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Alcohol and High Blood Pressure
While drinking alcohol in moderation is usually fine, consuming too much can make hypertension worse. Moderate drinking usually means one drink a day for women or two drinks a day for men. People who drink alcohol while taking high blood pressure medicine should check with their doctor, ... | <urn:uuid:f65e6cff-d837-47f2-af13-193c71b38e41> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blood-pressure.emedtv.com/high-blood-pressure/alcohol-and-high-blood-pressure.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00039-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93884 | 371 | 2.734375 | 3 |
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Silly Putty, one of the classic toys of modern times, was actually invented by accident. As a military tactic during the early years of World War II, the Japanese invaded countries that produced rubber to stop the production of tires, rafts, gas masks, boots, vehicles... | <urn:uuid:b42271e8-cd2f-44cb-9f3c-2e68bfe439b7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-silly-putty.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00005-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967317 | 820 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Many amateur athletes have long suspected what research scientists for the Department of Preventative and Rehabilitative Sports Medicine of the Technische Universitaet Muenchen at Klinikum rechts der Isar have now made official: Documented proof, gathered during the world's largest study of marathons, "Be-MaGIC" (beer,... | <urn:uuid:e6ce0650-5fb5-43bd-a487-d4d39d9294fd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-06/tum-sds060811.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00151-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950035 | 1,091 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Origins 14(1):7-20 (1987).
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The author reviews some of the classical argumentation regarding the spontaneous origin of life and evaluates some of the newer concepts.
Among numerous ideas in currency four or five thousand years ago
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Curious about the dyscalculia testing process? Since every child learns differently, some much more adaptable to the classroom environment than others, it sure does seem strange that schools don’t educate parents on learning disabilities. They aren’t diseases, they aren’t restricted to any IQ level or social standard –... | <urn:uuid:087cd8cd-9ebd-4486-b11d-4a30c6af3662> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://drlindasblog.com/dyscalculia-testing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00066-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956033 | 523 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Thomas Seyfried PhD, a brain cancer researcher with over 25 years of experience in the field, gave a groundbreaking presentation about cancer at the Ancestral Health Symposium held at Harvard Law School this past August. The three main take-home points of his talk (spoiler alert!):
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Mutual aid started spontaneously on a local level. It became a custom for groups of men to meet in the local inn for a drink on payday, and to contribute a few pence a week to a common fund. From these simple beginnings, friendly societies, trade unions, housing associations, people's banks and co-operatives were all t... | <urn:uuid:d6b0569b-3d50-4f22-9fcd-600b52346c30> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://richardjohnbr.blogspot.com/2008/05/voluntary-action-mutual-aid-and-self.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393463.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00147-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97889 | 999 | 3.5625 | 4 |
FDA's Office of Minority Health
FDA's Office of Minority Health (OMH) helps identify agency actions that can help reduce disparities in health and health care. Read our OMH Consumer Update series to learn about:
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Thousands of people have put tiny ice sculptures on display in Birmingham to remember the men and women who made sacrifices in the First World War.
A display of around five thousand ice sculptures were melted at Chamberlain Square. Called "Minimum Monument," it is the work of Brazilian sculptor Nele Azevedo, who is pre... | <urn:uuid:a8629ab0-421b-4ba1-a6ee-f82c5312d984> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.itv.com/news/central/update/2014-08-02/video-thousands-take-part-in-tiny-ww1-ice-sculptures-event/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00066-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980307 | 177 | 2.6875 | 3 |
The Global Food Crisis
In April 2008 Josette Sheeran, executive director of the UN World Food Program, spoke publicly of a silent tsunami, “that threatens to plunge more than 100 million people on every continent into hunger…. This is the new face of hunger—the millions of people who were not in the urgent hunger categ... | <urn:uuid:e7d24f4e-73ba-43f1-874a-b7fa818e28c5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://zcomm.org/zmagazine/the-global-food-crisis-by-william-tabb/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00004-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957461 | 4,742 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Quality Assurance in Teacher Education
National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC), India
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Presentation date: 11/01/2006 2:30 PM in ST Windsor B
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Stedman and Hutchinson, comps. A Library of American Literature: An Anthology in Eleven Volumes. 1891. Vol. IV: Literature of the Republic, Part I., Constitutional period, 17881820
The Grievances Which Led to Shayss Rebellion
By George Richards Minot (17581802)
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Doctors, public health experts and women's rights organizations are concerned that the strongly suspected link between the Zika virus and microcephaly, a fetal deformity resulting in a shrunken head and a damaged brain, will cause women in the Americas to seek illegal abortions.
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Garden cress also called broadleaf cress–and other cresses: curly cress and watercress–are quick growing cool-weather vegetables. Sow cress in the garden early in spring, as early as 4 or 6 before the last frost, or grow cress indoors year round. Cress is quick growing from seed; it will be ready for harvest 15 to 20 d... | <urn:uuid:f2a95acf-11af-46b8-9aab-10311fe0ac55> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.harvesttotable.com/2009/04/how_to_grow_cress/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00107-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918781 | 1,156 | 3.25 | 3 |
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Camping in Acadia National Park
By Phyllis Naegeli
1 "We're finally here!" exclaimed Sara from the back seat of the car.
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The PanCareLIFE Project
Survival rates after childhood cancer now reach nearly 80% in developed European countries as a result of more effective therapies and better supportive care, leading to a steady increase in the number of survivors in the population.
Impact of Treatment
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Claire, Thank you for your very good question. As you know, air is a mixture of gases, principally nitrogen and oxygen. Gases, along with liquids, are referred to as 'fluids'. In physics, the study of the pressure exerted by fluids which are not moving is called hydrostatics. As for pressure... | <urn:uuid:b7684f5c-1a3b-48cf-9f51-1248f0ca771f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2001-05/989261097.Ch.r.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396029.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00015-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948382 | 907 | 3.6875 | 4 |
There have been many studies that have demonstrated links between excessive childhood screen time and negative outcomes including attention problems and aggression. Most of them imply causation but generally can’t prove it because the studies don’t measure child behavior before the screen time occurs. Yes playing Minec... | <urn:uuid:547a3b13-4897-4b81-8545-4f2647ba62d8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.uvm.edu/drettew/2014/06/02/behavior-problems-and-screen-time-what-causes-what/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396887.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00136-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95824 | 614 | 3.359375 | 3 |
Merrimack Station is a coal-fired power station owned and operated by Public Service Company of New Hampshire (PSCNH), a subsidiary of Northeast Utilities, near Bow, New Hampshire. One unit of the plant was built in 1960, the other in 1968. In 2008, the future of the plant became the subject of controversy when PSCNH r... | <urn:uuid:223367d4-b1b0-4d51-aac2-55c421243af6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Merrimack_Station | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00147-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925847 | 3,082 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Absolutely, the most necessaries is about money because that in order to pay all fee of life’ demand. For example, medicine, food, beverage, education even raise kids. It contribute significantly to our life, therefore, money plays an important role to job satisfaction.
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An expert scientific working group of the Monographs Programme of the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has concluded its review of health effects of static and extremely low frequency (ELF) electric and magnetic fields. Such fields include the earth's magnetic field, and also originate from electrical... | <urn:uuid:13033c40-c12f-49ff-bba2-9359e103394e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.iarc.fr/en/media-centre/pr/2001/pr136.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00183-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933727 | 632 | 3.25 | 3 |
Access to relevant and usable knowledge is an important prerequisite for successful and cost-effective climate change adaptation actions. The mobilization and sharing of knowledge and experiences is therefore critical to informing adaptation decision-making, planning and practice. However, while much knowledge exists f... | <urn:uuid:a81fa1c9-27c5-4d04-8eb0-76e48a784a12> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.unep.org/climatechange/adaptation/KnowledgeandPolicy/AdaptationKnowledgeDays/tabid/29581/Default.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393518.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00072-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937424 | 144 | 2.828125 | 3 |
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Rio De Janeiro (AFP) Dec 27, 2012
Hundreds of visitors are flocking daily to a botanical garden in southeastern Brazil to watch the rare blooming of the Titan arum, the world's smelliest and largest tropical flower.
Also known as the "corpse flower" because of a smell likened to rotting flesh, it began... | <urn:uuid:97638791-f8af-45a7-b22f-d9ba673edc18> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Worlds_smelliest_and_largest_flower_blooms_in_Brazil_999.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392069.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00175-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930245 | 474 | 2.703125 | 3 |
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A cyberbully is a person who harasses or intimidates people online via message boards, chatrooms, social networks, and instant messages (IM). This may be an extension of offline bullying activities or it may be only related to online activities. People of all ages can... | <urn:uuid:55937b80-f7fb-4552-afc1-cb983b9f660a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wisegeek.com/how-should-i-handle-a-cyberbully.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00086-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960783 | 1,248 | 3.765625 | 4 |
(CNN) -- Dead men tell no tales, but the sea does, as shown Friday when an anchor was recovered from the wreckage of pirate Blackbeard's flagship.
An expedition off the North Carolina coast hoisted the nearly 3,000-pound anchor, one of three belonging to the Queen Anne's Revenge.
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Frantisek Wolf's father was a maker of fine furniture. Frank was the eldest of his parents two children, having a sister four year younger. He was born in Prostejov, a town southwest of Olomouc, in the farming region of the fertile Haná Plain. Czechoslovakia did not exist at the time that Frantisek was born, for the de... | <urn:uuid:602c2b39-5d14-4bd3-bd5a-239fb57b6c2e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Wolf_Frantisek.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00164-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967174 | 1,749 | 2.625 | 3 |
Restoration Begins on Saturn V at JSC
It almost launched men to the moon on Apollo 18. Now the Saturn V rocket on display near the entrance of Johnson Space Center is getting some restoration work by the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum.
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What does it mean, strictly, for one event to "cause" another? If I throw a ball, does the movement of my arm cause the ball to move, or are they simply correlated events? If you say the arm caused the ball to move, how can you be sure?
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We're all aware of cute optical illusions. Some play tricks with our perception of color, size, or motion ... This particularly beautiful example plays with our perception of brightness - both turn out to be equally bright inside and out.
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It is presently believed that particle sizes in the 10 to 100 micron range would be suitable for the seeding purposes. Larger... | <urn:uuid:d08069ab-57a9-4a11-aff3-46847aae4829> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread513525/pg1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00002-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943695 | 412 | 2.9375 | 3 |
Puss in space boots: Iran to launch Persian cat into orbit?
Iran may be considering sending a Persian cat into space as the next animal astronaut after claims the Islamic Republic launched a monkey into space earlier this year.
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Studies of the molecular underpinnings of the most aggressive type of glioma, glioblastoma multiforme, have revealed promising targets for drug therapy, information that also offers insight into what causes these brain tumors to form and grow.
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It's the 20th anniversary of NASA's Hubble telescope and an incredible photo released in honor of the telescope proves that Hubble may be aging, but it's still got it--and how.
This new image of the Carina Nebula shows with stunning clarity a gaseous dust column over 3 light years tall.
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GM Plants Spreading Transgenic Contamination Into Nature
GM plants ‘established in the wild’
By Richard Black
Researchers in the US have found new evidence that genetically modified crop plants can survive and thrive in the wild, possibly for decades.
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Adolescent Health Care, Confidentiality
- Adolescent Health Care, Role of the Family Physician
- Adolescent Health Care, Sexuality and Contraception
- Adolescents, Protecting: Ensuring Access to Care and Reporting Sexual Activity and Abuse (Position Paper)
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- Health Education in Schools
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo, not to be confused for its neighboring country, the Republic of Congo, is often also referred to as DROC, DRC, RDC, DR Congo, and Congo-Kinshasa. The country was first established as a Belgian colony in 1960. The country however managed to gain its independence from the French only... | <urn:uuid:932eed2d-505a-4321-b096-edcb2a4bbd28> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://lifestyle.iloveindia.com/lounge/facts-about-democratic-republic-of-congo-10368.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00112-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949357 | 884 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Apple makes a pretty ballsy claim about the iPhone 4's display: "The pixel density is so high that the human eye is unable to distinguish individual pixels." They're pushing against the limits of the human body. Is it true?
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Characterization in Novels
Understanding and Evaluating Characterization in Novels
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"Sir Gawaine the Son of Lot, King of Orkney" from: The Story of King Arthur and His Knights. Pyle, Howard (1853-1911), New York: Scribner's, 1903.
Credit: Courtesy of The Camelot Project at the University of Rochester.
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The most popular drug for 12-year-old kids is under the sink. U.S. health officials reported last week that the number of children who have inhaled potentially deadly vapors to get high is more than the numbers of those who have tried marijuana, cocaine and hallucinogens combined. According to data from 2006-2008 surve... | <urn:uuid:d9e8eed7-211a-4562-b368-c66825a4bad6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://parentingsquad.com/huffing-inhalants-almost-as-popular-as-drinking | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00117-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962424 | 653 | 2.921875 | 3 |
How are calories calculated in food?
Do they sum all the energy in every molecule? By for example, by burning the stuff up and calculating the energy output.
Or is this value supposed to represent the energy that a human body will extract from that food?
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Lake Ontario Theater Continued (Part Two)
Sackets Harbor Battlefield
504 West Main Street
Sackets Harbor, New York 13685(315) 646-3634
The Americans had only one useful deepwater harbor on their side of Lake Ontario. That was Sackets Harbor, which unlike Kingston, was remote and barely accessible by land. Even so, Sack... | <urn:uuid:b6c4948d-7d64-4436-99b9-554fc427795c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pbs.org/wned/war-of-1812/historic-sites/lake-ontario-theater/lake-ontario-part-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00193-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958013 | 814 | 2.828125 | 3 |
18 Million Dollars Approved Under UN-REDD Programme
Funds Will Back Forestry Programmes Combating Climate Change and Boosting Local Livelihoods
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COPPERAS COVE — Gary Young fiddled with a radio dial, waiting to get a signal from other amateur radio operators across the nation.
About 10 minutes later, Young heard an operator in Indiana through the static.
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Born: September 28, 1887
Avery Brundage was born in Detroit, Michigan on September 28, 1887. He graduated from Chicago English High School in 1905, and went on to earn a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering in 1909 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. In 1912, Brundage competed for the U.S. track and field ... | <urn:uuid:ec0d25af-5b5a-4d32-8fab-dc168bd38fe1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.netstate.com/states/peop/people/mi_ab.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00073-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967586 | 476 | 2.5625 | 3 |
NEW DELHI, INDIA— A new survey indicates Nepal's wild tiger population has risen 63 percent in the last five years. Conservation groups credit a renewed national commitment to protecting the large cat for the increase.
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During the early period thousand years ago, the early Filipinos were composed of different groups that came from different part of
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Nuns Home PageNext Discourse
8. The Discourse about Sīsupacālā
Thus I have heard:
at one time the Gracious One was dwelling near Sāvatthī at Anāthapiṇḍika's grounds in Jeta's Wood.
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February is American Heart Month! To help spread the word about heart health, EPA scientists and staff will write each week about the Agency’s Green Heart effort to educate the public about of the connection between air pollution and your heart. Be sure to check back each week to learn more, and for tips on what you ca... | <urn:uuid:04fb9399-d52a-45b6-940d-509613501d88> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.epa.gov/blog/tag/exercise/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00033-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936623 | 791 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Personalized Medicine Suggested as Future of Health Care
Pfizer and other industry members are joining a push in favor of personalized medicine, a method of treatment which offers many advantages for clinicians and patients. Personalized medicine reduces health care costs, cuts the time it takes to bring drugs to marke... | <urn:uuid:04c76e51-32ec-48f1-9feb-7ff5485503df> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/personalized-medicine-suggested-future-health-care | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00031-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939339 | 1,146 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Anyone interested in the history and development of Western music will welcome this collection of outstanding musical examples illustrating the general course of musical style from the early Middle Ages to the mid-18th century. Included are 50 carefully selected compositions of great historical importance. Each example... | <urn:uuid:0bf24070-d643-4ded-99ee-85d4089c1470> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.musicroom.com/se/id_no/019110/details.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391766.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00063-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927721 | 107 | 2.875 | 3 |
Digital Information Overload Overwhelms and Distracts Students
Publication: Decoded Science
Date: November 4, 2012
Summary: Author Lesley Lanir interviews Lee Rainie, director of the Pew Research Center's Internet & American Life Project, and Joel Malley, an AP Teacher from Cheektowaga, New York, and Western New York W... | <urn:uuid:68f7040d-62b6-4a57-ae78-57c6ac899161> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/3994 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00149-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940422 | 303 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Lighting for Black Soldier Fly Breeding
Note: Definitions of the various units of measurement used below are shown at the bottom of the page (link). Formal Research I've found very little research on-line about lighting used for rearing BSF indoors. A 2002 study (by Tomberlin et al.) tried 430-watt Pro Ultralight light... | <urn:uuid:c0a373ff-b478-4f78-9c47-a530208008ce> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://members.shaw.ca/borealwormer/BSF_Lighting.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00081-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.894574 | 1,269 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Book One of Echoes of a Neutron Star
Norma Dawn Kellam
A bullied kid embarks on an unexpected extraterrestrial sojourn and learns to cope with the unexpected.
Through vivid writing and high-tension scenes, Supernova presents a bullied protagonist who visits another planet while he is submerged in a lake. This well-orga... | <urn:uuid:cac48307-b609-466c-8aad-6d895cf56798> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/supernova/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394605.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00070-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950457 | 727 | 2.515625 | 3 |
When the U.S. Navy decided it needed to monitor the condition of its aging aircrafts' wings, it tried embedding wireless sensors inside them. Each sensor, attached to energy-harvesting circuitry, periodically checks the wings for damaging stress and strain, says Zoya Popovic, a professor of electrical engineering at th... | <urn:uuid:a67c24b6-bdcf-4aaa-904a-f74edbc4666e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://spectrum.ieee.org/energy/renewables/putting-wireless-power-to-work | 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 | 0.936079 | 959 | 3.796875 | 4 |
Over 200 recently excavated objects from Inner Mongolia that reveal the complex cultural and religious legacy of the Khitan and their reign over China during the Liao Dynasty (907–1125).
The nomadic tribe of the Kitan from the Asian steppes referred to themselves as “Liao”. Around the year 1000 they were the first supe... | <urn:uuid:6f330579-e9c9-4ee9-9f12-3c3732ce5e9f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.culturekiosque.com/travel/item10647.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00132-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961695 | 468 | 3.640625 | 4 |
Buy & Sell
Tsuboya is center of Okinawa pottery
By: David Knickerbocker
Date Posted: 2002-12-07
Over the centuries, Okinawa has become quite well-known for its cultural heritage and art. One of Okinawa's most distinct and well-known art forms is pottery, and the center for the pottery movement is Tsuboya. For more than... | <urn:uuid:5b883f66-839d-414d-ba14-ad795a3e6bd7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.japanupdate.com/archive/index.php?id=1069 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00037-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974066 | 1,582 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Workshop for the launch of the World Heritage Education Resource Kit for teachers in the World Heritage Education Project
Masvingo, Zimbabwe, 2-4 February 2000
Event and objectives
A workshop for the launch of the World Heritage Education Resource Kit for teachers in the World Heritage Education Project (WHEP) Pilot Sc... | <urn:uuid:ede71f47-cc43-4ac9-a84a-816ad5de2288> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://whc.unesco.org/en/activities/424 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00041-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.914755 | 612 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Welcome to Spotlight on Strategies Challenge! Our S.O.S series provides help, tips, and tricks for integrating DE media into your curriculum.
Vocabulary Stepping Stones
Thanks to DEN STAR Susan Bowdoin from APS for showing me the great article ‘Using Video and Film in the Classroom’ from Reading.org where I am borrowin... | <urn:uuid:bcdea7a2-acb4-468b-9f32-5a6b4515d428> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2013/04/09/s-o-s-vocabulary-stepping-stones/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00089-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919052 | 573 | 4.15625 | 4 |
NEW YORK, Dec. 26 (UPI) -- Endangered tigers are making a comeback due to better law enforcement, protection of habitat and strong government partnerships, a U.S. wildlife group says.
In three key regions of the big cats' global range -- India, Thailand and Russia -- there have been successes in conserving and protecti... | <urn:uuid:922f8d15-317b-457e-b09c-919b7c572018> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2012/12/26/Tigers-make-comeback-in-some-global-areas/UPI-18621356555275/?spt=hs&or=sn | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00172-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928093 | 282 | 2.796875 | 3 |
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|Cut the Knot!, Alexander Bogomolny|
|Dictionary definitions of place value and what they lack; the emphasis on place value in the NCTM Standards; its importance in understanding our numeration system; how it arises from one of several possible re... | <urn:uuid:cf624333-6785-4a77-8b11-cbcc5901dc59> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://mathforum.org/library/view/10387.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396875.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00001-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.818209 | 247 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Jump Back in Time
Listen to America's Story: The founding of a new nation, the war that tore our country in two, the great war that shook the world, and the voyage to the moon.
See the vital role that African-Americans have played in shaping America's history and culture; from Booker T. Washington to Colin Powell.
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One of the most remarkable facts about the well-known ten or fourteen "unexplained points" (avyaak.rta vastuuni), which occur in numerous places in the Sutta Pi.taka, is the quantity of learned discussion that they have engendered, not only among classical Buddhist writers but also among modern scholars. This testifies... | <urn:uuid:ff4aee77-915b-4c27-865a-afdc180fa97c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ccbs.ntu.edu.tw/FULLTEXT/JR-PHIL/ew26991.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00167-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942836 | 10,097 | 2.765625 | 3 |
New Imaging Vehicle Maps Coral Reefs to Determine Health of Reef and Fisheries
Deepwater coral reefs in the US Virgin Islands may occupy a much larger area and be in better health than previously thought, based on evidence gathered by a new autonomous underwater vehicle which flies through the sea like a helicopter.
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Plankton patchiness: biology in the physical vernacular
Abstract:Using examples drawn primarily from productive continental shelf systems (the southern British Columbia coast and the North Sea) we describe some important features of the horizontal patchiness of phytoplankton and zooplankton biomass and community patter... | <urn:uuid:67d38f7f-e506-4923-b505-b96f8077b39f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/umrsmas/bullmar/1985/00000037/00000002/art00027 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396875.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00061-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.88484 | 367 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Indianhead Peak, a component of the San Ysidro Mountain Range, dominates the western skyline over the desert oasis of Borrego Springs.
The peak derives its politically incorrect moniker from its profile view from the East, which closely resembles an upward looking face, undoubtedly inspiring long forgotten tales pre-da... | <urn:uuid:41060652-a00b-4e06-8b39-2989abcaa022> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.summitpost.org/indianhead-peak/153696 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00084-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908596 | 924 | 2.515625 | 3 |
One might argue that honey contains 75% sugar and 25% water, and hence it’s very calorie intensive. In fact, 1 tsp of honey contains 25 calories while 1 tsp of table sugar contains 16 calories, so mathematically honey should be more fattening than table sugar. But the reality is contrary to the mathematical conclusion.... | <urn:uuid:eac5413b-71b5-4500-989b-7bef442554ed> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.outofstress.com/honey-weight-loss/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00174-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943996 | 671 | 2.53125 | 3 |
What's new in low-voltage power circuit breakers
The trend toward higher reliability requirements in plant electric power systems is raising demand for economical and effective protection for those systems.
The trend toward higher reliability requirements in plant electric power systems is raising demand for economical... | <urn:uuid:5270a77f-683f-4c2a-ac11-116e0366f34f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.controleng.com/single-article/what-s-new-in-low-voltage-power-circuit-breakers/1f1e3a0710d4f40c21aa804eca19e522.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00050-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924795 | 2,590 | 3.8125 | 4 |
A small builder is a contractor and includes sub-contractors or any individual self-employed worker. Small builders will usually carry out construction work on:
Small builders are those at most risk of injury and ill health on construction sites and suffer the majority of construction fatal accidents each year. Most de... | <urn:uuid:9812ad40-0c29-4508-a838-53ec3f128672> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/areyou/builder.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398216.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00005-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957191 | 417 | 2.71875 | 3 |
by John Steven McGroarty
Frederick V. Carpenter
[1929, no renewal]
The author of this book, John Steven McGroarty (1862-1944) was poet laureate of California, an author, journalist, dramatist, and unabashed booster for the preservation and celebration of the California Missions. He also served in Congress from 1935 to ... | <urn:uuid:7b39be02-9207-420f-adea-28221c94e50b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://sacred-texts.com/nam/ca/mm/index.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402699.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00160-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963715 | 310 | 2.78125 | 3 |
In the United States, a person dies in a fire or from a fire related injury every two hours. According to National Fire Protection Association data, most people who survived house fires were able to do so because the building was fitted with working smoke detectors. According to a related NFPA study, close to 1,000 liv... | <urn:uuid:1ae78d27-f786-491f-b338-e0fb0cd7fce0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.livescience.com/33788-smoke-detectors-work-llmmp.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00153-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936266 | 555 | 3.84375 | 4 |
The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami was one of the deadliest natural disasters in history, devastating parts of Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India and Thailand. It killed some 230,000 people and caused billions of dollars in environmental and economic damage.
There were many tales of heartbreaking loss ... and some remarkable tales... | <urn:uuid:bdbf9b89-3d59-4e18-ae34-a02ff4ba3ccd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-01-02/news/1001010120_1_indian-ocean-tsunami-natural-disasters-simeulue | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00012-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960322 | 592 | 3.578125 | 4 |
The Hineni Messianic Fellowship celebrated a complete Seder, reading of the Passover story and teaching explaining Yeshua/Jesus in the Passover feast April 19.
During the celebration Jews and Christians remember the event by eating special foods associated with the bitterness of slavery and the sweetness of freedom.
Th... | <urn:uuid:51cab3dd-47ef-4475-a283-decbf39c2d94> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://staugustine.com/stories/050208/religion_050208072.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391766.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00035-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961422 | 246 | 2.578125 | 3 |
A 90-gram per day increase in dietary fiber from whole grains -- the amount a person would consume from three servings -- was associated with a risk reduction of 17% (95% CI 11% to 22%) for colorectal cancer, Teresa Norat, PhD, of Imperial College London, and colleagues reported online in BMJ.
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How it works
First, a few rectangles are calculated (route_calc_selection):
- One that does include the position and destination point with an additional 25% at the ends with an order of 4
- One square-shaped of about 80 km edge length around each waypoint with an order of 8
- One square-shaped of about 20 km edge leng... | <urn:uuid:9d941a23-8470-42ff-9a1f-297fbce63dc0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://wiki.navit-project.org/index.php/Routing | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00173-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93811 | 356 | 3 | 3 |
This article contains a free Women of the Bible Study resource on the subject of Eve. It provides facts, a biography and information about this famous woman of the Bible for bible study. There is also reference to where Eve is mentioned in the Holy Bible.
Bible Dictionary Definition - Who was Eve?
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Potamogeton vaseyi J.W. Robbins
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Basis for Former Listing
Potamogeton vaseyi is an aquatic macrophyte that inhabits small, softwater lakes in the northeastern portion of North America. It is reported to be an uncommon species across its range (Haynes and Hellquist 2000), but it seems to be especially un... | <urn:uuid:6f4109fb-ee5f-49ce-879c-f71ec1f6dd3b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/rsg/profile.html?action=elementDetail&selectedElement=PMPOT03150 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00036-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.910516 | 1,592 | 2.828125 | 3 |
November 1, 2012
The Effect Of Prehistoric Nocturnal Life On Mammalian Vision
April Flowers for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online
Most species of diurnal mammals have retained the imprint of nocturnal life in their eye structures since the age of dinosaurs. According to a new study from The University of Texas at Aus... | <urn:uuid:042d59df-dd2d-4ea6-8efe-6e561fc41964> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112724063/vision-nocturnal-mammals-110112/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396222.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00030-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939105 | 786 | 3.875 | 4 |
Alexander the Great
A young Macedonian prince by the name of Alexander was taught for four years by his teacher, Aristotle. Aristotle instructed Alexander in politics, war, and in critical thinking.
Then, at the age of 16, Alexander was made a captain in the Macedonian armies where he gained the respect of his soldiers... | <urn:uuid:3a2c0e02-7125-4269-971d-0dae66d519b8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.kidspast.com/world-history/0074-alexander-the-great.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00087-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.992217 | 254 | 3.890625 | 4 |
In my previous article, Use getmail to get e-mail simply and securely, I mentioned two opposing approaches to handling e-mail. On one side is the use of monolithic, fancy, massively multi-function ("feature rich"), GUI-fied mail clients like Microsoft's "personal information manager," Outlook. On the other is the compu... | <urn:uuid:6c47926f-9d18-48ec-8c69-d72c6c42b415> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-security/use-ssmtp-to-send-e-mail-simply-and-securely/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396224.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00169-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.882597 | 1,859 | 2.671875 | 3 |
The phrases "point of sale" and "transaction processing system" represent two different, yet closely related concepts having to do with the sales function. Each term represents a distinct and vital link connecting consumers to businesses. Understanding the differences and correlation between point of sale and transacti... | <urn:uuid:2d4728f6-7a82-4999-b6cf-0acf027b7753> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://smallbusiness.chron.com/point-sale-vs-transaction-processing-systems-17548.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00041-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916393 | 531 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Mathematical proof is one of the topics that students find very difficult. Many of them assume what they are trying to prove, end up with a true statement and then think they have proved the result. Studying truth tables, particularly the implication operator may well help. See Logical Operations and Truth Tables
On a ... | <urn:uuid:fc6e019e-38bc-474e-914a-a280117faa1a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sixthform.info/maths/?p=41 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00132-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953191 | 195 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Young readers need to acquire good comprehension skills. In order to do this, they need strategies that help them fully understand what they read.
Here are four simple strategies to help your young reader understand and appreciate stories.
- Build on prior knowledge
- Attempt to sound out words (decoding)
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The Agriculture Program provides agricultural policy makers and other key users of agricultural statistics with reliable, relevant and timely information on the social, economic and environmental characteristics of agriculture, including: commodity production; economic performance; farm management; land use and land ma... | <urn:uuid:f155c453-beeb-4c11-81ce-537500a91514> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Latestproducts/8803D8A2A98B0A98CA257A4B0083AF1C?opendocument | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00012-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.914005 | 954 | 2.5625 | 3 |
The face of hunger is changing in Georgia.
18.7% of Georgians – 1 in 5 Georgians – are food insecure, meaning they don’t always know where they will find their next meal. This is well above the national average of 15.8%.
28.2% of children in Georgia – 1 in 4 children – live in food insecure households. This is well abo... | <urn:uuid:cd1b3265-352b-4cec-98f6-7d9b0d6a604e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://georgiafoodbankassociation.org/make-a-difference/surprising-facts-about-hunger-in-georgia/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398216.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00124-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947804 | 249 | 3.09375 | 3 |
The Glassy-winged Sharpshooter: It Carries Pierce's Disease
This is the VOA Special English AGRICULTURE REPORT.
Farmers in the American state of California are guarding against an insect called the glassy-winged sharpshooter. It carries Pierce's disease, a bacterial disease that attacks grape plants and other crops. Go... | <urn:uuid:04e27e42-7f89-4066-b6ed-bfef22d054d0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.manythings.org/voa/0/10607.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00066-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963444 | 495 | 3.078125 | 3 |
by Steven D. Blatt, MD
“It’s no big deal.”
“Everybody gets the flu.”
“The flu shot will make me sick.”
“I got it once. Why do I need it again?”
These are just a few of the responses that people say when offered a flu vaccine. What are the facts and how does one decide if they should get the vaccine?
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|This animation demonstrates how stony corals grow vertically. In the first frame we see a coral polyp resting on its base, which is called the basal plate. In the next frame we see the polyps tissues begin to lift up off the basal plate, leaving an empty space beneath it (shown by dashed lines). In the next frame, the... | <urn:uuid:c542be5b-4b88-493e-8e50-c20ea3e02eab> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/kits/corals/media/supp_coral03a.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00022-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908947 | 145 | 3.796875 | 4 |
Translation of equality in Spanish:
- Example sentences
- We also know that the labour movement has to work very hard to ensure that same equality of access and opportunity in the union.
- Moreover, not everything is done to ensure equality of opportunity.
- All the evidence shows, that if you want to promote social mo... | <urn:uuid:9132cb8c-6336-4c29-ab44-4ed2c607dc08> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/translate/english-spanish/equality | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00151-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942332 | 106 | 3.171875 | 3 |
For Norris McDonald, saving the environment couldn’t be more personal. Suffering from chronic acute asthma, he’s come close to death on two occasions: in the ’90s he spent several days in the intensive care unit of a Maryland hospital suffering from respiratory failure. And McDonald says pollution is a key reason his a... | <urn:uuid:c65666f1-6be4-4b96-a480-9dab48fff301> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.blackenterprise.com/lifestyle/environmental-group-strives-to-educate/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394414.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00054-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962796 | 640 | 2.96875 | 3 |
The Two Envelope Paradox:
A Simple Version of Our
Eric Schwitzgebel and Josh Dever
The Paradox. You are presented with a choice between two envelopes. You know one envelope contains twice as much money as the other, but you donít know which contains more. You arbitrarily choose one envelope -- call it Envelope A -- but... | <urn:uuid:f6eb4a25-6fa6-4ff0-898c-603d7bdfb87c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.faculty.ucr.edu/~eschwitz/SchwitzAbs/TwoEnvelopeSimple.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00113-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951223 | 1,018 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Artichokes Hearts Organic
It appears that the artichoke was first developed in Sicily, Italy. There is mention of the plant in Greek and Roman literature as far back as 77AD. Artichokes were cultivated by the North African Moors near Granada Spain about 800AD. The choke made to England in about 1548 but was not well re... | <urn:uuid:7dc3ce6b-f113-4d4a-8579-f33001ae7f3a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.foodfacts.com/ci/ingredientsoverlay/artichokes-hearts-organic/14197 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00095-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964116 | 467 | 2.828125 | 3 |
As we stated yesterday, June and July are slated as “National Fireworks Safety Month.” Probably there are many “eager beavers” out there that are already stocking up on fireworks. Because of drought conditions in many parts of the country, fireworks will be banned. Please observe warnings from county/city officials.
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4.6. Narrative embedding
We have already introduced the general notion of enunicative level, relative to the use of direct speech in a text. Narrative levels are simply enunciative levels where the quoted speech is a narrative. A character in a story tells a story (about his past, for instance, or a fictional story) an... | <urn:uuid:fd528707-7ab5-4c13-a7e1-59ba7be3e9e6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.unizar.es/departamentos/filologia_inglesa/garciala/publicaciones/structuralnarratology/4.Narration/4.6.Embedding.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00121-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948633 | 2,194 | 3.5625 | 4 |
Profile: Margaret Rouse
|First a little background to help explain some of the terms, etc. “Python” is a language, similar to how “Java” is a language; unlike Java wherein the language is also relatively synonymous with the actual implementation of that language, Python has multiple implementations. If you’ve run pytho... | <urn:uuid:66cbb0b9-06ff-4e66-80be-4afb83d0f595> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/overheard/overheard-the-multiple-implementations-of-python/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00068-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.812519 | 159 | 2.625 | 3 |
Linked Data Explorer
Physical activity and obesity
- "Physical Activity and Obesity, Second Edition, addresses an array of topics that explore and divulge the links between physical activity (or inactivity) and obesity. Leading scientists from various backgrounds team up to provide an unrivaled resource examining the l... | <urn:uuid:25d92eef-1ae9-4c42-a514-3c7add200427> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://experiment.worldcat.org/entity/work/data/353036177 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399106.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00089-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908148 | 321 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Today's Media Influences on Young Children
- Grades: PreK–K
Children's Books to Share
The Bionic Bunny Show by Marc Brown. Children learn that what is seen on television is not what it appears to be in this behind-the-scenes look at an unlikely superhero.
Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type by Doreen Cronin. After the fa... | <urn:uuid:0701e69c-210a-4ceb-8270-4aa4fd9caaab> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/todays-media-influences-young-children | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393518.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00079-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971139 | 1,344 | 3.328125 | 3 |
- now (adv.)
- Old English nu "now, at present, immediately; now that," also used as an interjection and as an introductory word; common Germanic (Old Norse nu, Dutch nu, Old Frisian nu, German nun, Gothic nu "now"), from PIE *nu "now" (source also of Sanskrit and Avestan nu, Old Persian nuram, Hittite nuwa, Greek nu, ... | <urn:uuid:3cdaeb77-0b1a-406b-8e93-40f71edd1fc0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://etymonline.com/index.php?term=now&allowed_in_frame=0 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00112-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966014 | 211 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Monitoring their children is one way mothers use new technology. The survey
published in the September issue of Parenting Magazine found that 88 per cent of the 1,032 moms surveyed monitor what their kids are doing and most use parental controls. Most kids know that their moms are keeping an eye on them.
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