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- Babe Zaharias (4002 bytes)
3: ... in many sports. She achieved her greatest successes in [[golf]] and [[athletics]]. She was born Mildr...
5: ...eclared Shiley the Olympic champion. After the Games, Shiley and Didrikson split their medals.
7: <div style="float:left">[[Image:BabeStamp.png]]<P>''Babe Zaharias as <BR>depicted on a ...
9: ...]] (of which she was a founding member) until illness shortened her career in the mid-1950s. She won t...
11: ..., but she managed two wins which were her final ones in competitive golf. Cancer took its toll and Zah... - Spleen (4479 bytes)
1: ...een, or in the treatment of certain [[blood diseases]] ([[haemorrhagic purpura]], [[familial jaundice]...
3: ...lar lymphoid sheaths, rich in [[T cell|T-lymphocytes]].
5: ...o known as [[splenomegaly]], occurs in many diseases and disorders, including [[malaria]], [[bacterial...
7: ...ons in the spleen during repeated sickle-cell crises.
9: ...etes have tried [[doping (sport)|doping]] themselves with their own stored red blood cells to try to a... - Evaluation (3857 bytes)
1: ...value of an [[expression (mathematics)]] or [[expression (programming)]].''
3: ...'Evaluation''''' is determining describes the process of examining information about an [[evaluand]].
5: ... in terms of mastery of their respective disciplines, but the math teacher may have greater worth beca...
7: ... Committee Standards can be found under "external links".
10: ...uld be considered when determininig the effectiveness of an evaluation: - Glass (26176 bytes)
1: ...umping the liquid sugar onto a cold surface. The resulting solid is amorphous, not crystaline like the...
3: ...rded by [[Roman Empire|Roman]] historians as ''glaesum.'' Anglo-Saxons used the word ''glaer'' for amb...
5: ...fic type of glass—the [[silica]]-based glasses in common use as a building, container or decorat...
9: ...e and will break into sharp shards. These properties can be modified, or even changed entirely, with t...
16: ==Properties and Uses== - Heraldry (23465 bytes)
1: ...ousting|jousts]] and to describe the various devices they carried or [[paint]]ed on their [[shield]]s.
3: ...) on the [[shield]]. The charges on a shield are described from the top to the base, from dexter to si...
5: ...epict the same coat of arms on many different shapes of shield.
7: ...se bold, vivid colours rather than [[pastel]] shades.
9: ...he crest is a design affixed to the [[helmet]]. Crests can also be used on their own; this is particul... - Bookbinding (7761 bytes)
4: ... handle, allowed writing on both sides of the leaves, and could be searched through more quickly.
6: ... handwritten on handmade materials, sizes and styles varied considerably, and each book was a unique c...
8: ...nding began to standardize somewhat. But page sizes still varied considerably.
14: ...ced books today tend to be of one of four categories:
16: ...rger. Unusually large and heavy books are sometimes bound with wire or cable. - Calligraphy (20084 bytes)
1: ...phy in a Latin Bible of AD 1407 on display in Malmesbury Abbey, Wiltshire, England. The Bible was hand...
2: ...corative [[writing]]. A style of calligraphy is described as a ''hand''.
4: ...xamples of ancient Roman [[graffiti]] are of interest to both calligraphers and palaeographers.
7: {{Main|Chinese painting}}
8: ...Chinese to appreciate its beauty. Calligraphy, in essence, is an abstract art. - Relic (11473 bytes)
1: ...sonal item of a [[saint]]. A [[shrine]] that houses a relic is called a [[reliquary]].
7: ...d chooses to do miracles through the sleeping bodies of His holy servants, or both. Also cited is the...
9: ...made relics much sought after during the Middle Ages.
11: ...several others, claims to possess the relic of [[Jesus]]' [[circumcision]] - the [[Holy Prepuce]].
14: ...ncepts that gave relics such a powerful draw (see link). He distinguished Gregory's constant usage of ''... - Silk (8683 bytes)
2: ... cloth to refract incoming light at different angles.
5: ...h demand for the fabric, silk was one of the staples of international [[trade]] prior to [[industriali...
8: ... was so extensive that the major set of trade routes between Europe and Asia has become known as the [...
11: ...taries. The remainder was sold at exorbitant prices.
15: ... are gathered and thus the single thread which makes up the cocoon has been cut into shorter lengths. - Process (6114 bytes)
1: ...roject]]. See also: [[process management]], [[process theory]], and [[:Category:Nature]].
3: ==Examples==
4: ...k]]. Below are a few specific examples of processes.
5: *The [[Bessemer process]] is a way of producing [[steel]].
6: *The process of [[mining]] extracts [[ore]]. - Culture (23440 bytes)
1: ...o classify, codify and communicate their experiences [[symbol|symbolically]]. [[Image:Karen_tribe2063c...
6: ...ng to this thinking, one can classify some countries as more civilized than others, and some people as...
8: ...he indigenous music traditions of aboriginal peoples of [[Australia]].
10: ... criticized) elements of [[high culture]] for repressing "[[human nature]]".
12: ... capitalist]] systems of [[western culture | the West]]. - Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ...67). [http://earth-info.nga.mil/gns/html/cntry_files.html]
6: ...iro. ([[Mongols]], Crusaders & Ottomans are examples)
7: ...rah.png|thumb|200px|Egypt, with Cairo [[Governorates of Egypt|governorate]] highlighted.]]
11: ...arge bright area centre left of the image, Credit-ESA 2004.]]
14: ...s desert-bound valley and breaks into three branches into the low-lying [[Nile Delta]] region. - Ocarina (3914 bytes)
2: ...ed, enclosed space and four to thirteen finger holes. A mouth tube projects from it, often from the si...
5: ...ue and white "[[onion pattern]]" as the exterior design.
8: ...e. Technically, the cavity acts as a [[Helmholtz resonator]] (see below).
11: ...[flute]] or [[recorder]], the placement of the holes on an ocarina is largely irrelevant -- their size...
13: ...t possible with the ocarina, so the range of pitches available is limited. - Recorder (12954 bytes)
1: ...re". This is similar to the functioning of the ancestors of the recorder, early folk [[whistle]]s.
3: ...ecorders in f' connected together by leather flanges: one instrument was voiced to play softly, the ot...
5: ...imilarly easy -- like other instruments, it requires talent and study to play it at an advanced level.
7: ...groups such as [[the Beatles]], [[the Rolling Stones]], [[Jimi Hendrix]]. Prominent jazz musician [[Ke...
9: ...in Fl?in'' ("really small flute") in C, with a lowest note of c". An experimental 'piccolino' has also... - Pipe organ (24478 bytes)
1: ...n organ to be purely decorative, with the real pipes behind them.]]
3: ...r]] through [[wood]] or [[metal]] [[organ pipe|pipes]].
5: ...organs having tens of thousands. All but the smallest have more than one [[musical keyboard|keyboard]]...
7: ...ey are also found in town halls, and in arts centres intended for the performance of [[classical music...
9: ==Styles of pipe organ== - Nile (13738 bytes)
4: ...nīl''), in [[Africa]], is one of the two longest [[river|rivers]] on [[Earth]].
8: The word "Nile" comes from the word ''Neilos'' (Νει&lam...
10: ==Longest river==
12: ...r than the mighty Amazon, partly because it receives not a single tributary from its halfway mark at t...
14: ... gives a length of approximately 5584 km (3470 miles). It drains approximately 2.8 million to 3.4 mil... - Alexandria (28378 bytes)
1: ...r dm|31|12|N|29|15|E|}}, 208 km (129 miles) northwest of [[Cairo]]. The Canopic mouth of the [[Nile]]...
3: ...s of Egypt quickly became one of the greatest cities of the [[Hellenistic civilization|Hellenistic]] w...
5: ...right|Alexandria's state-of-the-art [[library]], designed by [[Christoph Kapellar]], was inaugurated i...
19: ...er's seers, and in particular [[Aristander of Telmessus]], interpreted this as an omen that the city w...
21: ...knowledge of their appearance, erects metal effigies on the beach which succeed in frightening the mon... - Tectonic plate (1989 bytes)
1: ...:Tectonic plates.png|thumb|350px|The tectonic plates of the world were mapped in the second half of th...
2: ...seven major tectonic plates and many more minor ones.
4: ...') and continental crust (''sial''). Under both lies a relatively plastic layer of the Earth's [[Mantl...
6: ...ca]]. The two types of crust also differ in thickness, with continental crusts considerably thicker th...
8: ...n the plates creates [[mountain]]s and [[volcano]]es, as well as giving rise to [[earthquake]]s and ot... - Plate tectonics (27764 bytes)
3: ...anic trench]] formation occur along plate boundaries (most notably around the so-called "[[Pacific Rin...
6: ...:Tectonic plates.png|thumb|380px|The tectonic plates of the world were mapped in the second half of th...
7: == Key principles ==
8: ...dity of the asthenosphere allows the tectonic plates to undergo motion in different directions.
10: ...ire]] being most active and famous. These boundaries are discussed in further detail below. - North America (12844 bytes)
4: ...suggest that the Americas were not the [[East Indies]], but a previously undiscovered [[New World]].
6: ... Mexico or any of the [[Central America]]n countries, which in some contexts may cause confusion.
7: ...nly a subcontinent composed by Canada, United States and Mexico.
9: ... and [[Panama Canal]]. According to some authorities, North America begins not at the Isthmus of Panam...
11: ==Physical features==
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