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Lennox Island is a Mi'kmaq First Nation on Prince Edward Island, Canada, with its headquarters in Lennox Island, northeast of Tyne Valley. The band consists of a single reserve occupying all of Lennox Island.
The Lennox Island First Nation was originally known as "L'nui Minegoo" or the Indian/People's Island, and later... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43813000 |
Master data management
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In computing, Master Data Management (MDM) comprises a set of processes, governance, policies, standards and tools that consistently defines and manages the master data (i.e. non-transactional data entities) of an organizat... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43815000 |
|Music and dance during a One Flower ceremony, from the Florentine Codex.|
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Other Nahua peoples
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The Mexica (Nahuatl: Mēxihcah, [meːˈʃiʔkaʔ]; the singular is Mēxihcatl [meːˈʃiʔk... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43816000 |
A notary public (or notary or public notary) in the common law world is a public officer constituted by law to serve the public in non-contentious matters usually concerned with estates, deeds, powers-of-attorney, and foreign and international business. A notary's main functions are to administer oaths and affirmations... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43817000 |
Chewa, also known as Nyanja, is a language of the Bantu language family. The gender prefix chi- is used for languages, so the language is also known as Chichewa and Chinyanja (spelled Cinyanja in Zambia), and locally Nyasa in Mozambique.
Chewa is the national language of Malawi. It is also one of the seven official Afr... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43818000 |
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In software development and product management, a user story is one or more sentences in the everyday or business language of the end user or user of a system that captures what a user does or needs to do as part of his... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43823000 |
Family: Hirundinidae, Swallows view all from this family
Description ADULT Has bluish black cap and white-lined bluish black back. Note the pale collar, reddish orange cheeks, and dark throat; forehead is white in most birds. Rump is buffy and square-ended tail is dark. Underparts are mostly pale with darker spots on u... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43824000 |
The Price of European Immigration
FrontPage Magazine 28 June 2012
In his 2008 book Et Delt Folk ("A Nation Divided”), The Danish historian and writer Morten Uhrskov Jensen carefully went through publicly available sources. He demonstrated that the opening up of his country for mass immigration was arranged by just part... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43844000 |
"To turn the tables" is a figure of speech
meaning "to put someone else in the predicament that we have been occupying, or a into a similar one."
The term arose during the early 1600s, and seems to have been a reference to a card or board game in which a player, when at a disadvantage, might reverse the position of the... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43846000 |
An ancient proverb says that the gloom is heaviest immediately before the dawn. Indeed, in the history of Bulgaria, the year 1876 was seemingly one of the gloomiest eras, filled with bloodshed, suffering, and horrors. Why? “When the fruit is brought forth,” the (Heavenly) Farmer “immediately...putteth in the sickle, be... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43854000 |
A special Child Well-Being Index (CWI) report from Duke University tracks trends over time of middle and high school students exposed to peer-to-peer violence in schools.
Key findings include:
- From 1991-2009, more teens in middle and high schools were threatened than actually injured; these trends have now merged, in... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43862000 |
We don’t think about this very much, but as I was looking at some dates related to my philatelic pursuits, it struck me that it was likely that a lot of records wouldn’t have been dated on a Sunday. But how do we know what day of the week any particular date fell on in history? UNIX systems include a utility called “da... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43868000 |
How strong is the strong force?
I bet you think you asked a simple question. The simple answer is that the strength depends on the range over which it is acting. At short distances the strong force is weak and at long distances it is strong. That is completely different from the other three forces and arises because th... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43874000 |
You hold in your hands the definitive version of Writings of Halfard. It is one of the most famous books in History, and with good reason, being chronicle of a period of time in the Fourth Fused Universe, 1419-1819. This was, of course, the time of Puff. This version of the book holds all materials ever incorporated in... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43877000 |
USGS Multimedia Gallery
Title: Deep-Sea Cold Water Coral
Description: Fish like this Atlantic Roughy (Hoplostethus occidentalis) congregate near deep-sea corals (background is Lophelia pertusa coral).
Usage: This image is public domain/of free use unless otherwise stated. Please refer to the USGS Copyright section for ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43898000 |
To successfully manage our valued resources the following efforts are being undertaken:
Encouraging a healthy natural community which increases both plant and wildlife diversity and strengthen the communal eco-system of each is the goal of our forestry management efforts.
Professional forestry management is critical in... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43905000 |
No one seemed less well-cast for the role of reformer, in an age of reform, than Abraham Lincoln. To begin with, he was a stranger, emotionally and intellectually, to evangelical Christianity, the great engine of reform in the nineteenth century. Raised in a household of uncompromisingly Calvinistic Baptists who abhorr... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43912000 |
In 1900 Sperry Glacier had an area of 3.39 km2. By 1938 it had diminished to 1.58 km2 and by 1946 it was only 1.34 km2 in area. The estimated loss in volume between 1938 and 1946 was a 23 meter reduction in the level of the surface of the lower half of the glacier during that period. Recession proceeded at an annual ra... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43914000 |
World War Two Fashion
The Impact of War on 1940′s Fashion in the USA.
by Tia Craig-
Click World War Two Influence on 1940s Fashion to read the full article from the beginning or to download the free ebook.
4.1940s Silhouette and Style Changes
The spring of 1942 was when the War Production Board and the Civilian Product... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43915000 |
Hepatitis is a contagious disease that is preventable. Basic preventive principles include avoiding contact with other people’s blood or bodily fluids and practicing good sanitation. In addition, vaccines are available to prevent some types of hepatitis. They are given to people at high risk of contracting the disease.... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43922000 |
Some arrhythmias may occur without any symptoms. Others may cause noticeable symptoms, such as:
- Dizziness, sensation of lightheadedness
- Shortness of breath
- Chest pain
- Sensation of your heart fluttering (palpitations)
- Sensation of a missed or extra heart beat
Fainting, dizziness, lightheadedness, weakness, fat... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43925000 |
Last week, in one of the most densely populated places on Earth, 150 people addressed a topic usually left to pasture: The future of agriculture.
At one point, Melina Shannon-DiPietro, Director of the Yale Sustainable Food Project, asked the audience, “How many of you have worked in a garden in the past month?” Over th... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43930000 |
List of Chinese Inventions
China has always prided itself with its ancient and ground breaking discoveries. In fact, some of the world’s most important inventions were made by the Chinese. Their inventions have shaped our history. A cursory look at the list of Chinese inventions will give you a sense of how critical th... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43933000 |
The Wandering is Over Haggadah - The Four Children
The Four Children
As we tell the story, we think about it from all angles. Our tradition speaks of four different types of children who might react differently to the Passover seder. It is our job to make our story accessible to all the members of our community, so we ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43935000 |
Create organic farm, aquaponics, vermiculture, larvae entrapment projects
- Provide Aquaponic systems for a families of four. Collect unwanted 55 gallon drums and wooden pallets that would normally end up in landfills and have Kahuku High and Intermediate School students transform them into perpetual food source that w... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43936000 |
Cloud computing is either a revolutionary IT management tool or a nebulous puff of marketing hype, depending on whom you ask. For now, we’re thinking it’s puffery—but intriguing developments are under way.
A Cloudy Concept
Rather than house your own IT servers or rent the maximum processing and storage capacity you’ll ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43939000 |
Despite our best efforts to replicate hormones, slow the ageing process and map the human brain, our bodies are smarter than we'll likely ever understand. But not everything is so complex. When we're feeling tired, stressed or rundown, our bodies let us know with some very basic signals. Ignore them at your peril write... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43941000 |
(SOURCE: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, news release, Aug. 30, 2012)
TUESDAY, Sept. 4 (HealthDay News) -- At least seven antibiotic-resistant genes have recently passed between soil bacteria and bacteria that cause human disease, according to a new study.
Further research is needed to determine ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43942000 |
American Clean Energy And Security Act Of 2009
H.R. 2454 would make a number of changes in energy and environmental policies largely aimed at reducing emissions of gases that contribute to global warming. The bill would limit or cap the quantity of certain greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted from facilities that generate e... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43944000 |
Introduction to Web Conferencing
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What is Web Conferencing?
While Skype provides audio and video conferencing and a chat tool, web conferencing software provides a broader set of synchronous communication tools. Some of these additional features include:
- Multi-point audio and video - You can have several... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43970000 |
How are HBSLs Used?
Concentrations of contaminants in water are compared to human-health benchmarks in screening-level assessments to provide an initial perspective on the potential relevance of detected contaminants to human health and to help prioritize further investigations. Two human-health benchmarks are used in ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43980000 |
The Environmental Interpretation Centre is located on the shores of the Faja da Caldeira de Santo Cristo on São Jorge Island on the Azores archipelago of Portugal. The islands are very remote and located smack dab in the middle of the Atlantic and not particularly well-known, but are quite beautiful. The government is ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43981000 |
Although Spiller's operation of anterolateral chordotomy has been often performed since 1911 for the control of intractable pain, it may still be said to be a much neglected procedure, the great scope of which has not been recognized by the medical profession.
Historically, Van Gehuchten in 1893 first expressed the def... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-43998000 |
Nothing! Optional; cards of the letters you want to practice.
Students are divided into teams. The target sounds are written on the blackboard as letters. The first student from each group stands up in front of the blackboard with a fan. The teacher says a word which uses a target sound, and the students have to hit th... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44000000 |
In preparation for the fifth centenary of the Reformation in 2017, the Vatican and the World Lutheran Federation are preparing a joint document on the course of events in the early sixteenth century. The Humboldt University in Berlin is also building up to the centenary with lectures and discussions. I was honored to t... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44003000 |
Thank The Simple Wasp For That Complex Glass Of Wine
Originally published on Mon October 22, 2012 9:33 am
That's because those big scary flying insects whose stings can be especially painful may be the secret to the wonderful complex aroma and flavor of wine. "Wasps are indeed one of wine lovers' best friends," says Du... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44007000 |
Pelvic inflammatory disease (PID) is a serious infection of the female reproductive system that can develop from an untreated sexually transmitted disease (STD). In most cases, it occurs when bacteria from the STD in the vagina or cervix move into the uterus and upper genital tract. The most common organisms that lead ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44015000 |
Yesterday, your son sounded like he's always sounded — like a boy. But today, you heard that first crack in his voice. He's started puberty and several things about him are changing. Along with obvious changes in physical appearance, his voice will start sounding a whole lot different. For a while, he might have diffic... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44016000 |
Lisa's son Jack had always been a handful. Even as a preschooler, he would tear through the house like a tornado, shouting, roughhousing, and climbing the furniture. No toy or activity ever held his interest for more than a few minutes and he would often dart off without warning, seemingly unaware of the dangers of a b... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44017000 |
The percentage of overweight children in the United States is growing at an alarming rate, with 1 out of 3 kids now considered overweight or obese.
Many kids are spending less time exercising and more time in front of the TV, computer, or video-game console. And today's busy families have fewer free moments to prepare ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44019000 |
When you hear of plastic surgery, what do you think of? A Hollywood star trying to delay the effects of aging? People who want to change the size of their stomachs, breasts, or other body parts because they see it done so easily on TV?
Those are common images of plastic surgery, but what about the 4-year-old boy who ha... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44021000 |
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The Inquisition: Alive And Well After 800 Years
When we talk of inquisition it is usually prefaced with a definite article — as in, The Inquisition. But, as Vanity Fair editor Cullen Murphy points out in his new book, God's Jury, the Inquisition w... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44030000 |
John Singleton Copley’s famous painting Watson and the Shark was commissioned by Brook Watson to document a harrowing event at age 14 as a maritime sailor. While swimming alone off Havana Cuba in 1749, Watson was repeatedly attacked by a shark. The shark first removed some flesh from Watson’s right calf, then bit off h... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44032000 |
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a traumatic event or ordeal in which actual physical or emotional harm occurred or was threatened. Events that can trigger PTSD include violent personal assaults, such as rape or mugging, natural or human-caused disasters, a... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44034000 |
Stay hydrated and gradually adapt your body to high temperatures, expert says
SATURDAY, June 30 (HealthDay News) -- During hot weather, people who exercise outdoors need to take steps to avoid heat injury, according to the American Council on Exercise.
Staying hydrated is essential, and can be accomplished by drinking ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44044000 |
- Academic Search Complete
Provides full text for more than 4,000 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities, education, computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. This database is updated daily.
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In memory of John Hope Franklin (1915-2009) and in honor of Black History Month, this exhibit touches on four periods crucial to understanding the history of African Americans in the United States, exploring their dimensions-in a necessarily brief manner-through the words of John Hope Franklin and the many forms of his... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44049000 |
Although Perl remains a vibrant language with a fiercely loyal following, it has undergone many changes to keep up with new technologies and applications that were not anticipated when Perl was first introduced in 1987. Through its community-based development model, Perl has kept up with changing times and remained fre... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44062000 |
By Kevin Simmons –
The canopy stretches in all directions as far as the eye can see. A gentle breeze rustles the leaves to life in waves, and a shifting light peeks through to illuminate thousands of subtle shades within. The meditative swaying transfixes, one of those moments where time slows and the air is undeniably... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44072000 |
Add To PHR
A home blood pressure test allows you to keep track of your blood pressure at home. Blood pressure is a measure of the force of blood inside an artery. A blood pressure measurement is taken by temporarily stopping the flow of blood in an artery (usually by inflating a cuff around the upper arm) and then list... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44074000 |
Shinmoedake volcano: The Shinmoedake cone on the Kirishima mountain range erupted on Sunday, the largest blast from the volcano in 52 years.
When it comes to building a country, you'd be hard-pressed to do it in a more volatile part of the world than Japan.
About 1,500 earthquakes strike the island nation every year. M... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44081000 |
|This document is available in: English Castellano ChineseGB Deutsch Francais Nederlands Turkce|
by Georges Tarbouriech
About the author:
Georges is a long time Unix user. He loves GNUstep and the tools this great framework provides.
Gorm and ProjectCenter, the GNUstep RAD tools
RAD stands for Rapid Application Develop... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44089000 |
A Titanic mistake? New research sinks the “women and children first” myth.
The Titanic sank 100 years ago today, and Men’s Rights Activists are still pissed off about it.
They’re not really pissed off that it sank. They’re pissed off that the men on board were more likely to go down with the ship than the women. You kn... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44094000 |
|Grade Level||Elementary School|
|Time Period||Current Events|
|Topic||Economic Development, Geography Matters, Learning with Maps|
The physical geography of an area has an enormous impact on the life of the people in that place. One of the most basic effects is what grows there. The available vegetation affects the li... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44097000 |
Research is clear that there is an inextricable link between students' emotional and mental health and their ability to learn. A student is not able to benefit from the educational program if the student is suicidal or if the student is preoccupied by concerns about someone who may be thinking about suicide. Few events... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44099000 |
Maryland is the first state in the nation to require high school students to engage in service-learning activities as a condition of graduation.
Each of the 24 school districts in Maryland implements the service-learning graduation requirement differently, because they tailor the specifics of their program to their loc... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44100000 |
I have to determine all values of h for which A is invertible and I really don't know what should be my first step( If anyone could guide me through this that would be awesome. Here's the matrix:
1 1 0 1
1 0 0 1
0 1 2h + 1
0 1 1 h
You mean then that the matrix is
I see two ways to do that. One is to use the fact that a... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44102000 |
A bag contains n discs, made up of red and blue colours. Two discs are removed from the bag.
If the probability of selecting two discs of the same colour is 1/2, what can you say about the number of discs in the bag?
Let there be r red discs, so P(RB) = r/n (nr)/(n1), similarly,
P(BR) = (nr)/n r/(n1).
Therefore, P(diff... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44105000 |
Human reproduction is a complex and remarkable process. Women’s and men’s reproductive systems compliment one another, and each is essential for reproduction.
There are two types of sex cells involved in human reproduction: the male’s sperm and the female’s egg. An egg that has been fertilized by a sperm cell grows and... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44119000 |
When you are pregnant, it is important to eat a well-balanced, healthful diet. This includes getting the right amount of calories and key nutrients to support both you and your baby.
Since the amount of calories you need will vary depending on age, weight, and physical activity among other things, talk with your doctor... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44121000 |
DNR to study declining moose populationby Curtis Gilbert, Minnesota Public Radio
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources is embarking on what it calls the largest study of moose deaths ever conducted. The study will help determine why Minnesota's moose population has declined almost 50 percent i... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44134000 |
Training step 5: What it means to be a Mission:Explorer.
Create a mashed-up and cross cultural dance routine that reveals how water is important to different people across the world. Flash perform your dance somewhere people would least expect it!
Dance across a place in as many different ways as you can.
Cross a place... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44136000 |
Rotary engines based on the Wankel principle were developed with two fundamentally different approaches to cooling the rotor. Mazda, Audi, Suzuki, Ingersoll-Rand and others used the oil-cooled rotor. It is an expensive, heavier and more complicated design, which achieved specific fuel consumption in the range of .55 to... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44138000 |
Hilbert's Building Blocks
Investigating space curves to construct 3-D forms
I have been interested in the area of computer generated forms, mostly
from the architectural viewpoint, for a long time. Most recently I have
been investigating fractals as a way of generating 3-D forms. Not having
a lot of luck in getting res... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44158000 |
The Sumxu is also known as the Chinese Lop-Eared Cat , Droop-eared cat, Drop-eared cat, or Hanging-Ear cat. All the names refer to its main feature - pendulous ears. Nowadays, the breed is considered extinct.
It is thought that the pendulous ears were a result of mutation similar to that occurred in the Scottish Fold.
... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44160000 |
●The more budgets are cut and taxes increased, the weaker an economy becomes.
●Austerity is the government’s method for widening the gap between rich and poor, which leads to civil disorder.
●Until the 99% understand the need for federal deficits, the upper 1% will rule.
●To survive long term, a monetarily non-sovereig... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44161000 |
On November 26, 1941, a White House aide named Henry Field was summoned to the office of Franklin Roosevelt’s secretary, Grace Tully, for what seemed like a bizarre assignment. Tully instructed Field, one of the president’s bright young staffers, to produce, as quickly as possible, the names and addresses of all Japane... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44164000 |
Having a colonoscopy might be pretty low on Latino adults’ to-do lists. Even hearing the term “colonoscopy” might make some people a bit squeamish.
But it can also save your life.
Just take it from Armida Flores, a promotora—a trained community health worker—at the Institute for Health Promotion Research (IHPR) at The ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44166000 |
Chapter 4: Knowing What to Get|
How do you document your decision?
It's now time to document the recommended technology solution that has emerged as a result of your thinking and analysis. The purpose of doing this is to present to the key decision makers in your organization (or to consider yourself) enough informatio... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44167000 |
Paternalism, the controlling of all aspects of an employee's life by the employer, was characteristic of many nineteenth- and early twentieth-century North Carolina mills and factories. The roots of paternalism were evident in an earlier era, when southern slaveholders came to regard taking good care of their slaves a... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44169000 |
Cobalamin is a family of complex molecules, consisting of a cobalt-containing tetrapyrrole ring and side nucleotide chains attached to the cobalt atom.4 It is synthesized by anaerobic bacteria and is found in foods of animal origin (e.g., fish, meat, dairy products, and eggs), as well as fortified cereals.5–7 The Recom... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44175000 |
US space agency Nasa has launched two spacecraft that are expected to make the first 3D movies of the Sun.
CMEs will typically throw a billion tonnes of matter into space
The Stereo mission will study violent eruptions from our parent star known as coronal mass ejections (CMEs).
The eruptions create huge clouds of ener... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44183000 |
The findings are published in today's issue of Nature.
"This calcium transporter really is an important key to understanding how the heart is regulated," said Dr. Donald Hilgemann, professor of physiology and senior author of the study. "At every beat, calcium in heart cells increases. And it's calcium that is the mess... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44184000 |
Photograph by George Steinmetz, National Geographic
Published November 30, 2012
This piece is part of Water Grabbers: A Global Rush on Freshwater, a special National Geographic News series on how grabbing land—and water—from poor people, desperate governments, and future generations threatens global food security, envi... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44191000 |
Call it the fish version of instant messaging. When a fish is injured, it secretes a compound that makes other fish dart away (as seen in the latter
half of the sped up video above, when the red light flashes). The substance, named Schreckstoff (German for "scary stuff"), protects the entire
community of fish, but no o... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44192000 |
viyh writes with coverage on MSNBC of the discovery of ancient microbes fossilized in the gut of a termite. "One hundred million years ago a termite was wounded and its abdomen split open. The resin of a pine tree slowly enveloped its body and the contents of its gut. In what is now the Hukawng Valley in Myanmar, the r... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44193000 |
Research shows benefits of poverty simulation for university students
March 25, 2011Print
- Denise Horton
Athens, Ga. - An article by two University of Georgia researchers in the latest issue of the Journal of Poverty demonstrates that students participating in a simulation "soften their attitudes" regarding those who ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44197000 |
UGA researcher developing new vaccine to fight resurging mumps virus
June 13, 2012Print
Athens, Ga. - Mumps may seem like a disease of a bygone era to many people in the U.S. who, thanks to immunization programs, have been spared the fever, aches and characteristic swollen jawline of the once common viral infection. Bi... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44198000 |
Cool Crop Circles
Last year, quite a complex and elaborate 100ft diameter circle appeared overnight in a field of oil seed rape near Silbury Hill, Wiltshire
Cool Crop Circles
Unseasonably warm and wet spring weather has seen many summer flowers appearing earlier than usual, and, surprisingly for so early in the year as... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44199000 |
Graves are about identity, that we are here – that we exist. Here lie one hundred of our ancestors in unmarked graves. Although a free people they were taken to Wybalenna to help establish the ‘friendly mission’ and a promise of return to their homelands. It soon became a ‘death camp’. They were betrayed, abused and le... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44208000 |
For too many New Jerseyans, addiction begins in the medicine cabinet. The New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs has developed Project Medicine Drop as an important component of its effort to halt the abuse and diversion of prescription drugs. It allows consumers to dispose of unused and expired medications anonymousl... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44213000 |
The earliest record of human activity in northern Europe
Parfitt, Simon A.; Barendregt, Rene W.; Breda, Marzia; Candy, Ian; Collins, Matthew J.; Coope, G. Russell; Durbridge, Paul; Field, Mike H.; Lee, Jonathan R.; Lister, Adrian M.; Mutch, Robert; Penkman, Kirsty E.H.; Preece, Richard C.; Rose, James; Stringer, Christ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44217000 |
Warm Springs: A Classic Boondoggle?
By Harold Gilliam
If President Carter wants to bolster his anti- inflation program by saving the government at least $200 million, I have a suggestion for him.
The planned Warm Springs dam, on a tributary of the Russian river in Sonoma County, is a classic boondoggle, a pork barrel i... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44219000 |
As part of the wrap-up for this course, we’re looking back at some of the first things we wrote in June (Introduction to WebTools, Setting the Stage, and Guiding Principles for Tech Use in the Classroom).
I don’t know that my thinking/philosophy on using technology has changed dramatically in the past two and a half mo... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44236000 |
Healthy diet means better mental health (Australia)
Australian researchers have shown that a nutritious diet has a significant, positive effect on mental health and can even aid in the prevention and treatment of depression and anxiety.
Researchers from the University of Melbourne have been studying the impact of teena... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44241000 |
Water supply and water quality problems facing the City of El Paso and Ciudad Juarez are complex and interrelated. The twin cities share the water resources of the Hueco Bolson, a Tertiary and Quaternary basin fill aquifer that spans the international border. The binational metroplex is located at the junction between ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44242000 |
Soon he came upon a peasant singing and scything. ‘You there, varlet,’ said Shrek. ‘Why so blithe?’” – William Steig, “Shrek”
“Shrek” inspired me to let the words fly around my children. Nope, I’m not talking about the movie “Shrek”, but about William Steig’s wonderful picture book “Shrek.” And I’m not talking about us... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44264000 |
First, the truth is that no one really knows why some products succeed and others don’t. As the purchasing of goods in the market done by multiple individuals whose decisions are often personal and multi-factorial, direct observation and dissection of behavior is nearly impossible.
There are some theories, though (larg... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44272000 |
AI and Society 9 (1):29-42 (1995)
|Abstract||This paper first illustrates what kind of ethical issues arise from the new information, communication and automation technology. It then argues that we may embrace the popular idea that technology is ethically neutral or even ambivalent without having to close our eyes to t... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44278000 |
The easiest way is to buy yourself a 3D camera.
This option has an excellent advantage: You can see the 3D effect while you compose and when reviewing your images which lets you know if the shot you take worked to give the 3D impression or not.
Otherwise you have to take 2 nearly identical photos with slightly differen... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44279000 |
After Higgs Boson, scientists prepare for next quantum leapFebruary 13th, 2013 in Physics / General Physics
A graphic distributed on July 4, 2012 by CERN in Geneva shows a representation of traces of a proton-proton collision measured in the search for the Higgs boson. Seven months after its scientists made a landmark ... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44281000 |
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Proclus of Athens (*412–485 C.E.) was the most authoritative philosopher of late antiquity and played a crucial role in the transmission of Platonic philosophy from antiquity to the Middle Ages. For almost fifty years, he was head or ‘successor’ (diadochos, sc. of... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44287000 |
June 22, 1976. North Atlantic. At 21:13 GMT a pale orange glow behind a bank of towering cumulus to the west was observed. Two minutes later a white disc was observed while the glow from behind the cloud persisted.
High probability that this may have been caused by interferometry using 3-dimensional artificial scalar w... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44290000 |
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“Sanitation: A Global Estimate of Sewerage Connections without Treatment and the Resulting Impact on MDG Progress”
Environmental Science & Technology
It may be the 21st century, with all its technological marvels, but 6 out of every 10 people on Earth still do not have access to flu... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44291000 |
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Agriculture has always been absolutely necessary for the very survival of humankind. For centuries, it has provided people with food, clothing, and heating, and it has employed most of the total active population. Nowadays, we dress mainly in artificial and synthe... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44295000 |
Saturn's largest moon, Titan, pictured to the right of the gas giant in the Cassini spacecraft view.
Scientists have discovered methane lakes in the tropical areas of Saturn's moon Titan, one of which is about half the size of Utah's Great Salt Lake, with a depth of at least one meter.
The longstanding bodies of liquid... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44296000 |
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Parts of the human brain think about the same word differently, at least when it comes to prepositions, according to new language research in stroke patients conducted by scientists at Purdue University and the University of Iowa.
People who speak English often use the same prepositions, words su... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44304000 |
DURHAM, N.C. – The amount of exercise may be more important than intensity to improve cardiovascular health, according to a new analysis of the first randomized clinical trial evaluating the effects of exercise amount and intensity in sedentary overweight men and women. This finding of the value of moderate exercise sh... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44305000 |
Yifu Deng of QUT's School of Public Health studied the interplay between genetics, smoking and the development of Parkinson's disease with 400 people who had Parkinson's disease and 400 people without it.
Dr Deng looked at the genetic background of individuals in each group for the presence of the CYP2D6 gene, which ha... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44306000 |
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Computed tomography (CT), originally known as computed axial tomography (CAT or CT scan) and body section roentgenography, (and also known as computed axial tomography... | fwe2-CC-MAIN-2013-20-44307000 |
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