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Foundations of Democracy
Foundations of Democracy is an interdisciplinary curriculum developed by the Center for Civic Education. It is based on concepts fundamental to understanding constitutional democracy — authority, privacy, justice and responsibility.
Violence in the Schools: Developing Prevention Plans
Drugs in ... | Law | Legal Education | Curriculum Design | 28439 | 46.417282 |
The Fearful Owl (Nesasio solomonensis) is a medium-sized owl endemic to the Solomon Islands and Bougainville in Papua New Guinea. It is generally seen no more than 800 meters above sea level, where it is found in tall lowland or hill forests. It nests in tree holes and cracks.
It has a rufous facial disk and distinct w... | Juvenile nonfiction | Animals / Nocturnal | Owls | 14576 | 36.484814 |
In writing and speaking, you often have to show when something happens. Is it taking place now? Later? Did it happen earlier in the day, a week ago, a year ago, or when dinosaurs roamed the earth? In English, tense is used to show when something happens.
In this section, you learn how to use verbs to indicate when an a... | Young adult nonfiction | Language Arts / Grammar | Tense, Aspect, and Mood | 8616 | 42.6433 |
If you are a true spelunker, China is where you need to be. With its ancient, karst geology in the south and sand-blasted stone in the west, China has more caves than some countries have cities to explore. When I put together this list of China’s famous caves, I threw together a mixture that have either one or more of ... | Travel | Special Interest / Adventure | Caving (Spelunking) | 437 | 44.558926 |
Dragons are creatures with nearly unlimited life spans. They can survive for long periods of time, and no one has found a dragon that has died of old age. Adolescence is usually marked by the growth of a hatchling’s wings, although not all breeds of dragons grow wings and some breeds have other traits that indicate the... | Juvenile fiction | Legends, Myths, Fables / Asian | Chinese Dragon Folklore | 11927 | 38.294643 |
Designing an environmentally friendly package can be complex, but in some cases the direct route is best — just use less packaging. This may mean eliminating package components, using less packaging material or switching to lighter-weight materials.
In addition to reducing the amount of packaging ending up in landfills... | Business & economics | Logistics & Supply Chain | Packaging and Labeling | 13926 | 40.009525 |
The models described here were first studied by Alexandr Friedman in 1922 and 1924, and independently by Georges Lemaître in 1927. It was not until 1935 that A. G. Walker and H. P. Robertson independently proved that what we now call the Robertson-Walker metric is the only metric consistent with a homogeneous isotropic... | Science | Physics / Relativity | Cosmological Principle | 7069 | 46.86417 |
|Kabila is credited for bring peace to the DRC but critics say his increasingly authoritarian ways are disturbing [EPA]
When his father, Laurent Kabila, the former president of the DRC, was assassinated in 2001, Joseph Kabila was inadvertently launched into the limelight, securing the presidency and working immediately... | History | Africa / Central | Hutu-Tutsi Conflict (1959-present) | 21728 | 31.784803 |
Гостиницы на международных торговых маршрутах караванов на берегах Амударьи
Ургенчский государственный университет.
Inns on International Trade Caravan routes on the Amudarya river Banks
Hamrayev Quvonchbek Aminbayevich,
UrSU, Urgench, Uzbekistan.
According to the results of the archeological investigations in Khorezm,... | History | Indigenous / Migration | Trade Networks and Exchange Systems | 28822 | 41.895054 |
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Viruses 2013, 5(12), 3048-3070; doi:10.3390/v5123048
Abstract: Substantial success has been achieved in the development and implementation of West Nile (WN) vaccines for horses; however, no human WN vaccines are approved. This review focuses on the construction, pre-clinical and clinical characteriza... | Science | Life Sciences / Virology | Vaccine Development | 23228 | 40.349285 |
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RTTI allows you to discover type information from an anonymous base-class handle. Thus, it’s ripe for misuse by the novice since it might make sense before polymorphic method calls do. For many people coming from a procedural background, it’s difficult not to org... | Computers | Programming / Object Oriented | Polymorphism | 22337 | 48.288845 |
Dahlia anemones are large sea anemones, having as many as 10 to 160 tentacles. This anemone is easy to recognize when scuba diving. It has bands that run from the mouth to up and around the tentacles. Sometimes, there are even bands on the tentacles. The mouth of the dahlia anemone is found in the middle of all the ten... | Nature | Animals / Marine Life | Octopuses | 869 | 31.337345 |
A cry for worker fairness
The tragedy at the Rana Plaza clothing factory was a sober reminder that Bangladeshi garment workers still lack basic rights and protections. My mother was a seamstress. She worked in the textile factories of northern New Jersey. I saw how hard and tiring her work was. But it was never lethal.... | Business & economics | Business Ethics | Sweatshop Labor and Global Supply Chain Management | 29375 | 35.380684 |
A new blood test designed to detect eight common types of cancer is showing excitingly positive results in early trials. Developed by a team led by researchers at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, the test tracks two different types of biomarkers that can signal the presence of the disease.
Research into developing a... | Medical | Oncology / Lung Cancer | Screening and Early Detection Strategies | 755 | 37.97429 |
Snapshot for November 12, 2008.
Working hard or hardly working?
by Monique Morrissey
In the post-World War II period, work hours per capita have trended upward by more than an hour a year, largely due to the influx of women into the labor force. Thus, for example, the average American worked 48 hours more—the equivalen... | Social science | Demography | Aging and Age Structure | 19679 | 39.393227 |
Concentrations and isotopic ratios of U, Th and Ra were measured in a fault zone near Golden, Colorado where major displacement occurred between about 190 and 615 ka. Faulting created new surfaces for leaching and provided the pathways for U-rich ground water. Uranium and 230Th, the latter produced by the decay of diss... | Science | Physics / Geophysics | Geochemistry | 26319 | 42.873375 |
Ceramics 1-4, grades 9-12 all in the same room. 18 Ceramics 1- all handbuilding; 6 Ceramics 2- all throwing (and surface embellishments); 3 Ceramics 3 and 3 Ceramics 4- Combo of hand building and throwing, functional and non-functional focus.
In this post I will focus on showing ONLY ceramics 1 so as to keep this clear... | Art | Ceramics | Glaze Chemistry | 4470 | 50.342022 |
37. In the later (years) of dynasties, customs duties are levied.
It should be known that at the beginning, dynasties maintain the Bedouin attitude, as we have stated 652 Therefore, they have few needs, since luxury and the habits that go with it do not (yet) exist. Expenses and expenditures are small. At that time, re... | Law | Taxation | Customs Duty and Tariffs | 30370 | 40.561207 |
Disasters are often ‘shared events’, crossing national boundaries and affecting whole regions. A Caribbean hurricane may go on to hit Central America; where major rivers cross national boundaries, such as those entering Bangladesh or Mozambique, floods that begin in one country can spread to others; volcanic ash can be... | Social science | Disasters & Disaster Relief | Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) | 4676 | 50.53181 |
Banana is the third most popular fruit world wide after apples and oranges. A very healthy and excellent fruit rich in potassium other minerals and vitamins. Banana fruit is from the Musaceae family.
Banana fruit when fully ripe is long thick skinned edible fruit that is yellow in color. Banana plants grow up to 15 m a... | Cooking | Courses & Dishes / Ice Cream, Ices, etc. | Banana "Nice" Cream | 22423 | 49.083084 |
William Smith [Guillermo] (1870-1924), missionary in
Argentina and Bolivia and
the first Evangelist church in Cochabamba, was born in
Dublin, the second of four children. His father died when
William was six years of age. When his elder brother moved to
New York for employment, William Payne joined the railway
company,... | History | Latin America / South America | Falklands/Malvinas Islands Dispute (1833-present) | 22243 | 41.82749 |
November 23, 2009
Supervolcano Eruption In Sumatra Deforested India 73,000 Years Ago
A new study provides "incontrovertible evidence" that the volcanic super-eruption of Toba on the island of Sumatra about 73,000 years ago deforested much of central India, some 3,000 miles from the epicenter, researchers report.
The vo... | Science | Global Warming & Climate Change | Paleoclimatology | 14665 | 42.48343 |
It's estimated that around 2.6 billion people around the world make do without any sanitation, including more than 10 million in the slums of Kenya. Still more have to use thinly disguised holes in the ground. A group of MIT students have joined forces to try and create a sustainable toilet solution for those in need. ... | Business & economics | Development / Sustainable Development | Circular Economy and Waste Reduction | 27173 | 41.94459 |
I have a couple of questions regarding continuity. One is just a general question and the second is a textbook question.
1) Can anyone give me a quick explanation in regards to the concept of continuity? We transitioned from limits (which I picked up really well) into continuity and I'm having a tough time distinguishi... | Mathematics | Mathematical Analysis | Continuity and Differentiability | 27088 | 59.04059 |
Creates Standards that Matter
Standards are increasingly important in the practice of all library fields. Library schools introduce the basics of standards but ongoing exposure and familiarity with relevant details in your field of specialization is a part of ongoing professional development. ALA members have access to... | Juvenile nonfiction | Books & Libraries | Library Skills | 10610 | 42.987537 |
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This study deals with a number of aspects of the words which are usually called adverbs in Latin. It contains on the one hand a critical discussion of their treatment in Latin grammatical studies -- the characteristics attributed to them, their relationship to other words -- and on the other hand a discus... | Foreign language study | Latin | Vulgate Studies | 17040 | 58.806164 |
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In general, invasive species tend fall into which category of organisms?
r-selected because a longer life span is needed to properly establish a new population in a new area.
r-selected because high reproductive rates allow them to invade a new area quickly.
K-selected bec... | Science | Life Sciences / Biological Diversity | Invasion Biology | 6822 | 45.20488 |
Stevan Dohanos, Panel 2, Legend of James Edward Hamilton–Barefoot Mailman (mural study, West Palm Beach, Florida Post Office), 1940, watercolor on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1982.20.1
Johnson History Museum
Not too long ago I was walking through West ... | Reference | Curiosities & Wonders | Unusual Museums | 19331 | 36.747986 |
Adnan Oktar’s work is described in these terms on the web site www.harunyahya.com:
“… The fossil record is perhaps the most important evidence that demolishes the theory of evolution"s claims. Fossils reveal that life forms on Earth have never undergone even the slightest change and have never developed into one anothe... | Science | History | Darwin's Evolutionary Theory | 25758 | 40.256184 |
Teaches students how to understand textbooks and literature. The course features songs, video, and games to engage struggling students.
-50 lessons cover strategies, critical thinking, vocabulary, graphic organizers
-Teaching content grades 5 to 9
-For fluent readers grades 5 to 12 and adults who need help understandin... | Study aids | High School Equivalency (incl. GED & TASC) | Language Arts Reading Comprehension | 28774 | 47.68646 |
Marking time in May 2011
Steam Ship ‘Denmark’Millions of carte-de-visite photographs were produced in the second half of the nineteenth century. Almost all of them were studio portraits, but there were also a few topographic subjects like buildings and landscapes. Even rarer were cartes produced as commercial advertise... | Transportation | Ships & Shipbuilding / Pictorial | Maritime Photography | 25888 | 39.77057 |
Going Green: Energy Consumption
On the average, Americans waste as much energy as two-thirds of the world's population consumes. For instance, we use energy to drive—and each gallon of gas used puts 25 pounds of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.
We also use electricity (and other energy sources) to light and heat ... | Self-help | Green Lifestyle | Energy Efficiency at Home | 31420 | 41.73325 |
The majority of dogs who become ill with Canine Influenza will develop respiratory symptoms—coughing, sneezing, and nasal and eye discharge. However, some can become more seriously ill, even developing pneumonia. As in the outbreak in Chicago, a small percentage of patients can die as a result of the disease, even with... | Medical | Veterinary Medicine / Food Animal | Avian Influenza Research | 1548 | 37.32777 |
Two recent animal studies offer a possible explanation for how caloricrestriction might possibly enhance human health and help extend life as well.
One new study from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and Dr. Roy Verdery atthe Arizona Center on Aging shows that a 30 percent reduction in calories in amonkey's diet l... | Health & fitness | Longevity | Caloric Restriction | 26994 | 51.169075 |
Neil Armstrong, first man on the moon, dies
Armstrong passed away following cardiovascular procedures
Neil Armstrong, the American astronaut who made "one giant leap for mankind" when he became the first man to walk on the moon, died Saturday. He was 82.
"We are heartbroken to share the news that Neil Armstrong has pas... | Biography & autobiography | Science & Technology | Astronauts' Biographies | 24074 | 33.178658 |
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