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[Ironic] Professional beggars prowling about the streets of Moroccan c
The government plans to crack down on the scam used by faux beggars in growing numbers for a kind of "emotional blackmail", a cabinet minister was quoted as saying... 'Regressive Evolution' In Cavefish: Natural Selection Or Genetic Drift
"Regressive evolution,"or the reduction of traits over time, is the result of either natural selection or genetic drift, according to a study on cavefish by researchers at New York University's Department of Biology, the University of California at Berkeley's Department of Integrative Biology, and the Harvard Medical School. Previously, scientists could not determine which forces contributed to regressive evolution in cave-adapted species, and many doubt the role of natural selection in this process. Orchard House
Orchard House in Concord, Massachusetts, "was the Alcott family's most permanent home (from 1858 to 1877). Louisa May Alcott wrote her classic work, 'Little Women,' here in 1868."This site features a virtual tour of the house, and brief biographical information about Louisa May Alcott, her mother, her three sisters, and her father Amos Bronson Alcott (a transcendental philosopher and teacher). Also includes ideas for planning a birthday party around a "Little Women"theme. A Guide to the Disaster Declaration Process and Federal Disaster Assis
This website explains how state governors, through the Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (1988), request and obtain a presidential disaster declaration after disasters such as fires, hurricanes, tornadoes, and floods. Discusses the declaration process and the types of individual, public, and hazard mitigation assistance that might be provided for a disaster. From the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Mice With Skin Condition Help Scientists Understand Tumor Growth
Cancerous tumors sometimes form at the site of chronic wounds or injury, but the reason why is not entirely clear. Now researchers have engineered mice with a persistent wound-like skin condition, and the mice are helping them understand the tumor-promoting effects of long-standing wounds and injuries. Entente Cordiale
"The Entente Cordiale was a colonial-era agreement signed by the British Foreign Secretary ... and the French Ambassador ... [in] 1904 with the aim of settling long-standing disputes between the UK and France in countries such as Morocco, Egypt, Siam, Madagascar, the New Hebrides, West and Central Africa and Newfoundland."This site provides information about the Franco-British relationship today and about the celebration of the centenary of the agreement in 2004. In English and French. Judge Throws Out Cell-Phone Case
A federal magistrate drops charges against three Palestinian-American men who were arrested after buying large numbers of pre-paid cell phones. The judge said there wasn't enough evidence to bring them to trial. Lawyers for the men said they were victims of ethnic profiling. New Method For Quantum Cooling Discovered
Physicists at The University of Texas at Austin have discovered a new technique for cooling atoms and molecules that will allow them to study quantum physics more effectively with a greater variety of particles. The researchers have found a way to use lasers to form walls that allow atoms and molecules to pass through in one direction, but do not allow them to return. New Model Of Competitive Speciation Unifies Insights From Earlier Work
Under which circumstances is sympatric speciation possible? An answer to this long-standing question of evolutionary biology has turned out to be challenging. In particular, models for the evolution of assortative mating under frequency-dependent disruptive selection necessarily depend on a large number of ecological and genetic factors. For this reason, most previous approaches to this issue depend on individual-based simulations. However, simulation studies with only slightly different assumptions have come to wildly different conclusions, making it hard to generalize results and leading to fierce debate. Radiohead Review Is In: Vote for Your Favorite New Songs on 'In Rainbo
Subtle and lush, the new album is a "grower" -- the kind of recording that gets better with each listen. Vote for your favorite tracks now.
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