text stringlengths 198 630k |
|---|
More About Ellipses
Steven Dutch, Natural and Applied Sciences,
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
First-time Visitors: Please visit Site Map and Disclaimer. Use
"Back" to return here.
Find the Center of an Ellipse
Sometimes you have an ellipse but don't know the center. Finding the
center is easy.
- Draw two arbitrar... |
Sidebar Site Navigation
Method for Removing Arsenite and Arsenate from Water
Description of the Technology:
The Method for Removing Arsenite and Arsenate from Water comprises reacting the water with cupric oxide (CuO) particles for a predetermined time and filtering the reacted water.
This technology can be used in the... |
Whipworm Infections in Dogs
What are whipworms?
Whipworms are intestinal parasites that are about 1/4 inch (6 mm) long. They live in the cecum and colon (large intestine) of dogs where they cause severe irritation to the lining of those organs. Whipworm infection results in watery, bloody diarrhea, weight loss, and gen... |
There exists a widespread view that having banks use more equity capital (and relatively less debt) to finance the assets they hold creates substantial costs, costs that may be so great as to make more capital infeasible. I believe that these costs are very substantially exaggerated. But the benefits of having banks th... |
Published by European Expert Network on Culture (EENC): April 2012
This literature review examined the impact of the arts on students’ engagement with school as well as school attractiveness. If the current trend is for schools to adopt more market-driven approaches to provision of education, this review sheds some lig... |
|"Companies that market
bottled water as being safer than tap water are
defrauding the American public." - The U.S. FDA
Bottled water has become a multi-billion-dollar
business. It's now the fastest growing segment of the
entire beverage industry and the most profitable of all
Millions and millions of dollars are spent... |
Introduction to academic writing
If you are reading this, you are likely to be a student in a college on an undergraduate or post-graduate course. You may be a native speaker of English or English may be an additional language for you. When preparing your essays, you may have found difficulties with self-expression, es... |
Today it is hard for us to appreciate the importance that pottery played in the lives of people prior to the mid 20th century. As late as 1932, a woman from western North Carolina recalled, “I had four or five children before I ever saw a glass can.” Pottery filled the need for containers of many types. Stoneware crock... |
Is your cat grooming half her hair off or your dog licking his paws raw? It may well be your pet is experiencing allergies, one of the most common health problems for pets.
Just like people, animals have allergic reactions because their immune system--the system that protects the body from foreign and potentially infec... |
Newer Contact Lenses Don't Cut Infections
Daily Disposables, Newer Materials Have Not Reduced Infection; Overnight Wear Increases Risk Most, Studies Show
Oct. 3, 2008 -- Neither the newer contact lenses that allow more oxygen into
the eye nor daily disposable lenses have reduced the risk of a dangerous eye
infection as... |
ABIH Provides Path for Industrial Hygienists to Rise to the Highest Level
The American Board of Industrial Hygiene (ABIH) administers the prestigious Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) program.
Industrial hygiene is the science of protecting and enhancing the health and safety of people. Health and safety hazards cov... |
Washington State University Libraries
View Original Item
This is a view looking west across the dam, showing the span of the great cantilever cranes. The last of the CBI cantilever cranes were dismantled on Sept. 12, 1940. Note the transverse beams inside the trestle towers on which monorail cranes operated while placi... |
teen girls who smoke may face an increased risk for osteoporosis later in life.
a study of over two hundred girls ages eleven to nineteen found those who smoked had lower bone mineral density in areas that are particularly vulnerable to fracture later in life -- like the lumbar spine and hip.
experts say the teenage ye... |
The very first mp3 player to appear was Winplay3 in 1995. However the history of the mp3 player is best understood by analyzing the history of the technology itself.
Origin of Mp3 Technology
Mp3 stands for MPEG 1 Audio Layer 3. It was developed in 1991 by the Motion Pictures Experts Group to be part of the MPEG format.... |
Em chords also have "G"'s in them. "G" is the third of the chord. (in other words, G is 3 notes from E). E is actually a minor third from G (three half steps)...this is important
because the third "colors" the chord. Her is Em and E major-notice that although only one note is different, the chords sound very different. |
(BPT) - - Everyone has a rare quality or a characteristic that sets him or her apart from others - a special talent, a unique interest or, for some, a rare disease. A disease is considered 'rare' if it affects fewer than 200,000 people in the United States. There are 7,000 known rare diseases affecting 30 million peopl... |
REMEMBER the old wives' tale about not eating pineapples when you are expecting? Or about avoiding sex when you are pregnant? Well, all the old superstitions came flooding back during a recent forum on Miscarriage - Spontaneous Abortion held at the Pantai Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur recently.
For the 40-odd particip... |
Image of the solar corona in white light (outer circle, blue and white) and X-Rays (inner circle, red, yellow, and black) on April 22, 1994, courtesy of the High Altitude Observatory and the Yohkoh Science team. The dashed circle is the solar radius.
Click on image for full size
Image courtesy of the High Altitude Obse... |
Woodson was the eldest son of Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings.
Hemings was also the half-sister of Thomas Jefferson's
wife, Martha Wayles.
the liaison began after Martha Wayles Jefferson’s
death, the racial taboo would have meant social
ostracism should Jefferson ever have owned paternity.
The situation was an open ... |
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Not crewed: an unmanned spacecraft.
- adj. Obsolete Not trained. Used of a hawk.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Not tamed; not yet familiar with man: a term in falconry.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Deprived of manly qualities; deficient in ... |
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A simple machine consisting of an axle to which a wheel is fastened so that torque applied to the wheel winds a rope or chain onto the axle, yielding a mechanical advantage equal to the ratio of the diameter of the wheel to that of the axle.
- n... |
Making Impossible Predictions about Sexuality
A 2006 study on fraternal birth order and homosexuality discovered that with each male child a woman has, the chance of her next son being gay increases. What followed was a problem neuroscientist Marc Breedlove called “a divide between the people doing the research and the... |
Stock Photography. Licensed and Royalty Free Photographs
HISTORY OF TOWNELEY HALL
Art Gallery and Museum
Hall and Pond
Suit of Armour
To give you an idea of the history and complicated architecture of the house I will attempt to briefly outline the Halls origins.
It is recorded that Towneley first became the home of th... |
This article was originally distributed via PRWeb. PRWeb, WorldNow and this Site make no warranties or representations in connection therewith.
SOURCE: Distinct LLC
Probiotic Action with insight from Dr. Robert Wallace's recent article in the Post Tribune, explains why although there is no direct correlation to food an... |
Irish Wolfhound Health Problems and Raising an Irish Wolfhound Puppy to be Healthy
By Michele Welton. Copyright © 2000-2013
The most common health problems in Irish Wolfhounds:
Six to eight years is a very short lifespan for a companion dog, but that's all you get with most Irish Wolfhounds.
The two primary causes of d... |
Nanolubricants Research Project
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is currently conducting research into nanolubricants. This enabling technology has the potential for improving the efficiency of chillers that cool large buildings, in a cost-neutral manner.
This project seeks to develop a fundamental understanding of ... |
How technology is changing our expectations and our lives
We are in the midst of a technology revolution that is happening on
multiple dimensions. We are reaching a level of global connectivity
that is almost universal; the Internet is no longer just the privilege of
the few, or the rich. Today, there are almost six bi... |
The following methods of training are for building an athlete’s "Work Capacity" which will help the athlete train harder and longer to get greater results. These types of training methods are to be used at the beginning of training and only used up to 4 weeks. Then methods of training would be changed to a more traditi... |
Over the years, I have talked a lot about vomiting. In most cases of gastroenteritis, vomiting is either accompanied or followed by diarrhea. I know, lovely topic to discuss but the reality is we must.
Most of these episodes are typically caused by a viral infection and there are many viruses that may cause the same sy... |
Posted by Ebrahim-Khalil Hassen on June 3, 2011
Over 15 million potentially eligible voters did not cast their vote in the recent local government elections. This analysis compares the mid-year population estimates with the voters role.
A development worker in Cape Town pointed out that there was a significant gap betw... |
I just love TES iBoard. They have a new literacy section where there are 136 activities. The best part? They are free to use.
These activities range from narrative texts which explore familiar settings stories, fantasy science fiction and imaginary worlds, tradition tales fairy folk and fables, non fiction texts, phoni... |
The other children break into hysterical giggles. She had turned her head for only a moment, but somehow missed the final sentence — and, the apparent cause of her friend’s merriment. She smiles nervously and laughs along to fit in, longing to know the last line of the joke. Later that evening, Claire’s parents suggest... |
Australian Bureau of Statistics
1301.0 - Year Book Australia, 2009–10
Previous ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 04/06/2010
|Page tools: Print Page RSS Search this Product|
FEATURE ARTICLE 2: MENTAL HEALTH
Anxiety disorders generally involve feelings of tension, distress or nervousness. In 2007, anxiety disord... |
The role of sub-surface fissures on the establishment of an invasive woody shrub (Prosopis glandulosa) in grasslands.
JURENA, P.N.* and S.ARCHER
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843-2126 1
We tested the hypothesis that establishment of woody plants in grasslands underlain by indurated limestone would be faci... |
For those of us who work with communities that have collective trauma, there seems to be research indicating that our preconceived ideas of how to deal with trauma might not always pass muster. In a way, it is good reminder that one size doesn’t fit all.
Article Date: 26 Nov 2012 – 0:00 PST
In the fields of human right... |
XSS Prevention in Four Simple Steps
Preventing Cross Site Scripting (XSS) attacks is a daunting task for developers. In short, XSS attacks are an injection attack in which data that is structurally significant in the current context changes the intended semantics and/or functionality. While there are great resources on... |
Old Abe (1861? – March 28, 1881), bald eagle, was the mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the American Civil War and is the screaming eagle mascot depicted on the insignia of the U.S. Army's 101st Airborne Division....That storied creature is for Abe Sauer just some absurdity that Awl readers sho... |
In an auditory interpretation study, Frazier and Clifton (1998; F&C) tested sluices with two indefinite possible antecedents:
With the embedded object (someone) accented, object responses (who was hiding) reached 69%, while accenting the matrix subject (tourist) produced 46% object responses. Accent position significan... |
A section of dancing figures etched into the stone.
Archaeologists say prehistoric rock drawings discovered in a remote Egyptian cave ~ depicting dancing figures and strange headless beasts ~ may provide clues about the rise of Egyptian civilization. According to Reuters:
Rudolph Kuper, a German archaeologist, said the... |
Today is the 20th anniversary of World AIDS Day, an “annual wake-up call to keep the promise to stop AIDS.”
At the beginning of the AIDS crisis, the disease was called the “gay plague.” In the 1980s, the victims were predominantly white gay men who died within months of their HIV-positive diagnosis.
As AIDS enters its ... |
Fish Use Clever Mating Trick [LiveScience 2007-11-15]
Some fish are able to get sex by faking out the females. Now scientists have found a gene that helps them do so.
The fish, known as cichlids, are maternal mouthbrooders???the female scoops up eggs in her mouth after she lays them. While collecting her eggs, the fema... |
We have been playing lots of maths games together this term and using the tens frames to learn help us learn about combinations to ten.
Parents might like to watch this to learn more about the tens frame.
We want to learn to `instantly recall’ our addition facts to ten – that means we have to say the answer quickly! We... |
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2001 October 15
Explanation: How similar in size are the Earth and the Moon? A dramatic visual answer to this question is found by combining photogr... |
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2005 March 11
Explanation: The classic appearance of the popular Ring Nebula (aka M57) is understood to be due to perspective - our view from planet... |
This information is for reference purposes only. It was current when produced and may now be outdated. Archive material is no longer maintained, and some links may not work. Persons with disabilities having difficulty accessing this information should contact us at: https://info.ahrq.gov. Let us know the nature of the ... |
The world's two billion Christians have just completed Holy Week, celebrating the final days, death and resurrection of Jesus. This year, the global celebration of Earth Day coincided with Good Friday, giving many of us an additional perspective on this sacred and ancient commemoration.
Good Friday, marking Jesus' cruc... |
IN an announcement about the opening of the Spider Pavilion at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, I recently referred to spiders as insects. It brought this response from a reader in Whittier: "Spiders are not insects! Insects have six legs."
The reader is correct. Spiders have eight legs. Although insec... |
By Dr. Mercola
For all of us who love, respect and share our lives with animals, it is devastating to see this appalling abuse of dairy farm animals.
This video was produced by the non-profit organization Animals' Angels, an internationally active non-profit organization based in Germany, whose mission is to end the ab... |
WASHINGTON: Scientists have rediscovered what they claim is the eighth wonder of the world -- Pink and White Terraces in New Zealand, which were buried in mud for a 100 years, losing some charm.
Until the late 19th century, the Pink and White Terraces along Lake Rotomahana on the North Island, attracted tourists from a... |
Some economists, executives and financiers — as well as Energy Secretary Steven Chu — argue that the government must play a role because certain technologies have non-financial benefits, such as producing fewer greenhouse gas emissions or easing U.S. reliance on foreign oil. The semiconductor industry is often held up ... |
Importance of Safety in a Work Environment
Emergency equipments contain flashlights and containers and several other equipments that are served as the basic and most primary equipment when the need arises in case of provision of basic safety. You must have heard the concept of first aid. This is one step further to thi... |
Updated 06/08/2012 10:32 AM
Your Health: Clinic of last resort
To view our videos, you need to
install Adobe Flash 9 or above. Install now.
Then come back here and refresh the page.
Some patients wait years for a definitive diagnosis. Using a unique combination of scientific and medical expertise and resources at the N... |
Words are powerful and can create many a response better or worse, but it’s good to have an opinion. Words in our English language are exciting and paint a picture with the added beauty of America’s melting pot of cultures and languages. Yet, English is the language of America and immigrants learn it and other countrie... |
Mullein is the common name of a number of species in the Verbascum genus. Verbascum thapsus (also Verbascum densifolium) grows throughout Germany in open fields and roadsides. It is a biennial which prefers sandy soils and its stately second-year growth is a welcome sight for the interested observer. Mullein is a nativ... |
PARAGRAPH DIVISIONS OF MODERN TRANSLATIONS
Vision of the Restored Temple and Land
Vision of the Future Temple
|The Lord's Portion of the Land||The Holy District||The Distribution of Land||The Lord's Portion of the Country||The Division of the Country-The Portion for Yahweh|
|Properties of the City and the Prince|
|Port... |
Kinematic and electromyographic analysis of the push movement in tai chi
- Correspondence to: Ms Chan, Department of Sports Science and Physical Education, Kwok Sports Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong;
- Accepted 16 September 2002
Background: Tai chi is a form of exercise derived fro... |
What The Heck Is Health Physics?
The name sounds like it is all about pendulums and inclined planes, but it is really about radiation protection. The most entertaining story about the origin of the job description “health physicist” is that it came about during the “Manhattan Project” when scientists needed to protect ... |
Need Algebra I Help? No Fear, Yourteacher.com is Here!
by Leila in Author Highlight / 02.04.10
Whether you are trying to figure out if you have enough gallons of gas in your car to make it to the next gas station while driving on the interstate or trying to figure out how many chocolate bars you can purchase at 65 cent... |
A new article on the college website features an interview with Brittany Klemm (’14) and Dr. Burmeister on their recent research activities in the northern Appalachian Mountains and the Desolation Wilderness Area of the Sierra Nevada, student research in the Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences, and students pr... |
A baseball speeds from the hands of a pitcher, a slave to Newton’s laws. But in the brain of the batter who is watching it, something odd happens. Time seems to dawdle. The ball moves in slow motion, and becomes clearer. Players of baseball, tennis and other ball sports have described this dilation of time. But why doe... |
Download Research Tools
A mind is a terrible thing to waste, and so, apparently, is an idle computer. On November 18, scientists from Oregon State University (OSU) will begin harnessing the idle time of thousands of personal computers to study climate modeling and the resulting weather effects on the Pacific Northwest ... |
Clinical validity refers to the predictive value of a test for a given clinical outcome (e.g., the likelihood that cancer will develop in someone with a positive test). It is primarily determined by the sensitivity and specificity with which a test identifies people with a defined clinical condition within a given popu... |
|SPINAL INJURIES (Neck & Back)|
Eighty percent of all Americans will suffer from back or neck pain that requires a Doctor’s visit. Common causes include arthritis, degenerative disc disease, sprains and strains, bulging discs, stenosis, and osteoporosis.
Modalities including heat, electric stimulation, ultrasound, trac... |
As a response to the US Bishops’ Fortnight for Freedom, I’ve invited a few friends to supply appropriate essays on women who have exemplified the faith in the face of persecution, even at the hands of religious authorities. Today, my friend John Donaghy offers a contribution from the Latin American Church, where he has... |
Because is only 0.7 percent of naturally occurring uranium, its supply is fairly limited and could well only last for about 50 years of full-scale use. The other 99 percent of the uranium can also be utilized if it is first converted into plutonium by neutron bombardment:
The production of plutonium can be carried out ... |
Detection of Human Cytomegalovirus in the Saliva (FcrèchMV)
Direct DNA amplification, viral isolation and specific antibody measurement in saliva
- From children in day care centers (samples collection will take place during a single week)
- From children coming at the emergency department of our hospital during a thre... |
An appendectomy is the surgical procedure to remove the vermiform appendix.An appendectomy procedure is normally performed as an emergency procedure, when the patient is suffering from acute appendicitis
Nursing Goal for An appendectomy
- Prevent complications.
- Promote comfort.
- Provide information about surgical pr... |
Washington, July 19: The United States is facing "worst drought" in 25 years which could fuel food price inflation in the country, a top Obama administration official said here.
As many as 61 per cent of the land mass of the United States is currently being characterised as being impacted by this drought, the Agricultu... |
Smoking is and has been a staple of free cultures throughout history. It has been a long established element of what was once thought of as the art of being a well-rounded gentleman, especially in the 19th and 20th centuries. In the 1800's, it was not uncommon for a young gentleman to hire a smoking tutor of sorts to t... |
Mutazilah theology was distinguished chiefly by asserting the authority of human reason over tradition and general superstition. For example, the Mutazilah theologians asserted that the Quran was a book that was created, written by men, rather than uncreated, the living word of God passed verbatim through the mouths of... |
The Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, also known as the Helsinki Commission, is an independent U.S. Government agency created in 1976 to monitor and encourage compliance with the Helsinki Final Act and other OSCE commitments.
The Commission consists of nine members from the United States Senate, nine me... |
Our knowledge concerning the surface of Venus comes from a limited amount of information obtained by the series of Russian Venera landers, and primarily from extensive radar imaging of the planet. The radar imaging of the planet has been performed both from Earth-based facilities and from space probes. The most extensi... |
plane crazy 1928 usa the first mickey mouse cartoon to be produced by walt disney productions and the third to be released. the theatrical short marks the creation of mickey mouse, minnie mouse, and clarabelle cow. a silent version was previewed on may 15, 1928 in los angeles, but it failed to pick up a distributor. af... |
The NFL LD resolution for January / February 2011 offers all kinds of interesting possibilities, since it considers potential distinctions between adults and juveniles in the U.S. criminal justice system.
Below is a list to get you started in your analysis. In the comments, suggest your own, or critique these offerings... |
A link from one of readers (thanks Ashley!) pointed us to a story on MSNBC about a very large Lion’s Mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) that broke apart and stung up to 100 people on a New Hampshire beach last Wednesday. Lion’s Manes can get very big, their bell can be over 3 feet. Their tentacles though are another sto... |
Kornberg Korn·berg (kôrn'bûrg'), Arthur. Born 1918.
American biochemist. He shared a 1959 Nobel Prize for work on the biological synthesis of nucleic acids.
|a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.|
|a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.|
|Kornberg (kôrn'bûrg') Pr... |
Dr Zalloua says in Lebanon the Phoenician signature is distributed equally among different groups and that the overall genetic make-up of the Lebanese is proving to be similar across various backgrounds.
"Whether you take a Christian village in the north of Lebanon or a Muslim village in the south, the DNA make-up of i... |
In Kalambaka, the most ancient technical project
The most ancient technical project of Greece, probably in the world, is found in the Theopetra cave of Kalambaka and is 23,000 years old. It is a stone wall that had been constructed in the entrance of the cave, blocking its entrance by 2/3. This construction -stone pile... |
Published in Proceedings of the 44th International Symposium on Microelectronics: Long Beach, CA, October 9, 2011.
Copyright © 2011 International Microelectronics and Packaging Society.
One of the challenges in an experimental study of solder joint reliability is to determine when cracks occur in a solder joint or when... |
Date of this Version
Rwanda is a landlocked country located in Africa's Central-East Great Lakes region. It has a population of 7.5 million which occupies 26,338 km'. Its population density (285/km') is one of the highest in the world and has prompted fear of a rapid degradation of the ecosystem. There are no central s... |
This paper investigates whether people are equally irrational in finance and everyday decisions by examining the responses of a 20-question survey conducted at Pace University. Results from our data indicated that we could not conclude that people are more irrational in one area more than the other. People appear to be... |
Date of this Version
Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association: San Diego, CA, 2009
This study focuses on elementary teachers' conceptions of flooding before and after inquiry-based Earth science content-based professional development. Several misconceptions emerged from the... |
Digup is a documentary series about digital designers: surveys, portraits, interviews ...
Graphic design, interaction design, animation, data visualization, installations, digital art, new medias labs…Digital production is the conjunction of visual and audio-visual productions with computer. The latter is not only the ... |
The information from
genetic testing can have a big impact on your life.
Genetic counselors are trained to help you understand
your risk of getting a disease related to genetics or of having a child with an
inherited (genetic) disease, such as
sickle cell disease,
cystic fibrosis, or
hemophilia. A genetic counselor can... |
Treatment for general anxiety disorder (GAD) falls into two categories:
- Psychotherapy—This may include cognitive behavioral therapy, and other forms of treatment like relaxation techniques and biofeedback.
Since psychotherapy is more effective than medication, it is usually the first treatment that is tried. Most pat... |
Human Resource Clerk: Job Description, Duties and Requirements
Human resource clerks provide administrative support to a company's personnel department. By assisting in training, organization and records keeping, human resource clerks provide integral services to daily operations of a company.
Human Resource Clerk Job ... |
Black history, our history, American history is a complicated matter riddled with facts that make us proud and others that make us cringe. It is a story of a nation built by men and women who sacrificed their lives to force America to live up to its promise. These men and women were also full of contradictions. Frederi... |
Asagi are fully scaled, nonmetallic fish with a long history, but because they closely resemble Magoi (the wild black carp). Some hobbyists see them as unrefined, dull, and not proper koi at all. Certainly they are an acquired taste, far removed from the brilliantly tri colored modern Showa or the flashy koi grouped in... |
"masculinity" French translation
These constructions of masculinity are present even within the family relationship.
`Hegemonic masculinity' is a concept that draws upon the ideas of Gramsci.
ILO had examined the influence of men and masculinity on employment issues.
Moreover, masculinity is measured socially by the nu... |
Inheritance describes a relationship between two (or more) types, or classes, of objects in which one is said to be a "subtype" or "child" of the other, as result the "child" object is said to inherit features of the parent, allowing for shared functionality, this lets programmers re-use or reduce code and simplifies t... |
||This article needs additional citations for verification. (February 2011)|
Airmail (or air mail) is a mail transport service branded and sold on the basis of being airborne. Airmail items typically arrive more quickly than surface mail, and usually cost more to send. Airmail may be the only option for sending mail to... |
Ashland (Henry Clay estate)
A view of the front of the house
|Location:||120 Sycamore Road Lexington, Kentucky|
|Architect:||Benjamin H. Latrobe; Thomas Lewinski|
|Added to NRHP:||October 15, 1966|
Ashland is the name of the plantation of the 19th-century Kentucky statesman Henry Clay, located in Lexington, Kentucky, i... |
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The term Byzantines may refer to:
- Byzantine Empire - the conventional term of reference for the continuation of the Roman Empire in the east after the fall of the western half.
- Byzantine Greeks - (Romaioi/Graikoi) the majority population for most of the empire’s existence.
|Thi... |
|— Town —|
|• Mayor||Gerald M. Foreman II|
|• Total||1.6 sq mi (4.1 km2)|
|• Land||1.6 sq mi (4.1 km2)|
|• Water||0.0 sq mi (0.0 km2)|
|Elevation||36 ft (11 m)|
|Time zone||Eastern (EST) (UTC-5)|
|• Summer (DST)||EDT (UTC-4)|
|Area code(s)||571, 703|
|GNIS feature ID||1499362|
Dumfries is located at .(38.567853, -77.32... |
Epoch J2000 Equinox J2000
|Right ascension||21h 08m 46.8s|
|Declination||-88° 57′ 23″|
|Apparent magnitude (V)||5.42|
|Spectral type||F0 III|
|U−B color index||0.13|
|B−V color index||0.27|
|Variable type||Delta Scuti|
|Radial velocity (Rv)||+11.9 km/s|
|Proper motion (μ)||RA: 25.96 mas/yr
Dec.: 5.02 mas/yr
|Parallax (... |
The Presidents of the United States, 1789-1914/James Madison
James Madison
Also in this chapter … Dorothy, wife
James Madison, fourth president of the United States, born in Port Conway, Va., March 16, 1751; died at Montpelier, Orange County, Va., June 28, 1836. His earliest paternal ancestor in Virginia seems to have... |
Ichneumia albicauda occurs throughout much of sub-Saharan Africa, with the exception of the Congo Basin, the Ivory Coast, and the arid regions of western South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, and Angola. White-tailed mongooses are also found throughout the southern Arabian peninsula. They are fairly common throughout their ... |
State and Local Climate and Energy Program
Energy Efficiency (EE)
- Benefits of Energy Efficiency
- Local Opportunities to Improve Energy Efficiency
Benefits of Energy Efficiency
Improving energy efficiency is one of the most constructive and cost-effective ways to address the challenges of high energy prices, energy s... |
Adding white space around your images can make it easier for the PDF Maker to properly tag your documents for accessibility when it does the conversion from Microsoft Word to the PDF document format.One way to add white space is by placing your cursor immediately after each image and adding a few carriage returns. Howe... |
While the webster 1913
entry is probably very correct
, it most certainly doesn't fit the more modern definition
. In common usage, a carburetor
) is part of an internal combustion engine
The carb sits between your fuel pump and your engine (or your gas tank and engine if your setup uses a gravity feed, like many older... |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.