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- David Livingstone (4684 bytes)
3: ...to the popular quotation, "''Dr. Livingstone, I presume.''"
8: ...r a brief time at his insistence and over the protests of the Moffats – although she was pregnan...
12: ...stone was a proponent of trade and missions to be established in central Africa.
14: ...o publish a book on his travels. At this time he resigned from the missionary society to which he belo...
16: ==Zambesi Expedition== - Aimee Semple McPherson (13395 bytes)
1: ...;width:200px;margin-left:5px"><center>[[Image:AimeeSempleMcPherson.jpeg|150px|Photograph of McPherson]...
7: ...n hired to nurse his wife during her terminal illness. (The age difference had caused a scandal in the...
9: ...ple who worked with the [[Salvation Army]]. As a result, Aimee was raised in an atmosphere of strong [...
11: ...;margin-right:5px;text-align:center">[[Image:Semples.jpeg]]<small><br>Robert and Aimee Semple, 1910</s...
13: ... 17, after which she returned to the [[United States]]. - Mother Teresa (22682 bytes)
1: ...-teresa-03.jpg|thumb|Mother Teresa was born '''Agnes Gonxhe Bojaxhiu''']]
2: ...e at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Mother-teresa-03.jpg for rationale -->
4: ...Catholic]] [[nun]] and founder of the [[Missionaries of Charity]] whose work among the [[poverty|poor]...
6: ...], hence she may be properly called '''Blessed Teresa''' by [[Catholic]]s.
9: ...r parents had three children, and Teresa was youngest. The family was ethnically [[Albania|Albanian]].... - Katharine Hepburn (23170 bytes)
2: ... Film Institute]] ranked Hepburn the greatest actress of all time.
5: ...heir parents' encouragement, were unafraid of expressing their frank views on various topics, includin...
7: ...zed for her athletic physicality — she fearlessly performed her own pratfalls in films such as '...
10: ...adway]] after landing a bit part in ''[[Night Hostess]]''.
12: ...nds. They divorced in [[1934]] after Hepburn was established as a film star. - Spleen (4479 bytes)
1: ...een, or in the treatment of certain [[blood diseases]] ([[haemorrhagic purpura]], [[familial jaundice]...
3: ...lar lymphoid sheaths, rich in [[T cell|T-lymphocytes]].
5: ...ccurs in many diseases and disorders, including [[malaria]], [[bacterial endocarditis]], [[leukaemia]], [[p...
7: ...ons in the spleen during repeated sickle-cell crises.
9: ...etes have tried [[doping (sport)|doping]] themselves with their own stored red blood cells to try to a... - Parasite (2795 bytes)
1: ... of symbiosis excludes parasitism, since it requires that the host benefit from the interaction as wel...
3: Parasites are generally smaller than their hosts, absorbing...
4: ...ntees the death of the host are not called parasites, but are [[parasitoid]]s.
5: ...selves parasites. These are called '''hyperparasites'''.
9: == Examples == - United Nations (29685 bytes)
1: ...more information, see [[United Nations member states]].
3: ...l these obligations. The General Assembly determines admission upon recommendation of the Security Cou...
5: ...ions]], which committed the Allies to the principles of the [[Atlantic Charter]] and pledged them not ...
12: *[[UN Trusteeship Council]]
18: ''Main articles: [[League of Nations]] and [[History of the Unite... - Sub-Saharan Africa (3920 bytes)
1: ...this term would exclude [[South Africa]], which lies outside the [[Tropics]].
3: ...ally due to the effect of endemic diseases like [[Malaria]]. While the coasts received visits by traders, m...
5: ... it contains many of the [[least developed countries]]. (See ''[[Economy of Africa]]''.)
7: ...cording to this classification scheme, the countries of sub-Saharan Africa are:
22: * [[Seychelles]] - Solomon Islands (9265 bytes)
1: ...gether cover a land mass of 28,000 square kilometres.
35: |[[List of countries by area|Ranked 140th]] <br>28,450 [[square kilome...
37: |'''[[Population]]''' <br> - Total 2004 (est based on 1999 census) <br> - [[Population d...
38: |[[List of countries by population|Ranked 160th]]<br> 470,000<br> 17/k...
55: |'''[[List_of_country_calling_codes|Calling Code]]''' - California (63989 bytes)
11: ...tCity = [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] |
22: PCForest = 35 |
23: PCDesert = 25 |
25: 2004Pop(est) = 35,893,799 |
37: HighestElev = 4421 | - Alexander the Great (42049 bytes)
4: ... ([[336 BC]]-[[323 BC]]), was one of the most successful military commanders of the ancient world. He ...
6: ...ng legendary [[hero]] in the tradition of [[Achilles]].
9: ...n rhetoric and literature and stimulated his interest in science, medicine, and philosophy.
11: ...om [[Aeacus]] through [[Neoptolemus]] and [[Achilles]].
14: ...d been bragging to the rest of the Greek city states how he managed to have Philip assassinated. - Evolution (27661 bytes)
1: [[Image:Charles Darwin.jpg|right|frame|[[Charles Darwin]], father of the theory of evolution by [[...
3: ...enerations, including the emergence of new [[species]]. Since the development of modern [[genetics]] i...
4: ...on'' is used more generally to refer to any [[process]] of change over time.
6: ... [[natural selection]], [[genetic drift]] or changes in population structure ([[gene flow]]).
8: ...hare a common ancestor. It also is often used to describe the mechanisms through which evolution acts ... - List of common diseases (5000 bytes)
1: ...list of rare diseases]], nor is it a [[Mental illness (alphabetical_list)|list of mental disorders]].
3: ... common use for the same disease, all of those names should link to the main article for the disease.
5: ...ources in the Wikipedia, and public domain resources.
7: * Please add more common diseases to this list.
8: ...is list, and add them to the [[list of rare diseases]] if they are not already listed there. - Extinction (15793 bytes)
2: ...years of its first appearance, although some species survive virtually unchanged for hundreds of milli...
4: ... or none that are able to survive the parent species' extinction.
6: ...y]]. The ''Eohippus'' itself is no more, but its descendants live on. It is therefore said to be pseud...
8: ...ns attempt to preserve recognized endangered species through a variety of [[conservation]] programs.
10: Species which are not extinct are termed ''extant''. - Jefferson Davis (14427 bytes)
2: [[Image:President-Jefferson-Davis.jpg|thumb|'''Jefferson Davis...
3: ...Naming the American Civil War|War Between the States]]).
6: ...[public servant]]. His father, along with his uncles, had served in the [[Continental Army]] during th...
8: During Davis's youth, his family moved several times, in [[1811]] to [[St. Mary Parish, Louisiana]], a...
10: ...ered the [[United States Military Academy]] at [[West Point, New York]] as a [[cadet]]. - James Cook (14770 bytes)
1: ...scookportrait.jpg|thumb|250px|British explorer James Cook, portrait by Nathaniel Dance, c. 1775, Natio...
3: ... the [[Pacific Ocean]], in which its main shorelines were mapped. Cook was also a [[cartographer|map m...
7: ...ook was one of five children born to Grace and James, Sr., who worked as a day laborer on a farm. As...
8: ... the [[Seven Years War]] to start again at the lowest level in the British [[Royal Navy]].
10: [[Image:Nfld chartofcook.jpg|thumb|200px|James Cook's 1775 Chart of Newfoundland]] - Atlanta, Georgia (39442 bytes)
22: ...ulation growth, and commercial development. As a result, Atlanta is a common case study for college st...
24: ...lroad hub. It was largely destroyed by Union forces during the [[American Civil War|Civil War]], but ...
26: ...of the city's nicknames, "The Phoenix City", relates to its rise after the Civil War. The [[phoenix]]...
28: ...rounding suburbs. This has given rise to calling residents inside the "Perimeter" (local parlance for ...
31: ...ive American|Indian]] territory. After these tribes were deported along the [[Trail of Tears]] to [[O... - Mosquito (10897 bytes)
1: {{Taxobox_begin | color = pink | name = Mosquitoes}}<br />{{StatusSecure}}
2: ...pg|200px|Anopheles gambiae]] | caption = ''Anopheles gambiae''}}
15: ...nbsp;[[km/h]] (0.9 to 1.6 [[mph]]). Mosquitoes have been around for 170 million years.
17: ...', ''[[Ochlerotatus]]'', ''[[Aedes]]'', ''[[Sabethes]]'', ''[[Wyeomyia]]'', ''[[Culiseta]]'', and ''[[...
19: ...1583]]. Before then, they were called "biting flies" in [[English_language|English]], but the term "m... - Genetic code (15677 bytes)
2: ...he process of [[protein biosynthesis|protein synthesis]]. Nearly all living things use the same genet...
4: ==Genome expression==
6: ... [[RNA]], which is better suited for protein synthesis. This in turn is [[translation (genetics)|trans...
8: ...ist of two aromatic rings . The [[pyrimidine]] bases [[cytosine]] ('''C''') and [[thymine]] ('''T''') ...
10: ...nce of nucleotide bases, but there [[thymine]] takes the place of uracil.) - Global warming (53726 bytes)
1: ...g|thumb|250px|right|Global mean surface temperatures 1856-2004]]
3: ...alists and politicians, but by only a minority of established scientists.
5: ...es]] predict that even if levels of greenhouse gases and solar activity were to remain constant, the g...
7: ... [[agricultural]] yields or in extreme circumstances, cause [[mass extinction]].
11: ...pogenic climate change" is used to indicate the presumption of human influence.
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