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- Formula One (29650 bytes)
2: ...Prix]], one of the nineteen annual Formula One races]]
7: ...wn as ''grands prix'', on custom-constructed courses or closed-off street circuits.
9: ... [[Africa]], [[Asia]], and [[Australia]]. New races in [[Bahrain]] and [[China]], one planned for [[2...
11: ...generally promoted and controlled by [[Bernie Ecclestone]].
16: ...] for results from past seasons and individual races.'' - Computer (32773 bytes)
3: ...gram|programming]]) a computer can be made to represent some aspect of a problem or part of a system. ...
4: The discipline which studies the theory, design, and application of computers is called '''[[...
6: ==General principles==
8: ...any different technologies, nearly all popular types of computers have electronic components.
12: ...nto the [[binary]] base-two [[numeral system]] (ones and zeros). Next, all operations on that informa... - Ship (18843 bytes)
2: ... refers to [[submarine]]s as "boats"). Compare [[vessel]].
4: ...] ships and [[barque]]s were built partly for [[prestige]] reasons.
6: ...lated to sailors, particularly customs and practices at [[sea]]. '''Naval''' is the adjective pertaini...
10: ...[[volume]] rather than weight, and are used when describing merchant ships for the purpose of tolls, t...
12: ...eir vessels until their decks were almost awash, resulting in a dangerously unstable condition. Additi... - Forest (3705 bytes)
2: ...umb|right|360px|A dense growth of softwoods (a forest) in the Sierra Nevada Range of Northern Californ...
4: ...d soil-retention functions. Therefore, Earth's forests constitute one of the most important aspects of...
6: ...ough in some types of forests such as [[boreal forest]]s, much of it is locked in [[lignin]] and other...
8: ... allows some sunlight to penetrate between the trees (see also: [[savanna]]).
9: ...Forest1.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A decidous beech forest in [[Slovenia]].]] - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
29: footnotes = |
31: ...nds in the bay and the [[Farallon Islands]] 27 miles offshore in the [[Pacific Ocean]].
33: .... census data show that San Francisco has the highest population density of any major U.S. city aside ...
37: ...isco's "rebirth" from the ashes of the fire that resulted from the quake. Long enjoying a [[Bohemiani...
42: ...the [[Ohlone]] (a [[Miwok]] Indian word meaning "western people") living in the coastal area between [... - Parthenon (12682 bytes)
1: ... Parthenon seen from the hill of the Pnyx to the west]]
3: ...f Athena the Virgin''', and its popular name derives from the Greek word ''παρθ	...
5: ...enon replaced an older [[temple]] which had been destroyed by the [[Iran|Persians]]. As well as being ...
7: ==Design and construction==
8: [[Image:ac.parthenon2.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The western face of the Parthenon remains relatively inta... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
1: ...caesar.jpg|thumbnail|150px|right|Bust of Julius Caesar]]
2: ...rance]], an accomplishment whose direct consequences are visible to this day.
4: ... under Caesar's grand-nephew and adopted son, [[Caesar Augustus]].
6: ...ten [[Literary works of Julius Caesar|''Commentaries'' (''Commentarii'')]], and many details of his li...
9: ...ere he apparently learned to speak several languages, including [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and [[Gaul|... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
13: ... The [[Racial policy of Nazi Germany|racial policies]] that Hitler directed culminated in the systemat...
15: ...'s most powerful nations. Nevertheless, the [[Allies]] ultimately defeated Germany. In the final days ...
20: ...f]]'', his [[autobiography]], Adolf Hitler describes his father as an "irascible tyrant"; however, the...
22: ...il Schicklgruber" were airdropped over German cities. He was legally born a Hitler, however, and was i...
24: ...ish the probability Hitler had Jewish or Czech ancestors. Historians such as [[Werner Maser]] and [[Ia... - American Revolutionary War (40738 bytes)
1: ...e establishment of the [[United States|United States of America]].
5: ...ted or parodied, it is one of the most famous images relating to the American Revolutionary War.]]
10: ...). Each colony instead provided for its own defenses through the use of local [[militia]]. Militiamen ...
12: ...arms for the colonies in any given year. The greatest number of men that Washington personally command...
15: ...rn estimates, total British strength in the colonies did not exceed 20,000 men at any one time. - Sacramento, California (21190 bytes)
2: ...[[riverboat]]s, the [[telegraph]], the [[Pony Express]] and the [[First Transcontinental Railroad]].
30: footnotes = |
37: ...th [[acorn]]s taken from the plentiful [[oak]] trees in the region and by eating fruits, bulbs, seeds,...
42: ... as Sacramento became an overnight commercial success (Sutter's Fort, Mill and the town of [[Suttervil...
44: ...here). A number of directly adjacent towns or cities, such as [[Carmichael, California|Carmichael]], [... - Boise, Idaho (9777 bytes)
5: nickname = "City of Trees" |
22: west_coord = 116.2377|
26: ...daho]], a state in the [[United States|United States of America]]. As of the [[2000]] census, it has ...
28: ...e city is pronounced "BOY-see." Some non-natives (especially those unfamiliar with the area) pronounce...
34: The name, "Boise" comes from a [[French language|French]] word, ''bois駧... - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
19: time zone = Does not observe DST as of 2005 |
22: west_coord = 86.1582 |
29: ...ronze State [[Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument]], designed by [[Germany|German]] architect [[Bruno Schm...
31: ...5]]. The Central Canal was intended to run 296 miles (476 km) from near [[Logansport, Indiana|Loganspo...
33: ...s to enjoy a relatively low amount of traffic congestion for a city its size. - Lansing, Michigan (6961 bytes)
13: ...n|Ingham]] & [[Eaton County, Michigan|Eaton Counties]] |
14: mayor = [[Tony Benavides]] |
25: west_coord = 84.5467|
29: ...chigan|Windsor Township]] in Eaton County to the west and [[Delhi Charter Township, Michigan|Delhi Cha...
31: ...rms, forests, and meadows. There are only two lakes in the area, Park Lake and Lake Lansing, both nor... - Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
1: ...-day Saints]] during the [[2002 Winter Olympic Games]]. It is Salt Lake City's top tourist draw]]
2: ...h|Davis]], and [[Weber County, Utah|Weber]] counties, had a population of 1,333,914 as of [[2000]].
4: ...he lake's shore by [[marsh]]es and [[mudflat]]s. Residents are known as "[[List of famous Salt Lakers|...
6: ... the city became known as the "Crossroads of the West". The city has developed a strong tourism indust...
17: ...s cities in the [[American Old West|Old American West]]. - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...donesia]], [[Brazil]], [[Pakistan]], and [[Bangladesh]].
4: ...l member of the [[Commonwealth of Independent States]], since the union's dissolution in December [[19...
13: ...ch as the [[Merya]], the [[Muromian]]s and the [[Meshchera]].
15: ...ies]] this state of [[Kievan Rus]] became the largest in Europe and was quite prosperous, due to diver...
17: ...om the [[Belarusians]] and [[Ukrainians]] in the west. - Mahatma Gandhi (35350 bytes)
5: quotation=An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind. |
15: ...e 14th [[Dalai Lama]]. He often said that his values were simple; drawn from traditional [[Hinduism|Hi...
18: ... and sects. He was born into the vaishya, or business, caste. At the age of 13 Gandhi married [[Kastur...
22: ... spelling of the verb in the UK and Indian varieties of English --->
23: ...a]]. Although he had not shown a particular interest in religion before, he began to read works of an... - Thomas Hobbes (26163 bytes)
2: ...age:Thomas Hobbes (portrait).jpg|thumb|Thomas Hobbes: detail from a portrait by John Michael Wright ([...
4: '''Thomas Hobbes''' ([[April 5]], [[1588]] – [[December 4]],...
6: ...escartes]] and wrote one of the replies to Descartes' ''Meditations.''
10: ...John Wilkinson]] and he had some influence on Hobbes.
12: At university Hobbes appears to have followed his own curriculum; he w... - Native American (42651 bytes)
1: ...f_Red_Bird.jpg|thumb|A [[Sioux]] in traditional dress including [[war bonnet]], about 1908]]
3: ...many of them still enduring as political communities. A comprehensive tribal list can be found under "...
5: ...al and genetic commonality with other arctic peoples not native to the American continent, such as tho...
7: ...onstitution with various treaty rights, some long established and many more currently under negotiatio...
9: ... people (Canada)|M鴩s]] of [[Canada]] and the [[Mestizo]]s and [[Zambo]]s of [[Latin America]]. - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
1: ...h Valley Pupfish]] - a survivor of much wetter times.
3: ...[[book]]s, [[radio]] programs, [[television]] series and [[movie]]s. '''Death Valley National Monument...
5: ...lleys filled with sediment and, during the wet times of [[ice age]]s, with [[lake]]s, such as [[Lake M...
6: ...Park.png|frame|A slice through the highest and lowest points in Death Valley National Park.]]
9: ...ion in the central part of Death Valley which causes a slight widening and relatively more subsidence ... - Martin Luther (43050 bytes)
12: ...urch to return to the teachings of the [[Bible]] resulted in the formation of new traditions within Ch...
14: ...the [[German language]] and added several principles to the art of [[translation]]. Luther's [[hymn]]s...
17: ...px|The "Luther house" where Luther boarded from ages 14 to 17 while attending private school at [[Eise...
21: ...degree in [[1505]]. According to his father's wishes, Martin enrolled in the law school of that univer...
26: ...it seemed, the more aware he became of his sinfulness.
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