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This digital document is an article from Epoca, published by Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA) on August 30, 2002. The length of the article is 626 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: El pedrusco sideral. (claves).(colisin del asteroide 2002 NT7 contra la Tierra; conflictos entre Israel y Palestina)(TT: Space rocks. (Key points).)(TA: collision of asteroid 2002 NT7 with Earth; conflicts between Israel, Palestine)(Artculo Breve)(Columna)
Author: Jos Mara Vera
Publication: Epoca (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 30, 2002
Publisher: Difusora de Informacion Periodica, S.A. (DINPESA)
Page: 35(1)

Article Type: Artculo Breve, Columna

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Meteorites - as well as shooting stars and meteors - result from a collision of a solid body from space with our Earth, but only meteorites are able to penetrate the Earth's protective shield, the atmosphere, and fall to the Earth's surface. Before the return of lunar samples, they were the only materials from beyond the Earth which we could take in hand and study. This book gives a concise and up-to-date description of meteorites - fall phenomena, chemical and mineral composition, classification - as well as a discussion of their formation and origin, which also tells us the story of the formation of our Planetary System. The text is understandable for laymen and students, but can also be used as an introduction to the field for students and scientists. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from New York Times Upfront, published by Scholastic, Inc. on February 7, 2003. The length of the article is 1166 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Avoiding asteroid Armageddon: How do you stop an asteroid from hitting Earth? Hollywood envisions nuclear weapons, but scientists favor a gentler approach. (science times).
Author: Henry Fountain
Publication: New York Times Upfront (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 7, 2003
Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
Volume: 135Issue: 9Page: 24(3)

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This digital document is an article from Technology and Children, published by International Technology Education Association on December 1, 2003. The length of the article is 496 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Snowball fight!(The Space Place)
Author: Tony Phillips
Publication: Technology and Children (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2003
Publisher: International Technology Education Association
Volume: 8Issue: 2Page: 21(1)

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This digital document is an article from Mercury, published by Astronomical Society of the Pacific on January 1, 2000. The length of the article is 744 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Interesting item, new and not, that may be of interest to you.(Review) (book review) (book reviews)
Publication: Mercury (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2000
Publisher: Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Volume: 29Issue: 1Page: 42

Article Type: Book Review

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The diminutive size of cometary bodies is in no way proportional to their scientific importance. Theorists suggest that comets played a major role in the development of the Earth and subsequent collosions of comets may have wiped out various life forms, allowing only the most adaptable to develop further. In short, the study of comets is important from a historical perspective, scientifically compelling and, at the same time, entertaining. In this authoritative book, the development of cometary ideas is traced from antiquity through the actual fly-by of Halley by international spacecraft in 1986. The focus is on the cometary theories that were evident in each era. Included are many colorful anecdotes and information about culture and important personalities throughout history. Also contains an exhaustive catalog of all comet apparitions through the year 1700. ... Read more

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This volume commemorates the distinguished career of the well-known Indian geophysicist Devendra Lal and serves as a unique forum for recent work in geophysics, presented by his colleagues and contemporaries. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Semana, published by Spanish Publications, Inc. on March 2, 2001. The length of the article is 1087 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Asteroides acaban la vida en la Tierra.(asteroides y extincin de dinosaurios, flora y fauna)(TT: Asteroids brought life on earth to an end.)(TA: asteroids and extinction of dinosaurs, flora and fauna)(Artculo Breve)
Publication: Semana (Magazine/Journal)
Date: March 2, 2001
Publisher: Spanish Publications, Inc.
Volume: 7Issue: 418Page: 15

Article Type: Artculo Breve

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This digital document is an article from Futures (Cedar Falls, Iowa), published by Oster Communications, Inc. on May 1, 1996. The length of the article is 259004 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Some futures market analysts believe that the appearances of comets have an effect on business activities and the economy. The appearance of Comet Kohoutek in 1973 was correlated to the bullish commodity market and the fall of Richard Nixon from power. Halley's Comet's appearance in 1986 was tagged as the cause for the decrease in world commodity and oil prices. Similarly, the 1996 visit of Comet Hyakutake is being correlated with changes in commodity futures trading.

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Title: Years of the comet. (effect of comet Hyakutake on the financial market)
Author: Gibbons Burke
Publication: Futures (Cedar Falls, Iowa) (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 1, 1996
Publisher: Oster Communications, Inc.
Volume: v25Issue: n6Page: p75(2)

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This digital document is an article from GEO World, published by Adams Business Media on July 1, 2001. The length of the article is 390 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: NOAA Researchers Work to Improve Severe Weather Forecasts.(National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration )(Brief Article)
Publication: GEO World (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2001
Publisher: Adams Business Media
Volume: 14Issue: 7Page: 18

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This digital document is an article from Word Ways, published by A Ross Eckler on August 1, 2002. The length of the article is 1160 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Mallarme, word-painter of comets.
Author: Paul Maxim
Publication: Word Ways (Magazine/Journal)
Date: August 1, 2002
Publisher: A Ross Eckler
Volume: 35Issue: 3Page: 232(3)

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This digital document is an article from American Scientist, published by Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society on September 1, 2001. The length of the article is 5923 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: An Argument for the Cometary Origin of the Biosphere.
Author: Armand H. Delsemme
Publication: American Scientist (Refereed)
Date: September 1, 2001
Publisher: Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society
Volume: 89Issue: 5Page: 432

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The article is excerpted fromGale Encyclopedia of Medicine.

Consult the second edition of this authoritative, comprehensive, in-depth medical guide for information on more than 1,700 medical topics in language accessible to adult laypersons. Presented in a single alphabetical sequence, articles range in length from one or two paragraphs for minor topics, to several pages or more for major topics. Disease/disorder articles typically cover definition; description; causes and symptoms; diagnosis; treatments; prevention; and more. Test/treatment articles typically cover definition; purposes; precautions; preparation; risks; normal and abnormal results; and much more. This second edition includes more than 200 new entries, 300 updated entries, approximately 650 color images and illustrations, and a comprehensive subject index. New features include biographical and historical sidebars throughout the text.

Disease/disorder articles contain some or all of the following sections:

• Definitions -- brief dictionary-style definition of the disorder
• Descriptions -- overview of the disorder; who gets it and why
• Causes & symptoms -- process, substance or organism that produces the condition; any risk factors that increase susceptibility to the condition; signs and symptoms of the disease
• Diagnosis -- overview of procedures and tests used to diagnose the condition; how the test is done; who should be tested and when; time required; cost; whether it's typically covered by insurance
• Treatments -- overview of conventional methods of care or management of the condition, such as drugs, surgeries, physical therapy, etc.
• Alternative treatments -- overview of alternative/complementary therapies that may be used to treat the condition
• Prognosis -- probable outcome of the disease
• Preventions -- what actions can be taken to prevent the condition from occurring

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• Definitions -- brief dictionary-style definition of the test/treatment
• Purposes -- why and when this test/treatment is prescribed
• Precautions -- when this test/treatment should not be prescribed
• Descriptions -- overview of the test/treatment including cost, length of time required, procedures followed, whether typically covered by insurance
• Preparation -- pre-test treatment procedures, if any
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• Normal results -- for tests, describes the normal values; for treatments, describes the anticipated outcomes
• Abnormal results -- defines abnormal test values

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This digital document is an article from National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, published by The National Underwriter Company on May 16, 1994. The length of the article is 16368 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Computer-based hurricane simulation models and loss-projection tools can enable risk managers to accurately forecast their risk of catastrophic property losses from hurricanes. The models allow risk managers to project the damage caused by any size of hurricane. By enabling risk managers to predict probable losses from hurricanes before they occur, risk managers are able to design and implement measures to reduce losses.

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Title: Computer models can help RMs weather storms. (risk managers)(Risk Management Employee Benefits Services Review)
Author: Robert G. Knowles
Publication: National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: May 16, 1994
Publisher: The National Underwriter Company
Issue: n20Page: p10(2)

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Bill Cassidy has led meteorite recovery expeditions in the Antarctic for fifteen years. His searches have resulted in the collection of thousands of meteorite specimens from the ice. This fascinating story is a first hand account of his field experiences on the US Antarctic Search for Meteorites Project, which he carried out as part of an international team of scientists. Cassidy describes this hugely successful field program in Antarctica and its influence on our understanding of the moon, Mars and the asteroid belt. He describes the hardships and dangers of fieldwork in a hostile environment, as well as the appreciation he developed for the beauty of the place. In the final chapters he speculates on the results of the trips and the future research they might lead to. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Monthly Climatic Data for the World, published by U.S. National Climatic Data Center on October 1, 2004. The length of the article is 7321 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Station list recent data.(Directory)(Illustration)
Publication: Monthly Climatic Data for the World (Magazine/Journal)
Date: October 1, 2004
Publisher: U.S. National Climatic Data Center
Volume: 57Issue: 10Page: 75(18)

Article Type: Directory, Illustration

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