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A Culinary Tradition For The Persian New Year
Nowruz, the Persian holiday celebrating the new year, is observed in Iran and parts of Western and Central Asia. It marks the first day of the vernal equinox. Najmieh Batmanglij, author of eight cookbooks on Iranian cuisine that are...
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In Cuba, American tourists increase demand for hotels
Two years ago, President Barack Obama restored diplomatic relations with Cuba. Since then, Cold War-era travel restrictions that prohibited most Americans from visiting were lifted, leading to a surge of U.S. tourists and a scramble to...
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Many college students struggle to pass remedial math. Do they need to?
Colleges created remedial education classes to ensure students were sufficiently prepared for more advanced material. But increasingly, there’s a sense that remedial courses are hurting the prospects of the students they are intended to...
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A public housing project where healthy living is the foundation
In downtown Denver, a recently built public housing project is designed to foster healthy living, with access to nutritious food, access to doctors and ease of exercise. Jeffrey Brown reports.
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In the crossfire of Ukraine-Russia conflict, an industrial plant fights to survive
A conflict between Ukraine and Russia since 2014 has killed more than 10,000 people, displaced 2 million and put businesses on the border, like the Metinvest plant in Eastern Ukraine, in the crossfire. Metinvest is the largest plant in...
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Exploring the Psychology of Wealth, 'Pernicious' Effects of Economic Inequality (June 21, 2013)
It's been said that money is the root of all evil. Does money make people more likely to lie, cheat and steal? Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports on new research from the University of California, Berkeley about how wealth and...
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Sen. Duckworth writes of resiliency, healing in her book that’s a ‘love letter’ to America
Sen. Duckworth Writes Of Resiliency, Healing In Her Book That Is A ‘Love Letter’ To America
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Andy Card And Rahm Emanuel On What Trump Is Doing Right — And Wrong
Governing in a crisis like the novel coronavirus pandemic can define a presidency. What lessons does history have to offer as a guide? Judy Woodruff reports and talks to former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who was President Obama’s chief...
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Wisconsin Nonprofit Seeks To Better Connect U.S. Farmers With Their Mexican Employees
Mexicans who come to the U.S. seeking employment often leave their loved ones and culture behind. In Wisconsin, a nonprofit helps connect American farmers with their migrant employees through language and cultural education. Some of the...
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For these college students, the most difficult test is basic survival
The biggest challenge for these college students may not be exams or papers, but finding the means to survive. While the University of California system has worked to bring in more first-generation and "non-traditional" students, helping...
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What Dr. Fauci wants you to know about face masks and staying home as virus spreads
As COVID-19 spreads across the country, there has been some debate over the need for government stay-at-home orders, whether Americans should be wearing masks in public and how the coronavirus spreads. Dr. Anthony Fauci of the National...
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Yemen's Ongoing Civil War Creates A Life Of Loss For Children
As the civil war in Yemen enters its sixth year, tens of thousands have died in the fighting, while disease and hunger have killed thousands more. The many children who have lost or been abandoned by parents have suffered the most, both...
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A community overwhelmed by opioids
At the epicenter of America's opioid epidemic, Huntington, West Virginia’s
growing addiction problem has overwhelmed everyone from first responders to
business owners to newborns. So far, the city's robust efforts to fight
back...
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Survival is a struggle in the rubble of Yemen's war
With its infrastructure broken, the constant threat of starvation and a failed state, Yemen is on the brink of collapse. Less than half of its health facilities are functional amid a health crisis that has seen epidemics of preventable...
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Relics and treasures reveal U.S. history through African-American lens
One hundred years in the making, the National Museum of African American History and Culture will open on Saturday in Washington. The museum presents history through objects both celebratory and sobering -- showcasing everything from...
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Self-empowerment is sweet for diabetes patients in innovative program
Empowering diabetes patients to feel like they can change their health is the goal of Project Dulce, an innovative program in San Diego that has been held up as a national model. It combines peer counseling, guidance from physicians and...
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Can Easter Island's treasures withstand storms of climate change?
Spectacular giant statues evoke history and mystery on Easter Island, a place that has symbolized what humans can achieve and then destroy. Now everywhere you look on the island, home to about 6,000 residents, there are signs of coastal...
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Coping With Alzheimer's: A Mother & Daughter Portrait Of Long-Term Care (May 30, 2013)
After being diagnosed with Alzheimer's, professional artist Mary Wyant slowly lost her ability to paint and the ability to take care of herself. Ray Suarez examines the story of Mary and her daughter Rebecca, who is now her mother's...
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Biographer Robert Caro on why it's taking decades to fully capture LBJ
Robert Caro is one of the nation’s preeminent biographers, known for meticulous research and taking his time with a subject. Indeed, he began his massive series "The Years of Lyndon Johnson" in 1977, but its final volume won't be...
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Eigenvectors and eigenvalues | Essence of linear algebra, chapter 14
Eigenvalues and eigenvectors are one of the most important ideas in linear algebra, but what on earth are they?
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Eigenvectors and eigenvalues: Essence of Linear Algebra - Part 14 of 15
Eigenvalues and eigenvectors are one of the most important ideas in linear algebra, but what on earth are they?
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Cross products in the light of linear transformations | Essence of linear algebra chapter 11
The formula for the cross product can feel like a mystery, or some kind of crazy coincidence. But it isn't. There is a fundamental connection between the cross product and determinants.