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- Patti Smith (6059 bytes)
2: ...e daughter of an [[Atheism|atheist]] father and a devout [[Jehovah's Witnesses|Jehovah's Witness]] mot...
4: ...en Lanier]] of the [[Blue ֹster Cult]], who recorded several songs to which Smith contributed, includ...
6: ...in an assembly line in New Jersey, with the flipside a version of the rock standard with the addition ...
8: ...y and is widely considered one of rock's greatest debuts. The cover photograph by [[Robert Mapplethorp...
10: ... and reorganise her life, a luxury which had been denied her in her early rise to fame. - Ear (6659 bytes)
1: ...ge:Ear.jpg|thumb|A left [[human]] ear. Image provided by [https://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip ...
3: An '''ear''' is an organ used by an animal to detect [[sound]]. The term may refer to the entire ...
7: ...ncluding [[human]]s, have two ears, one on each side of the head.
10: ... waves. Many [[mammal]]s can move the pinna in order to focus their hearing in a certain direction, i...
12: ...umb|250px|left| Photography of a baby. Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar... - Carpet (15753 bytes)
1: ...s or used on tables. Only with the opening of trade routes in the 17th century were significant numbe...
3: ...floor covering that is loose-laid, most often for decorative purposes.
8: ...of carpet 1.jpg|thumb|250px|Swatches of machine-made carpet]]
10: ...eave]]. Types of European flatwoven carpets include Venetian, Dutch, [[damask]], list, [[haircloth]],...
12: ...ch as burlap. This type of rug is now generally made as a [[handicraft]]. - Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
1: ...c actually consists of is something that is still debated today.
4: ... by way of the Latin ''musica''. It is ultimately derived from ''mousa'', the Greek word for [[muses|m...
6: ... may be combined with it in song) is relatively modern.
10: ...s. From this concept later resulted the romantic idea of a music of the spheres.
12: ..., all things were connected with each other - a mode of thought that finds its traces today in the [[o... - Aviation (1454 bytes)
1: ...and the [[aircraft]] industry. [[Aircraft]], include fixed wing ([[airplane]]) and rotary wing ([[heli...
8: Civil aviation includes both [[scheduled air transport]] and [[general a...
21: * [[Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast]]
35: * [[Accidents and incidents in aviation]] - Astronomy (13970 bytes)
3: ...ed near the center of the [[Far side (Moon)|far side]] of Earth's Moon, its diameter is about 58 miles...
5: ...d with [[astrology]], which assumes that people's destiny and human affairs in general are correlated ...
8: ...rns itself much more with trying to observe and understand the actual physical nature of celestial obj...
10: ... and involves working with computer or analytic models.
12: ...er ways. Categorization by the region of space under study (e.g., Galactic astronomy, Planetary Scien... - History of the United States (1918-1945) (54688 bytes)
7: ... use of the [[tractor]], so fewer farmers were needed to produce a greater harvest of food.
9: [[President of the United States|US President]] [[Woodrow Wilson]] campaigned for the U.S. to...
14: In the [[U.S. presidential election, 1920]] the [[United States Republi...
16: ...flected by the extension of credit to a dangerous degree, including in the [[Stock Market]], which ros...
18: ...idely reviled as unmusical noise by much of the older generation). [[Dancing]] was a popular recreatio... - Morse code (33777 bytes)
1: ...b|right|Portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
2: ...orse code is the only digital [[modulation]] mode designed to be easily read by humans without a compu...
4: ...rly form of a digital code. International Morse code is composed of six elements:
11: ...by more regular formats, including the [[Baudot code]] and [[ASCII]].
13: ...s, became known as Railroad or [[American Morse code]], and is now very rarely used. - Lightning (33113 bytes)
2: ...ning strokes are observed during a night-time thunderstorm.]]
6: ...e air, producing lightning's characteristic [[thunder]] sound.
10: ...but while waiting for its completion, he got the idea of using a flying object, such as a [[kite]] ins...
12: ...fallen during the storm had soaked the line and made it conductive.
14: ...ted the original high-object-with-some-spark-gap idea that they used, so he usually gets the credit. - Kangaroo Facts (16137 bytes)
18: ... The term ''kangaroo'' is sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to all members of the macropod fa...
21: ... mouth of the Endeavour River in the harbour of modern [[Cooktown]] for almost 7 weeks repairing their...
22: ....jpg|thumb|250px|left|Picture of a Kangaroo, provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
23: ...nd wallabies. The belief that it means "I don't understand" is a popular [[myth]] that is also applied...
29: ...iganteus'') is less well-known than the red (outside of Australia), but the most often seen, as its ra... - Cattle (12844 bytes)
17: Cattle were originally identified by [[Carolus Linnaeus]] as three separate ...
21: ...d for meat are [[castration|castrated]] unless needed for breeding. The castrated male is then called ...
23: ...to being gender-neutral, although it is usually understood to mean female (females of other animals, s...
33: ...via]], [[Poland]], in [[1627]], although some breeders have attempted to recreate the original gene po...
40: ... the oldest form of wealth. Their ability to provide [[meat]], dairy and draft while reproducing thems... - Blue Whale (22203 bytes)
18: ...s'') is a [[marine mammal]] belonging to the suborder of [[baleen whale]]s. Blue Whales are believed t...
23: ...ay from the other families of the Mysticetes suborder as long ago as the middle [[Oligocene]]. However...
27: ...ike the other three subspecies however, this last designation does not have a listing in the [[Red Lis...
29: ...These names have fallen into disuse in recent decades.
31: ==Physical description== - Diwali (5677 bytes)
4: ... [[Ugadi]], is followed by persons in [[Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Karnataka]]. [[Vishu]] and [[Varsha Pir...
6: [http://www.saja.org/stylebook.html#D] (Diwali definition; Excerpt from saja.org: Diwali should not...
12: ... geographical location, the date of Dipavali also depends on one's location.
14: ...tes and on Saturday, [[October 25]] for the remainder of India as well as for [[North America]].
26: ...hna]]. So Dipavali is a festival symbolising the destruction of evil forces. - Maasai (4392 bytes)
2: ...ribes of [[East Africa]]. Despite the growth of modern civilisation, the Maasai have largely managed t...
6: ...cent years, due to increased urbanisation and the declaration of the [[Maasai Mara]] and [[Serengeti]]...
8: Despite their reputation as fierce warriors, Maasai ...
10: ...y this practice has stopped, although there is evidence that it continues in the more remote regions o...
12: ...y due to the fact that it is the Maasai women who defend the practice, not the men. - Tarantula (17481 bytes)
83: [[Brachypelmides]]<br />
97: [[Lasiodorides]]<br />
127: '''Tarantulas''' are spiders belonging to the family Theraphosidae. They are...
129: ...g to prevent sure death, and the fearsome world-wide reputation of the tarantula was guaranteed.
131: ...antula" on them. Those spiders belong to the Suborder [[Mygalomorphae]], the Family [[Theraphosidae]] ... - Hubble Space Telescope (50930 bytes)
16: |'''Deorbit date'''||circa 2010
38: |'''[[WFPC2]]'''||wide field camera
43: ...ons and has helped astronomers achieve a better understanding of many fundamental problems in astrophy...
45: ...e project to build a space telescope was beset by delays and budget problems. Immediately after its l...
49: ==Conception, design and aims== - Wildebeest (2915 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = '''Wildebeest''' }}<br />{{StatusConcern}}
2: ...u.jpg|260px|Blue Wildebeest]] | caption = Blue Wildebeest}}
16: ...nus belongs to the family [[Bovidae]], which includes antelopes, cattle, goats, and other even-toed ho...
18: ...uthern Africa]], especially the [[Serengeti]]. Wildebeest can live for more than 20 years.
20: ...asonal nature of the African grasslands forces wildebeest to make annual migrations. The main migratio... - Zeus (17267 bytes)
1: [[Image:Zeus_god.jpg|thumb|250px|Zeus, Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clipar...
2: ...leader of the gods and [[god]] of the sky and thunder in [[Greek mythology]].
6: ...d among the [[Germanic tribes]] and they did not identify Zeus/Jupiter with either Tyr or Odin, but wi...
8: ...ndo-European inheritance, the classical Zeus also derives certain iconographic traits from the culture...
13: ...]] beliefs and the [[archetype|archetypal]] Greek deity. - Helicopter (20080 bytes)
1: ...b>fixed-wing aircraft</b>. The word helicopter is derived from the [[Greek language|Greek]] words ''he...
3: ...] Company (USA) [[Robinson R44|R44]], a four seat development of the [[Robinson R22|R22]].]]
5: ...ject only to refuelling facilities and load/altitude limitations, a helicopter can travel to any locat...
9: ...ransportation, casualty evacuation (including [[MEDEVAC]], and [[search and rescue|air/sea/mountain re...
13: ...ry AD]] book in China that described some of the ideas in a rotary wing aircraft. - Information (13474 bytes)
2: ...''''Information''''' is a term with many meanings depending on context, but is as a rule closely relat...
4: ... "information" is often used without careful consideration of the various meanings it has come to acqu...
6: ...e bee's nervous system uses the information to guide the bee to the flower, where the bee often finds ...
8: ...ing sections roughly in order of narrowest to broadest.
12: ...mation in this sense is simply any message the sender chooses to create.
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