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Domino Damsel Fish

June 28th 2009 04:08
Domino Damsel Fish is a black coloured fish found in the Indo-west Pacific from eastern Africa and the Red Seato the islands of Oceania. It is also known as the three-spot damsel fish or three-spot dascyllus due to the three white spots on its black body, and can grow up to 4.3 inches.



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Big Read

June 13th 2009 02:47

It is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts of America designed to encourage book reading among citizens. The literature in focus is on American popular culture. The National Endowment has partnered the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest. Support for this is given by the W K Kellogg Foundation and a grant by the Paul G Allen Family Foundation.
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Floaters

May 12th 2009 10:03
Floaters can be any of these things:

Musca volitans – spots before the eyes caused by opaque cell fragments in the vitreous humour and lens of the eye


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Mosquitoes are attracted to dark colors, not only black, because dark colors absorb heat and lighter colors tend to reflect heat. Since mosquitoes have sophisticated heat sensors, they tend to be more attracted to darker clothes.
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What is a staycation?

May 9th 2009 09:26
A staycation is a neologism in vogue, where a person or family stays home instead of taking expensive and stressful vacations to exotic locations. It is a new travel word and is very popular what with today’s recession and high prices.
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Rubin’s scale

April 18th 2009 02:47
Zick Rubin is known for his questionnaire measuring love. To develop this measure, Rubin first wrote a large number of thoughts based on his understanding of the terms ‘love’ and ‘liking.’ Rubin decided that love has three elements: attachment (a physical or emotional need for the other), caring (giving to the other), and intimacy (close and confidential communication). Liking, according to Rubin, is undifferentiated positive regard. Next, Rubin sorted the questionnaire items into ‘love’ and ‘liking sets based on their understanding of these terms. Then he chose 70 items and gave them to 200 undergraduate students. The students were asked to respond to each item in terms of their feelings toward their boyfriend or girlfriend (if they had one) and in terms of their feelings toward a platonic friend of the opposite sex.
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Green Box policies in economics

April 14th 2009 04:03
Governments provide support to agriculture in numerous ways, for example, direct payments, research grants, loan programs, and storage programs to name a few. Under the Uruguay Round Agreement on Agriculture (URAA), domestic support programs are divided into three boxes that indicate the trade distorting effects of the programs. Green Box programs are considered to be less trade distorting. Blue Box programs are considered to be more trade distorting but have production limits embedded in them. All other programs are Amber Box programs. They are considered to be the most trade distorting.
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Figure Skating

March 15th 2009 04:34
Figure Skating began in the latter part of the 19th century in Europe. An American ballet master Jackson Haines, who lived in Vienna in 1860s, added the elements of ballet and dance to figure skating. The first world championship for men was held in St. Petersburg in 1896, following by the women’s championship in 1906.
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Gild the Lily

February 5th 2009 06:05
“Gild the Lily” is the famous phrase used by William Shakespeare in his play King John. Gild means to cover with a thin layer of gold. But why did he refer it to the Lily is the question that comes to our mind? Because Lily is the beautiful flower and covering it with gold to make it more beautiful would be necessary. So, the phrase came into picture which meant to spoil something which is already beautiful by adding something extra.
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Flophouse

January 30th 2009 16:52
A Flophouse is a place of cheap lodging. It’s normally an apartment where some occupants pay rent while others are unemployed and do nothing with their lives except party and abuse drugs. They generally share bathroom facilities and stay in a very cramped quarters. The people who stay there are called transients. Quarters in the flophouse are very small resembling a office cubicle. Bowery in New York has the large number of flophouses in the world.
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Origin of ‘TOUCH WOOD’

December 31st 2008 04:11
There are several theories behind this saying ‘TOUCH WOOD’. According to one such theory, it originates from the Pagan belief that good spirits reside in the trees such as oak, and hence, touching wood or knocking on wood would ward off evil spirits. According to ancient Celtic belief, tress can conduct evil spirits, much like the conductor absorbing heat. Some would knock the wood to thank mythical creatures named leprechauns for bestowing good luck. Also since Jesus Christ was crucified on the wooden cross, touching wooden crucifix was therefore a form of praying for good luck.
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Magic Candle

February 28th 2008 15:29

Ever wondered how the magic candle works Here is the answer

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Tips for Saving Time

January 18th 2008 13:24
Always schedule time for recreation. You may think that this is an unproductive time-waster, but it’s not. Never taking time off work hurts your productivity more than taking a few hours of for recreation. The more stressful your work is, the more important it becomes to take time for recreation.
Make your schedule flexible. This means, always add more time than you think is needed for a specific task. Unexpected events can and will happen.
Mark your deadlines with big red letters so you instantly see them when looking at your schedule


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Spectraframe

March 27th 2007 05:48
Spectraframe is used when your customer is away from your product but through its video interactive system it can provide knowledgeble sales presence and consistentmessages, right at the moment when the sale is about to happen.
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