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Featured article: April 26, 2006

Hong Kong action cinema is the principal source of the Hong Kong film industry's global fame. It combines elements from the action movie, as codified by Hollywood, with Chinese storytelling and aesthetic traditions, to create a culturally distinctive form that nevertheless has a wide transcultural appeal. In recent years, the flow has reversed somewhat, with American and European action films being heavily influenced by Hong Kong genre conventions. The first Hong Kong action films favoured the wuxia style, emphasizing mysticism and swordplay, but this trend was politically suppressed in the 1930s and replaced by styles in which films depicted more down-to-earth unarmed kung fu. The 1970s saw the rise and sudden death of international superstar Bruce Lee. He was followed in the 1980s by Jackie Chan—who popularised the use of comedy, dangerous stunts, and modern urban settings in action films—and Jet Li, whose authentic wushu skills appealed to both eastern and western audiences. The innovative work of directors and producers like Tsui Hark and John Woo introduced further variety (for example, gunplay, triads and the supernatural). An exodus by many leading figures to Hollywood in the 1990s coincided with a downturn in the industry. (continued...)

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An animated 3D image showing how a zipper slider works. The slider, which is operated by hand, moves along the rows of teeth. Inside the slider is a Y-shaped channel that meshes together, or separates, the opposing rows of teeth, depending on its direction of travel. The zipper, originally called a "hookless fastener", was invented in 1913 by Gideon Sundback. "Zipper" was originally a trademark of the B.F. Goodrich Company for the line of rubber overshoes that it made using the fastener, but the term became associated with the fastener and acquired generic status.

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Featured list: List of Canadian provinces and territories by population

This is a list of Canadian provinces and territories by population, based on Statistics Canada estimates as of January 1, 2010.^[1]

Canada has ten provinces and three territories. The three territories of Nunavut, Yukon, and Northwest Territories account for over a third of Canada's area but have very few people, negatively skewing the national population density value. Canada's population is concentrated in the areas close to the U.S. border. As a result, most Canadians live in areas^[vague] with densities higher than the national average of 3.68 persons per square kilometre.Percentage of total national population is given to the nearest tenth of a percent. Land area statistics exclude freshwater area and are current as of April 1, 2007. Population density is given to two decimal places in persons per square kilometre (except for the territories, whose population density is given to three decimal places).

Rank	Name and flag	Abbreviation	Population	Percentage of national pop.	Land area (km²)	Population density (/km²)	Seats in House of Commons	Percentage of Seats in House of Commons
1	Ontario	ON	&0000000013134455.00000013,134,455	38.7%	&0000000000917741.000000917,741	14.29	106	34.4%
2	Quebec	QC	&0000000007870026.0000007,870,026	23.4%	&0000000001365128.0000001,365,128	5.76	75	24.4%
3	British Columbia	BC	&0000000004494232.0000004,494,232	13.3%	&0000000000925186.000000925,186	4.84	36	11.7%
4	Alberta	AB	&0000000003711845.0000003,711,845	10.9%	&0000000000642317.000000642,317	5.76	28	9.1%
5	Manitoba	MB	&0000000001228984.0000001,228,984	3.7%	&0000000000553556.000000553,556	2.21	14	4.5%

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Featured topic: Battlecruisers of Germany

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Battlecruisers of Germany

SMS Von der Tann

Moltke class battlecruisers

SMS Moltke

SMS Goeben

SMS Seydlitz

Derfflinger class battlecruisers

SMS Derfflinger

SMS Lützow

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Mackensen class battlecruisers

Ersatz Yorck class battlecruisers

O class battlecruisers

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