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With major shifts in cannabis legalization, it is no surprise that there has been pushback from groups around the country. The most common reason for opposing cannabis legalization (both recreationally and medicinally) is that youth populations will be severely impacted due to increased exposure to a drug they should n... | 33,553 |
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|Playing a Trick On the Moon
A Snoqualmie Legend
Long ago, Snoqualm, or Moon, was chief of the heavens. One day he said to
spider, "Make a rope of cedar bark and stretch it from the earth to the sky."
Soon Fox and Blue Jay found the rope and climbed it. Late at night they came ... | 9,427 |
What kind of private meerkat business takes place below the ground in their tunnels and dens — places that have never been observed firsthand by humans?
What does a fish-hunting ocean dive look like to a penguin, and what's a chimpanzee’s view from the treetops?
These and other questions about the previously unknown ha... | 199 |
Much of the Coastal Forests of Eastern Africa Biodiversity Hotspot's original forests have been lost to agricultural conversion and urbanization; only about 10 percent of the original vegetation remains in pristine condition. The remaining habitat is limited to more than 400 patches of lowland forest, covering about 6,... | 12,447 |
What is the definition of
[ noun ]
(chemistry) gene that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical
"the recessive gene for blue eyes"
To share this definition
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Uterine Fibroids are the most common non cancerous tumors in women of child bearing age. These uterine fibroids are also called Uterine Leiomyomas or even myomas. Contrary to common fears, they do not normally convert into cancer. Uterine fibroids may be single in number or multiple. Most of the women don’t come to kno... | 42,724 |
Importance of Co-Curricular Activities
Looking at the list of various types of activities, the question will arise in your mind is how do these activities help us in achieving the objectives of education. Also what is the need and importance of these activities? Let us first discuss the advantages. Curricular activitie... | 10,822 |
St. Zoe with her husband and sons
Holy Martyr Zoë was the wife of St. Hesperus. They suffered in the second century during the persecutions under Emperor Hadrian. Zoë and Hesperus had been Christians since their childhood, and they also raised their children, Cyriacus and Theodulus, in the Faith. They were all slaves o... | 49,498 |
|Are you bored with your workouts? Is your workout so redundant that you need to force yourself to the gym or out for a run, swim, or bike? Do you remember someone telling you "variety is the spice of life?"
The above saying applies to exercise in the same manner that it does to food selection. Nutritionally speaking, ... | 4,144 |
Hexadecimal is a number system that uses 16 symbols to represent values, instead of the 10 symbols used in decimal (base-10) system. In hexadecimal, the symbols used are 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and the letters A, B, C, D, E, F, where each symbol represents a specific value. For example, in decimal the number 10 i... | 36,958 |
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Often when you enter a blank line by pressing Enter twice in insert mode, Vim removes the indent from the blank line and your cursor moves back to column 1. Likewise, if you position the cursor on a blank line and press letter
o to open a new line below i... | 43,106 |
The increasing immigration of America by Europeans forced the nation to begin expanding the land it needed. The idea of Manifest Destiny was prevalent throughout the citizens of the US, and each wanted his/her piece of land so they could start living out their lives. Florida was one the most lush and fertile areas in t... | 38,695 |
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Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a Mexican holiday for celebrating and honoring those who have passed. One tradition includes building ofrendas (altars) honoring the deceased using brightly colored skulls, marigolds, and possessions of the departed. Instead of sugar, our skulls are paper mach... | 6,188 |
After a short winter with plentiful rain, the valley of the sun's mountains and desserts are filled with wildflowers and plump cactus. With a beauty unlike anything seen elsewhere, and some that are just bazaar, it is natural to desire a means of identifying these unique flowering plants. Given the limited amount of fl... | 1,414 |
Created with Grolier Online, Scholastic’s “Research Starters: The Anasazi and Pueblo Indians” offers students a jump-start on their research papers about these Native American cultures.
In addition to a brief introduction, students will find a glossary of terms to know, and links to 12 Scholastic reading activities on ... | 18,471 |
National Water Policy 2012
It's main emphasis is to treat water as ECONOMIC GOOD which the ministry claims to promote its conservation and efficient use.
Features of National Water Policy:
- To ensure access to a minimum quantity of potable water for essential health and hygiene to all citizens, available within easy r... | 29,282 |
Monitor for Leafrollers and Other Caterpillars
Bloomtime applications of Bacillus thuringiensis for peach twig borer help to keep leafroller and other caterpillar populations under control. Leafroller damage is not a problem for prunes grown for the dried market, but needs to be monitored on fresh market prunes so that... | 15,177 |
Could The Science Behind Jurassic Park Save Our Insects?
You all know about the premise for Steven Spielberg's 1993 Jurassic Park, and hopefully you also know about the global effort going on to the reverse the impending extinction of Bees on Earth , but do you know what they have in common?
It turns out that both are ... | 34,304 |
We are committed to choosing suppliers that have recycling systems in place and reuse their materials.
Glass Bottles: Our bottles are made from recycled glass, which helps to reduce the amount of silica sand extracted and thereby decreases soil erosion in Chile’s coastal zones.
Did you know that
Recycled Cardboard boxe... | 12,609 |
The heating of the ingot is not uniform, the heating temperature is too high or too low, the tube and bar extrusion tube or piercing needle is too smooth, the piercing needle is cracked or the extruded product is not cut clean, and delamination is formed after further stretching and rolling.
The surface of the product ... | 12,144 |
Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) has two important functions associated with site security and integrity:
• When your SSL certificate is digitally signed by a trusted third party certificate authority, it helps to verify that your site is identifying itself correctly
• SSL encrypts all communications between the user and you... | 6,113 |
Terminator-style lenses a step closer
Terminator lenses The latest steps in the development of a computerised contact lens that could be used for navigation, health monitoring or even to sneak access to information, has been unveiled by US researchers.
A paper describing the lens appears in the latest issue of the Jour... | 15,908 |
Airborne contact dermatitis
Allergic contact dermatitis to aerosol substances can produce an eruption on exposed skin that resembles a photodermatitis.
Involvement of typically sun-spared areas such as upper eyelids or submental areas suggests airborne contact dermatitis. Typically, relatively sheltered areas are spare... | 821 |
One of the most important consequences of ecosystem dynamics in terms of human impact is biomagnification. Biomagnification is the increasing concentration of persistent, toxic substances in organisms at each successive trophic level. These are substances that are fat soluble, not water soluble, and are stored in the f... | 15,118 |
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One Island, But Different Worlds: The History Of Haiti And The Dominican Republic
Haiti and the Dominican Republic (DR) may occupy the same island of Hispaniola on the Caribbean Sea with nearly the same populations hovering around 10 million people, but the similarities between the two s... | 13,466 |
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is the US regulatory authority that ensures compliance with the principles of net neutrality, which were established by the Commission’s Open Internet Order in February 2015.
Net neutrality means that all content on the internet shall enjoy the same priority, i.e. Internet se... | 26,497 |
Nepal’s Rhino Population Up By 16.5 Pc In Last 5 Yrs
The number of one-horned rhino in Nepal has increased by 16.5 per cent in the last five years, despite an increase in cases of natural death and incidents of poaching.
A census conducted between March and April revealed that the number of endangered species has incre... | 42,111 |
If you’ve looked up at the night sky recently, you might have been surprised to see a train of bright lights moving across from one side to the other. What's going on?
The lights appear in groups of up to 60 in a long line. There have been numerous reports from places like the U.S. and U.K. of people seeing them, with ... | 30,188 |
This glossary has been compiled from various different sources. Some of the terms have been reproduced with kind permission from the Stanley Gibbons Philatelic Terms Illustrated by James Mackay. If you think a term is missing please e-mail us.
Red Cross Stamps
Stamps either commemorating the Red Cross or bearing a prem... | 37,237 |
Through the Geographic Information Systems - Cartographic Specialist program you can become a proficient GIS practitioner, visual designer and communicator - creating a variety of customized maps and other products for the many users of geographic information.
Please note: this program is 10 months duration.
Cartograph... | 33,109 |
Katie is an adorable 7-year-old who was adopted from China. She’s an affectionate child with a great sense of humor who loves to draw and go to the playground. However, socks really bother her. After she puts them on, Katie feels her socks for hours, and if they have seams or little pills on them, they annoy her all da... | 36,480 |
One of the big worries about climate change is that organisms will be unable to migrate or adapt quickly enough to deal with all the coming changes to their environments, which could lead to a lot of extinctions. But a new study led by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, which appears in Molecular Biology and Evolution, sh... | 24,148 |
When workers in Connecticut clock in for the day, they expect to be greeted with a safe environment. However, workplace hazards can exist in any job. Knowing how to identify the core or root hazards in one’s place of work can do wonders when it comes to preventative actions to avoid accidents.
The Occupational Safety a... | 5,503 |
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
|Born||1 July 1646|
|Died||14 November 1716 (aged 70)|
|Doctoral advisor||Erhard Weigel|
|Doctoral students||Jacob Bernoulli|
Christian von Wolff
|Metaphysics, Mathematics, Theodicy|
|Infinitesimal calculus, Monadology, Theodicy, Optimism|
Leibniz formula for pi
Leibniz harmonic triangle
Leibn... | 3,918 |
Pattani was a seat of the Sailendra power during the Sailendra domination of the Malay Peninsula and later was the center of a Malay state, which was drawn into the Thai orbit. With Ayutthaya , it was one of the first places in Siam opened to the Portuguese in the 16th cent. At first bound only by tenuous links of suze... | 38,478 |
The development and advancement of technology has led to the discovery of more efficient methods of dealing with various life-threatening diseases, including cancer. However, even though today’s generation is well aware of cancer and is well acquainted with the precautions as well as its symptoms, it has still caused 4... | 21,123 |
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in microwave engineering, a section of transmission line that is joined to a main line and through which microwave energy is transmitted from an oscillator to a load. The transmission line may be a hollow-pipe wave guide, a dielec... | 49,717 |
Total Eclipse of the Moon
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Dec. 2, 2011: Waking up before sunrise can be tough to do, especially on a weekend. On Saturday, Dec. 10th, you might be glad you did. A total eclipse of the Moon will be visible in the early morning skies of western Northern America.
The action begi... | 42,294 |
The Millionaire Who Took on McCarthyRoundup
tags: McCarthy, William Benton
A melodramatic mix of half-truths, rants, and innuendoes made Wisconsin’s junior Senator Joseph P. McCarthy powerful and intimidating. By 1951, he had cowed some of the Senate’s all time all stars, including Lyndon Johnson, Hubert Humphrey, Este... | 47,609 |
the Fourth Week of Lent
Thibaut de Champagne
The Catholic Encyclopedia
Thibaut IV, count of Champagne and King of Navarre, a French poet, b. 1201, at Troyes; d. 8 July, 1253. He was the posthumous son of Thibaut III, Count of Champagne and Blois, and Blanche, sister of Sancho VII, King of Navarre. He had to defend his ... | 11,076 |
Freedom Riders: Art and activism 1960s to now
The starting point for the exhibition FREEDOM RIDERS: Art and activism 1960s to now is a major portrait, Charlie Perkins, 1986, by Aboriginal artist Robert Campbell Jnr in the University Union Art collection. Perkins was the first Aboriginal graduate at the university and a... | 41,514 |
Why are hermit crabs hairy?
Why are hermit crabs hairy? Those little ‘hairs’ you see all over the body and chelipeds of your hermit crab are not hairs at all. They are an extension of the exoskeleton and are called setae. A seta is an elongate projection with a more or less circular base and a continuous lumen; the lum... | 22,062 |
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Pictured holding his iconic walking stick, Zeedyk is a riparian restoration expert here to teach Montana managers his unique methods for repairing meadows like this one in sagebrush country.
Pictured holding his iconic walking stick, Zeedyk is a riparian restoration expert who recently taught Montana man... | 9,413 |
Hyperglycemia in diabetes
High blood sugar (hyperglycemia) affects people who have diabetes. Several factors can contribute to hyperglycemia in people with diabetes, including food and physical activity choices, illness, nondiabetes medications, or skipping or not taking enough glucose-lowering medication.
Early signs ... | 38,340 |
Over a half century has passed since the end of World War II, but some Japanese leaders continue insisting their nation did nothing wrong by invading China or attacking the United States. This month, General Tosho Tamogami was fired for an essay in wrote in which Japan is the innocent victim and the United States and C... | 30,263 |
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Updated January 2016
Barbara Higham, Wharfedale, UK
Photo: Erin White
What’s in it for mothers?
Mothers know breastfeeding is good for babies. It’s the natural thing to do: human milk provides optimal nutrition and strengthens immune systems. We know too that formula-fed babies suffer ... | 41,252 |
Cloud Computing the ‘Future of the Future
At the National ICT Business & Innovation Symposium recently, Jeremy Geelan, president of 21st Century Internet Group Inc concluded his keynote address by saying, “Cloud computing allows you to create and if you can create, you can be what’s next.”
The lecture, entitled The New... | 14,644 |
Dog with Rabies
"Dog with Rabies is very unusual. Vaccination protects against the disease. There is no cure for this virus."
A dog with rabies is rare in the U.S. It is more common in some other parts of the world, such as Asia. All warm-blooded animals can get rabies including humans. All dogs should be vaccinated fo... | 26,335 |
More than 20 years after seaweed farming was introduced on the island of Zanzibar, it is still predominantly portrayed as a success. Arguments such as job creation for women and increased household income prevail and used as justifications for both corporate and developmental projects.
But a more nuanced picture is req... | 28,102 |
Earthquake off the Coast of Venezuela
A strong earthquake struck off the Venezuelan coast on September 12, 2009. The magnitude 6.3 earthquake occurred underneath the Caribbean Sea near the city of Puerto Cabello. According to reports from Reuters some buildings in the Venezuelan countryside were damaged, but there were... | 17,523 |
Shuyak Island Cultural History
Although Shuyak’s wooded shores are quiet today, with no modern communities, the island was once an integral part of the Alutiiq nation. The Alutiiq people are the original residents of the Kodiak archipelago. Anthropologists believe they settled here more than 7,500 years ago, traveling ... | 24,712 |
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The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) announced today that the agency has released a white paper on the use of patent pools as one way to address the issue of access to vital patented biotechnology products and processes.
"Biotechnology, an increasingly important industry... | 40,485 |
The Oldest Neighborhoods in Chicago
Chicago has roots back to the late 17th century when French explorers and missionaries first made contact with the Potawatomi natives. The Battle at Fort Dearborn caused the early settlers to leave the area. From there, real estate was built very quickly because of the desire for eas... | 3,850 |
In 1975 Fred Whipple questioned the possibility of a comet striking Tunguska. He estimated that if we take the mass of the comet as 1 million tonnes, as suggested by Fesenkov, the chance of such a comet striking Earth every 100 years would be about 1 in 20,000. 'It appears unlikely, therefore, that the Tunguska explosi... | 40,040 |
How polar bears got their white coat remains a scientific mystery, but newly published research suggests a way they could turn brown again.
One of the study’s authors says that’s what might eventually happen to some groups of modern bears as climate change alters their habitat.
“It’s not something that happened in the ... | 15,267 |
He stood, and shook the earth; he looked, and made the nations tremble. The ancient mountains crumbled and the age-old hills collapsed--but he marches on forever. Habakkuk 3:6
Just how old are the hills? An online search says the earth is 4.54 billion years old. I wonder how the all-wise ones figured it out to two deci... | 49,146 |
As the chill wet of winter settles in and the incidence of coughs and colds grows it’s time to get serious about natural alternatives to prescription antibiotics. One natural remedy that has been around for thousands of years to fight winter viruses is the garlic.
The humble garlic has enjoyed a long and illustrious re... | 30,001 |
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The greatest possible quantity or degree.
- n. The greatest quantity or degree reached or recorded; the upper limit of variation.
- n. The time or period during which the highest point or degree is attained.
- n. An upper limit permitted by law ... | 45,926 |
It is unacceptable that 843 million people in developing and transition countries continue to suffer from hunger and that more than 1 billion still live on less than 1 dollar a day. Effective action against hunger and poverty has been impeded by a lack of political will to tackle the problem and, consequently, to provi... | 43,824 |
Today is a day off. And as Samantha has told us about 400 times, it is because of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. When asked why we celebrate his birthday with a vacation day she answered that he was "a good and generous man". Huh?!?
Is that what they are teaching these days? We've made it so politically correct tha... | 17,240 |
In his book, Orality and Literacy, Walter J. Ong compares the differences between how oral and literate cultures communicate knowledge. Chapter 3 specifically addresses the qualities of primary oral cultures in contrast to the chirographic, typographic and literate cultures of today. Ong notes the difficulty a literate... | 4,892 |
Mesoamerican coffee: building a climate change adaptation strategy
In Mesoamerica, coffee production is an important part of economies and societies, forming the backbone of thousands of families’ livelihoods and contributing significantly to national agricultural GDPs. Yet it is in Mexico and Central America that clim... | 725 |
Pergidae of the World
An online catalogue of the sawfly family Pergidae (Hymenoptera, Symphyta).
by Stefan Schmidt & David R. Smith
The Pergidae are, after the Tenthredinidae and the Argidae, the third largest family of Symphyta. Their morphology, habits, and food plants exhibit a diversity which is not found in any ot... | 22,949 |
Chain Rule Examples Examples using the Chain Rule
Chain Rule Examples
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- I'm now going to do a bunch more examples
- using the chain rule.
- So let's see... | 34,657 |
LA’s Coal-Free Ambitions Lack A Clear Plan
This article first appeared April 12, 2011 on NBCLosAngeles.com under the title, "LA Faces Tough Energy Challenge."
Case in point: nearly two years ago Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa pledged to make Los Angeles a coal-free city by 2020, but little progress has been made.
Romel Pas... | 37,213 |
On the 2nd of June 1533, Jane Seymour made her first appearance as royal Consort. While never crowned, she was Henry’s unofficial Queen and the mother of his son, making her his beloved wife and the woman he chose to be buried next to.
Henry VIII proposed to Jane Seymour right after Anne Boleyn had been executed. This ... | 20,304 |
Terrorism is the use of force or violence against persons or property
in violation of the criminal laws of the United States for purposes
of intimidation, coercion or ransom. Terrorists often use threats
to create fear among the public, to try to convince citizens that
their government is powerless to prevent terrorism... | 15,269 |
The following risk factors increase your risk of coronary artery disease and angina:
April 09, 2016
- Tobacco use. Chewing tobacco, smoking and long-term exposure to secondhand smoke damage the interior walls of arteries — including arteries to your heart — allowing deposits of cholesterol to collect and block blood fl... | 22,367 |
We are delighted to dedicate our Wednesdays to featuring nonfiction titles, as per usual. We would also be linking our nonfiction choices with our reading theme throughout the year, when we can.
This year, we hope to feature books that fit any of the following criteria:
Postcolonial literature and/or [pre/post] revolut... | 42,684 |
Certain algebras possess an important classifying property known as a grading. This essentially amounts to being able to express these algebras as a special kind of direct sum that respects multiplication.
Definition[Graded Algebra]: An algebra over a field is said to be graded if, as a vector space over , can be writt... | 46,734 |
The Associated Press
Scientists have taken a key step toward revealing the causes of prostate cancer, finding that a combination of five gene variants dramatically raises the risk of the disease. Added to family history, they accounted for nearly half of all cases in a study of Swedish men.
The discovery is remarkable ... | 11,732 |
Where do cancer cells get the nutrients they need to survive?
Answer by CancerQuest - a cancer education project based at Emory University in Atlanta, GA. Our goal is to empower cancer patients and caregivers with reliable information that is presented in an easy-to-understand way.
A: Cancer cells, like all cells, need... | 18,619 |
I’m videochatting with Dr. Glenn Gaudette at his biomedical engineering laboratory at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts, when he swings the camera around to show me his lab’s pride and joy. Ghost-like spinach leaves hang dripping in individual plexiglass chambers. Each one is connected by its stem to... | 48,492 |
New Multimodel Estimates of Aerosol Radiative Effects
Atmospheric aerosols are emitted by fossil fuel combustion and other human activities and affect climate by scattering (cooling) or absorbing (warming) incoming solar radiation. This effect depends on the particles’ chemical composition. While the net effect has bee... | 26,803 |
1960s in Hong Kong
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|History of Hong Kong|
1960s in Hong Kong continued with the development and expansion of manufacturing that began in the previous decade. The economic progress made in the period would categorise Hong Kong as one of Four Asian Tigers along with Singapore, So... | 44,305 |
Not just Robinson Crusoe
You’ve read Robinson Crusoe, haven’t you? Do you remember who wrote the book? No?
Daniel Defoe. He wrote that one book, a long time ago, and it became a Classic.
That’s the general impression most people have about the man who wrote Robinson Crusoe. But it’s totally misleading. Daniel Defoe, wh... | 47,522 |
Presentation on theme: "Mrs. Williams’ Literature Study. Day 1: Journal Prompt How did you feel the first day of school? Did you know anyone in your new class? Tell me all about."— Presentation transcript:
Day 1: Journal Prompt How did you feel the first day of school? Did you know anyone in your new class? Tell me all... | 32,207 |
is a genus of New World army ants (subfamily Ecitoninae
) containing about about a dozen species, including Eciton burchellii
(common name army ant), considered to be the “archetypal”, and one of the best studied, army ant. Eciton
species are found in different habitats from Mexico through Argentina. While some species... | 2,530 |
Learning to read is a complex process. Reading has been described as
the ability to construct meaning from written text. The text itself, the
interaction of the reader with the text, and the context in which reading
takes place all play a role in the reading process. Together, this adds
up to more than simply decoding ... | 17,746 |
THE GRATEFUL BULL
There is an old Buddhist tale about "The Grateful Bull" that explains perfectly the mindfulness concepts of patience, trust and letting go. All three of these concepts are crucial when embarking on a self-compassionate parenting path. Patience, trust and letting go of both our kids mistakes and behavi... | 8,270 |
June is National Aphasia Awareness Month. If you have had a senior loved one that has had a stroke or brain injury, you may be very aware of aphasia. Aphasia is “an impairment of language, affecting the production or comprehension of speech and the ability to read or write.”
Below are some great resources about aphasia... | 15,079 |
1. In the second year of Darius, in the eighth month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to the prophet Zechariah (son of Berechiah), son of Iddo, as follows,
2. 'Yahweh was deeply angry with your ancestors.
3. So say this to them, "Yahweh Sabaoth says this: Return to me -- Yahweh Sabaoth declares -- and I will return to... | 13,624 |
David M. Perry: How History Can Help Us Predict the Next PopeRoundup: Historians' Take
tags: The Atlantic, popes, papacy, Vatican, David M. Perry
On Thursday, February 28, at 8:00 P.M. local time, Pope Benedict XVI resigned. For now, the seat of St. Peter is vacant. But soon, the Cardinals will enter the Sistine chapel... | 30,638 |
Albania’s Sworn Virgins Who Pursue A True Man’s Path
An ancient practice that can be traced all the way back to medieval times continues to baffle all who hear about it. The tradition consists of women choosing to become ‘burrneshas’ or sworn virgins in order to gain access to certain privileges and rights that are nor... | 30,440 |
On March 25, 1911, flames rapidly consumed everything within the Triangle Waist Company factory, killing 146 workers. The victims, mostly young Jewish and Italian immigrant women, died needlessly due to unsafe working conditions, such as locked or blocked doors, narrow stairways, faulty fire escapes, and a lack of spri... | 36,056 |
At Gubbio (Iguvium; see umbrians) were discovered, in 1444, seven bronze tablets of varying sizes (the largest measure 86 x 56.5 cm, or 33 x 22 inches, the smallest 40 x 28 cm or 16 x 12 inches), engraved on one or both sides with Umbrian texts, partly in the native alphabet (normally transcribed in bold), partly in th... | 42,651 |
The CHALDEAN BABYLONIAN NEW YEAR FESTIVAL
5300 BC – Present
* Amer H. Fatuhi *
Celebrating Mesopotamian New Year on April 1 is dateable to the Babylonian First Dynasty, early second millennium BC. This Amorite/Proto-Kaldi dynasty is known for many great kings, including the legendary Hammurabi. In that era, religious, ... | 36,803 |
Which programming language should you learn?
Choose the language you want to learn based on your tech interest
Programming languages are evolving rapidly nowadays. As new programming languages and frameworks are stepping into the industry, each one of them has something new and unique for developers and learners to thr... | 48,224 |
Carbohydrates are the components grains, produce and dairy that break down into glucose, or sugar, in your bloodstream during digestion. Glucose, the main source of energy for your body, feeds your muscles and cells to keep you healthy and active throughout the day. Some carbohydrate foods contain the amino acids pheny... | 29,226 |
A reading chair reclines at a comfortable angle. Spectacles lie within arm's reach. Old teak consoles with black marble tops line the room, which is dominated by book-crammed cupboards. Old frescoes of Hindu gods accentuate the sacred emotion of reading and growing with each book. An old hookah and an ebony-and-ivory c... | 5,633 |
Table of Contents ||| Chirobase Home Page
Not every poem's good because it's ancient,
Nor mayst thou blame it just because it's new,
Fair critics test, and prove, and so pass judgment;
Fools praise or blame as they hear others do
The origin of bonesetting -- treatment and replacement of joints -- is lost in the mist of... | 5,987 |
“Gulf lesson one is the value of air power… (it) was right on target from day one… Our air strikes were the most effective, yet humane, in the history of warfare.”
President George Bush, 29 May 1991
The most important lesson of the second Gulf war is that a small group of guerrillas, armed with the right strategy, can ... | 48,063 |
The Academic's Role
The Academic's Role (accessible teaching and learning)
How does one interpret the word "reasonable"? The general interpretation is what would be reasonably expected from the establishment concerned taking into consideration the financial resources of the establishment as a whole and the time constra... | 1,812 |
The surface of a stone may be finished in a variety of ways. Below are some typical terms:
- Polished finish – a glossy surface which brings out the full color and character of the stone.
- Hone finish – a satin smooth surface finish with little or no gloss. This is recommended for commercial floors.
- Thermal finish –... | 27,578 |
The indigenous kids in the streets of San Cristobal de las Casas are not beggars, they are workers. They walk through the streets in coordination with their mothers or siblings and they sell textiles, little painted clay animals, key chains, snacks, trinkets, or an assortment of other indigenous handicrafts to tourists... | 16,823 |
Carbon in Soil Plays a Role in Global Change
A research team has discovered that a source of carbon emissions could help scientists understand past and future global change.
While earlier studies have found that erosion can bury carbon in the soil, acting as a carbon sink, this new study published in the journal Procee... | 3,928 |
- Rodentia -this order contains between 2000 and 3000 species of rodent—roughly half of all mammal species.
- Lagomorpha -this order contains Leporidae (hares and rabbits) and Ochotonidae (pikas).
- Scandentia -this order contains the family Tupaiidae, the tree shrews.
- Primates -this order contains lemurs, monkeys an... | 37,286 |
Natural disasters hurt incumbents
As Hurricane Sandy leaves millions without power across the East Coast, many commentators have argued that at least one person may benefit from the storm: President Barack Obama. But seeing Sandy as only an electoral benefit for the president ignores accumulating evidence on how “acts ... | 25,045 |
As well as the factors we have looked at, which are all indicated on the box the film comes in, there are other aspects of film you may want to consider.
Basically this is the amount by which you can over or under expose your film yet still get an acceptable result. Different types of film have differing degrees of lat... | 15,727 |
Kindergarten is under way and it’s been smooth sailing so far. Your child loves his teacher and all his new friends. He is happily leaving you at the door, eager to enter the classroom and start his day. That is, until one day he comes home quiet, sad, or visibly upset. What happened to the joyful glee of school? After... | 29,600 |
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