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A study unraveling the genetics of Colorado's state fish, the greenback cutthroat trout, has found that pure greenbacks exist only on a 4-mile stretch of a creek southwest of Colorado Springs.
This overhaul of what is defined as a greenback cutthroat may come as a blow to anglers who fished such high-country sweet spot... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
RIT Professor Appointed to Landsat Science Team
John Schott will develop tools for monitoring fresh and coastal water
Nov. 15, 2012
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Rochester Institute of Technology scientist John Schott has been named to the Landsat Science Team by the U.S... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
One of the largest restoration projects in the history of the United States is underway at Olympic National Park World Heritage site in Washington. Begun in September 2010, the removal of the Elwha and Glines Canyon dams on the Elwha River will result in salmon populations swelling from 3,000 to more than 300,000 as al... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Information security is the intentional process of protecting stored information from unauthorized viewing or use. Proper information security procedures protect the following properties of information stores or sources:
- Availability: authorized users are able to access the information when they need it.
- Confidenti... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
BOOK I: INTRODUCTION
View of the Aztec Civilization
ANCIENT MEXICO- ITS CLIMATE AND ITS PRODUCTS- ITS PRIMITIVE RACES- AZTEC EMPIRE
THE country of the ancient Mexicans, or Aztecs as they were called, formed but a very small part of the extensive territories comprehended in the modern republic of Mexico. Its boundaries ... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
The Tachi Yokut Indians have inhabited the San Joaquin valley for centuries.
Our forefathers made their living peacefully through farming, hunting, fishing, and gathering grains, nuts and fruits. Our lands consisted of fertile valleys, marshlands and rolling foothills. With the arrival of the American settlers, we grad... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Draw a closed loop through the diagram by connecting some of the dots horizontally or vertically. The loop is not allowed to touch or cross itself. The digits give the number of loop segments directly above, under, or next to the digit. Some puzzles contain wolves and sheep. In these puzzles all sheep are supposed to b... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Diet of gossip magazines linked to teenage eating disorders
20 February 2012
By Carolyn Allen
Teenagers who read gossip magazines are more likely to engage in unhealthy eating behaviours such as binge eating, skipping meals or making themselves sick after meals, according to an ESRC-funded study.
These unhealthy eating... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Belief in ‘Balance of Nature’ Hard to Shake
Take that, hakuna matata. The Disney-fied notion that, left to its own devices, nature will always revert to an idyllic equilibrium is a dangerous fallacy, say two researchers. The cultural bias colors discussions on climate change.
It is a belief system that has burrowed dee... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Major depression and other mood disorders account for a substantial proportion of medical disabilities in the United States. They can also worsen the outcome of other medical disorders, including diabetes, heart disease and cancer.
This has led Washington University physicians to practice and develop new and more effec... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Sunnah, from Shi'i and Sunni Viewpoints
Ayatullah Ali Mishkini
The original article in Persian appeared under the title "Sunnat dar nigah-e Ahl-e Tashayyu` wa Tasannun" in the quarterly journal `Ulum-a Hadith (year 1, no. 1, Fall 1375 H. Sh./1996, pp. 9-16) published by the Institute of Hadith Sciences (Danishkadeh 'Ul... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
This article was originally published in the September/October 1996 issue of Home Energy Magazine. Some formatting inconsistencies may be evident in older archive content.
| Back to Contents Page | Home Energy Index | About Home Energy |
Home Energy Magazine Online September/October 1996
Putting Pressure on Building Co... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Jesuits & Higher Education
jesuit community at boston college
Jesuits and Jesuit Education: A Primer
From "Jesuits at Boston College: Six Propositions for a Conversation" (1994)
Ignatius Loyola and his nine companions had no intention of establishing colleges and universities when they founded the Society of Jesus in 1... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
History in a Pecan
Shell As a boomtown,
Oklahoma was among the biggest. As a boomtown, Tulsa, Texas was a dud. Although
there was a sizeable discovery of oil in the region in1926, only a few buildings
were built here and absolutely no infrastructure.
A post office opened
in 1927, but closed two years later. The buildin... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Chapter OneThe State
They are more numerous than the entire Hispanic and African-American
populations of the nation combined. They have more energy than a
nuclear power plant and are as confounding as the federal budget. They
have tastes as fluid as the Missouri River and dreams that will redefine
the future. They are ... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
The US company SpaceX’s Dragon cargo vessel was released by the robotic arm of the International Space Station early Thursday at the start of its return to Earth, NASA said.
“Dragon is free from the International Space Station,” a NASA TV spokesman announced at 0949 GMT, as a live video feed showed the white capsule fl... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that 16 areas across the country are not meeting the agency’s national air quality standards for lead. These areas, located in 11 states, were designated as “nonattainment” because their 2007 to 2009 air quality monitoring data showed that they ... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Courage means proceeding in spite of feeling afraid, and having strength of mind and will in the face of danger. The courage of individuals can bring about political change and ensure justice and the happiness of society.
Many famous Americans have praised the value of courage. President Andrew Jackson said, “One man w... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Back in the old days of Python, to call a function with arbitrary arguments, you would use
apply still exists in Python2.7 though not in Python3, and is generally not used anymore. Nowadays,
is preferred. The
multiprocessing.Pool modules tries to provide a similar interface.
Pool.apply is like Python
apply, except that... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Late last week, the long range forecasters at NOAA's Climate Prediction Center released their new 30- and 90-day forecasts for the upcoming summer. And for the Pacific Northwest, it would appear that our sunny and summery mid-May was more of a tease than a sign of things to come -- at least in the short term.
The 30-da... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Pneumonia Vaccine Lowers Chances of Heart Attack
MONDAY Oct. 6, 2008 -- Being vaccinated against pneumonia halves the risk of having a heart attack two years later, a new Canadian study finds.
The study compared 999 people admitted to Canadian hospitals for heart attacks, with 3,996 admitted for other reasons. It found... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Research to be published in the Journal of Applied Physics claims that a new prototype device that forms a miniature wind engine can have a major impact on processor cooling. The prototype has been created at Purdue University in conjunction with Intel and works by creating an ionic wind that aids the dissipation of he... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Stained Glass, Europe, Medieval
by Jamie Humphrey '98 and Linda Phelps 'AC
Glass making originated in the Near East around 2000 BCE in the form of beads, seals and inlays.
The earliest makers pressed glass into molds. Around 1500 BCE, finer vessels were being made in Egypt.
The best glass manufacturers and exporters of... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Fine jaw crusher working principle
Fine jaw crusher eccentric shaft is divided into two parts, the same eccentric shaft, eccentric in the opposite direction, each part of a moving jaw hanging head, motor through the belt-wheel drive the eccentric shaft by the groove, when the eccentric shaft rotates, the movable jaw th... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Understanding the significance of systems for backup data storage is important. Important documentation, information, work, creativity and memories may be lost in a flash. Loosing the information and data stored in a computer can be disturbing whether the disaster comes in the way of crash of hard drive, the loss of a ... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
This is a wide sand and gravel plain north of the glacier Myrdalsjokull. North of it
is the mountainous and colourful rhyolite and high temperature area called Torfajokull.
The plain lies about 600 m above sea level. It is rather flat and barren and during the
melting season, when large parts of it are under water, the... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
The situation is simple to describe: Almost all toxicity testing of pollutants is done on a chemical-by-chemical basis. Almost none of the testing involves multiple pollutants in combination (a chemical cocktail, a suite of pollutants, a toxic mix). Chemicals thrown together have a tendency to interact, producing new c... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Adolescence was a nonexistent stage of development 100 years ago. Compulsory education laws and working restrictions for juveniles put adolescence on the map. Until recently, adolescence was a brief developmental period of life, and was seen as a transitional moratorium that separated childhood from the demands and res... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
It's always heart-warming when science validates the assumptions that underlie our thinking about creative messaging and media.
For years advertising agencies have been advising clients that disruptive or unexpected imagery seen, scanned or read with some frequency builds brand impressions. And that these impressions t... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Also see Neoplasia of the Nervous System.
In dogs, neoplasms commonly affecting the spinal cord include osteosarcoma, fibrosarcoma, meningioma, nerve sheath tumor, and metastatic neoplasia. A tumor resembling nephroblastoma is seen in young dogs (5–36 mo of age), with German Shepherds affected most commonly. This tumor... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
On December 3, 2012, the planets Mercury, Venus, and Saturn will align with the Giza Pyramids in Egypt. This will be the first planetary/pyramid alignment in 2,737 years! Now, the three Giza pyramids are also in perfect alignment with the three stars of Orion’s belt. In 1983, Robert Bauval proposed this Orion correlati... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
How to See Sagittarius: A Versatile Star Pattern
SKY MAP: The stars of Sagittarius as of 10:30 p.m. local time from mid-northern latitudes.
CREDIT: Starry Night Software
On these mid-summer evenings after the sun has set, look low toward the southeast part of the sky for the classical Archer, Sagittarius.
Traditionally... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Ethnomedicine as a focus of ethnobiological courses, resources and instructional modules.
University of Hawai`i at Manoa
Web Link: Medical Ethnobotany (Botany 442)
This course will overview and explore theory of plants used as medicines, cultural perspectives of herbal medicine, the botanical/chemical basis of allopath... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Amelia Earheart disappeared during a trans-pacific flight 75 years ago. Now, investigators think they've found the key clue that will lead them to solve one of America's greatest mysteries.
In a news conference in Washington Tuesday, Ric Gillespie, executive director of The International Group for Historic Aircraft Rec... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Some three or four - maybe more years ago, but this century - there was an article in the RSGB RadCom magazine by a guy who made his own ceramic coil formers. These were fairly big for TX use, but doubtless the principle could be applied to smaller ones.
Bakelite ones were moulded, hopefully without a filler of wood fl... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
THE HOLY SCRIPTURES, Tanakh 1917 edition
ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT (JPS 1917 Edition)
Please sign up for our email newsletter (below) to download your free version of THE HOLY SCRIPTURES. Your FREE eBook will be sent to you via email
In the early nineteenth century, most American Jews couldnt read the Bible becau... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Support for Automated Observations from U.S. Commercial Aircraft
(Adopted by AMS Council on 9 February 2003)
Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 84, 515517
The United States Meteorological Data Collection and Reporting System (MDCRS) has become an extremely useful asynoptic data source allowing for the measurement and dissemination... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Most of American’s relay on caffeine to make it through their days. Many of us, especially women, have switched to diet soda because of the calories in regular. However new studies are showing the health risks for women you drink two or more diet sodas (24 ounces) per day.
What health care experts are saying is that di... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
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Above: Reduced impact logging recognizes that tropical forests are places where people live.
Reduced Impact Forest Harvesting
Reduced-impact logging (RIL) techniques are being designed and implemented around the world in order to improve resource use efficiency and conservation in the management of... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Key Man Typing Game - Follow instruction to play this game.
This typing game is similar to PacMan. Press the letters you can
see to control KeyMan and get him to eat all the "food" in the maze.
When you have eaten all the red food you can eat the red ghosts as
well. But first you have to escape from the red ghosts othe... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
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6 facts about food stamps
Turkey. Mashed Potatoes. Stuffing. Pie.
It's just about all I can think about right now.
Thanksgiving is a special day, but the truth is, I'm extremely lucky. I could stuff my face any day I want. If I'm hungry, I go to the grocery store and buy someth... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Old Earth Ministries Online Dinosaur Curriculum
Free online curriculum for homeschools and private schools
From Old Earth Ministries (We Believe in an Old Earth...and God!)
NOTE: If you found this page through a search engine, please visit the intro page first.
Lesson 31 - Alvarezsauridae
Alvarezsauridae is an enigmati... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
February 18, 2013
Credit: Photo Credit: Crown Copyright
Tony Osborne London
In 2014, the people of Scotland will be asked whether their country should become independent. A “yes” response will have dramatic consequences for the defense of the British Isles.
Since 1707, Scotland has been a part of the United Kingdom and... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Heavy metal contamination of soil
Part of research activities of the Environmental Physics Laboratory focuses on analysis of heavy metal content of soil samples using X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF) spectrometer. The main advantages of this measurement technique are the following: it is non-destructive, requires little sample... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Resources Related to Children and Families
A new study suggests that psychological distress is lower among gay, lesbian and bisexual people who are legally married - compared with gay, lesbian and bisexual people who are not in unions respected by their states.
A media primer on the LGBT issues landscape for the coming... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Acute stress reaction
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|Acute stress reaction|
|Classification and external resources|
Acute stress reaction (also called acute stress... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Car Crash Stats: There were nearly 6,420,000
auto accidents in the United States in 2005. The financial cost of these crashes is more than 230 Billion dollars.
2.9 million people were injured and 42,636 people killed. About 115 people die every day in vehicle
crashes in the United States -- one death every 13 minutes.
... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Anthropologists have not participated extensively in the cognitive science synthesis for a host of reasons, including internal conflicts in the discipline and profound reservations about the ways that cultural differences have been modeled in psychology, neuroscience, and other contributors to cognitive science. This p... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Broadly defined, a pesticide is any agent used to kill or control undesired insects, weeds, rodents, fungi, bacteria, or other organisms. Pesticides are classified according to their function: insecticides control insects; rodenticides control rodents; herbicides control weeds; and fungicides control fungi, mold and mi... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Orla LoPiccolo, Farmingdale State College
With the assistance of a Title III “Students First Grant,” three project-based learning techniques and a field trip were implemented into a section of Materials and Methods of Construction (CON 161) in the fall 2011 semester. In addition to enhancing the teaching of the course ... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
In a paper in Geoscience Canada, Veizer (2005) states that ‘the multitude of empirical observations favours celestial phenomena as the most important driver of terrestrial climate on most time scales‘. This paper was cited by a contributor to a debate on the website openDemocracy . In short, the argument is that the co... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
The pressure is defined as the flow rate of x-momentum in the x-direction plus the flow-rate of the y-momentum in the y-direction plus the flow rate of the z-momentum in the z-direction divided by three. Each component of momentum is conserved, and flows locally from point to point in a fluid. Each component is like a ... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Throughout history anti-semitism unique manifestation of hatred, intolerance,
persecution says Secretary-General in remarks to headquarters seminar
Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s opening remarks at the Department of Public Information (DPI) Seminar on Anti-Semitism, in
, 21 June: New York
Welcome to Unite... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Book Offers Portrait of Prolific Photographer Who Captured Native American Lives
HARI SREENIVASAN: Thanksgiving is a time to remember Native American life and culture. And that was the life's work of Edward Curtis, a turn-of-the-century photographer.
His story is told in a new biography, "Short Nights of the Shadow Cat... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
As a rainy winter plods on, scientists, resource managers and property owners from coast to coast cast worried eyes on America’s hillsides for signs of this common natural geologic hazard – a landslide.
Landslides can happen anyplacethat has unstable hillslopes and a contributing factor such as an earthquake, a wildfir... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
How to add comments to code
Adding comments to code is an important part of writing Java programs. Though it is recommended to add as many comments as possible in your code but still there are some best practices which if followed really make code commenting a useful affair not only for the developer himself but also f... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
This story is no longer news, but still fascinating.
Check out this slideshow on Discovery News about the pyramid-shaped pile of bodies—nearly 300 total, about 100 of them naturally mummified—found in a church crypt in the mountain town of Roccapelago, Italy.
The History Blog also has an article about it:
The unusual p... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Web Based Lecture Technologies: A Lens Intensifying the Changing Roles of Learners and Lecturers
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Green, D., Mcneill, M., Gosper, M., Woo, K., Phillips, R. & Preston, G. (2008). Web Based Lecture Technologies: A Lens Intensifying the Changing Roles of Learners and Lecturers. In J. Luca & E. Weippl... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Jennifer M. Bean
C LIT 397
Varying topics relating to film in social contexts. Offered by resident or visiting faculty.
ECO-CINEMA: FILMING THE ETHICS AND AESTHETICS OF WASTE
Overview The effect of modern culture on the environment and on our bodies is everywhere evident. We have reached an age when human advances in s... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Curriculum Guide Brings Texas History to Life
New online media gallery an excellent source for students, teachers, genealogists and media
“History teaches everything, including the future.” Alphonse de Lamartine
The San Jacinto Museum of History Association wholeheartedly agrees, and—since its opening in 1939—has dedic... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
a great depression
“Despite its severity, we believe that the slump in stock prices will prove an intermediate movement and not the precursor of a business depression…” This advice from the Harvard Economic Society on November 2, 1929 illustrates that unbridled optimism in the capital markets was just as dangerous 80 y... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
A diet that includes tomatoes could lower the chance of having a stroke.
A new study shows that men who had the highest levels of lycopene—an antioxidant found in tomatoes—had fewer strokes than men who had the lowest level of lycopene in their blood. Overall, the risk of strokes was reduced by 55%.
The study, based in... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Understanding the Census
1. What is the Economic Census?
The Economic Census collects and produces our Nation's most comprehensive and useful business statistics. It collects information about virtually every U.S. business and summarizes data for each industry and geographic area to publish a complete and accurate port... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Tracing the origin and evolutionary history of plant nucleotide-binding site–leucine-rich repeat (NBS-LRR) genes
Article first published online: 23 DEC 2011
© 2011 The Authors. New Phytologist © 2011 New Phytologist Trust
Volume 193, Issue 4, pages 1049–1063, March 2012
How to Cite
Yue, J.-X., Meyers, B. C., Chen, J.-Q... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Battle of Bywater
The Battle of Bywater was a battle between the Hobbits of The Shire and a band of Ruffians who followed "Sharkey" (Saruman). Meriadoc Brandybuck (Merry) himself slew the leader, a squint-eyed orcish-looking brute. Peregrin Took (Pippin) also took part in this battle. The courage and skill they had dis... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
If you can play a keyboard, even a little bit, then you can learn how to play accordion. It helps to be able to read music but it is possible to play acceptable -even terrific – music with little or no knowledge of musical notation. All you need is a desire to make music and an accordion. Of course you also need to be ... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
The China widely bruited as the next hegemonic power is the product of 150 years of false starts, repeated disappointments, and astonishing violence. During the 19th century China was often at war with foreign countries but internal warfare was far worse; the famous Taiping Rebellion alone claimed tens of millions of l... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
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Concussions have become the most talked about problem in the sports world.
From youth leagues to the the NFL, players, parents, coaches, trainers and doctors are trying to get a grasp on how to diagnose, treat and prevent br... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Dr. Jeffrey Ellis appeared tonight on LI Talks, News 12 with Lea Tyrrell to discuss and debate safety of indoor tanning with Joseph Levy, the executive director of International Smart Tan Network – a lobby for the indoor tanning association. The discussion was prompted by the American Academy of Pediatrics recent posit... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
No other region in North America fires the imagination like ALASKA – derivation of Alayeska, an Athabascan word meaning “great land of the west”. Few who see this land of gargantuan ice fields, sweeping tundra, lush rainforests, deep fjords and occasionally smoking volcanoes leave unimpressed. Wildlife may be under thr... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
An all-in-one resource on everything electronics-related!Boasts a companion website that includes more than twenty full-color, step-by-step projects
Shares hands-on practice opportunities and conceptual background information to enhance your learning process
Targets electronics enthusiasts who already have a basic know... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
In What is cloning? we learned what it means to clone an individual organism. Given its high profile in the popular media, the topic of cloning brings up some common, and often confusing, misconceptions.
Misconception #1: Instant Clones!
Let's say you really wanted a clone to do your homework. After reviewing What is C... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Many social insects, like ants and termites, do most of their work with their mouths. After enough time spent cutting through foliage and shoring it around, the mouth parts on older animals tend to wear down and lose their sharpness, making them less able to contribute to their nest. Now, researchers have found the way... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
One of the Agent Orange Association of Canada's mandates is to provide information and education to the general public about the use of pesticides and herbicides. It is part of our mission statement which we have all sworn to uphold.
What is 2,4-D?
2,4-D is a moderately persistent chemical with a half- life between 20 ... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Interactive Tool: How Does Smoking Increase Your Risk of Heart Attack?
What does this tool measure?
This interactive tool measures how smoking—independent of other risk factors—affects your chance of having a heart attack in the next 10 years. The tool calculates your risk from the values you enter. The information for... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Union Mine High School Library
"A career is something you like to do so much that you'll do it for free
and something you do so well that someone will pay you to do it."
The College Board - a wonderful site that includes career information, how to prepare while in high school, and job outlooks
Occupational Information ... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Chronic Wasting Disease Found In A White-Tailed Deer In Maryland
Annapolis, Md. (February 10, 2011) — The Maryland Department of
Natural Resources (DNR) received laboratory confirmation on February 10, 2011
that a white-tailed deer harvested in Maryland tested positive for chronic
wasting disease (CWD). This is the fir... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
The New River was a major public engineering
work of early modern England. It opened in 1613
, bringing fresh water from springs in Hertfordshire
to the north, down to London
, whose inhabitants had contaminated all the available natural sources of drinking water
Because they had no efficient way of long-distance pumpi... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Where Do You Store Produce In Your Fridge For Maximum Shelf Life?
Posted By Dr. Mercola | July 29 2010
Americans throw out 14 percent of the food they buy -- and that's before factoring in the leftover food you scrape from your plate. Mint Life offers the following tips for extending the shelf life of fruits and vegeta... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
ST. LOUIS - Patients are regularly advised by health care professionals to get timely flu shots, but how often do health workers follow what they advocate? A Saint Louis University study reveals that more than 25 percent of St. Louis area Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) do not get vaccinated against the flu.
Terri... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Building on Harvey
The seventeenth century was both exciting and frustrating. Denis was caught up in the excitement of questioning the previously unquestionable — intellectual revolution was in the air. However, he was hampered by the fact that the recognised ways of conducting this sort of quest were only just beginni... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
divide by zero
this code was compiled with gcc 4.4.5 on Ubuntu, on execution an error message was thrown as "Floating point exception" But on changing datatype of j to float it produced "inf". I m not able to understand why it is not working same with j as int.
int i=60;int j=0;
"inf" is defined as part of the IEEE flo... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Beyond Bieber: Twitter Improves Student Learning
Twitter, best known as the 140-character social-networking site where Justin Bieber and Lady Gaga chit-chat with fans, has become a new literary format that is improving student learning, a new study argues.
Christine Greenhow, assistant professor of education at Michiga... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Shoulder InstabilityEn Español (Spanish Version)
Shoulder instability is a condition in which the upper-end of the humerus (the upper arm bone) slides partially or completely out of the shoulder socket.
Normally, the head of the humerus, moves within the confines of the shoulder socket. Instability occurs when the head... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
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THE precepts of the tenth class are those enumerated in the laws on the Temple (Hilkot bet ha-behirah), the laws on the vessels of the temple and on the ministers in the temple [Hilkot kele ha-mikdash veha-‘obedim bo]. The use of these precepts we hav... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
The People's Republic of China became the largest source of new immigrants to Canada in 2002. During the first decade of the 21st century, China averaged over 30,000 immigrants to Canada every year, representing 15 percent of the immigration to Canada during that period. These immigrants joined communities across the c... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Britain's biggest exam board is planning trials of an interactive test that will generate harder or softer questions depending on how a candidate performs.
The Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (AQA), the biggest provider of GCSE and A-level exams, says that at present too many pupils waste time tackling questions... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Inflation: CNBC Explains
In a good economy, gradual inflation is considered a good thing, but in tougher economic times, too much inflation is a serious problem. Simply put, inflation occurs when a currency has reduced buying power for goods and services compared to the past. How is inflation measured? What is its impa... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
All vehicles, including heavy vehicles, using the road must be maintained according to specific laws and standards. They are listed under the legislation and download headings at the bottom of the page.
These laws contain the mandatory requirements for safe design, construction and maintenance of all vehicles, includin... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Palestinian Refugees in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, Summer 1998
This report was prepared by Gerhard Pulfer, whose internship with BADIL is sponsered by the EU Young Volunteer Program.
The Gaza Strip
Many Palestinians arrived in the Gaza Strip the way Abu Yusuf did -- a refugee. Abu Yusuf was born in a village nea... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
November/December 2001 | Volume 52, Issue 8
Our government called the terror attacks on our country an act of war and replied with a declaration of war on terrorism. What can history teach us about our prospects in such a war?
Generals are always prepared to fight the last war, as the durable and scornful proverb goes.... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
NASA has postponed the Discovery STS-119 mission to the International Space Station while it ponders a possibly troublesome hydrogen flow control valve. The agency explains that the shuttles have "three flow control valves that channel gaseous hydrogen from the main engines to the external fuel tank" - one of which was... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Laser-armed 3D printers could exorcise the ghosts of shuttered steel mills for U.S. manufacturing. President Barack Obama has awarded $30 million to establish the first national 3D printing institute in an Ohio town at the heart of the so-called "Rust Belt" region of the Midwest.
The National Additive Manufacturing Inn... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Goals for Spring 2009
"Learning is not a spectator
Learning requires you to be an active
participant in class discussions. Through this course you
- Understand that you influence the ocean, and that the ocean influences
- Think critically about oceanic processes that
influence our daily lives.
- Become aware of ways th... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Most people assume that a federal income tax cut means more money in their pockets. It’s a time-honored political tactic to sway voters, and is in heavy use this election cycle. In 2012, we have a major difference between the parties’ positions. Republican Governor Mitt Romney has proposed that the 2011 tax rates, some... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Can You Have Pneumonia Without Fever?
You CAN have pneumonia without a fever.
Pneumonia results from infection with a robust microbe, including bacteria, viruses and fungi, that overcome your immune system's defenses and cause you to develop symptoms which mimic those of influenza. Once one of these microbes gains acce... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
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In mathematics, the useful concept of a process with no end. As represented by the symbol , it is often mistakenly thought to be the largest number or a place on the real number line. Instead, it is the idea of a limit, as in the expression x , which sugge... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
This article explains the advantages of using the h-index method of ranking over the impact factor, and the virtues of the new Google Scholar Metrics:
The main flaw with the impact factor is that it is basically an arithmetic mean and, consequently, sensitive to outliers. Like a megastar that pulls all the lesser celes... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
With a recent government study projecting that at least 36 states will face water shortages within the next five years, some states are looking to tap our oceans for more than a trickle of our freshwater needs. The only significant sea water desalination, or desal, facility in operation in the United States is the Tamp... | fineweb-edu::sample-100BT |
Music therapy in combination with standard care may benefit individuals with depression, according to a recent study.
Music has been used to promote healing since ancient times. Music therapy often aims to influence emotional, cognitive and physical well-being, and may involve both listening and performing music.
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