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- Hand (6764 bytes)
4: ...limb]] of a [[human]] or other [[primate]], at where the [[appendage]] terminates. This part of the li...
7: ...alian order of [[primates]]. Hands must also feature [[opposable thumb]]s, as described later in the t...
9: == Structure of the hand ==
10: ... (metacarpus) with five digits, attached to the forearm by a joint called the wrist (carpus).
14: ...s allows for the holding of objects, and furthermore the grasping of small objects. Each finger, star... - Finger (2398 bytes)
3: ...ue to the placement of their [[muscle]]s in the fore[[arm]], with motion communicated via long [[tendo...
5: ...ngers have three. The fingers' names in English are shown below, from the most [[radius (bone)|radial...
8: # [[index finger]], pointer finger, or forefinger
15: Relative to much of the [[skin]] of the [[human body...
17: ...]]. Additionally, prehension is enhanced by the presence of the ridges and whorls known as [[fingerpr... - Niccolo Machiavelli (11084 bytes)
1: ...px|Machiavelli, ca [[1500]], in the robes of a Florentine public official]]
3: ...ry]], crucial to European statecraft during the [[Renaissance]].
7: [[Image:Firenze.PalVecchio.Machiavelli.JPG|thumb|200px|Bust of...
8: ...o an impoverished branch of an influential old Florentine family.
10: ...tions of [[Pope Alexander VI]] and his son, [[Cesare Borgia]], and these characters fill a large space... - Giordano Bruno (15356 bytes)
3: ...popularly regarded as a martyr to the cause of [[freedom of thought]] because his ideas went against c...
9: ... to the earliest days of ancient [[Egypt]]. They are now believed to date mostly from about [[300]] A....
10: ...are the four [[classical element]]s: earth, air fire, water]]
11: ...ideas of [[Copernicus]] and by the newly rediscovered ideas of [[Plato]]. Other influences included [[...
13: ...as [[excommunication|excommunicated]] for his adherence to [[Copernicus|Copernicanism]] and forced to ... - El Salvador (12362 bytes)
1: '''Republic of El Salvador''' ([[Spanish language|Spani...
3: |+<big><big>'''Rep?a de El Salvador'''</big></big>
30: | '''[[President of El Salvador|President]]'''
33: | '''[[Area]]'''<br /> - Total <br /> - % water</t...
34: ...area|Ranked 149th]] <br /> 21,040 [[square kilometre|km²]] <br /> 1.5% - Archery (18991 bytes)
3: ...een used in hunting and combat, and has become a precision sport.
9: ... are held by Korea. It should be noted that the Koreans stick primarily to outdoor competition, partic...
11: ...on Internationale de Tir рам'Arc). Olympic rules are derived from FITA rules.
15: ...ay be held indoors or outdoors. Indoor distances are 18 m and 25 m. Outdoor distances range ...
17: ...ompetitors must wait for the command to shoot and retrieve. - Auto racing (15302 bytes)
6: ...ganized by Paris magazine [[Le Petit Journal]], a reliability test to determine best performance.
8: ...e was disqualified because his car was not a required four-seater.
12: ...nk Duryea]] winning in 10 h and 23 min, beating three petrol-fuelled cars and two electric. The first ...
16: ...truction and racing dominated by [[France]], the French automobile club ACF staged a number of major ...
18: ...e Paris-Madrid race. Eight fatalities caused the French government to stop the race in [[Bordeaux]] an... - Chicago Cubs (25972 bytes)
2: ...ague Baseball]] team based in [[Chicago]]. They are in the Central Division of the [[National League]...
5: ...[[1902]] when manager [[Frank Selee]] arrived and rebuilt the club with young, inexperienced players. ...
6: ...allpark:''' [[Wrigley Field]], 1060 W. Addison Street, Chicago, IL 60613-4397.
7: :'''Uniform colors:''' Blue and red
8: :'''Logo design:''' A red "C" circumscribed by a blue circle. Sometimes a... - Architect (6342 bytes)
4: ...eeing the [[construction]] of [[buildings]], or more generally, the designer of a scheme or plan.
6: ...ional]]s, with requirements for practice varying greatly from place to place (see below).
8: ...re. Other awards for excellence in architecture are given by the [[American Institute of Architects]]...
9: ... Architect, which has a legal definition in most areas.-->
11: ...the [[construction industry]] are prohibited from referring to themselves as architects in most countr... - Sodalite (4894 bytes)
15: | Colour || Rich royal blue, green, yellow, violet, white veining common
17: | [[Crystal habit]] || Massive; rarely dodecahedrons
19: | [[Crystal structure|Crystal system]] || [[Cubic (crystal system)|Cubi...
21: ...eavage (crystal)|Cleavage]]|| Dodecahedral (six directions), poor
23: | [[Fracture]]|| Conchoidal to uneven - brittle - Nutrition (42689 bytes)
1: ...hed in [[2005]], is a general nutrition guide for recommended [[food]] consumption.]]
2: '''Nutrition''' is a science which studies the relationship between [[diet (nutrition)|diet]] and s...
4: ... excessive ingestion of elements that have no apparent role in health, (e.g. [[lead]], [[mercury (elem...
10: ...ice is eliminated by this process; the intestines reabsorb most of it; otherwise
14: ...e in which all food and ingestion must be exactly regulated and all waste must be analyzed. The number... - Erasmus (18332 bytes)
1: [[Image:erasmus.jpg|thumbnail|Erasmus. Picture provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classro...
6: ...ite being illegitimate, he was cared for by his parents till their early death from the [[plague]] in ...
8: ...of Divinity]], and had the option of spending the rest of his life as an English [[professor]]. He sta...
10: ... of the time at the publishing house of [[Aldine Press|Aldus Manutius]] at [[Venice]], but apart from ...
12: ...roben]], and to him came the multitude of his admirers from all quarters of Europe. - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
14: area_magnitude = 1 E8 |
15: area_total = 231.9 mi² / 600.7 |
16: area_land = 46.7 mi² / 121.o |
17: area_water = 185.2 mi² / 479.7 |
19: ...tion_note = 7,533,384 ([[metropolitan area|metro area]]) | - Earth's atmosphere (10093 bytes)
1: ...] solar [[radiation]] and reducing temperature extremes between [[day]] and [[night]].
5: ...o frequently used as the boundary between atmosphere and space.
7: ==Temperature and the atmospheric layers==
8: ... temperature and altitude varies between the different atmospheric layers:
10: ...g on latitude and weather factors, temperature decreasing with height. - Ionosphere (19365 bytes)
1: ...ractical importance because it influences [[high-frequency]] (HF) (3–30[[MHz]]) [[radio propagat...
2: ...|350px|Relationship of the atmosphere and ionosphere]]
6: ...ach other by the electromagnetic force, but they are too energetic to stay fixed together in an electr...
8: ...wo processes determines the degree of ionization present at any given time.
10: ...f charged particles into the [[solar wind]] which reaches the Earth and interacts with its [[geomagnet... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
2: ...e]], an accomplishment whose direct consequences are visible to this day.
4: ...n Republic]] and the beginning of the [[Roman Empire]] under Caesar's grand-nephew and adopted son, [[...
6: ...ommentarii'')]], and many details of his life are recorded by later historians such as [[Suetonius]], ...
9: ...several languages, including [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] and [[Gaul|Gallic]] dialects.
11: ... married [[Gaius Marius]], a talented general and reformer of the Roman army. Marius became one of the... - Film speed (5065 bytes)
1: ...ity can shoot the same scene with a shorter exposure and is called a ''fast film''.
6: ...lm speed. In the ISO logarithmic scale, which corresponds to the older '''[[DIN]]''' scale, doubling ...
8: ..., 1600/33°, and 3200/36°. Consumer films are generally rated between 100/21° and 800/30&de...
10: The following table shows the correspondence between these scales:
145: ...ic scale by this formula (plus rounding to the nearest integer): - Albany, New York (8184 bytes)
1: ...ilding of its time. Three teams of architects labored on it.]]
5: ...rk City]], and slightly to the south of the juncture of the [[Mohawk River|Mohawk]] and [[Hudson Rive...
20: ... = 56.6 [[square kilometer|km²]] (21.8 [[square mile|mi²]]) |
21: area water = 1.2 km² (0.5 mi²) |
22: area percentage = 2.15%| - Russia (28007 bytes)
2: ...,600 mi²), it is the [[List of countries by area|largest]] country in the world, covering almost ...
4: ...s called the [[Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic]] (RSFSR).
6: ...power]]s, lay in Russia. Consequently, after the breakup of the USSR, Russia again vied for an influen...
13: ...lands through the eighth century. They in turn were displaced by a group of Scandinavians, the [[Var...
15: ...d to the Varangians and the Slavs who peopled the region. In the [[10th century|10th]] to [[11th centu... - Economy of Russia (68844 bytes)
2: ...heir process of economic transition two years before [[Russia]] and have provided some insight into th...
7: ...ply systems hinder efficient utilization of those resources.
9: ... economy. Economic policy was made according to directives from the [[Communist Party of the Soviet Un...
11: ...d planning periods. Regional planning bodies then refined these targets for economic units such as sta...
13: ... economic units in their respective geographical areas.
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