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83927 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALI%20PROJECT | ALI PROJECT | ALI PROJECT is a Japanese musical group. The members of this group are Arika Takarano and Mikiya Katakura. They play an active role in Japanese animation.
Other websites
J-pop bands
Japanese pop music groups |
83928 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny%20Goodman | Benny Goodman | Benny Goodman, born Benjamin David Goodman, (May 30, 1909 – June 13, 1986) was an American jazz musician who played the clarinet. He was called "The King of Swing", "Patriarch of the Clarinet", "The Professor", and "Swing's Senior Statesman".
Life
Early life
Goodman was the son of poor Jewish immigrants in Chicago, ... |
83929 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masafumi%20Akikawa | Masafumi Akikawa | Masafumi Akikawa is a Japanese tenor singer. He was born October 11, 1967, in Ehime, Japan. His representative work is "Sen no kaze ni natte", this song was sung in annual NHK sponsored year-end men versus women singing contest in 2006.
References
Japanese singers
1967 births
Living people
People from Ehime Prefectur... |
83930 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artie%20Shaw | Artie Shaw | Artie Shaw (May 23, 1910 – December 30, 2004) was an American musician. He is considered to be one of the best jazz musicians of his time. He was a jazz clarinet player, composer, and bandleader. He also wrote both fiction and non-fiction writings.
Early life
He was born Arthur Jacob Arshawsky in New York, New York.... |
83934 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20R.%20Murrow | Edward R. Murrow | Edward R. "Ed" Murrow (April 25, 1908 – April 27, 1965) was an American journalist and television and radio figure. He first became known for a series of radio news broadcasts during World War II. These broadcasts were followed by millions of listeners in the United States and Canada. Many historians think he was one o... |
83937 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good%20Night%2C%20and%20Good%20Luck | Good Night, and Good Luck | Good Night, and Good Luck. is an Academy Award-nominated American 2005 movie directed by George Clooney. It was written by Clooney and Grant Heslov and is set in 1953. It portrays the conflict between veteran radio and television journalist Edward R. Murrow and U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin, especially rela... |
83948 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/AnnaSophia%20Robb | AnnaSophia Robb | AnnaSophia Robb (born December 8, 1993) is an American actress and model. The films in which she starred include Because of Winn-Dixie (2005), Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005), Bridge to Terabithia (2007), Race to Witch Mountain (2009), Soul Surfer (2011), and The Way, Way Back (2013). She also played the lead ... |
83957 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Conrad | Joseph Conrad | Joseph Conrad (3 December 1857 – 3 August 1924) (real name: Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski) was a Polish writer. Conrad did not learn to speak English well until he was in his twenties and always had a Polish accent.
Conrad's prose style is considered as one of the best of all English novelists. He also is seen as ... |
83959 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modernist%20literature | Modernist literature | Modernist literature is the literary form of modernism. It does not mean "modern" in the sense of recent in time.
Literary modernism has its origins in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, mainly in Europe and North America. Modernism is characterized by a break with traditional styles of poetry and verse. Modernis... |
83965 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/V.%20S.%20Naipaul | V. S. Naipaul | Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul, TC (17 August 1932 in Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago – 11 August 2018 in London) was a British writer. He was born in Trinidad and Tobago. He lived in Wiltshire. He was better known as V. S. Naipaul. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. He was the first person of Indian origi... |
83968 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booker%20Prize | Booker Prize | The Man Booker Prize for Fiction, also known in short as the Booker Prize, is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original full-length novel, written in the English language, by a citizen of either the Commonwealth of Nations or the Republic of Ireland.
To win the Booker Prize generally means to gain inter... |
83969 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubliners | Dubliners | Dubliners is a collection of 15 short stories by James Joyce, an Irish writer. It was his first book and was first published in 1914.
The fifteen stories were supposed to describe very well the life of Irish people living in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century.
The stories in the collection are f... |
83974 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry%20of%20the%20Interior%20of%20Germany | Ministry of the Interior of Germany | The Ministry of the Interior of Germany is a ministry of the federal government.It is based in a brand new building in the Moabit area of Berlin-Mitte. The BMI has a second office in Bonn. It is not the same as the United States Department of the Interior.
The ministry handles affairs about security and police, so it ... |
83978 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just | Just | Just may refer to:
Justice
"Just", a song by Radiohead from the 1995 album The Bends
Jordan University of Science and Technology
Just Music, a record label
Just Ella, a book written by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Just (band), a three-piece grunge band from Ireland
People
Hazel Just, a writer
Paul Just, a German-Canadian ... |
83979 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Helene%20%282006%29 | Hurricane Helene (2006) | Hurricane Helene was one of the strongest hurricanes of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. It is tied with Hurricane Gordon, which was also very strong. It was the ninth tropical storm, fourth hurricane and second strong hurricane of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season.
Helene was a long Cape Verde-type hurricane that... |
83982 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alle%2C%20Switzerland | Alle, Switzerland | Alle is a municipality of the district Porrentruy of the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Official website
Municipalities of Jura |
83985 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic%20component | Electronic component | An electronic component is a basic electronic element. These components can be connected together to make circuits. Components can be single items (resistor, transistor) or in more or less complex groups as integrated circuits (logic gate, resistor array).
List of electronic components
Wire
A thin metal conductor
C... |
83986 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asuel | Asuel | Asuel is a municipality, in the new municipality of La Baroche and district Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
Former municipalities of Jura |
83987 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beurnev%C3%A9sin | Beurnevésin | Beurnevésin is a municipality of the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
References
Municipalities of Jura |
83990 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boncourt%2C%20Switzerland | Boncourt, Switzerland | Boncourt is a municipality of the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
References
Municipalities of Jura |
83991 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonfol | Bonfol | Bonfol is a municipality of the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
Sources
Municipalities of Jura |
83992 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bressaucourt | Bressaucourt | Bressaucourt is a municipality of the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipality of Bressaucourt merged into the municipality of Fontenais.
Other websites
Former municipalities of Jura |
83993 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Uist | South Uist | South Uist (Scottish Gaelic: Uibhist-a-Deas) is an island of the Outer Hebrides in Scotland. In the 2001 census it had a usually resident population of 1,818. There is a nature reserve and a number of sites of archaeological interest, including the only location in Great Britain where prehistoric mummies have been foun... |
83998 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer%20Hebrides | Outer Hebrides | The Outer Hebrides, often called the Western Isles, make up an island chain off the west coast of Scotland. It is also a parliamentary constituency. The northern island is Lewis and Harris. South of Lewis and Harris is a series of islands, such as South Uist, Benbecula and North Uist. The Outer Herides includes a numbe... |
84002 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20Shuttle%20Atlantis | Space Shuttle Atlantis | Space Shuttle Atlantis (OV-104) is the fourth space shuttle run by NASA. It was named after a sailing boat used for ocean research by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.
References
Atlantis |
84003 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Gordon%20%282006%29 | Hurricane Gordon (2006) | Hurricane Gordon was a strong Category 3 hurricane that crossed the Azores as a Category 1 hurricane, making it the first hurricane to directly impact the Azores since 1991. Gordon's remnants also affected Western Europe. It was the eighth tropical storm, third hurricane and first major hurricane of the 2006 Atlantic h... |
84004 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical%20Storm%20Debby%20%282006%29 | Tropical Storm Debby (2006) | Tropical Storm Debby was the fifth tropical storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. Debby formed just off the coast of Africa on August 21 from a tropical wave. After passing near the Cape Verde islands, Debby moved generally northwestward for much of its life, reaching a peak intensity of 50 mph (85 km/h). Strong... |
84008 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fogo%2C%20Cape%20Verde | Fogo, Cape Verde | Fogo (Portuguese for "fire") is a volcanic island in the Sotavento group of Cape Verde. It is the most prominent of the group, rising to nearly 3,000 m (10,000 ft) above sea level at Pico do Fogo.
Islands of Cape Verde |
84009 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Isaac%20%282006%29 | Hurricane Isaac (2006) | Hurricane Isaac was the final tropical cyclone of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. It reached peak strength of Category 1 just before striking Newfoundland, where it produced tropical storm-force winds. Isaac followed the path of the three previous storms in the Atlantic basin, Florence, Gordon, and Helene. Isaac fo... |
84011 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baroclinic | Baroclinic | In fluid dynamics, baroclinicity is a measure of the stratification in a fluid. A baroclinic atmosphere is one for which the density depends on both the temperature and the pressure; contrast this with barotropic atmosphere, for which the density depends only on the pressure. In atmospheric terms, the barotropic zones ... |
84012 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign%20Office%20of%20Germany | Foreign Office of Germany | The traditional name of the ministry handling Germany's foreign affairs is the Foreign Office or AA (). It is responsible for the foreign policy as well as the German EU politics. It is led by the federal Minister for Foreign Affairs ()
Auswärtiges Amt
The Foreign Office is part of the foreign service of Germany. Th... |
84016 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burin%20Peninsula | Burin Peninsula | The Burin Peninsula is a Canadian peninsula found on the south coast of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Geography of Newfoundland and Labrador |
84017 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bonavista%20Peninsula | Bonavista Peninsula | The Bonavista Peninsula is a large peninsula on the east coast of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Geography of Newfoundland and Labrador
Peninsulas |
84018 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Districts%20of%20Switzerland | Districts of Switzerland | In Switzerland each Canton is free to decide its own internal organisation. Because of this there many types and names for smaller administrative divisions in each canton. The term District is used for these smaller divisions.
Amt, Amtsbezirk, District and Distretto
Most Cantons are divided into Bezirke (German for di... |
84020 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape%20Race | Cape Race | Cape Race is a point of land at the southeastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula, on the island of Newfoundland, Canada. Its name is thought to come from the original Portuguese name for this cape, "Raso", or "bare". The Cape appeared on early sixteenth century maps as Cape Raso, and may derive from a cape of the same name... |
84023 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Florence%20%282006%29 | Hurricane Florence (2006) | Hurricane Florence was the first Atlantic hurricane to produce hurricane force winds on Bermuda since Hurricane Fabian hit the island in September 2003. The seventh tropical storm and second hurricane of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season, Florence developed from a tropical wave in the tropical Atlantic Ocean on Septem... |
84029 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travagliato | Travagliato | Travagliato is a city in north of Italy. Travagliato is in the province of Brescia, Lombardy Region. About 12,000 people live in Travagliato.
Cities in Lombardy |
84031 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Nova%20Scotia%20tropical%20storm | 2006 Nova Scotia tropical storm | The 2006 unnamed tropical storm was a short-lived tropical cyclone. It was the second tropical storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. It formed as an extratropical cyclone, a type of weather system, to the southeast of Nantucket, Massachusetts. It then moved to the northwest over warm water temperatures. It turne... |
84032 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantucket%2C%20Massachusetts | Nantucket, Massachusetts | Nantucket is an island 30 miles (48.3 km) south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in the United States.
Islands of the United States
Towns in Massachusetts
Massachusetts counties
County seats in Massachusetts
1641 establishments
1640s establishments in Massachusetts |
84034 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape%20Hatteras | Cape Hatteras | Cape Hatteras is a cape on the coast of North Carolina. It is the point that protrudes the farthest to the southeast along the northeast-to-southwest line of the Atlantic coast of North America, making it a key point for navigation along the eastern seaboard. So many ships have been lost around it that the area is kn... |
84036 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical%20Storm%20Alberto%20%281988%29 | Tropical Storm Alberto (1988) | Tropical Storm Alberto (also known as Hurricane Alberto) became a tropical storm farther north than any other Atlantic tropical cyclone. It was the first tropical storm of the 1988 Atlantic hurricane season. It started from a region of low pressure off of the coast of South Carolina on August 5.
It quickly moved nort... |
84037 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tropical%20Storm%20Beryl%20%282006%29 | Tropical Storm Beryl (2006) | Tropical Storm Beryl was the third tropical storm of the 2006 Atlantic hurricane season. Developing from a tropical disturbance on July 18, it tracked generally northward, and strengthened to attain peak winds of 60 mph (95 km/h) under generally favorable conditions. After turning to the northeast, Beryl weakened over ... |
84038 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991%20Halloween%20Nor%27easter | 1991 Halloween Nor'easter | The 1991 Halloween Nor’easter, also known as the Perfect Storm, was an atypical nor’easter which was extratropical, absorbed one hurricane, and ultimately evolved into a small hurricane late in its life cycle. The unnamed hurricane of 1991 was the last tropical cyclone of the 1991 Atlantic hurricane season, and its 4 h... |
84040 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nor%27easter | Nor'easter | A nor'easter (also northeaster) is a big storm along the East Coast of the United States. A Nor'easter is called that because the winds in a Nor'easter come from the northeast, especially in the coastal areas of the Northeastern United States and Atlantic Canada. More specifically, it is a low pressure area whose cente... |
84070 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%20Coast%20of%20the%20United%20States | East Coast of the United States | The East Coast of the United States, is a part of the United States. It is also called the "Eastern Seaboard" or "Atlantic Seaboard". The East Coast refers, or talks about, the farthest east states of the US. These states touch the Atlantic Ocean all the way up to Canada. Sometimes people use it to mean only the Northe... |
84071 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nags%20Head%2C%20North%20Carolina | Nags Head, North Carolina | Nags Head is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,700 at the 2000 census.
References
Other websites
Official website of Nags Head, NC
Web cam of Nags Head, NC – East
Web cam of Nags Head, NC – West
Nags Head MLS
Towns in North Carolina |
84077 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape%20Lookout%20%28North%20Carolina%29 | Cape Lookout (North Carolina) | Cape Lookout is southern point of the South Core Banks, one of the natural barrier islands on the Atlantic coast of North Carolina, USA. It delimits Onslow Bay to the west from Raleigh Bay to the east. An area of the banks to either side of it has been designated the Cape Lookout National Seashore.
Cape Lookout stands... |
84081 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Haven%2C%20Connecticut | New Haven, Connecticut | New Haven is the second largest city in Connecticut, after Bridgeport, with a population of 129,779 at the 2010 United States Census. "New Haven" may also refer to the wider Greater New Haven area, which has nearly 600,000 inhabitants in the immediate area. It is in New Haven County, on New Haven Harbor, on the norther... |
84082 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martha%27s%20Vineyard | Martha's Vineyard | Martha's Vineyard (and the smaller Chappaquiddick Island nearby) is an island off the southern coast of Cape Cod, both forming a part of the Outer Lands region. It is often called just "the Vineyard". With a land area of 87.48 square miles (231.75 km²), Martha's Vineyard is the 57th largest island in the United States... |
84083 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woods%20Hole%2C%20Massachusetts | Woods Hole, Massachusetts | Woods Hole is a census-designated place and village within the town of Falmouth in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, at the extreme southwest corner of Cape Cod, near Martha's Vineyard and the Elizabeth Islands.
Other websites
Census-designated places in Massachusetts |
84084 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcinogen | Carcinogen | Carcinogens are substances that cause cancer. Sometimes radiation or radionuclide are also considered carcinogens. A common example of a carcinogen is tobacco smoke. Carcinogens come from both natural and man-made substances.
Carcinogens in radiation
Several radioactive substances are considered carcinogens. The carc... |
84085 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port%20Jefferson%2C%20New%20York | Port Jefferson, New York | The Incorporated Village of Port Jefferson is in the town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County, New York. It is on the North Shore of Long Island. As of the United States 2000 census, the 7,837 people lived there. The small town is home to several unique restaurants and shops, and has a growing tourism industry.
Cities in ... |
84087 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currituck%20Beach%20Lighthouse | Currituck Beach Lighthouse | The Currituck Beach Light is a lighthouse in Corolla, North Carolina, on the Outer Banks.
Other websites
Currituck Beach Light
Buildings and structures in North Carolina
Lighthouses
1875 establishments in the United States
19th-century establishments in North Carolina |
84090 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild%20Republic%20A-10%20Thunderbolt%20II | Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II | The A-10 Thunderbolt II (also called the Warthog) is an attack aircraft made by Fairchild Republic. It first flew in 1972 and was introduced in 1977. It is designed to drop bombs, fire rockets, missiles, and its 30 mm Gatling Gun at enemies on the ground (like tanks). It is named after the World War II P-47 Thunderbolt... |
84091 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire%20Island%2C%20New%20York | Fire Island, New York | Fire Island is a barrier island, approximately 31 miles (49.5 km) long and varying between approximately 0.1 mile (0.16 km) to 0.5 mile (0.8 km) wide, in Suffolk County on the southern side of Long Island in the U.S. state of New York, running approximately WSW to ENE. The land area is 48 km² (18.7 sq mi) and a permane... |
84093 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plymouth%2C%20Massachusetts | Plymouth, Massachusetts | Plymouth (historically known as Plimouth and Plimoth) is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest municipality in Massachusetts by area. The population was 51,701 at the 2000 census, with its estimated 2007 population being 57,901. Plymouth is one of two county seats of Plymouth County... |
84096 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buix | Buix | Buix is a former municipality of the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009 the former municipalities of Buix, Courtemaîche and Montignez merged into the new municipality of Basse-Allaine.
Former municipalities of Jura |
84099 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bure%2C%20Switzerland | Bure, Switzerland | Bure is a municipality of the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
References
Municipalities of Jura |
84101 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charmoille%2C%20Switzerland | Charmoille, Switzerland | Charmoille was a municipality, in the new municipality of La Baroche and the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
Former municipalities of Jura |
84102 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevenez | Chevenez | Chevenez is a former municipality of the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
On 1 January 2009 the former municipalities of Chevenez, Damvant, Réclère and Roche-d'Or merged into the new municipality of Haute-Ajoie.
Former municipalities of Jura |
84103 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coeuve | Coeuve | Coeuve is a municipality of the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
Municipalities of Jura |
84104 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornol | Cornol | Cornol is a municipality of the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
Municipalities of Jura |
84105 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courchavon | Courchavon | Courchavon is a municipality of the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
Courchavon is also famous for its Swiss chocolate.
References
Municipalities of Jura |
84107 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courgenay | Courgenay | For the town in France, see Courgenay, Yonne.
Courgenay is a municipality of the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Official website of the municipality of Courgenay
Municipalities of Jura |
84108 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001%3A%20A%20Space%20Odyssey%20%28movie%29 | 2001: A Space Odyssey (movie) | 2001: A Space Odyssey is a 1968 science fiction movie. It was directed by Stanley Kubrick. It was written by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke. The movie deals with human evolution, technology, artificial intelligence, and extraterrestrial life. The science aspects in the movie seem very real. It had new special effects. I... |
84109 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xenogears | Xenogears | Xenogears is a 1999 roleplaying video game created by Squaresoft. The main character is named Fei and he does not like gears or fighting. The final boss that you must kill is god.
Role-playing video games
1999 video games |
84110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metal%20Gear | Metal Gear | Metal Gear is an action-adventure stealth video game franchise made by Konami.
The main character for the series is Solid Snake. He is a soldier who does sneaking (hiding) missions by himself, much like James Bond. He is a clone of a famous soldier named Big Boss. The games have a large amount of story about these two... |
84113 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus%20Ex | Deus Ex | Deus Ex is a video game available on the personal computer. It is a first person shooter. The game is about a conspiracy in the future that involves the Illuminati and artificial intelligence.
The player plays as J.C. Denton, a cyborg who has to deal with problems like robots, men, and bombs. Denton has a brother and ... |
84115 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses%20%28novel%29 | Ulysses (novel) | Ulysses is a novel by James Joyce. The complete book was first published in 1922, although parts of it had appeared earlier. It was an early example of "stream of consciousness" writing. This attempts to give the written equivalent of the character's thought processes, either in a loose interior monologue (see below), ... |
84116 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpei%20Yokoi | Gunpei Yokoi | , also romanized as Gumpei Yokoi, was a video game designer for Nintendo. He created the Game Boy and the produced the Metroid series of video games. He was also a mentor to Shigeru Miyamoto. Yokoi's last invention, the Virtual Boy, was not a success. He left Nintendo and started a company called Koto Laboratory. His ... |
84128 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Portrait%20of%20the%20Artist%20as%20a%20Young%20Man | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a novel written by the Irish writer James Joyce. It was first printed as a book in 1916. It tells the story of Stephen Dedalus, a young man who is trying to be a writer in Dublin. The story begins from his childhood and ends with him deciding to go to Paris and leave Dublin, h... |
84129 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnegans%20Wake | Finnegans Wake | Finnegans Wake is the last book written by the Irish writer James Joyce. It was published in 1939.
He started to work on this book in 1924 and published parts of it under the titles "A New Unnamed Work" and "Work in Progress". He did not complete until seventeen years later, in 1939. During this time he faced many h... |
84152 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freerunning%20sleep | Freerunning sleep | Freerunning sleep can be sleep which is not adjusted, entrained, to the 24-hour cycle in nature. Sleep which is entrained to 24 hours but is not artificially regulated by alarm clocks etc. can also be called freerunning sleep.
Scientific experiments
Animals which are kept in a laboratory for research in constant con... |
84156 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederico%20Mompou | Frederico Mompou | Federico (Frederic) Mompou (born Barcelona, 16 April 1893; died Barcelona 30 June, 1987) was a Spanish (Catalan) composer. He is best known for his short works for solo piano and his songs.
Life
Mompou was born in Barcelona (Spain), and studied piano there at the Conservatorio del Liceo. In 1911 he went to Paris. ... |
84157 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right%20triangle | Right triangle | A right triangle, (also called a right-angled triangle), has one angle that is 90 degrees. The other two angles always add up to 90 degrees but can be different sizes.
The side opposite to the right angle is the hypotenuse; it is the longest side in the right triangle. The other two sides are the legs or catheti (singu... |
84158 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20social%20democratic%20parties | List of social democratic parties | This is a list of parties in the world that consider themselves to be upholding the principles and values of social democracy. Some are also members of the Socialist International.
Names used by social democratic parties
Socialist Party
Social Democratic Party
Democratic Socialist Party
Labour Party
Social Democr... |
84165 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIS%20Interactive | VIS Interactive | VIS Interactive was a video game company by WB Interactive. It was formed in 1996 by Chris van der Kuyl and Peter Baillie. The company also provided interactive content for Interactive Digital Television ("iTV") and broadband. VIS entertainment plc consisted of VIS Games and associated companies Axis Animation and VIS ... |
84173 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream%20of%20consciousness%20%28disambiguation%29 | Stream of consciousness (disambiguation) | Stream of consciousness is a famous phrase of the American psychologist and philosopher William James. It refers to the flow of thoughts in the conscious human mind.
The term could mean:
Apparently spontaneous live or recorded performances, as in film, music, and dramatic and comic monologues, intended to recreate th... |
84176 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stream%20of%20consciousness%20writing | Stream of consciousness writing | Stream of consciousness is a term used in literary criticism for a literary technique that reports the thought processes of a person.
If it is done in context with the surrounding world it is called interior or internal monologue. That means it is unspoken, and in some cases could not be spoken. For example, in Mikha... |
84177 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtedoux | Courtedoux | Courtedoux is a municipality of the district of Porrentruy of the Canton of Jura, Switzerland.
Municipalities of Jura
Villages in Switzerland |
84178 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtema%C3%AEche | Courtemaîche | Courtemaîche is a former municipality of the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2009 the former municipalities of Courtemaîche, Buix and Montignez merged into the new municipality of Basse-Allaine.
Former municipalities of Jura |
84180 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damphreux | Damphreux | Damphreux is a municipality of the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Information in French about Damphreux on Juranet
Municipalities of Jura |
84181 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damvant | Damvant | Damvant is a former municipality, in the new municipality of Haute-Ajoie and district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
Former municipalities of Jura |
84182 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahy | Fahy | Fahy is a municipality of the district of Porrentruy in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
References
Municipalities of Jura |
84184 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benazir%20Bhutto | Benazir Bhutto | Benazir Bhutto (21 June 1953 - 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician.
Bhutto was the elder daughter of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Nusrat Bhutto (née Ispahani).
Bhutto was the first woman elected to lead a Muslim state. She was elected Prime Minister of Pakistan two times. She was sworn in for the first time in ... |
84190 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitar | Sitar | The sitar ( or ; , Punjabi: ਸਿਤਾਰ, Urdu: ) is a plucked string instrument. It uses sympathetic strings along with a long hollow neck and a gourd resonating chamber to make a rich sound with complex harmonic resonance. It is used throughout India.
Other websites
A knowledge base on Sitar
International sitar lear... |
84191 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oud | Oud | The oud is a pear-shaped, stringed instrument. It is similar to a modern western lute. It does not have frets. It is commonly used in Middle Eastern music and East African music.
Other websites
NileCart Egyptian oud gallery.
Oud Cafe, a website dedicated to Oud music
Plucked string instruments |
84195 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup%20%28music%29 | Pickup (music) | A pickup is a device that captures mechanical vibrations (usually from stringed instruments like the electric guitar, electric
bass guitar or electric violin) and converts them to an electrical signal which can be amplified and recorded.
There are two main types of pickups. While piezo pickups are more common on acou... |
84196 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickup | Pickup | Pickup can mean different things:
Pickup (music): In music, a device that changes vibrations created by an instrument (for example an electric guitar) into an electrical signal which can be amplified and recorded.
Pickup truck: A type of automobile with an open back end for carrying things. |
84198 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vihuela | Vihuela | Vihuela is a name given to two different guitar-like string instruments: one from 16th century Spain, usually with 12 paired strings, and the other, the Mexican vihuela, from 20th century Mexico with five strings and typically played in Mariachi bands.
Other websites
lutesandguitars.co.uk Stephen Barber & Sandi Harr... |
84199 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mischa%20Barton | Mischa Barton | Mischa Anne Marsden Barton (born January 24, 1986) is an award-winning Anglo-American actress. She was born in Hammersmith, west London. She moved to New York City when she was six. She has British and American citizenship. She is best known for her role as Marissa Cooper in the American television series The O.C.
Leg... |
84201 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range%20%28music%29 | Range (music) | The range of a musical instrument is the distance from the lowest to the highest pitch it can play. For a singing voice, this is known as vocal range.
Musical terminology |
84203 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio%20Torres | Antonio Torres | Antonio De Torres Jurado (13 June 1817 – 19 November 1892) was a Spanish guitarist and guitar maker.
Torres Jurado is often respected among guitarists the same way Antonio Stradivari is respected among violinists. His work established the shape, design, and construction of the modern classical guitar.
Spanish musical... |
84204 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Beauchamp | George Beauchamp | George D. Beauchamp (1899 - 1941) was an inventor of musical instruments and co-founder of National Stringed Instrument Corporation and Rickenbacker.
Born in Texas, he played the violin and the lap steel guitar in Vaudeville before going into the business of then manufacturing of electric lap steel guitars, electric g... |
84206 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danelectro | Danelectro | Danelectro is an American company that makes musical instruments and accessories. Their main products are guitars, bass guitars, amplifiers and effects units. The company was founded by Nathan Daniel in 1947 in Red Banks, New Jersey. Jimi Hendrix is among the many well-known guitarists to have used Danelectro. The com... |
84211 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book%20of%20Numbers | Book of Numbers | The book of Numbers in the Bible is the fourth book in the Old Testament. It is called a book of Moses because it contains the story of Moses and the Israelites when they wander throughout the wilderness before ending up at Israel (also known as Canaan or Palestine), where God promised they will settle (the promised l... |
84213 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegra%20Versace | Allegra Versace | Allegra Versace (born in Milan on 30 June 1986) is the daughter of designer Donatella Versace and ex-fashion model Paul Beck.
Allegra, a 50% owner of the Versace fashion design business, is a sufferer from anorexia nervosa.
References
Other websites
Official Versace website
1986 births
Living people
Italian busin... |
84214 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickenbacker | Rickenbacker | Rickenbacker International Corporation, also known as Rickenbacker () ), is an American company that makes electric guitars. The company invented the first electric guitar during the 1930s. The guitars are made at its headquarters in Santa Ana, California. Rickenbacker is the largest guitar company to make all of thei... |
84215 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donatella%20Versace | Donatella Versace | Donatella Versace (born 2 May 1955) is an Italian fashion designer and a current part-owner of the Versace fashion line. She is now their chief designer.
She was born in Reggio Calabria. She owns 20 percent of the entire stock market assets of Versace. Her brother, Santo Versace, owns 30 percent. Donatella's daughter ... |
84218 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry%20of%20Justice%20of%20Germany | Ministry of Justice of Germany | The Federal Ministry of Justice is a ministry of the Federal Republic of Germany .
History
Germany has five "Classic Ministries", rather like the United Kingdom's "Great Offices of State".
The classic ministries are:
Justice
Interior
Finance
Defence (or "War" as it was called before World War II) and
the Foreig... |
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