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115758 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleges%20and%20universities%20in%20New%20Hampshire | Colleges and universities in New Hampshire | This is a list of colleges and universities in New Hampshire:
Public
University System of New Hampshire
Granite State College
Keene State College
Plymouth State University
University of New Hampshire
University of New Hampshire at Manchester
Private
Antioch University New England
Chester College of New England
Daniel... |
115759 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleges%20and%20universities%20in%20Oklahoma | Colleges and universities in Oklahoma | This is a list of colleges and universities in Oklahoma:
Public
Carl Albert State College
Connors State College
Cameron University
East Central University
Eastern Oklahoma State College
Langston University
Murray State College
Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College
Northeastern State University
Broken Arrow
Tahlequah
North... |
115762 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta%20splendens | Betta splendens | Betta splendens is a species of freshwater fish in the genus Betta. Bettas are also called betta fish or Siamese fighting fish. They are called Siamese fighting fish because people used to make them fight each other. Betta splendens are native to Thailand. They are a popular aquarium fish species. They are known for t... |
115763 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleges%20and%20universities%20in%20Texas | Colleges and universities in Texas | This is a list of colleges and universities in Texas:
Public
Texas A&M University System
Baylor College of Dentistry
International University
Commerce
Corpus Christi
Galveston
Health Science Center
Kingsville
Prairie View A&M University
Tarleton State University
Texarkana
Texas A&M University
West Texas A&M Universit... |
115765 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Through%20the%20Fire%20and%20Flames | Through the Fire and Flames | "Through the Fire and Flames" is the first single from the British power metal band DragonForce. The song is the first one from DragonForce’s third album, Inhuman Rampage. It features two quick guitar solos by Herman Li and Sam Totman. It was released on August 3, 2006.
Recording
During the recording of the song, gui... |
115766 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%20Asian%20calligraphy | East Asian calligraphy | The East Asian tradition of calligraphy originated and developed in China. The countries that use East Asian calligraphy are China, Japan, Korea and Vietnam.
Tools
In calligraphy, paper, ink, brush, ink stone, paperweight, and a desk pad are used.
Paper
The special paper used for calligraphy, is made of rice, paper... |
115778 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%20Nationals | Washington Nationals | The Washington Nationals are the professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C., United States. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB). The Nationals are a member of the Eastern Division of the National League. They are called "The Nats" for short.
From 2005 to 2007, the Nationals played in Robert F. Kenned... |
115780 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catcher | Catcher | A catcher is a position in baseball. The catcher crouches behind the home plate and catches the ball thrown by the pitcher.
Baseball positions |
115784 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satin | Satin | Satin is a type of cloth that has a glossy surface and a dull back.
Satin is commonly used in baseball jackets, athletic shorts, women's lingerie, nightgowns, and evening gowns. It is also used in some men's boxer shorts, shirts and neckties, bed sheets, and in the making of pointe shoes for use in ballet.
Satin was ... |
115787 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20O.%20Finley | Charles O. Finley | Charles Oscar Finley (February 22 1918 - February 19 1996), nicknamed Charlie O or Charley O, was an American businessman. He was the owner of the Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball team.
Other websites
Baseball Hall of Fame candidate profile
BaseballLibrary - profile and career highlights
Businesspeople f... |
115790 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit%20Wolverines | Detroit Wolverines | The Detroit Wolverines were a 19th century Major League Baseball team that played in the National League from 1881 to 1888 in the city of Detroit. They played in Recreation Park when it was started in 1879.
References
Other websites
Franchise statistics at baseball-reference.com.
Team history
Major League Baseba... |
115793 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flannel | Flannel | Flannel is a soft woven fabric, of various fineness. It usually does not have a nap, and instead gains its softness through the loosely spun yarn it is woven from. It is commonly used to make clothing, bed sheets, and sleepwear.
Flannel was originally made from carded wool or worsted yarn, but is now often made from e... |
115794 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Association%20%2819th%20century%29 | American Association (19th century) | The American Association (AA) was a baseball major league from 1882 to 1891.
Baseball leagues |
115796 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Best%20Damn%20Tour%3A%20Live%20in%20Toronto | The Best Damn Tour: Live in Toronto | The Best Damn Tour – Live in Toronto is a DVD from Avril Lavigne that was recorded in Toronto, Canada on April 7, 2008. The DVD is made up of nineteen songs that Lavigne sang during her "Best Damn Tour". Most of the songs are taken from her third album, The Best Damn Thing, while two of the songs are cover songs that o... |
115805 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota%20Supra | Toyota Supra | The Toyota Supra was a sports car made by Toyota from 1979 until 2002. The Supra was called the Celica Supra until 1986, when it became a separate model. Toyota stopped selling the Supra in the United States in 1998 and Canada in 1995.
Supra |
115808 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana%20Ivanovi%C4%87 | Ana Ivanović | Ana Ivanović ( ) born 6 November 1987) is a Serbian former tennis player. She was the number 1 player for 12 weeks from June to September 2008. She won the French Open in 2008 and came second there in 2007. She also came second at the Australian Open in 2008. She has also played tennis for Serbia in the international ... |
115812 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleges%20and%20universities%20in%20North%20Carolina | Colleges and universities in North Carolina | This is a list of colleges and universities in North Carolina:
Public
North Carolina Community College System
Alamance
Asheville-Buncombe
Beaufort County
Bladen
Blue Ridge
Brunswick
Caldwell
Cape Fear
Carteret
Catawba Valley
Central Carolina
Central Piedmont
Cleveland
Coastal Carolina
College of the Albema... |
115820 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s%20Tennis%20Association | Women's Tennis Association | The Women's Tennis Association (WTA), formed in 1973 by Billie Jean King, is the main organizing body of women's professional tennis. It organizes the WTA Tour, the worldwide professional tennis tour for women. The WTA's counterpart organization for men's professional tennis is the Association of Tennis Professionals (... |
115823 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand%20Slam%20%28tennis%29 | Grand Slam (tennis) | The four Grand Slam tournaments, also known as The Majors, are the most important tennis tournaments. This is due to the world ranking points players can earn, their tradition, the prize-money, and public and media attention.
Australian Open
French Open
Wimbledon
US Open
Grand Slam tennis tournaments |
115825 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleges%20and%20universities%20in%20Kentucky | Colleges and universities in Kentucky | This is a list of colleges and universities in Kentucky:
Public
Eastern Kentucky University – Richmond
University of Kentucky – Lexington
Kentucky Community and Technical College System
Ashland
Big Sandy
Bluegrass
Elizabethtown
Gateway
Hazard
Henderson
Hopkinsville
Jefferson
Madisonville
Maysville
Owensboro
Somerset
S... |
115826 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleges%20and%20universities%20in%20Mississippi | Colleges and universities in Mississippi | This is a list of colleges and universities in Mississippi:
Public
Private
References
Lists of colleges and universities |
115827 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis%20Hamilton | Lewis Hamilton | Sir Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton MBE (born 7 January 1985 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England) is a British Formula One racing driver, currently racing for the Mercedes AMG Petronas team. A seven-time World Champion, he is often regarded as one of the greatest F1 drivers in history.
Hamilton won the British Formula R... |
115828 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Todd%20Bentley | Todd Bentley | Todd Bentley (born 1976) claims to be a Canadian Evangelical Christian and practiced as an Evangelist before being denounced. He was one of the main preachers who are part of the Charismatic revival meetings in Lakeland, Florida known as the Florida Healing Outpouring. Attendance at the meetings was as high as 10,000 v... |
115831 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA%20Division%20I | NCAA Division I | Division I is the highest level of college sports in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. Its schools generally have the biggest budgets, the best facilities, and offer more their students more athletic scholarships than Divisions II and III.
Below is a list of sports conferences b... |
115832 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA%20Division%20II | NCAA Division II | Division II is the middle division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. It is less competitive and less expensive than Division I, but more competitive than Division III, which offers no athletic scholarships. Divisions II and III were previously known togther as the NCAA College Division.
T... |
115836 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA%20Division%20III | NCAA Division III | Division III is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association of the United States. The division is made up of colleges and universities that choose not to offer their students athletic scholarships.
This is a list of athletics conferences that belong to this division, divided into several groups by sport... |
115847 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic%20Coast%20Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference | The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is one of the major college sports conferences in the United States. It was formed in 1953 by a group of seven colleges and universities that left the Southern Conference.
Members
The 15 schools in the conference are split into two groups—the Atlantic and Coastal Divisions—in foot... |
115850 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keir%20Hardie | Keir Hardie | James Keir Hardie (15 August 1856 – 26 September 1915) was a Scottish socialist and labour leader, and was the first independent labour Member of Parliament (MPs) in the UK Parliament, seven years before the start of the Labour Party.
He was born in Newhouse, Lanarkshire. He worked as a coal miner, but his bosses stop... |
115851 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southeastern%20Conference | Southeastern Conference | The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is an American college athletic conference located primarily in the South Central and Southeastern United States. The conference has 14 members. It is a part of the NCAA's Division I.
Member Universities
Since July 1, 2012, there are 14 members, with Vanderbilt being the only private... |
115853 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fausto%20Coppi | Fausto Coppi | Angelo Fausto Coppi (15 September 1919 – 2 January 1960) was an Italian racing cyclist. He was born in Castellania. He was one of the most successful and most popular cyclists of all time. He won the Tour de France twice, in 1949 and 1952. He won the Giro d'Italia five times, in 1940, 1947, 1949, 1952 and 1953. He also... |
115857 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Hazel | Hurricane Hazel | Hurricane Hazel was the worst hurricane of the 1954 Atlantic hurricane season and one of the worst hurricanes of the 20th century. Hazel killed as many as 1,000 people in Haiti before striking the United States just south of Wilmington, North Carolina as a Category 4 hurricane. 19 people were killed in North Carolina, ... |
115859 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel%20Indur%C3%A1in | Miguel Induráin | Miguel Ángel Indurain Larraya (born July 16, 1964) is a Spanish retired road racing cyclist. He was a professional cyclist from 1985 to 1996. He was the first person to win the Tour de France five times in a row from 1991 to 1995. He also won the Giro d'Italia two times, in 1992 and 1993. In 1994, he cycled 53.040 kilo... |
115860 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shimon%20Peres | Shimon Peres | Shimon Peres (; born Szymon Perski; 2 August 1923 – 28 September 2016) was a Polish-born Israeli statesman. He was the President of the State of Israel. Peres served twice as the Prime Minister of Israel. He also served as Interim Prime Minister twice. Peres has been a member of 12 cabinets. His political career spann... |
115861 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehud%20Olmert | Ehud Olmert | Ehud Olmert, Hebrew: אהוד אולמרט , (born 30 September 1945 in Binyamina) is an Israeli lawyer and former politician. He was Prime Minister of Israel.
Olmert was a Member of Knesset from 1974 to 2009, with an interruption from 1999 to 2003. He was also mayor of Jerusalem from 1993 to 2003.
In 2006 he switched from Lik... |
115862 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kadima | Kadima | Kadima, Hebrew: קדימה - Forward, is an Israeli political party.
Its ideology is centrist liberal, and Zionist.
Kadima believed in both Israel's security and continuing the peace process, and supported negotiating an agreement for peace with the Palestinians, but is de facto defunct.
Kadima was founded on Novem... |
115863 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Svetlana%20Kuznetsova | Svetlana Kuznetsova | Svetlana Aleksandrovna Kuznetsova (Cyrillic: ; born June 27, 1985) is a Russian professional tennis player who is currently ranked World No. 4. She won the US Open singles title in 2004 and was the runner-up in singles at the French Open in 2006 and the US Open in 2007, losing both finals to Justine Henin in straight s... |
115864 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques%20Anquetil | Jacques Anquetil | Jacques Anquetil (8 January 1934 – 18 November 1987), was a French road racing cyclist. He was the first cyclist to win the Tour de France five times, in 1957 and from 1961 to 1964. Anquetil was very good at riding time trials, and this helped him to win grand tours. He also won the Giro d'Italia in 1960 and 1964, and ... |
115865 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hour%20record | Hour record | The hour record for bicycles is the record for the longest distance cycled in one hour on a bicycle. The first recorded hour record was in 1876 when F. L. Dodds rode 26.508 kilometres on a penny-farthing bicycle. Many people since then have tried to be the fastest. People trying to break the record have helped to ch... |
115866 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billie%20Jean%20King%20Cup | Billie Jean King Cup | The Billie Jean King Cup is the premier team competition in women's tennis, launched in 1963 as the Federation Cup to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The competition name changed to Fed Cup in 1995, and then to its current name, honoring American tennis great and women's ri... |
115875 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kateryna%20Bondarenko | Kateryna Bondarenko | Kateryna Volodymyrivna Bondarenko (, born 8 August 1986) is a professional female tennis player from Ukraine and a doubles champion at Australian Open in 2008.
The younger sister of Alyona Bondarenko, she was born in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, then part of the Soviet Union. She plays right-handed and turned pro in 2000.
... |
115876 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port%20Arthur | Port Arthur | Port Arthur may refer to:
Port Arthur naval base in Manchuria, now called Lüshunkou
Port Arthur massacre (China) in the Sino-Japanese War in 1894
Battle of Port Arthur, a sea battle in the Russo-Japanese War in 1904
Siege of Port Arthur a land battle in 1904
Australia
Port Arthur, Tasmania (Australia), the site ... |
115878 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melinda%20Czink | Melinda Czink | Melinda Czink (born October 22, 1982 in Budapest) is a Hungarian professional female tennis player. On March 1, 2004 Czink reached her career-high singles ranking of World No. 64.
Female tennis players
1982 births
Hungarian sportspeople
Living people |
115879 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria%20Kirilenko | Maria Kirilenko | Maria Yuryevna Kirilenko (; born 25 January 1987 in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union) is a Russian professional tennis player. She won her first WTA Tour title in 2005, defeating Anna-Lena Grönefeld 6–3, 6–4 in the China Open. Kirilenko reached #19, her career-high singles ranking, on the WTA tour in June 2008. She i... |
115883 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto%20Contador | Alberto Contador | Alberto Contador Velasco (born 6 December 1982 in Madrid) is a Spanish road racing cyclist for the Astana Team. He won the 2007 Tour de France riding for the Discovery Channel team. He also won the 2008 Giro d'Italia riding for Astana. Contador is very good at climbing mountains.
Contador became a professional in 200... |
115884 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinara%20Safina | Dinara Safina | Dinara Mikhailovna Safina (), born April 27, 1986) is a Russian professional tennis player of Tatar ethnicity. She was born in Moscow, Russia. She is the younger sister of former world number one men's player, Marat Safin.
She was coached by Glen Schaap, former trainer of Nadia Petrova. Her new coach is Željko Krajan.... |
115892 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alejandro%20Valverde | Alejandro Valverde | Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (born April 25, 1980) is a Spanish road racing cyclist. He rides for the Caisse d'Epargne team. Valverde won the Liège-Bastogne-Liège race in 2006 and 2008. He was second in the 2006 Vuelta a España and sixth in the 2007 Tour de France. He won the 2008 Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, an import... |
115893 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time%20trial | Time trial | In many racing sports an athlete will compete (take part) in a time trial. This is when the athlete races over a course as fast as he can. In cross country skiing and biathlon competitions, a skier will start every 30 to 60 seconds. These are called interval starts. In cycling a time trial (TT) can be a single track r... |
115894 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markhor | Markhor | The markhor (Capra falconeri) is a large goat. It is found in woodland in Central Asia, Karakoram and the Western Himalayas, this is the National Animal of Pakistan.
Markhor are 65 to 115 centimetres tall at the shoulder. They usually weigh from 40 to 110 kilograms. Females are a tan colour with a white underbelly a... |
115895 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/She%27s%20So%20Unusual | She's So Unusual | She's So Unusual is the first solo album by the famous American 1980s pop singer Cyndi Lauper. It was released in 1983. It included the popular single, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun".
1983 albums
Pop albums |
115915 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betta | Betta | Betta is a genus of fish. The Siamese fighting fish is a fish in this genus. Some species of betta like the Betta Splendens are very brightly coloured and can be purchased in a local pet store. Other species of betta are more rare. The males often express their aggression at other males as well as females by flaring at... |
115920 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichtenstein%2C%20Saxony | Lichtenstein, Saxony | Lichtenstein is a small town in Saxony. It is between Zwickau and Chemnitz. Lichtenstein has the second name "Stadt im grünen" (engl. "town in green"). Lichtenstein has several sights. There are 7 museums, 2 theaters, 1 castle and 7 nature parcs. The most famous museum of Lichtenstein is the "Miniwelt". There are many ... |
115925 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otogiz%C5%8Dshi | Otogizōshi | Otogizōshi are a group of short stories with pictures, written in Japan, mostly in the period between 1392 and 1573. There are about 350 of these stories. They are about many different things: love, religion, fighting, humor, and other things. The otogizōshi were often read to an audience.
Other websites
Online editio... |
115926 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salem%2C%20Massachusetts | Salem, Massachusetts | Salem is a city in Essex County, in Massachusetts. It was home of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692.
References
Cities in Massachusetts
County seats in Massachusetts |
115934 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deval%20Patrick | Deval Patrick | Deval Laurdine Patrick (born July 31, 1956) is an American politician. He was elected to be the governor of Massachusetts in 2006. He is the first African-American to be elected governor of that state. He is only the third African-American to be elected a governor of any state in the United States. Patrick ran as a Dem... |
115935 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Structure%20of%20the%20Earth | Structure of the Earth | The structure of the Earth is divided into layers. These layers are both physically and chemically different. The Earth has an outer solid layer called the crust, a highly viscous layer called the mantle, a liquid layer that is the outer part of the core, called the outer core, and a solid center called the inner core.... |
115936 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional%20designation%20in%20astronomy | Provisional designation in astronomy | A provisional designation in astronomy is the naming convention of astronomical objects as soon as they are found. The provisional designation is usually replaced by a permanent name once a good orbit has been calculated. With asteroids, so many have been found that many will never be named by the people who found them... |
115942 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traffic%20sign | Traffic sign | A traffic sign or a road sign is a sign put at the side of roads to give information to drivers. It can direct people driving where to go or what to do.
A road sign is something that gives information by means of a symbol, or in only 1 or 2 words. It helps people in their vehicles on the road. Some signs include: give... |
115943 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istituto%20Nazionale%20di%20Statistica | Istituto Nazionale di Statistica | Istituto Nazionale di Statistica is the national statistical institute of Italy. The name translates to 'National Institute of Statistics'. This institute collects information about the country, including counting the people in Italy (the census). It is sometimes called Istat.
Other websites
Istat and the people of ... |
115954 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold%20Rubin | Harold Rubin | Harold Rubin (13 May 1932 – 1 April 2020) was a South African-born Israeli visual artist and free jazz clarinettist. He was born in Johannesburg. He became a founding member of the 1980s Zaviot jazz quartet, which recorded albums with the label Jazzis Records and performed at festivals and clubs in Israel and Europe un... |
115956 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Adventures%20in%20Odyssey%20characters | List of Adventures in Odyssey characters |
The following is a list of the characters from the Adventures in Odyssey radio program.
Major characters
John Avery Whittaker, voiced by Hal Smith (1987 - 1994) and Paul Herlinger (1996 - present): the main character, mostly known as just "Whit."
Connie Kendall, voiced by Katie Leigh (1987 - present): the longest-... |
115977 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20WTA%20number%201%20ranked%20players | List of WTA number 1 ranked players | The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) world number one ranking is a 52-week system based on the total points won by a female professional tennis player, during a WTA season. The WTA started ranking players on 3 November 1975, and 21 women have achieved the number one status in singles and 32 players in doubles.
Please ... |
115983 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbour%20County%2C%20Alabama | Barbour County, Alabama | Barbour County, Alabama is a county of the U.S. state of Alabama. Its name is in honor of James Barbour, who was Governor of Virginia. As of 2000 the population was 29,038. Its county seat is Clayton.
History
Barbour County was created on December 18, 1832 from former Creek Indian territory and a portion of Pike Co... |
115984 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monpazier | Monpazier | Monpazier is a city in France. It is in the Dordogne departement, in Aquitaine. In 1999, 516 people lived there. It has been named one of the most beautiful villages in France by the association Les Plus Beaux Villages de France. It was built as a bastide. For some time, Eleanor of Aquitaine and Richard III lived there... |
115988 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarlat-la-Can%C3%A9da | Sarlat-la-Canéda | Sarlat-la-Canéda (), or simply Sarlat, is a town and commune in southwestern France, in the region of Aquitaine. It is a subprefecture of the Dordogne department.
History
The city developed around a Carolingian Benedictine abbey in the 13th century. The abbey already existed in the 9th century. it was part of the six ... |
115990 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Erika%20%282003%29 | Hurricane Erika (2003) | Hurricane Erika was a Atlantic hurricane that hit extreme northeastern Mexico near the Texas-Tamaulipas border. It happened on August 16, during the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. Erika was the eighth tropical cyclone, fifth tropical storm, and third hurricane of the season that year. The storm was created from a non-... |
115992 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergerac | Bergerac | Bergerac () is a commune and a subprefecture of the Dordogne department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, southwestern France.
It is the second biggest city of the department, after Périgueux.
Despite the similarities in their names, there is no connection to Cyrano de Bergerac, a French writer from Paris.
Geography... |
115997 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet%20chestnut | Sweet chestnut | The other kind of chestnut is commonly called horse chestnut. It is not related to this tree.
The sweet chestnut (Castanea sativa), sometimes called European chestnut, Spanish chestnut or Portuguese chestnut is a family of trees.
Originally these trees were native to the Mediterranean parts of Europe and Asia Minor.... |
116007 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20S.%20Sherman | James S. Sherman | James Schoolcraft Sherman (October 24, 1855 in Utica, New York – October 1912, also in Utica, New York, while in office) was the twenty-seventh vice president of the United States. He was in office from March 4, 1909 to October 30, 1912. Sherman was a member of the Republican Party, and served with President William Ho... |
116008 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainer%20K%C3%BCchl | Rainer Küchl | Rainer Küchl (*August 25 1950 in Waidhofen an der Ybbs) is an Austrian musician. He plays the violin and is a music professor.
He started to play the violin at the age of 11. At the age of 14, he studied music at the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.
He became the concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmo... |
116011 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilson%20Allen%20Wallis | Wilson Allen Wallis | Wilson Allen Wallis (November 5, 1912 – October 12, 1998) was an American economist and statistician best known for serving as president of the University of Rochester. He studied at the University of Minnesota and finished his studies in 1932. He was a member of the Chi Phi Fraternity.
From 1959 to 1989, he was the ... |
116012 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/March%20of%20the%20Penguins | March of the Penguins | March of the Penguins is a documentary about Emperor penguins. It won an Academy Award and was directed by Luc Jacquet. It was made in France.
Related pages
Penguin Town
Other websites
Documentary movies
2005 movies
Academy Award winning movies
Movies about animals
English-language movies
French-language movie... |
116015 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindhi | Sindhi | Sindhi could mean:
Anything related to Sindh, a province of Pakistan
Sindhi people, an ethnic group from the province
Sindhi language, an Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Sindhi people
Sindhi literature
Sindhi culture, the culture of the Sindhi people
Sindhi food
Sindhi music, regional music of Sindh |
116016 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangrio | Mangrio | Mangrio (Sindhi مݣڕیو, ) is the name of WARRIORS, RULERS and known as BRAVEST PEOPLE. A Sindhi Muslim Rajput tribe found in the Sindh, Punjab region of Pakistan and Rajasthan, Gujrat in India. Mangrio are (Suryavanshi ) BRAVEST Rajputs. They are the Royal family of Jaisalmer, India.
Geographic distribution
In Sindh ... |
116019 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enlightenment%20%28Window%20Manager%29 | Enlightenment (Window Manager) | Enlightenment (also known simply as E), is a free software/open source window manager for the X Window System. It can be used alone or together with a desktop environment such as GNOME or KDE. Enlightenment is sometimes used as a replacement for a full desktop environment.
History
The first version of Enlightenment w... |
116022 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhism%20in%20Pakistan | Buddhism in Pakistan | There are no significant Buddhist communities left in Pakistan.
A few Buddhists may still exist in Pakistani Kashmir and a significant community exists in Jammu and Kashmir to the east of the Line of Control. Mostly Ladakhi and ethnically related to Tibetans (plus a few Indo-Aryan Dards), a rough dividing line betwee... |
116032 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleges%20and%20universities%20in%20Utah | Colleges and universities in Utah | This is a list of colleges and universities in Utah:
Public
College of Eastern Utah
Dixie State College of Utah
Salt Lake Community College
Snow College
Southern Utah University
University of Utah
Utah College of Applied Technology
Utah State University
Utah Valley State College
Weber State University
Private
Brigham... |
116033 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%20Series%20of%20Poker | World Series of Poker | The World Series of Poker (WSOP) is a series of poker tournaments. The tournaments are held each year in Las Vegas, Since 2004, the tournaments have been sponsored by Caesars Entertainment. The WSOP started in 1970. Benny Binion invited seven of the best-known poker players to the Horseshoe Casino for a single tourna... |
116035 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleges%20and%20universities%20in%20Washington | Colleges and universities in Washington | This is a list of colleges and universities in Washington:
Public
Bellevue College
Bellingham Technical College
Big Bend Community College
Cascadia Community College
Centralia Community College
Central Washington University
Clark College
Clover Park Technical College
Columbia Basin College
Community Colleges of Spokan... |
116046 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%2012%20Conference | Big 12 Conference | The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference that is part of the NCAA's Division I. It started when the Big 8 Conference joined together with four colleges from Texas that had been part of the Southwest Conference, and the first games in the Big 12 Conference were played in 1996.
Members
Future members
Ass... |
116049 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenDocument | OpenDocument | OpenDocument Format (ODF) is a computer file format for word processors, presentation software and other computer programs.
For example, OpenOffice and LibreOffice are programs that uses ODF to save text, slideshows and spreadsheets.
Computer file formats
OpenOffice |
116052 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pac-12%20Conference | Pac-12 Conference | The Pac-12 Conference is a group of universities who play each other in football, basketball, and other sports. It has won more national championships than any other conference.
This is a list of colleges and universities who play sports in the Pac-12 Conference:
University of Arizona
Arizona State University
Univ... |
116057 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big%20East%20Conference | Big East Conference | The Big East Conference is a college sports conference in the United States which sponsors many sports, but does not play football. The league has its roots in the original Big East Conference, which was founded in 1979 as a basketball-focused league by a group of schools in the Eastern U.S. That league added football ... |
116060 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston%20College | Boston College | Boston College is a private university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. It is also known for its sports teams.
References
Atlantic Coast Conference
Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
Colleges and universities in Massachusetts
Hockey East
1859 establishments in the United States
19th-century establishment... |
116061 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clemson%20University | Clemson University | Clemson University is a public university in Clemson, South Carolina. Clemson's athletics teams are called the Tigers.
References
Atlantic Coast Conference
Colleges and universities in South Carolina
1889 establishments in the United States
1880s establishments in South Carolina |
116062 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia%20Polytechnic%20Institute%20and%20State%20University | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (or Virginia Tech) is a public land-grant university in Blacksburg, Virginia. The campus was first opened in 1872 as a farming and mechanical college and covers 2,600 acres. It is also one of only a few public universities in the United States to have a corps of cadet... |
116063 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Virginia | University of Virginia | The University of Virginia is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia, United States.
The buildings designed by Jefferson are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
History
It was founded by Thomas Jefferson. It was conceived by 1800 and established in 1819.
Related pages
Institute for Advanced Technolog... |
116069 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Carolina%20State%20University | North Carolina State University | North Carolina State University is a public university in Raleigh, North Carolina. It has about 31,000 students.
Many students who go to college here want to learn about math, science, technology, and agriculture, but they can also study other things, too.
History
The university was started in 1887. It was called the ... |
116070 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Miami | University of Miami | This is the university in Florida. For the university in Ohio, see Miami University.
The University of Miami is a private university in Coral Gables, Florida. Some people call the university "Miami of Florida," or "UM."
References
Other websites
University of Miami
Atlantic Coast Conference
Colleges and universitie... |
116072 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagios | Nagios | Nagios () is a popular open source computer system and network monitoring application software. It watches hosts and services which the owner specifies, alerting the owner when things go bad and again when they get better.
Nagios, originally created under the name NetSaint , was written and is currently maintained by ... |
116081 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian%20Arabic | Egyptian Arabic | Egyptian Arabic (Marī مصري) is a dialect of the Arabic language, one of the Semitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family.
It came from the people living in the Nile Delta in Lower Egypt around the capital Cairo. It originates from the spoken Arabic brought to Egypt during the AD 7th-century Muslim conquest of N... |
116084 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wenedyk | Wenedyk | Wenedyk (in English: Venedic) is a made-up language. Jan van Steenbergen, a linguist and translator from the Netherlands, made it in 2002. The idea behind it is this: what would have happened if the Polish language had developed from Latin instead of Old Slavic? Wenedyk is a possible answer to that question. It is a Ro... |
116089 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brithenig | Brithenig | Brithenig is constructed language that was made up by Andrew Smith from New Zealand in 1996. The idea behind it is the question what the Welsh language would have looked like if it had been a Romance instead of a Celtic language: a sister language to French, Spanish and Italian, but one that looks much like Welsh. It p... |
116090 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/EastLink%2C%20Melbourne | EastLink, Melbourne | EastLink is a tollway (meaning people have to pay to drive on it) in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It was opened on June 28, 2008. It links the Frankston Freeway to the Eastern Freeway, and includes two tunnels, the Mullum Mullum tunnel and the Melba tunnel.
The interchange with the Monash Freeway, the largest in Vi... |
116103 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20for%20London | Transport for London | Transport for London (TfL) is an organisation that runs the public transport network in London. It is held with direct responsibility to the mayor of London.
Numbering of bus routes
Historic numbering
Historically, bus routes were grouped by the type of service that they provided.
The 1924 London Traffic Act used th... |
116105 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules%20Joseph%20Lefebvre | Jules Joseph Lefebvre | Jules Joseph Lefebvre (Tournan-en-Brie, March 14, 1836 – Paris, February 24, 1911) was a French figure painter.
Lefebvre went to the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in 1852. He was a pupil of Léon Cogniet. He won the prestigious Prix de Rome in 1861. Between 1855 and 1898, he exhibited 72 portraits in the P... |
116109 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana%20State%20University%20and%20A%26M%20College | Louisiana State University and A&M College | The Louisiana State University and A&M College is a public university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana; it belongs to the Louisiana State University System of higher education as a land-grant and sea-grant institution. Colloquially, most people call the university "Louisiana State University" or "LSU". In sports competitions,... |
116110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Kansas | University of Kansas | The University of Kansas is a public university in Lawrence, a hilly city in northeastern Kansas. It is often abbreviated as "KU".
KU held its first classes in 1866. As of Spring 2011, over 30,000 students attended school there.
History
There was a plan to build a university in Kansas in 1855, but it didn't happen un... |
116143 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas%20Jayhawks | Kansas Jayhawks | The Kansas Jayhawks, commonly referred to as KU, are the athletic teams that represent the University of Kansas. KU is one of three schools in the state of Kansas that are in the NCAA Division I. The Jayhawks are also a part of the Big 12 Conference. KU athletic teams have won eleven NCAA Division I championships: thre... |
116170 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Pennsylvania | University of Pennsylvania | The University of Pennsylvania is a private Ivy League university in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Many people call the university "Penn." It contains four undergraduate schools, which are for students without a college degree. These schools are nursing, arts and sciences, engineering, and Wharton, which is a famous... |
116173 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western%20Athletic%20Conference | Western Athletic Conference | The Western Athletic Conference (WAC) is a group of colleges and universities, mostly in the Western United States, that play NCAA Division I sports against one another each season.
The WAC currently has 10 member schools:
University of Denver
University of Idaho
Louisiana Tech University
New Mexico State Universi... |
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