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Tiredness and speeding are the primary causes of accidents involving transportation professionals. They are well aware of the risks of driving with a certain amount of fatigue, whether from a lack of sleep, physical problems, poor posture at the wheel or daily stress.
One of the ways to effectively fight fatigue is to ... |
The name Virginia ranked 379th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 35th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
This name is highly rated in the 1990 U.S. Census popularity survey of all ages, but after 1960 does n... |
Not sure what to get that little busy body? Here are some suggestions for age appropriate two year old toys:
- Nesting blocks
are fun for hand-eye coordination plus they are fun to build and knock down!
- Peg puzzles
: the little pegs help with fine motor skills that will help your child later when it's time to learn t... |
Let’s Talk Art
"The way a child thinks about her art is more important than the way you think about it," says Herbert. "Never impose limitations and never say, 'I'm not good at this.' It introduces fear. Never evaluate a preschooler's music, art, or dance. Make observations from fact. Say, 'there is a red circle,' or '... |
Put simply, a credit card provides a
short-term loan from a bank that you are expected to repay quickly.
In exchange for giving you a short-term loan, the bank will charge you
interest — often referred to as an Annual Percentage Rate or
APR. An issuing bank will evaluate your credit-worthiness
and determine if you are ... |
Bolivia: Coca-chewing protest outside US embassy
Indigenous activists in Bolivia have been holding a mass coca-chewing protest as part of campaign to end an international ban on the practice.
Hundreds of people chewed the leaf outside the US embassy in La Paz and in other cities across the country.
Bolivia wants to ame... |
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Absolute Beginners - Autumn Skies
As the long days of summer slip away and skies darken earlier each evening, the first stars of autumn come into view. The centerpiece of the au... |
What are placement tests?
Certain academic subjects, such as mathematics, often have multiple levels at which student may start when they begin college. Placement tests are academic-subject tests that allow colleges to determine what level a student is ready to enter in each of those subjects.
What academic subjects re... |
In the summer of 1892, Porter Nye and his family set up a homestead on the south shore of Lake Bemidji.
The area was the last territory in Minnesota to be opened for settlement, and the logging boom was just beginning.
According to local lore, Nye used some of the first boards produced by a mill on the Mississippi Rive... |
I have been enjoying reading all the posts on this Thread....thank you for sharing your work.
I have one question. If as you say: "All the letters of the Hebrew Alphabet are contained in the letter Bet", why is it that the modern form of its shape is different from its ancient form? I would think that the original form... |
Quantum Time Waits for No
Quantum Theory, also quantum mechanics, in physics, a theory based
on using the concept of the quantum unit to describe the dynamic
properties of subatomic particles and the interactions of matter and
radiation. The foundation was laid by the German physicist Max
Planck, who postulated in 1900... |
Glucose is a type of sugar. It comes from food, and is also created in the liver. Glucose travels through the body in the blood. It moves from the blood to cells with the help of a hormone called insulin. Once glucose is in those cells, it can be used for energy.
Diabetes is a condition that makes it difficult for the ... |
"We believe this is the first time bacterial horizontal gene transfer has been observed in eukaryotes at such scale," says senior author Igor Grigoriev of DOE JGI. "This study gets us closer to explaining the dramatic diversity across the genera of diatoms, morphologically, behaviorally, but we still haven't yet explai... |
The amount of nitrogen entering the Gulf each spring has increased about 300 percent since the 1960s, mainly due to increased agricultural runoff, Scavia said.
"Yes, the floodwaters really matter, but the fact that there's so much more nitrogen in the system now than there was back in the '60s is the real issue," he sa... |
The Americas IBA Directory
The conservation of rare birdlife has been the focus of Birdlife International for many years. In 1995 they began a project by the name of IBA, or Important Bird Area Program, to pinpoint areas across the globe that are home to endangered species, identifying the various species and protectin... |
First ever direct measurement of the Earth’s rotation
Geodesists are pinpointing the orientation of the Earth’s axis using the world’s most stable ring laser
A group with researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG) are the first to plot changes in the... |
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Bringing the Cosmos to Space Camp®!
At the U.S. Space and Rocket Center® and Space Camp, we are constantly looking for fun and innovative ways to teach our museum guests and trainees about space history and the... |
Songwriting For Beginners: ‘Just Enough’ Music TheoryBy Jeff Oxenford • Category: How To Write Songs, Songwriting Articles
(This is an article in the series “Songwriting For Beginners”. We are filing the series under the Songwriting Basics category.)
Question: How do you stop a guitarist from playing?
Answer: Put music... |
Excerpt of How To Read And Why by Harold Bloom
(Page 2 of 5)
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I turn to reading as a solitary praxis, rather than as an educational enterprise. The way we read now, when we are alone with ourselves, retains considerable continuity with the past, however it is performed in the academies. My ideal... |
Short Essay Questions
The 60 short essay questions listed in this section require a one to two sentence answer. They ask students to demonstrate a deeper understanding of the text. Students must describe what they've read, rather than just recall it.
Short Essay Question - Prologue, Chapters 1, 2
1. If you were the alb... |
Sri Lanka: Year In Review 2011Article Free Pass
In 2011 Sri Lanka continued to recover from its 26-year civil war, which had ended in 2009. Pres. Mahinda Rajapakse enjoyed great popularity among the majority Sinhalese community for having defeated the Tamil Tigers (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam; LTTE). As expected, ... |
Emmanuel, count de las CasesArticle Free Pass
Emmanuel, count de las Cases, in full Emmanuel-augustin-dieudonné-joseph, Count De Las Cases (born June 21, 1766, Languedoc, France—died May 15, 1842, Passy), French historian best known as the recorder of Napoleon’s last conversations on St. Helena, the publication of whic... |
Dragonflies (order Odonata) are divided into two distinct sub-orders, the Zygoptera or Damselflies and the Anisoptera or Dragonflies.
You can find a description of these sub-orders on the "Damselflies" and "Dragonflies" pages. Each species that has been recorded in Great Britain and Ireland is described and illustrated... |
Length: 43.200 cm
Mummy of an ibis
From: Abydos, Egypt
Date: Roman Period, after 30 BC
An ibis is a kind of wading bird with a long curved beak to dig around for food in the river mud. The Egyptian god Thoth’s name means ‘he who is like the ibis’, and Thoth was often shown with a man’s body and the head of an ibis. Tho... |
Not one, not two, but three female addax calves have been born at Brookfield Zoo within the last two months, and one more is expected by the end of the summer. The most recent was born this past Saturday, July 9. The other two were born on May 30 and June 1. All are doing well and can be seen with their mothers—Martha,... |
Buildings don’t work they way they used to.1 Folks are always saying stuff like this. But let me make the case regarding just one factor and you decide. There are other factors of course, but I want to focus on only one for the moment. This one over-arching factor is the amount of energy exchange across the building en... |
PREHISTORIC INDIAN DECOY
In 1924 a group of scientists excavating in Nevada's Lovelock cave found a cache
of 13 tule duck decoys dated to nearly 2000 years. Made to resemble
a canvasback drake, these decoys were painted with native pigments and had white feathers
tied to their backs with string made from native hemp. T... |
The Immune System
Because the human body provides an ideal environment for many microbes, they try to pass your skin barrier and enter. Your immune system is a bodywide network of cells, tissues, and organs that has evolved to defend you against such "foreign" invasions.The proper targets of your immune system are infe... |
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Locust Care Sheet
Locust are probably the largest type of insect that you will use as livefood. Adults measure up to 8cm and are a yellow colour with darker brown/purple patches. They are popular for their large gut content which means they are highly nutritious feeders but are somewhat expensive compared to other fopt... |
In the interior of central Africa the first
Catholic missions were established by Cardinal Lavigerie's White Fathers in 1879. In Uganda some
progress was made under the not unfriendly local ruler, Mtesa; but his successor, Mwanga, determined
to root out Christianity among his people, especially after a Catholic subject... |
St. Bernard of Menthon
Born in 923, probably in the castle Menthon near Annecy, in Savoy ; died at Novara, 1008. He was descended from a rich, noble family and received a thorough education. He refused to enter an honorable marriage proposed by his father and decided to devote himself to the service of the Church. Plac... |
Computer Models How Buds Grow Into Leaves
Posted on March 02, 2012 at 08:24:51 am
"A bud does not grow in all directions at the same rate," said Samantha Fox from the John Innes Centre on Norwich Research Park. "Otherwise leaves would be domed like a bud, not flat with a pointed tip."
By creating a computer model to gr... |
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information on health topics that do not concern infectious diseases,
check Health Topic:
Infants and Children in the CDC
Health Topics A-Z pages.
and major sites
Ounce of Prevention Keeps the Germs ... |
You have to like the attitude of Thomas Henning (Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie). The scientist is a member of a team of astronomers whose recent work on planet formation around TW Hydrae was announced this afternoon. Their work used data from ESA’s Herschel space observatory, which has the sensitivity at the neede... |
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A new program is making physical and occupational therapy more convenient for adults with cerebral palsy. Using the Internet, the program connects adult cerebral palsy patients to “virtual trainers” who help them complete movement-based training from the comfort o... |
Good news. There are simple ways to save money especially if you go back to the time-honored concept of BYO – “bringing your own” container of coffee, lunch or water as part of your daily routine. This can do a world of good not only for your pocketbook, but also for the environment, and even your health. Here are some... |
Cameron Park Elementary School in Hillsborough held an Early Earth Day Celebration on April 11 with visits from two special guests: NASA astronaut Sunita Williams and UNC's Nobel Prize-winning scientist Oliver Smithies.Williams went to the International Space Station aboard the shuttle Discovery in December 2006 and re... |
1.True / false: A violin string can only produce a single frequency unless its tuning is change.
2.True / false: Most of the sound from a violin comes directly from the strings.
3. As a violin string vibrates, its motional energy is changing rapidly with time.
What 2 types of energy are involved in the motion of an osc... |
Consider four vectors ~ F1, ~ F2, ~ F3, and ~ F4, wheretheir
magnitudes are F1= 43 N, F2= 36 N, F3 = 19 N, andF4 = 54 N.Let
θ1 =120o, θ2 =
−130o,θ3 = 200, and θ4 =
−67o, measured from thepositive x axis with
the counter-clockwiseangular direction aspositive.
What is the magnitudeof the resultant vector ~F , where ~F = ... |
A common virus that affects 50-70% of adults. If a woman acquires cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection during pregnancy, there is about a 15% chance that her infant will have infection and serious complications. Women who have had CMV infection and who are considering breastfeeding their prematurely born infant should check... |
The cardinals were deadlocked. They had been deadlocked for 27 months, since 1292 when Pope Nicholas V died. There were only twelve cardinals and they were evenly divided between two factions of the Roman nobility. Neither side would give way. Each hoped for the perks that would accrue from having one of their number n... |
Interviewing Children About Past Events: Evaluating the NICHD Interview Protocol
This study, conducted by the NICHD in collaboration with Lancaster University in Lancaster, England, will evaluate the accuracy of information obtained from children using AN ADAPTED VERSION OF NICHD's interview protocol. The NICHD protoco... |
Growth Hormone and Endothelial Function in Children
Objective: This study is designed to determine whether growth hormone treatment in children 8 to 18 years of age alters function of the lining of the arteries. This may play a role in increasing or decreasing the risk of heart disease.
Methods. Twenty children, for wh... |
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This classroom-tested learning module gives a condensed, easily-understood view of the development of atomic theory from the late 19th through early 20th century. The key idea was the discovery that the atom is not an "indivisible" particle, but cons... |
An electron is a subatomic particles of spin 1/2. It couples with photons and, thus, is electrically charged. It is a lepton with a rest mass of 9.109 * 10 − 31kg and an electric charge of − 1.602 * 10 − 19 C, which is the smallest known charge possible for an isolated particle (confined quarks have fractional charge).... |
The Eflo UFBF is a highly efficient biological process utilising beneficial bacteria to reduce harmful elements to acceptable levels. The filters can operate in an aerobic or anaerobic manner. Nitrate removal in drinking water is achieved in an anaerobic manner by supplying the biomass within the filter vessels with a ... |
Questions Relating To The Future Of Humankind
By Jason G. Brent
24 October, 2011
WE HAVE COME A LONG WAY FROM THE NUCLEAR BOMBS DROPPED ON JAPAN IN 1945--20,000 TONS TNT EQUIVILENT--- TO NUCLEAR DEVICES WHICH PRODUCE OVER 57,000,000 TONS TNT EQUIVILENT.
1. After many years of thinking and research I could come up only ... |
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Obesity and Heart Disease in Kids
An obese child’s arteries may be just as ... |
Use it or lose it? Researchers investigate the dispensability of our DNA|
October 2, 2008 Our genome contains many genes encoding proteins that are similar to those of other organisms, suggesting evolutionary relationships; however, protein-coding genes account for only a small fraction the genome, and there are many o... |
Are Britons becoming nature nitwits? One in five don't know oak trees come from acorns
It's the national tree of England and a symbol of Britain’s seafaring power for hundreds of years.
Yet according to a new survey, one in five adults have no idea that oak trees spring from tiny acorns.
Instead, millions of ‘nature ni... |
The shared anger of mice and men: Scientific breakthrough linking humans to rodents could lead to new treatments for Alzheimer's and autism
By Rob Preece
It is one of life's great mysteries - how some people can fly off the handle and become aggressive and violent seemingly without warning.
But scientists now believe t... |
Federal Government Seceded From the States and the Constitution first in 1913.Submitted by realman2020 on Mon, 11/19/2012 - 01:01
In 1861. The Federal government seceded from the states and our constitution first. The southern states broke away from the union. The reason is the Federal government broke the compact or c... |
Corn crop residues are often left on harvested fields to protect soil quality, but they could become an important raw material in cellulosic ethanol production. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research indicates that soil quality would not decline if post-harvest corn cob residues were removed from fields.
This w... |
Los Gallardos, nestled between the Bedar mountain range and the valley down to the coast, is a pleasant small town, well communicated and an important nexus in the road transport system of the area.
It is a rich town, from which several of the local important Spanish dynasties have their homesteads, and it’s beginnings... |
Banded - Found is coastal drainages of Alabama and Florida from Conecuh River to the Ochlockonee system, male banded topminnows are olive green with orange highlighting the upper gill covers.
Bayou - The bayou topminnow has rows of dots and vertical bars, and it has a limited distribution, ranging from the Escatawpa an... |
Who doesn’t love hippos? Aren’t they the strangest creature? My second and third grade students agree and we discussed the anatomy of the hippo as we drew their robust bodies. Using a basic oil pastel and watercolor resist, the children turned their drawings into an underwater collage.
To start, the children drew a hip... |
Dry sockets can on rare occasion result after a tooth is extracted. The blood clot healing in the extraction socket is unexpectedly dislodged leaving a bare painful open area.
The technical term for this condition is acute alveolar osteitis. Generally the pain involved with a dry socket is intense, throbbing and unceas... |
A new approach to improving system performance
By Terry Costlow
Embedded.com (01/05/10, 08:20:00 PM EST)
Speed is a key element in most every electronic design. Whether engineers are creating complex image processing applications or designing systems that extend battery life by working swiftly before returning to sleep... |
Michael Specter has an interesting article in The New Yorker about global warming and how "dazzlingly complex" it all is once you start to take all of the factors into account.
the calculations required to assess the full environmental impact of how we live can be dazzlingly complex. To sum them up on a label will not ... |
I came accross this website the other day, and was intrigued at the concept behind the site.
The concept, quoted from www.blackle.com states:
"Blackle was created by Heap Media to remind us all of the need to take small steps in our everyday lives to save energy.
Blackle saves energy because the screen is predominantly... |
A form of carbohydrate that will raise blood glucose levels relatively quickly when ingested. The term “fast-acting carbohydrate” is generally used in discussions of treating hypoglycemia, or low blood sugar. However, as research accumulates on the subject of carbohydrates and how quickly they are absorbed, some diabet... |
heated (part of speech: verb)
fired, seared, roasted, grilled, baked, scalded, parched, fried, burned, broiled, sweltered, singed, scorched, warmed, boiled, charred, heated, cooked, simmered, toasted, stewed, braised, barbecued, poached
- But strange to see, when women and men herein, that live all the season in these ... |
Micro vs Macro
Micro and macro are prefixes that are used before words to make them small or big respectively. This is true with micro and macroeconomics, micro and macro evolution, microorganism, micro lens and macro lens, micro finance and macro finance, and so on. The list of words that makes use of these prefixes i... |
Pioneering astronomer and physicist Sir Bernard Lovell has died aged 98.
Sir Bernard, who was born near Bristol and studied in the city, was the founder of University of Manchester's Jodrell Bank Observatory.
Jodrell Bank and the surrounding Cheshire countryside is dominated by the Lovell Radio Telescope, which was con... |
Presenting - 'Amasia', The Next Supercontinent!
Ever since Earth has been in existence there have been the formation and breaking apart of many supercontinents - While Pangaea, that existed between 150-300 million years ago is the most well-known, prior to that was Nuna (1.8 billion years ago), Rodina (1 billion years ... |
Advice for Parents of ADD/ADHD Children
In the United States, 17 million children are diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder, and oftentimes it is accompanied by hyperactivity. Dr. Phil and Dr. Frank Lawlis, author of The ADD Answer, offer advice for parents whose children are diagnosed with the disorder.
Educate yo... |
Between 35,000 and 45,000 years ago, Neanderthals in Europe and Asia were replaced by the first modern humans. Why and how this transition occurred remains somewhat controversial. New research from the journal Science suggests that sheer numbers may have played a large role in modern humans’ eventual takeover; archeolo... |
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Early Railroad Map of Missouri & Eastern Kansas
Very Rare Pocket Map
389. [MAP]. WELLS, J[ohn] G[aylord]. Wells’ New Rail Road and Township Map of Missouri and Eastern Kansas from the Latest Government Surveys. J.G. Wells, 11 Beekman St. New York. 1857. Scale of Miles... Explanation [wi... |
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DELTA – In a climate-controlled warehouse here, Colorado Parks and Wildlife, much like a squirrel storing acorns for hard times, is putting away seeds of native plants and grasses for forest restoration and wildlife habitat improvement.
“We have three mixes here, maybe 15 species in all, th... |
Can Nutrition Affect Hair Growth?
Tocotrienols—a natural compound related to vitamin E—may increase hair growth by as much as 34%
Hair loss can cause low self-esteem and a lack of confidence in both men and women. Now a study in Tropical Life Sciences Research holds promise for hair-loss sufferers and reports that toco... |
The Smart Student's Handbook provides information to motivate and guide students on the path to a successful academic career. It will also help parents and organizations that are sponsoring students to monitor their educational performance.
Author Leevon Washington Phillips's unique scholastic guide is filled with valu... |
Researchers at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) have developed an inexpensive solar cell that can be painted or printed on flexible plastic sheets.
“Someday, homeowners will even be able to print sheets of these solar cells with inexpensive home-based inkjet printers. Consumers can then slap the finished produ... |
Food systems are often described as comprising four sets of activities: those involved in food production, processing and packaging, distribution and retail, and consumption. All encompass social, economic, political, and environmental processes and dimensions. To analyze the interactions between global environmental c... |
Contrary to popular belief cranberries do not grow in water. They grow in beds called 'bogs' made of impermeable layers of sand, peat, gravel, clay and organic decaying matter from the cranberry vines. The vines can only grow and survive when special conditions exist such as an acid peat soil, an adequate supply of fre... |
Effect on Instruction and Classroom Management
By thinking of assessment as part of instruction, teachers obtain
immediate instructional suggestions and make any adjustments that
are necessary. Teacher observation is a legitimate, necessary,
valuable source of assessment information. By asking children to
read aloud or... |
Prevent or control diabetes, reduce your risk for heart disease
|PATIENT STORIES: JUDY HENDERSON, 66
If you have diabetes, you're much more likely to have heart disease, a heart attack or a stroke. In fact, two out of three people with diabetes die from heart disease or stroke. But you can cut your chances of having th... |
Topic 6: Writing and Typing Tips
Using the features in the AutoCorrect Options and teaching students the quickest way to spell check and find synonyms will enhance their writing. Create a template that includes the information that a student needs to correctly head a paper will reduce frustrations and allow the student... |
- [noun] (physics) the process of diffusing; the intermingling of molecules in gases and liquids as a result of random thermal agitation
- [noun] the spread of social institutions (and myths and skills) from one society to another
- [noun] the property of being diffused or dispersed
- [noun] the act of dispersing or di... |
Arterial Blood Gases Made EasyBy
- Iain Hennessey, MBChB(Hons), BSc(Hons), MRCS, MMIS, Specialty Registrar, Paediatric Surgery, Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UK
- Alan Japp, MBChB(Hons), BSc(Hons), MRCP, Clinical Research Fellow, Department of Cardiovascular Research, University of Edinburgh, UK
Arterial bloo... |
No, no Con-Con
By Henry Lamb
The U.S. Constitution provides two ways to offer amendments to the Constitution: by resolution of the Congress; and by a Constitutional Convention requested by two-thirds of the states. In either case, the proposed amendment(s) must be ratified by three-fourths of the states.
There is a ver... |
Australian Heritage Commission, 2001
26 - An outer suburban house of the 1950s
6 Lewellin Grove, Carrum, Victoria
Lewellin Grove house in 1997.
After World War II Australia shared in an economic boom created by the rejuvenation of the world economy. Work was plentiful and to ease labour shortages the federal government... |
The Middle School enjoys its own spirited identity at Episcopal while still maintaining a close connection to the Upper and Lower Schools. It is a place where there are opportunities for students to develop a sense of belonging, ownership and responsibility for this community and any other communities in which they par... |
Satellites are tracing Europe's forest fire scars
Burning with a core heat approaching 800°C and spreading at up to 100 metres per minute, woodland blazes bring swift, destructive change to landscapes: the resulting devastation can be seen from space. An ESA-backed service to monitor European forest fire damage will he... |
|"money doesn't grow on trees" = don't waste money because it isn't always easy to come by|
"Watch how much you spend because money doesn't grow on trees."
"have a green thumb" = special ability at making plants grow well
"She has a real green thumb for growing beautiful decorative trees."
More of Randall's Favorite Le... |
This little LED-lit cube is much more than just a paper lantern: It’s a translucent and flexible thin-film electronic circuit that hooks up a battery to an LED, limber enough to be folded into an origami box. And the coolest thing about circuits like these? You can make them at home.
In what follows, we combine basic e... |
The Evolution Deceit
Imaginary Dinosaur-Bird Links
As you saw in earlier chapters, it's impossible for birds to have evolved from dinosaurs, since no mechanism can have eliminated the enormous physiological differences between the two groups. Despite this, evolutionists still raise the scenario of birds being evolved f... |
Keeping fit and active in old age or taking cholesterol-busting statins are both vital for preventing early death.
And when the two are combined, it dramatically slashes the chances of dying early by up to 70 per cent, scientists found after a 10-year study of 10,000 people.
Experts are already calling for everyone ove... |
Released September 2, 2009
INSITITE, W.V. – Students are notorious for the amount of paper, plastic and energy they use, says Monica Graff Haines of Green Apple, a maker of eco-friendly school supplies. When going back to school, take the opportunity to teach children some lessons about green living.
Packing lunch redu... |
Air pollution is a broad term applied to all chemical and biological agents that modify the natural characteristics of the atmosphere.
Some definitions also consider physical perturbations such as noise pollution, heat, radiation or light pollution as air pollution. Some definitions include the term harmful as a requis... |
Donald Ervin Knuth
Knuth, Donald Ervin (nōth, kənōthˈ) [key], 1938–, American mathematician and computer scientist, b. Milwaukee, Wis., grad. Case Institute of Technology (B.S. and M.S., 1960) and California Institute of Technology (Ph.D., 1963). While still a graduate student, Knuth was contracted to write a book abou... |
Sir George Somers
Somers, Sir George, 1554–1610, English naval commander. The leader of several successful privateering ventures against the Spanish, he was knighted in 1603. He was a founder (1606) of the London Company and set out with settlers for Virginia in 1609. They were shipwrecked and landed in the Bermudas, w... |
What reaction can I expect from my small children when I tell them we’re separating and in the months following?
Posted on January 10, 2012
While no child wants to hear that their parents are breaking up, children often have predictable responses when you tell them that you are separating that relate to their developme... |
Math is the basis for music, but for those of us who aren’t virtuosic at either, the connection isn’t always easy to grasp. Which is what makes the videos of Vi Hart, a “mathemusician” with a dedicated YouTube following, so wonderful. Hart explains complex phenomena--from cardioids to Carl Gauss--using simple (and ofte... |
The colors are the different echo intensities (reflectivity) measured in dBZ
(decibels of Z) during each elevation scan. "Reflectivity" is the amount of
transmitted power returned to the radar receiver. Reflectivity (designated by
the letter Z) covers a wide range of signals (from very weak to very strong).
So, a more ... |
It is from the traditional family that we absorb those universal ideals and principles which are the teaching of Jesus, the bedrock of our religious faith. We are taught the difference between right and wrong, and about the law, just punishment and discipline.
What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mista... |
A lot of pilots are satisfied to fly away with the terminal forecasts and metars (in plain language, please) and I suppose that might meet the letter of the law on weather information. But there is so much more than that to weather and the pilot who puts some effort into understanding weather, and how it affects his fl... |
Foreign Minister Bob Carr has welcomed a new framework to support the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT).
Senator Carr said the framework involves scientific and technical cooperation between Australia and New Zealand to promote a permanent and effective ban on nuclear weapon tests.
"International cooperation... |
A stinky little problem: True to its name, malodorous bug invades many area homes
DOVER — A small insect notorious for generating big headaches around the Seacoast is once again giving homeowners reason to gripe.
Stink bugs — small, smelly pests that can damage crops and overwhelm buildings — have been a recent source ... |
Looking for a spooky way to light your home and yard this Halloween? Consider the eerie illuminations of candles, lamps, and solar lights.
Many people carve Jack-o-Lanterns every autumn when the leaves begin to fall, but not everyone thinks of pumpkins in terms of their sustainable energy potential. A stroll around the... |
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