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125933 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peking%20University | Peking University | Peking University (PKU; Beijing University) is a prestigious university in Beijing, China. It was created in 1898. The university is also known as Beida and is associated with C9 League. Peking University ranked as the 22nd best university in the 2020 QS World University Rankings.
History
It was founded during the lat... |
125939 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexon | Nexon | NEXON Corporation () is a Korean gaming corporation and developer of online games and MMORPGs. Its headquarters are in Seoul, South Korea.
History
NEXON Corp. published their first title, Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds, in 1996. It was significant because Nexus: The Kingdom of the Winds was the world's first online ... |
125943 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spotter | Spotter | A spotter is someone trained to look for something. The term has the following special meanings.
Weather spotter, an individual who observes the weather to inform other groups.
Storm spotter, a weather spotter who observes specific weather events.
In the military, a spotter is a member of a sniper team.
In weight... |
125944 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sniper%20scope | Sniper scope | A sniper scope or telecopic sight is a kind of telescope that is attached to a rifle. These scopes can help a sniper aim and hit a target far away. Usually, they are made of metal, with glass on each end. They show markings to help aim. A rifle scope works by enlarging target area so you can aim more accurately. Scopes... |
125945 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burlap | Burlap | Burlap, also known as hessian, is a woven, rough cloth, made from jute, hemp, or other fiber.
Burlap is often sewn into large sacks for packing and shipping bulk foods such as dried beans and grains. After filling, the sack can be sewn closed and the stitching opened so the sack can be reused.
References
Woven fabr... |
125949 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghillie%20suit | Ghillie suit | A ghillie suit is a special kind of military camouflage suit used by snipers. It is made of netting, with woven threads of burlap, yute, and other fibers in to help hide the sniper's body outline. Ghillie suits are heavy, usually weighing 3-10 pounds or more, and can become very hot. They also can catch on objects when... |
125952 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counter-sniping | Counter-sniping | Counter-sniping is a job performed by soldiers in an army to find and kill an enemy sniper. They use binoculars, telescopes, and sniper scopes to locate the enemy. Once he is found, usually they will have another sniper try to shoot him.
When famous people give speeches, the police sometimes use counter-snipers to pre... |
125953 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos%20Hathcock | Carlos Hathcock | Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Norman Hathcock II (May 20, 1942 – February 23, 1999) was a U.S. Marine Corps scout/sniper. He was famous for having one of the highest numbers of confirmed kills in the U.S. military, during the Vietnam War, as well as holding the record for many years for the longest sniper kill in history.
1... |
125954 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunda%20Strait | Sunda Strait | Sunda Strait is the strait that is between the islands of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia.
It is the location of the volcano Krakatoa. which erupted in 1883 covering both islands with stuff
Straits
Geography of Indonesia |
125968 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Answering%20machine | Answering machine | An answering machine (other names are answerphone, ansaphone, ansafone and Telephone Answering Device (TAD)) is a machine. It is attached to a telephone line. If the phone is not answered after a few rings, it will play a message to the caller. The caller can then leave a message (after a sound that has become known as... |
125974 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vocation | Vocation | A vocation (from the Latin word vocātiō meaning a calling) is a job that suits a person best. It is also the desire to do a particular job, especially a religious career like being a priest. For religious people, a vocation is often something they feel God has asked them to do. A vocation is followed more for spiritu... |
125982 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Daily%20Telegraph%20%28Australia%29 | The Daily Telegraph (Australia) | The Daily Telegraph is a newspaper published in Sydney, Australia. It is made by an Australian company called News Limited. It started in 1879.
Other websites
The Daily Telegraph homepage
Newspapers published in Australia |
125983 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20West%20Australian | The West Australian | The West Australian is a newspaper published in Perth, Western Australia. It is made by an Australian company called West Australian Newspapers Holdings. It started in 1833.
Other websites
The West Australian homepage
Newspapers published in Australia |
125984 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Daily%20Telegraph | The Daily Telegraph | For "The Daily Telegraph" in Australia, see The Daily Telegraph (Australia).
The Daily Telegraph is a British daily morning broadsheet newspaper, which began in 1855. The newspaper was started by Arthur B. Sleigh in June 1855 as the Daily Telegraph and Courier, and since 2004 has been owned by David and Frederick Barc... |
125986 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missy%20Higgins | Missy Higgins | Missy Higgins (born Melissa Morrison Higgins on 19 August 1983) is an Australian singer and songwriter. She has released five studio albums.
Biography
Early life and work
Higgins was born in Melbourne, Australia. She was a student at Geelong Grammar School. Most of her spare time at the school was spent in a music ro... |
125987 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backup | Backup | In the context of computers and computer systems, a backup is a copy of some data. This copy can be used when the original data is changed, or lost. Losing data is common: A 2008 survey found that two thirds of respondents had lost files on their home PC. Another purpose of backing up data is to have a copy that repres... |
126003 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin%20Delaney | Colin Delaney | Colin Matthew Delaney (September 7, 1986) is an American professional wrestler best known for working with World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on its ECW brand.
Career
Delaney made his World Wrestling Entertainment debut as a jobber, seen wrestling on the ECW show. On August 15, Delaney was released by WWE.
Person... |
126004 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Calgary%20Flames%20players | List of Calgary Flames players | The Calgary Flames are a professional ice hockey team based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference in the National Hockey League (NHL). Since their arrival in 1980, nearly 400 players have worn the Flames jersey for at least one regular season or playoff game... |
126005 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abstract | Abstract | Abstraction is the process of leaving out certain details of an idea or a concept to make it more general.
The word abstract has the following connections:
Abstract art does not try to represent the physical world as it is.
Abstract ideas such as "democracy" are concepts. Unlike houses and books (which are objects) t... |
126007 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seminar | Seminar | Seminar is a conference for discussion or training.
In college, students meet in seminars to discuss some general topic of interest.
Education |
126011 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/WYSIWYG | WYSIWYG | WYSIWYG ( or ), is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get, used in computing to describe a system where things you edit on the on-screen editor appear almost the same to the final output, which might be a printed document, a web page, a PowerPoint presentation or even the lighting for a concert. Web designers ofte... |
126020 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosopher%27s%20Stone | Philosopher's Stone | The Philosopher's Stone is a substance that alchemists believed was able to turn base (impure) metals (such as lead) into pure gold. They thought it could also be used for rejuvenation (to become younger again) and to achieve immortality (to live forever).
In popular culture
The first Harry Potter book is called Harry... |
126024 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice%20Calc | OpenOffice Calc | OpenOffice Calc is the spreadsheet part of the OpenOffice software package.
Calc is similar to Microsoft Excel, with almost the same abilities. Calc is capable of opening and saving spreadsheets in Microsoft Excel's file format. It provides a number of features not present in Excel, including a system which automatica... |
126027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20Gygax | Gary Gygax | Ernest Gary Gygax (July 27, 1938 – March 4, 2008) (IPA: ) was an American writer and game designer. He was best known for co-creating the early role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) with Dave Arneson in 1974. Gygax is often thought of as one of the first people to make role-playing games.
References
Other websit... |
126030 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden%20jackal | Golden jackal | The golden jackal (Canis aureus), also called the Asiatic, Oriental or common jackal is a carnivorous mammal of the Canidae family.
It is native to north and east Africa, southeastern Europe and South Asia to Burma. It is the largest of the jackals, and the only species to occur outside Africa, with 13 different subsp... |
126031 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhole | Dhole | The dhole (Cuon alpinus) is a canid from Asia. It is related to dogs and foxes. It is native to Central, South and Southeast Asia. There are many common names for it: Asiatic wild dog, Indian wild dog, whistling dog, red dog, and mountain wolf.
It is most closely related to species in the genus Canis (dogs and wolves... |
126034 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tibetan%20Fox | Tibetan Fox | The Tibetan Sand Fox (Vulpes ferrilata) is a species of true fox. It is endemic to the high Tibetan Plateau in Nepal, China, and Kashmir, up to altitudes of about 5300 metres. It is sometimes referred to as the Tibetan Fox, or simply as the Sand Fox, but this terminology is confusing because the Corsac Fox (Vulpes cors... |
126036 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%BCppell%27s%20fox | Rüppell's fox | Rüppell's Fox (Vulpes rueppelli), also spelled Rueppell's Fox and also called the Sand Fox, is a species of fox.
It lives in North Africa and the Greater Middle East region, from Morocco to Pakistan. It is named after the German collector Eduard Rüppell. It has an average life expectancy of up to 6 or 7 years in the ... |
126039 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraser%27s%20dolphin | Fraser's dolphin | Fraser's dolphin (Lagenodelphis hosei), also known as the Sarawak dolphin, is a cetacean in the oceanic dolphin family (Delphinidae).
It is found in deep waters in the Pacific Ocean and to a lesser extent in the Indian Ocean and Atlantic Oceans.
Oceanic dolphins
Mammals of Pakistan |
126040 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egyptian%20fruit%20bat | Egyptian fruit bat | The Egyptian fruit bat (Rousettus aegyptiacus) is a species of Old World fruit bat.
It is found throughout Africa, except in the desert regions of the Sahara, and throughout the Middle East, as far east as Pakistan and northern Republic of India.
Bats
Mammals of Asia
Mammals of Africa |
126041 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goitered%20gazelle | Goitered gazelle | The goitered gazelle, black-tailed gazelle or Persian gazelle (Gazella subgutturosa) is an antelope. It can run at high speed, without the leaping and bounding seen in other gazelles.
It is found in a large area of Central Asia, including part of Iran and southern west Pakistan in the western end of the range, as well... |
126042 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great%20gerbil | Great gerbil | The great gerbil (Rhombomys opimus) is a large gerbil. It is found throughout much of Central Asia.
Rodents
Mammals of Pakistan |
126043 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayan%20goral | Himalayan goral | The Himalayan goral (Naemorhedus goral), also known as the gray goral, is a member of the Caprinae subfamily. It is a small, rough-haired, cylindrical-horned ruminant native to the Himalayas. In the past, it was also known as Urotragus goral.
Caprids
Mammals of Asia |
126044 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hog%20deer | Hog deer | The hog deer or 'Indian hog deer' (Hyelaphus porcinus) is small deer. It is widespread in Asia. It lives in Pakistan, Kashmir, northern India, Nepal, Bangladesh, southwestern Yunnan Province in China, all the way to western Thailand.
The deer gets its name from the way it runs through the forests with its head hung l... |
126051 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songs%20About%20Jane | Songs About Jane | Songs About Jane is the first album by American pop rock group Maroon 5. It was released on June 25, 2002, under J Records in the United States. The album was re-released on October 14, 2003, under Octone Records. It was produced by Matthew Wallace. The album spawned the singles "Harder to Breathe", "This Love", and "S... |
126052 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harder%20to%20Breathe | Harder to Breathe | "Harder to Breathe" is the first single and the first track of Maroon 5's first album Songs About Jane. The single was released in 2003.
Music Video
The video features the band in a factory playing the song while objects keep disappearing and appearing as lead singer Adam Levine is found playing a guitar and walking ... |
126055 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/She%20Will%20Be%20Loved | She Will Be Loved | "She Will Be Loved" is the third single off the debut album by rock band Maroon 5 called Songs About Jane. The song is also the fourth track off the album. The song was released in June 2004.
Music video
The video features Adam Levine (lead singer of Maroon 5) who falls in love with his girlfriend's mother. She is pl... |
126056 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday%20Morning%20%28Maroon%205%20song%29 | Sunday Morning (Maroon 5 song) | "Sunday Moring" is a The music video was filmed at Abbey Road Studios in London. It features Maroon 5 performing the song, interspensed with scenes of numerous people singing it at a karaoke bar. The song has also been featured on the soundtracks of Something's Gotta Give and Love Actually (although the latter was the ... |
126062 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.A.R. | J.A.R. | "J.A.R." is a song by American punk rock band Green Day. The song is on the motion picture soundtrack, Angus. It stands for Jason Andrew Relva.
Track listing
"J.A.R." - 2:51
1995 songs
Green Day songs |
126063 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus%20%28movie%29 | Angus (movie) | Angus is a 1995 comedy-drama movie directed by Patrick Read Johnson and written by Jill Gordon.
Other websites
1995 comedy-drama movies
American comedy-drama movies
British comedy-drama movies
German comedy movies
German drama movies
French comedy movies
French drama movies |
126069 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debut | Debut | A debut or début is the first public appearance of a person or thing.
Other uses
Debut (album), a 1993 album by Björk
Debut Records, a U.S. jazz record label
The formal introduction of a debutante to society in some cultures, often at a ball dance or similar event. |
126077 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharkov | Kharkov | Kharkiv (, ; , Kharkov) is a city in Ukraine and is the second largest city in Ukraine. It is in the east of Ukraine and has a very well developed economy. It was founded in 1655 and the population as of 2010 is 1,449,000. The mayor of Kharkiv was Hennadiy Kernes.
Kharkiv was also the first city in Ukraine where the ... |
126099 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opeth | Opeth | Opeth is a heavy metal band from Stockholm, Sweden. The band name came from the word Opet, which was the name of a city in the Wilbur Smith novel Sunbird. Opeth play progressive death metal (which comes from combining progressive rock and death metal). Opeth are also influenced by progressive rock, blues rock and jazz,... |
126100 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%20Won%27t%20Be%20Soon%20Before%20Long | It Won't Be Soon Before Long | It Won't Be Soon Before Long is the second studio album by American pop rock group Maroon 5. It was released under A&M/Octone Records on May 22, 2007 in the United States. It debuted atop the Billboard 200 albums chart and on the Billboard Digital Albums chart. The lead single off the album "Makes Me Wonder" was releas... |
126101 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makes%20Me%20Wonder | Makes Me Wonder | "Makes Me Wonder" is the lead single off the album It Won't Be Soon Before Long by American rock band Maroon 5. The single hit #1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in April of 2007. The single was released on March 27, 2007 for digital download and was released for radio mainstream on April 1, 2007. The song ... |
126103 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake%20Up%20Call%20%28Maroon%205%20song%29 | Wake Up Call (Maroon 5 song) | "Wake Up Call" is the second single off the second studio album by Maroon 5 called It Won't Be Soon Before Long. The song is also the 4th track on the album. The music video deals with the band committing crimes and Levine acting as a murderer because of the murder of his girlfriends ex-boyfriend.
Mark Ronson remix
A... |
126105 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMI | EMI | EMI was a music company based in London and New York. It is in charge of a record label, EMI Music. EMI is one of the "big four" record labels; labels not part of the "big four" are called independent. It started in 1931, when it was called "Electric and Music Industries". In 1957, it took over Capitol Records, an Amer... |
126107 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menstrual%20cycle | Menstrual cycle | The menstrual cycle is a process that adult women can go through. The menstrual cycle for a woman will repeat every 28 days while they are not pregnant. During this time, the women's ovaries create a mature ovum (egg). Then the woman's body prepares for pregnancy by thickening the walls of the uterus. If the woman doe... |
126123 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Won%27t%20Go%20Home%20Without%20You | Won't Go Home Without You | "Won't Go Home Without You" is the third single off the album by pop-rock band Maroon 5 called It Won't Be Soon Before Long. The song is also the 5th track on the album. The music video for the song has to do with Adam Levine (lead singer) trying to get one more chance for his ex-girlfriend to come back to him, but she... |
126124 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Branson | Richard Branson | Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is an English businessman.
He is the chairman of the Virgin Group, a group of companies including Virgin Atlantic Airways and Virgin Records. Branson started Virgin people, a private company that is trying to get people in space. According to Forbes, Branson ... |
126127 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/SUNY%20Downstate%20Medical%20Center | SUNY Downstate Medical Center | The State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn (also called SUNY Downstate Medical Center), is a medical center in the Borough of Brooklyn in New York City. It teaches medical students and has a teaching hospital.
Other websites
Official Site
Brooklyn College B.A.-M.D. Program
Colleges and univ... |
126128 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/If%20I%20Never%20See%20Your%20Face%20Again | If I Never See Your Face Again | "If I Never See Your Face Again" is the fourth single by Maroon 5. The song is the first track on the album It Won't Be Soon Before Long. The song was remixed to feature Rihanna. The music video takes place in what looks like a 19th century room while Rihanna and Levine seem to be arguing over a romantic relationship.
... |
126131 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po | Po | Po may mean:
Polonium, a chemical element
Po, the hero of the movie Kung Fu Panda
Po (Teletubby), one of the Teletubbies
Pô, a town in Burkina Faso
Po, Asturias or Poo (until 2005), a parish of Llanes municipality, in Asturias, Spain
Po River, in Italy
Po River (Virginia), in the U.S. state of Virginia
.po, an ... |
126132 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodnight%20Goodnight | Goodnight Goodnight | Goodnight Goodnight is the fifth single by pop-rock band Maroon 5 on the album It Won't Be Soon Before Long. The song was released August 2008. The song is also the 8th track off the album.
Video
The music video was releasd August 21st, 2008. The video deals with a "before and after" sequence of a relationship betwee... |
126135 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin%20DeGraw | Gavin DeGraw | Gavin DeGraw (born February 1977) is an American rock singer-songwriter. He has released major singles like "I Don't Want to Be", "Chariot", and "In Love with a Girl". He has released 2 studio albums, and 1 live indie release album.
Discography
Singles
"I Don't Want to Be" (from the album Chariot) (2004)
"Chariot" (f... |
126138 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%20Don%27t%20Want%20to%20Be | I Don't Want to Be | "I Don't Want to Be" is the debut single by Gavin DeGraw on his first album Chariot. The single was released in 2004. The song is in the Alternative rock genre.
Chart Rankings
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 gave the single "I Don't Wanna Be" a ranking of #10, U.K. Singles Chart gave the single a ranking of #32, and Dutch Sin... |
126139 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chariot%20%28album%29 | Chariot (album) | Chariot is an album by rock singer Gavin DeGraw. The album features singles "I Don't Want to Be", "Chariot", and "Follow Through". The album was released in 2004. Chariot also was re-released in 2005 as a live acoustic album.
Track List
Original Album version
"Follow Through" - 3:59
"Chariot" - 3:59
"Just Friends"... |
126140 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chariot | Chariot | This article is about the mode of transport, for the album see Chariot (album)
A chariot is a type of transport used by many ancient civilisations and people. A chariot is horse-drawn, meaning that is pulled along by horses. A person who rides a chariot is called a charioteer.
Ancient Greek myths says that Poseidon,... |
126142 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market%20share | Market share | Market share, in business and marketing, is the portion ('share') of the targeted consumer base ('market') that a company actually reaches, for a particular service or product.
For example, it can be shown as the amount of money a company brings in (revenue) from its consumers, divided by the total amount of money pai... |
126144 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice%20Impress | OpenOffice Impress | OpenOffice Impress, a part of the OpenOffice office suite package and created by Sun Microsystems, is a presentation program similar to Microsoft PowerPoint. In addition to being able to create PDF files from presentations, it is also able to export presentations to SWF files, allowing it to be played on any computer w... |
126150 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oval%20Office | Oval Office | The Oval Office is the official office of the president of the United States currently that is Joe Biden. The office is located in the West Wing of the White House and it was first used by President Taft. It was built in 1909.
Buildings and structures in Washington, D.C.
1909 establishments in the United States
20th-c... |
126151 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scars%20on%20Broadway | Scars on Broadway | Scars on Broadway is an American metal band featuring three old members from System of a Down.
American heavy metal bands
Alternative metal bands
Musical groups from Los Angeles |
126152 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church%20of%20Satan | Church of Satan | The Church of Satan is a religious group that encourages people to accept their human nature and build their ego, as it is told in The Satanic Bible, written in 1969 by Anton LaVey. They do not worship or believe in Satan and they do not believe in God. "Satan" is just a symbol of freedom and the ego.
History
The Ch... |
126158 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung%20Fu%20Panda%20%28movie%29 | Kung Fu Panda (movie) | Kung Fu Panda is a 2008 American-Indian-Chinese-French computer-animated action comedy movie made by DreamWorks. It was directed by John Stevenson and Mark Osborne. It tells the story of Po, a giant panda (Jack Black), a kung fu fan who becomes a kung fu master. It received critical acclaim and became a box office succ... |
126159 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest%20Gump%20%28novel%29 | Forrest Gump (novel) | Forrest Gump is a 1986 novel by Winston Groom. The novel tells the story of Forrest Gump, a man with an IQ of 75, and his epic journey through life, meeting historical figures, influencing popular culture and experiencing first-hand historic events while largely unaware of their significance, due to his lower than aver... |
126161 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appendicitis | Appendicitis | Appendicitis is the inflammation of the appendix. The appendix is a pouch at the start of the large intestine. Symptoms usually include a sharp pain in the lower right abdomen. Also, nausea, vomiting, and decreased appetite are common. However, about 40% of people do not have these typical symptoms. If the appendix rup... |
126162 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chandpur%20District | Chandpur District | Chandpur (চাঁদপুর)is a district in east-central Bangladesh. It is at the mouth of the Meghna River. It is a part of the Chittagong Division. The town of Chandpur is at the end of a Bangladesh Railways line.
Geography
Chandpur district has a total area of 1704.06 square kilometres. It is bordered by Munshiganj District... |
126163 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chittagong%20District | Chittagong District | Chittagong District () is a district in the south-eastern region of Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chittagong Division. The port city of Chittagong, the second largest city in Bangladesh, is in this district.
History
Because of its harbour, Chittagong had been an important place for trade, bringing Arab traders as e... |
126164 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banglapedia | Banglapedia | Banglapedia, or the National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh, is the first Bangladeshi encyclopedia. It is available in print, CD-ROM format and online, in both Bangla and English. The print version comprises has 500-page volumes. The first edition was published in January 2003 by the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh, with a p... |
126167 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengal%20Presidency | Bengal Presidency | The Bengal Presidency was a colonial region of British India; it was made up of undivided Bengal. This area of Bengal is today split into Bangladesh as well as following states of India:
West Bengal
Assam
Bihar
Meghalaya
Orissa
Tripura
However the Bengal Presidency also later included other areas that are now ... |
126170 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterinarian | Veterinarian | A veterinarian or a vet, is someone who gives animals Veterinary medicine or medical treatment. They are doctors for animals. There are many different types of veterinarians; some work with small animals, large farm animals, or wild animals. Veterinarians learn to treat all animals, but sometimes work with a specific t... |
126172 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Abbott | James Abbott | General Sir James Abbott (12 March 1807 – 6 October 1896) was a British army officer in colonial India. He became famous in the northwest frontier region of India in the middle part of the 19th century (today this is the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan). He was one of Henry Lawrence's 'advisers' to the Sikhs, a... |
126174 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/North%20Ossetia-Alania | North Ossetia-Alania | The Republic of North Ossetia-Alania () is a small republic in the north of the Caucasus which is part of Russia.
In the Middle Ages it was called “Alania”. Since 1804 it has been under Russian control. When the Soviet Union was breaking up in the early 1990s there was a lot of nationalistic feeling in the area. Some ... |
126179 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard%20Fanning | Bernard Fanning | Bernard Fanning (born 15 August 1969) is the singer, guitarist and writes songs for the Australian rock band Powderfinger.
Born in Brisbane, Fanning joined the band Powderfinger after finishing high school in 1989. He was asked to join by singer and guitar player Ian Haug. He had met Haug while studying journalism at ... |
126181 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWAT%20team | SWAT team | A SWAT team is a group of highly trained police officers who deal with very dangerous criminals. SWAT is an acronym that means Special Weapons And Tactics. SWAT officers carry weapons of higher caliber than most police officers do, such as machine guns, shotguns, and sniper rifles. Usually, police departments use SWAT ... |
126182 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commando | Commando | Commandos are military soldiers who have been highly trained in combat. In many armies, they are used to rescue hostages and board enemy ships. British commandos are royal marines commandos
Military
he:קומנדו |
126184 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20Nights%20Festival | White Nights Festival | The White Nights Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia is an international cultural festival which is held every year. There are classical ballet, opera and music events. Many famous Russian dancers, singers, musicians and actors, take part, as well as famous international guest stars. The Scarlet Sails celebration is the... |
126185 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infantry | Infantry | Infantry is the branch of a country's army that fights on foot. A member of the infantry is called an infantryman. Infantrymen are also called foot soldiers or footmen. Infantry is different than cavalry because infantry members fight on their own two feet, without vehicles or animals to ride on. Historically, infantr... |
126187 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan%20Clay | Bryan Clay | Bryan Ezra Tsumoru Clay (born January 3, 1980) is an American decathlete – the 2008 Olympic gold medalist and 2004 Olympic silver medalist.
Clay was born in Austin, Texas. He was raised in Hawaii.
References
Other websites
American Olympic gold medalists
American track and field athletes
1980 births
Living people
S... |
126188 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monarch%20Airlines | Monarch Airlines | Monarch Airlines was a budget airline which is based in the United Kingdom. It was created on 5 June 1967. Its first flight was on 5 April 1968 from Luton in England to Madrid in Spain. Monarch flew to many different places around the world, and usually to holiday resorts. The airline stopped flying on 2 October 2017.
... |
126189 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget%20airline | Budget airline | A budget airline or low-cost carrier is an airline which tries to keep its prices and fares lower than competitors. It usually does this by not offering services like free food and drink on a flight and keeping fines from airports low by keeping on time. They also usually only use one type of aircraft. Budget airlines ... |
126201 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madagascar%3A%20Escape%202%20Africa | Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa | Madagascar 2 - Escape to Africa is a 2008 American computer-animated movie and the sequel to the first movie about the same characters. It is directed by Eric Darnell and written by Thomas "Tom" McGrath. It stars the voices of Ben Stiller, Chris Rock, Jada Pinkett Smith, David Schwimmer, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cedric the E... |
126203 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake%20Up%20Call | Wake Up Call | Wake Up Call could mean:
Wake Up Call (CNBC) – business news television series on CNBC.
The Wake Up Call (The West Wing) – The West Wing episode.
Wake Up Call (The 4400 episode) – The 4400 episode.
Wake Up Call (song) - a song from Maroon 5's second album, It Won't Be Soon Before Long.
Wake Up Call (Hayden Panetti... |
126210 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convention%20People%27s%20Party | Convention People's Party | The Convention People's Party (CPP) is a political party in Ghana. It was started by Kwame Nkrumah in 1949. It was formed as a split from the United Gold Coast Convention, which, before the forming of the CPP, Nkrumah became general secretary of in 1947. Nkrumah split from the UGCC because Nkrumah did not agree with th... |
126225 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet%20Baudelaire | Violet Baudelaire | Violet Baudelaire is a fictional character in the popular children's book series A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. Violet is the oldest of the Baudelaire orphans. Her younger siblings are her brother Klaus and her sister Sunny. She is an inventor. She puts her hair up when she is inventing.
In the 2004... |
126227 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat%20Earth | Flat Earth | The idea of a flat Earth is that the surface of the Earth is flat (a plane). Belief in a flat Earth is found in the oldest writings. Early Mesopotamian maps showed the world as a flat disk floating in the ocean.
This was a common belief until the Classical Greeks began to discuss the Earth's shape about the 4th centu... |
126228 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Gilbert%20%28bushranger%29 | John Gilbert (bushranger) | John HAPPY JACK Gilbert (1842 – 1865) was a famous Australian bushranger.
He was born in Hamilton, Canada. He came to Australia in 1852 when he was 10 years old. His family came to dig gold in Victoria, Australia. When he was 12 years old he got a job working with horses
When he was about 20 years old, Gilbert wa... |
126229 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunny%20Baudelaire | Sunny Baudelaire | Sunny Baudelaire is one of the main characters from Lemony Snicket's series of books, A Series of Unfortunate Events. In the film she is portrayed by Kara and Shelby Hoffman.
She is the youngest of the Baudelaire orphans. Her two elder siblings are Violet and Klaus Baudelaire. She is described as being an infant throu... |
126230 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus%20Baudelaire | Klaus Baudelaire | Klaus Baudelaire is a fictional character in the popular children's book series, A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. His first name is possibly derived from Claus von Bülow.
Klaus is the middle child of the Baudelaire orphans; he has an older sister named Violet and a younger sister named Sunny. He is tw... |
126231 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Paul | Chris Paul | Christopher Emmanuel Paul (born May 6, 1985) is a professional basketball player who currently plays point guard for the Phoenix Suns of the NBA. He has also played six seasons with the New Orleans Hornets. His nickname is CP3. In 2008, Paul won an Olympic gold medal as part of the United States basketball team.
Paul ... |
126236 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20men%27s%20national%20basketball%20team | United States men's national basketball team | The USA Basketball Men's National Team, commonly known as the United States men's national basketball team, is the most successful team in international competition, winning medals in all eighteen Olympic tournaments it has entered, including fifteen golds. The team won Olympic gold medals in the professional time in 1... |
126237 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nastia%20Liukin | Nastia Liukin | Anastasia Valeri'yevna "Nastia" Liukina (simply credited as Nastia Liukin, born 1989, Moscow, Russia, USSR) is a Russian born American artistic gymnast. She is daughter of Anna Kotchneva, former rhythmic gymnast and Valeri Liukin, a former artistic gymnast. He is also her coach. The family moved to America when Nastia ... |
126241 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shawn%20Johnson | Shawn Johnson | Shawn Machel Johnson East (born January 19, 1992) is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic women's balance beam gold medalist.
Johnson East is the daughter of Doug and Teri Johnson. Her parents put her in a gymnastics class after they saw her climbing up cabinets and jumping down from tables. When she... |
126259 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuschwanstein%20Castle | Neuschwanstein Castle | Neuschwanstein Castle (, , Southern Bavarian: Schloss Neischwanstoa), which translates as New Swan Stone Castle, is a Romanesque palace that was made in the 19th century by King Ludwig II of Bavaria. The palace is in Bavaria in southern Germany. It is one of the most famous sites among tourists.
Buildings and structur... |
126260 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Kelly%20%28musician%29 | Paul Kelly (musician) | Paul Maurice Kelly (born 13 January 1955 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian rock music singer-songwriter, guitarist and harmonica player. Kelly has led many groups including Paul Kelly and the Dots, Paul Kelly and the Coloured Girls and Paul Kelly and the Messengers. Kelly is one of Australia's most well-kn... |
126261 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attention-deficit%20hyperactivity%20disorder | Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder | Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), or attention deficit disorder (ADD), is a neurodevelopmental disorder. It affects how people think and act.
People with ADHD may be too active; they may have trouble sitting still or being quiet. They may be rather impulsive.
They usually have problems focusing and re... |
126263 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prevalence | Prevalence | Prevalence is a measure from the statistics of epidemiology. The prevalence of a disease in a certain population tries to answer the question of how common the disease is. A simple way to do this is to see how many members of the population have the disease, and divide by the total number of people in the population.
... |
126270 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apologetic%20proverb | Apologetic proverb | Apologetic proverbs (also known as wellerisms), make fun of proverbs by showing that they are wrong, in some situations.
They have :
a proverb (or saying ), and
an explanation (often humorous ).
They often have sardonic humor.
Examples
A body can get used to anything, even to being hanged, as the Irishman said.... |
126274 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozone | Ozone | Ozone, or trioxygen, is a chemical with the symbol O3. This means one molecule of ozone is made of three oxygen atoms. Ozone is rarely called trioxygen, even though this is its IUPAC systematic name. Ozone is formed from oxygen gas (O2) by the action of ultraviolet light and also atmospheric electrical discharges. It ... |
126275 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad%20Hashim%20Gazdar | Muhammad Hashim Gazdar | Muhammad Hashim Gazdar () was a prominent politician of Pakistan. He was mayor of Karachi and a former member of the Bombay Legislative Council from Sindh constituency.
Early life
He was originally from Rajputana and led the Marwari group in Karachi politics. He was born in 1895 in Jaisalmer (present day India). His a... |
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