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134791 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central%20Karakoram%20National%20Park | Central Karakoram National Park | Central Karakoram National Park or Karakoram National Park is a National Park in the Northern Areas of Pakistan.
National parks in Pakistan |
134792 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chitral%20National%20Park | Chitral National Park | Chitral National Park is one of the national parks of Pakistan. It is located in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan at the side of Chitral River, just at a distance of two hours drive from the Chitral city. The word, Gol in local language means ' the valley'. This park has many valleys thereby the name, Chitr... |
134793 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Court | Richard Court | Richard Fairfax Court (born 27 September 1947) was the 26th Premier of Western Australia from 16 February 1993 to 16 February 2001. He was from the Liberal Party. His father, Charles Court, was also a Premier of Western Australia.
References
1947 births
Living people
Court, Richard
Liberal Party of Australia politi... |
134794 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hazarganji-Chiltan%20National%20Park | Hazarganji-Chiltan National Park | Hazarganji Chiltan National Park is a park in the Quetta District on the west side of Balochistan Province. It is in western Pakistan.
National parks in Pakistan
ur:ہزار گنجی چلتن نیشنل پارک |
134795 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hingol%20National%20Park | Hingol National Park | Hingol National Park or Hungol National Park () covers about . and is the largest of the National Parks of Pakistan and lies on the Makran coast in Balochistan approximately from Karachi.
The area was declared a reserve in 1988.
The Hingol River runs though the park.
References
National parks in Pakistan |
134796 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khunjerab%20National%20Park | Khunjerab National Park | Khunjerab National Park is a National park in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. It is one of the highest altitude parks in the world.
National parks in Pakistan |
134797 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirthar%20National%20Park | Kirthar National Park | Kirthar National Park is in Kirthar Mountains range. It is second biggest National Parks of Pakistan, the Hingol National Park being the biggest. It is also the first National Park from Pakistan to be included in the 1975 United Nation's list of National Parks around the world.
National parks in Pakistan |
134798 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lehri%20Nature%20Park | Lehri Nature Park | Lehri Nature Park is in Jhelum District, northern Punjab, Pakistan.
National parks in Pakistan |
134799 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen%20Lawrence | Carmen Lawrence | Dr Carmen Mary Lawrence (born 2 March 1948) was the 25th Premier of Western Australia from 12 February 1990 to 16 February 1993. She was from the Labor Party. She became Premier after Peter Dowding resigned. She was the first woman to become Premier of an Australian state and she is Western Australia's only woman Premi... |
134800 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machiara%20National%20Park | Machiara National Park | Machiara National Park is a national park in Pakistan. It is one of three globally important national parks chosen for a Global Environment Facility sponsored project. The goal of the project is to create management models showing good natural resource conservation.
National parks in Pakistan |
134801 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margala%20Hills%20National%20Park | Margala Hills National Park | The Margalla Hills National Park is in Northern Pakistan. It is at the foothills of the Himalayas, north of Islamabad.
National parks in Pakistan |
134802 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholistan%20desert | Cholistan desert | Cholistan Desert (, also locally known as Rohi) sprawls thirty kilometers from Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan and covers an area of . It is next to the Thar Desert extending over to Sindh and into the Republic of India.
Deserts of Pakistan |
134803 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Dowding | Peter Dowding | Peter M'Callum Dowding SC (born 6 October 1943) was the 24th Premier of Western Australia from 25 February 1988 to 12 February 1990. He was from the Labor Party. He became Premier when Brian Burke resigned. He had a difficult time as Premier because some people in his government broke the law. He is now a lawyer. He go... |
134805 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indus%20Valley%20Desert | Indus Valley Desert | The Indus Valley Desert is a desert ecoregion of northern Pakistan. The Indus Valley desert covers an area of 19,500 square kilometers (7,500 square miles) in northwestern Punjab Province, lying between the Chenab River and Indus rivers. The Indus Valley Desert is drier and less hospitable than the Northwestern thorn s... |
134806 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kharan%20desert | Kharan desert | Kharan Desert () is a desert in Kharan District, Balochistan, Pakistan.
Deserts of Pakistan |
134807 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thal%20desert | Thal desert | The Thal desert is in Punjab, Pakistan. It is a large area mainly between the Jhelum River and Sindh rivers near the Pothohar Plateau. It has little vegetation — mostly thorny bushes — over a breadth of 70 miles. In Thal the people are very poor because the whole land is arid and depends upon the weather conditions. Th... |
134840 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Texas | Flag of Texas | The Texas flag is known as the "Lone Star Flag". This flag was introduced to the Republic of Texas on December 28, 1838, by Senator William H. Wharton. It became its national flag on January 24, 1839.
When Texas became the 28th state of the United States of America on December 29, 1845, its national flag became the st... |
134842 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny%20Benson | Benny Benson | John Ben "Benny" Benson Jr. (October 12, 1913 – July 2, 1972) was born in Chignik, Alaska. When he was three years old, his mother died. His father sent him and his brother Carl to boarding school because Benny's father could not take care of them. Benny grew up in Unalaska and later in Seward.
Alaska Flag
Fame came... |
134844 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowling%20for%20Soup | Bowling for Soup | Bowling for Soup is an American pop punk band from Wichita Falls, Texas.
The band was formed in 1994 by Jaret Reddick, Chris Burney, Erik Chandler and Lance Morrill. The name of the band is from one of Steve Martin's comedy acts. They released their self-title debut album, Bowling for Soup, in September 1994.
Band ... |
134845 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Alaska | Flag of Alaska | The Flag of Alaska has eight gold stars on dark blue. These stars form the Big Dipper and the North Star.
Creation
The flag was created in 1927 by Benny Benson, a 13-year-old Alaska native. Up to that time, Alaskans had flown only the U.S. flag. Benson's design was chosen over 700 other submissions from school-childr... |
134848 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%20civil%20unrest%20in%20France | 2005 civil unrest in France | The 2005 civil unrest in France was a series of riots in October and November. Many cars and public buildings, for example schools were burnt. The riots started on October 25, 2005 in Clichy-sous-Bois, a suburb of Paris. Afterwards they spread to other parts of France. Together they lasted for about 3 weeks. The riots ... |
134849 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII | ASCII | ASCII (pronounced "az-kee", "ass-key" if American), is a table of characters for computers. It is binary code used by electronic equipment to handle text using the English alphabet, numbers, and other common symbols. ASCII is an abbreviation for American Standard Code for Information Interchange.
ASCII was developed in... |
134870 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vantage%20Point | Vantage Point | Vantage Point is a 2008 mystery thriller movie from Columbia Pictures, written by Barry Levy and directed by Pete Travis. It stars Dennis Quaid, Matthew Fox, Forest Whitaker with Sigourney Weaver, Édgar Ramírez and William Hurt. It was released on February 22, 2008.
Plot
United States President Henry Ashton (William... |
134883 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Hawaii | Flag of Hawaii | The flag of Hawaii (Hawaiian: Ka Hae Hawaiʻi) is the official flag of Hawaii as a U.S. state, as it was kingdom, protector government, republic, and territory. It is the only state flag of the United States to have the Union Flag of the United Kingdom on it.
Design
The field of the flag is composed of eight horizontal... |
134923 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010%20FIFA%20World%20Cup | 2010 FIFA World Cup | The 2010 World Cup was the 19th FIFA World Cup, the world championship between 32 men's national football teams. It was held in South Africa from 11 June to 10 July 2010. In the host selection, only African countries may be selected as host of this tournament. In 2004 FIFA selected South Africa to become it the first A... |
134932 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cody%20Rhodes | Cody Rhodes | Cody Garrett Runnels (born June 30, 1985), better known by his ring names Cody Rhodes and more recently Stardust, is an American professional wrestler currently signed by WWE. He has twice been a WWE Tag Team Champion, once with Drew McIntyre and once with his half-brother Goldust. He is also a former three-time World ... |
134935 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy%20Reiher%2C%20Jr. | Jimmy Reiher, Jr. | James William Reiher, Jr., (born September 1, 1971) better known as Jimmy Snuka, Jr., is an American professional wrestler and the son of professional wrestler "Superfly" Jimmy Snuka. He is probably best known for wrestling with World Wrestling Entertainment where he worked on its Raw brand under the ring name Deuce. H... |
134937 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim%20Duggan | Jim Duggan | James Stuart Duggan (born January 14, 1954 in Glens Falls, New York), better known by his ring name "Hacksaw" Jim Duggan, is an American professional wrestler, who is best known for wrestling for World Wrestling Federation/Entertainment (WWF/E). Duggan will also be inducted into the WWE Hall of Fame in 2011 by Ted DiBi... |
134938 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/JTG | JTG | Jayson Anthony Paul (born December 10, 1984) is an American professional wrestler better known by the ring name JTG. He is best known for his time working with the WWE. During his time there, he was a member of the tag team Cryme Tyme along with Shad Gaspard.
His last match was on the September 20, 2013 episode of Su... |
134939 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance%20Cade | Lance Cade | Lance Kurtis McNaught (March 2, 1981 – August 13, 2010) was an American professional wrestler. He was best known for his time working for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), where he wrestled under the ring names Garrison Cade and Lance Cade. Cade was trained by Shawn Michaels and made his professional wrestling debut... |
134942 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt%20Striker | Matt Striker | Matthew Robert Kaye (born June 26 1974) is an American professional wrestler and commentator. He is best known for working for the WWE from 2005 to 2013 under the ring name, Matt Striker. He currently works as a commentator for Championship Wrestling from Hollywood.
He has also won a Slammy Award in 2008 for Announce ... |
134946 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicko | Sicko | Sicko was a 2007 documentary movie made by Michael Moore. It explores the American health care system, and compares it to the United Kingdom's, Canada's, France's and Cuba's. It made $24.5 million, making it the third-highest grossing documentary of all time.
References
Other websites
2007 movies
American documentar... |
134948 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Alabama | Flag of Alabama | The flag of Alabama was adopted by the Alabama state legislature on February 16, 1895.
Origin
It's believed that the crimson saltire of the Flag of Alabama was designed to look like the blue saltire of the Confederate battle flag. The Battle Flag was square-shaped, and Alabama's flag is sometimes shown as a square. Th... |
134950 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Mexico | Flag of Mexico | The Flag of the United Mexican States or Mexico is a tricolor of green, white, and red with an eagle charged in the center of the white stripe. While the meaning of the colors has changed over time, these three colors were adopted by Mexico following independence from Spain during the country's War of Independence. The... |
134952 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom | Flag of the United Kingdom | The flag of the United Kingdom is the Union Flag or Union Jack. The Union Flag is the national flag of the United Kingdom. It has had the same design since the Act of Union 1800. The flag is made from the flags of the kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
There are different flags for use on land and at sea. The... |
134966 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy%20Tynan | Tommy Tynan | Tommy Tynan is a former football player.
References
1955 births
Living people
English footballers
People from Liverpool |
134967 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lennie%20Lawrence | Lennie Lawrence | Lennie Lawrence (his real name is Robin Michael Lawrence) is an English former football manager.
Other websites
http://www.soccerbase.com/managers2.sd?managerid=901
1941 births
Living people
English football managers
People from Brighton
Sportspeople from Sussex |
134968 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil%20Warnock | Neil Warnock | Neil Warnock (born 1 December 1948) is a former football player born on 1 December 1948. He then managed football teams. He is currently managing Cardiff City.
References
1948 births
Living people
English footballers
English football managers
People from Sheffield |
134969 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Gregory | John Gregory | John Gregory is an English footballer turned manager. He has played for the England national team.
Club career statistics
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|1972-73||rowspan="5"|Northampton Town||rowspan="4"|Fourth Division||9||0
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|1973-74||46||0
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|1974-75||41||1
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|1975-76||45||3
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|1976-77||Third Division||46||4
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|1977-78||rowspan="2"|As... |
134970 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto%20Carlos | Roberto Carlos | Roberto Carlos (born 10 April 1973) is a Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team. He often plays left back.
Club career statistics
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|1993||rowspan="3"|Palmeiras||rowspan="3"|Série A||20||1||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||20||1
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|1994||24||2||colspan="2"|-||colspan="2"|-||24||2
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|1995||... |
134983 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Wilson%20%28footballer%2C%20born%201941%29 | Bob Wilson (footballer, born 1941) | Bob Wilson (born 30 October 1941) is a former football player. He has played for Scotland national team.
Club career statistics
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|1961-62||rowspan="3"|Wolverhampton Wanderers||rowspan="3"|First Division||0||0
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|1962-63||0||0
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|1963-64||0||0
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|1963-64||rowspan="11"|Arsenal||rowspan="11"|First Division||0||0
|-... |
134984 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepp%20Maier | Sepp Maier | Sepp Maier (born 28 February 1944) is a former German football player. He played for Bayern Munich and the German national team. He is regarded as one of the greatest goalkeeper of all time.
Club career statistics
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|1962/63||rowspan="17"|Bayern Munich||Oberliga||4||0
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|1963/64||rowspan="2"|Regionalliga||24||0
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... |
134985 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Stokoe | Bob Stokoe | Bob Stokoe (21 September 1930 – 1 February 2004) was an English footballer and football manager.
In 1955, he won an FA Cup winner's medal with Newcastle United.
References
1930 births
2004 deaths
Deaths from pneumonia
English footballers
Sportspeople from Northumberland |
134987 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lothar%20Matth%C3%A4us | Lothar Matthäus | Lothar Herbert Matthäus (born 21 March 1961) is a former German football player. He has played for the German national team. He currently holds a record for the most appearances for the German team.
Club career statistics
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|1979/80||rowspan="5"|Borussia Mönchengladbach||rowspan="5"|Bundesliga||28||4
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|1980/81||3... |
134998 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas%20Haig%2C%201st%20Earl%20Haig | Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig | Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig KT GCB OM GCVO KCIE ADC (born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 19 June 1861, died in London on 29 January 1928) was a British Army general in World War I.
He was the senior commander of the British forces in France from 1915 until the end of the war. Most notably, he led them during... |
135001 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Charles | John Charles | John Charles (27 December 1931 - 21 February 2004) was a Welsh football player. He has played for Wales national team.
Club career statistics
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|1948/49||rowspan="9"|Leeds United||rowspan="8"|Second Division||3||0
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|1949/50||42||1
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|1950/51||34||3
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|1951/52||18||0
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|1952/53||40||26
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|1953/54||39||42
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|1... |
135004 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Peters | Martin Peters | Martin Stanford Peters (8 November 1943 – 21 December 2019) was an English footballer and manager. He played for England national team.
In 2016, it was announced that Peters had Alzheimer's disease. Peters died on 21 December 2019 in London from the disease at the age of 76.
Club career statistics
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|1961-62||row... |
135005 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmitri%20Sychev | Dmitri Sychev | Dmitri Sychev is a Russian football player. He is currently playing for Lokomotiv-Kazanka Moscow. He has been called the "Russian Michael Owen" because of his fast pace and brilliant agility.
Club career statistics
International career statistics
References
1983 births
Living people
Russian footballers |
135018 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9%20Eulogio%20G%C3%A1rate | José Eulogio Gárate | José Eulogio Gárate is a former football player. He has played for Spain national team.
Club career statistics
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|1966-67||rowspan="11"|Atlético Madrid||rowspan="11"|La Liga||14||9
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|1967-68||23||8
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|1968-69||20||14
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|1969-70||30||16
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|1970-71||28||17
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|1971-72||16||5
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|1972-73||24||5
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|1973-74||29||1... |
135019 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shinji%20Ono | Shinji Ono | is a Japanese football player. He played for the Japan national team.
Biography
Ono was born in Numazu on September 27, 1979. After graduating from Shimizu Commercial High School, he joined J1 League club Urawa Reds in 1998. He became a regular player from first season and he was selected "Rookie of the Year". In summ... |
135021 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iker%20Casillas | Iker Casillas | Iker Casillas (born 20 May 1981) is a retired Spanish football player. He used to play for F.C. Porto and Spain national team.
Club career statistics
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|1999/00||rowspan="11"|Real Madrid||rowspan="11"|La Liga||27||0||5||0||12||0||46||0
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|2000/01||34||0||0||0||11||0||45||0
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|2001/02||25||0||5||0||9||0||39||0
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... |
135034 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie%20Murphy | Jamie Murphy | Jamie Murphy is a former English footballer.
References
1973 births
Living people
English footballers
Sportspeople from Manchester |
135076 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20presidents%20of%20Turkey | List of presidents of Turkey | This is a complete list of presidents of Turkey. The list includes all eleven heads of state that lead the country after the Turkish War of Independence. For a list of rulers of the predecessor Ottoman Empire, see the Ottoman Dynasty.
List of presidents (1923–present)
Political Party
Status
Acting pre... |
135093 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weightlifting | Weightlifting | Weightlifting first started in the so-called Dark Ages of the human history. It was usually done by the strongest men in villages all over Europe. It was considered to be a sport for the lower classes, however since then it has changed into the sport for other people as well. It has been in the Olympic Games since 189... |
135206 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullet | Mullet | A mullet is a kind of fish. Mullet often jump out of water. People are not sure why, but it might be because they are trying to see where they are going.
In recent years, "mullet" also came to be a slang word for a hairstyle that is short at the front and top, and long at the back. This slang word is said to have bee... |
135222 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20semaphore | Flag semaphore | Flag semaphore is a system of spreading information at a distance by using two flags. Information is told by the positions of the flags. Each set of positions has a meaning.
Signalling
Signalling uses two flags. The person signalling would often stand on a platform about 6-10ft (1.8 - 3m) above the ground. They would ... |
135231 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asparagales | Asparagales | Asparagales is an order of flowering plants. The order must include the family Asparagaceae, but other families included in the order have varied markedly between different classifications. No one is sure, but it is supposed that this group of plants evolved between the late and early Cretaceous. But because of the dif... |
135232 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asparagaceae | Asparagaceae | Asparagaceae is the botanical name of a family of flowering plants. Such a family has been recognized by quite a few taxonomists, but hardly universally: often the plants involved are treated as belonging to the family Liliaceae.
Asparagales |
135234 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesperocallis | Hesperocallis | Hesperocallis is a genus of flowering plants that includes a single species, Hesperocallis undulata, the desert lily, found in the desert areas of the southwest of North America.
Hesperocallis has traditionally been classified in Liliaceae but until recently its relationships have been unclear. Other classifications h... |
135235 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurales | Laurales | The Laurales are an order of flowering plants. They are a basal group of dicots. They are related to, and sometimes included in, the Magnoliales.
The order includes 85-90 genera from seven families of trees and shrubs. Most of the species are tropical and subtropical, though a few genera reach the temperate zone. The ... |
135236 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasbro | Hasbro | Hasbro is an American toy company. It is one of the biggest toy makers in the world (including board games), only Mattel is larger. Hasbro also makes Monopoly, a popular board game. Their main office is in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, United States. The company is best known for their popular 1990's electronic audio game B... |
135237 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay%20leaf | Bay leaf | Bay leaf (plural bay leaves), (Greek Daphni, Romanian Foi de Dafin) is the aromatic leaf of several species of the Laurel family (Lauraceae). Fresh or dried bay leaves are used in cooking for their distinctive flavor and fragrance.
Laurus nobilis, is a culinary herb often used to flavor soups, stews, and braises and p... |
135239 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ginger | Ginger | Ginger is a flowering plant whose rhizome, ginger root or ginger, is used as a spice and a folk medicine.
It is a herbaceous perennial which grows annual pseudostems. These are false stems made of rolled leaves: about one meter tall with narrow leaf blades. The inflorescences come directly from the rhizome on separate... |
135240 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Revenue | Revenue | Revenue (or revenues) is income that an organization receives from its normal business activities. In the case of a corporation this is usually from the sale of goods and services to customers. In the case of a government, revenue usually comes from various taxes. It does not include the cost required to create these g... |
135241 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Net%20income | Net income | Net income is equal to the income that a company has after subtracting costs and expenses from the total revenue. Net income can be distributed among holders of common stock as a dividend or held by the firm as retained earnings.
It is computed as the residual of all revenues and gains less all expenses and losses for... |
135243 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real%20time%20%28media%29 | Real time (media) | Real time in a narrative is where the events in the story take the same amount of time to happen as they do for the audience to experience them. If a movie told in real time is two hours long, as in Rope, then the plot of that movie covers two hours of fictional time. For example, in the TV series 24, an hour long epis... |
135244 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern%20Cone | Southern Cone | The term Southern Cone (, ) refers to a geographic region composed of the southernmost areas of South America, below the Tropic of Capricorn. Due to geographical affinities, natural, economic and social, the Southern Cone is usually understood as the region that includes all of Argentina, Chile and Uruguay, the souther... |
135252 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936%E2%80%9337%20NHL%20season | 1936–37 NHL season | The 1936–37 NHL season was the 20th season of the National Hockey League (NHL). Eight teams each played 48 games. The Detroit Red Wings were the Stanley Cup winners as they beat the New York Rangers three games to two in the final series.
Regular season
Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T... |
135256 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20M.%20Jennings | William M. Jennings | William M. Jennings (December 14, 1920 – August 17, 1981) was an owner in the National Hockey League.
Born in New York, New York, Jennings was owner of the New York Rangers from 1959 until his death in 1981. The William M. Jennings Trophy was named in his honour. Jennings also helped initiate the Lester Patrick Trop... |
135258 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Esche | Robert Esche | Robert Esche (born January 22, 1978 in Whitesboro, New York) is an American professional ice hockey goaltender currently playing for the Kontinental Hockey League's St. Petersburg SKA.
Awards
1997–98: Second All-Star Team (OHL)
1998–99: All-Rookie Team (AHL)
2002–03: William M. Jennings Trophy shared with Roman Cechma... |
135263 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concussion | Concussion | Concussion is an injury to the brain caused by being hit on the head, as often happens in motor vehicle collisions, fights or contact sports such as football. It is the most common form of traumatic brain injury. Related terms include mild brain injury, mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), mild head injury (MHI), and m... |
135264 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury-in-glass%20thermometer | Mercury-in-glass thermometer | The mercury-in-glass thermometer was invented by Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit in Amsterdam (1714). It is a bulb containing Mercury attached to a glass tube of narrow diameter. The volume of mercury in the tube is much less than the volume in the bulb. The volume of mercury changes slightly with temperature. The small chan... |
135267 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Language%20reform | Language reform | Language reform is a type of language planning. Language reforms make big changes to a language. These changes are usually done to make a language simpler to understand or to write. Sometimes changes are done to make the language purer; that is, to get rid of foreign parts of the language, or to get rid of parts of the... |
135274 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaufort%20scale | Beaufort scale | The Beaufort scale is a scale for measuring wind speeds. It is based on observation rather than accurate measurement. It is the most widely used system to measure wind speed today. The scale was developed in 1805 by Francis Beaufort, an officer of the Royal Navy and first officially used by HMS Beagle.
There are twelv... |
135277 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Wheel%20of%20Time | The Wheel of Time | The Wheel of Time is a long running fantasy series of novels written by American author Robert Jordan. The first in the series, The Eye of the World was published in 1990, and the last, A Memory of Light, was published in 2009. Jordan died while he was writing the last book, so it was finished by Brandon Sanderson. A ... |
135279 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Jordan | Robert Jordan | Robert Jordan (October 17, 1948 – September 16, 2007) was the pen or writing name of the American fantasy author James Oliver Rigney Jr. He was most famous for writing the long, epic fanasy series The Wheel of Time. He died from amyloidosis before he was able to finish the series. The last volume A Memory of Light was ... |
135281 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Burke | Brian Burke | Brian Thomas Burke (born 25 February 1947) was the 23rd Premier of Western Australia from 25 February 1983 to 25 February 1988. He was from the Labor Party. He worked as a journalist before becoming a politician. As Premier he was popular at first but later on his government was involved in a number of private companie... |
135284 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray%20O%27Connor | Ray O'Connor | Raymond James O'Connor (6 March 1926 - 25 February 2013) was the 22nd Premier of Western Australia from 25 January 1982 until 25 February 1983. He was from the Liberal Party. He became Premier when Charles Court resigned. Later he was convicted of fraud and spent time in prison.
References
1926 births
2013 deaths
A... |
135285 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Court | Charles Court | Sir Charles Walter Michael Court (29 September 1911 – 22 December 2007) was the 21st Premier of Western Australia from 8 April 1974 to 25 January 1982. He was from the Liberal Party. He became a politician in 1953. His son, Richard, was also a Premier.
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1911 births
Court, Charles
People from Sussex
Libera... |
135286 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chang%27an | Chang'an | Chang'an was the capital of ancient China of more than ten dynasties in Chinese history. Chang'an literally means "Perpetual Peace" in Classical Chinese. During the Xin Dynasty, the city was renamed "Constant Peace"; yet after its fall in the year 23 AD, the old name was restored. During the Ming Dynasty, the name was ... |
135289 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Tonkin | John Tonkin | John Trezise Tonkin (2 February 1902 – 20 October 1995) was the 20th Premier of Western Australia from 3 March 1971 to 8 April 1974. He was from the Labor Party.
He was born in Boulder City in 1902. Educated in local schools Tonkin became a teacher in rural Western Australia. An active member of the Labor Party, he wa... |
135290 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Brand | David Brand | Sir David Brand (1 August 1912 – 15 April 1979) was the 19th Premier of Western Australia from 2 April 1959 to 3 March 1971. He was from the Liberal Party.
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1912 births
1979 deaths
Brand, David
Liberal Party of Australia politicians |
135292 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%20Hawke | Albert Hawke | Albert ("Bert") Redvers George Hawke (3 December 1900 – 14 February 1986) was the 18th Premier of Western Australia from 23 February 1953 to 2 April 1959. He was from the Labor Party. His nephew, Bob, became Prime Minister of Australia in the 1980s.
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1900 births
1989 deaths
Hawke, Albert
Politicians from ... |
135293 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross%20McLarty | Ross McLarty | Sir Duncan Ross McLarty (17 March 1891 – 22 December 1962) was the 17th Premier of Western Australia from 1 April 1947 to 23 February 1953. He was from the Liberal Party.
References
1891 births
1962 deaths
McLarty, Ross
Liberal Party of Australia politicians |
135294 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Wise | Frank Wise | Frank Joseph Scott Wise (30 May 1897 – 29 June 1986) was the 16th Premier of Western Australia from 31 July 1945 to 1 April 1947. He was from the Labor Party.
Wise was born in Queensland and after finishing high school he became a tropical fruit farmer. He joined the Queensland Department of Agriculture, and later mov... |
135295 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early%20modern%20Europe | Early modern Europe | The early modern period is a term used by historians for the period in Western Europe and its first colonies which spans the three centuries between the Middle Ages and the Industrial Revolution.
The early modern period is characterized by the rise to importance of science and technological progress, civic politics an... |
135299 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin%20Moore%20%28rugby%20league%29 | Kevin Moore (rugby league) | Kevin Moore (born 30 November 1965, in St Johns Lakemba, New South Wales, Australia) is a rugby league coach and former player. He was the head coach for the Bulldogs in the NRL from 2009 to 2011. As a player, he played as a scrum-half.
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Bulldogs profile
1965 births
Living people
Australia... |
135300 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20%C4%8Cechm%C3%A1nek | Roman Čechmánek | Roman Čechmánek (born March 2, 1971 in Gottwaldov (now called Zlín), Czechoslovakia) is a Czech professional ice hockey goaltender.
International play
His only Olympic appearance was for the Czech Republic in the 1998 Winter Olympics. Backing-up star goaltender Dominik Hašek, Čechmánek's team won the gold medal after... |
135305 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jarom%C3%ADr%20J%C3%A1gr | Jaromír Jágr | Jaromír Jágr (pronounced , born February 15, 1972 in Kladno, Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic) is a Czech professional ice hockey right winger, who plays for the Florida Panthers in the National Hockey League (NHL). Jágr formerly played in the National Hockey League with the Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capita... |
135307 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinning%20jenny | Spinning jenny | The spinning jenny is a multi-spool spinning wheel. It was invented around 1764 by James Hargreaves (c. 1720 – 22 April 1778) in Stanhill, near Blackburn, Lancashire in the northwest of England. The device dramatically reduced the amount of work needed to produce yarn. A single worker could work eight or more spools at... |
135323 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Turek | Roman Turek | Roman Turek (born May 21, 1970 in Strakonice, Czechoslovakia — now the Czech Republic) is a professional ice hockey goaltender, who played for the Dallas Stars, St. Louis Blues, and Calgary Flames in a 9-year National Hockey League career. Currently he is playing in the Czech Extraliga for HC České Budějovice.
Career ... |
135327 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driveshaft | Driveshaft | A driveshaft, drive shaft, driving shaft, propeller shaft, or Cardan shaft is a part of a machine that takes power from the engine or motor to a place where useful work can be done.
Most engines or motors create power as torque by making something rotate. This can be from an internal combustion engine (as in a car), ... |
135328 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power%20loom | Power loom | The term power loom, corresponds to a mechanized loom powered by a driveshaft. The first power loom was designed in 1784 by Edmund Cartwright and first built in 1785, later to be perfected by William Horrocks. It allowed textile making to be done far faster than if a human had done the same work. By 1850, over 250,000 ... |
135336 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmadiyya | Ahmadiyya | Ahmadiyya (), fully known as Ahmadiyya Muslim Community is an Islamic movement founded in the 19th Century by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad who claimed to be the Mahdi and Promised Messiah. Ahmad wanted to restore Islam's original message. It was started before India was split into the modern day states of India, Pakistan and Ban... |
135339 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris%20M%C3%A9tro | Paris Métro | The Paris Métro or Métropolitain () is a rapid transit system in Paris, France. The network is mostly underground. It has 19 lines, which together are 225.1 km (139.9 mi) long. There are 304 stations. 17 of these lines are owned by RATP and 2 by Paris Airport.
The Paris Métro is a symbol of the city. Notable is its ... |
135341 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heroes%20%28TV%20series%29 | Heroes (TV series) | Heroes is an American television show on the network NBC in the US, BBC 2 in the UK and various other stations worldwide. It is about a group of people who have superpowers. It was shown from 2006-2010.
Main characters
Peter Petrelli
Emma Coolidge
Claire Bennet
Sylar
Samuel Sullivan
Hiro and Ando
Other websites... |
135343 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie%20Su%27a | Eddie Su'a | Eddie Su'a (born 13 January 1983) is an Australian former rugby league player. He played for the Cronulla Sharks in the NRL in 2007. He played as a prop.
Other websites
Eddie Su'a stats at Rugby League Project
1983 births
Living people
Australian rugby league players
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135345 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/String%20%28music%29 | String (music) | A string in music is a string made of steel, nylon, or gut which vibrates on string instruments, such as the guitar, harp, piano, or violin. They are usually under tension to help them vibrate.
Other websites
The vibrations of strings with both ends fixed
Historical types of string
String Tension - technical inform... |
135352 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Sellers | Peter Sellers | Richard Henry "Peter" Sellers, , (8 September 1925 – 24 July 1980) was an English comedian and actor best known for his three roles in Dr. Strangelove, as "Inspector Clouseau" in The Pink Panther movies, and as Clare Quilty in the original 1962 screen version of Lolita.
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1925 births
1980 d... |
135354 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boris%20Johnson | Boris Johnson | Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson MP (born 19 June 1964) is a British politician and journalist. He is Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He has been the Leader of the Conservative Party since 23 July 2019. Johnson is the Member of Parliament for Uxbridge and South Ruislip. He has been since 2015. He represented t... |
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