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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) is a serious form of pneumonia, resulting in acute respiratory distress and sometimes death. It is a dramatic example of how quickly world travel can spread a disease. It is also an example of how quickly a networked health system can respond to an emerging threat.
This contagio... |
Health Tip: Warm Up Before You Work Out
-- Warming up before a workout helps prepare your body for exercise, making you less vulnerable to injury.
The American Council on Exercise offers these warm-up suggestions:
- Include aerobic activity that will help warm up the muscles you'll need during your workout.
- Practice ... |
About the Cattle Egrets:
Cattle egrets are a species of heron; they are mainly covered in white feathers and have a yellow beak.
Habitat and Distribution
Cattle egrets are mainly found in grassy areas such as meadows, savannahs, parks and rice fields in southern Europe, Africa, south-east Asia, Australasia, North Ameri... |
Animating with Flash Keyframes
Keyframes are the frames that are key to your animation. In frame-by-frame animation, every frame is a keyframe. In tweened animation, only the first and last frames of a tween are keyframes. By creating keyframes, you specify the duration and therefore the speed of an animated sequence.
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Black or gray object that reflects the same light intensity whatever the viewing angle or light source angle (not glossy).
Artifacts in images, with a maze shape, due to errors during demosaicing.
A metric is a lens... |
Radio-Collaring Elephants in Namibia
with Keith Leggett
Keith Leggett radio-collars enormous elephants in the Namibian desert to find out where they range and roam-and gets help from a BBC film crew.
Attaching a radio-collar to a 5-ton animal is no easy task. Especially if that animal, say, an elephant, has no interest... |
Anthrax is an infection caused by a biological agent, a bacterium call Bacillus anthracis
By spores entering through:
- Broken skin
Malignant pustules – on exposed area of skin
Pulmonary anthrax – through inhalation, typical influenza symptoms
Intestinal anthrax – through ingestion, severe stomach pain, vomiting and di... |
Piero Sraffa (* 5 August 1898 in Turin; " 3 September 1983 in Cambridge, Great Britain) was an Italian economist.
Sraffa developed a theory of the production prices. Its beginning is that each commodity needs goods in a certain quantity for its production. For each commodity thus an equation can be set up, in which one... |
In this lesson our instructor gives an introduction to conditional loops. First, he discusses while loop, looping over arrays, and array traversal functions. Then he talks bout looping over indexed and associative arrays. He also lectures on looping over arrays using list() and each(), control structure scope and codin... |
Editor’s note: This is part one of an ongoing series on testing memory.
Engineers have traditionally characterized floating-gate NAND flash memory using DC instruments such as source-measurement units (SMUs) after pulse generators had programmed and/or erased the memory cell. This approach requires some type of switch ... |
Description from Flora of China
Plants 30-100 cm tall. Branches spreading, pubescent when young. Leaves rather remote; petiole 1-3.5 cm, pubescent; leaf blade ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 4-12 × 1.5-4 cm, abaxially pubescent along midvein, adaxially glabrous, base attenuate, margin slightly serrulate, apex long acuminate... |
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Note: Normal system frequency of 60 cycles per second appear as blue. Green and red colors indicate higher than normal frequency.
A large region of electric systems, called the Western Interconnection, responded to the Sa... |
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Blood tests are done to check the health of blood cells.
Anemia occurs when there are not enough healthy red blood cells (RBCs) in the body. RBCs are important because they contain hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a prote... |
What is diverticulosis?
Diverticulosis is a condition that develops when pouches (diverticula) form in the wall of the colon (large intestine). These pouches are usually very small (5 to 10 millimeters) in diameter but can be larger.
In diverticulosis, the pouches in the colon wall do not cause symptoms. Diverticulosis... |
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Anatomy: The Redbilled Oxpecker is about 9 inches (22 cm) long. It has a short, thick, red bill. The eyes are red and are surrounded by large, bright-yellow circles. The head, neck, wings, and tail are... |
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Department of Environment and Conservation (NSW), 2005
ISBN: 1 7412 2144 7
7 Previous Recovery Actions
- 7.1 Survey
- 7.2 Profile and environmental impact assessment guidelines
- 7.3 Establishment of a recovery team
- 7.4 Community awareness initiatives
- 7.5 In-situ protection
During the preparation of this recovery p... |
By Maina Kiarie
Shimoni caves are located in Shimoni village, a sleepy fishing village about 75kms south of Mombasa near the Wasini Islands. Shimoni is along the Mombasa-Lungalunga road, in the heart of Digo land. In late 19th century, the Imperial British East Africa Company, the commercial company chartered by the Br... |
A Short Note on the Libraries
Kept by Initiates and Mahatmas
Helena P. Blavatsky
Helena P. Blavatsky wrote of “several esoteric
schools” that claim to be “in possession of the
sum total of sacred and philosophical works in MSS.
and type”. (“The Secret Doctrine”, Vol. I, p. xxiii.)
The following fragment is reproduced f... |
Park City, Utah, Uses GIS to Create Environmental Information Repository
Data Viewer Popular Beyond Expectations
Incorporated in 1884, Park City, Utah, has a rich silver mining history that spans from 1863 until the turn of the century. However, because of various economic downturns, mining interest dwindled, and
Conse... |
1971: South Pole total ozone data before the ozone hole existed
1986: First year of continuous balloon soundings at the South Pole
1993: Record low total ozone related in part to the Pinatubo volcanic eruption (see below)
2003: This year is an example of contemporary ozone depletion at the South Pole while stratospheri... |
Speaking to EurActiv on the margins of the climate summit taking place in the Danish capital, Luc Van Brande, president of the Committee of the Regions, an EU consultative body, said regions needed a clear legal framework but also the financial tools to act.
His statement was echoed by Michele Sabban, president of the ... |
What's the difference between stealing a CD from a music store and ripping off music online? The music industry and law enforcers say that there is none: Theft is theft, whether it's physical or digital.
College students participating in a newly published study, however, said that while they were unlikely to shoplift a... |
The Evolution Deceit
The first person to propose the theory of evolution in the form it’s accepted today was Charles Robert Darwin, an amateur British naturalist.
Darwin never received any genuine training in biology and possessed only an amateur knowledge of nature and living things. As a result of his interest he too... |
Let's open this piece with a few sobering facts. As of today, 780 million people worldwide lack access to clean drinking water. In the United States alone, we will consume 328 billion gallons of water every day. We needn't even mention the number of people that fall victim to water born pathogens leaving them sick or w... |
The Odeillo Solar Furnace
Every year, the earth receives from the sun 10,000 times more energy than we use. The current energy crisis and our dependence on fossil fuels therefore represent a failure of ingenuity rather than an intractable situation.
Many now believe that Concentrated Solar Power is one of the most prom... |
The following article is about the term Nirvana in the context of Buddhism. See Nirvana (disambiguation) for other meanings.
Nirvana (Sanskrit -- Pali: Nibbana -- "beyond all that can be described or defined") is the "goal" of Buddhism. In Chinese Buddhist scriptures, the word is transliterated as Nie4 Pan2 (涅槃). Sidda... |
Pioneering Periodic Arrangements of the ElementsLaws of Triads and of Octaves
Early in the 19th cent., a number of chemists had noticed certain relationships between the properties of elements and their atomic weight. In 1829 J. W. Döbereiner stated that there existed some three-element groups, or triads, in which the ... |
Minorca (mĭnôrˈkə) [key], Span. Menorca, Spanish island (1991 pop. 65,109), 271 sq mi (702 km), Baleares prov., in the W Mediterranean Sea, the second largest of the Balearic Islands. Port Mahón is the chief city and port. The terrain is mostly low but has a hilly center. Cereals, wine, olive oil, and flax are the chie... |
Winter Olympics: Bobsleigh
Offspring of the toboggan
by John Gettings and Christine Frantz
An offspring of tobogganing, the modern-day sport of bobsledding was conceived in Switzerland late in the 1800s.
The bobsled's Olympic debut was the four-man event at the 1924 Winter Games. The two-man event was added eight years... |
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Fact: While it's true that certain foods aggravate ulcers, they don't cause them. In up to 95% of cases, a gastrointestinal bacterium called Helicobacter pylori is to blame. One of every two people catch this bug by the time they'r... |
Jersey Language and LanguagesEdit This Page
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Historically, the local spoken language in Jersey was Jèrriais. This is best understood as the Jersey branch (or branches) of the wider Norman language; the branches spoken in Guernsey, Sark and Alderney are recognisably of similar origin but differ con... |
Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) is a term that has been coined to position agriculture as vital in mitigating and adapting to climate change. Our previous blog post on the subject reported that agriculture is currently responsible for 70 percent of water use globally, as well as up to 30 percent of greenhouse gas emiss... |
Depicting snow in woodcuts
White inks were not usually employed in printing Japanese woodcuts, so snow was commonly depicted by leaving areas of the paper blank. Snowflakes were usually created by carving nicks out of the surface of the colour blocks, so that flecks of paper appear like flakes of snow.
Here nicks have ... |
You may not think of your lawn and garden as hazards for your pet, but, if you're not careful, you could put them in danger. Here are some of the most frequently asked questions about how to keep your animal friends safe.
1. What plants are toxic to pets?
Cardiotoxic plants: (affect the heart)
Kalanchoe spp. Lily of th... |
The idea that robots of one kind or another (e.g. nanobots eating up the world and leaving grey goo, Cylons in both versions of Battlestar Galactica trying to exterminate humans, etc.) will take over the world and find humans unnecessary isn’t especially new in works of fiction. It’s not always mentioned directly but t... |
The Night Skies of August: A Convergence of Planets and a Shower of Meteors
by Leo Enright
In the month of August, with longer nights than in July, we have more time to enjoy the view of the great Summer Milky Way, as well as the famous meteor shower of mid-August. This year we have the added bonus of the two brightest... |
Gray Wolf Management
FWS and State Agencies Release 2011 Annual Report for the Northern Rocky Mountain Population
The 2011 Interagency Annual Report for the Northern Rocky Mountain Distinct Population Segment (NRM DPS), compiled by cooperating federal, state and tribal agencies, estimates that the NRM population increa... |
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, we wanted to share some of the more fascinating shows species put on to attract a mate. These colorful, noisy rituals can be seen firsthand at many national wildlife refuges.
Take the male Attwater’s praire chicken. He’ll dance a jig and make a “booming” sound by filling ora... |
Weeds can seriously impair the growth of young trees and shrubs by competing with them for moisture and nutrients. An area at least one metre diameter around young trees should be kept weed-free by hoeing carefully, by applying a layer of old carpet, a thick layer of cardboard, newspapers or organic mulch, or by using ... |
About John Morris Sheppard
John Morris Sheppard (May 28, 1875 – April 9, 1941) was a Democratic United States Congressman and United States Senator from Texas. He authored the Eighteenth Amendment (Prohibition) and introduced it in the Senate, so that he is referred to as "the father of national Prohibition."
John Morr... |
Activity Objective: Girls explore starting their own business.
Toward Leadership Outcomes:
Through this activity, girls will:
- Develop a strong sense of self—Girls have confidence in themselves and their abilities, feel they are able to achieve their goals, and form positive gender, social, and cultural identities. (D... |
The Industrial Revolution and a wave of liberal nationalist revolutions transformed Europe during the nineteenth century. A weakened old order gave way, and a number of unified European states emerged. Canada gained its independence, and the northern and southern United States reunited after a bloody civil war.
Section... |
Mars One is a private sector endeavor to send human beings to Mars. The estimated cost of $6 billion will be raised by selling T-shirts and hosting reality shows. In theory, the mission will launch in 2023. In order to reduce costs, astronauts will not be returned to earth. In other words, this is a one-way trip
There ... |
PERIOD: England, 15th century | SOURCE: Harleian MS. 279 | CLASS: Authentic
DESCRIPTION: Thin waffles made with cheese
.xxiiij. Waffres. Take þe Wombe of A luce, & seþe here wyl, & do it on a morter, & tender cheese þer-to, grynde hem y-fere; þan take flowre an whyte of Eyroun & bete to-gedere, þen take Sugre an pouder... |
Calling America's criminal justice system "racist" is not confined to "civil rights leaders" like the Revs. Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton. Then-Sen. Barack Obama, during the 2008 presidential campaign, said it, too. Blacks and whites, said Obama, "are arrested at very different rates, are convicted at very different ra... |
When to Light or Shade, and When Not...
Plants use light to increase mass through photosynthesis. More mass usually means higher quality and longer postharvest life. However, in many cases, more light enters a greenhouse than a plant can use. In the spring, extra light is great because it helps heat the greenhouse. How... |
The food waste/sustainable packaging connection
- Filed in:
- Waste reduction
Sustainable packaging is emerging as a tool to mitigate food waste in the U.S. In this Q&A, GMA’s Meghan Stasz discusses the issues behind this product-package relationship.
Meghan Stasz is the director of Sustainability for the Grocery Manuf... |
September 10th, 2010
When the boys and girls of Spirit Lake, Iowa, load their backpacks for classes this fall, each child in grades 5 to 12 will be packing a lap top computer provided by the school district.
This bit of good fortune was funded by a special initiative. But it is not the first time Spirit Lake has steppe... |
Teaching and Learning
Because living and working are so different now from even a decade or two ago and because things will continue to change, today’s students need new skills to survive and thrive in the future. Education should combine practical, intellectual, and social skills as never before. What does this mean f... |
Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Young PeopleIn Bamenda, Cameroon
Context: Increases in levels of awareness of HIV and greater knowledge about its transmission and prevention have not always been associated with decreases in risky sexual behaviors among young people in Cameroon. More information is needed about the factors ... |
Patricia Sullivan. Days of Hope: Race and Democracy in the New Deal Era. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1996. xiii + 335 pp. $23.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-8078-4564-6; $59.95 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8078-2260-9.
Reviewed by Vanessa L. Davis (Truman State University)
Published on H-South (August, 1997)
Three ... |
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The British Museum, in London, UK, is one of the world's most fascinating museums. It contains so much information about so many of the world's people, the journeys they have made, and how we all ultimately got to where we are today.
One thing that strikes visitors as they make their way around the... |
Could lead to potential cures for glaucoma, age-related macular degeneration
A team led by Iqbal Ahmad, Ph.D., professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, can now turn adult limbal stem cells from the cornea into cells similar to powerfully-regenerative embryonic stem cells in animal models.
These new cells can gen... |
It may surprise you to know that cholesterol itself isn't bad. In fact, cholesterol is just one of the many substances created and used by our bodies to keep us healthy. Some of the cholesterol we need is produced naturally (and can be affected by your family health history), while some of it comes from the food we eat... |
The Hardin Cemetery Disaster
Hardin, Missouri in Ray County, Missouri
In 1993, a record breaking flood occurred along the Missouri and Mississippi River that resulted in the destruction of a community cemetery that was on a scale never before experienced. Before the flooding, the cemetery contained a total of 1576 buri... |
Today the nation honors the life of Martin Luther King Jr., the reverend and activist who led the American civil rights movement. As King studied nonviolence as practiced by Gandhi and imagined by Henry David Thoreau, now his own life and work are the subject of study. Here are 12 essential reads about the short life o... |
America’s storied leadership in promoting liberty and individual rights began long before we became a nation. It began when the first persecuted immigrants came here to find religious freedom. Their belief in a natural, God-given right to practice religion freely grew out of centuries-old struggles of people to secure ... |
Special education teachers play a vital role within the education system as a whole. They are responsible for motivating students with a variety of special needs. Special education teachers facilitate an environment of acceptance among students with mild to severe cases of emotional, cognitive or physical challenges.
T... |
Inscription. Adjacent to this park a group of women was imprisoned in 1917 for demanding the right to vote. The road to Occoquan Workhouse had started in 1848.
By Kevin White, September 6, 2007
|1. Women Suffrage Prisoners at Occoquan Workhouse Marker|
In July 1848 at the Seneca Falls Convention in New York, officially... |
An excerpt from www.HouseOfNames.com archives copyright © 2000 - 2013
Where did the Scottish Youel family come from? What is the Scottish Youel family crest and coat of arms? When did the Youel family first arrive in the United States? Where did the various branches of the family go? What is the Youel family history?
S... |
November 02, 2009
This article is excerpted from "Cloud Opportunities in HPC: Market Taxonomy," published by InterSect360 Research. The full article was distributed to subscribers of the InterSect360 market advisory service and can also be obtained by contacting email@example.com.
In Life, the Universe, and Everything,... |
1. A toothed wheel or disk, which is designed to mesh with another by interlocking.
2. System of two or more gears meshed together so that the motion of one is passed to the others.
3. Chain driven mechanism that transmits motion and power when it turns.
The proportional relationship of two different sized gears that a... |
1989: If there is an art form we can glean from the many photographs and videos of the Tiananmen Square Demonstrations in 1989, it must be found in the multi-hued banners that converged on the Square and surrounding streets made by the students from different universities around China. Often their idiosyncratically-pai... |
For Catholics and many other Christians, the season of Lent began with Ash Wednesday, with ashes that symbolize human mortality. Lent is a time of repentance for sin and of preparation for an intense remembering, at Easter, of the passion, death and resurrection of Jesus. The Jesus who is remembered and celebrated is a... |
Hudson Valley Iron-Ore Mining Industry: A History of Sterling Forest
Heavy metal: Sterling Forest was once the center of the Valley’s rich iron-ore industry
Stoking the fire: A reproduction of Sterling Iron’s giant furnace, where magnetite was smelted into pure iron
Photographs by Jeff Sumberg
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As a non-hi... |
BÜCKEBURG (BUECKEBURG): 31675 Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) (Gerz, Peters).
LOCATION OF CEMETERY: Judenkirchhof at the Birkenallee close to Marienstrasse..
IN USE: From 1950 until the present.
NUMBER OF GRAVESTONES: 168.
- First mentioned in 1793 and extended in 1824, there is now no trace of an older cemetery, located ... |
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Shaw originally gave Misalliance the subtitle, "A Debate in One Sitting." It is set in the Surrey home of the Tarleton family, who over the course of one spring day in 1909 are visited by daughter Hypatia's fiancee and his father, a daredevil aviator, a headstrong young Polish woman, and an intr... |
The Mechanism of Ice Crystal Growth and the Theory of Evolution
by Larry Vardiman, Ph.D.
Presented at the Second International Conference on Creationism, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, July 30–August 4, 1990. Published in: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Creationism, R. E. Walsh & C.L. Brooks (Eds.), p... |
What is the Center for Acute Disease Epidemiology?
CADE is a bureau within the Division of Acute Disease Prevention and Emergency Response and works to protect and preserve the health and safety of Iowans from infectious diseases through disease surveillance; investigation of acute outbreaks; education and consultation... |
First-Hand:Cryo CMOS and 40+ layer PC Boards - How Crazy is this?
Contributed by: Tony Vacca
How it started
It was in the early 80's. Control Data (CDC) had just launched the CYBER - 205 with modest success and the team was now focused on the next generation machine, the 2XX as I recall. Speed, cost and meeting the sch... |
Formerly known as a condenser, a passive two terminal electrical component used to store energy in an electric field. All contain at least two electrical conductors separated by a dielectric.
For a history of capacitors, see the Capacitors article.
Pages in category "Capacitors"
The following 16 pages are in this categ... |
In GR cosmology, there is a big bang singularity. For every particle, there was only a finite time in the past. During this finite time, only a finite distance may have been reached. This allows to define a horizon of influence for each event — all events which may have had a common cause in the past.
Now, in standard ... |
The fifth of May is called “Cinco de Mayo” in Spanish and is a Mexican national holiday. It is also celebrated throughout Mexican-American communities in the U.S., perhaps arguably to a grander and bigger extent.
The holiday recognizes the victory of Mexico over the French at the Battle of Puebla, east of Mexico City, ... |
absolute value, magnitude of a number or other mathematical expression disregarding its sign; thus, the absolute value is positive, whether the original expression is positive or negative. In symbols, if | a | denotes the absolute value of a number a, then | a | = a for a > 0 and | a | = - a for a < 0. For example, |7|... |
Asexual reproduction is advantageous in allowing beneficial combinations of characteristics to continue unchanged and in eliminating the often vulnerable stages of early embryonic growth. It is found in most plants, bacteria, and protists and the lower invertebrates. In one-celled organisms it most commonly takes the f... |
Papua (păpˈōə, –yōə) [key] or Irian Jaya ĭrˈēän jĪˈyə, province (1990 pop. 1,641,430, including West Papua prov.), c.162,000 sq mi (419,580 sq km, including West Papua prov., see below), Indonesia. Comprising most of the western half of New Guinea and a number of offshore islands, it is Indonesia's largest province. Th... |
As we look forward to another Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and prepare to inaugurate our first African American president to a second term, I'd like to talk about the civil rights movement and what it meant to my generation.
It was the inspiration for ... |
November 28, 2012
(USA TODAY) -- More than 30 years after the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, young people are again taking dangerous risks with their lives, according to a new report from the Centers for the Disease Control and Prevention.
About 1,000 Americans ages 13 to 24 are newly infected each month with HIV, the... |
Ohio Resource Center for Mathematics, Science and Language Arts Educators - This is a collection of technology integrated lessons, online applications, videos, articles, and structured activities that can be used by teacher educators and professional development providers to help teachers learn to effectively integrate... |
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- Common Grammar Mistakes - Select the sentence with the correct grammar usage. Answer each question [15 questions total] and then submit your answers for instant results. Any incorrect answers can be reviewed with an explanation for why it was not the correct answer choice.
- Confusing Verbs... |
Back to Edison, back to innovation
By Dr. James Truchard
Innovation, from the Latin innovationem, dates back to at least 1540, and it basically means to renew or change. With so much change in the last 400 years, it is frightening to think somewhere during the last 100 years or so, we have lost the critical renewal of ... |
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Young Adolescents' Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights: South and Southeast Asia
International agreements affirm that adolescents have a right to age-appropriate sexual and reproductive health information, education, and services that enable them to deal in a positive and responsible w... |
22 May 2009
Cruising Hubbard Glacier, Alaska; Cruise Day 116
Although we were at sea today, we spent most of the time at Hubbard Glacier, taking in the beauty, as well as learning about this glacier and glaciers in general.
Half of all the glaciers in the world are located in Alaska. Hubbard is the biggest tidewater gl... |
A mass is stretched 4cm from equilibrium position of a spring. If the displacement is doubled, what can be concluded about the restoring force? A. It halved. B. Same C. Increased by 4 D. Decreased by 4
If you know that the period of a pendulum is 1.87sec. What is the length of that pendulum? (gravity 9.81m/sec squared)... |
In conjunction with the exhibition, the Jewish Museum Berlin will publish a full-color, illustrated catalogue. The themes addressed in the exhibition will be pursued in greater depth in seven texts. Thus you learn from Paul Buhle why Jewish authors and illustrators were so active in the world of comics, and from Jens M... |
DID YOU KNOW?
The life of concrete is limited by a number of disintegrating effects:
Weathering by rain and frost action is chiefly a function of water-tightness or impermeability, since leach and attack by the carbonic and other acids present in rainwater, and disruption by frost action, depend on the penetration of w... |
During the morning announcements the students learned about the history of Dr. Seuss, whose real name was Ted Geisel. Seuss was born March 2, 1910 and grew up on 74 Fairfield Street, in Springfield, Mass.
He feasted on books and was wild about animals. Dr. Seuss lived three blocks from the library and six blocks from t... |
Project Safe Childhood
Guided by the leadership of the Attorney General, Project Safe Childhood (PSC) aims to combat the proliferation of technology-facilitated sexual exploitation crimes against children. The threat of sexual predators soliciting children for physical sexual contact is well-known and serious; the dang... |
Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2012
Order of importance: Study finds prioritizing rather than canvassing entire plant genome may lead to improved crops
MANHATTAN -- A new study may help scientists produce better climate-resistant corn and other food production plants by putting a spin on the notion that we are what we eat.
Kansas St... |
The French could get a magnificent light show for Bastille Day this weekend thanks to a geomagnetic storm due to hit Earth on Saturday, a U.S. government scientist said.
The storm can generate auroras: waving, colorful lights that appear in the sky.
Joe Kunches, a space scientist for the National Oceanic and Atmospheri... |
Stink Moody, younger brother of Judy, hops into the spotlight with a common problem—and one that’s a bit more unusual.
Stink would like to advance in his swimming lessons, but he’s afraid to put his face underwater and seems doomed to remain a Polliwog forever. Fortunately, he’s distracted from that issue by the sudden... |
For people older than 60, the vaccine Zostavax was licensed by the FDA in 2006 to prevent shingles. Shingles is a disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus, the same virus that causes chicken pox. After an attack of chicken pox, the virus lies dormant in certain nerve tissue. As people age, it is possible for the vi... |
Tue September 18, 2012
Did Jesus Have A Wife? Newly Discovered Ancient Text Reignites Debate
Originally published on Wed September 19, 2012 8:30 am
An ancient piece of text is reviving an equally ancient debate: Was Jesus Christ married?
Of course, most Christians believe that he wasn't. But today, Harvard Professor of... |
Hands on leadership
Like great coaching, great leadership is hands on.(Photo iStock) Like great coaching, great leadership is hands on.(Photo iStock)
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To paraphrase convicted felon Martha Stewart, micromanaging is a bad thing.
The dictionary confirms that. Micromanage (noun, origin: 1985-1990) mea... |
Life Science: Session 3
Sex Cell Production
What are sex cells?
Sex cells, or gametes, are unique to organisms that reproduce sexually. In animals and plants (fungi are somewhat different in this regard) there are two types of sex cells: male and female. The male sex cells are sperm, while the female sex cells are eggs... |
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The favorable climate of l'Ile d'Orléans advantageously lends itself to the culture of red fruits. The proximity of the river moderates the climate by delaying the first freezing of autumn and last spring freezing. The grounds of the Orleans type (slightly argill... |
Where in the World
. . . was Meriwether Lewis?
he Lewis and Clark Expedition was a business trip. For more than 300 years European explorers and, lately, American traders, had been steadily pushing the boundaries of the known world outward into the previously unknown. Within those new boundaries they found other people... |
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Children this age may appear self-assured, even driven. They are frequently eager for challenges: "I want to be in Little League, but I don't like the rules -- I just want to see how far I can hit that ball; I can do piano and danc... |
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KOLABA, a district of the Bombay Presidency, India, lying between 17° 52' and 18° 50' N. lat., and between 73° 7' and 73° 42' E. long. It is bounded on the N. by Bombay harbour and Thana district, on the E. by Poona and Shthra, on the S. by Ratnhgiri and Janjira state, and on the W. by the Arabian ... |
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