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1. Journal on 18th Century America (Early America Review)
   "A journal on fact, opinion, issues, and events on 18th Century America." 10-09

2. Early Islam

3. Comanche - Pictures of Early Homes (Kavanagh)

4. Washington, George - The Real Face (Early America)
   "George Washington's life mask was made in 1785 by French sculptor Jean Antoine Houdon when Washington was fifty-three. In commenting to a friend, Houdon said he had no idea of 'the majesty and grandeur of Washington's form and features' until he studied him as a subject."

5. Fourth of July - Early Celebrations (Heintze)
   Uses original sources to show how the Fourth of July was celebrated soon after the Declaration of Independence. Also provides related links.

6. Cultural Diversity and Early Education (National Academy of Sciences - Phillips and Crowell)
   Provides "research literature that bears on the early education of culturally and linguistically diverse populations of children." 2-00

7. Global Warming - Early Warning Signs Map (ClimateHotMap.org)
   Provides a world map, marking early warning signs of global warming. 6-01

8. Organizations for Preventing Conflict and Warfare (Forum on Early Warning and Early Response)
   Provides organizations by region. 1-02

9. Preventing Conflict and Warfare by Region (Forum on Early Warning and Early Response)
   Provides historical context and analysis of regions of conflict in order to prevent further conflict or warfare. Uses PDF format. 1-02

10. Fossils and Migration Patterns in Early Hominids (Access Excellence - Banister-Marx)
    "Discoveries of fossil hominids around the world have helped scientists to determine not only a likely origin for the human species, but also a migration path throughout the world."
    
    "Students need to have knowledge of latitude and longitude in order to plot the locations of the fossils sampled. Students would benefit greatly if they had some experience comparing the anatomy and relative ages of fossil hominids either from resin casts or from pictures." 9-02

11. Early Life on Earth (AmericanScientist.org - de Duve)
    "The chemical evolution leading to cellular life on earth almost four billion years ago likely passed through a stage where RNA alone performed all of the functions of the modern macromolecules RNA, DNA and protein. However the so-called RNA world was itself too complex to evolve directly from organic molecules found on the prebiotic earth. More likely, the RNA world emerged from and was supported by a primitive sort of metabolism fueled by the bonds in sulfur-containing compounds called thioesters." 12-03

12. Early Lice Came from Cousins (Nature.com)
    "Our ancestors may have caught nits from their primitive cousins."
    
    "Humankind's inexorable spread across the globe may have had an unwelcome side-effect - it brought us face to face with our ancient hominid relatives just long enough to catch their head lice. Researchers have discovered that there are two distinct lineages of modern lice, one of which presumably evolved on the scalps of another human species before making the jump to our own." 10-04

13. Early Instruments (Diabolus.org)
    Describes early musical instruments, such as the Flute, Recorder, Whistle, Tabor Pipe, Lute, Viols and Violins, Guitar and Vihuela, Cittern and Bandora, Gittern and Citole, Bagpipe, Shawm and Curtal, Crumhorn and Rackett, Psaltery and Dulcimer, and Cornett. 10-04

14. Footprints of Early Modern Humans Found (NationalGeographic.com)
    "To paleoanthropologists, 'Eve' is a hypothetical female who lived somewhere in Africa between 100,000 and 300,000 years ago. She carried a particular type of mitochondrial DNA—genetic material that is passed on only through females. Scientists measuring the range of variation in mitochondrial DNA in different populations today have concluded that we all descend from one common female ancestor—'Eve.' "
    
    “ 'It’s highly unlikely, of course, that the actual 'Eve' made these prints,' Berger said, 'but they were made at the right time on the right continent to be hers.' ” 8-97

15. -11-10-05 CT Scans May Provide Early Detection of Lung Cancer (ABC News)
    "By the time symptoms appear, lung cancer has usually spread beyond the lungs and the five-year survival rate is only 15 percent. Studies have shown traditional chest X-rays do not catch lung cancer early enough to reduce the death rate. That's why some researchers are so enthusiastic about the new, more sensitive CT scans." 11-05.

16. -01-30-06 Investigation: FEMA Ignored Available Resources and Then Left Early (USA Today)
    "At one point, Scarlett's letter said, FEMA asked U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services to help with search and rescue in New Orleans, St. Bernard Parish and St. Tammany Parish but that the rescuers 'never received task assignments.' The agency, a branch of the Interior Department, apparently went ahead anyway, according to the letter, which said that Fish and Wildlife helped rescue 4,500 people in the first week after Katrina."
    
    "Other Interior Department resources that were offered, but unused, included flat-bottom boats for shallow-water rescues. 'Clearly these assets and skills were precisely relevant in the post-Katrina environment,' Scarlett wrote." 01-06

17. -02-10-06 Brown: Top Officials Knews of Breach Early (MSNBC News)
    " 'There was a culture clash that didn’t recognize the absolute inherent science of preparing for a disaster,' he [former FEMA head Michael Brown] told the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee. 'Any time you break that cycle ... you’re doomed to failure.' ”
    
    “ 'The policies and decisions implemented by the DHS put FEMA on a path to failure,' he added."
    
    "Collins asked Brown why he did not implement pre-Katrina reforms that a consultant urged FEMA to take, among them fewer political appointees and more experts." 02-06

18. -05-01-06 Rice Defends Early Choices in the War (MSNBC News)
    "Just back from Baghdad and eager to discuss promising developments, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice found herself knocked off message Sunday, forced to defend prewar planning and troop levels against an unlikely critic — Colin Powell, her predecessor at the State Department." 05-06

19. Early Christian Writings (dmoz.org)
    Provides links. 06-06

20. Absentee and Early Voting by State (NCSL.org)
    Provides information by state. 07-06

21. Absentee and Early Voting by State (ElectionLine.org)
    Provides information by state. 10-06

22. PowerPoint Presentations and Lessons on Early Humans (Pete's PowerPoint Station)
    Provides lessons by topic area. 1-07

23. Early Look at Possible 2009 Prius (Popular Mechanics.com)
    "Toyota may be the first to market with a plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) vehicle. Today, we were briefed on Toyota’s future hybrid and alternative fuel plans." 07-07

24. -07-28-08 Early Diagnosis of Autism Emerges (Newsweek)
    "A new study finds that autism can be identified at around 14 months, much earlier than previously thought. How early diagnosis can improve outcomes." 07-08

25. -01-26-09 Japanese Workers Urged to Go Home Early (CNN News)
    "In a country where 12-hour workdays are common, the electronics giant has taken to letting its employees leave early twice a week for a rather unusual reason: to encourage them to have more babies."
    
    "Japan in the midst of an unprecedented recession, so corporations are being asked to work toward fixing another major problem: the country's low birthrate."
    
    "At 1.34, the birthrate is well below the 2.0 needed to maintain Japan's population, according to the country's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare."
    
    "Analysts say the world's second-largest economy faces its greatest threat from its own social problems, rather than outside forces. And the country desperately needs to make some fixes to its current social and work structures, sociologists say." 01-09

26. Snapshots from the Early 1099's (Time.com)
    Provides photos.

27. -05-04-09 Early Signs of Autism (Time.com)
    "Among the telltale signs of trouble at 12 months: not responding to one's name; not sharing interests through pointing and eye gaze; lack of joyful expression; an absence of babbling; difficulty establishing eye contact; and staring too long at inanimate objects (see FirstSigns.org for more early-warning signs)." 05-09

28. Cure for Early Alzheimer's in Mice (Scientific American)
    "Alzheimer's disease is characterized by two separate brain lesions: plaques and tangles. The results of a new mouse study indicate that an experimental immune therapy that targets the former can also impact the latter, so long as the disease has not progressed to an advanced state." 8-04

29. Study to Measure Early Symptoms of Autism More Precisely (EarthTimes.org)
    "Symptoms of ASD identified by Wetherby in 2004 include a lack of typical behaviors for this age group, such as looking at faces, smiling and sharing emotion, communicating with gestures and playing with objects. They may also have unusual behaviors that typical children do not display, such as repetitive movements with the body or objects. This study will allow researchers to measure these and other behaviors more precisely." 05-06

30. -07-22-06 Early Detection of Alzheimer's Soon Possible (BBC News)
    "Early dementia could be detected with a simple eye test, similar to those used to test for high blood pressure and diabetes, US scientists believe."
    
    "The scientists believe the technology, known as quasi-elastic light scattering, may detect the very earliest stages of amyloid deposits in the lens, even when they appear completely clear to the naked eye." 07-06

31. Early Childhood Program Accreditation
    "For more than 80 years, the National Association for the Education of Young Children has worked to raise the quality of programs for all children from birth through age eight. A major part of NAEYC's efforts to improve early childhood education is through different systems of accreditation for programs that are committed to meeting national standards of quality...." 10-09

32. Best Practices in Early Childhood Education (National Center for Early Development and Learning - Howes)
    "The project was designed to describe practices in child care programs that both community members and researchers identified as exemplary." 8-02

33. Best Practices in Early Childhood Education by State (NGA Center for Best Practices)
    Provides a table of criteria that each state uses for model programs in early childhood education. Also provides details of programs by state by links at the BOTTOM of the page. (Links to states on the left of the page do not work.) 8-02

34. Early Childhood Program Accreditation

35. Early Childhood Education

36. Wyandot Nation (Wyandot Nation of Kansas)
    Provides early history. 2-01

37. Massachut Nation History (First Nations)
    "Contact with Europeans probably occurred at an early date, perhaps as soon as John Cabot in 1497... " 2-00

38. Orphan Trains of Kansas (Dipasquale and Stafford)
    Original works regarding the shipping of orphaned children West dated during the late 1800's and early 1900's. Part of the Kansas Collection

39. Articles of the Kansas Collection
    Original works dating from the late 1800's and early 1900's.

40. Kansas History (The Kansas Collection)
    Provides excellent original works dating from the mid-1800's through the early 1900's.

41. De Soto, Hernando (Sheppard)
    Provides a description of de Soto's passage across early America in an article entitled: "Hernando de Soto's Conquest of America." Provides a description of early contacts between Spanish and Native Americans using translations of Native American accounts dating back to the original times.

42. America - Spanish Conquistadors (Sheppard)
    Provides a description of early contacts between Spanish and Native Americans using translations of Native American accounts dating back to the original times.

43. Amistad - The Historical Story
    Provides a chapter by chapter account of the historical events regarding the Amistad and slave trade in early America. The controversy involving a group of slaves went to the Supreme Court and helped move the nation away from slavery.

44. Roosevelt, Theodore (PBS)
    Provides his early career, presidential politics, domestic policy, foreign affairs, days of decision, and legacy.

45. Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (PBS)
    Provides his early career, presidential politics, domestic policy, foreign affairs, days of decision, and legacy.

46. Truman, Harry S. (PBS)
    Provides his early career, presidential politics, domestic policy, foreign affairs, days of decision, and legacy.

47. Eisenhower, Dwight D. (PBS)
    Provides his early career, presidential politics, domestic policy, foreign affairs, days of decision, and legacy.

48. Classification of Hominids - How They Are Classified (Foley)
    Provides the criteria by which ancient fossils are classified as hominids or early humans.

49. Classification of Hominids - What Has Been Found (Foley)
    Provides a history of findings, what was found, and pictures of skulls of early humans.

50. Creationism - Arguments Against (Foley)
    Provides arguments against the creationist position that there is a clear dividing line between early human fossils and ape fossils. Also argues against the idea that insufficient physical evidence exists for ancient hominids.