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76551 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument%20of%20periapsis | Argument of periapsis | In astronomy, the argument of periapsis (ω) is a way of talking about the orbit of a planet, asteroid or comet. It is also known as the argument of perihelion or the argument of perifocus. It is the angle (starting from the center of the orbit) between an orbiting body's periapsis and its ascending node. Periapsis is t... |
76552 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longitude%20of%20the%20ascending%20node | Longitude of the ascending node | The longitude of the ascending node (☊ or Ω) is one of the orbital elements used to specify the orbit of an object in space. It is the angle from a reference direction, called the origin of longitude, to the direction of the ascending node, measured in a reference plane.
References
Orbits
ru:Кеплеровы элементы орби... |
76553 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mean%20anomaly | Mean anomaly | In the study of orbital dynamics the mean anomaly of an orbiting body is the angle the body would have traveled about the center of the orbit's auxiliary circle. Unlike other measures of anomaly, the mean anomaly grows linearly with time. Because of the linear growth with time, the mean anomaly makes calculating the ... |
76554 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital%20period | Orbital period | The orbital period is the time taken for a given object to make one complete orbit around another object. The year and month are orbital periods.
When mentioned without further qualification in astronomy this refers to the sidereal period of an astronomical object, which is calculated with respect to the stars. Other... |
76556 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbital%20speed | Orbital speed | The orbital speed of a body, usually a planet, a natural satellite, an artificial satellite, or a multiple star, is the speed at which it orbits around the barycenter of a system, usually around a more massive body. It can be used to refer to either the mean orbital speed, the average speed as it completes an orbit, or... |
76561 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/101 | 101 | Year 101 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar.
Births
Ptolemy
Deaths
John the Apostle |
76567 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental%20drift | Continental drift | Continental drift is a historical, scientific theory. The theory was first proposed by Abraham Ortelius in 1596. It was fully developed by the German geologist and meteorologist Alfred Wegener in 1915.
The theory said that parts of the Earth's crust move slowly on top of a liquid mantle of higher density. The theory ... |
76568 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxe-Altenburg | Saxe-Altenburg | Saxe-Altenburg () was one of the Ernestine duchies of the House of Wettin.
Altenburg was independent for most of the 1600s until 1672. This is when the last male ruler died. Because only men could rule the Ernestine duchies Altenburg began to be ruled by the Duke of Saxe-Gotha, who had married the last ruler’s daughter... |
76579 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcupine | Porcupine | A porcupine is a rodent with a coat of sharp spines, or quills, that defend them from predators. The porcupine is the third biggest rodent, after the capybara, and beaver, and are not to be confused with hedgehogs. Most porcupines are about 60–90 cm long, with a 20–25 cm long tail. Weighing between 12-35 pounds (5–16 k... |
76582 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Silvia%20Night%20Show | The Silvia Night Show | The Silvia Night Show is a 2007 Icelandic television series following the controversial fictional character Silvia Night. It is the English version that was made to promote her participation in the Eurovision Song Contest.
The show followed Silvia Night during her appearance in Eurovision Song Contest 2006, and her ta... |
76588 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakten%20p%C3%A5%20Billie%20Jo | Jakten på Billie Jo | was a Swedish reality program. It was first broadcast on August 4, 2000. It was broadcast by the station TV4. The program followed three American actresses who auditioned for the role as "Billie Jo" in the Swedish soap opera Nya tider.
The winner was Alexandra Sapot. The winner was chosen by Swedish viewers' televotes... |
76589 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernestine%20duchies | Ernestine duchies | The Ernestine duchies, are sometimes called the Saxon duchies, were a changing number of small states in the present German state of Thuringia, governed by dukes of the Ernestine line of the house of Wettin. The Albertine duchies of Weissenfels, Merseburg and Zeitz were are also sometimes called "Saxon duchies" and bor... |
76608 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalpa | Kalpa | Kalpa could mean:
A word in Sanskrit, meaning "practicable, feasible, possible", and also "proper, fit, able", from a root "to be well ordered or regulated"
Kalpa (Vedanga) "proper practice", "ritual", one of the six disciplines of Vedanga in Hinduism
Kalpa (time unit) a Sanskrit word referring to a great length o... |
76611 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri%20Maha%20Bodhi | Sri Maha Bodhi | The Sri Maha Bodhi is a Sacred Fig tree in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. The site where it's on, Sacred City of Anuradhapura, is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
It is said to be a tree grown from a sapling from the famous Bodhi tree where the first Buddha became enlightened. It brought down by Mihindu (Mahinda) a... |
76613 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20children%20of%20the%20Presidents%20of%20the%20United%20States | List of children of the Presidents of the United States | This is a list of children of U.S. Presidents with stepchildren, adopted children, and alleged illegitimate children included. Full names are given including middle, maiden and married names. This list also includes the children's spouses and any known children they had and a “?” for an unknown number of children.
P... |
76616 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores%20Hope | Dolores Hope | Dolores Hope (May 27, 1909 – September 19, 2011) was an American singer. She was the widow of Bob Hope.
Early life
Hope was born Dolores DeFina on May 27, 1909. She was of Italian and Irish ancestry. She was born and raised in New York City. She began her career in the 1930s.
Marriage to Bob
In 1933, she met Bob Hope... |
76638 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda | Miranda | Miranda (late latin Miranda meaning to be admired at or "watchtower", "vantage point"). Miranda is also a family name and a female given name. It may also refer to:
People
Miranda Hart (born 1972), British actress and comedienne
Miranda Krestovnikoff (born 1973), British television presenter
Miranda Richardson (born... |
76639 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda%20%28state%29 | Miranda (state) | Estado Miranda is one of the 23 states of Venezuela. The state capital is Los Teques.
Miranda State covers a total surface area of 7,950 km². It is the second largest state in population after Zulia Venezuela, approximately 3,028,965 (2011).
Administrative divisions
Municipalities and municipal seats
Miranda state ... |
76641 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miranda%20%28novel%29 | Miranda (novel) | Miranda is a novel written by Antoni Lange in 1924. It is the last great work of Lange and his most famous book today. It is said that Miranda is an "occultic fiction" and a "romance ranked to a philosophical treaty". The novel is also known as a mix of dystopia and utopia.
The novel was translated into English (in 1... |
76644 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capybara | Capybara | Capybara (Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris) is a semi-aquatic rodent of South America. It weighs about a hundred pounds, and is about two feet tall at the shoulder. The capybara is the world's largest rodent.
Capybaras are closely related to guinea pigs and to chinchillas. When they are full-grown, they weigh about 55 kg, o... |
76645 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha%20Jefferson | Martha Jefferson | Martha Wayles Skelton Jefferson, born Martha Wayles (October 30, 1748 – September 6, 1782) was the only wife of her second husband, Thomas Jefferson.
She was a widow at her second wedding, as her first husband had died young. When her second husband, Jefferson, was Governor of Virginia, she served as First Lady of ... |
76660 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20Awakening | Great Awakening | The Great Awakenings were a few periods of religious revival in United States history. The term is used sometimes to refer to events like the Protestant Reformation, as well as to identify general trends within U.S. religious culture.
There are four generally accepted Great Awakenings in U.S. history:
The First Gre... |
76670 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycopene | Lycopene | Lycopene is the pigment of tomato. Its chemical formula is (6E,8E,10E,12E,14E,16E,18E,20E,22E,24E,26E)-
2,6,10,14,19,23,27,31- Octamethyldotriaconta- 2, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16,18,20,22,24,26,30- tridecaene. C40H56.
Ketchup contains the highest concentrations of bioavailable lycopene.
Chemicals |
76673 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housefly | Housefly | Housefly is the common fly often found in houses. The Latin name for the housefly is Musca domestica. This species is always found near humans. It is the most common species found on hog and poultry farms, horse stables and ranches. Not only are house flies a nuisance, but they also carry disease-causing organisms. Fli... |
76674 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landfall | Landfall | Landfall can mean:
Landfall, an arrival at land on a sea or air journey
Landfall (meteorology), the time at which a storm passes over shore
Landfall, Minnesota
Landfall (journal), a New Zealand literary journal
Landfall (movie), a 1977 New Zealand movie
"Landfall", a track from Mike Oldfield's Tres Lunas album |
76678 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemical%20engineering | Chemical engineering | Chemical engineering is a branch of engineering dealing with chemistry that came to existence in the early 20th century. Before this time, chemical plants were designed by chemists, who were trained to work on a small scale only. Chemical engineering combines the jobs of a chemist and that of industrial engineer. This ... |
76688 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%20of%20Windsor | House of Windsor | The House of Windsor is the current Royal House of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and each of the other Commonwealth realms. The older part is a branch of the Saxe-Coburg and Gotha line of the House of Wettin, while the newer part is a branch of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg li... |
76690 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jocelyne%20Saab | Jocelyne Saab | Jocelyne Saab (30 April 1948 – 7 January 2019) was a journalist and movie director from Beirut, Lebanon.
Saab died on 7 January 2019 from endometrial cancer in Paris, aged 70.
Movies
1975: Portrait d'un mercenaire français
1975: Lebanon in a Whirlwind
1976: Les Enfants de la guerre
1976: Sud-Liban - Histoire d'un... |
76691 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulva | Ulva | Ulva or the Isle of Ulva (Gaelic: Ulbha) is an island in the Inner Hebrides in Scotland. Around 16 people live there. At the beginning of the 19th century, 600 people lived there. Lachlan Macquarie who is sometimes known as the "Father of Australia", came from here.
Argyll and Bute
Inner and Outer Hebrides |
76695 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar%20Ray%20Robinson | Sugar Ray Robinson | Sugar Ray Robinson (born Walker Smith Jr., May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989) was an American boxer. He won the welterweight and middleweight world championships. Many boxing historians rank Robinson as the best boxer who ever lived.
Early life
Robinson was born in Ailey, Georgia. He moved to Harlem, New York City when he... |
76697 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randolph%20Turpin | Randolph Turpin | Randolph Adolphus ('Randy') Turpin (7 June 1928 – 17 May 1966) was an English boxer who was the middleweight champion of the world in 1951.
Turpin was born in Leamington Spa to a white British mother and black Guyanan father. He became a professional boxer in 1946. In 1951, Sugar Ray Robinson traveled to England and g... |
76714 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maple | Maple | Maple (Latin name Acer ) is a genus of trees or shrubs. Sometimes they are put into a family of their own, the Aceraceae. At other times they are included in the Sapindaceae. To include them in the Sapindaceae is the more modern classification. There are between 100 and 200 species of maples. Most species are native to... |
76715 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilde%20Fr%C3%B6ling | Tilde Fröling | Tilde Maria Henny Märta Fröling (born May 15, 1980) is a Swedish television personality, actress and singer. She is the daughter of actress Ewa Fröling. Fröling was born in Stockholm, Sweden.
References
Other websites
1980 births
Living people
Swedish actors
Swedish singers
Swedish television presenters
Reality tel... |
76718 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie%20Picasso | Marie Picasso | Marie Picasso (born 24 April 1979) is a Swedish reality show star, model and singer who rose to fame in 2002 when she was a housemate on Big Brother. She later got a job as a game show host on TV4 leading two different game shows. In 2007 she entered Idol 2007 where she is currently in the top 10 of the Swedish version... |
76725 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eulipotyphla | Eulipotyphla | The Eulipotyphla is an order of mammals. It was formed from those insectivorous mammals which are monophyletic, a single clade. The old order Insectivora is now abandoned because it was polyphyletic. The new order Eulipotyphla has been shown to be monophyletic.
The term insectivorous (insect eating) can still be used ... |
76727 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad%20Kissingen | Bad Kissingen | Bad Kissingen is a city in Bavaria, in the country of Germany. About 21,000 people live there.
History
It was first mentioned in 801 CE. It is a "spa town", a place where people go to rest and relax. The well that is the source of the spa was first mentioned in 823 CE.
Well-known people
Jack Steinberger (born 1921... |
76728 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostel | Hostel | A hostel is a place that rents beds to travelers. They are cheaper than hotels and offer less privacy and a community experience.
References
Accommodations
Travel |
76735 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reuters | Reuters | Reuters is a British news group and money company that is was started in 1851. The group is in London and is owned by Thompson Reuters.
Media in the United Kingdom |
76737 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated%20Press | Associated Press | The Associated Press (also called the AP and AP Wire) is an American non-profit news media company. It is based in New York City. The AP is a non-profit cooperative owned by the newspapers, radio and Television stations who share its news stories. Most articles are written by staff members belonging to the Newspaper Gu... |
76738 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/AP | AP | AP can mean:
Associated Press - a news agency
Advanced Placement - a program that allows college level classes to be taken at school |
76739 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC%20News%20%28TV%20channel%29 | BBC News (TV channel) | BBC News is a free news channel, broadcast by BBC. It began on 9th November 1997 as BBC News 24 until it was rebranded to its current name on 21st April 2008. The BBC's website, bbc.co.uk, also features a section called BBC News. This section contains news articles and videos of broadcasts from the news channel.
Other... |
76740 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxe-Jena | Saxe-Jena | The Duchy of Saxe-Jena was one of the Ernestine duchies of the House of Wettin.
Part of the Duchy of Saxe-Weimar was given to Bernhard, the fourth son of Wilhelm, Duke of Saxe-Weimar in 1672. The second duke had no male heirs to inherit the title, so the territory was taken back by Saxe-Weimar when the second duke die... |
76748 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach | The Duchy of Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach () was created in 1809 when the Ernestine duchies of Saxe-Weimar and Saxe-Eisenach were formally joined into one state. The two duchies had shared the same ruler since 1741, which is when the Saxe-Eisenach line had died out. It became a Grand Duchy in 1815.
In 1877, the Grand Duchy of... |
76753 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligatoridae | Alligatoridae | Alligators and Caimans make up the second largest family of the crocodilians, Alligatoridae. There are 4 genera and about 7 known species of Alligatorids. Alligatorids range in size depending on species. The Chinese alligator (Aligator sinensis) is usually about while the American Alligator (A. mississippiensis) is us... |
76763 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaza | Gaza | Gaza (, transliterated Ġazzah; , transliterated: Azzah) is the largest city inside the Gaza Strip and in the Palestinian territories. The city has a population of about 400,000. It is often named "Gaza City" to distinguish it from the larger Gaza Strip.
References
Cities in Palestine
Gaza Strip |
76767 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20duchy | Grand duchy | A grand duchy is a country whose head of state is a Grand Duke or Grand Duchess.
The only grand duchy in existence today is Luxembourg. Luxembourg became a grand duchy in 1815 when the Netherlands became an independent kingdom, and King William I of the Netherlands was made Grand Duke of Luxembourg. In 1890, the two c... |
76772 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant%C3%B3nio%20de%20Oliveira%20Salazar | António de Oliveira Salazar | António de Oliveira Salazar, GColIH, GCTE, GCSE, (April 28, 1888 – July 27, 1970) was the Prime Minister and dictator of Portugal from 1932 to 1968. He was the President of the Republic in 1951, as interim. He started and led the Estado Novo ("New State"), the authoritarian, right-wing government that ruled Portugal fr... |
76776 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess%20Nikki | Princess Nikki | Princess Nikki is a British reality television show that stars former Big Brother 7 UK house mate Nikki Grahame. It ran on Wednesday nights between 10:00 - 10:30pm on the digital and satellite television channel E4 from 6 September 2006, for a total runtime of 30 minutes. The show was devised by Endemol, the company th... |
76777 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Van%20Der%20Beek | James Van Der Beek | James William Van Der Beek, Jr. (born March 8, 1977) is an American television and movie actor. He was born in Cheshire, Connecticut. He is best known for his role as Dawson Leery in Dawson's Creek.
Other websites
1977 births
Living people
Actors from Connecticut
American movie actors
American television actors |
76778 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson%27s%20Creek | Dawson's Creek | Dawson's Creek is an American primetime television drama which aired from January 20, 1998, to May 14, 2003, on The WB Television Network. The lead production company was Sony Pictures Television. Reruns of the show are currently seen in the US in syndication on TBS and on The N. with Katie Holmes in one of the leading... |
76779 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/General%20Hospital | General Hospital | General Hospital (commonly abbreviated GH) is the longest-running ABC Daytime American soap opera broadcast on the American Broadcasting Company television network. It is also the longest-running serial produced in Hollywood (having been taped at the Prospect Avenue ABC Television Center West and Sunset-Gower Studios).... |
76780 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popstars | Popstars | Popstars is a reality show where a number of people audition of a spot in a new popgroup. The concept has been sold to most parts of the world.
Also solo artists has been searched for in this show, Girls Aloud are one of the most famous groups coming out from the reality show also Nicole Scherzinger from Pussycat Dolls... |
76781 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicole%20Scherzinger | Nicole Scherzinger | Nicole Elikolani Valiente Prescovia Scherzinger (born June 29, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter, television personality, and philanthrophist.
Early life
Her father is of Filipino ancestry. Her mother is of Hawaiian and Russian ancestry. Her Catholic parents separated when she was a baby. At age six, she moved t... |
76782 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Girls%20Aloud | Girls Aloud | Girls Aloud was a British girl group created by an ITV television show named Popstars: The Rivals in 2002. The group's members were Cheryl Cole (née Tweedy), Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh. Girls Aloud have become one of the most successful British pop groups of the 2000s, with a record... |
76783 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wulfila%20Bible | Wulfila Bible | The Wulfila Bible (or Gothic Bible) is a translation of parts of the Bible into the Gothic language. It was done by a Christian Bishop, called Wulfila, in the 3rd century. It contains mainly a translation of the New Testament. The basis for the translation was a Greek version of the Bible. Up till then, the Goths had u... |
76785 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague%20of%20Athens | Plague of Athens | The Plague of Athens was an epidemic which hit the city-state of Athens in ancient Greece during the second year of the Peloponnesian War (430 BC), when an Athenian victory still seemed possible. Many historians believe that it entered Athens through Piraeus, the city's port and sole source of food and supplies. The c... |
76786 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/430%20BC | 430 BC |
Events
Plague of Athens an epidemic which hit the city-state of Athens in ancient Greece during the second year of the Peloponnesian War.
Euripides wrote the play Alcestis
Deaths
Zeno of Elea died about 430 BC |
76787 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloponnesian%20War | Peloponnesian War | The Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC) was an Ancient Greek military conflict, fought by Athens and its allies, against the Peloponnesian League, led by Sparta. Athens and Sparta were was the greatest sea power, and Sparta the greatest land power in 5th century BC Greece.
In the first phase, the Archidamian War, Sparta l... |
76788 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/429%20BC | 429 BC | Last updated February 2
Events
Deaths
Pericles or Perikles (ca. 495–429 BC), an important statesman of Athens. He also was an orator and a general. |
76789 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg | Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg () was a country in what is today Thuringia, Germany.
It was formed in 1672 when Frederick Wilhelm III, the last duke of Saxe-Altenburg died and Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Gotha (who had married Frederick Wilhelm's cousin, Elisabeth Sophie) inherited his possessions.
The duchy was split up again afte... |
76790 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thucydides | Thucydides | Thucydides (; ; born around 460 BC, died around 400 BC) was an ancient Greek historian best remembered for his work on the Peloponnesian War. He was the son of Olorus.
References
Further reading
Herodotus, Histories, A. D. Godley (translator), Cambridge: Harvard University Press (1920). .
Pausanias, Description ... |
76791 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piraeus | Piraeus | Piraeus is a port and municipality in Athens, Attica, Greece, in the south of the center of Athens.
The population of Piraeus is 163,688 (2011).
Population
Sister cities
Marseille, France
Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
Ostrava, Czech republic
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Galaţi, Romania since 1985
Varna, Bulg... |
76793 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rh%C3%B4ne | Rhône | The Rhône is a river in France and Switzerland. It is 812 kilometers long. The river starts in Rhône Glacier, which is in Switzerland. Then, the Rhône River joints the Saône, in France (and other rivers) and ends in the Mediterranean Sea.
The River Rhône empties into the Mediterranean. Only the Nile brings more water ... |
76795 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis%20Egidio%20Mel%C3%A9ndez | Luis Egidio Meléndez | Luis Egidio Meléndez (Naples, 1716-Madrid, 1780) was a Spanish painter. Although he received little acclaim or praise during his lifetime and died in poverty, Meléndez is recognized today as the greatest Spanish still life painter of the eighteenth century. His mastery of composition and light, and his remarkable abili... |
76796 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine | Augustine | Augustine, Augustin, or Augustini can mean:
Augustine of Hippo (354-430), the Church Father and patron of the Augustinians
Augustine of Canterbury (d. 604), the first Archbishop of Canterbury
Mar Augustine Kandathil (1874-1956): First Indian Archbishop and First Metropolitan of the Catholic St. Thomas Christians.
... |
76797 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saxe-Hildburghausen | Saxe-Hildburghausen | Saxe-Hildburghausen was one of the Ernestine duchies of the House of Wettin.
History
Although it was very small, Saxe-Hildburghausen was an independent duchy from 1680 to 1826. In 1684 the duchy changed its capital from Heldburg to Hildburghausen, and changed its name to Saxe-Hildburghausen.
In 1810, a Princess Ther... |
76800 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine%20of%20Hippo | Augustine of Hippo | Augustine of Hippo (; ; 13 November 354 – 28 August 430), also known as Saint Augustine, was a Christian philosopher and theologian.
Early life
Augustine was born in the year 354. His mother is believed to have been of Berber origin.
After growing up, he began to learn and write a lot about Christianity, and became a... |
76803 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%20of%20Wettin | House of Wettin | The House of Wettin was a dynasty of German counts, dukes, prince-electors (Kurfürsten) and kings that ruled in what is known today as the German states of Saxony and Thuringia for more than 800 years. Members of the Wettin family were also kings of Poland, as well as forming the ruling houses of Great Britain, Portug... |
76809 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durham | Durham | Durham is a city in the North East of England. It is within the County Durham local government district, and is the county town of the larger ceremonial county. It lies to the south of Newcastle upon Tyne, Chester-le-Street and Sunderland and to the north of Darlington.
Durham is well known for its Norman Cathedral an... |
76810 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelic%20Upstarts | Angelic Upstarts | The Angelic Upstarts are an anti-fascist Oi! punk rock band who started in South Shields, North-East England in 1977.
Other websites
Official website
English punk bands |
76811 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-fascism | Anti-fascism | Anti-fascism is the opposition to fascist ideologies, organizations, governments and people. Anti-fascism started in Europe in the 1920s. At the same time, fascist political parties were getting popular in Europe. Anti-fascism was most popular during and after World War II, when fascist governments were very powerful i... |
76812 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Peloponnesian%20War | History of the Peloponnesian War | The History of the Peloponnesian War tells the story of the Peloponnesian War in Ancient Greece. It was written by Thucydides, an Athenian general who served in that war. The war was fought between the Peloponnesian League (led by Sparta) and the Athenian league (led by Athens). The war lasted more than 20 years.
Many... |
76817 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historiography | Historiography | Historiography is about the writing of history and the use of historical methods. Thus it looks at authors, sources, interpretation, style, bias, and audience. It is sometimes called "the history of history". The word historiography can also refer to a body of historical work.
The history of written history
For thousa... |
76821 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical%20method | Historical method | The historical method are the techniques and guidelines by which historians use primary sources and other evidence to research and then to write history.
Guidelines
Following Garraghan (in: A Guide to Historical Method, 168) puts six questions that should be answered as minimal standard for a sound historical method... |
76823 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary%20source | Primary source | A primary source is an original document or other material that has not been changed in any way. It is a reliable first-hand account usually written at or near the time the event(s) occurred. Usually it was produced by someone with direct personal knowledge of the events that are described. It is used as an original so... |
76824 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Source | Source | Source could mean:
Research
Source text, in research (especially in the humanities), a source of information referred to by citation
Primary source, firsthand written evidence of history made at the time of the event by someone who was present
Secondary source, written accounts of history based upon the evidence from... |
76825 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secondary%20source | Secondary source | A secondary source is a document or recording that writes or speaks about information that is one step removed from the original source.
The secondary source depends on the primary source or original source of the information. Secondary sources interpret, evaluate or discuss information found in primary sources. In ... |
76827 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breinigerberg | Breinigerberg | Breinigerberg is a small village in the West of Germany, the state of North Rhine-Westphalia About 972 people live at the place. It is close to the Naturpark Nordeifel, a large forest area in Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands.
The road L12 passes through Breinigerberg splitting it into two parts.
In the last two ... |
76829 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Document | Document | A document (noun) is a piece of information that one can use for communicating something. In most of the cases it is a paper, that contains information in the form of ink marks. But nowadays documents can be digital as well.
To document (verb) means to produce an object by collecting and representing information.
Di... |
76830 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Object | Object | Object could mean:
Object (philosophy), a thing, being or concept
Physical entity, something that is tangible and within the grasp of the senses
Object (grammar), a sentence element, such as a direct object or an indirect object
Object (task), an aim, target or objective
The intended result of an action
Object (... |
76831 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/International%20Standard%20Book%20Number | International Standard Book Number | The International Standard Book Number, ISBN, is a unique commercial book identifier barcode. The ISBN system was created in the United Kingdom, in 1966, by the booksellers and stationers W.H. Smith.
Originally, it was the 9-digit Standard Book Numbering (SBN) code and still was used in 1974; it was adopted as the int... |
76832 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index | Index | An index is a system used to make finding information easier.
Index could also mean:
Index (publishing), a detailed list, usually arranged alphabetically, of the specific information in a publication
Index cards in a rolodex or old card catalog, early and mid 20th century technologies for maintaining such lists
In... |
76834 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recording | Recording | Recording means to capture data to store it on a storage medium or record as a video format.
Historical records of events have been made for thousands of years. Amongst the earliest are cave painting, runic alphabets and ideograms. Technology continues to provide and expand means for human beings to record their thoug... |
76836 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedro%20Santana%2C%20El%C3%ADas%20Pi%C3%B1a | Pedro Santana, Elías Piña | Pedro Santana is a municipality in the Dominican Republic, in the Elías Piña Province, on the border with Haiti, along the left side of the Artibonite river.
Origin of the name
The town, and municipality, was named after Pedro Santana, a general of the Independence wars and first president of the Dominican Republic. H... |
76837 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visual%20system | Visual system | The visual system is the part of the nervous system which allows organisms to see.
It interprets the information from visible light to build a representation of the world surrounding the body. The visual system has the complex task of (re)constructing a three dimensional world from a two dimensional projection of that ... |
76839 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microform | Microform | Microform is a name given to special photographic films. Microforms contain reduced images of documents. Usually, documents stored on microform are reduced about 25 times. Microform is mainly used for archival purposes.
There are three common formats:
Microfilm, which comes in reels of film.
Aperture card, This contai... |
76841 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog%20signal | Analog signal | An analog or analogue signal is any continuous signal.
The difference from a digital signal is that also very small fluctuations in the signal are meaningful. When one speaks of analog one often means an electrical context, however mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and other systems may also convey analog signals.
A... |
76842 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microphone | Microphone | A microphone, sometimes referred to as a mike or mic (both IPA pronunciation: ), converts sound into an electrical signal.
Microphones are used in many applications such as telephones, tape recorders, hearing aids, motion picture production, live and recorded audio engineering, in radio and television broadcasting and... |
76847 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20signal | Digital signal | Digital signal can mean two different things:
discrete-time signals that are digitized.
the waveform signals in a digital system.
Discrete-time signals
Digital signals are digital representations of discrete-time signals, which are often produced by changing an analog signal.
An analog signal is a datum that cha... |
76848 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumatics | Pneumatics | Pneumatics is the use of compressed air for mechanical motion. It has many uses.
Pneumatic transfer systems are employed in many industries to move powders and devices. Pneumatic devices are also used where electric motors cannot be used for safety reasons, such as deep in a mine where explosive dust or gases may be... |
76851 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy%20of%20Saxe-Gotha | Duchy of Saxe-Gotha | Saxe-Gotha () was a state in today's Thuringia, Germany.
It was created in 1640 for Duke Ernest I and ended in 1680 when his lands were divided after his death in 1675. The area around Gotha passed to Ernest's eldest surviving son, Frederick of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, who also inherited Altenburg (which Ernest had inher... |
76856 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seafloor%20spreading | Seafloor spreading | Seafloor spreading happens at the bottom of an ocean as tectonic plates move apart. The seafloor moves and carries continents with it. At ridges in the middle of oceans, new oceanic crust is created. The motivating force for seafloor spreading ridges is tectonic plate pull rather than magma pressure, although there is ... |
76858 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comendador%2C%20El%C3%ADas%20Pi%C3%B1a | Comendador, Elías Piña | The Dominican city of Comendador is the head municipality of the Elías Piña province, on the border with Haiti.
Population
The municipality had, in 2010, a total population of 19,344: 9,675 men and 9,669 women. The urban population was of the total population.
History
The city was founded in 1868, and named after Ni... |
76862 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily%20Greene%20Balch | Emily Greene Balch | Emily Greene Balch (1867-1961) shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 with John Raleigh Mott (1865-1955). Both laureates were American.
1867 births
1961 deaths
Writers from Massachusetts
American Nobel Prize winners |
76872 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiara%20Zanni | Chiara Zanni | Chiara Zanni (born July 19, 1978 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian actress and voice actress. She is known for her role as "Amy" in The N's television series About a Girl.
Biography
Raised in Vancouver, Chiara started her career at the age of 8, when won a talent contest called Search for a Star. She was ... |
76874 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoni%20Lange | Antoni Lange | Antoni Lange (1861 or 1863 – March 17, 1929), was a Polish poet, translator and mystic philosopher of the Symbolism and Parnassianism movements. He was regarded as a "great master of reflective poetry". He spoke 15 languages. His pen-names were Antoni Wrzesień and Napierski. Although Lange was not a particularly famed ... |
76878 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curie%20%28unit%29 | Curie (unit) | The curie (symbol Ci) is a unit of measurement. It measures radioactivity. It is defined as
1 Ci = 3.7×1010 decays per second.
This is roughly the activity of 1 gram of the radium isotope 226Ra. Radium was studied by the pioneers of radiology, Marie and Pierre Curie so the unit is named after them. The curie has si... |
76879 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curie | Curie | The Curies were a family of distinguished scientists:
Marie Curie (1867-1934), a Polish-French chemist, physicist, and two time Nobel Prize winner
Pierre Curie (1859-1906), Marie's husband, French physicist and Nobel Prize winner
Irène Joliot-Curie (1897-1956), Marie and Pierre's daughter, French physicist and Nobe... |
76892 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fjord | Fjord | A fjord or fiord is a type of gulf. Fjords are narrow with steep sides, and are created by large masses of snow moving over land. They can be found in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Canada, Germany, and Finland. In Germany, fiords are called Förde.
Cities
Most cities near fiords are sea ports. Some cities near fjords are l... |
76893 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raccoon | Raccoon | The raccoon (Procyon lotor, common raccoon,) is a mammal. Raccoons are curious, clever, and solitary. They are originally from North America. They have spread through Central America, and live in various habitats. They have escaped in some parts of Eurasia (see map), and now live there as well. They are omnivorous. Rac... |
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