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90486 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/72%20%28number%29 | 72 (number) | Seventy-two is an even number. It comes after seventy-one and before seventy-three.
integers |
90526 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/CN%20Tower | CN Tower | The CN Tower is a telecommunications tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is tall and is the tallest free-standing structure (meaning it cannot have wires to keep it standing) in Canada, North America, and the Western Hemisphere. It is not the tallest building as there are no floors for people to work or live in. Tha... |
90544 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freiburg%20im%20Breisgau | Freiburg im Breisgau | Freiburg (Alemannic German: Friburg im Brisgau) is a city in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Its full name is Freiburg im Breisgau.
Freiburg is on the western edge of the southern Black Forest ().
Twin cities
Freiburg has many twin cities throughout the world:
, Besançon,since 1959
, Innsbruck, since 1963
, Padua, si... |
90545 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baden-Baden | Baden-Baden | Baden-Baden (Alemannic German: Bade-Bade) is a spa town with around 50,000 inhabitants in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is at the border of the Rhine valley and the Black Forest. The town is well known as a spa town, as a place for rich people and for many cultural offers. In the 19th century the town played an import... |
90546 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coburg | Coburg | Coburg (East Franconian: Coborch, Coburch) is a town on the Itz River in Bavaria, Germany. Its 2005 population was 42,015. It joined with Bavaria by popular vote in 1920. Before 1918, it was the larger of the two capital cities in the united duchy of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Coburg's Coat of Arms honoring the city's pa... |
90547 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6rlitz | Görlitz | Görlitz (, Upper Sorbian: Zhorjelc, , , Upper Lusatian dialect: Gerlz, Gerltz or Gerltsch) is a town in Germany on the river Lusatian Neisse, in the Bundesland (Federal State) of Saxony, opposite the Polish town of Zgorzelec. Zgorzelec was a part of Görlitz until 1945.
Historically Görlitz has belonged at times to the... |
90555 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Visible%20spectrum | Visible spectrum | The visible spectrum (or sometimes called the optical spectrum) is the part of the electromagnetic spectrum that is visible to the human eye. Electromagnetic radiation in this range of wavelengths is called visible light or simply light.
A typical human eye will react to wavelengths in air from about 380 to 750 nm.
... |
90557 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vision | Vision | Vision can refer to:
Sight- the ability to see
a form of religious experience
Vision (Marvel Cinematic Universe) - A fictional superhero created by Marvel Studios |
90561 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aach%2C%20Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg | Aach, Baden-Württemberg | Aach [] is a small town in the German state of Baden-Württemberg. Being situated close to Lake Constance and the Swiss border, it is mostly known for the Aachtopf — Germany's biggest natural spring in terms of production.
Aach has a city council with twelve seats. The last elections in 2004 brought three seats for the... |
90562 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aach%2C%20Rhineland-Palatinate | Aach, Rhineland-Palatinate | Aach is a municipality in the German state of Rhineland-Palatinate. It is part of Trier-Land, a Verbandsgemeinde.
Aach has a council with sixteen seats. The last elections in 2004 brought the CDU twelve seats, the other four went to the free voters' association (FWG Aach e. V.) In the same elections Mayor Josef Klein ... |
90567 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aach | Aach | Aach can mean:
Aach, Baden-Württemberg
Aach, Rhineland-Palatinate |
90572 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachimsthal%2C%20Brandenburg | Joachimsthal, Brandenburg | Joachimsthal is a town in the district of Barnim, in Brandenburg, Germany. It is northwest of Eberswalde, and northeast of Berlin-Mitte.
References
Other websites
Barnim Rural District |
90573 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieter%20Brueghel%20the%20Elder | Pieter Brueghel the Elder | Pieter Brueghel the Elder (c. 1525 – 9 September 1569) was a Dutch or Flemish Renaissance painter and printmaker. He is known for his landscapes and peasant scenes. He is nicknamed 'Peasant Bruegel' to distinguish him from other members of the Brueghel family. But he is the most famous of them and therefore in most of ... |
90582 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad%20T%C3%B6lz | Bad Tölz | Bad Tölz is a town in Bavaria, Germany, and capital of the district of Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausen.
In 1937 a SS-Junkerschule (SS Officer Candidate School) was made at Bad Tölz which operated until the end of World War II in 1945. As well, a subcamp of the Dachau concentration camp was located in the town. It provided lab... |
90583 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Brown | Chris Brown | Christopher Maurice "Chris" Brown (born May 5, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. "Forever" is one of his most famous songs. He has won three American Music Awards, three MTV Video Music Awards, eleven BET Awards, and a Grammy Award.
Personal life
He got attention when he was arrested and con... |
90585 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernau%20bei%20Berlin | Bernau bei Berlin | Bernau bei Berlin (English Bernau near Berlin) is a German city in the Barnim district. The city is located about northeast of Berlin.
In 1842 a railway line was opened. One of the first electrical suburban railway lines in the world has been opened in 1924. This line of the Berlin S-Bahn connected Bernau with statio... |
90590 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad%20Reichenhall | Bad Reichenhall | Bad Reichenhall is a spa town, and capital of the Berchtesgadener Land district in Upper Bavaria, Germany. It is located near Salzburg, and encircled by the Chiemgauer Alps. Mount Staufen () and Mount Zwiesel () are both near Bad Reichenhall. Bad Reichenhall is a traditional center of salt production, obtained by evapo... |
90593 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Brown%20%28disambiguation%29 | Chris Brown (disambiguation) | Chris Brown (born 1989) is an American R&B singer.
Chris Brown or Christopher Brown may refer to:
Music
Chris Brown (album), an album by Chris Brown
Chris Brown (Canadian musician), Canadian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist
Chris Brown (Australian musician), Australian musician, member of Ayers Rock (band... |
90594 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demmin | Demmin | Demmin () is a town in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It was the capital of the former Demmin Rural District.
World War II
German troops destroyed the bridges over the Peene while retreating from Demmin during World War II. This way, the advance of the Soviet Red Army was slowed down when they arrived in Dem... |
90595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20Army | Red Army | The Red Army was the army of the Bolsheviks led by Leon Trotsky in the Russian Civil War. Later it became the army of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. It was the name used mainly before and during World War II. After the war it was renamed as the Soviet Army, although many people still continued to call it the ... |
90596 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nienburg | Nienburg | Nienburg is a town and capital of the district Nienburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Geography
Geographical location
Nienburg is on the river Weser, approx. 55 km southeast of Bremen, and 45 km northwest of Hanover. Nienburg is the largest town in the Mittelweserregion.
Population
(in each case December 31st)
1998 ... |
90597 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Querfurt | Querfurt | Querfurt a town in Saalekreis district (Kreis) in the south of Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, in a fertile country on the Querne, west from Merseburg, on a branch line from Oberroblingen. Pop. 12,935 (2005).
References
Other websites
Saalekreis Rural District |
90607 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saab%2035%20Draken | Saab 35 Draken | The Saab 35 Draken ("kite" or "dragon") is a fighter aircraft made by Saab. It first flew in 1955 and was introduced in 1960. It was made to replace the Saab 29 Tunnan. The Draken used a delta wing, which gave it speed. In fact, it was Sweden's first aircraft to go twice the speed of sound.
What the Draken is like
Th... |
90614 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Departments%20of%20Haiti | Departments of Haiti | Haiti is divided into 10 departments (French, départements). When Haiti was the French colony of Saint-Domingue, there were three provinces: North, South and West. Under Toussaint L'Ouverture, the provinces were converted into departments.
The departments are further divided into 41 arrondissements, and 133 communes.... |
90629 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turquoise | Turquoise | Turquoise is an opaque (cannot be seen through), blueish-green mineral. It is not common and can be valuable in finer grades. It has been prized as a gem and ornamental stone for thousands of years because of its interesting coloring.
The word Turquoise means Turkish in French.
Gemstones
Birthstones |
90651 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yotsuya%20Kaidan | Yotsuya Kaidan | Yotsuya Kaidan, also known as Tōkaidō yotsuya kaidan, is one of the most famous Japanese ghost stories of all time. It was written as a play in 1825 by Tsuruya Nanboku.
The tale takes place in the Tōkaidō region.
Plot
The story is a tale of murder and ghostly revenge. It continues to be an influence on Japanese horr... |
90656 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albrecht%20D%C3%BCrer | Albrecht Dürer | Albrecht Dürer (21 May 1471 – 6 April 1528) was a German painter, engraver and mathematician.
He was born on May 21, 1471 and died on April 6, 1528 in Nuremberg, Germany and is best known as a maker of old master prints. His prints were often in a series, so that there is a group of different prints about a subject. ... |
90687 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%20Greco | El Greco | El Greco ("The Greek", 1 October 1541 – 7 April 1614) was a painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. He usually signed his paintings in Greek letters with his full name, Doménicos Theotokópoulos ().
El Greco was born in Crete, which was the center of Post-Byzantine art at that time. He trained and ... |
90694 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%20Byron | Lord Byron | George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron (22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824) was an English peer, nobleman, politician, and poet. He was christened George Gordon Byron, but changed his name later in life. He adopted the surname Noel, so he that could inherit half his mother-in-law's estate.
Lord Byron was the son Captain Jo... |
90695 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byron%20%28disambiguation%29 | Byron (disambiguation) | Byron can mean:
People
Surname
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron ("Lord Byron"), a well-known English writer and poet
Beverly Byron, U.S. Congresswoman
Don Byron, an American jazz composer and musician
Fergal Byron, Irish gaelic football player
Goodloe Byron, U.S. Congressman
Henry James Byron, dramatist
John Byr... |
90697 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek%20War%20of%20Independence | Greek War of Independence | The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829), also commonly known as the Greek Revolution, was a successful war by the Greeks who won independence for Greece from the Ottoman Empire. Muhammad Ali Pasha sent his son Ismail with an army and a fleet to help fight the Greeks and the Greek Christian revolutionaries asked for h... |
90710 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald%20Sinclair | Ronald Sinclair | Ronald Sinclair (January 21, 1924 - November 22, 1992), born Richard Arthur Hould and sometimes called Ra Hould or Ron Sinclair, was a child actor from New Zealand, who became a movie editor.
Career
Sinclair was a child actor turned movie editor who was still considered a star in his home country of New Zealand, long ... |
90716 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affoltern%20im%20Emmental | Affoltern im Emmental | Affoltern im Emmental is a municipality of the administrative district Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Official website
Official website
Municipalities of Bern |
90718 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albligen | Albligen | Albligen (also known in French as Albenon) was a municipality of the administrative district Bern-Mittelland in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. On 1 January 2011 the former municipalities of Albligen and Wahlern merged into the new municipality of Schwarzenburg.
Former municipalities of Bern |
90720 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alchenstorf | Alchenstorf | Alchenstorf is a municipality of the administrative district Emmental in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Municipalities of Bern |
90722 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allmendingen%20bei%20Bern | Allmendingen bei Bern | Allmendingen bei Bern is a municipality of the administrative district Bern-Mittelland in the canton of Berne in Switzerland.
The municipality is between Rubigen and Muri bei Bern, near Berne.
References
Other websites
Official website
Municipalities of Bern |
90723 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amsoldingen | Amsoldingen | Amsoldingen is a municipality of the administrative district Thun in the canton of Bern in Switzerland.
Other websites
Municipalities of Bern |
90724 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Maynard%20Keynes | John Maynard Keynes | John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes, CB (5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946) was a British economist. His ideas, called Keynesian economics, had a big impact on modern economic and political theory. His ideas also had a big impact on many governments' tax and economic policies. He said governments should use tax and banking... |
90726 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20robin | American robin | The American robin (Turdus migratorius) is a migratory songbird. Also known as the North American robin, it belongs in the thrush family, Turdidae. It was named after the European robin. This is because the European robin has a bright orange-red face and breast. The two species are not closely related. The American rob... |
90728 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New-age%20music | New-age music | New-age music is a type of music which is often related to New Age belief. It is usually soft and instrumental; it means, only few New Age music pieces have a singer. New Age music is good for resting, thinking and meditation.
One of the first people in this genre was Stephen Halpern. He created music to be used for m... |
90737 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Write%20Once%20Read%20Many | Write Once Read Many | Write Once Read Many (times) or WORM is a classification of computer storage media. It is used to describe media that can only be written once. After they are written, they can only be read.
There are two different kinds of such media:
In some, the hardware prevents multiple writes, examples of such media are the CD-R... |
90738 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles-Marie%20Widor | Charles-Marie Widor | Charles-Marie Widor (born Lyons, 21 February, 1844; died Paris, 12 March, 1937) was a French organist and composer. He was one of the greatest organists of his time and he had many pupils who learned a lot from him and became famous. Widor is best known for his organ works which he called “symphonies”. The Toccata from... |
90745 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel%20Dupr%C3%A9 | Marcel Dupré | Marcel Dupré (born Rouen, Normandy, 3 May 1886; died Meudon, near Paris, 30 May 1971), was a leading French organist, composer, and teacher.
Biography
Marcel Dupré was born to a musical family in Rouen (Normandy, France). His father Albert Dupré was organist at the gothic abbey of St Ouen in Rouen. The young Marcel... |
90746 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Hindemith | Paul Hindemith | Paul Hindemith (pronounce: POWL HIN-de-mit), (16 November 1895 in Hanau - 28 December 1963 in Frankfurt am Main) was a German composer, violist, teacher, music theorist and conductor. He was the most important and influential German composer during the years between the two World Wars. His style was at first influenced... |
90748 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20Vierne | Louis Vierne | Louis Vierne (8 October 1870 – 2 June 1937) was a French organist and composer. He wrote a lot of music for the organ, including six large works called symphonies, 24 Fantasy Pieces (which includes his famous Carillon de Westminster), and 24 Pieces In Free Style. Some of these can be played on the harmonium as well as ... |
90754 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehan%20Alain | Jehan Alain | Jehan Alain (born Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Paris, 3 February, 1911; died near Saumur, 20 June 1940) was a French organist and composer. He learned to play the organ at home on an organ that his father had built. In his short life he composed many works. His most famous organ pieces are Trois Danses (Three Dances) and ... |
90759 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shame | Shame | Shame is an emotion. Shame is rooted in a social or cultural environment. Some people feel shame when some of the rules (that are accepted by the respective society) have been broken. A person can feel ashamed because he or she has thought or done something no one else knows about. Children are often told to be ashamed... |
90764 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynes%20%28disambiguation%29 | Keynes (disambiguation) | Keynes could mean:
People with the surname Keynes
John Keynes (Jesuit) (1624–1697), Jesuit and religious controversialist
John Maynard Keynes, English economist
John Neville Keynes, a British economist and father of John Maynard Keynes.
Dr William Milo Keynes, English doctor and author
Quentin Keynes, traveller ... |
90765 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moulin%20Rouge | Moulin Rouge | Moulin Rouge (Red Windmill) is a traditional cabaret and nightclub which began in 1889. It is on Boulevard de Clichy in the 18th arrondissement (district of the city). This is near the French quarter of Montmartre in the red-light district of Paris called Pigalle. The theatre can be recognized by the large red windmill... |
90766 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri%20Matisse | Henri Matisse | Henri Matisse (Le Cateau-Cambrésis, Nord, 31 December 1869 – 3 November 1954) was a French artist known for his use of colour and his original ideas.
He is mainly known as a painter, but he was also a draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. Matisse was one of the main artists who helped to create modern art early in the... |
90768 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFI%27s%20100%20Years%20of%20Musicals | AFI's 100 Years of Musicals | Part of the AFI 100 Years... series, AFI's 100 Years of Musicals is a list of the top American musical movies. The list was unveiled by the American Film Institute at the Hollywood Bowl on September 3, 2006. Unlike most of the previous lists, it only includes 25 winners and was not presented in a televised program.
# ... |
90772 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu%20Nuwas | Abu Nuwas | Abū Nuwās al-Ḥasan ibn Hānī al-Ḥakamī (variant: Al-Ḥasan ibn Hānī 'Abd al-Awal al-Ṣabāḥ, Abū 'Alī (), known as Abū Nuwās al-Salamī () or just Abū Nuwās ( Abū Novās); 756814) was a classical Arabic poet. He was born in Persia. He is in The Book of One Thousand and One Nights.
References
750 births
810 deaths
Poets
Pe... |
90774 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montmartre | Montmartre | Montmartre is a hill 130 metres high and is also the name of the district which surrounds the hill. It is in north Paris and famous for its nightlife.
Many artists had studios or worked around the community of Montmartre such as Salvador Dalí, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh.
Name origin
Montmartre m... |
90777 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arnaut%20Dani%C3%A8l | Arnaut Danièl | Arnaut Daniel de Riberac (today Arnaut Danièl) wrote and performed music and poetry in the 12th century. He was Occitan.
References
Eusebi, Mario (1995). L'aur'amara. Parma: Pratiche Editrice. .
Pound, Ezra (1910). The Spirit of Romance. New Direction Books (1968 reprinting).
French writers
Poets
12th-century birth... |
90778 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabaret | Cabaret | Cabaret is a form of entertainment having comedy, song, dance, and theatre. Cabarets are mostly performed in a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables (often dining or drinking) watching the performance. The venue itself can also be called a "cabaret". Sometimes it is ca... |
90779 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox%20Studios%20Australia | Fox Studios Australia | Fox Studios Australia is a major movie studio in Sydney, Australia. Since opening in May 1998, the studio has been involved in the production of a number of successful movies, including The Matrix, Moulin Rouge!, Mission Impossible II, Star Wars Episode II, Star Wars Episode III and Superman Returns.
Movies
The studio... |
90780 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Aquinas | Thomas Aquinas | St. Thomas Aquinas, (1225 – 7 March 1274) was a Catholic Dominican priest from Italy, and is a Catholic saint and philosopher. He was born in Roccasecca, as the son of Count Andulf of Aquino and Countess Theodora of Teano.
His early education was at the Benedictine monastery at Monte Cassino. He attended the Universit... |
90781 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Craig%20Pearce | Craig Pearce | Craig Pearce is an Australian actor and screenwriter. He co-wrote the play Strictly Ballroom and the screenplay of the movie version with Baz Luhrmann. He also wrote the screenplay for the 1996 movie Romeo + Juliet and co-wrote the 2001 movie Moulin Rouge!, also with Baz Luhrmann.
Other websites
Year of birth miss... |
90784 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald%20McAlpine | Donald McAlpine | Donald McAlpine is an Australian cinematographer. He was born in 1934 in New South Wales, Australia. He has been involved in over fifty movies. His more recent work has been seen in Baz Luhrmann's hit musical Moulin Rouge! (2001), for which he earned an Academy Award nomination, Adam Sandler's Anger Management (2003), ... |
90785 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert%20Howells | Herbert Howells | Herbert Howells CBE, CH, was an English composer, organist, and teacher. He was born in Lydney, Gloucestershire on 17 October 1892 to Oliver and Elizabeth Howells. He died in London on 23 February 1983. He wrote a lot of church music for the Anglican Church, including several Service settings of the Magnificat and Nunc... |
90786 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill%20Bilcock | Jill Bilcock | Jillian (Jill) Bilcock (born 1948, in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is a movie editor. She is a graduate of the Swinbourne College of Technology. Bilcock won the 2002 Eddie Award (best edited comedy or musical movie) for Moulin Rouge!. She also was nominated for the Academy Award for movie Editing for that movie. Bil... |
90790 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Broadbent | Jim Broadbent | James Broadbent (born 24 May 1949) is an Academy Award-, Golden Globe- and BAFTA-winning English theatre, movie and television actor.
Broadbent was born in Lincoln, England; he lives in London.
Filmography
References
Other websites
Biography on the Broadbent Theatre website
1949 births
Living people
Acade... |
90792 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Leguizamo | John Leguizamo | John Leguizamo (born July 22, 1964) is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated American comedian, actor and producer.
Movies
References
Other websites
John Leguizamo at Internet Off-Broadway Database
Q&A Sessions: John Leguizamo on The Happening at nocheLatina.com
1964 births
Living people
Natura... |
90793 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nut%20%28fruit%29 | Nut (fruit) | A nut is a hard-shelled fruit of some plants. They are an important part of human and animal diets. Many dried seeds and fruits are called 'nuts' in English, but only some are nuts to a botanist.
Nuts are made of the seed and the fruit, where the fruit does not open to release the seed. Most seeds come from fruits, a... |
90794 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Roxburgh | Richard Roxburgh | Richard Roxburgh (born January 1, 1962) is an Australian actor. He has starred in many Australian movies and has appeared in supporting roles in a number of Hollywood productions. Roxburgh normally plays the role of villains.
Filmography
Romulus, My Father Director (2007)
Like Minds (2006)
Fragile (2005)
Stealth (... |
90796 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speed%20of%20sound | Speed of sound | The speed of sound is per hour or per second in dry air in room temperature. It travels at 1500 meters per second through water. Sound moves faster through liquids and solids than air, since they have a larger specific modulus, meaning they are stiffer. Sound cannot travel through a vacuum, which is a space without... |
90797 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notrium | Notrium | Notrium is a freeware video game for the PC. It is at version 1.341. Notrium was developed by independent Finnish programmer Ville Mönkkönen. It is the seventh game that Ville has made, but it is only the fifth game to be made in English. Released in 2003, it won second place in the 'Adventure Game of the Year' contest... |
90800 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigfrid%20Karg-Elert | Sigfrid Karg-Elert | Sigfrid Karg-Elert (born Oberndorf am Neckar, 21 November 1877; died Leipzig, 9 April 1933) was a German composer. He wrote in a late Romantic style. He is mainly remembered for his music for organ and harmonium, his favourite instrument. He wrote a set of 66 Chorale improvisations for organ, the best known of which... |
90806 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis-Claude%20Daquin | Louis-Claude Daquin | Louis-Claude Daquin (born Paris, 4 July 1694; died Paris 15 June 1772) was a French composer. He was writing in the last part of the Baroque period and the early part of the Classical music period. He was a virtuoso organist and harpsichordist. He wrote a lot of excellent music for organ and for harpsichord. His mos... |
90818 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Bull%20%28composer%29 | John Bull (composer) | John Bull (born 1562 or 1563; died March 15, 1628) was an English composer, musician, and organ builder. He was famous for playing the harpsichord and organ. Most of his compositions were written for keyboard instruments. He became a Gentleman, and then organist, at the Chapel Royal. He was also known for getting int... |
90819 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poliomyelitis | Poliomyelitis | Poliomyelitis, or polio, is a virus that causes a serious disease. It is spread from person to person.
Most of the time, polio has no symptoms unless the polio virus gets into the blood. It is uncommon for the virus to enter the brain or spinal cord. If this does happen, it can cause muscles to become paralyzed. Som... |
90822 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dystopia | Dystopia | A dystopia is the opposite of a utopia, and can mean a utopia that has become corrupt. This can be seen in George Orwell's book 1984. and Aldous Huxley's book Brave New World. A dystopia often has many problems, such as poverty, pollution, or a cruel ruler.
A frequent theme is a place that is supposed to be a beautif... |
90825 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centre%20%28department%29 | Centre (department) | Centre is one of the ten departments (French: départments, singular départment) of Haiti. It is in the center of the country, along the border with the Dominican Republic. It is the only department of Haiti that does not border the sea.
Geography
The Départment du Centre has an area of 3,675 km². It is bordered to th... |
90826 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj%20Khalifa | Burj Khalifa | Burj Khalifa (, "Khalifa Tower") is an extremely tall skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates named after Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, and is the tallest building ever built, at . Before the building opened, it was called Burj Dubai. The building is 162 stories high. Construction of the tower was started on 6 January... |
90828 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aswan%20Low%20Dam | Aswan Low Dam | The Aswan Low Dam or Old Aswan Dam is a dam across the Nile River in Aswan, Egypt. It is built of masonry and held in place just by gravity. It was the first dam across the Nile, and was built by the British between 1899 and 1902. When it was done, it was the largest masonry dam in the world. This type of dam is called... |
90833 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard%20%28magazine%29 | Billboard (magazine) | Billboard is an American magazine that lists the top albums and singles of the week. It is most famous for the Billboard charts.
The magazine was started on November 1, 1894 in Cincinnati, Ohio by William H. Donaldson and James Hennegan. It was originally called Billboard Advertising.
It started doing music charts in... |
90836 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Brosseau | Tom Brosseau | Thomas Anderson "Tom" Brosseau (born November 3, 1976) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist.
Life
He was born and grew up in Grand Forks, North Dakota. His song "How to Grow a Woman from the Ground" was covered by Chris Thile, who released a 2006 album of the same name.
Right now, Brosseau is touring the U... |
90837 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Strokes | The Strokes | The Strokes are an American band formed in 1998. They became famous in the early 2000s as a leading group in the garage rock revival. The members of the band are Julian Casablancas, Nick Valensi, Albert Hammond Jr., Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti. The band has released six studio albums, but their first album, I... |
90838 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Head%20Battery | Henry Head Battery | The Henry Head Battery is found on the La Perouse side of the inlet to Botany Bay near the edge of a cliff that drops down into the ocean on Henry Head, La Perouse, New South Wales, Australia.
History
This fort and bunker building was built in-between 1892 - 1895 with a large disappearing gun emplacement (a special ho... |
90839 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges%20Head%20Battery | Georges Head Battery | The Georges Head Battery, also called the Georges Head Military Fortifications is a fort on the Georges Head, in the suburb of Mosman in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The Georges Head fort is one of many forts that were built on Sydney Harbour meant to defend the colony of New South Wales, just encase another cou... |
90846 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin%20Records | Virgin Records | Virgin Records is a British record label. It was started by Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. They sold it to Thorn EMI. In 2006, they came together with Capitol Records to become Capitol Music Group.
In 2013, the British Virgin Records joined Mercury Records to start a new label: Virgin EMI.
Bri... |
90849 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death%20Cab%20for%20Cutie | Death Cab for Cutie | Death Cab for Cutie (Death Cab or DCFC) is an American indie band. The band was started in 1997 in Bellingham, Washington. The band members are Ben Gibbard (singer, guitar), Dave Depper (singer, guitar), Chris Walla (guitar, production), Nick Harmer (bass) and Jason McGerr (drums).
The band's name was taken from the s... |
90850 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave%20Matthews%20Band | Dave Matthews Band | Dave Matthews Band (DMB) is a band from the United States. In 1991, Dave Matthews started the band in Charlottesville, Virginia. The other band members are Stefan Lessard, Boyd Tinsley, and Carter Beauford. Saxophone player LeRoi Moore was in the band until he died in 2008. Since 1998, they usually performed with Butch... |
90857 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuz%C3%BBl%C3%AE | Fuzûlî | Fużūlī (فضولی) was the pen name of the poet Muhammad bin Suleyman (محمد بن سليمان) (c. 1483 – 1556). He is one of the greatest contributors to the Dîvân tradition of Turkish literature,
Fuzûlî wrote his collected poems (dîvân) in three different languages: Azerbaijani Turkish, Persian, and Arabic. Although his Turkish... |
90858 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suleiman%20the%20Magnificent | Suleiman the Magnificent | Suleiman I or Suleyman I (6 November 1494 – 5/6 September 1566), was the tenth Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. He became sultan when he was 26 years old. He reigned for 46 years, from 1520 to 1566, which was longer than any other Ottoman sultan. He is known in the West as Suleiman the Magnificent and in the Islamic world... |
90871 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalidasa | Kalidasa | Kālidās (Devanāgarī: कालिदास), was the author of Meghadoot, Shākuntal, and other works in Sanskrit. He has a similar place in Sanskrit as a poet and a dramatist, as Shakespeare in English.
Kālidās's plays and poetry are based on Hindu mythology and philosophy.
Life
There is very little known for certain about the l... |
90882 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water%20organ | Water organ | The water organ or hydraulic organ is a kind of pipe organ. As in the pipe organ, the sound is made by air blowing through the pipes, but power to make the air blow does not come from bellows or from electricity as in the modern organ, but from water, for example from a waterfall.
A hydraulis is an early type of pipe... |
90897 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/User%20interface | User interface | A user interface allows a user to interact with a machine. User interfaces mainly provide two things:
input: The user can change things; he or she can change how the machine works, or give more information to the machine.
Output: After the user has given some input, the machine will do something, and then provide some ... |
90918 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pizza%20Hut | Pizza Hut | Pizza Hut is an American pizza restaurant, or pizza parlor. Pizza Hut also serves salads, pastas and bread sticks. In 2008, Pizza Hut serves chicken wings as a part of the Wingstreet restaurant franchise logo. Pizza Hut is an American restaurant chain and international franchise founded in 1958 by Dan and Frank Carney.... |
90919 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersection | Intersection | An intersection is where two or more roads come together. Intersections are also known as junctions. At an intersection, there can be stop signs on one or both sides of the intersection. There can also be a traffic light.
Kinds of intersections
There are two major types of intersections.
3-way intersection
Also called... |
90922 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Package | Package | Package or packaging can mean:
a container such as a box or parcel
Software package, in computing, a type of file format where software programs and installation material are grouped together
Java package, a concept in computer programming where related classes and interfaces are grouped together
Chip carrier, in elect... |
90935 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysalis | Chrysalis | A chrysalis is the pupa of a butterfly. The word chrysalis comes from the Greek language word for gold because butterflies often have a brighter pupa than other insects.
Butterflies |
90957 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artibonite%20%28department%29 | Artibonite (department) | Artibonite is one of the ten departments (French: départments, singular départment) of Haiti. It is named Artibonite because the Artibonite river flows across the department from east to west. Its capital is Gonaïves.
The independence of Haiti was proclaimed in the Place d'Armes of Gonaïves on 1 January 1804 by Jean J... |
90967 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemianism | Bohemianism | The word Bohemian was first used in Paris to mean a Gypsy because many people thought that Gypsies came from Bohemia. The word was then used in the late 19th century (1800s) for poor painters, writers, musicians and actors who often travelled to Paris from other towns and tried to earn money. Paris was a famous town fo... |
90970 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Willis | Henry Willis | Henry Willis (born: 27 April 1821, London - died: 11 February 1901, London) was a British builder of pipe organs. He built a very large number of organs, many of them for big cathedrals and concert halls in Britain, such as St. Paul's Cathedral, Truro Cathedral, and the Royal Albert Hall. He also built an organ for Que... |
90973 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug%20addiction | Drug addiction | Drug addiction, also called substance dependence or dependence syndrome, is a condition where a person feels a strong need to take a drug. Addiction also involves other behaviours. These include finding it difficult to control the need to use the drug and feeling the use of the drug to be more important than more norma... |
90974 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristide%20Cavaill%C3%A9-Coll | Aristide Cavaillé-Coll | Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (born Montpellier, 4 February 1811; died Paris, 13 October 1899) was a French organ-builder. He invented many new mechanical devices and his organs changed the way that composers could write for the instrument. César Franck, Alexandre Guilmant, and Charles-Marie Widor, in particular, were stro... |
90977 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottfried%20Silbermann | Gottfried Silbermann | Gottfried Silbermann (born Kleinbobritzsch, 14 January 1683; died Dresden, 4 August 1753) was a very important German builder of keyboard instruments. He built harpsichords, clavichords, organs, and pianos.
Life
He was born in Kleinbobritzsch and learnt organ construction from his brother in Straßburg. In 1711 Silber... |
90980 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf%20of%20Gon%C3%A2ve | Gulf of Gonâve | The Gulf of Gonâve () is a large gulf along the western coast of Haiti. It is at . Port-au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti, is on the coast of the gulf. Other cities on the gulf coast include Gonaïves, Saint-Marc, Miragoâne, and Jérémie.
Several islands are in the gulf; the largest is Gonâve Island, followed by the ... |
90985 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arp%20Schnitger | Arp Schnitger | Arp Schnitger (2 July 164828 July 1719 (buried)) was a very important German builder of pipe organs. He mostly worked in Northern Europe, especially the Netherlands and Germany, where a number of his instruments survive to the present day. His organs are different from those of Gottfried Silbermann who worked in south ... |
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