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97766 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basra | Basra | Basra (البصرة; Al Baṣrah) is the third largest city of Iraq with a population of about 2,600,000 (2003). It is the country's main port. Baṣra played an important role in early Islamic history, and it was the first city built in Islam 14 A.H (after Hijra)
Overview
The city lies at the Shatt al-Arab waterway near the ... |
97767 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijra | Hijra | Hijra, as an Arabic word meaning migration (also romanised as hijrah, hejira and hegira) (cf. Hebrew הגירה hagirah for emigration) could mean:
The Hijra (Islam) (هجرة) is the emigration of Muhammad and his followers to the city of Medina in 622, marking the first year of the Islamic calendar, 1 AH (anno higirae).
Migr... |
97769 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijra%20%28Islam%29 | Hijra (Islam) | Hijra (هِجْرَة), or withdrawal, is the word that is used for the movement of Muhammad and most of his followers from Mecca to Medina in 622. The Hijra was also the beginning of the Islamic calendar). Alternate spellings of this Arabic word in the Latin alphabet are Hijrah, or Hegira in Latin.
Chronology of the Hijra... |
97770 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/622 | 622 |
Events
July 16 — Year one of the Islamic calendar begins.
September – Hijra (Islam) (Mohammad leave Mecca and go to Medina.)
Xuanzang is fully ordained as a monk at the age of 20.
The first Chinese Encyclopedia, Yiwen Leiju, is completed.
Births
Xue Yuanchao
Deaths
Prince Shotoku, Japanese prince, one of t... |
97773 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Nanny | The Nanny | The Nanny was an American sitcom starring Fran Drescher. It first showed in 1993 and ended in 1999.
Starring
Fran Drescher
Charles Shaughnessy
Daniel Davis
Lauren Lane
Nicholle Tom
Benjamin Salisbury
Madeline Zima
Renée Taylor
Rachel Chagall
Ann Morgan Guilbert
Characters
Fran Fine
Maxwell Sheffield
Ni... |
97777 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20The%20Nanny%20episodes | List of The Nanny episodes | This is a list of the episodes of the CBS television sitcom The Nanny. There are 146 episodes in this series.
Season One (1993-1994)
Season Two (1994-1995)
Season Three (1995-1996)
Season Four (1996-1997)
Season Five (1997-1998)
Season Six (1998-1999)
Reunion Special: 2004
The Nanny Reunion: A Nosh to Remember
... |
97778 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake%20County%2C%20North%20Carolina | Wake County, North Carolina | Wake County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2007, 823,345 people lived there. Wake County has more people than any other county in North Carolina except Mecklenburg County. The county seat is Raleigh, which is also the state capital. Wake County is the 9th fastest growing county in the United St... |
97787 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alison%20Moyet | Alison Moyet | Alison Moyet (born Genevieve Alison Jane Moyet on 18 June 1961), is an English pop singer-songwriter noted for her bluesy voice .
Early life and career
Alison Moyet was born in Billericay, Essex, England. Her father was French; her mother was English. She grew up in Basildon, where she attended school. She left schoo... |
97788 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durham%20County%2C%20North%20Carolina | Durham County, North Carolina | Durham County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Its county seat is Durham.
History
The county was made on April 17, 1881, from parts of Orange County and Wake County. In 1911 parts of Cedar Fork Township in Wake County were transferred to Durham County and became Carr Township.
Government
Durham C... |
97798 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nash%20County%2C%20North%20Carolina | Nash County, North Carolina | Nash County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2000, 87,420 people lived there. Its county seat is Nashville.
History
The county was made in 1777 from Edgecombe County. It was named for Brigadier General Francis Nash, who had been wounded that year at the Battle of Germantown.
In 1855 parts of N... |
97800 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granville%20County%2C%20North%20Carolina | Granville County, North Carolina | Granville County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2000, 48,498 people lived there. Its county seat is Oxford.
History
The county was made in 1746 from Edgecombe County.
In 1752 parts of Granville County, Bladen County, and Johnston County were combined to form Orange County. In 1764 the east... |
97803 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%20County%2C%20North%20Carolina | Franklin County, North Carolina | Franklin County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of 2000, 47,260 people lived there. Its county seat is Louisburg.
History
The county was made in 1779 from the southern half of Bute County. It was named for Benjamin Franklin.
In 1881, parts of Franklin County, Granville County, and Warren Count... |
97805 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoulder%20rest | Shoulder rest | A shoulder rest is something which is used by people who play the violin or the viola. It may be made of wood, aluminium, carbon fiber or plastic. It appeared around the middle part of the 20th century. Usually, the shoulder rest attaches to the edge of the violin with "feet" padded with rubber tubing or made of soft p... |
97806 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnston%20County%2C%20North%20Carolina | Johnston County, North Carolina | Johnston County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. In 2000, 121,965 people lived there. In 2006, population was 152,143. Its county seat is Smithfield.
History
The county was made in 1746 from Craven County. It was named for Gabriel Johnston, who used to be the governor of North Carolina.
In 1752 par... |
97809 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felinae | Felinae | The Felinae is a subfamily of the Felidae family. It includes small cats and a few medium-large cats, especially the cougar (Puma concolor) and the cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus).
Genetic classification
There is now a precise classification for the living members of the subfamily based on genetic research. These genetic ... |
97814 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Quibbler | The Quibbler | The Quibbler is a fictional magazine of the Harry Potter world.
The Quibbler is written by Xenophilius Lovegood, father of Luna Lovegood. The magazine is meant to cause shock, and contains the strange opinions of Xenophilius. Luna believes in everything her father says and during the "Order of the Phoenix" she had lot... |
97830 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera%20obscura | Camera obscura | A camera obscura (plural camerae obscurae or camera obscuras, from Latin , "dark chamber") is a darkened room with a small hole or lens at one side through which an image is projected onto a wall or table opposite the hole. Camera obscura is Latin for "dark chamber."
At its most basic, the camera obscura is a simple b... |
97832 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camera%20obscura%20%28disambiguation%29 | Camera obscura (disambiguation) | Camera obscura means "darkened chamber" to describe early devices for projecting an image on a screen, by use of a lens or a pinhole.
Camera obscura can also mean
Camera Obscura, an attraction at the Cliff House in San Francisco.
Camera Obscura (band), an indie band from Glasgow
Camera Obscura (album), by Nico
Camera ... |
97834 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinhole%20camera | Pinhole camera | A pinhole camera is a camera without a conventional glass lens. An extremely small hole in a thin material can create an image when all light rays from a scene go through a single point. In order to produce a reasonably clear image, the aperture has to be about 1/100th the distance to the screen, or less. The shutter... |
97835 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutter | Shutter | Shutter could mean:
Windows:
Window shutter, a solid window covering used to block light and winds
Hurricane shutter, a reinforced window shutter for protection in strong winds
Optical:
Shutter (photography), a photographic device that administers the exposure by limiting the time over which light is admitted
Movie p... |
97836 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shutter%20%28photography%29 | Shutter (photography) | In photography, a shutter is the part of a camera that opens for a controlled period of time to let light in during taking a picture.
A shutter can also be used to allow pulses of light to pass outwards, as in a movie projector or signal lamp.
Camera shutters
Camera shutters can be fitted in two positions:
Central sh... |
97838 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie%20projector | Movie projector | A movie projector is a machine that shows moving pictures by projecting them on a projection screen. Most of the optical and mechanical elements, except for the illumination and sound devices, are present in movie cameras.
Other websites
Collection of restored cinema projectors and lighting by Regal Group, UK.
Film... |
97855 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20craters%20on%20Puck | List of craters on Puck | The following lists all of the craters on Puck. Puck is a moon of Uranus. Craters on Puck are named after spirits from European mythology.
Astronomy lists
Puck
Puck |
97858 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigofera | Indigofera | Indigofera is a big genus of about 700 species of flowering plants. They mostly grow in tropical areas of the world. They were used to make Indigo dye.
Faboideae |
97866 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel%20College%3A%20Notre%20Dame%20Campus | Emmanuel College: Notre Dame Campus | The Emmanuel College: Notre Dame Campus is a Roman Catholic, secondary day school, located in Point Cook, a south-western suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It a branch of one of Emmanuel College's education facilities.
History
Establishment & Construction
In 2006, the plans for Emmanuel College and the futur... |
97885 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudette%20Colbert | Claudette Colbert | Claudette Colbert ( ; born Émilie Claudette Chauchoin; September 13, 1903 – July 30, 1996) was an American actress.
Colbert was famous for her light comedy as well as emotional drama. She became one of the biggest box-office stars of her time. In 1999, she was ranked as the 12th greatest female star of all time by the... |
97891 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yekaterinburg | Yekaterinburg | Yekaterinburg is a big city in the Ural mountains in the Asian part of Russia. It has a population of 1,483,119 people. The city was started in 1723 by Vasily Tatischev and named after empress Catherine I who was the Peter the Great’s wife.
Geography
History
Economy
Transportation
Demography
Twin cities
Yekate... |
97893 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collingwood%2C%20Victoria | Collingwood, Victoria | Collingwood is a suburb in Melbourne, Australia. It was named after Baron Cuthbert Collingwood (1748 - 1810), an admiral of the Royal Navy.
Sport
The Collingwood Football Club was originally based in Collingwood, but has since moved to the Lexus Centre.
References
Suburbs of Melbourne |
97916 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20M.%20Dallas | George M. Dallas | George Mifflin Dallas (July 10, 1792 – December 31, 1864) was an American politician and diplomat. He was the 11th vice president of the United States from 1845 to 1849, under James K. Polk. Before becoming vice president, he was a senator from Pennsylvania.
Dallas was born in Philadelphia and graduated from the Colle... |
97917 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20R.%20King | William R. King | William Rufus deVane King (April 7, 1786 – April 18, 1853) was a U.S. representative from North Carolina, a senator from Alabama, and the thirteenth vice president of the United States. Excluding John Tyler and Andrew Johnson — both of whom ascended to the presidency — he was the shortest-serving person to occupy that ... |
97919 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harnett%20County%2C%20North%20Carolina | Harnett County, North Carolina | Harnett County is a county in the state of North Carolina, United States. In 2000, 91,025 people lived there. Its county seat is Lillington.
History
The county was made in 1855 from Cumberland County. It was named for Cornelius Harnett.
Government
Harnett County is a member of the Mid-Carolina Council of Governm... |
97927 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chatham%20County%2C%20North%20Carolina | Chatham County, North Carolina | Chatham County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. In 2000, 49,329 people lived there. Now the population is more than 60,000. Its county seat is Pittsboro.
History
The county was made in 1771 from Orange County.
In 1907 parts of Chatham County and Moore County were combined to form Lee County.
Go... |
97930 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carteret%20County%2C%20North%20Carolina | Carteret County, North Carolina | Carteret County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. In 2000, 59,383 people lived there. Its county seat is Beaufort. Most of the county is part of the Crystal Coast.
Government
Carteret County is part of the Eastern Carolina Council of Governments.
Connected Counties
Craven County (north)
Pamlico Coun... |
97932 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor%20%28Doctor%20Who%29 | Doctor (Doctor Who) | The Doctor is the central character in the long-running BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who.
She is an alien, a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey. The Doctor travels in his space-time-ship, the TARDIS, (Time And Relative Dimensions In Space) with which she can go anywhere in time and space. Because the... |
97936 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Penrose | Roger Penrose | Sir Roger Penrose Kt OM FRS (born 8 August 1931) is an English mathematical physicist. He is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford and Emeritus Fellow of Wadham College.
Works
He is renowned for his work in Astrophysics with Stephen Hawking, in particular his ... |
97945 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur%20%28TV%20series%29 | Arthur (TV series) | Arthur is a Canadian-American animated series airing on PBS Kids in the United States. The main age range for this series is 3 to 9. It is based on the Arthur book series that is written and illustrated by Marc Brown. The series has 253 episodes (including specials) made between October 1996 and February 2022, in twent... |
97946 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Langur | Langur | The Gray langur or Hanuman langur (Semnopithecus) is a genus of colobine monkey. They are found in southeast Asia. The word "langur" means 'having a long tail'. It is commonly called the leaf monkey. They usually live in small groups of between 2 and 10 individuals. They mainly eat leaves, as well as some fruit. Langur... |
97951 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE%20Raw | WWE Raw | WWE Raw is the Monday night professional wrestling television program, made by WWE in 1993. WWE Raw is usually seen as WWE's flagship program over its sister programs, WWE SmackDown, WWE NXT and WWE Main Event, due to its longer history and the way it is promoted.
History
Original format
Starting as WWF Monday Nigh... |
97962 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor%20Who%20companions | Doctor Who companions | The companions or assistants of the Doctor of the Doctor Who television series are people who travel with him.
The Doctor is an alien. He is a Time Lord from the planet Gallifrey. He travels in his spaceship called the TARDIS. It allows him to go anywhere in time and space. "TARDIS" stands for Time And Relative Dimen... |
97963 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moomba | Moomba | The Moomba Waterfest is a yearly in Melbourne, Australia. It takes place over the Labor Day weekend.
Festivals
Melbourne
Australian culture |
97969 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig%20Wittgenstein | Ludwig Wittgenstein | Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein ( in German) (April 26, 1889 – April 29, 1951) was an Austrian philosopher. He worked mainly in the basics of logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language. He is regarded as one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century.
... |
97970 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wittgenstein%20%28disambiguation%29 | Wittgenstein (disambiguation) | Wittgenstein may refer to:
Place names
Kreis Wittgenstein, a former district in North Rhine-Westphalia, now incorporated into Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein
Wittgenstein Castle, near Bad Laasphe
Haus Wittgenstein, a building in Vienna
Surnames
Karl Wittgenstein, Austrian entrepreneur, father of:
Ludwig Wittgenstei... |
97986 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20C.%20Breckinridge | John C. Breckinridge | John Cabell Breckinridge (January 16, 1821 – May 17, 1875) was a lawyer, U.S. representative, U.S. senator from Kentucky and the 14th vice president of the United States. He was from Kentucky. He served in the House from 1851 to 1855. He served as Vice-President from 1857 to 1861, under President James Buchanan. Brecki... |
97987 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Dante%20DiMartino | Michael Dante DiMartino | Michael Dante DiMartino (born July 18, 1974) is an American animation director. He is best known as the co-creator, executive producer, and story editor of the TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender on Nickelodeon.
Other websites
Interview with Mike and Bryan at AvatarSpirit.Net
Year of birth missing (living peopl... |
97993 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara%20Meier | Barbara Meier | Barbara Meier (born 25 July 1986 in Amberg, Germany) is a model. She is the winner of the second cycle (season) of Germany's Next Topmodel (GNTM), presented by Heidi Klum.
Biography
Meier was born in Amberg. Before GNTM she studied mathematics.
While shopping at a mall, she was invited by a model scout to a casting ... |
97994 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan%20Konietzko | Bryan Konietzko | Bryan Konietzko is the co-creator and executive producer of the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender. He has also worked as a character designer for the animated series Family Guy. He was a storyboard artist and art director for the Nickelodeon animated series Invader Zim.
Other websites
Interview with Mi... |
98003 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannibal%20Hamlin | Hannibal Hamlin | Hannibal Hamlin (August 27, 1809–July 4, 1891) was a politician from Maine. Hamlin served as a lawmaker in Maine, governor of Maine, in the U.S. House of Representatives, and in the U.S. Senate. He began his career as a Democrat but later became a Republican. He was the first Republican to serve as Vice President of th... |
98006 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busan%20subway | Busan subway | The Busan Metro () is a subway system in Busan, South Korea. Busan is one of four cities in South Korea with a subway system; the others are Seoul, Daegu and Incheon. Subway systems are also being built in Gwangju and Daejeon. Planning for the Busan Subway began in 1979 and building started in 1981. The first stage, a ... |
98012 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsing%20Hua%20University | Tsing Hua University | Tsing Hua University or THU (simplified Chinese: 清华大学; traditional Chinese: 清華大學; pinyin: Qīng Huá Dà Xué), is a university in Beijing, People's Republic of China. It is regarded as one of the best and most selective universities in China. It was established in 1911 as a school for Chinese graduates wanting to go furth... |
98013 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/THU | THU | Thu is most often an abbreviation for Thursday.
It can also mean"
THU, Three-letter abbreviation for Tsinghua University, Beijing, China.
THU, IATA airport code for Thule Air Base
early name for Sauron in J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth legendarium
Þu, an Old English Pronoun
suggested gender neutral pronoun
A do... |
98014 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yui | Yui | Yui or YUI can mean:
Yui Horie, also known as YUI L or YUI-EL, a J-pop singer, actress and voice actress
Yui (singer), a Japanese musician |
98015 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yui%20Horie | Yui Horie | Yui Horie (, Horie Yui, born on 20 September 1976) is a Japanese singer and voice actress. Her real name is Yoshiko (堀江 由子 Horie Yoshiko), and she is sometimes nicknamed "Ho'chan ほっちゃん Hocchan)" by her Japanese fans. She hosted aradio show called Yui's Angel Eggs (or 堀江由衣の天使のたまご Horie Yui No Tenshi No Tamago in Japanes... |
98027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathymetry | Bathymetry | Bathymetry is the study of the underwater terrain of lakes or ocean floors. It is the same as topography, except that it looks at the underwater topography. It is a field of oceanography. The name comes from Greek (bathus), meaning "deep", and (metron), meaning "measure". Bathymetric (or hydrographic) charts are ofte... |
98037 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cave%20painting | Cave painting | Cave paintings are paintings on cave walls and ceilings. Usually these paintings were made in prehistoric times.
It is not known why these paintings were made. They may have had a function for rituals. They may also have been a way to transit information; to tell other people about something. Most paintings are in c... |
98043 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiocarbon%20dating | Radiocarbon dating | Radiocarbon dating, also known as the C14 dating method, is a way of telling how old an object is. It is a type of radiometric dating.
The method uses the radioactive isotope carbon-14. Most organic matter contains carbon. Carbon has different isotopes, which are usually not radioactive. 14C is the radioactive one, i... |
98047 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passage%20tomb | Passage tomb | A passage tomb or passage grave is a tomb which can be reached through a (usually low) passage. Most of these tombs were constructed during prehistoric times. Most often, large stones, called Megaliths were used to construct them. These kinds of tombs can be found in large numbers in Ireland and Scotland.
Prehistoric ... |
98071 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hallstatt%20culture | Hallstatt culture | The Hallstatt culture is named after Hallstatt, a city in Austria in which the first artifacts were found. It lasted from about 1200 BC to about 275 BC.
There were different periods that are now told apart mainly by the kinds of brooches used. The brooches changed rather rapidly and permit a good estimate. Hallstatt ... |
98072 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20T%C3%A8ne%20culture | La Tène culture | The La Tène culture existed from about 500 BC to about 100 AD. Named after a town in Switzerland near Neuchâtel, it was greatly influenced by the Roman and the Greek cultures. There are two sources for this:
Things found
Romans and Greeks came in contact with the culture and called them Celts, usually. They wrote abo... |
98074 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ringfort | Ringfort | A ringfort, ring fort or ring fortress is a fortified settlement. Ring forts were made to protect villages, mostly in the Middle Ages. In Ireland where many such forts can be found, they are also known as ráth, caiseal, cathair and dún in the early Irish sources.
A ráth (anglicised rath), was made of earth, caiseal (n... |
98081 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitol | Capitol | Capitol can mean:
Capitol building, a building in which a legislature meets, including:
Capitoline Hill in Rome (from which the word capitol derives)
United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Capitol of Puerto Rico in San Juan
Capitole de Toulouse in Toulouse, France
Capitolio Nacional in Colombia
Capitolio Federal i... |
98084 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beowulf | Beowulf | Beowulf is an Old English heroic epic poem. It is not known who wrote it, and there is no agreement as to when it was written. Estimates for the date range from AD 608 right through to AD 1000, and there is no consensus. The poem has only one manuscript source, written about 1010. Beowulf is 3182 lines long. Tolkien d... |
98107 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romana%20%28Doctor%20Who%29 | Romana (Doctor Who) | Romana, short for Romanadvoratrelundar, is a fictional character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. She is a Time Lady from the planet Gallifrey, and she was a companion of the Fourth Doctor.
Because she was a Time Lord, Romana was able to regenerate, having two on-screen incarnations with so... |
98110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegan%20Jovanka | Tegan Jovanka | Tegan Jovanka is a fictional character in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. She was played by Janet Fielding. Tegan Jovanka was an Australian airline stewardess who was a companion of the Fourth and Fifth Doctors, she was a regular in the programme from 1981 to 1984. Tegan was the l... |
98120 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminator%3A%20The%20Sarah%20Connor%20Chronicles | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles | Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is a television series that appeared on the Fox Television Network from January 13, 2008 until 2009. It is a spin-off of Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
It is about Sarah Connor, her teenage son, and a good robot named Cameron trying to stop the evil computer Skynet from ever being ... |
98122 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigma%20%28botany%29 | Stigma (botany) | A stigma is a part of a flower that gets pollen from pollinators such as bees. The stigma is part of the female reproductive part of a flower, the pistil. The stigma is on top of the style. The stigma can be either hairy or sticky, or both to trap pollen. When the pollen lands on the stigma, the pollen will grow a pol... |
98142 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress%20Dowager%20Cixi | Empress Dowager Cixi | Empress Dowager Cixi (November 29 1835 – November 15 1908), often known in China as the West Dowager Empress was from the Manchu Yehe Nara Clan.
Cixi was a powerful and charismatic figure who became the de facto ruler of the Manchu Qing Dynasty and ruled over China for 47 years from 1861 to her death in 1908.She was... |
98147 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20trafficking | Human trafficking | Human trafficking (or Trafficking in human beings) is a way to exploit people. People are sold, bought, traded much like slaves , and are even sold to couples who don't have children. It is estimated to be a $5 to $9 billion-a-year industry. Trafficking victims typically are recruited by using force or because they ar... |
98149 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversy | Controversy | A controversy is a prolonged public dispute or debate, with people having different opinions. There may be several groups of people who have different opinions and who cannot agree. Examples for controversial topics are the question of whether abortion should be legal, or whether research on embryonic stem cells shoul... |
98154 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutscher%20Gewerkschaftsbund | Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund | Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund is a confederation of German trade unions. It was a national trade union center of Germany.
The DGB hat 8 German trade unions with more than 7 million people (31.12.2004). It was founded in Munich in 12 October 1949.
Trade unions
IG BAU - IG Bauen-Agrar-Umwelt (Construction, Agriculture,... |
98159 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Best%20Damn%20Thing%20%28song%29 | The Best Damn Thing (song) | The Best Damn Thing is the fourth single off the album The Best Damn Thing by Avril Lavigne. The song was released June 13, 2008.
References
2007 songs
Avril Lavigne songs |
98160 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vereinte%20Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft | Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft | ver.di is a large German trade union. It is the largest trade union in the world, with 2.6 million members. "ver.di" is an abbreviation for Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft, which means "United Services Union."
In 2001 ver.di was formed when the Deutsche Angestellten Gewerkschaft (DAG) (German Salaried Employees) ... |
98164 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutscher%20Beamtenbund | Deutscher Beamtenbund | Deutscher Beamtenbund (dbb) (Civil Service Federation) is a national trade union center of Germany.
The DBB was started in 1918 and organizes workers of public administration.
DBB has a membership of 1,250,000 members. President is Peter Heesen
Other websites
dbb homepage
Trade unions in Germany |
98165 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gewerkschaft%20Deutscher%20Lokomotivf%C3%BChrer | Gewerkschaft Deutscher Lokomotivführer | Gewerkschaft Deutscher Lokomotivführer (GDL) () is a trade union of Germany. Its president is Claus Weselsky , who took over from Manfred Schell in 2008.
The GDL has a membership of 34,000. Most members live in the old East Germany.
GDL is a member of the Deutscher Beamtenbund (dbb).
Other websites
GDL homepage
Tr... |
98166 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/TRANSNET%20Gewerkschaft | TRANSNET Gewerkschaft | TRANSNET, which stands for Transport, Service, and Networks, is a trade union in Germany. It 283,000 workers, and is one of eight industrial affiliations of the Deutscher Gewerkschaftsbund (DGB). Its president is Norbert Hansen.
Other websites
TRANSNET homepage
Trade unions in Germany |
98174 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can-can | Can-can | The can-can (also spelled cancan or Can Can) is a music hall dance, performed by a chorus line of female dancers who wear costumes with long skirts, petticoats, and black stockings, like the fashions of the 1890s. The can-can was first danced in low class ballrooms of Montparnasse in Paris about 1830. The dancers of th... |
98176 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques%20Offenbach | Jacques Offenbach | Jacques Offenbach (20 June 1819, in Cologne – 5 October 1880, in Paris) was a French composer and cellist of the Romantic era. He is seen as one of the originators of the operetta form. Of German-Jewish descent, he was one of the most influential composers of popular music in Europe in the 19th century. Many of his wo... |
98182 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane%20MacDougall | Shane MacDougall | Shane MacDougall is a Canadian stand-up comedian, former columnist, television writer, and documentarian. Best known for his 1999 challenge to Queen Elizabeth II to a kickboxing match or math test for the monarchy of Canada, the challenge resulted in him receiving death threats but also brought much media attention to ... |
98186 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri%20de%20Toulouse-Lautrec | Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec | Comte Henri Marie Raymond de Toulouse-Lautrec-Monfa (24 November 1864 – 9 September 1901) was a French painter of the Post-Impressionist period. He was born into a noble family, but lived for most of his life among the actors, dancers and prostitutes of Paris. He is famous for painting the lives of these people, the en... |
98201 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeling | Feeling | Feeling can mean:
The sense of touch
Emotion
A sensation |
98216 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alleghany%20County%2C%20North%20Carolina | Alleghany County, North Carolina | Alleghany County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. In 2000, 10,677 people lived there. Its county seat is Sparta.
History
The county was made in 1859 from the eastern part of Ashe County, North Carolina.
Government
Alleghany County is part of the High Country Council of Governments.
Weather
Since i... |
98225 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sparta%2C%20North%20Carolina | Sparta, North Carolina | Sparta is a town in Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 1,817 people as of the year 2000. It is the county seat of Alleghany County.
Teapot Museum
The Sparta Teapot Museum is being built right now and should be finished by the summer of 2008.
References
Towns in North Carolina
Allegh... |
98234 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anson%20County%2C%20North%20Carolina | Anson County, North Carolina | Anson County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. In 2000, 25,275 people lived there. Its county seat is Wadesboro.
History
The county was made in 1750 from Bladen County.
In 1753, the northern part of Anson County became Rowan County. In 1762 the western part of the county became Mecklenburg County. ... |
98240 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadesboro%2C%20North%20Carolina | Wadesboro, North Carolina | Wadesboro is a town in Anson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,552 people as of the year 2000. It is the county seat of Anson County.
Other websites
Official website of Wadesboro, NC
Anson County, North Carolina
Towns in North Carolina
County seats in North Carolina |
98243 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander%20County%2C%20North%20Carolina | Alexander County, North Carolina | Alexander County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. In 2000, 33,603 people lived there. Its county seat is Taylorsville.
Government
Alexander County is part of the Western Piedmont Council of Governments.
Connected Counties
These counties are connected to Alexander County:
Wilkes County, North Carol... |
98246 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashe%20County%2C%20North%20Carolina | Ashe County, North Carolina | Ashe County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. In 2000, 24,384 people lived there. Its county seat is Jefferson.
History
Native Americans used to live in Ashe County. Pieces of broken pottery, arrowheads, and other Native American things have been found in the county.
In 1849, the southwestern part ... |
98249 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long%20March | Long March | The Long March is the retreat of Mao Zedong and the Communists in 1934-35. The communists went to their stronghold away from Chiang Kai-shek and the Nationalists. Here they were able to join together and start fighting again to beat the Nationalists. They trekked 6,000 miles over 370 days, and only 8,000 survived out ... |
98251 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avery%20County%2C%20North%20Carolina | Avery County, North Carolina | Avery County is a county in the U.S. state of North Carolina. In 2000, 17,167 people lived there. Its county seat is Newland. It is known for growing Fraser Fir Christmas trees. Avery County is part of the High Council of Governments.
History
The county was made in 1911 from parts of Caldwell County, Mitchell Count... |
98253 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hersfeld-Rotenburg | Hersfeld-Rotenburg | Hersfeld-Rotenburg is a Kreis (district) in the east of Hesse, Germany.
History
In 1821 districts were created in Hesse, including the districts Hersfeld and Rotenburg, which stayed nearly unchanged after Hesse-Kassel was taken over by Prussia. In 1972 both districts were joined into one.
Coat of arms
Towns and mun... |
98255 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rings%20of%20Rhea | Rings of Rhea | The Saturnian moon Rhea may have a thin ring system with three narrow bands in a disk of solid particles. These would be the first rings seen around a moon. The discovery was announced in the journal Science on March 6 2008.
In November of 2005 the Cassini orbiter found that Saturn's magnetosphere near Rhea did not ha... |
98257 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werra-Mei%C3%9Fner-Kreis | Werra-Meißner-Kreis | Werra-Meißner is a Kreis (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany.
History
The district was created in 1974 by merging the two district Eschwege and Witzenhausen, which both existed with only slight modifications since 1821.
Geography
The main river in the district is the Werra. The Hohe Meißner with is the highe... |
98266 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldeck-Frankenberg | Waldeck-Frankenberg | Waldeck-Frankenberg is a Kreis (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany.
History
The district was created in 1972 by merging the two districts Frankenberg and Waldeck. Most of the area of the district was previously part of the old principality of Waldeck.
Coat of arms
Towns and municipalities
References
Other w... |
98274 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schwalm-Eder-Kreis | Schwalm-Eder-Kreis | Schwalm-Eder is a Kreis (district) in the north of Hesse, Germany.
Partnerships
The district has partnerships with
, Kajaani City,
, district of Sedgemoor
, district of Piła and
, the Rayon ov (Yaroslavl Oblast).
Geography
The two rivers Schwalm and Eder gave the district its name.
Coat of arms
Towns and muni... |
98278 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velvet%20Revolver | Velvet Revolver | Velvet Revolver (VR), was a Grammy Award-winning rock supergroup that started in 2002. The members of the band are Slash (guitarist), Duff McKagan (bassist, backing vocals), Matt Sorum (drums) of Guns N' Roses, and Dave Kushner (guitarist) of Wasted Youth. Scott Weiland of Stone Temple Pilots was previously the lead si... |
98280 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchu | Manchu | The Manchu people are a Tungusic people who came from Manchuria (today's Northeastern China). During their rise in the seventeenth century they conquered the Ming Dynasty and founded the Qing Dynasty, which ruled China until the Xinhai Revolution in 1911, which established a republican government in its place.
The Qi... |
98283 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristanna%20Loken | Kristanna Loken | Kristanna Sommer Loken or Kristanna Sommer Løken (born October 8, 1979) is an American actress known for her work in both film and television, and a former fashion model. She is perhaps known as T-X from the movie Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines (2003) and Rayne from the movie Bloodrayne (2006).
All of Loken's four... |
98295 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneva | Geneva | Geneva (, , , , ) is the second biggest city in Switzerland. Only Zürich is bigger. Geneva is the biggest city in Romandy (the French-speaking part of Switzerland).
Geneva is the capital of the Republic and Canton of Geneva. It is situated where the Rhône River leaves Lake Geneva (called in French Lac Léman).
Gene... |
98316 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concubinage | Concubinage | Concubinage is the state of a woman in a relationship with a man of higher social status that gives her less rights than a marriage. In most of the cases the man has an official wife and one or more concubines. Concubines have only limited rights of support from the man, and their children have lower status than childr... |
98318 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistress%20%28lover%29 | Mistress (lover) | A mistress is a man's long term female sexual partner and companion who is not married to him. This term is especially used when the man is married to another woman. The relationship is generally stable; however, the couple do not live together openly. Also, the relationship is usually but not always secret. Rather o... |
98326 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern%20Front | Eastern Front | Eastern Front can be one of the following:
Eastern Front (World War I)
Eastern Front (World War II)
Eastern Front (Sudan) |
98327 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian%20Campaign | Italian Campaign | Italian Campaign can mean the following:
The Italian campaign of 1524-1525 fought during the Italian War of 1521.
The Italian Campaign fought by Napoleon Bonaparte between 1796 and 1797.
The Austro-Sardinian War fought by Napoleon III of France and Kingdom of Sardinia against Austria in 1859.
The Italian Campaign (Wo... |
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