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Italian ecclesiastic, a Roman Catholic priest, cardinal and classical scholar. He discovered and published many valuable manuscripts, and one of ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-23950000 |
When recycling automobiles, the focus to date has been on metals. However, current practice increasingly uses as much of the non-metallic content of the vehicle as possible. Suitability for recycling is a characteristic that is already being taken into account during design.
Even before recycling scrap, Audi tries to a... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-23956000 |
Animal Species:Striped Dolphin
The Striped Dolphin is a small sleek compact dolphin with a striking body pattern that gives it its name.
The Striped Dolphin is a small sleek compact dolphin with a long well defined beak, prominent dorsal fin and short tapering flippers. It is the striking body pattern that gives it its... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-23957000 |
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Arginine is claimed to improve fertility in men by increasing sperm count. It may also help stimulate the output of human growth hormone (HGH) and increase collagen in connective tissue.
Arginine may be help... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-23978000 |
Guest Author - Preena Deepak
Music and dance rituals were an important aspect of temple worship in ancient India. In this pretext it was also a common Hindu tradition to dedicate or commission young girls to gods. These girls called ‘Devadasis’ were then separated from their families and trained in music, dance and a u... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-23990000 |
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is a chronic, severe, disabling brain disorder. It interferes with the way a person interprets reality. People with schizophrenia may:
- Hear voices or see things that others do not
- Become paranoid that people are plotting against them
- Experience cognitive deficits
- Withdraw socially
These and other... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24000000 |
Cyberattacks on IT systems are increasing at an exponential rate. From 2006 to 2009, organizations reported that the number of security incidents grew more than 400 percent. According to reports, many of these security breaches were introduced at the user level.
Along with an increase in attacks, there has also been an... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24017000 |
The predicted shortage arises from a number of forces:
According to a recent New York Times article, "The number of training positions for medical school graduates is lagging. Younger doctors are on average working fewer hours than their predecessors. And about a third of the country's doctors are 55 or older, and near... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24018000 |
Log Boat is an uncommon type of boat that is made with a unique part of hollowed wood, Called “Monoxylon” is the oldest type of boat than have been found by the archeologist, these boats are similar in many countries, but the denomination is very different for example in Germany is called “einbaum” and in South America... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24031000 |
In the realm of spirituality, Sri Aurobindo remains an enigmatic Indian personality and philosopher. He is one of the giants of modern Indian spirituality, who along with Vivekananda, Tagore, Gandhi and Radhakrishnan, was responsible for putting forth Indian philosophy in a comprehensive modern context, which then coul... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24034000 |
Actually published in 1908, Dowling asserted that he had transcribed this work from Akashic records, which gave a detailed account of the life of Jesus. The title was derived from an age determined by constellations, adding an astrological meaning with an appellation that indicated the Age of Aquarius. "The Aquarian Go... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24037000 |
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In this movie, children will learn about different seasons and different types of weather. They'll learn how Earth is tilted on its axis, and how as our planet orbits the Sun, seasons change in different parts of the world!
Review with children that we divide the year into s... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24047000 |
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development of Big Science
...a centre for radar research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Weinberg was not only describing a n... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24057000 |
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dissonance and harmonic colour
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San Antonio, city, seat (1837) of Bexar county, south-central Texas, U.S. It is situated at the headwaters of the San Antonio River on the Balcones Escarpment, about 80 miles (130 km) southwest of Austin. The second most populous city in Texas, it is the focus of a metropolitan area that in... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24060000 |
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Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI), Northern Ireland’s oldest interdenominational party, a small, moderate party that represents middle-class interests primarily in the eastern areas of the province.
The Alliance Party was launched in April 1970 in an at... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24062000 |
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Room 72: Ancient Cyprus
Bronze bowl handles
From Cyprus, about 850-750 BC
Decorated with lotus flowers
These handles would have been riveted onto the upper sides of one or more roughly hemispherical bowls. The lotus flowers would have appeared above the rim. Bronze bowls of this vari... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24064000 |
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Word into Art
This tour brings together the work of contemporary artists from the Middle East and North Africa. The use of writing - quotations, words and even single letters - has emerged as a common theme in this vibrant and original art. Each ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24065000 |
This is a "self delivery" pack which has been designed specifically for National Science and Engineering Week 2013. The science behind fingeprints is well known! What is not so well known is the link between fingerprints and footprints. Right Angle Events have launched a new education pack called ‘Toes for Turf’ compri... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24066000 |
Ah, the dreaded computer viruses! We’ve all heard about their evil powers: they range from simple pranks like pop-up messages on your screen to complete destruction of programs or data. And they’re getting slicker by the hour, trying to trick you, outsmart your antivirus program and take advantage of the security holes... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24075000 |
As weather gets warmer, many people take their activities outdoors to enjoy the beauty of Western North Carolina. Health risks from biting bugs make that harder to enjoy. A few easy steps can protect us from disease-carrying mosquitoes and ticks:
Guarding against Mosquito Bites
The best thing to do is stop the mosquito... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24076000 |
When it comes to weight loss success, portion control is one of the key determinants . It can be difficult to accurately determine how much you eat over the course of a day. One way to track the amount of calories that you consume is to keep a food diary.
Keeping a food journal can be helpful even if you only record yo... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24089000 |
Innovation in Education
The existence of schools such as Carroll represents, in and of itself, a significant educational innovation. Schools that are dedicated to an atypical learning profile, in Carroll’s case dyslexia, are relatively rare. A program that is designed specifically for one type of learner is also innova... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24099000 |
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1956 Melbourne, Australia
It was the first time that blood was drawn in the Olympic Games. During the water polo game between the USSR and Hungary, the Russian athlete Valentin Propokov cried out Fascist Hungarians and then punched the Hungarian Ervin Zantor. This action was followed by a massive ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24100000 |
How can we "green" our schools to make them more environmentally sustainable? What kinds of choices should we make, and which choices will actually have an impact? How do we know that our choices are making a difference?
These are the questions that frame a unique collaboration between the Rhinebeck school district and... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24102000 |
With forage supplies tight in many areas, treating wheat straw with ammonia could provide a cost-effective option, according to Kansas State University Extension beef specialist Dale Blasi, PhD.
Ammonia improves the nutritional value of low-quality forage by swelling the plant tissue to allow greater rumen microbial ac... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24117000 |
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The Risks of E. Coli
This week, the largest recall of beef in Canadian history expanded to include many stores in this province. More than 1500 different products from a slaughterhouse in Brooks, Alberta are at risk of e-coli contamination. The recall is shaking consumer confidence ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24119000 |
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What Brain Tumors Are Common in Children?
Most recently updated on April 10, 2013
Most childhood tumors (more than 60%) are ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24123000 |
October 13, 2010
SCOPE OF LAW BARRING CELLS PHONE USE WHILE DRIVING
By: Kevin E. McCarthy, Principal Analyst
You asked whether CGS § 14-296aa as amended by PA 10-109, which generally prohibits use of cell phones and related equipment while driving (1) applies to the equipment used for Family Radio Service (FRS) and Gen... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24133000 |
The UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (IGME) was formed in 2004 to share data on child mortality, harmonize estimates within the UN system, improve methods for child mortality estimation, report on progress towards the Millennium Development Goals and enhance country capacity to produce timely and pr... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24144000 |
How the Earth Was Made: Everest
Explores the tallest and biggest mountain on Earth. Even though Everest is as far removed from sea level as possible, it's sedementary layers contain fossils that were once sea creatures. This episode explores how the Himalayas were formed when India smashed into Asia propelled by plate ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24154000 |
Without sensors, a robot is just a machine. Robots need sensors to deduce what is happening in their world and to be able to react to changing situations. This chapter introduces a variety of robotic sensors and explains their electrical use and practical application. The sensor applications presented here are not mean... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24164000 |
(CNN) -- Modern football is a melting pot of cultures, as players from a variety of ethnic backgrounds share top billing as superstars.
It is not always a comfortable mix, as can be seen by the recent racism rows involving John Terry and Luis Suarez.
But football's pantheon of stars has not always been such a rich mult... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24175000 |
Using the code
The object is called
XMLWriter. It automatically replaces invalid characters such as quotation marks or greater than signs with the appropriate XML values. However, it does not throw exceptions on invalid tag names, because the application I’m writing won’t have the possibility of producing invalid tag n... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24179000 |
Cascading Style Sheets and themes development
Cascading Style Sheets, commonly referred to as CSS, is commonly used to style web pages written in HTML and XHTML, but can be used together with any kind of XML document. It is a style sheet language used to describe the look and formatting (presentation semantics) of a do... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24182000 |
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Ohio snakes slither into summer sun
Photo courtesy of Metro Parks
The Eastern garter snake is one of three garter snakes in the state. The cold-blooded reptile can be found all around central Ohio, even in backyard gardens. It is one of five snakes that can be found in the area.
The weather is warming up and h... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24187000 |
This paper, submitted to Astronomy Education Review, describes a series of activities in which students investigate and use the models of planetary motion introduced by the Hellenistic astronomer Claudius Ptolemy in the 2nd Century, by the Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus in the mid-16th Century, and by the Danish... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24191000 |
Refuel with energy-rich foods
Everyone needs carbohydrates, the body’s preferred energy source. If you get regular cardiovascular exercise or train for an endurance sport, you need more daily carbs to fuel your workouts and replenish your energy stores. Remember: all carbs are not created equal. Grains, fruit, vegetabl... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24197000 |
A teacher's point of view: Mutual respect and healthy discourse
The recent controversy over the banning of the Confederate flag and purported hate speech and conduct within the Dolores Schools has prompted the kind of discourse that characterizes a society that values free speech and diversity. Nowhere is this more evi... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24201000 |
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More Clues About Why Chimps and Humans Are Genetically Different
Contact: Jason Maderer
Aug 23, 2012 | Atlanta, GA
Ninety-six percent of a chimpanzee’s genome is the same as a human’s. It’s the o... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24203000 |
When agricultural researchers in the Southwest look into the future, one issue stays near the top of the list as a major priority. No matter what happens in any other ag-related area, all roads lead back to this one fact.
Without this one resource, farming doesn’t exist. And nowhere has this become a bigger issue than ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24205000 |
Osteoporosis is a disease, more common in women, that causes bones to become fragile and more susceptible to breaking.
The disease can have serious effects on women's health and quality of life. Some women - most commonly those who don't have good access to health care - experience fractures that could have been preven... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24209000 |
With about 217 million smartphones in our pockets, Americans are more connected to the world, our families and friends than ever. We're also more connected to our bank accounts than ever.
While that helps many consumers stay in better control of their finances and budgets, it also means that the power to spend is as ea... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24212000 |
The transmission of TV programs into the home and office via coaxial cable. The first cable TV dates back to the late 1940s, when antennas were located at the highest point in a community to deliver TV to areas that had difficulty receiving over-the-air broadcasts (see CATV).|
From TV to Internet to Telephony
Since the... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24219000 |
Hydraulic head distribution in the Plover aquifer system, Vulcan sub-basin
Petroleum hydrogeology reveals oil leakage from traps
CSIRO’s team of hydrogeologists have developed techniques to help solve problems in Australia’s oil industry and identify safe storage options to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
30 November ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24225000 |
How to attract birds to your garden
Choosing the right seed and creating an inviting habitat that will attract flocks of birds to the backyard.
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– Super-size it. Elongated suet feeders provide support for woodpeckers, which tend to use their strong tails for balance as they eat. These feeders generally hol... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24227000 |
A visual arts lesson combined with language arts, where the students will create a visual poem using crayons. Students are asked to make a connection to an important aspect or event their lives.
Have you ever wondered why children are so afraid to express themselves through poetry? Possibly it is because they think a p... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24228000 |
Schizophrenia is a mental illness characterized by disturbances in mood, behavior and thinking (psychosis). The thinking disturbance shows up as a distortion of reality, sometimes with delusions and hallucinations, and fragmented thinking that results in disturbances of speech. The mood disturbance includes ambivalence... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24236000 |
Cows get tracking collars as scientists try to work out how they make friends
By Mark Prigg
How cows make friends is to be investigated in a bizarre three-year study.
Scientists want to understand more about 'social networking' within dairy herds.
The aim is to help farmers improve the health and welfare of their cows,... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24247000 |
This week Intel privately shared parts of
its roadmap for memory technologies through 2008. Intel’s
progress on phase-change memory, PCM or PRAM, will soon be
sampled to customers with mass production possible before the end of the year.
Phase-change memory is positioned as a replacement for
flash memory, as it has non... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24252000 |
Posted on 31 August 2010.
Angry or depressed about the Gulf oil disaster? You’re not alone. Deborah Du Nann Winter, PhD, Professor of Psychology at Whitman College, says the emotional impacts of this massive environmental disaster are widespread.
Dr. Du Nann Winter witnessed a wide variety of emotional reactions to the... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24260000 |
Today, nearly 40 years since President Nixon declared the “War on Cancer” with the National Cancer Act of 1971, we are still fighting to cure the second deadliest disease for men and women in the U.S. Every year, numerous government agencies sink billions of dollars into cancer research and prevention efforts; non-prof... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24267000 |
Exhibit: Walls that Speak: The Murals of Colorado
The exhibition, featuring murals from Denver Public Library’s Western History Collection, will illustrate how Colorado’s murals and muralists tell the state’s history in a vibrant and compelling way. The murals displayed in Walls that Speak span the City Beautiful movem... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24268000 |
Color is the byproduct of the spectrum of light, as it is reflected or absorbed, as received by the human eye and processed by the human brain.
by DEVX Staff
Jan 1, 2000
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The gamut is the set of possible colors within a color system. No one system can reproduce all possible colors in the spectrum.
Unfortunat... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24272000 |
....that indigo is one of the oldest dye stuffs in the world? For millennia this dye provided the only color fast and light fast clear blue that there was for fabrics. It was very valuable for trade and recipes were often closely guarded secrets. It has been used all over the world to make everything from intricate Jap... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24277000 |
A waxy substance found in all of the body’s cells. The body uses cholesterol for a number of important functions, such as manufacturing certain hormones. As most people know, however, too much cholesterol in the blood can be damaging to the heart and blood vessels.
The liver manufactures most of the body’s cholesterol,... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24280000 |
The Common Loon (Gavia immer) is a highly aquatic, migratory bird distributed across North America, Greenland, and Iceland. The common loon is 66 cm to 91 cm in length and weighs between 2.5 kg and 6.1 kg. They have an average wingspan of 130 cm to 140 cm (McIntyre and Barr, 1997).
The geographic location of the common... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24282000 |
Giant Spanish slugs have been mating with their British counterparts to create a mutant strain of "superslugs".
The Spanish molluscs are thought to have arrived in the UK in salads during the summer months, and have already spread all the way across the country to Wales.
The Mirror reports that they can grow up to 15cm... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24286000 |
Marching for women’s right to vote
This photograph of the fourth annual suffrage parade in New York City in 1913 shows some of the march’s 10,000 participants. In the early 20th century, suffragists marched, petitioned, lobbied, and were even arrested in their pursuit of voting rights for women. In 1920, the 19th Amend... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24287000 |
Gulf of Tonkin
The Gulf of Tonkin (480 kmx240 km) lies between Vietnam and China. Notably shallow (less than 60 meters deep), it is the northwest arm of the South China Sea. The Red River flows into the Gulf. Haiphong, Vietnam, and Beihai, China, are the chief ports. The Chinese Hainan Island lies in the Gulf. | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24291000 |
The MY NASA DATA (Mentoring and inquiry using NASA Data on Atmospheric and earth science for Teachers and Amateurs) collection showcases NASA Earth science data through lesson plans, data microsets, computer tools, data information pages and a science glossary. Resources are geared towards K-16 educators, students and ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24292000 |
R. David Lankes, Ph.D.
This paper examines the domain of digital reference services for and by the primary and secondary education community. Data is provided to demonstrate the current understanding of education question types and education users in digital reference. It is believed this data will be of wide utility f... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24293000 |
Read our Energy Blog and see how researchers want to safeguard our energy supply in the future and what policies are being put in place for this in the world of politics.
Studies in energy carried out by researchers at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) have shown that it is po... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24294000 |
Meds for Autism Not Well Understood: Study
THURSDAY Feb. 23, 2012 -- Children with autism may benefit from medications to treat children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other related disorders, but clearer guidelines are needed, a new study shows.
Researchers analyzed data from more than 1,000 ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24310000 |
Tuesday May 11, 2004
Hamerschlag Hall D-210
With each technology generation, we are experiencing an increased rate
of cosmically-induced soft errors in our chips. In the past, the impact
of such errors could be minimized through protection of large memory
structures. Unfortunately, such techniques alone are becoming in... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24321000 |
Reconnecting children and natureThink back to your favorite childhood experience. For many, it’s being outside on a quest to build a fort in the woods, ride your bike, or freely explore the neighborhood.
By: Amy Reineke, Public Health Educator, Alexandria Echo Press
Think back to your favorite childhood experience. For... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24322000 |
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Energy Star program, lighting consumes 25 to 40 percent of the energy used in commercial buildings and is a primary source of waste heat. In addition, lighting within buildings accounts for 23 percent of national electrical consumption and, of the total nati... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24323000 |
EDEN Wild Rice is hand harvested in canoes as required by law from northern Minnesota lakes by the Leech Lake band of Ojibwe. State and tribal law distinguish authentic wild rice as Native harvested using the non-mechanized methods that have been handed down through generations for over a thousand years. EDEN Wild Rice... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24330000 |
Response to Intervention (RtI) in Iowa is an every-education decision-making framework of evidence-based practices in instruction and assessment that addresses the needs of all students starting in general education.
As an every-education process, RtI allows educators to judge the overall health of their educational sy... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24336000 |
Differential Rate Laws express Rate as a function of concentration
Integrated Rate Laws express Concentration as a function of Time
Reactions of orders 0, 1 & 2 have different Integrated Rate Laws
Each Integrated Rate Law can be put into y = mx + b form
Each Integrated Rate Law yields a different expression for the Hal... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24338000 |
When Ford Motor Co. announced in 2012 that its new hybrids would use
lithium-ion batteries instead of nickel-metal hydride, many experts
raised an eyebrow.
Lithium-ion, after all, had a reputation for high cost and unknown
durability, largely because the technology was still comparatively
new. In contrast, approximatel... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24341000 |
Building a Solar Power Generator
This project describes how you can build a solar power generator to generate 240v mains voltage where-ever you want it.
Whether you want to run small power tools in a remote shed or provide emergency power in the event of a power cut, a generator can be extremely useful.
The problem wit... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24343000 |
During these Twelve Days of Christmas, you’ll see a number of e-mails about the alleged “meaning” behind the traditional carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas.” While this is my least favorite Christmas song (shades of 99 Bottles of Beer on the Wall), there is compelling evidence that this was composed as an underground ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24349000 |
Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) is warning motorists that collisions between deer and vehicles increase in certain parts of Scotland at this time of year.
Car accidents involving deer peak, as the clocks turn back.
With the nights starting earlier, the peak commuting time coincides with deer coming out to feed on grass... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24351000 |
Preventing Finger, Hand, and Wrist Problems
The following tips may prevent finger, hand, and wrist injuries:
- Do exercises that strengthen your hand and arm muscles.
- Stop, change, or take a break from activities that cause your symptoms.
- Reduce the speed and force of repetitive movements in activities such as hamm... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24353000 |
Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia Treatment (Patient)
General Information About Adult Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a type of cancer in which the bone marrow makes abnormal myeloblasts (a type of white blood cell), red blood cells, or platelets.
Adult acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a cancer o... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24354000 |
One of the Four Great Ancient Capitals of China, Beijing’s roots can be traced back over 3,000 years. Beijing is located in the north of the country, and its name in fact means ‘northern capital’. The city has played a vital role in China since Emperor Qin united China in 221 BC, and it was the capital city of the Liao... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24355000 |
Like prokaryotes, eukaryotic organisms do not want to express all of their genes all of the time. Given the complexity of multicellular eukaryotes, gene regulation in these organisms needs to be very complex. This module provides a brief overview of the various levels of regulation of gene expression in eukaryotes, and... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24356000 |
May 16, 2011 / ENERGY GLOBE Award
Project presentation - "River from Sky"
With only 45 days of rain annually, Rajasthan (northwest India, 56 million residents) is the most arid region of India. In 2003 "Sustainable Innovations", a non-profit organization, initiated the development of the water project "Aakash Gangaist"... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24359000 |
Teams and Individuals Guided by Engineering Resources (TIGERs) Camps is a resident summer camp designed to expose rising 11 and 12 graders to the world of engineering. Engineers make the world a better place by designing things that make life easier, safer or that protect the environment. Yet, studies show that middle ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24360000 |
Delia Bacon, History's Odd Woman Out*
FEMINIST literary scholars in search of neglected antebellum women writers have made it impossible to consider fiction without Harriet Beecher Stowe, abolitionism without Lydia Maria Child, transcendentalism without Margaret Fuller. Stowe, Child, and Fuller were powerful intellectu... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24362000 |
Oil Shale Development
Oil shale, which is an organic-rich fine-grained sedimentary rock, contains significant amounts of kerogen (a solid mixture of organic chemical compounds) from which liquid hydrocarbons can be extracted. Kerogen requires more processing to use than crude oil, which increases its cost as a crude-oi... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24364000 |
The shipwrecks of HMAS Sydney II and HSK Kormoran and associated debris fields are located 22 kilometres apart, 290 kilometres west south west of Carnarvon, off the coast of Western Australia in 2500 metres of water.
HMAS Sydney II sank after a battle with the German raider HSK Kormoran off the Western Australian coast... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24368000 |
The VLT Active Optics System
Due to the low ratio between their thickness and their diameter, the VLT primary mirrors will be rather flexible and sensitive to various disturbances, requiring permanent control of their optical shape.
Active optics consists in applying controlled forces to the primary mirror and in movin... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24374000 |
- foot (n.)
- Old English fot, from Proto-Germanic *fot (cf. Old Saxon fot, Old Norse fotr, Dutch voet, Old High German fuoz, German Fuß, Gothic fotus "foot"), from PIE *ped- (cf. Avestan pad-; Sanskrit pad-, accusative padam "foot;" Greek pos, Attic pous, genitive podos; Latin pes, genitive pedis "foot;" Lithuanian pa... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24376000 |
National Drinking Water Database
Portland Water Bureau - Portland, OR
Serves 539,200 people - Test data available: 2004-2009
This drinking water quality report shows results of tests conducted by the water utility and provided to the Environmental Working Group (EWG) by the Oregon Department of Human Resources. It is p... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24380000 |
After a couple of hours I’d been thoroughly MOT-ed by an ECG heart check, a blood pressure monitor and a breast exam. We discussed my insomnia and investigated both my hearing and cholesterol levels.
My risk of diabetes was rock bottom and my liver seemed to be holding up despite everything I’ve thrown at it over the y... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24386000 |
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Huldigung translates into English as oath of allegiance. During feudal times when German lords governed over their people in a mixture between arbitrary action and patriarchal hegemony, the oath of alle... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24393000 |
2 December 2008, Rome - Ocean warming, frequent tropical cyclones, flash floods and droughts are likely to have a devastating impact on food production systems in Pacific island countries, FAO warned today.
Climate change-related disasters are already imposing serious constraints on development in the islands, which ap... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24394000 |
I've heard that the "smog" in NYC actually helps plants and vegetables grow better. Is there any truth to this, or is it one of those things New Yorkers say to make themselves feel better, like "We have the best drinking water in the country"?
-Sarah from Astoria, NY
I'm sorry to burst your Big Apple bubble, but this i... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24396000 |
Joint Anglo-American working groups continue to be the focal points for technical exchanges under the 1958 Mutual Defence Agreement for Co-operation on the Uses of Atomic Energy for Defence Purposes.
Radiation simulation and kinetic effects technology Energetic materials Test monitoring Nuclear materials Warhead electr... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24397000 |
A Brief History
The Bureau’s first field office in Cincinnati opened in 1913 under the leadership of Special Agent in Charge Hinton G. Clabaugh. Over the next several years, as the Bureau’s responsibilities grew, the office investigated everything from interstate prostitution to potential espionage during World War I.
... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24398000 |
Following a major disaster, first responders who provide fire and medical services will not be able to meet the demand for these services. Factors such as number of victims, communication failures and road blockages will prevent people from accessing emergency services they have come to expect at a moment's notice thro... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24401000 |
Reverse Osmosis, also known as hyper filtration, is the preferred method of seawater and brackish water purification. As the equipment needed to perform reverse osmosis is cost-effective, and the process requires little input energy compared to other methods of purification, reverse osmosis has become the worldwide lea... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24408000 |
On This Day - 15 April 1918
Theatre definitions: Western Front comprises the Franco-German-Belgian front and any military action in Great Britain, Switzerland, Scandinavia and Holland. Eastern Front comprises the German-Russian, Austro-Russian and Austro-Romanian fronts. Southern Front comprises the Austro-Italian and ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24412000 |
Fletcher Allen, a Vermont university hospital and medical center, serves all of
Vermont and the northern New York region. Located in Burlington, Fletcher Allen is a regional, academic healthcare center and teaching hospital in alliance with the University of Vermont.
Rectal Prolapse in Children
Rectal prolapse in child... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24415000 |
Key Ringneck Snake
Scientific name: Diadophis punctatus acricus PAULSON 1966
* Currently accepted name
* scientific names used through time
- Coluber punctatus – LINNAEUS 1766
- Natrix punctatus – MERREM 1820
- Homalosoma punctata – WAGLER 1830
- Calamaria punctata – SCHLEGEL 1837
- Ablabes punctatus – DUMÉRIL, BIBRON ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24417000 |
Queen Katherine Parr's Prayers or meditacions was influenced by Marguerite de Navarre’s Mirror of the Sinful Soul, a text which her stepdaughter, the future Queen Elizabeth I, had presented to her. Katherine was the sixth wife of Henry VIII, highly educated, and served as an intelligent companion to the aging king. Her... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24419000 |
Fibrocystic Breast Changes
What are some common fibrocystic breast changes?
Generalized breast lumpiness is known under many different names, such as "fibrocystic disease" and "fibroid breasts." Many of these are misnomers since physicians and researchers now believe that these are just part of the breast changes which... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24429000 |
By Terry Kovel
Permanent-press fabrics have relieved most households of the need to iron clothing. In past centuries, ironing was an almost daily duty of a woman in the home.
Before about the 10th century, cloth was ironed with smooth wooden or glass pieces and a pounding stick. Heat was not used until the 16th century... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-24431000 |
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