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It is inconceivable the British Parliament would pass such unjust laws and greatly tax their own people! First, Parliament restricts the colonists ability to trade with any countries other than Britain; this makes taxing us more profitable. Then in 1733, they heavily taxed sugar, only to help support the French West In... | <urn:uuid:0d807bee-850d-4ba4-b9f6-c2f1edc25887> | {
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Health Information for Specific Groups
- Although anyone exposed to radiation may experience health effects, a developing fetus is the most vulnerable to the effects of radiation exposure.
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The Mobility Scooter
It's hard to imagine a world without the electric mobility scooter, but this revolutionary device was only invented around 1968. The electric mobility scooter was created by a man named Allen Thieme who evidently decided to create a powered mobility device to help one of his family members who suff... | <urn:uuid:cc5d4e62-e431-4b72-9a9f-6983b4529f7c> | {
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Ernie Easter from the New Sweden School presented his integrated unit on the American Civil War at the MAMLE Annual Conference at Point Lookout. Here’s the description of his presentation from the Conference program:
The Civil War, an integrative unit, is taught through History, English Language Arts, Music, and Art. M... | <urn:uuid:a0f7bc26-4d14-41aa-8bc8-82f98c752a46> | {
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Once again, computers are something I use every single day, but have not the slightest clue about how they operate. I think it’s so cool that some people are able to build their own computers. Most of the people that I know that build their own computers use them for gaming. Building your own PC allows for complete cus... | <urn:uuid:c75bc986-9b82-4691-b7b2-107a46523a72> | {
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By Kevin Anyonge
Childhood can be defined as the state of being a child in simple English, but according to UNICEF Childhood is the time for children to be in school and at play, to grow strong and confident with the love and encouragement of their family and an extended community of caring adults. It is a precious tim... | <urn:uuid:08ca15f5-a9d1-459a-a846-9f0389d02e0a> | {
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|Description:||This scanning electron microscopic (SEM) image depicts numbers of Ebola virions.|
Ebola is a severe, often-fatal disease in humans and nonhuman primates (monkeys, gorillas, and chimpanzees) that has appeared sporadically since its initial recognition in 1976. The disease is caused by infection with Ebola... | <urn:uuid:4fd9d5bb-d735-421e-8987-267d064a6dc2> | {
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Researchers in London have identified a mechanism through which vitamin D can significantly reduce the symptoms of asthma and suggest it may offer a new way to treat the debilitating condition, which in the UK alone affects around 5.4 million people and costs the NHS around £1 billion a year.
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Rejendra K. Pachauri, Chairman of the IPCC, in a 2012 photo. CREDIT: flickr/ UN ISDR Delegates from more than 100 governments and many of the world’s top climate scientists are meeting in Copenhagen this week to finalize a report that will be used as a foundation for important upcoming climate summits. The leaked Unite... | <urn:uuid:a88b4534-5a32-44a4-85d6-6cd53510cc35> | {
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Did you ever wonder what happens to your money when you deposit them to a bank account? All banks hold such deposits in various assets, such as gold, stocks, obligations, deposits in other banks, loans, bonds, and many others. Due to the financial cri... | <urn:uuid:84edf841-7943-484e-983b-c4b979c66bf6> | {
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The president appoints governors to administer each of Ecuador’s provinces. Provinces are divided into cantones (cantons); these in turn are divided into parroquias (parishes). Ecuador’s government has become increasingly decentralized. The mayors (rulers of cantons), elected by local vote, are particularly important f... | <urn:uuid:482705ba-1d54-465a-a308-575a923c6b0f> | {
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Rocio Daga Portillo
Professor of Islamology at Munich University
icon-calendar 28 mars 2017
It is striking to note that in the Qurʾān and the oldest texts the term Sunna is used more often than the term Šarīʿa in order to mean the law. The word Sunna used to refer to the oral law transmitted by the tradition and the fo... | <urn:uuid:ecc30c9a-16d5-4007-b3bf-14855e304399> | {
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By definition, in order to get a diagnosis of Specific Learning Disability (SLD), a child needs to demonstrate a discrepancy (or gap) between his average-to-above-average qualities and areas that are disproportionately worse. All people with Learning Disabilities have strengths, particularly relative to their weaknesse... | <urn:uuid:427608e6-61b5-44f4-a444-7c68ad37ec6c> | {
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Interrupt Request (IRQ)
Definition - What does Interrupt Request (IRQ) mean?
An interrupt request (IRQ) is an asynchronous signal sent from a device to a processor indicating that in order to process a request, attention is required. A hardware IRQ is induced by a hardware peripheral or device request, whereas a softwa... | <urn:uuid:7c5f298a-87c2-4cb4-80e6-9172032482f9> | {
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If there's a mathematical idea that applies itself to almost everything in everyday life but is almost unknown outside the scientific world, the Fourier transform has to be the most unsung contender. It pops up wherever scientists need to study complex things that fluctuate in the real world – sound, heat, light, stock... | <urn:uuid:70144b89-fb2d-48a7-9a8e-fbf8a9bc31eb> | {
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BERLIN — Is our intelligence determined by our genes? That’s the question driving genetic and psychological research ever since these scientific disciplines were born. But to this day, the question has yet to be answered. Our cognitive skills are determined by our genes, yes, but they are also influenced by the environ... | <urn:uuid:7fef6921-dd0d-4957-9e30-d93fa884bb58> | {
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Alexander Gates, a geology professor at Rutgers-Newark, is co-author of ”The Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes,” which will be published by Facts on File in July. He has been leading a four-year effort to remap an area known as the Sloatsburg Quadrangle, a 5-by-7-mile tract near Mahwah that crosses into New Yor... | <urn:uuid:46769229-b271-4021-8cab-78654426b9b8> | {
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I found this art and book combination over at Teach Kids Art. “The Dot” book is short and sweet and has a wonderful art message. The simple lesson of just painting lots of dots on a posterboard was good for kinders just learning how to follow directions.
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Right inside the cover is where I put the sound boxes. I slide them into a sheet protector so students can write on them with a dry erase marker. As students progress to higher levels, they will have experiences with 3-4 phoneme words. For Levels A & B students will simply work with 2 phoneme words.
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Most people remember their student years – sleepless nights, piles of notes, the bunch of tasks and presentations. Most students get the most relevant skills at university – ability to be persistent, knowledge how to do simple things like presentations and just work hard to achieve success. Making presentations, in fac... | <urn:uuid:4f48850f-76e1-4224-8ad9-16d01b7b34ee> | {
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At first glance Kyrgyzstan and Ghana appear to have very little in common except for the fact that they are both geographically rather small countries with large lakes. A second glance will show that overall that most people living in both Kyrgyzstan and Ghana are quite poor in comparison to most countries in the world... | <urn:uuid:fa76fc94-bc7e-46ef-b419-1d0909139232> | {
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The mid 1860s saw several powers intervening in the chaos that was Mexico, France, Spain, the United States and Britain, but perhaps one of the most unlikely was Austria-Hungary. The simple reason was that the French candidate for the throne was an Austrian duke, Maximillian, brother of the Emperor. To back him up 6,40... | <urn:uuid:11ce4506-4df2-4aa6-965c-c7cd449170e8> | {
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It's also big. Its basically a smaller version of Uranus and Neptune -- a small ice giant with an envelope of hydrogen and helium. It's been calculated to be equal to 3.7 Earth radii. The Earth's radius, the distance from the core to the surface, is a little under 4000 miles. That means Planet 9 is almost 30,000 miles ... | <urn:uuid:12bbfc9b-97e6-4398-9e13-18ecacbbe320> | {
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It had powered rear wheels for highway use, and all four wheels could be retracted when the vehicle was in flight.
Wing design was unique. Each of the wings extended from a wing-root structure at the rear of the fuselage where a vertical stabilizer and rudder were mounted on each side.
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By the Tene, which rises in 13° W.
Its name is said to be derived from Saxon tene, a beacon or fire (probably from the number of watch-fires existing on this easily ravaged coast), and numerous remains of Saxon occupation have been found, as at Osengal near Ramsgate.
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|3 credits. While there are many different approaches to understanding and managing complex environmental problems, most involve several major steps: (1) describing/understanding the nature of the problem and its causes; (2) using technical, policy, social, and other management tools/processes to help address it; while... | <urn:uuid:9042ec2a-c670-478d-8a30-08a32751688e> | {
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So, we have to feed an extra 2.5 billion people by 2050. For those of us interested in the future of biodiversity on this planet, this poses an uncomfortable challenge. It is also the topic of a recent paper in Science by Ben Phalan and colleagues at Cambridge University.
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By Melissa Breyer
A new study says that since 1984, heightened temperatures and aridity have caused fires to spread across twice as much area as they would have other... | <urn:uuid:7ee5c338-a349-4718-9a14-e7672d890850> | {
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I can hear but I can't understand
Have you had this experience or has a loved one or a friend mentioned that they can hear but not understand what others are saying to them? Most often, hearing loss affects the high frequency sounds a person hears. As a result, patients can have difficulty clearly understanding what ot... | <urn:uuid:952a723c-de3c-4644-b5e9-f81a5c7ed7c9> | {
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Horses' sensitive hearing makes them more reactive to loud sounds - like fireworks
Kathy Lundberg | Contributor
The Fourth of July is a time to celebrate our great nation. For many people, this means attending a community fireworks display, or shooting a few off at home.
Hopefully, any fireworks are set off at a safe d... | <urn:uuid:7bbf919e-6138-47ad-8751-e6d996c782e5> | {
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Almond trees (Prunus dulcis, Prunus amygdalus) are deciduous trees that grow to about 6 metres in height. They produce an edible seed, the almond. They are a reasonably cold hardy tree and as such, can be grown in many parts of the world.
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If you belong in that category of people who believe that skipping breakfast may eliminate some calories, then you should think twice before doing so.
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Homeopathy is an alternative branch of medicine that was invented at the end of the 18th century by Samuel Hahnemann, a man who believed that the dilution of a substance increases its potency. Since 1988, homeopathic medicine has not been regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, allowing it to develop in interest... | <urn:uuid:fe245548-7d72-4500-aa6e-c7f4841b1497> | {
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About the speaker:
Garfield Gini-Newman is a senior national consultant with the Vancouver-based Critical Thinking Consortium and a professor with the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. He has worked with thousands of teachers across Can... | <urn:uuid:749f38c0-ed81-4de2-8dcd-4a31d1b7cb82> | {
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Bulbs are reproduced for a number of reasons. Professional gardening companies create more bulbs for commercial sale to home gardeners and professional landscapers. Private gardeners propagate bulbs to increase their stock cheaply, and flower enthusiasts multiply rare specimens for their own collections or to trade wit... | <urn:uuid:8a016f0e-2156-4d67-84e6-ad579bc45fe9> | {
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Agaves are succulent plants native to the United States and South America. They bloom only once before they die, and this can take as long as 50 years, although most types bloom within 10 years. Yellow, gold or red flowers appear on tall flower spikes beneath large rosettes of thick, fleshy leaves. Popular for planting... | <urn:uuid:6e0be694-2665-4d81-96f3-ea4615ec1907> | {
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Rhythm is one of the three building blocks of music theory. Without it, timing wouldn’t exist- much like the basic tablature system lacks timing and rhythm. For music theorists who take the time to learn the three building blocks of music theory- rhythm, harmony, and melody; the payout will be enormous in the long run.... | <urn:uuid:8317baae-7e8a-4421-84c0-eae7a23338f1> | {
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During Prohibition in the United States, which took effect 93 years ago this week, many doctors boosted their practices by doling out medicinal alcohol prescriptions. Some went so far as to challenge the legality of dosage limits imposed by federal and state authorities. But were all physicians who criticized these res... | <urn:uuid:74b35b69-667b-4cce-9c5c-3cedb31dbc78> | {
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Great Personalities » Susan Brownell Anthony
Susan B. Anthony, Women's Rights Activist
Women have always been considered inferior to men because a male-dominated society is the harsh reality of our world. However, this notion has changed and women are emerging from these conventional ideas and helping in shaping the pr... | <urn:uuid:c4cbda75-b8cd-4d02-bfa5-2785daa54b61> | {
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Genetically modified organisms, GMOs, are designed to combine favorable genetic traits not usually found together in nature into a single, superior organism. GMO corn of various types has been bioengineered to include genes borrowed from other plants in order to produce better quality corn, resist pests and parasites, ... | <urn:uuid:fa991947-d000-4a79-b12c-5f9d623e9944> | {
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I am always writing about how important getting out in nature is if you want your kids to enjoy math (see this post and this post, for example), so today I am writing about some great outdoor math activities for kids! These are all simple and fun ideas – no special tools or advance planning is needed! These are specifi... | <urn:uuid:60d0ae99-7038-4e78-86fa-298673a932fe> | {
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Examples of Invented Forms – Easy to Replicate!
BONUS MATERIAL FROM TOWARD THE HANGING TREE: A CONVERSATION WITH GINNY CONNORS
In Toward the Hanging Tree, Mercy’s poems contain questions directed at her by some of the other girls or young women, and Mercy’s responses to these questions. Call and response? That’s one wa... | <urn:uuid:0acfa43d-6a06-4fe3-9795-b0e523ab0c59> | {
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Admiral Chester Nimitz, the commander of the Pacific Fleet during World War II, became a national hero during the pivotal battle for control of Midway 75 years ago this week, nowhere more than in the Bay Area, where he was a presence before and after the war.
The small but strategic Midway atoll was the target of Japan... | <urn:uuid:7acb60e5-f412-47b6-9d61-80b7a5288893> | {
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The latest news from academia, regulators
research labs and other things of interest
Posted: Jun 30, 2017
Miniature technology, big hope for disease detection
(Nanowerk News) The field of medicine is always on the lookout for better disease diagnostic tools—simpler, faster, and cheaper technologies to enhance patient t... | <urn:uuid:36f2f437-8f4e-4554-918c-dccbed871a83> | {
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From Pliny to the Egyptians, historical mentions of treating color gemstones to improve their color is prevalent throughout history. As technology advanced, more precise techniques in treatments became available.
An example of a stone benefiting from advancements in treatments is the sapphire. While the sapphire is mor... | <urn:uuid:cf91bfc0-1e7d-4796-be36-696db3daed3d> | {
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These slides were used in a projection version of the Phenakistoscope, patented by Thomas Ros in 1869 and 1871. The Phenakistoscope was a simple animation device consisting of a flat disc painted black on one side, with slots cut into the outer edge. On the unpainted side between the slots a series of sketches were dra... | <urn:uuid:fc6edcea-fb5f-4574-80be-c410eb4cc3ae> | {
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Accurate Breast Cancer Prognosis
Once a woman (and sometimes men) receives a diagnosis of breast cancer, often the first question is “How bad is it?” People want to know their chances of survival and how long they can expect to live. With the commonness of this type of cancer everyone knows a survivor and sadly many pe... | <urn:uuid:425347c0-f979-496d-af50-1cdb235d76d5> | {
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Graphics processing unit (GPU) also known as visual processing unit is a computer chip that performs mathematical calculations rapidly, for the purpose of rendering images. The term GPU was coined by Nvidia Corporation in 1999, which was later also named ‘visual processing unit’ by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. in 2002. ... | <urn:uuid:5267fa39-7d77-4435-a4e1-c8339b900e7a> | {
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Our milk is never homogenized and pasteurized at low temperature. Low temperature pasteurization is the process of heating the milk up to the minimum 145 degree temperature required by law. The milk is held at that temperature for 30 minutes.
Low temperature pasteurization is healthier because of the bacteria. You see ... | <urn:uuid:dfa43cf4-ac96-42a8-add6-cd74d6c43202> | {
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Neurological problems are those that affect the normal workings of the nervous system, including the brain and spinal cord. Neurological disorders or injury to the brain or spinal cord may cause a person to lose certain ‘normal’ movements, sensations and physical functions which may affect their everyday tasks, social ... | <urn:uuid:c5823c58-e882-461c-b708-4000f810c9f1> | {
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March 05: The Setting of the Massacre
2016/03/05 § Leave a comment
On this day in 1770, a regiment of British soldiers unloaded their muskets into a crowd on King Street and killed five men.
Known in the US as the Boston Massacre, the event was politely termed “The Incident on King Street” by the British (who also euph... | <urn:uuid:1428a364-0060-4084-a6e2-c79a37437016> | {
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There are a lot of ways to tell stories. These days, a lot of them seem to use speech bubbles. Photo memes are everywhere, from the ever-present talking cats to political commentary. Graphic novels use comic book formats to tell increasingly sophisticated tales. So it occurred to me that adding speech bubbles to photos... | <urn:uuid:109d0f4d-300c-49cf-8973-c3f813d3126a> | {
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One of the mysteries of the English language finally explained.
A keyboard instrument similar to a harmonium, in which air is drawn upwards past metal reeds.
- ‘So, as I get on in years and maybe have to downgrade the size of my house, I will be donating my reed organs and player pianos to some museum that would like t... | <urn:uuid:4f2f767c-ac15-4436-bbb1-2221bbf2587e> | {
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The fear is sneakier. We think we understand hyphens, unlike semicolons, but do we overuse them, do we underuse them; are copyeditors laughing in their sleeves about our hyphen use?
Here’s a professional copyeditor secret: while there is a right and wrong when using semicolons, the use of hyphens are much grayer. Be gu... | <urn:uuid:1ad4c3d9-1938-4769-a568-fffd1d1ac6d7> | {
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I’ll keep rolling along/ Deep in my heart there’s a song/ Here on the range I belong/ Drifting along with the tumbling tumbleweeds
- Bob Nolan “Tumbling Tumbleweeds” (1935)
When this song was sung by the Sons of the Pioneers (featuring Roy Rogers) in the middle of the Depression, the plant to which the name usually ref... | <urn:uuid:72cbf393-721a-4dec-aab6-81e1162f0213> | {
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A specific type of T-cell, called gamma delta T-cells, works to prevent other tumor-fighting T-cells from entering the tumors of pancreatic cancer patients, turning a primary immune system defense mechanism “completely useless in pancreatic cancer,” researchers said.
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An asteroid strike on Earth is very likely, say experts.
An asteroid strike on Earth is just a matter of time, a leading astrophysicist from Queen’s University Belfast has warned, reports said on Tuesday. It is more a case of when an asteroid collision will happen, rather than if it will happen, said Professor Alan Fit... | <urn:uuid:6697754f-08fe-4e98-a9a2-dfa353673c7c> | {
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Tell a student they can’t go there and they will. Prepare them for when they get there.
In Losh and Jenkin’s article, Can Public Education Coexist with Participatory Culture they express obligations of institutions to promote responsible citizenship, respect for others, and a willingness to sometimes sacrifice immediat... | <urn:uuid:8aa32771-e4a8-448b-94d3-00a79ad6a827> | {
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The Mathematics Common Core Standards outline certain mathematical practices that students should develop in class. The first practice is “Make sense of problems and persevere in solving them”; this means that students need to be able to make sense of the information in a problem through different approaches, select a ... | <urn:uuid:2ad42311-e765-4cfc-82ca-291c7166d3a7> | {
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this is a continuation of a discussion started in Illustrator Paths : I, which covered two important facts about drawing vectors. this post will touch on how to anticipate the shape of a curve and drawing economically.
when drawing with the pen tool it can be handy to use a driving analogy — the direction you pull the ... | <urn:uuid:e71a9a8d-9a63-4836-bf88-4c5c50dc0425> | {
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Researchers and scientists have long been stumped by the complexity of one of the most complicated structures in the universe, the human brain, and how it contributes to prevalent diseases such as Alzheimer's and schizophrenia. Now, with the first ever lab-grown human brain, scientists may have found just what they nee... | <urn:uuid:e432cfe9-1425-481b-80c1-9f811db72e08> | {
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How much faith do we place in the laws of logic when parsing through our perceptions of the world? One of the foundational laws of logic is “The Law of Identity.” This states, quite simply, that A = A. In other words, a thing is what it is. But is it?
Is the box on the left the same as the box on the right? In a sense,... | <urn:uuid:c845d4cd-2347-4e8b-beba-a50bb3b036f2> | {
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- Trichome Color - Before Flushing.
Knowing exactly when to start chopping down the plant is also an important skill set to possess. A precision harvest is essential for effective cultivation. Growers must not only be cautious not to chop the plant down that are not yet at the peak of their growth, but also, they must ... | <urn:uuid:2a1e6d00-267b-46ba-a3da-8df15ad565f9> | {
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What Do Sunscreen and Toothpaste have in Common?
If you said, “They're both sold in tubes,” you would be right. However, sunscreen and toothpaste share a far more important trait: they both highlight the healthy benefits of preventive care.
Preventive care seeks to protect against threats to your health by taking preca... | <urn:uuid:0c99244d-856c-469a-8689-23e5522b58e1> | {
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The notion of nanotechnology escaping into the environment is not only a staple of science fiction, but also a concern raised by the general public. However, reality is far less terrifying than that portrayed in film and literature, as rather than nano-robots wreaking havoc the worst we currently have to contend with a... | <urn:uuid:16c93f0b-bd49-4180-9067-ac5b3a0203d2> | {
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The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) was established by the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968. The purpose of this Act was to enable flood coverage to be made available on a nationwide basis through the joint effort of the federal government and the private insurance industry.
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Although it is difficult to attribute any form of cancer to a single cause, exposure to ultraviolet radiation from the sun is a specific risk factor for skin cancer on the nose, states the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The nose is highly susceptible to damaging effects of the sun's rays because it protrud... | <urn:uuid:d4594ab2-a959-4443-be0a-1f8a84e0dfe5> | {
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Hard water is treated by a process called softening, in which certain metal ions that are dissolved in the water are reduced, most frequently in home applications by the use of membranes in a process called reverse osmosis or ion exchange. Towns and cities may also soften water for their customers by a process called l... | <urn:uuid:c1462db0-d813-4fcc-900f-0ec7a398e848> | {
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The Eucharist, or Holy Communion, is important to all Christians as a representative of the body and blood of the Savior, Jesus Christ. The message and importance of the Eucharist varies between different Christian groups. Differences in doctrine, with concern to the importance of the Eucharist, are debated.Continue Re... | <urn:uuid:6794296b-1f6d-4ca7-8eea-6213a7346f58> | {
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American culture is often described by experts as a kind of "melting pot," bringing together diverse ethnic and cultural groups. According to anthropologist Cristina De Rossi, many cultures within the United States, such as Hispanic Catholic groups, retain their own unique heritage while at the same time participating ... | <urn:uuid:838f3373-8eef-4296-b23f-64e8472d8d90> | {
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"Don't Be Negative" is a 4 minute, karaoke style video, that students can sing along with.
I wrote it as an introduction to the concept of integers. I use it with my 6th graders as a "springboard" to a discussion about integers and their applications. The song uses elevation to show negative and positive integers. It a... | <urn:uuid:fa921d2a-ed38-4900-bf6b-1d8175d6f15b> | {
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Australia teems with a lot of native animals. In fact, it is to see these unique animals that many people visit this country. Some of the most popular animals unique to Australia are platypus, dingo, humpback whales and emu.
Although not native to the continent, dingoes are Australia’s wild dogs. They are medium in siz... | <urn:uuid:1067c4a1-3f56-4f94-b81a-a8533662bb92> | {
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Any birder, and perhaps some non-birders, should be able to recognize this bird as a Canada Goose. See... you can identify birds in flight!
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The beginning of the new year brought massive amounts of precipitation to the northern half of the Golden State. So much rain, in fact, that some rivers have flooded over their banks, damaging property and endangering lives. And today, the U.S. Drought Monitor estimates that only about 60% of the state remains in droug... | <urn:uuid:9cf73ff5-bdf9-415d-b4de-51bacdd21cb0> | {
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Recent research released by a team of Cambridge University scientists reveals that persistent vegetative state patients showed signs of conscious awareness in their brain wave activity. Patients who are in persistent vegetative states usually become so as a result of traumatic brain injury and appear unresponsive and u... | <urn:uuid:879457d3-ea40-4a59-9750-8f4c2218db9c> | {
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From the founding of the Virginia Colony in 1607 until the American Revolution 170 years later, there was only one officially recognized religion in the colony. The Anglican Church was the established church. The Colonial Government built the churches, paid the clergy and taxed the citizens accordingly. All other relig... | <urn:uuid:84aeb008-a7ef-4ac4-824d-4782099124bd> | {
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Tales to Astonish #13, 1960. © Marvel Comics
A new study of plant physiology reveals how flowering plants, including crops, were able to dominate land by evolving more efficient hydraulics, or 'leaf plumbing', to increase rates of photosynthesis.The reason for the success of this evolutionary step is that under relativ... | <urn:uuid:37b02982-b919-498f-90c9-6d3189d8792a> | {
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Several weeks (months!) ago I wrote a post titled 'THAT explains a lot!'. In the post I described several common characteristics of gifted learners and some of the possible positive and negative behaviors/attitudes we associate with those characteristics; today, I'll address how we, as parents and teachers, can go abou... | <urn:uuid:724b5803-2fce-4c65-befe-d9dc702ba42f> | {
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The “Science Lab” Elementary School Project at Peck Slip questions the concept of the school as an institution for discipline and punishment where students are divided according to age and measured from the established benchmarks etc. As described by Foucault in his book “Discipline & Punish: The Birth of the Prison” t... | <urn:uuid:d4691739-ad3f-4332-9871-5e6d43f80ba6> | {
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Students five years old by September 1st may enter Kindergarten. Guided by two teachers, our curriculum focuses on individual development. Stories, poetry, songs, and class discussions are part of a Language Arts Curriculum that includes the introduction to Writing Centers, Letter Books, Dictation, and Journal Writing.... | <urn:uuid:b904e153-3533-498e-aebb-738b43fc9f08> | {
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Many risk factors contribute to the development of cardiovascular disease. Some people are born with conditions that predispose them to heart disease and stroke, however that is not the norm. Most persons develop cardiovascular disease due to poor lifestyle and dietary choices — choices that we control.
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In a really astounding discovery, it was confirmed that a 2001 birth by a female Hammerhead shark was achieved in the complete absence of males, in a process called parthenogenesis. While at first it was believed that the female shark mated before being captured, and stored the sperm for three years (ew), testing on th... | <urn:uuid:9cc045df-75ef-417a-a5d8-b3b0af2ff02e> | {
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Scientists working in Saudi Arabia have formally identified the first dinosaur fossils ever to have come from the nation.
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What does this mean?
The Senate (the Red Chamber), is the upper house in Canada's bicameral parliamentary democracy. The original Senate, created in 1867, had 72 seats, but more seats were added as the country grew. The Constitution now directs that the Senate have 105 appointed members.
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Frida Kahlo - The Two Fridas (1939)
This painting was completed shortly after her divorce with Diego Rivera. This portrait shows Frida's two different personalities. One is the traditional Frida in Tehuana costume, with a broken heart, sitting next to an independent, modern dressed Frida. In Frida's diary, she wrote ab... | <urn:uuid:825e920c-5e55-4834-8492-7124b71f897b> | {
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In space, health issues and even accidents that would be minor on Earth can become medical emergencies — that's one reason there's an escape capsule built into the International Space Station.
Surgery in space is basically impossible. But the designers of a nimble little robot are trying to change that.
Researchers at ... | <urn:uuid:2c3fb185-c561-4b6a-bd57-d52d3c0649e8> | {
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An indigenously developed S-band doppler weather radar (DWR) of India Meteorological Department (IMD) was commissioned at Palluruthy in West Kochi, Kerala.
It has been manufactured by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) based on the indigenous technology provided by ISRO.
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(CNN) -- The mayors of New York and Atlanta, Georgia, suffered stinging criticism for their handling of recent winter storms, but in the near future, technology could clear city streets of ice and snow -- by simply melting it away.
America's harsh winters cost the nation's economy billions of dollars each year in snow ... | <urn:uuid:3a20444b-e345-451e-8933-c8ed95c3f0f3> | {
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- Scientist Raphael Mechoulam has made studying marijuana his life's work
- There are more than 480 natural components in the cannabis plant
- "The entourage effect" means those components may work best together
In the early 1960s, a young postdoctoral student stumbled onto something that puzzled him.
After reading the... | <urn:uuid:d51ede55-1193-478b-b21c-a4a453415435> | {
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February smashed the previous record for the warmest February
and even became the warmest month ever compared to average, according to NOAA, which released the data Thursday.
February temperatures over land and ocean averaged a scorching 2.18 F/1.21 C above the 20th century average. With records going back to 1880, tha... | <urn:uuid:3a9cc0fa-0d1e-4385-9bb7-b9f7bcee3bc1> | {
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How can I help my colicky infant?
The word colic comes from a Greek word meaning “suffering in the colon”. It is generally thought that colic stems from the immaturity of the baby’s digestive tract. Now that he or she is on the outside of the womb, their digestive tract is learning to deal with food for the first time.... | <urn:uuid:14050637-7282-4487-815a-adf833946df4> | {
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It might be a good idea to avoid pointed objects while learning how to draw a porcupine using this tutorial! Seriously, this illustration is so easy to draw that even beginners can achieve this character in just a few minutes. I'll show you how to transform a few basic lines into a marvelous cartoon character.
Below is... | <urn:uuid:cd663479-fb96-4842-88e0-566cc93bc06f> | {
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Finding Ways to Detect and Treat Alzheimer's Disease
Canadian Researchers Are Unraveling the Mysteries of the Amyloid Beta Peptides, Implicated in Alzheimer's Disease, which they Describe at Biophysical Society Meeting
Article ID: 613495
Released: 7-Feb-2014 9:05 AM EST
Source Newsroom: Biophysical Society
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