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Wildlife protection activists are alarmed after 46 single-horned Indian rhinoceroses died prematurely this year in India's northeastern state of Assam.
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State-by-state winner-take-all laws to award electoral college votes were eventually enacted by 48 states AFTER the Founding Fathers wrote the Constitution.
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Lycopene, a pigment that imparts tomatoes its characteristic red color has been discovered to possess anti-clotting properties, making it ideal for prevention of strokes and heart attacks.// Previous studies have already established cancer pr... |
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Dr Henry Edward Roberts has died at the age of 68. He was truly the father of home computing, the platform on which video gaming is based. His company was Micro Instrumentation and Telemetry Systems (MITS) and in January 1975 his $395 kit computer, the Altair 8800, appeared on the front cover o... |
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Last summer, hundreds of people living on the India-Bangladesh border woke up to find themselves in a different country. The two nations finally ironed out their complicated border, and gave displaced residents a year to choose their new citizenships. Well, the same kind of extreme map makeover is happening in 2016 as ... |
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J.D SALINGER, the American author best known for writing the classic coming-of-age novel 'The Catcher in the Rye', died one year ago tomorrow (27th January 2011) at the age of 91. Salinger's life was shrouded in mystery and he was famous for his reclusive nature and refusal to take part in interviews.
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Behavior Training for Parents May Be Effective for Kids’ ADHD
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Jyoti Amge of Nagpur in India was declared as the shortest woman in the world by the Guinness World Records on Friday.
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According to the Kansas Water Office's website, about two-thirds of Kansans rely on reservoir water for their municipal supplies, but it's projected that in 50 years sediment will reduce the volume by about 40 percent.
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USB Devices and Transfer Characteristics
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Beautiful Poetry: The Boys in Kibera Speak the Strengths
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Pap estimates that there were several hundred Christian Portuguese in the colonies and many other Jewish Portuguese by the time of the Revolutionary War.
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Tracing the Travails of the Green Art Movement
In the 1970s, around the time of the first Earth Day celebrations, artists such as Robert Smithson set out into the great American West with bulldozers, eager to redefine mankind's relationship with the natural world. They made massive marks on the landscape—digging giant... |
Back when he was mayor of Indianapolis, Stephen Goldsmith developed what he called the "Yellow Pages" rule.
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NASA's Mars rover Curiosity took its first, albeit short, drive on the Martian surface today and now scientists say it's just about ready to head out on its first real trek.
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The first world beyond our solar system was discovered in 1992, and since then astronomers have been finding such 'extrasolar planets' (also abbreviated to 'exoplanets') at an ever quickening rate. As techniques and telescopes increase in sensitivity, the race is on to be the first to announ... |
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Imagine a clear speaker, lining your windows, that can double to actively silence the outside world. That system is here right now. Sort of.
Scientists at Harvard University have developed a transparent speaker that can work across the entire range of human hearing. Check out the video to hear it in action.
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Name: Deinonychus (Terrible claw).
Phonetic: Die-non-e-cus.
Named By: Ostrom - 1969.
Classification: Chordata, Reptilia, Dinosauria, Saurischia, Theropoda, Tetanurae, Coelurosauria, Dromaeosauridae.
Species: D. antirrhopus.
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Where Does Hydrogen Come From for the Plant?
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Okra: The Wonder Vegetable – 22 The Amazing Health Benefits Of Okra - RiseEarth
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Studies have proved that shark senses are responsible for shark hunting.
They commonly use their electro sense for the location of prey, even at long distances.
The lateral line sense detects water vibrations usual to most living things.
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The Nazi Germany/apartheid South Africa invention that could make oil obsolete.
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Thanks for the Cheap Gas, Mr. Hitler!
How Nazi Germany and apartheid South Africa perfected one of the world's most exciting new fuel sources.
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"IF YOU LOOK at corn exports and corn use over the past three years, it’s easy to see why growers are heading into the cropping year less than optimistic about the pricing situation,” says Erik Erickson, director of global strategy for the U.S. Feed Grain Council.
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Inside the Boí valley, in the region of Alto Pirineo, Lerida, we find the small town of Erill la Vall. The church of Santa Eulàlia is included in the collection of Romanesque temples from this valley that was declared a World Heritage by UNESCO. Located in the region of Alta Ribagorza, Lerida, the Boí valley is located... |
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As we know, the mind and the different organs of the body are themselves inert. The force of consciousness in the soul activates the mind and through it the various organs. In the waking state, this force flows out int... |
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During the ’20s, mass-produced automobiles became plentiful and, in 1921, Rhode Island reported there were over 40,000 vehicles. The “go anywhere vehicle” was soon making its way into Warwick and brought about a number of problems. One, in a humorous light, occurred when Sgt. Jose... |
Alfredo Stroessner; Paraguayan Dictator
Stroessner, with his wife, Eligia Mora, in 1954, ruled Paraguay for 35 years before being exiled to Brazil in 1989. The couple had three children.
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WKYT Investigates: How clean is the air you breathe?
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - You might have noticed your allergies peaking around this time of year. Coughs and colds are also common, but the symptoms aren't coming from germs alone.
WKYT tested the air and found a lot of fungus in Central Kentucky.
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Australian scientists closer to building silicon-based quantum computer
A group of Australian scientists are close to implementing the basic building blocks required to create a quantum computer, but by using silicon rather than atoms electromagnetically suspended in a vacuum.
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GDC 212: Intervention in concrete situations
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212. The process of inculturation operated by catechesis is continually called to confront many, different concrete situations. Here some of the more frequent and relevant are mentioned. In the first p... |
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Are You Getting Enough Vitamin D?
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It is estimated that up to two-thirds of Canadians and one-quarter of Americans are deficient in vitamin D. Some symptoms include loss of appetite and weight, difficulty sleeping, and diarrhea. Deficiencie... |
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According to a new study, it’s virtually impossible to tell how many poisonous chemicals contaminate California’s water supply through fracking, and how much damage it’s causing, reported ThinkProgress.
Because it’s so difficult to determine what chemicals are damaging the state’s water supply, the California Council ... |
Entering Miqat and Becoming One
The show begins at Miqat. At this point, the actor (mankind) must change his clothes. Why? Because one's attire covers the person as well as his character. In other words, an individual doesn't wear clothes, but rather, the clothes cover him!
Clothes symbolize, pattern, preference, sta... |
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