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  1. Actinium (7046 bytes)
    110: | <sup>221</sup>[[francium|Fr]]
    119: | &alpha; || 5.536 || <sup>222</sup>[[francium|Fr]]
    125: | &alpha; || 5.042 || <sup>223</sup>[[francium|Fr]]
    141: ...ho separated it from [[uraninite|pitchblende]]. [[Friedrich Otto Giesel]] independently discovered act...
    143: The word actinium comes from the Greek ''aktis, aktinos'', meaning beam or r...
  2. Music (16462 bytes)
    20: ...ere exist solo vocal and instrumental genres with free, improvisational rhythms with no regular pulse;...
    38: ...lude a mixture of both, and performance may range from improvised solo playing for one's enjoyment to ...
    43: ... is produced as [[sheet music]]. To perform music from notation requires an understanding of both the ...
    49: ...nventions and even "fully composed" includes some freely chosen material. See also, [[precompositional...
    51: ...may create musical sounds, examples of this range from wind chimes, through computer programs which se...
  3. Canada (35540 bytes)
    3: ...e of the many "main" articles about Canada linked from this article, e.g., [[Politics of Canada]], [[G...
    10: ...[English language|English]] and [[French language|French]]. Its [[Statistics Canada|official]] populat...
    17: ...ions]], the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], and [[La Francophonie]]. Canada is officially [[Bilingualism ...
    18: * [[Canadian French|French]] is the majority language of [[Quebec]] and ...
    46: ...t|[[New Brunswick]]||[[Fredericton, New Brunswick|Fredericton]]
  4. Madagascar (29377 bytes)
    2: ...the [[Indian Ocean]], off the eastern coast of [[Africa]]. Madagascar is the [[List of islands by siz...
    13: ...[[Malagasy language|Malagasy]], [[French language|French]] |
    38: established_dates = From [[France]] <br> [[26 June]], [[1960]] |
    53: ...] established trading posts along the east coast. From about [[1774]] to [[1824]], it was a favorite h...
    57: ...ion of spheres of influence in the area. Absolute French control over Madagascar was established by mi...
  5. Kyrgyzstan (23226 bytes)
    37: established_dates = From the [[Soviet Union]]<br> [[31 August]] [[1991]]...
    52: ...led along the [[Yenisey River]], where they lived from the [[6th century|6th]] until the [[8th century...
    56: ...mid-[[1920s]] by the Russians to distinguish them from the Kazakhs, who were also referred to as Kirgh...
    58: ...[Joseph Stalin]], who controlled the Soviet Union from the late 1920's until [[1953]].
    62: ...eks form a majority of the population. Violent confrontations ensued, and a state of emergency and cur...
  6. Republic of the Congo (9324 bytes)
    7: ...= Unit鬠Travail, Progres <br> ([[French language|French]]: Unity, Work, Progress) |
    10: official_languages = [[French language|French]] |
    35: established_dates = From [[France]] <br> [[15 August]], [[1960]] |
    36: currency = [[CFA franc]] |
    47: ...inea]]. Upon independence in [[1960]], the former French region of Middle Congo became the Republic of...
  7. Botswana (22276 bytes)
    1: ...Economic system|economy]], closely tied to South Africa's, is dominated by [[cattle]] raising and [[mi...
    37: | From [[United Kingdom|UK]]<br />[[September 30]], [[...
    56: ...h Africa]]), which came into the area from South Africa during the Zulu wars of the early 1800s. Prior...
    58: ...[[Setswana]]-speaking people today live in South Africa.
    60: ...4 regularized tribal rule and powers. A European-African advisory council was formed in 1951, and the ...
  8. Democratic Republic of the Congo (21095 bytes)
    1: ...ocidal]] [[Second Congo War]] (known also as the African World War), the deadliest conflict since [[Wo...
    16: official_languages = [[French language|French]] |
    41: established_dates = From [[Belgium]] <br> [[June 30]], [[1960]] |
    42: currency = [[Congolese franc]] |
    50: ...on regression; other PPP figures are extrapolated from the latest International Comparison Programme b...
  9. Nebraska (13662 bytes)
    36: ... of the [[United States]], Nebraska gets its name from a [[Native American]] ([[Otoe tribe|Oto]]) word...
    44: ... Act|homesteader]]s poured into Nebraska to claim free land granted by the federal government.
    47: ...Civil War]]. At that time, the capital was moved from [[Omaha, Nebraska|Omaha]] to Lancaster, later r...
    55: ...al flight"'' as it is called has led to offers of free land and tax breaks as enticements to newcomers...
    59: <i>See: [[U.S. Congressional Delegations from Nebraska|List of Congressmen]] and [[List of Go...
  10. Uranus (15207 bytes)
    145: ..., or "YOOR-&#601;-nus") is the seventh [[planet]] from the [[Sun]]. It is a [[gas giant]], the third l...
    157: ... regions of Uranus receive a greater energy input from the Sun than its equatorial regions. Uranus is ...
    172: ...rgium Sidus'' or "the Georgian" were still used infrequently (by the British alone) thereafter. The fi...
    179: ...nditions. It can be easily found with binoculars. From Earth it has a diameter of 4". Even in large te...
    206: ... they found that the star had disappeared briefly from view five times both before and after it disapp...
  11. Neptune (planet) (18545 bytes)
    4: ...color="black" | [[image:neptune.jpg|250px|Neptune from Voyager 2]]<br><small><font color="white">Click...
    9: ...rrier]]<br> [[John Couch Adams]]<br> [[Johann Gottfried Galle|Johann Galle]]
    136: ...orbit]], Neptune is sometimes the furthest planet from the [[Sun]]. Neptune is named after the [[Neptu...
    142: Orbiting so far from the sun, Neptune receives very little heat. Its...
    146: ...set at least 0.55 radii (about 13,500 kilometers) from the planet's physical center. Comparing the mag...
  12. Elbow-joint (10539 bytes)
    2: ...medially and laterally, and, to a less extent, in front and behind. These thickened portions are usual...
    14: ... right angles. This ligament is in relation, in ''front,'' with the [[Brachialis]], except at its most...
    17: ...t are a few scattered fibrous bundles, which pass from the deep surface of the transverse band to the ...
    21: ...these two bands a few intermediate fibers descend from the medial epicondyle to blend with a ''transve...
    28: ...synovial membrane]] is very extensive. It extends from the margin of the articular surface of the hume...
  13. Mount Kenya (2621 bytes)
    19: ...tain]] in [[Kenya]], and the second-highest in [[Africa]] (after [[Mount Kilimanjaro]]). The highest p...
    29: On [[July 21]] [[2003]], a South African registered aircraft, carrying 12 passengers a...
  14. Michel de Montaigne (5245 bytes)
    2: ...ember 13]], [[1592]]) was an influential [[France|French]] [[Renaissance]] writer, generally consider...
    6: ...Bordeaux]]. His mother, Antoniette de Lopez, came from a Spanish Jewish family, but was herself raised...
    8: ...g at the Bordeaux Parlement, he became very close friends with the humanist writer [[&Eacute;tienne de...
    16: ...ce, respected both by the Catholic [[Henry III of France|King Henry III]] and the Protestant [[Henry o...
    18: ...one]]s. From 1580 to 1581, Montaigne travelled in France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy, par...
  15. Bottlenose Dolphin (16802 bytes)
    19: ...t the underside. This makes them hard to see both from above and below when swimming. The elongated up...
    21: ... length from 2 to 4m (6 to 13 feet) and in weight from 150 to 650kg (330 to 1430 pounds) with males be...
    23: ...y)|homologous]] to the forelimbs of land mammals (from which dolphins and all other [[cetacea]]ns evol...
    33: ...nded them for forty minutes, preventing an attack from the shark, as they returned to shore. (See [6]...
    43: ... sounds are emitted in a focused beam towards the front of the animal. They have two small ear opening...
  16. Salt Lake City, Utah (41550 bytes)
    4: ...nearby [[Great Salt Lake]], the city is separated from the lake's shore by [[marsh]]es and [[mudflat]]...
    15: ...an isolated area to practice their religion, away from the persecution they had faced in the East. Upo...
    22: ...Salt Lake]]. A railroad was connected to the city from the Transcontinental Railroad in [[1870]] makin...
    24: ...bating inner-city decay. The city lost population from the [[1960s]] through the [[1980s]], but recove...
    31: ...jor construction projects were initiated. Local [[freeway]]s were expanded and repaired and a [[light ...
  17. History of Slovakia (43199 bytes)
    5: The oldest surviving archeological artifacts from Slovakia have been carbon dated to 270,000 BCE,...
    7: Other stone tools from the [[Middle Palaeolithic|Middle Paleolithic Er...
    9: ... Pie&#353;tany. Numerous necklaces made of shells from Cypraca thermophile [[Gastropoda|gastropods]] o...
    11: From an archeological standpoint, the discovery of d...
    13: ... years by the same tribes who created the pottery from the Massif Bukové ¨ory.
  18. Sword (24928 bytes)
    2: ...h German]] ''Schwert'', literally "wounding tool" from a [[Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-Eu...
    8: [[Image:Sword of Gou Jian.jpg|frame|[[Sword of Gou Jian]] as seen on a Chinese hig...
    10: ...opotamia]]. Swords from the [[Nordic Bronze Age]] from ca. [[1400 BC]] show characteristic spiral patt...
    11: Sword production in [[China]] is attested from the Bronze Age [[Shang Dynasty]].
    14: [[Iron]] swords became increasingly common from the [[13th century BC]]. The [[Hittites]], the...
  19. Americium (6956 bytes)
    123: ...t slowly tarnishes in dry air. [[Alpha emission]] from Am-241 is approximately three times [[radium]]....
    132: ... isotopes of americium range in [[atomic weight]] from 231.046 [[atomic mass unit|amu]] (Am-231) to 24...
  20. Antimony (9093 bytes)
    133: ...ndance of antimony in the [[Earth]]'s crust range from 0.2 to 0.5 [[part per million|ppm]]. Antimony ...
    136: ...r]] industry in the production of [[diode]]s, [[infrared]] detectors, and [[Hall effect|Hall-effect]] ...
    138: *antifriction alloys,
    144: *plumbing ("lead-free" solder contains 5% Sb)
    148: ...t was thought never to exist in its pure form, or from the Arabian expression "Antos Ammon", which cou...

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