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Goals in 2009: expose ground for longleaf pine seedlings, preserve "duff" at base of trees, protect old-growth longleaf pine trees.79

What is a Practicum? – How to Compile the Background

This set of articles describes how to complete a practicum in college or graduate school. However, the term "practicum" is also used in K-12, as well as in music lessons, dance, fine arts, and sports. Videos light the way with engaging stories.

2 comments    advice education video
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To Vaccinate or NOT to Vaccinate, That is the Question!

Funny you should ask!!! As a twelve year old in the early 1960's my older sister, Mary, and I had charge of the last two youngest of five children in our family. My little sister,Becca, was nearly two years...

5 comments    mmr dpt herpes zoster
My favorite Marine, ever. Circa 197979

Camp LeJeune Contaminated Drinking Water Study

If you were at LeJeune, North Carolina between 1957 and 1987 you may have been exposed to contaminates in your drinking water. The Agency for Toxic Substance and Disease Registry...

33 comments    health family work
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Truth or Consequences? -- Old Wives' Tales.

In working with medical clients, academic students, and amateur and professional athletes, I have found a substantial amount of misinformation existing about a variety of subjects. A certain amount of this...

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When ladies learned that tuberculosis can live in sputum for an entire day after it’s been spat on the ground, the future of the shorter skirt length was assured. Fashion plate from La Gazette du Bon Ton, 1915.85

Do American Laws Against Spitting Do any Good?

Ever since the tuberculosis bacterium and its transmission modes were identified in the late 1800s, municipalities across the country have struggled with enacting and enforcing effective laws against spitting.

42 comments    health law spitting
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Free and Low Cost Dental Care

Budgets get tight at least several times in a person´s lifetime and when that time comes it is nice to know that there are clinics offering free or low cost dental care. One of the largest sources of...

1 comment    health tips heart
Now look here, what do you mean no cell phone?!87

Top 10 Reasons to Give up Your Cell Phone

Some 82% of American own cell phones. Approximately 18 million cell phones are in use in the United States. 6 out of 10 people own a cell phone world wide. Find out why I choose to be part of the small minority that remains without a cell phone.

49 comments    technology cell phone save money
June 8, 1941 - June 25, 200385

THE TRUTH: Cigarettes versus Electronic Cigarettes

Cigarette Smoking Statistics In 2006, an estimated 26.2 million men (23.5 percent) and 20.9 million women (18.1 percent) are smokers in the United States. These people are at higher risk of heart attack and...

19 comments    health politics smoking
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Famous Filipino Scientists and Inventors Part 4

Dr. Alfredo Lagmay was born on August 14, 1919. He pursued a lot of studies relating to experimental analysis of behavior modification, relaxation and related states, and Hypnosis. Awards:· He was...

45 comments    technology science university
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Farting in Public

farting in public is taboo, but you can become a hero in school if you win the game rate my fart,passing wind is funny but embarrasing at the same time, we all fart you know.

15 comments    health entertainment family
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