In 2000, the federal government distributed over $260 billion of funding to state and local governments via 180 formula programs. These programs promote a wide spectrum of economic and social objectives, such as improving educational outcomes and increasing accessibility to medical care, and many are designed to compensate for differences in fiscal capacity that affect governments abilities to address identified needs.
If you can’t decide on what basic settings to use with your camera because you can’t figure out how changing ISO, white balance, or focus defaults will affect your pictures, you need this Quick Snap guide.
Retellings of fairy tales are in fashion now, and a lot are mediocre. But "Beauty Sleep" is a surprisingly fresh interpretation of "Sleeping Beauty". The story is original, with very little of the it devoted to Aurore's hundred year nap. Instead it focuses on the events that preceeded it- the princess's childhood and her family, and her worries about the spells that will eventually affect her. When Aurore realizes that her kingdom will suffer if she doesn't fall under the spell, she takes matters into her own hands, and this part is just as interesting.
Ice to Steam: Changing States of Matter (Let's Explore Science)Explains the differences between solids, liquids, and gases, describes why a substance moves between these states, and discusses how these properties affect the Earth.
A collection reviewing key factors in extrusion cooking, with an emphasis on quality control in the manufacture of various products. Chapters cover extruder selection, analysis and optimization of thermal performance, and how multiple variables affect the production of certain foods.
