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139798 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarn | Tarn | Tarn () is a French department in the Occitanie region in the southwest of France named after the Tarn river.
Its prefecture and largest city is Albi.
History
Tarn is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was created from a part of the old province of Languedoc.
... |
139799 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarn-et-Garonne | Tarn-et-Garonne | Tarn-et-Garonne is a department in the southwest of France, in the Occitanie region. It is named after the Garonne river and its tributary Tarn. Its prefecture and largest city is Montauban.
History
Tarn-et-Garonne is not one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was c... |
139800 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Var%20%28department%29 | Var (department) | The Var is a department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Provence in southeastern France. It takes its name from the river Var, which used to flow along its eastern border, but the border was moved in 1860.
Its prefecture is the city of Toulon.
History
Var is one of the original 83 departments created duri... |
139801 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vend%C3%A9e | Vendée | Vendée is a department found in the west of France in the Pays de la Loire region. Its prefecture is La Roche-sur-Yon and its population is about 577,000 (2006 estimation). It is one of the 83 first French departments made during the French revolution.
Departments in Pays de la Loire |
139803 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vienne | Vienne | Vienne is a department in southwestern France in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It is named after the Vienne river, the most important river in the department.
History
Vienne is one of the 83 French departments made during the French revolution, on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the old provinces of Poitou... |
139805 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haute-Vienne | Haute-Vienne | Haute-Vienne () is a department of France in the region of Nouvelle-Aquitaine. It is named after the Vienne river that flows through the department.
History
Haute-Vienne is one of the 83 French departments made during the French revolution, on 4 March 1790. It was created from parts of the old province of Limousin, it... |
139806 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vosges | Vosges | Vosges is a department found in the east of France in the Grand Est region. Its prefecture is Épinal. Its population is about 382,000 (2006 estimation). It is one of the 83 first French departments made during the French revolution.
Departments in Grand Est |
139809 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonne | Yonne | Yonne is a department in the centre of France, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. The largest city in the department, and its prefecture (capital), is Auxerre.
The department is named after the Yonne river, a tributary of the Seine, that flows through the department. The Celts name of the river was Ica-onna () and... |
139810 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwentendorf%20power%20plant | Zwentendorf power plant | The Zwentendorf power plant is a nuclear power plant in Zwentendorf an der Donau in Austria. It has never been used. This is because the people of Austria voted against using it in 1978.
Today, the plant is used to get replacement parts to other plants of the same type (mainly in Germany), and for staff training. It... |
139816 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territoire%20de%20Belfort | Territoire de Belfort | Territoire de Belfort is a department in eastern France, in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. The largest city in the department, and its prefecture (capital), is Belfort.
History
The Territoire de Belfort was made a French department on 11 March 1922.
Geography
Territoire de Belfort is part of the Bourgogne-Franc... |
139818 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essonne | Essonne | Essonne is a department to the south of Paris in the Île-de-France region. Its prefecture is Évry. About 1,172,000 people live there (2006 estimation).
Departments in Île-de-France |
139819 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hauts-de-Seine | Hauts-de-Seine | Hauts-de-Seine is a department which is the western inner suburbs of Paris in the Île-de-France region. Its prefecture is Nanterre and its population is about 1,517,000 (2006 estimation). |
139820 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seine-Saint-Denis | Seine-Saint-Denis | Seine-Saint-Denis is a department. It is in the center of France in the Île-de-France region. Its prefecture is Bobigny. About 1,459,000 people live there (2006 estimation).
Departments in Île-de-France |
139821 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val-de-Marne | Val-de-Marne | Val-de-Marne is a department in the center of France in the Île-de-France region. Its prefecture is Créteil. About 1,279,000 people live there (2006 estimation).
Departments in Île-de-France |
139823 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Val-d%27Oise | Val-d'Oise | Val-d'Oise is a department to the north of Paris in the Île-de-France region. Its prefecture is Cergy. About 1,139,000 people live there (2006 estimation).
Departments in Île-de-France |
139828 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quimper | Quimper | Quimper () is a town in France. It is the prefecture of the Finistère department in the Brittany region. Its population is around 65,000 (2006).
Sister cities
Quimper is twinned with:
Limerick, Ireland
Remscheid, Germany
Falkirk, Scotland
Ourense, Spain
Yantai, China
Communes in Finistère
Departmental capit... |
139832 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges%20Cuvier | Georges Cuvier | Baron Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert Cuvier (23 August 1769–13 May 1832), usually called Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist.
Cuvier was a very important figure in scientific circles in Paris during the early 19th century. He helped establish the fields of comparative anatomy and paleontology by ... |
139842 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20W.%20Campbell | George W. Campbell | George Washington Campbell (February 9, 1769–February 17, 1848) was an American statesman. He was elected to the United States House of Representatives as the Representative from Tennessee's at-large congressional district in 1803. He served in the House from 1805-1809, in the 8th, 9th, and 10th Congresses. During the ... |
139844 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Chase | Samuel Chase | Samuel Chase (April 17, 1741 – June 19, 1811), was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court and earlier was a signer of the United States Declaration of Independence as a representative of Maryland.
References
1741 births
1811 deaths
Signers of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
United States Supreme... |
139846 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chloroform | Chloroform | Chloroform (also called trichloromethane) is a chemical substance. It is an organic compound. Chloroform is one of the intermediate substances that occur in the production of Polytetrafluoroethylene, better known as Teflon. Chloroform is used as a solvent. In the 19th century, it was a widely used anaesthetic.
History... |
139851 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%20Cruz%2C%20Bolivia | Santa Cruz, Bolivia | Santa Cruz de La Sierra, also known as Santa Cruz, is the largest city in Bolivia, capital city of the Santa Cruz department (in the eastern region of the country). The municipality's population was 1,528,683 inhabitants , and the urban population was 1,545,161.
Santa Cruz is not only the most populated city in Boliv... |
139860 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arithmetic%20logic%20unit | Arithmetic logic unit | In computing, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) is a digital circuit that performs arithmetic and logical operations. The ALU is a basic building block of the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer, even the simplest microcontrollers contain one for purposes such as timing.
Now, modern microprocessors, microcontro... |
139862 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floating%20point%20unit | Floating point unit | A floating point unit (FPU) is a part of a computer system specially designed to carry out operations on floating point numbers. Typical operations are addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and square root.
Some systems can also perform more advanced functions as exponential or trigonometric functions calc... |
139867 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eating%20disorder | Eating disorder | An eating disorder is when someone begins eating too much, or when someone begins to avoid eating. This affects one's mental and physical health. Anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa are two of the most well known eating disorders today. Eating disorders affect 5-7% of American women, and only a small percent of men ar... |
139870 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derealization | Derealization | Derealization (DR) is a change in the way someone views the world so that it seems unreal. Derealization can also make someone feel as if their environment does not have emotion or depth. This is a symptom of other problems, such as sleeping disorders, schizophrenia, and other mental disorders. It can also be caused by... |
139872 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paresthesia | Paresthesia | Paresthesia (pron. ; paraesthesia in British English, pron. ) is a feeling of tingling, prickling, or numbness with no permanent effects. It is commonly called "pins and needles". This feeling may last a short while, or may be more long-lasting. A long-term effect means there is something wrong with neurons in the body... |
139875 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfectionism | Perfectionism | Perfectionism, in psychology, is a type of personality where there is a need for oneself or others to be the best in any given part of life. There are only two outcomes; anything less than perfect is taken to be unacceptable. The belief holds that one can achieve perfection and should aim for it. A person who believes ... |
139876 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garonne%20river | Garonne river | The Garonne is a river that runs through northern Spain and the southwest France. Its mouth is at the Atlantic Ocean. It is long.
Rivers of France
Rivers of Spain
Catalonia
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Occitanie |
139877 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical%20abuse | Physical abuse | Physical abuse is a form of abuse which causes feelings of pain, injury, or other physical suffering. Physical abuse may lead to low self-esteem and other mental problems.
Types of physical abuse
Physical abuse has many forms. A few examples of physical abuse are:
Striking or hitting
Punching
Pushing or pulling
S... |
139879 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual%20abuse | Sexual abuse | Sexual abuse (also called sexual molestation) is when one person forces another person to unwillingly commit any sexual act, harassment or any sexual assault. A person who commits sexual abuse is called a molester, abuser, or sexual abuser. When a victim of sexual abuse is under the age of consent, it is known as child... |
139897 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saka | Saka | The Sakas were a population of Iranic nomadic tribesmen lived in the plains of Eurasia from Eastern Europe to China, from the Old Persian Period to the Middle Persian Period. Then Turkic language speakers took their place.
The ancient Greeks called the Sakas the Scythians.
Sakas came across the river Indus and overan... |
139906 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hill%20Auditorium | Hill Auditorium | Hill Auditorium is the largest performance place on the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor in the United States. The auditorium was named after Arthur Hill (1847-1909), who was a regent of the university from 1901 to 1909. He gave 200,000 dollars to the university to build it. Opened in 1913, the auditorium was... |
139916 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goulburn%2C%20New%20South%20Wales | Goulburn, New South Wales | Goulburn is a city in the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia. It is 190 km south-west of Sydney on the Hume Highway. It is 690 metres above sea-level. In 2006 there were 20,127 people living in Goulburn. Goulburn calls itself as "Australia's first inland city". The city of Bathurst also claims to be the ... |
139919 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s%20suffrage | Women's suffrage | Women's suffrage is the right of women to vote and to be elected to an office. The right has generally been given after long political campaigns. In many countries, it was recognised before universal suffrage. Before the late 19th century, a very few countries allowed women to vote in political elections.
The modern m... |
139931 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grenfell%2C%20New%20South%20Wales | Grenfell, New South Wales | Grenfell is a country town in the central west of New South Wales, in Australia. It is in the Weddin Shire. It is west of Sydney. It is close to Forbes, Cowra and Young. In 2006 there were 1,994 people living in Grenfell.
History
The Grenfell area was the home of the Wiradjuri Aborigines. Europeans first settled whe... |
139936 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Vernon | Mike Vernon | Michael "Mike" Vernon (born 24 February 1963 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player. For 21 years he played in the National Hockey League, he played as a goaltender for the Calgary Flames, Detroit Red Wings, San Jose Sharks and the Florida Panthers. He won the Stanley Cup twic... |
139943 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997%20United%20Kingdom%20general%20election | 1997 United Kingdom general election | The UK general election, 1997 was an election held on 1 May 1997 to elect 659 members to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The three main candidates to become Prime Minister are shown to the right:
The Labour Party and its leader Tony Blair gained the majority of seats and created the first Labour governmen... |
139945 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan%20France | Metropolitan France | Metropolitan France ( or la Métropole) is the part of France that is in Europe. It can also be described as mainland France plus the island of Corsica. By contrast, Overseas France (France d'outre-mer) is the collective name for all of the French overseas departments, territories and collectivities and New Caledonia. M... |
139946 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overseas%20France | Overseas France | Overseas France () is the part of France that is outside of the European continent. It consists of all overseas departments, territories and collectivities. These territories have several different legal statuses and levels of autonomy. Overseas France includes island territories in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oce... |
139948 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin%20Raimondo | Justin Raimondo | Justin Raimondo (born Dennis Raimondo; November 18, 1951 – June 27, 2019) was an American writer and the editorial director of the website Antiwar.com. He was born in White Plains, New York.
Raimondo died on June 27, 2019 in Sebastopol, California from lung cancer at the age of 67.
References
Other websites
Raimon... |
139952 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group%20%28mathematics%29 | Group (mathematics) | This article is about the basic notions. For advanced topics, see Group theory.
In mathematics, a group is a kind of algebraic structure. A group is a set with an operation. The group's operation shows how to replace any two elements of the group's set with a third element from the set in a useful way. A familiar exam... |
139973 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelsea%20Clinton | Chelsea Clinton | Chelsea Victoria Clinton (born February 27, 1980) is the only child of Bill Clinton, former President of the United States, and his wife, former Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton.
Early life and education
Clinton was born at Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. She moved in to The White House wh... |
139976 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crich | Crich | Crich ( kryech) is a village in the English county of Derbyshire. It is the home of the National Tramway Museum in the Crich Tramway Village.
Memorial Tower
At the top of Crich Hill is a tower. The tower was built to remember members of the regiment who died in battle, particularly in World War I.
The tower was buil... |
139979 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edwardian%20period | Edwardian period | The Edwardian era in the United Kingdom is the period which included the reign of King Edward VII (1901–1910). The "Edwardian era" usually includes some years before and after his reign, up to the First World War.
History
King Edward VII was very different from Queen Victoria. Victoria had become almost a recluse aft... |
139992 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivity%20%28philosophy%29 | Objectivity (philosophy) | Objectivity is a philosophical opinion or method that believes that reality exists outside of the human mind. People can separate their own ideas and opinions from the observations they make. Objective observations are true no matter who makes the observation. Being objective helps people focus on things that everyone ... |
140011 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod%20Paige | Rod Paige | Roderick Raynor "Rod" Paige (born June 17, 1933), served as the 7th United States Secretary of Education from 2001 to 2005. He was the first African American to serve as the nation's education chief. He earned a bachelor's degree from Jackson State University in Mississippi and a Master's degree and an Ed.D from Indian... |
140012 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua%20Bolten | Joshua Bolten | Joshua Brewster Bolten (born August 16, 1954) was the White House Chief of Staff serving U.S. President George W. Bush. Bolten replaced Andrew Card on April 14, 2006.
1955 births
Living people
White House Chiefs of Staff
Directors of the Office of Management and Budget
US Republican Party politicians |
140025 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Stephenson%20Boyd | Alan Stephenson Boyd | Alan Stephenson Boyd (July 20, 1922 – October 18, 2020) was an American politician and lawyer. He was the first United States Secretary of Transportation, appointed by Lyndon Johnson in November 1966.
He was appointed to the Civil Aeronautics Board in 1959 by Dwight Eisenhower and promoted to chairman by John F. Kenne... |
140027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Peters%20%28politician%29 | Mary Peters (politician) | Mary E. Peters (born December 4, 1948) was the United States Secretary of Transportation. She is the second woman and first Arizonan to hold the position. Peters joined the Arizona Department of Transportation in 1985, and was appointed by Gov. Jane Dee Hull to serve as its director in 1998. In 2006, President Bush app... |
140050 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/President-elect | President-elect | A President-elect is a political candidate who has been elected president but who has not yet taken office. |
140053 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20Australia | Flag of Australia | The flag of Australia is a national flag. In 1901, Australia became a single country, instead of six separate colonies. A competition was held to design a new flag for the new country. The winning flag has a blue background, the Union Jack, and six stars. Five stars are in the shape of the constellation the Southern Cr... |
140054 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%20United%20States%20presidential%20election | 2000 United States presidential election | The 2000 United States presidential election happened on November 7, 2000. George W. Bush, the Republican candidate who was the Governor of Texas and the eldest son of the 41st president, George H. W. Bush, won the election. He defeated the Democratic candidate, Al Gore, who was the Vice President.
Incumbent Democrati... |
140059 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%20United%20States%20presidential%20election | 2004 United States presidential election | The 2004 United States presidential election happened on November 2, 2004. George W. Bush, the incumbent president and Republican candidate, won reelection. He defeated John Kerry, the Democratic candidate, who was the junior U.S. Senator from Massachusetts. Foreign policy was the biggest issue during the election main... |
140072 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Register%20renaming | Register renaming | In computer engineering, register renaming refers to a technique used to avoid unnecessary serialized execution of program instructions because of the reuse of the same registers by those instructions.
Problem definition
Programs are composed of instructions which operate on values. The instructions must name these v... |
140073 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesterfield | Chesterfield | Chesterfield is a market town and borough in the county of Derbyshire in the East Midlands of England. It is on the River Rother and the River Hipper. It is Derbyshire's largest town (Derby is a city).
It is a very old town and was founded between 70–100 AD. The town received its market charter from King John in 1204.... |
140077 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Formation%20and%20evolution%20of%20the%20Solar%20System | Formation and evolution of the Solar System | The formation and evolution of the Solar System describes how the Solar System began, and how it will go on changing.
About 4.6 billion years ago, there was a large cloud of gas nearby our area of space. All things with mass come together, or gravitate towards one another. This pulled all the gas towards the center. ... |
140085 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microarchitecture | Microarchitecture | In computer engineering, microarchitecture (sometimes abbreviated to µarch or uarch) is a description of the electrical circuitry of a computer, central processing unit, or digital signal processor that is sufficient for completely describing the operation of the hardware.
Scholars use the term "computer organization"... |
140089 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southampton%20Corporation%20Tramways | Southampton Corporation Tramways | Southampton Corporation Tramways was a transport company that opened in 1879 and closed in 1949. At first the trams were horse-drawn, but later they were powered by electricity.
Background
Southampton, a city of the United Kingdom located in Hampshire, was becoming bigger in the nineteenth century. The population was ... |
140090 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can%27t%20Stop%20This%20Thing%20We%20Started | Can't Stop This Thing We Started | "Can't Stop This Thing We Started" is a song by Bryan Adams. The song was the second single from Adams' 1991 album Waking Up the Neighbours, a successor of the single "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You".
The song
The song is a rock song unlike "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You". It reached #2 on the Billboard Hot 100... |
140107 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graeme%20Pollock | Graeme Pollock | Robert Graeme Pollock, known as Graeme, (born 27 February 1944 in Durban, Natal, South Africa) was a national cricketer for South Africa. He played in 23 test matches for his country.
He comes from a famous cricketing family, Pollock is widely seen as South Africa's greatest cricketer, and as one of the best left-hand... |
140109 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfield%20Sobers | Garfield Sobers | Sir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers (born 28 July 1936 in Bridgetown, Barbados) is a former West Indian cricketer. He is often known as Garry.
Sobers was a very good batsman and highly effective bowler. He was able to bowl both fast and as a spinner. Sobers is widely regarded as the greatest all rounder of all time and, wit... |
140112 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttoxeter | Uttoxeter | Uttoxeter is a small market town and civil parish in East Staffordshire, Staffordshire, England. In 2001, 12,023 people lived there. This number was expected to grow when new developments in the town finished. Uttoxeter is close to the River Dove. It is near the cities of Stoke-on-Trent, Derby and Lichfield. It is twin... |
140117 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Union%20Rule%20of%20Law%20Mission%20in%20Kosovo | European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo | The European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo also called EULEX Kosovo is a contract between the European Union and Kosovo. With this, certain states of the European Union will send police forces as well as lawyers to help make Kosovo more secure. This is what was agreed by the Ahtisaari plan. The idea is to continu... |
140127 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry%20Nation | Terry Nation | Terry Nation (August 8 1930 – March 9 1997) was a Welsh television screenwriter.
He is best known for creating the Daleks in 1963 in the long-running science fiction television series Doctor Who. Nation also created two science-fiction shows - Survivors and ''Blake's 7.
Welsh writers
British screenwriters
Doctor Who... |
140198 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rog%C3%A9rio%20Ceni | Rogério Ceni | Rogério Mücke Ceni (born 22 January 1973) better known as Rogério Ceni, is a retired Brazilian football player. He was a goalkeeper. He played for the football team São Paulo from 1990 to 2015. Ceni had been the holder of his position since 1997. He retired in December 2015.
Club career statistics
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140252 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inauguration | Inauguration | Inauguration is a ceremony marking the beginning of a politician taking office or the opening of, for example, a bridge.
When a politician, for example a President, takes office, he may make an oath of office in front of an audience as part of the inauguration ceremony.
The Inauguration of the President of the United... |
140291 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beige | Beige | Beige is a very pale brown color.
The name comes from beige cloth, a woolen fabric left in its natural color. It then came to be used for a range of light tints of yellow chosen for their neutral or pale warm colored appearance.
In the 1920s, the meaning of the term beige expanded to the point where it is now also... |
140302 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahmida%20Mirza | Fahmida Mirza | Dr. Fahmida Mirza (), sometimes also spelled as Fehmida Mirza (born December 20, 1956), is a medical doctor, agriculturist and businesswoman from Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. She was elected as the first female Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan on March 19, 2008. She is also the first female parliamentary spe... |
140304 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominion%20of%20Pakistan | Dominion of Pakistan | The Dominion of Pakistan was an independent federal dominion in South Asia that was created in 1947 in the partition of British India into two sovereign dominions (the other being the Union of India).
The dominion included modern-day Pakistan (called West Pakistan) and Bangladesh (East Pakistan). It was supposed to be... |
140308 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubens%20Barrichello | Rubens Barrichello | Rubens Gonçalves "Rubinho" Barrichello (born May 23, 1972 in São Paulo) is a Brazilian Formula One racing driver. Driving for the Brawn GP team, Barrichello finished third in the 2009 championship. He raced for WilliamsF1 in 2010, and will race for Williams in 2011.
Racing record
Career summary
Season in progress.... |
140310 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20signal%20processor | Digital signal processor | A digital signal processor (DSP or DSP micro) is a specialized microprocessor designed specifically for digital signal processing, generally used in real-time computing.
Digital signal processing algorithms require a large number of mathematical operations to be performed quickly on a set of data. Signals are convert... |
140313 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lies%20for%20the%20Liars | Lies for the Liars | Lies for the Liars is a full-length album released in 2007 by The Used.
Track listing
All songs written by The Used.
"The Ripper" – 2:56
"Pretty Handsome Awkward" – 3:32
"The Bird and the Worm" – 3:46
"Earthquake" – 3:29
"Hospital" – 2:57
"Paralyzed" – 3:13
"With Me Tonight" – 3:06
"Wake the Dead" – 4:14
"Fi... |
140316 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/If%20Only%20You%20Were%20Lonely | If Only You Were Lonely | If Only You Were Lonely is the second album released by Hawthorne Heights. Many listeners consider the album more on the dark side, than the first Hawthorne Heights album.
The album includes a few songs where death growls are absent, and others where it is only used in a small part of the song, to make it fit better. ... |
140317 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital%20signal%20processing | Digital signal processing | Digital signal processing (DSP) is concerned with the processing of digital signals or analog signals after converting from analog to digital format.
DSP includes subfields like: communication signals processing, radar signal processing, sensor array processing, digital image processing, etc.
DSP is usually used with ... |
140318 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ava%C3%AD%20FC | Avaí FC | Avaí Futebol Clube, or Avaí as they are usually called, is a Brazilian football team from Florianópolis in Santa Catarina, founded on September 1, 1923. It became nationally known after the tennis player Gustavo Kuerten declared to be a supporter of Avaí.
Home stadium is the Ressacada stadium, capacity 19,000. They pla... |
140319 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Est%C3%A1dio%20da%20Ressacada | Estádio da Ressacada | The Estádio Aderbal Ramos da Silva, usually called Estádio da Ressacada or just Ressacada, is a football stadium inaugurated on November 15, 1983 in Carianos neighborhood, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, with a maximum capacity of approximately 19,000 people. The stadium is owned by Avaí. Its formal name honors ... |
140321 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford%20Anglia | Ford Anglia | Ford Anglia was a car produced by Ford Motor Company from 1939 through 1967.
1930s automobiles
1940s automobiles
1950s automobiles
1960s automobiles
Anglia |
140324 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag%20of%20France | Flag of France | The Flag of France is called the "Tricolour" (). It was adopted 15 February 1794. It is blue, white and red. Valéry Giscard d'Estaing chose the current colors.
References
France
France |
140325 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coat%20of%20arms%20of%20France | Coat of arms of France | The national emblem of France has been a symbol of the country since 1953. It is not officially the coat of Arms but it appears on French passports.
On it you can see:
A wide shield with the head of a lion and two letters, "RF". This means République Française (French Republic in french).
A laurel branch that symbol... |
140340 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic%20socialism | Democratic socialism | Democratic socialism is a socialism where government is organized by democracy. In short, it believes that social and economic decisions should be made by those whom they most affect.
The combination of the two ideologies of democracy and socialism make democratic socialism. Democratic socialists believe that both th... |
140342 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel%20Sintra | Opel Sintra | The Opel Sintra is a large MPV produced by the German automaker Opel from 1996 to 1999. The Sintra is branded as Opel in Europe and Vauxhall in Great Britain. It was a European version of GM’s U-Body minivans and built on the same production line in Doraville, Georgia.
The reason the Sintra was not a success was beca... |
140343 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel%20Zafira | Opel Zafira | Opel Zafira is a car produced by the German carmaker Opel since 1999, and is branded as Vauxhall Zafira in Great Britain. It currently in its third generation.
Replacement of the Sintra
The Zafira is sometimes said to be the replacement of the Sintra, because it was introduced roughly around the same time it was disc... |
140344 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opel%20Vectra | Opel Vectra | Opel Vectra was a car produced by the German carmaker Opel from 1988 to 2008 and branded as Opel in Europe (except for the United Kingdom), Vauxhall in the United Kingdom and The Republic of Ireland, Holden in Australia and in New Zealand, and Chevrolet in Latin America.
It was produced from August 1988 to September 2... |
140358 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20%28disambiguation%29 | A (disambiguation) | A is the first letter of the alphabet. It may also refer to:
In English, it is one of the two indefinite articles, the other being an.
In measurement, A is a symbol for area.
In medicine, A is one of the human blood types.
In music, A is a note.
In the International System of Units, A is the symbol for the ampere ... |
140359 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poison%20dart%20frog | Poison dart frog | Poison dart frog is the common name of a group of frogs in the family Dendrobatidae. They are native to Central and South America.
Unlike many frogs, these are active during the day. They often have brightly-coloured bodies, which act as warning colouration. All dendrobatids are at least somewhat toxic. In the wild... |
140363 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden%20dart%20frog | Golden dart frog | The golden dart frog (Phyllobates terribilis) is a poison dart frog. It lives in the Pacific coast of Colombia.
In captivity, poison dart frogs are not poisonous. It is in the wild where they are poisonous because of what they eat. This amphibian of the Dendrobatidae family is considered the most poisonous vertebrate... |
140393 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz%20R-Class | Mercedes-Benz R-Class | Mercedes-Benz R-Class is a car made by Mercedes-Benz introduced in 2005. The model wasn't a strong seller for Mecedes-Benz and was discontinued in 2012 without a replacement.
2000s automobiles
R-Class
2010s automobiles |
140394 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz%20C-Class | Mercedes-Benz C-Class | Mercedes-Benz C-Class is a luxury car made by Mercedes-Benz since 1993. It is currently in its fourth generation. The C-Class is the most popular Mercedes-Benz. It is the main competitor of the BMW 3 Series and Audi A4. The interior is made up of soft-touch leather and aluminium. It is priced in between the A-Class and... |
140396 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford%20F-Series | Ford F-Series | Ford F-Series is a series of pickup trucks produced by Ford Motor Company since 1948. It is currently in its Thirteenth Generation. The most popular variant of the F-Series is the F-150. It was the best-selling vehicle of its time, the most popular pickup truck for 23 years and the most popular truck for 33 years. This... |
140408 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Council | European Council | The European Council (referred to as a European Summit) is the highest political body of the European Union. It is made of all the heads of state or government of the Union's member states and with the President of the European Commission. The country which holds the Presidency of the Council of the European Union also... |
140423 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick%20Jonas | Nick Jonas | Nicholas Jerry Jonas (born September 16, 1992) is an American singer-songwriter and actor.
Jonas formed a band with his older brothers, Joe and Kevin, known as the Jonas Brothers. The group released their debut studio album It's About Time. The band became a Disney favorite and later starred in Camp Rock (2008) and it... |
140426 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Jonas | Joe Jonas | Joseph Adam Jonas (born August 15, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter, and actor. He became known as a member of the pop rock band the Jonas Brothers, alongside his brothers Kevin and Nick.
He starred in Camp Rock (2008) and its sequel Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam (2010) as well as two television series, Jonas Broth... |
140429 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/INSEE | INSEE | INSEE () is the French national institute for Statistics and Economic studies. The INSEE was created in 1946. It replaced the National Statistics Service (SNS) which was created under the Vichy government during World War II.
INSEE Code
INSEE codes (or COG) are given to Communes in France. They consist of 8 digits (n... |
140437 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anhedonia | Anhedonia | In psychology, anhedonia (< Greek αν- an-, without + ηδονή hēdonē, pleasure ) is not being able to feel pleasure. This may include not enjoying things like eating, exercise, watching movies, meeting friends, social activities, or sexual interaction and activity.
In most cases, anhedonia is caused by mental disorders. ... |
140439 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFP%20Franc | CFP Franc | The CFP franc (usually just called franc) is the currency used in some of France's overseas colonies (French Polynesia, New Caledonia and Wallis and Futuna). It was created in December 1945. The initials CFP originally stood for Colonies françaises du Pacifique ("French colonies of the Pacific") but now officially stan... |
140444 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre%20Corneille | Pierre Corneille | Pierre Corneille (June 6, 1606 – October 1, 1684) was a French playwright. He is one of the most famous 17th century French dramatists. Some others are Molière and Racine. He has been called “the founder of French tragedy” and produced plays for nearly forty years.
Works
Mélite (1629)
Clitandre (1630–31)
la Veuve (... |
140445 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean%20Racine | Jean Racine | Jean Racine (December 22, 1639 – April 21, 1699) was a French playwright. He was one of the most famous of the 17th century in France (with Molière and Corneille). Racine was mostly a tragedian, even though he did write one comedy.
Works
La Thébaïde (1664)
Alexandre le Grand (1665)
Andromaque (1667)
Les Plaideurs... |
140447 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane%20Iniki | Hurricane Iniki | Hurricane Iniki was the 10th hurricane and the 7th major hurricane of the 1992 Pacific hurricane season. Iniki was a powerful hurricane that affected Hawaii, just weeks after Hurricane Andrew stuck Florida during the Atlantic hurricane season.
History
The origin of Iniki is unclear, but it possibly began as a tropica... |
140448 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinderella | Cinderella | "Cinderella, or The Little Glass Slipper" is a fairy tale by Charles Perrault. It was first published anonymously in Paris in 1697 in Histoires ou contes du temps passé (), a collection of eight fairy tales by Perrault.
The story is about an ill-treated girl who, with the help of her fairy godmother, travels to a ba... |
140453 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian | Iranian | Iranian may refer to:
Something of, from, or related to Iran, a country in the Middle East.
One of the Iranian languages. See also Languages of Iran.
Iranians, persons from Iran, or of Iranian descent. For more information about the Iranian people, see Demographics of Iran and Culture of Iran.
Iranian peoples, va... |
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