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- Hobby (3707 bytes)
4: ...odern use of ''hobby'' to indicate a pastime followed from this.
6: ...ion "to ride one's hobby-horse", meaning "to follow a favourite pastime", and in turn, ''hobby'' in t...
8: ...g substantial skill, knowledge, and experience. However, personal fulfillment is the aim.
10: ...computer games]]. Generally speaking, the person who does something for fun, not remuneration, is ca...
12: ... (beyond the lack of remuneration), is probably how easy it is to make a living at the activity. Alm... - Endangered species (12553 bytes)
1: ...|right|300px|The [[American bison]] numbered as few as 750 in [[1890]] due to extreme overhunting.]]
2: ...come extinct, or potentially will become extinct, without gaining public notice.
4: ...d obtaining reasonable exceptions to protection laws.
6: ...re desirable for collectors and poachers[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/4013719.stm].
8: ... population over time, breeding success rates, known threats, and so on. - Extinction (15793 bytes)
2: ...r competition. A typical species becomes extinct within 10 million years of its first appearance, al...
4: ...s on. In other cases, species have produced no new variants, or none that are able to survive the pa...
6: ...t ''[[Eohippus]]'' (an ancient horse-like animal) was the [[ancestry|ancestor]] of several extant spe...
8: ...ognized endangered species through a variety of [[conservation]] programs.
10: Species which are not extinct are termed ''extant''. - Capacitor (29664 bytes)
2: ...c field]] created between a pair of conductors on which equal but opposite electric charges have been...
5: === Overview ===
7: ...e charge, the ''total'' charge in the device is always zero.
9: ...al capacitor, the dielectric is in direct contact with the plates.)]]
13: ...n [[potential difference]] or ''voltage'' (''V'') which appears across the plates: - Valley of the Kings (4430 bytes)
2: ...ew Kingdom|New Kingdom]], the Eighteenth through Twentieth Dynasties.
4: ...st of the important tombs in the East Valley. The West Valley has only one tomb open to the public: t...
6: ... tombs]], starting with [[Thutmose I]] and ending with [[Ramesses X]] or [[Ramesses XI|XI]].
8: ... was begun, although some wives were still buried with their husbands.
10: ...the walls of some of the tombs indicate that this was an attraction during [[Roman Empire|Roman]] tim... - Agnosticism (14359 bytes)
1: ...dge). Agnosticism is not to be confused with a view specifically opposing the doctrine of [[gnosis]] ...
3: ...nvolves [[philosophical scepticism|scepticism]] toward religious statements.
8: ...'Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion'', that he was an agnostic, but this remains subject to debate...
12: ...Kingsley (September 23, 1860) he discussed his views extensively:
14: ... should I not? It is not half so wonderful as the conservation of force or the indestructibility of matter".. - Atom (12300 bytes)
7: ...robability<br>cloud (gray) of two electrons (yellow).
39: * [[electron]]s, which have a [[negative]] [[electric charge|charge]...
40: * [[proton]]s, which have a [[positive]] [[electric charge|charge]...
41: * [[neutron]]s, which have no [[electric charge|charge]].
43: ...mical element]]. Only 90 elements (of 112 now known) have been identified as occurring naturally on ... - Elephant (13277 bytes)
21: ... [[ice age]] there were more species, which are now [[extinct species|extinct]].
23: ...r recorded was a male shot in [[Angola]] in 1974, weighing [[1 E4 kg|12 000 kilograms]] or 26 400 pou...
25: ...mal]], and consumption is prohibited around the [[world]].
29: ...can be used as a snorkel when wading through deep water.
31: ...ty of elephants, [[hunting]] and ivory trade is now restricted and in some countries illegal. - Gorilla (6336 bytes)
11: ... = pink | species = Gorilla gorilla | comment = [[Western Gorilla]]}}
13: ''[[Western Gorilla|Gorilla gorilla]]''<br/>
17: ...the [[forest]]s of central [[Africa]]. There are two species of gorilla, both in the genus ''Gorilla'...
19: ...sp;kg to 165 kg. Females are about half the weight of males.
21: ...r if they assume leadership early. Lifespan is between 30–50 years. - Lyndon B. Johnson (32801 bytes)
14: | wife=[[Lady Bird Johnson]]
19: ... 22]], [[1973]]), often referred to as '''LBJ''', was an [[Politics of the United States|American pol...
22: Johnson was born in [[Stonewall, Texas]] on [[August 27]], [[1908]] in a small...
24: ...y from his studies teaching school, Johnson somehow managed to graduate in only 312 days.
27: ...k in the campaign with an appointment to be the newly elected congressman's secretary. - Franklin D. Roosevelt (74009 bytes)
10: ...e of birth=[[Hyde Park, New York|Hyde Park]], [[New York]]
13: | place of death=[[Warm Springs, Georgia]]
14: | wife=[[Eleanor Roosevelt]]
16: | vicepresident=[[John N. Garner]]<br>[[Henry A. Wallace]]<br>[[Harry S. Truman]]
18: ...called him Frank. To the public he was usually known as "[[FDR (disambiguation)|FDR]]." - Charles Lindbergh (11557 bytes)
1: ...age:Charles_Lindbergh.jpg|thumb|Charles Lindbergh with the Spirit of St. Louis.]]
2: ...ry 4]], [[1902]] – [[August 26]], [[1974]]) was a pioneering [[United States]] [[aviator]] famo...
6: ... pilot on the line [[St. Louis]] in the 1920s.<!--What does this mean? Please clarify.-->
11: ...the first non-stop flight made by [[Alcock and Brown]] later that same year.
13: ...e [[United States]]. On [[March 21]], [[1929]] he was presented the [[Medal of Honor]] for his histor... - Hybrid vehicle (47544 bytes)
3: ...[[Whispering Wheel]] Bus, a hybrid bus with an in wheel motor design. |300px]]
6: ...th all-[[Battery electric vehicle|electric car]]s which use batteries charged by an external source s...
8: ...], hybrid was often used to describe an [[engine swap]], such as the common Honda [[Honda B engine#B1...
12: ... accessdate=June 26 | accessyear=2002}} of George W. Bush's administration in 2001.
14: ...oved to [[nuclear power]], which can operate underwater indefinitely, though a number of nations cont... - Benjamin Franklin (22881 bytes)
2: ...the [[Lunar Society]] and was also elected a Fellow of the [[Royal Society]]. In [[1775]], Franklin b...
4: ...e medical [[catheter]], the [[lightning rod]], [[swimfin]]s, improvements to the [[glass harmonica]],...
9: ...Peter Folger, a miller and schoolteacher, and his wife [[Mary Morrill]].
11: ...few years, this couple had three children, all of whom being half-siblings of Benjamin Franklin. They...
13: ...n, Massachusetts|Boston]], [[Massachusetts]]; and while in Boston, they had several more children, in... - Boston, Massachusetts (36071 bytes)
4: nickname = "Beantown," "The Hub," "Athens of America" |
13: area water = 106.7 km² (41.2 mi²) |
22: west_coord = 71.0573|
23: web = www.cityofboston.gov|
25: ...the Nineteenth Century, "The Athens of America," owing to its great cultural and intellectual influen... - Economy of Russia (68844 bytes)
2: ...this process. Russia's experience is detailed below.
7: ... economy. It also has a well-educated labor force with substantial technical expertise. At the same t...
9: ...al planning system left a number of legacies with which the Russian economy must deal in its transiti...
11: ... met or exceeded its plan, then demand and supply would balance.
13: ...vised the economic production activities of units within their areas of responsibility. Regional mini... - Rainforest (6551 bytes)
1: ...2.jpg|right|thumb|250px|Rainforest, Big Island, Hawaii]]
2: ...h [[temperate]] and [[tropical]] [[climate]]s. As well as prodigious rainfall, many rainforests are c...
4: ...ewel of the earth", the "Earth's lungs", and the "world's largest pharmacy" because the large amount ...
6: ...rely leached, have developed on the ancient [[Gondwana]]n [[shield (geography)|shields]]. Rapid bacte...
8: ...d beneath is soon colonised by a dense tangled growth of vines, shrubs and small trees called ''jungl... - Gibbon (3982 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Weisshandgibbon tierpark berlin.jpg|240px|Lar gibbo...
9: ...e'''}}<br>{{Taxobox_authority | author = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]] | date = [[1870]]}}
18: ...ount of energy needed in the upper arm and torso, while also reducing stress on the shoulder joint it...
20: ... easy find for poachers who engage in the illegal wildlife trade and sales of body parts for use in t...
22: ...st of the 14 species, is distinguished by having two fingers on each hand stuck together, hence the g... - Mosquito (10897 bytes)
15: ...bsp;[[millimetre|mm]] (0.6 inch). Mosquitoes weigh only about 2 to 2.5 [[milligram|mg]] (0....
17: ...rotatus]]'', ''[[Aedes]]'', ''[[Sabethes]]'', ''[[Wyeomyia]]'', ''[[Culiseta]]'', and ''[[Haemagoggus...
19: ... term "mosquito" was adopted to prevent confusion with the [[house fly]].
21: ...esidential area is the removal of standing water (where mosquitoes breed), and the use of repellants,...
25: ...the necessary protein. Males differ from females, with mouth parts not suitable for blood sucking. T... - Tiger (11674 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox_begin | color = white | name = Tiger}}<br />{{StatusEndangered}}
15: ...r]], [[pig|wild pigs]], and [[buffalo]], but they will also take larger or smaller prey if the circum...
19: ...8'6" and 10'9") in length, and the females are between 2.3 and 2.75 metres (7'6" and 9') in length. O...
21: [[image:White-tiger.jpg|left|thumb|275px|White Tiger]]
23: ...oration of normal tigers, and stripes that are brown. This variation in color is very rare, and only ...
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