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  1. Heat wave (1223 bytes)
    1: ...e find normal can be a heat wave if they are outside the normal pattern for a cooler area. The term i...
    5: ... deaths from [[hyperthermia]], especially among elderly people. If accompanied by [[drought]] which d...

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  1. Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
    1: ...eiro. For the state with the same name, see [[Rio de Janeiro (state)]].''
    3: [[Image:Rio_de_Janeiro-Ipanema_Beach.jpg|thumbnail|250px|right|I...
    4: [[Image:Redentor.jpg|thumb|250px|[[Cristo Redentor]]]]
    5: ...lrg.jpg|thumb|250px|A NASA satellite image of Rio de Janeiro]]
    7: ...] celebration. It also has the biggest forest inside an urban region, called "Floresta da Tijuca". The...
  2. Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
    7: ...7]], and Empress of India from [[1876]] until her death. Her reign lasted more than sixty-three years ...
    12: ...ged from their wives) and father children to provide an heir for the king. At the age of fifty the Duk...
    16: ...Regent during the queen's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit t...
    18: ...an prince) and out of a sense of duty (his family desired the match). Whatever Albert's original reaso...
    20: ...h II of the United Kingdom|Queen Elizabeth II]]'s descendants a separate family surname, [[Mountbatten...
  3. Alexandra Kollontai (3203 bytes)
    1: ...ne of the very few "[[Old Bolshevik]]s" to escape death during the [[Great Purge]]s of the [[1930s]].
    5: ...Vladimir Lenin]] in [[1903]], Kollontai did not side with either faction. However, she came to dislik...
    7: ... known for founding the [[Zhenodtel]] or "Women's Department" in [[1919]]. This organization worked to...
    11: ... Kollontai was more or less totally politically sidelined.
    13: ... [[Sweden]]. She was also a member of the Soviet delegation to the [[League of Nations]]. She died i...
  4. Eleanor Roosevelt (11183 bytes)
    3: ...eled around the United States promoting the [[New Deal]] and visited troops at the frontlines during [...
    5: ...hts|Universal Declaration of Human Rights]]. President [[Harry S. Truman]] called her the ''First Lady...
    9: ...lorations outside marriage by FDR (See [[Franklin Delano Roosevelt|FDR]] for more information.)
    11: ...ed from the Johannes branch and Franklin is descended from the Jacobus branch.
    13: ...n afront to Theodore Roosevelt's position as President.
  5. Margaret Thatcher (46377 bytes)
    1: {| border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" align="right...
    9: |'''PM Predecessor:'''
    25: |[[Order of the Garter|Order of the Garter]]<br>Life Barony
    27: ... Kesteven" -->''', [[Order of the Garter|LG]] [[Order of Merit|OM]] [[Privy Council|PC]] [[Royal Socie...
    29: ...he Conservative leadership in [[1975]]. She was undefeated at the polls, winning the [[United Kingdom ...
  6. Emma Goldman (12210 bytes)
    3: ... language representative in [[London]] of the [[Federaci󮠁narquista Ib鲩ca|CNT-FAI]].
    6: ...for her anarchist ideas and her independent attitude.
    9: At the age of 17 she emigrated with her elder sister, Helene, to Rochester, NY, to live with t...
    10: ...anberkman.jpe|thumb|240px|right|Goldman and Alexander Berkman]]
    13: ...attempted assassination of [[Henry Clay Frick]] made her highly unpopular with the authorities. Berkma...
  7. Rosa Luxemburg (23905 bytes)
    2: ...]]. The uprising was carried out against Rosa's orders, and crushed by the remnants of the monarchist ...
    6: ...fe Line (maiden name: L?stein). Rosa had a growth defect and was physically handicapped all her life.
    8: ...e]]. As a result, four of its leaders were put to death and the party was broken up. Some of its membe...
    10: ...d]] from imminent detention in [[1889]], she attended [[Zurich University]], along with other socialis...
    12: ...ally able to gain seats in the [[Reichstag]]. But despite their revolutionary talk, the socialist memb...
  8. Margaret Atwood (6318 bytes)
    2: ...She was born in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], and attended school at [[Victoria University in the Universit...
    4: ...ave feminism]]. She also has a reputation for her deep interest in [[Canada]] and [[Canadian literatur...
    6: ...he [[1960s]], along with [[Gwendolyn MacEwen]], [[Dennis Lee]] and [[Michael Ondaatje]].
    8: ... fiction [[novel]] ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' (made into a movie and an opera), or for her [[Booker P...
    10: ...he French version of the competition, ''Le combat des livres'', in [[2004]].
  9. Artemisia Gentileschi (23093 bytes)
    1: ...]'' (1612-21) Oil on canvas 199 x 162 cm Galleria degli [[Uffizi]], Florence]]
    3: ...ings, at a time when such heroic themes were considered beyond a mere woman's reach.
    7: ...more talent than her brothers, who worked along side her. She learned drawing, how to mix color and ho...
    9: ...anna and the Elders, Sch?rn Collection, Pommersfelden]]
    10: ...]] in [[Pommersfelden]]. The picture shows how, under parental guidance, Artemisia assimilated the rea...
  10. Virginia Woolf (9482 bytes)
    7: ... in dialogue with Bloomsbury, particularly its tendency (informed by [[G.E. Moore]], among others) tow...
    9: ...the twentieth century and one of the foremost [[Modernists]], though she disdained some artists in thi...
    11: ...erimented with [[stream-of-consciousness]], the underlying psychological as well as emotional motives ...
    13: ...nd visual impressions; Woolf is at her best in rendering self-soliloquizing existences whose perpetual...
    15: ..., near her home in [[Rodmell]]. She left a [[suicide note]] for her husband: "I feel certain that I am...
  11. 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.
  12. Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
    2: <!-- FAIR USE of Mother-teresa-03.jpg: see image description page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ima...
    4: ...r]] of Calcutta (later renamed [[Kolkata]]) was widely reported.
    6: ...ward, the [[Bharat Ratna]] in [[1980]]. She was made an [[Honorary Citizen of the United States]] in [...
    11: ...tion to help the poor from the age of 12, and decided to train for missionary work in [[India]]. She w...
    13: ...sa in honour of [[Teresa of Avila]] and [[Th鲨se de Lisieux]]. She took her final vows in May [[1937]...
  13. Hydrangea (4213 bytes)
    15: ...h the widely cultivated temperate species are all deciduous.
    19: ...[purple]]; in these species the exact color often depending upon the acidity or alkalinity of the soil...
    22: ...in the genus ''Hydrangea''. Selected species include:
    37: *''[[Hydrangea scandens]]''. Southern Japan south to the [[Philippines]...
    42: ...phylla|H. macrophylla]]'' being by far the most widely grown with over 600 named [[cultivar]]s. Some a...
  14. Gastrointestinal tract (16596 bytes)
    13: *[[Mouth]] (buccal cavity; includes [[salivary glands]], [[mucosa]], [[tooth|teeth]]...
    16: *[[Stomach]], which includes the [[antrum]] and [[pylorus]]
    19: ***'''[[duodenum]]'''
    27: ****[[descending colon]] and [[sigmoid flexure]]
    33: ...bile]] into the small intestine via the [[gallbladder]] and [[biliary system]]. The [[pancreas]] secr...
  15. 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...
  16. Heart (10132 bytes)
    1: ...Image:Heart_crca.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
    3: ... language|Greek]] ''kardia'' (&kappa;&alpha;&rho;&delta;&iota;&alpha;) for "heart".
    7: ... a sac known as the [[pericardium]] and is surrounded by the [[lung]]s. In adults, it weighs about 300...
    9: A thick muscular wall, the [[septum]], divides the right atrium and ventricle from the left atr...
    15: ...takes places and the blood releases [[carbon dioxide]] into the lung cavity and picks up [[oxygen]]. T...
  17. Arm (7276 bytes)
    1: ...mmal, specifically the segment between the [[shoulder]] and the [[elbow]]. '''Arm''' may also refer ...
    5: ...lder joint allows for movement of the arms in a wide circular plane, while the presence of two forearm...
    8: ===The shoulder===
    9: ...|400px|Diagram of the muscles in the arm and shoulder]]
    11: ... [[sternoclavicular]] joint, while the scapula slides across the posterior chest wall via the "scapulo...
  18. Tapestry (2919 bytes)
    2: ...ion.JPG|thumb|right|250px|A tapestry [[cushion]], depicting [[pansy|pansies]]]]
    3: ...wool]], [[gold]] or [[silver]], but can also be made out of any form of textile.
    5: ...us artist, while the tapestries themselves were made by the craftsmen.
    7: ...dlepoint]], probably because this type of [[embroidery]] mimics the woven effect.
    10: ...lemen]] could transport the tapestry from one residence to another. In [[church]]es, it could be displ...
  19. Ocarina (3914 bytes)
    2: ...he underside of the instrument's body. They are made of [[earthenware]], although a few exceptions com...
    5: ...lue and white "[[onion pattern]]" as the exterior design.
    11: ...nt. This means that, unlike a [[flute]] or [[recorder]], the placement of the holes on an ocarina is l...
    18: ...h century]] due to the release of two popular [[video game]]s for the [[Nintendo 64]], ''[[Legend of Z...
    26: ...ug has similar properties. A recent instrument, a derivative of the ocarina called a '''huaca''', was ...
  20. Musical instrument (3823 bytes)
    1: ....jpg|60px|left|]] A '''musical instrument''' is a device that has been constructed or modified with th...
    2: ....jpg|thumb|right|175px|Picture of a Psaltery provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
    3: The academic study of musical instruments is called ''[[org...
    5: Instruments are often divided by the way in which they generate sound:
    7: ...of tone production. The group is typically subdivided into [[Brass instruments|Brass]] and [[Woodwind]...

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