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Humanity, history, intellectual disability in Alberta |
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Written by Claudia Malacrida
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Friday, 05 March 2010 |
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What does it mean to be human? For people with disabilities, this question has centered on inclusion — things like community acceptance, appropriate education and employment, involvement in the full range of human relationships, including parenting. Unfortunately, these rights have not always been on offer to Albertans with disabilities.
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‘Apocalypse’: the beginning of the end |
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Written by James Linville
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Friday, 26 February 2010 |
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The “Apocalypse,” the end of history, has its own history that is more than 2,000 years long. The term “apocalypse” is usually associated with a violent end to this world, mostly due to the book of Revelation, also called the “Apocalypse of John,” the final book in the New Testament.
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How does carbon dioxide help heat atmosphere? |
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Written by Marc R. Roussel
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Friday, 19 February 2010 |
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I always tell my students that asking questions is one of the best ways to learn. On Feb. 2, in the Letters page of The Herald, Ann Fraser asked the following: “If this concentrated invisible gas (carbon dioxide) has the ability to stop heat and infrared radiation from escaping into space, doesn’t this so-called barrier have the same ability to stop heat and infrared radiation coming from the sun to heat the Earth?” What a great question!
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Science is self-correcting |
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Written by Rob Sutherland
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Friday, 12 February 2010 |
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In 2000, the Boltons (not real names), a well-to-do family living in the northeastern U.S., were happy with Samantha, a bright and out-going 18-month-old.
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Where did the alphabet come from? |
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Written by Kevin McGeough
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Friday, 05 February 2010 |
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The alphabet you are currently reading has a long history shared with the writing systems of many other languages such as French, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic.
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