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Four supermarket chains sell seafood in a particular state. Three of the companies secretly agree to sync up their prices. The companies then engage in predatory pricing by undercutting the seafood prices offered by the fourth supermarket chain.
A year later, the fourth supermarket chain closes its seafood department b... |
Definition from Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary
A sudden statement (also known as an "excited utterance") made by someone who has seen a surprising, startling, or shocking event (such as an accident or a death), or has suffered an injury. For example, "Oh my God, that blue car hit the little girl!" Spontaneous excl... |
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1600s Western Igbo kingdoms dominate trade in the lower Niger region.
1815 Following the end of the Napoleonic wars between France and Great Britain, Britain begins to trade with the interior, calling the region "Nigeria" based on the path the Niger River takes through the area.
1914 I... |
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Since the early part of this century, the federal courts have attempted to limit the uncertainty surrounding novel scientific evidence by establishing an evidentiary standard of reliability for scientific proof. Frye v. U.S., 293 F. 1013 (D.C.Cir.'23), provided ... |
Guide to writing history papers
Reading, Writing, and Researching for History: A Guide for College Students
A comprehensive but easy-to-skim web guide to writing history papers. Recommended by History Dept faculty.
Using call numbers to find books
Books and journals are arranged on our shelves according to the Library ... |
What is pathology?
Pathology, or general pathology, is the medical specialty focused on the diagnosis of disease through analysis of blood, tissues or urine in a pathology lab. A division of pathology is anatomical pathology (study of organs and tissues to diagnose disease), which is broken into the following subspecia... |
The term Unix-like is widely used to describe operating systems that share many of the characteristics of the original UNIX, which was written in 1969 by Ken Thompson at Bell Labs, and its early successors.
The popularity of this term is mainly due to the fact that it is a very convenient and logical way of describing ... |
Papal Primer: History's 10 Most Intriguing Popes
Pope Benedict XVI announced his resignation in February, citing his deteriorating mental and physical health
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Pope Benedict XVI made headlines today (Feb. 11) when he announced he was stepping down — something no pope has done sinc... |
Earth from Space: Easter Island
Easter Island as seen by astronauts aboard the International Space Station on Sept. 25, 2002.
On Easter Sunday in 1722, Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen became the first known European to encounter this Polynesian island and gave it the name it has become most widely known by.
Easter Islan... |
High blood pressure, or hypertension, affects almost one in three adults in the United States. However, this serious health condition isn't limited to just those ages 18 and older.
The number of children and adolescents with high blood pressure is increasing. This rise can be partly blamed on the increasing number of o... |
South Korea (officially, Republic of Korea) encompasses an area of 98,477 sq. km. (38,022 sq. mi.), about the size of state of Indiana. Its capital is Seoul (population 10.3 million); other major cities are: Busan, Daegu, Inchon, Gwangju, Daejeon, and Ulsan. The terrain of South Korea consists of forested mountain rang... |
Historical diversification of migration patterns in a passerine bird
Förlag: Society for the Study of Evolution
Migratory strategies of birds require complex orientation mechanisms, morphological adaptations, and life-history adjustments. From an evolutionary perspective, it is important to know how fast this complex c... |
Arts and Artisans of Early 19th-Century Portland
Text by William David Barry and John Mayer
Images from Maine Historical Society, the Maine State Museum
Portland's growth began in 1786 when citizens changed the name of the town from Falmouth Neck.
Between then and the middle of the nineteenth century, the footprint of ... |
Talking About Economic Troubles
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I'm Susan Clark with the Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES.
In the nineteen thirties, a song, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?," was very popular in the United States. It was the time of the big Depression. The song had me... |
Frilled Sharks, Chlamydoselachus anguineus
Taxonomy Animalia Chordata Elasmobranchii Hexanchiformes Chlamydoselachidae Chlamydoselachus anguineus
Description & Behavior
Frilled sharks, Chlamydoselachus anguineus (Garman, 1884), aka frill sharks, frill-gilled sharks, Greenland sharks, scaffold sharks, and silk sharks ar... |
Ancient secrets of Merlin’s Barrow unearthed
The Wiltshire landscape around Avebury and Silbury Hill is at the heart of prehistoric Britain, and has World Heritage designation. Now another monument can be added to its archaeological treasures: the Marlborough Mound.
The Mound lies in the heart of the grounds of Marlbor... |
SHORT TALK BULLETIN - Vol.XI May, 1933 No.5
"Thou shalt not remove thy neighbor's landmark, which they of old have set in thine inheritance, which thou shalt inherit in the land the Lord thy God hath given thee (Deuteronomy XIX:14). The Masons "of old time set thine inheritance" (Masonry) certain fundamental principles... |
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There was a man who greatly enjoyed golf. He also could make a perfectly consistent swing. So out of curiosity he decided to challenge a mathematician. So first he brought the mathematician to a golf field, with his golf club, a tee, and a ball. He sets the ball on the tee, all ready to swing, and th... |
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A complete eye exam involves a series of tests designed to evaluate your vision and check for eye diseases. Your eye doctor may use a variety of instruments, shine bright lights directly at your eyes and request that you ... |
When exposed to cold temperatures, especially with a high wind chill factor and high humidity, or to a cool, damp environment for prolonged periods, your body's control mechanisms may fail to keep your body temperature normal. When more heat is lost than your body can generate, hypothermia, defined as an internal body ... |
Blacks in metropolitan Hartford are slightly more segregated by neighborhood than Latinos, the census study found. But because blacks tend to be more segregated in U.S. cities and suburbs, metro Hartford's segregation ranking for blacks was significantly better - 24th of 43 - in 2000.
» The latest on traffic, delays an... |
Chromosomes are present in every cell of the body. These chromosomes carry the DNA information that defines many aspects of an individual's life. DNA evidence is used to determine if the individual will develop normally or not. There are a few genetic abnormalities that may be caught at an early stage of pregnancy. The... |
Women with heart disease are at greater risk than other women when going through a pregnancy, but most still have positive outcomes, a registry showed.
Compared with healthy pregnant women, those with structural or ischemic heart disease had higher rates of preterm birth (15% versus 8%), fetal death (1.7% versus 0.35%)... |
An abdominal aortic aneurysm can develop in anyone, but is most often seen in males over age 60 who have one or more risk factors. The larger the aneurysm, the more likely it is to rupture and break open.
Aneurysms develop slowly over many years and often have no symptoms. If an aneurysm expands quickly, tears open (ru... |
See mail address, network address.
A unique number identifying a node on a network. There are only two types of Addresses; Hardware = OSI Layer 2 & Internet = OSI layer 3.
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We all like to think of ourselves as rational creatures who smartly prepare for the worst. We watch our back, weigh the odds and pack an umbrella when the skies look threatening. But although we take such precautions, we generally expect things to turn out pretty well — often better than they actually do.
The belief th... |
On the second day of his first visit to Algeria, French President Francois Hollande stood up before both chambers of the Algerian parliament to “recognize the suffering inflicted by colonization upon the Algerian people.” He also accepted responsibility for “the profoundly unjust and brutal system to which Algeria was ... |
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Word of the Day
Repudiate ri-PYOO-dee-eyt (verb) To reject with disapproval or condemnation. - dictionary.com
Website of the Day
Dr. Seuss: 10 Life Lessons From The Legendary Chi... |
Consider cover crops your most important crops, because the requirements for abundant food crops — building soil fertility, improving soil texture, suppressing weeds, and inhibiting disease and crop-damaging insects — can be best met by the abundant use of cover crops, season after season.
5 Benefits of Cover Crops
Soi... |
twenty-eight years ago, Arthur Firstenberg had a dental X-ray. He's been on the run ever since.
That X-ray, he says, made him excruciatingly sensitive to electromagnetic fields—the low-level radiation that emanates from power lines, microwaves, and, most vexingly, cell phones. Now 58, Firstenberg has spent more than a ... |
At the heart of materials science is an understanding of the microstructure of solids. "Microstructure" is used broadly in reference to solids viewed at the subatomic (electronic) and atomic levels, and the nature of the defects at these levels. The microstructures of solids at various levels, especially the defects, p... |
New South Wales Government Gazette 1840
New South Wales Government Gazette 1840. 1840. Government Gazettes are a unique, useful and extremely fascinating resource for local, family and social historians and researchers in other fields throughout Australia.
They were published by the government as a means of communicati... |
Diabetes Awareness Month
November 01, 2012
Diabetes Awareness month is November, and World Diabetes Day is celebrated every year on November 14th. Millions of people worldwide are involved in diabetes advocacy and awareness. The focus theme for 2009-2013 is Diabetes Education and Prevention.
Diabetes is a condition in ... |
For Sophomore/Junior level courses in Theories of Personality, Personality, Individual Differences.
Using a theorist-by-theorist approach, this comprehensive introduction to personality theory gives students the history of psychology with practical information to help them understand their own lives and their relations... |
Looking for a fun, kid-friendly activity to help your family appreciate the outdoors? Backyard birding is a great way to get the kids outside and learning more about the beautiful birds in your area. Here are a few helpful backyard birding tips to get started.
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The ancient city of Cerveteri (Latin: Caere Greek: Agylia) is located about 50 km north-west of Rome and occupied an immense area protected by steep slopes and fortifications. The English word ceremony comes from the Latin caeremonium, meaning "pertaining to Caere," and reflects the Etruscan fascination with divination... |
Questions Parents of Gifted Students Should Ask Schools
by James Gallagher
Many parents dread the times they must meet their child's teacher. The thought of meeting the principal or superintendent sends chills up their spines. To many parents, the school is a "castle on the hill," distant and foreboding, a feeling that... |
Ensuring that the food provided to children in schools is consistent with current dietary recommendations is an important national focus. Various laws and regulations govern the operation of school meal programs. In 1995, Nutrition Standards and Meal Requirements were put in place to ensure that all meals offered would... |
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STS-132 -- Mission to the International Space Station
The crew of space shuttle mission STS-132 has completed its mission!
Six astronauts were on space shuttle Atlantis for the STS-132 mission. The STS-132 crew took a new section to the space station. The new piece is from Russia. The new room is called Rassvet, which ... |
Health officials on alert for tick fever
By Cindy Yurth
WINDOW ROCK, May 24, 2012
S ummer is almost here, which means the Navajo Nation Veterinary and Livestock Program is once again bracing for an epidemic the Navajo Nation has managed to avoid for several years through, near as anybody can tell, sheer luck.
Since 200... |
Stealth submarines. Powerful aircraft carriers. The most imposing vessels in America’s Navy rely on small-scale nuclear reactors to provide everything from basic propulsion to power generation. But they also depend upon an essential human element – skilled nuclear technicians, power plant operators and subsystems speci... |
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which color bruise is considered to be the worst?
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Jan. 25, 2012 -- Working 11-hour days may seem the norm in this economy, but regularly logging long hours can more than double a worker’s risk of depression.
People who routinely put in more than 11-hour days more than double their chances of major depression, compared to employe... |
The Japanese do not just dream of perfect ski slopes, they are developing the technology to produce them.
Six Japanese companies have carried out 'extensive research' to provide artificial snow for Japan's skiers when nature fails to fill the need (European patents 440 256 and 440 257).
Existing snow machines only work... |
Zen, Japan and the art of democracy
Foreign observers have long been baffled by Japan’s self-discipline in the face of multiple disaster
Western Europe has experienced only one "killer" earthquake of similar magnitude to the one that struck Japan on 11 March 2011. Even so, the Lisbon earthquake of 1755, also followed b... |
Jared Diamond, traditional societies and myths of the future
Civilisation’s gains and losses.
The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
Allen Lane, 512pp, £20
From the standpoint of anthropology, a distinguished practitioner of the discipline once told me, modernity is an unnecessary conc... |
Geneva Conventions (1949)
The Geneva Conventions consist of four treaties formulated in Geneva, Switzerland, that set the standards for international law for humanitarian concerns. They chiefly concern the treatment of non-combatants and prisoners of war. They do not affect the use of weapons in war, which are covered ... |
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This graphic shows an approximate representation of coastal areas under a hurricane warning (red), hurricane watch (pink), tropical storm warning (blue) and tropical storm watch (yellow). The orange circle indicates the current position of the center of the tropical cyclone. The black line and dots ... |
These are additional global health resources, and inclusion of the resources on this page does not imply endorsement by the NHLBI. See also Partners in Global Health.
The Observatory of Innovative Practices for Complex Chronic Disease Management responds to the need to harness the power of information and communication... |
1. Loopback Test
A loopback test can be used to troubleshoot serial communications. It can show problems in the serial port, the cable, or the software generating the messages without having to connect to third party hardware. By connecting the proper wires, a loopback test can verify the operation of serial communicat... |
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How folic acid in flour slashes congenital problems
DR. Philippe De Wals of Universit� Laval's Department of Social and Preventive Medicine has published a study cle... |
Because you have chronic kidney disease, you should take steps to protect your kidneys. Make changes to what you eat, manage your blood pressure, and manage your blood sugar if you have diabetes.
You also need to be careful about all of the medicines you take. Read this brochure to learn more, and talk with your pharma... |
Acoustic trauma is injury to the hearing mechanisms in the inner ear due to very loud noise.
Acoustic trauma is a common cause of sensory hearing loss. Damage to the hearing mechanisms within the inner ear may be caused by:
The health care provider will usually suspect acoustic trauma if hearing loss occurs after noise... |
The Nobel Peace Prize 1990
Award Ceremony Speech
Presentation Speech by Gidske Anderson, Chairperson of the Norwegian Nobel Committee
Your Royal Highnesses, Your Excellencies,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
This year's Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the President of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev.
The No... |
Hurricane Sandy has churned northward through the northern Caribbean, across Cuba, and through the Bahamas during the past three days, leaving in its wake plenty of mayhem. Sandy's story may not yet be finished.
While it is quite normal to see tropical cyclones rear their ugly heads across the Caribbean during October ... |
The Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority (NRPA) is the competent national authority in the area of radiation protection and nuclear safety in Norway. The NRPA was created in 1993 through the consolidation of the former Nuclear Energy Safety Authority with the National institute of Radiation Hygiene.
The NRPA is res... |
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Blood Sugar as One of Blurred Vision Causes – Updated Article With Extra Information
Diabetes is a disease with many side effects. Many people refer to diabetes as the ‘slow poison’. It causes a lot misb... |
Brazil deforestation hits record low
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest has dropped to its lowest level in 24 years, the government said Tuesday.
Satellite imagery showed that 1,798 square miles (4,656 square kilometers) of the Amazon were deforested between August 2011 and July 2012, E... |
OhmSantih Yoga has developed yoga for kids program, with the intention to provide the children with a fun way to develop their critical skills in a non-competitive environment. The critical skills can be broken down into different levels; physical, psychological and physiological.
On a physical level, some asanas work ... |
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I'm currently planning a lesson to do with 4th-6th graders as part of a practicum in my Education program at university. I was hoping to select a poem that is very descritive to read to the kids as they draw what they see through the words. My initial idea... |
William H. Rehnquist
William H. Rehnquist's service on the Supreme Court allowed him to witness - and direct - a dramatic transition in political ideology. From associate justice in 1972 through his role as chief justice in 1986, Rehnquist struggled against liberal colleagues Brennan, Marshall, and Blackmun. Later, as ... |
Ankle-Brachial Index Test
This test is done by measuring blood pressure at the ankle and in the arm while a person is at rest. Measurements are usually repeated at both sites after 5 minutes of walking on a treadmill.
The ankle-brachial index (ABI) result is used to predict the severity of Reference peripheral arterial... |
PBS KIDS® HOSTS “SHARE THE EARTH” CELEBRATION IN HONOR OF EARTH DAY
New eco-focused episodes and classic favorites airing April 18 – 22
Arlington, VA – March 16, 2011 – PBS KIDS will host its sixth annual PBS KIDS “Share the Earth” celebration in honor of Earth Day by featuring new and favorite episodes encouraging chi... |
Ray Tracing and Gaming - Quake 4: Ray Traced Project
Quake 4: Ray traced
An algorithm was invented for this work that uses rays for collision detection (CD). A polygon-exact CD is quite easy for direct weapons. Only one ray is needed to determine the target. Shooting this ray works through the exact same mechanisms and... |
Are you taking your PPI consistently, but still not having complete relief of your symptoms? Maybe it's what you’re putting in your mouth. Your diet and eating habits can actually make your digestive condition worse.
There are a couple of ways certain foods can cause problems. Some may relax the lower esophageal sphinc... |
Some of our nation’s costliest social problems—like child abuse and neglect—are rooted in early childhood. April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, a time to recognize the proven policies that help break the cycle of abuse and that promote the social and emotional well-being of children and families.
Voluntary h... |
New on the IBM developerWorks, there's an article looking at using the Scilab software integrated into PHP to perform some more complicated mathematical processing.
Scripting languages like Ruby, Python, and PHP power modern-day server-side Web development. These languages are great because you can easily and rapidly b... |
Gamma ray bursts
are believed to be the most energetic phenomena in the universe.
In one second they can emit more than 100 times the energy that
the sun does throughout its entire 10 billion year life. This energy
output is short lived, however, and within days the burst has faded
forever beyond the reach of our teles... |
During this tutorial you will be asked to perform calculations involving trigonometric functiions. You will need a calulator to proceed.
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1. A ship with a long anchor chain is anchored in 11 fathoms of water. The anchor chain is being wound in at a rate of 10 fathoms/minute, causing the ship to move toward the spot directly above the anchor resting on the seabed. The hawsehole ( the point ... |
Edwin M. Stanton (1814-1869)
Edwin McMasters Stanton was appointed U.S. attorney general by President James Buchanan, then became secretary of war under Abraham Lincoln, continuing in that post under Andrew Johnson. Outspoken and abrasive, he alienated Johnson by taking sides against him on the issue of Reconstruction ... |
Hops is native to a great part of the northern half of the world, customarily located in northern European, west central Asian, and North American regions. The earliest reported case of growing hops was in central Europe in 736, with the ensuing centuries seeing hops grown extensively in Bavarian, Bohemian and Slovenia... |
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Pinguicula can be found in north, central and south America, in Greenland, in most parts of Europe, at the very north-western tip of Africa and in some scattered areas in Asia. They are not present in many parts of Asia, the middle east, most parts of Africa and southern Asia including Oceania... |
Epiphany can be defined as the sudden realization of the essence or meaning of something, as well as the understanding of the truth of certain situations or one’s life as a whole. In Death in Venice, Gustav von Auschenbach’s recognition of his love for and obsession with Tadzio is a kind of epiphany that, while not exa... |
Singapore, the tropical city-state situated off the southern tip of the Malaysian Peninsula, is a carefully managed combination of Western progress and Eastern and Colonial history. Clusters of skyscrapers and malls dominate the island's downtown but restored colonial buildings lay beneath Singapore's modern veneer. Si... |
Let's Talk About: Cosmic collisions
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It has been almost 100 years since Edwin Hubble measured the universe beyond the Milky Way Galaxy. Today, astronomers believe that as many as 100 billion other galaxies are sharing the cosmos. Most of these cosmic islands are classified by shape as either spiral or... |
Modeling is the process of taking a shape and molding it into a completed 3D mesh. The most typical means of creating a 3D model is to take a simple object, called a primitive, and extend or “grow” it into a shape that can be refined and detailed. Primitives can be anything from a single point (called a vertex), a two-... |
Is there such a thing as too much money?
by Fred E. Foldvary, Senior EditorWhat is inflation? There are two economic meanings of inflation. The first meaning is monetary inflation, having to do with the money supply. To understand that, we need to understand that the impact of money on the economy depends not just on t... |
The most romantic way I have ever heard Chaos Theory described is, “there are patterns, and even great beauty, in seemingly chaotic events.” Formally, Chaos Theory is defined as a sub-discipline of mathematics that studies complex, or dynamic, systems.
These complex systems contain so many moving parts that it takes co... |
A world first study has found smoking prevention advertisements sponsored by tobacco companies targeted at parents do not work and may encourage teenagers to take up smoking.
The study published online today by the American Journal of Public Health in the United States examined youth exposure to tobacco company televis... |
The Danone Fund for Nature
After a 10-year partnership with Ramsar, another major environmental milestone was achieved in 2008. During the Conference of the Parties to the Ramsar Convention in Changwon, South Korea, the Ramsar Convention, IUCN and Danone signed an agreement: the “Danone Fund for Nature”. This agreement... |
Slavery's effects live on
As of the 1860 census, the last before the American Civil War, 2.3 million slaves lived in the Lower Southern states—nearly 50 percent of the entire Lower Southern population at that time. The numbers for the Upper South didn’t fare much better, with 1.2 million slaves, about a third of the po... |
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Using Think-Alouds to Get Inside Langston Hughes' Head
Over my past few years of teaching, there have been multiple occasions where I have been stumped on how to present a particular concept to my students. I've always been a... |
Last July (2012), I heard from a colleagues working at the edge of the Greenland ice sheet, and from another colleague working up at the Summit. Both were independently writing to report the exceptional conditions they were witnessing. The first was that the bridge over the Watson river by the town of Kangerlussuaq, on... |
From Spoiled Sausage to Faces in 200 Years: Happy Birthday, Botox!
Makenzie on 25 Apr 2012 at 3:30pm
Botox turned 10 years old on April 15th. Or rather, the FDA approval for cosmetic use had its 10 year anniversary. However you want to look at it, this injectable, reverser-of-time has transformed the medi-beauty indust... |
The book of Job, especially chapter 39, implies that God created the nephesh creatures (“soulish” animals like birds and mammals) to serve and/or to please human beings. They are termed soulish because God has endowed each of them with a mind, a will, and the capacity to express and experience emotions. These animals a... |
©InfoThe British Red Cross has supported health clinics offering life-saving advice and treatment in Balochistan, northern Pakistan since 2000. These clinics, run by the Pakistan Red Crescent Society, are in areas that lack access to even the most basic health services. Many people live in semi-desert, rural communitie... |
Adopting a New Flight Plan Whooping Crane Migration Route Shifted West into Safer Air Space
By LEN WELLS Courier & Press correspondent (618) 842-2159 or firstname.lastname@example.org
The route of the annual 1,250-mile migration of endangered whooping crane juveniles, led by an ultralight aircraft, has been shifted thi... |
Internal Displacement: Global Overview of Trends and Developments in 2010 - Timor-Leste
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The Federal Budget and Appropriations Process
The budget and appropriations process are the steps through which the U.S. decides annual spending. Learn about these inter-related process.
Federal Budget Process
Step 1: President’s Budget Request
The budget process begins with the president’s submission to Congress of th... |
Out of Egypt
Found In: Mourning & Bereavement, Torah Portion: Parashah, Passover
Shared by Tamar Stern | Poem
"G-d will surely remember you, and then you must carry up my bones out of here with you" (Exodus 13:19)
Now it is time to depart from the Egypt of daily life
into a moment of question and promise;
We bring you ... |
Graffiti Vandalism in Riverside
Winners were recognized at a City Council meeting on May 21, 2013. View the winning Poster Contest entries HERE. View the winning Video Contest entries HERE.
Take Back the Wall
The City of Riverside spends more than $1.3 million each year for Graffiti abatement. In addition, money is spe... |
Wind Energy Technology
photo of Judith Gap Wind Project by Pat Judge
Harnessing the wind for our power is cost-competitive today. The region has a good start in develooping wind projects, but we could be doing much more with very little effort.
Download this Wind fact sheet here. (536kB PDF file)
As the above table sho... |
Would it really be so difficult to determine how chapter divisions are marked in all surviving ancient books?
The question of chapter divisions and headings in ancient literary and technical texts is a long term interest of mine, as anyone who chooses to look may discover by clicking on the tag at the end of this post.... |
Tip of the Week
This winter, millions of Americans will be hitting the roads and facing cold temperatures, along with the snowy and icy conditions winter weather brings. These factors are not only a nuisance, but at times, very dangerous, even for the most confident and experienced drivers. Simple driving maneuvers, su... |
The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), known at that time as "County Transit," was on its way towards the goal of building a mass transit system that would serve the ever-growing urbanized area, becoming an alternative to the automobile and a driver of economic development.
It began with the federal gov... |
RWJF Priority: Use pricing strategies—both incentives and disincentives—to promote the purchase of healthier foods
Prices can significantly affect family food choices and are emerging as an important strategy in the movement to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic. For example, when healthy foods like fruits and vege... |
Standard DefinitionStandard-definition television (SDTV) is a television system that uses a resolution that is not considered to be either high-definition television (HDTV 720p and 1080p) or enhanced-definition television (EDTV 480p). The two common SDTV signal types are 576i, with 576 interlaced lines of resolution, d... |
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