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This feature helps making the phone’s screen soothing to the eyes and it also helps people with color blindness. It helps them to manipulate the colors, so that they can clearly see the text. However, anybody can use the feature to make the screen look attractive from an aesthetic point of view. Color Filters are included in the accessibility section of iPhone / iPad. NOTE: Though the Color Filters feature works similar to the Night Shift feature on the iPhone, but it is completely different from it....

Ordered HTML list (created with OL tag) are by default counted as each item is preceded by its number in the list. But the lists created using UL tag are not numbered. So, we need to count all the items to show it to the user. If you are displaying this count of unordered list items on your page –you may not want to update the count every time you update the list....

The length of the solar year, however, is slightly less than 365¼ days—by about 11 minutes. To compensate for this discrepancy, the leap year is omitted three times every four hundred years. In other words, a century year cannot be a leap year unless it is divisible by 400. Thus 1700, 1800, and 1900 were not leap years, but 1600, 2000, and 2400 are leap years. What are your chances of being born on leap day?...

Forty Differences Between Species In March 2007, scientists at the U.S. National Cancer Institute announced that genetic testing had determined that there are about 40 differences between the two species. For example, the clouded leopard of Borneo and Sumatra has darker fur and smaller cloud markings than the mainland leopard. The spots inside the “clouds” on the island clouded leopard are more distinct than those on the mainland animal. The differences between the cousins are as marked as those between lions, tigers, and jaguars....

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Horsepower: A workhorse can lift 550 pounds 1 foot in the air in 1 second; that is 1 horsepower. Engines are measured in horsepower. A 10-horsepower engine can do the work of ten horses. Manpower: An average man lifts 55 pounds 1 foot high in 1 second. Candlepower: The amount of light given off by a candle of a specific size, shape, type of tallow, and type of wick. The brightness of an electric light is measured in candlepower....

Related Links Olympics Overview 2008Basketball PreviewEncyclopedia: Olympic Basketball Basketball Legends Johnson, Bird Led by coach Chuck Daly and assistants Lenny Wilkens, P.J. Carlesimo and Mike Kryzyzewski, the first Olympic “Dream Team” was immediately favored to win gold. The team featured stars like John Stockton, Scottie Pippen, Clyde Drexler, and David Robinson. And that was the bench! It was instant magic when legends like Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Michael Jordan, Charles Barkley and Karl Malone took the floor....

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The sellers of Obama coins play up the historical and emotional aspects of Obama’s success, often marketing these coins as rare, limited edition collectibles that could increase in value over time. When you mix emotions and investment decisions, your pocketbook is almost always a loser. Consider the national tragedy when President Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. The public scrambled for mementos of this much-beloved president. Private mints and souvenir factories cranked out products as fast as the audience could buy them....

Related Links Suspected al-Qaeda Terrorist Acts Osama bin Laden is SEALed and Delivered Remembering September 11 Al-Qaeda The Taliban Afghan War Afghanistan Saudi Arabia Sudan Cold War Islam Primer Most Wanted Terrorists FBI’s Ten Most Wanted Chechnya Time Line Russian History Time Line Russia Terrorism Terrorism Around the World “For over two decades, Bin Laden has been Al Qaeda’s leader and symbol,” said President Barack Obama in a televised speech. “The death of bin Laden marks the most significant achievement to date in our nation’s effort to defeat Al-Qaeda....

Paper Mache Tips Paper mache is a very messy craft! Prepare by covering your work surface. Even better, do it outside if weather permits. Make sure you cover yourself as well as using smocks or old clothes. Some creations can take several days to finish, so remind kids that they have to be patient! Sometimes you will have to work on it a little each day, adding new layers to your project....

To address the pressure treated wood safety concerns, in 2002, the United States’ Environmental Protection Agency convinced lumber manufacturers to find a non-arsenic based formula for treated. The result is ACQ (Alkaline Copper Quaternary) treated lumber. The new ACQ treated lumber contains a very high level of copper to replace the arsenic. While this reduces the desired risk of poisoning, it does present a different, but very dangerous problem: increased levels of corrosion....

The metallic composition of the coin is complicated: a pure copper core clad with layers of metallurgically bonded outer layers of manganese brass (77% copper, 12% zinc, 7% manganese, and 4% nickel). It weighs 8.1 grams and has a diameter of 26.5 mm. This coin was revolutionary in that it replaced the failed Susan B. Anthony dollar that was rejected by the American public. The United States Mint had high hopes for the coin given the recent success in Canada with the launching of their one-dollar coin nicknamed “The Loonie....

You might also want to learn Scrabble’s OK-to-use two-letter words and words with no vowels. Use the Scrabble word lists so you can improve your Scrabble play. The Official Scrabble Dictionary As you play Scrabble more often, you’ll probably find yourself playing against people who gleefully plop down words you’ve never heard of, such as “qoph.” When this happens, you may want to challenge your opponent and risk losing a turn....