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1.870453 | 4.098027 | -1 | Guest Author - Stephanie K. Ferguson What is a hate crime? A
hate crime is a crime committed against a person or property
which is motivated by an individualís dislike of a race,
religion, ethnic/national origin, group, or sexual orientation.
Hate crimes as also know as bias crimes. The term entered our
nationís common... |
1.370917 | 5.915156 | -1 | Online English Dictionary and Vocabulary Builder 1. [s]
containing salt; "a saline solution"; "salty tears" 2. [s]
engagingly stimulating or provocative; "a piquant wit"; "salty
language" 3. [s] one of the four basic taste sensations; like
the taste of sea water 1. [a] salt 2. [a] stimulating 3. [a]
tasteful Look up wo... |
5.551888 | 5.601936 | -1 | Attachment Behaviors and Health As the medical community tries
to find ways to help patients become more independent in
managing their health issues, researchers have discover how
emotional development as children may affect how one copes with
adverse events, like illness, as an adult. This article reviews
research tha... |
4.133432 | -0.234333 | 179 | TIMOTHY ACKER AND DRAKE BRANNON PERFORM WATER QUALITY TESTS.
Students in James Galvin’s Agriculture classes are getting hands
on education in Fresh Water Shrimp production. Yes, that’s right
fresh water shrimp. The students are involved with the
production with five hundred fresh water shrimp. The shrimp that
the stude... |
6.540592 | 4.818513 | -1 | Stories about drunken drivers walking away from traffic
accidents are not mere apocrypha. They show up in our Verdict &
Settlement Reports. Turns out, science may back up the notion
that God protects drunks and fools. Alcohol intoxication – even
at a low level – cushions the blow for a person suffering a
traumatic inju... |
10.376952 | 1.152033 | 33 | Pakistan Child Measles Deaths Surge in 2012 Measles cases surged
in Pakistan in 2012, and hundreds of children died from the
disease, an international health body said Tuesday. In recent
days Pakistani officials said they launched an immunization
campaign to reach children in the worst-hit areas. But the
country still ... |
8.011198 | 4.408802 | -1 | out today's CSM Daily News for articles on scoliosis treatment
and managing triathletes, a photo of outgoing component
presidents, a list of exhibitors, product news, and more. at the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified proteins
that allow muscle cells in mice to form from the fusion of the
early stage ... |
0.919612 | 1.588397 | 12 | The Jack County Museum is an extremely old structure. The extra
thick walls may be viewed inside where they extend beyond later
additions to the house. There are 7 rooms with 4 being the
original structure. Native stone chimneys constructed for the
fireplaces in the front rooms are still standing and one
fireplace is i... |
5.85483 | 5.513613 | 110 | When thinking about types of stress there are two perspectives
to consider (besides whether it is the "good stress" or the "bad
stress" of course). You were probably searching for information
about psychological stress, and may be interested in some quick
stress relief tips. But it might help to understand what
psychol... |
3.051105 | -0.364813 | -1 | As is often the case in the winter, a thick river of haze
hovered over the Indo-Gangetic Plain in January 2013, casting a
gray pall over northern India and Bangladesh. On January 11, the
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s
Aqua satellite captured this image of haze hugging the Himalayas
and ... |
3.774844 | 3.831098 | -1 | Sherwood Larned Washburn, the father of modern primatology who
first glimpsed the evolution of human behavior in the actions of
monkeys and apes, died Sunday from pneumonia at Alta Bates
Medical Center. He was 88. A professor of anthropology at UC
Berkeley from 1958 to his retirement in 1978 and one of a small
number o... |
1.187743 | 4.398603 | -1 | Character Counts! in Jacksonville is working to bring character
and and awareness to our community. We create a shared language
by educating on the Six Pillars of character: Trustworthiness,
Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring & Citizenship.
Trustworthiness. Respect. Responsibility. Fairness. Caring.
Citizenship.... |
6.412497 | 4.545004 | -1 | Learn about current Open Studies Clinical Trials and Medical
Progress How do advances in treatment for serious diseases come
about? Clinical trials - tightly controlled studies of the
effectiveness of new treatments - are the engine that drives
medical progress. New therapies cannot be approved by the Food
and Drug Adm... |
-1.274816 | -1.877388 | 34 | July 19, 2001 NASA PR: 01-146 The first unambiguous evidence for
a giant halo of hot gas around a nearby, spiral galaxy much like
our own Milky Way was found by astronomers using NASA's Chandra
X-ray Observatory. This discovery may lead to a better
understanding of our own Galaxy, as well the structure and
evolution of... |
4.252591 | 7.93134 | -1 | COMMON RISKS FOR SMARTPHONES We usually do a good job of
protecting our computers, but what about smartphones? Careless
use can open up users to a lot of risks. Take a moment to
consider each of these areas: Loss of device and information
theft. Smartphones are small and can easily be lost or stolen.
Unauthorized users... |
-1.710395 | 2.028866 | -1 | Moderator: Content Admins PinothyJ wrote:Some of those do not
follow the usual haiku formula… The essence of haiku is
"cutting" (kiru). This is often represented by the juxtaposition
of two images or ideas and a kireji ("cutting word") between
them, a kind of verbal punctuation mark which signals the moment
of separati... |
0.935171 | 0.167319 | 35 | for National Geographic News Ancient maritime traders of the
Mediterranean may have left behind a large genetic footprint in
the region, where 1 in 17 men still harbors Phoenician DNA,
according to a new study. The findings could fill a gap in the
history of the Phoenician civilization, which originated two to
three th... |
3.784905 | 3.436211 | -1 | A TEXTBOOK on scientific ethics that begins with a primer on
inductive reasoning and ends with university guidelines for
research conduct sounds dull, but David Goodstein has created an
entertaining book studded with laugh-out-loud moments. After a
careful explanation of what fraud is, and what it is not, he
provides s... |
2.696706 | 3.323828 | 159 | More than 46 million Americans lived in poverty last year,
according to new census data released today. That’s the largest
number of poor Americans since the government began collecting
such data 52 years ago. U.S. real median household income also
fell last year, to $49,445 — a 2.3 percent drop from 2009. The
data sho... |
-0.842703 | 5.802085 | 36 | Master of musical theory, and teacher of Hummel and Beethoven,
b. at Klosterneuburg in Lower Austria, 3 February, 1736; d. in
Vienna, 7 March 1809. He began his musical career as a choir-boy
at the early age of seven. The pastor of St. Martin's,
Klosterneuburg, observing the boy's talent and his remarkable
industry, an... |
-2.231434 | 4.289926 | 37 | BIBLE MEDITATION: “Jehoram was thirty-two years old when he
became king and reigned for eight years in Jerusalem. There were
no tears shed when he died - it was good riddance! 2 Chronicles
21:20 (The Message Bible) DEVOTIONAL THOUGHT: This text focuses
on a King of Judah whose life meant so little to the people
around ... |
4.873205 | 4.127613 | 38 | December 14, 2008 Dutch designer Neils Smeltink's clever
multifunctional bike design can adapt to the needs of children
as they become older by easily transforming from a bicycle to a
scooter or a walking bike. Younger children will love to use it
as a walking bike or scooter while older children can use it as
a real b... |
9.559217 | 2.133065 | -1 | For 2 days, a 43-year-old woman has had a slightly tender rash
on her trunk and extremities. Five days earlier, the patient was
given levofloxacin(Drug information on levofloxacin) for an
upper respiratory tract infection; because she is prone to yeast
infections while taking antibiotics, fluconazole(Drug
information o... |
3.507865 | 2.429482 | -1 | IT'S FRIDAY evening, and you're about to head out of the city.
But the traffic news tells you that there's a jam on your normal
route. Is it worth taking an alternative? And how far out of
your way do you need to go to avoid the snarl-up? If you lived
in Duisburg in Germany, you need never wrestle with this kind of
dil... |
-2.341818 | 4.62911 | -1 | In the wake of Syrian unrest, Israel's residents are scrambling
to get their government-distributed gas masks. A month before
the festival of Purim, Israeli children are learning to don
another costume. In the wake of Israel's strike on Syrian
chemical weapons convoys on Wednesday, January 30th, Israeli
citizens in the... |
4.775197 | 3.346185 | -1 | Nailing Down the Exciton in LiF SEPTEMBER 17, 2008 Excitons are
worth getting excited about. For one thing, they are a key
element in the functioning of semiconductors and insulators, and
understanding their structure and how they form and behave in
different materials is vitally important to the development of
new mat... |
-0.205992 | -2.030341 | -1 | We’ve been to the moon. Mars is easy. But landing on Venus?
That’s tough. - By Sam Kean - Air & Space magazine, September
2010 (Page 2 of 4) At an altitude of about nine miles, well
below the cloud decks, SAGE finally begins to take pictures of
the surface. So few photographs exist of Venus (all taken by the
Venera lan... |
2.653764 | 5.780805 | 39 | Hubbard lectures on Scientology's legacy in the field of
learning and education. Instruction is an interesting subject.
It's a very interesting subject, because we seem to be in the
business of instruction. Now, you think of yourselves as
auditors. Auditing techniques are a method of bringing people to
know. Think it o... |
2.825923 | 8.651295 | 17 | Optimize with a SATA RAID Storage Solution Range of capacities
as low as $1250 per TB. Ideal if you currently rely on
servers/disks/JBODs Every object in a Java program uses
computing resources that are finite. Most obviously, all objects
use some memory to store their images on the heap. (This is true
even for objects... |
5.223884 | 3.914306 | -1 | YoH (Youth on Health) groups were established within the Primary
Care Trust to enable young people to have a say on health issues
that mattered to them. Young people conducted research within
local schools and came up with a number of proposals to improve
the nutritional value of food. They also addressed issues of how... |
5.44291 | -2.424609 | 3 | Popular upland birds that are found across the country include
turkeys, pheasants, grouse, and quail. The term “upland” refers
to where they are often found. The basic shape of upland birds
is similar to chickens. They also have short rounded wings that
are good for short flights and strong legs that are good for
runni... |
9.784499 | 2.839546 | -1 | Psoriasis is a chronic, recurring disease that causes one or
more raised, red patches that have silvery scales and a distinct
border between the patch and normal skin. The patches of
psoriasis occur because of an abnormally high rate of growth of
skin cells. The reason for the rapid cell growth is unknown, but
a proble... |
2.261839 | -1.390483 | -1 | March 19, 2006 Three types of ripples in water ice were observed
near Mt. Monadnock, New Hampshire on January 16, 2006. Ripples
may be defined as a banded pattern of wavelike disturbances.
They usually occur in fluids, but as seen here, they can occur
in solids as well. Leftmost: ripples formed by wind action on a
shal... |
0.023107 | 1.186085 | -1 | December 1956 | Volume 8, Issue 1 The story of Manjiro, the
shipwrecked waif; of the kindly captain from Fairhaven; and of
how Japan, hidden away from the world, learned strange news of
other lands In 1841, before Commodore Perry had opened up Japan,
before any Japanese had set foot in America, a fisherman’s boy
was tr... |
3.815897 | 5.518262 | 62 | Happy Columbus Day! It’s been over 500 years now since
Christopher Columbus landed on American shores, “discovering”
the New World and laying the groundwork for another October
school holiday. Whichever side of the story you’re celebrating
today, we wish you lots of happy family playtime! In the spirit
of discovery, th... |
8.692586 | 4.846366 | -1 | McCune Albright Syndrome National Organization for Rare
Disorders, Inc. It is possible that the main title of the report
McCune Albright Syndrome is not the name you expected. Please
check the synonyms listing to find the alternate name(s) and
disorder subdivision(s) covered by this report. - Albright
Syndrome - Osteit... |
0.08081 | 5.377282 | 40 | American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
Edition - adj. Given to complaining; peevish. - adj. Expressing
a complaint or grievance; grumbling: a querulous voice;
querulous comments. Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia -
Complaining; habitually complaining; disposed to murmur or
express dissatisfaction... |
2.072418 | 6.595076 | -1 | The following HTML text is provided to enhance online
readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly
to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to
ensure accuracy. How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and
School tory becomes clearer as one explores outstanding teaching
in other... |
-1.967713 | 4.328862 | 37 | In Jewish practice, Torah study often takes on a ritualized role
similar to that of prayer. A specific place—the beit midrash, or
"house of study"--is a designated room set aside in many Jewish
communal buildings. Many Jews carve out set times during the day
or week for Torah study. Torah study may begin with the
recit... |
6.006592 | 1.768874 | -1 | Target 1. Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people
whose income is less than one dollar a day Goal 1. Eradicate
extreme poverty and hunger 213. Refers to expenditure shares by
percentiles of population. G - Global monitoring data. The
figure is regularly produced by the designated agency for the
global mo... |
0.071816 | 4.603829 | -1 | Art (literature) is not a branch of pedagogy. The artist (in
literature) appeals to that part of our being which is not
dependent on wisdom; to that in us which is a gift and not an
acquisition—and, therefore, more permanently enduring. He speaks
to our capacity for delight and wonder, to the sense of mystery
surroundi... |
3.067752 | -1.671992 | -1 | New Discovery Affirms RTB Model Predictions Even though I’m a
budget-hotel kinda guy, occasionally I splurge and stay in a
really nice place. It’s fun to get a chance to experience
firsthand how the “other half” lives. A recent study of some of
the microbes found in Lake Matano (Indonesia), the world’s
eighth deepest l... |
1.502014 | 1.330458 | -1 | WHEN people here speak of the Oregon Trail, the name of the
route that brought thousands of settlers to the West nearly 150
years ago, chances are they are not nostalgically evoking
history but advocating a vision of the future. In Oregon, as in
dozens of other states, Americans are clamoring for places where
they can ... |
9.043512 | -0.038124 | -1 | Bat on a Plane Causes Rabies Scare A government report, released
today, reveals that in August of last year 53 people aboard a
commercial flight from Madison to Atlanta were potentially
exposed to the rabies virus by a stowaway bat. While it is not
clear how exactly the bat got on the plane, shortly after
takeoff it wa... |
-0.040466 | -2.22959 | 11 | How much do scientists know about our solar system? Out of 8
planets, is ours really the only one to sustain life? How can
meteorites tell us about other planets, and even how the solar
system first began? Explore our universe with the help of the
Museum, and discover the role the Museum plays in space
exploration and ... |
5.328434 | 3.686431 | -1 | Specialized Microscopy Techniques Modern microscopists and
optical engineers have developed a wide spectrum of useful
techniques designed to aid in contrast enhancement, provide
better observation, and assist in the collection of
photomicrographs and digital images of a wide variety of
specimens. This section of the Mo... |
6.357616 | 0.536672 | -1 | The meat industry has long been hailed as one of the most
significant factors driving global warming — and this is in
addition to being damaging to your health. However, Chinese
scientists are looking to change all that, and they have cloned
a genetically modified lamb that instead of producing the
unhealthy fat common... |
4.691653 | 2.520141 | 32 | |λ, k, Sometimes shortened to: conductivity a measure of the
ability of a substance to conduct heat, determined by the rate
of heat flow normally through an area in the substance divided
by the area and by minus the component of the temperature
gradient in the direction of flow: measured in watts per metre
per kelvin| ... |
1.594117 | 0.616396 | -1 | The Catskill Mountain House was a famous hotel near Palenville,
New York in the Catskill Mountains overlooking the Hudson River
Valley , built in 1824. In its prime, from the 1850s to the turn
of the century, it was visited by three U.S. presidents (U.S.
Grant , Chester A. Arthur and Theodore Roosevelt ) and the power
... |
3.228198 | 0.595492 | -1 | Necessity spurs innovation, as Vince Beiser’s recent piece on
fossil fuels reminded us last week and Japan demonstrates that
anew this week. The energy-poor nation has become the first to
successfully tap the frozen natural gas, known as methane
hydrate, scattered on the oceans’ seabed. Since it started
seriously study... |
4.270862 | 2.638892 | -1 | BRAKE FLUID FLUSH: First lets discuss what we're trying to
achieve. Part of the regular service for the R1200R is a
biennual (every 2 years) brake fluid FLUSH. A flush is different
in some ways from a brake-fluid bleed, in that there should be
no air introduced into the system when doing a "flush". Bleeding
brakes is t... |
3.121947 | 8.540747 | 17 | Check out any web hosting service and they will probably be
providing a number of different applications and technologies,
most likely based on Free and Open Source Software (FOSS). The
most common of these technologies employed in this way are the
components of the LAMP stack. LAMP stands for Linux, Apache,
MySQL and ... |
-1.878918 | 4.419585 | 37 | Reforming the Reformation A Description of Christ - Richard
Sibbes (1577 - 1635) was a Puritan theologian, Cambridge
academic, and much-loved author. View all resources by Richard
Sibbes "Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in
whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, and
he shall shew... |
4.155621 | 7.066136 | -1 | Single transistor audio mixer. Many audio mixer circuits have
been published here. But I think, this one is the simplest of
them. This very simple audio mixer circuit uses only one
transistor. The base emitter junction of the transistor is
biased by the diodes D1 and D2.The signals to be mixed are
directly coupled to t... |
4.092623 | 1.423833 | 19 | | Back to Contents Page | Home Energy Index | About Home Energy
| | Home Energy Home Page | Back Issues of Home Energy | Home
Energy Magazine Online September/October 1993 The Single-Family
Study by Marilyn Brown and Linda Berry Marilyn Brown and Linda
Berry are researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak
Ridge... |
10.191374 | 1.06346 | -1 | Just a month after federal health officials said smallpox
vaccines would be available to some 15,000 health and law
enforcement employees, they now plan to increase that number to
500,000. This is in response to hospitals saying that a more
widespread vaccination of their workers is needed as they're the
first to respo... |
1.096205 | 6.63727 | -1 | To steal ideas from one person, would be plagiarism, to steal
ideas from many is called research... 15 November 2012 A BBC
investigation has revealed the growing trade in essay writing
services which offer to provide students with custom written
work which they can simply add their name to and hand in to
university and... |
5.377614 | 2.470155 | -1 | What is High Performance Liquid Chromatography Testing? Do you
use high performance liquid chromatography testing for your
products? Do you want to learn more about this popular test
method? High performance liquid chromatography , also known as
HPLC is one form of liquid chromatography frequently used in
analytical ch... |
3.909781 | 0.644678 | 148 | The Republican Party isn’t exactly known for its environmental
activism. Reagan refused to take action on one of the biggest
environmental issues of his era-acid rain-and systematically
weakened the clout of the EPA. George H.W. Bush ended his term
with a freeze on environmental regulations, and his son refused
US supp... |
2.810829 | 5.147386 | 102 | Middle-class children: Squeaky wheels in training A study by
Indiana University sociologist Jessica McCrory Calarco found
that working-class and middle-class parents often take very
deliberate -- but different -- approaches to helping their
children with their school experiences. Working-class parents,
she found, coach... |
3.745777 | 7.109996 | 41 | |Motivation behind DxOMark Score | DxOMark Score design| Here we
detail the motivations behind the DxOMark Score and the
rationale for its conception. A camera consists of many
different components. Because so many factors related to all
these components have to be taken into account, it can be
difficult to choose betw... |
6.237173 | -1.833064 | 13 | Following the Butterflies through Words and Rhythm While on tour
in Mexico, Mister G talks about how his bilingual song,
“Señorita Mariposa” was inspired by the famous migration of the
Monarch Butterfly to the state of Michoacan. He emphasizes how
close observation of nature can become the jumping off point for
new son... |
8.178957 | -0.027251 | -1 | Daily Planet's Ingram discusses prion disease 0 Discovery
Channel's Daily Planet co-host Jay Ingram visits Grande Prairie
today to offer behind-the-scenes details of a mysterious and
contagious series of diseases. The lecture takes place at the
Grande Prairie Regional College at 7 p.m., where Ingram
discusses fatal pri... |
3.785188 | 7.124377 | 41 | This question really boils down to a more general one: What
degree of photometric precision can be achieved by a smartphone
camera? To put this question in context, let me give a brief
explanation of what is fundamentally different about a
scientific image sensor versus a consumer grade sensor. As you
would expect, a s... |
8.340144 | 6.26724 | -1 | Severe, aching eye pain is often a sign of a more serious
condition, such as a buildup of pressure inside the eyeball
(glaucoma) or inflammation of the colored part of the eye
(iritis). Call your doctor immediately to arrange for care that
will prevent the condition from becoming worse and possibly
causing blindness. S... |
7.31689 | -0.171118 | -1 | Shots - Health Blog Thu December 15, 2011 Biomedical Research
Using Chimps Should Be Curtailed Updated 1:30 p.m.: The National
Institutes of Health accepts the recommendations of the
Institute of Medicine report on chimpanzee research, NIH
Director Dr. Francis Collins said in a statement. "We will not
issue any new awa... |
0.661202 | 2.765588 | 42 | Secession: A Specifically American Principle [Part 1 of "The
Secession Tradition in America," a paper presented at the 1995
Mises Institute conference, "Secession, State, and Economy."]
The United Nations Charter asserts the self-determination of
peoples as a fundamental human right. From this, there has
developed a li... |
5.043906 | 7.215539 | -1 | July 28, 2011 Children and adolescents who use mobile phones are
not at a statistically significant increased risk of brain
cancer compared to their peers who do not use mobile phones,
according to a study published July 27 in the Journal of The
National Cancer Institute. Mobile phone usage has increased
among children... |
1.828825 | 0.293434 | 94 | Photo: Ellen Morris Bishop Fossils of Metasequoia, commonly
called “dawn redwoods” are abundant in Oregon’s fossil record
particularly near the Painted Hills and the towns of Mitchell
and Fossil. Past citizens of Oregon can be found in rocks
throughout the state ranging in age from 10 thousand to hundreds
of millions o... |
9.693108 | 3.79637 | 46 | Science Fair Project Encyclopedia See the article about cancer
for the main article about malignant tumors. Tumor (American
English) or tumour (British English) originally means
"swelling", and is sometimes still used with that meaning. Tumor
meaning swelling is one of the five classical characteristics of
inflammation... |
-0.783766 | -2.420776 | 10 | This picture shows Pluto (left) and its big moon Charon (right).
Notice how big Charon is compared to Pluto. Notice how close
Charon is to Pluto. This picture was taken by the Hubble Space
Telescope in 1994. Click on image for full size Image courtesy
Dr. R. Albrecht (ESA/ESO Space Telescope European Coordinating
Facil... |
-1.534947 | 2.38298 | -1 | (also Chechenia)Translate Chechnya | into French | into German |
into Italian Definition of Chechnya - an autonomous republic in
the Caucasus in SW Russia, on the border with Georgia;
population 1,205,800 (est. 2009); capital, Grozny. The republic
declared itself independent of Russia in 1991 and was invaded by
Russian... |
6.289966 | 7.230874 | 116 | Ear infections (Otitis externa) are much more common during the
Wet Season and Build-up. Ears are a little like gardens which
normally have a carefully cultivated and controlled population
of bacteria and yeasts. But like a garden, the high humidity may
cause abundant growth which can sometimes become unruly and out
of... |
4.441669 | -2.552727 | 120 | Nov. 21, 2012 For the first time, researchers tracking the
behavior of emperor penguins near the sea have identified the
importance of sea ice for the penguins' feeding habits. The
research, published November 21 in the open access journal PLOS
ONE by Shinichi Watanabe from Fukuyama University, Japan and
colleagues, Ja... |
3.109802 | 2.158705 | -1 | The Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA), known at
that time as "County Transit," was on its way towards the goal
of building a mass transit system that would serve the ever-
growing urbanized area, becoming an alternative to the
automobile and a driver of economic development. It began with
the federal go... |
2.326995 | 3.778598 | -1 | Richard H. Thaler University of Chicago - Booth School of
Business; National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Cass R.
Sunstein Harvard Law School John P. Balz University of Chicago -
Political Science Department April 2, 2010 Decision makers do
not make choices in a vacuum. They make them in an environment
where many... |
2.404356 | 5.200494 | 43 | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - News Room > Special
Reports > Archive Mid Learning Years Preliminary Recommendations
of the Middle Learning Years Task Force National and state
testing data reveal a disturbing trend of stagnating middle
school performance. Maryland School Performance Assessment
Program data ... |
0.172257 | 1.43238 | -1 | A long time ago, and far away, the U.S. invaded and occupied the
Philippines. There are parallels to recent U.S. military
campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq, down to torturing the enemy.
Journalist Gregg Jones has written Honor in the Dust: Theodore
Roosevelt, War in the Philippines, and the Rise and Fall of
America’s I... |
10.615218 | 1.871667 | 7 | By RON WINSLOW The report that a 2½-year- old Mississippi baby
appears to be cured of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, has
provoked intense interest, excitement and some skepticism among
AIDS researchers and the community at large. The toddler's case,
if confirmed in further research, could have important
implications ... |
2.002607 | 6.169165 | -1 | The activity is really simple. If the student is working on
receptive skills, simply say the prompts on the game board and
have the student point to/cover the box that identifies the
correct object. If the student is working on expressive skills,
ask the student an appropriate question like, "What is he
doing?" or "Wha... |
1.837576 | 7.250049 | 44 | In the process of Doing the Math as part of a journey towards
crafting me own mobility, the progress became impeded by the
void of simple tools to aid in seemingly simple calculations.
Therefore I am resolved to fill that space as time allows with
(hopefully) useful wizards and calculators. The first offering
is called... |
-1.555986 | 3.469752 | 1 | This famous temple to the god of healing and the sun was built
towards the middle of the 5th century B.C. in the lonely heights
of the Arcadian mountains. The temple, which has the oldest
Corinthian capital yet found, combines the Archaic style and the
serenity of the Doric style with some daring architectural
features... |
1.908463 | 7.254718 | 44 | From Math Images The Henon Attractor is a special kind of
fractal that belongs in a group called Strange Attractors, a
category of images that is very strange indeed. A characteristic
of this strange function is that it drawn irregularly. If you
iterate the functions that describe the Henon Attractor and plot
the point... |
5.947063 | -0.716855 | -1 | David Carpenter’s first attempt to produce syrup occurred at age
9. He tapped some trees on the family farm, built an arch for
boiling and got to work. But he couldn’t control the heat in the
sugar shack, so he convinced his mom to let him do the final
finishing in her kitchen. The syrup came out great – but after 4
da... |
0.455103 | -1.802976 | 45 | Some of the excited engineers and staff on landing day. Click on
image for full size Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
Headlines declare: Mars Pathfinder Lands on July 4th The Mars
Pathfinder was launched in December 1996 on a Delta II rocket.
The spacecraft entered the atmosphere on July 4th, 1997, where a
heat ... |
2.724555 | 5.839628 | 39 | - Join the NMRA - Renew Membership - About the NMRA Introduction
To Model Railroading Welcome to the NMRA's "Introduction To
Model Railroading" web pages. These web pages have been put
together by the NMRA. to introduce people to model railroading.
Our goal is to help those who are interested in building a model
railro... |
9.603539 | 4.021914 | 46 | DefinitionBy Mayo Clinic staff Bone cancer is an uncommon cancer
that begins in a bone. Bone cancer can begin in any bone in the
body, but it most commonly affects the long bones that make up
the arms and legs. Several types of bone cancer exist. Some
types of bone cancer occur primarily in children, while others
affec... |
2.968441 | -0.55123 | 63 | How to use this Surface Water Record display: If red areas are
showing, these are lands inundated by current or recent flooding
(dates shown in the symbology key below). Light blue areas are
water imaged by MODIS on a date chosen to represent average
conditions. Darker blue or green-blue areas are lands inundated
by pr... |
2.116018 | 3.199312 | 165 | Student's Page - Middle School This valuable resource provides
answers for students on education, careers, and more. This
program is designed for high schools, community colleges and the
general public. It features more than 1,100 pages of interactive
programs and learning tools to help you understand and learn
about t... |
5.743332 | 3.400766 | -1 | This article was originally distributed via PRWeb. PRWeb,
WorldNow and this Site make no warranties or representations in
connection therewith. The Czech company Contipro developed a
laboratory device for producing nanofibers that promises to
revolutionize research into the use of nanomaterials. (PRWEB)
January 16, 201... |
-2.386495 | 2.291946 | 4 | The aim of this project is to create an archive of documents of
socio-historical relevance to historians, anthropologists,
sociologists and linguists. Most of the documents identified for
digitisation are destined to disappear in the near future given
both the very humid climate of southern India and neglected
conditio... |
3.755285 | -1.798321 | 47 | Rome, Italy - 11/23/2009 - The Pew Environment Group today
welcomed an announcement by the United Nation’s Food and
Agriculture Organization that the new treaty to address illegal
fishing is open for signature and called on governments to
ratify and implement this treaty. Officially known as the
Agreement of Port State... |
-0.615422 | 4.065729 | -1 | The St. Christopher Woodcut, 1423 The Library has fifteen block-
books and a number of block-prints, including the St Christopher
Woodcut, the only surviving example of the first piece of
European printing bearing a date, 1423 (see illustration,
right). Of the collection of incunables, 3,000 come from the
Spencer Colle... |
4.099234 | -0.220267 | 179 | EPA Recognizes Shrewsbury Municipal Water Co. for Protecting
Drinking Water The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
presented a source water protection award to the Shrewsbury
Municipal Water Co. in York County, Pa., for taking special
initiatives to protect drinking water sources for local
residents. "Protecting the ... |
-0.144568 | 6.620584 | 24 | Go up 12 semi-tones from frequency f on a guitar, and the
frequency interval difference in terms of f is f = 2f - f. What
is the formula for the intermediate 11 non-trivial intervals? So
for k=2, that's two semi-tones. If I start at frequency f on
guitar, and go up two frets, what is the frequency interval
length? With... |
3.799765 | 8.419899 | -1 | Many Windows administrators are familiar with the ipconfig
command line utility, which is used to get information about
network interface configuration and make changes to it. Linux
systems have a similar utility, ifconfig, which is a common part
of the day-to-day tool belt of most Linux sysadmins. There are
some disti... |
4.343199 | 1.340923 | -1 | A 'Bio' Ride In the Sky Finding Fuel Solutions For 30,000 Feet
You're flying comfortably at 30,000 feet, but you may not have
noticed a significant problem with your airplane. Your plane is
safe and comfortable, and no oxygen masks have deployed. Your
seat is in its upright position, you can turn on your electrical
dev... |
8.361712 | 2.608649 | -1 | Maintaining a good breastmilk supply Download printable version
(Adobe® .pdf, 81Kb) here Breast feeding is a learnt skill. Some
find it so easy, but for many mums, there can be many tears shed
with episodes of frustration and despair. When first beginning
to breast feed, or when a baby changes its feeding pattern, mums... |
5.719835 | 4.89665 | -1 | Last fall semester I once again taught my general introductory
course: The History of Madness and Psychiatry in the Western
World. The course covers a vast swath of time, beginning with
ancient Palestine and Greece and ending with debate over the
famous case of Osheroff v. Chestnut Lodge. As I sat reading
responses to ... |
-2.205072 | 4.294824 | 37 | The Sword Of The New Covenant by Pastor Mark Downey The
invention of the sword goes back to the early Egyptians around
the time of the Bronze Age, which was about a thousand years
after Adam. I believe metallurgy was a gift from God to the
White race. Two identification marks (and there are over 100) of
Israel would be... |
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