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Fitness & Nutrition
Is your power meter really telling you what you think it is?
Scientific study reveals significant discrepancies between data output and actual power - but what does it all actually mean?
The use of power meters, both in the pro peloton and club run, has risen significantly in recent years. Nowada... |
Convert decimal 71 to percent
Convert from percent to decimal. Here is the answer to the question: Convert decimal 71 to percent or how to convert 71% into a decimal equivalent. Use the percent to decimal calculator below to write any percent as a decimal.
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Section 108: Copyright Exceptions for Libraries and Archives
Title 17, section 108 of the U.S. Code permits libraries and archives to use copyrighted material in specific ways without permission from the copyright holder. This does not replace fair use, which is codified in sec... |
Saturday, October 18, 2014
"Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart and cannot make good soup." ~ Ludwig van Beethoven
He was born in the city of Bonn, in the Electorate of Cologne, in what would later become part of Germany, on December 15, 1770, or perhaps, D... |
Sentence Examples
• If you are unable to write, you may dictate the test to the professor.
• Hitler is an example of someone that used his power to dictate to a group of people.
• The ruler's new dictate required for all citizens to have health insurance through one organization.
• It was hard to stay awake as... |
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Signature Authentication
While public key encryption is a method of encrypting data, signature authentication or public key authentication is an alternative method of identifying yourself to a login server, instead of typing the password. Under most circumstances, it is considered considerably... |
Driving Barefoot
Though it is a popular belief, driving barefoot is not actually illegal. It’s perfectly legal to drive a car barefoot in all 50 States, Canada, and the UK. Some consider driving barefoot to be safer than driving with shoes, especially compared to flip-flops or high heels.
Driving Barefoot
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Q: Who should get flu vaccine?
Q: What are the biggest misconceptions about the flu vaccine?
Q: How long is someone with the flu contagious?
A: The interesting thing about the flu, according to the CDC, is that that infected people can pass the flu to others before they even realize they are si... |
Heavy Coffee Consumption Could Lead To Vision Loss, Study Suggests
04/10/2012 16:49
According to new research, heavy caffeinated coffee consumption could be associated with an increased risk of exfoliation glaucoma, which can lead to vision loss.
The study is the first to examine the link between caffeinated coffee... |
Introduction: Mini Security System Project
How does this mini security project work?
Firstly, the Sharp 2Y0A21 sensor will detect the distance between the sensor and the object (in our case, human) and the data (distance and ADC) will be shown on the touch screen in radial gauge form. As the distance goes up, the ADC... |
Quality Recommendations
A) Programme administration at school: coordination, planning, information and monitoring
1. The school has appointed person/s to oversee KiVa who is familiar with the programme, coordinates implementation, and assists when needed
2. The school has an action plan for KiVa implementatio... |
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Philadelphia Story - Part 5: A Fledgling Government
Welcome back. After Valley Forge in the winter of 1777-78, fast forward back to Philadelphia in 1790. At the risk of glossing over incredibly important events in our nation's early history, we will fill in a brief time line now. The Continental ... |
World’s first ocean cleaning system to be deployed in 2016
Imagine you being a teenager with a burning desire to clean up someone else's mess..
Doesn't sound like a fun desire to have does it? Well to Boyan Slat, this desire was not only an overwhelming task to take on, but it was one to make a better world for both... |
NE 3.0 hours Valuation, Marketing, and Listings - Course Syllabus
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FICO, in business since 1956, introduced solutions such as credit scoring that have made credit more widely available. So, what is a credit score? A credit score is a number, generally between 300-850, assigned to r... |
When I was approached with this question, I was utterly confused. I was confused because I thought that both questions meant the same thing. It took long and hard thinking before I realized that getting the media we want or wanting the media we get are completely different ideas. To break down the question, I referred ... |
Diagnostic Mammography
Diagnostic mammograms are follow-up exam that radiologists may recommend to provide a closer look at suspicious areas found in a screening mammogram. A diagnostic mammogram may rule out the presence of possible cancerous tissue or reveal that further diagnostic procedures, such as a breast biops... |
Score One for the Rural Hospitals
Score One for the Rural Hospitals
Posted October 2016
There have been extensive evaluations of the differences between hospitals located in rural areas and their urban counterparts. As the national debt grew in recent years and focus on the high cost of healthcare was thrust into... |
Zenfolio | Sugato Mukherjee | THE LIVING GODS OF MALABAR
Theyyam is the corruption of the word ‘Daivam’ that means God in Malayalam, Kerala’s state language. An incredibly vibrant tradition that has been in practice for the last 1500 years, Theyyam is a deep rooted folk religion of Malabar, the northern region of Ke... |
Pulmonary Medicine
Asthma (include occupational asthma): Pathogenesis and Epidemiology
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What every physician needs to know:
Despite significant recent advances, a unified understanding of the physiology, histology, and immunology of asthma remains elusive, in part because of the lack of a clear corr... |
to hold your tongue
Idiom Definition
Idiom Definition - hold your tongue
"to hold your tongue"
to refrain from speaking
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Idiom Definition - hold your tongue
Two colleagues are talking ...
Colleague 1: I think we should let the intern join us for this meeting. It will... |
Hepatitis is a condition that causes liver inflammation and can be due to alcohol, drug use or certain health problems. However, a virus is most often responsible for hepatitis. The most common types of viral hepatitis include A, B and C:
Hepatitis A
This condition is highly contagious and can be spread from person t... |
Essence of Mind and Body for Descartes
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The mind/body problem has been a major topic debated by many esteemed philosophers over the past centuries. Many philosophers have attempted to uncover the truth between the disparity betwe... |
Important Changes in Japan During the 20th Century.
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The 20th century was by all accounts an era of considerable progress for Japan. As a result of the remarkable success in the postwar era, Japan has beco... |
occurring, done, appearing, or published twice a week:
semiweekly visits.
noun, plural semiweeklies.
a semiweekly publication.
twice a week:
He traveled semiweekly to Detroit.
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adjective 1. semiannual (def 1). adverb 2. twice a year; semiannually: He seeded the lawn semiyearly. adjec... |
Civil Rights
As the debate over Confederate statues continues, Professor Peniel Joseph talks about historical context of the Confederacy. Removing the statues, he says, represents "honoring the best of our history and not trying to somehow scrub or efface that history."
Just past the southern gates at the Texas Stat... |
Late Pleistocene lacustrine fan-deltas which developed in an arid, disequilibrated submergent environment along the western fault scarp of the Dead Sea Rift are characterized by: 1) alluvial fan deposits of crudely stratified conglomerate beds and horizontal and cross-bedded sandstones. The conglomerates and sandstones... |
April is Parkinson’s Disease Awareness Month: How Can YOU Make a Difference?
Jayne Latz of www.speechassociatesofnewyork.com discusses Parkinson's Disease, explaining its effects and how you can help.Did you know that currently 1 million people in the United States are living with Parkinson’s Disease? Each year, the ... |
When you think of German vehicles, odds are that you're picturing big Mercs and Bimmers speeding on the Autobahn. However, the German market is quite diverse and there's a good supply of alternative fuels to be had. You can get most models powered with gasoline, diesel, natural gas (CNG) or liquified petroleum gas (LPG... |
Labor Unions Research Paper Starter
Labor Unions
At the end of World War II, one in three working Americans had a union card. This however, proved to be the high water mark for organized labor, which in 2012 could claim the loyalty of only about one in nine Americans. Its decline stems in part from massive structural... |
Computing distance using lat/long coordinates
Fill in the latitude and longitude of two geographic locations and compute the distance between the points. The distance returned is the arc length of a great circle connecting the two points, essentially air miles. (Details)
Latitude °N Longitude °E
First location:
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How do you write a standard operating procedure?
Quick Answer
To write a standard operating procedure, or SOP, outline all the tasks to be included in the document, write an introduction, describe how to achieve each task, fix any mistakes and write the final draft. Making copies of the SOP and distributing them to ... |
Thursday, July 30, 2009
Flat Universe - Another silly result from relativity
I was reading an article in the NewScientist by Pedro Ferreira
"Dark energy may be bending the universe out of shape"
"WE LIVE in a special time. For the past two decades, most of my colleagues and I have been working under the assumption t... |
Jamie M. Joseph, Ph.D.
Weston Cognitive Behavior Therapy & Evaluation
Helping you navigate the path of your life...
Eating Disorders
Dr. Joseph has extensive experience working with individuals with eating disorders and provides a safe and confidential environment where they can address eating and body image issues. ... |
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Medical Assistant Work
in Medical
Having a medical career comes with a certain amount of job security for many people. It is an industry that is constantly growing and will always be around no matter what the state of the economy is. You do not have to become a doctor or a nurse to have a rewarding job, there are act... |
PreventiNe Life Care
Trans Fat Index
Trans fat is an “artificial fat” which is there mostly in fried items we eat or some processed foods such as biscuits and cakes to give them a longer shelf life.
These are industrially produced fats which is formed when oil goes through a process called hydrogenation in order t... |
Now all roads lead to France and heavy is the tread
Of the living; but the dead returning lightly dance.
Edward Thomas, Roads
Monday, April 21, 2014
On the Importance of Bruchmüller
Colonel Bruchmüller
Jonathan M. House, Combined Arms Warfare in the 20th Century
1. Jonathan: Worth noting that Bruchmuller ca... |
Glenburnie-Birchy Head-Shoal Brook
The communities of Birchy Head and Shoal Brook take their names from geographical features, while the community of Glenburnie is a tribute to the Scottish origins of the first settlers.
These communities are "enclave" communities in Gros Morne National Park. These communities are no... |
Wicca and Ecofeminism
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Across many cultures that function predominately with patriarchal thought, women are perceived to be closer to nature than men (Roach, 2003; King, 1989, 2003). This perception of women and ... |
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Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Golgotha (Ecce Homo, 1935)
During the Hundred Years War, the English soldiers, confronted with a French pope coined the (not-technically-accurate) chant "The Pope is French, but Jesus is English".1 Those who rallied to that particular call would no doubt have ... |
Change Psychology: The Acquiescence Effect
When asked a question by another person, our answer is based not just on a rational consideration of what is being asked. In particular, our identity needs lead us to consider how we will appear to others.
We thus will tend to answer more in the positive rather than the neg... |
packet switching
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[pak-it-swich-ing] /ˈpæk ɪtˌswɪtʃ ɪŋ/ noun 1. a method of efficient data transmission whereby the initial message is broken into relatively small units, or , that are routed independently and subsequently reassembled. noun 1. (computing) the concentration of d... |
Monday, 4 August 2014
CHAPTER 12- Integration by Parts
This section will introduce you to a very powerful concept in integration. Using integration by parts, we can (theoretically) calculate the integral of the product of any two arbitrary functions. You should be very thorough with the use of this technique, since i... |
Land (Economic) Transformation/Empowerment
Land transformation, like skills development, affirmative procurement, etc, is one way of economically empowering the people. Land, like access to finance, still remains very much inaccessible for the majority of Namibians. Note, (not I, but) the Agricultural (Commercial) La... |
Amarillo Diocese offers CPR class
Cardiac arrest, more commonly known as a heart attack, is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. The American Heart Association reports about 359,400 Americans have a heart attack in any given year, and the survival rate is generally less than ten percent.
However, ... |
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What Is Web Design?
Most discussions of Web design get off track in short order, because what people mean by the expression varies so dramatically. While everyone has some sense of what Web design is, few seem able to define it exactly. Certain components, such as... |
19073 Newtown Square
Newtown Township, also commonly referred to as Newtown Square, is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States (prior to 1789 it was part of Chester County). Newtown Township is the oldest township in Delaware County. The population was 11,700 as of the 2000 census.
Newtown Township... |
Friday, August 17, 2007
How did David Copperfield make the Statue of Liberty disappear?
Before David Blaine was the biggest illusionist on the block, David Copperfield amazed audiences with his larger-than-life tricks. Perhaps his most famous stunt was in 1983 when he made the Statue of Liberty disappear (and then re... |
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Holidays and Observances for March 19 2014
Kick Butts Day
Kick Butts Day is a national day of activism that empowers youth to stand out, speak up and seize control against Big Tobacco. The next Kick Butts Day is March 19, 2014. We're expecting more than 1,000 events in schools and communiti... |
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Holidays and Observances for May 15 2014
International Day of Families
During the 1980's, the United Nations began focusing attention on the issues related to the family. In 1983, based on the recommendations of the Economic and Social Council, the Commission for Social Development in its ... |
Monday, 29 July 2013
Complexity? It's All Relative.
• Potential - the ability to evolve, survive
• Functionality - the set of distinct functions the system is able to perform
• Robustness - the ability to function correctly in the presence of endogenous/exogenous uncertainties
Because of the existence of c... |
Monday, May 6, 2013
Most, if not all, of the books that we have read this semester focus almost exclusively on the human stories generated by moving through or adventuring into the wilderness. Even Norgay's Touching my Father's Soul, which examined the impact, both positive and negative, of European climbing in the H... |
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CSS Opacity - Web Development 101
written by: Mustavio•edited by: Simon Hill•updated: 3/29/2010
The CSS opacity property allows you to modify the transparency of any element on your web pages, from images to colored boxes. This makes CSS opacity an extremely useful way to guide your user's attention to the im... |
When the Government Owns Your DNA, They Own You!
dnaIf newborn DNA is sequenced into a numerical format, the government will soon have and own each child’s complete genetic code allowing them to make all manner of inferences about future medical conditions of not only that child, but future offspring of that child. ... |
Methamphetamines FAQ:
Meth is made with Toxic Chemicals
What is meth?
Methamphetamine, or "meth", is a very potent CNS (Central Nervous System) stimulant that stimulates the brain and spinal cord by changing the normal ways that the CNS metabolizes neurotransmitters. Neurotransmitter are so named because they are sp... |
The Art of Economics
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Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
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The narrator goes to chapel where all of the students are supposed to go and where Dr. Bledsoe is at. Dr. Bledsoe along w... |
The Plausibility of the Setting of The Handmaid’s Tale
The Handmaid’s Tale is another interesting Post Apocalyptic/Dystopian novel. In this book by Margaret Atwood, the setting is a combination of geographical and societal elements. In this Post America society, Gilead, as the main character Offred refers to it, Atwoo... |
Cramér–von Mises criterion
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In statistics the Cramér–von Mises criterion is a criterion used for judging the goodness of fit of a cumulative distribution function compared to a given empirical distribution function , or for comparing two empirical distr... |
What Is a Quad Band Cell Phone?
by Maxwell Payne
A quad band cell phone is a cell phone that can operate on the four major GSM frequencies used by various cell phone service provider networks. A quad band cell phone is beneficial for those who travel often and may need to access cell phone service even when outside t... |
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Bed Bugs
Identifying Bed Bugs
Bed bugs have an oval body and a short, broad head. The body as a whole is broad and flat. Unfed adults are around 6 to 10 mm long, brown and wingless. After feeding, they swell slightly in size and darken to a blood-red colour. the nymphs are shaped ... |
Should the United States Leave the United Nations?
The United States joined the United Nations during its first moments of creation in 1945. To this day, the United States is the largest contributor, giving over $650 million every year. Almost since the beginning, The United Nations has been a failed international... |
Loop termination confusion
So I have this code to enter a series of integers to a sequence but I would like to know how can I terminate the while loop just by entering no values and pressing enter. I know that I can put a condition like terminate the loop if the x integer value is 0.
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What Is a Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA)?
A cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is the medical term used to describe all of the different types of stroke. A cerebrovascular accident means that the blood vessels in the brain have had some type of malfunction.
What is cerebrovascular?
The cerebrum is the scientific name fo... |
John Locke (1632-1704) was an English philosopher who is considered to be one of the first philosophers of the Enlightenment and the father of classical liberalism. In his major work Two Treatises of Government Locke rejects the idea of the divine right of kings, supports the idea of natural rights (especially of prope... |
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Helping the Auditory Defensive Child
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Auditory Defensiveness, the Hidden Behavior Problem
If your child is having tremendous difficulty comporting himself at school, is aggressive towards his classmates, can't participate in noisy classrooms,... |
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Disability: Eugenics and United States
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Taking historical perspectives discuss the social construction of disability
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Broad Bean Health Benefits
Broad bean or fava bean scientifically known as Vicia faba is a member of the vetch family and grows mostly in temperate regions. Broad beans are an excellent vegetable source of protein and fibre.
Fresh braod beans are an excellent source of folates. 100 g beans provide 423 grams ... |
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Synthesizers were first used in pop music in the 1960s. In the 1970s, synths were used in disco, especially in the late 1970s. In the 1980s, the invention of the relatively inexpensive, mass market Yamaha DX7 synth ... |
Blog # 3: Rules of the Sociological Method & Suicide (Durkheim)
Durkheim idea of crime is a very interesting subject. As he mentioned, crime cannot be completely gone because it is needed to reaffirm the rules or the social order of society for what is right and what is wrong. I have not realize that life is like a g... |
Keep Feeling Fascination
When children are fascinated by something, they want to do it all the time. They can also show the most incredible concentration. I’ve seen a child scoop the seeds out of a pumpkin for fifteen minutes and more, so she could get the inside of it clean. I’ve seen a child spend hours putting rock... |
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Cheers!—not to your health, but to your memory.
Drinking alcohol after learning information appears to aid the brain’s ability to store and remember that information later, according to a study of at-home boozing in Scientific Reports. The memory-boosting effect—which has b... |
What do ancient non-Christian sources tell us about the historical Jesus?
The Annals, by Roman historian Tacitus
The Annals, by Roman historian Tacitus
This article from Biblical Archaeology covers all the non-Christian historical sources that discuss Jesus.
About the author:
Lawrence Mykytiuk is associate professo... |
Lay Statements
Lay statements are any statements made by the veteran, family members, friends, neighbors, or service buddies who make an oral statement during a hearing, or make a written declaration or written statement (preferably an affidavit signed and notarized under oath) regarding the veterans disability.
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...and that's why they call it Cleveland
Moses Cleaveland (January 29, 1754 – November 16, 1806) was a lawyer, politician, soldier, and surveyor fromConnecticut who founded the U.S. city of Cleveland, Ohio, while surveying the Western Reserve in 1796.
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Gynaecological cancers: What you really need to know
Surgical oncologist and robotic surgeon Dr Donald John Babu (MCh, FEBS, FICS, FAIS, FCPS, FIAGES, FMAS, MS) says that cancers of the uterus, ovary , cervix and vulva can each give rise to cancer. They are overgrowth in th... |
Next words of Jesus: Peace be with you
When Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene, no one knew that he had risen. The sight of him, and recognition of who it was, came as a shock. The men did not believe her testimony, but the two men who decided to walk to Emmaus at least decided to talk about it and puzzle about it.
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Nyāya Substance Dualism
In a previous post, I went over an argument for the existence of God that was formulated by philosophers in the Nyāya tradition. Here my aim is to provide a brief summary of some Nyāya arguments for substance dualism, the view that mental and physical substances are radically distinct.
The cat... |
Private and Public Schools: Cooperation or Competition.Reportar como inadecuado
Private and Public Schools: Cooperation or Competition. - Descarga este documento en PDF. Documentación en PDF para descargar gratis. Disponible también para leer online.
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Is The Existing System Sufficient For The House?
Two factors determine whether a properly constructed septic system is able to effectively take care of all the wastewater coming from a household. These are 1) the size of the septic tank... |
Around 1920, following the discovery of the Hertsprung-Russell diagram still used as the basis for classifying stars and their evolution, Arthur Eddington anticipated the discovery and mechanism of nuclear fusion processes in stars, in his paper The Internal Constitution of the Stars.[22][23] At that time, th... |
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, [s8]uncommon
This mixed group of lymphomas is difficult to differentiate histologically, so that pathologists sometimes differ. One system of classification (Rappaport) recognizes four types, each of which can be nodular or diffuse.: (1) Well differentiated lymphocytic. (2) Poorly differentiate... |
A logo is a graphic element, symbol, or icon of a trademark or brand and together with its logotype, which is set in a unique typeface or arranged in a particular way. A typical logo is designed to cause immediate recognition by the viewer. The logo is one aspect of the brand of a company or economic entity, and the sh... |
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Flash memory is an increasingly common storage medium in embedded devices, because it provides solid state storage with high reliability and high density, at a relatively low cost.
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Father of Algebra
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In the source, Shawn Overbay writes a biography on The Father of Algebra, Al-Khwarizmi. Overbay shows and explains the equations that Al-Khwarizmi invented and how they wer... |
Florence Nightingale
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On her death in 1910, Florence Nightingale left a vast collection of reports, letters, notes and other written material. There are numerous publications that make use of this material, o... |
Why and How Have Liberals Supported the Fragmentation of Power
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Why and how have liberals supported the fragmentation of political power? (15)
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a child’s one- or two-piece outer garment for cold weather, often consisting of heavily lined pants and jacket.
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Armor Test Standards: A Brief Comparison
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Ever since the late 15th century, with the advent of powder-propelled projectile weapons (and indeed, pre-dating that time with crossbows), armor smiths have sought a way to ensure their product will resist (within reasonable li... |
In the Forest
A mountain lion watched a young doe from a rocky outcrop near a forest glade. It was cool in the glade, which was not far from an open meadow where several other deer were. There was a newly fallen tree between the doe and the lion. The lion crept closer, looking down from above.
The doe sensed that thi... |
Digging for coal on public land? Not on our watch
This week, Trump signed executive orders that, among other things, rescinded a moratorium on new coal permits on public land. Department of Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke quickly followed with an order rolling back the moratorium.
The Obama administrations had placed t... |
Civet Cats and the SARS Virus Found in China
When a "Cat" is Not a Cat
Civet cat
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In 2003, researchers in the southern part of China detected coronaviruses closely related to the SARS virus in three wild animal species, including the civet "cat," which are sold in markets there for food ... |
President Obama is going to restore Denali as the name of Alaska's Mount McKinley, siding with the state of Alaska in ending a 40-year battle over the name of the peak. (Reuters)
Some presidents have their names placed on schools, or airports, or highways. William McKinley's name graced a mountain—the tallest in North... |
Analysis of Richard Cory by Edwin Arlington Robinson Essay
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How to help headaches with permanent prevention and cure methods
Headaches are various, and arise from various causes; similarly, headache cure come in various forms as show in this article. Scientifically, more than 200 types of headaches fall into the primary and secondary classification. From the number, about thre... |
mini-Temple Article BINA
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by Rabbi Yaacov Chaiton
Is there any particular significance behind the general synagogue set-up the way we have it today?
The synagogue is referred to in Rabbinic literature as a "Mikdash Me'at" - a "mini temple", a model of sorts of the Holy Temple which stood in Jerus... |
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Bernhard Walter,
a German chess endgame researcher and programmer, who according to Karsten Bauermeister implemented compact endgame tablebases and endgame analysis tools for the Atari ST [1]. Along with Ingo Althöfer as published in ICCA Journal, Vol. 17, No. 2 in 1994, Walter defined ... |
Secondary storage
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Secondary storage refers to all forms of data storage other than main memory; data in secondary storage generally had to be brought into main memory before it can be operated upon.
Over time there have been many forms of secondary storage: magn... |
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