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Today
* Changing diapers rite of passage for every new parent.
* Many today view Apocalyptic literature as pertaining to predictions of the end of time.
* Related to the issue of taxes is how they affect the working poor.
* Some today call it communism, thought control, and totalitarianism.
* There great dichotomy in the state of medicine today
  - is nothing quite as amazing as surface-feeding humpback whales
* are days
  - located in manhattans
  - newspapers
  - presents
  - television shows
* day that only comes around once every four years
  - to celebrate animals who have a disability
* developmental stage bringing about change, growth, and future direction.
* exist different classifications of plant movements.
* increasing numbers of women want pregnancy without sex.
* is an online daily newspaper that reports on current events in Russia
  - it is mostly used to describe the Australian animal
  - no different, except that nowadays drugs are often used to induce sleep
  - the absolute day, the only day in the eternity of time
* is the age of information
  - science and technology
  - solar cells or solar panels
  - celebration of tradition and honor that is shared from generation to generation
* is the day of the priesthood of all believers
  - to begin a lifetime of healthy activity
  - fifteenth day of the first lunar month
  - first day of summer in the Northern Hemisphere
  - official first day of the third millennium
  - winter solstice, the shortest day of the year
* kangaroos only live in Australia.
* learning by doing is called constructivism.
* made of silicon and semiconductor chips is the principal product of the high-tech industries.
* marks the autumnal equinox, the beginning of fall in the Northern Hemisphere.
* offset is the standard method used in the production of postcards.
* only solids spiral toward the sun.
* pigs live indoors where the stay comfortable and content.
* s most technologically advanced economies are truly knowledge-based.
* scented geraniums continue to be used in the making of perfumes.
* there are Armenian churches in every continent
  - Buddhists in many parts of the world
  - Internet sites where kids can get help with learning about proper nutrition
  - Jewish farmers, traders, and professionals in Zambia
  - Presbyterian churches across the world
* there are a few people who believe in eating raw fruits, vegetables, and nuts
  - great number of temples in India devoted to Surya
  - growing number of top golfers who putt with a straight-forward style of stroke
* there are a number of industrial organizations producing a wide variety of instruments
  - man made systems which are affected by geomagnetic storms
  - medications that are quite effective at treating depression
  - ways people choose to marry
  - variety of effective ways to manage osteoporosis
  - about as many Bibles in the world as there are people
  - actually clinical applications of leeches
  - almost more hunters than deer, turkey, quail, squirrel and rabbit
  - also some artificial compounds used as pigments
* there are approximately forty bald eagle nest sites in the state
  - fourteen million camels around the world
* there are as many forms of feng shui as there are practitioners
  - philosophies on child-rearing as there are books
  - bulbs on the market that provide high-quality light and fit in any fixture
  - churches of many denominations
  - comic books, cartoons, television movies
  - companies whose sole business is manufacturing sophisticated electronics equipment
  - concerns from parents and doctors alike about the benefits of circumcision
  - dental procedures that are works of art, hand crafted and designed to look natural
* there are different types of mechanics which pertain to different systems
  - remote working environments
  - e-mail and Internet
  - electronic instruments that can measure using laser, infrared, and sound
  - environmentalists who champion animal rights, for example
  - essentially three distinct types of knowledge
* there are even countries that have few locally owned banks at all
  - women who are carrying on the traditions and composing songs
  - extremely effective treatments for depression
  - far more Pacific than Atlantic walruses
* there are few effective anti-malarial drugs
  - markets for furs in the United States
  - proponents of the freedom of association
  - species that live in the water since the Cambrian era
  - few, if any, newborn screening programs which utilize urine testing
* there are five basic classifications of sausage
  - billion people in the world
  - flower essence makers around the world
  - four mating pairs
  - good medications to prevent nausea and vomiting
  - human rights activists and organizations in virtually every country of the world
  - hundreds of artificial satellites in orbit around the Earth
* there are hundreds of breeds and specific types of horses
  - companies in web site designing
  - millions of transponders deployed worldwide
  - public and private culinary colleges
  - satellites circling the earth
  - species that are resistant to pesticides, herbicides, and other sprays
  - standard colors with official color names
  - synthetic poisons available to agriculturists
  - thousands of libertarians around the world
  - insects inhabiting almost every major ecosystem in the world except the oceans
* there are laws governing the use of animals in laboratories
  - protecting seals from hunting
  - literally millions of factories worldwide
* there are many Pentecostal bodies
  - amateurs and professionals who cut gemstones
  - businesses that offer products and services in the marketplace
  - cooperatives in all parts of farming
* there are many different dyes and recording speeds
  - kinds of motorcycle racing
  - schools of sacred sexuality
  - theoretical and applied approaches to the process of psychotherapy
* there are many different types of biochemical weapons
  - breakfast cereals sold in stores
  - diverse models of relationships
  - examples of how introduced species are seriously disrupting ecosystems
  - excellent medications for treating asthma and allergies
  - factors that impact on our health and can lead to disease
  - fight games involving high tech equipment, such as laser tag and paintball
  - forms of data storage and retrieval
  - herds amounting to several thousand bison in the United States and Canada
  - laws that govern the condition of workplaces
  - local currencies in use in various towns and cities around the world
  - manufacturers of jeans with many styles designed to fit any body type
  - millions of divers and snorkellers
  - more women in the workplace
  - national prolife organizations which vary in their goals and strategies
  - options for contraception
  - organisations promoting Irish dance
  - public concerns about the routine use of antibiotics in livestock production
  - satellites orbiting Earth that make their data available for public use
  - scientists investigating birds
  - treatments to help prevent or treat migraine and other types of headaches
  - types of organizations that use voice recorders
* there are medications that can safely and effectively control high blood pressure
  - which keep the symptoms under control in most patients
* there are millions of internet users and that number is growing every day
  - nodes around the world with the number growing exponentially
  - people suffering from severe mental depression
  - mobile phones that work on two , three or four frequencies
* there are more bald eagles in Alaska than anywhere else in the United States
  - groups and agencies working on behalf of animals than ever before
  - injuries and more deaths as the result of violent acts
  - innovations in pottery than ever before
  - mobile phones than TVs and computers in the world
  - norwegians living in America and elsewhere than there are in Norway
* there are more than a thousand corporate universities
  - trillion books
  - eight million known chemicals
  - types of arthropod than all the other types of animals put together
  - multiple standards for sound, while standards for images remain in their infancy
  - new professions particularly in the media and in information technology
  - newer materials, especially plastics, cements, and acrylic paints
* there are nine UK hospitals doing heart transplants
  - federal states, each based on cultural affiliations
* there are no animals classified as unicellular
  - engineers or scientists
  - established criteria for assessing races of plants or animals, including humans
* there are no known Mexican wolves still living in the wild
  - cures for or means to prevent breast and ovarian cancer
  - snakes in Ireland
  - visions because people think more about material than spiritual things
  - numerous computer systems that have definite personality characteristics
* there are one hundred and fifty thousand reindeer in native hands
  - million species of animals and two hundred thousand species of plants
* there are only a few nations without women's suffrage
  - states that still allow common law marriages
  - eleven approved anti-HIV drugs
  - four genera of apes left
  - greater and lesser pinnated grouse
  - other phylum classified as worms, but the three mentioned are the main groups
* there are over a hundred different systems of karate-do
  - one million alligators in Florida alone
  - seventy lay missionaries working in eleven countries
  - people in many areas that are being exposed to disease causing chemicals
  - plenty of musical performers who sing while wearing a cowboy hat
* there are probably an equal number of women and men in the workplace
  - more than four hundred different schools of psychotherapy
  - regulations for lumbering and other industrial pollutants
  - relatively few feral bees left in California, or anywhere else
  - seven distinct species of black bass
  - seventeen million people suffering from depression
* there are several Gourd Dance societies or groups
  - different kinds of gloves
  - roan genes identified on various equines
  - shoes designed specifically for kayaking
* there are several thousand companies in the United States providing Internet services
  - species distributed world-wide
  - varieties of wrap used for sushi
* there are six major breweries in Mexico that produce a spectrum of tasty beverages
  - wives without husbands, and kids without fathers
* there are so many different kinds of families represented in society
  - people interested in fitness and wellness
  - stations of the cross inside the walls around which the faithful pray
* there are still a number of people who hunt with raptors
  - deer, squirrels, and rabbits
* there are still many books and websites devoted to making sense of dreams
  - ethnic groups
  - two billion people without electricity
  - stores and stockists around the world
* there are thousands of American scientists who dominate the fields
  - Hibbards who are professional builders and carpenters
  - castes and subcastes
  - man-made objects orbiting the Earth
  - peer reviewed journals
  - websites offering Ayurvedic information and services
  - throughout the world
* there are three living species of peccary
  - main areas of focus in applied sports psychology
* there are three major organizations looking after and influencing playground safety
  - systems of naming herbs, including medicinal herbs
  - methods of writing Braille, just as there are two methods of writing print
  - non-Euclidean geometries of particular interest to students of mathematics
  - types of cameras that can connect to a computer without using a video card
  - tighter standards for electromagnetic emissions than ever before
  - too many harp seals and less amounts of fish
  - twenty treaties that are active in the prevention of the spread of nuclear weapons
* there are two basic types of darts
  - fields of thought on the mathematics of weather and environmental forecasting
  - major traditions of classical music
  - quite distinct philosophies in fencing
  - theories which shape the world's approach to economics and politics
* there are two types of commercially-grown sunflowers in the United States
  - sports psychology , academic and applied
  - various types of yoghurt on the market
* there are very few bright quasars in the nearby universe
  - places that make millstone dressing tools
  - wild turkeys in every state except Alaska
  - camel wrestling league in the Aegean region
  - critical shortage of organs and tissues needed for transplants
  - cultivated rubber tree for every two human beings on earth
* there debate amongst anthropologists in regards to interpreting bahvior crossculturally
  - in some circles on what is art, what is beauty
  - exist various large animals like elephants on earth
  - general admiration and respect for other cultures and religions
  - growing concern for the sustainability of all forest resources
* there is Internet banking, which lets a personal computer take care of our banking needs
  - abundant food, yet an eighth of the world's population is chronically undernourished
* there is an absolute thermodynamic temperature scale
  - epidemic of violence on television, movies and computer games
  - equal share of men and women in the labour market
  - explosion of knowledge going on in the study of gene regulatory networks
* there is an increasing gap between the information rich and the information poor
  - number of obese people who suffer from overeating
  - understanding of the concept of cooling through the use of shaded thermal mass
  - conflict between science and religion
  - considerable interest in food as medicine
  - greater recognition of diversity among older adults
  - growing recognition of the superiority of natural ingredients to synthetic imitators
  - more social mobility, an ability to rise and take initiative
* there is no democracy in any of the Indochinese countries where communism still holds sway
  - international law which obliges countries to hand over wanted criminals
  - liquid water and no carbon dioxide clouds
  - official connection between currency and gold
  - political freedom and few individual rights
  - such thing as the theory of evolution, it is the fact of evolution
  - vegetation to hold the soil, and no soil to support a forest
  - world war, but there are many casualties of hunger
* there is only one bison living in Jasper
  - nation that has that kind of reach, and that's the United States
  - nesting colony of red-footed boobies in all of the Bahamas
* there is scientific evidence that music can soothe frayed nerves
  - proof that babies are completely alive individuals in the womb
  - some proof they can help control some forms of cancer
  - still no, single complete theory of emotions
  - the same controversy over genetic engineering of plants, animals and men
  - large group of people known as astronomers
  - much greater social acceptance of unwed mothers and their children
  - resurgence of interest in edible flowers
  - scholarly research base that covers most of the basic claims of astrology
  - severe shortage of human organ donors
  - thriving private sector in forest plantation management
  - trend to redirect our thinking and to focus on wellness instead of illness
  - vast difference between wage and living wage
* there's a growing number of foods fortified with extra calcium.
* working mothers are still prevalent in the workforce.
* writing uses letters to show the different sounds in a word.
+ Action figure, Action Figures and Gender: Dolls
  * Today there are action figures for girls too. Movie character action figures like Edward Cullen from the movie Twilight are collected by girls.
+ Baltimore, Transportation
  * Today there are some highways numbered U.S. highways and state routes that run through downtown. These are US 1, US 40 National Road, and the Baltimore-Washington Parkway. There are also some tunnels underneath the Baltimore harbor. I-95 runs through the Fort McHenry Tunnel. I-895 runs through the Harbor Tunnel.
+ Bible, How it was written, Translations and versions
  * Today there are dozens of versions of the Bible. Some are translations and some are paraphrases. A paraphrased version is where people take a translation and put it in their own words. As the Bible has been translated into modern languages, it is also possible that there are different translations of the same texts. The Bible is the best selling book of all time. A complete version of the Bible exists in 471 languages.
+ Breinigerberg: Villages in North Rhine-Westphalia
  * In the last two centuries, Breinigerberg was famous for mining. Even the ancient Romans dug for ore in the area. It was used for the production of brass in the city of Stolberg. Today there is no more mining but the remains are still present. Big holes in the Schlangenberg area prove what had been left from the past. Today the Schlangenberg is a natural reserve protecting rare flowers and insects.
+ Dream: Everyday life :: Psychology :: VOA Special English words
  * There are many different theories about why people dream and what their dreams mean. Every person has different dreams. Others think that people, places, and objects in dreams are symbols for other things in the dreamer's real life. Throughout history people have tried to make sense of dreams to learn things from them, and have often used them for divination or fortune-telling. Today there are still many books and websites devoted to making sense of dreams.
+ Field gun, Modern times: Artillery
  * Today there is no longer a use for the field gun. The role for small and highly mobile artillery has been taken over by the mortar which can be carried by a soldier. The need for a long-range weapon is filled by rocket artillery, or aircraft. Modern gun-artillery such as the L118 105mm light gun is used to provide fire support for infantry and armour at ranges where mortars are impractical. Soldier carried mortars lack the range or hitting power of gun-artillery. In between is the rifled towed mortar.
+ Lay clerk: Singers :: Religious occupations
  * A 'lay clerk', also known as a 'lay vicar', is a term used in the United Kingdom to describe a male singer who sings in a cathedral choir or a choir belonging to a college of one of the large traditional universities. A lay clerk is usually paid for the job. Today there are a few female lay clerks, e.g. in Dublin.
+ Leeds, Today: Towns in West Yorkshire
  * Today Leeds still has many factories and offices for large companies. The City Centre has attracted many shops, offices, pubs, restaurants and bars. Leeds now has some skyscrapers such as Bridgewater Place. Leeds and Manchester are the most important cities for business in the North of England. Many banks have their offices in Leeds.
+ Mobile advertising: Advertising :: Mobile phones
  - phone, Technology: Telephone :: Messaging
  * Today there are mobile phones that work on two, three or four frequencies. The most advanced phones  work on all frequencies. They are called 'world' phones and can be used everywhere
+ Old Town, Oslo
  * It is the original town settlement of Oslo. The Norwegian royal family previously lived here. Here were also several churches and the home for the Bishop of Oslo. Today there are still ruins left of the old town, protected in parks.
+ Presbyterianism
  * Presbyterianism' is a kind of Protestant Christianity. It is very conservative when compared to other kinds of Christianity. It was started off in Scotland by John Knox. Today there are Presbyterian churches across the world.
+ Salisbury
  * It is the only city in Wiltshire and is its second largest settlement. Salisbury is close to many rivers. Salisbury Cathedral has a copy of the Magna Carta. To the north of Salisbury is an old settlement surrounded by mounds and ditches for protection. It is called Old Sarum. Today there are only a few ruined stone foundations. This was the original town that was first occupied about 5,000 years ago. Experts think it was built there because it was close to the River Avon for water and it was near major trackways across the country.
  * Today is the last day to discuss the new criteria for VGAs. The final 2 points we've been discussing this last week and a half have basically reached consensus. I would really like a few people to come and comment on the final wording to make sure there is no opposition or word tweaking, though.
+ South Pole: Geography of Antarctica
  * Today there is an American science base at the South Pole. It is named the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station to honor the two explorers.
+ Sport psychology, History, Modern Sports Psychology
  * Today there are two types of sports psychology, academic and applied. Academic sports psychology focuses on doing research about sports psychology. Applied sports psychology uses that research to teach people in the athletic field. Today there are three main areas of focus in applied sports psychology. They are what kinds of certification, education, or licenses people need to practice applied sports psychology, the need to provide a certain kind of training for people who are studying applied sports psychology,  and creating new techniques or ways to help athletes while using applied sports psychology. The future of sports psychology and how it advances depends one thing.
  * Today there are two types of sports psychology, academic and applied. Academic sports psychology focuses on doing research about sports psychology. Applied sports psychology uses that research to teach people in the athletic field. Today there are three main areas of focus in applied sports psychology. They are what kinds of certification, education, or licenses people need to practice applied sports psychology, the need to provide a certain kind of training for people who are studying applied sports psychology,  and creating new techniques or ways to help athletes while using applied sports psychology. The future of sports psychology and how it advances depends one thing. This thing is the kind of laboratory studies and research that is done in the field. Future studies should use large sample sizes or include a large number of people in the study, they should use multiple types of sports,and they should use multiple types of ways to measure an athlete's performance. They should also use research teams from outside studies in order to create more accurate results.
+ Viol: String instruments :: Early musical instruments
  * After the mid-18th century people forgot about the viol until the 20th century when there was a new interest in early music and people like Arnold Dolmetsch started making them again so that Renaissance and Baroque viol music could be played. Today there are many societies for people who are interested in playing the viol.
+ Water Deer, Habitat
  * The Water Deer originally lived in China and Korea. Today there are also small wild populations in England and France.