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Time to Save the Western Arctic Reserve of Alaska
Posted September 27, 2012 in Saving Wildlife and Wild Places
Last month, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced the Bureau of Land Management’s preferred alternative, the “B-2” alternative, for the first area-wide Integrated Activity Plan developed for Western ... |
O. Henry in 1909. He may even be drunk here.
New York City has a fine, macabre tradition of harboring famous artists, writers, musicians and actors on the cusp of an alcohol or drug-fueled demise. The city naturally attracts the creative, oddballs and innovators looking for like minds amid the flourishing artistic comm... |
Consider: in 1985, according to a Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) study, blacks made up 25 percent of Boston's total population – 76 percent of whom were concentrated in the adjoining, and predominantly black, neighborhoods of Roxbury, Mattapan, and South Dorchester. And while another 17 percent of the city's blac... |
The current state of arctic sea ice (see graph below) sends a chill down my spine.
So what it says is that the ice is melting furiously, and looks like it’s not yet slowing down even though the days have started to draw in.
However, any scientist will tell you that no single data point can be used as evidence of global... |
Leila Keene and Pat Kirke 3 August 1943
- Subject: Tolkien discusses runes, the Common Speech, and the adoption by the Dwarves of Erebor of the language of the Men of Dale.
- Publication: The letter was first reproduced in Sotheby's Illustrated Books, Children's Books, Ephemera, Performing Arts & Related Drawings 4 May... |
Across legal and economic disciplines, there have been many arguments regarding the benefits of free trade on developing countries. At the heart of such discussion is the controversial result of the Washington Consensus “describe[ed] a set of ten specific economic policy prescriptions that … constitute a "standard" ref... |
Output expanded robustly after 1933. Between 1933 and 1937, the US economy grew by 8% a year. Between 1938 and 1941, growth averaged more than 10%.
Rapid output growth without equally rapid capital-stock or employment growth must have reflected rapid productivity growth. This is the paradox of the 1930’s. Despite being... |
Satellite Image of Lake Carnegie in Australia
Lansat 7 (15m) Satellite Image of Lake Carnegie in Australia
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Lake Carnegie is an ephemeral lake in Western Australia. It fills with water only during very rare periods of significant rainfall, such as during the huge 1900 floods an... |
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Geodatabases and ArcSDE
An overview of the Geodatabase
The geodatabase is a "container" used to hold a collection of datasets. There are three types:
- File Geodatabases—Stored as folders in a file system. Each dataset is held as a file that can scale up to 1 TB in size. This option is recommended over pe... |
Difference between revisions of "Rocky Mountain National Park"
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Rocky Mountain National Park is a United States National Park that is located in the Front Range region of the state of Colorado. The park's borders lie within three counties, Larimer, Boulder, and Grand and it is surrou... |
Estimate the Induction Time Distribution for a Disease
A group of 258 patients with AIDS had been exposed to HIV through blood transfusion on a known date. Patients who had not developed AIDS before the end of the study are not included (right truncation).
Create a kernel density estimate of the AIDS induction time dis... |
It's a pilot program that transports the past to the present at Wyuka Cemetery in Lincoln.
"The possibilities are endless," said Bill Lopez who teaches a masters level education course at the University of Nebraska Lincoln.
"There are more than 55 thousand souls buried here in Wyuka and every one has a story to tell," ... |
There's something lurking around distant and icy dwarf planet Pluto: a fifth moon.
A team of scientists using the Hubble Space Telescope said Wednesday they have discovered the tiniest moon yet around Pluto. That brings the number of known moons to five.
The mini-moon is estimated to be 6 to 15 miles across, smaller th... |
A lucid account of the Suffolk Bank system which operated in Massachusetts between 1825 and 1858. Dr Trivioli shows that during this period a free enterprise central bank and clearing system operated with great success, bringing stability to a stuation where competing banks issued their own notes.
Synopsis: In tracing ... |
Akamba people alongside other central Bantu speaking people are believed to have originated in the current Democratic Republic of Congo and migrated to East Africa across Tanzania border. They settled around Mount Kilimanjaro before migrating further to the settle in the plains of Nithi at a place called Kiima Kya Kyeu... |
Pediatric Regime of Chemotherapy Proves More Effective for Young Adults Monday, June 18, 2012
Leukemia patients 16 to 39 have higher long-term survival rates, finds TAU researcher
Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), usually found in pediatric patients, is far more rare and deadly in adolescent and adult patients. Accor... |
Moving people toward compassionate living
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Help Save Hammerhead and Oceanic Whitetip Sharks
Tell National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Service (NMFS) it's time to stop catching hammerhead and oceanic whitetip sharks in U.S. waters! Proh... |
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Rosh Hashanah and
By Richard H. Schwartz
Rosh Hashanah is the time when we take stock of our lives ... |
Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
Southern American English
Southern American English is a dialect of the English language spoken throughout the Southern region of the United States, from central Kentucky and northern Virginia to the Gulf Coast and from the Atlantic coast to eastern Texas. Southern American English can... |
Montenegro was part of the former Yugoslavia at one time. Illyrians originally settled the area, followed by the Greeks, Celts, Byzantines, Romans and the Slavs. The nation was eventually Christianized under Nicholas I and later united with Serbia to fight the Turks of the Ottoman Empire. Nicholas oversaw the expansion... |
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Completed AE projects
When someone is suffering from dementia, the whole family is affected. It can be difficult for everyone, but particularly for children who do not always understand what is going on. In 1999, Alzheimer Europe (in collaboration with the Association Luxembourg Alzheimer) pr... |
A modifier describes another word or word group. Words, phrases (groups of words without a subject or predicate, usually introduced by a preposition or conjunction), and clauses (groups of words with a subject and verb within a compound or complex sentence) may all be modifiers. An adjective modifies a noun or a pronou... |
- Historic Sites
William Trent House Museum
William Trent built his country estate north of Philadelphia, in New Jersey, at the Falls of the Delaware River about 1719. It was a large, imposing brick structure, built in the newest fashion. An "allee" of English cherry trees led from the entrance down to the ferry landin... |
Find out what’s on your pet’s mind or work with your pet on a behavior problem
Have you ever wondered what Lucy has on her mind? How she feels about that new litter or why she is peeing outside the box? Have you ever wanted to explain to Max that you’re going to be adding another dog friend to the family? or a new baby... |
Asclepsis tuberosa or butterfly weed is a wonderful addition to the summer garden. Its bright orange flowers are irresistible to butterflies, especially the monarch. Although the flowers lure the monarch butterfly, the monarch caterpillar eats nothing but the foliage of this particular plant. One morning I discovered t... |
Using scientific techniques and cutting-edge equipment, researchers at the Indianapolis Museum of Art
Conservation Science Laboratory have recently solved mysteries about paintings by Vincent van Gogh and Giorgio de Chirico. Since opening in early 2011, the Conservation Science Laboratory has undertaken multiple projec... |
Brazilian name: arapaçu-de-bico-torto
|São Paulo state, Brazil
The Black-billed Scythebill is distributed in south-east Brazil and into adjacent areas of Paraguay and Argentina. It is found in Atlantic Rain Forest and secondary woodland, often associated with stands of bamboo.
It has a very long, decurved black bill th... |
During the early 1900’s the first commercial asparagus plantings in the state of Victoria were grown by Thomas Roxburgh - a shipping agent by trade - on a 300 acre farm in the town of Vervale. By the 1930’s the major commercial asparagus production area in Victoria was the nearby Koo Wee Rup and Dalmore area. Soon afte... |
Features leading edge research, new philosophies and innovative methodologies on materials information and database system utilization.
21 comprehensive, peer-reviewed papers from an international body of materials data professionals are divided into the following key areas:
Materials Science and the Role of Virtual Ex... |
Cityscapes With State Parks Provide Urbanites a Valuable Connection to Nature
Tom Kroeger has quite the office view. Out one window there's a cityscape, complete with skyscrapers, smokestacks, shipping ports and a wastewater treatment plant. Out another, there's a panoramic view of the fifth largest lake in the world. ... |
The Breman Jewish Heritage and Holocaust Museum
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The William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum explores the universal themes of respect for difference, responsible citizenship, human dignity, and community building through the lens of the Jewish experience. The Breman features: Absence of Humanity: The H... |
logging in or signing up Ecological pyramids bothrops Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: Embed: Flash iPad Dynamic Copy Does not... |
Earth-sized planet found in Alpha Centauri by European astronomers using HARPS telescopeBy Angel Cuala on Oct 17, 2012 in Astronomy, Science •
European astronomers announced on Tuesday, October 16, 2012 their discovery of an Earth-sized planet in Alpha Centauri, the star system closest to our plant. The said planet was... |
Tympanoplasty is a surgery done to repair the eardrum and middle ear bones. The eardrum and bones are necessary to hear.
The Middle Ear
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Types of tympanoplasty include:
- Myringoplasty—repair of a tear in the eardrum
- Tympanoplasty with ossiculoplasty—repair of a tear in the eard... |
The best and most reliable form of research is the double-blind, placebo-controlled study. A treatment cannot really be said to be proven effective unless it has been examined in properly designed and sufficiently large studies of this type.
In these experiments, one group of subjects receives the "real thing"—the acti... |
If you have watched TV coverage of the current American primaries and caucuses, you’ve seen a telestrator used. It’s the computerized device that permits electronic illustrations to be drawn OVER video images, either live or taped, in motion or freeze-framed. The cream of current telestration technology is often voted ... |
For Immediate Release, November 4, 2009
Contact: Ileene Anderson, Center for Biological Diversity, (323) 490-0223
Court Reconsiders Threatened Status for Flat-tailed Horned Lizard
PHOENIX, Ariz.— In response to a lawsuit brought by the Center for Biological Diversity, Tucson Herpetological Society, Defenders of Wildlif... |
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The "silver" fox, also marketed as a Siberian fox, is a color phase (or specially produced mutation) of the red fox that, after 50 years of experiments in the Soviet Union and Russia, is widely available via the exotic pet trade.
Naturally occurring silver foxes are somewhat rare, comprising only 8% of Canada's wild re... |
Klein Grass, Panicum Coloratum, is a warm season perennial bunchgrass that is planted in the southwestern portion of the United States for hay production and grazing. Klein Grass is a native grass of Africa and was first introduced into the United States in the 1950’s.
Klein Grass is grown primarily as a pasture grass ... |
Colorado DesertArticle Free Pass
Colorado Desert, part of the Sonoran Desert, extending southeastward for 164 miles (264 km) from the San Gorgonio Pass in southeastern California, U.S., to the Colorado River delta in northern Mexico. A low-lying, arid region, it is bounded by the Pacific coastal ranges (west), the San ... |
Adapted from the NCI Cancer Bulletin.
Researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, Mass., have found that the source of disease in many cases of the most aggressive form of ovarian cancer, serous carcinoma, may not be the ovary at all, but rather the fimbria of the fallopian tube. Dr. Keren Levanon reported t... |
Carbon credit initiative
Cargill supports first-of-its-kind project designed to preserve the Amazon rainforest.
Earth Day, every day. To demonstrate our commitment to Earth Day we present stories that illustrate how we work to make a positive difference. For additional information on our environmental activities read B... |
In the UK one person dies from a smoking-related disease every four minutes.
Lung cancer (smoking causes over 80 per cent of all lung cancer deaths)
Other cancers e.g mouth and throat cancer
Smoking can also worsen colds, chest problems and allergies like hay fever, bronchitis and emphysema. It can bring on unpleasant ... |
“Though faith is
above reason, there can never be any real discrepancy between faith and reason.
Since the same God who reveals mysteries and infuses faith has bestowed the
light of reason on the human mind, God cannot deny himself, nor can truth ever
contradict truth. Consequently, methodical research in all branches ... |
Step 3: Find Books & Videos
The Library Catalog is an inventory of all the materials we own - books, periodicals, videos/dvds, and CDs. It lists the call number, availability, and physical location of each item. It also includes links to online items like eBooks and streaming videos.
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Discover what smart strategies, solutions and practices you can be implementing to prepare your IT infrastructure for the inevitable technological changes coming to your campus.
A fictional Englishman's quest to circle the globe in 80 days inspired technology integration facilitator Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano to take he... |
Dr. Marsh at the South Pole
Even Delaware's coldest winter could hardly rival the frigid environments in which Dr. Adam Marsh works. The marine biochemist regularly travels to Antarctica to learn more about the sea life that dwells in its icy waters. The lowest temperature on the planet has been recorded in Antarctica ... |
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Cisco IOS® Network Address Translation (NAT) is designed for IP address simplification and conservation. It enables private IP internetworks that use nonregistered IP addresses to connect to the Internet. NAT operates on a Cisco router that connects two networks together, and translates the private (... |
Science fiction (abbreviated SF or sci-fi with varying punctuation and capitalization) is a broad genre of fiction that often involves speculations based on current or future science or technology. Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of... |
It’s a crazy market, the investors were told by the columnist, and they had to protect themselves. So they shouldn’t accept “verbal assurances” that their fund managers were making the right decisions; they needed it in writing.
A court in Tennessee, meanwhile, ruled that “an employee who made “an oral or verbal compla... |
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife recently released a new pamphlet titled “Frogs are Cool: Facts About Frogs for Kids,” an informative and fun flyer aimed at raising awareness of the many endangered and sensitive species of frogs native to Oregon.
There are 16 species of frogs native to Oregon, and many are re... |
I have seen many tutorials on ASP.NET but most of them starts with coding and writing your first ASP.NET Program. But here I has written this tutorial for explaining why there is a need for ASP.NET when classy ASP is working fine and what are the underlying technology behind ASP.NET, What programming model ASP.NET Prov... |
‘We spent a good deal of time thinking about how accident, disruption, distraction, and difference increase the motivation to learn and to solve problems, both individually and collectively.’
The article : Collaborative Learning for the Digital Age by Cathy N. Davidson makes me think that collaborative work itself coul... |
JOSEPH EARNED MERIT etc. Why the difference that first it is written: And Joseph went up to bury his father, and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh etc.,2 followed by, And all the house of Joseph, and his brethren, and his father's house,3 and in the sequel it is written: And Joseph returned into Egypt, he an... |
How the Pilgrims Saved Us From Socialism
by Jack Cashill
Karl Marx had little use for America. From what he knew it was “pre-eminently the country of religiosity,” and yet it seemed to be the one nation that had been most thoroughly corrupted by ambition. Two strikes against America right there.
The “free inhabitant” o... |
This post is part of our year-long series, Apocalypse 2012, where our favorite futurists, resiliency and disaster experts examine the role of design to help you prepare for...the end?
If you asked me what the two most important design tasks at hand for humanity is right now it would be:
1. Preserving human habitat
2. C... |
Patient safety is hot topic in healthcare
Ensuring safe care for patients who require care in the hospital setting has always been an important issue for healthcare providers and institutions, but it has become a front-and-center topic of discussion in recent years. National Patient Safety Awareness Week, sponsored by ... |
This image was well known in the African American community. First published in 1925, it was reprinted four years later in The Negro in Chicago. This area of State Street (just off the top of Map 3) was located in an older section of black businesses closer to the downtown area than Thirty-fifth Street.
1) Which of the... |
A schoolmate Nitin would introduce himself with the line: "I'm Nitin, the same backwards and forwards". However cheesy that may be, at least it gave a mnemonic - people didn't forget his palindromic name in a hurry.
Palindromes are words or phrases that read the same in either direction. Words like MUM, DEED, REFER, th... |
Croatia should apologize for World War II genocide before joining the EU
Croatian fascists murdered hundreds of thousands of victims as part of a campaign against Serbs and Jews.
Croatia is nearing the finish line of a multiyear race to join the European Union. Its accession has been pushed along by traditional ally Ge... |
Before letting a child play at a playground, you should check it out yourself to make sure it's safe. Even if you determine that it is, if there are several children using it, there's always the possibility of injury. The most common playground injury is from a fall, so make sure the surface is relatively soft, especia... |
DAKAR: Pieces of pottery, iron tools and jewellery dating back thousands of years have been discovered in Dakar after recent torrential rains flooded some suburbs, university researchers told AFP on Monday.
Moustapha Sall, a lecturer and researcher at Dakar's Cheick Anta Diop university said he happened upon the items ... |
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If the idea of sitting on the ice trying to get a fish to bite doesn’t appeal to you or cross country skiing hasn’t flipped your switch, don’t give in and stay inside with the clicker in your hand.
Instead get outdoors and take a look around. Specifically keep an eye on the ground and t... |
Definitions For Great Lakes Water Withdrawal Registration
For purposes of implementing the Great Lakes Water Conservation and Management Act, the following definitions are applicable for registering water withdrawals and losses.
- Facility is one or more pieces of water withdrawal equipment at the same site, including ... |
The benefits of exercise are many, from producing physically fit bodies to providing an outlet for fun and socialization. When added to a weight control program these benefits take on increased significance.
We already have noted that proper exercise can help control weight by burning excess body fat. It also has two o... |
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Bank of America and several smaller banks recently announced they will impose monthly fees on customers for using their debit cards.
The move prompted howls of protest, including ones from Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin, D-Ill., who took to the Senate floor to encourage customers to remove t... |
The word Diwali has its origin from the Sanskrit word "Deepavali" which means "rows of light". Diwali is the festival that falls on the night of “Amavasya” (no moon) but the “diyas” we light gives us the message of spreading light and driving the darkness away. On Diwali day, shops are packed with people buying fire cr... |
The cactus moth, Cactoblastis cactorum is native to northern Argentina and parts of Peru and Paraguay. It was introduced into the Caribbean islands in the 1960’s to control several (native) prickly-pear cactus (Opuntia) species (Simonson 2005).
In 1989 the cactus moth was discovered to have spread to southern Florida. ... |
A digital preservation program exists within an organizational context and as such must fit the needs, priorities, and resources of that organization. The core of a digital preservation program is a digital preservation system. This tutorial focuses on the organizational context for a digital preservation program and h... |
Concrete Examples of Orderings
Last week, I noted that if you have an object with two components, each of which you know how to order independently, it requires at least a little thought to figure out how to do so. Moreover, there is a commonly used strategy, often called lexicographical order or dictionary order, for ... |
How to Ask for and Understand Directions in Japanese
7 of 10 in Series: The Essentials of Japanese Words and Phrases for Traveling
Exploring Japan can be quite an adventure, but you need to know how to ask for directions in Japanese and how to understand the directions you are given. After all, if you don't know how to... |
Three use cases (with one score for each) — Portrait, Landscape, and Sports — report on different aspects of sensor performance. Each use case score is associated with one defined image quality metric as defined below:
Flash studio photography involves a controlled and usually maximal amount of light. Even when shootin... |
There are some very important things that you need to keep in mind when you're on your computer at home or at school.
I will talk with my parents so that we can set up rules for going online. We will decide upon the time of day that I can be online, the length of time I can be online, and appropriate areas for me to vi... |
Moving toward a “more meatless” diet is all the rage—just look to former President Bill Clinton, who’s been speaking recently about the vegan diet he adopted to help his heart health. I’m all over moving toward eating less meat too. Why? First, I love vegetables, whole grains and beans (for real) and feel great when I’... |
Everything children see, hear, and do...from their first breath, shapes the rapidly developing architecture of their brains. The foundation for language, social behavior, problem solving ability, and emotional health will be mostly created by the time they enter kindergarten. Community leaders, parents, and concerned c... |
Heart disease is the leading cause of death in America. It's important to learn about how you and your family can follow a heart-healthy diet.
The key to heart health is eating foods low in saturated fat, trans fat, cholesterol and sodium, and high in omega-3 fatty acids and fiber. Eating a well-balanced diet will incl... |
Nausea and Vomiting, Age 12 and Older
Nausea is a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach. When you are nauseated, you may feel weak and sweaty and have too much saliva in your mouth. You may even vomit. This forces your stomach contents up your esophagus and out of your mouth. Most of the time, nausea and vomiting are... |
An outbreak of an illness occurs when there is an increase in the number of people who live in the same area and are infected around the same time by an organism such as a virus or bacteria. A community may have an outbreak of the flu or measles as that specific organism spreads through the water or food in that area.
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Category: Sponges view all from this category
Description 8" tall (20 cm) and 1" (2.5 cm) wide. Sponge produces brilliantly colored tree-like, intertwined branches in red and orange. Surface is covered with tiny, scattered pores.
Habitat Ocean or bay shallows, Tidepools.
Range Eastern Canada, Florida, New England, Mid-... |
The transistor ushered the modern world of gadgets that we all love, and now optical transistors could help to bring us to the proper next generation of the internet. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics have demonstrated successful electromagnetically induced transparency, or EIT, which is effecti... |
What does this program measure?
Sulfur Dioxide is measured at 4,10,23,and 40 meters above the ground, in units of parts per trillion by volume.
How does this program work?
Why is this research important?
This is part of an effort to monitor long-term of emissions from Kilauea and Mauna Loa volcanoes. It may provide a p... |
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Caption: In this audio file, a University of Oregon archaeologist provides an overview of his research at Oregon's Paisley Caves since he began excavating there in 2002. He refers to much earlier work at the site by archaeologist Luther ... |
Fort Dearborn, U.S. army post on the Chicago River, NE Ill.; est. 1803 and named for Secretary of War Henry Dearborn. Threatened by the indigenous population at the start of the War of 1812, the frontier post was ordered by Gen. William Hull to evacuate. On Aug. 15, 1812, as Capt. Nathan Heald led the small contingent ... |
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|Federal Highway Administration > Publications > Focus > October 2001 > The ABCs of Heat-Straightening Repair for Steel Bridges|
|October 2001||Publication Number: FHWA-RD-01-068|
The ABCs of Heat-Straightening Repair for Steel Bridges
A number of calamities can cause damage to... |
Dengue Fever in India
04 March 2013
Dengue fever is a growing concern in India. In 2012, 247 deaths were recorded as a result of dengue fever nationwide.
Latest data on disease prevalence released by the Health Ministry shows a significant rise in the incidence of dengue fever from 18 860 cases in 2011, to 49 606 in ye... |
Athens (/ˈæθɨnz/; Modern Greek: Αθήνα, Athína; IPA: [aˈθina]; Katharevousa: Ἀθῆναι, Athinai; Ancient Greek: Ἀθῆναι, Athēnai) is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was ... |
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For your car's engine to be able to start, several things have to happen. The flywheel needs to turn the crankshaft, which moves the pistons up and down, which in turn makes the valves draw air into the combustion chamber to mix with fuel to ignite. The proce... |
WebMD Medical News
Daniel J. DeNoon
Laura J. Martin, MD
April 8, 2011 -- What does a government shutdown mean for our health? Here's WebMD's FAQ, with answers to questions from WebMD readers and staff.
Most government health services are administered by the Department of Health and Human Services. During the government... |
High Speed Research Car T-16
In November, 2000, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) began operating high speed research car T-16 to investigate methods for providing a safer and smoother ride for passenger and freight trains traveling at higher speeds. FRA's Office of Research and Development uses T-16 to study t... |
“The short-pant is a terrible fashion choice. Unless it is from Bermuda.”
When the British officers arrive in 1816 to the Bermuda Islands on the Atlantic Ocean, because this was a strategic spot for the Navy Inteligence, they soon realized that their permanence in there would be less than pleasant thanks to a factor wh... |
The Intellectual Property Rights Reform initiative of the Information Program uses grant making to support work which will strengthen a vibrant knowledge ecology based on a balance between private property rights and the commons. Such knowledge ecology is significant to a thriving public sphere, an effective education ... |
What causes Tsunamis?
Tsunami are waves caused by sudden movement of the ocean due to earthquakes, landslides on the sea floor, land slumping into the ocean, large volcanic eruptions or meteorite impact in the ocean.
Most tsunami are caused by large earthquakes on the seafloor when slabs of rock move past each other su... |
Region Description: Coastal and Tropical South
Southern Coasts and Tropical South.
Baton Rouge LA, Brownsville TX, Charleston SC, Corpus Christi TX, Daytona Beach FL, Ft. Lauderdale FL, Galveston TX, Houston TX, Jacksonville FL, Key West FL, Laredo TX, Miami FL, Mobile AL, Monterrey MEX, New Orleans LA, Orlando FL, Sar... |
Urban agriculture as a tool for economic recovery.
Customizable ideas for direct action
Use the Grow section to explore innovative methods for planting, growing, farming, harvesting, reforesting, and building productive landscapes. This Category covers subject areas like urban agriculture, community gardening, and urba... |
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Early in the development of Christianity and Islam, Gnosticism and Sufism1 became marginalised and persecuted as heretical beliefs. Gnosticism and Sufism themselves inspired two of the more interesting 'heresies' of the Middle Ages.
Mani was born in Persian-controlled Iraq in 3AD and saw himself as... |
Story and photos by Nikki Carlson
On THE MILK RIVER - Water sloshing against the river banks and bending around rocks gives the Milk River a fine-tuned heartbeat. This rhythmic dance whispers the river's past and future.
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service watershed specialist Warren Kellogg says the Milk River... |
Breathing-related sleep disorder
Breathing-related sleep disorder is marked by sleep disruption caused by abnormal breathing during sleep. The most common complaint of individuals with breathing-related sleep disorder is excessive daytime sleepiness, brought on by frequent interruptions of nocturnal, or nighttime, slee... |
Its victory in the Spanish American War catapulted the United States into the international limelight. This program investigates the history of the war, as well as the journalistic accounts of the conflict. The two are at variance. Archival film footage, photographs, and commentary by historians contrast actual events ... |
A $25 investment in 1963 for extra-fat insulation batts was the smartest decision Harold Orr has ever made.
Almost five decades ago, the man behind Canada's respected R-2000 program hired a Saskatoon contractor to build a modest 1,100-square-foot bungalow for him, his wife, Mary, and a young family that would eventuall... |
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