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87393 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wave%E2%80%93particle%20duality | Wave–particle duality | Wave–particle duality is perhaps one of the most confusing concepts in physics, because it is so unlike anything we see in the ordinary world.
Physicists who studied light in the 1700s and 1800s had an argument about whether light was made of particles or waves. Light seems to act like both. At times, light seems to g... |
87394 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Pistoia | Province of Pistoia | The Province of Pistoia (It. Provincia di Pistoia) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy.
Geography
The capital of the province is the city of Pistoia. The province has an area of 965 km² and a total population of 268,503 (2001). There are 22 communes in the province.
Other websites
Province homepage
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87395 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Prato | Province of Prato | The Province of Prato (Italian: Provincia di Prato) is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. The capital of the province is the city of Prato. It was formed from part of the province of Florence in 1992.
The province has an area of 365 km² and a total population of 227,886 (2001). There are 7 comune (municipaliti... |
87397 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/War%20of%20the%20Pacific | War of the Pacific | The War of the Pacific (or Saltpeter War) took place from 1879-1883. It grew out of a dispute between Bolivia and Peru against Chile over control of a part of the Pacific coast. The disputed area was part of the Atacama Desert that lies between the 23rd and 26th parallels. The territory contained valuable mineral resou... |
87398 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Province%20of%20Siena | Province of Siena | The Province of Siena (Italian: Provincia di Siena)is a province in the Tuscany region of Italy. The capital of the province is the city of Siena.
The province has an area of 3,821 km² (1475 mile²) and a total population of 252,288 (2001). There are 36 comuni (singular: comune) in the province. At June 30, 2005, the m... |
87418 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes%20Ockeghem | Johannes Ockeghem | Johannes Ockeghem (born Saint-Ghislain, near Mons, Belgium about 1410; died Tours, France, 6 February 1497), was the most famous composer of the Franco-Flemish School (from around the area which is now Belgium) in the last half of the 15th century, and is often thought of as the most important composer between Dufay an... |
87422 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group%2016%20element | Group 16 element | Group 16 is the third last group in the periodic table. This group is called the oxygen family or the chalcogens. The elements in this group are oxygen, sulfur, selenium, tellurium, polonium and livermorium. The first two elements are nonmetals, elements are in between are metalloids and the last two are metals Polon... |
87424 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magadino | Magadino | Magadino is a former municipality of the district Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 25 April 2010 the former municipalities of Caviano, Contone, Gerra Gambarogno, Indemini, Magadino, Piazzogna, San Nazzaro, Sant'Abbondio and Vira Gambarogno merged to form the new municipality of Gambarogno.
References... |
87425 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggia | Maggia | Maggia could mean:
Maggia River, a river in southern Switzerland
Maggia, municipality, a municipality in southern Switzerland
Maggia (comics), a fictional crime syndicate in the Marvel Comics universe |
87428 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maggia%20%28municipality%29 | Maggia (municipality) | Maggia is a municipality of the district Vallemaggia in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
History
The actual municipality was created in 2004 on April 27 by merger of the former municipalities of Aurigeno, Coglio, Giumaglio, Lodano, Maggia, Moghegno and Someo.
References
Other websites
Official website
Municip... |
87434 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historikerstreit | Historikerstreit | The Historikerstreit (Historians' dispute) was an intellectual and political controversy in West Germany about the way the Holocaust should be interpreted in history. It took place between 1986-1989, and pitted left-wing intellectuals against right-wing intellectuals. Its embers flared up again briefly in 2000 when on... |
87438 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jury | Jury | A jury is a group of ordinary people, who aren't employees of the court, who decide the answer to a question in a court room. Usually, this question is whether a person is guilty or innocent of committing a crime. A jury may also be responsible for deciding a penalty for the person if they are found guilty. Normally, a... |
87451 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocahontas | Pocahontas | Pocahontas (born around 1595buried on 21 March 1617) was an American Indian. She maintained relations between the Indians of Virginia and the colonists who built a fort and settlement on the James River called Jamestown in 1607. Legend says she saved John Smith's life when her father, Powhatan, was about to kill him.
... |
87459 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Develier | Develier | Develier is a municipality of the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
Other websites
Official website of the municipality of Develier
Municipalities of Jura |
87461 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ederswiler | Ederswiler | Ederswiler is a municipality of the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. It is the only German-speaking municipality in the canton, where all others are French-speaking.
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Municipalities of Jura |
87463 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glovelier | Glovelier | Glovelier is a former municipality of the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Glovelier, Bassecourt, Courfaivre, Soulce and Undervelier merged into the new municipality of Haute-Sorne.
Other websites
Former municipalities of Jura
2013 disestablishm... |
87464 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mervelier | Mervelier | Mervelier is a municipality of the district of Delémont in the canton of Jura in Switzerland.
Municipalities of Jura |
87501 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean | Korean | Korean can mean:
Anything to do with Korea, a country
Korean language
Korean people
Korean cuisine
Korean Air |
87504 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prana | Prana | Prana is the vital air or breath of the human body in Hinduism. It is also the vital, life-sustaining force of both the individual body and the universe. Its was first written about in the Upanishads. Prana is in all living forms, but is not itself the soul.
The word prana means "breath" in Sanskrit.
In yoga, prana i... |
87505 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanga%20Monastery | Sanga Monastery | Sanga Monastery is a small Buddhist monastery near Lhasa, Tibet. Sanga Monastery was built in the ruins of the castle (or fort) Taktse (also Dagtse) Dzong (formerly Dechen Dzong) on the top of a hill. Dagtse Dzong overlooks the roads to Yerpa and Ganden Monastery to the east.
Sanga Monastery together with Ganden Monas... |
87506 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satguru | Satguru | In some eastern religions, a Satguru (or Sadguru) is a person who is considered to have achieved enlightenment, and who can help others to achieve the same. The word means "true teacher" in Sanskrit (), sat meaning "true" and a guru meaning "teacher". The title means that his students have faith that the guru can be tr... |
87508 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physicist | Physicist | A physicist is a scientist who studies physics.
Here are some famous physicists:
Robert J. Lang
Albert Einstein
Archimedes
Benjamin Franklin
Blaise Pascal
Enrico Fermi
Erwin Schrödinger
Galileo Galilei
Henri Poincaré
Isaac Newton
James Watt
Johannes Kepler
Julius Robert Oppenheimer
Leó Szilárd
Marie Cu... |
87519 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western%20Roman%20Empire | Western Roman Empire | The Western Roman Empire was the western half of the Roman Empire, from its division by Diocletian in 286 AD. The other half of the Roman Empire became known as the Eastern Roman Empire, later known as the Byzantine Empire.
The whole Roman Empire had been in difficulties since 190 AD when large Gothic tribes began mov... |
87528 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenna | Ravenna | Ravenna is a city and comune in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. The city is inland, but is connected to the Adriatic Sea by a canal. Ravenna once was the seat of the Western Roman Empire and later the Ostrogothic kingdom. It is presently the capital of the province of Ravenna. At 652.89 km² (252.08 sq mi), Ravenn... |
87529 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenna%20%28disambiguation%29 | Ravenna (disambiguation) | Ravenna is name of
John of Ravenna
Pierfelice Ravenna, a botanist
Ravenna is the name of several places in the world:
Ravenna, a city in Italy and capital of the Province of Ravenna
Ravenna Calcio Italian football club based in Ravenna
In the United States:
Ravenna, Kentucky
Ravenna, Michigan
Ravenna, Nebraska
Rave... |
87537 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20democracy | Social democracy | Social democracy is a government system that has similar values to socialism, but within a capitalist framework. The ideology, named from democracy where people have a say in government actions, supports a competitive economy with money while also helping people whose jobs don't pay a lot. This makes it easier for peop... |
87548 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA%20Europa%20League | UEFA Europa League | The UEFA Europa League is a football tournament for teams that did not make the UEFA Champions League. They qualify by being not the best in the country and not making the best competition. For example in England, teams that finish after the first four teams can go to the Europa League. There is another option, which i... |
87569 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlottenburg | Charlottenburg | Charlottenburg was an independent city to the west of Berlin until 1920. Then it was made part of Groß-Berlin (Greater Berlin) and turned into a borough.
As a part of the changes to the boroughs of Berlin in 2001 Charlottenburg was joined with Wilmersdorf to make the new borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. In 2004,... |
87572 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magliaso | Magliaso | Magliaso is a municipality in the district Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Official website
Municipalities of Ticino |
87573 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mairengo | Mairengo | Mairengo is a former municipality of the district Leventina in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 1 April 2012 the former municipalities of Anzonico, Calpiogna, Campello, Cavagnago, Chironico, Mairengo and Osco merged to form the municipality of Faido.
References
Former municipalities of Ticino |
87574 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malvaglia | Malvaglia | Malvaglia is a former municipality of the district Blenio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 1 April 2012 the former municipalities of Ludiano, Malvaglia and Semione merged to form the new municipality of Serravalle. The reservoir Bacino di Val Malvaglia is found above the village.
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87575 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manno | Manno | Manno is a municipality of the district Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Official website
Municipalities of Ticino |
87576 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maroggia | Maroggia | Maroggia is a municipality of the district Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
References
Municipalities of Ticino |
87577 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massagno | Massagno | Massagno is a municipality of the district Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Official website
Municipalities of Ticino |
87578 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medeglia | Medeglia | Medeglia is a former municipality of the district Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 21 November 2010 the former municipalities of Bironico, Camignolo, Medeglia, Rivera and Sigirino merged to form the new municipality of Monteceneri.
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Former municipalities of Ticino
2010 ... |
87579 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melano | Melano | Melano is a municipality of the district Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Official website
Municipalities of Ticino |
87580 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melide%2C%20Switzerland | Melide, Switzerland | Melide is a municipality of the district Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
Melide is known world-wide for the famous Swissminiatur, a museum that shows famous buildings in Switzerland presented in miniature form.
References
Other websites
Official website
Web site of Swissminiatur
Municipalities o... |
87582 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilmersdorf | Wilmersdorf | Wilmersdorf was a village near Berlin. In 1920 Wilmersdorf became a borough of Greater Berlin Groß Berlin. In 2001 it became a part of the new borough of Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf. The Kurfürstendamm runs through the area. The former borough of Wilmersdorf included the localities Halensee, Schmargendorf and Grunewald.... |
87585 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Able%20Label | Able Label | The Able Label was an independent record label from Brisbane, Australia.
Grant McLennan & Robert Forster of The Go-Betweens
released their first two singles "Lee Remick" & "People Say" on it in 1978 and 1979. Later, it allowed other Brisbane groups, The Numbers (later to become The Riptides), The Apartments and the F... |
87586 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goosebumps | Goosebumps | Goosebumps is a collection of children's horror fiction books written by R. L. Stine.
The Goosebumps series sometimes contained too much violence, so some American libraries disagreed with having the books there; the novels were fifteenth on the American Library Association's list of most frequently challenged books f... |
87587 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azuli%20Records | Azuli Records | Azuli Records is an independent record label, focusing on house music and other forms of electronic dance music. The label was founded by DJ Dave Piccioni in London, England in the early 1990s.
Releases include the Late Night Tales / Another Late Night DJ mix albums, and the "Choice" series.
Related pages
List of re... |
87589 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carluke | Carluke | The town of Carluke is in the centre of the Scottish countryside in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, 5.4 miles North-West of Lanark and 5 miles South-East of Wishaw. Many people in Carluke are commuters, with a variety of small stores and supermarkets available at the centre of the town.
Notable Figures
Three people who w... |
87591 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel%20Universe | Marvel Universe | The Marvel Universe (MU) is a comic book fictional universe created by Marvel Comics. The MU is where most of the main stories published by Marvel Comics takes place. The MU is actually just one of an infinite number of different dimensions. Each one can be called a Marvel universe, but the term is commonly used for ju... |
87592 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runaways%20%28comics%29 | Runaways (comics) | Runaways is a Marvel Comics comic book series created by Brian K. Vaughan and Adrian Alphona. The series is about a group of teenagers who try to make up for the evil done by their supervillain parents by becoming superheroes. They are commonly called "the Pride's kids" or "those kids in L.A." by other characters in th... |
87593 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kreuzberg | Kreuzberg | Kreuzberg, south of Berlin-Mitte, was one of the best-known boroughs of Berlin, famous for its nightlife and its left-leaning electorate as well as its problems with crime the drug scene and a very high number of immigrants.
Kreuzberg consists of two different parts, the southeastern 'SO 36' (or simply '36') part and ... |
87597 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil%20War%20%28comics%29 | Civil War (comics) | Civil War was a large comic book story created by Marvel Comics. The story was the main focus of a seven issue series that started in May 2006 and ended in February 2007. It involved every major Marvel character and a large number of minor ones. Nearly every main Marvel title during this time dealt with this story.
T... |
87598 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunstad%20Conference%20Center | Brunstad Conference Center | Brunstad Conference Center (BCC) is a conference centre in Stokke, Vestfold in Norway. The centre is owned and managed by the Christian fellowship called Den Kristelige menighet. They are often called Smith's Friends. The Smith's friends bought the farm at Brunstad near Stokke in Melsomvik in 1956.
The center was used... |
87633 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stig%20Claesson | Stig Claesson | John Stig Claesson (June 2, 1928 – January 4, 2008) was a Swedish writer and illustrator. He also was known by his signature Slas.
Biography
Claesson was born on June 2, 1928 in Huddinge, south of Stockholm. He went to the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts between 1947 and 1952, when he began to illustrate Swedish classic... |
87634 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagens%20Nyheter | Dagens Nyheter | Dagens Nyheter (DN) is a daily newspaper in Sweden. Based in the town of Stockholm, it was started on 23 December 1864.
Other websites
Official website
1864 establishments in Europe
Newspapers published in Sweden
Stockholm
19th-century establishments in Sweden |
87653 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chihuahua%20%28state%29 | Chihuahua (state) | Chihuahua is a state in Mexico.
Other websites
Chihuahua state government
States of Mexico |
87693 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency%20medical%20services%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom | Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom | Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom are part of the National Health Service (NHS) systems. They are run by local ambulance services, known in England and Wales as trusts. Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have one ambulance service each; the Scottish Ambulance Service (a Special Health Board), the Welsh... |
87702 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public%20administration | Public administration | Public administration has two meanings. First it means putting into action government policy. Second, academics study this, and prepare civil servants for working in the public service (the non-political part of the government).
Public administration helps improve management and improve policies so that government can... |
87703 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Space%20Agency | European Space Agency | European Space Agency or ESA (ESA; , ASE) is an international organisation with 22 member countries. Its job is to explore space.
Its headquarters are in Paris, France. ESA has a staff of more than 2,000 with an annual budget of about €4.43 billion / US$5.51 billion (2015).
The member countries of ESA are Austria, B... |
87706 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management | Management | Management means directing and controlling a group of people or an organization to reach a goal. Management often means the deployment and manipulation of human resources, financial resources, technological resources, and natural resources. In other word Management can also mean the person or people who manage, the man... |
87709 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic%20of%20Texas | Republic of Texas | The Republic of Texas was a sovereign state in North America between the United States and Mexico that existed from 1836 to 1845. It was started on March 2 1836, when the people living in Texas declared themselves independent from Mexico. The Mexican army led by Santa Anna marched into Texas and attacked the new countr... |
87722 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg%20Military%20Tribunals | Nuremberg Military Tribunals | The Nuremberg Military Tribunals are the follow up trials of war criminals held by the United States of America in Nuremberg.
The trial of the 24 Major War Criminals held by the International Military Tribunal (IMT) in Nuremberg is at Nuremberg Trials
The IMT only held one trial before disagreements between the four ... |
87725 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anschluss | Anschluss | The Anschluss, or Anschluß, was the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany in 1938.
After the First World War, both Austria-Hungary and the German Empire were abolished, and many hoped that the Republic of German Austria would be unified with the German Republic into a Greater Germany that would include all Germans.
T... |
87740 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestorianism | Nestorianism | Nestorianism is a movement within Christianity. The idea behind the doctrine was that there were two different persons of Jesus. One of them was the man Jesus, the other was the aspect of son of God, or Logos. Perhaps the most prominent supporter of the idea was Nestorius, archbishop of Constantinople. Nestorius lived ... |
87745 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daikokuten | Daikokuten | In Japan, Daikokuten (大黒天), is one of the Seven Lucky Gods. Daikokuten came from the Indian god, Shiva. Daikoku wears Japanese robes and has a happy and smiling personality.
Location
Daikoku's pictures are found in the temples of Tibet and China and the god enjoys a high position as a household god in Japan. Daikoku'... |
87769 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seesaw | Seesaw | A seesaw (also known as a teeter-totter) is a long, narrow board which is fixed in the middle, a little way above the ground. When one end of the seesaw goes up the other goes down.
Children often like to play on seesaws. Two children sit on the seesaw, one at each end. The child who is down pushes the ground with his... |
87775 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Playground%20slide | Playground slide | Playground slides are slides for children to play on in playgrounds. The child climbs up a ladder or some stairs, then sits down at the top and slides all the way down. Some children like to slide down on their backs or on their stomachs. This can sometimes be dangerous on big slides.
Slides are made of metal, plas... |
87786 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antipsychotic | Antipsychotic | Antipsychotic drugs or Neuroleptics are drugs that act on the central nervous system, and that usually have sedating properties. The name neuroleptic was introduced in 1955, from the 1990s, the term antipsychotic is used more frequently. Neuroleptics make the patient calm. Today, they are mostly used for the treatment ... |
87787 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve%20Online | Eve Online | EVE Online is a 2003 Space science fiction MMORPG computer game. It was made by CCP Games. The game is very similar to the 1980s game ELITE. Players in EVE earn money called InterStella Kredits (ISK) to buy new spacecraft, skills or equipment. Several ways to earn ISK include mining, exploration, doing missions, tradin... |
87805 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintar%C5%8D | Kintarō | Kintarō (金太郎, Kintarō? sometimes means "Golden Boy") is a folk (story) hero from Japanese folklore. A child born really strong. He was raised by a girl ogre in a mountain called Mount Ashigara. He became friendly with the animals and imaginary things of the mountain. Later, after catching the terror of the region aroun... |
87806 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/490%20Veritas | 490 Veritas | 490 Veritas
490 Veritas is a big asteroid, which may have been involved in one of the more huge asteroid-asteroid collisions of the past 100 million years.
At 115 and 125 km in diameter, Veritas and 92 Undina are the biggest of the 300-strong Veritas family of asteroids. David Nesvorný of the Southwest Research Insti... |
87812 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cart | Cart | A cart is a vehicle with two wheels and usually pulled by one horse. Other animals such as ox, cattle or donkeys are sometimes used instead of a horse. A handcart is pulled or pushed by a person.
Carts have been used for over 4,000 years around the world. Today we use the shopping cart. Shopping carts first made thei... |
87836 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanark%20Grammar%20School | Lanark Grammar School | Lanark Grammar School is a medium-sized secondary school in Lanark, South Lanarkshire which has over 1000 students.
Available subjects
Art and Design
Biology
Business Education
Chemistry
Classical Studies
Computing Studies
Craft and Design
English
French
German
Geography
Graphics Communications
History
Home Economics
... |
87846 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johannes%20Vermeer | Johannes Vermeer | Johannes Vermeer or Jan Vermeer (baptised 31 October 1632, died December 1675) was a Dutch Baroque painter. He spent his life in the town of Delft. Vermeer came from a Protestant family but he married a Catholic, named Catherina Bolnes, in April 1653. They had eleven children.
Vermeer mainly painted people in daily li... |
87849 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Sey%C3%9F-Inquart | Arthur Seyß-Inquart | Arthur Seyß-Inquart (born Arthur Seyß on 22 July 1892–16 October 1946) was a prominent lawyer and later Nazi official in pre-Anschluß Austria, the Third Reich and in wartime Germany, Poland, and the Netherlands. Seyß-Inquart was executed at the Nuremberg Trials for crimes against humanity.
Life before the Anschluss
S... |
87862 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical%20Athens | Classical Athens | Classical Athens refers to the city of Athens from 508 to 322 BC. Athenian democracy was established in 508 BC under Cleisthenes, after the tyranny of the Peistratids and the rule of Isagoras. This system remained remarkably stable, and with a few brief interruptions remained in place for 180 years, until 322 BC. Athe... |
87874 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watership%20Down | Watership Down | Watership Down is a novel written by Richard Adams. It tells the story of rabbits and their adventures concerning their warren at a hill in the north of Hampshire, England known as Watership Down.
In this fantasy book, rabbits with human intelligence are shown in their natural environment. They have their own culture,... |
87888 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Adams | Richard Adams | Richard George Adams (9 May 1920 – 24 December 2016) was an English author. His most famous book, Watership Down, began as a story to tell his daughters. Adams won both important British children's book awards, the Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize.
Adams was in the British Army during World War... |
87890 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mergoscia | Mergoscia | Mergoscia is a municipality of the district Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The village is found above Lago di Vogorno in the Verzasca valley.
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Municipalities of Ticino |
87891 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meride | Meride | Meride is a former municipality of the district Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. On 14 April 2013 the former municipalities of Besazio, Ligornetto and Meride merged into the municipality of Mendrisio.
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Other websites
Official website
Former municipalities of Ticino |
87893 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezzovico-Vira | Mezzovico-Vira | Mezzovico-Vira is a municipality of the district Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
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Municipalities of Ticino |
87894 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miglieglia | Miglieglia | Miglieglia is a municipality of the district Lugano in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
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Municipalities of Ticino |
87895 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minusio | Minusio | Minusio is a municipality of the district Locarno in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Official website
Municipalities of Ticino |
87896 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moleno | Moleno | Moleno is a former municipality of the district Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
On 2 April 2017 the former municipalities of Camorino, Claro, Giubiasco, Gnosca, Gorduno, Gudo, Moleno, Monte Carasso, Pianezzo, Preonzo, Sant'Antonio and Sementina merged into the municipality of Bellinzona.
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87897 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monte%20Carasso | Monte Carasso | Monte Carasso is a former municipality of the district Bellinzona in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
On 2 April 2017 the former municipalities of Camorino, Claro, Giubiasco, Gnosca, Gorduno, Gudo, Moleno, Monte Carasso, Pianezzo, Preonzo, Sant'Antonio and Sementina merged to form the municipality of Bellinzona.
... |
87905 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark%20Ronson | Mark Ronson | Mark Daniel Ronson (born 4 September 1975) is a music producer from London, England. Ronson has released two albums. His first, released in 2003, was mainly hip hop music. His second, in 2007, featured British singers and musicians performing many different genres and styles.
Early life
Ronson's mother, Ann Dexter-Jon... |
87906 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shardik | Shardik | Shardik is a fantasy novel written by Richard Adams in 1974.
Plot
Shardik takes place in an imaginary region called the Beklan Empire. A lonely hunter, Kelderek, pursues Shardik, a giant bear. Both of them become unwillingly drawn into the politics of the entire empire. The story's key themes include the personal str... |
87907 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw%20Uprising%20%281794%29 | Warsaw Uprising (1794) | The Warsaw Uprising of 1794 (also called the "Warsaw Insurrection") was started by a group of Polish people who lived in Warsaw. With help from the Polish Army, they tried to stop Russia from controlling the biggest city in Poland. It started on April 17, 1794, which was soon after Tadeusz Kościuszko's victory at an im... |
87908 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaishravana | Vaishravana | Vaiśravaṇa (Sanskrit वैश्रवण) or Vessavaṇa (Pāli वेस्सवण) is the name of the chief of the Four Heavenly Kings and an important person in Buddhism.
Name
The name Vaiśravaṇa comes from the Sanskrit viśravaṇa which means "Great Fame".
Vaiśravaṇa is also known as Kubera in Sanskrit or Kuvera in Pāli.
Character
The cha... |
87910 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugazi | Fugazi | Fugazi were an American alternative rock band that became active in 1987.
History
Singer and songwriter Ian MacKaye had been in two bands before he joined Fugazi. These bands were Embrace, a band that existed from 1985 to 1986, and the more well-known Minor Threat. Guy Picciotto, who played guitar, was in famous punk/... |
87914 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benzaiten | Benzaiten | Benzaiten (弁才天, 弁財天) is the Japanese name of the goddess Saraswati. Worship of Benzaiten arrived in Japan in the 6th to 8th centuries, mainly through the Chinese translations of the Sutra of Golden Light .
Her Sanskrit name is "Sarasvatî Devî", which means "flowing water". This is why Benzaiten is the goddess of every... |
87932 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchasing%20power%20parity | Purchasing power parity | There are two ways to measure GDP (total income of a country) of different countries and compare them. One way, called GDP at exchange rate, is when the currencies of all countries are converted into USD (United States Dollar). The second way is GDP (PPP) or GDP at purchasing power parity (PPP).
PPP
Uses
Purchasing ... |
87946 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren%20%28domestic%29 | Warren (domestic) | A domestic warren is a man-made, enclosed establishment of animal husbandry that is used for the raising of domestic rabbits for meat and fur.
There was a clear distinction between free warren and domestic warren. But today that is nearly gone. One even speaks of a prairie dog warren.
Other websites
Description o... |
87949 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren | Warren | Warren could mean:
Animal husbandry and related
Animal husbandry
Warren (domestic), a rabbitry for the breeding and raising of domestic rabbits. Warren is also used for rabbit or hare burrows in the wild.
Forest law
Warren (free) ("Free warren"), a type of hunting franchise under the Anglo-Norman Forest law
Meta... |
87956 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrow | Burrow | A burrow is a hole or tunnel in the ground made by an animal. Animals dig burrows to live in. Sometimes animals only use burrows for a short time. Many animals dig burrows.
There are many different kinds of burrows. Different kinds of animals make different kinds of burrows. Lots of mammals make burrows. Some mammals ... |
87958 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burrow%20%28disambiguation%29 | Burrow (disambiguation) | A burrow is a hole made by an animal.
Burrow can also mean:
Burrow (Shropshire), a hill in Shropshire, England
"The Burrow" (short story), a short story by Franz Kafka
The Burrow, residence of the Weasley family in the Harry Potter book series
FAU Arena or The Burrow, the Florida Atlantic University Arena
People w... |
87975 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sogyal%20Rinpoche | Sogyal Rinpoche | Sogyal Rinpoche (1947 – 28 August 2019) was a Tibetan Dzogchen Lama of the Nyingma tradition. He taught for over 30 years. He travels widely in Europe, America, Australia and Asia.
He was the founder and spiritual leader of Rigpa, which is an international network of over 100 Buddhist centres and groups in 23 countrie... |
87977 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soma%20%28drink%29 | Soma (drink) | Soma is a drink used in ancient India, in the (Vedic) culture. It is written of in the Vedas, in which there are many hymns praising it.
It was probably a juice made from a mountain plant or the haoma plant. In the Vedas, Soma is both the sacred drink and also a god (deva). It is not known for sure what Soma actually... |
87982 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokyo%20Juliet | Tokyo Juliet | Tokyo Juliet (or 東方茱麗葉 in Chinese) is a 2006 Taiwanese dramatic television series. It stars Ariel Lin and Wu Zun of the band Fahrenheit. The series is based on the manga of the same name by Miyuki Kitagawa.
Cast
Ariel Lin 林瀨穗 Lin Lai Sui
Wu Chun as 紀風亮 Ji Feng Liang
Simon Yam as 褚形 Chu Xing
Tang Zhi Ping as Ai Li Ou
H... |
87985 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left%20Hand%20Path | Left Hand Path | Left Hand Path is a term used in occultism for one kind of spiritual path. It is the opposite of the Right Hand Path, which is what most people think of when they think of religion or spirituality.
The use of this term in occultism came from a term used in Hindu Tantra, Vama marga in Sanskrit. This ancient form of tan... |
87986 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu%20Zun | Wu Zun | This is a Chinese name. The surname is Wu (吳)
Wu Zun (traditional Chinese: 吳尊; simplified Chinese: 吴尊; pinyin: Wú Zūn) is a Brunei-born actor and singer. He is the only non-Taiwanese member of the boy band Fahrenheit. He is also known for his roles in the Taiwanese TV shows Hanazakarino Kimitachihe and Tokyo Juliet.
... |
87990 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vamachara | Vamachara | Vamachara or Vama marga (Left-Hand Path) are technical terms used for practices in tantra that are considered to be outside the usual Hindu social norms. The term Dakshinachara (Right-Hand Path) is used to refer to Tantric sects that stay within these social norms.
Hinduism |
87996 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magick | Magick | Magick is an old way to spell the word "magic". This spelling was used by Aleister Crowley for occult magic of Thelema. He wanted to make it clear that he did not mean stage magic.
Crowley defined magick as "the science and art of causing change to occur in conformity with the will." By this, he included ordinary act... |
87998 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolmen | Dolmen | A dolmen is a type of single-chamber megalithic tomb. It usually consists of three or more upright stones (megaliths) supporting a large flat horizontal capstone (table).
Most date from the early Neolithic period (4000 BC to 3000 BC). Dolmens were usually covered with earth or smaller stones to form a barrow, though ... |
88003 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sichuan | Sichuan | Sichuan (; ) is a province in western China with its capital at Chengdu. It is also informally called 蜀 (). Its Governor is Wei Hong and its CPC Ctte Secretary is Wang Dongming. With a population of 87,250,000 (2006), Sichuan is the third most populated administrative division of China. Sichuan used to be the province ... |
88004 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twice-cooked%20pork | Twice-cooked pork | Twice-cooked pork (, literally: meat that has been returned to the wok) is probably the best-known Sichuan-style Chinese dish. Twice-cooked pork is cooked by boiling pork rib steak chunks in hot water with slices of ginger and salt first, then after being cut into thin slices, the pork is put back into a wok and shallo... |
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