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136793 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauerbraten%20%28video%20game%29 | Sauerbraten (video game) | Sauerbraten (also known as Cube 2 or Sauer, German for “sour roast”) is a cross-platform, Quake-like, first-person shooter computer game that runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X using OpenGL and SDL. The game features single-player and multiplayer game play and contains an in-game level editor, its m... |
136794 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speaker%20of%20the%20House%20of%20Commons | Speaker of the House of Commons | Speaker of the House of Commons can refer to:
Speaker of the House of Commons (UK), which has historically comprised:
Speaker of the House of Commons of England (-1706)
Speaker of the House of Commons of Great Britain (1707-1800)
Speaker of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom (1801-)
Speaker of the Canadian Hous... |
136798 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town%20crier | Town crier | A town crier is a person who is employed by a town council to make public announcements in the streets. The crier can also be used in court or official announcements. Criers often dress elaborately, a tradition known from the 18th century, in a red and gold robe, white breeches, black boots and a tricorne hat.
They ca... |
136807 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plague%20of%20Justinian | Plague of Justinian | The Plague of Justinian was a pandemic caused by bubonic plague. It happened during the years of 541 to 542 in the Byzantine Empire. It was the first pandemic recorded in history. Historians estimate that this pandemic killed as many as 100 million people across the world, partly because it returned every twelve years ... |
136809 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlib%20License | Zlib License | The zlib License is an open source software license.
The license
The words of the zlib License are:
This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied
warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable for any damages
arising from the use of this software.
Permission is granted to anyone to use th... |
136810 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plant%20cutting | Plant cutting | Plant cutting, also known as striking/cloning, is a technique for vegetatively (asexually) propagating plants. With this method, a piece of the source plant containing at least one stem cell is placed in a suitable medium such as moist soil, potting mix, coir or rock wool. The cutting then grows new roots, stems, or b... |
136812 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferdinand%20Lassalle | Ferdinand Lassalle | Ferdinand Lassalle (11 April 1825 — 31 August 1864) was a German jurist and socialist politician.
Lassalle was born in Breslau. His father sent him to a business school in Leipzig. Lassalle changed to the University of Breslau. He later studied in Berlin.
He studied Philosophy, Philology (Latin and Ancient Greek) and ... |
136814 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans-Dietrich%20Genscher | Hans-Dietrich Genscher | Hans-Dietrich Genscher (21 March 1927 – 31 March 2016) was a German politician.
Early life
Genscher was born at Reideburg, near Halle. Genscher served in World War II from 1943 to 1945. He joined the Nazi Party at the age of 18. After the war, he studied economics and law in Halle and Leipzig. He joined the East Germa... |
136815 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonny%20Kennedy%20%28rugby%20union%29 | Jonny Kennedy (rugby union) | Jonny Kennedy (born 16 February 1990) is an English rugby union player for Sale Sharks in the Guinness Premiership. He was born in Leighton, Cheshire. He plays as a centre or on the wing.
Other websites
Sale Sharks profile
1990 births
Living people
English rugby union players
Sale Sharks rugby union players
Sportspeo... |
136816 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz%20M%C3%BCntefering | Franz Müntefering | Franz Müntefering (born January 16, 1940) is a German politician. He used to be Chairman of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD).
Müntefering was born in Neheim-Hüsten near Arnsberg.
After his school time he was taught to became an industrial salesman.
He joined the Social Democratic Party in 1966.
He was memb... |
136817 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick%20Royle | Nick Royle | Nick Royle (born 1983) is a current England Rugby Sevens International rugby union player. He plays as a winger.
He has played for Warrington, Widnes Vikings, Sale Sharks and Fylde.
Other websites
Sale Sharks profile
1983 births
Living people
English rugby union players
Sale Sharks rugby union players |
136818 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl%20Fearns | Carl Fearns | Carl Fearns (born 28 May 1989 in Liverpool) is an English rugby union player for Sale Sharks in the Guinness Premiership. He plays as a back-row.
Other websites
Sale Sharks profile
1989 births
Living people
English rugby union players
Sale Sharks rugby union players
Sportspeople from Liverpool |
136819 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Gaskell | James Gaskell | James Gaskell (born 20 May 1990) is a rugby union player for Sale Sharks in the Guinness Premiership. He was born in Crewe, Cheshire. He plays as a lock.
Other websites
Sale Sharks profile
1990 births
Living people
English rugby union players
People from Crewe
Sale Sharks rugby union players
Sportspeople from Cheshir... |
136820 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Halsall | Martin Halsall | Martin Halsall (born 25 December 1984 in Blackpool, England) is a rugby union player for Sale Sharks in the Guinness Premiership. He plays as a prop.
Other websites
Sale Sharks profile
1984 births
Living people
English rugby union players
Sale Sharks rugby union players
People from Lancashire |
136822 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex%20Shaw | Alex Shaw | Alex Shaw (born 31 March 1987 in Maidstone, Kent, England) is a rugby union player for Sale Sharks in the Guinness Premiership. He plays as a back-row.
Other websites
Sale Sharks profile
1987 births
Living people
English rugby union players
Sale Sharks rugby union players
Sportspeople from Kent |
136823 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Leck | Chris Leck | Chris Leck (born 21 May 1986 in Manchester, England) is a rugby union player for Sale Sharks in the Guinness Premiership. He plays as a scrum-half.
Other websites
Sale Sharks profile
1986 births
Living people
English rugby union players
Sale Sharks rugby union players
Sportspeople from Manchester |
136825 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret%20Water | Secret Water | Secret Water is the eighth book in Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series of children's books. It was published in 1939.
This book is set in and around Hamford Water in Essex, close to the resort town of Walton-on-the-Naze. It brings the Swallows and the Amazons together and introduces a new group of characters,... |
136827 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran%20Turismo%20%28video%20game%29 | Gran Turismo (video game) | Gran Turismo is a driving simulation video game created by Polyphony Digital for Sony PlayStation console. The game was first sold in 1997. There are seven main games of Gran Turismo series and by late 2008 over 50 million Gran Turismo games have been sold by Sony. Each of the games simulate many different types of car... |
136834 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramid | Aramid | Aramids are polymers. The name stands for aromatic polyamide. Structurally aramids are similar to proteins.
Overview
Stephanie Kwolek developed aramids at DuPont in 1965. DuPont uses the trade name Kevlar for them..
Aramids are very present in security helmets, in splinter-resistant glass, in Ballistic vests, but a... |
136837 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brute%20force%20attack | Brute force attack | A brute force attack is a term in cryptanalysis. It means trying to break a coded cyphertext by trying a lot of possibilities with fast computers. For example, a large number of the possible keys are tried in the key space. If successful , this decrypts the encrypted message.
Overview
The theoretical possibility of a... |
136839 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information%20theory | Information theory | Information theory is a branch of applied mathematics and electrical engineering. Information theory measures the amount of information in data that could have more than one value. In its most common use, information theory finds physical and mathematical limits on the amounts of data in data compression and data com... |
136841 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block%20cipher | Block cipher | In cryptography, a block cipher is a symmetric key cipher which operates on a groups of bits of fixed length, called blocks, using an exact transformation. During encryption, a block cipher algorithm might take (for example) a 128-bit block of plaintext as input, and output a corresponding 128-bit block of ciphertext. ... |
136853 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Authentication | Authentication | Authentication (pronounced "aw-then-ti-keyt") (from Greek αυθεντικός; real or genuine, from authentes; author) is the actions taken to establish or verify something (or someone) as authentic. It is the method of verifying claims made by someone about the thing. This might involve confirming the identity of a person, t... |
136856 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/DES-X | DES-X | In cryptography, DES-X (or DESX) is an alternative to the DES (Data Encryption Standard) block cipher designed to increase the complexity of a brute force attack using a technique called key whitening. As DES suffers from brute force attack DES-X was a trial to overcome such drawbacks.
Related pages
Advanced Encrypti... |
136858 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hostname | Hostname | A hostname (also known as a sitename) is the unique name by which a network device (which may be a computer, file server, network storage device, copier, cable modem, etc.) is defined and known on a network. The hostname is used to identify a particular host in various electronic communication networks such as the Wor... |
136860 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Institute%20of%20Standards%20and%20Technology | National Institute of Standards and Technology | The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), known between 1901 and 1988 as the National Bureau of Standards (NBS), is a measurement standards laboratory which is a non-regulatory (non-controlled) agency of the United States Department of Commerce. The institute's mission is to promote U.S. innovation and... |
136861 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key%20size | Key size | In cryptography, key size or key length is the size (measured in bits or bytes) of the key used in a cryptographic algorithm (such as a cipher). Typical key sizes in modern symmetric ciphers are 128, 192, and 256 bits. Older symmetric ciphers used only 40, 56, or 64 bits, which can be broken by brute force. 128 bits is... |
136865 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kandinsky | Kandinsky | Wassily Kandinsky ( – 13 December 1944) was a Russian painter, printmaker and art theorist.
He was one of the most important 20th-century artists. He was a major figure in modern art and painted some of the first modern abstract works. His art changed several times during his life. It was fauvist, abstract, expressi... |
136867 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key%20cryptography | Public-key cryptography | Public-key cryptography, also called asymmetric cryptography, is a communication where people exchange messages that can only be read by one another.
In public key cryptography, each user has a pair of cryptographic keys:
a public key
a private key
The private key is kept secret, while the public key may be widel... |
136868 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Ashcroft | John Ashcroft | John David Ashcroft (born May 9, 1942) is an American consultant, lobbyist and politician. He was the 79th United States Attorney General. He served during the first term of President George W. Bush from 2001 until 2005. Ashcroft was previously the Governor of Missouri (1985–1993) and a U.S. Senator from Missouri (1995... |
136870 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim%20conquests | Muslim conquests | The first Arab Muslim conquests (632–732), (, Fatah, literally opening,) also referred to as the Islamic conquests or Arab conquests, began after the death of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He established a new unified political polity in the Arabian peninsula which under the following Rashidun and Umayyad Caliphates sa... |
136887 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key%20space | Key space | In cryptography, the key space of an algorithm refers to the set of all possible keys that can be used to initialize the cryptographic algorithm. For example, if an algorithm works using a key that is a string of 10 bits, then its key space is the set of all binary strings of length 10 bits; i.e. we have key space of s... |
136893 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger%20Williams%20%28theologian%29 | Roger Williams (theologian) | Roger Williams (December 21, 1603 – April 1, 1683) was an English-American Puritan, and a Calvinist-Baptist theologian. He was widely known as a supporter of religious toleration and separation of church and state. He also supported fair dealings with Native Americans. In 1644, he received a royal charter creating the ... |
136902 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarianism | Unitarianism | Unitarianism is a term that describes some forms of Christianity. Unitarianism can be described as the belief that God is just one person. This is different from what most other Christians think, which is that God is three different people all in the same person. That belief is called Trinitarianism. Unitarian Christia... |
136907 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20National%20Security%20Council | United States National Security Council | The White House National Security Council (NSC) in the United States is the principal forum used by the President for considering national security and foreign policy matters with his senior national security advisors and Cabinet officials and is part of the President's Executive Office. It began under President Harry ... |
136909 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Hadley | Stephen Hadley | Stephen John Hadley (born February 13, 1947, in Toledo, Ohio) is the current (21st) U.S. Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (commonly referred as National Security Advisor) for President George W. Bush. He had been Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor from January 22, 2... |
136910 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deputy%20National%20Security%20Advisor | Deputy National Security Advisor | The Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs, commonly referred to as the Deputy National Security Advisor, is a member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, serving as deputy to the President's National Security Advisor.
Among other responsibilities, the Deputy National... |
136916 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Director%20of%20the%20Central%20Intelligence%20Agency | Director of the Central Intelligence Agency | Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (D/CIA) serves as the head of the Central Intelligence Agency, which is part of the United States Intelligence Community. He/She reports to the Director of National Intelligence (DNI).
The Director is assisted by the Deputy Director of the Central Intelligence Agency. The ... |
136918 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Procopius | Procopius | Procopius of Caesarea (, c. 500 – c. 565) was a prominent Eastern Roman scholar. He took part in the wars of the Emperor Justinian I, and was the major historian of the 6th century AD, writing the Wars of Justinian, the Buildings of Justinian and the celebrated Secret History. He is commonly held to be the last major h... |
136919 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porter%20Goss | Porter Goss | Porter Johnston Goss (born December 10, 1938) is an American politician. He was the last Director of Central Intelligence and the first Director of the Central Intelligence Agency following the passage of the 2004 Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act, which abolished the DCI position. A CIA officer in Lati... |
136922 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Tenet | George Tenet | George John Tenet the son of Greek northern Epirus immigrants was born in January 5, 1953. He was the Director of Central Intelligence for the United States Central Intelligence Agency and is Distinguished Professor in the Practice of Diplomacy at Georgetown University. Tenet held the position as the DCI from July 1... |
136927 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peer%20Steinbr%C3%BCck | Peer Steinbrück | Peer Steinbrück (born 10 January 1947) is a German politician.
Steinbrück was born in Hamburg. From 1968 to 1969 he was training as a reserve officer of the Bundeswehr (German army). From 1970 to 1974 he studied national economy in Kiel. After that he worked in different ministries.
In 1969 he joined the Social Democ... |
136928 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyblade | Beyblade | {{Infobox animanga/Other
| title = Related anime
| content =
Beyblade: Fierce Battle (film)
Metal Saga (sequel)
Metal Fusion
Metal Masters
Metal Fury
Shogun Steel
BeyWheelz (spin-off)
BeyWarriors: BeyRaiderz
BeyWarriors: Cyborg
Beyblade Burst
Beyblade Burst Evolution
Beyblade Burst Turbo}}... |
136946 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfmother | Wolfmother | Wolfmother are an Australian rock band. They won a Grammy award in 2007 for their song 'Woman'. Musically they are similar to blues rock bands like Led Zeppelin.
References
Australian hard rock bands
Australian heavy metal bands
Grammy Award winners
Musical groups from Sydney |
136947 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defense%20Intelligence%20Agency | Defense Intelligence Agency | The Defense Intelligence Agency, or DIA, is the central producer and manager of foreign military intelligence for the United States. As one of the principal members of the U.S. Intelligence Community, the agency works to answer national-level defense objectives for the President, the Secretary of Defense, and senior U.... |
136959 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Makenna%20Cowgill | Makenna Cowgill | Makenna Cowgill (born 11 September 1998) is an American actress. She has provided voices for many animated movies.
Filmography
Bambi II (2006)
Meet the Robinsons (2007)
The Time Traveler's Wife (2009)
Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)
Monsters University (2013)
References
Other websites
American television actors
Ameri... |
136960 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/African%20bush%20elephant | African bush elephant | The African bush elephant (Loxodonta africana) is the larger of the two species of African elephant. The bull males can weigh 13000 pounds and stand 13 feet tall at the shoulder.
The population of bush elephants has drastically declined in the last thirty years. It is hunted for its ivory and meat. Protection by game... |
136961 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binda%2C%20New%20South%20Wales | Binda, New South Wales | Binda is a village in the Southern Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia in Upper Lachlan Shire.
It is about 261 km south-west of Sydney and 19 km north of Crookwell. Other near-by towns or locations are:
Crooked Corner
Peelwood
Redground
Wheeo
Narrawa North
In 2006, the population of Binda was 131 people.
... |
136963 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollister | Hollister | Hollister can mean:
Places in the United States
Hollister, California
Hollister, Florida
Hollister, Idaho
Hollister, Missouri
Hollister, Oklahoma
Hollister Ranch, a ranch north of Santa Barbara, California
Hollister, North Carolina, center of the Haliwa-Saponi Native American tribe
Other uses
Hollister Co., a... |
136965 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollister%20Co. | Hollister Co. | Hollister Co. is a clothing company owned by Abercrombie & Fitch. The kind of clothing they sell is casual, meaning that it is for informal use. It also has a theme based on the surfing cultural movement of Southern California. The first Hollister store opened in July 2000 in Columbus, Ohio. Even though Hollister opene... |
136970 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron%20Simmons | Ron Simmons | Ronald "Ron" Simmons (born May 15, 1958) is an American retired professional wrestler and American football player. He competed under his real name and the ring names Faarooq Asaad and Faarooq. He is currently signed to the WWE under a Legends program.
He competed in the National Wrestling Association (NWA), World Cha... |
136972 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fire%20services%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom | Fire services in the United Kingdom | The fire service in the United Kingdom operates under separate legislative and administrative arrangements in England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
Fire services
In England, there is a fire service for each county and large city, although some cover two counties. Wales is divided between three fire services. ... |
136973 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleach%20%28Nirvana%20album%29 | Bleach (Nirvana album) | Bleach is the first album by the American rock band, Nirvana. It did not become popular when it was released, but when Nirvana's second album Nevermind was released in 1991, many Nirvana fans discovered Bleach. It is the best-selling release ever on the Sub Pop label.
Track listing
References
Nirvana albums
1989 al... |
136978 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zub | Zub | Zub is a computer game made for use on the Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum computers which was released in 1986 by Mastertronic. The code was written by John and Ste Pickford on the ZX Spectrum and Phillip Brian Allsopp on the Commodore 64, and the music was composed by David Whittaker.
The plot of the game
Zub works for... |
136991 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molly%20Hatchet | Molly Hatchet | Molly Hatchet is a southern rock band from Jacksonville, Florida. They were formed in 1971 by Dave Hlubek and Steve Holland.
1970s American music groups
1980s American music groups
1990s American music groups
2000s American music groups
2010s American music groups
American rock bands
American hard rock bands
Southern ... |
136992 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern%20Italy | Northern Italy | Northern Italy (Italia Settentrionale, Italia del Nord, Padania, Alta Italia, Norditalia or just Nord) is an area that is made up of two areas in Italy:
North-West (Nord-Ovest): Aosta Valley, Piedmont, Lombardy, Liguria;
North-East (Nord-Est): Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Emilia-Romagn... |
136997 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermosphere | Thermosphere | The thermosphere is the fourth layer of the Earth's atmosphere. It is directly above the mesosphere (middle layer) and directly below the exosphere (top layer).
The name thermosphere is taken from the Greek word "thermos" which means 'heat'. This layer has high temperatures because it absorbs X-rays and extreme ultra... |
136998 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anaconda%20%28installer%29 | Anaconda (installer) | Anaconda is the installer for Red Hat Linux and Fedora. It is written in Python and C, with a graphical interface using GTK+ 3 and PyGObject and a text inetrface using python-newt. A kickstart file can be used to automatically configure the installation, allowing users to run it without much supervision.
Anaconda is u... |
137008 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canowindra%2C%20New%20South%20Wales | Canowindra, New South Wales | Canowindra (pronounced Can-noun-dra) is an historic town near Cowra in the central west of New South Wales, Australia. Canowindra is on the Belubula River.
History
A post office opened in 1847. The mail came through Carcoar. It was not part of the road to the Lachlan because it didn't have a bridge.
In October 1863, ... |
137016 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Cutler | Robert Cutler | Robert Cutler (1895 – 1974) was a U.S. administrator. He served as National Security Advisor between 1953 and 1955, and again from 1957 to 1958. A graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School and attorney and bank executive in Boston, Massachusetts before taking public office, he was the person to serve in the ne... |
137018 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/St.%20Anthony-Chapel | St. Anthony-Chapel | The St. Anthony-Chapel is a chapel in the district Kornelimünster of the German city of Aachen.
It was built in 1718 but destroyed by an earthquake a short time later. The abbot of the abbey at Kornelimünster ordered to rebuild the damaged building. It was completed in 1781.
The St. Anthony-Chapel belongs to a group ... |
137019 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Secretary%20of%20Transportation | United States Secretary of Transportation | The United States Secretary of Transportation is the head of the United States Department of Transportation. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet.
Secretaries of Transportation
Parties
(8)
(11)
Status
References
Secretary of Transportation
1967 establishments in the United States |
137022 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Bushwackers%20%28band%29 | The Bushwackers (band) | The Bushwackers Band was first called the Bushwackers and Bullockies Band. It is an Australian folk and country music band. It was active from the early 1970s to 1984. The group started as a trio playing around Latrobe University, Melbourne. The players were Dave Isom, Jan Wositzky and Bert Kanahoff. Their first album... |
137023 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Department%20of%20Transportation | United States Department of Transportation | The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) is a federal Cabinet department of the United States government concerned with transportation. It was established by an act of Congress on October 15, 1966 and began operation on April 1, 1967. It is administered by the United States Secretary of Transportation. Thei... |
137026 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Department%20of%20War | United States Department of War | The United States Department of War, also called the War Office, was the department of the United States government's executive branch responsible for the operation and maintenance of land (and later air) forces from 1789 until September 18, 1947, when it became part of the National Military Establishment, renamed on A... |
137029 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Department%20of%20Commerce%20and%20Labor | United States Department of Commerce and Labor | The United States Department of Commerce and Labor was a Cabinet department of the United States government.
The department was created on February 14, 1903. Later, on March 4, 1913 the name changed to the Department of Commerce. Then, its bureaus and agencies specializing in labor moved to the new Department of Labor... |
137030 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Department%20of%20Health%2C%20Education%2C%20and%20Welfare | United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare | The United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (also known as HEW) was a cabinet-level department of the United States government from 1953 until 1979. It was administered by the United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare. In 1979, a separate Department of Education (ED) was created fro... |
137032 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Post%20Office%20Department | United States Post Office Department | The Post Office Department is the former name of the United States Postal Service when it was a Cabinet department. It was headed by the United States Postmaster General.
The Postal Service Act signed by President George Washington on February 20, 1792 established the Department. Postmaster General John McLean was the... |
137033 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Department%20of%20Education | United States Department of Education | The United States Department of Education (also referred to as ED, for Education Department) is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government. Created by the Department of Education Organization Act (Public Law 96-88), it was signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on October 17, 1979 and began operating... |
137038 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Department%20of%20Housing%20and%20Urban%20Development | United States Department of Housing and Urban Development | The United States Department of Housing, often abbreviated HUD, is a Cabinet department of the United States federal government. Although its beginnings were in the House and Home Financing Agency, it was founded in 1965 to develop and execute policy on housing and cities. It has largely scaled back its urban developme... |
137040 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Department%20of%20Veterans%20Affairs | United States Department of Veterans Affairs | The United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a government-run military veteran benefit system with Cabinet-level status. It is responsible for administering programs of veterans’ benefits for veterans, their families, and survivors. The benefits provided include disability compensation, pension, education, ... |
137042 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Particle%20accelerator | Particle accelerator | A particle accelerator, also called an atom smasher, is a machine that accelerates (speeds up) particles and makes them travel at very high speeds. Accelerators work by pushing particles like electrons, protons, or atomic nuclei (the centers of atoms) with electric fields and by steering them with magnetic fields. The... |
137043 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Secretary%20of%20Education | United States Secretary of Education | The United States Secretary of Education is the head of the Department of Education. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet, and 16th in line of United States presidential line of succession. The United States Secretary of Education deals with Education.
In 1979, President Jimmy Carter established the De... |
137046 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Secretary%20of%20Health%2C%20Education%2C%20and%20Welfare | United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare | The United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare was the head of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. The Secretary was a member of the President's Cabinet. In 1979, there was a division of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare's position into separate secretaries of H... |
137051 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oveta%20Culp%20Hobby | Oveta Culp Hobby | Oveta Culp Hobby (January 19, 1905–August 16, 1995) was the first secretary of the United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, first commanding officer of the Women's Army Corps, and chairman of the board of the Houston Post.
References
Pando, Robert T. "Oveta Culp Hobby: A Study in Power and Control... |
137053 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia%20Roberts%20Harris | Patricia Roberts Harris | Patricia Roberts Harris (May 31, 1924 – March 23, 1985) served as United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, the last United States Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare and the first United States Secretary of Health and Human Services in the administration of President Jimmy Carter. She was the f... |
137057 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assistant%20Secretary%20of%20Housing%20and%20Urban%20Development%20for%20Housing | Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Housing | The Assistant Secretary for Housing, who also carries the title Federal Housing Commissioner, is a position within the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Assistant Secretary is responsible for overseeing the $400 billion Federal Housing Administration insurance portfolio. He or she also over... |
137058 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Secretary%20of%20Housing%20and%20Urban%20Development | United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development | The United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development is the head of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, concerned with urban housing matters. The Secretary is a member of the President's Cabinet. Marcia Fudge is currently serving as Secretary.
On January 13, 1966, Robert C. Weaver b... |
137059 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Paulson | Henry Paulson | Henry Merritt "Hank" Paulson Jr. (born March 28, 1946) was the United States Treasury Secretary from 2006 to 2009 and member of the International Monetary Fund Board of Governors. He previously served as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Goldman Sachs.
Paulson is co-chair with Tom Steyer and Michael Bloomber... |
137065 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reconquista | Reconquista | The Reconquista (a Spanish and Portuguese word for "Reconquest"; Arabic: الاسترداد, "Recapturing") was a period of 800 years in the Middle Ages during which the several Christian kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula expanded themselves (grew) by fighting the Muslim states of al-Andalus (Arabic الأندلس), the Muslim states ... |
137068 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20W.%20Snow | John W. Snow | John William Snow (born August 2, 1939, in Toledo, Ohio) served as the 73rd United States Secretary of the Treasury. He replaced Secretary Paul O'Neill on February 3, 2003 and was succeeded by Henry Paulson on July 3, 2006, in a move that had been anticipated for several weeks. Snow submitted a letter of resignation on... |
137070 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20H.%20O%27Neill | Paul H. O'Neill | Paul Henry O'Neill (December 4, 1935 – April 18, 2020) was an American businessman and politician.
He served as the 72nd United States Secretary of the Treasury for part of President George W. Bush's first Administration. He resigned in December 2002 under pressure from the administration and became a harsh critic.
O... |
137071 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver%20Wolcott%20Jr. | Oliver Wolcott Jr. | Oliver Wolcott Jr. (January 11, 1760– June 1, 1833) was United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1795 to 1800 and governor of Connecticut from 1817 to 1827.
1760 births
1833 deaths
Governors of Connecticut
United States Secretaries of the Treasury
Yale University alumni
19th-century American politicians
18th-centu... |
137072 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Dexter | Samuel Dexter | Samuel Dexter (May 14, 1761 – May 4, 1816) was an early American statesman who served both in Congress and in the Presidential Cabinet.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, to the Rev. Samuel Dexter, the 4th minister of Dedham, he graduated from Harvard University in 1781 and then studied law at Worcester under Levi Lincoln... |
137075 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Secretary%20of%20the%20Army | United States Secretary of the Army | The United States Secretary of the Army is a civilian office within the Department of Defense with statutory responsibility for all matters relating to the United States Army: manpower, personnel, reserve affairs, installations, environmental issues, weapons systems and equipment acquisition, communications, and financ... |
137077 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth%20Claiborne%20Royall | Kenneth Claiborne Royall | Kenneth Claiborne Royall (July 24, 1894–May 25, 1971) was a United States Army general and the last person to hold the office of Secretary of War. That position was abolished in 1947, and Royall served as the first Secretary of the Army (a successory position) from 1947 to 1949.
1894 births
1971 deaths
American genera... |
137080 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete%20Geren | Pete Geren | Preston M. Geren, III (born January 29, 1952 in Fort Worth, Texas) was the 20th United States Secretary of the Army from 16 July 2007 to 16 September 2009.
He had already been acting United States Secretary of the Air Force, between 29 July 2005 and position he served in until the confirmation of his successor Michael... |
137089 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astor%20markhor | Astor markhor | The astor markhor or flare-horned markhor (Capra falconeri falconeri) is an endangered species of markhor. It is native to Kashmir and northern Pakistan.
Caprids
Mammals of Pakistan
Plants and animals of Kashmir |
137090 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabul%20markhor | Kabul markhor | The Kabul markhor (Capra falconeri megaceros) is a goat-antelope native to Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is an endangered subspecies of the markhor. It is the 'Provincial animal of Afghania'.
Related pages
Markhor
Caprids
Mammals of Asia |
137097 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junagarh | Junagarh | Junagarh City () was the former capital of the former princely state of Junagadh, which was integrated into the Indian Union in 1948.
Cities in India |
137099 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nirvana%20%28album%29 | Nirvana (album) | Nirvana was a greatest hits album of songs by the popular American grunge band Nirvana, who disbanded in 1994 because the lead singer, Kurt Cobain died. The album was released on October 29, 2002. It was almost not released because of a lawsuit by Cobain's wife Courtney Love. This was because of a song on the album, "... |
137103 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Pakistan%20border | India–Pakistan border | The Hindustan–Pakistan Border, known locally as the International Border (IB), is the international boundary between the Republic of India and Pakistan that demarcates the Indian states of Punjab, Rajasthan and Gujarat from the Pakistani provinces of Punjab and Sindh except for Kashmir that is disputed (Line of Control... |
137107 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emblem%20of%20Afghanistan | Emblem of Afghanistan | The Coat of arms of Afghanistan has appeared in some form on the Flag of Afghanistan since the inception of that nation. The most notable absence was during the 1980s when a Communist regime ruled the nation, and in the late 1990s, during the rule of the Taliban.
The latest incarnation of the coat of arms has the add... |
137111 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB%20hub | USB hub | USB is an international standard of technology for connecting peripherals to computers and other devices that support it. An interface where a USB device can be connected is called a port. A USB hub is a special device which allows adding more USB ports. The additional ports share one USB connection to the computer; fo... |
137121 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20signature | Digital signature | A digital signature or digital signature scheme is a type of asymmetric cryptography. For messages sent through an insecure channel, a good implementation of digital signature algorithm is by panduthe one that makes the receiver believe that the message was sent by the claimed sender, and trust the message.
Digital si... |
137123 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key%20generation | Key generation | Key generation is the process of generating keys for cryptography. The key is used to encrypt and decrypt data whatever the data is being encrypted or decrypted.
Modern cryptographic systems include symmetric-key algorithms (such as DES and AES) and public-key algorithms (such as RSA). Symmetric-key algorithms use a ... |
137129 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symmetric-key%20algorithm | Symmetric-key algorithm | Symmetric-key algorithms is a method in cryptography. It is when the keys for decryption and encryption are exactly the same shared secret. You can generate the secret randomly, or from a password, or through a secret key-exchange procedure like Diffie-Hellman.
Symmetric-key algorithms are very important because they ... |
137133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Marshall | John Marshall | John Marshall (September 24, 1755 – July 6, 1835) was an American statesman and jurist who shaped American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court more powerful. Marshall was Chief Justice of the United States, working from February 4, 1801, until his death in 1835. He worked in the United States House of Represe... |
137134 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20H.%20Crawford | William H. Crawford | William Harris Crawford (February 24, 1772–September 15, 1834) was an important American politician, judge, and slaveowner during the early 19th century. He served as United States Secretary of War from 1815 to 1816 and United States Secretary of the Treasury from 1816 to 1825, and was a candidate for President of the ... |
137136 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20McHenry | James McHenry | James McHenry (November 16, 1753 – May 3, 1816) was an early American statesman. McHenry was a signer of the United States Constitution. He was from Maryland. Fort McHenry was named for him. He was also a delegate to the Continental Congress from Maryland, and the third United States Secretary of War from January 27, 1... |
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