoholic drink shown in the animated television series The Simpsons. Duff Beer is known to be Homer Simpson's favorite drink and has a mascot known as Duffman.
The Simpsons
Beer
de:Die Simpsons#Duff-Bier |
73094 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sassuntsi-Davit%20Tank%20Regiment | Sassuntsi-Davit Tank Regiment | The Sassuntsi-Davit Tank Regiment (; previously the 119th Separate Rifle Tank (Mixed) Regiment) was a Soviet separate tank regiment during the Second World War. It had a lot of ethnic Armenians in it. Other ethnic groups that were in the regiment included Azeris, but they were largely relegated to logistics support and... |
73096 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sursk | Sursk | Sursk (, 53°05'N 45°42'E) is town in Penza Oblast, Russia. Its population is near 7,500 (2005). The town was founded in 1860.
Sursk is located on the Sura River's left bank. It is 92 km from Penza.
Other websites
Site about Sursk
Towns in Russia
1860 establishments
19th-century establishments in Russia |
73097 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lipki | Lipki | Lipki (, 53°57'N 37°42'E) is a town in Tula Oblast, Russia. Its population is about 9,700 (2005). Lipki is located 38 km south of Tula. The village of Lipki has been known since the 17th century.
Towns in Russia |
73099 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lage | Lage | Lage is a city in the Lippe district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, approximatively 8 km northwest of Detmold. It has about 36,000 inhabitants.
Twin Towns
The town is twinned with
, Horsham.
References
Other websites
Official website
Lippe Rural District |
73104 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venture%20capital | Venture capital | Venture capital is a type of private equity capital..
Typically it is provided by outside investors to new businesses that promise to grow fast. Venture capital investments are usually high risk, but offer the potential for above-average returns.
A venture capitalist (VC) is a person who makes such investments. A ve... |
73105 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moment%20of%20inertia | Moment of inertia | Moment of inertia (), also called "angular mass" (kg·m2), is the inertia of a rotating body with respect to its rotation.
It is a rotating body's resistance to angular acceleration or deceleration, equal to the product of the mass and the square of its perpendicular distance from the axis of rotation.
Moments of iner... |
73107 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple%20choice | Multiple choice | Multiple choice questions ask people to choose the answer from a list. Tests, elections, and surveys can use multiple choice questions. Frederick J. Kelly made the first multiple choice questions in 1914 at the University of Kansas. This testing method is popular in the United States.
Examples
1.
A) 0B) 22C) 4D) 2... |
73108 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular%20velocity | Angular velocity | In physics, the angular velocity specifies the angular speed at which an object is rotating along with the direction in which it is rotating.
It is a vector quantity. The SI unit of angular velocity is radians per second. But it may be measured in other units as well (such as degrees per second, degrees per hour, etc.... |
73109 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular%20frequency | Angular frequency | In physics, angular frequency.' ω. (also called the angular speed, radial frequency, and radian frequency) is a measure of rotation rate. A high rate of angular frequency means something is turning very fast. The angular frequency is the magnitude of the vector quantity angular velocity which is also known asangular fr... |
73110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudovector | Pseudovector | In physics and mathematics, a pseudovector (or axial vector) is a quantity that transforms like a vector under a proper rotation, but gains an additional sign flip under an improper rotation (a transformation that can be expressed as an inversion followed by a proper rotation).
Physical examples
Physical examples of ... |
73111 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twister%20%281996%20movie%29 | Twister (1996 movie) | Twister is a 1996 American disaster movie directed by Jan de Bont, and based upon a screenplay by Michael Crichton and Anne-Marie Martin. It follows a group of storm chasers attempting to prevent all tornadoes from destroying everything in Oklahoma. The movie has a famous scene of a flying cattle. It is a scene that wa... |
73115 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoke | Spoke | A spoke is one of several rods radiating from the center of a wheel (the hub where the axle connects), connecting the hub with the round traction surface.
The term originally meant the portions of a log which one had split lengthwise into four or six sections. The radial members of a wagon wheel were made by carving... |
73121 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Examination | Examination | An examination (exam) is a test. Many things may be examined, but the word is most often used for an assessment of a person. It measures a test-taker's knowledge, skill, aptitude, physical fitness or ability or standing in some other topic. It is a set of questions designed to measure those things. Examinations change ... |
73126 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish%20Republic | Irish Republic | The Irish Republic (Irish: Saorstát Éireann ) was a declared independent state of the United Kingdom in the Easter Rising of 1916 and established in 1919 by the First Dáil. It only existed during the Irish War of Independence of 1919-1922 between the Irish Republican Army and the forces of the United Kingdom.
It form... |
73129 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super%20Smash%20Bros.%20Brawl | Super Smash Bros. Brawl | Super Smash Bros. Brawl (commonly known as SSBB or Brawl) is the third video game in the Super Smash Bros. series. It was made by Sora and published by Nintendo for the Wii video game console.
Characters
There are 39 characters in Brawl. 14 unlockables and 25 starters. Most of the characters from the second game in th... |
73148 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final%20Fantasy%20Tactics%20Advance | Final Fantasy Tactics Advance | Final Fantasy Tactics Advance is a role-playing game made by Square Enix for the Nintendo Game Boy Advance. The story of the game is about four children who are pulled into their friends' dream by a magical book. The player plays as the boy Marche, his friend Montblanc, and many other characters who can join your grou... |
73162 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men%20%28movie%29 | X-Men (movie) | X-Men is a 2000 superhero movie based upon the fictional characters the X-Men. The movie is about mutants who are the next evolutionary step of humanity. These mutants are feared and hated by most of humanity.
The movie was directed by Bryan Singer. It deals with the ideas of prejudice and discrimination in the United... |
73175 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston%20upon%20Hull | Kingston upon Hull | Kingston upon Hull, often shortened to Hull, is a city and unitary authority independent of a county in the region of Yorkshire and the Humber, in the Ceremonial county of East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It is on both sides of the River Hull where it meets the Humber Estuary on the north bank estuary, near England's... |
73177 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riding%20%28division%29 | Riding (division) | In the United Kingdom, a riding is a division of certain large historic counties. It is usually one of three parts; the word itself comes from Old English trithing (itself from Old Norse thrithjungr) which means 'third part'.
Several counties are divided into ridings, but are usually governed by a council bearing the... |
73183 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulkkila | Pulkkila | Pulkkila is a former municipality in Northern Finland. It was in Northern Ostrobothnia, Pohjois-Pohjanmaa, Oulu province, Finland, and its original name (with diacritics) is Pulkkila. The population of Pulkkila is about 1,600. Pulkkila is best known for its metal works.
Pulkkila is about 90 kilometres (56 miles) south... |
73193 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmental%20cheese | Emmental cheese | Emmental cheese (sometimes also called Emmentaler or Emmenthal) is a Swiss cheese. It first came from Switzerland. It is named after the Emmental, the valley of a river, near Berne. Emmental cheese was first made around 1353 when Bern joined the confederacy.
Today, most cheese-producing countries make a cheese calle... |
73195 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmental | Emmental | Emmental is a part of Switzerland. It is made of low hills. Most of it is in the Canton of Berne. Its biggest rivers are the Emme and the Ilfis. The biggest localities are Burgdorf, Langnau and Huttwil.
The landscape is mostly made of meadows. There are some forests too. Most of the people live from raising cattle... |
73207 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001%20Pacific%20hurricane%20season | 2001 Pacific hurricane season | The 2001 Pacific hurricane season officially started on May 15, 2001 in the eastern Pacific, and on June 1, 2001 in the central Pacific, and lasted until November 30, 2001. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean. The first storm form... |
73208 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%20Pacific%20hurricane%20season | 2000 Pacific hurricane season | The 2000 Pacific hurricane season was an event in tropical cyclone meteorology. There were few notable storms this year. Tropical Storms Miriam, Norman, and Rosa all made landfall in Mexico with only small impacts. Hurricane Daniel for a short time, threatened the U.S. state of Hawaii while weakening. Hurricane Carlott... |
73209 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Pacific%20hurricane%20season | 2006 Pacific hurricane season | The 2006 Pacific hurricane season was an above normal hurricane season with 19 named storms of 11 which were hurricanes and 6 were major hurricanes it was the most active season since 2000 Pacific hurricane season It officially began May 15, 2006 in the eastern Pacific, designated as the area east of 140°W, and began o... |
73210 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997%20Pacific%20hurricane%20season | 1997 Pacific hurricane season | The 1997 Pacific hurricane season was a yearly event in tropical cyclone meteorology. Storms in this season caused hundreds of deaths and billions of dollars in damage.
Storms
Tropical Storm Andres
Tropical Depression One-E formed June 1. The next day, it became Tropical Storm Andres. After a brief period of a norma... |
73211 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987%20Pacific%20hurricane%20season | 1987 Pacific hurricane season | The 1987 Pacific hurricane season officially started May 15, 1987 in the eastern Pacific, and June 1, 1987 in the central Pacific, and lasted until November 30, 1987. These dates conventionally delimit the period of each year when most tropical cyclones form in the northeastern Pacific Ocean.
Despite there being twent... |
73212 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976%20Pacific%20hurricane%20season | 1976 Pacific hurricane season | The 1976 Pacific hurricane season was an event in tropical cyclone formation. Hurricanes Kathleen, Liza, and Madeline are the most notable storms this year. Hurricane Kathleen caused death and destruction in California and Arizona because of flooding. Hurricane Liza was the deadliest storm of the season when it killed ... |
73213 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronosaurus | Kronosaurus | Kronosaurus was a large pliosaur, one of the largest. It was one of the largest pliosaurs, and is named after the leader of the Greek Titans, Kronos. It lived in the Lower Cretaceous.
Body-length estimates, based on the 1959 Harvard reconstruction, had put the total length of Kronosaurus at 12.8 meters (42 feet). Howe... |
73222 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riding | Riding | Riding has many meanings:
Riding is a subdivision of a county.
Riding animal is an animal trained for riding.
Horse riding is a sport.
Riding helmet is used for safe riding of animals.
Riding is a Canadian name for an electoral district |
73226 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermat%20number | Fermat number | A Fermat number is a special positive number. Fermat numbers are named after Pierre de Fermat. The formula that generates them is
where n is a nonnegative integer. The first nine Fermat numbers are :
F0 = 21 + 1 = 3
F1 = 22 + 1 = 5
F2 = 24 + 1 = 17
F3 = 28 + 1 = 257
F4 = 216 + 1 = 65537
F5 = 232 + 1 = 4294967297 = 64... |
73230 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowup | Blowup | Blowup is a 1966 British drama movie set in London. It was nominated for two Academy Award and won a Grand Prix award. It is directed by Italian movie director Michelangelo Antonioni and written by Antonioni, Toni Guerra and Edward Bond. It starred David Hemmings and Vanessa Redgrave. Carlo Ponti produced the movie. Th... |
73235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improper%20rotation | Improper rotation | An improper rotation can be understood as an inversion followed by a proper rotation.
Equivalently it is the combination of a rotation and an inversion in a point on the axis. Therefore it is also called a rotoinversion or rotary inversion.
A simple example of an improper rotation in 3D (but not in 2D) is a coordina... |
73236 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse | Inverse | Inverse or Inversion could mean:
Inverse (program), a program for solving Inverse and Optimization problems
Inversion (music)
Inversion (prosody), the reversal of the order of a foot's elements
Inversion in postcolonial theory, a discursive strategy/gesture in cultural and subaltern studies
Invert, a bmx trick
... |
73251 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endorphins | Endorphins | Endorphins are natural chemicals in the body that fight pain. Endorphins are released when a person gets hurt, but also during exercise, laughter or sex. In addition to blocking pain, endorphins can make people happy.
Endorphins resemble drugs like morphine, so when scientists first discovered these chemicals in the 1... |
73254 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team%20Fortress%202 | Team Fortress 2 | Team Fortress 2 is a free-to-play multiplayer first-person shooter video game made by a company called Valve Corporation.
The game has nine characters, called classes, and two teams that battle each other in many different ways, like Payload, which has one team pushing a cart along a track while the other team tries ... |
73255 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20Black | Big Black | Big Black was an American punk rock band. The band formed in 1981 with Steve Albini playing all of the instruments and a drum machine for percussion.
Big Black's music was very loud and distorted. Many Big Black songs have stories about violence in them.
Discography
Studio albums
Atomizer (1986)
Songs About Fucki... |
73256 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company%20of%20Heroes | Company of Heroes | Company of Heroes is a strategy video game where you control soldiers in order to win. It is based on World War II.
2006 video games
Real-time strategy video games |
73257 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Game%20%26%20Watch | Game & Watch | The Game & Watch was a series of small, hand-held video games made by Gunpei Yokoi of Nintendo from 1980 to 1991. The games were usually simplistic (For example, "Chef" required keeping food in the air). It was the forerunner of the Game Boy (meaning it came before the Game Boy).
Mr. Game & Watch
is the main cha... |
73263 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fecundity | Fecundity | Fecundity, coming from the word fecund, generally means the ability to reproduce.
In biology and demography, fecundity is the ability to reproduce of an organism or population, measured by the number of gametes (eggs), seed set or asexual propagules. Fecundity is under both genetic and environmental control, and is... |
73271 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A9an%20T.%20O%27Kelly | Séan T. O'Kelly | Seán Thomas O'Kelly (; 25 August 1882 – 23 November 1966) was the second President of Ireland. He served two terms from 1945 to 1959. He was a member of Dáil Éireann from 1918 until his election as President. During this time he had been Minister for Local Government (1932–1939) and Minister for Finance (1939–1945). Ó... |
73274 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teachta%20D%C3%A1la | Teachta Dála | A Teachta Dála, is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament. Usually only the initials TD are used, after the person's name.
The letters are used in the same way that MP is used to show that someone is a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom.
Related pages
Member of Parliament
Politics... |
73276 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9o%20Delibes | Léo Delibes | Léo Delibes (born St. Germain-du-Val, France, 21 February 1836; died St. Germain-du-Val 16 January 1891) was a French composer of Romantic music. He is particularly famous for his ballets, especially Coppélia, and operettas and operas, of which Lakmé is the most famous.
Biography
Delibes’s father worked for the post ... |
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