.... use a star chart to help in finding it, as I said it is near HERCULES in LYRA and is the brightest star shown as a large star shaped object, on the star chart it will easily be sighted by the name Vega written next to it. If your sense of direction is legendary you will have no problem finding this legendary star. Al-Waki or "The Falling" is the Arabic name for Vega, to the Greeks Lyra belonged to Orpheus who animated and inanimate objects and even the Lord of Death with his music. But most interesting of all in India it is also called Abhijit in Rg Veda and is associated with the creator. Yes, to the Hindu religion Abhijit is an infinitely important character recorded as ....

.... of years ozone has been protecting the earth " by absorbing ultraviolet or bad radiation from the sun ( Rowland, 1992, p.66 ). This natural umbrella protecting mankind has recently suffered the effects of industrialized society. This " ozone shield is dissipating " and the cause is laid primarily to man - made chemicals ( Bowermaster et al, 1990, p.27 ). If enough of these man - made chemicals are released, "the ozone layer would be weakened to such an extent that it does not filter out the sun's invisible and dangerous ultraviolet rays " ( Jones, 1992, p.36 ). Such a scenario would drastically alter society and the environment. Ozone depletion has been described as "pote ....

.... of use and disuse states that if an animal frequently uses an organ then that organ will grow in strength, and if an animal does not use an organ it deteriorates until it eventually disappears (Strickberger 22). The inheritance of acquired characteristics states that the changes that occur in animals through the principle of use and disuse are passed on to the animal's offspring (Strickberger 23). Lamarck's theory on was proven false because it incorrectly asserts that organisms can change their inheritable traits. This assertion was shown to be untrue when the theory of natural selection was conceived. The idea of natural selection was formed by both Charles Darwi ....

.... that marijuana was a major drug problem, which it was not at the time. They also propagated a campaign that it was a drug that induced uncontrollable violence, another complete falsehood. Hemp is the plant scientifically known as cannabis sativa. It is referred to as hemp when it is grown for its fibers, stem, and seeds. Its leaves and flowers produce the drugs marijuana and hashish. However, sterile breeds of the plant are still illegal to grow in the U.S. Literally millions of wild hemp plants grow throughout the entire Midwest today. Wild hemp, like hemp used for industry purposes, is useless as an intoxicant. Yet U.S. drug law states that one acre of this can result in ....

.... M 0.7 g/10 ml Group 5 0.2 M 0.7 g/10 ml NB: Tare the balance. Tare the balance with a test tube inside a beaker. Add the amount to the tube. Vortex, gradually turning the speed up. Heat in a water bath. Cool the tube. 2. Wet the dialysis tubing with the beaker of distilled water. 3. Twist one end of the tubing. 4. Fold the twisted end over on itself. 5. Tie a tight knot. Leave the extra string. 6. Insert the transfer pipette (cut off top) about one third of the way into the tubing. 7. Tie a knot securely around the transfer pipette. Leave the extra string. 8. Add two transfer pipettes (two squirts) of the Gatorade solution to the tubing. 9. Add two transfer pipette ....

.... The first sign of a tornado is a strong dust whirlwind along with a funnel growing from the storm cloud. A more organized funnel descends farther from the cloud, sometimes even touching the ground. Funnel winds generally move counterclockwise and the funnel can move slowly or at about 100/ft per second. Eventually the tornado becomes fragmented and dissipates causing the end of the tornado. Tornados are the cause of great destruction and devistation in the area in which they occur. For example the Tri-State Tornado of 1925 occured in the Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas States. This tornado was one of the largest tornados recorded in history. It killed nearly 625 pe ....

.... and higher. Heat energy, released as the water vapor in the air condenses. As it condenses it drives the upper drafts to heights of 50,000 to 60,000 feet. The cumuli become towering thunderheads. From outside the storm area, air moves in over the sea surface to replace the air soaring upwards in the thunderheads. The air begins swirling around the storm center, for the same reason that the air swirls around a tornado center. As this air swirls in over the sea surface, it soaks up more and more water vapour. At the storm center, this new supply of water vapor gets pulled into the thunderhead updrafts, releasing still more energy as the water vapor condenses. This ....

.... is the abacus. These date back to almost 2000 years ago. It is simply a wooden rack holding parallel wires on which beads are strung. When these beads are moved along the wire according to "programming" rules that the user must memorize, all ordinary arithmetic operations can be performed. The next innovation in computers took place in 1694 when Blaise Pascal invented the first "digital calculating machine". It could only add numbers and they had to be entered by turning dials. It was designed to help Pascal's father who was a tax collector. In the early 1800's, a mathematics professor named Charles Babbage designed an automatic calculation machine. It was steam ....