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147659 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gang%20of%20Four%20%28band%29 | Gang of Four (band) | Gang of Four are an English post-punk group from Leeds. The first line-up was singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bass guitarist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham. They were most popular from 1977 to 1984.
English punk bands
New wave bands |
147668 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloc%20Qu%C3%A9b%C3%A9cois | Bloc Québécois | The Bloc Québécois (BQ) is a federal political party based in Canada that mainly believes and advocates Quebec should secede from Canada, also known as Quebec sovereignty. The Bloc was created by Members of Parliament (MPs) from the national Progressive Conservative Party and the Liberal Party. They were angry that the... |
147672 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angular%20Recording%20Corporation | Angular Recording Corporation | Angular Recording Corporation is an independent record label that was first based in New Cross, South East London. It was started in June 2003 by two ex-Goldsmiths College students, Joe Daniel and Joe Margetts.
Artists
Crystal Stilts
Findo Gask
Gyratory System
Je Suis Animal
Tim Key
Klaxons
The Lodger
The ... |
147703 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Weather%20Makers | The Weather Makers | The Weather Makers: The History and Future Impact of Climate Change (2005) is a book by Tim Flannery.
The book includes 36 short essays predicting the consequences of global warming. The book reviews the evidence about historical climate change and attempts to put our era into context. The book asserts that if atmos... |
147706 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mumia | Mumia | Mumia is often used to speak about Mumia Abu-Jamal
Mumia (also pulvis mumiae, Mumia vera aegyptiaca) was a powder made from ground mummies. It was used as a drug, for good health, and as a coloring agent (a medium to dark brown) until the 1920s. Eating ground mumified corpses is a form of cannibalism.
The powder was ... |
147714 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20or%20Not%3F | Nuclear or Not? | Nuclear or Not? Does Nuclear Power Have a Place in a Sustainable Energy Future? is a 2007 book edited by Professor David Elliott. The book offers various views on nuclear power. Authors include:
Paul Allen from the Centre for Alternative Technology
Dr Ian Fairlie, who served on the Committee Examining Radiation Risks... |
147715 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20Nebraska | Nuclear Nebraska | Nuclear Nebraska: The Remarkable Story of the Little County That Couldn’t Be Bought () is a 2007 book by Susan Cragin which follows the controversy about a proposed low level nuclear waste dump which was planned for Boyd County, Nebraska.
In 1989, two multinational corporations and several government agencies put ... |
147716 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiroshima%20%28book%29 | Hiroshima (book) | Hiroshima () is a magazine article written by Pulitzer Prize winner John Hersey that appeared in The New Yorker in August 1946, one year after the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The article was soon made into a book. It described how the bombing affected the lives of six individua... |
147717 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railways%20in%20Melbourne | Railways in Melbourne | Melbourne has a long history of railway building. The city's first railway opened in 1854, when in 1834 the city itself did not exist. The network then grew as lines were built throughout the suburbs, reaching a peak by the 1900s. Electrification of the system was carried out from 1919, with electric multiple unit oper... |
147719 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-Nuclear%20Futures | Non-Nuclear Futures | Non-Nuclear Futures: The Case for an Ethical Energy Strategy is a 1975 book by Amory B. Lovins and John H. Price. The book says that the nuclear power debate is not about technical disputes but relates to different personal views (personal values). The personal values that make a high-energy society work are all too a... |
147725 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Clean%20Tech%20Revolution | The Clean Tech Revolution | The Clean Tech Revolution: The Next Big Growth and Investment Opportunity, is a 2007 book by Ron Pernick and Clint Wilder. They say that using clean technologies is a profitable enterprise that is moving steadily into mainstream business. Clean technologies are seen to be important for economic growth.
Pernick and Wi... |
147726 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20State%20of%20the%20World | The State of the World | The State of the World is a book published annually since 1984 by the Worldwatch Institute. The series attempts to identify the Earth’s most significant environmental challenges. The 1998 through 2003 editions are available as a free (PDF) download from the Worldwatch website .
Series of books
Non-fiction books
Enviro... |
147729 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical%20substation | Electrical substation | An electrical substation is a subsidiary station of an electricity generation, transmission and distribution system where voltage is transformed from high to low or the reverse using transformers. Electric power may flow through several substations between generating plant and consumer, and may be changed in voltage in... |
147730 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winning%20the%20Oil%20Endgame | Winning the Oil Endgame | Winning the Oil Endgame is a 2005 book by Amory B. Lovins, published by the Rocky Mountain Institute. It talks about four ways to reduce oil (petroleum) dependence in the United States:
Using oil more efficiently (pp. 29–102).
Substituting other liquids for oil (pp. 103–111).
Substituting saved natural gas for oil (p... |
147761 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Great%20Barrier%20Reef%3A%20Biology%2C%20Environment%20and%20Management | The Great Barrier Reef: Biology, Environment and Management | The Great Barrier Reef: Biology, Environment and Management is a 2008 book by Pat Hutchings, Mike Kingsford and Ove Hoegh-Guldberg. This comprehensive guide describes the organisms and ecosystems of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, as well as the biological, chemical and physical processes that influence them. Contempor... |
147762 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betrayers%20of%20the%20Truth | Betrayers of the Truth | Betrayers of the Truth: Fraud and Deceit in the Halls of Science is a book written in 1983 by William Broad and Nicholas Wade. The book is asks questions about of some beliefs about what science is and the method used by scientists to do science. The authors shows examples that have to do with how scientific research ... |
147763 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Suzuki%3A%20The%20Autobiography | David Suzuki: The Autobiography | David Suzuki: The Autobiography is the 2006 autobiography of Canadian science writer and broadcaster David Suzuki. The book focuses mostly on his life since the 1987 publication of his first autobiography, Metamorphosis: Stages in a Life. It begins with a chronological account of his childhood, academic years, and broa... |
147769 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amory%20Lovins | Amory Lovins | Amory Bloch Lovins is Chairman and Chief Scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute. For four decades he has worked in energy policy and related areas.
Lovins worked professionally as an environmentalist in the 1970s and since then as an analyst of a "soft energy path" for the United States and other nations. He has p... |
147773 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel%20Faulkner | Daniel Faulkner | Daniel Faulkner (1955 – 1981) was a Philadelphia police officer who was murdered on December 9, 1981. The suspect convicted of the murder was Mumia Abu-Jamal. Due to the murky circumstances surrounding the death, several activists protested about Abu-Jamal’s imprisonment.
Faulkner was 25 years old at the time of his d... |
147775 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Hansen | James Hansen | James E. Hansen (born March 29, 1941 in Denison, Iowa) headed the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City, a part of the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, Earth Sciences Division until early 2013. He is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Scien... |
147783 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton%2C%20Indiana | Brighton, Indiana | Brighton is a town of Greenfield Township, in LaGrange County, in the state of Indiana, in the United States.
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Cities in Indiana |
147794 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tarzan%20%281999%20movie%29 | Tarzan (1999 movie) | Tarzan is a 1999 animated movie based on Edgar Rice Burroughs' novel Tarzan of the Apes and made by The Walt Disney Company. It was the first Disney animated feature to start at #1 in the box office since Pocahontas. It was the first to have a production budget of $100 million since The Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Plot
A... |
147798 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/M3%20motorway%20%28Great%20Britain%29 | M3 motorway (Great Britain) | The M3 is a motorway between Sunbury-on-Thames and Southampton in England. It links London with Southampton and Portsmouth, as well as South West England. It is about long.
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147801 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2%20motorway%20%28Great%20Britain%29 | M2 motorway (Great Britain) | The M2 motorway is a motorway between Strood and Faversham in England. It is used as a different way to get to Dover, other than the M20.
Junctions
References
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147802 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/M4%20motorway | M4 motorway | The M4 is a long motorway in the United Kingdom. It goes from London to South Wales. It also passes Bristol. It was first called the London–South Wales Motorway.
Junctions
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147804 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbury-on-Thames | Sunbury-on-Thames | Sunbury-on-Thames is a town in Surrey, England, UK. It is not far from the border with Greater London. It is where the M3 motorway starts.
Towns in Surrey |
147808 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olive-backed%20Forest%20Robin | Olive-backed Forest Robin | Olive-backed forest robin (Stiphrornis pyrrholaeumus) (Turdinae) is a bird discovered recently in Gabon. Hall et Moreau recognized as monotypic species merged in Forest Robin, type species S.erythrothorax, and the recent studies confirm this arrangement, i.e. the genetic distance between the two taxa does not deserve s... |
147811 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conspiracy%20theory | Conspiracy theory | A conspiracy theory is a story that says that a group of people ("conspirators") have agreed ("conspired") to do illegal or evil things and hide them from the public. Conspiracy theories usually have little or no evidence. Many conspiracy theories say that certain historical events were actually caused by such conspira... |
147816 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/WWE%20Backlash | WWE Backlash | Backlash was a professional wrestling pay-per-view event made by World Wrestling Entertainment, which started in 1999 and was held in April (but in 2005, it was held in May). From 2004 to 2006, only WWE Raw superstars appeared at Backlash.
The 2007 event was the first WWE PPV event since Judgment Day 2003 (other than ... |
147817 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judgment%20Day%20%282003%29 | Judgment Day (2003) | Judgment Day (2003) took place on May 18 2003 at the Charlotte Coliseum in Charlotte, North Carolina. It was the last pay-per-view starring both brands before WWE started having brand only PPVs.
Results
2003 in professional wrestling
Sports in Charlotte, North Carolina
WWE Judgment Day
es:WWE Judgment Day#2003
fr:WW... |
147818 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prichard%2C%20Alabama | Prichard, Alabama | Prichard is a city in Mobile County, Alabama, in the United States.
References
Cities in Alabama
1925 establishments in the United States
20th-century establishments in Alabama |
147819 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prattville%2C%20Alabama | Prattville, Alabama | Prattville is a city in Autauga and Elmore counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. It is the county seat of Autauga County. As of the 2010 Census, the population of the city is 33,960. The city is northwest of Montgomery.
Tornado
On February 17, 2008, Prattville was hit by an estimated EF3 tornado which destroyed mor... |
147820 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleasant%20Grove%2C%20Alabama | Pleasant Grove, Alabama | Pleasant Grove is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 9,983.
Cities in Alabama |
147821 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinson%2C%20Alabama | Pinson, Alabama | Pinson is a city and a northeast suburb of Birmingham in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census, the population was 5,033.
Cities in Alabama |
147822 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pike%20Road%2C%20Alabama | Pike Road, Alabama | Pike Road is a city in Montgomery County, Alabama, in the United States. As of 2007, the population of the city is 4,570.
Cities in Alabama |
147823 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piedmont%2C%20Alabama | Piedmont, Alabama | Piedmont is a city in Calhoun and Cherokee counties in the U.S. state of Alabama. The population was 5,120 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Anniston-Oxford, Alabama Metropolitan Statistical Area.
On March 27, 1994, a F4 tornado struck here, destroying the Goshen United Methodist Church and killing 22 people ... |
147824 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pell%20City%2C%20Alabama | Pell City, Alabama | Pell City is a city in St. Clair County, Alabama, United States. The city is the county seat of St. Clair County along with Ashville. At the 2010 census the population was 12,695.
Cities in Alabama
County seats in Alabama |
147825 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelham%2C%20Alabama | Pelham, Alabama | Pelham is a city and suburb of Birmingham in Shelby County, Alabama, United States. At the 2000 census the population was 14,369, but has grown to 20,120 according to the latest Census estimate in 2006. It was named for famed American Civil War officer John Pelham.
Related pages
Death of Tina Watson, a Pelham, Alabama... |
147826 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenix%20City%2C%20Alabama | Phenix City, Alabama | Phenix City is a city in Lee County and Russell County in the U.S. state of Alabama.
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Cities in Alabama
County seats in Alabama |
147827 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20139 | British Rail Class 139 | Class 139 is the TOPS classification for PPM60 model lightweight railcar units built by Parry People Movers for use on the national rail network in Great Britain. The class were originally built in 2008 for operation on the Stourbridge Town Branch Line.
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147830 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enon | Enon | Enon is an American indie rock band. They are named after Enon, a village in Ohio. Enon has three members, one man who sings and plays electric guitar and a woman who plays bass guitar and keyboard. The third member plays drums. The woman was born in Japan and lives now in America. The guitarist played before in the ba... |
147831 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enon%2C%20Ohio | Enon, Ohio | Enon is a village in Clark County, Ohio, United States. The population was 2,638 at the 2000 census.
People who live there
Gus Grissom - astronaut who got the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart medal.
References
Villages in Ohio |
147833 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port%20Vale%20F.C. | Port Vale F.C. | Port Vale Football Club are an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's rivals in the city are Stoke City, games between the two clubs are known as the "Potteries derby". Games against ... |
147838 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/NG | NG | NG, Ng, or ng may mean:
Ng is a family name
National Geographic
Nazi Germany
Noble Gas
Nitroglycerin
Nanogram
Natural gas
Abbreviations
Niger (FIPS country code NG)
NG postcode area, that covers most of Nottinghamshire, England
Lauda Air (airline code NG)
Nigeria (ISO country code NG) |
147844 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mound%2C%20Minnesota | Mound, Minnesota | Mound is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. There were about 9,435 people living in Mound as of the 2000 census.
References
Cities in Minnesota |
147849 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Holmes | John Holmes | John Curtis Holmes (August 8, 1944 – March 13, 1988) better known as John C. Holmes or Johnny Wadd was an American pornographic actor known mainly for his large penis. Holmes made about 2,500 pornographic films, most with him having sexual intercourse with women but at least one with him having sex with a man.
Holmes'... |
147850 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird-of-paradise | Bird-of-paradise | The birds of paradise are songbirds of the family Paradisaeidae. They live in eastern Indonesia, Maluku, Papua New Guinea, Torres Strait Islands, and eastern Australia. Best known are the members of the genus Paradisaea, including the type species, the greater bird-of-paradise, Paradisaea apoda.
They live in tropical ... |
147853 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songbird | Songbird | Songbirds are the main group of birds in the order Passeriformes. They are the suborder Passeri, sometimes called 'oscines' (Latin for songbird). They are a genuine clade.
There are about 4000 species of songbird. Their syrinx (vocal organ) is able to produce varied and beautiful singing. They are a very successful gr... |
147857 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passerine | Passerine | A passerine is a bird of the order Passeriformes, which includes more than half of all bird species. They are perching birds. Most of them are small in size, and most can sing very well. Their main suborder is the Passeri, the songbirds.
Adaptations
The passerines have a number of adaptations which, taken together, h... |
147859 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superb%20lyrebird | Superb lyrebird | The superb lyrebird (Menura novaehollandiae) is a pheasant-sized songbird.
It is an Australian endemic species, about 100cm long. It has brown upper body plumage, grayish-brown below, rounded wings and strong legs. It is the longest and third heaviest of all songbirds.
They are capable of mimicking a wide variety of... |
147861 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrebird | Lyrebird | A lyrebird is a ground-dwelling Australian bird. There are two species in the genus Menura. They live in forests, especially rainforests, of eastern Australia, and they were introduced to Tasmania in the 19th century. They are found in two National Forest areas of Victoria, New South Wales and southeast Queensland.
M... |
147862 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%27s%20lyrebird | Albert's lyrebird | The Albert's lyrebird (Menura alberti) is a pheasant-sized songbird, about 90 cm long, with brown upper body feathers and rich chestnut below. It is very similar with the superb lyrebird in its habits. This bird also mimics other species sounds. It is sometimes called the "Prince Albert Lyrebird" or the "Northern Lyreb... |
147863 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corvida | Corvida | The "Corvida" were one of two "parvorders" that were inside the suborder Passeri. The term is now not used in taxonomy because it is paraphyletic.
Passeri |
147864 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passerida | Passerida | Passerida is one of two "parvorders" in the suborder Passeri.
Passeri |
147866 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piciformes | Piciformes | Piciformes are order of birds contain about 67 living genera with a little over 400 species, of which the Picidae (woodpeckers and relatives) make up about half. Amost all live in woods (arboreal).
In general, the Piciformes are insectivorous, though the barbets and toucans mostly eat fruit and the honeyguides are uni... |
147898 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/La%20Silla%20Observatory | La Silla Observatory | La Silla Observatory is an observatory in Chile with eighteen telescopes that study the stars. The observatory is one of the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere. La Silla is a 2,400 meter high mountain that is found in the far southern part of the Atacama Desert. It can be found about 160 kilometers north of La Seren... |
147905 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean%20Astrophysical%20Observatory | Crimean Astrophysical Observatory | The Crimean Astrophysical Observatory (CrAO) is found in Ukraine and is an observatory. It studies the stars and has found a total of 12 minor planets to date:
References
Other websites
CrAO's website
Observatories
Asteroid discoverers |
147909 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freema%20Agyeman | Freema Agyeman | Freema Agyeman (born Frema Agyeman on 20 March 1979) is an English actress. She is of Ghanaian and Iranian descent. She is known by a lot of people for playing Martha Jones on the television series Doctor Who and also in its spin-off series Torchwood.
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1979 births
Black British actors
Living people
Englis... |
147911 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Missy%20Elliott | Missy Elliott | Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott (born July 1, 1971) is a five-time Grammy Award-winning American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. With record sales of over seven million in the United States, she is the only female rapper to have six albums certified platinum by the RIAA, including one double platinum (... |
147915 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piombino | Piombino | Piombino is a town and commune in the province of Livorno (Tuscany), Italy, on the border between the Ligurian Sea and the Tyrrhenian Sea, in front of Elba Island and at the northern side of Maremma.
It has an ancient historical centre, derived from the time in which it was the Etruscans' port, near the area of Populo... |
147916 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cara%C8%99-Severin%20County | Caraș-Severin County | Caraş-Severin (; Serbian: Караш Северин, Karaš Severin, ; , Bulgarian: Караш-Северин, Karash-Severin) is a county (judeţ) of Romania, in historical region Banat. The capital of Caraş-Severin County is Reşiţa.
Demographics
In 2002, about 332,000 people lived in Caraş-Severin County.
Geography
Caraş-Severin County ha... |
147917 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold%20Medal%20of%20Military%20Valor | Gold Medal of Military Valor | The Gold Medal of Military Valor (Italian language: Medaglia d'oro al Valore Militare) is an Italian medal established on 21 May 1793 by King Victor Amadeus III of Sardinia.
During World War I, the medal was awarded to military personnel for exceptional valor in the face of the enemy. After the World War II, the medal... |
147919 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver%20Medal%20of%20Military%20Valor | Silver Medal of Military Valor | The Silver Medal of Military Valor (Italian language: Medaglia d'Argento al Valore Militare) is an Italian medal established in 1833 by King Charles Albert of Sardinia.
During World War I, the medal was awarded to military personnel for exceptional valor in combat. Like the Gold Medal and the Bronze Medal, the Silver ... |
147920 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronze%20Medal%20of%20Military%20Valor | Bronze Medal of Military Valor | The Bronze Medal of Military Valor () is an Italian medal awarded by the King of Italy.
During World War I, the medal was awarded to military personnel for exceptional valor in combat. For each subsequent act of valor, the recipient was awarded a bar in the corresponding class. As the Gold medal and the Silver Medal,... |
147921 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Re%C5%9Fi%C5%A3a | Reşiţa | Reşiţa (German: Reschitz, Hungarian: Resicabánya, Krashovani: Решица or Rešica, Czech: Rešice) is a city in the western part of Romania. It is the capital of Caraş-Severin County, in the Banat region. About 84,000 people live in Reşiţa as of the year 2004.
County capitals of Romania |
147922 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orbetello | Orbetello | Orbetello is a town and commune in the province of Grosseto (Tuscany), Italy. It is about south of Grosseto, on a lagoon, which is an important Natural Reserve.
History
Orbetello was an ancient Etruscan village, which in 280 BC went under the control of the Romans, who had founded their colony of Cosa.
In the Mid... |
147931 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pontedera | Pontedera | Pontedera is a small Italian industrial town in Tuscany, Italy, in the province of Pisa. Pontedera is the headquarters of the Piaggio company,from the 1930s one of most important Italian manufacturers motor vehicles such as the Vespa and the Ape. Piaggio was a subsidiary of FIAT. Today the owner of Piaggio is Roberto C... |
147932 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casentino | Casentino | The Casentino is the valley in which the first tract of the Arno River flows till Subbiano, in the Italian region Tuscany. It is one of the four valleys in which the Province of Arezzo is divided. The valley's biggest comuni are all in the Arno valley: among these the biggest are Bibbiena and Poppi, while Capolona, Cas... |
147933 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colle%20di%20Val%20d%27Elsa | Colle di Val d'Elsa | Colle di Val d'Elsa or Colle Val d'Elsa is a town and comune in Tuscany, Italy, in the province of Siena. It has a population of c. 20,000 inhabitants (2005). Its name in Italian means "Hill of Elsa Valley", where "Elsa" is the name of the river which crosses it. Today, Colle di Val d'Elsa is internationally renowned f... |
147935 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20140 | British Rail Class 140 | The British Rail Class 140 was the prototype of the Pacer diesel multiple unit. Much of the bodywork was constructed using Leyland National bus components, with the exception of the cabs, in 1980.
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147937 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20141 | British Rail Class 141 | The British Rail Class 141 was the first production model of the Pacer diesel multiple units.
They were created because then British Rail had a large shortage of trains so rather than spending lots of money on expensive proper trains, they invented the Pacer. British Leyland at the time had a surplus in the production ... |
147938 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosignano%20Marittimo | Rosignano Marittimo | Rosignano Marittimo is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Livorno in the Italian region Tuscany. It is about 80 km southwest of Florence and about 20 km southeast of Livorno. As of 31 December 2004, it had 31,516 people. It has an area of 120.3 km².
The comune of Rosignano Marittimo contains the frazioni of: ... |
147942 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/James%20Henry%20Hammond | James Henry Hammond | James Henry Hammond (November 15, 1807 – November 13, 1864) was from South Carolina. He served as a United States Representative from 1835 to 1836, Governor of South Carolina from 1842 to 1844, and United States Senator from 1857 to 1860. He had a son. He was also a slave owner; his plantation is in Redcliffe Park in S... |
147943 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa%20Croce%20sull%27Arno | Santa Croce sull'Arno | Santa Croce sull'Arno is an Italian town in the province of Pisa, Tuscany. About 13,400 people lived there as of 2005.
Industry
The city is famous for the tanning industries. In 16.92 square kilometres there are about 400 factories and laboratories.
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Other websites
Towns in Tuscany |
147946 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20142 | British Rail Class 142 | The British Rail Class 142 is a class of Pacer diesel multiple units used in the United Kingdom. 96 units were built by BREL in Derby between 1985 and 1987. They were a development of the earlier Class 141 which were introduced in 1984.
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147947 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional%20illiteracy | Functional illiteracy | Functional illiteracy means that a person is not able to read, write, and do math well in regular life. Someone who is fully illiterate can not read, write, or do math at all. Such people have perhaps never learnt how to read or write; perhaps they did not need to. A person who is functionally illiterate is different -... |
147950 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20143 | British Rail Class 143 | The British Rail Class 143 is a diesel multiple unit, part of the Pacer family of trains introduced between 1985 & 1986. They originally worked around North East England but were later transferred to Wales. The coaches are based on an Alexander bus body mounted on a chassis from a freight or Goods truck. Twenty-five u... |
147951 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20144 | British Rail Class 144 | The British Rail Class 144 "Pacer" diesel multiple units (DMUs) were built by BREL Derby from 1986-1987. A total of 23 units were built, replacing many of the earlier First-generation "Heritage" DMUs.
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147954 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20150 | British Rail Class 150 | The British Rail Class 150 "Sprinter" diesel multiple units (DMUs) were built by BREL from 1984-87. A total of 137 units were built in three main subclasses, replacing many of the earlier first-generation "Heritage" DMUs.
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147958 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20151 | British Rail Class 151 | The British Rail Class 151 was a prototype class of DMU built by Metro Cammell in the mid-1980s.
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147959 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20153 | British Rail Class 153 | The British Rail Class 153 "Sprinter" is a single-car diesel multiple unit train.
In the early 1990s, British Rail took the decision that running 2-car trains on rural routes was inefficient, and identified the need for single-carriage trains. Initially consideration was given to splitting the Met-Cam Class 156 units... |
147960 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20155 | British Rail Class 155 | The British Rail Class 155 "Super-Sprinter" is a diesel multiple unit. These DMUs were built by British Leyland at Workington (using Leyland National bus components) between 1987 and 1988 as part of British Rail's replacement of its ageing diesel fleet which were First-Generation.
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147961 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20156 | British Rail Class 156 | The British Rail Class 156 "Super-Sprinter" is a diesel multiple unit (DMU). A hundred and fourteen of these units were built from 1987 to 1989 by Metro-Cammell (now owned by Alstom) at their Washwood Heath Works in Birmingham. They were built to replace elderly First Generation "Heritage" DMUs and locomotive-hauled pa... |
147962 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20157 | British Rail Class 157 | Class 157 was the designation applied to a range of Diesel multiple unit trains of the Sprinter family planned for regional use, in particular for the Strathclyde Passenger Transport Executive. As well as the class number, British Rail reserved carriage numbers in the 526xx and 576xx series for these units.
As the Pri... |
147964 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20158 | British Rail Class 158 | British Rail Class 158 Express Sprinter is a type of diesel multiple unit (DMU) train. They were built for British Rail between 1989 and 1992 by BREL at their Derby Works. They were built to replace old DMUs and locomotive-hauled passenger trains. Class 159 trains are almost the same as Class 158s. They work many non-e... |
147965 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20159 | British Rail Class 159 | The British Rail Class 159, known as "South Western Turbo" by Network SouthEast (but in reality a member of the Sprinter family), is a diesel multiple unit, built from 1989-93 by BREL at Derby Works.
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147967 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20165 | British Rail Class 165 | The British Rail Class 165 "Network Turbo" diesel multiple units (DMUs) is a diesel multiple unit that were built by BREL at York Works from 1990–1992.
These units are suburban trains, with an express version appearing later in the form of the Class 166 "Network Express Turbo" units. The Class 165 belongs to the Netwo... |
147969 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20166 | British Rail Class 166 | The British Rail Class 166 "Network Express Turbo" diesel multiple units (also known as just "Thames Turbos" ) were built by ABB at York Works from 1992-93. These units are the express version of the Class 165 "Network Turbo" units. They have a top speed of 90mph (suitable for mainline use), are carpeted throughout an... |
147971 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20168 | British Rail Class 168 | The Class 168 Clubman is a diesel multiple-unit (DMU) train used by Chiltern Railways for InterCity services between London and the Midlands. They were built in several batches from 1997 onwards. The first batch of units was classified 168/0 under TOPS and bore a large resemblance, both visually and in terms of electri... |
147973 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20170 | British Rail Class 170 | The Class 170 "Turbostar" is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) built by Bombardier Transportation (previously ADtranz) at their Derby Litchurch Lane Works, England. This has become the most popular type of DMU built since the privatisation of Britain's railways, with 122 units built.
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147975 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20171 | British Rail Class 171 | The Class 171 "Turbostar" is a type of DMU operated by Southern. The Class 171 is identical to the Class 170, except for the replacement of the BSI coupler with a Dellner coupler. This provision was made in order to allow emergency joining with Class 377 DC third-rail electric units.
Bombardier multiple units
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147976 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20172 | British Rail Class 172 | The Class 172 is a diesel multiple unit (DMU) of the Turbostar family similar to the Class 168, Class 170 and Class 171.
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147978 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20175 | British Rail Class 175 | The Class 175 Coradia is a model of diesel multiple unit passenger train used in the United Kingdom. They were built from 1999–2001 by Alstom at Washwood Heath in Birmingham. The fleet is currently based at Chester Depot. The fleet is used in North Wales on services from Holyhead, South Wales, normally going south or u... |
147982 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20180 | British Rail Class 180 | The British Rail Class 180 Adelante is a class of 14 diesel-hydraulic multiple-unit passenger trains built by Alstom at Washwood Heath in 2000/01 for First Great Western (FGW). They are part of the Coradia 1000 family, along with the Class 175. After recurring technical problems with the trains, FGW handed them all bac... |
147983 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20185 | British Rail Class 185 | The Class 185 (branded by its operators as the Pennine Class 185) is a diesel multiple-unit passenger train built by Siemens Transportation Systems in Germany for the British train operating company First TransPennine Express.
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147985 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20201 | British Rail Class 201 | The British Rail Class 201 (or 6S) six-car diesel-electric multiple units (DEMUs) were built in 1957–1958 at Eastleigh railway works and Ashford railway works. They were built for use on the London to Hastings line. Several tunnels along the route had restricted clearance, meaning that these units were built with a nar... |
147986 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20202 | British Rail Class 202 | The British Rail Class 202 (or 6L) diesel-electric multiple units were built from 1957 to 1958 at Eastleigh railway works and Ashford railway works. These units were built to work the London Charing Cross to Hastings services. Several tunnels along the route had restricted clearance, so these units were built with a na... |
147987 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20203 | British Rail Class 203 | The Class 203 was the final version of the Hastings narrow-bodied diesel multiple unit train. It was originally classified 6B. They were delivered in 1958. Their unit numbers were 1031–1037. They differed from class 202 by having a buffet car.
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147988 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20204 | British Rail Class 204 | The British Rail Class 204 diesel multiple units were two-car versions of the Class 205 '3H' units. They were classified as 2H under the old system. Their unit numbers were in the range 1119-1122.
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147989 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/British%20Rail%20Class%20205 | British Rail Class 205 | The British Rail Class 205 (or 3H) diesel-electric multiple units were built by BR at Eastleigh railway works from 1957–1962.
Preservation
Due to a generous disposal policy by Porterbrook Leasing, nearly all of the final units in service were preserved. The only unit not preserved was no. 205012, which had poor bodywo... |
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