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Rutgers University

(Encyclopedia) Rutgers University, main campus at New Brunswick, N.J.; land-grant and state supported; coeducational except for Douglass College; chartered 1766 as Queen's College, opened 1771.…

2015 Academy Awards

The 2015 Academy Awards will be presented on Feb. 28, 2016, at the Kodak Theatre. All of the nominees are listed below. Best Picture The Big Short Bridge of Spies…

Other Selected Athletes

Lance Armstrong winning the 1999 Tour de France See also Lance Armstrong Notable Summer Olympians, A-Z Notable Winter Olympics Biographies, A-Z People in the News Recent Obituaries…

New South Wales

(Encyclopedia) New South Wales, state (2016 pop. 7,480,228), 309,443 sq mi (801,457 sq km), SE Australia. It is bounded on the E by the Pacific Ocean. Sydney is the capital. The other principal urban…

America's Most Endangered Places 2004

Eleven historic sites in danger of being lost forever In a report released in late May 2004, the National Trust for Historic Preservation (www.nationaltrust.org ) listed 11 historic sites across…

Asian Food Primer: Korean Food

by David Johnson Koreans are believed to have migrated from the Mongolian steppes and that is reflected in the prevalence of meat, which in restaurants is often cooked on miniature grills…

Food-Borne Diseases: Salmonella

SalmonellaFood-Borne DiseasesIntroductionE. coli 0157:H7CamphylobacterSalmonellaShigellaListeriaTrichinosis The Salmonella bacterium was first isolated from a pig's intestine by American…

Map: <b>Pacific Islands and Australia</b>

  Pacific Islands and Australia Profile: History · Government · Economy · Population €¦ Pacific Islands and Australia Information Encyclopedia: Pacific Islands and Australia In-depth…

Yiddish Glossary

From my bashert to my zaide by Erin Teare Related Links Judaism PrimerEncyclopedia: YiddishBranches of Judaism An amalgam of medieval German dialects, Yiddish was first used in the Jewish…

Algebra: Tricky Linear Equations

Tricky Linear Equations Algebra Cooking Up Linear Equations Point-Slope Form Slope-Intercept Form Graphing with Slope-Intercept Form Standard Form of a Line Tricky Linear Equations For the…