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- Brain (22060 bytes)
5: ...n neurons. The [[human brain]] is particularly complex and enlarged.
9: ...y [[complex]] brains: the [[arthropod]]s (for example, [[insect]]s and [[crustacean]]s), the [[cephalo...
11: ... known as [[allocortex]] (Martin, 1996). More complex vertebrates like mammals have developed six-lay...
25: ...the brain. [[Artificial intelligence]] seeks to replicate brain function (although not necessarily bra...
30: ...rimental) artificial vision for deaf and blind people, and [[brain pacemaker]]s are now common to regu... - Definitions of music (17609 bytes)
1: ...d to mean various things from "any euphonious and pleasing sound" to only a printed document showing h...
8: ...nomy]] and [[musica]]. The concept of musica was split into three major kinds: [[musica universalis]],...
10: ...rceived as a form of music, without necessarily implying that any [[sound]] would be heard - music ref...
14: ...mathematical proportions in sound - be it sung or played on instruments. The polyphonic organization o...
19: ...ch, ''hudba'' is instrumental music and only by implication vocal music. Some languages in West Africa... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
2: ...rea]] population of approximately 15.2 million people. Cairo is the [[List of metropolitan areas by po...
4: ...e city, in local speech it is typically called simply by the name of the country, ''Mişr'' (Arabi...
6: ...Cairo. ([[Mongols]], Crusaders & Ottomans are examples)
20: ...the ancient [[necropolis]] of Memphis on the Giza plateau, with its three large [[pyramid|pyramids]], ...
32: ...amed the city Al-Qahirah after the planet [[Mars (planet)|Mars]] which was rising on the day the city ... - Flute (11293 bytes)
1: ...using a [[Reed (music)|reed]]. A [[musician]] who plays the flute is sometimes called a [[flutist]] or...
7: ...te, the [[Western concert 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: ...], [[kaval]], [[shakuhachi]] and [[tonette]]. The player of a side-blown flute uses a hole on the side...
14: ...re flexibility for the player, and brighter, more pleasing timbres. An organ pipe may be either open o... - Oboe (5230 bytes)
3: ...ion of [[embouchure]] and air-pressure allows the player to express a huge range of emotions and moods...
7: ...y and produce a good sound ([[tone]]) on. Amateur players often produce a nasal (often out-of-tune) an...
9: ...h (music)|pitch]] (tune) by listening to the oboe playing concert A (earlier 440 Hz everywhere, n...
11: ...d a narrower bore and a reed which is held by the player's lips near the end. [[Henry Purcell]] was th...
13: ... tied together on a small-diameter metal tube (staple). The reed is held on the lips. The commonly acc... - Shawm (725 bytes)
5: ...h a narrower bore and a reed which is held by the player's lips near the end. - Trumpet (13239 bytes)
2: ...et is called a ''trumpeter'' or simply, ''trumpet player''.
6: ...umpet fully [[chromatic]], allowing the player to play in all keys. The sound is projected outward by...
8: ...cupped "pea-shooter" mouthpieces are used to ease playing of extremely high register passages. Mouthp...
15: ...able. The C trumpet is most common in orchestral playing because it often does not need to transpose ...
19: ... usually but not always by a fourth, to allow the playing of lower notes which are otherwise hard to o... - Sheng (instrument) (1217 bytes)
1: ...ge:sheng.london.arp.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A Sheng player beside the River Thames, London, England.]]
9: ...pes. A player would close up one or more holes to play a desired [[note]]. - Appalachian dulcimer (3259 bytes)
3: ...courting dulcimer has two fretboards allowing two players to closely sit across from each other to per...
5: ...ng with the other. In practice, a wide variety of playing styles are used.
7: ...The Appalachian dulcimer is both easy to learn to play and
8: yet capable of complexity, providing scope for a wide range of profess...
10: ...hromatic dulcimers" are sometimes made, to permit play in minor keys, but some consider that, properly... - Ulysses S. Grant (23281 bytes)
10: <tr><td>'''Place of Birth:'''</td><td>[[Point Pleasant, Ohio]]</td></tr>
12: <tr><td>'''Place of Death:'''</td><td>[[Wilton, New York|Mount ...
24: ...ica's worst presidents, who led an administration plagued by severe [[scandal]] and [[corruption]].
26: .... More recent treatments have emphasized the accomplishments of his administration, including his stru...
30: ... Ulysses Grant''' in [[Point Pleasant, Ohio|Point Pleasant]], [[Clermont County, Ohio|Clermont County]... - Printing press (12986 bytes)
12: ...two or three people that could read, and a few people to support the effort. Each sheet still had to b...
14: ...ot only did the [[Roman Curia|papal court]] contemplate making printing presses an industry requiring ...
35: ...he hands of the people, [[Latin]] was gradually replaced by the national languages. This development w...
40: ...nsidered a true art form. [[Typesetting]], or the placement of the characters on the page, including t...
51: ...dicates the principle operation of a Cowper and Applegath's Single Machine. The press is built up from... - Geology (12007 bytes)
3: ... processes that are collectively referred to as [[plate tectonics]]. Geologists help locate and manage...
5: ...tudies of the [[Moon]]), ''areology'' (of [[Mars (planet)|Mars]]), etc., are also in use.
20: ...[Royal Society of Edinburgh]]. In his paper, he explained his theory that the Earth must be much older...
22: Followers of Hutton were known as ''[[Plutonism |Plutonists]]'' because they believed that some rocks...
24: ...n Paris. To prove this, they formulated the principle of [[Stratigraphy|stratigraphic]] succession of ... - Canada (35540 bytes)
1: ...e you have arguments or evidence to the contrary, please provide them on the talk page, and wait until...
3: ...or Canada. To keep this overview article concise, please consider adding information instead to one of...
10: ...e for [[as of 2005|June 2005]] is 32.2 million people [http://www.statcan.ca/english/edu/clock/populat...
21: ...tates|U.S.]], with which it has had a long and complex relationship (''see'' [[U.S.-Canada relations]]...
86: ... that the [[Aboriginal peoples in Canada|First Peoples]] have inhabited parts of what is now called Ca... - Kazakhstan (26806 bytes)
1: ...urope]]. It has borders with [[Russia]], the [[People's Republic of China]], and the [[Central Asia|Ce...
76: ...ailway]] from [[Orenburg]] to [[Tashkent]] was completed in 1906, and the movement was overseen and en...
84: ... mass demonstrations by young ethnic Kazakhs took place in [[Almaty]] to protest the methods of the [[...
91: ... standards. The prime minister, who serves at the pleasure of the president, chairs the Cabinet of Min...
93: ...administrative divisions (14 regions, or oblasts, plus the cities of Astana and Almaty). The president... - Central African Republic (6564 bytes)
2: ...he nation was first ruled by French [[plantocracy|plantation]] interests, and, for three decades after... - Republic of the Congo (9324 bytes)
76: ...uilou]], [[L髯umou]], [[Likouala]], [[Niari]], [[Plateaux]], [[Pool Region|Pool]], [[Sangha Region|Sa...
85: ...the interior of the country consists of a central plateau between two basins to the south and north. B...
92: ...ems and overstaffing. Petroleum extraction has supplanted [[forestry]] as the mainstay of the economy,... - Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
59: ===European exploration and administration (1870–1960)===
61: ...]]'s novella ''[[Heart of Darkness]]'' also takes place in Congo Free State. In 1908, the Belgian parl...
67: ... of the permanent committee of the All-African Peoples Conference (founded in [[Accra]], 1958) and pre...
72: ... was not believed by many). Riots of protest took place in many parts of the world. See his ''Congo: M...
74: The [[CIA]] had aided Mobutu and was pleased with the outcome, having viewed the [[Soviet... - Gabon (7342 bytes)
70: ...s vice president. When M'Ba died in 1967, Bongo replaced him as president, and has been the head of st...
88: ''See: [[List of places in Gabon]], [[Provinces of Gabon]]''
98: ...vided further loans and aid in exchange for the implementation of changes to the economy. - Luxembourg (11321 bytes)
79: ...s]], has hills and low mountains, with the [[Buurgplaatz]] as the highest point at 559 m. The rest of ...
96: ...tures moderate growth, low inflation, and low unemployment. The industrial sector, until recently domi...
103: The plurilingualism of Luxembourg results from the coexi...
113: ...ins the language of the legislation, due to the application of the [[Napoleonic code|Napoleonic civil ... - Blacktip Reef Shark (3751 bytes)
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23: ...to be cases of mistaken identity when waders are splashing in the shallows.
29: ...ba diver]]s and [[snorkle|snorklers]] because of splashing in the water. As with most sharks, the body...
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