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141691 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die%20Welt | Die Welt | Die Welt is a daily German newspaper. It is conservative and free market in its editorial policy. It has an circulation of about 210,000 newspapers a day.
Die Welt was founded in 1946. The founder was the British Military Government in Germany.
In the 1950's the Axel Springer Verlag bought the newspaper.
Other websit... |
141694 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die%20tageszeitung | Die tageszeitung | die tageszeitung (short taz) is a German newspaper.
The taz is a daily newspaper. It's circulation is about 54,000 newspapers a day.
The taz is a left-winged newspaper. It started in 1978 in West Berlin as an "alternative" project. Until today it's published by a co-operative.
Other websites
The taz on the Web
Ne... |
141697 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benrath | Benrath | Benrath is a part of Düsseldorf. It belongs to Düsseldorf since 1929.
History
The name Benrath came from the "Knights of Benrode".
Benrath was mentioned for the first time in 1222.
The first church of Benrath was built in 1002.
In the 14th century Benrode belonged to the Counts of Berg.
Benrath was a village.
In th... |
141705 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin%2C%20Wisconsin | Franklin, Wisconsin | Franklin, Wisconsin can be one of six places:
Franklin, Jackson County, Wisconsin, a town
Franklin, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, a town
Franklin, Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, a town
Franklin, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, a city
Franklin, Sauk County, Wisconsin, a town
Franklin, Vernon County, Wisconsin, a town |
141707 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallaby | Wallaby | Wallabies are marsupials from the islands of Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand and New Guinea. They are small- to medium-sized kangaroos. There are 30 different types of wallabies that live in many types of habitats, including rocky areas, grasslands, forests and swamps.
Description
Wallabies range in size from the si... |
141710 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suphan%20Buri%20Province | Suphan Buri Province | Suphanburi was an ancient province. Researchers found evidence that is over 2500 years old. Artifacts have been found from the Stone Age, Iron Age and successive cultures including the Suwannapoom period, Funan, Aummarawadee and Sriwichai.
The old name of Suphanburi was Tarawadeesrisuphannapoom or Phan tumaburi, on a b... |
141712 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sukhothai | Sukhothai | Sukhothai is a town in the lower portion of northern Thailand. It is about 440 km from Bangkok. There are about 6,596.092 km² of the area.
Weather
The general weather of Sukhothai follows the influence of the southwest monsoon and the northeast monsoon. Seasons are separated into 3 seasons: summer, rainy and winter.... |
141728 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/American%20Hockey%20League | American Hockey League | The American Hockey League or AHL, is a professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada. It is considered the farm league of the National Hockey League. The major championship in the AHL that the two winning teams of their conferences play for is the Calder Cup. The oldest current team in the AHL i... |
141731 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat%20Crusaders | Beat Crusaders | Beat Crusaders were a Japanese rock band. They were known for wearing masks in public. They did not wear their masks during concerts. There were 5 members in this band. The members were Hidaka Touru (vocals and guitar), Kubota Masahiko (bass), Katou Tarou (guitar), Mashi-ta (drums), and Keitaimo (keyboards). The band s... |
141737 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound%20Horizon | Sound Horizon | Sound Horizon is a Japanese musical group. They released their first major album in 2004 with Elysion ~Rakuen e no Zensōkyoku~. This album started as the number 14 most popular in Japan. They call themselves a "fantasy band". The band members change according to the song. The composer, Revo is the only person who alwa... |
141743 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Vane%20%28bushranger%29 | John Vane (bushranger) | Early Life
John Vane was an Australian bushranger who became a member of Ben Hall's gang. He was one of the few members of the gang to die of old age, and not to be killed.
Vane was born at Jerry Plains near Singleton, New South Wales on 28 June 1842. His grandparents had come to Australia as convicts but his father ... |
141770 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns%20and%20Roses%20--%20Ik%20Junoon | Guns and Roses -- Ik Junoon | Guns and Roses - Ik Junoon () is a Pakistani movie which was released in 1999, and it starred Shaan, Resham, Meera and Faisal Rehman. Faisal Rehman made a comeback with this movie, after taking a sabbatical from the movie industry which spanned over a decade. The music was composed by M Arshad.
The movie is mainly kno... |
141771 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inteha%20%281999%20movie%29 | Inteha (1999 movie) | Inteha () is a Pakistani Urdu movie. It was released in 1999 across theaters in Pakistan. The movie was Samina Peerzada's debut directorial attempt, and established the careers of its two leading men Humayun Saeed and Zeeshan Sikander. Incidentally, both the actors also made their debut with Inteha.
1990s Pakistani mo... |
141773 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujhe%20Jeene%20Do%20%281999%20movie%29 | Mujhe Jeene Do (1999 movie) | Mujhe Jeene Do is a 1999 Urdu movie. It is directed by Javed Sheikh. The movie stars Meera, Babar Ali, Sana and Javed Sheikh. The music is by Amjad Bobby.
1990s Pakistani movies
1999 movies
Urdu-language movies |
141778 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud%20computing | Cloud computing | Cloud computing is when computing services are provided by a company or place outside of where they are being used. It is like the way in which electricity is sent to users: they simply use the electricity that is sent to them and do not need to worry where the electricity is from or how it is made and brought to them.... |
141779 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avant-garde%20music | Avant-garde music | Avant-garde music, or experimental music, is a type of music that is meant to push the boundaries of "what music is." It started in the 1940s and 1950s after World War II. Some famous avant-garde composers were John Cage, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Henry Cowell.
Examples of avant-garde songs
4' 33"
This was a song w... |
141782 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red%20deer | Red deer | The red deer (Cervus elaphus) is one of the largest deer species. The red deer lives in most of Europe, the Caucasus Mountains region, Asia Minor and parts of western and central Asia, in Kashmir as the state animal. They can also be found in the Atlas Mountains region between Algeria and Tunisia in northwestern Africa... |
141810 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa%20Gerrard | Lisa Gerrard | Lisa Gerrard (born 12 April 1961) is an Australian musician, singer and composer who rose to fame as part of the group Dead Can Dance with former music partner Brendan Perry.
Gerrard received a Golden Globe award and an Academy Award nomination for the score for the 2000 film Gladiator on which she teamed up with Ha... |
141814 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop%20sign | Stop sign | The stop sign is a sign that is often placed at crossroads, when a road does not have traffic lights. This sign instructs the drivers to stop when they reach the crossroad and wait for other vehicles to pass. They can only proceed when the road is clear. This sign is one of the most significant and well-known signs of ... |
141817 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salwar%20kameez | Salwar kameez | Salwar kameez (also spelled shalwar kameez or shalwar qameez) is a traditional dress worn by both women and men in Southern Asia. Salvars or shalvars are loose pajama-like trousers. The legs are wide at the top, and narrow at the bottom. The kameez is a long shirt or tunic. The side seams (known as the chaak) are left ... |
141821 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zayin | Zayin | Zayin is the seventh letter of the Hebrew alphabet. It is also spelled zain or zayn or simply zay.
The Phoenician letter gave rise to the Greek zeta (Ζ), Etruscan z , Latin Z, and Cyrillic Ze З.
Hebrew alphabet |
141824 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resh | Resh | Resh is the twentieth letter of the Hebrew alphabet.
Hebrew alphabet |
141828 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ocimum%20tenuiflorum | Ocimum tenuiflorum | Ocimum tenuiflorum (also known as Ocimum sanctum, Tulsi, Tulasī) is an plant in the family Lamiaceae. It is also called Holy Basil.
Holy Basil, as the name suggest has a holy meaning for people of India, especially towards North and South India. It is usually placed or grown in every household in India and carries re... |
141832 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allspice | Allspice | Allspice (also called Jamaica pepper, Kurundu, Myrtle pepper, pimento, allspice berries, or newspice) is a spice which is the dried unripe fruit of the Pimenta dioica plant, a tree native to the West Indies, southern Mexico and Central America. The tree Pimenta dioica is from the myrtle family (Myrtaceae), and it is ve... |
141851 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peony | Peony | The peony or paeony (Paeonia) is the only genus in the flowering plant family Paeoniaceae. They are native to Asia, southern Europe and western North America. It is the national flower of China.
Other websites
Flowers
Saxifragales |
141854 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liriodendron%20tulipifera | Liriodendron tulipifera | American tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), also called tulip poplar or yellow poplar is a type of tree. It is one of the two species in the genus Liriodendron. L. tulipifera can be found in Eastern North America. The tree can grow to over . It often has no limbs until it reaches 25-30 m (80-100 feet) in height. Thi... |
141864 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/ActionScript | ActionScript | ActionScript is a scripting language similar to JavaScript. It is used for Adobe Flash and Adobe Flex.
Example
An example Hello World program in ActionScript 3.0:
package com.example
{
import flash.text.TextField;
import flash.display.Sprite;
public class Greeter extends Sprite
{
public functi... |
141870 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean%20Kingston | Sean Kingston | Kisean Anderson (born February 3, 1990) better known by his stage name Sean Kingston, is a Jamaican-American reggae singer, songwriter, rapper and record producer. He is best known for his number 1 single "Beautiful Girls". On May 29, 2011, Kingston was seriously injured along with a female passenger in a jet ski accid... |
141871 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaga | Galaga | Galaga is a sci-fi arcade game released by Namco in 1981. It is the sequel to Galaxian. In this game, the player controls a spaceship and shoots enemies coming down in different directions.
The game was published by Chunsoft and developed by Namco.
More Reading
Sellers, John (2001). Arcade Fever: The Fan's Guide to t... |
141872 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funker%20Vogt | Funker Vogt | Funker Vogt is a German aggrotech band, formed by Gerrit Thomas and Jens Kästel in 1995.
Discography
Studio Albums
Thanks for Nothing (1996)
We Came to Kill (1997)
Killing Time Again (1998) (part new material, part remixes)
Execution Tracks (1998)
Maschine Zeit (2000)
T (2000/2001) (contains 4 new tracks and 10 remi... |
141873 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolis%20Records | Metropolis Records | Metropolis Records is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based record label, distributor, and mail-order store specializing in the electro-industrial, synthpop, futurepop, darkwave, and gothic musical genres.
Artists signed
Many of the bands on Metropolis are signed to European labels for their European releases while rele... |
141877 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apoptygma%20Berzerk | Apoptygma Berzerk | Apoptygma Berzerk is a Norwegian musical group. They have achieved success with a brand of upbeat and danceable synthpop, winning awards and top-10 spots in Germany and Scandinavia. Apoptygma Berzerk (abbreviated to APB or APOP) has toured Europe, North America, South America and Israel with bands such as VNV Nation, ... |
141879 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/VNV%20Nation | VNV Nation | VNV Nation are an electronic music band originally from Wexford and London, now based in Hamburg, that combines elements of trance, synthpop and electronic body music (EBM), into what they call futurepop. Earlier works also include some electro-industrial influences. The members are Ronan Harris and Mark Jackson.
Hist... |
141882 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synth-pop | Synth-pop | Synth-pop is a subgenre of pop music in which the synthesizer is the main musical instrument. An electronic music genre, synthpop is additionally influenced by rock genres such as New Wave music and punk rock, as well as disco music. It is most closely associated with the era between the late 1970s and early to middle... |
141884 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurepop | Futurepop | Futurepop is a type of electronic dance music which uses influences from the genre synthpop (like song structure and vocal style), uplifting trance (grandiose and arpeggiated synthesizer melodies), and EBM. The name was created by Ronan Harris (of VNV Nation) and Stephan Groth (of Apoptygma Berzerk) while trying to des... |
141885 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blutengel | Blutengel | Blutengel () are a German futurepop musical group with a gothic appearance. Blutengel was formed in 1998 by singer Chris Pohl (also of the groups Terminal Choice, Tumor, and Miss Construction and the owner of the Fear Section label) after he had decided to give up the preceding project, Seelenkrank (which had released ... |
141891 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Host%20%28novel%29 | The Host (novel) | The Host is a 2008 science-fiction/romance book by Stephenie Meyer. A movie based on the book is currently in development.
Story
Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that takes over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succ... |
141899 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polly%20Adler | Polly Adler | Pearl "Polly" Adler (April 16, 1900 July 11, 1962) was a Russian-born madam (owner-manager of a brothel) of Jewish descent. Adler was born in Ivanava (nowadays Belarus).
Biography
She opened her first bordello in 1920, under the protection of mobster Dutch Schultz and a friend of mobster Charles "Lucky" Luciano. One... |
141900 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty%20Hawk | Kitty Hawk | Kitty Hawk or Kittyhawk may refer to:
Places
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
Kitty Hawk, is an area of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Kitty Hawk Air Society, an Honor Society for the Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps program
Airlines
Kitty Hawk Aircargo, an American cargo airline based in Dallas/Fort Wort... |
141901 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morse%20code | Morse code | Morse code is an old system of encoding messages that is used to send telegraphic information using signals and rhythm. In written communication, Morse code uses dots and dashes to represent a limited number of alphabet letters, numbers, punctuation and special characters of a given message. When messages are sent by ... |
141903 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chives | Chives | Chives are herbs which are related to the onion. Its leaves are used for flavoring.
Gallery
Other websites
Nutritional Information
Mrs. Grieve's "A Modern Herbal" @ Botanical.com
Chives, history, clutivation, container growing and a recipe
Allium
Herbs |
141917 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premier%20of%20New%20South%20Wales | Premier of New South Wales | The Premier of New South Wales is the leader of the New South Wales government. He or she is the most powerful politician in the Australian state of New South Wales.
The current Premier is Dominic Perrottet from the Liberal Party.
List of Premiers of New South Wales
* Askin's given name was Robin but he changed it l... |
141919 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excitebike | Excitebike | is a motocross racing video game series made by Nintendo. It first appeared as a game for the Famicom in Japan in 1984 for a price of 5000 yen. It is the first game in the Excite series. The second game in the series is Excitebike 64 and the third is Excite Truck.
In 2011, a re-release of Excitebike called 3D Classics... |
141921 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris%20Iemma | Morris Iemma | Morris Iemma (born 21 July 1961) was the 40th Premier of New South Wales from 3 August 2005 to 5 September 2008. He was from the Labor Party.
References
1961 births
Living people
Iemma, Morris
Politicians from Sydney
Australian Labor Party politicians |
141924 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luk%C3%A1%C4%8Dovce | Lukáčovce | Lukáčovce is a village and in the Nitra District in western central Slovakia.
Other websites
Villages in Slovakia |
141926 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Houbara%20bustard | Houbara bustard | The houbara bustard (Chlamydotis undulata), also known as the African houbara, is a large bird in the bustard family. It breeds in the Canary Islands, North Africa, Iran and western Pakistan.
Birds of Pakistan
Gruiformes |
141929 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sindh%20Ibex | Sindh Ibex | The Sindh Ibex or Turkman Wild Goat (Capra aegagrus blythi) is a vulnerable wild goat native to Iran, Iraq, Turkmenistan Pakistan within Pakistan it is the Provincial animal of Sindh.
Mammals of Pakistan |
141939 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juniperus%20squamata | Juniperus squamata | Juniperus squamata (flaky juniper or Himalayan juniper) is a species of juniper native to the Himalaya and China, from northeastern Afghanistan and Pakistan east to Yunnan in southwestern China, and with disjunct populations north to western Gansu and east to Fujian.
It grows at 1,600-4,900 m altitude. It is the pro... |
141943 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose-ringed%20parakeet | Rose-ringed parakeet | The rose-ringed parakeet (Psittacula krameri) also known as the ring-necked parakeet, is a tropical species of bird, with a wide range in Africa and south Asia (the Indian subcontinent).
The rose-ringed parakeet is sexually dimorphic. The adult male has a red or black neck ring and the hen and immature birds of both ... |
141950 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saludos%20Amigos | Saludos Amigos | Saludos Amigos is a 1942 movie that takes place in Latin America, produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by RKO Radio Pictures. The sixth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon, it is made up of four different segments; Donald Duck stars in two of them and Goofy stars in one. It also features ... |
141955 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghar%20Kab%20Aao%20Gay | Ghar Kab Aao Gay | Ghar Kab Ao Gey is a Pakistani Urdu language movie directed by Iqbal Kashmiri. It was released in theaters across Pakistan in Eid-ul-Fittar on January 9, 2000.
Pakistani movies
2000 movies
Urdu-language movies |
141959 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tere%20Pyar%20Mein | Tere Pyar Mein | Tere Pyar Mein (, In Your Love) is a Pakistani movie which was released in December 2000. It launched the career of Zara Sheikh in Lollywood.
Pakistani movies
2000 movies
Urdu-language movies |
141977 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic%20body%20music | Electronic body music | Electronic body music (EBM, also known as aggropop) is a music genre that mixes together parts of industrial music and electronic dance music. It first became popular in Belgium.
References
Industrial music |
141980 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Birthday%20Massacre | The Birthday Massacre | The Birthday Massacre is a synthpop band, based in Toronto, Canada. The band was officially formed in 1999, known at that time as Imagica, a name taken from a novel by Clive Barker called Imajica. In 2001 they changed their name to The Birthday Massacre. They have released 5 studio albums and they announced in January ... |
141982 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive%20Barker | Clive Barker | Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is an English author, movie director and visual artist. He was born in Liverpool. He is openly gay.
Novels
(1985) The Damnation Game
(1986) The Hellbound Heart
(1987) Weaveworld
(1988) Cabal
(1989) The Great and Secret Show (first "Book of the Art")
(1991) Imajica
(1992) The T... |
141985 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellraiser | Hellraiser | Hellraiser is a 1987 British horror movie exploring the themes of sadomasochism, pain as a source of pleasure, and morality under duress and fear. It is based on the novella The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker, who also wrote the screenplay and directed the movie.
Hellraiser was number 19 on the cable channel Bravo's ... |
141986 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sesame | Sesame | Sesame (Sesamum indicum) is a flowering plant in the genus Sesamum. It grows to a height of 2-3 feet.
Lamiales
Spices |
141987 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pedaliaceae | Pedaliaceae | Pedaliaceae (pedalium family or sesame family) is a flowering plant in the Scrophulariales family.
Sesame, Sesamum indicum, is the source of sesame seeds.
Lamiales |
142002 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komodo%20dragon | Komodo dragon | The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is a species of monitor lizard that lives in the Indonesian islands of Komodo, Rincah, Flores, Gili Motang, and Gili Dasami. It is the largest living lizard. They grow to an average length of 2–3 meters (approximately 6.5–10 ft) and weigh around 70 kg (154 pounds). Komodo dragon... |
142005 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organized%20crime | Organized crime | Organized crime is an act committed by a group or groups of people, usually mobsters and other criminals, who work to make money or achieve certain motive illegally.
Related pages
Corruption |
142009 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Singles%201992-2003 | The Singles 1992-2003 | The Singles 1992-2003 is a greatest hits album by the American alternative rock band No Doubt. It was released on November 25, 2003 (the same day as Boom Box, a box set album by No Doubt.) The album contained all of the singles the band had released at the time, except for "Squeal" and "Doghouse" (two singles from thei... |
142011 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan%20Kress | Nathan Kress | Nathan Karl Kress also Nate Kress (born November 18, 1992) is an American teen actor and voice actor.
Biography
Early life
Nathan Kress was born in Glendale, California and resides in Southern California. He acts on the hit Nickelodeon show iCarly as Freddie Benson.
Career
When Kress was young, he would quote lines ... |
142019 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monster%20truck | Monster truck | A monster truck is a vehicle usually styled after a pickup truck. It is changed or purposely built with very big wheels and suspension. Monster trucks are used for competition and popular entertainment.
Usually, a monster truck show involves the truck crushing smaller cars under its huge tires.
Trucks |
142020 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem%20Globetrotters | Harlem Globetrotters | The Harlem Globetrotters are an exhibition basketball team that combines athleticism and comedy. They are a "barnstorming" team, which means they travel around the world playing basketball in many different places. Sometimes they play college or pro teams, but usually they play a team called the Washington Generals.
... |
142021 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt%20Ward | Burt Ward | Burt Ward (born Bert John Gervis, Jr., on July 6, 1945) is an American television actor. He is best known for his work as Robin, the "Boy Wonder," in the 1960s television series Batman. In 1992 he wrote a book called “Burt Ward: My life in tights.”
References
1945 births
Living people
American movie actors
American ... |
142022 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Batman%20%28TV%20series%29 | Batman (TV series) | Batman is a 1960s American television series, based on the DC comic book character Batman. It aired on the ABC network for two and a half seasons from 1966 to 1968. Even though it was on TV for such a short time, the series had two new episodes each week, giving the show a total of 120 episodes (the equivalent of rough... |
142026 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graduate%20school | Graduate school | A graduate school (or grad school) is a school that gives advanced academic degrees, such as Master's degrees (M.S. or M.B.A.) and Doctoral degrees (Ph.D. or L.L.D. or D.D.S. etc.). A graduate student (or grad student) is a student who has earned a Bachelor's degree and is pursuing additional education in a specific fi... |
142029 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAT | SAT | The SAT Reasoning Test (used to be called Scholastic Aptitude Test and Scholastic Assessment Test) is a test for college admissions in the United States. The SAT is owned, published, and created by the College Board, a non-profit organization in the United States, and was once owned by the Educational Testing Service (... |
142034 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucky%20Luciano | Lucky Luciano | Charles "Lucky" Luciano (born Salvatore Lucania; November 24, 1897 – January 26, 1962) was a Sicilian mobster. Luciano is considered to have been the father of modern organized crime and the mastermind of the postwar expansion of the international heroin trade. He was the first official boss of the modern Genovese crim... |
142040 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genovese%20crime%20family | Genovese crime family | The Genovese crime family is one of the "Five Families" that controls organized crime activities in New York City, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the Mafia (or Cosa Nostra). The Genovese crime family has been nicknamed the "Ivy League" and "Rolls Royce" of organized crime.
Bosses of the Genovese cr... |
142044 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACT%20%28test%29 | ACT (test) | The ACT is an achievement test for college admissions in the United States made by ACT, Inc. It was first given in Fall 1959 by Everett Franklin Lindquist as a competitor to the College Board's Scholastic Aptitude Test, now the SAT Reasoning Test. Some students who perform poorly on the SAT find that they perform bet... |
142060 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan%20Declaration | Pakistan Declaration | The Pakistan Declaration (titled Now or Never; Are We to Live or Perish Forever?) was a pamphlet published in January 1933 by Choudhary Rahmat Ali in which the word Pakistan was used for the first time.
The pamphlet was written when Pakistan was part of British India. The pamphlet asked that "the five Northern units o... |
142061 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pamphlet | Pamphlet | A pamphlet is a small book without a hard cover or binding. It can be made up of a single sheet of paper that is printed on both sides and folded in half, in thirds, or in fourths (called a leaflet).
It can also be made up of a few pages that are folded in half and stapled at the crease to make a simple book. In order... |
142069 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattaya | Pattaya | Pattaya (, ) is a city in Thailand. It is on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand, about 165 km southeast of Bangkok.
Tourism
In 2016, 65% of the tourists (coming to the city) where foreigners. Of foreigners there were most Chinese, followed by Russians, and then by Koreans, and then by Indians, and then by Germans... |
142070 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon%20Chatman | Vernon Chatman | Vernon Chatman (born October 31, 1972) is an Emmy Award winning American television producer, writer, voice actor, comedian and musician. He is best known as the voice of "Towelie" on the cartoon series South Park.
American screenwriters
American voice actors
Comedians from New York City
American musicians
Emmy Award ... |
142075 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasothon | Yasothon | Yasothon is a town in the Isan region of Thailand. It is far from Bangkok about 500 km. In the village people grow rice and houseplants. The weather is very hot in the summer (more than other provinces) and the famous festival is Bang Fai Rocket Festival. This festival is really beautiful, every year the visitor from a... |
142077 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai%20food | Thai food | Thai food is a type of food that was first made in Thailand. Thai food is often spicy, but does not have to be. Thai food is shared with every person at the table. The meal is not thrown away. The Thai believe that throwing food away would anger the "god of rice". Thai food is eaten with a fork and a large spoon.
Dish... |
142079 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lopburi | Lopburi | Lopburi is a province in the center of Thailand. It is good farming land. Lopburi has a long history. It was first called La-vo. Lopburi was settled during the Bronze Age. The Khmer expanded their power in the area during the 10th century and ruled from the town of La-vo.
The administration of Lopburi is divided into ... |
142085 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen%20Golf | Volkswagen Golf | Volkswagen Golf is a car produced by Volkswagen since 1974. It entered its 8th generation in 2019.
Different versions
1970s automobiles
1980s automobiles
1990s automobiles
2000s automobiles
2010s automobiles |
142099 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capparis%20decidua | Capparis decidua | Capparis decidua is commonly known as karir, kair, kirir, karril, Teent etc. It is either a small tree with many branches or a shrub of the Thar desert and other hot and dry regions in southern Asia. It has a lot of thin, leafless branches, the small leaves being found only on young shoots. It rarely grows above a hei... |
142108 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pilgrims | Pilgrims | A pilgrimage is a journey or travel, that is often done for a religious purpose
The Pilgrims is the name for the early settlers of the Plymouth Colony, which is now Plymouth, Massachusetts. In 1620 they traveled to New England on a ship called the Mayflower. There were 102 passengers on the ship. They were English Pur... |
142118 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%20major | G major | G major (or the key of G) is a major scale based on G, with the pitches G, A, B, C, D, E,F, and G. Its key signature has one sharp, F.
Its relative minor is E minor, and its parallel minor is G minor.
Musical keys |
142119 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic%20female%20blues | Classic female blues | Classic female blues music was played from 1920 to 1929. The most popular of female blues singers were Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, Ethel Waters and Rosa Henderson.
Blues music |
142120 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta%20blues | Delta blues | The Delta blues is one of the earliest types of blues music. It started in the Mississippi Delta (a place in the US that goes from Memphis to Mississippi). Guitar and harmonica are usually used to play it.
Beginning
Delta blues music was first played in the 1920s. Tommy Johnson and Ishman Bracey were recorded by Vict... |
142127 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck%20%28album%29 | Chuck (album) | Chuck is the third album by Sum 41. It was released on October 12, 2004.
Track listing
Charts
Album
Singles
Certifications
Chuck Acoustic EP (Tour Edition Promo)
Chuck Acoustic EP (Tour Edition Promo) is an acoustic EP released by Sum 41 in 2005 in Japan only.
Track listing
"Pieces" (Acoustic) – 3:16
"No Bra... |
142135 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual%20dimorphism | Sexual dimorphism | Sexual dimorphism is an idea in biology. It means that the male and the female of a species look different enough to see. The word comes from the Greek: di (two) and morphe (form).
It is the most common type of polymorphism. It may be caused by sexual selection, that is, competition between members of the same specie... |
142136 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan%20Swift | Jonathan Swift | Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for Whigs then for the Tories), poet and cleric. He became Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin.
He is remembered for books and poems he wrote like: Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Jou... |
142142 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cato%20the%20Elder | Cato the Elder | Marcus Porcius Cato (Latin: M·PORCIVS·M·F·CATO) (234 BC, Tusculum–149 BC) was a Roman statesman, surnamed the Censor (Censorius), Sapiens, Priscus, or the Elder (Major), to distinguish him from Cato the Younger (his great-grandson).
He came of an ancient Plebeian family who all were noted for some military service but... |
142144 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kavirondo | Kavirondo | Kavirondo is the old name of the region around Kavirondo Gulf (now Winam Gulf) as well as of two native peoples living there under the regime of British East Africa (The "Nilotic Kavirondo" and the "Bantu Kavirondo"). Broadly, this was defined as those who dwelt in the valley of the Nzoia River, on the western slopes o... |
142151 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magellan%20goose | Magellan goose | The Magellan goose (Chloephaga picta picta) or upland goose is a bird of Anatidae family. It is most commonly found in the southern part of South America, Tierra del Fuego. The Upland goose is a subspecies of Chloephaga picta leucoptera. The Upland Goose is one of the most conspicuous birds in the Falklands. The subspe... |
142154 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Rocker%20%28movie%29 | The Rocker (movie) | The Rocker is a comedy movie. It was released on August 20, 2008. The movie stars Rainn Wilson, Josh Gad, Christina Applegate, Teddy Geiger, Will Arnett, Emma Stone, and Bradley Cooper. It was written by Maya Forbes & Wallace Wolodarsky. Wolodarsky is best known for his work on writing for The Simpsons.
Opinions of t... |
142155 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fierce%20Creatures | Fierce Creatures | Fierce Creatures is a 1997 British comedy movie. The movie was written by John Cleese and directed by Fred Schepisi and Robert Young.
The story is based around a British zoo. It has recently been bought by New Zealand businessman Rod McCain (played by Kevin Kline) and put under the management of Rollo Lee (Cleese). In... |
142158 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Bucket%20List | The Bucket List | The Bucket List is a 2007 American comedy-drama movie. It was written by Justin Zackham and directed by Rob Reiner. The movie stars Jack Nicholson, Morgan Freeman, Sean Hayes, Beverly Todd, and Rob Morrow. The story follows two men who have terminal cancer (Nicholson and Freeman) on a road trip with a wish list of thin... |
142162 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sh%C5%8Djo | Shōjo | Shōjo (少女) is a Japanese word meaning "girl". The characters, or kanji, mean "little" and "woman". The word is mainly used to describe a demographic for anime and manga- girls 7-19.
Origin
Like many Japanese words, the characters of the word shōjo come from Chinese. The first known use of the word comes from a Chines... |
142176 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five%20Families | Five Families | The Five Families are the five major Italian-American Mafia crime families which have controlled organized crime in New York City since the 1930s. The Five Families, under the suggestion of Salvatore Maranzano and Charles "Lucky" Luciano, were responsible for the establishment of The Commission, a council that changed ... |
142178 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambino%20crime%20family | Gambino crime family | The Gambino crime family is one of the "Five Families" that controls organized crime activities based in New York City, United States, within the Mafia (or Cosa Nostra). It was named after Carlo Gambino.
Bosses of the Gambino crime family
1907–1917 — Pellegrino Morano (Brooklyn Camorra leader, jailed 1917, then dep... |
142180 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlo%20Gambino | Carlo Gambino | Carlo Gambino (; August 24, 1902 – October 15, 1976) was a Mafioso who became Boss of the Gambino crime family, that is still takes the name today. No one expected Gambino to seize control over the Commission of La Cosa Nostra in the US, at 1957 Apalachin Convention. Gambino was known for being low-key and secretive an... |
142182 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Gotti | John Gotti | John Joseph Gotti, Jr. (October 27, 1940 – June 10, 2002), commonly known by the media as "The Dapper Don" and "The Teflon Don" after the murder of his former boss Paul Castellano, was the boss of the well known Gambino crime family.
1940 births
2002 deaths
American criminals
People from New York City
Gambino crime fa... |
142191 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy%20transfer | Energy transfer | In physics, energy transfer is when energy is moved from one place to another. Energy cannot be made or destroyed. However, it can be transferred and it can change from one form of energy to another form of energy.
Energy |
142208 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galago | Galago | Galagos, also known as bushbabies or (meaning "little night monkeys" in Afrikaans), are small, nocturnal primates native to continental Africa. There are 21 species, and they form the family Galagidae.
Geography
Range varies with species but includes most of the forested and bush regions of Africa south of the Sahar... |
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