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- Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
1: ...century]] resulting from the replacement of an economy based on manual labor to one dominated by indus...
3: ...]] from about [[1850]], when technological and economic progress gained momentum with the development ...
5: ...developed [[agriculture]] and gave up its [[nomad|nomadic lifestyle]].
10: ...ncial market]]s and accumulation of [[Capital (economics)|capital]] are also cited as factors, as is t...
14: ...0 onwards, because there was a scientific and technological improvement, growth of supply of food beca... - Performance (3170 bytes)
2: ...]] or performers) behave in a particular way for another group of people (the [[viewer]] or viewers, o...
24: ... people who happen to pass by. Such performers do not require payment, but do welcome it. See [[extend... - Eudocia Macrembolitissa (2682 bytes)
1: ...f [[Michael Cerularius]], [[Patriarch of Constantinople]], whose sister married John Macrembolites.
3: ...onstantine's brother John Ducas. Michael was old enough to rule on his own, but nevertheless was consi...
5: ...anus had survived and was returning to [[Constantinople]]. John Ducas and the [[Varangian|Varangian Gu...
7: ...d offered to marry her. This plan did not come to pass, and Eudocia died sometime after the accession of...
9: ...him an "uncle." According to Psellus she was very noble, beautiful, and intelligent. - Constance of Antioch (2293 bytes)
3: ...aymond of Antioch|Raymond of Poitiers]], whom the noble supporters of the regency had secretly summone... - Rush Limbaugh (21665 bytes)
8: ...drafted because a physical found that he had an "inoperable [[pilonidal cyst]]" and "a [[American foot...
10: ...aim to use a "golden microphone". (This claim is now a reality as Limbaugh does use a golden micropho...
16: ..., this is merely an on-air signature, as there is no organization with that name.
18: ...w is usually split between call-in segments and monologues by Limbaugh; on very rare occasions, Limbau...
22: ...an National Convention]] to give a preview of his nomination acceptance speech. - Anne of Great Britain (22303 bytes)
8: ... of Great Britain|George I]], of the [[House of Hanover]].
10: ...ercive tactics (such as crippling the Scottish economy by restricting trade) were used to ensure that ...
17: ...d to send her Catholic books and essays, but made no serious attempt to effect a conversion.
19: ...npopular and despotic James II. Princess Anne did not endeavour to support her father; instead, she qu...
22: ...Princess Anne was then stripped of her guard of honour, and the guards at the royal palaces were forbi... - Mary II of England (12093 bytes)
8: ... Mary, although a Sovereign in her own right, did not wield actual power during most of her reign. She...
13: ...econd wife the Catholic [[Mary of Modena]], also known as Mary Beatrice d'Este.
15: ...cousins Mary and William married in London on [[4 November]] [[1677]].
17: ...ands]], where she lived with her husband. She did not enjoy a happy marriage; her three pregnancies en...
20: ...or the Queen's stillborn baby. Although there was no evidence to support the allegation, Mary publicly... - Victoria of the United Kingdom (38571 bytes)
5: {{House of Hanover}}
7: ...nasty)|Wettin]], ''[[n饝]'' [[House of Hanover|Hanover]]) ([[24 May]] [[1819]] – [[22 January]]...
9: ...Victoria was the last monarch of the [[House of Hanover]]; her successor belonged to the [[House of Wi...
12: ...rathearn, like many other sons of George III, did not marry during his youth. The eldest son, the [[Ge...
16: ...en's minority. Ignoring precedent, Parliament did not create a council to limit the powers of the Rege... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
7: place_of_birth=[[Sandringham]], [[Norfolk]], [[England]] |
13: Though she was noted for her pioneering [[charity]] work, the Princ...
15: ...er her death, there were even calls for her to be nominated for [[sainthood]] — while her detrac...
22: ... of Dartmouth]], the only daughter of the romance novelist [[Barbara Cartland]], after being named as ...
24: ...th Hall]] [http://www.riddlesworthhall.com/] in [[Norfolk]] and at West Heath School in [[Kent]], wher... - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
3: ...Her Serene Highness'']]. To her family, she was known as '''''May'''''.
5: ...on of jewels built up over her years as queen are now priceless.
11: ..., was the product of [[morganatic marriage]], had no inheritance or wealth, and carried the lower roya...
13: ... During [[World War I]], the Swiss Embassy helped pass letters from Mary to her aunt, who lived in [[Ger...
24: <tr bgcolor=cccccc><th>Name<th>Birth<th>Death<th>Notes. - Margaret Mead (11387 bytes)
3: ...aret Mead''' ([[December 16]], [[1901]] – [[November 15]], [[1978]]) was an [[United States|Amer...
5: ... curator, eventually serving as its curator of ethnology from 1946 to 1969. In addition, she taught a...
7: ...nthropologist--one who wrote clearly and vividly enough for the general public to read and learn from ...
9: She died in [[New York]] on [[15 November]] [[1978]], aged 76.
13: ...tandards is not universal. It is instructive to know that standards differ in the most unexpected way... - Ella Fitzgerald (9400 bytes)
2: ...s. Gifted with a three-octave vocal range, she is noted for her purity of tone and "horn-like" improvi...
6: ...ding fame to both the Apollo and herself. She was noticed by [[Bardu Ali]] of [[Chick Webb]]'s band, w...
10: ...[[bebop]], scat, and performed [[blues]], [[bossa nova]], [[samba (music)|samba]], [[gospel]], [[calyp...
12: ...the few to sing - in her unique way - the little known lyrics.
14: ...asie]] ("On the Sunny Side of the Street"), [[Joe Pass]] ("Speak love"), [[Dizzy Gillespie]], and the [[... - Lucinda Williams (4182 bytes)
8: ...g and a critical reputation. Nevertheless, it was not until 1988 that [[Rough Trade Records]] released...
10: ...apin Carpenter]] recorded a bowdlerized cover of "Passionate Kisses" (from ''Lucinda Williams'') in 1992...
14: ...worker when it came to recording; six years would pass before her next album release, though she appeare...
16: ...e Whisperer]]'', the album received wide critical notice and soon went gold. It received a [[Grammy Aw... - Hildegard of Bingen (14070 bytes)
6: ...he Disibodenberg monastery in Germany. Jutta was enormously popular and acquired so many followers a s...
11: ...degard confided of her visions only to Jutta and another monk, named Volmar, who was to become her lif...
12: ...t kindled my whole heart and breast like a flame, not burning but warming... and suddenly I understood...
15: ...f men, I refused for a long time a call to write, not out of stubbornness but out of humility, until w...
17: ...ble to finish her first visionary work Scivias ("Know the Ways of the Lord") and her fame began to spr... - Gastrointestinal tract (16596 bytes)
12: In a normal [[human]] adult male, the GI tract is approxi...
21: ***'''[[ileum]]''', (not to be confused with the [[ilium]], or hipbone). ...
39: ...into the [[bloodstream]]. The remaining particles pass through the [[large intestine]] and are ultimatel...
51: ... parts so that the body can use them to build and nourish cells and to provide energy.
63: ...e surrounding muscles relax and allow the food to pass. - Immune system (14564 bytes)
3: ...anisms that are continuously in force to ward off noxious influences, and the latter responding to new...
6: ...l immune system provides useful insights into immunology, higher organisms (such as [[mammal]]s) have ...
10: ==Self and non-self==
11: ...problem, and a variety of mammal disorders ([[immunodeficiency]] and [[autoimmune disorder|autoimmunit...
13: ...omplement system]], for instance, recognizes [[mannose]] sugars that appear only in the [[polysacchari... - Artery (6875 bytes)
3: ...rmost layer (furthest from the flow of blood) is known as the ''[[tunica adventitia]]'' or the ''adven...
11: ...d peptides, nitrous oxide, etc. (See epinephrine, norepinephrine, alpha and beta receptors.)
13: ... blood pressure. They are the primary "adjustable nozzles" in the blood system, across which the great...
17: ...cts 3 of the 4 bound oxygen molecules; coronary venous saturation typically being about 25%.
21: ...ressure return system of the [[vein]]s. Typical venous pressure entering the right atria of the heart ... - Eye (21834 bytes)
1: ...erent planes producing two separate "images" ([[monocular vision]]), such as in [[rabbit]]s and [[cham...
5: ...e.png|thumb|Diagram of a [[human]] eye. Note that not all eyes have the same anatomy as a human eye.]]
11: ... many simple facets which give a pixelated image (not multiple images as is often believed). Each sens...
13: [[Trilobite]]s, which are now extinct, had unique compound eyes. They used cle...
15: ...guish between light and dark (day and night), but no more. This enables snails to keep out of direct s... - Retina (13061 bytes)
5: ...se [[axon]]s form the [[optic nerve]]. The retina not only detects light, it also plays a significant ...
7: ...rtline]] and [[Ragnar Granit]] won the [[1967]] [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] for their sc...
12: ...he retina attaches the optic nerve. This spot is known as the [[blind spot (anatomy)|blind spot]] as i...
14: ...al layers. Light is concentrated from the eye and passes across these layers (from left to right) to hit...
16: ... reaching the rods and cones. However it does not pass through the [[epithelium]] or the [[choroid]] (bo... - Kidney (12846 bytes)
15: In a normal human adult, each kidney is about 11 cm long ...
20: ...], of which there are more than a million in each normal adult kidney. Nephrons regulate water and sol...
33: ...ltration rate]] is a [[Renal_physiology#Tests|diagnostic test of kidney function]].
39: ...d by [[adenosine triphosphate|ATP]]. Glucose, amino acids, variable ammounts of mineral ions are thus...
59: ...gland]] secretes antidiuretic hormone, otherwise known as vasopressin (or stops the secretion if water...
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