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- David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
3: ...ottish]] [[missionary]] and [[List of explorers|explorer]] of the [[Victorian era]], now best remember...
6: ...ing in [[London]], he became attracted by the example of another Scot, Robert Moffat, whose daughter h...
12: In the period [[1852]]–[[1856|56]], he explored the interior, discovering [[Victoria Falls]] ...
17: ...racts and rapids that Livingstone had failed to explore on his earlier travels.
19: ...ed great difficulty in raising funds to further explore [[Africa]]. - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
1: ...px|Photograph of McPherson]]<BR><small>''Aimee Semple McPherson (1890-1944)''</small></center></div>
3: ...1944]]), also known as '''"Sister Aimee"''' or simply "Sister," was an [[evangelist]] and media sensat...
7: ...d a scandal in their small town, prompting the couple to elope to [[Michigan]].)
9: ...been orphaned at an early age, and raised by a couple who worked with the [[Salvation Army]]. As a res...
11: ...mage:Semples.jpeg]]<small><br>Robert and Aimee Semple, 1910</small></div> - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
6: She was awarded the [[Templeton Prize]] in [[1973]] , the [[Nobel Peace Prize...
22: ...nted, unloved, uncared for throughout society, people that have become a burden to the society and are...
24: ... she converted an abandoned [[Hinduism|Hindu]] temple into the [[Kalighat Home for the Dying]], a free...
29: ...ity Brothers was founded in [[1963]], and a contemplative branch of the Sisters followed in [[1976]]. ...
35: ... we do to promote world peace?" Her answer was simple: "Go home and love your family." In the same yea... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
5: ...], helped to found the organization that became [[Planned Parenthood]]. Hepburn's father was a staunc...
7: ...nging Up Baby]]'', which is now held up as an exemplar of [[screwball comedy]].
12: ...ed. They decided to carry on their marriage in a platonic fashion, and the two would remain lifelong ...
17: Hepburn cut her acting teeth in plays staged at Bryn Mawr and later in revues staged...
19: ... almost incomprehensible. She was fired from the play, but continued to work in small stock company r... - Spleen (4479 bytes)
1: ... [[spherocytosis]], etc.), or for the removal of splenic tumours or cysts.
3: ...]] called splenic sinuses. Cross sections of the spleen reveal a red soft surface which is divided int...
5: ...ti's disease]], [[tumour]]s and [[cyst]]s of the spleen, glandular fever ([[mononucleosis]]), and here...
7: ...ional [[asplenia]] by causing infarctions in the spleen during repeated sickle-cell crises.
9: ...ain animals such as [[dog]]s and [[horse]]s, the spleen sequesters a large number of [[erythrocyte|ery... - Parasite (2795 bytes)
9: == Examples ==
12: ** Plants
25: ...* [[Malaria]] (a common blood disease caused by [[plasmodium]])
30: ... that live on but not within their hosts, for example, attached to their skin)
31: ** Plants - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ... facto'' independence and/or some international diplomatic recognition from selected states, but are n...
5: ...to the principles of the [[Atlantic Charter]] and pledged them not to seek a separate peace with the [...
20: ...nd the [[Soviet Union|USSR]] met to elaborate the plans at the [[Dumbarton Oaks|Dumbarton Oaks Estate]...
24: ...ot represented at the conference, but for which a place among the original signatories had been reserv...
28: ...left|thumb|UN offices occupy a portion of this complex in [[Vienna]]]] - Sub-Saharan Africa (3920 bytes)
1: ...[[ecology]] of the region. However, if strictly applied, this term would exclude [[South Africa]], whi...
3: ...ally due to the effect of endemic diseases like [[Malaria]]. While the coasts received visits by traders, m... - Solomon Islands (9265 bytes)
61: ...ns, government deficits, [[deforestation]], and [[malaria]] control.
63: Continuing civil unrest led to an almost complete breakdown in normal activity: civil servants r...
70: ...ved by majority vote of its members before the completion of its term. Parliamentary representation is...
94: ...islands, while many of the smaller islands are simply tiny [[atoll]]s covered in sand and [[palm tree]...
103: ..., the closure of the country's major [[palm oil]] plantation in mid-year cast a shadow over future pro... - California (63989 bytes)
44: <!-- before modifying these state symbols please verify your changes against official Californ...
57: Grass = [[Stipa|Purple Needlegrass]] |
81: ...Footnotes in this article use names, not numbers. Please see [[Wikipedia:Footnotes]] for details.
82: ... 1) Assign your footnote a unique name, for example TheSun_Dec9.
86: 5) Multiple footnotes to the same reference: see [[Wikipedia... - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
6: ...s lifetime, and especially after his death, his exploits inspired a literary tradition in which he app...
9: ...eeping in the company of snakes, but by [[Zeus]]. Plutarch (''Alexander'' 2.2-3) relates that both Phi...
11: ...er was [[Zeus]], rather than Philip. According to Plutarch (''Alexander'' 2.1), his father descended f...
14: ...omannus]], the recently crowned King of Persia. [[Plutarch]] mentions an irate letter from Alexander t...
16: ...ad pledged allegiance to Philip were not quick to pledge it to a 20-year-old boy. He immediately order... - Evolution (27661 bytes)
18: ...]], it has completely replaced earlier accepted explanations for the origin of species, including [[cr...
31: ...irmed by the science of [[DNA]] genetics. For example, every living thing makes use of [[nucleic acid]...
35: ...process is exceedingly slow, the diversity and complexity of modern life requires that the Earth be ve...
37: ...e includes input from the fields of geology and [[planetary science]]. These sciences provide informat...
44: ...nd [[Vermiform appendix|appendix]] are common examples. - List of common diseases (5000 bytes)
1: ...nown or infamous [[diseases]]. This is neither complete nor authoritative. This is not intended to be ...
3: ...ames for diseases. This is deliberate; where multiple names are in common use for the same disease, al...
7: * Please add more common diseases to this list.
8: ...her reasons (for example, [[Ebola virus|Ebola]]), please remove rare diseases from this list, and add ...
17: * [[Achondroplasia]] - Extinction (15793 bytes)
2: ...arise and thrive when they are able to find and exploit an [[ecology|ecological]] [[niche]] — an...
6: ...ct species have evolved into new species; for example the extinct ''[[Eohippus]]'' (an ancient horse-l...
15: ...troduction]] to the wild through use of carefully planned [[breeding program]]s.
25: ...when an otherwise healthy species is wiped out completely, as when toxic pollution renders its entire ...
32: ...ual-based speciation and is the most dramatic example of a population bottleneck. - Jefferson Davis (14427 bytes)
12: Jefferson Davis successfully completed his four-year term of study at West Point, an...
20: ==Marriage, plantation life and politics==
21: ...ork City]]. In [[1836]], he retired to Brierfield Plantation in [[Warren County, Mississippi]].
48: ...f secession in practice, Davis upheld it on principle on [[January 10]] [[1861]]. On the 21st of that ...
62: ...his captors intended him to die in prison. He was placed in irons on the 23rd, but released from irons... - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...aptainjamescookportrait.jpg|thumb|250px|British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1...
3: ...[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] [[explorers|explorer]] and [[navigator]]. He made three voyages to...
8: ...ced him to the shipbuilder, [[John Walker]] who employed him as an apprentice on a [[collier]] that di...
12: ...olfe]] to make his famous stealth attack on the [[Plains of Abraham]]. Cook's [[surveying]] skills we...
14: ...dness both with the regard to the extent of his explorations and going beyond the instructions given b... - Atlanta, Georgia (39442 bytes)
31: ...its suburbs were built was originally [[Creek (people)|Creek]] and [[Cherokee]] [[Native American|Indi...
33: ...s, Georgia|Athens]]. The terminus was originally planned for [[Decatur, Georgia|Decatur]], but its ci...
36: ...reparation for his punitive march south. After a plea by Father Thomas O'Reilly of Immaculate Concept...
41: ... raping and murdering a thirteen-year old white employee. After doubts about Frank's guilt led his de...
43: ...ase Control]] was founded in Atlanta from the old Malaria Control in War Areas offices and staff. - Mosquito (10897 bytes)
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15: The '''mosquito''' (pl. mosquitos, mosquitoes) is a member of the [[fami...
21: .... Mosquito bites can transmit diseases, such as [[Malaria]] and [[West Nile Virus]], so many areas take mea... - Genetic code (15677 bytes)
2: ...s in the living [[cell (biology)|cell]], and is employed in the process of [[protein biosynthesis|prot...
6: ...cription (genetics)|transcribed]] into a short template molecule of the related polymer [[RNA]], which...
10: ...nucleotide bases, but there [[thymine]] takes the place of uracil.)
12: ... and reverse codon tables, respectively. For example, the codon AAU represents the amino acid [[aspar...
258: ...d to produce at least 22 different codes. For example if there were two bases per codon then only 16 a... - Global warming (53726 bytes)
3:
11: Use of the term "global warming" generally implies a human influence — the more neutral ter...
16: ... [[United States]] [http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/displaypagedoc.asp?id=13057].
25: ...e. The unsmoothed, annual value for 2004 is also plotted for reference.]]
38: ...a is not in dispute, the records suffer from incomplete coverage, geographically and historically, mak...
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