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April 24, 2014. Cognition is thought to rely on the coordinated firing of neurons, but exactly how this works has been difficult to establish. A new study published April 24 in Cell gets a bit more specific about this relationship in mice: Susumu Tonegawa and colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in B... | <urn:uuid:39c44a47-7cfb-4c6e-8c6b-1716108d9def> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.schizophreniaforum.org/new/detail.asp?id=2029 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396538.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00155-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941522 | 602 | 2.90625 | 3 |
This person was the fifth grade teacher about whom the book is written.
This student was the only African American student in the class and a problem student.
This student refused to do homework and often inflicted pain upon himself during class to get attention.
This student was one of the teacher's favorites, very br... | <urn:uuid:56cc1cc2-071d-40f3-ba8a-7836cc4b33d4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bookrags.com/lessonplan/among-schoolchildren/characters.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396100.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00128-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971774 | 176 | 3.078125 | 3 |
On October 11, 2012 the Catholic Church will begin a celebration of the “Year of Faith” to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Second Vatican Council and the twentieth anniversary of the publication of the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The year will be quite busy, beginning with a Synod on “The New Evangeli... | <urn:uuid:630c069b-508f-470e-9354-e1119fed075f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thereligionteacher.com/year-of-faith-activities/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00159-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918376 | 261 | 3.390625 | 3 |
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William Faulkner used this phrase as part of his Nobel Prize of Literature speech banquet in 1949.
What he means by this quote is that the best expressions in written language are often the most simple, sincere, and natural that can be found. Love, pride, compassion, and sacrifice are examples of t... | <urn:uuid:98b33b12-768a-4b87-b0d1-fbf2c9bc417a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-does-william-faulkner-mean-when-he-says-best-239039 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393463.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00192-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949075 | 224 | 3.03125 | 3 |
On Monday morning, U.S. District Judge Janis Jack heard opening arguments in the whooping crane lawsuit in Corpus Christi. The legal conflict is about whether Texas is doing enough to make sure that sufficient fresh water is getting to the bays and estuaries where the endangered bird lives during the winters. The lawsu... | <urn:uuid:5b2e7876-6859-4863-91ef-5003d386ea75> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.mysanantonio.com/environment/2011/12/whooping-crane-case-off-to-fast-start/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00019-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968337 | 414 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Activists demand action to address climate change in Doha
Polluting countries of the world could go scot free from January 1, 2013, in the absence of any legally binding environmental regulation in force.
This is the danger staring the world if thousands of diplomats, officials and political leaders gathered in Doha, t... | <urn:uuid:4a00b717-b7b3-430c-9172-266fc5b6f1fe> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/kyoto-protocol-doha-debate-unfccc-polluting-countries-of-the-world/1/235750.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00131-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967502 | 529 | 2.625 | 3 |
Roughly 23.6 million people in the United States have diabetes,
however, 5.7 million are unaware they have it. In fact, by the time diabetes is
diagnosed, most individuals already have had diabetes for 7 to 10 years. Nearly 7 million people have a condition known as prediabetes, and without significant lifestyle change... | <urn:uuid:e7288609-f411-4234-8ec4-f9ba18fe848e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.crmc.org/services/diabetes/default.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00198-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920701 | 530 | 3.28125 | 3 |
Quite a while back I posted a puzzle: Find a number that when divided by 10, remainder is 9; divided by 9 remainder is 8, etc. A number of people responded with correct answer. I was pleasantly surprised to come across a post by kccrosser suggesting how the logic of the program can be modified to gain efficiency. He sh... | <urn:uuid:3c4db43b-9fbd-4c22-b8e9-8c0a76f46882> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/how-to-find-pc-cpu-utilization-and-programming-efficiency-on-windows-xp/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00197-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939465 | 245 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Students Bring Fresh Perspective and New Technology to Webb Telescope
Deep inside Building 5 at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., graduate students are on the front lines of technology development adjusting lasers and mirrors and spending long hours at a computer terminals.
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LEXINGTON, Ky. (March 5, 2013) - The following column appeared in the Lexington Herald-leader on Sunday, March 3.
By Dr. Greg Jicha
Although Alzheimer’s disease is commonly recognized as a disease likely to affect people as they age, many people do not know about the significant contribution of cerebrovascular disease ... | <urn:uuid:157f1dd8-02c8-45ce-ad3d-0a6c1b35549e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://uknow.uky.edu/content/cerebrovascular-disease-can-mirror-alzheimer%E2%80%99s | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00021-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961542 | 654 | 3.015625 | 3 |
What Divided Secular and Theological Utilitarians?
From the perspective of secular utilitarians at least, the crucial difference between themselves and any variety of theism lay in the issue of the afterlife. In a sense, the issue was tied, once again, to the question of the qualities and attributes of a Radically Bene... | <urn:uuid:9c01d937-f397-43f4-a1c5-5227e6ec153c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.victorianweb.org/philosophy/roizen/5.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00142-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956463 | 4,458 | 2.734375 | 3 |
There is considerable intergenerational and intragenerational mobility in America (Blau and Duncan 1978, Featherman and Hauser 1978). Sons and daughters are more likely to rise above or fall below their parents' social standing than they are to occupy the same social status. Shortrange mobility is quite extensive, with... | <urn:uuid:993e63db-6881-4386-9500-4efdaea1e996> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://hirr.hartsem.edu/ency/Mobility.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00141-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946588 | 992 | 2.78125 | 3 |
In the Womb: Extreme Animals premieres Sunday October 10 at 8P et/pt on Nat Geo Wild.
Gestation Length: About 1 year
1 month: The shark embryo is about the size of a little finger and is fed a constant supply of nutrients through its yolk sac.
3 months: The lemon shark fetus has reached eight inches and now looks very ... | <urn:uuid:1fbc3123-799a-41c2-8b07-9a2586326650> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://tvblogs.nationalgeographic.com/2010/10/13/lemon-shark-gestation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396875.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00097-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954982 | 221 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Plato (427-347 BC), Greek philosopher, student and friend of Socrates, and author of The Republic; "Then, I said, let us begin and create in idea a State; and yet the true creator is necessity, who is the mother of our invention."
Plato had a profound influence on Western political and scientific thought, for as Alfred... | <urn:uuid:b0b85c92-c5f0-44db-b966-7bbf547dc718> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.online-literature.com/plato/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00096-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980299 | 983 | 3.6875 | 4 |
On January 8, 1821, the Creek Nation Indians ceded a large tract of land to the white man that included the present Hapeville area. In 1853 that land was incorporated into Fulton County.
Hapeville grew out of individual farm settlements owned by the Thrailkill, Cash, Mangum, Sims and Hape families. In 1871, Dr. Samuel ... | <urn:uuid:2f023b59-92a4-4a05-a456-6ae8a4f5dbfd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.hapeville.org/index.aspx?NID=107 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00058-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951231 | 320 | 2.859375 | 3 |
What does having low blood pressure mean
Low blood pressure means that you do not have enough oxygen in your blood and can cause serious health issues. You should see a Dr [ Source: http://www.chacha.com/question/what-does-having-low-blood-pressure-mean ]
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In most elections, the candidate with the most votes wins. But when it comes to picking a U.S. President, things aren’t quite that simple. Weeks after Election Day, a group of 538 people called the Electoral College will actually elect the President.
Here’s how the Electoral College works. Each state is assigned a numb... | <urn:uuid:89156515-5d36-4db0-b28c-ea2a6f774234> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.timeforkids.com/news/final-vote/44376 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00053-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961626 | 346 | 3.84375 | 4 |
Geneva, 27 April 2007 - The rising price of oil has recently made agriculturally produced ethanol an economically viable source of energy -- and raised a host of opportunities, questions, and challenges. These include concerns about dependence on fossil fuels, about the ability of petroleum supplies to satisfy rapidly ... | <urn:uuid:81705262-738f-48e0-947a-7e806c4cbc7e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://unctad.org/en/Pages/PressReleaseArchive.aspx?ReferenceDocId=8309 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00136-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950508 | 432 | 3.140625 | 3 |
At first, Joseph Pulitzer did not have to worry much about competing with other newspapers. He purchased the “New York World” in 1883 and things were going well. Under Pulitzer, the “World” had circulation grow from 15,000 to 600,000. However, things started to change in 1895.
William Randolph Hearst purchased the “New... | <urn:uuid:4c0ddd49-6989-47df-8515-0a1abe3b4a46> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://historyofjournalism.onmason.com/2009/09/16/46/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00198-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98697 | 503 | 3.53125 | 4 |
Federal officials are cutting off water to some California farms stuck in the worst drought on record. At the same time Arizona farmers are irrigating their fields with the diminishing Colorado River. They’re using the water to grow most of the country’s winter vegetables, and even shipping some crops to China. In the ... | <urn:uuid:1cf9a154-c510-4306-bed3-0e112d40af77> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.fronterasdesk.org/content/9538/despite-water-crisis-some-farmers-export-crops | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00195-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972286 | 863 | 2.515625 | 3 |
|The title, "The End of Their Shortest Day," plays upon two things: (1) is that the day you die will ALWAYS be your shortest day, and (2) the Fetterman Fight took place on December 21, 1866, the shortest day of the year. (Thus it was a "winter" fight, hence the presence of snow on the ground; Custer's famous fight took... | <urn:uuid:feb0d778-7156-4e23-b44e-a9a71c39d070> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gunnarnordstrom.com/dynamic/artwork_display.asp?ArtworkID=2388 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00096-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982958 | 1,067 | 3.359375 | 3 |
Firearms played an important role on the American frontier. Used to hunt animals for food and clothing, they also safeguarded one’s home against outlaws and other hostile elements. This definitive, scrupulously researched work describes and illustrates the many different weapons that opened up and secured the American ... | <urn:uuid:cfd1f844-958f-4f88-937c-21e980a7d845> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://store.doverpublications.com/0486163067.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00095-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.887149 | 331 | 2.84375 | 3 |
But when I saw the countenance and heard the words of this runaway slave, accusing his master,—his absent master,—his master, who was a most devoted friend to our republic,—I did not feel so much grief at the depressed condition of the monarch himself, as fear for the general fortunes of every one. For though, accordin... | <urn:uuid:f4d5a5be-e008-40d6-a951-8a2d74717096> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.02.0020%3Atext%3DDeiot.%3Asection%3D3 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00118-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942299 | 300 | 2.765625 | 3 |
She grew up in a house with a globe and an atlas in every room. Her father, an air traffic controller, loved maps and would pore over them for hours in planning family trips.
For Caitlan Rizzardo, now a graduate psychology student at Wright State University, her father’s passion for geography and travel routes rubbed o... | <urn:uuid:8ce2f9e2-2053-42e0-b08a-0eb3df7576c8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://webapp2.wright.edu/web1/newsroom/2014/01/27/new-directions-wright-state-psychology-students-honored-for-work-on-gps-navigation-systems/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393518.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00149-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958447 | 840 | 3.09375 | 3 |
In the last section of the 1910 Report, "Chemical Relationships of the Radio-elements," the existence of groups of radio-elements possessing identical chemical properties was shown to foreshadow "some embracing generalisation which will throw light, not only on radioactive processes, but on the elements in general and ... | <urn:uuid:2a4b324a-06d6-4433-a941-6df78be0ae4f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://web.lemoyne.edu/%7Egiunta/soddyrep.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00074-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.910774 | 2,036 | 3.4375 | 3 |
Jet-airliner-sized April Fools' Day asteroid buzzes Earth (+video)
About 150 feet wide, asteroid 2012 EG5 hurtled past our planet Sunday, passing closer than the moon.
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Essay Topic 1
1) Discuss how Jack Torrance's character changes from the beginning of the novel to the end.
2) How does his attitude change toward his family?
3) How does his attitude toward his fathering techniques change?
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The role of tropical deforestation in global climate change has been the subject of much international discussion and debate in the media and in policy forums like the UN Climate Change Convention. However, the role of deforestation in local climate change has received much less attention.
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White Paper: Holistic Water Resources Management, A Professional Education Plan
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Australia's Aboriginals won land, now defend right to use it
Australian Aboriginals and environmentalists once allied to protect land. Now they’re split over whether struggling indigenous communities should exploit it for mining and other economic activity.
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It’s a $160 billion a year market you’ve probably never heard of.
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Bucintoro at the Molo on Ascension Day
The Bucentaur, or 'Bucintoro' was the great Venetian vessel of state. Every year on Ascension Day, the doge left the Molo and put out into the Adriatic to perform the ceremony of the symbolic Wedding of Venice to the Sea by casting a gold ring into the water. Market stalls have be... | <urn:uuid:263c4969-d0c5-41a4-8147-eb471a6ea746> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/explore-the-collection/551-600/the-bucintoro-at-the-molo-on-ascension-day/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00120-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923193 | 188 | 2.609375 | 3 |
This list is a topic specific collection of information relevant to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health. It includes peer reviewed original articles and reports and non-peer reviewed summaries or reviews published in the HealthBulletin
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To attempt a work of this kind in rhyme is, I know, a bold experiment. But, however severely scientific in some of its aspects, the story of Geology is truly the most enchanting story in the world; and rhyme may well be regarded as an appropriate form in which to present it. Indeed it is a fit theme for presentation in... | <urn:uuid:fccf8130-3a94-492c-9b23-a89a22ee6a0f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://chasmosaurs.blogspot.com/2011/12/vintage-dinosaur-art-nebula-to-man.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00091-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956181 | 1,526 | 2.609375 | 3 |
19 November 2004
Two readers have written asking what would happen if vacuum-tube circuits were translated into solid-state circuits, would they sound similar? Good question. The answer depends on the topology and the degree to which the fundamental differences in mode of operation between solid-state devices and triod... | <urn:uuid:fb159f25-d206-4361-be5d-1b2a7829fefd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.tubecad.com/2004/blog0016.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00077-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931728 | 3,073 | 3.40625 | 3 |
Video report by ITV News Science Correspondent Alok Jha
A blood test which detects all known inherited heart condition genes could soon be rolled out across the NHS.
The genetic test - which is cheaper, easier to use and picks up more problems than existing tests - is already being used by the Royal Brompton and Harefi... | <urn:uuid:bde16ca5-e731-412a-afd3-a2e180242a57> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.itv.com/news/2016-02-19/blood-test-launched-to-detect-inherited-heart-conditions/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392069.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00065-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956264 | 251 | 2.71875 | 3 |
|Schools of economics|
Early economic thought
In the history of economic thought, early economic thought refers to ideas from before and during the Middle Ages. The earliest discussions of economics date back to ancient times, such as Chanakya's Arthashastra or Xenophon's Oeconomicus, and continues through the religiou... | <urn:uuid:35f3e22c-4884-42eb-836d-e786574aaa50> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Ancient_economic_thought | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00020-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964435 | 7,255 | 3.546875 | 4 |
[Andrew Holme] wrote in to tell us about some work he’s done to improve his scratch-built GPS receiver. He figured out a way to use the same hardware but double the number of satellites it can track to a total of eight. When we looked at the original hardware about a year ago it was limited to monitoring just four sate... | <urn:uuid:0bf8b867-750d-43e7-8d52-c0b842e797d3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://hackaday.com/tag/soft-processor/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00014-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960168 | 634 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Before viewing "Concerning Emancipation," read and view the following materials. They represent a selection made by the professor based on the readings available to the onscreen teachers. For additional primary source readings, go to Resources.
Documents | Images | A Biography of America Videos
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The announcement of newly discovered dinosaurs is always exciting to me. Several new species, completely unknown to science, are found every year. Most don't make the newspapers, but each of them provides a more vivid and detailed vision of the great reptiles and their world, a very different Earth than the planet we c... | <urn:uuid:a50b2d35-8d7a-4277-8391-27ea6508f3d2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://martinpowell221bcom.blogspot.com/2009/04/new-dinosaurs-from-gobi.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00053-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946923 | 538 | 2.859375 | 3 |
General Education courses cover topics outside the immediate program of study.
Almost all degree-granting institutions require their students to take some General Education courses to provide a foundation to build skills such as communication, independent thinking, and analyzing new information. All Anthem Education as... | <urn:uuid:df7da5ec-89bc-4a08-896a-aa0be61dddff> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.anthem.edu/admissions/general-education/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00179-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954202 | 504 | 3.078125 | 3 |
A stress fracture is a small crack in a bone, or severe bruising within a bone. ...
The most common symptom of a stress fracture in the foot or ankle is pain.
In acute fractures you may hear a sound at the time of the break, and experience
pain, swelling, bruising and difficulty putting weight on the affected foot. (It... | <urn:uuid:9a8e2e91-b52d-40e1-8fe1-544bb31fa722> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ask.com/web?qsrc=6&o=102140&oo=102140&l=dir&gc=1&qo=popularsearches&ad=dirN&q=Foot+Fracture+Symptoms | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00118-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.814673 | 344 | 2.9375 | 3 |
Robert Saunders, a guiding force in civil rights, injuredBy DONG-PHUONG NGUYEN, Times Staff Writer
© St. Petersburg Times
published February 6, 2003
TAMPA -- Robert Saunders, a Tampa native who performed groundbreaking work in Florida during the civil rights movement, remained in critical condition at a local hospital ... | <urn:uuid:05897fdd-fa4c-428f-b54f-4aad25135775> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sptimes.com/2003/02/06/Hillsborough/Robert_Saunders__a_gu.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00038-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966058 | 599 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Fantasies Filling the Heads of San Antonio Streetcar Backers
The idea that an expensive 19th Century technology will help meet the transportation and economic development needs of 21st Century urban areas makes sense only in a fantasy world where cost is no object and transport consumers are so hypnotized by shiny stee... | <urn:uuid:b72c4575-d0af-4590-b9a2-ed753fb6a77f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.heartland.org/newspaper-article/2012/12/13/fantasies-filling-heads-san-antonio-streetcar-backers | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00088-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954442 | 1,136 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Each and every musician should focus on developing a wide-ranging and original musical voice...
Careful observation of the past fifty years or so of musical study has identified two alarming trends — a rigid separation of performers from composers, composers from performers, (and audiences from both!) and an inflexible... | <urn:uuid:1262c075-2e51-4b8a-b10c-219c541fde2b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.chosenvale.org/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00071-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951703 | 415 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Written by: Carl McColman
Ancient Pagan sacred sites, like Stonehenge in England or Newgrange in Ireland, often have an astronomical orientation, with key features of the site oriented toward specific dates of the year. For example, Stonehenge is oriented toward the sunrise of the summer solstice, while the doorway of ... | <urn:uuid:8dcd2c77-daaa-4a68-a871-84891bad4216> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.patheos.com/Library/Pagan/Ritual-Worship-Devotion-Symbolism/Sacred-Time | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00126-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947075 | 625 | 3.546875 | 4 |
Standardizing The Cloud
Cloud computing has come a long way in a very short amount of time; however, if the cloud is to reach its highest potential, industry, government and consumers need to collaborate on the creation of global standards.
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— TrevorGet a Park Passport. It's an inexpensive souvenir, and a good reminder of your visit. Our family loves to collect them.
The World War II Home Front is a significant chapter in Americas history. Fully engaged in winning World War II, American women, minorities, and men worked toward a common goal in a manner tha... | <urn:uuid:44085cd0-f621-4524-bd8e-1eb8b1773d2d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://nationalparks.org/explore-parks/rosie-riveter-wwii-home-front-national-historical-park?inline=true | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00032-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976073 | 211 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Wolf Creek Generating Station (WCGS) is a pressurized water nuclear reactor capable of producing over 1,200 megawatts of electrical power. Located near Burlington Kansas, the plant is operated by Wolf Creek Nuclear Operating Corporation (WCNOC). The facility releases radioactive material to the environment in the form ... | <urn:uuid:582db5f5-faab-4ff0-a7ff-2d620f3419eb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://enformable.com/2011/11/kansas-department-of-health-and-environment-wolf-creek-generating-station-2011-ers-report/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00179-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927557 | 766 | 3.328125 | 3 |
One day in 1856, physicians in Norfolk, Virginia, hurried to a local brothel. One of the women there had gone into labor, and the birth wasn't going well. She was an achondroplastic dwarf, only 3 feet 6 inches tall. The baby's head was stuck in her deformed pelvis. In a vain attempt to save her life, doctors broke the ... | <urn:uuid:35f73e56-c8c7-47da-82db-8196909ab283> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://discovermagazine.com/1999/oct/bookreview | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393093.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00123-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945652 | 1,258 | 2.625 | 3 |
It is very clear that the Illinois Institute and those involved with Wheaton College were strong abolitionists and had been involved in the Underground Railroad at various places and times. But, documenting the Underground Railroad at Wheaton College had experienced the same difficulties in the dearth of primary source... | <urn:uuid:bd2c52e4-1911-429e-ae81-e1da58bef4ba> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://a2z.my.wheaton.edu/underground-railroad | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00133-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966639 | 1,182 | 2.921875 | 3 |
Scarlet fever is a contagious infection of the upper respiratory tract (mostly the throat) that characteristically has a red, sandpaper-like rash. The infection is caused by a poison (toxin) produced by a bacterium called group A streptococcus. The rash appears 1–2 days after onset of symptoms (ie, sore throat and feve... | <urn:uuid:3636c028-d48b-4024-9f00-b4e426549ed6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.skinsight.com/infant/scarletFeverScarlatina.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00182-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930181 | 754 | 4.09375 | 4 |
Calculating Cubic Amounts
It\'s always hard to know how much bulk mulch or compost to buy. Here\'s a quick way to calculate it. One cubic yard of bulk material equals a 1-inch layer over roughly 324 square feet. Multiply the square footage by the depth desired (in inches) and divide by 324 to figure how many cubic yard... | <urn:uuid:6003f872-d35d-48a5-ac98-afd3f724a4c2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://garden.org/regional/report/arch/reminders/906 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00098-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.905235 | 364 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Each of the united state regions is now broiling – wonder why the heat wave seems to have adored this place. Humans have ample amount of ways to counter this igneous heat but what about the animals around? I am being specific about our backyards fellows and other feathered creatures because they are absolutely innocent... | <urn:uuid:29f0334f-07ac-488d-bbe0-567f32ecae66> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://thepoultryguide.com/keeping-chickens-cool-in-summer/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391766.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00088-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956765 | 1,113 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Find out who invented the slide rule.
The slide rule was invented by several people. The slide rule is based on the use of logarithmic scales, which were invented by John Napier (1550-1617), Baron of Merchiston, and published in 1614. In 1620, Edmund Gunter (1581-1626) of Gresham College, London, England, described an ... | <urn:uuid:09db782a-e483-4933-9b69-b0645badac87> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://topics.info.com/Who-invented-the-slide-rule_2754 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00153-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968368 | 350 | 3.953125 | 4 |
Seamless fabric that can be sprayed on to skin and other surfaces to make clothes, medical bandages and even upholstery will be demonstrated this Thursday, in advance of the Science in Style spray-on fashion show next week at Imperial College London.
Dr Manel Torres is a Spanish fashion designer and academic visitor at... | <urn:uuid:7933904e-28b1-4e1f-905b-24dcfc971edf> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-09/icl-fce091410.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00072-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916747 | 1,289 | 2.515625 | 3 |
You see, the world's giant radio telescopes, the type which NASA used, can only see about a millionth of the sky at a time. Which means if you have one turned on, tuned to exactly the right frequency, at the very instant when The Call comes in, there's still a 99.9999% chance you'll be pointed the wrong way! One possib... | <urn:uuid:1d87cd6e-4645-4ff2-8d28-d7b0a8cda628> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.setileague.org/general/dedicate.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00180-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951667 | 629 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Google analytics is a statistics service offered by the search giant. It uses algorithms to produce pre-populated metrics which display specific data to the user. This data demonstrates a number of stats such as traffic, visitor source, links, optimization and search terms people are using to find a site.
Sites which h... | <urn:uuid:de39bf0a-1e4b-4d89-96e2-837177bf6f15> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cquinndesign.com/using-google-analytics-for-your-website/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00016-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953662 | 695 | 2.640625 | 3 |
When Meryl Haggard or Willie Nelson tell you that “the reasons for quittin’ are getting bigger each day,” you assume they are talking about alcohol. But the line is every bit as appropriate for smokers as it is for alcoholics.
You’ve undoubtedly seen the statistics: 400,000 Americans die each year from smoking-related ... | <urn:uuid:120c91dd-9d57-48e8-bf63-0627c5fc50d9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ingoodhealthfdl.agnesian.com/2012/11/03/reasons-to-quit-getting-bigger/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399522.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00088-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939403 | 834 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Do most of your friends wear glasses or have tattoos like you do? Turns out that humans are hard-wired to have more positive regard for individuals who have similar physical characteristics.
A paper that included four separate studies reinforced the theory that individuals tend to associate with those who are similar t... | <urn:uuid:2eee3b52-5ff8-4d57-bdfa-a6421415e933> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/15/friends-look-alike_n_959145.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00046-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965997 | 1,271 | 2.875 | 3 |
War and natural disasters cause far more damage than what meets the eye. Left in the wake of both are victims who have been exposed to physically harmful trauma that can evolve into emotional distress.
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Guidance for managing risks of exposure to diesel exhaust in the workplace available now
Approximately 1.2 million Australian workers were exposed to diesel exhaust in the workplace in 2011.
Short term exposure to high levels of diesel exhaust can cause eye, nose, throat and lung irritation or even suffocation. Long te... | <urn:uuid:5bfabf22-14a8-4153-8289-2827d2510a2a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/sites/swa/news/pages/media-release-helping-workplaces-manage-the-risks-of-contact-with-diesel-exhaust | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394937.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00006-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937494 | 150 | 2.546875 | 3 |
- The definition of rash is something done or said too fast.
An example of rash used as an adjective is a rash decision, a decision made without any consideration of the consequences.
- Rash is defined as a sudden outbreak of something.
- An example of rash is an allergic reaction to poison oak.
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Learn more about how oncology social workers can help you cope with a cancer diagnosis.
Connect with others in our free support groups led by oncology social workers.
- Loss of a Minor Child Support Group (New York City)
Connect Education Workshops
Listen in by telephone or online as leading experts in oncology provide... | <urn:uuid:fc54ef38-c77c-42a1-9113-dd0de4d931a1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cancercare.org/tagged/childhood_cancers | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394605.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00067-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933243 | 1,665 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Plastics represent one of the biggest waste problems in the world because they take a really, really long time to break down. But a recent discovery by a group of Yale students could help speed the process. On an expedition to the rainforest of Ecuador, students from Yale’s Department of Molecular Biophysics and Bioche... | <urn:uuid:9d897add-7824-4db3-9bb5-e305ead2040e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://inhabitat.com/yale-students-discover-rare-plastic-eating-fungus-in-the-ecuadorian-rainforest/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00114-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931125 | 408 | 3.8125 | 4 |
En digital hjälte? : En klassisk narratologisk analys av ett nytt medium – tv-spelet som medietext
The digital games take an increasing part of our western society. The time when gaming was excluded to the most frantic computer fans is long gone. Today the gaming industry competes with both the film- and music industry... | <urn:uuid:cc482a8b-a7d3-42e5-81db-9c30966478ef> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.openthesis.org/documents/En-digital-klassisk-narratologisk-analys-430284.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394414.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00131-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.910103 | 481 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Definition of Change, single base
Change, single base: A change in which a single base in the DNA differs from the usual base at that position. These single base changes are also called SNPs or "snips."
Millions of SNP's have been cataloged in the human genome. Some SNPs such that which causes sickle cell are responsib... | <urn:uuid:c254981c-91b8-46b5-b05a-d558b0a9d019> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.emedicinehealth.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=17758 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00147-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.906052 | 114 | 3.359375 | 3 |
Prof. Richard Lindzen
This course begins with a study of the role of dynamics in the general physics of the atmosphere, the consideration of the differences between modeling and approximation, and the observed large-scale phenomenology of the atmosphere. Only then are the basic equations derived in rigorous manner. The... | <urn:uuid:1d611340-bc4d-4b4e-bed7-6b9f16d84edc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/earth-atmospheric-and-planetary-sciences/12-810-dynamics-of-the-atmosphere-spring-2008/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00191-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921319 | 192 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Galilei 27 Orbiting Iris 2 (Part 2)
Camil Cyr, Adaptated by : Caroline Viger
Collège de Maisonneuve, John Abbott College
1 1/2 to 2 hours
Related concept(s) :
Circular dynamics (centripetal acceleration), law of universal gravitation, kinematics (1-D), thrust
The student is the captain of a flight crew on a space ship ... | <urn:uuid:683a3614-aa6c-44e9-9d7f-f44f41ab98ca> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://pbl.ccdmd.qc.ca/resultat.php?action=clicFiche&he=1050&afficheRecherche=99&IDFiche=159&endroitRetour=99&lesMotsCles=mass%20of%20a%20car | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398873.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00008-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.904338 | 244 | 3.125 | 3 |
Most people recognize that thin, fair skinned women are prone to osteoporosis, as are patients chronically taking steroids and those who have had prolonged episodes of amenorrhea. One etiology of osteoporosis to not overlook is chronic diarrhea.
Chronic diarrhea causes a loss of bicarbonate leading to a chronic low-lev... | <urn:uuid:1a7590ea-60bc-49ad-9fe8-e65d663f21ee> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.todaysdose.com/a-smelly-cause-of-osteoporosis-172.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00049-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963149 | 167 | 3.28125 | 3 |
One third of humanity, over 2.4 billion people, depends on wood or charcoal to prepare food, and the worldwide supply of wood is rapidly decreasing. Where forests are being destroyed faster than they can be replenished, women and children must travel great distances to find wood. As they venture further from home to fi... | <urn:uuid:c91865d9-1888-4808-aa32-37619abb95b6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://theparsonspost.com/main_chatter/benefits/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402699.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00103-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947503 | 1,116 | 3 | 3 |
Turn an ordinary drive into a world of fun adventures and possibilities. more
The rules of pinata games at parties
Pinata is a fun game for children to play at parties. Children will love taking turns trying to hit the pinata to break it so they can get the toys and lollies.
What You Need:
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If you're going to make music on a computer, then you're almost certainly going to use something called a Digital Audio Workstation, or DAW. DAWs, put simply, are programs you can use to create, record, edit and arrange music.
At the heart of almost every DAW lies something called a sequencer – in fact, sequencers are ... | <urn:uuid:f7f6817c-38a3-446d-969b-8d89445ed128> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.musicradar.com/tuition/tech/the-beginners-guide-to-daws-182337 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00016-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964369 | 809 | 3.59375 | 4 |
Early astronomy concentrated on finding accurate positions of the stars and planets. This was due in part to the influence of astrology, but later, accurate positions came to be important for determining the physical characteristics of the stars and planets. Accurate positions for the stars was also crucial for commerc... | <urn:uuid:baea5490-d5cb-48ce-a5db-98a409839058> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.astronomynotes.com/nakedeye/s6.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00060-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927318 | 1,571 | 4.25 | 4 |
|Linux / Unix Command: clock|
NAMEclock - Obtain and manipulate time
SYNOPSISclock option ?arg arg ...?
This command performs one of several operations that may obtain or manipulate strings or values that represent some notion of time. The option argument determines what action is carried out by the command. The legal ... | <urn:uuid:dae532be-4db9-4e82-a249-b0255beb174a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://linux.about.com/library/cmd/blcmdln_clock.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408828.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00065-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.756571 | 1,600 | 3.296875 | 3 |
Generally speaking, the data you're being asked to process most likely has not
been input in the format you need. It comes in hexadecimal, octal, or even in binary formats.
Converting this data into decimal/integer format can be tedious. Fortunately, the Java API provides a method that performs this conversion without ... | <urn:uuid:206a89be-2d95-4907-81c6-aca38add4124> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.devx.com/tips/Tip/20752 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00056-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.722751 | 334 | 2.953125 | 3 |
October 9, 2009
Cheap Booze Linked To Harmful Underage Drinking In The UK
Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health studied the drinking habits of 9833 15-16 year olds in the North West of England, finding that excessively low cost alcohol products and illicit purchase are strongly related to har... | <urn:uuid:b7cf6233-4310-4dfb-9377-dc54c393dc98> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1767699/cheap_booze_linked_to_harmful_underage_drinking_in_the_uk/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00140-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954624 | 507 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs. Leaves undulate. Inflorescences terminal and/or axillary. Flowers actinomorphic, hypogynous, functionally unisexual, sweetly-scented; male with
long filaments, fertile anthers and slender sterile ovary; female with short filaments, reduced sterile anthers and stout fertile
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While there are already various anti-blind-spot automobile mirrors on the market, these all tend to incorporate a very curved surface that drastically distorts the appearance of objects seen in them – given that drivers use their mirrors to avoid getting in accidents, it’s kind of important that those mirrors show the ... | <urn:uuid:c534de03-e119-468b-9bd9-c8848085b2f6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gizmag.com/anti-blind-spot-mirror/22883/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394414.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00007-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961169 | 411 | 2.875 | 3 |
Hot Texas summers, there’s nothing quite like it! Careful - extreme heat not only kills lawns, it can also push your body beyond its limits. Older adults, young children, and those who are sick or overweight are most likely to suffer when the mercury rises. Droughts and wildfires can also be the result of super-hot tem... | <urn:uuid:4a33d967-8ca4-4fa5-ab56-e3ce6d0aadd0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ci.garland.tx.us/gov/lq/safety/emergency/think/weather/heat.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00064-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916849 | 1,568 | 3.515625 | 4 |
Following the 9/11 attacks and subsequent anthrax-mail campaign in 2001, the federal government began to invest more in facilities that could support research on and analysis of bacteria, viruses, and other biological substances that could be deployed as weapons. Naturally occurring, highly infectious diseases, such as... | <urn:uuid:857a6134-3012-4211-9bd3-17dc5d535403> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://hpac.com/iaq-amp-ventilation/biosafety-level-4-labs-close-and-personal?quicktabs_11=0 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00017-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940132 | 3,726 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Joseph Leech, businessman and soldier, was living in New Bern by 1758, when he was an executor of the will of his father-in-law, Frederick Jones. A wealthy landowner, he had rental property, a tannery, and other business interests. While a member of the colonial Assembly from 1761 to 1765, he served on numerous committ... | <urn:uuid:be89054d-3f4b-472a-ae53-0726b3bcdc08> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ncpedia.org/node/6288/backlinks | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00059-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970588 | 1,066 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Heel Spur Facts
Heel Spurs Overview
A heel spur is a bony outgrowth of the calcaneus bone in the heel. Heel spurs are attributed to chronic local inflammation at the insertion of soft-tissue ligaments or fascia in the area. Heel spurs can be located at the back of the heel or under the heel, beneath the sole of the foo... | <urn:uuid:9d077dda-4a73-4e8a-943d-ba40d9c928d3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.emedicinehealth.com/heel_spurs/article_em.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00130-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.880261 | 334 | 3.515625 | 4 |
Initiative Takes Aim At Obesity In Children
A coalition of health groups and insurance companies yesterday unveiled an initiative, billed as the first of its kind, to help battle one of the nation's biggest health problems: childhood obesity.
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“Chase after the truth like all hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat tails.”
— Clarence Darrow
The hockey season may be in doubt, but hockey sticks are back in the news.
Hockey stick graphs, that is.
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The Almanac Singers
In the summer of 1941, a musical group of labor activists known as “The Almanac Singers” climbed into a midnight blue Buick and blazed a trail across the USA, spreading the gospel of unionism and bringing folk music back to the people. The group, with members Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Lee Hays & M... | <urn:uuid:6c44d4a0-3675-4422-8a42-51bdb97bcb10> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/06/22/18738820.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396100.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00106-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.912696 | 369 | 2.546875 | 3 |
The authors of a million pound report in to cycling and walking in the UK have come up with seven key suggestions for promoting sustainable travel they have also stirred up controversy by asserting that the best way to promote cycling and walking was "not to base policy on the views and experiences of existing committe... | <urn:uuid:01af59e5-1a3d-4cda-be43-0bb874bb3209> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://road.cc/content/news/43606-how-get-more-britons-bikes-dont-listen-existing-cyclists-start-say-%C2%A31m-report?quicktabs_2=0 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00007-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973046 | 1,639 | 2.859375 | 3 |
What are Fractals?
By TomWatch Frax in action
The natural world around us is defined by irregular surfaces and shapes with uneven edges and rough corners. However, since Euclid classical geometry has only described the smooth ideal shapes - the circle, sphere, square, cube… - rarely, if ever, found in nature.
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To celebrate the arrival on campus of Jackson Pollocks Luciferone of the most important works in the new Anderson Collection at Stanford Universitythe Cantor Arts Center
presents an exhibition that explores the fascinating evolution of artists depictions of the devil and his realm through the past 500 years. Prints, dr... | <urn:uuid:cc0f4c53-dd35-47ed-b58e-a09e4617b531> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://artdaily.com/news/72255/Cantor-Arts-Center-exhibition-depicts-Satan-and-his-realm-through-five-centuries-of-art- | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397842.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00068-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948724 | 911 | 3.265625 | 3 |
The roadside architecture along Route 66 remains the most visual reflection of each region's landscape, weather, and history. Building materials came from the resources of each state. Whether wood or clay or concrete, the buildings were built simply and usefully (a characteristic of the time) by local miners, farmers, ... | <urn:uuid:71088477-11db-4034-92c6-45d5f352bd45> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG02/carney/architecture.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393146.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00078-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958935 | 1,493 | 3.59375 | 4 |
LTE Quick Guide
LTE stands for Long Term Evolution and it was started as a project in 2004 by telecommunication body known as the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). SAE (System Architecture Evolution) is the corresponding evolution of the GPRS/3G packet core network evolution. The term LTE is typically used t... | <urn:uuid:fb77fec7-2232-4ccb-b8da-d284ec0ab170> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.tutorialspoint.com/lte/lte_quick_guide.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00128-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.886932 | 7,892 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Submitted to: Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: June 28, 1996
Publication Date: N/A
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Britain protects Chagos Islands, creating world's largest marine reserve
Friday, April 2, 2010
The British government on Thursday announced the creation of the world's largest marine reserve, designating a group of 55 islands in the middle of the Indian Ocean off-limits to industrial fishing and other extractive activi... | <urn:uuid:867514f4-f9bf-4066-9c4f-0c9970c0d2eb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/04/01/AR2010040102894.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00177-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932736 | 407 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Definition of Kura river
1. Noun. A river in western Asia; rises in northeast Turkey and flows to the Caspian Sea.
Kura River Pictures
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Kura River
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The archeological record of the paleoindian occupation of present Kansas is scant and consists, for the most part, of 27 recorded sites and additional isolated finds of temporally and culturally diagnostic project... | <urn:uuid:4356470e-0ee4-4183-8c4c-e8831c0ada4f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Publications/Bulletins/GB5/Brown/index.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00058-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.887846 | 7,754 | 2.96875 | 3 |
After his scale was demonstrated, Bharatamuni observed that if the Shadja was serially shifted to other notes, groupes of specific notes with a melodic flavour different than the original scale became available. There were 7 notes (S, R1, g1, M1, P2, D1, n1) in the Shadja Grama, and 7 notes (S, R1, g1, M1, P1, D1, n1) ... | <urn:uuid:3a185e2b-4e2a-4185-8350-32c98abbdbc0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://22shruti.com/research_topic_30.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00043-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964808 | 186 | 3.390625 | 3 |
The heat index provides information about how hot it feels
outside in the shade. It is a measure of the air temperature in relation to the
relative humidity for a particular day.
The National Weather
Service lists a heat index each day in the newspaper to alert people of the
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Some of the picture books we read and analyzed in class
One of the exercises I love to do when teaching a class on picture books is close readings of books, both classic and new. This week I was brought in to substitute teach Katie Yamasaki's class at SVA, and I dragged a big, wheeled suitcase of books through the slus... | <urn:uuid:567d7200-9e55-48f3-b414-3f9ce9af4dc5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.jancarr.net/blog.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00174-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966052 | 6,459 | 2.9375 | 3 |
At the Frontier of Biosafety
Image credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University
The rapid development of DNA-modifying biotechnologies, such as genome engineering methods with their unprecedented potential to transform many aspects of medicine, biomanufacturing and the environment, has opened a new era of genetic desig... | <urn:uuid:db7379b2-b6d1-40a9-9d2f-d71cc4df3857> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://wyss.harvard.edu/viewpage/At%20the%20Frontier%20of%20Biosafety/at-the-frontier-of-biosafety | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00100-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.91369 | 1,317 | 3.03125 | 3 |
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