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Four-H
Four-H or 4-H, organization for boys and girls, generally from 8 to 18 years of age; some states offer programs for younger children, and there are also collegiate programs. 4-H teaches young people leadership, citizenship, and life skills through practical educational programs in animal and... Read more |
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Four-H clubs
Four-H clubs or 4-H clubs, organizations for boys and girls from 9 to 19 years of age. The group is part of an educational program designed to improve techniques of agriculture and home economics, promote high ideals of civic responsibility, provide training for community leadership, and foster... Read more |
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tartar emetic
tartar emetic poisonous, odorless, transparent rhombic crystals or white powder with a metallic, sweetish taste. Chemically, it is potassium antimony tartrate, KSbC 4 H 4 O 7 · 1/2 H 2 O. It is used as a mordant in dyeing. Medically, it was formerly used as an emetic and expectorant, to... Read more |
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cream of tartar
cream of tartar white crystalline powder. Chemically it is potassium hydrogen tartrate, KC 4 H 5 O 6 , the acidic potassium salt of tartaric acid . It is used as the leavening agent in baking powders. An impure form, called tartar or argol, forms naturally during the fermentation of grape juice... Read more |
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methanogen
methanogen Any of various archaebacteria (see Archaea) that produce methane; they include such genera as Methanobacillus and Methanothrix. Methanogens are obligate anaerobes found in oxygen-deficient environments, such as marshes, swamps, sludge (formed during sewage treatment), and the digestive... Read more |
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Aldebaran
Aldebaran , brightest star in the constellation Taurus ; Bayer designation α Tauri; 1992 position R.A. 4 h 35.5 m , Dec. +16°30′. An orange giant star ( spectral class K5 III) with apparent magnitude averaging 0.85, it is one of the 20 brightest stars in the sky. Aldebaran is a... Read more |
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ferrous sulfate
ferrous sulfate or iron (II) sulfate, chemical compound, FeSO 4 . It is known as the monohydrate, FeSO 4 ·H 2 O; the tetrahydrate, FeSO 4 ·4H 2 O; the pentahydrate, FeSO 4 ·5H 2 O; and the heptahydrate, FeSO 4 ·7H 2 O. The heptahydrate is also called green vitriol,... Read more |
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butane
butane , C 4 H 10 , gaseous alkane , a hydrocarbon that is obtained from natural gas or by refining petroleum. It can be liquefied at room temperature by compression. There are two structural isomers of butane. In normal butane, or n -butane, the four carbon atoms are joined in a continuous,... Read more |
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Baking powder
Baking Powder Baking powder is a solid mixture that is used as a chemical leavening agent in baked goods. It can be composed of a number of materials, but usually contains baking soda (sodium bicarbonate, NaHCO3), cream of tartar (potassium bitartrate, C4H5KO6), and ... Read more |
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alkane
alkane , any of a group of aliphatic hydrocarbons whose molecules contain only single bonds (see chemical bond ). Alkanes have the general chemical formula C n H 2n+2 . An alkane is said to have a continuous chain if each carbon atom in its molecule is joined to at most two other carbon atoms; it... Read more |
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An efficient synthesis of carboxaldehyde derivatives of 4H-pyran-4-one.
...and 2,6-di-carboxaldehyde substituted derivatives of 3,5-diphenyl-4H-pyran-4-one and 4H-pyran-4-one. 3,5-Diphenyl-6-methyl-4-oxo-4H-pyran-2-carboxaldehyde (4a), 6-methyl-4-oxo-4H-pyran-2... |
 "The Roanoke Times (Roanoke, VA)")
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Snyder retires from 4H on June 30
...state budget squeeze sent one of the top 4H agents around Virginia into retirement...June 30, Glenda Snyder will still go to 4H camp, but then it is on to other endeavors. She has been to 30 years of 4H camps and traveled with 5,000 kids over... |
 "The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)")
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4H CLUB OFFERS MEMBERS A WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE, HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE.(SUFFOLK SUN)
Byline: CYNDI ESTIENNE When members of the Suffolk 4H Livestock Club were asked to come up with slogans for posters promoting 4H, some unlikely phrases were created: ``4H is a MOO-ving experience,'' ``4H is for ewe'' and... |
 "Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)")
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Reconstructing the history of 4H; As 4H celebrates 100 years in Hennepin...
...ELLS Special to the Star Tribune The first 4H club in Hennepin County was a tomato club...assembling a book on the 100th anniversary of 4H in Hennepin County. "That intrigued me because I know a lot of the history of 4H, and girls had their separate clubs. And... |
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e-4H to Bring CareKey's Personal Health Information Management System to the...
...Management Services CareKey, Inc. and e-4H GmbH announced today plans to bring to the...localized, managed and maintained by e-4H. Healthcare consumers using the product...environment. Using CareKey technology, e-4H will further provide personalized information... |
 "The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)")
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Country -- and city -- club 4H hopes to plant seeds of understanding,...
...at this year's 83d annual Massachusetts 4H Teen Conference. The dance was ending and...averted melee proved a learning experience for 4H, which is expanding its urban outreach...to the intervention of Sonny Almeida, a 4H leader for the last 50 years. "Thank God... |
 "The Sun - Naperville (IL)")
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4H remains at the heart of DuPage County Fair
...did and turned into in a prize-winning 4H presentation at this year’s DuPage...appreciated the variety of activities offered by 4H. “You get to pick whatever you want...in the Illinois State Fair. The National 4H web site boasts that the organization includes... |
 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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4H still at heart of fair Agriculture contests offer unique experiences.(News)
...participation of more than 600 Kane County 4H club members, said Jim Rumsa, the fair...Rumsa said. "Our principal concern is the 4H agricultural fair." As the midway opened...members of St. Charles-based Fantastics 4H were busy operating a 4H food booth, a... |
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Feature: 4H Store Reopens With a Renewed Focus.
...PRESSWIRE-October 28, 2011-: Feature: 4H Store Reopens With a Renewed Focus(C...its doors due to slow sales, the popular 4H Seed Store is once again open to the public...have been steady and Coordinator for the 4H Seed and Agro-Chemical Store, Lemuel... |
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Aluminium iodide-catalysed rearrangement of...
...iodide-catalysed rearrangement of 4-oxo-4H-1-benzopyran-3-aldonitrones In recent...catalyst for the facile rearrangement of 4-oxo-4H-1-benzopyran-3-aldonitrones (I) into 4-oxo-4H-1-benzopyran-3-carboxamides (II... |
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