Myths: 1. People are poor because they are lazy. Of poor people‚ 16 years and older 12% work full time year round‚ and another 25% work part time. 2. Most poor people are minorities. Almost 43% of people living in poverty are white. In proportions however‚ African Americans and Latinos are much more likely to be poor than Asian Americans and whites. 3. Most poor people live in inner cities. 33% of the poor live in inner cities‚ but the rest live in urban areas‚ the suburbs‚ small towns
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Seaborg on or about February 9‚ 1950. It was the sixth transuranium element to be discovered; the team announced its discovery on March 17‚ 1950. To produce californium‚ a microgram-sized target of curium-242 (242/ 96Cm) was bombarded with 35 MeV-alpha particles (4/2He) in the 60-inch-diameter (1‚500 mm) cyclotron at Berkeley‚ California‚ which produced californium-245 (245/ 98Cf) plus one free neutron (n). 242 245 96Cm + 4/2He → 98Cf + 1/0n Only about 5‚000 atoms of
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North of the equator is hot and dry and receives comparatively little rain. The Southern region falls into three different weather/conditions zones: The coast is more humid‚ the average annual temperature ranges from about 24.4º C (about 76º F) in June and July to about 27.8º C (about 82º F) in February‚ March‚ and April; the highlands are relatively mild; the Lake Victoria region is more tropical. The rainy seasons occur from October to December and April to June. 3. What is the national capital
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In 2002 and 2003‚ Germany and the United Kingdom‚ respectively‚ banned the sale of kava due to increasing concerns about liver damage. Other countries have since banned it. Mixed research data exists surrounding kava and reports of liver toxicity‚ says Professor Edzard Ernst‚ of Peninsula Medical School at the Universities of Exeter and Plymouth in the U.K.‚ in the October 2007 issue of the "British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology." Apparently liver damage due to kava consumption has not been a
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Bogota Bogota is a vibrant city that is situated below the cold Andean Mountains and offers a mixture of modern shopping malls and historic colonial buildings. The City’s main centre is the La Candelaria where there are restaurants‚ bars and hotels in amongst the ancient homes‚ churches and convents. The South of the City is where the working class stay and is still well known for the drug industry but North of the city is filled with hotels and entertainment in the districts of Zona Rosa and Zona
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Ogboni (also known as Osugbo in Ijèbú) is a fraternal institution indigenous to the Yoruba language-speaking polities of Nigeria‚ Republic of Bénin and Togo. The society performs a range of political and religious functions‚ including exercising a profound influence on regents and serving as high courts of jurisprudence in capital offenses. Influence [edit] Though versions or lodges of this fraternal group are found among the various types of Yoruba polities——from highly-centralized kingdoms
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March World News Julie Marie Perez Mystery of The Bermuda Triangle The Bermuda Triangle is located between Florida and Puerto Rico right in the Atlantic Ocean. Since the 1950’s‚ unexplained reports have come in because of strange disappearances. Christopher Columbus first wrote about the Bermuda Triangle in 1492. As he and his crew sailed the Atlantic‚ they came across an enigmatic light pattern in the sky near the Caribbean Sea‚ as well as unusual compass readings while passing through
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Nutrition Myth Paper: All Fats are Bad Society has given fats horrible reputations‚ making it seem like “All Fats are Bad.” Yes‚ most of us have a negative reaction when hearing the word "fat" - it does not matter the context in which we hear‚ see or read this second "f" word. We think that all the phrases that contain this word or make reference to it must be a bad‚ unhealthy thing. However‚ biologists have proven us that things are not that black-and-white as they may seem. Try taking into account
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The Bermuda Triangle (also known as the Devil’s Triangle) is an area bounded by points in Bermuda‚ Florida and Puerto Rico where ships and planes are said to mysteriously vanish into thin air — or deep water. Also sinisterly known as the Devil’s Triangle‚ the Bermuda Triangle consists of a region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean‚ and is defined by points in Bermuda‚ Florida and Puerto Rico. It stretches across less than a thousand miles on any one side. CREDIT: NOAA View full
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Mysteries of the Bermuda triangle Shenal Mudalige Student no: 3191 ENG1010B- section 1 Mrs. Cynthia Dahanayaka American National College Sri Lanka Mysteries of the Bermuda triangle Introduction The Bermuda Triangle‚ overall called the Devil ’s Triangle‚ is an undefined region in the western part of the North Atlantic Ocean‚ where different flying machine and boats are said to have vanished under mysterious circumstances. According to the Us Navy‚ the triangle
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