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What exactly is anthrax, and should you be worried about it?
Anthrax is an infection caused by a bacterium (a type of germ) called Bacillus anthracis (B. anthracis). Although it's most commonly seen in grazing animals like sheep, pigs, cattle, horses, and goats, anthrax also can occur in humans — although it's very rar... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26223000 |
Hereditary hemochromatosis is a genetic disease that causes the body to absorb and store too much iron. The condition gets its name from "hemo" for blood and "chroma" for color, referring to the characteristic bronze skin tone that iron overload can cause. Someone with hereditary hemochromatosis who has never taken an ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26224000 |
My daughter needs to undergo a surgical procedure, and the doctor has recommended "minimally invasive" surgery. What type of surgery is this? Will it be as safe — and effective — as standard surgery? - Julianne
Minimally invasive surgery is becoming more and more common in hospitals. These procedures are performed thro... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26225000 |
Toddlers this age are moving from the eating habits they had as infants toward a diet more like your own.
Your job is to keep introducing new flavors and textures. Food preferences are set early in life, so help your child develop a taste for healthy foods now.
Toddlers have little tummies, so serve foods that are pack... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26226000 |
Most people play a sport for the thrill of having fun with others who share the same interest. But it's not always fun and games. There can be a ton of pressure in high school sports. A lot of the time it comes from the feeling that a parent or coach expects you to always win.
But sometimes it comes from inside, too: S... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26227000 |
Thu October 20, 2011
'Living Fossils' Just A Branch On Cycad Family Tree
Although dinosaurs died out 65 million years ago, there are still thought to be a few species left over from those days. Plants called cycads are among these rare "living fossils" — they have remained pretty much unchanged for more than 300 millio... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26230000 |
When Spilled Food Makes A Huge Mess (In A Tunnel Or On A Road)
Originally published on Thu January 24, 2013 7:42 am
Rarely do we consider the trucks, trains and tankers that transport our food around our cities — and around the world. It's not until an accident happens, and the food inside these vessels comes pouring o... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26237000 |
|This review appears in the November 8, 2002 issue of Executive Intelligence Review.
Why Hiroshima Was Bombed:
The 'Utopians' Duped a Nation
by William Jones
Racing for the Bomb: General Leslie Groves, The Indispensable Man, by Robert Norris. South Royalton, Vermont: Steerforth Press, 2002, 700 pages, hardback, $40.00.... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26244000 |
As regular readers know, I constantly have my students interact with text in many ways both in the classroom and in the computer lab. In the classroom, Post Its are my favorite tool of choice if students are reading something they can’t actually write on.
I’ve recently added some to that list, so I’m not quite sure whi... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26245000 |
Drayton Hall, Charleston vicinity, South Carolina.
Begun in 1738 for John Drayton, a prominent official and businessman in colonial South Carolina, Drayton Hall is one of the finest and best-preserved Georgian Palladian houses in the nation. Known for its symmetrical design, two-story portico (porch), and exquisite int... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26250000 |
Whose Point of View? The Journey of Three Generations
(Literature Link for the book Whale Journey)
In her 50 years, Old Gray has traveled a distance equal to traveling to
the moon and home again. What's in store for her baby, about to make his first migration?
Whale Journey by Vivian French (1998, Zero to Ten Limited) ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26251000 |
I’ve been puzzling over a phenomenon lately that I’d like to talk a bit about. I want to put this out into the ether and get feedback from all of you. Because I can’t make sense of this—and perhaps your superior brains can.
With the rise in digital content, we’ve seen more and more examples of technology being created ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26255000 |
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Pathologies Detected by Cardiac Catheterization
Cardiac catheterization, as discussed earlier, involves the insertion of a catheter into the heart for the diagnosis of various diseases. Cardiac catheterization is typically used for diagnosing the following pathologies.
Aortic Dissection - Cardiac cat... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26258000 |
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Long time readers of this blog will know that it's a myth that people with Asperger's syndrome can't empathize and that if a situation is explained to them, they can certainly feel emotion and put themselves "into the shoes of another". The question is, can a person with Asperger's learn to empath... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26259000 |
The phenomenon of unaccusativity is a central focus for the study of the complex properties of verb classes. The Unaccusative Hypothesis, first formulated in 1978, claimed that there are two classes of intransitive verbs, the unaccusative (Jill arrived) and the unergative or agentive (Jill sings). The hypothesis has pr... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26267000 |
While pipeline construction requires a substantial capital expenditure, it is fast becoming the preferred mode of transportation of oil and gas resources when there is a long-term commitment between trade partners. As a result, the global oil and gas trunk pipeline length is set to increase by over 100,000km by 2015.
T... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26291000 |
Making Wellness Work: A Guide to Implementing and Monitoring School Wellness Policies in Maryland
Wellness policies in Maryland have come a long way since the initial development prior to the 2006 – 2007 school year. Creating a school-wide culture of wellness for students and staff is crucial for the health of future g... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26294000 |
Faces, Vertices, and Edges of Cylinders, Cones, and Spheres
Date: 12/28/2003 at 17:21:33 From: Cara Subject: Characteristics of polyhedra I need to know how many faces, vertices, and edges do cylinders, cones, and spheres have? Logically I would say that a sphere has 1 face, 0 vertices and 0 edges. Problem: a face is f... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26295000 |
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In his essay, "Tradition and the Individual Talent," T. S. Eliot said that "not only the best, but the most individual parts of [the poet's] work may be those in which the dead poets, his ancestors, assert their immortality most vigorously."1 The poet's ancestors are those to whom he is indebted for all that he has inh... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26299000 |
What is Acceptance? From the dictionary it’s “ The act or process of accepting”. Makes sense.
I had been raised without a father. He’s not dead, but he seems to be in a difficult place where he can no longer be with us. It’s sad. Very sad.
People may think why I still think of my father, why don’t I hate him for leavin... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26309000 |
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Ask Marilyn: You and Your Vocabulary
Theresa Douglas of Townville, Pennsylvania, writes:
Marilyn: You once wrote about the inherent differences in one's reading, writing, listening, and speaking vocabulary. Could you please repeat that question and answer?
Here it is:
Question: Why can I understand programs abou... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26311000 |
Kentucky Historical Society
KHS to Host Family History Workshop Sept. 8
FRANKFORT, Ky. (Aug. 23, 2012) – The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) and Kentucky Genealogical Society (KGS) will host a free family history workshop at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, at the Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History in downtown ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26315000 |
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William Jennings Bryan (1913–1915): Secretary of State
William Jennings Bryan was born in Salem, Illinois, on March 19, 1860. He graduated from Illinois College in 1881 and earned his law degree in 1883 from the Union College of Law in Chicago.
After practicing law for two years, Bryan moved to Neb... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26318000 |
Commemorated on February 25
Saint Tarasius, Patriarch of Constantinople was of illustrious lineage. He was born and raised in Constantinople, where he received a fine education. He was rapidly promoted at the court of the emperor Constantine VI Porphyrogenitos (780-797) and Constantine's mother, the holy Empress Irene ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26326000 |
Here’s a provocative history, claiming the shape of American culture lies in the pocketbook: Armies of Consumers: 1776’s Secret Weapon?
Deceptively simple, his argument goes like this: two and a half million strong and scattered along 1,800 miles of coastline, the colonists had little in common besides a weakness for w... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26337000 |
While seagrasses can be damaged by random and unpredictable natural phenomena, following several simple steps can prevent the damage caused by humans.
Each species of seagrass recovers from damage at a different rate, but in general, recovery can take anywhere between a few months to several years. Injuries to leaves a... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26342000 |
Circulating Tumor Cells Can Reveal Genetic Signature of Dangerous Lung Cancers
Using a miniature laboratory-on-a-chip device, a team of investigators at the Massachusetts General Hospital, led by Daniel Haber, M.D., Ph.D., and Mehmet Toner, Ph.D., both members of the MIT-Harvard Center for Cancer Nanotechnology Excelle... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26347000 |
- Collection care
- Information and records management
- Digital preservation
- What to keep
- Reform of public bodies
- Public inquiry guidance
- Information principles
The Digital Preservation department at The National Archives was set up in July 2001 and charged with developing a method of storing, preserving and p... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26349000 |
By itself, the WNV-Cp protein can cause inflammation. Weiner and his colleagues found that WNV-Cp drives apoptosis in cell cultures through what is called the mitochondrial pathway. The protein begins the process of cell suicide by somehow disrupting the membrane potential of the cell's mitochondria, which then leads t... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26357000 |
I have a friend who still looks out for her stolen bike wherever she goes. She might not be so obsessed with the loss if the bike had been made for $9 out of recycled cardboard.
Bike enthusiast and designer Izhar Gafni built a functioning bicycle out of cardboard. The inspiration came from a another inventor's cardboar... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26359000 |
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If a worker ant dares to reproduce in the presence of the queen, her sisters will smell her attempt and attack, according to a new study.
Typically, only queens produce offspring in an ant colony, and males die after mating. The sons and the daughter queens fly away, with hopes of reproduci... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26362000 |
You’ve heard that you should lower your cholesterol, but do you know why? Sometimes we tend to ignore advice when we don’t understand the reasons. That’s why it’s important to learn what cholesterol is, what it does in your body and why you need to make sure too much isn’t flowing in your blood.
Cholesterol is a waxy, ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26366000 |
New tool developed to trace brown fat, fight obesity
London, July 19 (IANS) Scientists have enlisted a pioneering new tool which uses thermal imaging to spot brown fat - the body's good fat - to fight obesity.
Brown fat plays a vital role in quickly burning away the calories and produces 300 times more heat than any ot... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26370000 |
In 1860–61 Robert O’Hara Burke and William John Wills led an expedition to cross Australia from Melbourne in the south to the Gulf of Carpentaria in the north. After arriving at their base camp at Cooper’s Creek, Burke selected Wills, John King and Charles Gray to accompany him to the gulf and left four men at the base... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26373000 |
France 1868 – 1941
Breton women with umbrellas
[Les bretonnes aux ombrelles] 1892
oil on canvas
canvas 81.0 (h) x 105.0 (w) cm
Musée d'Orsay, Paris , Purchase 1955
© RMN (Musée d'Orsay) / Hervé Lewandowski
In 1886, at the age of eighteen, Bernard set off on a walking trip through Normandy and Brittany. There he met Pau... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26374000 |
During the 1980s the number of babies born annually was around 12. The total twice fell sharply in the 1990s until just a single calf appeared in 2000. Since then, the average has risen to more than 20 calves a year. Yet this remains 30 percent below the whales' potential rate of reproduction. Why? If scientists are to... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26375000 |
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- The 'humped' soil production function: eroding Arnhem Land, Australia
Heimsath, Arjun M.;
Hancock, Greg R.
- The University of Newcastle. Faculty of Science & Information Technology, School of Environmental and Life Sciences... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26388000 |
Draw a square. A second square of the same size slides around the
first always maintaining contact and keeping the same orientation.
How far does the dot travel?
Points A, B and C are the centres of three circles, each one of
which touches the other two. Prove that the perimeter of the
triangle ABC is equal to the diam... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26389000 |
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Influenza (or flu) is a highly contagious viral respiratory tract infection. An estimated 5 to 20 percent of the population in the US contract influenza each year. Influenza is ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26393000 |
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- Parents who are known carriers of the CF gene
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Every year, tens of millions of sharks are killed for their fins alone. Shark fins are used to make shark fin soup, a popular and expensive dish that is a symbol of wealth and status primarily in Asian cultures.
The demand for fins can lead to cruel and wasteful practices, such as cutting off a shark’s fins at sea and ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26397000 |
In the southeast U.S., deep-sea corals create oases of special habitat along the coast and are extremely vulnerable to certain kinds of fishing such as bottom trawling and dredging.
Both corals and fisheries are managed by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council. In 2004, the Council responded to the convincing d... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26398000 |
You can type or hand write as well as sketch drawings in OneNote.
With OneNote, you can enter typed and handwritten notes and other information with a keyboard or an inking device such as a mouse, a Tablet PC, or a graphics tablet.
If you use a Tablet PC, handwritten notes can be converted into text (handwriting recogn... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26401000 |
Front Page Titles (by Subject) Origin and Causes of the Sterility of first Crosses and of Hybrids. - The Origin of Species by means of natural selection or the preservation of favored races in the struggle for life, vol. 2
Return to Title Page for The Origin of Species by means of natural selection or the preservation ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26404000 |
Front Page Titles (by Subject) CHAP. VI.: The Reason why Interest was lowered one half after the Conquest of the Indies. - Complete Works, vol. 2 The Spirit of Laws
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Sugar might not be the infant pain reliever clinicians have long thought it to be, according to a study in the Lancet. At a hospital in London, researchers randomly assigned 44 newborns to receive a squirt of either sugared or plain water before pricking their heels. (The heel prick is a common method for drawing infan... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26411000 |
Sin has a lot of moving parts. It features seven ancient figures, some of whom have instant name recognition (Jesus, Paul, Augustine) and some of whom do not (Valentinus, Marcion, Justin, Origen). Jesus and Paul were both Jews whose ideas about sin related in positive and creative ways to the sacrificial cult of Jerusa... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26427000 |
S. Nurnberg, M. Aberhan. Habitat breadth and geographic range predict diversity dynamics in marine Mesozoic bivalves. Paleobiology. [#175]
M. E. Clapham, M. L. Fraiser, P. J. Marenco, S. Z. Shen. Taxonomic composition and environmental distribution of post-extinction rhynchonelliform brachiopod faunas: constraints on s... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26429000 |
Archosaurs ([Greek for 'ruling lizards') are a group of diapsid reptiles that first evolved from Archosauriform ancestors during the Olenekian (Lower Triassic Period). They are represented today by birds and crocodiles. Archosaurs are set apart by having socketed teeth (a feature that inspired the traditional name, 'th... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26430000 |
The tumor ( Images A & B) shows lobules of cells similar to basal cells with masses of small keratinocytes surrounded by larger, palisading cells (Image C) on the periphery of the lobules. These uniform tumor cells possess large, oval, elongated nuclei and scant, poorly defined cytoplasm. There are no intercellular bri... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26437000 |
If you take a prescription or an over-the-counter drug, and you can answer yes to any of these other questions, then you may be experiencing a drug interaction or conflict that is having an negative affect on your health:
- Do you take more than one drug - prescription or over-the-counter?
- Do you take vitamins or oth... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26438000 |
May 04 2010
Today we talked about hydrogen and how it can be used to power vehicles. Of the forty-four free response questions on previous A.P. exams, none have addressed hydrogen power, so Mr. Willard said this would be “good knowledge to have in our pockets.”
First we reviewed what we already knew about hydrogen. Hyd... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26442000 |
“A remote Indian village is responding to global warming-induced water shortages by creating large masses of ice, or “artificial glaciers,” to get through the dry spring months. (See a map of the region.)
Located on the western edge of the Tibetan plateau, the village of Skara in the Ladakh region of India is not a com... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26443000 |
The list has been arranged, as possible, in reverse chronological order. I should note that the contents have been lightly edited to reduce entry length; almost all of these edits have removed references to recent sources in the outside literature which are not further identified. My apologies for this to the authors, ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26445000 |
Underwater mountain of Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary is haven for sea life
Published: Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 3:05 p.m.
Last Modified: Saturday, February 9, 2013 at 3:29 p.m.
About 25 miles southwest of Bodega Bay, just beyond the horizon on a clear day, a huge rocky mountain rises from the muddy ocean f... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26447000 |
Elephants We’ll Never Forget
In 1919 a Major Pretorius was given the task to shoot all the remaining elephants in the Addo area of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. By 1920 only 16 elephants remained and these were given sanctuary on the land of a farmer named J.T. Harvey. The elephants were viewed both as a nuisance a... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26448000 |
From identifying Osama bin Laden to proving someone guilty of rape or murder, DNA analysis has become an essential scientific tool for police and criminal justice.
Unique genetic markers could play a crucial role in the trial of ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn, accused of sexually assaulting a hotel maid in New Yor... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26461000 |
A team of researchers led by the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered the first prehistoric bronze artifact made from a cast ever found in Alaska, a small, buckle-like object found in an ancient Eskimo dwelling and which likely originated in East Asia.
The artifact consists of two parts -- a rectangular bar, c... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26462000 |
Traditionally if scientists wanted to look at something small they would put a sample under a microscope but now researchers have managed to shrink the microscope itself to the size of a single human cell. An interdisciplinary research team, funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Science Research Council (BBSRC) an... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26464000 |
June is Cataract Awareness Month. Did you know that cataracts are the leading cause of vision loss among adults 55 and older? In fact, more than half the people over age 65 have some degree of cataract development. A cataract is a clouding of the lens in the eye, the part of the eye that focuses light and produces clea... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26467000 |
Avian flu, also known as “bird flu,” is caused by influenza viruses that occur naturally among wild birds. Normally, wild birds across the globe are carriers of a harmless form of these viruses, which don’t sicken them. But recently, a new strain of the virus, H5N1 (named for the proteins on the surface of the virus), ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26468000 |
Sequences of numbers can have limits. For example, the sequence 1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, ... has the limit 0 and the sequence 0, 1/2, 2/3, 3/4, 4/5, ... has the limit 1.
But not all number sequences behave so nicely. For example, the sequence 1/2, 1/3, 2/3, 1/4, 3/4, 1/5, 4/5, ... keeps jumping up and down, rather than gettin... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26471000 |
Benjamin Franklin: the Many Talents of an American Patriot
Birth to a humble life let him see how the world worked from the bottom,
Entering the world of high society let him see the view from above,
Nevertheless, he could always see the right path.
Joining the world of press at only fifteen,
Advising the world behind ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26473000 |
With the use of wind power continuing to grow, it’s no surprise that the tri-bladed turbines peppering an increasing swath of the American landscape have become the supermodels of green growth – the sky-swept arms and glistening towers appear tailor made for the camera’s lens.
But seldom is attention given to the green... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26474000 |
Welcome Stephen Tremp with an awesome summary of what's at stake as we explore further into space ... enjoy:
|Dr Carl Sagan (1934 - 1996)|
"The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean.
From it we have learned most of what we know.
Recently, we have waded a little out to sea, enough to dampen our toes or, ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26475000 |
PAS (Potato Aligning System)
The cutting of potato slices is very important for final product quality and to maximize product yield. It is important that potato slices are uniform in thickness to ensure the same treatment of each slice in further processes such as washing, blanching and frying.
The PPM Technologies PAS... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26477000 |
As if creaking joints and hardening of the arteries weren't bad enough, a research team from the University of Delaware and the Christiana Care Health System in Newark has now confirmed that even our veins stiffen as we age.
"When you are young, your veins are nice and elastic--like rubber bands," William Farquhar, a c... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26495000 |
1. Iron Deficiency Anemia: Prevention, Assessment and Control—Report of a Joint WHO/UNICEF/UNU Consultation. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 1998. World Health Organization/United Nations Children’s Fund/United Nations University.
2. Brotanek JM, Halterman J, Auinger P, Flores G, Weitzman M. Iron defici... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26500000 |
In contrast to animals and lower plants such as mosses and ferns, sperm cells of flowering plants (angiosperms) are immobile and require transportation to the female gametes via the vegetative pollen tube cell to achieve double fertilization. The path of the pollen tube towards the female gametophyte (embryo sac) has b... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26501000 |
By: Yusuf Kaba Imhotep, The MoundBuilder
The concept of what a man is continues to be greatly debated. These days the dominant idea of men are, Bread winners, Head of Household, dogs, enemies, or Mates, to name a few. The question oft-times remains, “What are the qualities that truly define a man?” Our ancient cultures... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26503000 |
Remotes via IP
Putting it all together
So let me summarize the problems with Internet transmission of audio and the techniques used to minimize them. First, there is network congestion, or plain lack of bandwidth. That issue is tackled by minimizing the necessary bandwidth, by using a lossy codec (or in the case of APT... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26508000 |
The Brood X bugs, red-eyed cousins of the larger annual black-eyed late-summer "Dog Day" green cicadas, will begin emerging from their underground holes in western North Carolina later this month. They don't devour vegetation the way locusts do, and they don't bite or sting. But they sure do sing.
Like many human adole... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26509000 |
By driving your SUV, are you sentencing the planet to environmental devastation? Recently, the Clinton Administration released its National Assessment on Climate Change and America, a catalogue of potential disasters resulting from global warming. With admirable understatement, a headline in the news section of the Wal... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26513000 |
If you visit the Royal Botanic Garden in Sydney, take a few minutes to look for a small bridge over a stream near the Wollemi Pine, ‘Australia’s homegrown Christmas tree’, close to the information booth.
This is Macquarie Culvert.
The two brick arches were built as part of the construction of Mrs Macquarie’s Road, whic... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26515000 |
I am going to compare the two books because although there is overlapping information, each offers readers a different perspective. Both books describes the sensory systems and subtypes of Sensory Processing Disorders (SPD)- which are as follows:
· Sensory Modulation Disorder
o sensory over-responsivity
o sensory under... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26516000 |
Bittacus striatus Issiki, 1927
Diagnosis: This species has wings with dark shading along gradate series and at the origin of radial sector and branches of cubital vein. The male epiandrial lobes are about the same size as the basistyles and the base of the aedeagus is gradually widened until abruptly constricted to nar... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26523000 |
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Researchers used satellite tracking to monitor the movements of the whales to discover that in 2010 they travelled between the Atlantic and Pacific seas via the famously ice-bound passage. Bones found on beaches in the region suggest that the last time the whales occ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26538000 |
The third bi-annual Asia Sanitation and Hygiene Practitioners’ workshop, held in Dhaka, Bangladesh, from 31 January to 2 February 2012, reported notable progress in implementing menstrual hygiene into WASH programmes.
In 2008, menstrual hygiene management was signalled as a neglected area in WASH programmes. In 2010 th... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26551000 |
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|CIS 235||Managing and Troubleshooting PCs||(3-0) 3 Cr. Hrs.|
Personal computer servicing and support will be covered within the following topics: physical and electrical concepts of motherboards, power supplies, BIOS and expansion buses; definitions and uses of microprocessors (CPU... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26557000 |
Focus Areas for STEREO
Plasmas and their embedded magnetic fields affect the formation, evolution and destiny of planets and planetary systems. The heliosphere shields the solar system from galactic cosmic radiation. Our habitable planet is shielded by its magnetic fi eld, protecting it from solar and cosmic particle r... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26558000 |
In the case of residential lighting, new types of light bulbs, compact fluorescent lights or CFLs, are becoming popular. Wikipedia says the following about CFLs.
A compact fluorescent lamp (CFL), also called compact fluorescent light, energy-saving light, and compact fluorescent tube, is a fluorescent lamp designed to ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26559000 |
This is a coloring book that will introduce you to all the basic arithmetic facts using The Human Calculator Matrix.
- You will need 10 colored pencils for the exercises. Suggested colors are black, red, blue, pink, green, orange, violet, yellow, brown, and gray.
Discover all the patterns that will make you feel like a... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26561000 |
The temple was built in the mid 9th century by Sri Kahulunnan or Pramodhawardhani, the daughter of Samaratungga. the complex is made up of 174 small buildings, 116 are stupas and 58 are shrines. Many of the buildings have inscriptions. the dates of the inscriptions are between 825-850 AD.
©2013 Gregorius Suhartoyo
My i... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26571000 |
The Bigger Picture: Visual Archives and the Smithsonian
OUCH: Scary Pictures of Broad Daylight
Last month, I wrote a post about the fact that when photographs of patients were attached to CT scans, the radiologists who “read” them did a better job because they had a stronger connection to the patient pictured. More rec... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26577000 |
Rejected in concept by local voters in 2000, Measure A would divide the Pasadena Unified School District into seven so-called sub-districts. Its primary purpose is to promote greater minority representation on the Board of Education although its advocates allege that it will result in greater democracy, more “local con... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26579000 |
5 Questions: Time to fall back
The Time and Frequency Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, which provides official time to the United States, answers questions about the twice-annual time change.
Q: What is daylight saving time?
A: Daylight saving time is the period of the year when clocks ar... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26580000 |
Members of the United Nations
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- Joined as Byelorussia. United Nations told of name change on 19 September 1991
- The Socialist Federal Republic of Yug... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26581000 |
This study analyzes over 100 camps for Haiti’s internally displaced persons (IDPs), a random sample of one in eight of the 861 in the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area. Despite the billions in aid pledged to Haiti, most of the estimated 1.5 million IDPs are living in substandard conditions. For example, seven months fol... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26582000 |
For the past five years, Colombia's abysmal labor rights record has led congressional Democrats to freeze the proposed U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA). And for good reason: The agreement would, in part, benefit large-scale monocropping plantations and other economic projects -- many of whose owners utiliz... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26594000 |
Sound Ethics: Book: The Good Doctors
Until the late 1960s, African American doctors were not permitted to belong to county medical associations.
And since it was those local associations that granted hospital privileges, African American physicians often were not permitted to admit patients to white-run hospitals in th... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26596000 |
There is an unfortunate side effect when using gdb to debug multi-threaded programs. If one thread stops for a breakpoint, or for some other reason, and another thread is blocked in a system call, then the system call may return prematurely. This is a consequence of the interaction between multiple threads and the sign... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26597000 |
Astronauts aboard the International Space Station enjoy holiday meals just as their families do here on Earth. Although the food is not mom's home cooking, it's also not the "tubes and cubes" of the first meals in orbit during the Apollo years.
Don't expect someone to break out the "good china," though. On the Station,... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26598000 |
Thrust Chamber Assembly
When the fuel reaches the
thrust chamber, it is directed through 102 coolant channels in the
combustion chamber wall, providing regenerative cooling to the combustion
chamber walls, and then to the injector of the engine. The oxidizer
is routed directly to the injector. The platelet injector ass... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26600000 |
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Oxygen makes Venus glow at night
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- Title Oxygen makes Venus glow at night
- Released 11/04/2007 2:35 pm
- Copyright ESA/VIRTIS/INAF-IASF/Obs. de Paris-LESIA
This grey-scale image was taken on 3 June 2006 by the Visible and Infrared Thermal Imaging Spectrometer (V... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26601000 |
The motion of the planets around the Sun is like a never-ending race. Each planet follows its own lane around the Sun, and moves at its own speed. And as you might expect, a planet in an inside lane always beats one in an outside lane.
Consider Earth and Mars.
Earth is the third planet out from the Sun. Our “lane” -- o... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26608000 |
Author: Albert Ingalls
Hardcover: Volume 3 of 3
In the early 1920s a naturally curious fellow, Albert Ingalls, happened to read an article in an obscure magazine by an even more curious fellow, Russell Porter. The article was about the "Poor Man's" telescope and told the story of how a group of Vermont villagers built ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26609000 |
Deer more active this time of year in roadways | News
CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO (KFVS)- Troopers are warning drivers to be on the lookout for deer crossing Missouri's roadways.
Colonel Ron Replogle, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol says more deer are active this time of year especially during evening and ea... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26617000 |
Nisbet, R.M. and Gurney, William (1982) Modelling fluctuating populations. John Wiley and Sons Limited, Chichester. ISBN 9781930665903Full text not available in this repository.
Modelling Fluctuating Populations, originally published in 1982, is a classic textbook because primarily, this book takes a distinctive approa... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26619000 |
What is Sustainable Agriculture?
Agriculture has changed dramatically, especially since the end of World War II. Food and fiber productivity soared due to new technologies, mechanization, increased chemical use, specialization and government policies that favored maximizing production. These changes allowed fewer farme... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-26621000 |
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