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  • to promote the health and well being of children. UNICEF was awarded ... Former United States Secretary of Agriculture Ann Veneman took control ...
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  • The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) is a global ... to maintain and monitor the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species and the ...
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  • Category:Education Head Start is a program of the United States Department of Health ...
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  • Autonomous Region—a Hui autonomous region of the People's Republic ... had been influenced by Islam early in its history, many citizens converting ...
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  • 2, 1877 – July 11, 1957) was the 48th Imam of the Shia Ismaili Muslims. He ... Shamsul-Muluk, who was a granddaughter of Fath Ali Shah of Persia (Qajar ...
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  • by Charles Findley in the 1980s as part of his research on future trends ... in various fields toady, including education and business. While professional ...
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  • Category:Education Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of skilled ...
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  • advantage. There are three classes of levers that we come across ... == History == Levers have been used since prehistoric times for cultivation ...
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  • Halaby on August 23, 1951)) is the widow of the late King Hussein bin Talal ... Elizabeth (Lisa) Najeeb Halaby was born in Washington, DC, of Arab ...
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  • Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University ... |name =University of Rome "La Sapienza" |native_name ...
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  • significant popularity. The strength of his approach is the importance ... Rogers was born on January 8, 1902 in Oak Park, Illinois, a suburb ...
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  • The FT is firmly established as one of the world’s leading sources ... month later. Describing itself as the friend of "The Honest Financier ...
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  • Category:Education quot;Dads' Weekend" at Camp Becket of the Becket Chimney Corners ...
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  • Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox University ... in 1755, the university has grown to be one of the largest institutions in ...
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  • The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations assists ... ==Organizational Structure and Pattern of Work== ECOSOC has 54 members ...
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  • Meiji Restoration, following the overthrow of the Tokugawa shogunate in 1868 ... Firmly believing in the importance of education and the acquisition ...
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  • Supreme Court decision in the jurisprudence of the United States, upholding ... The decision was handed down by a vote of 7 to 1, with the majority ...
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  • ) is a province of China located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze ... Chongqing to the northwest. The capital city of the province is Changsha. ...
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  • includes novels, poems, and collections of folklore. He was also one of ... Johnson was a prominent figure of the latter part of the Harlem Renaissance ...
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  • was important for reintroducing the study of Chinese philosophy, regarded ... Born in 1895, Feng lived through a period of turmoil and transition ...
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  • the Internet. Most virtual museums are part of physically existing museums ... Some virtual museums exist solely in a virtual environment. The Museum ...
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  • [[Image:Boys in red.jpg|right|thumb|250 px|Child laborers coming out ... Child labor is the employment of children under an age determined ...
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  • illustrated in his Commentaries on the Laws of England.]] Common law called Commentaries on the Laws of England, first published in ...
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  • Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University ... all-graduate university due to the efforts of Clark's first president ...
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  • Sima Qian (c. 145 B.C.E. – 90 B.C.E.) was a prefect of the Grand ... Sima Qian’s style of writing was easy to read, full of humor and ...
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  • politician who was for many years the voice of the young nation of Israel ... Born in South Africa, he excelled as a student of foreign languages ...
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  • His versatility in the popular style of Rococo, led to great works ... One of the great painters and draftsmen of the eighteenth century ...
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  • translator, critic and historian. He was one of the founders and principle ... left to himself. He spent a great deal of time reading "everything ...
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  • and educationalist who advanced the study of psychology with his work on ... For 20 years Bain was professor of logic and English literature at ...
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  • Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {| class="infobox ... comprising eight private institutions of higher education located in ...
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  • Herrad of Landsberg, also Herrad of Hohenburg (c. 1130 - July 25, ... Herrad was a contemporary of several other remarkable women, including ...
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  • Wellesley College, 1895-1920," History of Education Quarterly 23 (1983 ... Wellesley College, 1895-1920." History of Education Quarterly 23 (1983 ...
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  • The Common Rule is a federal policy governing the protection of human ... in 1991, including the Department of Health and Human Services ...
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  • Humanism is an attitude of thought which gives primary importance ... There was another round of revival of humanism in the Age of Enlightenment ...
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  • A computer museum is a museum devoted to the preservation, education ... Some computer museums are part of science museums, while some are ...
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  • political theorist, statesman, and leader of the Meiji Enlightenment in ... During his youth, Kato was a liberal advocate of constitutional government ...
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  • study, diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of diseases, abnormalities, or ... The art or science of treating conditions of the teeth and related ...
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  • 25, 1821 – April 12, 1912) was the founder of the American Red Cross. As ... with my life if need be; as the daughter of an accepted Mason, he had me ...
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  • Category:Education Education encompasses teaching and learning specific ... History of education [[Image:Laurentius de Voltolina 001.jpg|right ...
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  • facility for the support and housing of poor persons, typically run ... them unattractive, so as to ensure no abuse of this charity, workhouse conditions ...
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  • February 10, 1923) was a German physicist of the University of Würzburg ... for his discovery, Röntgen chose the path of humility. When others wished ...
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  • In fiscal year 2007, it reported assets of $13.7 billion and approved ... some for lending its name to the promotion of a variety of political agendas ...
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  • ; Postal map spelling: Shensi) is a province of the People's ... both Shaanxi and the neighboring province of Shanxi should be spelled "Shanxi ...
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  • Category:Education [[Image:Tee-ball wity Peace Corps volunteer, Honduras ... Service learning is a method of teaching, learning, and reflecting ...
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  • and a leading philosopher and psychologist of the French Enlightenment. He ... 30, 1715, at Grenoble, France to a family of lawyers. Like his elder brother ...
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  • and academic. Bloom championed the idea of "Great Books" education ... Readers Digest article about the University of Chicago and told his parents ...
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  • The United States National Library of Medicine (NLM), operated by ... located on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda ...
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  • Black History Month is an annual observance originating in the United ... In February 1926, Carter G. Woodson launched the celebration of "Negro ...
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  • but eventually they evolved into centers of learning and Buddhist architecture ... In the early decades of Buddhism the wandering monks of the Sangha ...
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  • Category:Education A university is an institution of higher education and research, which ...
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  • |alma_mater = University of Wisconsin—MadisonYale UniversityClark ... – May 29, 1961) was a pioneer in the field of child development, whose research ...
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  • 1772 – September 27, 1833) was the founder of the Brahmo Samaj, one of the ... movement that has given birth to a number of leaders of the Bengali social ...
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  • Category:Education Category:Universities and Colleges {{Infobox_University ... arts college in 1928 and commenced a program of graduate studies in 1955. Affiliated ...
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  • during the period following the signing of the Eulsa Treaty, when Korea ... in Haeju, Hwanghae Province (now part of North Korea). Born during the ...
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  • that helps change the direction and point of application of a pulling force ... only are they used for the obvious lifting of objects, such as by cranes ...
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  • Emperor Meiji (明治天皇, Meiji Tennō, literally “emperor of ... but he presided over the Westernization of Japan by abolishing the feudal ...
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  • began in London, England, with the founding of Toynbee Hall, emerged from ... The settlement movement began in 1884, with the founding of London’s ...
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  • who developed Alfred Adler's system of individual psychology into ... He saw the family as the first social setting in which education takes ...
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  • and close sweatshops, and was co-founder of the National Association for ... just three days before the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln. ...
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  • 1858 - November 15, 1917) is known as one of the originators of modern sociology ... foundation for research on the structure of human society. ...
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  • D.C. in the United States, is one of the largest non-profit scientific ... research projects and supports an education program combating geographic ...
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  • This article is part of the branches of CAM series. CAM Classifications ... Naturopathic medicine (also known as naturopathy) is a school of medical ...
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  • ) is the capital, largest city, and the economic center of Qatar. ... Education has been a major focus of the Qatari government for many ...
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  • and author, widely recognized as the founder of Reform Judaism in the United ... United States in 1846. An early supporter of reforms such as mixed-gender ...
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  • Category:Education [[Image:New_York_Public_Library_030616.jpg|300px ... The New York Public Library (NYPL) is one of the leading libraries ...
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  • public. Beyond recreation, other functions of zoos include research, education ... observing nature and have a role as stewards of creation, have, in the ideal ...
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  • Raoul Gustav Wallenberg (born August 4, 1912, exact date of death ... ancestors. Raoul Wallenberg, Sr., died of cancer three months before ...
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  • who was the first to obtain an equation of state that describes the condition ... Johannes Diderik van der Waals was born in the Dutch city of Leiden ...
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  • economist who occupied the first chair of political economy in England ... Compton, Berkshire, England, the eldest son of the Reverend John Raven Senior ...
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  • Category:Education Category:Politics and social sciences ... name=Albert Ludwigs University of Freiburg| native_name=Albert-Ludwigs ...
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  • The Sanskrit word Kalpa has several distinct meanings in the context ... as topics to be observed by students of the Vedas. Later, they developed ...
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  • South Korea, has earned recognition as one of the leading universities in ... The university formally established in January, 1957 through the union ...
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  • Despite increasing globalization of the market place since its inception ... we buy.[http://www.nclnet.org/about/history.htm A Brief Look Back on ...
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  • the health care sector focused on the care of individuals, families, and ... Nurses develop a plan of care, working collaboratively with physicians ...
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  • ; Postal map spelling: Kirin; Manchu: Girin ula), is a province of ... Jilin has played an integral part in both the history of China and ...
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  • January 31, 1955) was a long-serving leader of the YMCA and the World Student ... From 1920 until 1928, he was the Chairperson of the WSCF. For his labors in ...
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  • Category:Education [[Image:WWII daycare Richmond CA.jpg|thumb|400 px ... The term day care or child care refers to the care of a child during ...
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  • Category:Education [[Image:Modern school magazine.jpg|thumb|right|The ... Free schools have their roots in the anarchist Modern Schools of Spain ...
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  • Category:Education [[Image:Playground.jpg|thumb|250 px|A children& ... for children to play freely, usually part of a school or public park. Playgrounds ...
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  • and the informal name for the London firm of Christie, Manson & Woods ... for several years, netting global sales of $4.67 billion in 2006. Despite ...
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  • The ethics of care is a normative ethical theory often considered ... fields such as nursing, health care, education, international relations ...
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  • Montevideo is the largest city, capital, and chief port of Uruguay ... Montevideo is the commercial, political, and intellectual center of ...
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  • in the country. Through its 60-year history, SNU has grown to the level ... Seoul National University's history presents a cross-section ...
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  • Adam Ferguson, sometimes known as Ferguson of Raith (June 20, 1723 ... Born at Logierait in Perthshire, Scotland, he received his education ...
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  • Despite his short life, he is regarded one of the outstanding figures of ... Lucan's place in the history of Latin literature is somewhat ...
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  • have been rediscovered by a number of literary, feminist, and post ... == Family history == In 1758, Pauline Johnson’s great-grandfather ...
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  • Polish-Jewish Rabbi, theologian, historian of religion and a leader of Progressive ... the Nazis seized power, he became a leader of the representative Jewish body ...
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  • The Kingdom of Tonga, also known as “The Friendly Islands,” is ... Settled for more than 2,800 years, Tonga is part of the cradle of ...
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  • Compleat Angler, a classic guide to the joys of fishing with over 300 new printings ... Despite his modest education, Walton read widely and associated with ...
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  • author, journalist, and the founder of the Association for the Study ... Woodson is also notable for launching the celebration of "Negro ...
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  • a French physicist, Nobel laureate, and one of the discoverers of radioactivity ... Becquerel's investigations were conducted during a period of ...
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  • social worker and reformer. She was one of the "ladies of Halsted ... in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of U.S. congressman William Darrah ...
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  • Category:Education Category:Economics Category:Politics and social sciences ... unfettered by concerns about conditions of their employment will be more ...
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  • for one's actions. The concept of autonomy is also found in education ... One of the best known philosophical theories of autonomy was developed ...
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  • young, Vygotsky is known as the "Mozart of psychology." Vygotsky ... In the latter part of the twentieth century, his theories became widely ...
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  • The Serrano are a Native American tribe of Southern California. They ... their heritage, their belief in the use of natural resources to provide ...
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  • animal science, is the agricultural practice of breeding and raising livestock ... Because of agriculture, cities, as well as trade relations between ...
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  • , is the largest port city in the Republic of Korea. With a population of ... was more than doubled by an influx of refugees from the north. Busan ...
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  • Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa ... It was inhabited in pre-colonial times by a number of ancient kingdoms ...
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  • Saint Isidore of Seville (Spanish: es|San Isidro or es|San Isidoro ... ) (c. 560 - April 4, 636) was Archbishop of Seville for more than ...
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