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- Radium (13138 bytes)
4: <tr><td colspan="2" align="center">[[Francium]] - '''Radium''' - [[Actinium]]</td>
100: When freshly prepared, pure radium metal is brilliant whi...
103: Some of the practical uses of radium are derived from its radiative properties. More recently discove...
104: ... who used their lips to shape the paintbrush died from the radiation. Soon afterward, the adverse effe...
110: ...udying pitchblende the Curies removed [[uranium]] from it and found that the remaining material was st... - Samarium (10157 bytes)
179: ...marium oxide is used in optical glass to absorb infrared light.
180: ...act as sensitizers for phosphors excited in the infrared.
184: ...hemist [[Paul Émile Lecoq de Boisbaudran]] from the mineral [[samarskite]] ((Y,Ce,U,Fe)<sub>3</...
190: Samarium is never found free in nature, but, like other rare earth elements,...
227: ...w, ''Chemistry of the Elements'', Pergamon Press, Oxford, UK, 1984. - Thulium (8549 bytes)
158: ...uction costs have prevented other commercial uses from being developed. Other uses/potential uses:
167: ...th other rare earths. It is principally extracted from [[monazite]] (~0.007% thulium) ores found in ri...
172: ...he isotopes of thulium range in [[atomic weight]] from 145.966 [[atomic mass unit|u]] (Tm-146) to 176....
181: ...ents – Revised Edition'', Albert Stwertka, (Oxford University Press; 1998) ISBN 0-19-508083-1 - Ytterbium (10684 bytes)
194: ... Welsbach]] independently isolated these elements from ytterbia at about the same time but called them...
199: ...me]]. Ytterbium is normally difficult to separate from other rare earths but [[ion-exchange]] and [[so...
204: ... isotopes of ytterbium range in [[atomic weight]] from 150.955 [[atomic mass unit|u]] (Yb-151) to 179....
207: ...ould be stored in closed containers to protect it from air and moisture. All compounds of ytterbium sh...
211: ...ents – Revised Edition'', Albert Stwertka, (Oxford University Press; 1998) ISBN 0-19-508083-1 - Jackal (3358 bytes)
17: ...]] and [[Asia]]. (The name ''jackal'' is borrowed from [[Persian]] شغال ''shog...
19: ... of a monogamous pair which defends its territory from other pairs. These territories are defended by ...
21: ...Asia]] whilst the other two species evolved in [[Africa]].
32: ...lopedia of Mammals ''edited by'' David Macdonald, Oxford University Press, [[2001]]; ISBN 0-19-850823-9 - Jack Russell Terrier (11452 bytes)
57: ... born in 1795. In his last year of university at Oxford he bought a small white and tan terrier bitch cal...
75: ...ustralian Jack Russell Terrier" to distinguish it from the other forms of Jack Russell found in other ...
82: ... character [[Martin Crane]] on the [[sitcom]] ''[[Frasier]]''. [[Soccer (dog actor)|Soccer]], the dog... - Megalosaurus (4763 bytes)
6: ...is own complete account of his studies, and it is from him that [[Gideon Mantell]] gave the first spec...
12: ...[[Altispinax]]'', a mysterious big theropod known from high-spined dorsal vertebrae and at times class...
18: ...le to ''Megalosaurus'' have been discovered in [[Africa]], contrary to some outdated dinosaur books.
20: ...of its food by scavenging. That is not to detract from its prowess as a hunter - ''Tyrannosaurus'' pro... - Film (18911 bytes)
4: ...e field in general. The origin of the name comes from the fact that [[photographic film]] (also calle...
6: ...ash; whereby the eye retains a visual image for a fraction of a second after the source has been remov...
26: ...w invention, and its product, was in their native France, the Lumieres quickly set about touring the C...
34: ...housands of such theaters were built or converted from existing facilities within a few years. In the...
40: ...HS]] and [[DVD]] sales to consumers; and 28% came from television (broadcast, cable, and pay-per-view)... - Octopus (12952 bytes)
17: ...ocks, which is very helpful when they are fleeing from [[moray eel|moray]]s or other predating fish. T...
19: ...g ([[chromatophore]]s) and light reflection and refraction ([[iridophore]]s and [[leucophore]]s). The...
21: ... species). The female hangs these eggs in strings from the ceiling of her lair. After the eggs hatch, ...
33: ...terns. They are able to open jars after learning from observation [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/...
55: ...em as pets. Octopuses often escape, however, even from supposedly secure tanks, due to their intellige... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
4: ...ections, but in [[1858]] the information that [[Alfred Russel Wallace]] now had a similar theory force...
19: ...avid student of [[Robert Edmund Grant]], learning from Grant's enthusiasm for the theories of [[Jean-B...
24: ...divine design]] in nature. He got private tuition from Henslow whose subjects were maths and theology,...
32: [[Image:HMSBeagle.jpeg|thumb|right|HMS Beagle, from an 1841 watercolour by Owen Stanley]]
37: From reading [[Charles Lyell]]'s ''Principles of Geo... - Benjamin Harrison (11469 bytes)
26: ...was a member of the [[fraternities and sororities|fraternity]] [[Phi Delta Theta]], and graduated in [...
28: ... to the [[United States Senate]], where he served from [[March 4]], [[1881]], to [[March 3]], [[1887]]...
40: ...liam McKinley]] and Senator [[Nelson W. Aldrich]] framed a still higher tariff bill; some rates were i...
42: ...with the Treasury surplus, the tariff was removed from imported raw sugar; sugar growers within the Un...
132: ... United States Senators from Indiana|U.S. Senator from Indiana]]|before=[[Joseph E. McDonald]]|after=[... - Hannibal Hamlin (5219 bytes)
2: ...uly 4]], [[1891]]) was an [[American politician]] from the [[U.S. state]] of [[Maine]]. Hamlin served ...
4: ...e|South Paris]], Maine, in [[Oxford County, Maine|Oxford County]]. He attended the district schools and He...
6: ...n the [[United States House of Representatives]], from [[1843]]-[[1847]]. He was elected to fill a Sen...
8: ...incinnati Convention two years later, he withdrew from the Democrats and joined the newly organized Re...
10: ...)|Democrat]], Hamlin supported the candidacy of [[Franklin Pierce]] in [[1852]]. However, he broke wit... - Alben W. Barkley (3817 bytes)
1: [[image:AlbenBarkley.jpg|frame|right|Alben W. Barkley]]
2: ...entative]] and a [[United States Senate|Senator]] from [[Kentucky]] and the thirty-fifth [[Vice Presid...
4: ...during this time that he legally changed his name from "Willie Alben" to "Alben William."
6: ... States Senate Minority Leader|minority leader]] from 1947 to [[1949]].
10: ...in elected to the United States Senate and served from [[January 3]], [[1955]] until his death by a he... - First Crusade (34670 bytes)
2: ...side of [[Europe]]. Both [[knight]]s and peasants from many different nations of [[western Europe]], w...
5: ...ral, and of the First Crusade in particular, stem from events earlier in the [[Middle Ages]]. The brea...
7: ...Sardinia]], freeing the coasts of Italy and Spain from [[Muslim]] raids.
12: ... were politically and, to some extent, culturally fragmented at the time of the First Crusade, which c...
16: ...rusalem to the Seljuks in 1076, but recaptured it from the Ortoqids in 1098 while the crusaders were o... - Chile (capsicum) (7837 bytes)
1: ...ile'') is the fruit of the plant ''[[Capsicum]]'' from the nightshade family (''[[Solanaceae]]'').
3: [[Image:Chilis.jpg|framed|right|Chile peppers]]
19: * ''Capsicum frutescens'', which includes the [[cayenne pepper|ca...
24: ...jpg|200px|right|thumb|Assorted [[paprika]] fruits from Mexico]]
26: ...on varieties of ''C. chinense''. The species ''C. frutescens'' appears as chiles de arbol, aji, pequin... - Ancient India (31279 bytes)
8: ...] kingdoms, and finally of the [[Kushan Empire]]. From the [[3rd century]] onwards the [[Gupta|Gupta d...
11: Southern India suffered little or no incursion from foreign lands, which facilitated the establishm...
14: ...ed south, where the [[Hoysala Empire]] flourished from the 11th to the end of the 13th century AD, fol...
20: ... the European powers. Initial rivalry between the French and the English companies finally ended with ...
23: ...modern state, followed. India gained independence from British rule on [[August 15]] [[1947]], later b... - New York (25691 bytes)
36: ...ork State''' when there is need to distinguish it from [[New York City]].
47: ...nate has long been controlled by the Republicans. From 1984 until 2005, no budget had been passed on t...
71: New York State's borders touch (clockwise from the northwest) two [[Great Lakes]] ([[Lake Erie...
77: ... urbanized area and ever more sophisticated links from one specialty to another. Several other groups ...
79: ...Ontario is a popular attraction; the best view is from the Canadian side. The [[Hudson River]] flows s... - European-influenced classical music (18917 bytes)
29: ...usic'' is occasionally used: it designates music from a period in musical history covering approximat...
33: ...formance practices. Normally, this ability comes from formal training, which usually begins with lear...
37: ...-note details) in the score. Indeed, deviations from the composer's intentions are sometimes condemn...
51: ...essible', (trashy?) Frank Zappa's work 'simple', (Frank Zappa is considered by many a serious composer...
57: ...phrases which classical music supposedly deviates from were set as the default by music of the common ... - List of classical music traditions (7730 bytes)
9: *[[Andalusian classical music|Andalusian (North African) classical music]]
55: ==Classical music as distinct from popular music genres==
56: ...[[musical genre]]s made with increasing frequency from about 1790 onwards (van der Merwe 1989, p.17). ...
68: ...he previous described classical music as deriving from, or living within a single tradition: of course...
71: ... following features: a learned tradition, support from the church or government, or greater [[cultural... - Aspects of music (7529 bytes)
9: *Pitch is the perception of the [[frequency]] of the sound experienced, and is perceiv...
21: ...ere exist solo vocal and instrumental genres with free and improvisational rhythms no regular pulse (J...
23: ...lap of different pitches, and counterpoint arises from multiple melodies.
25: ...ster society, it is highly improbable that, apart from forward-looking scholars and composers, it will...
37: ... Dane (1976). "Universals in Music: A Perspective from Cognitive Psychology", ''Ethnomusicology'' 20, ...
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