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75064 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldeburgh%20Festival | Aldeburgh Festival | The Aldeburgh Festival is an English arts festival where classical music concerts take place during the summer. Aldeburgh is in Suffolk in the south-east of England. It is where the composer Benjamin Britten lived with his friend the tenor Peter Pears. A lot of Britten’s music is played at the festival, but music by... |
75068 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanark%20%28disambiguation%29 | Lanark (disambiguation) | Lanark could mean:
the town of Lanark in Scotland
Lanark: A Life in Four Books, a novel by Alasdair Gray
In Canada
Lanark County, Ontario
Lanark, Ontario
Lanark, Nova Scotia in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia
Lanark Highlands, Ontario
Also in Scotland
the county of Lanarkshire
the former Lanark district, later known ... |
75069 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Pears | Peter Pears | Sir Peter Neville Luard Pears ( ; 22 June 19103 April 1986), was an English tenor and life-long partner of the composer Benjamin Britten.
Pears was at school at Lancing College. He then studied music at Keble College, Oxford. He was organist at Hertford College, Oxford but left Oxford without taking his degree. He l... |
75070 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me%2C%20Myself%20and%20I | Me, Myself and I | Me, Myself and I is an R&B/neo soul song written by Beyoncé Knowles, Scott Storch, and Robert Waller for Knowles' solo debut studio album Dangerously in Love (2003). In this laid-back, but strong-willed female-empowerment anthem, the song's protagonist comes to terms with a cheating boyfriend, and declares that in the ... |
75071 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanark%3A%20A%20Life%20in%20Four%20Books | Lanark: A Life in Four Books | Lanark: A Life in Four Books was the first novel of Scottish writer Alasdair Gray, and is still his best known. The book was written over a period of almost thirty years and was published in 1981. It has real and fantasy descriptions of Gray's home city of Glasgow.
The book has won the Saltire Society Book of the Year... |
75078 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexy%20Little%20Thug | Sexy Little Thug | "Sexy Lil' Thug" is a remake by Beyoncé, of 50 Cent’s hit single “In da Club”. Recorded and released just weeks after the original, it samples the original’s instrumental and melody, with Beyoncé singing her own, newly-added verses.
Upon its radio release in March 2003, the song quickly became a staple, receiving heav... |
75079 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Encore%20%28concert%29 | Encore (concert) | An encore is an extra piece that is played at the end a performance. It is not on the programme, although the performer may have secretly planned it. A performer will play an encore if the audience claps a lot. Sometimes the audience shout "encore!" when they want an encore. The word "encore" is the French word for "ag... |
75083 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cay | Cay | A cay (also spelled key; both pronounced alike as "key" ) is a small, low island consisting mostly of sand or coral and situated on top of a coral reef.
The English word cay comes from the Spanish word cayo and this from the Taíno word cayo meaning "small island". The English words key and quay (which means wharf) com... |
75101 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcopterygii | Sarcopterygii | The Sarcopterygii is a class of fish. They are lobe-finned fish, like the lungfish and coelacanths. They are a clade of bony fish which first appeared in the Silurian, 418 million years ago (mya). One line in this group gave rise to the tetrapods.
Characteristics
These are bony fishes with paired rounded fins. These... |
75110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actinopterygii | Actinopterygii | The Actinopterygii is the class of ray-finned fishes.
The ray-finned fishes get their name from the fact that they have lepidotrichia or "fin rays". Their fins are webs of skin held by bony or horny spines ("rays"). This is different from the fleshy fins of the fish in the Sarcopterygii.
Actinopterygians are the larg... |
75124 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/EP | EP | EP may refer to following:
European Parliament
Extended Play
El Paso Corp.
Music
EP (The 77s EP), a 1999 rock album
EP (Childish Gambino EP), 2011 album from rapper Childish Gambino
EP (The Fiery Furnaces album), a 2003 indie rock album
EP (The Format album), 2002 work
EP (Hope&Social EP), 2008 work
EP (Luna ... |
75125 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended%20play | Extended play | Extended play (EP) is a name given to CDs and records which contain more music than a single, but are too short to be called a music album. EPs usually have about 10 to 25 minutes of music, singles have less than 10 minutes and albums have about 25 to 80 minutes of music.
Related pages
Album
Single (music)
Albums |
75149 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20von%20Weizs%C3%A4cker | Richard von Weizsäcker | Richard Karl Freiherr von Weizsäcker (15 April 1920 – 31 January 2015) was a German politician, and a member of the CDU party. He was President of Germany from 1984 to 1994.
Backgrounds
He was born in Stuttgart, the son of the diplomat Ernst von Weizsäcker and brother of physicist and philosopher Carl Friedrich von ... |
75150 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium%20Stadium | Millennium Stadium | The Millennium Stadium is a stadium in Cardiff, Wales. It has a capacity of around 74,500.
Football stadiums in the United Kingdom
Buildings and structures in Cardiff
Sport in Wales
Football in Wales
Cardiff |
75151 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Collegiate%20Athletic%20Association | National Collegiate Athletic Association | The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a college sports organization in the United States. It was established on March 31, 1906. The NCAA has three levels of sports: Division I, Division II, and Division III. Division I schools usually are the biggest college sports powers, with larger budgets, better ... |
75155 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy%20Mondays | Happy Mondays | The Happy Mondays were an alternative rock band from Manchester who became popular in the 1980s. They were associated with the house music movement and Madchester. Their biggest hit was Step On, from the album Pills n Thrills n Bellyaches.
Musical groups established in 1980
1980 establishments in England
Musical group... |
75156 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adidas | Adidas | Adidas AG is a major German sports apparel manufacturer, part of the Adidas Group, consisting of Reebok sportswear company, Taylormade golf company, Maxfli golf balls, and Adidas golf and is the second largest sportswear manufacturer in the world.
History
Adidas was founded in 1948 by Adolf Dassler. The title of bra... |
75157 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joy%20Division | Joy Division | Joy Division were an English punk band. It was made up of Ian Curtis as the lead singer, Peter Hook on bass, Stephen Morris as the drummer and Bernard Albrecht (Sumner) on guitar and occasional keyboards. They came out of the punk music scene in 1976, and in three years time became a band that inspired musicians from b... |
75158 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Order | New Order | New Order are a band from Salford, popular in the 1980s. Its members are: Bernard Sumner, Stephen Morris, Gillian Gilbert, Phil Cunningham, and Tom Chapman. Their biggest hit is Blue Monday, which was the biggest selling 12" record of all time. They started in 1980 after Ian Curtis, the singer of Joy Division, which th... |
75161 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Hook | Peter Hook | Peter "Hooky" Hook (born 13 February 1956) is an English bass guitar player. He played in the bands Joy Division, New Order, Revenge and Monaco.
Other websites
Peter Hook's biography
Short biography at JoyDiv.org
Peter Hook pretending to DJ
1956 births
Living people
English guitarists |
75163 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard%20Sumner | Bernard Sumner | Bernard Sumner is a singer with the band New Order. He is also known as Bernard Albrecht. He was born in 1956 in Salford, England. He plays guitar and keyboard.
1956 births
Living people
English singers |
75170 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorlton-on-Medlock | Chorlton-on-Medlock | Chorlton-on-Medlock is a district of Manchester in England. It is south of the city centre. The northern border is the river Medlock. It is sometimes mistaken for Chorlton-cum-Hardy, a different place in Manchester. The main campuses of the University of Manchester and the Manchester Metropolitan University are in Chor... |
75172 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate%20Fighting%20Championship | Ultimate Fighting Championship | Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts (MMA) organization, currently seen as the largest MMA promotion in the world. The UFC is headquartered in Las Vegas, Nevada and is owned and operated by Zuffa, LLC.
Other websites
Official UFC site
UFC Official Rules
Past to present event results... |
75174 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorlton-cum-Hardy | Chorlton-cum-Hardy | Chorlton-cum-Hardy is a southern district of Manchester, England. It is usually called just Chorlton. The river Mersey runs past its southern end, in a part called Chorlton Ees. "Ees" (plural) is a Saxon word for water meadow.
Neighbouring districts of Manchester are Whalley Range and West Didsbury, and to the west an... |
75176 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acropolis | Acropolis | The word acropolis (Ancient Greek: ἀκρόπολις, akropolis; from akros (άκρος) or akron (άκρον), "highest, topmost, outermost", and polis (πόλις), "city"; plural in English: acropoles, acropoleis or acropolises) means the edge of a town, or more often a high city. Being easily defended against attackers, an acropolis ofte... |
75177 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wokingham | Wokingham | Wokingham is a town in Berkshire in the south of England. It is the headquarters of Wokingham District. 30,403 people were living there in 2001.
References
Towns in Berkshire |
75180 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%20wildfires%20of%20October%202007 | California wildfires of October 2007 | The California wildfires of October 2007 are more than 20 wildfires until November 9, 2007 burning in Southern California, making over 1,000,000 people have to leave their homes, breaking at least 1,500 homes and buildings and moving in on at least 56,000 more.
At least of land have burned between Santa Barbara County... |
75182 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasaurolophus | Parasaurolophus | Parasaurolophus is a genus of ornithopod dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous of what is now North America, about 76.5–73 million years ago. Its name means "near crested lizard". It was given this name because when it was first discovered scientists thought it was related to Saurolophus. It was a herbivore that walked bo... |
75190 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai%20boxing | Thai boxing | Thai boxing (or Muay Thai) is a combat sport (martial art) that has been developed in Thailand. It is known also as "the art of eight limbs", because both hands, elbows, knees, and legs can be used to attack an opponent. Similar martial arts exist in Cambodia, Laos, Burma and Malaysia. In the past, Thailand use to be... |
75195 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrefour | Carrefour | Carrefour SA (IPA: /karfur/) is a French international hypermarket chain. It has many shops around the world. It is the second largest retail group in the world in terms of revenue and sales figures after Wal-Mart. Carrefour operates mainly in the European Union, Brazil, Argentina and Colombia. It also has shops in Af... |
75199 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Never%20Say%20Never | Never Say Never | Never S-A-Y Never is the second album by American R&B singer Brandy, released by Atlantic Records on June 8, 1998 in Europe and on June 9, 1998 in North America. Chiefly produced by Rodney Jerkins, helped to make Jerkins' Timbaland-inspired production sound popular, which he later used for recordings by Whitney Houston... |
75200 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet%20occupation%20zone | Soviet occupation zone | The Soviet Occupation Zone (German: Sowjetische Besatzungszone (SBZ) or Ostzone , Sovetskaya zona Germanii, "Soviet Zone of Germany") was the area of eastern Germany occupied by the Soviet Union from 1945 on, at the end of World War II. It became East Germany.
American forces first occupied some of the area. The Ameri... |
75214 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Need%20for%20Speed%3A%20Most%20Wanted | Need for Speed: Most Wanted | Need For Speed Most Wanted is the 11th installment in the Need for Speed series. It is available for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Xbox 360, GameBoy Advance, Nintendo DS and the GameCube. The game was first released on November 15, 2005.
Another version called Need For Speed: Most Wanted: 5-1-0 was released for the PlaySta... |
75222 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron%20Man%20%28disambiguation%29 | Iron Man (disambiguation) | Iron Man could mean:
Comics
Iron Man, a popular comic book character
Iron Man 2020, a comic book villain and Iron Man's cousin
Ultimate Iron Man, a comic book miniseries
Sports
The term "Iron Man" is used in multiple sports for players with long streaks of consecutive games. For example, the term "Iron Man of Ba... |
75223 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron%20Man%20%28song%29 | Iron Man (song) | "Iron Man" is the name of a song by Black Sabbath. It was on their second album, Paranoid (1970). The song is one of Black Sabbath's greatest hits.
"Iron Man" appears to be about a man who travels to the future and witnesses the Apocalypse. On his way back, he is caught in Earth's magnetic field, and turned to steel. ... |
75227 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death%20in%20Venice%20%28opera%29 | Death in Venice (opera) | For the novella by Thomas Mann see Der Tod in VenedigDeath in Venice is an opera by Benjamin Britten. It is based on the story Death in Venice (Der Tod in Venedig'') by the German writer Thomas Mann.
The libretto (words) for the opera was written by Myfanwy Piper. It was the last opera that Britten wrote. It was first... |
75236 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territory%20of%20the%20Saar%20Basin | Territory of the Saar Basin | The Territory of the Saar Basin (, Saarterritorium; ) was usually called the Saar or the . It was a territory governed by the League of Nations under the Treaty of Versailles for 15 years from 1920.
Its population in 1933 was 812,000, and its capital was Saarbrücken.
It was made up of parts of the Prussian Rhine Prov... |
75242 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Walton | William Walton | Sir William Walton OM, (born Oldham, 29 March 1902; died Ischia, Italy, 8 March 1983) was a British composer and conductor. He was one of the most important British composers of the mid-20th century, a period that included Benjamin Britten and Michael Tippett. His music has very lively rhythms which are often jazzy.
E... |
75247 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Romanian%20composers | List of Romanian composers | This is a list of Romanian composers.
Anton Pann (1790s–1854), wrote Romania's national anthem
Ciprian Porumbescu (1853–1883), 19th century composer
George Enescu (1881–1955), 20th century composer, violinist, pianist; spent much of his career in France
Grigoraş Dinicu (1889–1949), 20th century composer best known ... |
75248 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free%20City%20of%20Danzig | Free City of Danzig | The Free City of Danzig (; ) was a self-governing port on the Baltic Sea port and a city-state. It was set up on January 10, 1920, by Part III Section XI of the Treaty of Versailles of 1919, and put under League of Nations protection, with special rights reserved to Poland, because it was the only port in the Polish Co... |
75257 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surf%27s%20Up%20%28movie%29 | Surf's Up (movie) | Surf's Up is a 2007 American computer-animated movie made by Sony Pictures Animation. It stars Shia LaBeouf, Jeff Bridges, Zooey Deschanel, Jon Heder, Mario Cantone, James Woods, Rebecca Honig, Diedrich Bader, Rob Machado, Kelly Slater and Sal Masekela. The movie is a cartoon of surfing documentaries, like The Endless ... |
75259 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby%20Boy | Baby Boy | "Baby Boy" is a Middle Eastern-influenced R&B and dancehall song written by Beyoncé Knowles, Scott Storch, Sean Paul, Robert Waller, and Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter for Knowles' first solo album, Dangerously in Love (2003).
It was produced by Knowles and Storch and was released to positive reception as the album's second sin... |
75260 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20heads%20of%20state%20of%20the%20Free%20City%20of%20Danzig | List of heads of state of the Free City of Danzig | The Free City of Danzig (German: Freie Stadt Danzig; Polish: Wolne Miasto Gdańsk) existed between 1920 and 1939.
The City had its own post office, currency and citizenship, but it was not independent: it was administered directly by the League of Nations, represented by a High Commissioner. The city was governed by th... |
75262 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main-Franconian%20dialects | Main-Franconian dialects | Main-Franconian is group of German dialects that are spoken in the centre of Germany, in the area known as Franconia near the river Main.
In Germany most people call these dialects simply “Fränkisch”. Although they have a lot in common there are many variations from one small region to another.
Historically Franconi... |
75264 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port%20Arthur%2C%20Texas | Port Arthur, Texas | Port Arthur is a Texan city that was hit by Hurricane Alicia on August 18, 1983. There was 57,755 people at the 2000 census.
Other websites
City of Port Arthur, Texas
Historic Article on Port Arthur (WWII)
Lots of historical Port Arthur photos
Cities in Texas |
75267 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moisture | Moisture | Moisture mostly means the presence of water, often in trace amounts (small quantities).
Moisture exists in the atmosphere in all three forms solid, liquid and gas.
Water |
75270 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marta%20Colvin | Marta Colvin | Marta Colvin Andrade (born 22 June 1907 in Chillán, Chile, died 27 October 1995 in Santiago, Chile) was a sculptor.
Colvin began sculpting in Chillán years after marrying and forming a family. After the 1939 earthquake, Marta Colvin lived in Santiago. While there, she went to the Belle Arts School of the University of... |
75272 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/B%C3%A1rbara%20of%20Portugal | Bárbara of Portugal | Bárbara of Portugal (Pronunciation , December 4, 1711 – August 27, 1758) was a Portuguese princess, daughter of King John V of Portugal, of the House of Braganza, and his wife, Maria Anna of Austria.
She was born on 4 December 1711 in Lisbon, Portugal and given the name Maria Madalena Bárbara Xavier Leonor Teresa Antó... |
75274 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Arizona%20hurricanes | List of Arizona hurricanes | An Arizona hurricane is a tropical cyclone forming in the eastern Pacific Ocean that affects the state of Arizona in the United States. Usually, the storm makes landfall in the Mexican states of Baja California or Sonora, with the remaining moisture normally having mild rainfall effects on the state. However, a few sto... |
75275 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mallard | Mallard | The mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) is the best-known and most recognizable of all ducks. It can be found throughout most of North America, Europe, Asia, New Zealand and Australia. It is the most common and widespread duck. It can be found in almost any area with a wetland habitat, even in urban areas.
Description
The m... |
75276 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naughty%20Girl | Naughty Girl | Naughty Girl is an R&B/disco song written by Beyoncé Knowles, Scott Storch, Robert Waller, and Angela Beyincé for Knowles' debut solo album, Dangerously in Love (2003). It was released as the fourth single. It was also recognized at the American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers 2005 Pop Music Awards by rec... |
75287 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yankee%20Stadium%20%281923%29 | Yankee Stadium (1923) | The original Yankee Stadium was a baseball stadium in New York City, New York in the United States. It was opened in 1923. The MLB team New York Yankees played there until 2008. The Yankees moved to the new Yankee Stadium starting with the 2009 season. The stadium was also the home field of the New York Giants football... |
75288 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20occupation%20zone | British occupation zone | The Allied powers who defeated Nazi Germany in World War II divided the country into four occupation zones from 1945 to 1949.
The British zone consisted of Schleswig-Holstein, Hamburg, Lower Saxony and the present-day state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The British military government was based in Bad Oeynhausen.
Bre... |
75291 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greater%20Hesse | Greater Hesse | Greater Hesse () was a part of the American Occupation Zone of Germany after World War II
The German Empire broke up after World War I. The Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt () became the People's State of Hesse () on 2 March 1919.
After World War II, on 19 September 1945, the American Military Government joined Hesse... |
75293 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miori%C5%A3a | Mioriţa | Mioriţa (The Little Ewe) is a Romanian traditional ballad.
Other websites
Mioriţa in Romanian
Mioriţa in English (translation by W. D. Snodgrass)
Songs
Romania |
75300 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muzio%20Clementi | Muzio Clementi | Muzio Clementi was an Italian composer in classical period who lived from 1752 to 1832. He was born in Rome, Italy. He was the first composer to write music for the pianoforte which made use of the instrument's special features. He was also the first virtuoso performer on the instrument. As a composer, performer, and ... |
75305 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromatography | Chromatography | Chromatography is the separation of the parts of a mixture for chemical analysis and identification. The outcome depends on the speed at which the mixed substances move through special media, or chemical substances. It consists of a stationary phase (a solid) and a mobile phase (a liquid or a gas). The mobile phase fl... |
75319 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPhone | IPhone | The iPhone is a series of smartphones made by Apple Inc since 2007. It does many things that a computer can do, but is small enough to fit in someone's hand. It is a mobile phone, meaning that it makes calls and sends text messages but without wires. There're many types of iPhones, such as the model iPhone X.
The iPho... |
75325 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert%20hall | Concert hall | A concert hall is a place where concerts of classical music take place. “Concert hall” can either mean the actual room where the concerts takes place, or the whole building. The hall where the concerts are held may have a “stage” (where the performers are) and there will be an “auditorium” where the audience sits.
S... |
75329 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madrigal | Madrigal | A madrigal is a special kind of song for a small group of people to sing. Madrigals were popular in the 16th and 17th centuries. This was the end of the Renaissance music and beginning of the Baroque periods. They started in Italy and became very popular for a short time in England as well as in France. The words of ma... |
75330 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld | The Duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was one of the Ernestine duchies. Ernest, who became elector of Saxony in 1464, divided his territory between his sons, andover the years more and more small duchies existed.
Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld was reformed on 29 July 1735, although Coburg and Saalfeld had had the same ruler since 1... |
75340 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo%3A%20Combat%20Evolved | Halo: Combat Evolved | Halo: Combat Evolved is a first-person shooter video game. It starts the game series called Halo. It came out in 2001 for Xbox and was released on the personal computer later. It became very popular and has made a lot of money. Many people say it is the Xbox's "killer app", which means the best program for a system. Be... |
75345 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonora | Sonora | Sonora is a Mexican state, in the northwestern Mexico region. Sonora borders the states of Chihuahua to the east, Sinaloa to the south, and Baja California to the northwest. To the north Sonora accounts for a long stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border adjacent to the U.S. states of Arizona and New Mexico; to the west it b... |
75346 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsoon | Monsoon | A monsoon is a seasonal wind which lasts for several months. The word was first used in English for the seasonal rains in the Indian subcontinent. These rains blow in from the Indian Ocean and Arabian Sea in the southwest bringing heavy rainfall to the area.
Monsoons also occur in other regions such as in North Americ... |
75349 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baja%20California%20%28state%29 | Baja California (state) | Baja California is a Mexican state in the northern section of the Baja California Peninsula. It borders the state Baja California Sur to the south, and Sonora to the east. It also borders the U.S. state of California to the north. It means "Lower California".
Baja California is both the furthest north and furthest wes... |
75354 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verizon%20Ladies%20First%20Tour | Verizon Ladies First Tour | Verizon Ladies First Tour is a 2004 joint concert tour by American R&B/soul singers Beyoncé and Alicia Keys and American rapper Missy Elliott.
Tour dates
2004 in the United States
Alicia Keys
Beyoncé concert tours |
75355 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerously%20in%20Love%20World%20Tour | Dangerously in Love World Tour | The Dangerously In Love World Tour was singer Beyoncé's first solo concert tour, intended to showcase songs from her debut solo album, Dangerously in Love.
The show
The stage was simple and featured a large LED screen in the back that moved up and down throughout the entire show and displayed video images of Beyoncé... |
75358 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%A9j%C3%A0%20Vu%20%28song%29 | Déjà Vu (song) | Déjà Vu is a funk song written by Beyoncé Knowles, Rodney Jerkins, Delisha Thomas, Makeba, Keli Nicole Price, and Shawn "Jay-Z" Carter for Knowles' second solo album, B'Day (2006). It features rapper Jay-Z and production by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, utilizing the bass, hi-hat, and the 808 instruments and sound system... |
75360 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/If%20%28Beyonc%C3%A9%20song%29 | If (Beyoncé song) | If is an R&B ballad by Beyoncé Knowles. The song is her final single from her second album B'Day: Deluxe Edition. The song was most likely chosen due to the fact that originally it was not available in the U.S. as it was an international track, but due to the Des'ree law suit, the U.S. version of the album with the tra... |
75362 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number%201%27s | Number 1's | #1's is a compilation album released by R&B group Destiny's Child. It was released on October 25, 2005 charting at #1 on the Billboard album chart, and at #6 on the UK album chart. It is the best selling greatest-hits album by a female group. Despite the album's title, only 5 of the singles went to the #1 spot on the B... |
75364 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ciara | Ciara | Ciara Princess Harris (born October 25, 1985) professionally known as Ciara, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, dancer, and actress.
Music career
In 2004, Ciara released her debut studio album Goodies, which produced three hit singles: "Goodies," "1, 2 Step," and "Oh." The album was certified triple ... |
75369 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mykolaiv | Mykolaiv | Mykolaiv (, also referred to as or Mykolayiv, Nikolaev, or Nikolayev; ) is a major city in southern Ukraine.
The city is located 65 kilometers from the Black Sea along the estuary of the Southern Buh river (where it meets the Inhul River) at around . Population 514,000 (as of 2001 Ukrainian Census).
Administrative s... |
75380 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akkad | Akkad | Akkad or the Akkadian Empire (Sumerian: Agade, Bible: Accad) was the oldest empire in history. It was located in Mesopotamia. The Akkadian empire reached its peak during the rule of Sargon of Akkad in the 24th and 22nd centuries BCE, and it eventually collapsed in 2154 BCE. The ruins have not been found, but it is be... |
75381 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faisal%20Mosque | Faisal Mosque | The Faisal Mosque is a mosque in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan. It is the National mosque of Pakistan, and one of the largest mosques in the Islamic world. It is named after King Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It was the biggest mosque for over six years between 1986 and 1993).
Gallery
References
Other websites
Cli... |
75382 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Song%20cycle | Song cycle | A song cycle in classical music is a group of songs that belong together. Although each song may be sung separately, the composer really imagined that they would be performed together as one work. Sometimes they tell a story, but sometimes they just belong together because they are about the same idea (e.g. the sadne... |
75385 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quetta | Quetta | Quetta () is the capital and largest city of Balochistan province in Pakistan. It is famous for its climate and buildings. It is to the north of Balochistan, 133 kilometers away from Spin Buldak, Afghanistan.
In 1935, a powerful earthquake hit Quetta. The earthquake was felt between 2:30 am to 3:40 am. It resulted in ... |
75389 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilgit | Gilgit | Gilgit () is the capital and largest city of Gilgit Baltistan, Pakistan. About 216.000 people live there.
Hill Stations in Pakistan
Capital cities in Pakistan |
75392 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frottola | Frottola | The frottola (plural: frottole) was the most popular kind of secular (non-religious) song in Italy during the late 15th and early 16th centuries.
Frottole were quite simple and fun. They were often sung by small groups of singers. They were not contrapuntal, but they had a tune in the top part while the other singer... |
75394 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartolomeo%20Tromboncino | Bartolomeo Tromboncino | Bartolomeo Tromboncino (born Verona around 1470; died in or near Venice in 1535 or later) was an Italian composer. He lived in the Renaissance period. He is famous as a composer of songs called frottole. He is also remembered because he murdered his wife.
We know very little about his life. He probably grew up in ... |
75403 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/De%20jure | De jure | De jure is an expression from the Latin words meaning "in law".
It is often used in contrast to de facto (which means "in fact", or "in practice") when talking about law, governance, or technique. When talking about law, "de jure" is used to describe what the law says, and "de facto" is used to describe what actually ... |
75406 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boy%20George | Boy George | George Alan O'Dowd, better known as Boy George (born 14 June 1961 in Bexley, Kent) is a rock singer-songwriter and Club DJ. He grew up in a large, working-class Irish family. The family which originally came form Thurles, in Co. Tipperary, Ireland.
O'Dowd was a part of the British new romantic movement which emerged i... |
75408 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bon%20Jovi | Bon Jovi | Bon Jovi is an American hard rock band that formed in Sayreville, New Jersey in 1983. They are one of the world's best-selling bands of all time, having sold over 130 million records worldwide.
Band history
The first years
The song "Runaway" which was written by Jon Bon Jovi and George Karak reached the first plac... |
75409 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anastasia%20%281956%20movie%29 | Anastasia (1956 movie) | Anastasia is a movie made in 1956 by 20th Century Fox.
The movie was directed by Anatole Litvak. The movie stars Ingrid Bergman, Yul Brynner, and Helen Hayes. Other players include Akim Tamiroff (who earlier worked with Ingrid Bergman in the movie For Whom the Bell Tolls), Martita Hunt (who has a comic part as a fussy ... |
75414 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valdivia | Valdivia | Valdivia is a city, commune and municipality in southern Chile. Valdivia is the capital of Los Ríos Region (Spanish for Region of the Rivers), one of Chile's 16 regions. Valdivia is most known for being the city most affected by the Great Chilean Earthquake.
Images
References
Other websites
Cities in Chile |
75416 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir%20Seewoosagur%20Ramgoolam%20International%20Airport | Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport | The Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport (short name: SSR Airport) is the biggest airport in Mauritius.
Before, it was known as Plaisance Airport.
Location
The SSR Airport is near the city Mahebourg in Mauritius. It is also the only big airport in this country.
Mauritius
Airports in Africa |
75417 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pervez%20Musharraf | Pervez Musharraf | General (retired) Syed Pervez Musharraf () (born 11 August 1943) is a Pakistani politician and retired Four-star general of the Pakistan Army, who was a former military dictator and the tenth President of Pakistan from 20 June 2001 to 18 August 2008, when he tendered his resignation to avoid Impeachment. Previously, h... |
75420 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas-relief | Bas-relief | Bas-relief is a type of relief (sculpture) that has less depth to the faces and figures than they actually have, when measured proportionately (to scale). This technique keeps the natural shapes of the figures and allows the work to be seen from many angles without twisting the figures themselves.
There is a continu... |
75421 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogfights | Dogfights | Dogfights is a TV show on The History Channel. It uses computer animation to show dogfights from wars and talks with the pilots.
2006 television series debuts
English-language television programs |
75422 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogfight | Dogfight | A dogfight is a close air fight between fighter planes. It often involves turning, climbing, and swirling.
Dogfights started during World War I when the fighter planes did not have many weapons.
The first aerial dogfight occurred during the Battle of Cer (15–24 August 1914), when Serbian aviator Miodrag Tomić encount... |
75423 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1911%20pistol | M1911 pistol | The M1911 is a .45 ACP caliber pistol originally made by Colt, and is now the most copied pistol design in the world. It was designed in the early 1900s by John Browning and was used in battle by many soldiers in World War I, World War II, The Korean War, and in the Vietnam War. It is semi-automatic and can fire a bull... |
75424 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artaxiad%20dynasty%20of%20Iberia | Artaxiad dynasty of Iberia | The Artaxiads (Georgian: არტაშესიანი, Artašesiani), a branch of the dynasty of Armenia that ruled Iberia (ancient Georgia) from c. 90 BC to 30 AD. Little is known about the early years of the Iberian Artaxiad rule. They seem to have been under the influence of their Armenian cousins to whom Iberia had gotten a signific... |
75426 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stocking | Stocking | A stocking is a piece of women's clothing, worn like socks. They are made of stretchy materials. They are often worn instead of tights or socks.
Stockings that are similar to woman's stockings are also made as parts of sport uniforms.
Clothing |
75427 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robe | Robe | A robe is a type of clothing. It is loose-fitting and sometimes ties in the front.
Types of robes
There are different types of robes. These include the following:
Bathrobe - usually worn at home after taking a bath. They are also sometimes worn at night, or in the morning.
Graduation robe - A gown traditionally wo... |
75434 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geri%20Halliwell | Geri Halliwell | Geraldine Estelle "Geri" Halliwell (born 6 August 1972) is an English pop music singer. She is a former member of pop group the Spice Girls. She made $30 million during her last two years in the group.
She left the Spice Girls in May 1998 and continued singing as a solo artist. In 2007, she reunited with the Spice Gi... |
75437 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Crucible | The Crucible | The Crucible is a 1950s play about the Salem Witch Trials by Arthur Miller.
Miller wrote this play during the time of McCarthyism in America. Many people were afraid that communism would stop the American way of life. Some people falsely accused their enemies and even their friends of being communists during this tim... |
75439 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rush%20Limbaugh | Rush Limbaugh | Rush Hudson Limbaugh III (, ; January 12, 1951 – February 17, 2021) was an American conservative radio talk show host and writer. He was the host of The Rush Limbaugh show where callers could call in and express their opinions.
Criticisms
Leftist critic Media Matters said some of his views were sexist. The 2015 docum... |
75441 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second%20Life | Second Life | Second Life is the biggest online virtual world. It was launched in 2003 by Linden Lab, a Californian software company founded by Philip Rosedale. It is made up of a large number of regions or islands, which can belong to continents. The users are called residents, and technically they are avatars. The piece of softwar... |
75443 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford%20Falcon | Ford Falcon | The Ford Falcon is a big car made by Ford in Australia since 1960. It had seven generations and production of it stopped in October 2016.
1960s automobiles
1970s automobiles
1980s automobiles
1990s automobiles
2000s automobiles
2010s automobiles
Falcon
pl:Ford Falcon |
75447 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoboken | Hoboken | Hoboken is a southern district of the city of Antwerp, in Flanders (Belgium). There are 34,443 people living there.
Other websites
Official Website
Antwerp |
75450 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bottlenose%20dolphin | Bottlenose dolphin | A bottlenose dolphin or Atlantic bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is a kind of dolphin. The name "bottlenose" comes from its snout being shaped like a bottle. It breathes through a hole on top of its head. Its brain is very large, and it is one of the most intelligent animals. Bottlenose dolphins are closely rel... |
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