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Cylinders, fluid power motors, and rotary actuators
Fluid power actuators
Fluid power actuators receive fluid from a pump (typically driven by an electric motor). After the fluid has been pressure, flow, and directionally controlled, the actuator converts its energy into rotary or linear motion to do useful work. Cylin... | <urn:uuid:34bb6675-0fc4-483b-b1f7-2c82850289c5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://hydraulicspneumatics.com/print/other-technologies/chapter-15-fluid-power-actuators-part-1?page=2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00055-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928516 | 6,817 | 3.21875 | 3 |
Image by Lucinda Horan
PART TWOThe Listener: Developing a Dialogue with Self
“In Genesis, Yahweh’s first instruction to Adam is not something practical such as how to make a fire or fashion a weapon. He teaches the first man to name all of His creatures. By this act, Yahweh emphasizes that naming is the most potent pow... | <urn:uuid:555e5d83-046d-47fc-956e-0adb8ed6e85c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://aeoluskephas.blogspot.com/2011/08/listener.html?showComment=1313189897503 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00055-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957065 | 1,452 | 2.59375 | 3 |
According to Dr. Zak Zarbock, one of the nation’s leading pediatricians and the founder of Zarbee’s, the nation’s fastest growing cough and cold brand, spring and summer cold viruses are on the rise. The four most common bugs to be concerned about this spring and summer are parainfluenza, adenovirus, parvovirus and the... | <urn:uuid:fe6fe73e-27ee-4166-b624-a05911d17fcd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mommykatie.com/2012/01/zarbees-spring-and-summer-viral.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404826.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00143-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951412 | 2,393 | 2.828125 | 3 |
For the first time in more than 100
years, astronomers on Planet Earth will be able to view a
Transit of Venus. On June 8, 2004, Venus will appear to travel
across the face of the sun. This exciting and rare astronomical
event can be see by observers in most of the world.
Venus transits currently occur at
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My 10-year-old daughter, who has had Type 1 diabetes for 2.5 years, is showing traces of protein in her urine. Is there any thing that we can do to reduce this? For example, decrease protein intake? Could this be a temporary occurrence?
Without any further details regarding the amount and length of proteinuria in your ... | <urn:uuid:143209b3-96fe-4d30-be57-ba3a44f9ef31> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/dteam/1998-05/d_0d_2o4.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00128-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936637 | 363 | 2.640625 | 3 |
This information is intended for patients and their families, making use of links to the website of the Alzheimer’s Association.
Alzheimer’s disease is a serious brain disorder that is unfortunately quite common. We estimate that about 5 million Americans currently have Alzheimer’s disease. Although symptoms vary consi... | <urn:uuid:65c67159-d905-4a48-98cd-35434b42c516> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.alzheimers.yale.edu/info/index.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00039-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939957 | 467 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Once upon a time there were far more traditional foods consumed on particular days. Only Christmas Cake and Easter Eggs remain with fragile certainty. Who has Black Bun at Hogmanay, or Simnel Cake on Mothering Sunday anymore? And our local supermarket – the Twelve Days of Christmas barely over and some folk still tardy... | <urn:uuid:2a47dda6-e935-469b-b986-b27d467f48bf> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.theoldfoodie.com/2008/01/funeral-bread.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00022-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963651 | 937 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Working just around the corner from where (Holmdel, NJ) much of this innovation happened, I'm interested in reading how such a successful culture of innovation was created and ultimately how it fell apart.
Michiko Kakutani's review of ‘The Idea Factory,’ by Jon Gertner:
Bell Labs was behind many of the innovations that... | <urn:uuid:895020c0-6797-4047-9dcd-c6f23bc1a8ad> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://q-ontech.blogspot.com/2012/03/idea-factory.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00147-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960221 | 370 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Firstly, I will describe opera’s Florentine background and its impact on the Venetian scene. Keeping those ideas in mind, the discussion will delve into the socio-cultural environment of Venetian librettists and their conception or approach to the problem of verisimilitude. The last part of this essay will use Montever... | <urn:uuid:72fdcbb1-64df-4826-954a-0739ad9dd571> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.library.yale.edu/~rcastong/projects/monteverdi.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397744.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00066-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945113 | 4,860 | 3.390625 | 3 |
Grade Level: 3rd - 5th; Type: Physical Science
To investigate the ability of different whitening toothpastes to whiten teeth.
- Do whitening toothpastes really whiten teeth?
- What ingredients in whitening toothpastes help to whiten teeth best?
Who doesn’t want a bright sparkling smile? But several things can cause tee... | <urn:uuid:04fb9bd9-d272-4bb2-a2b2-81705849d08d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.education.com/science-fair/article/smile/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00024-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.849563 | 674 | 3.296875 | 3 |
Optical Character Recognition (OCR) technology automatically recognizes text in pictures and converts it to a text file we can work with – preserving the layout. This can help us a great deal in storing and editing physical documents on our computers.
If you are looking for an efficient OCR tool to with multilanguage s... | <urn:uuid:31cdb0bc-33b3-4d9f-8f51-2291a5f15d88> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/ocronline-recognize-text-in-picture/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00185-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.804359 | 405 | 2.609375 | 3 |
It is difficult to overstate the influence Pablo Picasso had upon the avant-garde art of this century. His exploration of Cubism, itself triggered by Cézanne's pioneering endeavours, could be said to have changed art forever. First his Analytical Cubism took apart the forms he studied and reduced them to their most ele... | <urn:uuid:3c5e6c94-b2de-48fe-b661-f34a3489e07c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.humanitiesweb.org/spa/gai/ID/7 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397562.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00092-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.991783 | 166 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Born into a poor family at age thirteen Michael Faraday became an errand boy for book binding. Every book that he bound he read, soon becoming interested in the concept of energy, specifically force. A couple of years later when he was older he applied to Humphry Davy for a job, becoming his temporary assistant. For ei... | <urn:uuid:83c61a38-b426-4524-86d1-25d6a39a88fc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://sites.google.com/a/imagineprep.com/theindustrialrevolution/inventors/michael-faraday | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00057-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976568 | 547 | 3.65625 | 4 |
Earlier theories of planetary motion, such as the geocentric Ptolemaic system and the heliocentric Copernican system, had allowed only perfect circles as orbits and were therefore compelled to combine many circular motions to reproduce the variations in the planets' motions. Kepler eliminated the epicycles and deferent... | <urn:uuid:d85f5a0f-113b-4951-a16f-985e24f89f6a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia/science/kepler-laws-development-kepler-laws.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00172-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980278 | 197 | 4.25 | 4 |
There is a strategy that teachers use in classrooms to identify various interests in student reading. It’s a concept that parents can easily incorporate at home called a “Reading Survey.”
Teachers use a Reading Survey to discover what really interests a student. We want to obtain this kind of information to plan instru... | <urn:uuid:c3302867-248d-4db6-be62-fa5c1475a292> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.schoolfamily.com/blog/2013/04/30/do-a-reading-survey-with-your-child | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391766.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00053-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93376 | 439 | 4.1875 | 4 |
Home Page | Selecting Trees for Biodiversity | Pea Family
Japanese Scholar Tree, Pagoda Tree (Sophora japonica)
Like the chinquapin oak, this plant is relatively small in stature after thirty years of growth (~25-35 feet). As such it is considered a good choice for planting under powerlines. Over time, sophora can grow... | <urn:uuid:6beff486-5c9b-4a07-886e-3c63bf985e1e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://shade-trees.tripod.com/families/selections/sophora_japonica.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00118-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939607 | 375 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Washington, January 18 (ANI): Mice exposed to normal bacteria of the GI tract (gut microbes) in their early life develop resistance against autoimmune disease, according to new research.
The study may also have uncovered reasons why females are at greater risk of autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, rheumato... | <urn:uuid:a85eec95-6c02-4d2a-90cd-3db319224fab> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.newstrackindia.com/newsdetails/2013/01/18/227-Gut-bacteria-may-help-protect-against-autoimmune-disease.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00063-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955865 | 430 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Photograph by Malcolm S. Schongalla.
Photography contest, Honorable Mention.
Sondre Stromfjord (S�ndre Str�mfjord), Greenland. Mr. Schongalla writes, “View looking west down the fjord, from an altitude of approximately 500 m. The arctic is one of the environments most significantly affected by climate change. Greenland... | <urn:uuid:0839ebae-c402-4085-b926-381ba8f96ca8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://pandasthumb.org/archives/2010/11/sondre-stromfjo.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00051-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911169 | 156 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Around the silhouette of a warrior taking aim with a bow and arrow, indigenous leaders, environmentalists and activists spelled out the message "SALVE A AMAZONIA," which means Save the Amazon in Portuguese.
Human banner at the World Social Forum January 27, 2009 (Photo courtesy Amazon Watch)
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- freely available
Sustainability 2011, 3(9), 1486-1509; doi:10.3390/su3091486
Abstract: Storing municipal solid waste (MSW) in landfills is the oldest and still the primary waste management strategy in many countries. Russia is the third largest methane (CH4) emitter country after USA and China, representing 5% of tot... | <urn:uuid:4e4b2b52-36db-4352-9722-c90fdf809309> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/3/9/1486/htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00033-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.887187 | 11,449 | 2.875 | 3 |
A new study shows that the Houston region is now the most ethnically diverse large metropolitan area in the country, according to The Houston Chronicle:
The findings come from a new report from Rice University based on an analysis of census data from 1990, 2000 and 2010.
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Barbara Ann Renick presented “Online Tools for Genealogists” at the 2013 annual conference of the National Genealogical Society (NGS).
Renick is secretary for the NGS board of directors and authored Genealogy 101: How to Trace Your Family’s History and Heritage.
In her session titled “Online Tools for Genealogists” she... | <urn:uuid:6da834f4-0306-4c12-b390-01a6f82da660> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ancestryinsider.org/2013/05/ngs2013-online-tools-for-genealogists.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00104-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934512 | 297 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Bible (World English)/Nehemiah
1The words of Nehemiah the son of Hacaliah. Now it happened in the month Chislev, in the twentieth year, as I was in Shushan the palace, 2that Hanani, one of my brothers, came, he and certain men out of Judah; and I asked them concerning the Jews who had escaped, who were left of the capt... | <urn:uuid:88b47b15-0986-49a4-abf5-d9d7cb4ab223> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Bible_(World_English)/Nehemiah | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00139-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973342 | 14,835 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) causes a slow increase in white blood cells called B lymphocytes, or B cells. Cancer cells spread through the blood and bone marrow, and can also affect the lymph nodes or other organs such as the liver and spleen. CLL eventually causes the bone marrow to fail.
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See what questions
a doctor would ask.
An underlying condition is a second condition that you may have in addition to the first diagnosed condition, and this underlying condition is believed to cause the first condition. In this case, the underlying condition is the true primary condition, since it occurred first, and ... | <urn:uuid:0534a9a3-fe9a-4fcb-9f8f-89512ef61c6c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.rightdiagnosis.com/intro/underly.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00022-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954169 | 367 | 3.40625 | 3 |
|Utility Analysis: An Overview
- Raphael L. Vitalo, Ph.D.
Utility analysis is a quantitative method that estimates the dollar value of
benefits generated by an intervention based on the improvement it produces in
worker productivity. Utility analysis provides managers information they can
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The interactive tracking map starts on a storm’s current center location and forecasted positions based on the latest advisory from the National Hurricane Center.
The box at the bottom of the map shows information for a selected point along the storm’s path. This starts on the current center location for the storm, as ... | <urn:uuid:5a277225-7325-403c-b4d2-b0725e02b747> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ctpost.com/hurricane/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397562.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00111-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.81511 | 323 | 2.53125 | 3 |
To cut text or graphics, press Ctrl+X. To paste from the clipboard, press Ctrl+V. To highlight text, place the cursor at the beginning of your selection, then hold down the Shift key and use the arrow keys. To navigate through text one word at a time, hold down the Ctrl key and use the arrow keys. To undo any command, ... | <urn:uuid:d6a8ea4d-6654-4001-a96b-8a2f55ea6f3a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,96408,00.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403508.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00094-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.797242 | 86 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Louisiana Believes has a simple idea at its core: if you believe in our children, you have to believe in the adults closest to our children. In particular, we must have faith that teachers can learn the Common Core through teamwork and practicing, rather than through being told exactly what, how, and when to teach.
Thi... | <urn:uuid:eab0f968-26e2-451d-99e5-1a5171585f8e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs085/1109765654095/archive/1111051239560.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399106.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00040-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964395 | 532 | 2.984375 | 3 |
[FOM] Mathematical explanation
neilt at mercutio.cohums.ohio-state.edu
Sat Oct 29 21:31:09 EDT 2005
Afterthought: in the Frege quote
,,Die Summe von zwei Anzahlen ist durch diese bestimmt",
in diesem Ausdrucke ist der Gedanke des Satzes unserer
Haupt"uberschrift am leichtesten zu erkennen ...
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The Author of Our Lives
It was Joseph's first real attempt to take his fate into his own hands, and it failed. Or so it seemed.
Consider the story so far, as set out in last week's parsha. Almost everything that happens in Joseph's life falls into two categories. The first are the things done to him. His father loves h... | <urn:uuid:8e8f2683-de42-44dd-bb1c-5f7d224a9d3c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.aish.com/tp/i/sacks/The-Author-of-Our-Lives.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00071-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.986224 | 1,958 | 2.65625 | 3 |
|DMA is an abbreviation for the Direct Memory Access method of data transfer. Windows and Linux users should ensure DMA is enabled on their hard drives, as described here. This will help ensure fast and efficient editing, and smooth playback and recording.
Methods of data transfer
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Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common hormonal diseases affecting dogs. Most affected dogs have Type 1 diabetes, meaning that their condition is not caused by a poor diet or being overweight, but usually by an abnormal autoimmune response that destroys the pancreatic cells responsible for manufacturing insulin.
I... | <urn:uuid:c4267473-09c0-4ca8-bf69-a32782db99da> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.petmd.com/blogs/nutritionnuggets/jcoates/2012/aug/feeding_dogs_with_diabetes-26672 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393463.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00009-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92784 | 587 | 3.078125 | 3 |
In her revisionist Fiefs and Vassals: The Medieval Evidence Reinterpreted (7-8), Susan Reynolds traces common notions of feudal society, feudalism, feudal system back to sixteenth century legal historians, from where they made their way into Montesquieu and Adam Smith’s historical evolution of political economy: “In sm... | <urn:uuid:159d5a4f-1a26-4c5d-b7a9-be88e80173f6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.firstthings.com/blogs/leithart/2012/12/feudal-oppression | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00191-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959482 | 372 | 2.75 | 3 |
In the annual State of the Union address, President Barack Obama addressed several policy areas of importance to the 56 million Americans with disabilities and their families. As the independent federal agency which advises the President and Congress on disability policy, the National Council on Disability (NCD) applau... | <urn:uuid:afd9dfd4-ce97-4ecf-a698-d802c29abdcb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ncd.gov/newsroom/2013/021413 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00145-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959571 | 948 | 2.53125 | 3 |
mammoth, name for several large prehistoric relatives (genus Mammuthus ) of modern elephants which ranged over Eurasia and North America in the Pleistocene epoch. The shoulder height of the Siberian, or woolly, mammoth, which roamed throughout the Northern Hemisphere, was about 9 ft (2.7 m), and that of the imperial ma... | <urn:uuid:b2ba9f99-259b-4699-bf7f-b34601df260c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia/science/mammoth.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399106.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00036-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961016 | 286 | 4.34375 | 4 |
State officials keep finding Asian-carp DNA in Lake Erie but have yet to find the invasive fish.
The Ohio Department of Natural Resources reported yesterday that the DNA of silver carp, one of four Asian-carp species, was detected in three of 350 water samples taken from Maumee Bay. On Aug. 28, the agency reported find... | <urn:uuid:260bef5b-f6f1-4c0a-b72f-ebe800d9cfa9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/local/2012/09/26/carp-dna-found-in-2nd-bay-of-lake-erie.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00069-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960098 | 279 | 2.953125 | 3 |
"British fashion is self confident and fearless. It refuses to bow to commerce, thus generating a constant flow of new ideas whilst drawing in British heritage."
The misunderstanding about fashion is that it is associated with people and personalites who are 'shallow' and therefore turn to their looks and what people s... | <urn:uuid:b15a26e6-0c0c-4b9a-903e-de5a61875f39> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bellaonline.com/ArticlesP/art3880.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00011-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973391 | 587 | 2.65625 | 3 |
There are big differences between gold-filled and gold-plated jewelry, mostly the actual amount of gold in each product. Here I will debunk the rumors and let you know that the differences are. You can also find this information on our resources page in the learning center.
What is gold-filled?
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Thanks to Aaron Churchill from the Fordham Institute for sharing the informative guest blog post below. It's a great read for parents who are navigating Ohio's new state report cards.
Parents! How you can use Ohio’s new A-F school report cards
The Buckeye State’s new A-F report card is a wonderful opportunity for paren... | <urn:uuid:5cffeef4-f757-45a8-85b8-808c0943a816> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.scohio.org/home/blog/2013/09/18/guest-blog-parents!-how-you-can-use-ohio%E2%80%99s-new-a-f-school-report-cards/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394605.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00170-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959064 | 1,315 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Different RC Models
Different RC Models | By Nikoli Funston
RC is one of those phrases that have become a catch-all sort of like Coke. In truth, the different types of RC models available are staggering.
The world of Remote Control is growing rapidly as new and more sophisticated devices continue to be developed. One o... | <urn:uuid:84759927-2fb8-4fc1-967f-0bf0e5d648a3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.rc-hobbie.com/different-rc-models/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397567.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00122-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947944 | 631 | 2.609375 | 3 |
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE LITURGY
One of the first steps toward organizing the ceaseless cyclic psalm-chanting of early monastic vigils into a liturgy—that is, a prescribed order—was taken by St. Benedict of Nursia in his famous Regula monachorum, the book of rules that governed the lives of the monks in the monastery Ben... | <urn:uuid:2daedffb-97c5-4a18-a88d-fc5418057dbd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.oxfordwesternmusic.com/view/Volume1/actrade-9780195384819-div1-001008.xml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00068-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.784508 | 469 | 3.34375 | 3 |
This article was published in Australian Dictionary of Biography, Supplementary Volume, (MUP), 2005
Worthy Worthington George Nicholls (c.1808-1849), workman, carrier and socialist, claimed to have been born in a London slum. After a training 'under the fear of the Lord and a broomstick', George later avowed that he wa... | <urn:uuid:e0ff6b1c-1204-448b-b25f-ce98e847bf6f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/nicholls-worthy-worthington-george-13128 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392069.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00097-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984688 | 852 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Other Names for this Disease
- Gronblad Strandberg syndrome
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claudication); or bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract, particularly the stomach. A clinical diagnosis of P... | <urn:uuid:fd7792fb-de80-4219-bd44-875385ccb8c3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/gard/9643/pseudoxanthoma-elasticum/resources/1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396100.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00193-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.913235 | 505 | 2.875 | 3 |
Economics play a very important role in the development of any country. The general economical condition of the people, indicate that total development. There are many national and international factors, which affect the economic conditions. Some terms are important in this regard like inflation, recession and great de... | <urn:uuid:73918dd0-9509-45d0-abcf-893ddcfbaee4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.whatisdifferencebetween.com/business/what-is-the-difference-between-inflation-recession-and-great-depression.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00111-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962087 | 579 | 3.546875 | 4 |
The Life and Times of America's First Murderer
John Billington isn’t a household name today, but when Englishmen started settling in the New World, he became infamous as the colonies’ first convicted killer.
In 1620, the Mayflower left England and sailed across the Atlantic to New England. Many of the ship’s passengers... | <urn:uuid:d3527bb0-2948-4222-b4bc-7e8f2d7db80d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mentalfloss.com/article/12446/life-and-times-americas-first-murderer | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399522.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00096-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981032 | 1,057 | 2.9375 | 3 |
The plan is to build arrays of nanorods on a silicon substrate, providing a huge increase in the surface area of the solar cell. This will make the solar cells more efficient at converting the solar energy that is directed at them, but still does not address the issue of the relatively low power density of sunlight. Th... | <urn:uuid:631099da-0b0c-4bdf-8ec4-9bcbdc2ddaa7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.geek.com/science/nanorods-may-make-better-solar-cells-562486/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408828.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00146-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936827 | 4,655 | 2.96875 | 3 |
*Manhattan. Borough of New York City that seems to be a place where much is offered. In reality, however, this is not the case. Wintertime has traditionally reflected death, and in the Glass house it has been winter for seven years; Seymour’s death haunts the other characters, who have not yet recovered from his passin... | <urn:uuid:5ec587a5-6f1c-4111-87fd-8beb96e6cc1e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enotes.com/topics/franny-zooey/in-depth | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403823.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00054-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969352 | 316 | 2.71875 | 3 |
A voltage signal source with a resistance Rs=10kO is connected to the input of a common-emitter BJT amplifier. Between base and emitter is connected a tuned circuit with L=1�H and C =200pF. The transistor is biased at 1mA and has �=100, Cp=10pF, and C�=1pF. The transistor load is a resistance of 5kO. Find ?o, Q, the 3-... | <urn:uuid:d997d40a-efde-4c04-9917-9c0aa0bf7403> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.chegg.com/homework-help/questions-and-answers/voltage-signal-source-resistance-rs-10ko-connected-input-common-emitter-bjt-amplifier-base-q1627262 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00171-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.898905 | 115 | 3.390625 | 3 |
Hadley, John, 1682–1744, English instrument maker. An optician by trade, Hadley built reflecting telescopes, based on Newton's model, that had greater resolution than the cumbersome refractors then in use. In 1731 he built a reflecting octant, based on Newton's sketch, that prefigured the modern nautical sextant. Hadle... | <urn:uuid:7d3aaf83-3d4e-43a7-8f20-8210070ae91e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia/people/hadley-john.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393518.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00047-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932797 | 107 | 2.765625 | 3 |
LAUNCHED JANUARY 26, 2009
A Portrait of Mississippi: Mississippi Human Development Report 2009
Mississippi ranks last among U.S. states on the American Human Development Index. But some groups in the state enjoy well-being levels similar to those in top-ranked Connecticut, while others experience levels of human develo... | <urn:uuid:70bb29d6-2ea5-4b90-be43-1c322cd1fa88> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.measureofamerica.org/mississippi/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00115-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928902 | 1,078 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Details about Introduction to Early Childhood Education:
Introduction to Early Childhood Education, 5E offers all of the tried and true, comprehensive information available in previous editions, along with many new and pertinent features and benefits. Most importantly, this book provides a fully comprehensive overview ... | <urn:uuid:e7e68c75-f021-435e-8a20-81332e061ee1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.chegg.com/textbooks/introduction-to-early-childhood-education-5th-edition-9781418000790-1418000795 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00164-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953645 | 353 | 3.46875 | 3 |
Stroke in patients with sickle cell disease involves large vessels in the arterial circulation (1). The internal carotid artery and the middle cerebral arteries are affected with particular frequency, with devastating consequences. Other vessels commonly compromised are the anterior cerebral and basilar arteries. Block... | <urn:uuid:90390ca5-9479-47d4-99d9-af650ddc6bc0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://sickle.bwh.harvard.edu/stroke.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396455.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00013-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946772 | 1,193 | 2.796875 | 3 |
In a previous thread about black holes and their event horizons, the discussion turned to how the equation for time dilation....
Gravitational time dilation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
.....only relates coordinate time measured by a distant observer to local proper time at the event horizon. It doesn't relate lo... | <urn:uuid:11db534b-6170-410f-9770-b159b128c20c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thescienceforum.com/physics/27337-how-real-gravitational-time-dilation.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00098-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941453 | 736 | 3.21875 | 3 |
The Romantic Era
Born: Zelazowa Wola, near Warsaw, March 1, 1810
Died: Paris, October 17, 1849
One of the best-known and best-loved composers of the Romantic period, Chopin was born in Poland and lived most of his life in Paris, which was at that time the musical hub of Europe. Chopin's entire musical output was devote... | <urn:uuid:9f152084-6265-4078-b27e-88d392f67cf5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ipl.org/div/mushist/rom/chopin.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00028-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965832 | 376 | 3.515625 | 4 |
Did you know?
The ancient Magaliesberg mountains north of Johannesburg contain 3-million-year-old hominid fossils. .
Johannesburg might be something of an urban jungle, but it also has some wonderful natural attractions, adding much to the fascinating nature of this city.
The land on which Johannesburg is built was onc... | <urn:uuid:20b2718f-54dd-4ac1-be4a-a55575e4c070> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.southafrica.net/za/en/articles/entry/article-southafrica.net-green-johannesburg | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00016-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911652 | 728 | 2.625 | 3 |
Ninety-five percent of low-income students who take the ACT want to go to college, reports The Condition of College & Career Readiness 2013: Students from Low-Income Families. That’s higher than the rate for all students who take the ACT.
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“Nano sand” is a product that was originally invented to help clean up oil spills in water. Since the “nano sand” is hydrophobic, it does not let water molecules pass through. It does, however, let oil molecules pass through. When oil-contaminated water is exposed to “magic sand”, the oil passes through and leaves clea... | <urn:uuid:df03365b-36c6-4c31-863b-9a95125ad3be> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nisenet.org/catalog/topics/nano_sand | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00199-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954411 | 249 | 4.03125 | 4 |
'80 Million-Year-Old' Mosasaur Fossil Has Soft Retina and Blood Residue
by Brian Thomas, M.S. *
Mosasaur fossils have been recovered from Late Cretaceous rocks all over the world. Most are just a fossilized tooth or perhaps a loose rib or vertebra. Occasionally, several bones are discovered still together. Conventional... | <urn:uuid:c286d87c-294c-4be0-8c43-35e4f390eb3d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.icr.org/articles/view/5587/365/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396029.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00094-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952977 | 1,052 | 3.96875 | 4 |
Using the Transparency Tool in Xara Designer
The transparency tool is normally used to make opaque objects transparent. Various alterations can be made to the object (when it comes to transparency) in an easy way. The following are the steps to how you can make an object see-through using the transparency tool in Xara ... | <urn:uuid:2a80e4c1-9a78-4ca6-bd93-508962860fe3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.steves-digicams.com/knowledge-center/how-tos/photo-software/using-the-transparency-tool-in-xara-designer.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00112-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932134 | 301 | 3.234375 | 3 |
Lama Chuck Stanford, Rime Buddhist Center: The English word “spirit” comes from the Latin word spiritus meaning “breath.” In Buddhism, the main spiritual practice is meditation, and in meditation we focus our attention upon our breath (spirit).
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Unisexual plants have flowers that bear only one set of reproductive parts, whether male or female. This means the flowers will either have stamen (the male parts) or a pistil (the female parts). In such plants, self-pollination cannot occur unless the plant has both male and female flowers. These plants are called mon... | <urn:uuid:994b97e2-e2c3-4832-a7cb-2fedde1568ba> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gardenguides.com/124664-examples-unisexual-flowers.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00044-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967282 | 427 | 3.46875 | 3 |
NASA Satellite, Natural Hazard Networks Supporting Disaster Recovery
NASA's considerable Earth-observing and data analysis and distribution capabilities have been mobilized to provide information to support disaster recovery efforts in Haiti after the devastating Jan. 12 earthquake.
NASA has tasked two of its space-bas... | <urn:uuid:ae81c352-4725-4e24-b36b-302e6d37f2e7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/haiti_nasa.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00002-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.882357 | 311 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Dispersal is a crucial ecological process, driving population dynamics and defining the structure and persistence of populations. Measuring demographic connectivity between discreet populations remains a long-standing challenge for most marine organisms because it involves tracking the movement of pelagic larvae. Recen... | <urn:uuid:13491182-b0ac-4c84-b546-5ee919a54092> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0107610 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396027.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00176-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.86424 | 8,886 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Using low-cost OTP MCUs to simplify embedded
Cost-effective devices can sometimes be
As engineers look to reduce the cost of their
embedded systems without compromising availability of peripherals
or system performance, a potential aid is using one-time
programmable (OTP) MCUs. These often provide the same peripherals
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Definition of Disease, Kok
Disease, Kok: A genetic disorder also known as hyperekplexia in which babies have an exaggerated startle reflex (reaction).
This disorder was not recognized until 1962 when it was described by Drs. Kok and Bruyn as a disease with the onset at birth of hypertonia (stiffness), exaggerated start... | <urn:uuid:50602b0f-8a3e-499e-bc0e-06a2175881f3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.rxlist.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=8299 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00042-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943548 | 381 | 3.53125 | 4 |
|Ayers, Edward - COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY|
|Wall, Diana - COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY|
|Simmons, Breana - COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY|
|Field, Chris - STANFORD UNIVERSITY|
|Milchunas, Daniel - COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY|
|Roy, Jacques - CNRS, FRANCE|
Submitted to: Soil Biology and Biochemistry
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In his second year at the college he attended a cybernetics lecture given by Adam Montandon, who was a student at Plymouth University. After introducing himself to Montandon and explaining his condition the pair started to work on what became known as the eyeborg project.
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Healthcare workers face a wide range of workplace hazards, including ergonomic and needlestick injuries, chemical exposures, hazardous drugs and radiation, airborne diseases, latex allergy, and violence.
The goal of Safe Work, Safe Care is to help achieve safe and healthy work environments for healthcare workers.
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This tutorial is for people who are just starting out Photoshop or for the people who have been using Photoshop but don’t know how to use Layer Masks.
The basics of Layer masks are incredibly simple but very powerful.
As always we’ll go over a simple tutorial that will quickly teach you how to use Layer Mask Basics. I ... | <urn:uuid:cb3a5be8-8b96-404a-af91-960e4864c5d1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://photoshoptips.net/2006/07/25/layer-masks/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00184-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.909255 | 1,562 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Tue, 09/07/2010 - 8:00pm
The story of the San Francisco dockworkers who stood up against extreme odds and changed the course of American labor history.
This Emmy®-winning documentary tells the story of longshoremen fighting for their rights in the midst of the great depression. Faced with unsafe labor conditions and un... | <urn:uuid:861c0806-c6c2-4af7-9f93-2c565b40e02e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://interactive.wxxi.org/highlights/2010/08/bloody-thursday | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00089-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955111 | 359 | 3.015625 | 3 |
5 NC counties are under alert, including Wake, Johnston, Wayne, and Wilson counties. Details
Published: 2013-01-28 08:07:37
Updated: 2013-01-28 08:07:37
Posted January 28, 2013
By Mike Moss
On Sunday morning, we got a couple of reports of possible snow in the Wake Forest and north Raleigh areas, while there was nothing... | <urn:uuid:dc9fd211-1c48-40f2-9187-b24d641e897b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wral.com/what-whitened-wake-forest-/12032313/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00080-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976205 | 740 | 2.578125 | 3 |
The major early developments in industrial design occurred in continental Europe, principally England, Germany and Scandinavia.
Industrial Design, as defined by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design (ICSID), "is a creative activity the aim of which is to determine the formal qualities of objects p... | <urn:uuid:1303f745-5282-4163-84c4-90185c64342b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/industrial-design/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393463.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00155-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962273 | 1,351 | 3.609375 | 4 |
We all know a heavy
construction project such as the Columbus Crossroads project can generate a lot
of noise, dust and vibrations. And it doesn’t always happen at convenient
times, since portions of this project are pretty much a round-the-clock
Since we’ve had questions about this from you and
your neighbors, we wante... | <urn:uuid:1ef98259-e26d-421b-baf4-5f524be67d4f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dot.state.oh.us/projects/71670/Pages/FAQs-ConstructionZoneNoise.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00053-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935401 | 800 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Sometimes it is hard to comprehend how much effect volcanic activity has on countries where erupting volcanoes are more commonplace. The United States has at least 65 known active volcanoes, but many of those volcanoes are in remote places like the Aleutian Islands. The majority of volcanoes near populated areas are fa... | <urn:uuid:bee4e0de-204d-4103-8ea0-88283f4b86f6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wired.com/2012/09/volcanism-and-society-the-case-of-indonesia/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00005-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962873 | 520 | 3.53125 | 4 |
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Real-Time Cytometric Assay for Gender Bias
New Methodology Makes It Faster and Easier to Selectively Bias Births of Female Dairy Cows!--h2>
The 2011 Final Report of the Foresight Global Food and Farming Futures Project predicted that global population size will increase f... | <urn:uuid:2dfb0543-733d-47e7-bc2f-7b0c2c60aa3e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.genengnews.com/keywordsandtools/print/1/22471/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00129-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925631 | 1,554 | 3.078125 | 3 |
This year marks five centuries since the death of Hieronymus Bosch. Harvard Art Museums is paying tribute to the Dutch artist with the exhibit, “Beyond Bosch: The Afterlife of a Renaissance Master in Print.”
While the literature dealing with Bosch is vast, his art has inspired an ongoing conflict of interpretations, wh... | <urn:uuid:b9c2c1da-2b30-4605-bac1-60d28b9b8a42> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2016/02/spawn-of-bosch/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00183-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949147 | 860 | 2.8125 | 3 |
The more that bike lanes multiply in cities, from New York to São Paulo, the more people ride. Over the past decade, bike commuting in the U.S. has grown 62%. But it's still a tiny fraction of overall transportation.
In order to really get people out of cars, a group of Australian designers thinks we need to fully rede... | <urn:uuid:7df87f8d-cf67-4876-add9-f0188ff579a9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.fastcoexist.com/3052018/what-a-city-would-like-if-it-was-designed-for-only-bikes-no-cars-allowed | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00078-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976411 | 1,006 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Taekwondo-A Powerful Tool for Self-Defense
The martial art of Taekwondo, literally meaning "art of hand and foot fighting," is more than two thousand years old. Yet its physical and spiritual content have never been so vigorously sought after and practiced as it is now.
Taekwondo is considered the oldest self-defense m... | <urn:uuid:00346f5f-746c-4f8e-9a82-97d2ddf7338f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ymaa.com/articles/taekwondo-a-powerful-tool-for-self-defense | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00147-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960316 | 1,537 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Although there are many reasons to quit smoking, probably the biggest motivator to quit is how dangerous smoking is to your health⎯and the health of those around you. Smoking harms nearly every part of your body and is a major cause of many diseases , including cancer, heart disease, emphysema, stroke, aneurysms and br... | <urn:uuid:24a82705-85fe-4be5-8490-b44a874c69de> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.determinedtoquit.com/motivatingtoquit/benefits/healthbenefits/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00000-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967317 | 606 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Lillies Kill Cats
It may not come as much of a shock to know that certain plants and flowers can be toxic to pets. In fact, pet owners are so aware of certain toxicities that it’s not uncommon come December for emergency pet hospitals to start receiving calls from pet owners worried because their cat was seen nibbling ... | <urn:uuid:7bc94392-3f22-4221-b7f9-469ad76bfafa> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.preventivevet.com/cats/lesser-known-pet-toxicities-lily-toxicity-in-cats | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00024-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950573 | 987 | 2.546875 | 3 |
AI - artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence is the branch of computer science concerned with making computers behave like humans. The term was coined in 1956 by John McCarthy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Artificial intelligence includes the following areas of specialization:
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On Halloween night, a mob of scholars and readers will descend on the New York Public Library, in Midtown Manhattan, in pursuit of a nightmare. Their quarry: Frankenstein's monster, dreamed up by Mary Shelley on the shores of Lake Geneva during the cold, dank summer of 1816, almost 200 years ago.
Shelley brought to lif... | <urn:uuid:3777779f-ed50-4489-aaef-0c50b46074c3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://chronicle.com/article/Frankensteins-Manuscript/142701 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00001-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951882 | 1,786 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Construction prices for highways and streets represent the price to government in providing a key component of transportation infrastructure.
|Producer Price Index (Jan-92=100)||Oct-01||Oct-02|
|Highways and streets||124.4||123.6|
|Highways and streets percent change from same month previous year||-2.24||-0.66|
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The Pacific War changed abruptly in November 1943 when Admiral Chester W. Nimitz unleashed his Central Pacific drive, spearheaded by U.S. Marines. This new American initiative of bold amphibious assaults into the teeth of prepared defenses astonished Japanese commanders, who called them "storm landings" because they di... | <urn:uuid:407f72e0-d9e0-439b-8ec4-e68ad831725c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.usni.org/store/catalog-fall-2012/storm-landings | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396538.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00006-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943398 | 480 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Do you need a single object from a picture, say, a beach ball or a dog? With GIMP (a freeware, powerful image editor) and a little patience, you can extract the object from the picture. Tell me, which of the following images is the original?
(It is the second one, in case you didn’t guess it already.)
To start, you’ll ... | <urn:uuid:2d9392e4-04d4-4f0d-a16d-90cad4f0ca88> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://dottech.org/17986/how-to-remove-backgroundsextract-objects-from-pictures/print | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00127-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.87869 | 740 | 2.75 | 3 |
The site known as Two Guns, where Interstate 40 now crosses Canyon Diablo, was long avoided by the region's Native American tribes. It was believed to be an area fraught with ill fortune, cursed by the dead. White settlers who inquired about the site or attempted to build there were warned to steer clear. Naturally, ou... | <urn:uuid:68be2227-40db-40a4-ab32-f55f9fa4f401> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.roadsideresort.com/stories/the-apache-death-cave | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00089-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980232 | 1,059 | 2.75 | 3 |
Stiquito For Beginners : An Introduction to Robotics
This is the second book on the popular
Stiquito robot. Stiquito for Beginners is much more basic than the original book.
It is aimed at the novice and it presents you with a unique opportunity to learn about the
fields of engineering, electronics, and robotics in an ... | <urn:uuid:b818d951-bbc1-4e16-8635-2ec10433ebdb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.robotbooks.com/Muscle_Wires.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00127-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.887835 | 1,168 | 3.6875 | 4 |
American Indian Languages
American Indian Culture
What's new on our site today!
As a complement to our Mohegan-Pequot language information, we would like to share our
collection of indexed links about the Pequot people and various aspects of their society. The emphasis
of these pages is on American Indians as a living ... | <urn:uuid:9211164a-de98-462c-b2af-ced935a3fcfc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.native-languages.org/pequot_culture.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00006-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.8262 | 899 | 2.765625 | 3 |
What does SELA mean in Software?
This page is about the meanings of the acronym/abbreviation/shorthand SELA in the Computing field in general and in the Software terminology in particular.
Find a translation for SELA in other languages:
Select another language:
What does SELA mean?
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In honor of this month's 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, pilots from Britain's Royal Air Force recreated the first images taken of the fateful landings on the beaches of Normandy by their counterparts during World War II.
Two Tornado jets used modern technology to recreate the images of the French beaches Gold,... | <urn:uuid:d6ca993f-ee49-4c26-8621-cad3652da865> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.livescience.com/46064-pilots-recreate-d-day-images.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00012-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93795 | 472 | 3.21875 | 3 |
A campaign is under way to end the transportation of millions of animals over long distances for slaughter.
Cattle are being transported from the Amazon to the Middle East
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When they did this it caused their supply lines in the economy to be broken. It overall just caused the soviet economy to decline even further. On March 11, 1990 Lithuania declared the restitution of independence and announced that it was pulling out of the Soviet Union. Then on March 30, 1990 Estonia started the proce... | <urn:uuid:3ed92ead-28d7-482b-b115-9f1876fa6518> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://essaysbank.com/essay/the-collapse-of-the-soviet-union-1985-1991 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00032-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973619 | 583 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Dr. Aghababian begins with a short reference to historical forces that influenced competency such as an ancient practice to pay physicians only for a good outcome and ethical standards that emerged from the teaching of Hippocrates. In recent times, however, increasing complexity of therapeutic options and increasing wo... | <urn:uuid:794d05dc-d21c-42ed-9295-e4964527fad5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://library.umassmed.edu/wdms_orations/details.cfm?recordid=223 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402699.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00171-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956018 | 360 | 2.796875 | 3 |
I've been revamping my lesson plans as I go this year to give them a new twist, and try to help my students understand the skill we're practicing each month even better. These activities mentioned briefly in this post would be perfect to be incorporated into your preschool classroom curriculum, or even to be used at ho... | <urn:uuid:11bc3a80-ea41-4915-ba60-5955e0064e4e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://literacylaunchpad.blogspot.com/2013/01/lessons-in-rhyming-and-predicting.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00080-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969688 | 237 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Green says this is part of the effort to make engineering education on par with the course loads that doctors and lawyers have to take to become licensed. However, in this case, the focus now is on softer skills, such as humanities and social skills. “It used to be that students would take 128 hours of all technical co... | <urn:uuid:280437d5-3877-4b6c-8a62-df008253542d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.chemicalprocessing.com/articles/2005/391/?start=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00174-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970245 | 1,345 | 2.5625 | 3 |
(Image: Dave Johnson, reproduced with permission)
The UK is littered with deserted air bases, lonely yet poignant reminders of a time when Europe was torn apart by war. Most surviving airfields were heavy bomber bases hurriedly constructed amid the quiet British countryside during World War Two, often utilising three l... | <urn:uuid:4dc30b77-d048-4b34-86f2-fbff948cc110> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2009/09/deserted-air-force-bases/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398216.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00073-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968436 | 371 | 3.328125 | 3 |
I am having some troubles remembering the application of slope intercept form. The question is:
Write the line in slope intercept form. Identify slope and y-intercept. Then graph.
-2x + 3y=9
I understand slope intercept form, but forget how to find slope and y-intercept.
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Using your mobile phone in an EMERGENCY
In an emergency, your mobile phone can be a lifeline. Knowing how your device works and the best way to reach out for help can save your life and/or the lives of others. Here are a few facts you need to know before using your phone in an emergency.
NEW – Text with 9-1-1 (T9-1-1)
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Egyptian Temples, part IV: The Temple Building
From at least the New Kingdom on the Egyptian cult temple building was a symbolic model of the universe. It was built along an east-west axis, following the sun´s course through the day and surrounded by a brick wall built in alternating concave and convex sections. These ... | <urn:uuid:752173c9-7032-469d-8cc4-7bf67c629f21> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.realmagick.com/5442/egyptian-temples-part-iv-the-temple-building/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00086-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97562 | 1,797 | 3.34375 | 3 |
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