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A 160-metric ton prototype casting is the result of more than a year of R&D.
| This 160-metric ton prototype casting is the result of more than a year of R&D at the group’s development center in Sheffield, England. It produces forged steel cylinders used to produce transition cones for nuclear-power steam generators, a... | <urn:uuid:5c30e812-6407-4a8d-86e3-0b2edd3e7200> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://forgingmagazine.com/feature/sheffield-forgemasters-produces-massive-hollow-forging-billets | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00029-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940335 | 499 | 2.515625 | 3 |
NASA test fired the upper-stage engine of its new heavy-lift rocket Thursday (Dec. 1), marking another step forward in the development of the vehicle that could launch humans toward an asteroid or Mars someday.
The 80-second test, conducted at NASA's Stennis Space Center in Mississippi, investigated the combustion stab... | <urn:uuid:ad34adcc-68b2-4206-a01f-9d6799133e90> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.space.com/13814-nasa-j2x-rocket-space-launch-system-test.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00196-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939634 | 386 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Social Media Linked to Apps, Whether Parents Like it or Not
Social media is everywhere these days, as are the followers, friends, postings, and tweets that seem to consume everything in their wake. But what's less known is the extent to which those networks are available to young children—without their parents' knowled... | <urn:uuid:a419a391-49ca-4be2-b0a5-2a8218673b14> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/DigitalEducation/2012/12/social_media_linked_to_apps_wh.html?cmp=ENL-DD-NEWS1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00026-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978796 | 412 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Is there anything Americans care less about than species extinction? It is as if their house were on fire, but they continue to watch TV because a) they didn’t need that stuff in the garage anyway, and b) it will probably go out by itself before it gets to the living room, c) it’s not their job to fight fires, and d) i... | <urn:uuid:68e963e9-362c-4121-94dc-eafaa11e161e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dailyimpact.net/2012/01/25/the-silence-of-the-bats/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00038-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961198 | 824 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Definition of Software
Software refers to something intangible. Although often of great value, software can't be picked up or weighed. However, software is required to make hardware do anything. Likewise, software needs hardware to be of any value.
Typical examples of software include the web browser you're using to re... | <urn:uuid:0e5a949e-de20-450c-88bd-75cdb51298e6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://infolific.com/technology/definitions/computer-dictionary/software/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00075-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936579 | 386 | 3.5 | 4 |
|"Seems [Mother] has intercepted a transmission of unknown origin."
Appearance and BiologyEdit
The Queen Xenomorph was black in coloration, with large avian-like talons used for snatching prey as this monster swoops. Unlike most Xenomorphs, she had membraned wings and a membraned tail like a bat and her crest had a row... | <urn:uuid:4df6d5a5-8300-4926-843e-fb50fb359cf4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://avp.wikia.com/wiki/Flying_Queen | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00092-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975112 | 192 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Plant Transcription Factor Database
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The AP2/ERF superfamily is defined by the AP2/ERF domain, which consists of about 60 to 70 amino acids and is involved in DNA binding. The... | <urn:uuid:14add4b3-1638-4aba-8cc9-d06e21e8e724> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://planttfdb.cbi.pku.edu.cn/family.php?fam=ERF | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00201-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.897618 | 576 | 2.78125 | 3 |
In this guest column, the World Economic Forum's managing director explains how the U.S. can benefit from growing its circular economy.
New York's decision last November to ban food waste from dumping grounds may turn out to be one of the city's smartest decisions ever. Massachusetts, Connecticut and Vermont are alread... | <urn:uuid:18b0db15-70f4-4e86-87f9-205aeb8fcc99> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.indystar.com/story/money/business/2014/01/22/samans-davos-how-garbage-can-boost-us-economy/4774147/?from=global | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00201-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957139 | 996 | 2.953125 | 3 |
09-Jun-2004 -- This morning we left Keswick in Cumbria and drove via Carlisle along the
Hadrian's Wall towards East.
In 43 A.D. Britannia (roughly today's England) became a part of the Roman
Empire, and since then the Romans had begun to secure the border against the
Celtic tribes in the North (especially the Brigantes... | <urn:uuid:8480646d-815b-4af6-9e4e-752c0547ff55> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.confluence.org/confluence.php?visitid=8662 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00123-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951338 | 488 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Environment Canada deployed a new weather buoy last week on the Lake of the Woods, one of the busiest lakes in Ontario for recreational boating, in an effort to improve the health and safety of Ontario’s boaters and sailors.
During the boating season between May and October, the buoy will gather data on the weather and... | <urn:uuid:17ccf280-737d-41f3-a08d-fa9422c298b9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.fftimes.com/node/272695 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00044-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954481 | 420 | 3.078125 | 3 |
Americans and New Zealanders have much common history.
When the American Queen docked at New Madrid in September I met a couple on tour from New Zealand. They were in the United States to see some of the country that saved New Zealand from the Japanese during WWII, and here they were in New Madrid.
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Like other fairy basslets, the Carberryi or Threadfin anthias lives in small schools composed of a dominant male and his harem of females. This species is found only in the Indian Ocean. It was described for science in 1954, one of 370 new fish species named by the famous South African ichthyologist J.L.B. Smith, who r... | <urn:uuid:5e034ad0-2895-4c89-b69b-bc2dfe85ce86> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dwazoo.com/class/actinopterygii/page/2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397567.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00182-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962544 | 1,043 | 2.609375 | 3 |
God Alone Is Entitled To Worship
Islam lays much greater emphasis on how belief in God translates into righteous, obedient life and good morals rather than proving His existence through theological intricacies. Hence, the Islamic motto is that the primary message preached by the prophets was surrender to God’s will and... | <urn:uuid:f5f47eb6-0c34-4349-b988-5220955755a1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.islamicity.com/forum/printer_friendly_posts.asp?TID=22861 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00064-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928236 | 1,571 | 2.75 | 3 |
When a book (or any written work) enters the public domain, you can copy and use it without getting permission or paying fees. That’s because public domain books are no longer — or never were — protected by copyright.
What can you do with public domain books? Republish them as they are, or add your own material to crea... | <urn:uuid:09c2efd1-5afc-40b9-a35a-a069601622f3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.publicdomainsherpa.com/public-domain-books.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403508.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00012-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945305 | 1,087 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Ford Madox Brown chooses to show Christ in a moment of humility, washing the feet of Peter and drying them with his own robes. Kneeling before Peter, Christ is in fact the lowest figure in the painting, and sharp angle of his bowed head accentuates the position of lowliness that Jesus occupies. In typical Pre-Raphaelit... | <urn:uuid:18279c3e-bafc-44e4-a8c5-7a7f4c0ee265> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.victorianweb.org/painting/fmb/paintings/fanous2.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397567.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00068-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970237 | 362 | 3.640625 | 4 |
NASHVILLE — Tennessee is seeing dry conditions that normally don’t develop until late summer and the wildfire danger is increasing.
State Forestry Division officials report an increase in the number of fire calls — both those the state responds to and those that volunteer fire departments report to the agency.
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The Introduction to Educational Psychology examination contains 100 questions to be answered in 90 minutes.
The test questions focus on the principles of learning and cognition, teaching methods and classroom management, child growth and development, and evaluation and assessment of learning.
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Brain and spinal MRI
When performing Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) on a patient, a magnetic field is applied to the body to align particles within the tissues. The magnetic field is interrupted and the coils monitor the particles return to their nature alignment. This modality is ideal for evaluating tissues with va... | <urn:uuid:cf9ff88b-b362-4dc1-b29a-dcd70f65274b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.vcaspecialtyvets.com/shoreline/our-services/neuroradiology/brain-and-spinal-mri | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00053-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.914449 | 91 | 3.234375 | 3 |
The U.N.'s International Court of Justice ruled on Monday that Japan needs to stop its controversial and not-really-well-liked whale hunting practices. The court wasn't convinced that Japan's controversial whale kills were really done for scientific research, and the nation has longed claimed.
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NIKOLA GRUEVSKI, Prime Minister of the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, said that South-East Europe had entered a phase of positive development in which the primary objectives of nations and the region at large were either fulfilled or within reach. But although regional cooperation was expanding in a number of n... | <urn:uuid:7e6716fa-f18a-4c2a-ade9-ae51e6d1d132> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://gadebate.un.org/68/former-yugoslav-republic-macedonia | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00144-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980558 | 509 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Carnivores kill to live, and the instincts that allow true carnivores to survive include the killer instinct. This is more than lack of empathy for the prey, it is joy in the hunt. The thrashing agony of a dying gazelle in the mouth of a lion touches not the heart of the lion, who is focused on his hunger and what is k... | <urn:uuid:666cb79a-0a56-4e2c-86aa-7f59b0702aba> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.zetatalk4.com/beinghum/b76.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00028-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956778 | 369 | 2.6875 | 3 |
One of the delights of wandering around an undergraduate chemistry laboratory is discussing the unexpected, if not the outright impossible, with students. The >100% yield in a reaction is an example. This is sometimes encountered (albeit only briefly) when students attempt to recrystallise a product from cyclohexane, a... | <urn:uuid:fc887699-3be9-48a6-b808-8c38ab605143> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ch.imperial.ac.uk/rzepa/blog/?p=3276 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396875.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00133-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92536 | 483 | 3.046875 | 3 |
The score was authenticated last year
A previously unknown piece of music by Mozart has been discovered at a library in western France.
Ulrich Leisinger, head of research at the International Mozarteum Foundation in Austria, said the single sheet of music was "really important".
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• Syzygium aromaticum
• (Sih-ZIJ-ee-um ah-ro-MAT-ih-kum)
• Family Myrtaceae
How would pumpkin pie or spice cake taste without cloves, that pungent and most aromatic of spices? Those little brown sticks (“clove” comes from the Latin clavus, “nail”) that stud the Easter ham and holiday pomanders are actually the unopened... | <urn:uuid:f26fc5bb-6b31-4a63-b1ec-0bbf311631ac> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.motherearthliving.com/plant-profile/an-herb-to-know-clove.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00085-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950324 | 1,583 | 3.328125 | 3 |
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Rote Learning refers to skills that have been practiced to the point of being an automatic behavior that does not involve conscious thought. As we grow and practice daily activities, things like dishwashing, setting the table, doing laundry, traveling to familiar places, etc. exist... | <urn:uuid:3dadf364-e795-427f-adb1-227c67df4a39> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.alleydog.com/glossary/definition.php?term=Rote%20Learning | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00060-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938271 | 154 | 3.59375 | 4 |
The Gray's Woods Elementary School's Science Fair
|Julie decided that her 4th grade science project would be
"Puppies." Our new Black and Tan Coonhound, Scout was her inspiration
for the project. Over the next several weeks, Julie spent many hours preparing
the facts for her display, like "Poisons for Puppies" which wa... | <urn:uuid:135cd8f9-650e-4cee-bd61-441a91095271> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.personal.psu.edu/staff/a/r/ard5/pets/sciencefair.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00056-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979395 | 469 | 2.8125 | 3 |
What does umpteenth even mean? Why do parents always use it? See also Numbers.
A chain of islands. Sounds like a Spanish pelican.
Middle English word meaning "proud"or "haughty".
It's just a fun word to say. Use it to describe your irritated, elderly neighbor and you'll get what I mean. See also Elderly.
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Cervical Cancer & HPV
About HPV and Cervical Cancer
Human papillomavirus, or HPV, is a group of over 100 virus types that are transmitted by skin-to-skin contact. Most strains of HPV will clear on their own. But a few "high-risk" strains, if persistent, may develop into cervical cancer, although this is rare. It's impo... | <urn:uuid:9799ec14-64a4-4209-a7cc-3081bef25cd1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thinprep.com/info/cervical_cancer/about_hpv.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397565.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00013-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952707 | 838 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Electric System Flexibility and Storage
Options for Increasing Electric System Flexibility to Accommodate Higher Levels of Variable Renewable Electricity
Increased electric system flexibility, needed to enable electricity supply-demand balance with high levels of renewable generation, can come from a portfolio of suppl... | <urn:uuid:fd9a89ef-b6a9-4d4e-ad46-febf868692c6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nrel.gov/analysis/key_activities_integ_flex.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00035-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.848567 | 740 | 2.734375 | 3 |
With more than 500 animals representing 140 species at the Sacramento Zoo, the veterinarians have their hands full. They use their expertise to examine eyes, cure upset stomachs and make sure the large variety of animals at the Zoo receive the best preventative care and stay in tip-top shape. It is easy to imagine a ty... | <urn:uuid:1dce51c2-57ba-4752-adaa-aba224c68058> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://sacramentozoo.blogspot.com/2014/03/koi-visit-vet.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00172-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980179 | 306 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Fulbright-Hays Programs: The World is Our Classroom
Only fifty years ago, the geopolitical landscape shifted with the emergence of independent nations and the bipolar struggle for influence in world regions. U.S. leaders were increasingly confronted with the need to understand the Soviet Union, its allies, and the coun... | <urn:uuid:057ee1d4-5872-4815-9eae-a1cc11571039> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/iegps/fulbright-hays.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396875.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00171-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937741 | 2,000 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Argentinian doctor; joined Castro in Mexico in 1954; a leader of the 1956-59 Cuban Revolution. Che served as president of Cuba's national bank and as Cuba's minister of industry in the period immediately following the Cuban Revolution. Towards the end of his formal affiliation with the Cuban government, Che came to imp... | <urn:uuid:ec96afb0-9402-495b-a52d-2ec4ef1574f7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.youtubedocumentaries.com/documentary.cfm?name=The_True_Story_of_Che_Guevara | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00075-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974866 | 314 | 2.875 | 3 |
The religion now called Odinism is the indigenous tradition of the Germanic branch of the Indo-European peoples. Pre-Christian in origin, it shows Paleolithic characteristics (the Shamanistic tendencies of Odin and the “trickster” aspects of Loki) as well as Neolithic traits (the ‘honor and shame” nature of its warlike... | <urn:uuid:c28ee873-91b1-42d6-8ee5-eed99f470f43> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://pagan.wikia.com/wiki/Odinism | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00199-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94024 | 3,924 | 3.28125 | 3 |
Catch & Release Best Practices
We anglers have a powerful positive - or negative - impact upon the waters we fish, and the fisheries in the watersheds in which we live and work. This goes far beyond just practicing catch and release, but as implied by our name, Catch & Release is at the heart of it, because it's one of... | <urn:uuid:2b55af98-3c94-4bba-b0cc-f37b6a93f26b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.recycledfish.org/safe-angling/catch-and-release.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398209.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00011-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956435 | 2,736 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Does it seem to you that we are hearing more about wildfires?
There’s a reason: they are increasing in frequency and intensity and occurring over a longer period of months. According to the National Interagency Fire Center, there have already been more than 31,000 wildfires so far this year, burning over 1.6 million ac... | <urn:uuid:b2811303-d3fb-42f0-b5d9-fabc858f3a54> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://disasterphilanthropy.org/disaster-coverage/wildfires/a-historic-culture-threatened-by-wildfires/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00138-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949227 | 993 | 2.984375 | 3 |
The UK’s biofuel industry will have to deliver “substantial improvements” if it is to comply with new EU-wide sustainability standards that are due to come into effect by the end of the year.
Late last week the European Commission released two communication documents clarifying how member states should implement the bi... | <urn:uuid:06571a55-dcf0-4223-bed9-7c6ef9495fa7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.worldpreservationfoundation.org/blog/news/eu-sets-out-sustainable-biofuel-criteria/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00040-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960219 | 369 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Economic Growth Pushes Up Demand for Natural Gas Commodities
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According to technology experts and stakeholders, the social positives of internet use will far outweigh the negatives over the next decade.
They say this is because e-mail, social networks, and other online tools offer ‘low-friction’ opportunities to engender, enhance, and rediscover ties that make a difference in peo... | <urn:uuid:eb17ca9a-ff6b-432c-ae6c-315978ba7330> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/expertsurveys/2010survey/future_social_relations.xhtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00127-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952538 | 35,808 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Forget cheese, the moon is really made put of Titanium. In a joint meeting of the European Planetary Science Congress and the American Astronomical Society’s Division for Planetary Sciences, the result of the study by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) was published. This is not a huge surprise since Russian Luna m... | <urn:uuid:ad60a74b-3b51-409a-9395-6044b47fd12a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://techie-buzz.com/author/debjyotiarr/page/24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00157-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949371 | 4,096 | 3.609375 | 4 |
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (cont.)
Roxanne Dryden-Edwards, MD
Dr. Roxanne Dryden-Edwards is an adult, child, and adolescent psychiatrist. She is a former Chair of the Committee on Developmental Disabilities for the American Psychiatric Association, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltim... | <urn:uuid:49652da6-b2ac-4b1f-9fae-b289b5c01943> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.rxlist.com/alcohol_abuse_and_alcoholism/page2.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00086-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917539 | 802 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Hungary became part of the Soviet bloc in the early 1950s. The ‘Sovietisation’ of Hungary was neither peaceful or supported by a majority of the population. Post-war was governed by a democratic coalition, led by a conservative prime minister, Zoltan Tildy. The local communist party was a small but vocal group, receivi... | <urn:uuid:ac9f91b2-904a-4081-a403-62e9b70f44a3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://alphahistory.com/coldwar/hungarian-uprising/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00034-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970511 | 1,767 | 3.3125 | 3 |
History of King's Highway 24:
King's Highway 24 is a major arterial highway which links Simcoe to Cambridge, via Brantford. Until recently, the highway was much longer, extending from Long Point on Lake Erie to Collingwood on Georgian Bay. Most sections of Highway 24 were transferred to municipalities during the hastil... | <urn:uuid:4604263b-7653-4dfe-997b-73605ea38fad> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thekingshighway.ca/Highway24.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00005-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967708 | 1,172 | 2.640625 | 3 |
What is Specific Phobia?
Specific phobia refers to a fear of specific objects (such as snakes or spiders) or situations (such as heights, closed spaces or crowds), and the severe distress experienced when encountering the feared object or situation.
What are the symptoms of Specific Phobia?
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Imagine telling your children on their 19th birthdays that they must leave the family home, will receive no more financial or emotional support, and are on their own to figure out how to make money or go to school.
That is the reality for 700 youths every year in B.C. — foster children raised by the Ministry for Childr... | <urn:uuid:3e438be4-1f1d-4588-a453-68df0d07eb3c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Part+From+care+where+Aging+foster+system/9532911/story.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00193-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969707 | 2,395 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Marc Aube has a new post to his site that introduces you to the specification design pattern, a technique that's useful for ensuing the current state of an object is valid.
The specification pattern is a software design pattern used to codify business rules that state something about an object. These simple predicates ... | <urn:uuid:ecbe26da-fe17-4a7e-919d-306f0e718cb6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.phpdeveloper.org/tag/pattern | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00100-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.91946 | 290 | 2.921875 | 3 |
ERIC Identifier: ED363569
Publication Date: 1993-10-00
Author: Graseck, Susan
Source: ERIC Clearinghouse for
Social Studies/Social Science Education Bloomington IN.
Teaching Foreign Policy in the Post-Cold War Era. ERIC Digest.
Today the United States finds itself in a world that has changed
fundamentally. For more tha... | <urn:uuid:d2bb5003-5dd7-4296-9084-51f4f2c36789> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ericdigests.org/1994/war.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00162-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.877915 | 3,775 | 3.0625 | 3 |
Brief History: Reconnection
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- Discovery of the Radiation Belts
- Artificial Belts and Early Studies
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Flax flowers, which are a member of the genus Linum, are grown for a variety of reasons. To start, these small, delicate flowers are prized for their stunning blue, golden and white hues. However, two of the most valued reasons for cultivation is their use as a nutritive substance, and as strong, easily manipulated clo... | <urn:uuid:98d98f03-7007-4a31-8b62-f9d9f10eb1f6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://flowerinfo.org/Flax-Flowers | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398873.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00055-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981215 | 493 | 3.21875 | 3 |
“This result comes as a complete surprise,” said OPERA spokesperson, Antonio Ereditato of the University of Bern. “After many months of studies and cross checks we have not found any instrumental effect that could explain the result of the measurement. While OPERA researchers will continue their studies, we are also lo... | <urn:uuid:5a0f53da-7d43-4b3e-8cb3-b7e24d1a0b33> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eskesthai.com/2011/09/measurement-of-neutrino-velocity-with.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00113-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948817 | 320 | 3.015625 | 3 |
by Joshua Carrillo
Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. He was the president of this great nation from March 4,1861 to April 16,1865.
His nicknames were "Honest Abe"and "Illinois Rail- Splitter". He liked his nicknames. They called him "Honest Abe" because he was always honest with people.
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In 2000, Dr. Pieter de Jong relocated his vast collection of human and
animal DNA clones to CHORI from Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo,
New York. This collection is the major source of clone material for the
Human Genome Project. Additionally, researchers worldwide use the collection
to characterize genomes of... | <urn:uuid:e41643cb-b599-4b1c-869e-2feb20449910> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.chori.org/Principal_Investigators/deJong_Pieter/dejong_overview.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397842.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00052-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.886422 | 380 | 3.09375 | 3 |
A wealth of information on antebellum railroads in South Carolina and Georgia, including their financing, profits, and traffic
A History of Transportation in the Eastern Cotton Belt to 1860 (1908) was Southern historian Ulrich Bonnell Phillips's first major monograph and has stood for over a century as one of the princ... | <urn:uuid:efca8170-f793-42ad-a7c2-e3b871711076> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sc.edu/uscpress/books/2011/3965.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00186-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95642 | 427 | 3.5 | 4 |
In August 2005, there were 9,623 schools in Australia, of which 6,929 (72.0%) were government schools and 2,694 (28.0%) were non-government schools.
In 2005 71.5% of all non-special schools were primary only, 15.9% were secondary only and 12.6% were combined primary/secondary schools. In 1995 these proportions were 73.... | <urn:uuid:d65a64a1-dc0a-4273-9a71-164f693d05d9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/allprimarymainfeatures/E89FF6F9D793BC6DCA25728B000CEF8D?opendocument | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00083-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982478 | 1,010 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Has the heat gone out of the genetically modified food debate?
That's the sentiment of a science author who says people are now willing to eat GM food.
"I think the debate has been around enough that the extremes have gone out of it," the CSIRO's Dr Craig Cormick said.
"The hysteria has probably diminished a lot and pe... | <urn:uuid:a0dbf1d2-d856-440e-a174-1fedf4e2ccab> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2013-09-27/gm-crops/4984782?pfm=sm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391766.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00064-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97712 | 287 | 2.703125 | 3 |
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Few genes have made the headlines as much as FOXP2. The first gene associated with language disorders , it was later implicated in the evolution of human speech. Girls make more of the FOXP2 prote... | <urn:uuid:d7215234-498f-419f-89e6-5ac79d6fe556> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.biopsychology.com/news/index.php?book=BP | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00116-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965203 | 8,313 | 3.421875 | 3 |
The Used and Rental copies of this book are not guaranteed to include any supplemental materials. Typically, only the book itself is included. This is true even if the title states it includes any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.
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Tired of traffic congestion in and around your school? Looking for a way to put more physical exercise into your students' day? Perhaps your school should be the next stop for the "walking school bus," -- groups of children who are led to and from school by adult volunteers. Included: See how a few simple steps can put... | <urn:uuid:9351d03c-d7ef-42ad-9e11-674f42c1a656> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin350.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00189-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971371 | 1,513 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Graphene earning nickname of 'miracle material'
The race is on to perfect a miracle.
Governments, companies and universities around the world are dumping billions of dollars into research on graphene, carbon sheets one atom thick, discovered a few years ago.
The first group to figure out how to cheaply and reliably pro... | <urn:uuid:bac7f3f3-3692-4eaa-b0a3-561cb9d53b13> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://triblive.com/news/allegheny/4846546-74/graphene-research-material | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00012-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9547 | 1,257 | 3.484375 | 3 |
Four months after Typhoon Yolanda hit the Philippines, the wounds are deep – but the healing has begun
TACLOBAN, Philippines, 6 March 2014 – Loss cuts deep here, four months after one of the most powerful and destructive typhoons on record killed more than 6,000 people.
Today, as the Philippines continues to recover an... | <urn:uuid:cc85186d-944c-47f2-b18d-4b3cfaf60c4b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.unicef.org/philippines/reallives_22251.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396029.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00098-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979162 | 954 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Published: August 2, 1988
Q. How fast do fingernails grow?
Do they grow faster in summer? A. Fingernail growth averages out to about a tenth of a millimeter a day, according to Lawrence A. Norton, M.D., clinical professor of dermatology at the Boston University School of Medicine. Toenails are about a half to a third s... | <urn:uuid:5a3e5394-c37a-4882-a8f6-d0f8bef35a7b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/02/science/q-a-504688.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00107-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940231 | 353 | 3.25 | 3 |
The best way to test do you have diabetes is to take a fasting plasma glucose test. This test is the preferred test for diagnosing both type 1 and type 2 diabetes. The results are most reliable when the test is done in the morning.
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by Staff Writers
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Nov 22, 2012
An international team of researchers, including Carnegie Museum of Natural History scientist John Wible, has resolved the evolutionary relationships of Necrolestes patagonensis, whose name translates into "grave robber," referring to its burrowing and underground lifest... | <urn:uuid:d9bbf54e-ba4e-4711-a948-997fa8f9bd88> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/After_121_years_identification_of_grave_robber_fossil_solves_a_paleontological_enigma_999.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00044-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952608 | 1,621 | 3.328125 | 3 |
The finding comes from the Johns Hopkins University lab of Catherine C. Thompson, PhD. Thompson and colleagues wondered exactly why mice lacking the Hairless gene are, well, hairless.
Their results point researchers toward a way to regenerate the hair follicles of men and women with alopecia.
A Tiny Organ
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Web 2.0 is the term given to describe a second generation of the World Wide Web that is focused on the ability for people to collaborate and share information online. Web 2.0 basically refers to the transition from static HTML Web pages to a more dynamic Web that is more organized and is based on serving Web applicatio... | <urn:uuid:1f46cd21-f0a8-40d4-958f-f7939b8fe335> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/W/Web_2_point_0.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00081-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.872626 | 386 | 3.75 | 4 |
November 8, 2011
Within electric brakes, bending force is distributed differently. Also optoelectronic safeguards integrate closely with the control, so much so that a light curtain or similar device has no effect on the bending cycle time. In fact, in the electric press brake arena, safety does not necessarily require... | <urn:uuid:b53e5b46-ee39-4a76-8b97-e97f85eb712a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thefabricator.com/article/bending/electric-press-brakes-bend-fast--and-safely | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00108-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918211 | 1,772 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Barn Swallow dawn song, consisting of mostly three part phrases, 50 minutes before sunrise, by a bird flying to and fro over a meadow. The song finished well before sunrise. (June, PA).
Tree Swallow dawn song perched, compared to the day song it is less variable and has a staccato rhythm (5.48am, May, NJ)
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This page was designed by teachers to be used by fourth grade students when studying the ancient civilization of Mesopotamia. It has been created in response to the Massachusetts State Frameworks which suggests the study of ancient civilizations in grade four. You will also find a list of resources and classroom activi... | <urn:uuid:2ee47a73-4a2f-4463-9940-8688680bc46f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www2.lhric.org/eastchester/schools/ms/teachers/stabile/AncientMesopotamia.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00093-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975847 | 2,275 | 4.15625 | 4 |
The Human Eye
What is an Eye?
An eye is a round-shaped organ that works with the brain to provide us with vision. The shape of the eye is maintained by the pressure of the aqueous humor. The aqueous humor is the fluid that fills the front chamber of the eye.
Function of the Eye
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Equity and Quality in Education
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By David O. Tebeest, Plant Pathology Department, University of Arkansas
Photographs and / or images are said to be worth a thousand words. Indeed, from time to time, we all need and use images to help us make a point or explain a detail more clearly. This is especially so in plant pathology where diseases and plants ar... | <urn:uuid:81385368-bef8-4c47-9133-2e360b7a623b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.apsnet.org/edcenter/K-12/NewsViews/Pages/2001_07.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00099-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92649 | 374 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Evaluation of live food versus artificial food on the growth of juvenile Pocillopora damicornis cultured from planulae
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Keynesian economics - Investment & Finance Definition
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Study suggests heart risk from calcium supplements
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Older women who take calcium supplements to maintain bone strength may have an increased risk of heart attack, researchers in New Zealand said on Tuesday.
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SYDNEY--Australia's wine and grain production, two of its most important farm industries, will be hit hardest by extreme weather and rising temperatures caused by climate change, the head of the government's forecasting agency said Monday.
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How to Calculate Return on Your Investments
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"I'm scared to death of teaching high-school math." "I just don't feel ready to teach algebra." "I wasn't any good at math in school myself, so how can I teach it to my kids?"
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Cepheus resembles the stick house we all drew as children – and that children today still draw – with a square for the base and a triangle for the roof. In the case of Cepheus, the tip of the roof (a star known as Gamma Cephei, or Er Rai) points generally northward.
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Sugar-water hemolysis testSucrose hemolysis test
The sugar-water hemolysis test is a blood test to detect fragile red blood cells by testing their ability to withstand swelling in a low-salt solution.
How the Test is Performed
A blood sample is needed.
How to Prepare for the Test
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Dental and Oral Health Center
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The United States may be finished dropping bombs on Iraq, but Iraqi bodies will be dealing with the consequences for generations to come in the form of birth defects, mysterious illnesses and skyrocketing cancer rates.
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The vibrant colors and endless diversity of aquatic life provide one of the richest photography experiences imaginable. The technology in Olympus Digital Underwater Housings allows divers, from beginner to divemaster, capture worry-free images of unique underwater scenes. Each Olympus housing features a large, responsi... | <urn:uuid:a80dd711-e5ec-4e51-aab9-0847e9ff740d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.olympusamerica.com/cpg_section/oima_underwaterTips.asp?lesson=2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00060-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.91477 | 629 | 2.59375 | 3 |
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Lung cancer death rates in women have fallen for the first time in four decades, according to an annual report on the status of cancer published online March 31 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The drop comes about 10 years after lung cancer deaths in men began to fall, a delay that reflects the later u... | <urn:uuid:57e4ac5b-ab4c-4dd8-a14e-1b1050ae82bc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-03/jotn-art032911.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00152-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9594 | 992 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Do you think early New England settlers braided onions as a means to store them after harvest? I wondered this when faced with the trays of onion and garlic bulbs harvested a couple of days previously and set on a covered porch to dry.
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Zeno of Elea
Zeno of Elea
490 BCE – 430 BCE
Zeno of Elea was a Greek philosopher famous for formulating a number of paradoxes meant to support Monism, the philosphy of the Eleatic School that was founded by Parmenides. The best known of these are the Paradox of the Tortoise and Achilles, the Paradox of the Arrow, and t... | <urn:uuid:275e717b-8e7e-4eb2-8e4d-8d457e02daf9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://platonicrealms.com/encyclopedia/zeno-of-elea | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00134-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929355 | 322 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Circles that suddenly appeared on this pond have tongues wagging in upstate New York.
By Marc Lallanilla
In the small town of Eden, N.Y., the recent appearance of mysterious circles in a frozen pond has residents baffled.
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December 18, 2012
Researchers Get First Direct Evidence Of Turbulence In Outer Space
[ Watch the Video: Measuring Space Tubulence ]
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe OnlineWe all know that turbulence exists on Earth, but does it really exist in outer space? And if it does, how would you prove it?
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Although played widely the origin of baseball is still subject to speculation and various ideas. Uncover the many theories and suppositions about the origin of baseball and its possible sources.
Christianity remains one of the most prevalent religions in the world today. Explore th... | <urn:uuid:8ea49373-3394-49f9-a5ba-23c1661799e9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.whenguide.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00058-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971818 | 502 | 2.75 | 3 |
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It's not the amount of rawhide that's dangerous. In fact, according to North Central Animal Hospital, it's rawhide itself that can be a problem, even if you only give your dog a very small piece.
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PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES ARE NOT AN AVENUE FOR IMPROVING AEROBIC FITNESS IN FEMALE STUDENTS
Crowhurst, M. E., Morrow, J. R. Jr., Pivarnik, J. M., & Brieker, J. T. (1993). Determination of the aerobic benefit of selected physical education activities. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 64, 223-226.
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Militarily, the early stages of World War II witnessed staggering German successes. The Wehrmacht rumbled through Poland, Holland, Belgium, and France with frightening speed and efficiency, quickly destroying opposing forces. Only a miraculous seaborne evacuation from Dunkirk in Jun... | <urn:uuid:37672569-186b-4faf-87bb-d6307e75e77d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-were-results-german-invasions-during-early-429508 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00013-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98081 | 748 | 3.796875 | 4 |
By: Amada Froelich,
Prophesied by researchers last year, the inevitable has happened in Canadian waters: Sardine fleets returned with no fish this month. The loss for the western Canadian’s fisheries, normally worth CAN$32 million (US$30.7 million), still took many by surprise.
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Boys Height Growth Chart – average height of boys age 2 – 18 years
for children of "White" race/ethnicity*, ages 2 through 18.
Created by Steven B. Halls, MD, FRCPC and John Hanson, MSc.
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The peaceful relations which subsisted between the Dutch colonists and the Iroquois were perpetuated by the English on their accession to the Dutch possessions in 1664; and, with the immaterial exceptions, the Iroquois remained the firm allies or friends of the English till the domination of the latter was broken by th... | <urn:uuid:cce8933e-bb00-4ad0-b749-3e41ae0ad107> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nychenan/1880-4.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403508.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00158-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98408 | 17,383 | 3.609375 | 4 |
Passing someone a sexually transmitted infection is viewed as worse than giving them the flu — even if the flu turns out to be fatal, a new study finds.
The research points to an "irrational" stigma of sexually transmitted diseases, according to study researcher Amy Moors, a graduate student in psychology at the Univer... | <urn:uuid:dd96fb03-1ffa-46a2-902d-fac7e6c794c2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mnn.com/health/fitness-well-being/stories/which-is-worse-passing-along-a-treatable-std-or-fatal-flu | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396029.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00001-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967856 | 1,063 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Dennis Bray - What Cells Can Do That Robots Can't "For all the walking, talking, housekeeping, car-building, child-entertaining, elderly-caring marvels of present-day robots; for all their amazing, superhuman ability to crunch numbers, play chess, store data, analyze sequences and display graphics they are still not li... | <urn:uuid:cc466124-03fa-46df-803b-1a1d837c5c57> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/08/dennis-bray-what-cells-can-do-that.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00021-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93867 | 410 | 2.578125 | 3 |
It is well known that meaningful knowledge of statistics involves more than simple factual
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Holes In Embedded Devices - Desynchronized Service Accting As Backdoor
Embedded devices usually offer different types of services or interfaces so they can be configured by administrators remotely either from the Internet or over the LAN. Some of the most common examples include Telnet, FTP, SSH, HTTP (web console), HT... | <urn:uuid:b0bfd282-e703-4839-ab07-d964af51c458> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gnucitizen.org/blog/holes-in-embedded-devices-desynchronized-service-acting-as-backdoor/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00047-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.904489 | 368 | 3 | 3 |
The Lesser Sulphur Crested Cockatoo (also known as the Yellow-crested Cockatoo) can be found in Timor-Leste and Indonesia's islands of Bali, Timor, Sulawesi and Lesser Sunda Islands.
They are critically endangered, especially due to illegal trapping for the pet trade. There are less than 10,000 left in the wild.
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