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- Computer mouse (29399 bytes)
2: ... gather light pulses to convert to X and Y velocities.]]
13: ...mouse won out because of its simplicity and convenience.
21: ...PFL) under the inspiration of Professor [[Jean-Daniel Nicoud]] and the hands of [[engineer]] and [[wat...
24: ...ect the relative motion of the mouse on a wide variety of surfaces (and in turn translating the moveme...
26: ...[axis|axes]]. For example, the Agilent Technologies ADNS-2610 optical mouse sensor will process 1512... - Global warming (53726 bytes)
3: ...iticians, but by only a minority of established scientists.
5: ...uracy of climate models. [[Climate commitment studies]] predict that even if levels of greenhouse gase...
7: ...ht]]s, heat waves, reduction of [[agricultural]] yields or in extreme circumstances, cause [[mass exti...
11: Use of the term "global warming" generally implies a human influence — the more neutral term ...
13: == Scientific opinion == - Andes (13210 bytes)
2: [[Image:Andies.png|thumb|200px|right|The Andes form the longest...
4: [[Image:Andesplane.jpg|thumb|300px|Plane's view of the Andes, Peru.]]
6: ...reat chain. The mountains extend over seven countries: [[Argentina]], [[Bolivia]], [[Chile]], [[Colomb...
13: ... Across the 1,000 km wide [[Drake Passage]] lie the mountains of the [[Antarctic Peninsula]] sout...
17: ... [[Aruba]], [[Bonaire]], and [[Curaçao]], which lie in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Venezuela, ... - Red deer (16671 bytes)
11: {{Taxobox species entry | taxon = '''''C. elaphus'''''}}
14: ...ubdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Subspecies}}
17: ... animal meaning 'white rump'. Wapiti are a subspecies of the European red deer.
21: ... for attempting to kill a deer. These harsh penalties were abolished during the reign of [[Henry III o...
24: ...an occur, and stags sometime sustain serious injuries. - Sheep (9256 bytes)
11: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''aries'''''}}
13: ..._binomial | color = pink | binomial_name = Ovis aries | author = [[Carolus Linnaeus|Linnaeus]] | date ...
15: ... most commonly the '''Domestic Sheep''' (''Ovis aries''), which probably descends from the wild [[mouf...
19: There are at least seven species of sheep:
21: *Domestic Sheep, ''Ovis aries'' - Dog (69384 bytes)
12: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = ''[[wolf|C. lupus]]''}}
13: {{Taxobox_subspecies_entry | taxon = '''''C. l. familiaris'''''}}
19: ... they have earned the [[sobriquet]] "man's best friend".
22: ... effort to protect livestock. Bodies are usually tied to fences as warning to other dogs]]
23: ...uch extreme stress, high protein diets (which implies a lot of meat consumption) help prevent damage t... - Island (4674 bytes)
2: An '''island''' is any piece of land smaller than a [[continent]] and larger...
9: ...] off [[Europe]], [[Sumatra]] and [[Java (island)|Java]] off [[Asia]], [[New Guinea|Papua]] and [[Tasm...
13: Another subtype is the '''[[barrier island]]''': accumulations of [[sand]] on the co...
21: ...ich is the world's largest volcanic island, and [[Jan Mayen]]—both are in the Atlantic.
23: ...Emperor Seamounts]]. Another chain with similar orientation is the [[Tuamotu Archipelago]]; its older,... - Declaratory Act (2406 bytes)
1: ... Indian War]] in America) were fought in the colonies.
9: ...inconsistent with the dependency of the said colonies and plantations upon the crown of Great Britain:...
11: ...of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the crown of ...
13: ...in, to make laws and statutes as aforesaid, is denied, or drawn into question, are, and are hereby dec... - Chile (39914 bytes)
56: ...s name from the Incas and the few survivors of [[Diego de Almagro]]'s first Spanish expedition south f...
61: ...g the coast of what is now Chile. The [[Inca]]s briefly extended their empire into what is now norther...
64: ...ro de Valdivia]], one of [[Francisco Pizarro]]'s lieutenants. Although the Spanish did not find the ex...
66: ...lavery]] in [[1683]] defused tensions on the frontier between the colony and the Mapuche land to the s...
72: ...ilean society preserved the essence of the stratified colonial social structure, which was greatly inf... - American Bison (6740 bytes)
12: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''B. bison'''''}}
16: ...lmost to the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. Its two [[subspecies]] are the '''Plains Bison''' (''Bison bison bis...
30: ...night]]'s ranch in the [[Texas Panhandle]]. A variety of privately-owned herds have also been establi...
33: *The herds formed the basis of the economies of local Plains tribes of Native Americans.
37: ...t current agricultural use of the shortgrass prairie is not [[sustainability|sustainable]], as indicat... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
1: ... time as the publication of ''[[The Origin of Species]]''.]]
2: ...m|British]] [[natural history|naturalist]] who achieved lasting fame as originator of the theory of [[...
4: ... the likely reaction, he confided only in close friends and researched to meet anticipated objections,...
6: ...nature. He continued his research and wrote a series of books on plants and animals, now including ma...
8: ...l recognition of Darwin's pre-eminence, he was buried in [[Westminster Abbey]], close to [[Sir William... - William R. King (5588 bytes)
5: ...arolina]]. He was a member of the State House of Commons from [[1807]] to [[1809]], city solicitor of [[Wi...
7: ...Senate]], and was reelected as a [[Andrew Jackson|Jacksonian]] in [[1822]], [[1828]], [[1834]], and [[...
9: ...e to allegations of significant financial liabilities for royalty fees now owed to Reverend Dr. King's...
11: ...d to his plantation, "King's Bend", Alabama, and died there. He was interred in a vault on his planta...
13: ...anan and King historians. Historian and author [[James W. Loewen]] is one of the theory's better-know... - Squash (fruit) (4665 bytes)
11: ...ivision | color = lightgreen | plural_taxon = Species}}
20: ...o called [[pumpkin]]s and marrows depending on variety or the nationality of the speaker. Squashes are...
24: ...ommonly used to mean only those of the maxima species.)
34: ==Squash species==
35: Four species of the genus ''[[Cucurbita]]'' are called squash... - Commons:Template:Newpagelinksmain (1176 bytes)
5: ...wpagelinksmain|Look for Newpagelinksmain]] in the Commons, our repository for free images, music, sound, an... - Human societies (6587 bytes)
2: A '''society''' is a group of human beings distinguishable f...
6: The casual meaning of ''society'' simply refers to a group of people living tog...
8: ...lation]]ships between [[entity|entities]]. A ''society'' is also sometimes defined as an interdependen...
10: ...rn or interest in a common objective. As such, society is often used as synonymous with the collective...
15: ...o be separate from traditional agricultural societies. - Golden Eagles (3752 bytes)
2: {{Taxobox_image | image = [[Image:Goldie.JPG|Golden Eagle|200px]] | caption =}}
10: {{Taxobox_species_entry | taxon = '''''chrysaetos'''''}}
17: ...rd now is a mountain-dweller, but in former centuries it was also distributed in the plains and the fo...
19: ...forts are also being made to re-introduce the species in [[Ireland]], where they had been extinct sinc...
21: ... Eagle.]]A pair of Golden Eagles build several eyries within their territory. They use them alternatel... - Lemurs (4235 bytes)
11: ...taxon = [[Family (biology)|Superfamilies and Families]]}}
20: ... lemuriform species. The two [[flying lemur]] species are not lemurs, nor are they even primates.
22: ...r]] to the 10 kilogram [[Indri]]. The larger species have all become extinct since humans settled on ...
24: ...ivore]]s, although some species supplement their diet with insects.
26: ...ntly, there are approximately 52 living lemur species. - Stag Beetles (3702 bytes)
19: ...bdivision | color = pink | plural_taxon = Subfamilies}}
28: ... are [[Richmond Park]] and [[Wimbledon and Putney Commons|Wimbledon Common]].
30: ...a cervus. The Stag beetle is predated on by [[magpie]]s, [[badger (animal)|badger]]s, [[fox]]es, [[hed... - Watergate (19196 bytes)
5: ...rgate Hotel]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], noticed a piece of tape on the door between the basement stairw...
7: ...n had broken into the same office three weeks earlier as well, and had returned to fix [[wiretap]]s th...
9: ...residential campaign, most Americans initially believed that no President with Nixon's advantage in th...
11: At his [[arraignment]], burglar McCord identified himself as retired from the [[Central Intelligen...
15: ...reak-in at the office of the psychiatrist of [[Daniel Ellsberg]]. Ellsberg, a former employee of [[The... - Flying shuttle (5068 bytes)
5: ...nd, and pass it through the shed; the shuttle carries a [[bobbin]] for the [[weft]]. The shuttle must ...
8: ...e is generally somewhat heavier, so as have sufficient inertia to carry it all the way through the she...
12: ... with pirns of weft thread, a job that was simplified with the invention of the [[Northrop Loom]], whi...
15: ...gnored. His home attacked, he fled to France and died there in poverty.
17: ...uards and other contrivances to reduce these injuries.
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