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Bucknell Answers: The Allure of Sweets
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Chatham, Cape Cod, sits on the elbow of an arm of land that extends north into the Atlantic Ocean, thus its relationship to the sea is intimate.
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Komondor in the wild
Komondors were brought to Hungary by Cumans, the Turkic speaking, nomadic people who settled in Hungary during the 12th and 13th century. The name Komondor derives from Koman-dor, meaning “Cuman dog”. The breed descends from Tibetan dogs and came from Asia with the Cumans, whose homeland might h... |
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Seneca Park Zoo has a troop of 12 baboons: 7 females (Pimento, Ursala, Pearl, Sabina, Peperella, Olive Oil, Olivella) and 5 males (Mansino, Jefferson Jr., Kalamata, Samson, Pico-de-Limon). Pimento, the dominant female, is most established in the baboon h... |
How Soda Impacts The Body
Why You Should STOP Drinking Soda Pop
Americans consume close to 50 billion liters of soda per year, which equals about 216 liters, or about 57 gallons per person. This is a staggering amount of sugar, and it is the worst kind know as Fructose, in the form of high fructose corn syrup. Unfor... |
Scientists Just Replicated The Infamous Milgram Experiment
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How Nazi Germany weaponized the race card against the US Army
Propaganda efforts sought to exploit racial tensions
There have never been lynchings of colored men in Germany. They have always been treated decently,” said the Nazi leaflet, dropped on African-American soldiers fighting across Europe. “So you don’t have ... |
Parents are more and more aware of the need to help protect their kids online activities. But what to do? Yes, they can talk with their kids about being careful online; and yes, there are different types of software that they can install.
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Writing for Business series #2: Writing the Cover Letter
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Gone are the old days when you could just walk into a business and request an application or simply turn in a résumé. Now, a cover letter is often required (in addition to your résumé) to apply for a job.
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Why are fruits and veggies better than high fattening foods?
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And Then There Were None is a mystery/thriller novel written by Agatha Christie. It was first published under the title Ten Little Niggers. When first published in America in 1940, however, the title was changed to And Then There Were None, and later, every mention of "nigger" was changed to "Indian", as the word nigge... |
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Our Identity and Our Name
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THE Marquis de Condorcet was one of the noblest characters among the small group of honest enthusiasts who were responsible for the outbreak of the great French Revolution. He had devoted his life to the cause of the poor and the unfortunate. He had been one of the assistants of d'Alembert and Diderot when they wrote t... |
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408 new mammals in the last 15 years
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The biblical Elhanan son of Jair (variant forms "Jaare-Oregim" in 2 Samuel 21:19, "Jesse" in 1 Samuel 17:12) is believed by conservative Bible scholars to be an earlier name of David, who later became the second King of Israel. (See also Elhanan son of Dodo.) In the ancient world it was common for people to be known by... |
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Indeed, Gandhi was extremely dissatisfied with the parliamentary system of the world. After reading Ruskin’s book ‘Unto the Last,’ he started rethinking about the governance of a country (Shasanvyavastha), and he recorded his thoughts in his book ‘Hind Swaraj.’As he began understanding the thoughts of the thinkers of t... |
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Electricity Production
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The economic systems and dispositions of the races of the Warhammer 40k universe.
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'Kissing' your microbiome goodbye
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Osteoarthritis of the Knee: A Guide for Adults
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Democratic republics are replacing royal empires and dictatorships
How the world has changed since iron-fisted, bloodied-sword rulers and their supporters ran amok slaughtering million for their own personal power and enrichment.
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The following is from Charnwood's Lincoln. There is so much here that explains our ever-evolving demise that I don't know where to begin a discussion of it...First, read it yourself.
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650 pages, 452 b/w line drawings
Cambridge University Press
Paperback | Dec 2011 | #194736 | ISBN-13: 9781108038256
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