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- Dragonfly (4578 bytes)
11: Aeshnidae - Hawkers<br />
12: Gomphidae - Clubtails<br />
13: Neopetaliidae - Redspots<br />
14: Petaluridae - Petaltails<br />
15: Cordulegastridae - Goldenrings<br /> - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
1: ..., and ending with the sad note of the [[Black Tuesday]], [[harbinger]] of [[The Great Depression|the G...
3: ...s termed "The Golden Twenties". In France and Canada they were also called the "Crazy Years" (''ann饳...
5: ...n and lightness were cultivated in [[jazz]] and [[dancing]], in defiance of the horrors of the First W...
11: ...er]]s returned to the [[United States]] and [[Canada]] with money in their pockets and a great many ne...
17: ...] had sold 15 million [[Model T]]. In all of Canada, there were only about 300,000 vehicles registere... - Art (11479 bytes)
3: ... as painting, sculpture, music, literature, film, dance, and more.
5: ...o refer to visual art, literature, music, dance — the ''[[fine arts]]''. However, such distincti...
11: ...art]] is created by all from about the first birthday.
61: ...of our being, between what is real and what is an illusion
74: ... be, 'my five-year old could have painted that' — implying that the work is somehow less worthy ... - Human (48024 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordata]]}}
9: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Hominidae]]}}
14: ...apiens | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date = [[1758]]}}
16: ''[[Homo sapiens idaltu]]'' (extinct)<br/>
35: ...ere are a number of perspectives regarding the fundamental nature and substance of humans. These are b... - History of the United States (1945-1964) (29139 bytes)
15: There were fundamental contrasts between the visions of the [[Unit...
17: ... the United States, which moved swiftly to consolidate its position.
32: ...ense spending, and embark on an elaborate propaganda campaign to convince Americans to fight this cost...
49: ... were deteriorating; no longer was there even the illusion that the Communist world was a monolith.
59: ... [[October 16]], [[1962]] and lasted for thirteen days. It is regarded by many as the moment when the ... - Religion (72319 bytes)
1: ...ably with '''[[faith]]''' or '''belief system'''—is commonly defined as [[belief]] concerning th...
2: ...roperly described as a "religious organization" – that is, an organization of people that suppor...
10: ...hence interpreting "religion" as "returning to bondage."
17: ...tices that have the function of addressing the fundamental questions of human identity, ethics, death ...
21: ...as necessary to explain natural phenomena at a fundamental level. - Leonardo da Vinci (25889 bytes)
1: [[Image:Leonardo da Vinci.jpeg|thumb|Leonardo da Vinci]]
2: '''Leonardo da Vinci''' ([[April 15]], [[1452]] – [[May 2]], [[1519]]) was an [[Italy|Italian]] ...
7: ...an [[illegitimate child]]. His father, Ser Piero da Vinci was a young [[lawyer]] and his mother, Cate...
9: ...therefore refer to his works as "Leonardos", not "da Vincis". Presumably he did not use his father's n...
12: ... the greatest of all Andrea's pupils was Leonardo da Vinci, in whom, besides a beauty of person never ... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
1: [[Image:Giordano_Bruno.jpg|thumb|Giordano Bruno]]
3: '''Giordano Bruno''' ([[1548]] – [[February 17]] [[1600]]), a.k.a. '''Bruno Nol...
7: ...nt Domenico near [[Naples]]. In [[1572]] he was ordained a priest.
9: ...ys of ancient [[Egypt]]. They are now believed to date mostly from about [[300]] A.D. and to be associ...
10: ...umb|left|200px|Woodcut illustration of one of Giordano Bruno's mnemonic devices: in the spandrels are ... - Computer (32773 bytes)
3: ...configured in this way is given appropriate input data, then it can automatically solve the problem or...
10: ...ows might be used to model the flow of water in a dam. Such ''[[analog signal|analog]]'' computers we...
12: In most computers today, the problem is first translated into mathematic...
47: **[[Personal Digital Assistant]] (PDA)
51: ...y found and current definitions quickly become outdated. Many classes of computer that are no longer u... - Tyrannosaurus rex (20653 bytes)
5: {{Taxobox_phylum_entry | taxon = [[Chordate|Chordata]]}}
8: {{Taxobox_ordo_entry | taxon = [[Theropoda]]}}
9: {{Taxobox_familia_entry | taxon = [[Tyrannosauridae]]}}
13: ...ex | author = [[Henry Fairfield Osborn|Osborn]] | date = [[1905]]}}
15: ...lion years ago. Its [[fossil]] remains are rare — [[as of 2005]] only 30 specimens had been foun... - Performing arts (1198 bytes)
1: ...cluding [[actor]]s, [[comedian]]s, [[singer]]s, [[dancer]]s, and [[musician]]s.
5: ...erred to as a ''plastic art'' during the [[Modern dance]] era.
7: Performers often adapt their [[physical appearance|appearance]] by spe... - Buddhist philosophy (14386 bytes)
20: Lama Anagorika Govinda expressed it as follows in the book 'A Living Bud...
33: ...ools, the received textual tradition (e.g., the Vedas) is in itself an epistemological category equal ...
43: ...eption of a continuous identity was held to be an illusion.
52: ...or "person", which was inserted by the [[Pudgalavada]] school to replace the ātman as that which ...
60: ...s ''[[Pratitya-samutpada|pratītyasamutpāda]]'', which arises from the Buddhist critique of I... - Sikhism (31029 bytes)
2: ... [[Islam]] (such as the [[caste system]] and [[purdah]], respectively). Sikhism was influenced by refo...
4: ...ast to [[Bengal]] and west to [[Mecca]] and [[Baghdad]]) Guru Nanak preached to Hindus, Muslims and ot...
8: ...al authority would vest in the [[Khalsa Panth]] – The Sikh Nation. The first Sikh Holy Scriptur...
10: ...e is attributable to its single central concept – the sovereignty of the One [[God]], the Creato...
12: ...alsehood" around those who live totally in the mundane world of material desires (consumerism). This m... - Ice age (15810 bytes)
6: ... have been many glacial periods, occurring at 40–100,000 year frequencies. These are the best st...
22: ..., and North America in polar regions, the Earth today is considered to be prone to ice age glaciations...
39: ...e occurrence of glacial and interglacial phases — this was first explained by the theory of [[Mi...
43: ...redicted by Milankovic. During the period 3.0 — 0.8 million years ago the dominant pattern of ...
48: ... is consistent with the existing uncertainties in dating, but not widely accepted at present (Nature 4... - Sense (11343 bytes)
25: ...]] [[2004]]) was won by [[Richard Axel]] and [[Linda Buck]] for their work explaining olfaction, publi...
39: ...entified. Additionally, there are some other candidate physiological experiences which may or may not ...
63: ...uditory illusion]], [[Optical illusion]], [[Touch illusion]]
66: * [[Multimodal integration]] - Time (15299 bytes)
5: ...ently [[period]]ic motion have long served as standards for units of time - such as the apparent motio...
8: ===Present day standards===
9: ...m. There are no fixed ratios between seconds (or days) on the one hand and [[month]]s and [[year]]s o...
21: One view is that time is part of the fundamental structure of the universe, a [[dimension]] ...
23: A contrasting view is that time is part of a fundamental [[abstract]] conceptual framework (together... - Moon (37975 bytes)
27: | 27.321 66155 [[day|d]]<br />(27 d 7 h 43.2 min)
83: | 27.321 661 [[day|d]]<br />([[synchronous rotation|synchronous]])
197: ...tion in its early history, a process known as [[tidal locking]].
199: ...s sometimes called the "dark side". In this case "dark" means "unknown and hidden" and not "lacking li...
201: ...are|maria]]'' (singular: ''mare''), which are the dark [[albedo feature]]s. - Film (18911 bytes)
4: ..., ''photoplays'', ''picture shows'', ''flicks'' — and most commonly ''movies''. Academics and t...
6: ...levance is what causes the perception of motion — a psychological effect identified as [[beta mo...
14: ...arefully designed to achieve the desired effect — and the underlying principle became the basis ...
22: ...ut as color processes improved and became as affordable as [[black-and-white]] film, more and more mov...
28: ...ces of [[movie studio]]s, recent advances in affordable film making equipment have allowed independent... - Dragonflies and Damselflies (4651 bytes)
11: [[Aeshnidae]] - Hawkers<br />
12: [[Gomphidae]] - Clubtails<br />
13: [[Neopetaliidae]] - Redspots<br />
14: [[Petaluridae]] - Petaltails<br />
15: [[Cordulegastridae]] - Goldenrings<br /> - Rio Bec (1828 bytes)
7: ...he steps are only a design motif that creates the illusion of functional stairs. Even if the steps were fun...
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