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To the Moon and Mars

In January 2004, President George W. Bush announced the ambitious goal of putting humans on Mars. The first stage involves returning to the Moon by the year 2020 and establishing a base…

Geometry: Proofs About Quadrilaterals

Proofs About QuadrilateralsGeometryProofs About QuadrilateralsWhen Is a Quadrilateral a Parallelogram?When Is a Parallelogram a Rectangle?When Is a Parallelogram a Rhombus?When Is a Parallelogram a…

salmon, in zoology

(Encyclopedia) salmonsalmonsămˈən [key], member of the Salmonidae, a family of marine fish that spawn in freshwater, including the salmons, the trouts, and the chars (subfamily Salmoninae), the…

Writing Well: Cast a Critical Eye

Cast a Critical EyeWriting WellCast a Critical EyeAn Embarrassment of RichesOn the Right Track Four guys went on a cross-country road trip. They were from Idaho, Iowa, New York, and Florida. Two…

Thorpe Speed

All-American Jim Thorpe also happened to be Native American by Gerry Brown Jim Thorpe competes in the pentathalon competition in Stockholm, 1912. (Source: Allsport) Related Links Olympics…

Baron Munchausen: Travels of Baron Munchausen

by Rudolph Erich Raspe IntroductionSecond VolumeTravels of Baron MunchausenContentsPreface to the First EditionTo the Public The Baron relates an accoun... In which the Baron proves h…

The Perfect Storm

Director:Wolfgang PetersenWriter:Bill Wittliff Warner Bros.; PG-13; 129 minutesRelease:6/00Cast:George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg, John Hawkes, John C. Reilly, William Fichtner, Allen Payne,…

Anatomy and
Physiology: Waterworks

WaterworksAnatomy and PhysiologyThe Excretory SystemWaterworksWhere It All HappensReabsorptionWhen You Gotta Go … As I mentioned in Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Circulation, the kidneys like to…