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126276 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaisalmer | Jaisalmer | Jaisalmer, nicknamed "The Golden City", is a town in the Indian state of Rajasthan. The town is located on a ridge of yellowish sandstone which contains a palace and temples. It lies in the middle of the Thar Desert and has a population of about 78,000. It is the capital of Jaisalmer District. The city is named after R... |
126281 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty%20of%20Lahore | Treaty of Lahore | The Treaty of Lahore was signed on 9 March 1846 after the First Sikh War. After the defeat of the Sikhs at the Battle of Sobraon the British were able to march into Lahore without any further battles. After the British reached the city of Lahore the treaty was signed.
The Sikhs (who had been defeated) were forced to s... |
126283 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty%20of%20Amritsar | Treaty of Amritsar | The Treaty of Amritsar was signed on March 16, 1846 to settle a dispute over territory in Kashmir after the First Sikh War with the United Kingdom. The treaty was signed in the city of Amritsar. As part of the treaty land was given to Maharaja Gulab Singh Dogra. Gulab Singh was then able to rule over the lands to the... |
126284 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amritsar | Amritsar | Amritsar (, meaning: The Lake of the Holy Nectar,) is the capital of the Amritsar District in the state of Punjab, India. According to the 2001 Indian census, over 1,500,000 people lived in the city.
Amritsar is in the state of Punjab, India, 32 km east of Lahore, Pakistan. The Harimandir Sahib, also known as the Gold... |
126285 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amritsar%20District | Amritsar District | Amritsar district (Doabi:ਤਾਲੁਕਾ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤਸਰ) is one of 19 districts in the state of Punjab in West India. It has a population over 3,000,000 and covers an area of 5075 km². The city of Amritsar is headquarters of this district.
History
During British Rule Amritsar was part of Lahore Division and was subdivided into 3 ... |
126286 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lahore%20Division | Lahore Division | Lahore Division () was a former division of the Punjab Province of Pakistan. In 2000 the government of Pakistan ended divisions.
History
Lahore Division was also an administrative division of Punjab Province of British India. It extended along the right bank of the Sutlej River from the Himalaya to Multan, and was mad... |
126288 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Divisions%20of%20Pakistan | Divisions of Pakistan | Pakistan, including the disputed territory of Kashmir, originally had 37 political divisions during the United Pakistan period, that was inherited by British India, then from 1971-2000 it was reduced to 33 since four were lost to the independence of Bangladesh''
The Divisions of Pakistan () used to be a subdivision o... |
126291 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Former%20subdivisions%20of%20Pakistan | Former subdivisions of Pakistan | The former subdivisions of Pakistan are states, provinces and territories of Pakistan. Most of which existed between 1947 and 1975.
History
Pakistan's subdivisions originate from those of British India, during their rule the British had established provinces and chief commissioners. After 1947 Pakistan and India beca... |
126293 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalat%20Division | Kalat Division | Kalat Division () originally it was called Baluchistan States Union, until the merger with West Pakistan in 1955 and was also an administrative division of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan, until the reforms of 2000 abolished it.
Divisions of British India |
126294 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makran%20Division | Makran Division | Makran Division () was an administrative division of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan, until the reforms of 2000 abolished it.
Related pages
Makran |
126296 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasirabad%20Division | Nasirabad Division | Nasirabad Division () was an administrative division of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan, until the reforms of 2000 abolished it. The capital was Nasirabad town. |
126300 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/BD | BD | BD can mean:
Bipolar disorder
Blu-ray Disc |
126307 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makran | Makran | Makran () is a partly-desert coastal strip in the south of Balochistan, in Iran and Pakistan. It is along the coast of the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman. The Persian phrase Mahi khoran, fish-eaters (Mahi = fish + khor = eat) is believed to be the origin of the modern word Makran.
The narrow coastal plain rises very... |
126313 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography%20of%20Iran | Geography of Iran | The Geography of Iran contains mountains, rivers as well as plain land. Iran is a country of Southwest Asia, it borders the Gulf of Oman, the Persian Gulf, and the Caspian Sea, between Iraq and Pakistan. Iran is one of the world's most mountainous countries.
Iran has an area of 1,648,000 square kilometres and is the ... |
126316 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative%20units%20of%20Pakistan | Administrative units of Pakistan | Pakistan is a country in Asia. It is divided into five provinces and two territories. Pakistan also administers part of Kashmir. This part is divided into two separate areas. The rest of Kashmir is administered by India.
Provinces and federal territories
Local government
Each province of Pakistan is divided into zil... |
126322 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiarity | Subsidiarity | Subsidiarity is an idea that things should be handled by the smallest, lowest or least centralised authority.
The idea is that the top authority should only do things which cannot be properly done at a lower or local level. It applies to many areas of life.
Law
Society
Government
Management |
126325 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just%20Dance | Just Dance | “Just Dance” is a 2008 song by American singer Lady Gaga, from her debut album, The Fame. Gaga sang this song with Colby O'Donis. The song was nominated for Best Dance Recording at the 2009 Grammy Awards. It reached #1 in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ireland, and the Netherlands.
References
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126327 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Districts%20of%20Pakistan | Districts of Pakistan |
Islamabad Capital Territory
Balochistan
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Punjab
Sindh
Federally Administered Tribal Areas
Azad Jammu and Kashmir
Gilgit–Baltistan
Before 2001
References |
126330 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose%20Tyler%20%28Doctor%20Who%29 | Rose Tyler (Doctor Who) | Rose Marion Tyler is a character in the British television series Doctor Who. She was played by Billie Piper. Rose was a companion of the Doctor.
The character was created by series producer Russell T Davies. When Doctor Who was returned to television in 2005, Rose was introduced in the show as a new "companion" of se... |
126332 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammu%20and%20Kashmir%20%28princely%20state%29 | Jammu and Kashmir (princely state) | Kashmir and Jammu was a princely state in the Himalayas next to the territories of British India in the north. It was ruled by a Hindu Maharaja.
The state was created in 1846 after the defeat of the Sikhs. The East India Company annexed the Kashmir valley and wanted to recover some of the cost of the Anglo-Sikh war. T... |
126340 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatix%20%28software%29 | Automatix (software) | Automatix was a computer program to install software on Ubuntu in an easy way.
Automatix allowed the menu-driven installation of 56 different “capabilities”, including commercial closed source programs such as the Flash plugin, Acrobat Reader, multimedia codecs (DivX, MP3, Windows Media Audio) and fonts, and programmi... |
126343 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jallianwala%20Bagh%20massacre | Jallianwala Bagh massacre | The Jallianwalah Bagh Massacre, also known as the Amritsar Massacre was a massacre that happened in Amritsar, in 1919. It is named after the Jallianwala Bagh (Temple) in the northern Indian city of Amritsar , Punjab. On April 13, 1919, British Indian Army soldiers started shooting at an unarmed crowd of men, women and ... |
126346 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Indian%20Army | British Indian Army | The British Indian Army, officially called simply the Indian Army (IA), was the army in British India during British rule (1858–1947). The Indian Army served as a security force in India itself and fought in battles overseas, particularly during the two World Wars.
The term "Indian Army" was used to describe the presi... |
126348 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency%20armies | Presidency armies | The presidency armies were the armies of the three presidencies of British India. The presidency armies, like the presidencies themselves, belonged to the East India Company until the Indian Mutiny, when the British government took over all three presidencies. Eventually all three presidency armies were merged into the... |
126349 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombay%20Presidency | Bombay Presidency | The Bombay Presidency was a former province of British India. It began in the 17th century as trading posts of the British East India Company, but later grew to include much of western and central India, as well as parts of Pakistan and the Arabian Peninsula.
At its greatest extent, the Bombay Presidency was made up o... |
126354 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharaja | Maharaja | The word Mahārāja (also spelled maharajah) is Sanskrit for "great king" or "high king". Many languages of India have borrowed the word 'maharaja', there languages include Punjabi, Bengali, Hindi and Gujarati. Its use is mainly for Hindu rulers. A female ruler is known as Maharani (or Maharanee) or great queen. She can ... |
126356 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jallianwala%20Bagh | Jallianwala Bagh | Jallianwala Bagh is a public garden in Amritsar city in Punjab province of India. It has a memorial to remember those people who were killed in the Massacre of 13 April, 1919. This date was also the Punjabi New Year 2,000 peaceful demonstrators had gathered in the garden.
The memorial is managed by Jallianwala Bagh N... |
126370 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almaty | Almaty | Almaty (; formerly known as Alma-Ata (Алма-Ата), also Verniy, (Верный)) is the largest city in Kazakhstan. It has a population of over 1,700,000 people (as of 2015). Eight percent of the population of the country live in Almaty. It was the capital of Kazakhstan from 1927 to 1998. Almaty is the major commercial center o... |
126371 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo-Kazooie | Banjo-Kazooie | Banjo-Kazooie is a video game made by Rare for the Nintendo 64 in 1998. The name of the game comes from the names of the two main characters, a bear called Banjo and an orange bird called Kazooie, who lives in Banjo's backpack. The story follows Banjo and Kazooie as they set out on a quest to rescue Banjo's sister who ... |
126375 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo%20Wars | Halo Wars | Halo Wars is a real-time strategy video game for the Xbox 360. It was developed by Ensemble Studios. The game was released by Microsoft. It was released in Japan and Australia on February 26, 2009, in Europe on February 27, and in North America on March 3. It is based on the popular, award winning Halo series of video ... |
126377 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project%20Gotham%20Racing%20%28series%29 | Project Gotham Racing (series) | Project Gotham Racing often known as PGR is a series of driving video games published by Microsoft for the Xbox and Xbox 360 consoles.
There are four games in the series
Project Gotham Racing
Project Gotham Racing 2
Project Gotham Racing 3
Project Gotham Racing 4
Microsoft video games
Video game series |
126398 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bydales%20School | Bydales School | Bydales School is a secondary school in Marske-by-the-Sea, England which has about 750 students. A new school building was opened on 2 November 2006. It is rated as 'outstanding' by Ofsted. It is a technology college. The school has a small wind turbine, solar panels and a hydrogen fuel cell.
References
Other website... |
126399 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/In%20Love%20with%20a%20Girl%20%28song%29 | In Love with a Girl (song) | "In Love with a Girl" is the #1 single by Gavin DeGraw on the album Gavin DeGraw. In Love with a Girl was released February 2008.
Charts
References
2008 songs |
126401 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vinje | Vinje | Vinje is a municipality in Norway. It is in the county of Telemark. The administration of this place is done from Åmot.
Notable people from Vinje
Terje Håkonsen, snowboarder
Aslak Brekke, kveder ( a type of folk musician )
Myllarguten, or Targjei Augundsson (1801-1872), Master fiddler / artist
Odd Nordstoga,popular ... |
126406 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979%E2%80%9380%20NHL%20season | 1979–80 NHL season | The 1979–80 NHL season was the 63rd season of the National Hockey League. Twenty-one teams each played 80 games. This season saw the addition of four teams from the collapse of the World Hockey Association (WHA) the previous season as expansion teams. The Edmonton Oilers, Winnipeg Jets, New England Whalers (later renam... |
126418 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola%20d%27amore | Viola d'amore | The viola d'amore is a string instrument which was popular in the 17th and 18th century. It is a kind of viola. The name is Italian and means “viola of love”. It can have 6 or 7 strings. It is held under the chin and bowed like a violin. Sometimes it is used today to play music from the 17th and 18th centuries. Occasio... |
126419 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C5%93ur%20Emmanuelle | Sœur Emmanuelle | Sœur Emmanuelle (born Madeleine Cinquin, November 16, 1908 – October 20, 2008) was a Belgian-born French nun.
She was born in Brussels, Belgium, the daughter of a family that made lingerie. At the age of six she saw her father drown. She learned at the Sorbonne, earning a degree in philosophy. In 1929 she made a relig... |
126421 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978%E2%80%9379%20NHL%20season | 1978–79 NHL season | The 1978–79 NHL season was the 62nd season of the National Hockey League. The 17 teams of the league played an 80-game season.
The Montreal Canadiens beat the New York Rangers in the Stanley Cup finals four games to one for their fourth Cup in a row.
Regular season
Final standings
GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Lo... |
126425 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934%E2%80%9335%20NHL%20season | 1934–35 NHL season | The 1934–35 NHL season was the 18th season of the National Hockey League. Nine teams each played 48 games. The Montreal Maroons were the Stanley Cup winners as they swept the Toronto Maple Leafs in three games in the final series.
Regular season
Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties,... |
126436 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Paterson | David Paterson | David Alexander Paterson (born May 20, 1954) is an American politician and the 56th Governor of New York. He is the first black governor of New York and the first legally blind governor of any state. He became governor when Eliot Spitzer resigned. Due to Paterson becoming governor, two black governors are serving at th... |
126437 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972%E2%80%9373%20NHL%20season | 1972–73 NHL season | The 1972–73 NHL season was the 56th season of the National Hockey League. Sixteen teams each played 78 games. For the first time since the collapse of the Western Hockey League in 1926, the National Hockey League had serious competition. A new professional hockey league, the World Hockey Association, made its season de... |
126453 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justified%20%28album%29 | Justified (album) | Justified is the debut album by pop entertainer Justin Timberlake. The album has famous singles like "Rock Your Body", "Cry Me A River", and "Like I Love You". The album was released in November of 2002. The album also has various guest appearances featuring in Timberlake's songs.
Guest Artists
"Like I Love You" - Ti... |
126454 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock%20Your%20Body | Rock Your Body | Rock Your Body is the 3rd single off the debut album by pop singer Justin Timberlake called Justified. It was written by Timberlake and The Neptunes. He performed the single at the Super Bowl XXXVIII with Janet Jackson.
2002 songs
Justin Timberlake
R&B songs
Songs about sexuality
Disco songs |
126455 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947%E2%80%9348%20NHL%20season | 1947–48 NHL season | The 1947–48 NHL season was the 31st season of the National Hockey League. Six teams each played 60 games. The Toronto Maple Leafs were the Stanley Cup winners. They defeated the Detroit Red Wings four games to none. This season saw the introduction of a new trophy – Art Ross Trophy – that would be handed out to the pla... |
126463 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duffy | Duffy | Amiee Ann Duffy (born 23 June 1984), usually known as just Duffy, is a Welsh singer, songwriter and actress from Bangor, Gwynedd. Her first album, Rockferry, sold more than 6.5 million copies. Rockferry, and a song from the album, "Mercy", both reached number one on the UK music charts. Her second album did not sell v... |
126465 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral%20for%20a%20Friend | Funeral for a Friend | Funeral for a Friend (often known as FFAF) is a Welsh post-hardcore band. They have released five studio albums. The band was formed in 2001.
Other websites
Official wesite. Retrieved 2011-08-29.
2001 establishments in the United Kingdom
2000s British music groups
2010s British music groups
British punk bands
Emo ba... |
126474 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago%20Spire | Chicago Spire | The Chicago Spire is a very large skyscraper that was being built in Chicago, Illinois. Because of financial problems, the project has not been finished.
As of May 2013, however, interest in the Chicago Spire site has risen, drawing in at least a half-dozen offers for the property. The developer is also considering a... |
126477 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rickrolling | Rickrolling | Rickrolling is an internet meme that involves playing a trick on someone by tricking them into listening to Rick Astley singing his 1987 song, "Never Gonna Give You Up". It was first seen on 4chan and is called a "bait and switch". A "bait and switch" happens when the prankster gives a website to someone saying that th... |
126486 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stable | Stable | A stable is a building for livestock animals such as horses or cows to live in.
A stable often has a loft where food such as hay can be kept to feed the animals in the winter. The stable may be divided into enclosures or stalls to keep the animals separate.
A stable is most likely to be built near a farmhouse.
Acco... |
126492 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dagne%20Groven%20Myhren | Dagne Groven Myhren | Dagne Groven Myhren (born 19 September 1940) is a Norwegian writer, folk musician and a professor of Scandinavian studies at the University of Oslo. She has written about Norwegian literature, science and folk music. She is outspoken in protecting Norwegian culture, places and music.
She has helped J.P.Ekgren with wri... |
126497 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aslak%20Brekke | Aslak Brekke | Aslak Brekke (October 6, 1901 – February 13, 1978) was a Norwegian vocalist of stev (a type of Scandinavian poetry which is sung). He was also a singer of folksongs. Brekke was born in Vinje, Telemark. He was the first folksinger to sing on a radio broadcast to all of Norway.
In 1945, Brekke sang at an important conc... |
126507 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutiny | Mutiny | Mutiny is a when a group of people get together to openly oppose, change, or remove the people or person in authority. It usually means a group of soldiers trying to remove their officers, or a group of sailors on a ship trying to remove the captain. The group of people that mutiny are called mutineers.
During the Age... |
126511 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printmaking | Printmaking | Printmaking is making art by printing pictures, normally on paper. The advantage of printmaking is that lots of the same picture can be printed. This is called a print. Each print is not a copy, but an original, since it came from the same source (not like painting or drawing).You can also use different types of techni... |
126516 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old%20master%20print | Old master print | An old master print is a work of art made by a printing process. Most of the old master prints were made by 1830 and no new ones came after. The main techniques used to make an old master print are woodcut, engraving and etching. Sometimes, old master prints are printed on paper, but rarely.
Many great European artist... |
126521 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web%20color | Web color | Web colors are colors used in designing webpages, and the ways for describing and listing those colours.
There are several ways to chose colors for parts of webpages. Colors may be listed as an RGB triplet (a set of three numbers) in hexadecimal format (a hex triplet). RGB triplet can make 16,777,216 different colors.... |
126522 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner%20Music%20Group | Warner Music Group | Warner Music Group is a record label from New York City. It is one of the "big three" record labels; the others are Sony and Universal. It started as Warner Music Group in 2003, but several Time Warner companies had existed before then.
Warner Music owns a few record labels, including Atlantic Records, Elektra Records... |
126524 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aslak%20Brekke%20og%20visune%20hans | Aslak Brekke og visune hans | is a Norwegian / English book that has in it a collection of stev and Norwegian folk songs.
They were performed (or sung / recited) by Aslak Brekke, a master of the artists of "kveding" (the art of performing stev)
Other information
The book was published in 1983, as a part of a series called Norsk Folkeminnelags skr... |
126533 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice%20Base | OpenOffice Base | OpenOffice Base is the database module released with OpenOffice version 2.0 and later. Currently it is based on the HSQLDB database engine written in Java.
The HSQLDB developers have suggested only 76% of the target has been met in the 1.8.0 release, which is the version that was integrated (merged) with OOo 2.0. They... |
126535 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla | Mozilla | Mozilla can mean:
the codename for Netscape Navigator
the mascot and name of the Mozilla Foundation
the name of its now defunct Mozilla (web browser)
Mozilla software
It can also refer to the platform (“Gecko” and other things) on which these programs are built:
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Thunderbird
SeaMonkey
C... |
126536 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammary%20intercourse | Mammary intercourse | Mammary intercourse (also titfuck or tittyfuck) is a sexual activity. People may do it during foreplay. It is also done as a safe sex alternative to anal or vaginal sexual intercourse (fucking). It is non-penetrative sex. It involves exciting the penis using the breasts of the partner.
In most instances, this sexual ... |
126545 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shams-ud-din%20Iltutmish | Shams-ud-din Iltutmish | Shams-ud-din Iltutmish (died 1236) was the third Muslim Turkic sultan of the Sultanate of Delhi. He was the third ruler of the Mamluk dynasty (or Slave dynasty). He was married to the daughter of Qutb-ud-din Aibak. He became the ruler after fighting against Qutb-ud-din's son. He is said to be the greatest ruler of the ... |
126552 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lightweight | Lightweight | Lightweight might mean:
A computer program, text, or item that is not heavy or bulky, or contains massive amounts of bloatware
A class of boxing. |
126553 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1951%E2%80%9352%20NHL%20season | 1951–52 NHL season | The 1951–52 NHL season was the 35th season of the National Hockey League. Six teams each played 70 games. The Detroit Red Wings won the Stanley Cup by sweeping the Montreal Canadiens four games to none.
Regular season
Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pts = Points, GF = Goals fo... |
126559 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Osgood | Chris Osgood | Christopher John Osgood (born November 26, 1972 in Peace River, Alberta) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey goaltender that played a career total of 18 seasons in the NHL most notably with the Detroit Red Wings. He spent the first part of his career with Detroit, and then played for the New York Islanders an... |
126562 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darren%20Middleton | Darren Middleton | Darren Middleton (born 4 October 1971 in Sydney, Australia) is the guitarist in the band "Powderfinger". He is also the lead singer for "Drag".
Middleton began playing guitar in high school where he enjoyed music by bands like Twisted Sister and AC/DC. He began playing in clubs around his hometown of Brisbane with his... |
126568 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lochee | Lochee | Lochee is a district of Dundee. Dundee is a city in Eastern Scotland. Lochee used to be a separate town but was surrounded by Dundee.
Dundee |
126570 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008%20Atlantic%20hurricane%20season | 2008 Atlantic hurricane season | The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season is when many of the tropical cyclones formed in the Atlantic Ocean in 2008. The season started on June 1 and ended on November 30. Tropical Storm Arthur formed two days early on May 30, 2008. During the 2008 Atlantic hurricane season there was a total of sixteen named storms: 16 tropi... |
126585 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eruca%20sativa | Eruca sativa | Eruca sativa (syn. E. vesicaria subsp. sativa (Miller) Thell., Brassica eruca L.), also known as arugula or rocket, is a plant that can be eaten. It is a leaf vegetable with dark green, spiky, dandelion-like leaves and a strong, spicy, peppery flavor.
Related pages
Brassicaceae
Leaf vegetable
Brassicaceae
Leaf veg... |
126595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Emerson%20Barnard | Edward Emerson Barnard | Edward Emerson Barnard (December 16, 1857 – February 6, 1923) was an American astronomer. He found Amalthea, a moon of the planet Jupiter. Barnard's star and Barnard's galaxy were named after him.
Barnard made a list of dark nebulae, the Barnard Catalogue of Dark Markings in the Sky, or the Barnard Catalogue for short... |
126603 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar%20wind | Solar wind | The solar wind is a stream of charged particles from the Sun. It is made of charged protons, electrons and plasma shot out of the Sun, and creates the heliosphere. The wind is shot out at hypersonic speed, so fast that it can travel the whole length of the Solar System, nearly one light year.
The particles are danger... |
126609 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fireproof%20%28movie%29 | Fireproof (movie) | Fireproof is a 2008 American drama movie from Sherwood Pictures. Stephen Kendrick co-wrote the movie with his brother, while serving as a producer. The supporting cast is made up of volunteers from Sherwood Baptist Church in Albany, Georgia, where the Kendrick brothers are associate pastors. The movie has Kirk Cameron ... |
126625 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulan%20II | Mulan II | Mulan II is a Disney 2004 movie and the sequel to the 1998 animated movie Mulan. It was directed by Darrell Rooney and Lynne Southerland, and features Mulan, and her new fiancé, Shang, on a special mission: getting the Emperor's three daughters across the country to meet their soon-to-be fiancés. The movie deals with... |
126628 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherwood%20Pictures | Sherwood Pictures | Sherwood Pictures is a movie-making company based in Albany, Georgia. The company is a ministry of Sherwood Baptist Church. It is run by Alex Kendrick, the pastor of Sherwood Baptist Church.
Filmography
Flywheel - released on April 9, 2003
Facing the Giants - released on September 29, 2006
Fireproof - released on Sep... |
126634 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klik | Klik | klik is a system for software download and use on Linux.
Related pages
RUNZ, similar method
Linux software |
126635 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero%20Install | Zero Install | Zero Install is a way to distribute and package software for Linux and Unix-like operating systems.
Currently, the only operating system to include Zero Install is Super Ubuntu
Method of Operation
Instead of the normal method of downloading a software package, extracting it, and installing it before it can be used, p... |
126638 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sentosa | Sentosa | Sentosa is a resort island at the south of Singapore. The island is well known for its beach, Fort Siloso and two five-star hotels. The island was used as a place to build a fort during World War II, by the British who ruled Singapore back then. Sentosa is also well known for its theme parks.
Singapore
Places in Singa... |
126645 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Uganda%20Programme | British Uganda Programme | The British Uganda Programme was a plan to give a piece of East Africa, owned by the British, to Jewish people to live in. The plan was made to help the Jews in Russia to find somewhere to live after the pogroms.
The offer was first made by British Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain to Theodor Herzl's Zionist grou... |
126654 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Gardiner | Frank Gardiner | Frank Gardiner (born francis Christie) (1830 – 1903) was a famous Australian bushranger. Gardiner used several different names during his life. He was leader of a gang that did one of Australia's biggest ever robberies. He is the only person ever exiled (sent away) from Australia. He was born in Scotland, and came to A... |
126663 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Razia%20Sultana | Razia Sultana | Razia al-Din or Razia Sultana (1205-1240) was a ruler of the Mamluk dynasty (Delhi) of the Delhi Sultanate. She was the first and last Muslim lady to rule Delhi. A Persian historian called her brave, kind and just. She was the daughter of Iltumish. She ascended the throne in 1236 A.D. But the nobles who did not l... |
126666 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caravaca%20de%20la%20Cruz | Caravaca de la Cruz | Caravaca de la Cruz is a city of the autonomous community of Murcia, in Spain. It has over 25,000 people.
Cities in the Region of Murcia
Municipalities in the Region of Murcia |
126681 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhallywood | Dhallywood | The Bangladeshi movie industry, popularly known as Dhallywood (a portmanteau of the words Dhaka and Hollywood), has been based in Bangladesh's capital, Dhaka, since 1956. As of 2004, it produced approximately 100 movies a year, with an average movie budget of about 6,500,000 Bangladeshi taka.
Bangladeshi culture
Econo... |
126685 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Fray | The Fray | The Fray is a rock band formed in 2002. The band's debut album How to Save a Life (album) was released September 2005. The Fray released 1 studio album, 2 live albums, and 2 EP's. The Fray created singles How to Save a Life, Over My Head (Cable Car), Look After You, Vienna, and All at Once.
Discography
Studio albums
... |
126690 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1955%E2%80%9356%20NHL%20season | 1955–56 NHL season | The 1955–56 NHL season was the 39th season of the National Hockey League. Six teams each played 70 games. The Montreal Canadiens were the Stanley Cup winners as they beat the Detroit Red Wings four games to one in the best-of-seven final series.
Regular season
Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Lo... |
126738 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illustrator | Illustrator | An illustrator is an artist who draws. The drawings can be on books, internet webpages or other things. They can describe ideas or objects that are hard to describe with just words. A cartoon illustration can make a humorous essay funnier. Illustrators also helped greatly in times when many people could not read. |
126740 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarborough%2C%20North%20Yorkshire | Scarborough, North Yorkshire | Scarborough is a town on the North Sea coast of North Yorkshire, England.
According to an Icelandic Saga, it was founded by the Vikings around 966AD. There are remains of Roman, Stone Age and Bronze Age settlements, so it was obviously a natural place to put a settlement.
With a population of around 50,000, Scarboro... |
126741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarborough | Scarborough | Scarborough is the name of several things. They include:
Places
Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England
Scarborough, Maine, United States
Scarborough, Toronto, Canada
People
Joe Scarborough, a television host
Transport
Scarborough (ship), an Australian ship
Scarborough railway station, in North Yorkshire |
126743 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish%20farm | Fish farm | A fish farm is a place where fish are bred. In most cases, this is done for food. There are two basic types of fish farms:
Those where the fish are raised in tanks
Those where fish are raised in specially prepared areas of the oceans, lakes or rivers.
The most common fish species raised by fish farms are salmon, carp,... |
126744 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mansion | Mansion | A mansion is a large and often luxurious house. It can be big enough for an owner, their family, and their many servants. One of the definitions is a large, imposing house. It was originally the called the same as a manor house but when similarly large houses were built in cities they were called "mansions". A "country... |
126745 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Miserable%20Mill | The Miserable Mill | The Miserable Mill is a book by Lemony Snicket. It is the fourth book in a series called A Series of Unfortunate Events.
Plot summary
Violet, Klaus, and Sunny Baudelaire go by train to Paltryville to meet their new guardian at the Lucky Smells Lumbermill. When they arrive there, they find that it's a very boring pla... |
126750 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass%20Effect | Mass Effect | Mass Effect is an award-winning 2007 science fiction video game published by Microsoft and developed by BioWare. It was released for the Xbox 360 and later on the PC. The game takes place in the year 2183. Players control an elite human soldier called Commander Shepard and are able to explore the galaxy on his or her s... |
126757 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free%20and%20open-source%20software | Free and open-source software | Free and open source software (for short: FOSS, means free software and/or open source software) is software whose source code is open and available to anyone who wishes to:
improve it,
study it,
modify it, and
share the original and the modifications with others.
These additional rights are generally granted to t... |
126762 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free%20software%20movement | Free software movement | The free software movement is a software movement which aims to improve the user's rights on software and reducing proprietary (non-free) software through the use of operating systems such as Ubuntu. The movement is generally signified through open source software such as Mozilla Firefox, Mozilla Thunderbird, FileZilla... |
126777 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/How%20to%20Save%20a%20Life | How to Save a Life | How to Save a Life is a studio album by The Fray. The album was released in September of 2005. Singles include "How to Save a Life", "Over My Head (Cable Car)", "All at Once", and "Look After You". It was recorded in Bloomington, Indiana, a small city around 50 miles outside of Indianapolis.
Singles Discography
2005 ... |
126781 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/How%20to%20Save%20a%20Life%20%28song%29 | How to Save a Life (song) | "How to Save a Life" is an alternative rock song off the album by The Fray called How to Save a Life. The single contains various music videos. How to Save a Life was written by Isaac Slade and Joe King.
2006 songs |
126783 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Chimborazo | Mount Chimborazo | Mount Chimborazo is a mountain and an extinct volcano in Ecuador. Its last eruption is thought to have been over a thousand years ago.
The top of Mount Chimborazo is the farthest away from the centre of the Earth as is possible to get on land. Although Mount Everest is higher, Chimborazo is farther from Earth's center... |
126804 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice%20Draw | OpenOffice Draw | OpenOffice Draw is a vector graphics editor and is part of the OpenOffice office suite. It has "connectors" between shapes, that are available in many types of line styles and allow people to build drawings such as flowchart. It also includes many features found in desktop publishing software.
OpenOffice users can als... |
126805 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice%20Math | OpenOffice Math | OpenOffice Math is a tool for creating and editing mathematical formulas, similar to Microsoft Equation Editor and is part of the OpenOffice office suite. The created formulas can then be put into other OpenOffice.org documents, for example, those created by Writer. It allows multiple fonts and can export to PDF.
Rel... |
126810 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony%20Lazzeri | Tony Lazzeri | Anthony Michael Lazzeri (December 6, 1903 – August 6, 1946) was a Major League Baseball player, mostly for the New York Yankees. He is a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame. He won the World Series with the Yankees in 1927, 1928, 1932, 1936, and 1937.
Other websites
American baseball players
Sportspeople from San Fra... |
126824 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revolution%20Studios | Revolution Studios | Revolution Studios is a Los Angeles-based independent movie and television production company founded on January 12, 2000 by Joe Roth, and closed in 2007. In 2017, the company returned to production of films with their release XXX: Return of Xander Cage.
References
Movie studios |
126827 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nose-picking | Nose-picking | Nose-picking is the act of sticking a finger into the nose and digging inside. It is a taboo subject in most countries. It is considered to be very gross and disgusting despite being a very common habit. Nose-picking can also cause nose bleeds. Some people also eat boogers, which can be even more disgusting. If someone... |
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