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| Gray Wolf The grey wolf or gray wolf (Canis lupus), also known as the timber wolf or simply wolf, is the largest wild member of the Canidae family. It is an ice age survivor originating during the Late Pleistocene around 300,000 years ago. DNA sequencing and genetic drift studies reaffirm that the gray wolf shares a common ancestry with the domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris). Although certain aspects of this conclusion have been questioned, including recently Gray_Wolf | |
| Wolfville, Nova Scotia Wolfville is a small town in the rural Annapolis Valley, Kings County, Nova Scotia, Canada, located about 100 kilometres (62 miles) northwest of the provincial capital, Halifax. As of 2006, the population was 3,772.Wolfville is home to Acadia University, Landmark East School and the Acadia Cinema Cooperative, a non-profit organization that runs the local movie/performance house. Wolfville,_Nova_Scotia | |
| Wole Soyinka Akinwande Oluwole "Wole" Soyinka (born 13 July 1934) is a Nigerian writer, poet and playwright. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, the first African to be so honoured. In 1994, he was designated United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Goodwill Ambassador for the promotion of African culture, human rights, freedom of expression, media and communication. Wole_Soyinka | |
| Winter Olympic Games Winter_Olympic_Games | |
| List of tallest buildings and structures in the world While determining the world's tallest structure has generally been straightforward, the definition of the world's tallest building or the world's tallest tower is less clear. The disputes generally centre on what should be counted as a building or a tower, and what is being measured. List_of_tallest_buildings_and_structures_in_the_world | |
| Yukon Yukon () is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three federal territories. It was named after the Yukon River, Yukon meaning "Great River" in Gwich’in.Created in 1898 as the Yukon Territory, the federal government's most recent update of the Yukon Act in 2003 confirmed "Yukon", rather than "Yukon Territory", as the current usage standard. Yukon | |
| York University York University () is a university located in Toronto, Ontario. It is Canada's third-largest university and has produced several of the country's top leaders across the humanities and in sciences such as chemistry, meteorology and space science.York supports a student population of approximately 60,000 and staff of 7,000, as well as 200,000 alumni worldwide. York_University | |
| Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus Is There a Santa Claus? was the title of an editorial appearing in the September 21, 1897 edition of the New York Sun. The editorial, which included the famous reply "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus", has become an indelible part of popular Christmas lore in the United States and Canada. Yes,_Virginia,_there_is_a_Santa_Claus | |
| Ziad Jarrah An aerospace engineering student, Ziad Samir Jarrah (); (May 11, 1975 pilot of United Airlines Flight 93, part of the September 11 attacks. He is believed to have taken over as the pilot of the aircraft and made an unsuccessful attempt to crash the plane into the U.S. Ziad_Jarrah | |
| 1960s The 1960s term also refers to an era more often called The Sixties, denoting the complex of inter-related cultural and political trends in the west, particularly United States, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Spain, France, United Kingdom, Italy, Australia and West Germany. Social and political upheaval was not limited to these countries, but included such nations as Japan, Mexico, Yugoslavia and others. 1960s | |
| 2008 2008 (MMVIII) was a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini era (or Common Era).2008 was designated as International Year of Planet Earth. International Year of Languages. International Year of the Potato. International Year of Sanitation. Year of the Frog. European Year of Intercultural Dialogue. 2008 | |
| Indigo Books and Music Indigo Books & Music Inc. () (stylized !ndigo) is a Canadian retail bookstore chain. The company was founded in 1996 by CEO Heather Reisman, wife of Gerry Schwartz, majority owner and CEO of Onex Corporation. Indigo_Books_and_Music | |
| Non-Aligned Movement The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) is an international organization of states considering themselves not formally aligned with or against any major power bloc. The movement is largely the brainchild of Gamal Abdul Nasser, former president of Egypt, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Yugoslav president Josip Broz Tito. Non-Aligned_Movement | |
| Magic Johnson Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Jr. (born August 14, 1959) is a retired American professional basketball player who was a point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). After winning championships in high school and college, Johnson was selected first overall in the 1979 NBA Draft by the Lakers. Magic_Johnson | |
| Paclitaxel Talk:Paclitaxel | |
| P. J. O'Rourke Patrick Jake O'Rourke (born November 14, 1947 in Toledo, Ohio) is an American political satirist, journalist, and writer. H. L. Mencken Research Fellow at the Cato Institute and is a regular correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, The American Spectator, and The Weekly Standard, and frequent panelist on National Public Radio's game show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! He is known in the United Kingdom as the face of a long-running series of television advertisements for British Airways in the 1990s. P._J._O'Rourke | |
| Global warming controversy Talk:Global_warming_controversy | |
| Landslide landslide (or landslip) is a geological phenomenon which includes a wide range of ground movement, such as rock falls, deep failure of slopes and shallow debris flows, which can occur in offshore, coastal and onshore environments. Although the action of gravity is the primary driving force for a landslide to occur, there are other contributing factors affecting the original slope stability. Landslide | |
| Denise Richards Denise Lee Richards (born February 17, 1971) Denise_Richards | |
| The Walt Disney Company The_Walt_Disney_Company | |
| Harland Sanders Harland David Sanders, better known as Colonel Sanders, (September 9, 1890 Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC). His image is omnipresent in the chain's advertising and packaging, and his name is sometimes used as a synonym for the KFC product or restaurant itself. Harland_Sanders | |
| West Nile virus West Nile virus (or WNV) is a virus of the family Flaviviridae. Part of the Japanese encephalitis (JE) antigenic complex of viruses, it is found in both tropical and temperate regions. It mainly infects birds, but is known to infect humans, horses, dogs, cats, bats, chipmunks, skunks, squirrels, and domestic rabbits. The main route of human infection is through the bite of an infected mosquito. West_Nile_virus | |
| CH-47 Chinook CH-47_Chinook | |
| Herbie Hancock Herbert Jeffrey "Herbie" Hancock (born April 12, 1940) is a jazz pianist and composer. His music embraces elements of rock and soul while adopting freer stylistic elements from jazz.As part of Miles Davis's "second great quintet", Hancock helped redefine the role of a jazz rhythm section, and was one of the primary architects of the "post-bop" sound. Herbie_Hancock | |
| Governor General of Canada The Governor General of Canada (French Gouverneur général du Canada, or Gouverneure générale du Canada) is the viceregal representative in the federal jurisdiction of the Canadian monarch and head of state, Queen Elizabeth II, who is equally shared with 15 other sovereign nations in a form of personal union, but resides predominantly in her oldest realm, the United Kingdom. Governor_General_of_Canada | |
| Radiohead Radiohead are an English alternative rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire. The band is composed of Thom Yorke (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, piano, beats), Jonny Greenwood (lead guitar, keyboard, other instruments), Ed O'Brien (guitar, backing vocals), Colin Greenwood (bass guitar, synthesizers) and Phil Selway (drums, percussion).Radiohead released their first single, "Creep", in 1992. Radiohead | |
| Cigarette A cigarette (French "small cigar", from cigar + -ette) is a product consumed through smoking and manufactured out of cured and finely cut tobacco leaves and reconstituted tobacco, often combined with other additives, then rolled or stuffed into a paper-wrapped cylinder (generally less than 120smoulder for the purpose of inhalation of its smoke from the other (usually filtered) end, which is inserted in the mouth. Cigarette | |
| Dementia Dementia (meaning "deprived of mind") is the progressive and long-term decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the body beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Although dementia is far more common in the geriatric population, it may occur in any stage of adulthood. Dementia | |
| Mike Tyson Mike_Tyson | |
| La Scala Teatro alla Scala (or La Scala, as it is also known), in Milan, Italy, is one of the world's most famous opera houses. The theatre was inaugurated on 3 August 1778, under the name Nuovo Regio Ducal Teatro alla Scala with Salieri's Europa riconosciuta.La Scala's season traditionally opens on 7 December, Saint Ambrose's Day, the feast day of Milan's patron saint. La_Scala | |
| Chinatown Talk:Chinatown | |
| Extrasolar planet Talk:Extrasolar_planet | |
| Botulinum toxin Botulinum toxin is a medication and a neurotoxic protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. It is the most toxic protein known with an LD50 of roughly 0.005-0.05Botox, BTXA, Dysport, Myobloc, Neurobloc and Xeomin for this purpose. Botox Cosmetic and Vistabel are available for cosmetic treatment. The terms Botox (Cosmetic), Vistabel, Dysport, Myobloc, Neurobloc and Xeomin are trade names and are not used generically to describe the neurotoxins produced by C. botulinum. Botulinum_toxin | |
| Hayley Wickenheiser Hayley Wickenheiser (born August 12, 1978) is a women's ice hockey player for Canada. She was also the first woman to play full time professional hockey at a position other than goalie. Wickenheiser has represented Canada at the Winter Olympics three times, capturing two gold and one silver medals. Hayley_Wickenheiser | |
| Atlantic cod The Atlantic cod, Gadus morhua, is a well-known demersal food fish belonging to the family Gadidae. In the western Atlantic Ocean cod has a distribution north of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, and round both coasts of Greenland; in the eastern Atlantic it is found from the Bay of Biscay north to the Arctic Ocean, including the Baltic Sea, the North Sea, areas around Iceland and the Barents Sea. Atlantic_cod | |
| Elizabeth Taylor Dame Elizabeth Rosemond Taylor, DBE (born 27 February 1932), also known as Liz Taylor, is an English-born American actress. Known for her acting skills and beauty, as well as her Hollywood lifestyle, including many marriages, Taylor is considered one of the great actresses of Hollywood's golden years, as well as a larger-than-life celebrity.The American Film Institute named Taylor seventh among the Greatest Female Stars of All Time. Elizabeth_Taylor | |
| North American Aerospace Defense Command North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD; , )) is a joint organization of Canada and the United States that provides aerospace warning, air sovereignty, and defense for the two countries. It was founded on May 12, 1958 (the effect of the Cold War) as a joint command between the governments of Canada and the United States, as the North American Air Defense Command. North_American_Aerospace_Defense_Command | |
| Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens () are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The team is a member of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League (NHL). The club is officially known as Le Club de Hockey Canadien. Montreal_Canadiens | |
| Buster Keaton Joseph Frank "Buster" Keaton (October 4, 1895 – February 1, 1966) was a prominent American comic actor and filmmaker. Best known for his silent films, his trademark was physical comedy with a consistently stoic, deadpan expression, earning him the nickname "The Great Stone Face".Keaton's career as a performer and director is widely considered to be among the most innovative and important work in the history of cinema. Buster_Keaton | |
| NoCGV Svalbard NoCGV_Svalbard | |
| East India Company The East India Company (also the East India Trading Company, English East India Company, and then the British East India Company) was an early English joint-stock company that was formed initially for pursuing trade with the East Indies, but that ended up trading with the Indian subcontinent and China. East_India_Company | |
| Tiger Woods Eldrick Tont "Tiger" Woods (born December 30, 1975) is an American professional golfer whose achievements to date rank him among the most successful golfers of all time. Currently the World No. 1, he was the highest-paid professional athlete in 2008, having earned an estimated $110 million from winnings and endorsements.Woods has won fourteen professional major golf championships, the second highest of any male player, and 67 PGA Tour events, third all time. Tiger_Woods | |
| Violence against LGBT people Violence against LGBT people, queer identifying and the same-sex attracted are actions which may occur either at the hands of individuals or groups, or as part of governmental enforcement of laws targeting people who are perceived to violate heteronormative rules and who contravene protocols of gender roles. Violence_against_LGBT_people | |
| Metric system metric system is an international decimalised system of measurement, first adopted by France in 1791, that is the common system of measuring units used by most of the world. It exists in several variations, with different choices of fundamental units, though the choice of base units does not affect its day-to-day use. Metric_system | |
| Steven Pinker Steven Arthur Pinker (born September 18, 1954 in Montreal, Quebec) is a prominent Canadian-American experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, and author of popular science. Pinker is known for his wide-ranging advocacy of evolutionary psychology and the computational theory of mind.Pinker’s academic specializations are visual cognition and language development in children, and he is most famous for popularizing the idea that language is an "instinct" or biological adaptation shaped by natural selection. Steven_Pinker | |
| List of National Parks of Canada list of National Parks of Canada. Canadian National Parks preserve both spectacular and representative areas of the country, located in every one of the nation's 13 provinces and territories. The goal of the national park service is to create a system of protected areas which represent all the distinct natural regions of the country. List_of_National_Parks_of_Canada | |
| Sacha Baron Cohen Sacha Noam Baron Cohen (born 13 October 1971) is an English comedian, writer, and Golden Globe-winning actor most noted for his comic characters Ali G (an inner city youth chav from suburban Staines), Borat Sagdiyev (a Kazakh reporter), and Bruno (a flamboyantly gay Austrian fashion reporter). Sacha_Baron_Cohen | |
| Jane Goodall Dame Jane Goodall, DBE (born Valerie Jane Morris Goodall on 3 April 1934) is an English UN Messenger of Peace, primatologist, ethologist, and anthropologist. She is well-known for her 45-year study of chimpanzee social and family interactions in Gombe Stream National Park, Tanzania, and for founding the Jane Goodall Institute. Jane_Goodall | |
| Refugee A refugee is a person who flees to escape conflict, persecution or natural disaster. Owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion, is outside the country of their nationality, and is unable to or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail him/herself of the protection of that country. Refugee | |
| Swastika The swastika (from Sanskrit 'equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in either right-facing () form or its mirrored left-facing () form. Archaeological evidence of swastika-shaped ornaments dates from the Neolithic period. It occurs mainly in the modern day culture of India, sometimes as a geometrical motif and sometimes as a religious symbol. It remains widely used in Eastern religions / Dharmic religion such as Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism. Swastika |
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