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146583 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Ireland | John Ireland | John Ireland (born near Manchester, 13 August 1879; died Washington, Sussex, 12 June 1962) was an English composer. He is particularly remembered for his Piano Concerto and for his church music, especially the anthem Greater love hath no man, the song The Holy Boy and the hymn tune to My song is love unknown. He had a... |
146584 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bathgate | Bathgate | Bathgate is a town in West Lothian, Scotland, 5 miles (8 km) west of Livingston and adjacent to the M8 motorway. Nearby towns are Armadale, Blackburn, Linlithgow, Livingston, West Calder and Whitburn. Situated 2 miles (3 km) south of the ancient Neolithic burial site at Cairnpapple Hill, Bathgate and the surrounding ar... |
146586 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint%20Typhoon%20Warning%20Center | Joint Typhoon Warning Center | The Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC) is a joint United States Navy – United States Air Force task force. It is at the Naval Maritime Forecast Center in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
1959 establishments in the United States
United States Navy
United States Air Force
Hawaii
Tropical cyclones
20th-century establishments in Ha... |
146587 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwarf%20elephant | Dwarf elephant | Dwarf elephants are prehistoric elephants which lived in the Pleistocene period. They are an example of island dwarfism.
Fossil remains of dwarf elephants have been found on the Mediterranean islands of Cyprus, Malta, Crete, Sicily, Sardinia, the Cyclades Islands and Dodecanese islands. Other islands where dwarf eleph... |
146590 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kwajalein | Kwajalein | Kwajaein (; Marshallese: ) is part of the Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI). It is one of the world's largest coral atolls as measured by area of enclosed water.
References
Marshall Islands
Atolls |
146591 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo%27ness | Bo'ness | Bo'ness (short for Borrowstouness) is a town in the Falkirk council area of Scotland, UK. Bo'ness is well known for its iron. Even if Bo'ness is the form of name it's known for and being used on road signs, its original name Borrowstounness.
Name history
The usage of the name dates back to the early 1400s when the Bu... |
146593 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Hart%20Smith | David Hart Smith | Harry Smith (born August 2, 1985) is a Canadian professional wrestler of English descent who currently works for New Japan Pro Wrestling under the name Davey Boy Smith, Jr..
He also worked for World Wrestling Entertainment. He wrestled on the ECW brand using the name David Hart Smith, as a member of The Hart Dynasty, ... |
146594 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilwinning | Kilwinning | Kilwinning is a town in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK. It is known as The Crossroads of Ayrshire.
Towns in North Ayrshire |
146595 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lasswade | Lasswade | Lasswade is a town in Midlothian, Scotland, UK. It is between Loanhead and Dalkeith. It merged (joined) with Bonnyrigg in 1929.
Towns in Scotland
Midlothian |
146597 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/West%20Lothian | West Lothian | West Lothian is a council area in Scotland, United Kingdom. The county town is Livingston. Susan Boyle is from here.
The term "West Lothian question" was coined by Enoch Powell MP in 1977 after Tam Dalyell, the Labour MP for the Scottish constituency of West Lothian, raised the matter repeatedly in House of Commons de... |
146598 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Midlothian | Midlothian | Midlothian is the names of two areas in Scotland, UK:
A county on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth
A landlocked council area.
The county of Midlothian includes the City of Edinburgh. Edinburgh is a council area on its own and so the council area of Midlothian is the area of the county with Edinburgh and som... |
146599 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%20Lothian | East Lothian | East Lothian is a council area in Scotland, UK.
The administrative centre is Haddington. The largest town is Musselburgh.
Places of interest
Aberlady Bay
Dirleton Castle
Gifford
Hopetoun Monument
Muirfield (Scotland)
North Berwick Harbour
Pencaitland
Torness Nuclear Power Station
Scottish Council Areas
Counties of ... |
146601 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falkirk%20Council | Falkirk Council | The Falkirk council area is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It was formed on 1 April 1996.
1996 establishments in the United Kingdom
1990s establishments in Scotland |
146602 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Bridge | Frank Bridge | Frank Bridge (born Brighton, 26 February 1879; died Eastbourne, 10 January 1941) was an English composer, violist and conductor. His music often sounded quite modern to the people of his day. He wrote many excellent works including chamber music as well as orchestral music. One of his composition pupils was Benjami... |
146604 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auchtertool | Auchtertool | Auchtertool is a village in Fife, Scotland, UK. It is on the B925 Road between Dunfermline and Kirkcaldy.
Villages in Fife |
146607 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowdenbeath | Cowdenbeath | Cowdenbeath is a town in Fife, Scotland, UK. It is well known for Mossmorran, an oil refinery. It is on the A92 Road. It is home to the local football team Cowdenbeath F.C.
Towns in Fife |
146608 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moray | Moray | Moray is a council area in Scotland, UK.
Scottish Council Areas
Counties of Scotland |
146609 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%20Ayrshire | South Ayrshire | South Ayrshire is one of 32 council areas of Scotland, UK. The largest town is Ayr.
Scottish Council Areas |
146610 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angus | Angus | Angus is a county on the North Sea and on the northern shore of the Firth of Tay in Scotland, United Kingdom.
Angus is also the name of a council area.
The county town of Angus is Forfar, but its largest town is Dundee. Dundee is not part of the council area but is a council area on its own.
Industry
Angus is also w... |
146611 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clackmannanshire | Clackmannanshire | Clackmannanshire is a British county and a council area in Scotland. It lies north of the River Forth, between Perthshire to the north and Fife to the south.
Clackmannanshire is the smallest county in the United Kingdom. The second smallest, Kinross-shire, lies net to it.
Some villages/places in the county: Clackmann... |
146613 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selby | Selby | Selby is a town in North Yorkshire, England, UK. There was a great fire there in 1906. It is not far from the border with the East Riding of Yorkshire.
Towns in North Yorkshire |
146615 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goole | Goole | Goole is a town and inland port in the East Riding of Yorkshire of England, UK. It is near to the border with North Yorkshire.
References
Other websites
Informative guide to Goole
Yorkshire Waterways Museum
Goole Town Council Website
Port cities and towns of England
Port cities and towns of the North Sea
Town... |
146618 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burnley | Burnley | Burnley is a town in Lancashire, England, UK. It is not far from the border with West Yorkshire.
Industry
Burnley is a large market town in the north west of England. It has a population of about 70,000. It lies approximately 34 km north of Manchester and 40 km east of Preston at the confluence of the River Calder and... |
146619 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadstairs | Broadstairs | Broadstairs is a town in Kent, England, UK. It is between the bigger towns of Margate and Ramsgate.
Thanet
Towns in Kent |
146621 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street%2C%20Somerset | Street, Somerset | Street is a town in Somerset, England, UK. It is to the south of Glastonbury. The River Brue makes the boundary with Glastonbury.
References
Towns in Somerset
Mendip |
146622 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warminster | Warminster | Warminster is a town in Wiltshire, South West England. It is to the south of Westbury and to the east of Frome.
Towns in Wiltshire |
146625 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisbech | Wisbech | Wisbech is a town in Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom. It is not far from the border with Norfolk.
Towns in Cambridgeshire |
146628 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pant%2C%20Shropshire | Pant, Shropshire | Pant is a small village in Shropshire in England. It is in the civil parish of Llanymynech and Pant. It is located on the border with Powys in Wales. It is situated 15 miles north west of Shrewsbury, the county town.
In the 2011 census, the village's population was listed under the civil parish's population, which was... |
146630 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southport | Southport | Southport is a coastal town in Merseyside, England, UK. It is on the border with Lancashire.
Towns in Merseyside |
146642 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central | Central | Central means the center of something.
It can also mean:
Central Region, Scotland |
146645 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Hockey%20League%20rivalries | National Hockey League rivalries | There have been many rivalries between teams in the National Hockey League (NHL). Rivalries have started up for many different reasons, the most common ones include: the teams being in the same area, knowing each other, violence during the game, and culture related reasons or national pride.
Ice hockey related lists |
146650 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puck | Puck |
Puck may refer to:
Puck (mythology), a nature spirit
Characters
Puck (Shakespeare), from A Midsummer Night's Dream
Puck, the narrator of the book Puck of Pook's Hill (1906) by Rudyard Kipling
Puck, a character in the Japanese anime/manga Berserk
Puck (comics), a diminutive superhero in Marvel comics
Puck, a tr... |
146653 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belves | Belves | Belves is a former commune in the Dordogne Department in the south-west of France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Pays-de-Belves.
References
Former communes in Dordogne |
146660 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrondissement%20of%20Tournon-sur-Rh%C3%B4ne | Arrondissement of Tournon-sur-Rhône | The arrondissement of Tournon-sur-Rhône is an arrondissement of France. It is part of the Ardèche department. Its capital is the city of Tournon-sur-Rhône, a subprefecture of the department.
History
When the Ardèche department was created on 4 March 1790, the arrondissement of Tournon-sur-Rhône (with the name of just... |
146676 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE%20Tribute%20to%20the%20Troops | WWE Tribute to the Troops | The WWE Tribute to the Troops is a televised event held every year since 2005 by World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) in December around Christmas and Hanukkah. The wrestlers and employees of the WWE travel to Iraq and Afghanistan to honor the United States military. The event features wrestlers from Raw, SmackDown, and... |
146678 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Gamble | Bruce Gamble | Bruce George Gamble (May 24, 1938 – December 30, 1984) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played 10 seasons in the NHL between 1962 and 1972.
Resources
Other websites
Goaltenders.info profile of Bruce Gamble
Find A Grave Memorial
1938 births
1984 deaths
Boston Bruins players
Canadian ice hockey... |
146680 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1937%E2%80%9338%20NHL%20season | 1937–38 NHL season | The 1937–38 NHL season was the 21st season of the National Hockey League (NHL). Eight teams each played 48 games. The Chicago Black Hawks were the Stanley Cup winners as they beat the Toronto Maple Leafs three games to one in the final series.
Regular season
Final standings
Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Loss... |
146694 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falsifiability | Falsifiability | Falsifiability is a concept from philosophy of science that says that it is possible to prove that a theory is wrong. There are different ways in which it can be done. The easiest way to do it is to find an example where the theory should apply, but somehow does not. As an example: Swans are birds related to ducks and... |
146703 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenosha%2C%20Wisconsin | Kenosha, Wisconsin | Kenosha is a city in Kenosha County in the state of Wisconsin. It is part of the Chicago Metropolitan Area, but is nearer to Milwaukee than it is to Chicago. It is the fourth biggest city in the state after Milwaukee, Madison, and Green Bay.
Cities in Wisconsin
County seats in Wisconsin
Kenosha County, Wisconsin
Subur... |
146704 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Locality%20of%20reference | Locality of reference | Locality of reference is a phenomenon that can be seen in Computer science. It says that the same value, or the place where it is stored is accessed often. There are two different kinds of locality of reference:
Temporal locality: If a value is referenced, there is a high probability it will be referenced again a short... |
146705 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenosha%20County%2C%20Wisconsin | Kenosha County, Wisconsin | Kenosha County is a county in the U.S. State of Wisconsin. It is in the far southeast of the state, and faces east onto Lake Michigan. Its county seat is Kenosha. It was founded in 1850. There is hand sanitizer in Kenosha County.
Cities, villages, and towns
Cities
Kenosha
Villages
Bristol
Genoa City (partially)
Pad... |
146706 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tape%20drive | Tape drive | A tape drive or streamer is a component that is often attached to a computer. It is used to write data to magnetic tape or to read data from it. Usually people use it to do backups. Tape drives are different from hard drives in that the access to the data is sequential (in order). This means to read a certain part of d... |
146708 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cache%20algorithm | Cache algorithm | A Cache algorithm is an algorithm used to manage a cache or group of data. When the cache is full, it decides which item should be deleted from the cache. The word hit rate describes how often a request can be served from the cache. The term latency describes for how long a cached item can be obtained. Cache alorithms ... |
146709 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quincy%2C%20Massachusetts | Quincy, Massachusetts | Quincy is a city in Norfolk County in the U.S. State of Massachusetts. It is part of Metropolitan Boston.
It is named after Colonel John Quincy, who was Abigail Adams' mother's father. Quincy also had Adams' son, John Quincy Adams, named after him. It is the birthplace of John Adams, the second U.S. President, and Ada... |
146718 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward%20Rappaport | Edward Rappaport | Edward N. "Ed" Rappaport, Ph.D. is the acting director of the National Hurricane Center. He replaced former director Bill Proenza on July 9, 2007.
References
American meteorologists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people |
146721 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live%20from%20Le%20Cabaret | Live from Le Cabaret | Live from Le Cabaret is a hit live album by Rock-Pop band Maroon 5. The album was exclusively released on iTunes on July 8, 2008.
The recording of Live from Le Cabaret
This album was released on July 8, 2008. It was recorded in Montreal, Quebec. The album was originally 1:05:37 long. The album is the third known reco... |
146726 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermodynamic%20entropy | Thermodynamic entropy | Thermodynamic entropy is a measure of how organized or disorganized energy is present in a system of atoms or molecules. It is measured in joules of energy per unit kelvin. Entropy is an important part of the third law of thermodynamics.
Imagine that a group of molecules has ten units of energy. If the energy in those... |
146730 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornell%20University | Cornell University | Cornell University ( ) is in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions. Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White co-founded it in 1865 by sponsoring a bill in the New York State Legislature to designate it a... |
146733 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolognese%20sauce | Bolognese sauce | Bolognese sauce is a sauce made with meat that is then mixed with pasta before eating. It is called Ragù alla bolognese in Italy. The sauce came from Bologna in Italy.
Most Italian people eat their Bolognese sauce with tagliatelle, a broad, flat type of pasta. It can also be served with ribbon or tube shaped pasta.
Sp... |
146735 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lixion%20Avila | Lixion Avila | Lixion A. Avila (born November 25, 1950) is a weather forecaster with the National Hurricane Center (NHC). He has been a senior hurricane specialist.
References
American meteorologists
Living people
1950 births |
146741 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pug | Pug | The pug is a type of dog with a wrinkly face. It also has a curled tail, and pug puppies are called puglets. The pug has a square, muscular body with a large head, big eyes, and small ears. They have often been described as multum in parvo, which means "much in little", referring to the pug's character and size. Pugs ... |
146750 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Command%20economy | Command economy | A command economy is where the big decisions are made and owned at the centre by the government. A planned economy is where the big decisions are made at the centre by the government.
In an economic system the main decisions are, for example, allocating resources like labour, capital and oil. Prices, too, are contro... |
146753 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles%20Ives | Charles Ives | Charles Edward Ives (October 30, 1874 – May 19, 1954) was an American composer. He experimented with new ways of composing which many people did not understand at the time. These became more widely used later in the century. He used dissonant (harsh) sounding intervals and techniques such as polytonality (playing in... |
146755 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flageolet | Flageolet | A flageolet is an old woodwind instrument. It belongs to the end-blown flute family. It started to be used in the 16th century for folk music. Soon there were two kinds: the French kind and the English. The French flageolet had four holes in the front and two in the back. The English flageolet had six holes in t... |
146757 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris%20Opera | Paris Opera | Paris Opéra or the Opéra National de Paris is the most important opera company of France. It stages performances at the Opéra Bastille and Opéra Garnier in Paris. The theatre is also the home of the Paris Opéra Ballet.
Other opera houses in Paris are the Théâtre du Châtelet, Opéra-Comique and Théâtre des Champs-Élysée... |
146762 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faust | Faust | Faust or Faustus is a character from German legendary stories. His name comes from a Latin word meaning "lucky". The legend is about a man called Faust. Faust wants to have knowledge. He meets the Devil. The Devil tells Faust he can have anything he wants. In return, the Devil says, Faust must give him his soul. ... |
146763 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Mulligan | Robert Mulligan | Robert Mulligan (August 23, 1925 – December 20, 2008) was an Academy Award-nominated American movie and television director. He directed movies such as To Kill a Mockingbird and The Man in the Moon.
Filmography
The Man in the Moon (1991)
Clara's Heart (1988)
Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
Bloodbrothers (1978)
Same Ti... |
146764 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin%20Motor%20Company | Austin Motor Company | Austin was a British car manufacturing company that began production in 1905. The company merged with Morris in 1952, becoming the lead partner in British Motor Corporation. This became British Leyland and then Rover Group. They began phasing the brand out in 1987; by 1989 all Rover Group cars had been cleared of Austi... |
146765 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Puerto%20Rico | Flag of Puerto Rico | The flag of Puerto Rico consists of five equal horizontal bands of red (top and bottom) alternating with white; a blue isosceles triangle based on the hoist side has a large, white, five-pointed star in the center.
The flag was created in 1892. In 1952, the flag became the official national flag of Puerto Rico.
Other... |
146767 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crescent%20and%20star | Crescent and star | The Islamic Crescent is a symbol consisting of a crescent with a star at the concave side. In its modern form, the star is usually shown with five points (though in earlier centuries a higher number of points was often used). The two signs together, or the crescent only, was long a symbol of Byzantium. Now it is often ... |
146794 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cootamundra%2C%20New%20South%20Wales | Cootamundra, New South Wales | Cootamundra is a town in New South Wales, Australia. In 2006 there were 5,566 people living in Cootamundra. It is on the Olympic Highway where it crosses the Muttama Creek, between Junee and Cowra. Cootamundra's railway station is on the main Melbourne-to-Sydney railway line.
Sir Donald Bradman AC, Australian cricke... |
146796 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acacia%20baileyana | Acacia baileyana | The Cootamundra Wattle is an Australian shrub or tree. It is in the Family Fabaceae. The tree's Latin name, Acacia baileyana, is named after the botanist Frederick Manson Bailey. It is one of nearly 1000 species of Acacia found in Australia. The Cootamundra Wattle at first only came from a small area in southern New ... |
146797 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kermanshah | Kermanshah | Kermanshah or Kermashan (; ), is the capital city of Kermanshah Province, in Iran, in Iranian Kurdistan. Kermanshah is the largest Kurdish city in Iran. The city is 525 km from Tehran in the western part of Iran and it is about 120 km from the border of in Iraq. Kermanshah has a continental climate.
The estimated pop... |
146824 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rider%20Strong | Rider Strong | Rider King Strong (born December 11, 1979) is an American movie and television actor. He became famous in the 1990s as the character Shawn Hunter in the television series Boy Meets World.
Other websites
1979 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American child actors
Actors from San Fr... |
146832 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20O%27Meally | John O'Meally | John O'Meally (1841 – 19 November 1863) was an Australian bushranger and criminal. He was one of Frank Gardiner's gang who robbed the gold escort coach at Eugowra. This was Australia's biggest gold robbery.
Early life
O'Meally worked as a stockman, looking after cattle and sheep on his father's farm, Arramagong Statio... |
146847 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/America%27s%20Next%20Top%20Model%2C%20Cycle%203 | America's Next Top Model, Cycle 3 |
Contestants
In order of elimination
Magdalena Rivas, 24, from Worcester, Massachusetts
Leah Darrow, 24, from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Julie Titus, 20, from Kent, Washington
Laura "Kristi" Grommet, 20, St. Louis, Missouri
Jennipher Frost, 22, Pocatello, Idaho
Kelle Jacob, 19, New York City, New York
Cassie Grisham, 1... |
146862 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goethe%27s%20Faust | Goethe's Faust | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's Faust is the most famous play in all German literature. It was published in two parts. Part One is very dramatic, and tells the main story. Part II is extremely long, and it is meant to be read rather than acted on stage. It is about Goethe’s philosophy as well as about history and pol... |
146886 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitric%20acid | Nitric acid | Nitric Acid (HNO3) is a very corrosive and toxic strong acid that can cause severe burns. It is also known as aqua fortis. Nitric Acid is used in rocket fuels, to help make wood look older, and is used in explosives.
It can react with metals such as copper to produce a brown toxic gas called nitrogen dioxide. It is ma... |
146887 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing%20of%20Peter%20Fechter | Killing of Peter Fechter | Peter Fechter (14 January 1944 - 17 August 1962) is one of the best known victims of the Berlin Wall. Fechter was a bricklayer. Aged 18, he tried to cross the wall into the West, near Checkpoint Charlie, to live with his sister. He did this with his friend and colleague, Helmut Kulbeik. Both started to climb the wall a... |
146889 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester%20Metrolink | Manchester Metrolink | Manchester Metrolink (or usually just Metrolink) is the name of the tram system in Greater Manchester, England. The system is owned by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM), which used to be called the Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive (GMPTE). It is operated under contract by the RATP Group.
History
... |
146892 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrate | Nitrate | Nitrate (NO31-) is a polyatomic ion. It is made up of one nitrogen and three oxygen atoms. It is part of many important molecules. Potassium nitrate is a common type of nitrate. It is often used in fertilizers because plants need both potassium and nitrates to live and grow. Sodium nitrate is also used in preserving fo... |
146893 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supertram%20%28Sheffield%29 | Supertram (Sheffield) | Supertram is a tram network in Sheffield, England. The track and connected items are owned by South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive (SYPTE). Stagecoach Group run and look after the vehicles, through their Stagecoach Supertram branded company.
References
Tram transport in the United Kingdom |
146896 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Happy%20Xmas%20%28War%20Is%20Over%29 | Happy Xmas (War Is Over) | "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" is a Christmas song by John Lennon, Yoko Ono and The Plastic Ono Band.
The song is a protest about the Vietnam War in 1969. It has become a Christmas standard and has appeared on several Christmas albums.
Notable cover versions
Céline Dion covered the song on her 1998 album These Are Speci... |
146897 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nottingham%20Express%20Transit | Nottingham Express Transit | Nottingham Express Transit (or in short NET) is a light-rail tramway in the Nottingham area in England. The first line opened to the public on 9 March 2004. It cost £200 million to construct. It took 16 years from the first idea of the system until it was built. It is operated by Nottingham Tram Consortium, a 50:50 par... |
146899 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queanbeyan | Queanbeyan | Queanbeyan is a city in New South Wales, Australia. It is also the local government area called Queanbeyan City Council. It is very close to the Australian federal capital city of Canberra. It is really now a part of the capital city as it is on the Australian Capital Territory border and is only from Canberra's CBD.... |
146902 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah%20Brightman | Sarah Brightman | Sarah Brightman (born 14 August 1960) is an English classical crossover soprano, actress, songwriter and dancer.
She is the best-selling soprano of all times.
Discography
Studio albums
Symphony (2002)
A Winter Symphony (2005)
Dreamchaser (2011)
Other websites
English singers
Sopranos
1960 births
Living people
Sp... |
146905 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip%20IV%20of%20Spain | Philip IV of Spain | Philip IV (, ; 8 April 1605 – 17 September 1665) was King of Spain between 1621 and 1665 He was also sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands and King of Portugal until 1640.
His daughter was Marie Thérèse of Austria, wife of Louis XIV. All but three of his children died in childhood.
Children
With Elisabeth of France (1... |
146906 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%2B10%3A00 | UTC+10:00 | UTC+10:00 means a time zone that is 10 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time or UTC. UTC is the standard time zone of the world. Timezones are often named by how many hours they are different from UTC time. For example, UTC -5 (United States east coast) is 5 hours behind UTC.
The UTC+10 time zone covers the follo... |
146908 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Erebus | Mount Erebus | Mount Erebus is a volcano on Ross Island in Antarctica. It is the most southern active volcano in the world.
Erebus is high.
History
On November 28, 1979, an airplane, Air New Zealand Flight 901, crashed into Mount Erebus during a storm. All 257 people in the airplane died.
References
Mountains of Antarctica |
146909 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air%20New%20Zealand%20Flight%20901 | Air New Zealand Flight 901 | Air New Zealand Flight 901 was a flight that operated from 1977 to 1979. The flight did not stop in Antarctica. It was a sightseeing flight to Antarctica. It was supposed to loop between Auckland, New Zealand, and Antarctica.
The flight's route had been changed without the crew's knowledge shortly before the plane... |
146914 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amborella | Amborella | Amborella trichopoda is a small, evergreen shrub. It occurs only in the moist, shaded understory of montane forests on the South Pacific island of New Caledonia. The genus is the only member of the family Amborellaceae and contains only this single species.
Amborella is of great interest to plant systematists because ... |
146916 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandon%2C%20British%20Columbia | Sandon, British Columbia | Sandon, British Columbia is a mining town in British Columbia, Canada. It is also the place where Cecil 'Tiny' Thompson was born.
Settlements in British Columbia |
146918 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%2B11%3A00 | UTC+11:00 | UTC+11:00 means a time zone that is 11 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time or UTC. UTC is the standard time zone of the world. Time zones are often named by how many hours they are different from UTC time. For example, UTC -5 (United States east coast) is 5 hours behind UTC.
In Australia, Australian Eastern Sta... |
146921 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/God%20is%20dead | God is dead | "God is dead" (German: ) is a well known phrase by the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche. It is also known as the death of God. The phrase is not meant literally. Instead it is about what value destruction has done to people's belief in Christianity. Some religious thinkers do take it literally though.
Nietzsche ... |
146931 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois%20Le%20Sueur | Jean-François Le Sueur | Jean-François Le Sueur (or Lesueur) (15 February 1760 — 6 October 1837) was a French composer, best known for his oratorios and operas.
Life
Jean-François Le Sueur was born in a tiny village called Plessiel, near Abbeville. His great-uncle was the painter Eustache Le Sueur. He started his musical training by singing... |
146935 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anton%20Reicha | Anton Reicha | Anton Reicha (born 26 February 1770; died 28 May 1836) was a Czech-born composer who became naturalized French. He was a lifelong friend of Beethoven.
Reicha is now best remembered for the large number of quintets that he wrote for wind instruments, and for his work as a music teacher. Franz Liszt and Hector Berlioz ... |
146951 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2001 | British Rail Class 01 | British Rail's Class 01 diesel locomotives were a short wheelbase 0-4-0 diesel-mechanical design intended for use in areas with tight curves and limited clearance.
01 |
146955 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2002 | British Rail Class 02 | The British Rail Class 02 were a class of twenty 0-4-0 diesel-hydraulic shunting locomotives. They were built by the Yorkshire Engine Company in 1960 (first ten, D2850-D2859) and 1961 (D2860-D2869). They were built for use in places of restricted loading gauge and curves such as docks. They had the door to the cab at ... |
146957 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2003 | British Rail Class 03 | The British Rail Class 03 locomotive is, together with Class 04, one of BR's most successful smaller 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunters. There are 230 members of the class and it was built by British Railways' Swindon and Doncaster works in 1957-1962. They are numbered D2000-D2199 and D2370-D2399 (later 03004 to 03399).... |
146961 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2004 | British Rail Class 04 | The British Rail Class 04 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunting locomotive class was built between 1952 and 1962. It was the basis for the later Class 03 built in the British Railways workshops. The Class 04 locomotives were supplied by the Drewry Car Co., which at the time (and for most of its existence) had no manufactur... |
146964 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tajik%20people | Tajik people | {{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Tajiks
| image = Afghan children in Badakhshan Province-2012.jpg
| caption = Tajik children from Badakhshan Province of Afghanistan
| population = 18–27 million
| region1 =
| pop1 = 9,450,000–11,550,000 (2014) 27–33%
| ref1 =
| region2 =
| pop2 = 6,787,000 (2014)
| ref2 =
| region3... |
146974 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart-Shaped%20Box | Heart-Shaped Box | "Heart-Shaped Box" is a song by the American grunge band Nirvana. It was written by lead singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain. It was released on August 23, 1993 as the first single from their third studio album In Utero.
Cobain's wife Courtney Love thought the song was about her, although it was actually written about ch... |
146977 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2005 | British Rail Class 05 | The British Rail Class 05 is a class of 0-6-0 diesel-mechanical shunters built by Hunslet Engine Company from 1955 to 1961. They were used on the Eastern and Scottish Regions of British Railways. At first they were numbered 11136-11176 and later on were numbered D2550-D2619.
05 |
146978 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2006 | British Rail Class 06 | The British Rail Class 06 is a class of 0-4-0 diesel-mechanical shunters built by Andrew Barclay from 1958 to 1960 for use on the Scottish Region of British Railways. They were originally numbered D2410-D2444 and later given the TOPS numbers 06001-06010.
06 |
146979 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Thompson | Paul Thompson | Paul Ivan Thompson (born November 2, 1906 in Calgary, Alberta – September 13, 1991) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He was a left wing.
Thompson started playing in the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1926. He played for the New York Rangers and the Chicago Black Hawks. He stopped playing in 1939.
He was part of t... |
146982 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junior%20ice%20hockey | Junior ice hockey | Junior ice hockey, most often referred to as junior hockey, describes many levels of ice hockey play for players generally between the ages of 16 and 20 years old.
Ice hockey |
146983 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2007 | British Rail Class 07 | The British Rail Class 07 diesel locomotive is an off-centre cab dock shunter. They were used in Southampton Docks, to replace SR USA Class steam locomotives. It is a 0-6-0 diesel-electric shunter built by Ruston & Hornsby in 1962. They were originally numbered D2985-D2998 and later given the TOPS numbers 07001(D298... |
146984 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial%20Cup | Memorial Cup | The 'Memorial Cup is the trophy for the winners of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). Every year, winning teams from the three CHL leagues, the Western Hockey League (WHL), the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), and the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL), and the hosting team, compete in a tournament. The Spokane Chie... |
146985 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%2008 | British Rail Class 08 | The British Rail Class 08 is a class of diesel locomotive designed for shunting. It was the standard BR diesel-electric shunter. It was based on the LMS 12033 series (later TOPS Class 11). Production started in 1953 and when it finished in 1962, the class had become the most numerous of all British classes, numbering... |
147001 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow%20fever | Yellow fever | Yellow fever is an acute viral haemorrhagic disease transmitted by infected mosquitoes. The illness can cause bleeding problems. It is called yellow because it makes the skin and the eyes yellow in color, like jaundice.
There is a vaccine which can stop the disease, but many people in Africa and South America are not ... |
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