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Invertebrates

Vertebrates and Invertebrates Warm-blooded animals regulate their own body temperatures; their bodies use energy to maintain a constant temperature. Cold-blooded animals depend on their…

Harvest Time

Harvest TimeFor a year Jo and her Professor worked and waited, hoped and loved, met occasionally, and wrote such voluminous letters that the rise in the price of paper was accounted for,…

A Merry Christmas

A Merry ChristmasJo was the first to wake in the gray dawn of Christmas morning. No stockings hung at the fireplace, and for a moment she felt as much disappointed as she did long ago, when…

Agricultural and Food Scientist

What is this job like? What is this job like? Back to Top How can farms use less labor? Control pests and weeds? Conserve soil and water? Do all of the above, yet still grow more food?…

William Blake: The Book of Thel, I

by WilliamBlakeIII The daughters of Mne Seraphim led round their sunny flocks, All but the youngest: she in paleness sought the secret air. To fade away like morning beauty from her mortal…

Fitness & Nutrition

Dietary Guidelines for Americans Vegetarian Diets and Nutritional Requirements Alcoholism Health and Nutrition Web Sites Check Your Healthy Heart I.Q. Healthy Heart I.Q.—Answers Healthy Heart…

Anatomy and
Physiology: The Heart

The HeartAnatomy and PhysiologyThe HeartAnatomy of the HeartThe Four ChambersThe Heart's Own BloodECG: Measuring a Beat Valentine's Day, at least the greeting card variety, has forever done the…

Brewer's: Gloria

A cup of coffee with brandy in it instead of milk. Sweetened to taste. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894Gloria in ExcelsisGlobe of Glass A B C D E F G…

sheep

(Encyclopedia) sheep, common name for many species of wild and domesticated ruminant mammals of the genus Ovis of the Bovidae, or cattle, family. The male is called a ram (if castrated it is a wether…