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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
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(chemistry) gene that produces its characteristic phenotype only when its allele is identical
"the recessive gene for blue eyes"
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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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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 |
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