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95394 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious%20conversion | Religious conversion | Religious conversion is the adoption of a new religious identity, or a change from one religious identity to another. "Conversion" can take place not only from one religion to another, but also between different denominations, within the same faith, when this involves a felt change of spiritual identity rather than oth... |
95420 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Min%20Nan | Min Nan | Min or Miin (Minnan in Mandarin Chinese), more commonly referred to as Hokkien, Taiwanese, Holo, or Hoklo, is a group of languages that is spoken in southern China. It is spoken in the southern part of Fujian. It is also spoken in Taiwan, Singapore, Guangdong, and Hainan. The name of the language comes from the Min Riv... |
95441 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radical%20%28Chinese%20character%29 | Radical (Chinese character) | A Chinese radical (Chinese: 部首; pinyin: bùshǒu; "section header") is the part of a Chinese character used to list the character in a Chinese dictionary.
The radical is usually a semantic indicator: a piece that gives hints to the reader about what the whole character means. Later, the term was given a second meaning... |
95504 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladwyn%20Jebb | Gladwyn Jebb | Hubert Miles Gladwyn Jebb, 1st Baron Gladwyn, GCMG, GCVO, CB, known as Gladwyn Jebb (25 April 1900 – 24 October 1996), was a prominent British civil servant, diplomat and politician as well as the first Acting Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Acting UN Secretary-General
After World War II, he served as Executi... |
95507 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trygve%20Lie | Trygve Lie | Trygve Halvdan Lie () (16 July 1896 – 30 December 1968) was a Norwegian politician. From 1946 to 1952 he was the first elected Secretary-General of the United Nations.
Early life
Lie was born in Oslo (then Kristiania) on 16 July 1896. He joined the Labour Party in 1911 and was named as the party's national secretary s... |
95508 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20force | Nuclear force | Nuclear force is the force between nucleons. It is the force that pulls protons and neutrons into atoms. It is very hard to break the bond, or tie, between protons and neutrons in an atom, because nuclear force holds them together. When the bond is broken, this is called nuclear fission.
Nuclear physics
yi:שטארקע נוק... |
95509 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/U%20Thant | U Thant | U Thant (22 January 1909 – 25 November 1974) was a Burmese diplomat and the third Secretary-General of the United Nations, from 1961 to 1971. He was chosen after his predecessor Dag Hammarskjöld was killed in a plane crash in September 1961.
"U" is a word in Burmese, roughly equal to "Mister." "Thant" was his only na... |
95510 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shota%20Rustaveli | Shota Rustaveli | Shota Rustaveli was a Georgian poet of the 12th century, and the greatest classic of Georgian secular literature. He is the author of The Knight in the Panther's Skin ("Vepkhistqaosani" in Georgian), the Georgian national epic poem. Little is known about life of the poet. He was a courtier of queen Tamara.
His work
... |
95511 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme%20Commander | Supreme Commander | Supreme Commander is a real-time strategy computer game. It was made by Chris Taylor and his game company, Gas Powered Games. Many people think of the game as a spiritual successor to a game Taylor made in 1997, called Total Annihilation. The game was first talked about in the August 2005 issue of PC Gamer magazine. It... |
95521 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forcalquier | Forcalquier | Forcalquier is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the southeastern part of France.
Communes in Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
Subprefectures in France |
95522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirenia%20%28band%29 | Sirenia (band) | Sirenia is a gothic metal band from Stavanger, Norway, founded in early 2001. Sirenia play a mix of gothic metal, symphonic metal, extreme metal and death metal sounds. The vocals are two male, one hard voice, from death metal, and a clean male singer. The female voice is used in moments with melody or chorus. The band... |
95523 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javier%20P%C3%A9rez%20de%20Cu%C3%A9llar | Javier Pérez de Cuéllar | Javier Felipe Ricardo Pérez de Cuéllar y de la Guerra (January 19, 1920March 4, 2020) was a Peruvian diplomat who served as the 5th Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) from 1982 to 1991. From 2000 to 2001, he served as the 135th prime minister of Peru.
In 1995, he ran unsuccessfully against Alberto Fujimori f... |
95526 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boutros%20Boutros-Ghali | Boutros Boutros-Ghali | Boutros Boutros-Ghali ( ; 14 November 1922 – 16 February 2016) was an Egyptian politician and diplomat. He was the sixth Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) from January 1992 to December 1996.
Education
Boutros-Ghali graduated from Cairo University in 1946. He received a PhD in public international law from ... |
95540 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Saramago | José Saramago | José de Sousa Saramago, (pronounced|ʒuˈzɛ sɐɾɐˈmagu; born November 16, 1922; died June 18, 2010) was a Portuguese writer, playwright and journalist.
Saramago was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1998. He lived on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands, Spain.
Biography
Saramago was born into a family of landless pe... |
95546 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upasni%20Maharaj | Upasni Maharaj | Upasni Maharaj (May 15, 1870 – December 24, 1941) was a Hindu guru who lived in a small village called Sakori in Maharashtra, India. Upasni had been a yogi and after coming to the famous Indian saint Sai Baba of Shirdi, and staying in his care for three years, he is said to have become a sadguru. Upasni is most famous ... |
95547 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finntroll | Finntroll | Finntroll is a folk metal band from Finland. They mix elements of extreme metal with Finnish polka, called humppa. Finntroll's lyrics are in Swedish, one of Finland's two national languages, because they say "Swedish just sounds damn trollish". Finntroll means "Troll from Finland" or "a spotty troll".
History
Finntrol... |
95549 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crucified%20Barbara | Crucified Barbara | Crucified Barbara are a Swedish all-female band, formed in Stockholm in 1998.
The currents members on the band are:
Mia Coldheart – Vocals, Guitar
Klara Force – Guitar
Ida Evileye – Bass
Nicki Wicked – Drums
Their music can be described as a mix between heavy metal and rock music.
History
Crucified Barbara star... |
95559 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Mayer | John Mayer | John Clayton Mayer (surname pronunciation: ) (born October 16, 1977) is an American guitarist and singer-songwriter. From Connecticut, he went to the Berklee College of Music, before moving to Atlanta, Georgia, in 1998. His first two albums, Room for Squares and Heavier Things, were successful and were made multi-plati... |
95597 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg%20F%C3%BCrsteneck | Burg Fürsteneck | Burg Fürsteneck is a castle in the middle of Germany between the towns of Fulda and Bad Hersfeld. It belongs to the commune of Eiterfeld. The castle at an altitude of 406 meters on a small plateau.
History
Burg Fürsteneck belonged to the monastery of Fulda. It was first mentioned in 1309, but it might have been built ... |
95605 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pronunciation | Pronunciation | Pronunciation is a way a word is usually spoken. It can be affected by many different factors:
Geographical location or dialect
Presence of speech defect
Ethnic group
Education level
Social class
Mispronunciation is an actual mistake in speaking. It is not used for how a speaker of a dialect pronounces a word. E... |
95622 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate | Margate | Margate is a town in Thanet, Kent, Southeast England.
Port cities and towns of England
Port cities and towns of the North Sea
Thanet
Towns in Kent |
95655 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/882 | 882 |
Births
February 8 – Muhammad ibn Tughj al-Ikhshid, leader of Egypt, started the Ikhshidid dynasty (d. 946)
Deaths
January 20 – King Louis the Younger of Saxony
August 5 – King Louis III of France of Western Francia.
December 16 – Pope John VIII |
95682 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20I | Henry I | Many different people were named Henry I, including
Henry I of England, (1068 - 1135) King of England
Henry I the Fowler, (876 - 935), King of the Germans (Holy Roman Emperor)
Henry I of France |
95683 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/876 | 876 |
Events
Charles the Fat (Holy Roman Emperor), becomes Duke of Swabia
Births
Henry I the Fowler (Heinrich der Vogler) first King of the Germans |
95688 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/919 | 919 |
Events
Henry I the Fowler (Heinrich der Vogler) (876 – 936) becomes King of the Germans. |
95702 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20I%20of%20France | Robert I of France | Robert I (15 August 860 – 15 June 923), king of West Francia (922 – 923), was the younger son of Robert the Strong, count of Anjou, and the brother of Odo of France. Robert I was at the Siege of Paris in 885. Robert had the title of Dux Francorum. He did not call himself king of West Francia when his brother died in... |
95705 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph%20of%20France | Rudolph of France | Rudolph (also Radulf, Ralph, or Raoul) (c. 890 – 15 January 936) was the Duke of Burgundy between 921 and 923. He was King of France from July 13, 923 until his death. He married Emma of France, daughter of Robert I of France and Béatrice of Vermandois. The nobles elected him King of France after his father-in-law die... |
95707 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20IV%20of%20France | Louis IV of France | Louis IV (920 – September 10, 954), was king of France from 936 to 954. He was a member of the Carolingian dynasty and was son of Charles III and Eadgifu of England.
920 births
954 deaths
Kings and Queens of France |
95717 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratchet%20%26%20Clank%20%282002%20video%20game%29 | Ratchet & Clank (2002 video game) | Ratchet & Clank is a platforming and shooting game for the PlayStation 2. It was made by Insomniac Games and published by Sony. It was released on November 7, 2002 in North America, November 8, 2002 in Europe, and December 3, 2002 in Japan. It is the first game in the Ratchet & Clank series.
The game is about the char... |
95721 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow%20Patrol | Snow Patrol | Snow Patrol is an alternative rock band from Scotland and Northern Ireland. They are based in Glasgow and are signed to Polydor Records. Snow Patrol was started as an indie rock band, but began to play more alternative rock and pop songs. The band has released seven albums, Songs for Polarbears, Final Straw, When It's ... |
95776 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollyanna | Pollyanna | Pollyanna is a book for children written by Eleanor Hodgman Porter. It was published in 1913.
Pollyanna-The game Story
A girl called Pollyanna is an orphan (her parents are dead). She goes to live with her Aunt Polly (who did not marry) in Beldingsville, Vermont. Pollyanna is happy all the time, and makes other people... |
95778 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle%20Chinese | Middle Chinese | Middle Chinese (), or Ancient Chinese as used by linguist Bernhard Karlgren is a name given to an older version of the Chinese language. People spoke it during Southern and Northern Dynasties and the Sui, Tang, and Song dynasties (6th century - 10th century). The term "Middle Chinese", in contrast to Old Chinese and M... |
95782 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur%20people | Uyghur people | The Uyghurs (wee-ger; 维吾尔人) are a Turkic people living mainly in Xinjiang, China. Over 11 million Uyghurs live there, more than any other part of the world. Some Uyghurs seek independence from China.
There are also many Uyghurs in Beijing, Shanghai and Taoyuan County (Hunan, South-Central China). There are Uyghur dia... |
95783 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chopstick%20rest | Chopstick rest | A is a piece of tableware. It is used to keep chopsticks away from the table and also to prevent used chopsticks from coming in contact with or rolling off tables. Chopstick rests are made in various shapes from clay, wood, glass, or precious stone such as jade. Some people prepare them from bags of half-split disposa... |
95785 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grindelwald | Grindelwald | Grindelwald is a municipality in the administrative district of Interlaken-Oberhasli in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is at the base of the railway to the Jungfraujoch.
References
Other websites
Grindelwald official website
Municipalities of Bern |
95799 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solvation | Solvation | Solvation, commonly called dissolution, is the process of attraction and association of molecules of a solvent with molecules or ions of a solute. The solvation is the action of dissolving the mix to form the solution.
Related pages
Solubility
Solution
More reading
(part A), (part B), (part C)
Chemistry |
95817 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duchy%20of%20Mecklenburg-Strelitz | Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz | The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was a duchy in northern Germany, it was about the same as the modern rural district of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. The duchy also had three exclaves near the town of Fürstenberg and the area around Ratzeburg in modern Schleswig-Holstein.
History
The Duchy of Mecklenburg-Strelitz was set u... |
95828 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/771 | 771 |
Events
Charlemagne becomes King of all the Franks after the death of his brother Carloman
Deaths
4 December: Carloman, brother of Charlemagne |
95839 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Household%20Cavalry | Household Cavalry | The British Household Cavalry, is an army corps (pronounced "core") of two regiments of soldiers. Cavalry regiments, until the end of World War I, were always "mounted" on horses. Nowadays cavalry regiments are mounted on tanks. The British Household Cavalry is unusual because half of them are also still mounted on ho... |
95863 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pica%20%28disorder%29 | Pica (disorder) | Pica ( ) is an eating disorder where a person wants to eat things that are not normal to eat, for example nails, rocks or feces. A person with pica may also have a strong want to eat unusual things that are normally considered food but not in the normal way, for example, uncooked potatoes, flour or starch. It is common... |
95866 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camillo%20Berneri | Camillo Berneri | Camillo Berneri (also known as Camillo da Lodi; 1877, Lodi–May 5 1937, Barcelona) was an Italian professor of philosophy, anarchist militant, propagandist and theorist.
Berneri, a World War I veteran, University of Florence professor of humanities, and a member of the Unione Anarchica Italiana, fought always Fascists,... |
95871 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scenario | Scenario | In context with theatre and movies a scenario (from Italian, that which is pinned to the scenery) is a description of an event or series of actions and events. In the Commedia dell'arte it was an outline of entrances, exits, and action describing the story of a play that was literally pinned to the back of the scenery.... |
95872 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scenario%20%28disambiguation%29 | Scenario (disambiguation) | Scenario may refer to:
Scenario, a brief description of an event.
Screenplay, in movies.
Scenario (computing), a typical interaction between the user and the system or between two software components.
Scenario analysis, a process of analysing possible future events by considering alternative possible outcomes.
Sc... |
95875 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu%20Cheng%27en | Wu Cheng'en | Wu Cheng'en (, ca. 1500–1582), courtesy name Ruzhong (汝忠), was a Chinese novelist and poet of the Ming Dynasty. He was born in Huainan, Jiangsu. He studied in ancient Nanjing University for more than 10 years.
His most famous novel is Journey to the West in which a monk encounters the Flaming Mountains. The novel ha... |
95886 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjing | Nanjing | Nanjing is the capital of China's Jiangsu Province, and a city with a prominent place in Chinese history and culture. Nanjing was the capital of China during several historical periods, including the former capital city of Republic of China, and is listed as one of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China. Nanjing is... |
95887 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20Waley | Arthur Waley | Arthur David Waley (August 19, 1889 – June 27, 1966) was a famous English Orientalist and Sinologist.
Life
Waley was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent England, as Arthur David Schloss. He changed his surname to the maiden name of his grandmother, Waley, in 1914, because he was a Jew. He was appointed Assistant Keeper of O... |
95888 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oriental%20studies | Oriental studies | Oriental studies include Near Eastern and Far Eastern societies and cultures, languages, and peoples and their histories; in recent years the term Asian studies has mostly replaced the older term. European study of the region had primarily religious origins, which has remained an important motivation until recent times... |
95890 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lev%20Chernyi | Lev Chernyi | Lev Chernyi (18??-1921) was a Russian anarchist poet who was imprisoned in Siberia under the Russian Czarist regime for his revolutionary activities.
Articles
In 1907, he published a book entitled Associational Anarchism, in which he speak about the "free association of independent individuals.". Chernyi was greatly... |
95893 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi%20Fabbri | Luigi Fabbri | Luigi Fabbri (23 December 1877 – 24 June 1935) was an Italian anarchist, writer, agitator and propagandist who was charged with defeatism during the World War I. He was the father of Luce Fabbri.
Life and death
Born in Fabriano (Ancona), Italy in 1877, Fabbri was first sentenced for anarchist activities at the age of ... |
95896 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco%20Ferrer%20y%20Guardia | Francisco Ferrer y Guardia | Francesc Ferrer i Guàrdia (; 14 January 1859 – 13 October 1909) commonly known as Francisco Ferrer, was a Spanish Catalan "free-thinker" and anarchist.
Early life
He was born in Alella (a small town near Barcelona). A supporter of Spanish republican leader Ruiz Zorilla, Ferrer was exiled to Paris with his wife and ch... |
95897 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano%20Bresci | Gaetano Bresci | Gaetano Bresci (November 10, 1869 - May 22, 1901) was an Italian American anarchist who killed Italian King Umberto I. He is still considered a hero by many anarchists and republicans.
Life
Bresci was born in Tuscany, and he went from Italy to the United States, he lived for many time Paterson, New Jersey, where there... |
95899 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs%20for%20Polarbears | Songs for Polarbears | Songs for Polarbears is the debut album by the alternative rock group Snow Patrol. It was released on August 31 1998. Gary Lightbody wrote all of the lyrics, and helped Mark McClelland and Jonny Quinn write the music. The name of the album is a reference to how Snow Patrol was once called 'Polar Bear', but changed thei... |
95901 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Jos%C3%A9%20de%20Ocoa | San José de Ocoa | The Dominican city of San José de Ocoa is the head municipality of the San José de Ocoa province, on the southern part of the country and close to the Ocoa river.
Name
Ocoa is the name of the river that crosses the province; it is a Taíno word that means "a place with many mountains".
The old name of the town was El ... |
95902 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfighter%20Pilot | Starfighter Pilot | Starfighter Pilot was the debut, or first, EP from the alternative rock band Snow Patrol, and was finished in 1997. It was released on the Electric Honey record label. The song "Starfighter Pilot" was also put on the band's first full-length album, Songs for Polarbears.
Track listing
"Starfighter Pilot"
"Holy Cow"
"S... |
95903 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/When%20It%27s%20All%20Over%20We%20Still%20Have%20to%20Clear%20Up | When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up | When It's All Over We Still Have to Clear Up is the second full-length album by the Alternative rock band Snow Patrol. It was released on March 5 2001. Gary Lightbody wrote all of the lyrics, and wrote the music with Mark McClelland and Jonny Quinn.
When the album first was released, it was not bought enough to get it... |
95904 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final%20Straw | Final Straw | Final Straw is the third full-length album by the alternative rock band Snow Patrol. It was released in the United Kingdom in 2003 and in the United States in 2004, under Polydor Records. Gary Lightbody wrote all of the lyrics, and wrote the music with Nathan Connolly, Mark McClelland and Jonny Quinn. The album was the... |
95905 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live%20and%20Acoustic%20at%20Park%20Ave. | Live and Acoustic at Park Ave. | Live and Acoustic at Park Ave. is the second EP by alternative rock band Snow Patrol. It was released in 2005. All of the songs are played live and are taken from one performance.
Track listing
"Spitting Games"
"How to Be Dead"
"Grazed Knees"
"Chocolate"
"Run"
2005 albums |
95906 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyes%20Open | Eyes Open | Eyes Open is the fourth full-length album by the alternative rock band Snow Patrol. It was released May 1, 2006 internationally, and May 9, 2006 in the United States. The "Special Edition" of the album has a bonus DVD with music videos of "You're All I Have". Eyes Open was the best-selling album in the UK in 2006, and ... |
95910 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epimetheus | Epimetheus | Epimetheus is a titan in Greek mythology, and is the brother of Prometheus, a Greek titan who gave all of the creatures something to protect themselves from the elements. By the time he came to the humans, he had run out of feathers and fur to give. He went to his brother, and he gave humans fire.
Epimetheus literally... |
95911 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling | Wrestling | Wrestling is a competition in which two people try to pin the other person to the ground during matches. The people who wrestle are called wrestlers. Striking is not allowed in wrestling. Wrestlers use throws, takedowns, and trips to get their opponents down to the ground. On the ground, they use holds and pins to cont... |
95912 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diode | Diode | A diode is an electronic component with two electrodes (connectors) that allows electricity to go through it in one direction and not the other direction.
Diodes can be used to turn alternating current into direct current (Diode bridge). They are used in power supplies and sometimes to decode amplitude modulation ra... |
95914 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power%20trio | Power trio | The power trio is a popular type of a rock and roll band format since the 1960s. The usual power trio has three people playing the guitar, bass, and drums. It does not include the rhythm guitar or keyboard often included in other rock music. In more recent years, the term has come to mean any type of a three-person ban... |
95920 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratchet%20%26%20Clank%3A%20Going%20Commando | Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando | Ratchet & Clank: Going Commando (Ratchet & Clank 2: Locked and Loaded in Europe, Australia and New Zealand) is a 3D platform/shooter for the PlayStation 2. It was developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony in 2003. It is the second game in the Ratchet & Clank series. The words Going Commando are a phrase, or se... |
95921 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian%20Welch | Gillian Welch | Gillian Howard Welch (born October 2, 1967 in New York City) is an American singer-songwriter. Her musical style combines bluegrass, country, and folk into a style she calls "American Primitive".
References
Other websites
Official website
Concert review
Singer-songwriters from New York
American guitarists
America... |
95922 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Rawlings | David Rawlings | David Todd Rawlings is a United States guitarist. He is best known as the musical partner of bluegrass singer-songwriter Gillian Welch. Rawlings has also been a record producer, producing albums such as those by Welch and other artists like Old Crow Medicine Show.
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
A... |
95937 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meitnerium | Meitnerium | Meitnerium is a chemical element in the periodic table. Its atomic number is 109. It is not found on earth naturally. Because of this, it needs to be made in a science laboratory. Its half life, or the amount of time it takes for half of the element to go away is a little over one second. Meitnerium was first made in 1... |
95940 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/4-1-1 | 4-1-1 | 4-1-1 is a telephone number in the United States and Canada. 411 is called to get help or information on something, for example what the address of a building is, or the telephone number of a company.
Telephone numbers in the United States
Telephone numbers in Canada
N11 codes |
95958 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Convent%20%28Gibraltar%29 | The Convent (Gibraltar) | The Convent has been the home of the Governor of Gibraltar since 1728. The building is located near the southern end of Main Street. It is said to be haunted by the ghost of a nun.
References
Gibraltar |
95964 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomp%20and%20Circumstance%20Marches | Pomp and Circumstance Marches | The "Pomp and Circumstance Marches" are a group of five marches for orchestra composed by Sir Edward Elgar. Their full title is: "Pomp and Circumstance Military Marches"). Elgar started to write a sixth march, but never finished it.
The first of the marches is especially famous and has a tune which is one of the bes... |
95967 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/704%20Interamnia | 704 Interamnia | 704 Interamnia is a very big asteroid. Scientists think it is 350 kilometers wide. Its mean distance from the Sun is 3.067 (AU). It was found on October 2, 1910 by Vincenzo Cerulli. It is named after the Latin name for Teramo, Italy, which is where Cerulli worked. It is the fifth heaviest asteroid after Ceres, Vesta, P... |
95975 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/River%20Ocoa | River Ocoa | The River Ocoa is a river in the southern side of the Cordillera Central, Dominican Republic. It is 68 km long and flows through mountains except near its end in the Caribbean Sea.
Name
Ocoa is a Taíno word that means "a place with mountains"; coa meant "place" and o meant, in some cases, "mountain".
Course
The sourc... |
95979 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise%20Michel | Louise Michel | For the 1936-1939 Spanish Civil War units, see Louise Michel Battalions
Louise Michel (1830-1905) was a French anarchist, school teacher and medical worker. She sometimes used the pseudonym Clémence and was also known as the red virgin of Montmartre.
Life
Louise Michel was born at the Château of Vroncourt (Haute-Mar... |
95981 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise%20Michel%20%28Paris%20Metro%29 | Louise Michel (Paris Metro) | Louise Michel is a station of the Paris Métro, serving Line 3. It is located in the commune of Levallois-Perret northwest of the French capital, Paris.
History
Before 1946, this station was named Vallier after a mountain (2839m)in the Pyrenees near the Val d'Aran.
The station was renamed on May 1, 1946 to Louise Mic... |
95983 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise%20Michel%20Battalions | Louise Michel Battalions | Two battalions (made up of volunteer troops) of French-speaking people in the International Brigades of the Spanish Civil War against fascism, were named after Louise Michel, a heroine of the 1871 Paris Commune.
The first battalion was an existing group of volunteers (see Centuria) who had been operating in Barcelona... |
95985 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idol | Idol | An idol is a religious item that represents a god. It can also mean someone who is admired by many people, like a pop idol. Idolatry refers to the worship of idols.
Christians disagree about what idolatry is. Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy see Christian art and icons as good, because they see Christ's Incarnation a... |
96002 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic%20Encyclopedia | Catholic Encyclopedia | The Catholic Encyclopedia, or the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English language encyclopedia. It was published by The Encyclopedia Press. The first volume appeared in March 1907. It was completed in April 1914.
The encyclopedia was designed for the Roman Catholic Church. It does not include information which has n... |
96015 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bright%20Eyes | Bright Eyes | Bright Eyes may mean several different things:
Bright Eyes (movie), a 1934 movie from 20th Century Fox starring Shirley Temple
Bright Eyes (band), an indie rock band from Omaha, Nebraska |
96022 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley%2C%20Falkland%20Islands | Stanley, Falkland Islands | Stanley (also known as Port Stanley) is the capital city of the Falkland Islands. It is found on the island of East Falkland and has a population of 2,000. Stanley was the sight of fighting in the 1982 Falklands War, where Argentinian forces captured Government House, the seat of the Falklands Government. Today, Stanle... |
96023 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numismatics | Numismatics | Numismatics is the study and collecting of coins and the history behind the coins. A Numismatist is either a collector of coins or a scholar who studies the history of coins.
Origin of Word
The term comes from a word meaning "of coins." The original word is French (numismatique), which itself is from a Latin origin (n... |
96025 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philately | Philately | Philately is the study and collection of postage stamps and postal history.
Types of Philately
Thematic philately, also known as topical philately, is the study of art shown on stamps. This can be pictures of many things on a stamp, like people, animals, boats, insects, and vehicles. Interesting parts of thematic p... |
96028 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20of%20Valois | Charles of Valois | Charles of Valois (March 12, 1270 – December 16, 1325) started the House of Valois as the first Count of Valois. He was the third son of Philip III of France and Isabella of Aragon. His mother was a daughter of James I of Aragon and Yolande of Hungary. He was part the Capetian dynasty.
1270 births
1325 deaths
House o... |
96029 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Cameron | David Cameron | David William Donald Cameron (born 9 October 1966) is a British politician. He was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2010 to 2016. He was First Lord of the Treasury and Leader of the British Conservative Party until July 2016.
On 24 June 2016, following a vote in a referendum to leave the European Union, C... |
96031 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/House%20of%20Bourbon | House of Bourbon | The House of Bourbon is an important royal house of Europe. Kings from the House of Bourbon ruled France from 1589 to 1792 and again from 1815 to 1848. This is a younger branch of the Capetian dynasty. Members of the House of Bourbon also ruled Naples, Sicily, and Parma in the past. Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg a... |
96033 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camelot | Camelot | In the legends of King Arthur, Camelot is Arthur's castle. In fiction about the Middle Ages, Arthur rules scotland from Camelot and holds feasts at his round table. The round table, which has no legs or head, symbolized the idea of a good king because every knight who sat at it had an equal place. Since Camelot's origi... |
96050 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Hawaii | University of Hawaii | The University of Hawaii is a group of public colleges and universities in Hawaii. There are three universities, seven community colleges, an employment training center, four education centers and some research laboratories:
Universities
University of Hawaii at Hilo, doctoral university in Hilo
University of Hawaii at... |
96051 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowlitz%20River | Cowlitz River | Cowlitz River is a river in the state of Washington in the United States. The river is a tributary of the larger Columbia River. There are several mountains near the river including Mount St. Helens, Mount Rainier, and Mount Adams.
Other websites
USGS Cowlitz River Basin map
Cowlitz Falls Project
http://www.energy... |
96060 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexandre%20Dumas | Alexandre Dumas | Alexandre Dumas can mean one of two people
Alexandre Dumas, père, a French author
Alexandre Dumas, fils, also a French author, the son of the one above |
96063 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonidas%20I | Leonidas I | Leonidas I (Greek: Λεωνίδας) (c. 530–480 B.C.) was a king of the Greek city-state of Sparta from about 490 BC until his death in 480. The Spartans and associates defended the pass at Thermopylae against the Persian army. Although Leonidas lost the battle, his death at Thermopylae was seen as a heroic sacrifice. Leonida... |
96064 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrapnel | Shrapnel | Shrapnel is small chunks of broken objects, such as concrete and metal, that is around an explosive, usually as part of a container. When the explosive goes off, the shrapnel flies out in all directions with a similar effect to a bullet. Nail bombs work like this.
Related pages
Gunpowder
Weapon
Notes
Explosives |
96066 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nail%20bomb | Nail bomb | A nail bomb is a weapon that is made of a bag of nails with an bomb inside. When the bomb goes off, the nails fly out in all directions, like bullets. They are usually used by suicide bombers and the IRA.
Explosives |
96067 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Introduced%20species | Introduced species | An introduced species is an living thing that is not from to a given place. It has been brought there by human activities. People may have brought the living thing by accident or on purpose. The introduced species can cause problems when it becomes a pest in the new place. It may damage the ecosystem of the new plac... |
96068 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunker | Bunker | A bunker is a military building for fortification. They are usually built below ground. Blockhouses are like bunkers, but are built above ground. Bunkers were of big importance during World War I and World War II. Bunkers were built during the Cold War for important political people and for the general public because... |
96073 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Over-harvesting | Over-harvesting | Over-harvesting means taking more from the land (or sea) than it can replace. It includes extreme farming, grazing, fishing, and using fresh water.
Over-harvesting is harmful in the long term. Forests or wetlands are hard to replace. Damage to nature hurts animals and humans. Most wetlands are damaged by overuse as a... |
96074 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitat%20fragmentation | Habitat fragmentation | Habitat fragmentation happens when large habitats are divided into smaller ones, separating all the species that lived there and depended on each other.
Causes
Habitat fragmentation is not good because it involves some amount of habitat destruction. Plants and other organisms in these areas are destroyed and mobile a... |
96076 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil%20%28band%29 | Cecil (band) | Cecil was a rock band from Liverpool, England.
History
Formation
Cecil formed in Liverpool in 1993. The members were Ste Williams (vocals), Patrick Harrison (guitar), Ally Lambert (drums), Anthony Hughes (guitar and keyboards), and Jay Bennett (bass).
First concert
The band took part in a "Battle of the Bands". It... |
96081 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20Marlowe | Christopher Marlowe | Christopher "Kit" Marlowe (1564–30 May 1593) was a major dramatist, poet, and translator of English Renaissance drama. Swinburne has written that: "Marlowe is a Father of English Tragedy and the creator of English blank verse and therefore also the teacher and guide of Shakespeare." He is the best Elizabethan tragedian... |
96084 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuhof%20an%20der%20Zenn | Neuhof an der Zenn | Neuhof an der Zenn is a municipality in Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim in Bavaria in Germany.
References
Neustadt (Aisch)-Bad Windsheim |
96089 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bass%20clarinet | Bass clarinet | The bass clarinet is a type of clarinet, and is a woodwind single-reed instrument. The earliest record of a bass clarinet is called a 'bass tube' invented in Paris in 1772 by G. Lott. It usually has a B-flat pitch. It plays an octave lower than the normal clarinet. This means that when a Bass Clarinet makes a note, the... |
96091 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornett | Cornett | The cornett is a brass instrument from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque times. It is also called a zink, cornetto, or by its Italian name, cornetto curvo. It is different from the modern cornet, also a brass instrument. It has only one feature shared with the cornett.
Other websites
A page about the cornett
... |
96094 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baoruco%20Province | Baoruco Province | Baoruco, also written Bahoruco (but the "h" is not pronounced), is a Dominican province, in the western part of the country, in the Hoya de Enriquillo valley. Its capital city is Neiba (or Neyba).
It was created on 1943. It was part of the Barahona province before being elevated to the category of province. It was cal... |
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