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96659 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super%20Smash%20Bros.%20%28series%29 | Super Smash Bros. (series) | Super Smash Bros., also known as SSB or Smash Bros. or Smash, is a fighting game franchise created by Nintendo. There are five titles in total and features a wide cast of characters from Nintendo. Some of them were featured from third party games. It has been incredibly successful and has garnered a large competitive e... |
96661 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Heartfield | John Heartfield | John Heartfield (June 19, 1891 in Berlin – April 26, 1968 in Berlin) is the English version of the name of the German photomontage artist Helmut Herzfeld. He started to call himself Heartfield in 1916, to criticize the rabid nationalism and anti-British sentiment in Germany during World War I.
Career
In 1918, Heartfi... |
96668 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solenoid | Solenoid | A solenoid is a 3 dimensional structure of wire. When this wire is wrapped around a metallic block in a coil and electricity is passed through it, it has some special magnetic properties. Electromagnetic induction makes it an electromagnet that can be switched on or off. The side in which the current appears to be pass... |
96712 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyffh%C3%A4userkreis | Kyffhäuserkreis | Kyffhäuserkreis is a rural district in the northern part of Thuringia, Germany.
History
In the 12th century there was a castle on the Kyffhäuser mountains, which was built during the reign of emperor Frederick I. According to the local legend, the emperor did not die, but instead went to sleep in this castle.
From 1... |
96717 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordhausen%20%28district%29 | Nordhausen (district) | Nordhausen is the northernmeost Landkreis (rural district) of Thuringia, Germany.
History
The district was created in 1815, when the Prussian province Saxony was created. There were many changes to the boundaries up to 1952, when some municipalities were brought into the district and others left.
Coat of arms
Towns... |
96720 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saale-Holzland | Saale-Holzland | Saale-Holzland-Kreis is a landkreis (rural district, or county) in the east of Thuringia, Germany.
History
The district was set up in 1994 by joining the old districts of Eisenberg, Jena and Stadtroda. When the district of Stadt rod) was first set up in 1922 it already covered nearly the area of the current district.... |
96724 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saale-Orla | Saale-Orla | Saale-Orla is a Landkreis (rural district) in the east of Thuringia, Germany.
History
The district was created in 1994 by joining the old districts of Lobenstein, Pößneck and Schleiz.
Coat of arms
Towns and municipalities
References
Other websites
Official website (German)
Touristic website (German, English)
... |
96726 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saalfeld-Rudolstadt | Saalfeld-Rudolstadt | Saalfeld-Rudolstadt is a Landkreis (district) in the south of Thuringia, Germany.
History
The district dates back to the Landratsamt Saalfeld, which was created in 1868, and in 1922 it was converted into the Landkreis. Also in 1922 the district Rudolstadt was created. Both districts were merged in the local governmen... |
96728 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmalkalden-Meiningen | Schmalkalden-Meiningen | Schmalkalden-Meiningen is a Landkreis (rural district) in the west of Thuringia, Germany.
History
The district was created in 1994 by joining the old districts of Schmalkalden, Meiningen and part of Suhl-Land.
Partnerships
The district has a partnership with the Vogelsbergkreis in Hesse, as well as with the Komitat... |
96733 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B6mmerda%20%28district%29 | Sömmerda (district) | Sömmerda is a Landkreis (rural district) in the north of Thuringia, Germany.
History
The district Sömmerda was created in 1952. In 1994 the districts of Thuringia were reorganized, and the district Sömmerda was made a lot bigger by adding municipalities from the old districts Artern and Erfurt-Land.
Coat of arms
To... |
96746 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahnapee%2C%20Wisconsin | Ahnapee, Wisconsin | Ahnapee is a town in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, United States. There were 977 people living in Ahanpee as of the 2000 Census. The town has an area of 31.2 square miles, says the United States Census Bureau.
References
Towns in Wisconsin
Kewaunee County, Wisconsin |
96748 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronvolt | Electronvolt | The electron-volt or electron volt, symbol eV, is used to measure energy. It is defined as the amount of energy an electron gains after being accelerated by 1 volt of electricity. Joules are used often for energy measurement, but it is sometimes useful to use electron-volts for very small amounts of energy, such as tha... |
96753 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meltingen | Meltingen | Meltingen is a municipality in the district Thierstein in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
References
Municipalities of the canton of Solothurn |
96754 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messen | Messen | Messen is a municipality in the district Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. On 1 January 2010 the former municipalities of Balm bei Messen, Brunnenthal, Messen and Oberramsern merged to form the municipality of Messen.
References
Other websites
Official website
Municipalities of the canton of ... |
96755 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metzerlen-Mariastein | Metzerlen-Mariastein | Metzerlen-Mariastein is a municipality in the district Dorneck in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Official website
Mariastein Abbey website
Municipalities of the canton of Solothurn |
96756 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BChledorf | Mühledorf | Mühledorf can be one of two municipalities in Switzerland:
Mühledorf, Bern, in the Canton of Bern
Mühledorf, Solothurn, in the Canton of Solothurn |
96758 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BChledorf%2C%20Solothurn | Mühledorf, Solothurn | Mühledorf is a former municipality in the Bucheggberg district in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. On 1 January 2014 the former municipalities of Mühledorf, Aetingen, Aetigkofen, Bibern, Brügglen, Gossliwil, Hessigkofen, Küttigkofen, Kyburg-Buchegg and Tscheppach merged into the new municipality of Buchegg.
Refe... |
96766 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolding | Kolding | Kolding is a Danish seaport found at the head of Kolding Fjord in Region Syddanmark (Region of Southern Denmark). Kolding is a transportation, commercial, and manufacturing centre, and has many industrial companies.
With a population of 86,000 inhabitants, Kolding is the seventh largest in Denmark.
History
Battles o... |
96769 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drammen | Drammen | Drammen is a city and municipality in the county of Viken, Norway. It has a population of 101 000 people.
Drammen was established as a municipality January 1, 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt). The rural municipality of Skoger was merged with Drammen January 1, 1964. (And then transferred from the county of Vestfold to... |
96783 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonneberg%20%28district%29 | Sonneberg (district) | Sonneberg is a Landkreis (rural district) in the south of Thuringia, Germany.
History
The district was created in 1868 when districts were created in Saxe-Meiningen. In 1952 part of the district was incorporated into the newly created district Neuhaus am Rennweg. This district was dissolved again in 1994 and the dist... |
96786 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unstrut-Hainich | Unstrut-Hainich | Unstrut-Hainich is a Landkreis (district) in the north of Thuringia, Germany.
History
The district was set up on July 1, 1994 by joining the two previous districts of Mühlhausen and Bad Langensalza.
Partnerships
The district has a partnership with the Wetteraukreis in Hesse dating back to the German reunification of... |
96788 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecil | Cecil | Cecil can mean:
Places in the United States of America:
Cecil, Georgia
Cecil, Ohio
Cecil, Pennsylvania
Cecil County, Maryland
Cecil, Wisconsin
Cecil can also be these people:
Cecil Adams, a name which designates the unknown author or authors of The Straight Dope
CECIL, Liverpool Band
Chuck Cecil, American football pl... |
96789 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wartburgkreis | Wartburgkreis | Wartburgkreis is a Landkreis (rural district) in the west of Thuringia, Germany. The city of Eisenach is nearly completely surrounded by Wartburgbreis.
History
The district was set up in 1994 by joining the old districts of Eisenach and Bad Salzungen, and a few municipalities from the district Bad Langensalza. The ci... |
96796 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weimarer%20Land | Weimarer Land | Weimarer Land is a Landkreis (rural district) in the east of Thuringia, Germany. The district-free city of Weimar is completely enclosed by the district.
History
The district dates back to the Großkreis Weimar, which was created in 1922 after the federal state Thuringia was established. The two cities Weimar and Apol... |
96826 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress%20of%20Arras | Congress of Arras | The Congress of Arras was a meeting in Arras in 1435, between representatives of England, France, and Burgundy. The Treaty of Arras (1435) was an important diplomatic win for France, late in the Hundred Years' War. The English expected only to talk peace with the French. However, Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy made ... |
96828 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appanage | Appanage | Appanage is important to the history of France during the Middle Ages. The law said that when a king dies, his oldest son becomes the next king. Kings who wanted to give a younger son some land too sometimes created an appanage. Appanage was one way to keep a civil war from happening, if two or more sons wanted to figh... |
96851 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scripps%20Ranch%2C%20San%20Diego%2C%20California | Scripps Ranch, San Diego, California | Scripps Ranch is a suburb of San Diego, California. It is home to the EW Scripps mansion.
Buildings and structures in San Diego, California |
96861 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Statesman | New Statesman | The New Statesman is a British left-wing political magazine that is published weekly in London.
History
The New Statesman was founded in 1913 with the support of George Bernard Shaw and other prominent members of the Fabian Society.
In 1930 the Statesman with the Liberal weekly the Nation, and changed its name to... |
96862 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-wing%20politics | Left-wing politics | In politics, left-wing is a position that supports social equality and egalitarianism.
What a person means by left-wing depends on where the person lives.
In Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand left-wing politics is often associated with social democracy and democratic socialism.
Related pages
Left-wing ide... |
96864 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bourgeoisie | Bourgeoisie | Bourgeoisie means a social class of people who own the means of production, making them in the upper or merchant class. Hence, all employers are bourgeoisie. Their status or power comes from employment, education, assets, or wealth and not from aristocratic (political) origin, as a lowly café or factory owner is bourg... |
96865 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar%20Awards | César Awards | The César Awards are the best-known movie awards in France. The Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinema has given this award every year since 1975.
Related pages
Lumières Award
Louis Delluc Prize
Academy Awards
British Academy Film Awards
Other websites
Official website
Movie awards |
96867 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Status | Status | Status is a state, condition or situation. In common usage it may refer to:
Social status
Economic status
HIV status
Legal status
Status quo
Status symbol
A category of the grammar of Semitic languages, see nunation, status constructus |
96868 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20status | Social status | In sociology or anthropology, social status is the honor or rank of one's position in society. People earn social status by their own work. This is call achieved status. Or, people can have a place in a social system by birth. This inherited position is called ascribed status.
Further reading
Michael Marmot (2004),... |
96883 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergstra%C3%9Fe | Bergstraße | Bergstraße or Bergstrasse can mean many things, including:
Bergstraße Route – The Mountain route in the Odenwald of Baden-Württemberg and Hesse
Kreis Bergstraße – A rural district in Hesse
Hessische Bergstraße – A Hessian winegrowing region
Badische Bergstraße – A winegrowing region in Baden-Württemberg |
96885 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergstra%C3%9Fe%20%28district%29 | Bergstraße (district) | Bergstraße (German: Landkreis Bergstraße, Hessian: Londgrääs Bergschdrooß) is a rural district in south Hesse, Germany.
History
The district was created in 1938. Two old districts, Bensheim and Heppenheim, joined and became Bergstraße.
Geography
The district is in the Odenwald mountains. Melibokus as the highest el... |
96899 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty%20of%20Arras | Treaty of Arras | The treaties of Arras can be one of two treaties:
the Treaty of Arras (1435), between Charles VII of France and Philip the Good of Burgundy
the Treaty of Arras (1482), between Louis XI of France and the governments of the Low Countries |
96914 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social%20class | Social class | In sociology, Social class refers to the hierarchical distinctions between individuals or groups in societies or cultures.
There are various ways to divide classes. The working class do hard work for others. Where money is used, they are paid for it, but they seldom have much money. Where money is used little, as in f... |
96926 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCmliswil-Ramiswil | Mümliswil-Ramiswil | Mümliswil-Ramiswil is a municipality in the district Thal in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Official website
Municipalities of the canton of Solothurn |
96927 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nennigkofen | Nennigkofen | Nennigkofen is a former municipality in the district Bucheggberg, in the canton of Solothurn, Switzerland. On 1 January 2013 the former municipalities of Lüsslingen and Nennigkofen merged to form the new municipality of Lüsslingen-Nennigkofen.
References
Former municipalities of Solothurn |
96928 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuendorf%2C%20Switzerland | Neuendorf, Switzerland | Neuendorf is a municipality in the district Gäu in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Official website
Municipalities of the canton of Solothurn |
96929 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niederbuchsiten | Niederbuchsiten | Niederbuchsiten is a municipality in the district Gäu in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Official website
Municipalities of the canton of Solothurn |
96930 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barahona%20Province | Barahona Province | Barahona is a Dominican province. It is in the southwestern part of the country. Its capital city is Santa Cruz de Barahona.
It was created as a Maritime District, an old category given to some regions along the coast, on 12 September 1881. The Dominican Constitution of 1907 changed the Maritime Districts to provinces... |
96935 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20bread%20mold | Black bread mold | Black bread mold (Rhizopus stolonifer) is a common type of fungus.
It grows and reproduces the same way that most molds do. In asexual reproduction, the mold makes spores inside a sporangium. When the spores are ready to leave and spread more mold, the sporangium breaks open and lets the spores float out. In sexual r... |
96946 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dentistry | Dentistry | Dentistry is a specialty in medicine, which is practiced by a dentist. Dentists find out what's wrong, fix, and help prevent problems with teeth. A dentist has other people that help him with their job. Dental hygienists help people keep their teeth clean. A dental assistant helps the dentist when they are treating a p... |
96948 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota%20Tundra | Toyota Tundra | The Toyota Tundra is a full-size pickup truck. It is sold by Toyota in the United States. The Tundra was first sold in 2000. The truck is bigger than the Toyota Tacoma. There are four different versions of the Tundra. These are the original, "base", version and the "SR5", "Grade", and "CrewMax" versions. The Tundra is ... |
96949 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota%20Celica | Toyota Celica | The Toyota Celica was a sports car made by Toyota. Toyota stopped selling the Celica in 2005 due to low sales and it was replaced by the Scion tC. The first Celicas were made in 1970.
Celica
1970s automobiles
1980s automobiles
1990s automobiles
2000s automobiles
Front wheel drive vehicles
Sports cars |
96951 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota%204Runner | Toyota 4Runner | The Toyota 4Runner is a Sports utility vehicle made by Toyota. Toyota makes the 4Runner in Tahara, Japan as well as the Hino factory. The 4Runner was first sold in 1984 as a camper version of the Toyota Hi-Lux, sharing the same parts and engines. The 4Runner got a bigger V6 engine in 1988. Toyota has redesigned the 4Ru... |
96954 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythmic%20gymnastics | Rhythmic gymnastics | Rhythmic gymnastics (short: RG) is a type of gymnastics. Rhythmic gymnasts perform on a floor with an apparatus, accompanied by music, in individual or group events. Gymnasts manipulate one or two apparatus: rope, hoop, ball, clubs, and ribbon. Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport that combines elements of gymnastics, dance,... |
96960 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth | Wealth | Wealth often means that much money is available. But there are several other aspects that can be more important. If one thinks of single persons one will look at their personal property or assets like land and livestock. Looking at countries one thinks of GDP per capita and of natural capital.
The original meaning of... |
96962 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qualification | Qualification | The term qualification may mean:
Professional certification (also called simply qualification)
A certificate of having passed a course such as a GCSE.
Product certification (also called product qualification)
A process of deciding the running order in many racing events, and other sport.
Qualification problem of non-mo... |
96963 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional%20certification | Professional certification | Professional certification, trade certification, or professional designation, often called simply certification or qualification, is a certification a person gets to assure that he/she is qualified to perform a job or task.
Certifications are very common in aviation, construction, technology and other industrial secto... |
96971 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darmstadt%20%28region%29 | Darmstadt (region) | Darmstadt (German: Regierungsbezirk Darmstadt, Hessian: Regierungsbezirk Damstadt) is one of the three Regierungsbezirk of Hesse, Germany. It is in the south of the state.
Places
References
Other websites
Official website
Regions of Hesse |
96972 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebula | Nebula | A nebula is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases in a galaxy.
The Persian astronomer, Abd al-Rahman al-Sufi, mentioned a true nebula for the first time in his book, Book of Fixed Stars (964). He said that there was a "little cloud" near the Andromeda galaxy.
Origin
A nebula is usua... |
96986 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Database%20schema | Database schema | In computer science a schema or database schema describes the structure of a database in a formal language that is supported by the database management system. Using the database schema, it is possible to create a blueprint of the database. This blueprint will not contain any data. The database schema uses logical form... |
96987 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ernst%20Haeckel | Ernst Haeckel | Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (16 February 1834 – 9 August 1919) was an influential German zoologist, naturalist, and artist. He was also a philosopher and physician, but in those fields he is not regarded as particularly notable. He was an atheist. He left the Lutheran church in 1910. He is regarded as a pione... |
96992 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lunar%20eclipse | Lunar eclipse | A lunar eclipse is an astronomical phenomenon. It happens when the moon passes through the shadow of the Earth which can only occur during a full moon. Lunar eclipses happen about twice a year, unlike total solar eclipses that are sometimes more than a year apart. They can be seen from a much larger portion of the Eart... |
96994 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max%20Weber | Max Weber | Maximilian Carl Emil Weber (pronounced: maks ˈveːbɐ) (21 April 1864 – 14 June 1920) was a German political economist and sociologist who was considered one of the founders of the modern study of sociology and public administration.
Works
He began his career at the University of Berlin, and later worked at Freiburg Uni... |
96995 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weimar%20Constitution | Weimar Constitution | The Constitution of the German Reich (German: Die Verfassung des Deutschen Reiches), usually known as the Weimar Constitution (Weimarer Verfassung) was the constitution that governed the Weimar Republic (1919-1933). The constitution technically remained in effect during the Third Reich from 1933 to 1945.
The German s... |
97003 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar%20Hero%20III%20Mobile | Guitar Hero III Mobile | Guitar Hero III Mobile is a music video game for mobile phones. It was made by MachineWorks Northwest LLC and sold by Hands-On Mobile. It is the newest game in the Guitar Hero series, and was released on December 20, 2007, in North America for people using Verizon Wireless.
Making the game
Guitar Hero III Mobile was p... |
97006 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avicenna | Avicenna | Avicenna ( 980 – 1037) was a Persian polymath and the most important doctor and Islamic philosopher of his time.
He wrote about 450 works on a wide range of subjects, and about 240 have survived, including 150 on philosophy and 40 on medicine.
His most famous works are The Book of Healing – a philosophical and scient... |
97008 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafiz%20%28Qur%27an%29 | Hafiz (Qur'an) | Hafith or Hafiz (Arabic: حافظ قرآن or حافظ, plural huffaz), literally meaning 'guardian', is a term used by Muslims for people who have learnt completely the Qur'an by heart.
Overview
The Islamic prophet Muhammad lived in the 7th century CE, in Arabia. In those times, many people were not literate. The Arabs preserv... |
97009 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alina%20Kabayeva | Alina Kabayeva | Alina Kabaeva (, born May 12, 1983, Tashkent, Uzbek SSR) is a Russian former-rhythmic gymnast. She started competing since she was 12, and stopped when she was 24. She won several medals at World Championships, two Olympic medals (one bronze, one gold) and she came up with some of the flexibility-required moves in the ... |
97011 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seikan%20Tunnel | Seikan Tunnel | The Seikan Tunnel（Ja:青函トンネル）is a railway tunnel in Japan. It connects Hokkaido to Aomori Prefecture. This tunnel is the second longest transport tunnel in the world. The tunnel is 53.85 km (33.49 miles) long. 23.3 km (14.5 mile) of the tunnel is underwater. There are two stations in the tunnel.
History
The means of t... |
97021 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punch%20Brothers | Punch Brothers | Punch Brothers is an American bluegrass band. Its members include Chris Thile (mandolin), Gabe Witcher (fiddle), Chris Eldridge (guitar), Greg Garrison (bass), and Noam Pikelny (banjo). They have made one album, Punch, which was released on February 26, 2008 on Nonesuch Records.
References
Other websites
Official web... |
97022 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Marshall | Mike Marshall | Mike Marshall (born 1957) is an American mandolinist. Over the years, he has worked with artists such as Chris Thile and David Grisman.
Other websites
Official website
References
1960 births
Living people
Musicians from Pennsylvania
American guitarists
Bluegrass musicians
American classical musicians
American jazz m... |
97024 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar%20Meyer | Edgar Meyer | Edgar Meyer is an American Grammy Award-winning double bassist. Over the years, he has worked with classical and bluegrass artists such as Joshua Bell, Yo-Yo Ma, Béla Fleck, Sam Bush, James Taylor, Jerry Douglas, Mike Marshall, Mark O'Connor, Alison Krauss, the members of Nickel Creek, and Mary Chapin Carpenter.
Other... |
97025 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry%20Douglas | Jerry Douglas | Jerry Douglas is an American Grammy Award-winning dobro player. Over the years, he has worked with musicians including Ray Charles, Peter Rowan, Béla Fleck, Emmylou Harris, Phish, Chris Thile, Dolly Parton, Paul Simon, Ricky Skaggs, Bill Frisell, John Fogerty, Nanci Griffith, Tony Rice and James Taylor.
Other websites... |
97026 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2-1-1 | 2-1-1 | 2-1-1 is a special telephone number in the United States and Canada. It was made to be easy to remember. Calling the number lets people get information quickly about health organizations. It can also be called in an emergency.
History
New York Telephone (now part of Verizon) used the 2-1-1 number for many years. It wa... |
97027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-1-1 | 3-1-1 | 3-1-1 is a special telephone number used for non-emergency call to municipal services. It is used in several cities in Canada and the United States. 3-1-1 was created to receive many of the calls which commonly were made to 9-1-1 which were common questions and not emergencies.
Availability
United States
3-1-1 is av... |
97031 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleander | Oleander | Oleander, Nerium oleander, is a poisonous shrub. It is commonly used in gardens because of its pink colored flowers. Nerium oleander is native to northern Africa, the eastern Mediterranean basin and southeast Asia. Oleander prefers dry, warm climates and may naturalize in such areas. Recently, scientific studies on car... |
97045 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aon%20Center%20%28Chicago%29 | Aon Center (Chicago) | Aon Center is a skyscraper in Chicago, United States. It is 346 meters (1,136 feet) tall and has 83 floors. It was built in 1973 and is one of the tallest buildings in the world and the third tallest in Chicago.
At first it was named the Standard Oil Building, but when the name of the company changed in 1985 it beca... |
97046 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aon%20Center | Aon Center | The Aon Center is the name of two buildings.
Aon Center (Chicago)
Aon Center (Los Angeles) |
97051 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/875%20North%20Michigan%20Avenue | 875 North Michigan Avenue | 875 North Michigan Avenue is a skyscraper in Chicago, United States. It was formerly known as the John Hancock Center. It is 344 meters (1,127 feet) tall and has 100 floors, including an observation deck on the 94th floor (1,000 ft). It was built in 1969 and is one of the tallest buildings in the world.
Name change
On... |
97053 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%20Center%20%28Chicago%29 | Franklin Center (Chicago) | Franklin Center is a skyscraper in Chicago, United States. It is 307 meters (1,007 feet) tall and has 60 floors. It was built in 1989 and is one of the tallest buildings in the world
Related pages
List of tallest buildings in Chicago
List of tallest buildings in the world
Other websites
Emporis.com - AT&T Corpo... |
97054 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two%20Prudential%20Plaza | Two Prudential Plaza | Two Prudential Plaza is a skyscraper in Chicago, United States. It is 303 meters (995 feet) tall and has 64 floors. It was built in 1990 and is one of the tallest buildings in the world.
Related pages
List of tallest buildings in Chicago
List of tallest buildings in the world
Other websites
Emporis.com - Two Pru... |
97055 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noam%20Pikelny | Noam Pikelny | Noam Pikelny is a United States banjo player and singer-songwriter, famous as a member of Leftover Salmon and Punch Brothers. Pikelny lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Other websites
Official website
Official MySpace site
Punch Brothers official website
Leftover Salmon official website
References
Musicians from Chicago
1... |
97056 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabe%20Witcher | Gabe Witcher | Gabe Witcher is a United States fiddle player and singer-songwriter, famous as a member of Punch Brothers. Witcher has also toured with artists such as Jerry Douglas.
Other websites
Punch Brothers official website
American bluegrass musicians
Musicians from California
Fiddlers
Living people
Year of birth missing (liv... |
97057 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/311%20South%20Wacker%20Drive | 311 South Wacker Drive | 311 South Wacker Drive is a skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. It is 293 meters (961 feet) tall and has 65 floors. It was built in 1990 and is one of the tallest buildings in the world.
Related pages
List of tallest buildings in Chicago
List of tallest buildings in the world
Other websites
Emporis.com - 311 South W... |
97058 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/900%20North%20Michigan | 900 North Michigan | 900 North Michigan is a skyscraper in Chicago, United States. It is 265 meters (871 feet) tall and has 66 floors. It was built in 1989 and is one of the tallest buildings in the world
Related pages
List of tallest buildings in Chicago
List of tallest buildings in the world
Other websites
Emporis.com - 900 North ... |
97059 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan%20Sutton | Bryan Sutton | Bryan Sutton is a United States guitarist. He also plays many other instruments including mandolin, banjo, and electric guitar. He has performed or recorded with artists such as Ricky Skaggs, Dixie Chicks, Jerry Douglas, Sam Bush, Béla Fleck, Hot Rize, Chris Thile, and Tony Rice.
Discography
Solo albums
Musicians fr... |
97061 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water%20Tower%20Place | Water Tower Place | Water Tower Place is a skyscraper in Chicago, United States. It is 262 meters (859 feet) tall and has 74 floors. It was built in 1976 and is one of the tallest buildings in the world.
Related pages
List of tallest buildings in Chicago
List of tallest buildings in the world
Other websites
Emporis.com - Water Tow... |
97062 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chase%20Tower | Chase Tower | Chase Tower is the name of two buildings.
Chase Tower (Chicago)
Chase Tower (Indianapolis) |
97063 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park%20Tower | Park Tower | Park Tower is a skyscraper in Chicago, United States. It is 257 meters (844 feet) tall and has 67 floors. It was built in 2000 and is one of the tallest buildings in the world
Related pages
List of tallest buildings in Chicago
List of tallest buildings in the world
Other websites
Emporis.com - Park Tower
Skycr... |
97064 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toltec | Toltec | Toltec is used by historians in different ways. It is either used to refer to certain people that lived in what is Mexico today, before Christopher Columbus came there. Some scholars also use the word to refer to the people that later developed into the Aztec civilisation. These people are only known from Aztec stories... |
97069 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%20ibn%20Jarir%20al-Tabari | Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari | Abi Ja'far Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari (838-923 أبي جعفر محمد بن جرير الطبري) was one of the earliest, most important and famous Persian historians and explainers of the Qur'an, most famous for his Tarikh al-Tabari (History of the Prophets and Kings) and Tafsir al-Tabari.
Name
Tabari (Persian: طبری), Abu Jafar Muham... |
97070 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabari | Tabari | Tabari might mean:
Something from the region of Tabaristan
Mazandarani language, also called Tabari
Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari |
97072 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica | Basilica | A basilica is a large, important church. The word can also be used for an Ancient Roman building that was used for law and meetings. The word "basilica" is Latin which was taken from the Greek "Basiliké Stoà".
Nowadays the word is used in three ways:
A Roman Catholic church that has been given the right to use that n... |
97074 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle-earth%20locations | Middle-earth locations | This article is about the fictional locations, landscapes, mountains, rivers etc. from J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth universe.
Middle-earth
Middle-earth regions
Beleriand
Beleriand was a large region in northwestern Middle-earth until the end of the First Age. Beleriand is between the sea in the west and south, an... |
97085 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary%20system | Parliamentary system | A parliamentary system of government means that the executive branch of government has the direct or indirect support of the parliament. This support is usually shown by a vote of confidence. A balanced relationship between the executive and the legislature in a parliamentary system is called responsible government.
... |
97087 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavic | Slavic | Slavic might mean:
Slavic peoples, the largest ethno-lingustic group in Europe. They live in Central Europe, Eastern Europe, and Southeastern Europe
Slavic languages |
97091 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political%20asylum | Political asylum | Someone may ask for political asylum when they are frightened to live in their own country. They will then go to another country. If they are allowed to live in the new country this is called political asylum.
People who seek asylum say they are victims of threats, physical harm or denigration of their human dignity a... |
97092 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuendorf-Sachsenbande | Neuendorf-Sachsenbande | Neuendorf-Sachsenbande is a municipality in Wilstermarsch, in the district of Steinburg, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The municipality has an area of . On 31 December 2006, 493 people lived there. The town is has the lowest point in Germany, which is below sea level.
History
The town was made on April 15, 2003, ... |
97094 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giessen%20%28region%29 | Giessen (region) | Gießen is one of the three Regierungsbezirke of Hesse, Germany. It is in the middle of the state.
Other websites
Official website
Regions of Hesse |
97101 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cecilia%20Cheung | Cecilia Cheung | Cecilia Cheung is a Hong Kong actress and C-pop singer. She is the ex-wife of Nicholas Tse and ex-daughter-in-law of Patrick Tse and Deborah Lee. She and Nicholas have two sons, Lucas and Quintus.
Biography
Cheung was born in Hong Kong to a Chinese father and a Chinese-British mother. Her parents divorced when she was... |
97105 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giessen%20%28district%29 | Giessen (district) | Gießen () is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany.
Coat of arms
Towns and municipalities
References
Other websites
Official website (German) |
97109 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marburg-Biedenkopf | Marburg-Biedenkopf | Marburg-Biedenkopf is a Landkreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany.
History
The district was created in 1974 when the districts Marburg, Biedenkopf and the former urban district of Marburg were merged. The urban district is now a "town with special status" inside the district.
The district has partnerships w... |
97114 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahn-Dill-Kreis | Lahn-Dill-Kreis | Lahn-Dill is a Kreis (district) in the west of Hesse, Germany.
History
In 1977 the district Gießen was merged with the districts Wetzlar and Dillkreis to the new Lahn-Dill-Kreis. However this big district was not popular, so in 1979 Giessen was split from it.
Geography
The main rivers of the district are the Lahn a... |
97116 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogelsbergkreis | Vogelsbergkreis | The Vogelsbergkreis is a Kreis (district) in the middle of Hesse, Germany.
History
The district was created in 1972 by merging the former districts Alsfeld and Lauterbach.
Geography
The main feature of the district is the Vogelsberg, an extinct volcano, last active 7 million years ago.
Coat of arms
Towns and muni... |
97126 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-1-1 | 5-1-1 | 5-1-1 is a special telephone number in the United States and some parts of Canada. It is made to be easy to remember. People can dial the number on a landline phone or on a mobile phone to get information about traffic and travel.
History
In March 2001, there were more than three hundred phone numbers about traffic a... |
97144 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/6-1-1 | 6-1-1 | 6-1-1 is a special telephone number in the United States and Canada. It is the number to call for phone service customers when there is a problem with phones in an area, or when a payphone is not working properly. Many mobile phone service providers use 6-1-1 as a customer service number.
The Federal Communications C... |
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