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The Green Marine Environmental Program is an action plan that addresses nine major environmental issues identified by the marine industry :
The program is made up of 4 basic steps:
1- Evaluation process
Green Marine requires participants to adopt practices and technologies that will have a direct impact on the ground.
... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-10967000 |
Do What You Can to Ease Side Effects of Treatment for Stomach Cancer
It's likely that you will have physical concerns because your cancer may cause symptoms and your treatment may cause side effects. The side effects depend on your treatment and that depends largely on how much the cancer has spread outside your stomac... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-10970000 |
As Mexico celebrates the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos), I'm reminded of a visit I once made with a Swedish friend to the Museum of Mummies in the picturesque colonial Mexican city of Guanajuato. The perfectly preserved corpses of babies and adults were brashly displayed amid neon lights, fake cobwebs, and other ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-10974000 |
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Van Gogh and Expressionism
Published in 1964
44 pages, fully illustrated
Following the same structure as the previous year’s exhibition, Cézanne and Structure in Modern Painti... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-10976000 |
|Pertussis, also known as “whooping cough” for the trademark sound made by those suffering from the illness, is making a comeback. This highly contagious disease is caused by an infection of the respiratory system that leads to uncontrollable, violent coughing. The coughing spells can make it hard to breathe, and may c... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-10980000 |
See Wikipedia article on Chaitin's construction, referring to e.g.
- Computing a Glimpse of Randomness (written by Cristian S. Calude, Michael J. Dinneen, and Chi-Kou Shu)
- Omega and why math has no TOEs (Gregory Chaitin).
2 Basing it on combinatory logic
See the prefix coding system described in Binary Lambda Calculu... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-10986000 |
Antonia Novello was born in Fajardo, Puerto Rico in 1944 and moved to Michigan in 1970.
Novello was the first Hispanic and the first woman to serve as surgeon general of the United States. She was named to the post by President George H. W. Bush in 1990, and served until 1993.
Novello earned her M. D. degree at the Uni... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-10988000 |
Information on moles and voles can also be seen on the Healthy Canadians website.
The adult mole measures from 12 to 20 cm in length and has dark grey or brown velvety fur. Its eyes are small and its broad front feet have strong claws for digging in soil. Moles are insectivores. Most do not eat plants, but feed mainly ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-10990000 |
- Hypothermia occurs when the body's core temperature drops below 37°C.
- This typically results from prolonged exposure to cold conditions, especially in damp, wet or snowy weather.
- Early signs: shivering; listlessness; cold, pale, puffy face; impaired speech and impaired judgment.
- Later signs: drowsiness, weaknes... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-10992000 |
Intelligence tests are psychological tests that are designed to measure a variety of mental functions, such as reasoning, comprehension, and judgment.
The goal of intelligence tests is to obtain an idea of the person's intellectual potential. The tests center around a set of stimuli designed to yield a score based on t... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-10995000 |
This plot shows the orbital height of the ISS over the last year. Clearly visible
are the re-boosts which suddenly increase the height, and the gradual decay
in between. The height is averaged over one orbit, and the gradual decrease
is caused by atmospheric drag. As can
be seen from the plot, the rate of descent is no... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-10996000 |
The loss of hair comes naturally with age and many people suffer from this. Natural hair loss can be attributed to genes; in other words it can be hereditary. However, recently people are noticing rapid hair loss in patches and it looks ugly in the mirror. This ailment which is known as Alopecia; affects both genders w... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11002000 |
Anise (Pimpinella Anisum, Linn.), an annual herb of the natural order Umbelliferæ. It is a native of southwestern Asia, northern Africa and south-eastern Europe, whence it has been introduced by man throughout the Mediterranean region, into Germany, and to some extent into other temperate regions of both hemispheres, b... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11003000 |
Before you turn up the thermostat to ward off the winter chill that’s creeping into your house, take these simple, inexpensive steps to make your home more comfortable and energy efficient.
If you’re like most folks, the majority of your energy dollars go toward heating and cooling your home. According to the U.S. Depa... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11026000 |
Introduction and Installation of Php
What is PHP?
PHP is an acronym for Hypertext Preprocessor. It is a dynamic server side scripting language that allows an application developer to create very simple to very complex mechanisms for the web. Think of PHP as the brain and central nervous system behind your applications.... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11031000 |
Catacombs are believed to have been used as burial chambers, worship area and refuge by persecuted Christians/Jews starting from the second century A.D. Jewish catacombs, discovered in 1918, make part of the belowground graves enriched by frescoes.
The Catacombs in Rome cover many kilometers and some are four storeys b... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11032000 |
A thermostat is a device that regulates the temperature of a home at a desired setpoint. An added feature is a programmable thermostat which can be programmed for different temperatures throughout the day. An example would be programming the thermostat to reduce heat from 8:00 to 4:00 when the home owner is at work. Th... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11039000 |
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Renovations in the New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, public library caused a stir in the local home school community because of a new mural that some home schoolers found offensive.
According to WHTM News, Dawn Gribb, the artist who painted the mural, was trying... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11041000 |
Luther, Martin, born at Eisleben, Nov. 10, 1483; entered the University of Erfurt, 1501 (B.A. 1502, M.A.. 1503); became an Augustinian monk, 1505; ordained priest, 1507; appointed Professor at the University of Wittenberg, 1508, and in 1512 D.D.; published his 95 Theses, 1517; and burnt the Papal Bull which had condemn... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11048000 |
By Gary Bogue
Thursday, April 29th, 2010 at 7:08 am in Wolves.
The latest issue of The Journal of Wildlife Management has a very interesting article on “Survival of Colonizing Wolves in the Northern Rocky Mountains of the United States, 1982-2004.” You care about wolves? Check it out. /Gary
Humans—both predators and pr... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11051000 |
electronic keyboard instruments and cutting-edge studio mixing and editing, Kraftwerk and bands like it built their music around the technology in many ways. In fact, they mentioned as one of their influences the philosophy of the German Bauhaus movement, which taught that technology and art should be joined together. ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11061000 |
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The John Muir Trail pond
California native flowers
along the John Muir Trail
Conelo -sacred tree of the
Mapuche People of Chile
Peruvian Lily - Chile
Francoa Sonchifolia - Chile
The King Protea is native
of South Africa
Strawflower - Australia
Mediterranean Climate Gardens
There are five Mediter... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11079000 |
Question & Answers
Government is taking advantage of new developments to enhance
our country's comprehensive response to HIV and AIDS. It will,
as matter of urgency, start implementing a programme to provide
anti-retroviral treatment (ART) in the public health sector. Let
us build on the foundations laid in the past th... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11081000 |
Konstantin Petrovich Pobyedonostzev
Pobyedonostzev, Konstantin Petrovich (kənstəntyēnˈ pētrôˈvĭch pəbyĕdənôsˈtsyĭf) [key], 1827–1907, Russian public official and jurist. He was professor of civil law at Moscow when he attracted the attention of Czar Alexander II and was appointed (1865) tutor to the future Alexander II... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11084000 |
This sect grew out of the International Bible Students Association, founded in 1872 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, by Charles Taze Russell (1852–1916). After intensive study of the Bible, he concluded that the invisible return of Christ had occurred in 1874, that the Gentile period would cease in 1914, and that, followin... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11085000 |
Algae plus salt water equals … fuel? Bilal Bomani wants to create a biofuel that is "extreme green"— sustainable, alternative and renewable. At NASA's GreenLab Research Facility, he uses algae and halophytes to create a self sustaining, renewable energy ecosystem that doesn't consume arable land or fresh water.
Bilal B... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11096000 |
Hepatitis is the general term for inflammation of the liver. It can be caused by infection, drugs or toxins. When most people hear the diagnosis hepatitis, they think of the hepatitis related to infection from a virus, such as hepatitis A, B or hepatitis C.
Alcoholic hepatitis is different because it is not infectious ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11100000 |
Grape mealybug—Pseudococcus maritimus
Grape mealybugs are soft, oval, flattened insects. Their
bodies are distinctly segmented; divisions among the head,
thorax, and abdomen are not distinct. The adult female is
about 5 mm long and appears smoothly dusted with a white,
mealy, wax secretion. Long caudal filaments along ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11106000 |
Dense or rocky soil
Roots of carrots that have been planted in hard soil may be hairy, forked, and misshapen.
Avoid planting carrots in heavy soils. Plant in light soils such as sandy loam. Remove rocks from soil.
Maintain uniform soil moisture at seed depth until seedlings emerge. | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11107000 |
Environmental stresses (such as those caused by human practices, such as monoculture) may cause explosions of some ant populations, an effect that is particularly evident within ants’ native ranges. For example, in its native range in South America, the little fire ant Wasmannia auropunctata is a pest in disturbed fore... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11118000 |
The next day we learned that frogs come from eggs. Frog eggs look a little different from the eggs of other animals and it took a little convincing to persuade them that they were actually eggs. We talked about the life cycle of frogs. After that we made frogs, complete with long, curly tongues and wrote about them. He... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11134000 |
A cycle of three years, in the course of which the whole Law is read on Sabbaths and festivals. This was the practise in Palestine, whereas in Babylonia the entire Pentateuch was read in the synagogue in the course of a single year (Meg. 29b). The modern practise follows the Babylonian; but as late as 1170 Benjamin of ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11135000 |
May 25, 2012 | 3:03 pm
Posted by Rabbi Ilana Grinblat
Who goes first?
This question is central in my household nowadays, as my eight year old son and five year old daughter frequently argue over who gets the first turn at everything. They debate who gets to tell me first at dinnertime how their day was at school. To re... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11138000 |
JURBARKAS (Ger. Jurburg), town in S.W. Lithuania; until the incorporation of Lithuania within Russia in 1795, the town belonged to the principality of Zamut (Zhmud; Samogitia); subsequently, until the 1917 Revolution, it was in the province of Kovno. Jews who visited Jurbarkas at the end of the 16th century are mention... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11140000 |
March 30, 2012
CDC Releases New Report on Autism Prevalence in U.S.
Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health contributed to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that estimates the prevalence of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) as affecting 1 in 88 U.S. children overall,... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11143000 |
If the emf of a battery is 23 V and a current of 66 A is measured when the battery is shorted, what is the internal resistance of the battery? Answer in units of Ω How would you set up the equation to solve?
An investor purchases 75 shares at 37.90 a share, holds the stock for 150 days, and then sells the stock for 41.... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11145000 |
Spike in bird flu deaths worries health officials
8 people die in last 2 months in Cambodia
In the last two months, eight people in Cambodia have died from bird flu, a rare but deadly disease causing concern among health authorities. Six of the victims have been children.
The H5N1 virus, known to be highly contagious t... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11153000 |
Physical exercise is a great way to tone your body and lose weight. There are two basic types of exercise: aerobic and anaerobic. Aerobic exercise promotes cardiovascular fitness by raising your pulse to a targeted level. It's recommended that you exercise at your target heart rate for thirty minutes, three times a wee... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11156000 |
Local suicide serves as reminder of a deadly danger facing teens
Why it's so important to break the silence of suicide
Stigma has helped suicide quietly rise to be the third leading cause of death among teens. Video by kgun9.comvideo
Reporter: Valerie Cavazos
TUCSON (KGUN9-TV) - A problem few people ever talk about cla... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11157000 |
Dyer's woad was discovered in 1986 in Washington State, growing along railroad tracks in Kittitas County. In 1992, dyer's woad was eradicated from this site. The site is monitored continually, with no new plants found. Removing this plant from the State is a true success story in the fight against invasive species; thi... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11159000 |
Another collaborative effort by the team that created The Poet King of Tezcoco: A Great Leader of Ancient Mexico (2007) chronicles the life of a controversial figure in pre-colonial Mesoamerica.
The indigenous woman who would serve as Hernán Cortés’ interpreter and companion was born in the early 1500s as Malinali and ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11160000 |
Disruptive behavior is an ongoing pattern of conduct that bothers and upsets the worker's day-to-day interpersonal workplace surroundings. Although disruptive behaviors have long been a concern, these behaviors have gone unchecked and sometimes are accepted as part of the workplace environment.
Disruptive behavior is i... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11168000 |
If you and your partner are trying to conceive, it's important to keep the testicles cooler than the normal body temperature of 98.6 (98 point 6) degrees. Sperm need a cooler environment, around 93 degrees, for successful production. During the day, you can do this by wearing boxer shorts instead of briefs and not sitt... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11169000 |
Posted: Mar 19, 2013 7:00 AM by By Serena Gordon
TUESDAY, March 19 (HealthDay News) -- Black children are less likely than other children to be given antibiotics and less likely to be given the most powerful antibiotics to treat acute respiratory tract infections, new research suggests.
Does this represent a previously... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11173000 |
When you need a portable, convenient power source, you can rely on batteries.
Batteries of all shapes and sizes supply power to everyday electronics like toys and power tools, but batteries also work where we don't see them too. During a power outage, phone lines still operate because they are equipped with lead-acid b... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11175000 |
Exploring Nonlinear Mechanical Behaviour of Rocks at LANCE
SMARTS - Spectrometer for Materials Research at Temperature and Stress
Atomic-scale stress-strain information obtained from the neutron Rietveld data indicate that the strain experienced by the crystalline quartz is ~1/5 of the macroscopic strain (the rest take... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11190000 |
|Other Egyptian Gods|
Anubis, whose hieroglyphic name more closely translates as Anpu or Inepu, is the Ancient Egyptian god of death and dying, and sometimes god of the Underworld. His mother is Hesat or Bastet with an unknown father, or Nephthys, and his father is variously said to be Set, Ra or Osiris. His daughter i... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11192000 |
Wish you could dazzle your colleagues at meetings, wow your friends when telling them about a recent event or captivate a group of energetic children? Storytelling maybe the answer! Learning to be a good storyteller will equip you with the knowledge, skills and ability to bring a bland chart to life, help your friends ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11193000 |
Is it true that 'preterism' and 'futurism' were Jesuit interpretations of prophecy that were contrived during the counter-reformation? I've read that in a couple of places and wondered what your study has led you to about that. Thank you.
Preterism is the view that the prophecies concerning destruction, especially thos... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11197000 |
Most common smoke detectors (Fig. 13-2) contain a small amount of 241Am, a radioactive isotope. 241Am is produced and recovered from nuclear reactors. Alpha particles emitted by the decays of 241Am ionize the air (split the air molecules into electrons and positive ions) and generate a small current of electricity that... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11203000 |
Science Museum unwraps a "sweet" exhibition
A "tasty" exhibition to reveal the biology, chemistry, physiology and psychology of the world of candy was unwrapped at the Hong Kong Science Museum today (June 26) and will run until October 28.
"Candy Unwrapped", featuring 17 groups of interactive exhibits, will satisfy the... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11205000 |
Cosmogenic Nuclide Group
Humans live on the earth’s surface and Earth Surface Processes (ESP) are cornerstones defining fundamental boundaries for civilization. Many of these processes occur so rapidly and unexpectedly that they have daunting consequences. We are poorly equipped to predict their nature and possible imp... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11206000 |
|Origin:||, past participle of consolidare, from com- ( COM-) + solidus 'solid'|
con‧sol‧i‧date [intransitive and transitive]
to strengthen the position of power or success that you have, so that it becomes more effective or continues for longer:
The company has consolidated its position as the country's leading gas su... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11207000 |
o‧rig‧i‧nal1 S1 W1
existing or happening first, before other people or things:
first[only before noun]
The land was returned to its original owner.
The kitchen still has many original features (=parts that were there when the house was first built).
the original meaning of the word
The original plan was to fly out to N... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11208000 |
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A series of diagrams and photographs is a vivid tool for delivering a lesson about blood vessels. Each slide has notes for the lecturer to use to explain each slide. Your young bio... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11222000 |
Definition of Genus Enterolobium
1. Noun. Small genus of tropical American timber trees closely allied to genus Albizia.
Generic synonyms: Rosid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Mimosoideae, Subfamily Mimosoideae
Member holonyms: Conacaste, Elephant's Ear, Enterolobium Cyclocarpa
Genus Enterolobium Pictures
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Libralato Engine Overview
THE LIBRALATO ENGINE - Invented by Dr. Ruggero Libralato; a teacher of electrical engineering by trade, Dr. Libralato’s keen interest in combustion engines from a young age led him to design a new combustion engine at the age of 27. Over 25 years, through various design iterations, the profoun... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11228000 |
From Irish Druids and Old Irish Religions, 1894
The MISTLETOE had an early reputation as a guide to the other world. Armed with that golden branch, one could pass to Pluto's realm:—
"Charon opposed—they showed the Branch.
They show'd the bough that lay beneath the vest;
At once his rising wrath was hush'd to rest."
Its... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11229000 |
What is acupuncture?
Practitioners use acupuncture treatment – a traditional Chinese medicine – by inserting thin, sterile needles at specific points on the body to treat pain, facilitate healing and promote physical and mental well-being.
Acupuncture stimulates energy channels on the body – called Qi – that are consid... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11230000 |
What is family practice?
A family practitioner is a primary care doctor who provides health services to adults, children and adolescents. Family practitioners have a very broad scope of practice, but are usually the patient’s first consultation before being referred to other specialists, if necessary. The family practi... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11231000 |
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teenagers who have irregular periods are more likely to be overweight and obese and to have early warning signs of diabetes and heart disease than those with regular menstrual cycles, suggests a new study.
While the link between irregular periods and heart disease and diabetes is well establ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11232000 |
Kroto is now one of several prestigious individuals, including the groundbreaking Chemist Linus Pauling, who have enriched the Linfield community at an Oregon Nobel Laureate Symposium.
“The lecture-symposium was scheduled two years ago,” Director of Communications Mardi Mileham.
She mentioned that Kroto was selected to... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11233000 |
A collection of paper, parchment, or any other material containing print, paintings, or other inscribed works that are all bound between two protective covers are called Books. However, an e-book is is a collection of text that is electronically formatted. Antique books come in the form of scrolls and codex. The protec... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11234000 |
tree-equal tree-1 tree-2 &key test test-not => generalized-boolean
Arguments and Values:
test---a designator for a function of two arguments that returns a generalized boolean.
test-not---a designator for a function of two arguments that returns a generalized boolean.
generalized-boolean---a generalized boolean.
tree-e... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11238000 |
Jelly Mould Pavilions
27 March - 6 June 2010
'Jelly Mould Pavilions' is a quirky yet thought provoking exhibition by artist Lubaina Himid. The exhibition explores the challenges of commemorating the ongoing contribution of the people of the African diaspora to the history, culture and fabric of Liverpool.
'Jelly Mould ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11239000 |
Did a Comet Really Chill and Kill Clovis Culture?
A 130-foot-meteor created the mile-wide Meteor Crater in Arizona. The comet proposed to have impacted life in North America was significantly larger, but no crater indicating its collision has been found.
CREDIT: Dan Durda
A comet crashing into the Earth some 13,000 yea... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11240000 |
Livescribe for Blind or Visually Impaired Students02/22/12
Limited access to graphical materials is a problem for many blind or visually impaired students. With the Livescribe smartpen, creation of these resources is low-cost, portable, and easy to execute. Students and teachers can create tactile diagrams, maps, or st... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11241000 |
According to a research team at the City College of New York (CCNY), tobacco dependence has a firmer grip on those who are poor or uneducated, making it harder for them to stay off cigarettes.
Smokers who had participated in a statewide smoking cessation program in Arkansas were tracked following the program by researc... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11242000 |
Wisdom From the Grammar Goddess: Rhetorical CommentsBy Diane Sandford, Published on July 26, 2004
Few people realize how badly they write. —William Zinsser, On Writing Well, 5th ed. (Harper, 1994), pag
People do not write well because they do not think well. They do not think well because they do not put in the effort.... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11243000 |
- Nietzsche on Tragedy by M.S. Silk and J.P. Stern
Cambridge, 441 pp, £27.50, March 1981, ISBN 0 521 23262 7
- Nietzsche: A Critical Life by Ronald Hayman
Weidenfeld, 424 pp, £18.50, March 1980, ISBN 0 297 77636 3
- Nietzsche. Vol. 1: The Will to Power as Art by Martin Heidegger, translated by David Farrell Krell
Routl... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11250000 |
Umesh Deshmukh, PhD
University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Approximately one-third of people with lupus develop nephritis, a complication that can cause kidney failure and sometimes requires chronic dialysis or transplantation.
Most research suggests that antibodies in the kidney play a role in the development of ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11253000 |
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A light meal will be served during the flight.
All dishes are served with a salad.
A complimentary afternoon tea is served to all guests.
Dinner is served between 7 and 10 pm.
The waiter served them both with salmon poached in white wine.
Carolyn... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11258000 |
FreeBSD man pages : readlink (2)
READLINK(2) FreeBSD System Calls Manual READLINK(2)
readlink - read value of a symbolic link
Standard C Library (libc, -lc)
readlink(const char *path, char *buf, int bufsiz);
Readlink() places the contents of the symbolic link path in the buffer
buf, which has size bufsiz. The readlink(... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11268000 |
Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855) is considered to be the greatest German mathematician of the nineteenth century. His discoveries and writings influenced and left a lasting mark in the areas of number theory, astronomy, geodesy, and physics, particularly the study of electromagnetism.
Gauss was born in Brunswick, Germa... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11283000 |
In the medical realm and other areas (e.g., automotive, networking), architects often ask themselves at the time a new product has to be designed if they can afford application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs). In past years, a lot has been published about the pros and con of using ASICs. These reports always speak... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11299000 |
The lacrimal or tear gland, located at the top outer edge of the eye, produces the watery portion of tears. The nasolacrimal duct system allows tears to drain from each eye into the nose. Disorders of these structures can lead to either eyes that water excessively or dry eyes. They may be congenital (present at birth) ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11307000 |
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Creatine phosphokinase test
Creatine phosphokinase (CPK) is an enzyme found mainly in the heart, brain, and skeletal muscle. This article discusses the test to measure the amount of CPK in the blood.
CPK test; Creatine kinase; CK test
How t... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11309000 |
This early masterpiece of the Arts and Crafts Movement exemplifies the collaborative endeavors of William Morris and his circle to improve design standards. Morris believed that a return to the principles of medieval production, with fine artists creating functional objects, could help overcome the evils of industriali... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11312000 |
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Seated Virgin and Child
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This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 001
According to tradition, the monastery... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11313000 |
Benjamin Franklin was born to a poor soap boiler on January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was one of many children in his family, and he learned to appreciate the rewards of hard work at age twelve as an apprentice at his brother James' printing shop. By the age of seventeen, Franklin's skills as a printer had ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11316000 |
Did San Luis Obispo produce any goods? Were they well-known for producing anything?
Did San Luis Obispo produce any goods? Were they well-known for producing anything? I'm working on a Mission report and I can't find any literature on
The primary products produced by the missions were cow hides and tallow. The cow hide... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11322000 |
A new video explores the pros and cons of digital devices vs paper tools for recording and organizing ideas. It's a fun exercise to do. Like: no doubt that with Moleskine notebooks sharing demands a bit more effort. But they are more personal and need no batteries nor cables. No pinch-zoom function available on paper, ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11329000 |
Term applied to the work of Giorgio De Chirico and Carlo Carrà before and during World War I and thereafter to the works produced by the Italian artists who grouped around them. Pittura Metafisica was characterized by a recognizable iconography: a fictive space was created in the painting, modelled on illusionistic one... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11330000 |
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Time: 90 minutes
Content: Definitions of rape/sexual assault
Discussion of rape myths and effects of rape
Cultural contributors to rape
-avoid committing sexual assault
-help a friend who has been raped
-speak out against rape
A... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11335000 |
OTTAWA — Hop cultivation, which has been dormant in Quebec for more than 60 years, could see a revival, thanks to a $400,000 Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and Quebec Ministry of Agriculture research project in a rural part of the province.
The study will help two farmers in Pontiac Country, near the Ontario border, ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11336000 |
El Castillo/Temple of Kukulcán
The most dramatic structure in Chichén Itzá is El Castillo (the Castle), also known as the Temple of Kukulcán. At 24 meters (79 feet) it’s the tallest structure on the site, and certainly the most recognizable. Dating to around A.D. 850, the Castillo was built according to strict astronom... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11337000 |
Radnor Lake State Natural Area
Just seven miles southwest of downtown Nashville, Radnor Lake State Natural Area (Otter Creek Rd., 615/373-3467) provides a natural escape for visitors and residents of the city. Eighty-five acre Radnor Lake was created in 1914 by the Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company, which impou... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11338000 |
Since the 1960s, Washington has clamped a strict trade embargo on Cuba in the expectation that economic distress would oust Castro or at least moderate his behavior. Since 1996 the U.S. embargo has been embodied in law (heretofore it was an executive order). Here’s what Uncle Sam says the embargo, enacted on February 3... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11339000 |
Definitions of human
a. - Belonging to man or mankind; having the qualities or attributes of a man; of or pertaining to man or to the race of man; as, a human voice; human shape; human nature; human sacrifices. 2
n. - A human being. 2
The word "human" uses 5 letters: A H M N U.
No direct anagrams for human found in thi... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11345000 |
Hidden for 10,000 years, Inner Space Cavern is one of the best preserved
caves in Texas and one of the few places where remains of prehistoric
animals were unearthed.
Inner Space Cavern was discovered by a Texas Highway Department
core drilling team in the Spring of 1963. While drilling through
40 feet of solid limesto... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11363000 |
Balancing foundational information with a real world approach to inclusion, Inclusion: Effective Practices for All Students, 2e equips teachers to create effective inclusive classrooms.
The most applied text in the market, this second edition sharpens its focus and its organization to more clearly outline best practice... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11365000 |
lot of wisdom that comes down from centuries cannot be proven scientifically.
Yet the modern world acknowledges a debt of gratitude to ancient people
who passed down their knowledge to their children who in turn transmitted
the knowledge to their children.
this reason, anthropologists and scientists study remote tribes... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11369000 |
Texas Dust Storms
The same weather system that brought snow and ice to the American Midwest just after Thanksgiving 2005 also kicked up significant dust in western Texas and eastern Mexico. The winds associated with this cold front also fanned the flames of grass fires in the region, adding smoke to the mixture of aero... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11381000 |
A few days ago, I wrote a post about why the word barrel is abbreviated bbl. I thought I had done my homework. I had checked my sources and it seemed like my post was reliably sourced (going back as early as 1904) when I had attributed the abbreviation bbl to the use of blue colored barrels in the Pennsylvania oil indu... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11382000 |
The military ban on women in combat is coming to an end. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced the overturning of a 1994 Pentagon rule that restricts women from artillery, armor, and infantry jobs.
This country has had a storied history of women fighting for the country, despite various forces dissuading them from d... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11384000 |
Spider silk can be scary enough to insects to act as a pest repellant, researchers say.
These findings could lead to a new way to naturally help protect crops, scientists added.
Spiders are among the most common predators on land. Although not all spiders weave webs, they all spin silk that may serve other purposes. Fo... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11391000 |
Science Friday is a National Public Radio program for kids interested in science. The program menu allows one to listen to the weekly program, read questions related to the program and get suggestions for further study. Another good option in the program menu is the Sounds Like Science Mentor page. A topic of current i... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11397000 |
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Saturday, May 25, 2013
Crackles in Inhaling
what is the cause of crackles? What can be done ?
"Crackles" refers to a non-specific... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11408000 |
More properly JACOB TWINGER VON KÖNIGSHOFEN.
Chronicler, b. in 1346 at Königshofen, a village near Strasburg, in Alsace; d. at Strasburg, 27 December, 1420. Of his life we have only a few meagre details, as for instance that he became a priest in 1382, that for a time he held the parish of Drusenheim, and that in 1394 ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11410000 |
Sumatra, erected by a Decree of 30 June, 1911, and entrusted to the Dutch Capuchins. Previously it formed part of the Vicariate Apostolic of Batavia, which is under the care of the Jesuits of Holland. The new prefecture comprises Sumatra and the surrounding islands, including Bangka (area, 4888 sq. miles; population, 7... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-11411000 |
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