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Kirtland's short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda kirtlandi)
The total length of this shrew is 95-134 mm, with a weight from 11-22 grams. The external ear is not apparent, and the eyes are minute. The tail is always less than half the length of the head and body. The color is grayish-black, sometimes with a silvery or ... | <urn:uuid:26bc7009-f7d5-4496-97ab-e89e38394c9b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wildlife/information/?s=050013 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00070-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957875 | 380 | 3.640625 | 4 |
image credit: USGS; image source; larger image
Understanding Plate Motions
This map, from a USGS poster, shows the epicenter of the May 12 earthquake in Sichuan, China, along with the boundary, at the lower left, between the India Plate and the Eurasian Plate. The northward movement of the India plate produces the freq... | <urn:uuid:5c6ee2fa-1adc-4759-b03c-377bed86bf73> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.compadre.org/informal/index.cfm?Issue=50 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397562.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00107-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908642 | 169 | 3.78125 | 4 |
The goal of ocean planning is to protect coastal and ocean resources, reduce potential user conflicts, and facilitate compatible uses. NHDES is involved with an ongoing regional ocean planning initiative to work with stakeholder groups, including federal and state agencies, environmental organizations, industry represe... | <urn:uuid:7af37669-58da-4be6-b26e-32c7dc6e94cf> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://des.nh.gov/organization/divisions/water/wmb/coastal/ocean_policy/regional-planning.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00144-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919927 | 787 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Saturday 3rd July – Monday 5th July 2010
Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom
Call for Papers
This inter-disciplinary and multi-disciplinary conference project seeks to investigate and explore all aspects of childhood. The period of life prior to adulthood is one of dramatic change and development of physical, int... | <urn:uuid:09c3c96e-78b5-41a3-93fd-bbce26826ede> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=171922 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00006-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931547 | 1,092 | 3.1875 | 3 |
9:30 am to 12:30 pm
The canonical period identified by the label “American Renaissance” has enjoyed a durable place in American literary history. However, its origins and its particular shape are peculiar to say the least. F. O. Matthieson’s book by that title concentrated on a half decade from 1850 to 1855 and on spec... | <urn:uuid:66091fc3-6714-4769-b3d2-50295a2a49c9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://newberry.org/03062014-american-renaissance-context | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404826.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00084-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972126 | 239 | 2.734375 | 3 |
For related record temperature posts, see:
The monthly total of 1052 daily record low minimums also barely exceeded the 903 record high minimums. Both cold and heat records were far exceeded by the over 2500 daily precipitation records.
After reaching a level of over 4:1 in each of April, June, September, and October, ... | <urn:uuid:86bca0b7-b6d9-4e17-9a08-bfcd9d49d884> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://capitalclimate.blogspot.com/2011/01/us-december-cold-records-exceed-heat.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00020-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930984 | 418 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Nuclear Technology / Volume 168 / Number 1 / October 2009 / Pages 158-163
Dose/Dose Rate / Special Issue on the 11th International Conference on Radiation Shielding and the 15th Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division (Part 1) / Radiation Protection
The new computer code K-SKIN has been devel... | <urn:uuid:d38ee84d-32af-47cd-8eed-501e4c17aa45> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ans.org/pubs/journals/nt/a_9118 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00127-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.89687 | 354 | 3 | 3 |
Providing Refugee Orientation and Training
An orientation is when a new idea or situation is introduced, such as showing a refugee around their new home. A training is when specific knowledge, skills, or attitudes are being learned, such as how to interview for a job in a new or better way. Cultural/community orientati... | <urn:uuid:62973199-b4fe-43ef-9506-2a405ee84645> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.culturalorientation.net/providing-orientation | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00003-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957075 | 311 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Thomas Hobbes was born in London in 1588. He received
his college education at Oxford University in England, where he studied
classics. Hobbes traveled to other European countries several times to
meet with scientists and to study different forms of government. During
his time outside of England, Hobbes became interest... | <urn:uuid:c1f2bfc2-d7da-434f-bb7b-1b71a45686e1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.rjgeib.com/thoughts/nature/hobbes-bio.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00111-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97978 | 635 | 3.828125 | 4 |
Basic commands, such as sit, down, stay, come and heel should be part of labrador puppy training. However, regardless of the commands you teach your dog at his young age, one thing must always remain the same, the method you use to train your pet.
The following are 4 rules you need to keep in mind when engaging in labr... | <urn:uuid:d4a618ec-755f-4096-b236-a095bcfabaf7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thedogtrainingclub.com/labrador-puppy-training/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00055-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972472 | 643 | 2.578125 | 3 |
In addition to causing health problems, air pollution in WNC impairs the mountain views that help draw millions of tourists to the area.
As spring weather returns to Asheville, so does the risk of dangerous levels of ozone pollution. To raise awareness and help notify the public when ozone levels become hazardous, envi... | <urn:uuid:93a964a2-16db-4951-bb4f-5baa3b79c45b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://mountainx.com/news/community-news/spring_brings_increased_risk_of_ozone_danger/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00067-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95277 | 704 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Below a certain threshold value, electrosmog has no impact on biological processes or even human health – that was the state of scientific knowledge up to now. But for the first time, a research team led by Prof. Dr. Henrik Mouritsen, a biologist and Lichtenberg Professor at the University of Oldenburg, has been able t... | <urn:uuid:671ae78f-65f5-4757-8330-ed72cfc9da27> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.innovations-report.com/hrml/reports/studies/electrosmog-disrupts-orientation-in-migratory-birds-an-international-study-published-in-nature.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397565.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00012-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927979 | 1,768 | 3.0625 | 3 |
Terrorism. Never before in
our history has the need for preparedness been so great. Terrorism
could be an attack using weapons of mass destruction, chemicals,
as well as weapons of viruses, bacteria, and other germs. The
effects of an attack using chemicals or radiation would be immediate.
But many critical hours or ev... | <urn:uuid:5bdde372-5b50-4517-9144-7aed92af3b25> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.emergency.cdc.gov/training/agentmodules/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00076-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938956 | 176 | 3.328125 | 3 |
Cover freshly planted grass seeds to prevent birds from eating them or heavy winds and rainfall from washing them away. Covering grass seeds also presses them closer to the ground and retains moisture that helps in germination. Gardeners commonly cover grass seeds with hay, mulch or straw to encourage seeds to germinat... | <urn:uuid:1a144e87-c9f0-4a93-b786-74de0465c7a7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gardenguides.com/106769-ideas-covering-grass-seeds.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00189-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949905 | 455 | 2.75 | 3 |
The Importance of Trees
Trees are very important to our environment. They provide oxygen for us to breathe. Trees also provide shade and shelter for wildlife and humans, timber for construction, fuel for cooking and heating, and fruit for food as well as many other uses.
Each tree page has valuable facts on that tree t... | <urn:uuid:53ca1e3d-da8a-4f40-afa6-0e020e6c382e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://treepicturesonline.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393463.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00183-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.90854 | 1,312 | 2.75 | 3 |
Saturday, May 14, 2011
Friday, May 13, 2011
When the Great Recession’s negative effect on the U.S. labor market was strongest, the national unemployment rate stood at 10.1 percent—a depth last seen in June 1983. But the greatest amount of pain was felt by younger and more vulnerable workers—though not in equal amounts.... | <urn:uuid:087db6f8-37e5-4a74-a36f-9a273797aa10> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://lindsaymitchell.blogspot.co.nz/2011_05_08_archive.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00181-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975665 | 1,744 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Greg Arehart Research
Stable Isotope Geochemistry of Plutons in the Great Basin and Metallogeny
Isotope geochemistry has long played a role in elucidating the crustal structure of the western part of North America. There is a large database of radioisotopic data available for the region as well as whole-rock oxygen iso... | <urn:uuid:f127d80c-464c-4fcf-a270-cb7c8ff07485> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.unr.edu/geology/people/greg-arehart/research | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00002-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.910378 | 2,197 | 2.671875 | 3 |
|Historical Guide to Clogheen
(Copyright Edmund O’Riordan)
(by Ed O’Riordan 1996)
Little town of Clogheen in
South West Tipperary’s Galtee-Vee-Valley owes its name to the Gaelic
‘Cloichin an Mhargaid’ (Little Market Stone). If we are to believe the
translation of historian - and former Clogheen Parish Priest - Fr.
Ever... | <urn:uuid:851fb3e0-5d36-48f2-9123-d7abc82aa27c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.galteemore.com/clogheen.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00029-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976349 | 16,595 | 3.109375 | 3 |
The concept of “productive aging” has been used to promote older adults’ involvement in productive activities in their latter years, regardless of whether these activities are compensated. Many public and private initiatives encourage older people to remain involved in productive activities, particularly formal volunte... | <urn:uuid:6175a1f0-2f36-41ef-9b08-b8ddfa834d9a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gmat-mba-prep.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=60&t=78663&view=previous | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00070-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965897 | 989 | 3.125 | 3 |
PRE-TRIP CLASSROOM ACTIVITIES
Students will prepare for measuring things which they cannot reach, using concepts of measurement, geometry, and proportion.
The teacher will read aloud The Librarian Who Measured the Earth, by Kathryn Lasky, and students will have access to other reading materials such as Sir Cumference a... | <urn:uuid:a8ce2a3f-0cd7-4599-ab5d-5ced2f8e3f2f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://bioregion.ucdavis.edu/salmoned/learning/lee%20unit/measure.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00099-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920467 | 1,566 | 4.09375 | 4 |
Many Americans were puzzled by the news, in 1902, that United States soldiers were torturing Filipinos with water. The United States, throughout its emergence as a world power, had spoken the language of liberation, rescue, and freedom. This was the language that, when coupled with expanding military and commercial amb... | <urn:uuid:99e04658-0ec6-48a2-a336-94a0f59b3905> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2008/02/25/the-water-cure | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00004-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976632 | 5,771 | 3.8125 | 4 |
The particular street signs, windows, and balconies on this street mark it as Parisian.
Paris, the city of light, is instantly recognizable—as long as you’re looking at a photo of the Eiffel Tower or the Louvre. But could you recognize the city if the picture lacked a flashy landmark? (Try testing yourself here—just do... | <urn:uuid:54b1c7bd-a880-42b0-a529-a3ab2de6cd93> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2012/08/09/what-makes-a-paris-street-parisian-this-program-knows/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00076-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917424 | 363 | 2.78125 | 3 |
OSH Answers Fact Sheets
Easy-to-read, question-and-answer fact sheets covering a wide range of workplace health and safety topics, from hazards to diseases to ergonomics to workplace promotion. MORE ABOUT >
What are the lungs?
The lungs are the organs of breathing: they are responsible bringing oxygen from the atmosphe... | <urn:uuid:c9d4491b-6573-4f85-95b6-388e07904c3d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/chemicals/lungs_dust.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394414.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00170-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.909902 | 2,193 | 3.703125 | 4 |
When asked to think about heroic women of the Crimean War, many people will first think about Florence Nightingale and her tireless work as a nurse. However, there was another woman also doing incredible work looking after the troops: Mary Seacole (c.1805-1881). Aside from her work in the Crimean War, the Jamaican nurs... | <urn:uuid:c75c150a-fcb9-4d7a-8285-3de440135066> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.oup.com/2008/11/seacole/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00150-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973095 | 1,450 | 2.875 | 3 |
An interview with Stafford Lightman, Endocrinologist, Bristol University, England
Q: What are the origins of the stress response?
A: Stress is an extremely important protective mechanism for human beings, and in fact for all animals, because if you're being chased by a lion it's important to get away. In order to get a... | <urn:uuid:65728d43-f73f-4fa7-92f6-46910094805a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/stress-management/chronic-stress-can-significantly-damage-health.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00137-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973594 | 1,194 | 3.265625 | 3 |
A wise thought for every day of the year, from the great philosophers of all times and all people
A Calendar of Wisdom is a collection of insights and wisdom compiled by Leo Tolstoy between 1903 and 1910.
Tolstoy put an enormous amount of effort into this collection over a period of 15 years. He carefully selected the ... | <urn:uuid:d45667ca-32b5-42b8-a7cd-ea27d723955b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.svianadze.android.wisdom.lite | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00019-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963613 | 170 | 2.765625 | 3 |
There's little affection in a "Glasgow kiss." Typically preceded by some variation of the growled question "Whit ya [expletive] lookin' at?" the term refers to a vicious headbutt, as delivered all too often in the bars and on the streets of Scotland's largest city. Alcohol-fueled violence and binge-drinking are endemic... | <urn:uuid:b8c73d1f-71cb-4ae1-9f17-5040f53c67e2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1883087,00.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00008-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967358 | 865 | 2.640625 | 3 |
PASADENA, Calif. -- Researchers using NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have found that temperatures in the Martian atmosphere regularly rise and fall not just once each day, but twice.
"We see a temperature maximum in the middle of the day, but we also see a temperature maximum a little after midnight," said Armin Kl... | <urn:uuid:62c4f031-a68a-4222-b6aa-2429085abc2b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/mro/news/whatsnew/index.cfm?FuseAction=ShowNews&NewsID=1484 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00164-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936739 | 808 | 3.859375 | 4 |
In a story that has gotten surprisingly little international press, on October 5th researchers at the archaeological superintendency of Emilia-Romagna announced the discovery of a necropolis dating to the 1st century BC to 1st century AD along the ancient Roman via Emilia outside Modena (ancient Mutina). Discovered dur... | <urn:uuid:44601a63-8d6b-419b-914d-5f44182b4fe0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.poweredbyosteons.org/2011/10/mutiny-in-mutina-decapitated-slaves-in.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00192-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968543 | 274 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Doctors have been told to cut back on the amount of antibiotics they prescribe to patients, be a leading Southampton reseacrcher.
They have been urged to preserve the drugs for serious life threatening illnesses instead.
It comes from Southampton University researcher and GP Michael Moore, who wants GPs to avoid prescr... | <urn:uuid:1afbf60d-4870-42b0-aa31-dc015fbe1033> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/10052358.Doctors_urged_to_cut_prescribing_antibiotics/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00044-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954364 | 631 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Most poisoning incidents are preventable and treatable. Almost half of all children who die from accidental poisoning are less than four years old. You can reduce your child's chance of poisoning by keeping toxic substances in their original containers and out of reach.
The California Poison Control System (CPCS)
provi... | <urn:uuid:10aca81f-404b-47b8-a9c0-dd4b64c3dfd8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://roseville.ca.us/fire/emergency_medical/injuries.asp?grpxver=mob | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00085-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.871828 | 536 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Botanical gardens brought together in a single space the great diversity of the earth's flora. They displaced nature from forest and foothill and re-arranged it to reveal something of the scientific principles underpinning the apparent chaos of the wild. Nature Displaced, Nature Displayed shows how the design and displ... | <urn:uuid:b0e63fa8-cf6d-4eaa-b556-d5d2915d9bdf> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ibtauris.com/Books/Humanities/History/History%20specific%20events%20%20topics/Historical%20geography/Nature%20Displaced%20Nature%20Displayed%20Order%20and%20Beauty%20in%20Botanical%20Gardens.aspx?menuitem= | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00143-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.898172 | 221 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Waterborne diseases among Aboriginal people
New South Wales Public Health Bulletin 21(5431) 183–184 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/NB09020
Published online: 27 September 2010
Aboriginal people in many communities in New South Wales (NSW) have, until now, not enjoyed the same access to water and sewerage services as the rest... | <urn:uuid:b2778615-c43a-4a83-865d-ef5e7cb35704> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.publish.csiro.au/view/journals/dsp_journal_fulltext.cfm?nid=226&f=NB09020 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00188-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965743 | 686 | 3.03125 | 3 |
The enrichment of the stable isotopes 13C and 15N across trophic levels is a commonly used tool in studies on organic matter flow and food webs. An accepted standard for pre-analysis sample preparation, however, is still missing. Thus, potential methodological bias in single studies may hamper comparability and scalabi... | <urn:uuid:04258a1f-2375-41e7-ac8e-451bd0f94cc5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://epic.awi.de/10664/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397744.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00039-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.876967 | 220 | 2.53125 | 3 |
The National Theatre
The historical building of the National Theatre, constructed in 1883, is generally considered the prime stage in the CzechRepublic. It is the flagship of the National Theatre institution, today amounting to five buildings and encompassing four companies. You can see there Opera, Drama and Ballet pe... | <urn:uuid:792e609f-cfd1-4982-b727-95212cc92368> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.narodni-divadlo.cz/en/national-theatre/history | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00192-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950909 | 2,877 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Parents agree that feeding and sleep schedules are important to help keep their children healthy. The same goes for childhood immunizations. Vaccinating children on time is the best way to protect them against 14 serious and potentially deadly diseases before their second birthday.
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Gondoliers row gondolas with tourists in a canal in Venice in this May 7, 2011 file photo.
ROME -- Venice appears to have more nicknames than street names. It’s known as the "Queen of the Adriatic," the "City of Water," "City of Masks," "City of Bridges," "The Floating City," and "City of C... | <urn:uuid:1df5a44e-e704-40fb-b3a6-df04c89fe1a4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/03/26/10863037-venice-sinking-five-times-faster-than-thought | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00111-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964679 | 1,138 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Lunch Time Lecture: Early History of Mulatto Bend in West Baton Rouge
The West Baton Rouge Museum will host a lunch time lecture on January 24, 2013 at noon, “Early History of Mulatto Bend in West Baton Rouge.” Historian Dr. Lee Smith has spent several years researching and writing about Mulatto Bend, uncovering new in... | <urn:uuid:45cc9038-bf90-44f1-a681-251651020862> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.westbatonrougemuseum.com/index.php?option=com_acymailing&ctrl=archive&task=view&listid=4-teachers&mailid=144-early-history-of-mulatto-bend-in-west-baton-rouge-january-24-2013-at-noon-draft | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393093.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00041-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971573 | 463 | 3.0625 | 3 |
In 1850 John C. Calhoun penned one of the most important pieces of political theory in 19th century America, his Disquisition on Government. In it he proposed a new way of viewing societies as torn between two competing and antagonistic groups, “classes” if you will. On the one hand there are those who pay the taxes up... | <urn:uuid:c6e73f4a-8b54-48ee-a157-dd6bc7c5d628> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://files.libertyfund.org/pll/quotes/78.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00032-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960238 | 1,240 | 3.359375 | 3 |
Using containers caused a huge reduction in port handling, thus lowering costs and helping lower freight charges and, in turn, boosting trade flows. Almost every manufactured product humans consume spends some time in a container. Containers are one of the important innovations of 20th century logistics.
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10 March 2003, Rome -- A
new FAO assessment on the status of mangrove forests worldwide
indicates that while the rate of mangrove deforestation is high,
it has been gradually decreasing over the past 20 years.
According to the survey, the most
comprehensive to date on the state of the world's mangrove
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This post is the second in a series on How to Improve Your English Language and Pronunciation Skills.
My students come from all around the world, and they all ask me the same question: “How can I improve my pronunciation?”
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Recently uncovered evidence strongly suggests that the deaths of 33,000 salmon and steelhead trout during last September’s fall run within 20 miles of the mouth of the Klamath River in northern California was not due simply to a lack of sufficient water, as claimed by a California state agency and environmentalists, bu... | <urn:uuid:a37a0fc4-7a9d-4ad4-a855-afbcc5223c42> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wnd.com/2003/02/17405/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00090-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973429 | 2,139 | 2.515625 | 3 |
The IT Department where Daniel Toth works won't let him use open source software because they believe it's a security risk. Is it?
No. If anything, open-source software has the potential to be safer. Not that it always is, of course.
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This webliography accompanied the lecture "Uncertain Road: Slavery and Emancipation in the Rappahannock," presented by John Hennessy, Chief Historian/Chief of Interpretation, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, on February 12, 2004.
From the Central Rappahannock Regional Library:
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How this dog saved its owner's life by warning her she'd breast cancer
It may seem extraordinary but it's true ... dogs are now helping in the early detection of illness. Lisa Salmon meets a woman whose life was saved
Dogs are well known for their superior sense of smell, which is estimated to be at least a thousand ti... | <urn:uuid:509dd9b6-8d31-481c-b775-5120a40b22ae> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/how-this-dog-saved-its-owners-life-by-warning-her-shed-breast-cancer-30215823.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397744.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00013-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98334 | 1,689 | 2.625 | 3 |
Tyrone, age twelve, came home crying, shaking and barely able to speak. "What happened?" his mother screamed. Between sobs he was finally able to tell his mother about the terrifying ordeal he had endured on the way home from the park.
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Waste & recycling - June 9
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World Environment Day was established by the UN in 1972 to give a human face to environmental issues. But as these i... | <urn:uuid:8bd5fe8f-7799-4580-aaff-7a0add26977c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.resilience.org/stories/2009-06-09/waste-recycling-june-9 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00065-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933694 | 868 | 2.75 | 3 |
In the US, the scent of decline is in the air. Imperial overreach, political polarization, and a costly financial crisis are weighing on the economy. Some pundits now worry that America is about to succumb to the "British disease".
Doomed to slow growth, the US of today, like the exhausted Britain that emerged from Wor... | <urn:uuid:1044ee8e-da44-4a42-9b36-4db23a720a16> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://rajeev2004.blogspot.com/2010/11/fwd-is-us-catching-british-disease-by.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396959.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00182-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95427 | 345 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Feral cats on Kauai are a growing problem for an endangered Hawaiian seabird.
Recent video provided by the Kauai Endangered Seabird Recovery Project shows a feral cat crawling into the burrow of a Hawaiian petrel and killing it.
Project coordinator Andre Raine says it’s becoming an all too common occurrence on the isla... | <urn:uuid:b2236cdc-7d6e-48db-b528-3dbd6e7319dc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://khon2.com/2014/06/06/video-of-feral-cat-killing-endangered-bird-highlights-growing-problem-on-kauai/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397567.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00198-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958159 | 266 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Fruit and vegetables have almost doubled in price in parts of the developing world over the past 20 years, calling into question the idea that modern farming methods lower basic food prices for the poor.
Paradoxically, the cost of some processed foods has fallen by a fifth over the same time, prompting fears over incre... | <urn:uuid:58d4bad2-ee33-4408-9cbf-74d773e2df42> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/foodanddrinknews/11596250/Cost-of-healthy-living-soars-in-developing-world-while-junk-food-gets-cheaper.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00129-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963658 | 707 | 2.921875 | 3 |
|This lifetime advocate of workers’ rights helped pioneer today’s workplace safety and health programs.
by Dionisia M. Xenos
|The sound of fire engines disrupted the silence in New York City’s Greenwich Village. Nearby, Frances Perkins was enjoying Saturday tea with her neighbor when the noise aroused their curiosity. ... | <urn:uuid:0e9a4a20-8c8c-46ef-8e94-eff292f2bfa7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.osha.gov/Publications/JSHQ/fall2002html/perkins.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00130-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965945 | 2,092 | 3.171875 | 3 |
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This instruction book for beginning lap dulcimer in DAD tuning is unique in two ways. First, it instructs the beginning student in the increasingly popular DAD tuning. Secondly, the author, a classroom music teacher, has carefu... | <urn:uuid:df4b127c-0b89-464a-808c-7b20693ba498> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sheetmusicstock.com/sheetmusic/1268644/joyce-ochs-first-lessons-dulcimer | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00168-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924951 | 266 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Dr. Linda J. Laubenstein, a Manhattan physician who in 1981 discovered some of the first mysterious cases of what became the worldwide AIDS epidemic, died on Saturday in Chatham, Mass., on Cape Cod. She was 45.
Her family said an autopsy was pending. She suffered from severe asthma and weakness from childhood polio, an... | <urn:uuid:1cc7bd57-595f-445a-99d7-189504c411e4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1992-08-18/news/9201160400_1_dr-alvin-friedman-kien-linda-j-laubenstein-first-mysterious-cases | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00123-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966029 | 225 | 2.65625 | 3 |
During the late 1660s and the early 1670s, several mysterious deaths of influential members of the French nobility followed one after the other, leading to a scandal, better known as the "Affair of the Poisons," which involved prominent individuals at the royal court of Louis XIV in France. The King, who was concerned ... | <urn:uuid:b77ec714-8661-482b-9df9-cd73a6027f03> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://digitalcommons.law.ggu.edu/pubs/499/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00003-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956159 | 304 | 2.6875 | 3 |
One of the least understood parts of the Bible, shrouded in the mystery of prehistory, is the fall of our first parents, Adam and Eve. It’s easy to read the story, only one chapter of Genesis, and long for more details. Just what does it mean? Does the fruit represent something? What type of fruit was it? Why did God p... | <urn:uuid:b7d066a1-b8b7-4a59-8884-4bc469d2acc2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://truthandcharity.net/labor-pains-and-difficult-farming-an-explanation-for-the-punishments-of-adam-and-eve/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00048-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.986647 | 1,020 | 3.015625 | 3 |
How optical nanostructures and materials improve the efficiency of solar cells and solar concentrator systems.
Photovoltaic solar electricity is one of the key technologies for reducing the world’s reliance on fossil fuels for energy generation. Reduced costs and higher conversion efficiencies are essential for making ... | <urn:uuid:482df00b-3e2b-4854-998d-a5194c9e7f93> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.osa.org/en-us/meetings/osa_meeting_archives/2012/optical_nanostructures_and_advance_materials_pv/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00109-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.914248 | 241 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Happy feet help your whole body. Your feet endure a lot of wear and tear in the process of supporting your frame in motion. Use these foot care tips to take good care of your feet and enhance your general well-being and comfort.
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The San Gabriel Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District has received the first confirmation of West Nile virus (WNV) activity in the San Gabriel Valley this year. Two dead birds collected and tested by the Los Angeles County Veterinary Public Health on July 20 were positive for WNV infection. The birds were collected... | <urn:uuid:4b2ae458-5dce-4185-8f6a-170e21e7120d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.insidesocal.com/heights/2009/07/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00095-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936963 | 552 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Noun: thing thing
- A special situation
"this thing has got to end"; "it is a remarkable thing"
- An action
"how could you do such a thing?"
- A special abstraction
"a thing of the spirit"; "things of the heart"
- An artifact
"how does this thing work?"
- An event
"a funny thing happened on the way to the..."
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Take a sneak peek at the new NIST.gov and let us know what you think!
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NIST Analytic Technique Offers Arson Investigators Faster, More Accurate Results
From NIST Tech Beat: June 17, 2014
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Researchers Urge Caution on Test for High School AthletesNew Study Questions Widespread Use of ECG to Detect Potentially Fatal Heart Ailments
Sometimes the first symptom of a serious heart problem is sudden cardiac death (SCD). Silent heart conditions may exist, surfacing with fatal results. The tragedy is heightened w... | <urn:uuid:2c9e612a-abfd-4b22-930f-b3a96bab9c48> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://uh.edu/news-events/stories/2010articles/June2010/6292010HHPSuddenCardiacDeath.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00138-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967058 | 803 | 2.75 | 3 |
Deception (methodological technique)
From PsychWiki - A Collaborative Psychology Wiki
Deception is a methodological technique whereby a participant is not made fully aware of the specific purposes of the study or is misinformed as part of the study. Two main forms of deception that may occur in research are (1) the res... | <urn:uuid:ab68d244-e695-42f6-8cb3-4406ade4c00f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.psychwiki.com/wiki/Deception_(methodological_technique) | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00187-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943045 | 1,460 | 3.640625 | 4 |
On August 20th, on two separate years, two major probes in NASA’s unmanned planetary exploration mission were launched to the final frontier.
On August 20th, 1975, the Viking 1 probe launched aboard a Titan-Centaur rocket to begin a nearly-year-long journey to the Red Planet, Mars. Once there, a lander fell to the surf... | <urn:uuid:47eb12eb-cbd6-42c8-8e77-c655b3e3e0fd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wtvy.com/news/morningshow/morningsegmentheadlines/This-Day-in-History-August-20th-Viking-and-Voyager-Space-Launches-220298971.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00022-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958327 | 214 | 3.84375 | 4 |
Amid the hoopla over the Bill Nye-Ken Ham “debate” at the Creation Museum in Kentucky, Buzzfeed recently posted 22 messages from self-identified creationists. Here are responses to each of them.
1. “Bill Nye, are you influencing the minds of children in a positive way?”
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Divide or Move Daylilies
Older varieties of daylilies can usually go for many years without needing division, but newer hybrids perform best when divided every 4-5 years. Repeat blooming daylilies will put on the best show when divided even more frequently, every 2-3 years. Use two spading forks back to back to pry apa... | <urn:uuid:9e519feb-d13b-4166-8b40-3e805b1681a5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://garden.org/regional/report/arch/reminders/3879 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397565.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00058-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943328 | 478 | 2.703125 | 3 |
My child has
The IDS pharmacy is made up of pharmacy staff that is responsible for preparing and dispensing the medicine your child will be taking during the clinical research study.
An investigational drug pharmacist as well as other medical center staff pharmacists and certified pharmacy technicians.
IDS has taken ma... | <urn:uuid:a0975883-8151-4df2-9820-d02048f86f17> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.cookchildrens.org/SpecialtyServices/research/InvestigationalDrugServices/Pages/IDS-Pharmacy-FAQs.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00056-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953748 | 1,548 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Worried about the cows that are fed corn, which makes them sick? Well, no need to worry any more; some farmers are now feeding their cows candy.
No, this isn’t a candy corn joke gone wrong. Because of the rising prices of corn caused by the drought conditions across the U.S., at least one rancher in Kentucky is feeding... | <urn:uuid:1ddd9347-4bb1-4da9-b48e-bf3d42583d10> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.organicauthority.com/blog/the-environment/rancher-feeds-cows-candy-to-cut-costs-drought/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00144-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967222 | 313 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Older, Wiser, Wider?
Call it what you will: the battle of the bulge, middle-age spread, the waistline war. Somewhere in that busy time between 30 and 40, the forces of nature—children, work, time—gang up on you. One day you notice last season's clothes are a little uncomfortable this time around. All this comes at a ti... | <urn:uuid:29408ee6-2e3f-4a82-854a-2bf78452ee35> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sjo.org/Health-Library/Article.aspx?CT=40&C=OlderWiserWiderQuiz | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00117-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9534 | 329 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Israel's Secret Project: Super-Battery To Reduce World's Oil Thirst
Quietly and with little media coverage, it seems that Israel has made it its national goal to develop a battery that can provide enough power for a 500 kilometer-drive with a single charge.
One month ago, the Israeli National Center for Electrochemical... | <urn:uuid:c82d98f9-5fde-4166-acea-c48ef85b092e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enn.com/energy/article/44528/print | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00056-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962515 | 292 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Image Collection: Viral Skin Diseases
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- Pregnancy and Fetal Development (... | <urn:uuid:10158012-13fe-47cb-ad86-7c05922561ca> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.emedicinehealth.com/image-gallery/infectious_mononucleosis_picture/images.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00017-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.862021 | 439 | 3.6875 | 4 |
7 Facts About Hairballs
April 26 is National Hairball Awareness Day. To celebrate, we've hacked up a few facts about everyone's least favorite cat treat.
1. It's hairballs. Trichobezoars, if you're nasty.
A hairball by any other name is still gross. In this case, the scientific term is trichobezoar. The root, trich, is... | <urn:uuid:6aeeb184-df7a-4519-a8d2-ff7a70cca61c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://mentalfloss.com/article/50303/7-facts-about-hairballs | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00116-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958826 | 1,081 | 2.8125 | 3 |
The City of Edo and the Edo Period (1615-1868)
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March 22, 2012
Edo (present-day Tokyo) was probably the most populous city in the world during much of the 18th century. Its population was approximately one million inhabitan... | <urn:uuid:9f591f0d-7fb6-49d2-b981-96b4bf26c585> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.asia.si.edu/press/2012/edo-fact-sheet.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00133-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96425 | 782 | 4.0625 | 4 |
On December 4, 2014, the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple that reveals a unique laser beam mapping invention. A future mapping application for an iDevice like an iPhone will use a laser sensor and laser beam to gather measurements of a room that includes shapes, distances, attribut... | <urn:uuid:7f55a548-e6d2-4a19-82d5-af0ab62b10c1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.patentlyapple.com/patently-apple/2014/12/apple-invents-a-laser-beam-mapping-system-for-idevices.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00035-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918445 | 1,754 | 3.0625 | 3 |
Categorizing: Fruit Bowl Mixup!
Categorizing different kinds of objects, and sorting healthy food from sweets, are both important skills for young learners. This fun printable does both! Your child will have to tell which of the food items belong in the fruit bowl, and which are to be saved for special occasions. Then,... | <urn:uuid:5750b546-e617-4458-a76c-91085f36e85e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.education.com/worksheet/article/fruit-bowl-mixup/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00098-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955649 | 100 | 2.875 | 3 |
The Photos from Lac Chauvet, France
The Lac Chauvet photos first appeared in Aime Michel's "The Truth about Flying Saucers," which showed a clear discoid object. The photos were taken by M. Fregnale on July 18, 1952, who would remain convinced until his death that he had seen, and taken pictures, of some natural phenom... | <urn:uuid:dcaf1b6a-d7ca-4183-b278-2c695cb79402> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ufoevidence.org/photographs/section/topphotos/Photo309.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00154-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96001 | 538 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Are you tired from slow perfomance of your computer. Let's Talk About Some Ways To Increase Memory Perfomance. Although A Large Amount Of RAM Is desirable, it is not always possible to add more RAM to a system. Many applications require a large amount of memory to run effectively. To prevent applications from using all... | <urn:uuid:09fe4a01-947e-4600-9451-f07a52e00fe9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://technologyandinternet.blogspot.com/2007/10/increasing-virtual-memory-low.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00182-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924985 | 770 | 2.875 | 3 |
When to Begin Toilet Training
Before your child is ready to begin potty training, she must progress from spontaneous and uncontrollable urination and defecation to voluntary control over her bowel—and then her bladder. In general, if your child can coordinate the muscles and balance needed to run, then she can control ... | <urn:uuid:c8690400-fe28-4dd6-8f16-85fa1a1bedae> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://life.familyeducation.com/potty-training/toddler/53237.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00011-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958581 | 712 | 2.953125 | 3 |
The Diencephalon is composed of two structures: the thalamus and the hypothalamus.
The thalamus is the large, two-lobed structure that constitutes the top of the brain stem. One lobe sits on each side of the third ventricle, and the two lobes are joined by the massa intermedia, which runs through the ventricle. Visible... | <urn:uuid:66b655bc-b00c-413d-8add-e6d22dc1de35> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~lngbrain/cglidden/dien.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396222.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00039-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933689 | 637 | 3.828125 | 4 |
Novel rescues charismatic German from the margins
Novel rescues charismatic German from the margins
Friday, August 8, 2014
Dr Ernst Dieffenbach – a liberal-minded, free-spirited 19th century German physican, geologist and naturalist who studied New Zealand’s wildlife, plants and people, was fluent in Māori and consider... | <urn:uuid:c1c839b7-28c9-4f70-b880-80edb99b8c69> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/SC1408/S00025/novel-rescues-charismatic-german-from-the-margins.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00025-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972901 | 1,095 | 2.71875 | 3 |
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Children may learn how to gossip from TV
New research published in the Journal of Communication suggests that children may learn about gossiping and friend manipulation by watching television shows. The study found that children wa... | <urn:uuid:cd038d41-59ce-4e98-8b28-7c76334bc77b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bps.org.uk/news/children-may-learn-how-gossip-tv | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00140-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949235 | 298 | 3.59375 | 4 |
Robert E. McNiel & Steve Elkins
Department of Horticulture
Introduction: Aesculus parviflora (bottlebrush buckeye) has made many recommended plant lists during recent times. However, few plants are available on a regular basis in the nursery trade. Seed was the main method of propagation until the 1990s when Bir & Barn... | <urn:uuid:bba77291-3b16-4671-b764-afffcf294758> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.uky.edu/Ag/NewCrops/bottlebrush.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00062-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932819 | 972 | 3.359375 | 3 |
Great Barracuda photographed in St. Lucia on a shallow reef.
Barracuda Use Sharp Teeth to Prey on Other Fish
Found across the globe in tropical seas, except the east Pacific, the great barracuda is typical of the approximately 20 species of barracuda. It may be distinguished from other barracuda by the black spots on i... | <urn:uuid:e9ff0d9d-2e3e-4c13-b5f2-9c7f112ff547> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nature.org/newsfeatures/specialfeatures/animals/fish/giant-barracuda.xml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00177-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95012 | 338 | 3.5625 | 4 |
There is no magic, there is only awesome (Part 2)
This is the second article in a series titled “There is no magic, there is only awesome.” The first article introduced the “four cardinal rules of awesomeness”.
If you’ve ever watched someone make string figures, it’s pretty obvious that the tool set includes a loop of ... | <urn:uuid:71f6853d-b7af-4c43-ae8a-eb6ea99fc88c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://weblog.jamisbuck.org/2009/9/25/there-is-no-magic-there-is-only-awesome-part-2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397842.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00048-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944298 | 1,824 | 2.53125 | 3 |
For all of their oversimplification on the pages of Playboy or on the streets at Mardi Gras, breasts are pretty complex body parts. And better understanding their unique composition of glands, lobes, lobules, fatty tissue, and ducts may help physicians better determine which women are at highest risk for breast cancer.... | <urn:uuid:d2f7532a-26b8-479f-bebd-c6de8bab51b5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://healthland.time.com/2009/10/07/can-the-make-up-of-your-breast-tissue-influence-your-risk-for-cancer/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00196-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949072 | 327 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Index of Postal Freedom
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Russian Post (Pochta Rossii or PR) is a sleeping giant, which has only recently begun to stir with the emergence of a new consumer economy in Russia. PR is in many ways a relic of the vast, inefficient state bureaucracies of the Soviet area. However, w... | <urn:uuid:7f455117-cf6c-4a51-bf1b-bd46aa892b65> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.postalconsumers.org/postal_freedom_index/Russia_Post.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00045-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95131 | 1,784 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Cancer cell fingerprints in the blood may speed up childhood cancer diagnosis
Newly-identified cancer cell fingerprints in the blood could one day help doctors diagnose a range of children’s cancers faster and more accurately, according to research* presented at the National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) Cancer Conf... | <urn:uuid:a04e8083-00fc-4153-a998-08c67b517156> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/about-us/cancer-news/press-release/2014-11-01-cancer-cell-fingerprints-in-the-blood-may-speed-up-childhood-cancer-diagnosis | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00145-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951869 | 956 | 3.484375 | 3 |
Roman numerals originated, as the name might suggest, in ancient Rome. There are seven basic symbols: I, V, X, L, C, D and M. The first usage of the symbols began showing up between 900 and 800 B.C.
The numerals developed out of a need for a common method of counting, essential to communications and trade. Counting on ... | <urn:uuid:e9f07e7e-21b3-49de-bfa7-d9d430e529f6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.livescience.com/32052-roman-numerals.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00175-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934315 | 982 | 3.921875 | 4 |
This section describes the procedures for constructing new lists.
list simply returns a list where the elements are the arguments,
cons* is similar, but the last argument is stored in the cdr of
the last pair of the list.
scm_list_ntakes a variable number of arguments, terminated by the special
SCM_UNDEFINED. That fina... | <urn:uuid:77736980-4ab7-45a2-bd1e-cddd3267ec5a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/docs/docs-1.8/guile-ref/List-Constructors.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00170-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.784503 | 319 | 3.359375 | 3 |
Aboriginal Community Council (Australia)
SummaryThere are various types of Aboriginal Community Councils which typically represent the interests of, and make decisions on behalf of a local Indigenous community. It is a term that can be used to describe either a Council or an Association.
Extended DefinitionMany Council... | <urn:uuid:3d2f4625-ce85-4043-bd4d-220e3c834e0d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.atns.net.au/extglossary.asp?GlossaryID=182 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00143-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94234 | 122 | 2.75 | 3 |
By Daus Studenberg – Applications Engineer
There are certain cases where it is necessary to make sure that two machines have a considerable amount of parallel radial offset. Such machines are usually coupled by a cardan shaft where more than 4-6 degrees of angle exists between the cardan coupling and the machines. Once... | <urn:uuid:e3a52319-0ee7-4ef9-86b3-656825a3c385> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ludeca.com/blog/alignment/3013/cardan-shaft-alignment-simplified-using-latest-laser-technology-demo-video-on-paper-mill-roll | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00077-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931379 | 313 | 2.640625 | 3 |
If there was one way to explain income, confusion around tax time would be lessened, but that's unfortunately not the case. Aside from net income and gross income, there's also what's known as adjusted gross income. Adjusted gross income is only needed around tax time, and primarily serves as a numerical figure that re... | <urn:uuid:697a4767-800c-4db2-a307-c136f718065c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://smallbusiness.chron.com/calculate-75-percent-adjusted-gross-income-15850.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00004-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975385 | 252 | 3 | 3 |
Shivers and Sweats
- The Fever Trail: The Hunt for the Cure for Malaria by Mark Honigsbaum
Macmillan, 333 pp, £18.99, November 2001, ISBN 0 333 90185 1
Mark Honigsbaum is fascinated by fever trees. The phrase may bring to mind ‘the great, grey-green, greasy Limpopo River, all set about with fever trees’. But Honigsbaum... | <urn:uuid:2a54c44a-650c-4d15-9ea8-853cc69621f3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.lrb.co.uk/v24/n14/ian-glynn/shivers-and-sweats | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00080-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979297 | 913 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Normal growth and development
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A child's growth and development can be divided into four periods:
- Preschool years
- Middle childhood years
Immediately after birth, an infant normally loses about 5 - 10% of his or her birth weight. However, by about age 2 weeks, an infant should start to gain ... | <urn:uuid:619e5016-456e-4f2b-8f3a-8d371cdb5adb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://umm.edu/Health/Medical/Ency/Articles/Normal-growth-and-development | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393146.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00135-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928807 | 709 | 3.609375 | 4 |
versão On-line ISSN 2309-8775
J. S. Afr. Inst. Civ. Eng. vol.56 no.2 Midrand Ago. 2014
P R van Wyk; L CroucampCorrespondence
Often the use of local rock material for construction purposes is overlooked in engineering, which could reduce costs in terms of procurement and transport, as well as being more environmentally ... | <urn:uuid:79cf8267-d758-4af1-9959-0658ec73bc77> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.scielo.org.za/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1021-20192014000200004&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=en | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00132-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942937 | 5,932 | 2.890625 | 3 |
June 15, 2005
Nicotine Triggers the Same Brain Reward Circuitry as Opiates
In experiments with mice, researchers have found that nicotine triggers the same neural pathways that give opiates such as heroin their addictively rewarding properties--including associating an environment with the drug's reward. However, unlik... | <urn:uuid:5b60f4c2-d4ce-4d5c-8ce4-1ae43d08678e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/156315/nicotine_triggers_the_same_brain_reward_circuitry_as_opiates/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00182-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957081 | 575 | 2.75 | 3 |
This graphic compares visible-light and infrared views of the same detailed area in the star-forming nebula NGC 2174 from the Hubble Space Telescope. On the left is a visible-light image made by WFPC2 in 2001 and on the right is an image made by the WFC3 infrared camera. Infrared light penetrates more dust and gas than... | <urn:uuid:fe664bba-d277-41f3-9732-49813cbec1b2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2014/18/image/b/layout/thumb/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00061-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.878535 | 186 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Interested Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering
Civil, Environmental and Geomatic Engineering supports research from the navigation of space shuttles and the control of observation satellites to supply valuable data for what lies beneath the planet’s surface. Geomatics is a relatively new scientific term, comb... | <urn:uuid:8d28f5ad-f14e-49a3-a3a6-4683dccb15c1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.top-site-list.com/topsites/civil-environmental-and-geomatic/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00093-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945766 | 1,161 | 2.78125 | 3 |
How is hearing loss diagnosed?
A hearing loss is diagnosed based on the person’s history, behavior, and the results of medical and audiological examinations.
If anyone, doctor or someone else, tells you that nothing can be done about your hearing loss and you should just learn to live this it, seek another opinion.
Wha... | <urn:uuid:0e1189c6-00db-4f31-beff-63282e58088f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://hearingloss.org/content/diagnosing-hearing-loss | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00033-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952234 | 1,348 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Definitions for mega
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word mega
Origin: From the prefix mega-.
alt. of Megalo-
The New Hacker's Dictionary
[SI] See quantifiers.
Is a unit prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one million or in computing, computer science and information techno... | <urn:uuid:054fd6e3-862a-4b08-b9a6-88c1f351f650> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.definitions.net/definition/mega | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00004-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.836483 | 287 | 2.828125 | 3 |
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