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RING! RING! RING! TOLL! TOLL! TOLL! The alarm bells were ringing, over twelve hundred years ago; along the east coast of Britain they were ringing and tolling. The Baltic Pirates were coming.
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Timeline of Scottish History
King Angus
• Name : Angus, or Oengus
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• Died : d.761
• Category : Kings and Queens
• Finest Moment : Gaining the throne
'He fought the Scots, and may have founded St Andrews'
As is so often the way with someone who lived so far back, there are difficulties in v... |
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Letting It Get to Me
How do movies influence, change or effect us? How can 1 scene have so much staying power in our lives? I’ve seen it many times. Friends will refer to a specific scene from a movie to relate experiences in their lives. They’ll use scenes in movies to justify a decision. I... |
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Analysis: Writing Style
"Giving the mundane its beautiful due"
"A&P" author John Updike is known for the idea that seemingly ordinary aspects of American life (like grocery shopping) are actually quite fascinating. He called this, famously, "givin... |
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Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
Ideological Origins of the American Revolution
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In retrospect we tend to view the history of colonial America as nothing more than a prologue to... |
Should Euthanasia or Assisted Suicide Be Legalized in Canada?
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Euthanasia, formally known as mercy killing, is the act of intentionally causing the painless death of a sick person, rather than allowing that person to die naturally. In terms of a physician's actions, it ca... |
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Last name: Harriman
Recorded as Harry, Harrie, Harrhy, and the occupational Harriman and Harryman, this is an English medieval surname, but arguably of French and ultimately German origin. It derives from the given name Henri, from the pre 6th century Germanic Haimric and means or at least translates as "Home rule." I... |
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Creating a global currency
Government currency as we know it today is a perceived value. We work and are paid based on the perceived value of our work. We pay for products on the perceived value of those products or services. When an economy or government experiences trou... |
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Honor Harger is a New Zealand-born artist and curator who has a particular interest in artistic uses of technologies. She's the director of Lighthouse, an arts agency in Brighton, UK. Her artistic practice is produced under the name r a d i o q u a l i a together with collaborator Adam Hyde. On... |
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0:11 There's a beautiful statement on the screen that says, "Light creates ambiance, light makes the feel of a space, and light is also the expression of structure." Well that was not by me. That was, of course, by Le Corbusier, the famous ar... |
Money-isms: Monetarism
Welcome back to our week of looking at different financial theories, to see what insight we can gain about the interaction of fiscal policy, political philosophies, and the economy. Yesterday, we looked at Keynesianism, one of the more interventionist money policies, so it’s only fair that we t... |
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Think yourself younger? Really, asks Oliver Burkeman
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In September 1979, the psychologist Ellen Langer took a group of frail, elderly men on a week-long retreat, during which she asked them to live as if it were 20 years earlier. The men s... |
Nasa's moon mission Ladee spacecraft blasts off successfully
Moon mission the first to blast off from Virginia site as it sets off on month-long journey to reach lunar orbit
Nasa's newest robotic explorer rocketed into space late on Friday night in an unprecedented moonshot from the state of Virginia.
It was a chan... |
Mexico: Apocalypto now!
Mel Gibson's film depicted Mayan culture as savage and brutal. But the modern day reality is far more mysterious.
By Sharron Livingston, January 17, 2014
Mel Gibson has a way with cinematic experiences that talk to our most base sentiments. His film Apocalypto (2006) is testament to this. Any... |
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Retribution Is an Obligation
Written by Charles E. Rice
According to the erroneous "seamless garment" theory, one cannot consistently oppose abortion without also opposing capital punishment. This theory ignores the reality that the right to life can be forfeited by an individual's voluntary ch... |
Gentlemen might prefer blondes ... but sharks prefer gentlemen. Bond University in Queensland, Australia determined that sharks are nine times more likely to kill men than women
As far as unprovoked (you know, the kind where you aren't poking it) shark attacks go, 84 percent are of men and 89 percent of shark bite dea... |
Dan Ariely Dan Ariely Keynotes
In Dan Ariely speeches, he examines how irrational behaviors affect decision-making. As a Professor... Need Inspiration?
Dan Ariely Dissects the Choices We Make & Why We Make Them
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Astronomers wowed by 'efficiency' of distant star-making galaxy
April 23, 2013 at 7:55 PM
PASADENA, Calif., April 23 (UPI) -- Astronomers say they've observed the most "energy efficient" galaxy ever seen, one that's converting fuel into stars with almost 100-percent efficiency.
Researchers used NASA's Wide-field Inf... |
Q: When there is a change in crew, including the captain and first officer, what kind of conversation happens between the captains on the jet bridge? Weather? Airplane performance?
— Joe Allen, Frederick, Md.
A: Usually the primary information is the mechanical status of the airplane or any abnormalities that occurre... |
Health Watch - Heartburn: That Burning Feeling
If you feel a burning sensation in your chest after a heavy meal, you probably have heartburn. This week on Health Watch, we’ll talk about heartburn: what it is, what you can do about it and when it could be something more serious.
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Activity 5: Alunelul, a Romanian Dance
Activity time: 11 minutes
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• Identify an open area large enough for the group to stand and move together in a circle.
• Listen to the tune "Alunelul." Hear it online with lyrics or without .
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Environmental Sciences [CAS] (Bachelor of Science)
The basic Environmental Sciences major in the College of Arts and Sciences provides students with a modern environmental science degree in the context of a liberal arts college. It is... |
Gamma Ray Bursts
This image shows the decrease in luminosity of GRB 030329 as seen from RBO. The object can been seen extremely well during the first couple of days and has a somewhat comparable magnitude to the USNO standard star. By the tenth night, the magnitude of the source had faded to the limits of the telesco... |
Travel to England in Europe
Travel the vast country of England
Though small, England is a country with a rich heritage. For years it has been thought of in terms of quaint country sides and looming English castles. Today it is better known for its modern cities, nightclubs and shopping - and to be fair, modern day En... |
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The World Trade Organization (WTO) is an organization for liberalizing trade. It is a forum for governments to negotiate trade agreements. It is a place for them to settle trade disputes... |
What Classes Should Every Law Student Take?
Naturally, if a student knows that he's going to specialize in some field, he probably ought to take the cases most relevant to that field. Of course the first year classes — usually contracts, property, torts, criminal law, civil procedure, and (generally) constitutional la... |
Hormones during pregnancy
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It doesn't seem quite fair to accuse your of causing every bloat, blemish, and emotional outburst during your pregnancy. But the truth is that this potent cocktail of chemicals really is guilty as charged, an... |
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Three Methods:Removing Quills from a Dog or Other AnimalRemoving Quills from a PersonReducing the Chance of Porcupine Encounters
Porcupines are reclusive animals, but can cause painful injuries if they feel threatened. If you or a person or animal you know is attacked by a porcupine, you should consider ... |
Planet formation viewed by astronomers
By Chris Talbot
11 March 2011
Artist’s conception of the disc around T Cha
More than 200 years since Immanuel Kant and Pierre Simon Laplace first put forward the nebular hypothesis—which holds that our solar system evolved from a cloud of matter rotating around the sun—astronome... |
From its birth in the United States to a rebellious adolescence spent backpacking around Europe, beatboxing is coming home to American shores.
At its most basic level, beatboxing is nothing more than making rhythmic percussion sounds using your mouth as the instrument. But from that base, incredible levels of complexi... |
Get Your Children Off To The Best Financial Start
Many statistics show that people are sorely lacking in financial education. It is the absence of knowledge on how to budget and save money that contributes to the high number of bankruptcies and the even higher number of people who are living paycheck to paycheck.
To... |
thoughts on the humblebrag
I was intrigued by this post by Justin Taylor, explaining the concept of the humblebrag. Here’s an interview with the originator of the term.
A humble brag, as I understand it, is when you brag about yourself in a way that masquerades as humility or is coupled with self-deprecation. Here ar... |
Grunting in tennis
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Jimmy Connors, the male grunting creator
Monica Seles, the female grunting creator
Grunting in tennis is the very loud noise,[1] sometimes described as "shrieking"[2][3] or "screaming",[4] made b... |
Islam in Sierra Leone
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Sierra Leone last conducted a census in 2009 and estimates there are 4,059,000 Muslims in Sierra Leone . This suggests 71.3% of the country's total population is Muslim.[1]
Composition and practice[edit]
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Operation Ivy Bells
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During the Cold War, the United States wanted to learn more about Soviet submarine and missile technology, specifically ICBM test and nuclear first strike capability.
In the early 1970s the U.S. government learned of the existenc... |
Peak envelope power
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Peak envelope power (PEP) is the highest envelope power supplied to the antenna transmission line by a transmitter during any full undistorted RF cycle or series of complete radio frequency cycles. PEP is normally considered the occ... |
Roma (airship)
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Italian airship Roma over Norfolk VA 1922.jpg
Role Training airship
National origin Italy
Manufacturer Stabilimento Construzioni Aeronautiche (SCA)
Designer Umberto Nobile
First flight September 1920
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Dietary fiber
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• Insoluble fiber, which does not dissolve in water, is metabolically inert and provides bulking, or it can be prebiotic and metabolically ferment in the large intestine. Bulking fibers absorb water as they... |
DES MARAIS, David J., NASA Astrobiology Institute, Mail Stop 239-4, Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000,
Archean and early Proterozoic sedimentary rocks have recorded the effects of both biological evolution and environmental change upon carbon isotopic discrimination as well as upon the relative rates ... |
The secret history of the trombone.
Most musical-instrument historians, of which there are several, will tell you that the earliest surviving examples of what would today be considered a trombone (or, more properly in their day, a sackbutt) were made in the 1550s. A handful of writings refer to Belgian musicians of a ... |
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The Borgia faimily (Spainyie: Borja or Borjia) wis a faimily that became prominent durin the Renaissance in Italy. They wur frae Valencia, the name comin frae the faimily fief o Borja, then in the kinrick o Aragon, in Spain.
The Borgias became prominen... |
What Is Net Neutrality?
Net Neutrality
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Most people get their high-speed Internet access from only a few telecommunications giants – Verizon, AT&T, Comcast, Time Warner, Cox, and Charter. The very few other smaller guys often have to rely on the big guys to serve their cu... |
A what-a-gon? In this BrainPOP movie, Tim and Moby introduce you to some polygons you might have heard of and others that you probably haven’t! First off, find out what makes a polygon a polygon, and what segments and vertices are. You’ll also see some examples of what a polygon isn’t as you learn some crazy names for ... |
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Energy In: Recommended Food & Drink Amounts for Children
How Many Calories Do Children Need?
No child should be on a calorie-restricted diet, unless recommended by the doctor. However, parents need to be aware of t... |
Stolen Merchandise
Q. I suspect a store in my neighborhood sells stolen merchandise, especially since the prices are so low. Is it permissible to buy from them? A. Fencing stolen goods is a serious crime in Jewish law. The book of Proverbs (29:24) states:
Whoever shares with the thief hates his own soul; [even if] he... |
Determine electronic transitions by the emitted wavelength?
What is the electronic transition of He II when it emits 468.6 nm photon.
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3. The attempt at a solution
I know it is a pashen-alpha line from googling but I don't know how to find that from this equation with two unknown... |
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The need for direct talk about sexual health is great: Sexual dysfunction is highly prevalent in today’s society, impacting 31% of men and 43% of women, according to one study conducted by Laumann, Paik, and R... |
§ 416.928. Symptoms, signs, and laboratory findings.
(a) Symptoms are your own description of your physical or mental impairment. If you are a child under age 18 and are unable to adequately describe your symptom(s), we will accept as a statement of this symptom(s) the description given by the person who is most famil... |
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Taiwan’s political democratization has released a growing consciousness of national identity on the island over the last decade. Culturally, there has been an ethnic division between native Taiwanese and those who came from the mainland during the 1940s, reflected in their different histor... |
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Question: What is a FICO Score?
Answer: The FICO score is a branded credit score developed by Fair Isaac Corporation. Most lenders use the FICO score. A FICO score can only be purchased through If a consumer purchases their credit score from anywhere else it is not their FICO score. Each of the cons... |
Installing the Sides
The first step to convincing someone that all these pieces may actually become a guitar is to glue kerfed lining to the soundboard edge of the sides (shown above). This notched mahogany lining curves easily around the bend of the side and is clamped / glued into place with a million little clamps.... |
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Los Angeles' Curious Role in the Chinese Revolution
In the heart of downtown's Chinatown is a bronze statue of China's revolutionary leader Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the "George Washington" of China. The statue is a storied landmark with a hidden Los Angeles-based history of Chinese ... |
New Law Limits What Teachers Can Write Off For Educational Travel
August 19, 1990|By Julian Block
Tax reform restricts most deductions for education expenses. Also, it abolishes deductions for travel as a form of education - a break previously enjoyed by many people, particularly teachers with time for lengthy trips... |
Introduction to NetBSD loadable kernel modules
Loadable kernel modules (LKMs) are quite popular on most modern operating systems such as GNU/Linux, FreeBSD and of course Microsoft Windows, just to name a few. They offer you the possibility to extend the kernel's functionality at runtime without recompiling or even re... |
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It’s ironic that socialists claim capitalism is based on greed. Adam Smith insisted that free markets were the only possbile way to control greed because government is easily captured by greedy people to serve them.
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Mini Brains and Human–Mouse Hybrids Could Reveal the Brain’s Wiring Diagram
Cross-section of a mini-brain
Can you tell me what tools are lacking to be able to gain better understanding of how the brain develops?
It is these human-specific features that w... |
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The World Ocean plays a dynamic role in the Earth's climate: It captures heat from the sun, transports it, and releases it thousands of miles away. These oceanic-solar-atmospheric interactions affect winds, rainfall patterns, and temperatures on a global scale. The oceans also play a major role ... |
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I read a book which says that to remember the lists of arbitrary objects, we should take a well-known ordered list (so that you know what is on the first place, what is on the second) and associate the items of this familiar list with your target list items. This is especially important for ab... |
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I've heard "racist" being used in a few cases to describe bigotry towards people of a certain religion. It's a bit annoying because it implies that all people of a religion are the same race, which is hardly the correct case. However I'm also bewildered that there doesn't seem to be an appropr... |
The achilles lock (aka achilles tendon lock) is arguably the most versatile of all joint lock attacks to the legs. There are setup and executions from almost every conceivable fighting and grappling situation. The achilles lock is unusual for a leg lock because it can be modified for use as a pain compliance joint lock... |
(noun) In programming (computer programming, that is), a coded series of programming instructions for carrying out some recurring or frequently used task in a program.
Informally, you could say that a routine is a way to wrap up some code you've written so that you only have to write it once instead of having to copy ... |
The Macintosh computer (and the legacy-free iMac) paved the way for the USB devices of today. However, one of the little ironies is that the Macintosh keyboard was not fully USB compliant until around the middle of 2000.
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Dr. Tibor R. Machan is Professor of Philosophy at Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, Senior Fellow of the Reason Foundation and author, among other works, of Human Rights and Human Liberties.
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What is the MTV (Minimum Translation Vector) in SAT (Seperation of axis)? and how can i use it?
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SMART GRID the next greatest thing
At the beginning of the rural electrification movement during the Great Depression, a Tennessee farmer stood up in church one Sunday and said, “The greatest thing on earth is to have the love of God in your heart, and the next greatest thing is to have electricity in your house.” Tha... |
Podcasting 101: The Basics (Recording)
From time to time, people ask me about how to produce the audio for a basic podcast. If you're considering doing this, here's a basic tutorial:
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Distracted Driving can be Deadly
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The Kansas Highway Patrol has seen an increase in distracted driving over the past couple of years. There are several things people do while driving that cause distractions - cell phones, car stereos, GPS devices, passengers, and pets are a few examples. One of the big... |
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D-Day invasion had countless heroes
Published: Wednesday, June 06, 2007
ONE OF THE biggest news stories of the 20th Century - and the greatest military invasion in history - began 63 years ago today. Its official name was Operation Overlord, but it is far better known today as D-Day.
The Allied Forces gained a cruci... |
Freshwater Mussels
If you love Missouri's clean water, thank our 65 species of freshwater mussels. As filter feeders, they clean impurities from the water.
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I'm having problems with the best way to work out linearly independent sets of matrices.
When the set can be made into a square matrix, such as $ \begin{bmatrix} 1 \\ 0\end{bmatrix}, \begin{bmatrix} 1 \\ 3\end{bmatrix} $, the determinate $ det(\begin{bmatrix} 1 & 1 \\ 0 & 3\end{bmatrix}) $ ca... |
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Company Turns Air, Greenhouse Gases Into Eco-Friendly Plastic
Newlight Technologies says its plastic is cheaper and better than oil-based ones
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Recently-ish, I stumbled across an interesting short story (by way of Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange) where a soccer referee is apparently incinerated by concentrated sunlight.
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Polar bear and grizzly bear inbreeding highlights gravity of climate crisis
It was in 2006 that scientists were alerted to a polar and grizzly bear hybrid. Now, reports that researchers have discovered scores of further examples of Arctic creatures who ar... |
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Erikson’s Eight Stages of Psychosocial Development
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During the grain filling period of corn, developing kernels become a significant photosynthetic “sink” for the products of photosynthesis and respiration.
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In Nepal, the Hindu caste system is a rigid hierarchy that gives social status based on people's lineage and work.
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