The World Cup (Brazilian Portuguese) or World Cup Soccer / World (European Portuguese) is a men's soccer tournament held every four years by the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). The first edition happened in 1930 in Uruguay, with the victory of the selection of the house. In the first world, there was no knockout tournament, and countries were invited to the tournament. In the years 1942 and 1946, the Cup was not due to the Second World War. Brazil is the country that has achieved more world titles - five (1958, 1962, 1970, 1994 and 2002). It is also the only country to have participated in all Championships. Below is a selection of Italy tetracampeã (1934, 1938, 1982 and 2006), Germany, tricampeã (1954, 1974 and 1990); the bicampeões Argentina (winner in 1978 and 1986) and Uruguay (winner in 1930 and 1950 ) and, finally, with a single title, the teams of England, champion in 1966, France, champions in 1998 and Spain, champion in 2010. Brazil and Spain are the only countries to win outside their continent (Brazil in 1958 and 2002 and Spain in 2010).
The World Cup is held every four years and was last hosted in 2010 in South Africa, with Spain as champions, leaving the Netherlands in second, Germany third and fourth in Uruguay. In 2014, will take place in Brazil, as announced by FIFA on November 30, 2007. Since the World Cup 1998 is held with 32 teams participating.
LIST OF CHAMPIONS FIFA World Cup
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| Copa do Mundo |
| Ano | Campeão | Vice | Final | Sede |
| 2014 | -- | -- | -- | Brasil |
| 2010 | Espanha | Holanda | 1x0 | África do Sul |
| 2006 | Itália | França | 1x1 (5x3 pen) | Alemanha |
| 2002 | Brasil | Alemanha | 2x0 | Coreia do Sul e Japão |
| 1998 | França | Brasil | 3x0 | França |
| 1994 | Brasil | Italia | 0x0 (3x2 pen) | Estados Unidos |
| 1990 | Alemanha Ocidental | Argentina | 1x0 | Italia |
| 1986 | Argentina | Alemanha Ocidental | 3x2 | Mexico |
| 1982 | Italia | Alemanha Ocidental | 3x1 | Espanha |
| 1978 | Argentina | Holanda | 3x1 | Argentina |
| 1974 | Alemanha Ocidental | Holanda | 2x1 | Alemanha Oc. |
| 1970 | Brasil | Italia | 4x1 | Mexico |
| 1966 | Inglaterra | Alemanha Ocidental | 4x2 | Inglaterra |
| 1962 | Brasil | Tchecoslovaquia | 3x1 | Chile |
| 1958 | Brasil | Suecia | 5x2 | Suécia |
| 1954 | Alemanha Ocidental | Hungria | 3x2 | Suiça |
| 1950 | Uruguai | Brasil | 2x1 | Brasil |
| 1938 | Italia | Hungria | 4x2 | França |
| 1934 | Italia | Tchecoslovaquia | 2x1 | Italia |
| 1930 | Uruguai | Argentina | 4x2 | Uruguai |
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Slipknot is a metal band formed in U.S. Des Moines, Iowa. It consists of eight members (originally nine), and they are currently Sid Wilson, Joey Jordison, Chris Fehn, James Root, Craig Jones, Shawn Crahan, Mick Thomson and Corey Taylor. The alignment of the band remained unchanged from 1999 until 2010. Each member wears a mask.
The band was formed in 1995 and underwent several line-up changes following the independent release of Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. in 1996. Their self-titled debut album was released in 1999 and was followed by Iowa in 2001 and Vol 3: (The Subliminal Verses) in 2004. The August 25, 2008, the band released their fourth studio album, All Hope Is Gone, which debuted at No. 1 on U.S. Billboard chart 200. The band has released four DVDs including Disasterpieces in 2002, which was certified quadruple platinum in the United States. Your DVD is the latest (sic) those who were launching in U.S. theaters on 26.08.2010 but going to the stores only the following day. The band members say that this DVD was in tribute to Paul Gray, who was already one of his last concerts. The (sic) these were recorded in 2009 at the download festival and reached approximately 80 000 spectators.
On May 24, 2010, the band lost its bassist Paul Gray. Paul was found dead in a hotel room for an overdose of morphine. The band ruled on May 25, a day after his death, there were all these band members, and Brenna (Paul's wife) and Tony Gray, Paul's brother.
William Henry Gates III KBE, GCIH, (Seattle, October 28, 1955) better known as Bill Gates, is a mogul, philanthropist and American author, best known for along with Paul Allen founded Microsoft, the largest and most known software company in the world in terms of market value.
Gates currently holds the position of non-executive chairman of Microsoft, and is regularly ranked as the richest person in the world, a position he occupied from 1995 to 2007 and in 2009. It is one of the pioneers in the personal computer revolution.
Gates was born into a middle class family in Seattle. His father, William H. Gates was an advocate of big business, and his mother, Mary Maxwell Gates, was a professor at Washington University and director of banks. Bill Gates and his two sisters, Libby and Kristanna, attended the best private schools in Seattle, his hometown, and Bill also participated in Scouting when still young. Bill Gates, was admitted to the prestigious Harvard University (1590 SATs getting the potential 1600) but abandoned the course in Mathematics and Law in the 3rd year to dedicate himself to Microsoft.
He worked at Taito with the development of basic software for gaming machines (arcade) to his 16 years. He also worked as a visiting researcher at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, UMASS, United States, when at 17, along with Paul Allen developed a software for reading tapes with information on vehicular traffic in a 8008 Intel chip. With this product, Gates and Allen created a company, Traf-O-Data, but customershave given up the business when they discovered the old owners .
In the first positions are Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and London. In 2025, according to the institution, these cities should occupy the same positions, with the exception of Chicago and London, which will swap places.Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, as might be expected, are the richest cities in Brazil. They appeared in 2008 on 10 and 30 seats respectively and are expected to take six and 24 seats in 2025 if the forecast of above average growth is confirmed.Then twist so that it not only to ratify but also that the indices of social development are to match as many tourists avoid these cities because of fear.
The April 1 officially became the day of lying in the year 1501 as soon as the Portuguese arrived in Brazil on behalf of the Indians were playing with the settlers, deceiving them about the existence of gold in coastal land had been discovered. The joke was revealed, and the date ended up being registered as a day of lying.According to the Encyclopedia Britannica (now it's true), there are records of the April Fool jokes on this date by many centuries, and it can be compared to the Hilaria festival, celebrated on March 25 in Ancient Rome, or the Indian Holi celebration of 31 March.
Several versions
Encyclopedias and dictionaries of international culture are almost unanimous in saying that there is no official record of the history of April 1st as April Fools' Day, or a formal justification for the day be known this way in many countries, including Brazil, United States, Britain and France.
One explanation is commonly cited as the most accepted by historians. She goes back to the calendar used by the countries of Europe changed. Until 1564, the new year was celebrated on March 25, and the festivities were extended until the 1st of April, not January. It was this year that King Charles IX of France ordered the New Year would be celebrated on January 1, which caused great confusion in the country and continent.
Here come two versions. One says that some more conservative French decided to keep their celebrations at the end of March, being smeared by the rest of society. Another explanation, perhaps more realistic, remember the time that the media were precarious, so it took for the whole company knew about the change, causing confusion from being used for games that were created involving lies.
In fact, a historical research shows that the calendar change in the early sixteenth century was not as simple as it may seem confusing and became the organization of the different peoples of Europe. The French king's decree, signed in 1564, only took effect in 1567, 15 years before the Gregorian calendar reform of 1582. Some countries, like Britain, for example, continued celebrating the change of the year on March 25 for more than a century, but embracing the shift after 1751.
The Britannica says that since the French decree, those who continued celebrating the new year between March and April were called "fools" by encouraging games involving lies. The convention ended up spreading, with different names and traditions, but always involves making someone play the fool with lies.
so Happy April Fool's day joke or
Happy April 1st!
