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Are You Ready?

Tornado, flood, fire, terror, emergency: find the top ten ways to prepare for disaster. Then compare your readiness with the rest of America. On hand emergency items Use…

Facts About People Around the World

  People at a Glance People in Groups Generic People Collecting People People in the World Kids Around the World People: Rank and File Knights in Shining Armor…

DK Science: Mobile Communications

EMERGENCY SERVICESMOBILE PHONESFIND OUT MOREMobile communications allows direct radio contact with people on the move, connecting them immediately, even in an emergency. Radio was originally…

DK Science: Telescopes

X-RAY OF BINOCULARSREFRACTING TELESCOPEREFLECTING TELESCOPEFIND OUT MOREJust as our eyes cannot see small objects, so they cannot see things that are very far off. Even when things are millions of…

DK History: English Civil War

WHO WAS “OLD IRONSIDES”? WHO WERE ROUNDHEADS AND CAVALIERS? WHO WERE THE DIGGERS AND LEVELERS? WHAT WAS THE COMMONWEALTH? FIND OUT MOREFrom 1642 to 1648 people in the British Isles were split by a…

Automotive Mechanic

What is this job like? Automotive service technicians and mechanics fix cars or light trucks that have broken down. They must be able to figure out the source of the problem quickly and correctly.…

Algebra: Introducing the Radical Sign

Introducing the Radical Sign Algebra Wrestling with Radicals Introducing the Radical Sign Simplifying Radical Expressions Unleashing Radical Powers Radical Operations Solving Radical…

United Nations Security Council

  The Security Council was constructed as an organ with primary responsibility for preserving peace. Unlike the General Assembly, it was given power to enforce measures and was organized as…

Count Basie

jazz pianist, composer, bandleaderBorn: 8/21/1904Birthplace: Red Bank, New Jersey Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist, composer and bandleader known for his powerful, rhythmic sound and his dominant-…

Bonnie Raitt

blues-rock singerBorn: 11/8/1949Birthplace: Burbank, California Grammy Award-winning blues-rock singer and guitarist known for her powerful voice and late-career comeback. Her recordings include…