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Oprah's Book Club: A Summer of Faulkner
Features details about the three novels by William Faulkner that are the summer 2005 reading selections for Oprah's Book Club: "As I Lay Dying,""The Sound and the Fury,"and "Light in August."Includes related background articles and reading tips. International Education Week (IEW)
IEW, which takes place in mid-November, is a "joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education ... to promote programs that prepare Americans for a global environment and attract future leaders from abroad to study, learn, and exchange experiences in the United States."The site features suggested IEW activities for students (such as participating in a Model UN), a list of IEW events, and related material.
Regular Yoga Practice May Help Prevent Middle-age Spread
A study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has found that regular yoga practice may help prevent middle-age spread in normal-weight people and may promote weight loss in those who are overweight. How Does Your Brain Respond When You Think About Gambling Or Taking Ri
Should you leave your comfortable job for one that pays better but is less secure? Should you have a surgery that is likely to extend your life but poses some risk that you will not survive the operation? Should you invest in a risky startup company whose stock may soar even though you could lose your entire investment? In the Jan. 26 issue of the journal Science, UCLA psychologists present the first neuroscience research comparing how our brains evaluate the possibility of gaining versus losing when making risky decisions. Control Mechanism For Biological Pattern Formation Decoded
A team of researchers in Freiburg have revealed the molecular mechanism which regulates pattern formation in the spacing and density of hair follicles. High-sugar Diet Pushing Some Latino Kids Toward Type 2 Diabetes
Overweight Latino children who consume lots of sugar-especially in sugary drinks-show signs of beta cell decline, a precursor of type 2 diabetes. Emotional Eaters Susceptible To Weight Regain
Just in time for the start of the holiday eating season -- a new study finds that dieters who have the tendency to eat in response to external factors, such as at parties, have fewer problems with their weight loss than those who eat in response to emotions. The study also found that emotional eating was associated with weight regain. Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis
"Lymphocytic choriomeningitis, or LCM, is a rodent-borne viral infectious disease that presents as aseptic meningitis"and related neurological diseases when transmitted to humans. The site provides basic questions and answers, prevention information, and information about the May 2005 deaths of patients who received organ transplants from a donor who may have contracted LCM from a pet hamster. From the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). New Rust- And Mosaic-Resistant Beans Released
Six new germplasm lines of the Great Northern dry bean--the first lines to have four resistance genes to a key rust pathogen--have been released to the public by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station and the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. Prime Minister of Japan and His Cabinet
Official website of the executive branch of the Japanese government. Includes a profile of the prime minister and his cabinet ministers, a list of previous prime ministers back to 1996, information about the structure of the Japanese government, the text of the Japanese Constitution, and related information. In English and Japanese.
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