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- Nova Scotia Duck-Tolling Retriever (4346 bytes)
4: !Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
20: |[[Canada | Canada (Nova Scotia)]]
28: !Classification and breed standards
35: |[[American Kennel Club|AKC]]: ||Sporting
36: |[http://www.akc.org/breeds/nova_scotia_duck_tolling_retriever/index.cfm Stds]
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- Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
1: :''This article is about the city called Rio de Janeiro. For the state with the same n...
7: ...t inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The current mayor is [[Cesar Maia]].
9: ... after [[S㯠Paulo]] and used to be the country's capital until 1960, when [[Bras�a]] took its place...
13: ...Guanabara was actually the mouth of a river, they called it "Rio de Janeiro", which means January Rive...
15: ...ntic]] transit of ships between Brazil, the [[Africa]]n colonies, and Europe. Fortresses were built an... - List of explorers (24013 bytes)
6: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
7: ...th century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of the [[African]] coast)
14: *[[Charles Albanel]] (1616-1696), Canada
21: ...aval officer, several expeditions to the [[Canada|Canadian]] [[Arctic]]
22: ...century]] [[Portuguese]] explorer of [[North America]]) - List of maritime explorers (2541 bytes)
27: *[[Alvise Cadamosto]]
31: *[[Alvaro Caminha]]
37: *[[Pedro Álvares Cabral]]
38: *[[Pêro Vaz de Caminha]]
45: *[[João da Nova]] - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
1: ...rald.jpeg|thumb|Ella Fitzgerald photographed by [[Carl Van Vechten]], 1940]]
2: ..." improvisational ability, particularly in her [[scat singing]].
6: ...d several hit songs with them, including "(If You Can't Sing It), You'll Have to Swing It", but it was...
10: ...uite perfectly [[Marilyn Monroe]]'s voice and typical gestures, as well as [[Louis Armstrong]]'s.
12: ...ngers) toured [[Europe]] and North America, classically opening their shows with the famous Ellington'... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
2: | nationality=american
19: ...Chief]] of the [[Continental Army]] in the [[American Revolutionary War]] ([[1775]]–[[1783]]) an...
21: ...r the role he played in winning and securing American independence, George Washington is generally rec...
24: ...rthday is celebrated on the Gregorian (new style) calendar date. Also note that the English year began...
26: ...an attack of [[smallpox]], although his face was scarred by the disease. He was initiated as a [[Freem... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...sensus that the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If you believe you have ...
3: ...cle, e.g., [[Politics of Canada]], [[Geography of Canada]], etc. Thank you.}}
6: '''Canada''' is a country in [[North America]], the northern-most in the world and the second ...
8: ...[constitutional monarchy]] with [[Elizabeth II of Canada|Queen Elizabeth II]] as [[head of state]].
10: ...2005]] is 32.2 million people [http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/clock/population.htm]. - Spain (36498 bytes)
1: ... America|Central]] and [[South America|South American]] countries.<!--
11: image_map = LocationSpain.png |
15: capital = [[Madrid]] |
20: leader_names = [[Juan Carlos I of Spain|Juan Carlos I]]<br>[[Jos頌uis Rodr�ez Zapatero|Jos頌u...
35: GDP_PPP_per_capita = $24,803 | - Great Pyramid of Giza (20454 bytes)
1: ...is Greek name ''Cheops''), after whom it is often called '''Khufu's Pyramid''' or the '''Pyramid of Kh...
7: == Age and location ==
9: ... [[Giza Necropolis]] on the outskirts of modern [[Cairo]], [[Egypt]].
15: ... and used as building material for much of early Cairo.
17: ...assed until the 160-metre tall spire of [[Lincoln Cathedral]] was completed in around [[1300]]CE. The ... - Florida (24937 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Tallahassee, Florida|Tallahassee...
36: ... explorers during the [[Easter]] season, which is called ''Pascua Florida'' in Spanish. The U.S. Post...
43: ...nding members of the [[Confederate States of America]] (CSA, also known as the Confederacy). Florida j...
47: ...vernor is [[United States Republican Party|Republican]] [[Jeb Bush]], brother of President [[George W....
49: ...f electoral votes, Florida is considered by political analysts to be a key [[swing state]] in [[Presid... - Louisiana (26375 bytes)
10: Nickname = Pelican State |
11: Capital = [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana|Baton Rou...
44: ...te]] of the [[United States|United States of America]].
45: ... everyday life, but traces of French survive in local dialects.
49: ...falaya, Natchitouches (now spelled Natchitoches), Caddo, Houma, Tangipahoa, and Avoyel (Avoyelles Pari... - Maine (17312 bytes)
9: Capital = [[Augusta, Maine|Augusta]] |
38: ... [[1832]], when it was moved to the more geographically central city of [[Augusta, Maine|Augusta]].
41: ...lins]] (Republican) and [[Olympia Snowe]] (Republican).
43: ...w states which remained dominated by the [[Republican Party]]. In the [[U.S. presidential election, 19...
45: ... States)|Democratic]] in four straight elections, casting its votes for [[Bill Clinton]] twice, [[Al G... - Thirteen Colonies (4707 bytes)
2: ... sewed the first [[Flag of the United States|American flag]] with 13 stars and 13 stripes representing...
4: ...ment of the [[United States|United States of America]].
6: ...est Florida]] also remained loyal during the American Revolution.
10: ...nts almost always listed the colonies in geographical order, roughly from north to south, as follows (...
25: ** [[Province of North Carolina]], later [[North Carolina]] and [[Tennessee]] - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...the shapes of time zones can be quite irregular because they usually follow the boundaries of states, ...
6: ...etermined by astronomical observation as formerly carried out at Greenwich.
8: ... Sunday in March. For the remainder of the year local time is UTC + 1—known in the [[United King...
10: The time for a location is given relative to UTC. Some examples:
11: *[[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], [[California]], [[United States|USA]]: UTC − 8 (... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
7: ... as preserved today at the entrance of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul (Constantinople).</smal...
10: | Constantine makes Constantinople his capital.
21: | Justinian's generals reconquer North Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]]...
27: ...he following decades, they take most of North Africa, and later conquer Sicily as well.
41: ...ople is liberated by the Byzantine emperor of [[Nicaea]], Michael Palaeologus. - Medieval music (31843 bytes)
3: '''Medieval music''' is [[classical music]] written during the [[Middle Ages]]. Thi...
9: ...support. The notation system is weak, and rhythm cannot be specified. The simplicity of chant, with ...
11: ...llows for complex interactions between multiple vocals lines in a repeatable fashion. The use of mult...
14: ...early secular music has survived, and since [[musical notation|notation]] was a relatively late develo...
17: ... Cantus Mensurabilis of approximately 1260), an innovation which had a massive impact on the subsequent ... - Thomas Edison (20653 bytes)
3: ...tober 18]], [[1931]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[inventor]] and [[businessman]] who developed...
10: ...ly hanged. He and his family fled to Nova Scotia, Canada, settling on land the British government gave...
12: ...l joining the [[MacKenzie Rebellion]] that sought Canadian independence. The revolt failed and, like ...
16: ... son to read and experiment. Many of his lessons came from reading the book [["Parker's School of Nat...
18: ...Some of his earliest inventions related to electrical telegraphy, included a stock ticker. - Johannes Kepler (17038 bytes)
2: ...ory|theoretical]] [[astrophysicist]]", although [[Carl Sagan]] also refers to him as the last scientif...
4: ...ler was an assistant to [[Tycho Brahe]]. Kepler's career also coincided with that of [[Galileo Galilei...
9: ...fortunes were in decline. His father earned a precarious living as a [[mercenary]], and abandoned the...
11: ...ied, and was plagued by a belief that he was physically repulsive, thoroughly unlikable and, compared ...
13: ... of [[1580]], recording that he remembered being "called outdoors" to see it and that the moon "appear... - History of the United States (1776-1789) (19792 bytes)
5: ...tish Parliament, marked the beginning of the American Revolution.
7: ...ental Army, and dispatched him to Boston, where local militia were besieging a British Army.
9: ...he Congress declared the '''United States of America''' independent of Great Britain in the [[United S...
11: ...ted States were eventually able to win the [[American Revolutionary War]] against Great Britain, settl...
13: ...ar, economic depression and the weakness of political institutions troubled the young country. The Se... - Tropical cyclone (34538 bytes)
1: [[Image:Ivan iss.jpg|thumb|right|325px|[[Hurricane Ivan]] viewed from the [[International Space St...
4: == Hurricanes ==
6: ...ics]]. While they can be highly destructive, tropical [[cyclone]]s are an important part of the [[atmo...
9: ...ropical cyclone can be thought of as a giant vertical [[heat engine]].
10: [[Image:Hurricane-viewed-from-space.jpg|thumb|400px]] - Dolphin (13554 bytes)
2: ...mage | image = [[Image:Dolphin_063w.jpg|250px]] | caption = [[Dolphin]]}}
15: The word is used in a few different ways. It can mean:
24: ...erefore qualify as dolphins, even though they are called whales in common language.
26: ...ower seas of the continental shelves, and all are carnivores, mostly eating fish and squid.
35: **** [[Long-Beaked Common Dolphin]], ''Delphinus capensis''
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