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Chattanooga had been part of the Confederacy since June of 1861, but had been little touched by the war in its opening months. However, as February 1862 neared its end, that was about to change; Fort Donelson had fallen and as a result, Nashville was being abandoned. The civilian telegraph operator in Chattanooga stare...
By Mark Klym Build a nest box for two beautiful but different birds. Wood ducks and prothonotary warblers are quite different birds, but they have this in common: Both prefer to nest in cavities in trees located over or very near water. Loss of wetlands and associated nesting cavities can be offset somewhat by providin...
SDSU researchers find office bacteria all around, especially in men's work stations. SDSU researchers identified more than 500 bacterial genera in offices. Men's offices have significantly more bacteria than women's, and the office bacterial communities of New York and San Francisco are indistinguishable, according to ...
Although it is clear from the biological evidence that snakes and lizards are closely related, as reflected in the placement of the two groups within the same taxonomic category (the reptilian order Squamata), the precise origin of snakes remains uncertain. Snakes and lizards could have evolved as separate lineages fro...
Learn more physics! Can you get salt by freezig saltwater - Douglas F. Seamone (age 12) Faith Middle School, Ft. Benning G.A. Yes! This is actually one of the ways that water purification plants get freshwater from saltwater. If you freeze the saltwater very slowly, the first part that will start to freeze will be just...
In this video series, Nancy McBride, discusses the topic of child safety and what can parents do to help their children learn safer ways to and from school Host: What can parents do to help their children learn safer ways to and from school? Nancy McBride: Parents and guardians can do a lot to help their kids learn saf...
PANAMA CITY (AP) -- The Panama Canal Authority says it has adopted several water-saving measures to help save energy as the Central American country faces a power shortage because of a lack of rain. Panama gets about 60 percent of its energy from hydroelectric plants that have been hard hit by drought. The authority sa...
Personally I don't necessarily agree with investigating micronutrients in isolation. The vitamins, minerals and trace elements we require for good health work synergistically with each other - so while a chronic deficiency in one micronutrient can wreck havoc on our metabolism, honing in on and focusing on one micronut...
First, there were GMOs. Now there’s fracking. The Hawaii County Council will take on another controversial issue this month when it discusses a proposed ban on hydraulic fracturing, better known as fracking. The practice, which involves injecting fluids deep into the ground to access resources, is mostly associated wit...
Permissions are rules associated with objects on a computer or network, such as files and folders. Permissions determine if you can access an object and what you can do with it. For example, you might have access to a document on a shared folder on a network but only be able to read the document and not make changes to...
The Eyes of the Empress Story - an original story based on true accounts of a female poet and her maid, and on the deeds of the Empress Wu Zetian. Enriched with follow-up questions, activity suggestions, vocabulary. Confucius Says - sayings and cartoons illustrating beliefs about women's place in society. The Effects W...
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition - n. A place or occasion of great suffering. from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English - n. Calvary. See the Note under Calvary. from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia - n. The Hebrew (Aramaic) name of th...
Harmonizing Population and Coastal Resources in the Philippines Harmonizing Population and Coastal Resources in the Philippines With half of the human population now living on or near the world's coasts, maintaining a healthy interdependence between coastal ecosystems and human communities is critical to the stability ...
School kids create cards for tiger rangers Matthew Payne, a primary school teacher in Manchester, UK, has just shared with us how he organised an activity last week to involve the students in showing their appreciation for rangers working on the frontlines, risking their life to keep wild Tigers and the Mountain Gorill...
Fun Facts About Bill Clinton President William J. Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States. Elected in 1992, he began his first term in 1993 and was re-elected in 1996 for a second term, leaving office in January 2001. Bill Clinton served as Governor of Arkansas and stood beside his wife Hilary Clinton as sh...
Pseudoarchaeology says Vikings came to Australia Many people believe Vikings, Phoenicians or Aztecs visited Australia because archaeologists aren't good at marketing their version of the past, argues one professional. Sydney-based archaeologist Denis Gojak will talk about how researchers can combat such 'pseudoarchaeol...
Tasmania is an island state located to the south of the Australian mainland. It is a natural (1) with beautiful coastlines, mountains, tall forests and lakes. The (2) of Tasmania was 476,481 in March 2006 and the capital city, Hobart, had a population of 200,525. The Tasmanian Aborigines first (3) Tasmania over 40,000 ...
Growers in Manitoba have increased their soybean acreage over the last few years, and with good reason. The 2014 Southwest Agricultural Conference will feature international speakers, expert farmers and researchers to discuss new innovations and ideas. Flax is grown mainly on Canada’s southern Prairies, so flax varieti...
origins of vampires cut & pasted from vampires.monstrous.com The first Vampire was Lilith, also the first wife of Adam that she eventually left for Lucifer. In short, the bone of the quarrel was that Lilith would prefer to stand over Adam but God wanted the man to rule. Lilith is also the Queen of Death and Demons. She...
Literacy in Agoo and La Union Our website aims to help eradicate illitaeracy in all the Philippines, with a focus on the province of La Union. Based on the success that the Municipality of Agoo has achived in obtaining a 99% literacy rate, we wish to help spread their achivements to the rest of La Union by explaning th...
As most dryland corn producers know, you cannot assume that the 2012 corn in the bin has not been contaminated by molds, including mold species capable of producing mycotoxins. The only defense against mycotoxin contamination in corn is to manage the grain moisture content and grain temperature to minimize mold growth ...
ISO is a common abbreviation (related to the standards body of the name) for referring to camera sensitivity, see here on Wikipedia for the full gen. In the 'old days' it used to refer to the sensitivity of the 35mm film in a camera - these days it's just as applicable, but is all handled in software and electronics, o...
|A multidisciplinary surgery team| |A sample of a Prenatal ultrasound| |ECMO (Extra-Corporeal Membrane Oxygenation) just one of the technologies available to support newborns| A Team of Specialists The pediatric surgery division relies upon a host of subspecialists to help in this endeavor including the perinatologists...
Long ago, people could find their way in the outdoors without a compass—at night or during the day, using natural directional signs. Here are some pointers for the next time you are camping, hiking, or just outdoors. Don't get lost! Use the Big Dipper The most accurate and reliable direction finder is right over your h...
• blimey • Pronunciation: blai-mee • Hear it! Part of Speech: Interjection Meaning: (Slang) An interjection indicating surprise or an emphatic interjection. Notes: Today's Good Word is a Briticism not used on this side of the Atlantic. As with all interjections, this one is a lexical orphan. However, it has a variant, ...
Risks in taking part in research Participating in research Specifically linked to clinical research It is important when volunteering for clinical trials to be realistic about the possibility of the experimental drug proving effective and becoming rapidly available. Researchers are likely to be enthusiastic about their...
What is psychology? Why people do the things they do is an age-old question. However, psychology — the science concerned with behavior, in both human and nonhuman animals — first appeared in the 1870s. Despite its youth, it is a broad discipline, essentially spanning subject matter from biology to sociology. Psychologi...
WASHINGTON Rosa Parks is famous for her 1955 refusal to give up her seat on a city bus in Alabama to a white man, but there’s plenty about the rest of her experiences that she deliberately withheld from her family. While Parks and her husband, Raymond, were childless, her brother, the late Sylvester McCauley, had 13 ch...
In the early years of the 20th century, the Cornish Artists Colony was one of the more popular places for creative fine art activity in the eastern United States. Between 1895 and 1925, nearly 100 artists, sculptors, writers, designers, and well-known politicians chose Cornish as the area where they wanted to live, eit...
Free Online Dictionary |Wikipedia English The Free Encyclopedia||Download this dictionary| - 461 – Libius Severus is declared emperor of the Western Roman Empire. The real power is in the hands of the magister militum Ricimer. - 1095 – The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusad...
BBSRC is not responsible for the content of external websites Waggle dance controversy resolved by radar records of bee flight paths 11 May 2005 A paper published in Nature on May 12th (1) provides new data that resolves a long-standing scientific controversy. In the 1960s, Nobel Prize winning zoologist, Karl von Frisc...
John Paul Stevens biography John Paul Stevens was born April 20, 1920 in Chicago, Illinois. In 1970 he became a circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals and in 1975 he was appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court. Although he was expected to serve as a conservative counterbalance to the remnants of the liberal court of Ea...
More of Black Americans' problems come from Disconnecting from what is in our best interest than from any other cause. At some point in our lives or in the lives of our family Ancestors or in the course of our Black community influences we had the proper connections to all the right Values and Virtues. But then many lo...
Final Test - Easy |Name: _____________________________||Period: ___________________________| This quiz consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions. Multiple Choice Questions 1. God must exist. Why? (a) If He did not, the world would be in chaos. (b) If He did not, we would not exist. (c) If He...
Excerpts from the Globe’s environmental blog. It’s been a question ever since nearly 800,000 gallons of chemical dispersants were injected below the Gulf of Mexico surface to break up the massive Deepwater Horizon oil spill: What happened to them? Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution chemist Elizabeth B. Kujawinski and...
From the Arizona Fish and Game Department Photo Courtesy Arizona Fish and Game Department Arizona Game and Fish Department officials report that an ocelot was observed February 8 in the Huachuca Mountains in southern Arizona. An ocelot is a rare and endangered species of cat. A person who lived in the area called to re...
Find the Economic Impact of Franchising Discovering the Impact Franchising is a method of distributing products and services that involves a franchisor who lends their trademark and business system to a franchisee who, in return, pays a royalty for the right to use the franchisor’s trademark and system in their busines...
Dec. 13 (Bloomberg) -- The death rate from malaria have dropped more than 25 percent since 2000 as more insecticide- coated nets and diagnostic tests were shipped to Africa and other affected regions, the World Health Organization said. The number of long-lasting nets delivered rose to 145 million last year from 88.5 m...
Few economists debated the results of a recent study by policy group Demos, indicating that Americans' household credit card debt rose by 3% over the past four years. However, financial analysts and regulators have jumped at reports from the same study that show credit card balances for low-and-middle income senior cit...
Eleven years after a fatal disease damaged Nova Scotia's oyster industry, a maritime delegation is travelling to the United States to learn how New England's aquaculture industry was so successfully revitalized. The aquaculture associations of both Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island are leading a group of about 16 re...
Laboratory systems are set up in the United States to quickly confirm or rule out whether a patient has anthrax or whether the environment is contaminated with Bacillus anthracis, the type of bacteria that causes anthrax. These labs are vital to the early identification of anthrax, especially in the case of a bioterror...
Investigating Liver Disease in Ethiopia A strange new illness was spreading throughout Tigray, the northern region of Ethiopia. In this dry, mountainous area, people living in remote homes and villages were coming down with what appeared to be the same unknown disease. Residents of Tigray were all too familiar with the...
Researchers are saying that many types of human cells could be developed by a new type of stem cell that can be found in the blood that is shed during women’s menstrual cycles. During the endometrial phase of the monthly menstrual cycle, a new uterine lining grows after the old one has been shed. Stem cells have been s...
With its establishment in August, 1988, the Constructed Facilities Center, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV, became the home of a unique research and development center. The center is unique for its ability to convert existing technology from a wide variety of sources to technologies having an immediate impact ...
Autism Social Security Benefits The Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) disability programs are the largest of several Federal programs that provide assistance to people with disabilities. These two programs are different in many ways, and only individuals who have a disability and meet medical crite...
Cleaning Product Facts: Bleach Bleaches help whiten, brighten and remove stains. Bleach converts soils into colorless, soluble particles which are easily removed by detergents, then carried away in the wash water. Bleach can also brighten and whiten fabrics and help remove stubborn stains. Sodium hypochlorite bleaches ...
The following information has been prepared by the Humane Society of the United States in cooperation with the American Red Cross Our pets enrich our lives in more ways than we can count. In turn, they depend on us for their safety and well-being. Here's how you can be prepared to protect your pets when disaster strike...
The Fractal Template Library In this article, I am going to introduce you to the Fractal Template Library, a C++ header file which contains code to create fractals such as the well-known Mandelbrot Set and the Julia Set. I'm first going to explain how images of fractals are created, and then I'm going to show how to us...
Arborists believe Vancouver’s Old Apple Tree still has some good years ahead despite a new crack that formed in its 186-year-old trunk over the weekend. “It’s a remarkable tree, and its genetics are off the chart for what it has survived,” said Charles Ray, urban forester for the city of Vancouver. “It’s not immortal, ...
The Bush administration's plan to develop a nuclear weapon that could penetrate the earth and destroy underground enemy bunkers while minimizing civilian casualties is flawed, the National Research Council concluded in a report made public Wednesday. The report said the weapon could not go deep enough to eliminate fall...
Journal Article Detail Page written by Malcolm Wells, David Hestenes, and Gregg Swackhamer The design and development of a new method for high school physics instruction is described. Students are actively engaged in understanding the physical world by constructing and using scientific models to describe, explain, pred...
Abert's squirrels — year-round rodents San Juan Mountains Association This fall, while leading a group of third graders around Junction Creek campground near Durango, we were all enthralled with the bustling activities of Abert's squirrels, getting ready for winter. These small, furry, tree-dwelling animals are fun to ...
Published on June 7th, 2013 | by Brittney French231 This Just In: Indestructible Baby Books With Indestructible Books, your baby can plunge right into their favorite nursery rhyme — face and mouth first. Indestructibles are books that children can actually handle and "read" without being damaged. As the name suggests, ...
Deer Resistant Garden Nothing's foolproof, but choosing plants carefully can help. The plan here is suitable for sunny gardens in Zones 5 to 8, and includes popular shrubs and perennials that deer usually leave alone. Prepare the soil thoroughly, adding plenty of organic matter such as compost; water deeply and apply a...
There's a scientific field called biomimetics that is all about studying nature and stealing its technology. That makes sense -- if you want to build a flying machine, you start by looking at birds. But the more we study, the more we find that biomimetics isn't just about building a more fishlike boat. Even the smalles...
These methods are used to retrieve, insert, and remove text strings from a document. The specified offset and length determine the location and size of the string being manipulated. All methods throw a BadLocationException if the location specified is invalid. public abstract String getText( int offset, int length) pub...
If you have a canine companion, dog constipation can become an issue you have to deal with at some point. Most dogs will experience constipation at some point. But you may not know it if you’re not paying attention. For a dog, normal bowel routines include having one or two bowel movements each day. On occasion your do...
A study at the Animal Cancer Center in the James L. Voss Veterinary Teaching Hospital is looking at a new way to treat cancer in animals and people. The study is investigating the impact of a drug on cells that suppress the immune system and allow growth. Initial results in mice and dogs show that the drug can reverse ...
This site complies with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information: 150 153rd Ave, Madeira Beach, FL 33708 Low-Calorie Diet May Lengthen Life And Prevent Diabetes Posted: Thursday, April 29, 2004 Regimen Reduces Risk of Diseases Associated With Aging A small group of people who are drastically restricting ...
Definitions for joplinˈdʒɒp lɪn This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word joplin Random House Webster's College Dictionary Scott, 1868–1917, U.S. ragtime pianist and composer. a city in SW Missouri. 38,893. Category: Geography (places) Joplin, Janis Joplin(noun) United States singer who died...
One of the reasons traditional sunscreens, meaning the original carbon based sunscreens, sometimes fail, is because people don't put enough on. But on DermTV I say you don’t need to use as much chem-free sunscreen as traditional sunscreen. So what’s the story? Chem-free sunscreens aren’t new. Fifty years ago, lifeguard...
Urban infrastructure involves constructions from man made materials removing a natural landscape directly affecting the habitat of many different species of animals. Animals are resourceful using material from their surrounding environment to create their home. However in dense urban cities, resources are geared more f...
For novice shooters, developing an understanding of basic camera functions is the necessary first step of the journey down the path of photography as a hobby: if you don't understand how to control your camera, how to make it take properly focused, properly exposed pictures, the finer points of shot composition don't s...
Professional and amateur stargazers gathered in empty spaces around the globe to watch the moon light up the sky Saturday night. The Earth's guardian appeared approximately 14 percent bigger and more than 30 percent brighter. The moon is the fifth largest satellite in the solar system and has been labelled by ancient c...
- About Us - Our Work - Work With MSF - Public Events - Press Room MSF in Peru, 2001 All articles on Peru » Curative Program Targets Painful Parasitic Disease Communicable diseases remain the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in Peru, especially among children. The incidence of malaria, dengue fever, and leishm...
Hello, today is Friday and that means no more school for a few days. I will start the day with a lesson on some human anatomy. I wanted to sketch out one of the most important organs of our bodies because I feel that it is not only important to draw, but it is also important to learn about. What in the world am I talki...
Every parent wants their child to have opportunities for lifelong success – and that starts with getting kids off to a strong start. All of our nation’s students deserve a chance to compete on a level playing field, but too many children – especially those from disadvantaged communities – start kindergarten already beh...
SAN FRANCISCO—Researchers at the University of Texas-Austin have developed a technique using directed self-assembly (DSA) of block copolymers that they say could boost the storage capacity of hard disk drives by a factor of five. Current production methods for writing zeros and ones as magnetic dots on a metal surface ...
Description from Flora of China Herbs, annual. Leaves bipinnatipartite, petiolate; lobes narrow; lobules linear, sometimes ovate-oblong, glabrous or pubescent. Flowers solitary, terminal, axillary, or terminal to leaf, pedicellate. Sepals 2, caducous, pubescent. Petals 4, purple, mauve, or red, overlapping in bud. Stam...
Skip to main content More Search Options A member of our team will call you back within one business day. Hemorrhoid tissues are “cushions” of blood vessels that swell slightly during bowel movements. Too much pressure on the anal canal can make these tissues remain enlarged and cause symptoms. This can happen both ins...
Skip to main content More Search Options A member of our team will call you back within one business day. Staphylococcus aureus bacteria are often called “staph.” They are common germs that can cause a variety of problems. These range from mild skin infections to severe infections of the skin, deep tissues, lungs, bone...
Prostate cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in the tissues of the prostate gland. The prostate gland is a walnut-shaped organ located below a man's bladder that produces fluid for semen. Experts do not know the exact cause of prostate cancer. But they believe that factors such as age and family history may increase...
Do women have higher ethical standards than men? In general, yes. That's according to two University of Alabama business professors whose complex analysis of past research revealed some interesting differences in the ways that men and women perceive unethical behavior. Dr. Deborah Crown, associate professor of manageme...
National recovery plan for the Nightcap Oak (Eidothea hardeniana) Threatened Species Unit, Western New South Wales Department of Environment and Conservation, 2004 ISBN: 0 7313 6781 2 3. Species Information - 3.1 Description and Taxonomy - 3.2 Distribution - 3.3 Land Tenure - 3.4 Habitat - 3.5 Life History and Ecology ...
Fairgoers have a chance to make history at the 2013 Clay County Fair. For the past few months, Iowa Lakes Community College in partnership with the Clay County Fair and the Iowa Governor's STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Initiative have been working on an event that will be one for the books: the Guinn...
Recycle All Printed Pages Earth Day: How Smart Printing Practices Reduce Environmental Impact Today is Earth Day. Organizations of all sizes-from large enterprises to small businesses and home offices-should be looking for ways to reduce their environmental impact as they conduct business. No organization can afford to...
Toxic makeup all around the world Breast cancer rates are rising all over the world, not just in the U.S. A recent World Health Organization report states that the disease has dramatically risen in the last 20 years, in some countries even doubling. The projection for Europe is that one in 10 women will develop breast ...
A To-Do list is a list of important tasks that you will need to carry out within a given period of time. They are a crucial tool for those that want to be skilled at time management. The concept of a To-Do list is quite simple. By having all of the things you need to do written down or placed into an electronic planner...
Explain xkcd: It's 'cause you're dumb. There is no set rule that says the ground is down. Yes, that is what most people think, but down can be any direction. Beret Guy handles this in his usual way, by defining down to be toward the sky. Forcing yourself to think in a different perspective changes a lot of things that ...
New York Central RR New York Central RR, U.S. transportation compay formed in 1853 by the consolidation of many small New York state railroads. In 1867, Cornelius Vanderbilt became president of the railroad and, through a series of mergers, formed the New York Central and Hudson River RR Company, linking New York City ...
Rolf Muller sat in a seat next to a window of the bus and looked at the white stucco houses with red tile roofs. The bus was heading through Zeppelinheim, which was a town built for Zeppelin employees and their families. Rolf's father, Fritz Muller had worked for Dr. Hugo Eckener and Zeppelin for about 25 years and was...
Adoption or Special Guardianship? The Impact of Re S, Re AJ and Re M-J David Bedingfield analyses the impact on adoption proceedings of the Court of Appeal's recent decisions in Re S, Re AJ and Re M-J. The historical background to adoption The concept of adoption, or the irrevocable ending of a child's legal relationsh...
Between one third and half of the world’s poor population live in South Asia and many of them rely on dairy farming for a part of their livelihood. Even though South Asia is one of the world’s major milk producing regions - with India having become the world leader in milk production in 1998 - milk production remains p...
|Research Home | Hydraulics Home| |This report is an archived publication and may contain dated technical, contact, and link information| Publication Number: FHWA-RD-03-083 Date: June 2003 This chapter presents results of pier- and abutment-scour experiments to study effects of clay content on clear-water scour. Result...
Avian H5N1 influenza under the microscope. / CDC/Cynthia Goldsmith, Jacqueline Katz, Sherif R. Zaki Bird flu experts on Wednesday ended a voluntary halt on research into how to make the deadly H5N1 avian influenza capable of spreading to mammals, and perhaps rapidly to people. The international moratorium began last ye...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr's Family 1930 Census Martin Luther King Jr. and his father were both Michael King upon birth. They would change their names to Martin Luther in honor of the protestant leader. The Census taker also put down "Marvin" instead of Martin for both father and son. More Spotlights by gorgeriverman (S...
Matthew Herper, Forbes Staff I cover science and medicine, and believe this is biology's century. A large study conducted with funding from the Spanish government appears to have settled an old debate: What should people eat to avoid having a heart attack or stroke? It turns out it may not be how much fat you eat but w...
One of the enduring myths of legislation designed to bring ‘right-to-work’ laws to the states is the notion that these laws actually have something to do with the right to work. They decidedly do not. While—as we will see—the misnomer has nothing whatsoever to do with granting anyone a right to get work or protecting t...
(BPT) - With busy work schedules and hectic family lives, many people believe they don't have the necessary time, energy or skills to volunteer. Unfortunately, these myths may deter many people who would make capable and helpful volunteers. For many Americans, volunteer work constitutes small, but empowering acts of se...
ANSI Common Lisp 7 Objects 7.5 Slots 7.5.1 Introduction to SlotsAn object of metaclass standard-class has zero or more named slots. The slots of an object are determined by the class of the object. Each slot can hold one value. The name of a slot is a symbol that is syntactically valid for use as a variable name. When ...
April 13, 2011 Title: Promoting Healthy Teen Relationships: Preventing Teen Dating Violence Date & Time: Wednesday, April 13, 2011, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM EDT Description: One in three teens report knowing a friend or peer who has been hit, punched, kicked, choked or physically hurt by their partner. Teens experiencing dati...
Biotech processes should be standardized as much as possible to produce optimum product yields. On-line off-gas analysis is an integral part of standardization since it allows vital process parameters—such as biomass development, substrate consumption, or product formation—to be monitored. This methodology also allows ...
Used Oil Drop-Off Used oil that is poured down drains and improperly disposed used filters and containers contaminate ground water, rivers, and lakes. Not only does this pollution harm plants and wildlife, it also contaminates your drinking water. By taking your used oil to a recycling facility, you are keeping it from...
Using this graphic and referring to it is encouraged, and please use it in presentations, web pages, newspapers, blogs and reports. For any form of publication, please include the link to this page and give the cartographer/designer credit (in this case Philippe Rekacewicz, UNEP/GRID-Arendal) Uploaded on Saturday 25 Fe...
The health of our mouths is fundamental to all aspects of health. Good oral health is essential for good nutrition as well as to our psychological and social wellbeing given its importance to appearance, speech, swallowing and social inosculation. Infections in the mouth associated with dental caries (tooth decay) and ...
This day in Jewish history / The poet who called out T.S. Eliot's anti-Semitism is born The celebrated British poet Emanuel Litvinoff wrote eloquently about his life between the World Wars and advocated fiercely for Soviet Jews. May 5, 1915 is the birthdate of Emanuel Litvinoff, an English-Jewish poet and writer who de...
Internet over radio is not a new idea and is actually used by many every day. Most commonly a transceiver's mic input is used to connect a computer between a transmitter/receiver and the transmitting antenna. Amateur radio operators have made these interfacing devices semi-popular in the past few years as digital modes...
The following gives links to material which form organized lessons in problem solving. They lend themselves to thematic instruction. These lessons will open in a separate window. Examine as many successive pages as you wish. Return to this page by closing the last window opened.Teachers, administrators and curriculum d...
Ethnic Minorities; Gays and Lesbians Over the past three decades the library has purchased widely in religious subjects relating to ethnic minorities and gays and lesbians. The collection is not intended to be comprehensive, but to represent fully the many associated issues. Particular attention has been paid to Africa...
Lead is among the most common environmental toxins for young children in New York State (NYS). Lead poisoning is associated with serious and lifelong adverse health, developmental and cognitive outcomes that are completely preventable. New York State is committed to achieving the goal of eliminating childhood lead pois...