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- Computer mouse (29399 bytes)
2: ...ensors gather light pulses to convert to X and Y velocities.]]
3: ... houses a device that detects the mouse's motion relative to the flat surface on which it sits. The mo...
5: ... ''mouse'' primarily because the cord on early models resembled the rodent's tail, and also because th...
9: ... by inventor [[Douglas Engelbart]] showing the wheels which directly contact the working surface.]]
11: ...6, [http://www.freepatentsonline.com/3987685.html 3987685].]] - Global warming (53726 bytes)
3: ...re natural cycles such as [[solar activity]], is held by many journalists and politicians, but by only...
5: ...mate commitment studies]] predict that even if levels of greenhouse gases and solar activity were to r...
7: ...t]]s, heat waves, reduction of [[agricultural]] yields or in extreme circumstances, cause [[mass extin...
16: ...zed by the findings of the [[Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change]] (IPCC). In the [[TAR (IPCC)|...
18: ... methods, or studying paleoclimatic change might believe that current climate change is natural. Howe... - Andes (13210 bytes)
6: ..., [[Colombia]], [[Ecuador]], [[Peru]] and [[Venezuela]], some of which are known as [[Andean States]]....
8: ...], rising to 6,962 m (22,841 feet) [[above sea level]]. The summit of [[Chimborazo (volcano)|Mount Chi...
13: ...h a major [[transform fault]] separates [[Tierra del Fuego]] from the small [[Scotia Plate]]. Across t...
17: ...h lie in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela, represent the submerged peaks of the extreme no...
20: ... several of the larger glaciers descend to sea level ([[Google Earth]]/[[World Wind]] images). - Red deer (16671 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox image | image = [[Image:Elk4.jpg|200px|Red deer]] | caption = }}
11: {{Taxobox species entry | taxon = '''''C. elaphus'''''}}
13: ... binomial | color = pink | binomial_name = Cervus elaphus | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], | ...
17: ...singly, are called ''elk'' in [[Europe]]; see ''[[Elk]]''). ''Wapiti'' is the [[Shawnee (tribe)|Shawne...
19: ...eer is on average smaller than the wapiti. Nevertheless, it is [[United Kingdom|Britain's]] largest na... - Sheep (9256 bytes)
15: ...of sheep and their close relatives, see [[goat antelope]]. For more information on the raising and b...
35: Farmers develop wool breeds for superior wool quantity and qual...
37: ...lumbia sheep | Columbia]], and [[Texel sheep | Texel]].
44: ...t common type of livestock in [[pastoralism]]. [[Selective breeding]] of sheep has frequently occurred...
46: ... the lion lying down with the lamb. Greek Easter celebrations traditionally feature a meal of Paschal ... - Dog (69384 bytes)
4: ...khound 600.jpg|249px]] | caption = '''[[Norwegian Elkhound]]'''<br>A breed of domestic dog.}}
17: ... on recent evidence. In this time, the dog has developed into hundreds of breeds with a great degree o...
19: ...ction dog|detecting contraband]] and [[Guide dog|helping the blind]] or [[Service dog|disabled]]. For ...
23: ... diets (which implies a lot of meat consumption) help prevent damage to muscle tissue.
27: ...mes used to refer collectively to any [[mammal]] belonging to the family [[Canidae]] (as in "the dog f... - Island (4674 bytes)
2: ...and. Groups of related islands are called [[archipelago]]s.
6: ...[Latin]] ''insula'' (which is not etymologically related), Latin being considered a more prestigious l...
9: ...nt continent and are located on the continental shelf of that continent. Examples include [[Greenland]...
11: ... The [[Kerguelen Islands]] and some of the [[Seychelles]] are also examples.
13: ...': accumulations of [[sand]] on the continental shelf. - Declaratory Act (2406 bytes)
1: ...gulate the behavior of the colonies. American rebels had organized a boycott in response to the [[Sta...
9: ...erica, have of late, against law, claimed to themselves, or to the general assemblies of the same, the...
11: ... consent of the lords spiritual and temporal, and commons of Great Britain, in parliament assembled, had, h... - Chile (39914 bytes)
56: ...uth from Peru in [[1535]]-[[1536|36]] called themselves the "men of Chilli."
64: ...Chile now occupies. These cultures supported themselves principally through slash-and-burn [[agricultu...
74: ...e and [[working class]]es were powerful enough to elect a reformist president, whose program was frust...
76: ...ral [[Carlos Ibáñez]], who briefly held power in [[1925]] and then again between [[1927]...
78: The [[1964]] presidential election of [[Christian Democratic Party of Chile|Ch... - American Bison (6740 bytes)
2: ...ernate image]]—[[Media:Image:Baby Bison in Yellowstone-750px.JPG|Bison young]]<br />
24: ...the [[white buffalo]], where the calf has an entirely white coat. It is not to be confused with [[alb...
30: ...h in the [[Texas Panhandle]]. A variety of privately-owned herds have also been established, starting...
35: * Herds often took shelter in the artificial cuts formed by the grade of ...
37: There is now a proposal known as [[Buffalo Commons]] to restore large parts of the drier portion of ... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
2: ...of the theory of [[evolution]] through [[natural selection]].
4: ...but in [[1858]] the information that [[Alfred Russel Wallace]] now had a similar theory forced early j...
6: ...nkind in ''[[The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex]]'' and ''[[The Expression of the Emo...
8: ...Westminster Abbey]], close to [[Sir William Herschel]] and [[Sir Isaac Newton]].
19: ...scovery that black spores often found in oyster shells were the eggs of a skate leech. Darwin also sat... - William R. King (5588 bytes)
5: ...orth Carolina]] in [[1810]], and elected to the Twelfth, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth [[United States Co...
7: ...ican]] to the [[United States Senate]], and was reelected as a [[Andrew Jackson|Jacksonian]] in [[1822...
9: ...ing County, Washington|King County]] for him, as well as [[Pierce County, Washington|Pierce County]] a...
11: ...einterred in Live Oak Cemetery, [[Selma, Alabama|Selma]], [[Dallas County, Alabama]].
13: ...en [[gay]], and that he had a long-term intimate relationship with [[James Buchanan]] (it is not dispu... - Squash (fruit) (4665 bytes)
2: ...e = [[Image:YellowSquash.jpg|240px]] | caption = Yellow Squash}}
22: ...elatively small. They are consumed almost immediately and require little or no cooking.
32: ...sh usually start growing but abort before full development. Often there is an opportunistic fungus tha...
35: ...are called squash or pumpkins rather indiscriminately.
37: ...epo'' includes the small pie pumpkins, standard field pumpkins, acorn squash, vegetable spaghetti, zuc... - Commons:Template:Newpagelinksmain (1176 bytes)
2: ...late:Newpagelinksmain&action=edit Start the Newpagelinksmain article]'''.
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5: ...wpagelinksmain|Look for Newpagelinksmain]] in the Commons, our repository for free images, music, sound, an...
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2: ...other groups by mutual interests, characteristic relationships, shared institutions and a common cultu...
8: ..., a ''society'' is defined as a [[network]] of [[relation]]ships between [[entity|entities]]. A ''soci...
10: ...rough national institutions concerned with civic welfare.
18: ...physical, mental, emotional, financial, medical, religious, etc.
29: ... isolated geographically, that society is more likely to survive than an equivalent society which is p... - Golden Eagles (3752 bytes)
15: ... of prey]] in the world. Like all [[eagle]]s, it belongs to the family [[Accipitridae]].
17: ...an]]. In most areas this bird now is a mountain-dweller, but in former centuries it was also distribut...
19: ...since the early 20th Century. 35 birds have been released into the wild since [[2001]].
21: ...ies within their territory. They use them alternately for several years. The nest consists of heavy tr...
25: ...a). After 45 days the youngs hatch. They are entirely white and are fed for fifty days before they are... - Lemurs (4235 bytes)
20: ...s'', which means "spirits of the night". This likely refers to many lemurs' nocturnal behavior and th...
22: ...slands, including the [[Comoros]] (where it is likely they were introduced by humans). While they wer...
24: ...ts, flowers and leaves (and sometimes nectar) as well as insects, spiders and small vertebrates. The r...
26: ...desperately poor. Currently, there are approximately 52 living lemur species.
48: {{commons|Lemur}} - Stag Beetles (3702 bytes)
28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]].
30: ...tar]]s in the process. At this point it buries itself in the soil for about 3 months, then during the ... - Watergate (19196 bytes)
5: ...ce of tape on the door between the basement stairwell and the parking garage. It was holding the door ...
7: ...oken into the same office three weeks earlier as well, and had returned to fix [[wiretap]]s that were ...
9: ... presidential campaign, most Americans initially believed that no President with Nixon's advantage in ...
11: ...tion ended on [[May 31]] [[2005]] when [[W. Mark Felt]], the No. 2 official at the FBI in the early 19...
15: ... later, but at the time it caused the collapse of Ellsberg's trial due to evident government misconduc... - Flying shuttle (5068 bytes)
1: ...humb|Flying shuttle showing metal capped ends, wheels, and a [[pirn]] of weft thread|100px]]
2: ...the key developments in [[weaving]] that helped fuel the [[Industrial Revolution]]. It was patented by...
8: ...ng the shuttle on its return trip. The shuttle itself has some subtle differences from the older form....
10: ...t need to touch the shuttle until it needs to be reloaded, so fabrics of great width can be woven; but...
12: ... reloaded the shuttle automatically. Kay's son developed a modification that allowed the use of an arr...
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