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- Timeline of the united states history 1990 to present (16426 bytes)
4: ...Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico explodes, spilling millions of gallons of oil into the...
8: ... the South, Alabama being the hardest hit. 324 people are killed in the deadliest American natural dis...
11:
23: ...istory burns nearly 16,000 acres and kills two people.
40: ...rain after the country tested missiles in various places. - Botany (8977 bytes)
1: ...athology|diseases]], and [[evolution]] of [[plant|plants]].
9: ... or function ([[plant physiology|physiology]]) of plant life.
11: ...nd microbes are no longer considered to be in the plant kingdom. However, attention is still given to ...
13: ...rough [[photosynthesis]]. A good understanding of plants is crucial to the future of human societies a...
20: ...his and other relationships between plants and people. - Queen bee (6221 bytes)
29: ...), constructed by the workers when they want to replace the queen - a process called [[supercedure]].
32: The best queens emerge from replacement cells. As the young queen larva pupates w...
39: ...ertilized (female) larvae from which to raise a replacement. If there is a deficit of drones, or the ...
41: ... queen is failing, and the weather will allow a replacement to be raised and mated, the bees can "supe...
45: ...e years. She lays her own weight in eggs every couple of hours and is continuously surrounded by young... - Pre-historic art (9744 bytes)
7: ...ns may have developed a sophisticated and more complicated artistic tradition.
12: The Mesolithic period has some examples of portable art, like painted pebbles ([[Azilie...
15: ... to the [[11th millennium BC]]. The Jōmon people were making clay figures and vessels decorated w...
20: ...ther the elaborate pottery decoration of, for example, the [[Želiesovce]] and painted [[Lengyel]]...
22: ...ance marked with a massive stone carved with a complex design of spirals. The tomb of [[Knowth]] has r... - Heraldry (23465 bytes)
3: ...ome sort of landscape), and then it describes the placement and tinctures of the different charges (ob...
5: ...still being the same letter.<sup>1</sup> For example, almost always the shape of the shield is immate...
9: ...rly useful when there is insufficient space to display the entire coat-of-arms, and this practice may ...
12: ...artouche (an [[oval]]-shaped vehicle for their display). For more detail on the use of the lozenge (s...
16: ... instances the shield may be blazoned as being displayed on a ''cartouche'', the tincture of which is ... - Woodworking (12397 bytes)
9: ...bach-Schmieden]] in Germany has provided fine examples of wooden animal statues from the [[Iron Age]]....
13: ...tumn Period]]. Lu Ban is said to have brought the plane, chalkline, and other tools to China. His teac...
19: ...ely and then applied, rather than being worked in place
22: * burl: wood with a convoluted, complex grain, usually taken from cancerous growths on ...
26: * conversion: reduction of a whole log into pieces suitable for working - Ocarina (3914 bytes)
2: ...though a few exceptions composed of inexpensive [[plastic]]s exist.
5: ...roken could produce different tonalities when the holes or cracks were (un)covered with the hand or fing...
11: ...a [[flute]] or [[recorder]], the placement of the holes on an ocarina is largely irrelevant -- their siz...
15: ...area. The tone is then produced through the sound hole. The tone can also be varied by changing the stre... - Clarinet (18825 bytes)
4: ...f some student instruments, composite material or plastic [[resin]]. The instrument uses a single [[re...
6: A person who plays the clarinet is called a [[clarinetist]].
11: ... there are few restrictions to what it is able to play.
20: ... (music)|reed]] which is held in the mouth by the player. Vibrating the reed produces the instrument's...
22: ... is equipped with a complicated set of seven tone holes (six front, one back) and 17 keys which allow th... - Flute (11293 bytes)
1: ...using a [[Reed (music)|reed]]. A [[musician]] who plays the flute is sometimes called a [[flutist]] or...
7: ...rt flute]], which has a complex array of keys and holes.
9: ...ree of control away from the musician. Usually fipple flutes are not referred to as flutes, even thoug...
11: ...onette]]. The player of a side-blown flute uses a hole on the side of the tube to produce a tone, instea...
14: ...re flexibility for the player, and brighter, more pleasing timbres. An organ pipe may be either open o... - Nose flute (4426 bytes)
1: The '''nose flute''' is a musical instrument played in [[Polynesia]] and the [[Pacific rim]] coun...
3: In [[Zaire]], [[southern Africa]], it is played by eight different ethnic groups,(see entry i...
5: ...inst the bottom of the nostril itself, (as in the playing position used for the ''kaleleng'').
7: ...ic factor in acceptance or rejection of the flute player's attentions.
9: ...ode to vent hole so two alternating scales can be played, one scale at a time. - Recorder (12954 bytes)
1: ...the other hand the shape and size of the recorder player's mouth cavity has a discernable effect on th...
3: ... by leather flanges: one instrument was voiced to play softly, the other loudly. [[Vivaldi]] wrote thr...
5: ...ther instruments, it requires talent and study to play it at an advanced level.
7: ...ntire album of recorder music in which he himself plays recorders.
11: ...a recorder is a [[diatonic]] instrument, with one hole for each note of the scale of its lowest note, al... - Serpent (instrument) (2056 bytes)
1: ...] scheme of [[musical instrument classification]] places it alongside [[trumpet]]s.
3: ... range varies according to the instrument and the player, but typically covers a range from two [[octa...
5: ...riginal models still survive, and it is sometimes played as part of historically [[authentic performan...
7: ...horn''', which is essentially the same, but is simpler in shape, consisting of a tube folded back on i... - Shofar (6586 bytes)
7: ...ally in this connection. In earlier days it was employed also in other religious ceremonials, as proce...
11: ...s conducted with the shofar, which instrument was placed in the center with a trumpet on either side; ...
15: ...a reminder of the golden calf incident. A rent or hole in the shofar affecting the sound renders it unfi...
17: ...stead applying his lips directly to the irregular hole drilled in the tip of the horn. [[Sephardi]]c Jew...
19: ...f irregular bore, the [[harmonic]]s obtained when playing the instrument can vary: rather than a pure ... - Accordion (10069 bytes)
6: Simple metal or wood reed instruments ("Maultrommel", J...
10: ...e a holder plate, and as air is drawn through the hole in the holder, the reed vibrates, producing sound...
20: ... used in Europe around [[1800]] AD for organs. People used their knowledge and the standard of the con...
28: ...r each note. The instrument was copied by many people, and many variations came into existence in a ve...
33: ...wo or three bass harmony keys, which sound the simple chords of the tonic and dominant. - Harmonica (21752 bytes)
3: ...gs, as a '''mouth organ''', '''french harp''', simply '''harp''', or
4: "'''Mississippi saxophone'''"), having multiple, variably-tuned [[brass]]
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 - 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: ... by inserting a tube into the mouthpiece hole and placing the melodica on a flat surface.
7: ...eft hand plays the black keys, and the right hand plays the white keys. - Ukulele (6345 bytes)
11: ...s very popular in vaudeville in the days before amplification. The tension and tone are a little brig...
17: ...[Image:UkuleleZiegfeldGal.jpg|thumb|Ukulele being played by a [[Ziegfeld Follies]] chorus girl, c. [[1...
18: Musicians and entertainers particularly known for playing the ukulele have included:
42: ... from a single piece of wood, with a wide conical hole bored through the middle. At the back, the bore i...
44: The hole at the front is covered with a thin piece of wood... - George Washington (29551 bytes)
11: | place of birth=[[Westmoreland County, Virginia|Westm...
14: | place of death=[[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]], [[Virginia]]
21: ...[republic]]an [[democracy]] that served as an example around the world.
24: ...n his birth year. His birthplace was Pope's Creek Plantation, south of [[Colonial Beach, Virginia|Colo...
26: ... eventually inherited the estate, [[Mount Vernon (plantation)|Mount Vernon]] in [[Fairfax County, Virg... - Eritrea (12964 bytes)
66: ... dispute, even while a tentative peace remains in place.
71: ...bly, is entirely populated by members of the [[People's Front for Democracy and Justice]] (PFDJ). This...
98: ...ivestock]] and 55,000 homes. The attack prevented planting of crops in Eritrea's most productive regio...
100: ...mental social problems like [[illiteracy]], [[unemployment]], and low skills, and to convert its diasp...
102: ...rea is at the brink of a [[famine]], with food supplies currently (February 2005) only lasting for one... - Fossil (5231 bytes)
3: ... as footprints. The totality of fossils and their placement in [[Rock (geology)|rock]] formations and ...
19: ...r which the chemicals in the remains are slowly replaced with hard minerals.
23: ...to be at least 10,000 years old. [http://clearlyexplained.com/nature/earth/minerals/fossils.html]
27: ... the result is called a ''mould fossil''. If this hole is filled with more minerals, it is called a cast...
36: ...nd [[Agate|moss agate]]s, which look like moss or plant leaves. [[Concretion]]s, round or oval-shaped ...
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