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82705 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1449 | 1449 |
Events of 1449
January 6 – Constantine XI is crowned Byzantine Emperor, at Mistra. He was the last in a line of rulers that can be traced to the founding of Rome.
April 7 – The last Antipope, Felix V abdicates.
April 19 – Pope Nicholas V elected by the Council of Basel
April 25 – The Council of Basel dissolves itsel... |
82706 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1277 | 1277 |
Events
Burma's Pagan empire begins to disintegrate after being defeated by Kublai Khan at the Battle of Ngasaunggyan, at Yunnan near the Chinese border.
Some 50,000 leaders and citizens of the Southern Song Dynasty of China become the first recorded inhabitants of Macau, as they seek refuge from the invading Mongo... |
82707 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1275 | 1275 |
Events
Europe
War and politics
April 22 – The first of the Statutes of Westminster are passed by the English parliament, establishing a series of laws in its 51 clauses, including equal treatment of rich and poor, free and fair elections, and definition of bailable and non-bailable offenses.
Eleanor de Montfort ... |
82711 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1269 | 1269 |
Events
Europe
June 19 – King Louis IX of France orders all Jews found in public without an identifying yellow badge to be fined ten livres of silver.
Pélerin de Maricourt first describes magnetic poles and remarks on the nonexistence of isolated magnetic poles.
King Otakar II of Bohemia inherits Carinthia and pa... |
82712 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1266 | 1266 |
Events
Europe
February 26 – In the Battle of Benevento, an army led by Charles, Count of Anjou, defeats a combined German and Sicilian force led by King Manfred of Sicily. Manfred is killed in the battle and Pope Clement IV invests Charles as king of Sicily and Naples.
July – Mary de Ferrers ordered to surrender ... |
82722 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coelurosauria | Coelurosauria | Coelurosauria is the clade containing all theropod dinosaurs more closely related to birds than to carnosaurs.
This is a varied group that includes tyrannosaurs, ornithomimosaurs, compsognathids and maniraptors; Maniraptora includes birds, the only descendents of coelurosaurs alive today.
All Paraves discovered so fa... |
82723 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maniraptora | Maniraptora | Maniraptors ("hand snatchers") is a clade of coelurosaurian dinosaurs starting in the Jurassic period.
Many paleontologists believe birds evolved from them some 150 or so million years ago. Hence, according to phylogenetic taxonomy, birds are by definition maniraptors, and the other maniraptors are their closest relat... |
82731 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE%20802.1X | IEEE 802.1X | IEEE 802.1 is the name for a number of high-level protocols for computer networks. In this context, IEEE 802.1X helps secure such a network. It defines methods to authenticate devices and to authorise the access to certain resources. A dedicated server checks information received from a "supplicant". Depending on the ... |
82733 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software%20Development%20Kit | Software Development Kit | A software development kit (SDK or "devkit") is usually a set of development tools that allows a software developer to create applications for a certain software package, software framework, hardware platform, computer system, video game console, operating system, or similar platform.
SDKs vary greatly between a simp... |
82737 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged%20Image%20File%20Format | Tagged Image File Format | Tagged Image File Format (also known as TIFF) is a container format for storing images, including photographs and line art. It is now under the control of Adobe. Originally created by the company Aldus for use with what was then called "desktop publishing," TIFF is a popular format for color and black and white images.... |
82740 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ounce | Ounce | The ounce (abbreviated: oz, the old Italian word onza, now spelled oncia) is a unit of mass or of weight in a number of different systems, including various systems of mass that form part of the imperial and United States customary systems. Its size can vary from system to system. The most commonly used ounces used tod... |
82742 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino | Camino | Camino was a free, open source web browser, that was designed for the Mac OS X operating system. It was developed by the Camino Project, a community organization. It was based on Mozilla's Gecko rendering engine.
Version history
Web browsers
Mozilla |
82743 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixels%20per%20inch | Pixels per inch | Pixels per inch (PPI) or pixel density is a measurement of the resolution of a computer display, related to the size of the display in inches and the total number of pixels in the horizontal and vertical directions. This measurement is often referred to as dots per inch, though that measurement more accurately refers t... |
82744 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM | ARM | An arm is an upper limb of the body.
Arm (or arms) can also mean:
Coat of arms
Armenia, via its country code
Armenian language, via its language code
ARM architecture for computers |
82746 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safari%20%28web%20browser%29 | Safari (web browser) | Safari is a web browser developed by Apple Inc. which can be downloaded free of charge. It also comes with a Mac computer. It is based on the WebKit engine, which is a fork of KDE's KHTML engine.
History
Apple Inc. replaced the previous default web browser, Internet Explorer, with their Safari many years ago. Steve... |
82747 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netscape%20Navigator | Netscape Navigator | Netscape Navigator (or just Netscape) was a closed source web browser between 1994 to 1998. In 1999, they made it open source. It was first released in 1994. It was very popular during the 1990s. In 1998, Internet Explorer gained more market share, due to Microsoft bundling Internet Explorer with Windows 98. Netscape C... |
82752 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20The%20Simpsons%20Treehouse%20of%20Horror%20episodes | List of The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror episodes | This is a list of Treehouse of Horror episodes from the animated television series The Simpsons. Treehouse of Horror episodes have aired every year since the second season (1990). Each episode has three separate segments. These segments usually involve the family in some horror, science fiction, or supernatural setting... |
82753 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/English%20literature | English literature | The term English literature means literature written in the English language.
English literature began in Old English with the epic poem Beowulf, which dates from sometime between the 8th to the 11th centuries. It is not written in language people can understand today, but there are several good translations into mode... |
82754 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste%20Escoffier | Auguste Escoffier | Georges Auguste Escoffier (28 October 1846 – 12 February 1935) was a French chef, restaurateur and writer who updated traditional French cooking methods and made them more popular. He was important in the development of modern French cuisine.
A lot of Escoffier's ideas and ways of working were based on Antoine Carême'... |
82765 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/29%20Amphitrite | 29 Amphitrite | 29 Amphitrite is one of the biggest S-type asteroids, probably third in diameter after Eunomia and Juno, although Iris and Herculina are similar in size.
It is probably not a fully solid body, since its density is too low for a solid silicate object and much lower than Eunomia or Juno. Its orbit is less eccentric and ... |
82784 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/31%20Euphrosyne | 31 Euphrosyne | 31 Euphrosyne is one of the biggest main belt asteroids, found by James Ferguson on September 1, 1854. It was the first asteroid found from North America. It is named after Euphrosyne, one of the Charites in Greek mythology.
It is the eighth biggest main belt asteroid and contains around 1% of the mass of the entire a... |
82789 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemistry%20%28band%29 | Chemistry (band) | Chemistry is a Japanese band. This group is made up of two members: Douchin and Kawabata.They were the winners of the Asayan audition (similar to the American Idol series) in 2000 organized by Sony Music Entertainment Japan. It was formed in 2001. The first single is "PIECES OF A DREAM".
Members
Yoshiyuki Dochin (197... |
82792 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misia%20%28Japanese%20singer%29 | Misia (Japanese singer) | MISIA (born July 7, 1978 in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Kyūshū, Japan) is a Japanese singer who is most popular in Japan. One of her most famous songs is called "Everything".She served as an honorary ambassador on the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP10) and the TICAD V (5th Conference ... |
82793 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pikaia | Pikaia | Pikaia gracilens is regarded as the earliest known primitive chordate from the Middle Cambrian fossil found near Mount Pika in the Burgess Shale of British Columbia. It was discovered by Charles Walcott in 1911. Walcott classified it as a Polychaete worm.
It was about 40 mm in length and swam above the sea-floor. Pikai... |
82795 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opabinia | Opabinia | Opabinia is a fossil animal found in Cambrian fossil deposits. Its sole species, Opabinia regalis, is known from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia. The discoverer of Opabinia, Charles Doolittle Walcott, named it after a local mountain, Opabin Peak in the Canadian Rockies.
Thirty specimens of Opabini... |
82797 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiwaxia | Wiwaxia | Wiwaxia corrugata is an extinct species of animal known only from fossils found in Canada's Burgess Shale deposits.
Wiwaxia somewhat resembles a very small porcupine (about 30 mm in diameter) with its quills pulled out. The body is covered by both spines and scales. The spines are believed to have been used for defen... |
82809 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambrian | Cambrian | The Cambrian is the first geological period of the Palaeozoic era and the Phanerozoic eon. It lasted from 541 million years ago to 485.4 million years ago. Before it came the Ediacaran, and after it the Ordovician.
Biologists have learnt quite a lot about the soft parts of Cambrian animals. This is because places have... |
82811 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjecture | Conjecture | A conjecture is an idea in mathematics that appears likely to be true but that has not been proven to be true.
After a conjecture is proven to be true, it becomes a theorem.
Famous conjectures
Until recently, one of the most famous conjectures was Fermat's Last Theorem. The name was incorrect, because although Fermat... |
82817 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing%20787%20Dreamliner | Boeing 787 Dreamliner | The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is a passenger aircraft made by Boeing. Its first flight took place on 15 December 2009. It was planned to be released earlier, but the first passenger flight of the airplane was in October 2011. Because of this some airlines will get their aircraft nearly 30 months late.
The aircraft has had... |
82823 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akshobhya | Akshobhya | Buddha Akshobhya is one of the five Dhyani buddhas. In Chinese, he is called Ah-Chu-For. In Japanese, he is called Ashuku Nyoral and In Tibetan, he is called Mi Kyu Pa, or Sang Gye.
According to the scripture, Akobhyavyha Sutra, it is written that a monk wished to practice the Dharma and made a vow- not to feel angry ... |
82825 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jambhala | Jambhala | In the Buddhist religion, Jambhala is the wealth-giving form of Avalokiteśvara or Chenrezig, the bodhisattva of compassion.
Jambhala's blessings are to help others by eliminating poverty, so that they may practice the Dharma. There are five Jambhalas - Yellow Jambhala (overcomes pride), White Jambhala (overcomes atta... |
82826 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodhi | Bodhi | Bodhi (Sanskrit) or Enlightenment refers to full awakening where all limitations have been removed from the mind. All positive potential including unlimited compassion, skill and wisdom are said to be realized. The enlightened being is free from samsara.
Buddhist terminology |
82842 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combinatorics | Combinatorics | Combinatorics is a branch of mathematics. It is concerned with finite or countable infinite sets. Combinatorics is part of discrete mathematics. Combinatorics are about graph theory, or Partitions of sets. According to George Pólya, combinatorics looks at counting the number of possibilities, and about the questions wh... |
82847 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique%20Granados | Enrique Granados | Enrique Granados (born Lérida, Spain, 27 July 1867; died in the English Channel, 24 March 1916) was a Spanish composer and pianist. He lived most of his life in Barcelona. His favourite painter was Goya and his best work, the piano pieces called Goyescas, are inspired by Goya’s paintings.
Life
Early career
Granad... |
82852 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel%20de%20Falla | Manuel de Falla | Manuel de Falla (born Cádiz, Spain, 23 November 1876; died Alta Gracia, Argentina, 14 November 1946) was a Spanish composer. Falla (pronounce: “FA-ya”), together with Albéniz and Granados, helped to make Spanish music important again after three centuries during which there had been no important Spanish composers.
Lif... |
82859 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joaqu%C3%ADn%20Turina | Joaquín Turina | Joaquín Turina Pérez (9 December 188214 January 1949) was a Spanish composer of classical music.
Biography
Turina was brought up in Seville, and the music of this town always had a big influence on his music. His father was a painter. As a small boy Turina’s favourite toy was a small toy accordion. He started to study... |
82863 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edouard%20Lalo | Edouard Lalo | Edouard Lalo (born Lille, 27 January 1823; died Paris, 22 April 1892) was a French composer.
His life
His family originally came from Spain. Edouard learned to play the piano and violin at the Lille Conservatory, but his parents did not want him to take music as a profession. So he left home when he was 16 and went... |
82867 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las%20Vegas%20Raiders | Las Vegas Raiders | {{NFL team| name = Las Vegas Raiders
| current= 2020 Las Vegas Raiders season
| helmet =
| founded =1960
| city = Allegiant StadiumParadise, Nevada
| misc = Headquartered in Alameda, California
| nicknames =
The Silver and Black
The Team of the Decades
The Third World's Team
America's Most Wanted
| uniform =
| color... |
82870 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagenhausen | Wagenhausen | Wagenhausen is a municipality of the district of Steckborn in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
References
Municipalities of Thurgau |
82871 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%A4ldi | Wäldi | Wäldi is a municipality of the district of Kreuzlingen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
Municipalities of Thurgau |
82872 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/W%C3%A4ngi | Wängi | Wängi is a municipality of the district of Münchwilen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
References
Municipalities of Thurgau |
82873 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warth-Weiningen | Warth-Weiningen | Warth-Weiningen is a municipality of the district of Frauenfeld in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
References
Municipalities of Thurgau |
82874 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wigoltingen | Wigoltingen | Wigoltingen is a municipality of the district of Weinfelden in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
Municipalities of Thurgau |
82876 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilen | Wilen | Wilen is a municipality of the district of Münchwilen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
Municipalities of Thurgau |
82877 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuppenau | Wuppenau | Wuppenau is a municipality in Münchwilen in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Official website
Municipalities of Thurgau |
82878 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zihlschlacht-Sitterdorf | Zihlschlacht-Sitterdorf | Zihlschlacht-Sitterdorf is a municipality of the district of Bischofszell in the canton of Thurgau in Switzerland.
References
Municipalities of Thurgau |
82881 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auenstein%2C%20Switzerland | Auenstein, Switzerland | Auenstein is a municipality of the district Brugg in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
It is about 3 km northwest of Lenzburg.
References
Other websites
Official Website of Auenstein
Municipalities of Aargau |
82883 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auw%2C%20Switzerland | Auw, Switzerland | Auw is a municipality of the district Muri in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
Municipalities of Aargau |
82891 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20D.%20Tompkins | Daniel D. Tompkins | Daniel D. Tompkins (June 21, 1774 – June 11, 1825) was an entrepreneur, jurist, congressman, governor of New York, and the sixth vice president of the United States from 1817 to 1825.
1774 births
1825 deaths
Governors of New York
19th-century American politicians |
82895 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1262 | 1262 |
Events
King Mindaugas of Lithuania renounces Christianity, returning to his pagan roots and reverting to Grand Duke of Lithuania.
The Icelandic Commonwealth enters into a treaty establishing a union with Norway and acknowledges Norwegian King Haakon IV as its ruler.
Strasbourg becomes an Imperial Free City of the... |
82896 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1260 | 1260 |
Events
Europe
War and politics
September 4 – The Sienese Ghibellines, supported by the forces of King Manfred of Sicily, defeats the Florentine Guelphs at Montaperti.
King Otakar II of Bohemia captures Styria from King Bela IV of Hungary in the Battle of Kressenbrunn.
The Baltic Samogitians and Curonians defeat... |
82898 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overijssel | Overijssel | Overijssel (Latin: Transisalania) is a province of the Netherlands. It is in the central eastern part of the country. The province's name in both Dutch and Latin means "Lands across river IJssel". The capital city of Overijssel is Zwolle. Its biggest city is Enschede. About 1,166,000 people are living in Overijssel (2... |
82932 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walker%2C%20Texas%20Ranger | Walker, Texas Ranger | Walker, Texas Ranger is an action/police television series. It was created by Leslie Greif and Paul Haggis. The series stars Chuck Norris as a member of the Texas Rangers. His co-stars include Sheree J. Wilson as D.A. Alex Cahill and Clarence Gilyard as Texas Ranger Jimmy Trivette.
The series was televised on CBS in t... |
82936 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck%20Norris%20facts | Chuck Norris facts | Chuck Norris facts is an Internet phenomenon with joke "facts" about martial artist and actor Chuck Norris. The "facts" are jokes about Norris' toughness, attitude, virility, "alpha-male status", and masculinity. They are given in a comically serious tone, for example:
Chuck Norris' tears cure cancer. Too bad Chuck No... |
82938 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magglio%20Ord%C3%B3%C3%B1ez | Magglio Ordóñez | Magglio Jose "Maggs" Ordóñez (b. January 28, 1974) is a former Major League Baseball player from Venezuela. He was a right fielder and right-handed batter. Ordóñez was born in Coro, Venezuela. He played for the Chicago White Sox from 1997 to 2004 and the Detroit Tigers from 2005 to 2011. After his baseball career, Ordó... |
82939 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johan%20Santana | Johan Santana | Johan Alexander Santana () (born March 13, 1979, in Tovar, Mérida State, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher who plays for the New York Mets. His first team was the Minnesota Twins.
1979 births
Living people
Venezuelan baseball players
New York Mets players
Minnesota Twins players
Natio... |
82940 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota%20Twins | Minnesota Twins | The Minnesota Twins are a Major League Baseball team in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They began in 1901 as the Washington Senators, based in Washington, D.C. They moved to the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area in 1961. That area is often called the "Twin Cities", so the team was renamed the "Twins". They have often wor... |
82946 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard-Fi | Hard-Fi | Hard-Fi are a popular indie rock band from Staines an area of London, England. They are named after Lee Scratch Perry's description of his studio . They have had two hit albums in the UK charts: "Stars of CCTV" and "Once Upon a Time in the West". Their most successful songs include "Suburban Knights" and "Hard to Beat"... |
82948 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room | Room | A room (or chamber) is a space inside a structure or building. Usually, a room is separated from both other rooms and the outside by walls.
Each room usually has a specified purpose. They are defined by their use. Examples of such rooms are the bedroom, the kitchen, and the bathroom.
Other websites |
82949 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self | Self | A self is an individual person, from their own point of view. To you, self is you. To someone else, self is that person.
The following list of topics is provided as an overview of and introduction to the self:
Essence of oneself
Main articles: Self (philosophy), Self (psychology), and Self (sociology)
Body
Brain... |
82952 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goldbach%27s%20conjecture | Goldbach's conjecture | Goldbach's conjecture is one of the oldest unsolved problems in number theory and in all of mathematics. It states:
Every even integer greater than 2 can be written as the sum of two primes.
Origins
On 7 June 1742, the Prussian mathematician Christian Goldbach wrote a letter to Leonhard Euler in which he suggested... |
82953 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compass%20%28drafting%29 | Compass (drafting) | A compass (or pair of compasses) is a drawing tool that can be used to draw circles or arcs, parts of circles. They can also be used to measure distances, in particular on maps. Compasses can be used for mathematics, drafting, navigation, and more.
Compasses are usually made of metal, and have two parts called legs ... |
82955 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/43%20Ariadne | 43 Ariadne | 43 Ariadne is a fairly big and bright main belt asteroid. It is the second-biggest member of the Flora asteroid family. It was found by N. R. Pogson on April 15, 1857 and named after the Greek heroine Ariadne.
Characteristics
Ariadne is very stretched out (almost twice as long as its smallest shape). It is a retrogra... |
82965 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/45%20Eugenia | 45 Eugenia | 45 Eugenia is a big Main belt asteroid. It is famous because it is one of the first asteroids to be found to have a moon orbiting it. It is also the second known triple asteroid, after 87 Sylvia.
Discovery
Eugenia was found in 1857 by Hermann Goldschmidt. It was named after Empress Eugenia di Montijo, the wife of Nap... |
82969 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moomin%20%28singer%29 | Moomin (singer) | MOOMIN (b. July 13, 1972) is a Japanese reggae singer. He comes from Chigasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Albums
Other websites
Official site (UMG)
Official site (Overheat Studio)
Singers from Kanagawa Prefecture
Reggae musicians
1972 births
Living people |
82972 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese%20divinities | Japanese divinities | This is a list of divinities native to Japanese beliefs and religious traditions. Many of these are from Shinto, while others were imported via Buddhism or Taoism and "integrated" into Japanese mythology and folklore.
Shinto
The following is a list of some of the major and minor deities in Shinto. As it is often sai... |
82977 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantana%20camara | Lantana camara | Lantana camara or Spanish flag is a hairy shrub native from tropical America. It is regarded as a notorious weed, and popular ornamental garden plant in many parts of the world.
References
Other websites
Flora of China
Presence of two types of flowers with respect to nectar sugar in two gregariously flowering species
... |
82980 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th%20Dalai%20Lama | 14th Dalai Lama | His Holiness Tenzin Gyatso is the fourteenth Dalai Lama. His full name is Jetsun Jamphel Ngawang Lobsang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso. The Dalai Lama was born in Tagtser (Amdo) in Tibet to a family of farmers on 6 July 1935. He is the fourteenth and current Dalai Lama. He is the political and spiritual leader of Tibet. On Octob... |
82982 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lama | Lama | This article is about a religious leader. The article about the animals is at Llama
In the Tibetan language, lama means teacher. A lama is a religious teacher, guide, or mentor of Tibetan Buddhism. The meaning is similar to the Sanskrit term guru. The word lama is part of the title, Dalai Lama.
Tibetan Buddhism
Religi... |
82985 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rinpoche | Rinpoche | Rinpoche is a title in Tibetan Buddhism which may be given to a religious teacher known as a lama. The word "Rinpoche" literally means "precious one".
In Tibet and Bhutan, when used as "Guru Rinpoche" it refers to Padmasambhava, who first brought Tibetan Buddhism to the Himalayas. When used as "Je Rinpoche", it refe... |
82988 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Padmasambhava | Padmasambhava | Padmasambhava is the person who brought Buddhism to Tibet in the 8th century. The name is in the Sanskrit language and means "born from a lotus flower". In Bhutan and Tibet he is better known as Guru Rinpoche ("Precious Master") or Lopon Rinpoche, where followers of the Nyingma school regard him as the second Buddha.
... |
82992 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitsune | Kitsune | () is the Japanese word for fox. There are a lot of foxes in Japanese folklore. Stories depict them as intelligent beings and as having magical abilities that increase with their age and wisdom. The most important of their magic tricks is the ability to assume human form. While some folktales speak of kitsune employin... |
82993 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonetics | Phonetics | Phonetics (from the Greek word φωνή, phone which means 'sound' or 'voice') is the science of the sounds of human speech. Someone who is an expert in phonetics is called a phonetician.
Phonetic theory regards the nature of sounds in speech (called phones) and how they are made, heard and thought of. Phonology, which ca... |
82994 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laws%20of%20Form | Laws of Form | Laws of Form is a book by George Spencer-Brown published in 1969. It is about logic, mathematics, and philosophy. The mathematical systems that Spencer-Brown presented in the book are known by the names "calculus of indications", "distinction calculus", and often just "LOF".
Laws of Form grew out of the author's wor... |
82997 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marx%20Brothers | Marx Brothers | The Marx Brothers were a popular team of sibling comedians who appeared in vaudeville, stage plays, movie, and television.
The brothers were Chico, Harpo, Groucho, Gummo and Zeppo.
Early life
Born in New York City, the Marx Brothers were the sons of Jewish immigrants from Germany. Their mother, Minnie Schönberg, wa... |
82998 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.%20C.%20Escher | M. C. Escher | Maurits Cornelis Escher (17 June 1898 – 27 March 1972), usually referred to as M. C. Escher, was a Dutch graphic artist born in Leeuwarden, Netherlands. He is known for his often mathematically inspired woodcuts, lithographs and mezzotints. These feature impossible constructions, explorations of infinity, architecture ... |
83002 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adit | Adit | An adit is a type of entrance to a mine which is horizontal or nearly horizontal. Adits are usually built into the side of a hill or mountain, and often occur when coal or ore is located inside the mountain but above the local valley floor or coastal plain. The use of adits is generally called drift mining.
An adit ma... |
83003 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitsubishi%20A5M%20Claude | Mitsubishi A5M Claude | The A5M Claude was a Japanese fighter aircraft made by Mitsubishi. It first flew in 1935 and was introduced in 1937. It was the first monoplane (fixed-wing aircraft with one set of wings) that could work from an aircraft carrier. It was similar to the P-26 Peashooter, an American monoplane fighter. It fought in the sec... |
83005 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham%2C%20Alabama | Birmingham, Alabama | Birmingham is the biggest city in the U.S. state of Alabama, with about 230,000 people living in it. It is the county seat of Jefferson County. Its metropolitan area has over 1 million people living in it. The city has an area of about and an elevation of above sea level.
History
Birmingham was founded in 1871. Thr... |
83011 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent%20Women%20Part%20I | Independent Women Part I | "Independent Women (Part I)" is an R&B song written by American singer-songwriter Beyoncé Knowles, Sam Barnes, Jen-Claude Olivier, and Cory Rooney for Destiny's Child's third studio album, Survivor (2001), only considered as a bonus track. It was produced by Knowles, Rooney, and Poke & Tone and first appeared on the so... |
83012 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsville%2C%20Alabama | Huntsville, Alabama | Huntsville is a city in the north of the U.S. state of Alabama. It is in Madison County. It extends west into Limestone county. Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County. The 2000 census showed that Huntsville has a population of 158,216 people. In 2009, the population grew to 179,653. The Huntsville Metropoli... |
83013 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlington%2C%20Vermont | Burlington, Vermont | Burlington is a city in the American state of Vermont. It is the county seat of Chittenden County. Burlington was first settled in 1783. It became a city in 1865.
Population
Burlington is Vermont's largest city. It has a population of about 40,000 people. It is the smallest American city that is also the largest in i... |
83016 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loretta%20Spencer | Loretta Spencer | Loretta Purdy Spencer was the mayor of Huntsville, Alabama. Her first term began October 4, 1996. Her last term ended on November 3, 2008. Spencer is the first woman to be elected mayor of Huntsville.
1937 births
Living people
Politicians from Alabama
American mayors |
83017 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscaloosa%2C%20Alabama | Tuscaloosa, Alabama | Tuscaloosa is a city and county seat of Tuscaloosa County, Alabama. Tuscaloosa has a population of about 84,000 people and a metro population of about 117,000 people. Tuscaloosa has an area of about . It sits at a height of 223 feet.
References
County seats in Alabama
Cities in Alabama
Alabama |
83018 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoover%2C%20Alabama | Hoover, Alabama | Hoover is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama.
Hoover has a population of about 69,000 people.
Hoover has an area of about 43 miles and sits at a height of 577 feet.
References
Cities in Alabama |
83019 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dothan%2C%20Alabama | Dothan, Alabama | Dothan is a city and county seat of Houston County. The city has a population of about 65,000 people. Dothan has an area of about and sits at a height of .
Other websites
City of Dothan web site
Dothan Chamber of Commerce
County seats in Alabama
Cities in Alabama |
83020 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kou%20Shibasaki | Kou Shibasaki | is a Japanese singer and actress. She was born on 5 August 1981 in Tokyo.
Actors from Tokyo
Singers from Tokyo
1981 births
Living people |
83021 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decatur%2C%20Alabama | Decatur, Alabama | Decatur is a city and county seat of Morgan County, Alabama. It has a population of about 56,000 people. Decatur has an area of about 60 miles and sits at a height of about 561 feet.
References
Other websites
Official City Tourist Website
County seats in Alabama
Cities in Alabama |
83022 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auburn%2C%20Alabama | Auburn, Alabama | Auburn is a city in Lee County, Alabama, United States. It is the largest city in eastern Alabama. In 2009, it had a population of 57,833. It is a principal city of the Auburn-Opelika Metropolitan Area.
Auburn is a college town and is the home of Auburn University. Auburn is known for its fast growing during the last ... |
83023 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casper%2C%20Wyoming | Casper, Wyoming | Casper is an American city in the state of Wyoming. It is in Natrona County. About 50,000 people live in Casper. Casper has an area of about 25 square miles and sits at an elevation of 5,150 feet.
Other websites
County seats in Wyoming
Natrona County, Wyoming |
83024 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmington%2C%20Delaware | Wilmington, Delaware | Wilmington is the largest city in the state Delaware, United States, and the county seat of New Castle County. It had 72,664 people in 2000. It now has 70,851 people as of 2010.
Wilmington has an area of about and is above sea level, at the place where the Christina River and Brandywine Creek meet.
U.S. President J... |
83025 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ni%C3%B1a | Niña | The Niña was one of the ships Christopher Columbus sailed to the new world. The others were the Pinta and the Santa Maria.
History of Spain |
83027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinta%20%28ship%29 | Pinta (ship) | The Pinta is one of the ships Christopher Columbus sailed to the new world. The others were the Niña and the Santa Maria.
History of Spain |
83029 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%20Maria | Santa Maria | The Santa Maria was one of the ships Christopher Columbus sailed to the new world. The others were the Pinta and the Nina. It is named after Saint Mary.
History of Spain |
83037 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/52%20Europa | 52 Europa | 52 Europa is an asteroid. It has a diameter of 289 km, and was found on February 4, 1858 by H. Goldschmidt. It is named after Europa, one of Zeus's conquests in Greek mythology. Europa is the seventh biggest asteroid by volume and the sixth biggest by mass (after Ceres, Vesta, Pallas, Hygiea, and Interamnia) and contai... |
83040 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three%20Jewels | Three Jewels | The Three Jewels, also called the Three Treasures, the Three Refuges, or the Triple Gem, are the three things that Buddhists give themselves to, and in return look toward for guidance, in the process known as taking refuge.
The Three Jewels are:
Buddha, which means The Enlightened or Awakened One, who, depending o... |
83046 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dharma%20%28Buddhism%29 | Dharma (Buddhism) | Dharma in Buddhism means the teachings of the Buddha which lead to enlightenment.
What is called Buddhism in western countries is called buddha-dharma in eastern countries. This term simply means "Path of Awakening" and is thus a form of dharma.
"Dharma" usually refers not just to the sayings of the Buddha but to th... |
83050 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetic%20Republic | Helvetic Republic | The Helvetic Republic was a state lasting for five years, from 1798 to 1803. Its name came from the Helvetii people.
Former countries in Europe |
83051 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetii | Helvetii | The Helvetii were a Celtic tribe and the main dwellers of the Swiss plateau in the 1st century BC. They are usually featured in Julius Caesar’s commentaries on the Gallic War.
Other websites
Celts in Switzerland (German)
Swiss people
Celtic peoples |
83052 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saas%20Fee | Saas Fee | Saas-Fee is the main village in the Saastal or the Saas Valley and is a municipality of the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
www.saas-fee.ch
Large panorama of Saas Fee
Municipalities of Valais |
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