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• Mathematics > Middle-High School Math > Geometry
• Social Studies > Terrorism > Homeland Security
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• Mathematics > College Math > Geometry
• Science > Ecology > Polar Ice Caps
• Local Information > Antarctica > Antarctica

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1. Geometry Exercises (AAA Math - Banfill)
   Provides interactive practice by topic and includes volume, area, surface area, circumference and perimeter, polygons, and more.

2. Recommendations to Improve Homeland Security (Brookings Institute - Project on Homeland Security)
   "To broaden and reorient the homeland security agenda, we propose a four-tier strategic framework. The four tiers are (1) perimeter defense of the country's borders, (2) preventive activities within the country, (3) protection of domestic sites, and (4) consequence management after attacks."
   
   "The Bush administration's 2003 budget contains initiatives that are broadly similar to our first and final categories, but proposes a somewhat scattershot collection of individual programs and efforts within the second category of domestic prevention and the third category of domestic protection. We attempt to develop a more systematic and comprehensive agenda in those areas." 5-02

3. Antarctica Ice Melting (Time.com)
   "According to a new report in Nature, glaciers are getting thinner all around the perimeter of Greenland, and in western Antarctica as well. It's not so much that they're melting, says lead author Hamish Pritchard, of the British Antarctic Survey; it's that their seaward motion is accelerating. And, says Pritchard, 'that's a much more rapid way of losing ice than through melting alone.' " 2-06