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A social history of women [kit] by Shiela C. Robertson and Kathleen O’Brien. (1986). TKSS 700
Unit of study on the social history of women, concentrating on women from Minnesota. Includes general lessons on women’s history, and lessons on six "non-famous" historic women: Mathilda ... |
Prairie dogs enjoy a snack in their habitat at the Detroit Zoo. (Joe Ballor/Daily Tribune)
Species: Prairie dogs (Cynomus lodovicianus)
Home: North America’s prairies and open grassland. The Detroit Zoo is home to over 70 black-tailed prairie dogs. The zoo’s prairie dog habitat features three clear observation areas wh... |
Calendar Reform and Eclipses: The Place of Edzná
HIGH NOON AMONG THE MAYA
Although both the 260-day sacred almanac and the 365-day secular calendar predated the Maya by well over a millennium, and the "principle" of using key calendar dates to define urban locations and the Long Count itself had likewise been developed... |
Translated by W. D. Ross.
WE have treated of that which is primarily and to which all the other categories of being are referred—i.e. of substance. For it is in virtue of the concept of substance that the others also are said to be—quantity and quality and the like; for all will be found to involve the concept of subst... |
At the University of Dubuque, students learn Environmental Science by getting wet, getting muddy, and getting their hands on fish, birds, soil, prairie plants, and rocks. We believe that field-oriented, hands-on courses prepare students for jobs following graduation, while providing real life experiences that lead to i... |
In recent years there has also been a slight drop in the fraction of daily calories that American adults get from fast food. But among some groups -- young black adults, people in low-income families -- fast-food consumption remains high and unchanged.
Those are among the findings of the federal government's periodic l... |
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The salmonella linked to uncooked tomatoes has now spread to 16 states. The Associated Press reports:
Investigations by the Texas and New Mexico Departments of Health and the U.S. Indian Health Service have tied 56 cases in Texas and 55 in New Mexico to raw, uncooked, tomatoes.Hopefully this doesn’t get as bad as the s... |
One of the more surprising aspects of the early missions of the NX class Enterprise during the 2150s was the number of hostile alien species which the ship encountered. One of the more mysterious of these incidents came in 2151, during the ship's first year of exploration. Enterprise was deploying Subspace Amplifiers t... |
When I was a kid, my favorite crayon was the one called "Burnt Sienna."
It produced a warm orange-brown color that reminded me of Georgia Red Clay.
I wasn't far off the mark. The rich pigments of the color sienna are derived from a form of limonite clay used in the production of oil-based paints.
Ferric oxides found in... |
Comparing an Integer With a Floating-Point Number, Part 1: Strategy
Last week, I started discussing the problem of comparing two numbers, each of which might be integer or floating-point. I pointed out that integers are easy to compare with each other, but a program that compares two floating-point numbers must take Na... |
Eye test – acuity; Vision test – acuity
Definition of Visual acuity test
The visual acuity test is used to determine the smallest letters a person can read on a standardized chart or card held 14 - 20 feet away.
Paul B. Griggs, MD, Department of Ophthalmology, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA . Review provide... |
Atenolol Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Warnings
Atenolol is also known as: Tenormin
Atenolol Pregnancy Warnings
Atenolol crosses the placental barrier and appears in cord blood. Administration of atenolol in the second trimester of pregnancy has been associated with the birth of infants that are small for their gestation... |
Violin For Dummies
With all of its different parts and its beautiful, delicate-looking body, the violin can feel a bit intimidating at first. This Cheat Sheet helps you get to know your instrument by introducing the most important parts of your violin, provides some easy steps to keep it in tip-top condition, and takes... |
Bing online dictionary defines “symptom” as: “indication of illness felt by patient: an indication of a disease or other disorder, especially one experienced by the patient, e.g. pain, dizziness or itching, as opposed to one observed by the doctor.”
So, how long does it take from the time symptoms start to get help? Wi... |
Durham Cathedral Library descends from the library of the monastery founded on Lindisfarne by St Aidan in 635. When the community left Lindisfarne in 875, the monks took with them relics of St Cuthbert, and a number of books. These probably included the famous manuscript now known as the Lindisfarne gospels. The commun... |
Grades3-5, 6-8, 9-12
Brief DescriptionStudents determine revenue generated by sample pages from the Yellow Pages and discuss the value of advertising a business in this venue.
Keywordstelephone, phone, yellow, directory, advertise, business, revenue, calculate, chart, table, research, data, decision
Note: This math act... |
Torque is an important factor in much of the equipment on a factory floor. Measuring torque is often something that's misunderstood, which can lead to over- under-designing of measurement systems. This article addresses the many techniques and tradeoff of torque measurement techniques.
Torque can be divided into two ma... |
Printed wiring board (PWB) interconnect inductance can make or break the performance of a power supply. A large interconnect inductance can raise the high-frequency impedance of a gate drive circuit, impacting efficiency, or it can degrade the effectiveness of filter capacitors. In this Power Tip, we examine some simpl... |
DSP Tricks: Interpolating a bandpass signalThere are many digital communications applications where a real signal is centered at one fourth the sample rate, or fs/4. This condition makes quadrature downconversion particularly simple.
In the event that you'd like to generate an interpolated (increased sample rate) versi... |
Biography All Music Guide
All Music Guide:
One of a handful of musicians who can be said to have permanently changed jazz, Charlie Parker was arguably the greatest saxophonist of all time. He could play remarkably fast lines that, if slowed down to half speed, would reveal that every note made sense. "Bird," along with... |
Mary Stuart (Maria Stuarda) synopsis
Music by Gaetano Donizetti
Libretto by Giuseppe Bardari after Schiller
First performed: 1835
(n/a) Scene 1 The Palace of Westminster It is a day of revelry at the court of the young Elizabeth. The courtiers are celebrating in anticipation of the queen’s decision to accept the marria... |
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- Why does Dante put the virtuous pagans and babies in Limbo? Did that go against the medieval church's teachings?
- What is the punishment for the sodomites in Cantos 15-16 of Inferno?
- In The Divine Comedy by Dante, how did the main character, Dante, reed... |
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Colourful light pillars often appear in winter when snow or ice crystals reflect light from a strong source like the sun or moon. Aided by extreme cold, light pillars appear when light bounces off the surface of flat ice crystals floating relatively close to the ground. The pillars look like feathers... |
The Test of Phonological Awareness (TOPA) was developed to help identify children who are delayed in their development of phonological awareness. Research supports the theory that children with poor phonological awareness are at risk of later reading difficulties. Children who score in the bottom quartile of the TOPA a... |
Lava flows in Daedalia Planum
Mars Express imaged Daedalia Planum, a sparsely cratered, untextured plain on the Red Planet featuring solidified lava flows of varying ages.
Daedalia Planum lies to the south-east of Arsia Mons, one of the largest volcanoes on Mars. It is 350 km in diameter and rises 14 km. The plain is d... |
The Gummy Bear Romp
"The Gummy Bear Romp"
Levels: Low to Intermediate
Applications: Review or introduce 1.Colours.
2.Animals and/or objects vocabulary
3.Interrogatives:"Do you want...?"
"Do you have...?"
4.Responses: "Yes, I do"
"No, I don't"
"I don't have..." etc.
Supplies needed: 1.A bag of gummy bears or two.
2.A go... |
Bethesda, MD—As you decide what to get dad for Father's Day, you might want to consider what he gave you when you were conceived. If he smoked, your genes are likely damaged, and your odds for cancers and other diseases throughout your life could be increased. A new research report appearing online in the FASEB Journal... |
San Diego, CA (October 17, 2012) – A sweeping study on the issue of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in hospitals shows that using antimicrobial soap and ointment on all intensive-care patients significantly decreases bloodstream infection. The results, which are being presented for the first time at IDWeek 2012TM, may su... |
History of the Baptist Churches
In Holland a group of English separatists, led by John Smyth, came under Mennonite influence and formed c.1608 in Amsterdam the first English Baptist congregation. Smyth baptized first himself, then the others. In 1611 certain members of this congregation returned to London and establish... |
Good news for sky watchers, bad news for sky travelers: The eruption of a volcano in Iceland means that all flights to and from Ireland and the U.K. are grounded until 6 a.m. GMT tomorrow morning, and airports have closed in Sweden, France, Denmark, Finland, Belgium, and the Netherlands. That means a lot of very unhapp... |
Under the Texas Family Code (Tex. Fam. Code) a “Parent” is defined as the mother, a man presumed to be the father, a man legally determined to be the father, a man who has been adjudicated to be the father by a court of competent jurisdiction, a man who acknowledged his paternity under applicable law, or an adoptive mo... |
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by Dave DeWitt
I am constantly asked to explain the exponential growth of interest in chile peppers and the boom in fiery foods products in the U.S. over the past two decades. How did a meat and potatoes America become enamored of hot sauces, salsas, spicy snack food, chili con carne, and hundreds and hundreds o... |
A meteor streaks through the sky over Joshua Tree National Park in Southern California's Mojave Desert. The Leonid meteor storm was captured in this 30-minute time exposure from Nov. 17, 1998. / Reed Saxon, AP
Will this year's Leonid meteor shower roar like the lion constellation it's named for or meow like a kitty cat... |
Published April 26, 2012
Anyone who’s driven on a busy highway can attest that vehicles moving erratically and braking needlessly breaks up the smooth flow of traffic and leads to congestion.
Honda has also observed this phenomenon and claims to have pioneered a technology based on this principle that, rather than just... |
Free Spirit, collaborating with Read How You Want, can now make several books more accessible to young people with
learning difficulties or visual impairments.
Select titles are available in these formats: braille, DAISY, Easy Read and large type, and e-book.
- EasyRead Formats: Books that have been optimized to improv... |
The involvement of family members in a student’s educational journey plays a crucial part in that student’s success. This page will lead you to a number of resources that can help you shepherd your student through this important step in his or her life. Our FAQ section may answer many of the questions you may have, but... |
Play Safely and Responsibly
1. Health and Safety guide
WARNING: READ BEFORE PLAYING
Photosensitive Seizure Warning
A very small proportion of people can experience epileptic seizures when exposed to certain light patterns or flashing lights. Exposure to these patterns or backgrounds on a computer screen, and often whil... |
The issue of censorship remains prevalent in today's society, taking on many different forms, from suppressing individuals' rights to speak freely and read what they choose to curtailing the independence of the media. Censorship may seem outdated in a world of globalization and electronic technology, but its practice t... |
How Beans Grow
by National Gardening Association Editors
If you've ever walked by containers of bulk seed in a garden store, you may have been surprised by the many different colors, sizes and shapes of the beans -- even by the variety of designs on the seed coats and their descriptive names: 'Soldier', 'Wren's Egg', '... |
Transplanting Cole Crops
by National Gardening Association Editors
At last! You're ready to transplant your broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage seedlings. If you have a choice, pick a day that's overcast and moderately cool; too much hot sunshine or cold wind will be hard on the plants. Planting late in the afternoon als... |
Banjul, The Gambia, 19 August 2009 - Minister of Health Dr. Mariatou Jallow administered the first dose of the pneumococcal vaccine to Gambian children at a rural clinic outside Banjul today.
Joined by the Gambia Vice President Mrs. Isatou Njie-Saidy, Dr. Jallow and hundreds of Gambian citizens celebrated this historic... |
Types of Explosions
Any explosion that is the direct result of using a weapon; such as a sword laden with explosive magics, or a gun that's been given explosive bullets. The most obvious example is a grenade or a block of TNT. Most guns can be put into this category, given the common firearm mechanism of propelling a b... |
October 7, 2005 2005 marks the 30th anniversary of the one of the hottest consumer electronic products in the world today – the digital camera. In 1975, the world’s first digital photograph was taken at a Kodak lab in Rochester, NY, USA, in an event that preceded the Compact Disc, the Personal Computer and the Internet... |
Chicago's Willis Tower, formerly known as Sears Tower, was the world's tallest building from 1974 to 1998 and remains the tallest building in the U.S. to this day. Its 1451-foot (442 m) height adds up to enough window area to keep a window washer busy for life, or space for enough solar panels to be comparable to a 10 ... |
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WENHAM, MA –Since the 18th-century Enlightenment, Americans have maintained much friendlier ties with religion than Western Europeans. In fact, the United States and Western Europe’s paths to modernity have differed exponentially.
Thomas A. (“Tal”) H... |
April 16, 2002 By Bill McGarigle
Texas was among the first to adapt geospatial technologies to the monitoring, decision-making and treatment processes involved in cotton production. The need was clear: Cotton is the state's number one cash crop, contributing over $1.3 billion annually to the Texas economy, even after l... |
The Green Marine Environmental Program is an action plan that addresses nine major environmental issues identified by the marine industry :
The program is made up of 4 basic steps:
1- Evaluation process
Green Marine requires participants to adopt practices and technologies that will have a direct impact on the ground.
... |
Do What You Can to Ease Side Effects of Treatment for Stomach Cancer
It's likely that you will have physical concerns because your cancer may cause symptoms and your treatment may cause side effects. The side effects depend on your treatment and that depends largely on how much the cancer has spread outside your stomac... |
As Mexico celebrates the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos), I'm reminded of a visit I once made with a Swedish friend to the Museum of Mummies in the picturesque colonial Mexican city of Guanajuato. The perfectly preserved corpses of babies and adults were brashly displayed amid neon lights, fake cobwebs, and other ... |
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Van Gogh and Expressionism
Published in 1964
44 pages, fully illustrated
Following the same structure as the previous year’s exhibition, Cézanne and Structure in Modern Painti... |
|Pertussis, also known as “whooping cough” for the trademark sound made by those suffering from the illness, is making a comeback. This highly contagious disease is caused by an infection of the respiratory system that leads to uncontrollable, violent coughing. The coughing spells can make it hard to breathe, and may c... |
Antonia Novello was born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico in 1944 and moved to Michigan in 1970.
Novello was the first Hispanic and the first woman to serve as surgeon general of the United States. She was named to the post by President George H. W. Bush in 1990, and served until 1993.
Novello earned her M. D. degree at the Uni... |
Information on moles and voles can also be seen on the Healthy Canadians website.
The adult mole measures from 12 to 20 cm in length and has dark grey or brown velvety fur. Its eyes are small and its broad front feet have strong claws for digging in soil. Moles are insectivores. Most do not eat plants, but feed mainly ... |
- Hypothermia occurs when the body's core temperature drops below 37°C.
- This typically results from prolonged exposure to cold conditions, especially in damp, wet or snowy weather.
- Early signs: shivering; listlessness; cold, pale, puffy face; impaired speech and impaired judgment.
- Later signs: drowsiness, weaknes... |
Intelligence tests are psychological tests that are designed to measure a variety of mental functions, such as reasoning, comprehension, and judgment.
The goal of intelligence tests is to obtain an idea of the person's intellectual potential. The tests center around a set of stimuli designed to yield a score based on t... |
This plot shows the orbital height of the ISS over the last year. Clearly visible
are the re-boosts which suddenly increase the height, and the gradual decay
in between. The height is averaged over one orbit, and the gradual decrease
is caused by atmospheric drag. As can
be seen from the plot, the rate of descent is no... |
The loss of hair comes naturally with age and many people suffer from this. Natural hair loss can be attributed to genes; in other words it can be hereditary. However, recently people are noticing rapid hair loss in patches and it looks ugly in the mirror. This ailment which is known as Alopecia; affects both genders w... |
Anise (Pimpinella Anisum, Linn.), an annual herb of the natural order Umbelliferæ. It is a native of southwestern Asia, northern Africa and south-eastern Europe, whence it has been introduced by man throughout the Mediterranean region, into Germany, and to some extent into other temperate regions of both hemispheres, b... |
Before you turn up the thermostat to ward off the winter chill that’s creeping into your house, take these simple, inexpensive steps to make your home more comfortable and energy efficient.
If you’re like most folks, the majority of your energy dollars go toward heating and cooling your home. According to the U.S. Depa... |
Introduction and Installation of Php
What is PHP?
PHP is an acronym for Hypertext Preprocessor. It is a dynamic server side scripting language that allows an application developer to create very simple to very complex mechanisms for the web. Think of PHP as the brain and central nervous system behind your applications.... |
Catacombs are believed to have been used as burial chambers, worship area and refuge by persecuted Christians/Jews starting from the second century A.D. Jewish catacombs, discovered in 1918, make part of the belowground graves enriched by frescoes.
The Catacombs in Rome cover many kilometers and some are four storeys b... |
A thermostat is a device that regulates the temperature of a home at a desired setpoint. An added feature is a programmable thermostat which can be programmed for different temperatures throughout the day. An example would be programming the thermostat to reduce heat from 8:00 to 4:00 when the home owner is at work. Th... |
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Renovations in the New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, public library caused a stir in the local home school community because of a new mural that some home schoolers found offensive.
According to WHTM News, Dawn Gribb, the artist who painted the mural, was trying... |
By Gary Bogue
Thursday, April 29th, 2010 at 7:08 am in Wolves.
The latest issue of The Journal of Wildlife Management has a very interesting article on “Survival of Colonizing Wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains of the United States, 1982-2004.” You care about wolves? Check it out. /Gary
Humans—both predators and pr... |
electronic keyboard instruments and cutting-edge studio mixing and editing, Kraftwerk and bands like it built their music around the technology in many ways. In fact, they mentioned as one of their influences the philosophy of the German Bauhaus movement, which taught that technology and art should be joined together. ... |
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The John Muir Trail pond
California native flowers
along the John Muir Trail
Conelo -sacred tree of the
Mapuche People of Chile
Peruvian Lily - Chile
Francoa Sonchifolia - Chile
The King Protea is native
of South Africa
Strawflower - Australia
Mediterranean Climate Gardens
There are five Mediter... |
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Government is taking advantage of new developments to enhance
our country's comprehensive response to HIV and AIDS. It will,
as matter of urgency, start implementing a programme to provide
anti-retroviral treatment (ART) in the public health sector. Let
us build on the foundations laid in the past th... |
This sect grew out of the International Bible Students Association, founded in 1872 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by Charles Taze Russell (1852–1916). After intensive study of the Bible, he concluded that the invisible return of Christ had occurred in 1874, that the Gentile period would cease in 1914, and that, followin... |
Algae plus salt water equals … fuel? Bilal Bomani wants to create a biofuel that is "extreme green"— sustainable, alternative and renewable. At NASA's GreenLab Research Facility, he uses algae and halophytes to create a self sustaining, renewable energy ecosystem that doesn't consume arable land or fresh water.
Bilal B... |
Hepatitis is the general term for inflammation of the liver. It can be caused by infection, drugs or toxins. When most people hear the diagnosis hepatitis, they think of the hepatitis related to infection from a virus, such as hepatitis A, B or hepatitis C.
Alcoholic hepatitis is different because it is not infectious ... |
Grape mealybug—Pseudococcus maritimus
Grape mealybugs are soft, oval, flattened insects. Their
bodies are distinctly segmented; divisions among the head,
thorax, and abdomen are not distinct. The adult female is
about 5 mm long and appears smoothly dusted with a white,
mealy, wax secretion. Long caudal filaments along ... |
Dense or rocky soil
Roots of carrots that have been planted in hard soil may be hairy, forked, and misshapen.
Avoid planting carrots in heavy soils. Plant in light soils such as sandy loam. Remove rocks from soil.
Maintain uniform soil moisture at seed depth until seedlings emerge. |
Environmental stresses (such as those caused by human practices, such as monoculture) may cause explosions of some ant populations, an effect that is particularly evident within ants’ native ranges. For example, in its native range in South America, the little fire ant Wasmannia auropunctata is a pest in disturbed fore... |
The next day we learned that frogs come from eggs. Frog eggs look a little different from the eggs of other animals and it took a little convincing to persuade them that they were actually eggs. We talked about the life cycle of frogs. After that we made frogs, complete with long, curly tongues and wrote about them. He... |
A cycle of three years, in the course of which the whole Law is read on Sabbaths and festivals. This was the practise in Palestine, whereas in Babylonia the entire Pentateuch was read in the synagogue in the course of a single year (Meg. 29b). The modern practise follows the Babylonian; but as late as 1170 Benjamin of ... |
May 25, 2012 | 3:03 pm
Posted by Rabbi Ilana Grinblat
Who goes first?
This question is central in my household nowadays, as my eight year old son and five year old daughter frequently argue over who gets the first turn at everything. They debate who gets to tell me first at dinnertime how their day was at school. To re... |
JURBARKAS (Ger. Jurburg), town in S.W. Lithuania; until the incorporation of Lithuania within Russia in 1795, the town belonged to the principality of Zamut (Zhmud; Samogitia); subsequently, until the 1917 Revolution, it was in the province of Kovno. Jews who visited Jurbarkas at the end of the 16th century are mention... |
March 30, 2012
CDC Releases New Report on Autism Prevalence in U.S.
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health contributed to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that estimates the prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) as affecting 1 in 88 U.S. children overall,... |
If the emf of a battery is 23 V and a current of 66 A is measured when the battery is shorted, what is the internal resistance of the battery? Answer in units of Ω How would you set up the equation to solve?
An investor purchases 75 shares at 37.90 a share, holds the stock for 150 days, and then sells the stock for 41.... |
Spike in bird flu deaths worries health officials
8 people die in last 2 months in Cambodia
In the last two months, eight people in Cambodia have died from bird flu, a rare but deadly disease causing concern among health authorities. Six of the victims have been children.
The H5N1 virus, known to be highly contagious t... |
Physical exercise is a great way to tone your body and lose weight. There are two basic types of exercise: aerobic and anaerobic. Aerobic exercise promotes cardiovascular fitness by raising your pulse to a targeted level. It's recommended that you exercise at your target heart rate for thirty minutes, three times a wee... |
Local suicide serves as reminder of a deadly danger facing teens
Why it's so important to break the silence of suicide
Stigma has helped suicide quietly rise to be the third leading cause of death among teens. Video by kgun9.comvideo
Reporter: Valerie Cavazos
TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - A problem few people ever talk about cla... |
Dyer's woad was discovered in 1986 in Washington State, growing along railroad tracks in Kittitas County. In 1992, dyer's woad was eradicated from this site. The site is monitored continually, with no new plants found. Removing this plant from the State is a true success story in the fight against invasive species; thi... |
Another collaborative effort by the team that created The Poet King of Tezcoco: A Great Leader of Ancient Mexico (2007) chronicles the life of a controversial figure in pre-colonial Mesoamerica.
The indigenous woman who would serve as Hernán Cortés’ interpreter and companion was born in the early 1500s as Malinali and ... |
Disruptive behavior is an ongoing pattern of conduct that bothers and upsets the worker's day-to-day interpersonal workplace surroundings. Although disruptive behaviors have long been a concern, these behaviors have gone unchecked and sometimes are accepted as part of the workplace environment.
Disruptive behavior is i... |
If you and your partner are trying to conceive, it's important to keep the testicles cooler than the normal body temperature of 98.6 (98 point 6) degrees. Sperm need a cooler environment, around 93 degrees, for successful production. During the day, you can do this by wearing boxer shorts instead of briefs and not sitt... |
Posted: Mar 19, 2013 7:00 AM by By Serena Gordon
TUESDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- Black children are less likely than other children to be given antibiotics and less likely to be given the most powerful antibiotics to treat acute respiratory tract infections, new research suggests.
Does this represent a previously... |
When you need a portable, convenient power source, you can rely on batteries.
Batteries of all shapes and sizes supply power to everyday electronics like toys and power tools, but batteries also work where we don't see them too. During a power outage, phone lines still operate because they are equipped with lead-acid b... |
Exploring Nonlinear Mechanical Behaviour of Rocks at LANCE
SMARTS - Spectrometer for Materials Research at Temperature and Stress
Atomic-scale stress-strain information obtained from the neutron Rietveld data indicate that the strain experienced by the crystalline quartz is ~1/5 of the macroscopic strain (the rest take... |
|Other Egyptian Gods|
Anubis, whose hieroglyphic name more closely translates as Anpu or Inepu, is the Ancient Egyptian god of death and dying, and sometimes god of the Underworld. His mother is Hesat or Bastet with an unknown father, or Nephthys, and his father is variously said to be Set, Ra or Osiris. His daughter i... |
Wish you could dazzle your colleagues at meetings, wow your friends when telling them about a recent event or captivate a group of energetic children? Storytelling maybe the answer! Learning to be a good storyteller will equip you with the knowledge, skills and ability to bring a bland chart to life, help your friends ... |
Is it true that 'preterism' and 'futurism' were Jesuit interpretations of prophecy that were contrived during the counter-reformation? I've read that in a couple of places and wondered what your study has led you to about that. Thank you.
Preterism is the view that the prophecies concerning destruction, especially thos... |
Most common smoke detectors (Fig. 13-2) contain a small amount of 241Am, a radioactive isotope. 241Am is produced and recovered from nuclear reactors. Alpha particles emitted by the decays of 241Am ionize the air (split the air molecules into electrons and positive ions) and generate a small current of electricity that... |
Science Museum unwraps a "sweet" exhibition
A "tasty" exhibition to reveal the biology, chemistry, physiology and psychology of the world of candy was unwrapped at the Hong Kong Science Museum today (June 26) and will run until October 28.
"Candy Unwrapped", featuring 17 groups of interactive exhibits, will satisfy the... |
|Origin:||, past participle of consolidare, from com- ( COM-) + solidus 'solid'|
con‧sol‧i‧date [intransitive and transitive]
to strengthen the position of power or success that you have, so that it becomes more effective or continues for longer:
The company has consolidated its position as the country's leading gas su... |
o‧rig‧i‧nal1 S1 W1
existing or happening first, before other people or things:
first[only before noun]
The land was returned to its original owner.
The kitchen still has many original features (=parts that were there when the house was first built).
the original meaning of the word
The original plan was to fly out to N... |
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A series of diagrams and photographs is a vivid tool for delivering a lesson about blood vessels. Each slide has notes for the lecturer to use to explain each slide. Your young bio... |
Definition of Genus Enterolobium
1. Noun. Small genus of tropical American timber trees closely allied to genus Albizia.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Mimosoideae, Subfamily Mimosoideae
Member holonyms: Conacaste, Elephant's Ear, Enterolobium Cyclocarpa
Genus Enterolobium Pictures
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Libralato Engine Overview
THE LIBRALATO ENGINE - Invented by Dr. Ruggero Libralato; a teacher of electrical engineering by trade, Dr. Libralato’s keen interest in combustion engines from a young age led him to design a new combustion engine at the age of 27. Over 25 years, through various design iterations, the profoun... |
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