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By Andrew Liszewski
Exercise is an important part of being physically fit, and step counters are a useful way to ensure you’re getting enough physical activity in your life. But eating healthy is just as important, so two researchers from Clemson University have created a bite counter, which basically works like a pedo... | <urn:uuid:aa4abddc-be54-43c8-a12b-fb7d8c8edb83> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ohgizmo.com/2011/08/04/wrist-worn-bite-counter-keeps-track-of-every-forkful/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00114-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968853 | 251 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Incandescent lamps: The most common type of household light bulb. An electric current passes through a thin filament, heating it and causing it to emit light.
Halogen lamps: A modified form of incandescent lamp. They are more expensive to buy but last twice as long.
Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs): Potentially the lightin... | <urn:uuid:b8b64103-afa8-4607-8a73-1c15dbece66d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://kidschemicalsafety.org/topics/cfl/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00144-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934913 | 826 | 3.296875 | 3 |
CHICAGO - Researchers have developed a new device that may result in more comfortable mammography for women. According to a study being presented next week at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA), standardizing the pressure applied in mammography would reduce pain associated with breas... | <urn:uuid:d81c9ec5-c415-4520-b9d5-53db3adaa0a1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2014-11/rson-ndm111814.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00045-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935891 | 906 | 3.09375 | 3 |
—n. 1. part of the tack or harness of a horse, consisting usually of a headstall, bit, and reins.
2. anything that restrains or curbs: His common sense is a bridle to his quick temper. 3. Mach.a link, flange, or other attachment for limiting the movement of any part of a machine.
4. Naut.a rope or chain secured at both... | <urn:uuid:0b24fdeb-abbd-428d-957c-4ea55e46ff1f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://dictionary.factmonster.com/bridle | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00001-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93782 | 181 | 2.703125 | 3 |
In today’s generation, tablets and phones have replaced the TV as a way of pacifying children and keeping them entertained – yet these devices could be having a significant impact on the mental health of children. Experts have warned that parents who allow babies and toddlers to access tablet computers for several hour... | <urn:uuid:15621705-4428-4b54-8f55-80aef67d886f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://us.protectyourbubble.com/blog/category/home-gadgets/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391766.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00143-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960247 | 818 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Welcome to the Mi'gmaq language wiki!
This wiki aims to provide a snapshot of some of the current topics in describing the grammar of Mi'gmaq that McGill linguists are working on with members of the Listuguj community. It is still a work in progress, so nothing here should be taken as the final word on the language, al... | <urn:uuid:dca776e3-2805-476c-8dea-fb8d14a80f67> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://wiki.migmaq.org/index.php?title=Main_Page | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00159-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940491 | 892 | 2.640625 | 3 |
What you will learn from this tip: The legal issues involved in federated identity and how to best manage them.
Identity federation allows autonomous organizations to share information about their users' identities. By establishing...
trust and using protocols like the Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), compani... | <urn:uuid:77b77fbf-1057-4d93-8c22-a514be4f4406> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/tip/Limiting-the-risk-and-liability-of-federated-identities | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396538.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00035-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93924 | 1,051 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Is the U.S. getting less windy? That’s what scientists from Indiana and Iowa State Universities are speculating, based on data collected across the nation since 1973 that show average and peak wind speeds. Some parts of the Midwest show a 10 percent drop in wind speed, with winds slowing the most near the Mississippi R... | <urn:uuid:6e5c27b3-eb82-458e-be10-6012dddaa4ed> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2009/06/10/wheres-the-wind-researchers-say-wind-in-the-us-disappearing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00105-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922909 | 336 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Henry VIII remained single for over two years after Jane Seymour's death, possibly giving some credence to the thought that he genuinely mourned for her. However, it does seem that someone, possibly Thomas Cromwell, began making inquiries shortly after Jane's death about a possible foreign bride for Henry.
Henry's firs... | <urn:uuid:fe45dff1-9441-43db-b426-7c370cb7d8c2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.tudorhistory.org/cleves/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00092-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.991507 | 680 | 3.3125 | 3 |
The pomegranate tree is a versatile plant that grows in regions with varying climates. With minimum temperatures and preferences for successful growth, identify the cultural requirements like sun exposure and the particular temperature and moisture ranges the pomegranate tree is capable of thriving in. Though the tree ... | <urn:uuid:6ec30337-0a8f-4228-9cf8-8dd4e2859ea4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gardenguides.com/124116-kind-climate-pomegranate-tree-need.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00107-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.903237 | 709 | 3.515625 | 4 |
You might think that you are only supposed to sweat when you are hot, but once you hit puberty, you will also sweat when you are nervous. Your sweat glands, which are in places like your armpits, become more active during the teen years. That means you will sweat more, and your sweat will have a smell.
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In chatrooms and creationism websites the claim is often made that evolution is "only a theory" or that it is not, and should not be taught as, a "fact." Most often these claims arise out of the need for fundamentalist believers to defend non-negotiable elements of faith. Semantical arguments are also made by students ... | <urn:uuid:e128cb5c-26a0-4bd7-8f7b-89512a12c8ee> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://darwiniana.org/factortheory.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00025-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958735 | 943 | 2.984375 | 3 |
(Bitola) Macedonia, Yugoslavia.
At the W edge of the modern city lies
the ancient one, founded by Philip V, probably after one
of his early campaigns against the Illyrians either in 359-58 or 356 B.C. It was situated on a low hill at the juncture
of two ancient routes, one leading from the Adriatic
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The earth’s surface is covered with 70% of water, and this can only mean one thing – we ought to take good care of the earth so that there is enough drinking water to go around for everyone, considering the amount of clean drinkable water out of the 70% is just a small percentage. Well, oil spills are one of the most d... | <urn:uuid:fac77b25-0fc5-444a-be98-46ab11abe5f8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ubergizmo.com/2012/05/robofish-scours-the-sea-for-threats/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00059-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960857 | 327 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Regional Reports From Across the State
A hand-woven, hand-dyed silk scarf
A University of Louisiana at Lafayette professor was recently awarded a patent for visionary research that could prove to be a potent weapon in the fight against cancer. Devesh Misra, director of the Center for Structural and Functional Materials... | <urn:uuid:bee22df6-5661-4d67-bb66-eb94bb9c879f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.myneworleans.com/Louisiana-Life/March-April-2009/Cajun-Country/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404826.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00005-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9524 | 1,053 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Why is water and pool safety so important?
Drowning is a leading cause of accidental death for children younger than five in the United States, and rates are highest among 1- to 2-year-olds. . The risks of drowning are different for children of different ages and in different settings. Find out more about drowning risk... | <urn:uuid:572533de-d3f6-4513-ad40-6922877d2733> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.med.umich.edu/yourchild/topics/water.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00162-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940191 | 1,839 | 3.265625 | 3 |
3D Animation Workshop: Lesson 10: Intersecting Spaces
Lesson 10 - Intersecting Spaces - Part 1
We've spent some time in the past lessons getting comfortable with the idea of a 3-D object or MODEL. The words "model" and "object" are loosely interchangeable in most contexts. They are the physical "things" in our scene.
T... | <urn:uuid:6086bfbd-6b8f-43ca-8f91-1c3a19632252> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.webreference.com/3d/lesson10/index.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396224.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00132-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936282 | 760 | 3.90625 | 4 |
10 Strange Fates Of People Connected To Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination
Regarded by many as the best president in American history, Abraham Lincoln’s story contains as much darkness as light. Lincoln’s life was a study in tragedy; his namesake grandfather was killed in a raid by Native Americans, and his mother die... | <urn:uuid:37291383-b335-4073-b7ba-85d433148fc7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://listverse.com/2013/08/29/10-strange-fates-of-people-close-to-abraham-lincolns-assassination/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398216.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00019-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.987791 | 2,394 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Spotlight on the Public Domain
How We Expand Access to Our Public Domain
Last month, The New York Public Library released over 180,000 high resolution images for download that we believe are “public domain,” by which we mean free of known U.S. copyright restrictions. The phrase “public domain” refers to things for whic... | <urn:uuid:fc7567f3-0fab-411c-9f39-72dee24e2602> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/02/17/rights-public-domain | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392069.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00005-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945413 | 1,057 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Government House, Battleford
Battleford Indian Industrial Academy
Links and documents
1876/01/01 to 1877/12/31
Listed on the Canadian Register:
Statement of Significance
Description of Historic Place
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According to nutrition expert, Dr. D.S. Epperson, functional foods work by balancing out the human body’s deficiencies or excessive chemical make-up. When foods are broken down in the mouth and stomach, they become ingredients for thousands of chemical reactions. Everything that a human consumes becomes a storeroom for... | <urn:uuid:acd89d28-5e03-45ae-b5f3-3160cb489ee3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.testcountry.org/what-are-functional-foods-and-how-do-they-work.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396224.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00047-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936655 | 594 | 3.59375 | 4 |
Our mission cannot succeed without an active and engaging public relations campaign. In order for Congress to award NASA the necessary funds for the mission, Congress must see overwhelming public support for the project. Thus, we propose an intense public awareness program, which will target all subsets of the communit... | <urn:uuid:bc8a722d-3393-468f-a3b1-6db577530f66> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://web.mit.edu/12.000/www/finalpresentation/budget/pandr.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00129-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927251 | 448 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Over the past few years I’ve come to champion film-making as an activity to engage young people creatively and give them a chance to find their voice in a complex world. After each project I’ve noted all the benefits that they’ve seen and the subtle changes in attitude and the big gains in skills and confidence. Does f... | <urn:uuid:233d980e-8359-4e6a-9bd5-8a96eabbd7d4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.highpeakarts.org/why-film/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00164-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962827 | 339 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Literary Fiction, Family Drama
The genre of literary fiction has a lot to do with character, and the characters in Sula certainly drive the novel. Events and plot elements are important to the story, but we spend most of our time trying to understand what makes the characters tick, what they mean to the other character... | <urn:uuid:9c96c156-135b-4471-a9e3-4e7f4e043eb2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.shmoop.com/sula/genre.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00078-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980536 | 196 | 2.765625 | 3 |
When the news broke, Australia’s and New Zealand’s headline writers were ready. “Poo sausage: It's a thing,” sighed Stuff. “Researchers snag the turd dimension in health stakes,” guffawed WA Today. “MEAT SCIENCE: BABY POO TASTES BEST!” snarked blogger Cameron Slater.
The impetus for this irresistible clickbait was a st... | <urn:uuid:9d6ef617-7e10-4b81-9edd-0166f9d2e8e6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2014/02/21/baby_poop_sausage_probiotics_from_human_feces_aren_t_as_gross_as_they_sound.html?wpisrc=burger_bar | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00077-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958536 | 688 | 2.578125 | 3 |
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Blenheim Park like this:
BLENHEIM PARK, an extra-parochial tract, the seat of the Duke of Marlborough, in Woodstock district, Oxford; on the river Glyme and on Akeman-street, immediately W of Woodstock. Acres, 2,940. Real property, £2,40... | <urn:uuid:3095049b-34cd-497e-b47d-3b03fcf83b82> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/9358 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392069.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00188-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961545 | 848 | 2.796875 | 3 |
New Biological Scaffold Home, Sweet Home, for Stem Cells
February 24, 2014—
Our cells don’t live in a vacuum. They are surrounded by a complex, nurturing matrix that is essential for many biological functions, including growth and healing.
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Diffraction of Light
We classically think of light as always traveling in straight lines, but when light waves pass near a barrier they tend to bend around that barrier and become spread out. Diffraction of light occurs when a light wave passes by a corner or through an opening or slit that is physically the approximat... | <urn:uuid:9dbfe693-d418-43f4-9375-ecdf59acf6d4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.olympusmicro.com/primer/lightandcolor/diffraction.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00016-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949383 | 1,701 | 4.25 | 4 |
By Sonia K. Katyal
and Eduardo M. Peñalver
, Special to CNN
updated 3:17 PM EST, Fri December 16, 2011
-- Over the past few weeks, cities have continued to remove Occupy Wall Street protesters from their encampments. Occupy has responded to these ejections by changing its focus from public spaces toward private propert... | <urn:uuid:a5e45802-784d-4e86-afa1-8bf70dc2cd77> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.conservativeunderground.com/forum505/showthread.php?46379-Occupy-s-new-tactic-has-a-powerful-past | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00086-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935543 | 316 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Anatomy of the Liver
The liver is the largest and perhaps the most complex organ in the body.
Your liver is made up of two main lobes, or sections, but that's just the beginning. There are many parts, all working together, that allow your liver to perform more than 300 functions.
Parts That Make Up The Liver
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"Don't stand up in your chair. Stay seated until the meal is over." This is an important safety issue.
Some children can be confined to their highchair with the safety strap; others can wiggle out of it. Logical consequences of being put down and having the meal end can teach your child not to stand up.
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A Climate Change Atlas for the Ocean
Boyd, Philip W.
Law, Cliff S.
Doney, Scott C.
MetadataShow full item record
At both regional and national levels, there is an urgent need to develop a clear picture of how climate change will alter multiple environmental properties in the ocean. Specifically, what will such cumulati... | <urn:uuid:081d30a8-a12b-492c-86f3-8e1930201f6b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://darchive.mblwhoilibrary.org/handle/1912/4723 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00135-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.822651 | 353 | 2.84375 | 3 |
The theory that rising tuition affects access rests on one of two premises. Either the rise in price is leaving students liquidity-constrained (that is, they don’t have enough cash on hand to meet the costs) or they have decided the investment is no longer “worth it.” If the only issue is liquidity constraint, then the... | <urn:uuid:b9f64bbb-8eca-45b0-aa5f-a741ac588e77> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://higheredstrategy.com/wages-for-the-unskilled-and-access/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397748.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00177-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971486 | 586 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Valdorian Age - Rising Power on the Frontier
The land of the Amyklai is harsh, for it occupies the frigid lands between the foothills of The Cold Peaks and the flat icy wastes of the furthest south. Winters are long, with snowfall for five or six months of the year, and drifts blown by cold winds that can reach as high... | <urn:uuid:c5874e16-b7bd-4c7e-8d8f-1c1c03d5beb7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://valdorian-age-rising-power-on-the-frontier.obsidianportal.com/wikis/amyklai-land | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00078-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954648 | 275 | 2.640625 | 3 |
“If you work for a living, you’re labor, too!” So read the text of a full-page newspaper advertisement sponsored by the American Federation of Labor in the spring of 1947. As the anti-union Taft-Hartley Act was wending its way through Congress, the AFL tried to convince the general public that it represented everyone, ... | <urn:uuid:64a417ad-22cc-434d-93de-ce44cfb92e57> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.slate.com/articles/business/moneybox/2013/09/fast_food_workers_protests_union_images_of_the_labor_force_don_t_match_reality.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00046-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966019 | 965 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Carbon Pricing Is Far Cheaper than Realized
Why 23¢ per person per day does the job
Our job is to put in place a climate policy capable of solving the problem, but our job is not to solve it. That will take 50 or 100 years. We cannot commit future generations; we can only put in place an agreement capable of carrying o... | <urn:uuid:2fcfda54-2147-4011-ac06-a1c3dedf03ec> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.global-energy.org/international/cheap | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00017-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941101 | 643 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Article by Alex Bramwell, resident zoologist and author of the upcoming Sunshine Guide to Gran Canaria
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The sea around Fuerteventura is much cooler than many people expect due to the Cold Canary Current, which brings cool water down from Northern Europe. It is this temperate water that gives the island it... | <urn:uuid:57a07542-8ee6-49e6-805f-f0a18e91d3ba> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.fuerteventura.com/fauna/marine-life.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00055-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953728 | 8,935 | 2.96875 | 3 |
We’ve seen dozens of small robots create structures and light shows. Harvard University’s Self-organizing Systems Research Group recently upped the ante with a swarm made of 1,024 robots called Kilobots. According to New Scientist, which shared a video of the collective, this is the world’s largest robotic swarm. And t... | <urn:uuid:11f82975-00f3-40a8-a22b-c364fe4f50a2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://technabob.com/blog/2014/08/15/1024-robots-form-shapes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402699.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00198-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938872 | 200 | 3.3125 | 3 |
You may be 120 years old, dead, and enjoying your eternal peace – but the US government wants you to know that its not done with you yet.
The Selective Service System erroneously mailed out over 14,000 reminders to register for the draft. The letters wound up going out to Pennsylvania men born between 1893 and 1897.
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Population Growth Taxes Electric Grid
It’s not just record breaking heat that is pushing the state’s electric grid to the brink on a regular basis this summer. Staggering population growth in Texas is creating an unprecedented demand for electricity.
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I need some help with a question that is really confusing me. I just watched a video regarding Jesus in the Bible. It said that Matthew and Luke wrote about how Jesus was born, his miracles, and his resurrection. It also was said that they may have not known each other. How were they able to writ... | <urn:uuid:7c6250e9-fbc4-4266-8ba4-ea739019c923> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://asktheatheist.com/?tag=christianity | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00098-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983151 | 613 | 2.75 | 3 |
Sized and unsized rice paper are the main types of rice paper used for sumi e and calligraphy. I will describe their unique qualities, show how they react differently and explain what degree of mastery each requires.
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Saturn is my absolute favorite object in the night sky. When I was a child, I had a dog-eared book on the Solar System, which I read over and over, stopping and staring with wonder at the section on Saturn. How could a planet have rings of ice? Wha... | <urn:uuid:17971eda-a402-48ed-818c-5a132741acbf> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.universetoday.com/15418/interesting-facts-about-saturn/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397567.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00147-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958114 | 1,672 | 3.015625 | 3 |
In astronomy, declination (abbreviated dec; symbol δ) is one of the two angles that locate a point on the celestial sphere in the equatorial coordinate system, the other being hour angle. Declination's angle is measured north or south of the celestial equator, along the hour circle passing through the point in question... | <urn:uuid:985f00eb-6cdf-40b8-8e16-3c195ac83e8c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mashpedia.com/Declination | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402699.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00084-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908203 | 1,395 | 4.40625 | 4 |
Definition of Inherited disease
1. Noun. A disease or disorder that is inherited genetically.
Generic synonyms: Disease
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Race, Immigration, and Wealth Stratification in America
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Fisheries have major impacts on seabirds, both by changing food availability and by causing direct mortality of birds during trawling and longline setting. However, little is known about the nature and the spatial-temporal extent of the interactions between individual birds and vessels. By studying a system in which we... | <urn:uuid:9580aa4d-8f9e-48bb-a49d-d1b8ac8c62a9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0017467 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397567.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00116-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921603 | 7,882 | 3.21875 | 3 |
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PITTSBURGH -- A comprehensive, watershed-based approach is needed to effectively address water quality problems in southwestern Pennsylvania, says a new report from the National Academies' National Research Council. The report outlines a technical framework called the Three Rivers "Comprehensive Watershed Assessment an... | <urn:uuid:09fc33e3-195a-4933-ae91-52e72ce2201f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.bio-medicine.org/biology-news-3/National-Academy-news-3A-Water-quality-improvement-in-southwestern-Pennsylvania-13415-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00016-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.907387 | 574 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Greek Yogurt: The Dairy Queen
Greek yogurt is suddenly trendy, and many new yogurt brands promise extra health benefits...but this time-honored dairy product is hardly a new kid on the block.
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The Role of Vitamin D in Lupus
Systemic lupus erythematosis, often shortened to just lupus, is an autoimmune disease of the connective tissues that support and protect organs. Vitamin D deficiency may play a role in the development and progression of lupus, but this hasn't been proven yet.
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Why are all tortoiseshell cats female?
What is a tortoiseshell cat? The tortoiseshell is a beautiful coat colouring which gives a cat brown, black, orange or cream parches on its fur. 'Calico cats' are also tortoiseshells, though they have specifically white fur with red or brown patches. People with tortoiseshell cats... | <urn:uuid:8f31ba10-8116-4945-b56c-387be1a35df1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.knowyourcat.info/lib/whytortiefemale.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00103-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937068 | 1,141 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Monarch Butterfly populations have declined each year for the past decade, with the last few being particularly bad years. Here in the eastern United States Monarchs migrate thousands of miles to Mexico where they spend the winter, and then a northward migration of the next generation of butterflies occurs in the sprin... | <urn:uuid:05e4963f-47b8-4b46-a934-61c28d0d26c3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://dispatchesfromthepotomac.com/2014/08/20/metamorphosis/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00073-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973876 | 1,790 | 2.859375 | 3 |
GROSTON (Grotton) DE SAINT-ANGE, ROBERT, officer in the colonial regular troops in the Illinois country; b. at Châtillon-sur-Seine, diocese of Langres, province of Champagne, son of Jean Groston and Marie Rebourceau; d. before June 1740.
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Two Tennessee River Mussels Protected Under Endangered Species Act
Nearly 1,400 River Miles Protected in Alabama, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee and Virginia
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Some brain training games suggest they’ll help raise your IQ, but the evidence for benefits in daily life are far from solid.
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October 21, 2013
In an effort to study a variety of marine organisms which have evolved to live in extreme environments, the Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), led by President Asahiko Taira, has begun a project called QUELLE2013. This project began in January 2013, using the manned researc... | <urn:uuid:dbc1709c-eac2-4ffa-a575-e360f9ee0161> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.jamstec.go.jp/e/about/press_release/20131021/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00053-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.91933 | 1,567 | 3.328125 | 3 |
Boing! New electromagnetic catapult hurls war planes into the sky
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Why are the hands of a clock called hands? To me, this makes little sense; they do not resemble hands in any way, and if anything body-part related, they should be arms. So why are they called hands?
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Farmer saves $200,000 with poo power
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A collection of four themed gardens, the Heritage Gardens will take you through the history and culture of Singapore’s three main ethnic groups and colonial past, through the fascinating story of plants. Explore the Chinese, Malay, Indian, and Colonial Gardens and learn how plants are intricately linked to the culture ... | <urn:uuid:5aef16ae-ce9b-4d37-8463-a5f25f1deb4f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gardensbythebay.com.sg/en/the-gardens/heritage-gardens/visitor-information.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00166-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929473 | 281 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Instead of sequencing the genome of one organism, why not sequence a drop of sea water, a gram of farm soil or even a sunken whale skeleton? Scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg and their US collaborators have done just that, and the result is a new appreciation for the rich dive... | <urn:uuid:c5d6c6a1-0e73-4495-ba42-573bd049a90e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2005-04/embl-wba041805.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00108-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94782 | 696 | 3.859375 | 4 |
Faulty thinking: The pitifully thin experience themselves as overweight
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The Origins of the Cold War
There are now two great nations in the world, which starting from different points, seem to be advancing toward the same goal: the Russians and the Anglo-Americans. . . . Each seems called by some secret design of Providence one day to hold in its hands the destinies of half the world.
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Older Galaxy Pair Has Surprisingly Youthful Glow
A pair of interacting galaxies might be experiencing the galactic equivalent of a mid-life crisis. For some reason, the pair, called Arp 82, didn't make their stars early on as is typical of most galaxies. Inst... | <urn:uuid:1ab450ef-64f5-4fd5-b083-1936ecd4a8dc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.etsu.edu/physics/hancock/arp82press.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393463.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00041-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908266 | 725 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Exactly what are the difficulties you are having with this?A companys profit for 2000 was 5 million. Each year, the profit increases by 2 million. Let p=f(t) represent the profit(in million of dollars) for the year that is t years after 2000.
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There’s something new on OUSD lunch menus – a “leaf” symbol for menu items that are lean and green – healthier for you and the planet. Lunch just got a whole lot coolerfor kids and the planet in O’side.
Check it out at: http://ousd.ca.schoolloop.com/menus
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by Jon Dahl
Programming is writing. A programmer's job is to express abstract ideas in a specific language - just like the poet, the essayist, and the composer. But while writers and composers spend years improving their style, many programmers think style stops with "two-space indentation". This needs to change.
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FACETS (Formative Assessment in the Mathematics Classroom: Engaging Teachers and Students) is a project at Education Development Center (EDC) to develop, implement, and study a 2-year professional development program that will:
- introduce the principles and techniques of formative assessment to middle school math teac... | <urn:uuid:10878db7-8dcc-4e51-97fe-65cbaf847988> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://facets.edc.org/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00122-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919058 | 109 | 3 | 3 |
Fixation vs. finalization
Fixation is the process of writing the lead-in and lead-out information to the disc. This process finishes a writing session and creates a table of contents. Fixation is required for a CD-ROM or CD-Audio player to play the disc. Discs which are "fixated for append" can have additional sessions... | <urn:uuid:66f1441e-ce7f-4462-a395-cf0ffeaadca1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Glossary/Details.aspx?TermId=322 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00007-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.90253 | 150 | 2.8125 | 3 |
On this day in 1939, the German Army invaded Poland. Operation Fall Weiß (Case White), as it was code-named, sent more than 60 German divisions storming into Poland. It came a day after the Gleiwitz incident, one part of Operation Himmler. The latter had German troops dressed in Polish uniforms attacking German emplace... | <urn:uuid:8d9ac463-ae2d-4936-922b-64cbe200c0be> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://chronicle.com/blognetwork/edgeofthewest/2009/09/01/fall-weis/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00089-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976452 | 1,037 | 3.21875 | 3 |
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2014 July 10
Explanation: This scene from the early morning hours of July 3 looks out across the River Thames from the Westminster Bridge. Part of a... | <urn:uuid:0b5f2566-95aa-4d50-9782-5c94a6ddcb3c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140710.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00099-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.891608 | 273 | 3.40625 | 3 |
Five countries to mark first-time Carpathian Parks Day
Organized for the first time, Carpathian Parks Day will encompass iconic protected areas in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Serbia and Ukraine, aiming to raise awareness of the importance of protected areas in biodiversity conservation and sustainable socio-... | <urn:uuid:f2a59f82-752b-4971-9e27-e6382a46ada7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?193404/Five-countries-to-mark-first-time-Carpathian-Parks-Day | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00111-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93002 | 987 | 2.703125 | 3 |
When Congress passed the Wagner Act
of 1935 - to be known later as the National Labor Relations Act
("NLRA") - it could have directed the federal government to
maintain a neutral posture toward unions and workers' efforts to
form unions. Instead, Congress made clear its belief that a free
and robust workforce, organize... | <urn:uuid:0fb5042f-1cfe-4908-a916-7d8deb169471> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.massbar.org/publications/section-review/2009/v11-n2/a-close-look-at-the-employee-free-choice-act-from-the-perspective-of-union-counsel | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00116-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931323 | 3,233 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Differentiation is good when we negotiate ways for students to learn with students themselves. When we collaborate on ways to learn and demonstrate learning, we build community, generate buy-in, and help students enjoy and take advantage of their natural curiosity and urge to imagine and create.
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North America’s weather is a complete mess right now. And it’s not about to change anytime soon.
Thanks to a boost by the impressive extratropical remnants of Typhoon Nuri, which over the weekend likely became the Bering Sea’s most intense storm on record, the atmosphere has entered an extreme pattern.
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As relief efforts are ramped up following the West Sumatra earthquake on September 30, aid groups have warned that thousands of survivors of an earlier quake on the Indonesian island of Java are facing health risks unless they receive adequate shelter. Aid workers said some of the 196,000 people who have been sheltered... | <urn:uuid:5756fd14-166b-47c1-b932-82faf78704b9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.radianceweekly.com/175/4332/islamic-banking-windows-in-india-it039s-very-much-possible-for-indian-banks/2009-10-18/muslim-world/story-detail/java-quake-survivors-face-health-risks.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00163-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973615 | 207 | 2.671875 | 3 |
July 25, 2013
HIV-infected persons who have peer educators are more likely to adhere to their medical treatment plans, according to researcher Maithe Enriquez, associate professor at the University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing. Adhering to medication regimens allows HIV-infected individuals to live long, heal... | <urn:uuid:bbce2516-eb51-4127-9efa-9622113c7900> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thebodypro.com/content/72308/new-peer-led-intervention-helps-individuals-with-h.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00017-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969804 | 348 | 2.96875 | 3 |
John Suler's Teaching Clinical Psychology
Listed below are ongoing projects that are conducted during class periods or outside of class. These projects will require more time than one class period to complete.
Respect the wishes of students who feel uncomfortable about participating in an experiential activity. When in... | <urn:uuid:f80844cf-8288-4634-bc0b-f4d4301d9f52> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://truecenterpublishing.com/tcp/longproj.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00023-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93183 | 690 | 2.875 | 3 |
Five Levels of Language Analysis
Language : the set of all acceptable, well formed sentences in the language.
Three Levels of analysis involve Grammar : The complete set of rules that will generate or produce all of the acceptable sentences, and will not produce unacceptable sentences.
Three Levels of Grammar :
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Intense Regionalism in the South Korean Presidential Election of 2012
Most maps of this election, however, hide such disparities. The Wikipedia map posted here, for example, merely shows the southwest and greater Seoul as having supported the losing candidate, Moon Jae-in, and the rest of the country as having voted fo... | <urn:uuid:1c317c54-5cdc-4c29-a928-187f79dfa170> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.geocurrents.info/geopolitics/elections/intense-regionalism-in-the-south-korean-presidential-election-of-2012 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00079-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962266 | 623 | 2.703125 | 3 |
CO2 emissions from the combustion of native Australian trees
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Carbon dioxide (CO2), as a primary product of combustion, is a known factor affecting climate change and global warming. In Australia, CO2 emissions from biomass burning are a significant contributor to total c... | <urn:uuid:9164b115-8ad8-4843-a479-8b4f50700e53> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://eprints.qut.edu.au/54081/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00154-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.861102 | 659 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Even in its early stages ovarian cancer has symptoms. Research indicates that 95 percent of women with ovarian cancer had symptoms and 90 percent of women experienced symptoms with early-stage ovarian cancer. Symptoms vary from woman to woman and many times depend on the location of the tumor and its impact on the surr... | <urn:uuid:cb79fd48-8f2f-434d-a2ec-4186eb8228e8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.tealtoes.org/symptoms | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397567.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00070-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969404 | 341 | 2.671875 | 3 |
BROADCAST DATE: TUESDAY, MARCH 18, 2003
Many Americans are surprised to learn that women once played professional baseball in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League (AAGPBL) from 1943-1954. Founded by Chicago Cubs owner Phil Wrigley in order to entertain Americans - and keep ballparks full - during World W... | <urn:uuid:ccd05bb8-3f0b-481e-94ba-2166ea3c85c1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bsu.edu/eft/home2/32fieldtrip.php?tripID=82 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00115-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964104 | 287 | 3.15625 | 3 |
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UK Children's screen habits were recently revealed in a survey of 2,445 children between the ages of 5 and 16 by Child Wise, according to the BBC.
The results are staggering and indicative of what the future of television will look like:
More than four in five used internet "on demand" television ser... | <urn:uuid:e5b3778c-1912-403a-8174-03650f9b283b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.appmarket.tv/opinion/1090-four-in-five-uk-kids-watch-tv-on-demand-bbc-and-cbbc-iplayers.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00137-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966794 | 1,295 | 2.71875 | 3 |
About Light, Coral,Photosynthesis and the Ingredients for Good Coral Growth and Color
Many factors can affect coral growth; lighting, water temperature, feeding strategies, and water chemistry all have an affect coral growth and their appearance. Proper lighting is one of the most important ingredients for successfully... | <urn:uuid:a2611bf4-47ff-4257-8e7d-f0691109a724> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://orphek.com/about/about-corals/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00159-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936672 | 2,504 | 3.734375 | 4 |
- of or producing science, or knowledge
- having knowledge
Of or producing knowledge or science.
(comparative more sciential, superlative most sciential)
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More than a month after an oil spill was detected on the eastern coast of Mumbai, local authorities have been using an ingenious device to clean up the spill: buckets.
The spill in question was caused by a pipeline owned by the Mumbai Port Trust, and was first reported by villagers in Mahul, near the eastern Mumbai sub... | <urn:uuid:0e79f70f-bd91-42d8-b6de-c5fd757aec7a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blogs.wsj.com/indiarealtime/2013/12/17/mumbai-oil-spill-cleaned-up-one-bucket-at-a-time/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398216.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00006-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970257 | 806 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Building the Panama Canal, 1903–1914
President Theodore Roosevelt oversaw the realization of a long-term United States goal—a trans-isthmian canal. Throughout the 1800s, American and British leaders and businessmen wanted to ship goods quickly and cheaply between the Atlantic and Pacific coasts.
To that end, in 1850 th... | <urn:uuid:f2d8ea71-498f-434f-a369-1ccb907395eb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://history.state.gov/milestones/1899-1913/panama-canal | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00119-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952629 | 556 | 4.21875 | 4 |
The militia was established
in Canada in 1669 when Louis XIV instructed Governor-General Courcells to
divide the subjects of Canada into companies with regard for their proximity,
and after having divided them to select captains, lieutenants and ensigns
to command them. To issue orders that they assemble once a month t... | <urn:uuid:c9ff5609-52dd-4ede-8fb5-e54b32474c9d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.angelfire.com/mi3/FandIwar/milice.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392069.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00198-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974643 | 738 | 3.703125 | 4 |
Tetanus (TET-nus) is a serious bacterial infection that affects the body's central nervous system. Tetanus, also known as lockjaw, can lead to muscle rigidity, convulsions * , and death.
for searching the Internet and other reference sources
What Is Tetanus?
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What Ever Happened to Modernism?
What Ever Happened to Modernism? by Gabriel Josipovici
In 1864 Stéphane Mallarmé said “I feel I’m collapsing in on myself day by day, each day discouragement overwhelms me, and the lethargy is killing me. When I emerge from this I’ll be stupefied, annulled.” In 1910 Franz Kafka wrote to... | <urn:uuid:ea599436-44a8-469c-9e87-898ce2b881fd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.semcoop.com/2011/01/04/what-ever-happened-to-modernism/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00188-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969647 | 1,329 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Extending the Growing Season In New Mexico
Most fruits and vegetables have a distinct season in which they do best. For example, we expect to see New Mexico green chile available at our local grocery stores from August through September, and red chile later into the fall. We do not, however, expect to find New Mexico g... | <urn:uuid:856cf30b-d652-4c72-8217-9bb37d66836f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://aces.nmsu.edu/seasonextension/index.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00041-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954813 | 355 | 3.140625 | 3 |
The last ten years have seen a surge in technology for solar and other alternative energy forms. This revival has led to the revision and reinstatement of a previously withdrawn ASTM standard, ASTM E903, Test Method for Solar Absorptance, Reflectance and Transmittance of Materials Using Integrating Spheres.
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From Gaza, Israel:
According to our pediatrician, my nine year old son has had either typeá1B or typeá2 diabetes for exactly two years now. (We don't have any advanced blood tests here in our town). During the first year, we were able to control his blood sugar by diet only, and his hemoglobin A1c results were excellen... | <urn:uuid:c2b12f24-5602-4374-a9af-9357f863a989> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/dteam/2002-08/d_0d_9cd.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00041-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968458 | 637 | 2.53125 | 3 |
King George III (1738-1820) held the throne of the British monarchy during the American Revolution and the defeat of Napoleon, and he was rather crazy.
His long reign was punctuated by severe bouts of mental derangement.
A new hair analysis suggests that the king's doctors may have exacerbated his illness by inadverten... | <urn:uuid:20951d2b-ae29-43d6-ba25-2a149459323a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.livescience.com/328-doctors-poisoned-crazy-king-george-study-finds.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396538.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00014-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971723 | 573 | 3.375 | 3 |
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Poland could face legal action and EU penalties for failing to "adequately protect" its natural habitats, a European Commission official has said.
Poland is home to many rare species including bears
EC biodiversity expert Agata Zdanowicz said Poland had so far failed to comply with the EU's Natura 2000 programme, descr... | <urn:uuid:c25c4ecd-7cd1-43ad-8cf2-df5d44bdb507> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4783233.stm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00158-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962775 | 665 | 2.921875 | 3 |
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