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- Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
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21: ...one officer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Tamerlan was killed in a shootout with polic...
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29: After the Supreme Court announced the legalization of same-sex marriage follow...
40: - Botany (8977 bytes)
9: ...might be concerned with the classification ([[taxonomy]]), structure ([[anatomy]]), or function ([[pla...
11: ...phycology]]). Most algae, fungi, and microbes are no longer considered to be in the plant kingdom. How...
20: ... to understand how to minimize their impact. [[Ethnobotany]] is the study of this and other relationsh...
28: ...t one example. There may be many [[drug discovery|novel cures for diseases]] provided by plants, waiti...
30: ...ake for granted. The production of [[silk]] would not be possible without the cultivation of the [[mul... - Queen bee (6221 bytes)
1: ...sexually mature. In each hive or colony, there is normally only one adult, mated queen, who is the mot...
6: ...nstructed cell, which is larger than the cells of normal brood comb, and also is oriented vertically i...
29: ...cells, usually on the bottom of the comb (or in a hole if in the middle of the comb), constructed by the...
31: ...middle of the comb, constructed as expansion of a normal cell if a colony suddenly lost its queen. <br...
39: ...eases laying fertilized eggs much sooner than the normal 2-3 year life span of queens. - Pre-historic art (9744 bytes)
7: ...d, [[the Mask of La Roche-Cotard]] in [[France]], now suggests that Neanderthal humans may have develo...
12: ...e paddles from [[Tybrind Vig]], [[Denmark]], are known as well.
22: ...ornaments as well; one of them may be the oldest known image of the Moon. Many of these monuments were...
26: ...sl䮝] [[Sweden]] and the [[Val Carmonica]] in Northern [[Italy]].
36: ...eriod, perhaps most famously in [[Ireland]] and [[Northumbria]]. - Heraldry (23465 bytes)
3: ... they refer to the shield-bearer's point of view, not the observer's.
7: There are no strict definitions of the shades of colours used ...
12: ...efer to use a shield anyway. A parallel usage for noncombatant [[clergy]]men could be found sometimes ...
14: Very rarely and almost invariably in non-European contexts, such as the [[Coat of Arms of...
28: ... tincture: metal must never be placed upon metal, nor colour upon colour, for the sake of contrast. - Woodworking (12397 bytes)
9: ...[idol]]s from the [[La Tene|La T讥]] period are known from a sanctuary at the source of the [[Seine]]...
11: ...ably bronze or even copper, as ironworking was unknown until much later.
13: ...nese practice of [[geomancy]]. It mentions almost nothing of the intricate glueless and nailless joine...
15: ==Terminology==
26: * conversion: reduction of a whole log into pieces suitable for working - Ocarina (3914 bytes)
2: ... projects from it, often from the side. One sound hole exists, most often on the underside of the instru...
5: ...gers. The [[Meissen]] factory in [[Germany]] did not make the Ocarina, but allowed local [[Germany|Ge...
8: ...eated by resonance of the entire cavity (which is not pipe-shaped). This has different acoustical phys...
11: ...a [[flute]] or [[recorder]], the placement of the holes on an ocarina is largely irrelevant -- their siz...
13: ...owing]] to get a range of higher pitched notes is not possible with the ocarina, so the range of pitch... - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
2: ...t'' meaning ''little'' to the Italian word ''clarino'' meaning ''[[trumpet]]'', as the first clarinets...
11: ... registers: the chalumeau (low), clarion or clarino (middle), and altissimo (high). Of all the wind i...
15: ...ich is an octave above high C. This last range of notes is generally only used rarely, to achieve part...
17: <nowiki>*</nowiki>Kennan, Kent and Grantham, Donald, 1990. ''Th...
22: ... the flute designer [[Theobald Boehm]], but it is not the same as the [[Boehm System]] used on flutes.... - Flute (11293 bytes)
7: ...rt flute]], which has a complex array of keys and holes.
9: ...away from the musician. Usually fipple flutes are not referred to as flutes, even though the physics, ...
11: ...onette]]. The player of a side-blown flute uses a hole on the side of the tube to produce a tone, instea...
16: ...lown with the mouth, although some cultures use [[nose flutes]]. [[Organ (music)|Organs]] are blown by...
19: ...cross the top of a hole bounces in and out of the hole. Some engineers have called this a [[fluid]]ic m... - Nose flute (4426 bytes)
1: The '''nose flute''' is a musical instrument played in [[Po...
5: ... the node wall can rest against the bottom of the nostril itself, (as in the playing position used for...
7: ...elodies]] (part of the player's ''[[mana]]'') is another dynamic factor in acceptance or rejection of ...
9: ...ition of the fingerholes differ from node to vent hole so two alternating scales can be played, one scal...
11: ...ip from a [[cigarette]] and plug the other unused nostril to increase the force of their breath throug... - Recorder (12954 bytes)
1: ... the windway with respect to the labium, there is no need to form an [[embouchure]] with the lips. On ...
3: ...ever, that the instrument intended was the sopranino recorder.
5: ... easy to play at some level, is pre-tuned, and is not too strident in even the most musically-inept ha...
7: ...eat stature have written for it, including [[Luciano Berio]], [[John Tavener]], [[Michael Tippett]], [...
9: ... contrabass in F is about 2 meters tall. The soprano and the alto are the most common solo instruments... - Serpent (instrument) (2056 bytes)
1: ...ooden construction and the fact that it has fingerholes rather than valves, it is usually classed as a b...
3: ...(out of reach of the fingers), while the original holes remained uncovered & unkeyed. The range varies a...
7: ...alled "Russian Bassoon", which is neither Russian nor a bassoon. - Shofar (6586 bytes)
7: The shofar is prescribed for the announcement of the New Moon and solemn feasts (Num. x...
15: ...to traditional [[halakha|Jewish law]] women and minors are exempt from the command to hear the shofar-...
17: ...stead applying his lips directly to the irregular hole drilled in the tip of the horn. [[Sephardi]]c Jew...
23: ...r of music, were rendered three times: first in honor of [[God]]'s Kingship; next to recall the [[near...
25: ...cted short sounds; the latter, of nine very short notes divided into three disconnected or broken soun... - Accordion (10069 bytes)
9: ...e:KlavierAccordeon.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|a piano accordion]]
10: ...e a holder plate, and as air is drawn through the hole in the holder, the reed vibrates, producing sound...
15: *Activation of sound through air ([[Bernoulli effect]])
16: *Reed tone pitch is given by the reed itself and not through a resonator tube (as opposed to [[woodwi...
18: ...e sheng and some are true for the Jew's Harp, but not all are true for all of them. - Harmonica (21752 bytes)
3: known, among other things, as a '''mouth organ''', ''...
11: ...ue are used to select one or a few of the several holes
12: ...anged usually linearly on a [[mouthpiece]]. Each hole communicates
15: mouthpiece hole often may be selected further by choice of breath
16: direction (blowing, drawing). Some harmonicas (known as [[#The chromatic harmonica|chromatic harmoni... - Melodica (878 bytes)
3: ...he side of the instrument. Pressing a key opens a hole, allowing air to flow through a [[reed (music)|re...
5: ...two hands by inserting a tube into the mouthpiece hole and placing the melodica on a flat surface.
7: Soprano melodicas are thinner than tenors and are designed to be played with both hands a... - Ukulele (6345 bytes)
1: The '''ukulele''' (pronounced {{IPA|/ukuleɪleɪ/}}, or the [[Angl...
3: ...i.e., tuned an octave higher than expected in the normal low-to high course of strings. The GCEA strin...
5: ...ancestral home of Madeira Island off the coast of North Africa. Flora Fox, a great grandaughter of Man...
9: ...t): [[soprano]] (the original size), concert, [[tenor]] (created in the 1920s), and [[baritone]] (crea...
11: ...louder. This tuning is still used today by some known personalities in ukulele circles. - George Washington (29551 bytes)
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14: ...ace of death=[[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]], [[Virginia]]
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19: ...r of the Nation|Father of his Country]]'''<sup>[[#Notes|1]]</sup>, was an [[United States|American]] g...
24: ... on the Gregorian (new style) calendar date. Also note that the English year began on [[March 25]] ([[... - Eritrea (12964 bytes)
13: ..."center" colspan=2 | <small>''[[National motto]]: None''</small>
32: | '''[[List of countries by GDP (nominal)|GDP]] [[Purchasing power parity|(PPP)]]'''<...
33: ...estimate<br /> 4,250 ([[List of countries by GDP (nominal)|155th]]) <br />917 ([[List of countries by ...
53: ..., and [[Djibouti]] in the Southeast. The East and Northeast of the country has an extensive coastline ...
66: ...n independent, UN-associated boundary commission known as the Ethiopian-Eritrean Boundary Commission (... - Fossil (5231 bytes)
3: ...s and sedimentary layers ([[Stratum|strata]]) is known as the [[fossil record]]. The study of fossils ...
9: ...[petrifaction|petrified]] or comes to rest in an anoxic environment such as at the bottom of a lake. T...
11: ...hile it was alive, such as the footprint of a [[dinosaur]] or [[reptile]]. These types of fossil are c...
15: ...rapment of minerals by mucous-like sheets of [[cyanobacteria]], the oldest of these formations dates f...
23: Not all dead plants or animals turn into fossils. Th...
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