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- Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
2: '''Calligraphy''' (from [[Greek language|Greek]] καλ...
4: Calligraphy should be distinguished from the studies of [[epigraphy]] or [[palaeography]...
12: ...uan-shu and contained more than 3,000 characters. From that time to the present, there have been five ...
14: ... as a guide, hiragana and katakana were developed from simplified cursive versions of characters. In t...
52: ...clerical script is highly stylised, a development from seal script form. They are highly angular in ap... - Peru (12264 bytes)
30: | '''[[Independence]]'''<br> - Declared || From [[Spain]]<br/>[[July 28]], [[1821]]
36: ...' || "[[Somos libres, se᭯slo siempre]]" "We are free, may we always be so"
48: ...sident, however, was not in power until [[1827]]. From [[1836]] to [[1839]] Peru and [[Bolivia]] were ...
99: The western coastal plains (costa) are separated from the eastern lowland jungle of the Amazon Basin ...
113: ...markets undercut growth. And [[1999]] was another lean year for Peru, with the aftermath of El Nind ... - Maine (17312 bytes)
36: ...[France|French]] province of [[Maine (province of France)|Maine]]. Another possibility for the name 'M...
38: ... the union kept the balance between [[slave]] and free states. Maine's original capital was [[Portland...
43: ...al election, 1936|1936 presidential election]], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] received the Electoral Votes...
45: ... [[Edmund Muskie]]. Maine has since become a left-leaning [[swing state]], but has voted [[Democratic Pa...
47: ...ey]] from [[1975]] to [[1979]] and [[Angus King]] from [[1995]] to [[2003]]). The [[United States Refo... - Illinois (27007 bytes)
37: ...ry]]. Its name was given by the state's [[France|French explorers]] after the indigenous [[Illiniwek]...
39: ...e its largest city is [[Chicago]], along the waterfront of [[Lake Michigan]]. Most of the state's pop...
48: ...lt of their exploration, Illinois was part of the French empire until [[1763]], when it passed to the ...
56: ...Illinois in the Civil War]]), which were numbered from the 7th IL to the 156th IL. Seventeen cavalry r...
60: ...ing from traditions cultivated during the state's frontier era. As codified in the state constitution... - Horse (38916 bytes)
19: ...[[Evolution of the Horse|evolution of the horse]] from the very early (around 55 million years ago) ''...
21: ...less than 180 degrees to each side, overlapped in front and leaving a blind spot in the rear). Even do...
23: ... harem of his own, having separated female equids from another stallion's band.
28: ...ence for the [[domestication of the horse]] comes from [[Central Asia]] and dates to about [[30th cent...
40: ...sive selective breeding that took place in Europe from the middle ages onwards, giving us a picture of... - Coyote (4265 bytes)
17: ...[wolf|wolves]], and the "dog" one sees scrounging from a suburban trashcan may in fact be a Coyote.
20: ...s of the bigger canid. The coyote is an extremely lean animal and may appear underfed even if healthy.
28: ...y. Both parents (and sometimes undispersed young from the previous year) help to feed the pups. Youn...
31: There are many myths from [[Native American]] peoples in which a Coyote p... - Train (10331 bytes)
7: ...ay come from a variety of sources, but most often from a [[locomotive]] or self-propelled [[multiple u...
19: Freight trains comprise wagons or trucks rather than...
21: ... [[United States]], it is quite common for a long freight train to be headed by three, four, or even f...
23: ...ns can also be mixed, hauling both passengers and freight, see e.g. [[Transportation in Mauritania]]. ...
31: ...began to be replaced by less labor intensive and cleaner (but more expensive) [[diesel locomotive]]s and... - Tricycle (4572 bytes)
7: ...e instead of roll. In contrast, a delta with the front brake on hard must go almost straight ahead to...
9: ...ve] through a differential or the superior double freewheel, preferably using no-backlash roller clutc...
15: ...o their twitchy, bike-quick steering grips (while leaning!)and steer by braking. At least, braking the ... - Totem pole (20143 bytes)
1: ...''Totem poles''' are monumental sculptures carved from great trees, typically [[Western Redcedar]], by...
6: ...aida]] people of the [[Queen Charlotte Islands]], from whence it spread outward to the [[Tsimshian]] a...
8: ...as spent and distributed in lavish [[potlatch]]es frequently associated with the construction and erec...
10: ... forth in many new and traditional media, ranging from tourist trinkets to masterful works in wood, st...
12: ...aditional styles, although some artists have felt free to include modern subject matter or use nontrad... - Ostrich (8135 bytes)
16: It lives in the wild in [[Africa]], and is farmed all over the world.
22: ...ks. The [[feather]]s are soft and quite different from the stiff [[airfoil]] feathers of flying birds....
32: ...t|thumb|300px|The distribution of ostriches in [[Africa]]]]
34: ...ly on the [[savanna]]s and semi-[[desert]]s of [[Africa]], both north and south of the equatorial fore...
35: * ''S. c. australis'' in South Africa - Lyndon B. Johnson (32801 bytes)
22: ...ed [[Public school|public schools]] and graduated from Johnson City High School in [[1924]].
24: ...d the school [[newspaper]], and spent a year away from his studies teaching school, Johnson somehow ma...
27: ...erms in the [[Texas legislature]] and was a close friend to one of Texas's rising political figures, C...
29: ...ded some of the men who worked around President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], as well as fellow Texans su...
31: ...y known as Lady Bird), a young woman who was also from Texas. After only a short period of dating, the... - Camping (6354 bytes)
2: .... Camping describes a whole range of activities, from survivalist campers who set off with little mor...
6: ...w to designated sites in order to prevent campers from damaging the environment.
9: ...milar levels of development. Campsites can range from a bare piece of grass to a level paved pad with...
11: ...g with a trailer (caravan) or motor home detracts from the experience of being out-of-doors. Because ...
20: ...his activity may require skills in obtaining food from the wild, emergency medical treatments, [[orien... - Pierre Abelard (18114 bytes)
2: ...rd''' ([[1079]] – [[April 21]], [[1142]]) was a French [[Scholasticism|scholastic]] [[philosopher]]....
7: ...whether this was in early youth, when he wandered from school to school for instruction and exercise, ...
11: ...sm prior to Abélard). First, against opposition from the metropolitan teacher, while yet only twenty...
13: ...gne Sainte-Geneviève]], overlooking Notre-Dame. From his success in dialectic, he next turned to [[t...
15: ... crowds - it is said thousands of students, drawn from all countries by the fame of his teaching. Enr... - History of Christianity (35391 bytes)
8: ...in the [[first century]] AD. Christianity brought from Judaism its [[scriptures]] (the [[Old Testament...
10: ... on different interpretations of various passages from the Old Testament (or [[Tanakh]]).
26: ...hurch]] is said to extend in an unbroken timeline from this period. This section will examine those f...
45: *[[Justin Martyr]], convert from Greek philosophy
67: ...hurch and Roman Emperor Constantine, we can infer from [[Athanasius]]' arguments against Arius some id... - Computer mouse (29399 bytes)
1: ...encoding disks include light holes.<br>'''4:''' Infrared LEDs shine through the disks.<br>
9: [[Image:firstmouseunderside.jpg|frame|The first computer mouse held by inventor [[Do...
11: ...with spring by ''Opocentsky'', 10/76, [http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3987685.html 3987685].]]
26: ... sensor will process 1512 frames per second: each frame is a rectangular array of 18*18 [[pixels]], an...
28: ...s in optical mouse technology comes in large part from competitive [[first-person shooter|FPS]] gamers... - Aidi (1218 bytes)
3: ...and weighing around 55 pounds (25 kg), the Aidi's lean, muscular body is protected by a coarse, thick, w...
9: The Aidi is recognized as coming from Morocco, probably originating in the [[Sahara]]... - German Shorthaired Pointer (6091 bytes)
51: ...er breed with the [[English Pointer]] to create a lean, athletic, and responsive breed. Some authorities...
58: ...making this a large breed. Adults typically weigh from 55 to 70 lbs (25 to 32 kg), with the bitch usua...
68: ...ctions and its ears require regular checking and cleaning. It has a longer life expectancy than many br...
75: ...]s, the [[Bloodhound]], the [[Foxhound]], various French hounds, assorted Scandinavian breeds, the Ger... - Dingo (6650 bytes)
1: ...ngo''), is a type of wild dog, probably descended from the Indian Wolf (''Canis lupus pallipes''). It ...
3: ...am]] and are about 5,500 years old. Dingo remains from 5,000 to 2,500 years old have been found in oth...
9: ... (in keeping with [[Bergmann's Rule]]) and have a lean, athletic build. They stand between 44 and 63 cm ...
15: ...en largely a result of human impact on an already fragile ecosystem.)
19: ...upial carnivores, particularly during Australia's frequent droughts (when game becomes scarce). - Azawakh (2828 bytes)
42: ...akh''' is a [[sight hound]] [[dog breed]] from [[Africa]].
45: Rangy, leggy, lean, and elegant, the Azawakh is extremely high-stati...
46: ...ip, and stockings; many other colours occur in [[Africa]]. The Azawakh’s light, supple, elastic ... - Dog (69384 bytes)
17: ...uch as the [[Irish Wolfhound]]), and colors range from [[white]] to [[black]] with [[red]]s, [[gray]]s...
19: ...at they have earned the [[sobriquet]] "man's best friend".
23: ...usceptible to many of the metabolic ills stemming from overconsumption of such foods that civilization...
35: ... their rear legs are fairly rigid and sturdy; the front legs are loose and flexible, with only muscle ...
39: ...detect sounds as low as the 20 to 70 [[Hertz|Hz]] frequency range (compared to 16 to 20 Hz for humans)...
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