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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) gave a magnificent speech on immigrants and the meaning of America a few minutes ago. If you tear up and are moved, you understand why immigration reform is so critical. And if you sneer, roll your eyes and disparage his words, then there is nothing any bill or pundit will do to change your mi... | web |
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For example, they pronounce "ricotta" as "rih-gaht", "manicotti" as "mani-gaht", and "prosciutto" as "pro-shoot".
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Just found this out by playing around with my calculator. Does that mean that $ \arcsin(\sqrt 2) = 90^{\circ}$?
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Recovered cancer patients have a greater risk of developing cancer again than people with no cancer history.
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Today, Malcolm X would have turned 83. Much is written about him often in comparison to Martin Luther King with an eye toward discrediting him. He’s portrayed as a race obsessed maniac unworthy of sympathy even as we are pushed to forgive the transgressions of this nation’s founding fathers because of “the nature of th... | web |
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A wind turbine is initially spinning at a constant angular speed. As the wind's strength gradually increases, the turbine experiences a constant angular acceleration of 0.140 rad/s^2. After making 2870 revolutions, its angular speed is 137 rad/s. (1) What is the initial angular velocity of the turbine? (2) How much tim... | web |
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Whilst I alone did call upon thy aid,
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Where do foods cross the line between "whole" and "processed" food?
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There's a lot of talk these days about eating more whole foods and fewer processed foods. But is canned tuna considered a whole food? How about soymilk or peanut bu... | web |
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Why is the belief in global warming affected by temperature?
Last week, I wrote about a strange finding. People are more likely to believe in global warming when the weather is warmer than usual for that time of year. In that blog entry, I summarized research by Ye Li, Eric Johnson, and Li... | web |
The fiasco there provides a rare opportunity to rethink and improve our voting practices in a way that reflects our professed desire to have “every vote count.” This conversation has already begun, as several highly educated communities in Palm Beach experienced the same sense of systematic disfranchisement that bese... | web |
Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/10/31/superwasp_planets/
UK boffins ID three new exo-planets
Robotic sky scanner comes up trumps
By Lucy Sherriff
Posted in Science, 31st October 2007 12:32 GMT
All are gas giants, roughly the size of Jupiter, and are orbiting their parent stars so tightly that they... | web |
Office of Undergraduate Research
Brain Control of Human Movement
The focus of this project is to better understand cortical control mechanisms involved in human movement. The specific objectives of this work include:
1. Investigate how visual attention to a target affects eye movement.
2. Clarify the relationship b... | web |
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anticipate to expect and prepare for in advance. [1/3 definitions]
arrange to make plans for; prepare. [1/4 definitions]
break in to train, or to prepare for use. [1/2 definitions]
chop1 to shape, make, or prepare by cutting in such a way. [1/8 definitions]
clear the decks t... | web |
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