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- The Valiant Five (3833 bytes)
1: ...The Valiant Five''' or '''The Famous Five''' were five [[Canada|Canadian]] women who, in [[1927]] aske...
3: The women, all of whom were from [[Alberta]], were:
5: ...Murphy]] (the [[British Empire|British Empire's]] first woman judge);
6: ... activist and first woman [[Cabinet minister]] in Alberta);
7: ...lung]] (a famous [[suffragist]] and member of the Alberta legislature); - Joni Mitchell (9996 bytes)
3: ...3]], in [[Fort Macleod, Alberta|Fort Macleod]], [[Alberta]]), is a Canadian musician and painter. Initiall...
7: ...sented a commercial breakthrough, containing her first two songs widely adopted by other artists, "Ch...
9: ...y songs focusing on the dichotomy between the benefits of her stardom and its costs, both in terms of ...
13: ...ecade producing largely jazz inflected music. The first such album, ''[[The Hissing of Summer Lawns]]'...
17: ... died before the project was completed. Mitchell finished the tracks with a band featuring Pastorius,... - Alanis Morissette (25762 bytes)
6: ...u Oughta Know", led Morissette to be labeled the "first lady of rage", though the album itself contain...
14: In that same year, Morissette wrote her first song, "Fate Stay With Me", at the age of 9:
26: :''And your fake identification''
36: ...t double [[RIAA certification|platinum]], and its first single, "Too Hot", reached the Top 10 on the C...
42: ...f [[Ottawa]] to [[Toronto]]. Living alone for the first time in her life, Morissette met with a bevy o... - Bessie Smith (7284 bytes)
5: Initially hired as a dancer, she landed her first job with the Moses Stokes company, a show that...
7: ... Her recorded accompaniments included some of the finest musicians around, most notably [[Louis Armst...
9: ...n [[W. C. Handy]]'s "[[St. Louis Blues]]." In the film, she sings the title song accompanied by member...
11: ...ord four sides for the Okeh label. These were her final recordings and they are of particular interest...
21: ...to Clarksdale's black hospital, which has been confirmed, but he also maintained that she had died en ... - Spiderwort (2097 bytes)
14: ...und individually or in clumps in wooded areas and fields. The [[leaf|leaves]] are long, thin and blad...
18: The first species described, Virginia Spiderwort ''T. vi...
20: ... in southern [[Saskatchewan]], [[Manitoba]] and [[Alberta]]; it is however more common further south in the... - Rose (15436 bytes)
2: ...-07_10a.jpg|240px]]| caption = ''Rosa arvensis'' (Field Rose)}}
25: The [[flower]]s have five petals (with the exception of ''[[Rosa sericea]...
27: ...ds in their droppings. Some birds, particularly [[finch]]es, also eat the seeds.
67: ...essed and filtered to make rose hip syrup, as the fine hairs surrounding the seeds are unpleasant to e...
69: There is no single system of classification for garden roses. In general, however, rose... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...d resulted in the consensus that the country's *official* name is now "Canada", not anything else. If ...
10: ...ench language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] population estimate for [[as of 2005|June 2...
15: ...Minister]], who is the head of government, have official residences in Ottawa.
17: ...f Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officially [[Bilingualism in Canada|bilingual]]:
21: ... and [[hydroelectric power]] capacity. Its diversified [[Economy of Canada|economy]] relies heavily on... - Montana (14119 bytes)
12: OfficialLang = [[English language|English]] |
38: ...[wheat]], [[barley]], [[sugar beet]]s) and a significant [[lumber]] and [[mineral]] industry.
40: ... the 41st state in [[1889]]. The state became the first to elect a female member of [[United States Co...
47: ...a|Canadian provinces]] of [[British Columbia]], [[Alberta]] and [[Saskatchewan]]. To the east is the border...
49: ...ark Fork of the Columbia]], [[Milk River (Montana-Alberta)|Milk]], [[Flathead River|Flathead]] and [[Yellow... - Time zone (34024 bytes)
2: ...e increasingly awkward. Time zones partially rectified the problem by setting the clocks of a region t...
6: ...e zones are relative. UTC is, nevertheless, the official term for today's atomically measured time as ...
24: Note: The time zone adjustment for a specific location may vary due to the use of [[daylight s...
31: ... About [[August 23]], [[1852]], time signals were first transmitted by telegraph from the [[Royal Gree...
33: ...me to be observed nationally, and was perhaps the first country to do so. It was based on the longitud... - Meteorology (19082 bytes)
3: '''Meteorology''' is the scientific [[science|study]] of the [[Earth's atmosphere|at...
12: ...endence of [[atmospheric pressure]] on height was first shown by [[Blaise Pascal]] and [[René „escarte...
14: ...r conditions on a daily basis, and was one of the first Americans to forecast the weather on a daily b...
16: ...ation of the Earth affects airflow was partial at first. Late in the 19th century the full extent of t...
18: ...eather observations were still hindered by the difficulty of establishing certain weather characterist... - Albertosaurus (2738 bytes)
25: ...named after the [[Canada|Canadian]] province of [[Alberta]]. - Tornado (14220 bytes)
10: ...rotating "[[wall cloud]]". If the rotation intensifies, funnel clouds can develop within this area and...
16: ...osed of several mini-funnels. A tornado must by definition have both ground and cloud contact.
21: ...s can overturn small boats, damage ships, do significant damage when hitting land, and kill people. [h...
27: ...Canada struck [[Pine Lake, Alberta|Pine Lake]], [[Alberta]] on July 14, 2000, killing 11.
29: ... dubbed the [[Super Outbreak]]. Another such significant storm system was the [[Palm Sunday Tornado Ou... - Cloud (9947 bytes)
24: ...though [[cap cloud]] and [[wave cloud]]s are specific to [[orographic cloud]]s.
26: == Cloud Classification ==
28: ...istinguish the cloud's altitude. Clouds are classified by the cloud base height, not the cloud top. T...
32: ...f the [[troposphere]]. They are denoted by the prefix ''cirro-'' or [[Cirrus cloud|cirrus]]. At this a...
48: ...ween 2,000 and 5,000 m) and are denoted by the prefix ''alto-''. They are made of water droplets, and ... - Dentistry (9670 bytes)
3: ...of dentistry. In most countries, to become a qualified dentist, one needs several years of training in...
13: ...t upon satisfying certain local (U.S. "Board Certified") registry requirements.
15: ... dentists to call themselves specialists in these fields. The specialist titles are registrable title...
17: ...rensic dentist is primarily documentation and verification of identity.
35: ...ists]] who fled the [[American Revolution]]. The first recorded dentist in Canada was a Mr. Hume who ... - Groundhog Day (3781 bytes)
4: ...nd [[Balzac Billy]] in Balzac, [[Alberta]]. The official groundhog forecaster for [[New York City]] is...
14: ... February 2. Assuming that the equinox marked the first day of spring in certain [[medieval]] cultures...
26: *[http://www.groundhog.org/history/ Official site of the Punxsutawney, Penn., Groundhog Cl... - Tyrannosaurus rex (20653 bytes)
13: ...l_name = Tyrannosaurus rex | author = [[Henry Fairfield Osborn|Osborn]] | date = [[1905]]}}
15: ...likely remain a point of ongoing [[Science|scientific]] research and [[popular culture]].
18: ... ''Tyrannosaurus rex'' in [[1912]] by [[Henry Fairfield Osborn|Henry Osborn]]. [[Barnum Brown]], assis...
22: ...the [[skull]] of ''Tyrannosaurus'' is heavily modified. Many of the bones are fused together, eliminat...
27: ...physiology]] — remains unknown. A site in [[Alberta]] has at least nine ''[[Albertosaurus]] sarcophag... - Atlanta, Georgia (39442 bytes)
19: |url=[http://www.atlantaga.gov/ City of Atlanta Official Website]}}
33: .... The origins of the modern name are somewhat difficult to describe. In [[1845]], the Chief Engineer...
36: ... point in the Civil War, giving the North more confidence, and leading to the re-election of [[Abraham...
38: ...ty of the "New South," by which he meant a diversification of the economy away from agriculture and a ...
43: ...lanta from the old Malaria Control in War Areas offices and staff. - Cigarette (11302 bytes)
2: ...r the purpose of inhalation of its smoke from the filtered end, inserted in the mouth. The term, as c...
10: ...y at this point, these processes result in a significant amount of tobacco dust. Manufacturing operat...
12: ...l state, were historically discarded or spread on fields, because of their high [[nitrogen]] content. ...
16: ...ich the smoker inhales the cigarette's smoke; the filter serves to cool and somewhat clean the smoke.
22: * Unfiltered Cigarettes (no filter) - Amusement park (17293 bytes)
1: ...Flags New England]], an amusement park in [[Springfield, Massachusetts]].]]
12: ...go, Illinois]]. The 1893 [[World's fair]] was the first to have a [[Ferris wheel]] and an [[arcade gam...
14: ...897]], Steeplechase Park, the first of three significant amusement parks opened at [[Coney Island]] in...
16: ...he era was wooden. In [[1911]], Dreamland was the first Coney Island amusement park to completely burn...
25: ... different theme parks within their confines. The first such built park still in operation is 'Bakken'... - Hot spring (7271 bytes)
3: ...t a predictable part of the [[year]], and is significantly above the [[ambient]] ground [[temperature]...
34: At least five United States [[national park|national parks]] ...
51: *[[Alberta|Province of Alberta]]: [[Banff|Banff Upper Hot Springs]]
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