Step 1: Printing Choose a design on the right and click on it to view the full-size mask. A PDF file will load in a new window. Print this page. If a new window does not load, you probably do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. You will need to download it before continuing. Step 2: Cutting Once your mask is printed, you will need to cut along the mask’s edges and then cut out holes for your eyes....
See also: Hattie Wyatt Caraway, of Arkansas, becomes the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate. On October 23, 1934, American adventurer Jeanette Piccard sets an altitude record for female balloonists when she ascends 57,579 feet. Edith Houghton becomes the first woman hired as a first major-league baseball scout. Jacqueline Cochran breaks the sound barrier by flying an F-86 over Roger’s Dry Lake, California, at the speed of 652.337 miles per hour....
The Hegira (Hijra) (emigration) of Muhammed from Mecca, where he was not honored, to Medina, where he was well received, occurred in 622 and marks the beginning of the Muslim era. In 630 he marched on Mecca and conquered it. He died at Medina in 632. His grave there has since been a place of pilgrimage. Muhammed’s followers, called Muslims, revered him as the prophet of Allah (God), beside whom there is no other God....
Special Features St. Patrick’s Day: Until Recently, More Dallas than DublinHow the Irish celebrate their holiday St. Pat’s Day by the Numbers24% percent of Massachusetts residents are of Irish ancestry Those Quotable IrishJohn Millington Synge, W.B. Yeats, and others Irish ProverbsA good beginning is half the work Encyclopedia: Saint PatrickFrom enslaved herdsman to Christian missionary In the Company of St. PatrickTen major Irish saints History and Background What’s the Symbolism of the Irish Flag?...
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Obesity can lead to serious health problems, such as heart disease, stroke, diabetes and high blood pressure. Type 2 diabetes, once considered an adult disease, increasingly affects kids. Health professionals put much of the blame for the super-sizing of the United States on junk food, enormous portion sizes and not enough exercise. The U.S. Department of Heath and Human Services reports that about half of all American kids aren’t active enough....
Although some elements, such as gold and iron, have been known to humans since prehistoric times, it wasn’t until the 17th century that the first scientific discovery of an element (phosphorus) was made. Only 12 elements were known prior to 1700, but as more and more elements were discovered—by 1900 there were more than 80—scientists tried to find a way to organize them systematically, according to their physical and chemical properties....
Size: Almost 4 times the size of Earth in diameterDiameter: 30,775 miles (49,528 km)Surface: A liquid layer covered with thick clouds and with constant, raging stormsAtmosphere: Hydrogen, helium, methane, and ammoniaTemperature: –353°F (–214°C)Rotation of its axis: 16 hours and 7 minutesRotation around the Sun: 165 Earth yearsYour weight: Not knownDistance from Earth: 2,680,000,000 miles at closest pointMean Distance from Sun: 2,796.46 million miles (4,497 million km)Satellites: 13Rings: 4 Fact Monster/Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc....
It started in England, but now cricket is popular in many of its former colonies, especially in the West Indies and India. Like baseball, a batsman must hit a ball tossed by a pitcher (called a bowler)—except the ball must be hit on a bounce. There are usually four innings in a game. An inning ends when 10 batsmen make an out; then the fielding team gets to bat. Hundreds of runs are often scored, and games can take days to complete....
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