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The Battle of Noyon-Montdidier, 9-13 June 1918, was the fourth of General Erich von Ludendorff’s great offensives of the spring and summer of 1918 that came close to breaking the Allied lines on the western front, but instead critically damaged the fighting capacity of the German army.
The first and third of those offe... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-04989000 |
Standardized testing is a necessary part of admission to all types of pre-health programs. Each pre-health specialty has its own required examination.
Medical College Admission Test (MCAT)
The Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) is a standardized, multiple-choice examination designed to assess the examinee's problem ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-04994000 |
Editorial: Why Japan's Electricity Crisis Matters
You may not read about it on the front page of the newspapers, but Japan is undergoing a second electricity crisis. The first took place last spring and summer after the Fukushima earthquake, tsunami, and subsequent meltdown of multiple nuclear power plants. That power ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-04998000 |
Analyzing Combustion Analyzers
Just talking about CO can be confusing. Although the terms used in this article are defined in the sidebar (see “Terminology”), CO can be deadly, and so I want to emphasize the basic information. Test equipment can provide great information, but only if the operator understands what that ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-04999000 |
Monsanto Canada recently reported that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has granted approval for its latest GM offering, the intriguingly named "refuge in a bag" Bt corn. With all the hype surrounding GM crops, it would be easy to dismiss this announcement as just another piece of press puff from the GM giant... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05011000 |
The age-old question of "What makes a good leader?" is making its latest debut on the education front in New York City. With all the recent developments regarding teacher evaluations, the discussion of principal evaluations has emerged. In order to improve education, every aspect of a school must be addressed -- includ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05014000 |
The tomato sector in Ghana has failed to reach its potential, in terms of attaining yields comparable to other countries, in terms of the ability to sustain processing plants, and in terms of improving the livelihoods of those households involved in tomato production and the tomato commodity chain. Despite government i... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05025000 |
Vol. 17 No. 25
SUMMARY OF THE NINTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE CONTRACTING PARTIES TO THE RAMSAR CONVENTION ON WETLANDS:
8-15 NOVEMBER 2005
The ninth meeting of the Conference of the Contracting Parties (COP9) to the Ramsar Convention on Wetlands was held from 8-15 November 2005, at the Speke Resort Munyonyo in K... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05029000 |
One of the basic tenets of teaching is that the student must learn the basics and foundation of a subject in order for them to master it eventually and reach full human potential.
New research from the University of Missouri supports this notion, revealing that kids who understood numbers and quantity in the first grad... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05033000 |
Leaf Characteristics (PK1) This set introduces simple vocabulary to describe the physical features of 40 North American tree, garden, and house plant leaves. First - The child sorts 9 leaf characteristics cards (3" x 4") onto 3 control cards (10-3/8” x 5¼”) that identify characteristics of Leaf Types, Leaf Veins, and L... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05034000 |
Education for Sustainable Diversity (ESD), as defined by the Office for Inclusion, is the practice of acquiring knowledge about and becoming aware of ways in which our beliefs and biases impact the quality of relationships among people from different cultural groups around the world.
The goal of the Office for Inclusio... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05035000 |
Eggs are an excellent source of choline, a little-known but essential nutrient that contributes to fetal brain development and helps prevent birth defects. The National Academy of Sciences recommends increased choline intake for pregnant and breastfeeding women. Two eggs - including the yolks - contain about 250 millig... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05036000 |
There is perhaps no sound so recognizable as the first drone of a bagpipe. That sustained note acts as harmony to the melody, which is fingered by the piper on the chanter. These days, bagpipes are most commonly connected with the Scots, but pipes have a long history in Ireland, as well.
The Great Irish Warpipes, which... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05038000 |
Everybody has heard the rumor: alcohol kills brain cells (just the weak ones, joked a comedian). And if the rumor were true, surely the effect would show up after decades of drinking.
With the same large group of twins that they are using in the Duke Alzheimer's disease study (see article), Joe Christian and his collea... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05039000 |
The water runs low at Lake Harbor park in Norton Shores, Mich. Lake Michigan's water levels set record lows in January. / Kimberly P. Mitchell, Detroit Free Press
NEW BUFFALO, Mich. - This town has 1,884 residents and almost 1,000 boat slips filled by summer visitors, so low water levels in Lake Michigan threaten its e... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05043000 |
|Primary Immunodeficiency (PI) affects as many as 1 million Americans and 10 million worldwide. Yet, it is just beginning to receive widespread attention.
When a defect in the immune system is carried through the genes, it is called a Primary Immunodeficiency. More than 150 Primary Immunodeficiency diseases have been i... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05044000 |
Republic of Panama
The southernmost of the Central American nations, Panama is south of Costa Rica and north of Colombia. The Panama Canal bisects the isthmus at its narrowest and lowest point, allowing passage from the Caribbean Sea to the Pacific Ocean. Panama is slightly smaller than South Carolina. It is marked by ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05047000 |
Capital: Honolulu (on Oahu)
State abbreviation/Postal code: Hawaii/HI
Governor: Neil Abercrombie, D (to Dec. 2014)
Lieut. Governor: Shan Tsutsui (to Dec. 2014)
Senators: Mazie Hirono (D) (to Jan. 2019); Brian Schatz, D (to Dec. 2014)
U.S. Representatives: 2
Historical biographies of Congressional members
Atty. General:... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05048000 |
Imagineyou’re at the helm of a 747 commercial airliner, cruising over the Rocky Mountains. Alone in the cockpit, you’re on your third cup of coffee, having long since resorted to taping your eyelids open to keep from falling asleep. You’re exhausted.
Above your head, one of the vast constellation of instruments surroun... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05050000 |
A box girder bridge is a bridge in which the beams are made up of box shaped girders. The box girders consist of concrete, steel or a combination of both. Most of the modern elevated structures are built on the basis of the box girder bridge. Most of us have travel on the box girder bridges regularly. The most common e... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05051000 |
Scientists gets further evidence that Mars once had oceans
Mars, our neighbor, once the dreams of science fiction writers and astronomers, one of which only wrote about the live that could have lived on Mars, and still might; while the other seeks to prove that there might actually have been life on that red planet eon... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05052000 |
Its an interesting question. But since doctors dont really know the answer, youve caught the scientific community napping as well. Even so, several things come to mind.
The first thing to consider is the possibility that you nap because you have daytime sleepiness. If so, then what might be the cause?
- Do you take any... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05055000 |
What Is It?
A Morton's neuroma is a benign (noncancerous) swelling along a nerve in the foot that carries sensations from the toes. The reason the nerve starts to swell is unknown. But once swelling begins, the nearby bones and ligaments put pressure on the nerve, causing more irritation and inflammation. This produces... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05056000 |
The Current Surface Analysis map shows current weather conditions
, including frontal and high/low pressure positions, satellite infrared
(IR) cloud cover
, and areas of precipitation
. A surface weather analysis is a special type of weather map that provides a view of weather elements over a geographical area at a spe... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05057000 |
The African continent has not benefited adequately from its vast natural resources, including water, due to lack of sound policy and governance frameworks to ensure sustainable and equitable allocation as well as use and management of the available resources.
This was said yesterday by Zanzibar Second Vice-President Se... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05064000 |
EḴTĪĀRĀT (choices, elections), a term used in Islamic divination and astrology in at least four principle meanings:
1. It refers to hemerologies in which each of the thirty days of a month, either synodic or conventional (e.g., the Persian hemerology), is characterized as being good (saʿd) or bad (naḥs) for undertaking... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05065000 |
Breakthroughs bring the next two major leaps in computing power into sight
Breakthroughs might make quantum computing, replacement for silicon practical within a decade
One of the best things about covering technology is that you're always on the edge of a completely new generation of stuff that will make everything co... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05076000 |
And Wallace was impetuous. While Darwin fully understood the implications of his theory, holding back publication because he knew he would upset believers, including his wife, Wallace plunged in, happy to upset society. He didn’t give a damn, said Jonathan Rosen, in an essay on Wallace in the New Yorker magazine last y... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05084000 |
No Holiday As Joyous
Tu B’Av (The Fifteenth of Av) is no longer the well-known holiday on the Jewish calendar that it was in ancient times. In fact, in Talmudic times it was said: “There were no holidays so joyous for the Jewish People as the Fifteenth of Av…” (Ta’anit 26b).
On Tu B’Av, the unmarried maidens of Jerusal... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05090000 |
ALEXANDER THE GREAT:(Redirected from GEBIHA B. PESISA.)
- —In Jewish Legend:
- Samaritan Intrigue.
- The Ten Questions of Alexander to the Sages of the South (Tamid, 31b et seq.):
- Alexander's Journey to the Regions of Darkness (Tamid, 32a):
- The Amazons (Tamid, ibid.; PesiḲ. ix. 74. 74a etseq.; Lev. R. xxvii.; Tan.,... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05094000 |
The Jewish Month
By Chaim Issacson
The world has two time measuring cycles, the sun and the moon. As all know, the sun takes some 365 and a quarter days to make a yearly cycle. The moon, on the other hand, makes a cycle every 29 and a half days. This means that it difficult to measure years using the lunar cycle.
The w... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05099000 |
Me and my mom are having an agrument about how to solve this problem. 27 / (5+4) * 19= she says the answer is 57 and I say the answer is 6 with a remainder of 9..can you please tell me who is right. Thank you.
I need help labeling complements in my sentences. I am not sure if I am doing this correctly or not. Could you... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05103000 |
Some school districts are returning to an old idea, AP reports. They’re grouping students by performance rather than age. The boldest experiment will start in Kansas City, Missouri schools this fall when 17,000 students will switch to the new system.
Students — often of varying ages — work at their own pace, meeting wi... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05107000 |
The Library of Congress has recently digitalized a collection of over 10,000 photographs, taken by the "American Colony" in Jerusalem, a group of Christian utopians who lived in Jerusalem between 1881 and the 1940s. The photographers returned to the US, and bequeathed their massive collection to the Library of Congress... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05113000 |
Ever promised yourself that this year you were definitely going to give that bad habit the flick, only to give into your vice again after only a couple of hours? Well, the good news is that ‘bad’ habit may not actually be as harmful as you think. Here are 10 common ‘bad’ habits that are actually good for your health.
M... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05116000 |
When you are injected with the flu vaccine, your body reacts as if it has been infected with the actual living virus and makes antibodies that provide immunity against the real virus. These antibodies remain at high levels for only six to nine months. These waning antibody levels are one reason why you need to be revac... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05128000 |
It's been nearly 10 years since Tropical Storm Allison devastated the Houston area with 40 inches of rain. The floodwaters shut down hospitals, destroyed thousands of homes and killed 23 people in Texas. The storm caused flooding the first time it passed over the bayou city on June 4, 2001. But the worst flooding came ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05130000 |
'Huge' Gaps In Mental Health Care For Children, Experts Warn
NBCNEWS.COM - The U.S. mental health system has huge gaps that prevent many
children with psychological problems from receiving effective treatment
that could prevent tragic consequences later in life, experts told U.S.
lawmakers on Thursday.
Just over a mont... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05137000 |
Kidney Stones in Children
On this page:
- What is a kidney stone?
- What is the urinary tract?
- Are kidney stones common in children?
- What causes kidney stones in children?
- What are the signs and symptoms of kidney stones in children?
- What types of kidney stones occur in children?
- How are kidney stones in chil... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05138000 |
Our last blog post in which we discussed our favourite animated films prompted us to think back to animations we have enjoyed from childhood. Some of the best loved animations of all time date back to the 1920s where Walt Disney and Warner Brothers revolutionised the industry. The earliest version of Mickey Mouse was c... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05162000 |
Our district has created a process for the Response to Intervention which we call A4L (Assessment for Learning). Regardless of the name of the program, the work that happens to help support students is sound. Our teachers understand that the first two levels of intervention are done in class. When a student requires so... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05165000 |
Caster Semenya, the South African runner who won the women’s 800-meter race at the World Track Championships in Berlin last month, has been unofficially declared intersexed. If she is, it means that she was born with some discrepancy between her external genitals, internal sex anatomy (ovaries or testes and her hormone... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05167000 |
Act Feb. 29, 1888, ch. 17, 25 Stat. 41
, which enacted sections
of this title, is popularly known as the “Submarine Cable Act”.
The protection of submarine cables was made the subject of an international convention between the United States and Germany, Argentine Confederation, Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Brazil, Costa R... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05173000 |
INTRODUCTION TO LAYOUT DESIGNING.
Hello, & welcome back to Firewire, your friendly guide
to the exciting world of web-design & web-solutions!
While developing a website or any design we have to take some
precautions of aesthetic aspect. Behind every good design
there is a good layout. In case, we are wondering about ho... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05178000 |
September 5, 2008
Tracking Down the Menace in Mexico City Smog
Contact: Paul Preuss, (510) 486-6249
BERKELEY, CA – A new report by scientists who are part of the international MILAGRO Campaign indicates that some of the most harmful air pollution in Mexico City may not come from motor vehicles but instead originates wi... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05180000 |
Author and Audience: The book of 2 Thessalonians was written by Paul and addressed to the church at Thessalonica (see 2 Thessalonians 1:1; 3:17). Paul wrote this letter around A.D. 50–51 (see Bible Dictionary, (“Pauline Epistles,” p. 743).
Historical Background: The similarities between this letter and 1 Thessalonians ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05183000 |
Revelation on Church organization and government, given through Joseph Smith the Prophet, at or near Fayette, New York. Portions of this revelation may have been given as early as summer 1829. The complete revelation, known at the time as the Articles and Covenants, was likely recorded soon after April 6, 1830 (the day... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05185000 |
Learning SuDocs Call Numbers
This tutorial is designed to teach staff or student workers the SuDocs classification or call number system. The first section, SuDocs Basics, gives a brief overview of the system and focuses on the three most important things to remember. The second section is an interactive quiz with mult... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05196000 |
William Faulkner was quite an incredible man as well as a talented and cutting edge writer of his era. By the time he wrote As I Lay Dying, he had published five others and was receiving much acclaim for his works. It is no wonder that such an incredible figure in American literature would feel a deep connection to the... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05201000 |
Fashion is defined as a prevailing type of expression. While individuals tend to think of clothing as the main field of fashion, fashion may applies to an wide variety of subjects, including etiquette, games, economics, dance, music, food, architecture, and politics. Fashion never ceases to change. It also changed at a... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05203000 |
The Sonata in B-flat minor, Op. 35, was written in 1839 and published the following year. Unusually, Chopin initially approved the Sonata fùnebre title, but later took out the adjective in the 3rd French edition. He described the work in an August 1839 letter to Julian Fontana thus: “Here I am writing a Sonata in B-fla... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05204000 |
Linux Bridge+Firewall Mini-HOWTO version 1.2.0
- 3.1 Software
- 3.2 Prior Reading.
- 3.3 Boot configuration
- 3.4 Kernel configuration
- 3.5 Network addresses
- 3.6 Network routing
- 3.7 Card configuration
- 3.8 Additional routing
- 3.9 Bridge Configuration
- 3.10 Try it out
- 3.11 Checks
- 4.1 Software and reading
- 4... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05205000 |
User management is a very basic administrative task on any operating system. Performing that task on Linux is just as simple as on any other OS. Experienced users already know how to do this, but if you are a new convert to Linux, and are using Zenwalk 6.2, the latest edition of Zenwalk, this tutorial provides a step-b... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05206000 |
by Dave Phillips
OpenAL, the Open Audio Library, is an initiative from Creative Labs and Loki Entertainment designed to provide a cross-platform open source solution for programming 2D and 3D audio. It is licensed under the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), with current implementations supporting Windows, the M... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05207000 |
Having arrived back in India to take command of Fort St. David, south of Madras, in June 1756, on 16 October 1756 Clive led a British army force from in Madras to retake Calcutta from Siraj-ud-Daula. He recaptured Calcutta on 2 January 1757 and forced Siraj-ud-Daula to pay compensation and permit British fortification ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05210000 |
Races start with heats, the number of which depends on the number of swimmers in the event. Swimmers are seeded in advance and these seedings are used to determine the heat each swimmer starts in – the top seeds will be placed in different heats. Seedings are also used to determine the lane each athlete will swim in – ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05216000 |
How To Start Rock Climbing
When thinking about how to start rock climbing, many people assume that you need a physique of Sylvester Stallone in "Cliffhanger". But if you take the right steps in preparing yourself for this mentally and physically stimulating work out, you will surprise yourself with how good you can be.... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05227000 |
LOS ANGELES — Researchers have some new advice for high school students who want to improve their grades: Become friends with academically oriented classmates.
It may sound obvious, but researchers went to considerable effort to prove it.
They surveyed all members of the junior class at Maine-Endwell High School in End... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05229000 |
Send SCSI READ LONG command to DEVICE. The read buffer is output in hex
and ASCII to stdout or placed in a file. Note that the data returned includes
the logical block data (typically 512 bytes for a disk) plus ECC
information (whose format is proprietary) plus optionally other proprietary
Arguments to long options are... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05231000 |
Description of How We Got the Bible by Neil Lightfoot
How We Got the Bible provides factual, accessible answers to questions such as How and when did the books of the Bible originate? In what sense are these books different from other books? How have these books been preserved and transmitted to us? Why do we have so m... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05237000 |
Education That is Multicultural and Achievement (ETMA)
The Maryland State Department of Education implements a State Regulation (COMAR 13A.04.05), expanded in 1995 and revised in 2005, that requires all local school systems to infuse Education That Is Multicultural into instruction, curriculum, staff development, instr... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05245000 |
The Patrick administration has been working to enhance its long-term financial planning based on best practices prescribed by the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). Best practices include the use of a sound conceptual approach, ensuring that near-term decisions measure long-term impacts, and developing a s... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05249000 |
DefinitionBy Mayo Clinic staff
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A broken rib, or fractured rib, is a common injury that occurs when one of the bones in your rib cage breaks or cracks. The most common cause of broken ribs is trauma to the chest, such as from a fall, motor vehicle accident or impact during contact sports.
Many broken ri... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05257000 |
Range: Vancouver - Baja Calif. depth: 6-18 (38) m.
Table of Contents
The Sea Grape
Commonly known as "sea grapes," Botryocladia (botryo=grape,
cladia=branches) pseudodichotoma is an abundant member of the RHODOPHYTA
(red algae). The following phylogeny consists of links to list of common
characteristics which justify B... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05263000 |
Breaking the COX code
Using the team approach
Editor’s Note: This story, first published in 2004, has been updated.
Prostaglandins, which were first isolated from the prostate gland in 1936, are very rapidly metabolized, or broken down, making measurement in the blood difficult. Researchers at Vanderbilt led by John Oa... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05264000 |
Characteristics of First Urinary Tract Infection With Fever in Children: A Prospective Clinical and Imaging Study
The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal, 04/18/2011
Ismaili Khalid et al. - Girls represent 63% of cases with first urinary tract infection (UTI). For 91% of UTIs, Escherichia coli is held responsible with... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05268000 |
Addison’s disease, also known as Adrenal Insufficiency or Hypocortisolism, is an endocrine disease that occurs when the adrenal glands do not produce enough of the hormone cortisol and sometimes, aldosterone. Discuss topics including symptoms and treatments for Addison’s disease.
This site is huge. Chapter 7 has more i... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05271000 |
Fragile X Syndrome (cont.)
A variety of professionals can help individuals with Fragile X and their families deal with symptoms of the disorder. Such assistance is usually most effective when provided by health care professionals experienced with Fragile X.
- Speech-language therapists can help people with Fragile X to... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05272000 |
Weight Gain & Cancer Risk
Medical Author: Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD
Medical Editor: William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR
Excess weight is a known risk factor for many chronic diseases, such as diabetesand heart disease. Obesityhas also been linked an increased risk for developing some cancers. To clarify the effects ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05273000 |
Our Colchicine Main Article provides a comprehensive look at the who, what, when and how of Colchicine
Definition of Colchicine
Colchicine: A substance found in a plant that is used in clinical medicine for the treatment of gouty arthritis and in the laboratory to arrest cells during cell division (by disrupting the sp... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05274000 |
Improve community infrastructure, health, resiliency and economic opportunities in Indonesia’s most challenging urban and coastal areas.
About half of all Indonesians live on less than a dollar a day. Employment growth has been slower than population growth. Public services remain inadequate by middle-income standards,... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05281000 |
: the study of the conformation of the skull based on the belief that it is indicative of mental faculties and character
Study of the shape of the skull as an indication of mental abilities and character traits. Franz Joseph Gall stated the principle that each of the innate mental faculties is based in a specific brain... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05284000 |
The power generation of solar systems is determined by the radiation. The high spatial resolution
of the meteoblue models allows a very exact parameterization of clouds and atmospheric water. Therefore, exact radiation forecasting is possible. p☼intSOLAR
forecasts the power generation of your individual solar system - ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05285000 |
This later nineteenth-century tabernacle frame of ebony-veneered soft wood was designed to house reverse-painted glass. The technique of reverse painting on glass, often called "verre eglomisé", dates to the Roman era, and was widely practiced in Europe by the early sixteenth century. Essentially, an image is painted o... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05286000 |
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Note: Fractional results are rounded to the nearest 1/64. For a more accurate answer please select 'decimal' from the options above the result.
N... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05288000 |
The Early Years
In 1927, MFAH director James Chillman introduced the idea of building a library at the museum. He stated that "the purpose of the library was to furnish information for judging the arts." He reported that the library was "proving quite popular—particularly in view of the fact that it is not of a circula... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05290000 |
Up: Main article
New Two polygons, PP Class 11, [cmm,d2,d1], IH Class 26.
Statistics on this tiling:
- Tiling has symmetry
- Tiling has 2 polygons and 10 edges.
- Edges are completely connected.
- Tiling is edge-to-edge.
- Tiling satisfies the two-polygon condition.
- Contains 2 pointed star with vertex angle of 60°.
-... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05292000 |
Featured in Exhibitions
More about Environmentally Concerned Photography
Environmentally Concerned Photography is a photographic examination of how the landscape has been altered by human incursion and the forces of nature. The course includes readings, research techniques, presentation forms, as well as group and indi... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05295000 |
By Allen C. Guelzo
What's in a name? A great deal, if it happens to be Stephen A. Douglas.
A hundred and fifty years ago, Stephen Arnold Douglas was the most powerful politician in America. He had begun his political career as a hyper-loyal Andrew Jackson Democrat, snatched up one of Illinois' U.S. Senate seats in 1846... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05305000 |
The genus Solenopsis includes both the "fire ants", known for their aggressive nature and potent sting, and the minute "thief ants", many of which are lestobiotic subterranaen or arboreal species that are rarely collected. Many species may be polygynous.
Generic level identification of Solenopsis is relatively straight... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05306000 |
The second generation Titans Prometheus (the son of Iapetus and a cousin of Zeus) and Epimetheus were initially not punished, as their relatives such as Atlas who participated in the Titanomachy, a fight with the father of all Gods Zeus. Prometheus and his brother Epimetheus (“gifted with afterthought”) were asked of f... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05308000 |
MDH Fact Sheet/Brochure
Why Does My Water Smell Like Rotten Eggs?
HYDROGEN SULFIDE AND SULFUR BACTERIA IN WELL
Hydrogen sulfide gas (H2S) can occur in wells anywhere in
Minnesota, and gives the water a characteristic "rotten egg" taste or odor.
This brochure provides basic information about hydrogen sulfide gas and sul... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05330000 |
Sources & References
According to the American Psychiatric Association, a phobia is an uncontrollable, irrational, and persistent fear of a specific object, situation, or activity. The fear experienced by people with phobias can be so great that some individuals go to extreme lengths to avoid the source of their fear. ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05335000 |
How would our lives be different if we could only buy foods native to New York State? This and similar questions are the focus of a museum-wide quest where students work in teams to gather data about the things they use each day. After collecting the data, each team creates a graphic representation of its findings and ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05337000 |
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Who or what is threatening the village? Is it the Romans? Wild animals? The Vikings? Or is it other Celts?
Click on the pictures for the answer...
The Celts used this against other Celts and wild... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05338000 |
Advance decision, or living will
An advance decision, more commonly known as a living will, allows you to make important choices to be carried out when end of life medical decisions have to be taken. Jessica Tomlin describes the benefits.
What is an advance decision?
An advance decision - formerly known as a 'living wi... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05344000 |
HIGHER EDUCATION AND EE
On college campuses across North America, young people with passion for environmental causes are taking action to make the world more sustainable. How do we turn these motivated students into future environmental educators? NAAEE’s Guidelines for the Preparation and Professional Development of E... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05348000 |
Recovery is a process, beginning with diagnosis and eventually moving into successful management of your illness. Successful recovery involves learning about your illness and the treatments available, empowering yourself through the support of peers and family members, and finally moving to a point where you take actio... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05349000 |
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|Posted: Tue Aug 04, 2009 2:40 pm Post subject: Immune Responses Jolted into Action by Nanohorns
|The immune response triggered by carbon nanotube-like structures could be harnessed to help treat infectious diseases and cancers, say researchers.
The way tiny structures like nanotubes can trigger som... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05350000 |
In this study, Ni and Cu nanowire arrays and Ni/Cu superlattice nanowire arrays are fabricated using standard techniques such as electrochemical deposition of metals into porous anodic alumina oxide templates having pore diameters of about 50 nm. We perform optical measurements on these nanowire array structures. Optic... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05352000 |
The knowledge, skills and understandings relating to students’ writing have been drawn from the Statements of Learning for English (MCEECDYA 2005).
Students are taught to write a variety of forms of writing at school. The three main forms of writing (also called genres or text types) that are taught are narrative writi... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05353000 |
Atomic oxygen, a corrosive space gas, finds many applications on Earth.
An Atomic Innovation for Artwork
Oxygen may be one of the most common substances on the planet, but recent space research has unveiled a surprising number of new applications for the gas, including restoring damaged artwork.
It all started with a c... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05355000 |
The Nature Conservancy’s successful island restoration and innovative conservation practices have inspired countless scientists and conservationists around the world. And now, Santa Cruz Island has motivated novelists as well. Best-selling author T.C. Boyle—author of such works as The Women, The Tortilla Curtain, and A... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05364000 |
Is light made of waves, or particles?
This fundamental question has dogged scientists for decades, because light seems to be both. However, until now, experiments have revealed light to act either like a particle, or a wave, but never the two at once.
Now, for the first time, a new type of experiment has shown light be... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05370000 |
Take a $20 bill. Now strike a match and watch the money go up in smoke. Pretty crazy idea, right? Yet many of us do something similar every time we drive. We fill up our gas tanks, then burn through extra fuel - and money - that we could be saving.
The good news is that it doesn't take much to start saving money at the... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05373000 |
Fleas, Mites, and Chiggers
Fleas, mites, and chiggers often bite humans, but are not poisonous. It is sometimes difficult to assess which type of insect caused the bite, or if the rash is caused by poison ivy or other skin conditions.
What are the symptoms of a flea, mites, or chigger bite?
The following are the most c... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05379000 |
A Brief Introduction To OpenFlow, November 14, 2011 OpenFlow is a specification now managed by the Open Networking Foundation, which defines the functions and protocols used to centrally manage switches via a centralized controller.
While OpenFlow has a centralized controller, that doesn't mean that each new flow has t... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05389000 |
Dementia and the Sniff Magnitude Test
Sniff Test May Signal Disorders’ Early Stages
By ELIZABETH SVOBODA
Published: August 14, 2007
The Sniff Magnitude Test, developed with the aid of a $1.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, consists of a nasal tube called a cannula attached to a plastic container a... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05390000 |
INDIA INFO: India - More Indian Musical Instruments
by V.A.Ponmelil (Feedback)
More Indian Musical Instruments
Chitra Veena / Gotu Vadhyam
The Chitraveena which is also referred to as the gotuvadhyam is one of the most exquisite instruments. It is a 21 stringed fretless lute similar to Vichitraveena.
It contains a flat... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05398000 |
On December 21, 2012, our calendar will align with the Maya date 22.214.171.124.0, completing a great Maya cycle of time.
There's been a lot of hoopla that we are about to face a doomsday -- better known as the Maya apocalypse. There are television specials and panic buying of disaster supplies in Russia, a reminder of... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-05401000 |
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