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The prevailing westerly winds blow across most of North America, carrying most of our changing weather from the west to the east. Our westerlies occupy a belt between 30 and 60 degrees north of the equator. North of the westerly wind belt, the polar easterlies circle the top of the world in the opposite direction. The ... | <urn:uuid:b2f32abf-b6b7-4cd8-b78d-36e866a9dd32> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://youaskandy.com/questions-answers/29-article-series-1960/15160-what-are-the-trade-winds.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00016-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944907 | 445 | 3.5 | 4 |
Even today, cellphone towers triangulate cellphones. In fact they can narrow down a cell phone to a couple of meters, they can track the movement of the cellphone in near-real time.
Why can't a software re-program convert all these towers into a radar network?
Cellphones communicate with the cellular network or can be ... | <urn:uuid:71aa7c9d-0570-45aa-8a24-e4e9b69db1c0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://forums.bharat-rakshak.com/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=4984&start=160 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397748.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00098-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944534 | 722 | 2.53125 | 3 |
In the next few blogs we are going to draw fish and their underwater world. Maybe it will even give you some ideas to write stories about?!
Let’s start with a fish I’m going to call,”Sir Charles”.
Get some paper and a pencil with an eraser….then look at the picture below and draw with me step by step…it’s really easy!
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Sleeping an average of more than eight hours per night, or less than seven hours per night, appears to greatly increase the risk of developing pre-diabetes, as well as full type 2 diabetes.
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Back to Infectious Diseases
Pertussis is an acute infection of the respiratory tract caused by Bordetella
pertussis. The "violent cough" is the most consistent and prominent feature
of the illness. The inspiratory sound made at the end of an episode of paroxysmal
coughing gives rise to the common name for the illness, ... | <urn:uuid:75d1cb6f-f83a-475d-b591-b6fb984e09fd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.doctorslounge.com/infections/diseases/pertussus.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00156-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.905184 | 468 | 3.5 | 4 |
|Getting Started in Genealogy
This 1 hour class explores the resources offered within the Henderson County Public Library. The class introduces the students to techniques for researching using databases, the internet, local print holdings, microfilm, and family tree forms. The instructor provides information on local s... | <urn:uuid:3bb17464-c9c2-4a61-8ba6-e02dc3856dde> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.henderson.lib.nc.us/genealogy_classes.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00030-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919433 | 873 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Potassium is an important mineral involved in the metabolism of protein and carbohydrates and the electrical activity of your heart. This electrolyte is also required to build new muscle mass and to keep your blood pressure in the healthy range. Healthy adults need 4.7 grams of potassium a day. Low potassium levels can... | <urn:uuid:0636f493-845d-45e4-992f-cd4c5834af1c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/fruits-eat-potassium-count-low-1042.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398209.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00008-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923659 | 623 | 3.375 | 3 |
UStudy aims to provide Educational Content for Polytechnic College students based on the latest K Scheme syllabus of Tamil Nadu.
Model Question Paper-I
16. 1. Briefly explain about Product strategy.
2. Explain Business planning using MIS.
1. Briefly explain the essentiality of the strategic planning.
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Individual differences |
Methods | Statistics | Clinical | Educational | Industrial | Professional items | World psychology |
A medical student is person accepted into a medical school and enrolled in an educational program in medicine, with the goal of becoming a medical doctor, is referred to as a medical student or ... | <urn:uuid:8bacc255-35d8-4247-98b2-5f96d363a459> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Medical_student | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00085-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93936 | 249 | 3.078125 | 3 |
TrendLabs researchers have recently published their research on two of the most prevalent botnets in the threat landscape to date:
Spam is not a mere inbox annoyance anymore but is the first step toward executing more dangerous kinds of system infiltration. Malware are no longer discrete executables but a motley group ... | <urn:uuid:d452faca-83b1-42f8-93be-13fdbaed22b0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.trendmicro.com/trendlabs-security-intelligence/botnet-research-on-waledac-and-pushdo/ | 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 | 0.959872 | 342 | 2.640625 | 3 |
2 Adolescent Development:
Junk Science Run Wild
For the most part, the distinction between adolescence and adulthood is a matter of cultural expectations and restrictions rather than a matter of intrinsic psychological characteristics ... Adolescence may best be construed as the first phase of adulthood.
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SNIDER, GABRIEL STRAW
SNIDER, GABRIEL STRAW (ca. 1793–?). Gabriel Straw Snider, born about 1793, was in Texas by March 1823 when the Colorado district census described him as a farmer in possession of an unspecified number of mules and cattle. On May 28, 1824, he and Mary Bright, the daughter of pioneer David Bright, s... | <urn:uuid:e08c929b-4de7-47f1-be90-db629ed390c6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fsn06 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392069.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00199-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954689 | 457 | 2.625 | 3 |
Super Hero Multiplication Fact Boards and Flash Cards Bundle by I Love My Classroom
It's Super Hero Time! Do your students have trouble filling out multiplication cards?
All cards contain a grid from 1-9 multiplication facts. Cards are designed to help with placement and patterns, square number answers, and reviewing p... | <urn:uuid:1d3abe52-64cc-478c-be30-2c0936dc3871> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.educents.com/3-5-grade-math-curriculum.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00122-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928144 | 1,012 | 3.53125 | 4 |
Native marsupials make better "lab rats"
Wednesday, 12 May 1999
Many native animals are better suited to medical testing than the animals traditionally used, the scientist claims.
The University of Adelaide's Professor Russell Baudinette told an Australasian Anaesthetists Conference that many people were afraid of rese... | <urn:uuid:2c4f3c35-7a8a-4f66-992f-d8942485e41c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s24917.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393146.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00098-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965417 | 214 | 2.8125 | 3 |
We know that droughts in parts of the country have likely been exacerbated by climate change and are expected to get worse in the future. But climate shifts are also causing bigger, badder rainstorms in other parts of the country, according to a new report Environment America released released on Tuesday.
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| Valentinus Index | Gnostic Society Library | Gnosis Archive |
The book of Genesis features two different accounts of the creation of human beings. In the first, "God created human beings, making them to be like himself. He created them male and female" (Genesis 1:27). In the second account, "God took some soil from t... | <urn:uuid:c0b78b5a-29fc-4c9f-aac5-d68197c6df03> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gnosis.org/library/valentinus/Sophia_Eve.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393463.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00114-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968076 | 1,604 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Don't Know Much Of Biology
Thursday, April 23, 2009
By Wray Herbert
Just think about what it takes to learn biology. Not textbook biology, the kind you learn in high school with microscopes and dissecting kits. Rather, the kind you learn on your own, as a young child encountering the vast and diverse world of living th... | <urn:uuid:52ce2c51-d389-40c3-b239-5648ef4655f5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.psychologicalscience.org/onlyhuman/2009/04/dont-know-much-of-biology.cfm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397744.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00038-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967027 | 951 | 2.578125 | 3 |
http://www.thetechherald.com/article...loud-AntivirusOriginally Posted by M4xC4v413r4
What is Cloud Antivirus?WHAT IS CLOUD ANTIVIRUS
Unlike traditional antivirus software, cloud antivirus refers to the type of antivirus that runs on the cloud(remote server). Cloud Antivirus will scan all your files through the interne... | <urn:uuid:5f5069ef-4918-46ad-b323-2a406522b088> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mmo-champion.com/threads/646894-How-to-clean-your-system-from-keyloggers-and-other-types-of-viruses/page5 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00179-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.860913 | 267 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Souvenir AlbumIn and Around Detroit 1910
St. Michael's Church Monroe, Michigan 1910
1910--St. Michael's was the second Catholic church founded in Monroe. The congregation is composed of Germans under the pastorate of Rev. Charles C. Bolte. The school is in charge of the Sisters of the Immaculate Heart, whose mother-hou... | <urn:uuid:4632a0b3-88a2-4f9c-be8f-4af24c5da2ce> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~detroitchurches/page43a.htm | 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 | 0.932722 | 199 | 2.578125 | 3 |
The idea for the John Earthy’s Tavern CD grew from the realisation that I had learnt or written many songs about historical events in Maine spanning almost three centuries. Few people know or appreciate how important Maine was in the early years of European colonisation. We don’t know exactly when European fishermen st... | <urn:uuid:74f57919-4046-4d5f-b632-2f09264fbdd2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/fredgosbee | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393463.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00002-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973111 | 12,749 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Catholic Activity: Christmas Music: Caroling, Folk Dancing and Yodeling
Some great suggestions on incorporating music into Christmas...some ideas not in the usual Christmas carol agenda.
Community reading, caroling and folk-dancing are traditionally appropriate. We suggest that many ideas for the celebration of the hol... | <urn:uuid:bee12564-40af-4e7d-99cf-882a1e8a0ba6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/liturgicalyear/activities/view.cfm?id=649 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391766.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00026-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956758 | 1,656 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Men may cringe at the idea, but sperm-producing stem cells found in testicles could be extracted, grown in the lab, and frozen for future use. A team in the Netherlands has successfully harvested spermatogonial stem cells from cows and cultured them inside mouse testes. The hope is that the same thing could be done for... | <urn:uuid:fb1a13fe-11e4-4097-badc-ee8ef8560ae2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.biologynews.net/archives/2006/04/24/testes_to_incubate_stem_cells.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00200-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946937 | 588 | 2.71875 | 3 |
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Shale gas prospectivity is controlled by the amount and type of organic matter held in the shale, thermal maturity, burial history, micro-porosity and fracture spacing and orientation.
Factors influencing these properties relate to the depositional and post-depositional history of shale deposits. A wide range of skills... | <urn:uuid:1335163d-a742-46f4-8123-b4d859f495ed> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bgs.ac.uk/research/energy/shaleGas/prospectivity.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00131-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908615 | 645 | 2.546875 | 3 |
As we prepare for the XIX International AIDS Conference in Washington D.C., I reflect with profound admiration and gratitude on the leadership against AIDS by the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) communities in the United States and across the globe. The global AIDS response would never have reached where ... | <urn:uuid:f2823793-44b1-4d11-9525-855bbf2ccbf5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.huffingtonpost.com/michel-sidib/the-aids-response-owes-a-_b_1690157.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00160-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969049 | 1,057 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Lions and humans likely collaborated in mammoth slaughter (+video)
A recently unearthed, strawberry-blond mammoth specimen from Siberia gives researchers new information about how humans and lions hunted.
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Acupuncture is one of the oldest forms of medical treatments; it goes all the way back to ancient China (possibly as early as 6000 BCE). Many advocates for traditional medicine have argued that acupuncture is the best cure for a wide variety of illnesses, including cancer and fertility problems. Unfortunately, there ha... | <urn:uuid:32335154-6fe0-4170-a302-064a1f5a61b2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.berkeleywellness.com/self-care/preventive-care/article/acupuncture-pain-relief | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393146.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00079-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971788 | 519 | 2.984375 | 3 |
BookFlix – PreK-5. Classic video storybooks from Weston Woods paired with related nonfiction books for beginning readers.
Britannica Library for Children – (From home use this outside library link )
Early World of Learning – PreK – 5. Interactive early childhood World Book product.
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What does the latest brain research reveal about teaching and learning? Ginny Washburne will present the latest in neuroscience and explore how implementing a few simple brain friendly teaching strategies can assist in fostering a successful learning environment. Ginny’s goal is discussion, so our virtual audience will... | <urn:uuid:d9d56ba0-1c04-4974-a776-693e2cbdb59b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2012/07/23/ginny-washburne-brain-friendly-learning-at-densi2012/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00151-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947811 | 923 | 3.78125 | 4 |
Historians locate the origins of Morocco’s Gnawa population in Africa’s Western Sahel region or in present-day countries such as Senegal, Chad, Mali, Mauretania, and Nigeria. In Morocco, the Gnawa are often considered both an ethnic group as well as a mystical Sufi order whose religious and spiritual components are oft... | <urn:uuid:b6320611-90c3-4902-b529-19273d7c3c93> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://international.ucla.edu/cnes/article/120461 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393518.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00000-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956971 | 1,422 | 2.515625 | 3 |
There is a consumer warning about certain kinds of sunblock, specifically the spray on kind. New research shows the chemicals in the spray may be dangerous. Here's what every parent should know:
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European voyages to the Australian continent explores Australia through four themes: trade, navigation, science and empire. Learn more about the voyages and how the objects carried by different voyagers were made, used or conserved.
Explore the Flash interactives
Launch the Voyaging with a needle Flash interactive
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In the Kouilou region of the Republic of Congo, up to two gorillas are being killed each week, an undercover investigation by the conservation group Endangered Species International has revealed, exposing the scale of gorilla poaching in the country. This story was given world audience by the BBC Earth News portal. It ... | <urn:uuid:fee533d0-9f5e-423d-9306-15402bd5fd38> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://gorilla.wildlifedirect.org/tag/gorilla/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00015-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937161 | 954 | 3.125 | 3 |
According to SSA historians, the social security program began with the Social Security Act of 1935, originally titled the Economic Security Act. The term "Social Security" was coined in the United States by activist Abraham Epstein, who led a group called the American Association for Social Security.
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The Internet of Things, ubiquitous computing, and something amazing.
The goal is for every posting of this blog to be understandable as a standalone posting, and so let’s review a few things quickly.
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National Park Service
As we commemorate the anniversary of President John F. Kennedy’s death, we should also remember his legacy of protecting wild lands. Today’s mystery photo comes from a place that has the most acres protected by the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF)—a law signed by President Kennedy. To date ... | <urn:uuid:66e7875d-f15d-4bc8-9cc0-7eea9aacc65c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://wilderness.org/blog/friday-mystery-photo-26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00064-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938659 | 277 | 3.28125 | 3 |
Why air cylinders fail, (and what’s to be done about it?)
Pneumatics is typically the technology of choice for applications such as material handling and small-parts assembly, but new capabilities – including closed-loop control, precision pneumatic components and high-speed electronics – have made these systems more c... | <urn:uuid:57a06902-9fd5-4023-9764-c9ae665efbd6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.controleng.com/single-article/why-air-cylinders-fail-and-whats-to-be-done-about-it/11ad0daae31e64196810f365e49c6a6d.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00020-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.897882 | 2,510 | 2.75 | 3 |
Hancock, N.H. - Design automation systems tailored to the task of genetic engineering could prove to be double-edged tools. While they represent a central thrust of the emerging synthetic biology movement, they also can lead to the accidental or deliberate creation of pathogenic biological components.
One expert in the... | <urn:uuid:e06a6db7-300f-45ed-af77-7e01be227c48> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1150553&piddl_msgorder=asc | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00072-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958571 | 1,446 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Whooping Cough (Pertussis) (cont.)
Whooping Cough Prevention (Pertussis Vaccine)
- Risk factors for getting whooping cough include exposure to an infected person's cough or sneeze or touching surfaces used by an infected person. Both frequent hand washing and the use of masks will help lessen the likelihood that the ba... | <urn:uuid:2f4d2c98-31de-479f-9b27-4f53a3f9f5b6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.emedicinehealth.com/whooping_cough_pertussis/page8_em.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00008-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.877992 | 1,531 | 3.796875 | 4 |
Why Are Galaxies So Smooth?
This latest image from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope is of the spiral galaxy, NGC 2841. Located about 46 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Ursa Major, this spectacular galaxy is helping astronomers solve one of the oldest puzzles in astronomy: Why do galaxies look so smoot... | <urn:uuid:3ebfe426-567b-457a-acad-8fc3df7f653e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/1589-sig09-006-Why-Are-Galaxies-So-Smooth- | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393093.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00192-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.89773 | 251 | 3.9375 | 4 |
California Genealogy and History Archives
|A. E. Bourke
Synonymous with the name of A. E. Bourke is the Must Hatch Incubator Company, of which he is the president and general manager. Mr. Bourke began experimenting with artificial incubation and artificial brooding about eighteen years ago, at which time he was a resid... | <urn:uuid:c96832b9-d2e5-4671-bb63-a3be41947e7a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cagha/biographies2/bios2/bourke-a-e.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00024-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972528 | 885 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Assessment Deafblind Children
Validation of Evidence-based Assessment Strategies to Promote Achievement in Children who are Deafblind
Funded by: U. S. Department of Education
Grant # H324D030001
Dr. Charity Rowland, Oregon Health & Science University
Dr. Deborah Chen, California State University-Northridge
Dr. Robert S... | <urn:uuid:4fd7eff8-4040-4883-b414-75aafb2afa56> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ohsu.edu/xd/research/centers-institutes/institute-on-development-and-disability/design-to-learn/completed-projects/assessment-deafblind-children.cfm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00135-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932049 | 626 | 3.015625 | 3 |
A CTD Rosette is lowered into the water to measure the salinity, temperature, depth and concentration of particles in the water column. Image courtesy of NOAA Okeanos Explorer Program, INDEX-SATAL 2010.
A CTD device’s primary function is to detect how the conductivity and temperature of the water column changes relativ... | <urn:uuid:cdd92876-241a-4184-a7fc-c64f9b88c6e8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/facts/ctd.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00012-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937385 | 319 | 3.890625 | 4 |
Posted 3/13 at 6:15pm
Scientist Rutledge Ellis-Behnke is trying to fix injured brains.
"There really has not been anything that will allow for the reconnection of disconnected parts of the brain," he said.
He's getting closer. By injecting tiny strings of amino acids in the brain, he's actually re-growing nerve cells. ... | <urn:uuid:85ba8768-48f7-48db-9f9d-51ca6000d84b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wctv.tv/health/healthalert/headlines/6473532.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00156-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9689 | 354 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Guitar notes should be learned early on in your playing career. This page will help you to learn the notes on a guitar fretboard, with diagrams and charts.
First we’ll look at notes in open position, then we’ll look at the whole of the guitar neck.
You can also download a free printable PDF of the guitar neck, showing ... | <urn:uuid:1a5b6aa4-2fcb-4dbf-b80d-86f9c822f982> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.guitarcommand.com/guitar-notes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397842.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00110-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952966 | 962 | 3.4375 | 3 |
On the eve of the UN summit on Sustainable Development goals, Alarcos Cieza of the WHO reminds us that disability is part of the human experience contributing to human diversity.
On September 25-27 the United Nations Member States will meet in New York to agree on an ambitious post-2015 Development Agenda as the next p... | <urn:uuid:25d71f89-8129-45cf-8e41-f479af4599ac> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blogs.plos.org/speakingofmedicine/2015/09/23/health-and-the-sustainable-development-agenda-leaving-no-one-with-disability-behind/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408828.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00015-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938356 | 553 | 2.65625 | 3 |
by Eileen Senn, MS
It seems obvious to many that respirators are needed to protect cleanup workers in the Gulf from inhaling air contaminants that are making some sick now and may make many more chronically ill in the future. I will describe a combination of political and scientific issues conspiring to prevent the nee... | <urn:uuid:93ba8bff-0cfd-4112-aefe-7f99b33f15ec> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://scienceblogs.com/thepumphandle/2010/06/19/an-inconvenient-truth-respir/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00069-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925933 | 3,244 | 3.015625 | 3 |
New FEMTO-MOON sighted BIRTHING from Saturn's RING
Icy 'Peggy' looks to be leaving the outer rings
Boffins peering at images sent home by NASA's Cassini spacecraft think they may have spotted the first throes of a new moon coming into being.
Dubbed “Peggy”, the moonlet is probably a lump of ice. But astroboffin Carl Mu... | <urn:uuid:4a624c7b-93eb-4d37-ad23-6d82c6b76aeb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.theregister.co.uk/Print/2014/04/15/saturn_spotted_spawning_new_femtomoon/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00201-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953859 | 311 | 3 | 3 |
What it is:
An asset is an economic resource that a) can be owned, and b) is expected to provide future economic benefits.
How it works (Example):
A company lists its assets on its balance sheet. Common asset categories include cash and cash equivalents; accounts receivable; inventory; prepaid expenses; and property an... | <urn:uuid:ab160cc6-cbb6-4bb1-95bb-afcb2e8c1b01> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.investinganswers.com/financial-dictionary/financial-statement-analysis/asset-2278/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00057-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940674 | 416 | 3.78125 | 4 |
|BOTANICAL ELECTRONIC NEWS|
|No. 459 September 24, firstname.lastname@example.org||Victoria, B.C.|
The Burns Bog Conservation Society is thrilled to announce that the Government of Canada has joined 20 682 hectares of Lower Mainland wetlands into the newly-renamed Fraser River Delta Ramsar Site. The new Ramsar site des... | <urn:uuid:61adc5b9-7985-4170-a72f-8fe05daaa228> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://bomi.ou.edu/ben/ben459.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397744.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00157-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924699 | 1,901 | 2.671875 | 3 |
What is hereditary papillary renal carcinoma?
Hereditary papillary renal carcinoma (HPRC) is a hereditary condition that increases the risk of the papillary type of renal cell carcinoma (kidney cancer ). There are two types of papillary renal cell tumors: type 1 and type 2. The tumors in HPRC are type 1 tumors. Individ... | <urn:uuid:7a6cd094-cf9a-4225-81ce-138820f22d3e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cancer.net/print/18927 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399522.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00009-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945717 | 1,150 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Urinary incontinence is the loss of voluntary bladder control that can cause leakage of urine. It can be temporary or last for a long time.
There are four types of long term or permanent incontinence:
- Stress incontinence—most common type. Leakage occurs when there is extra pressure on the bladder. Triggers may includ... | <urn:uuid:a4426084-e5e0-46b8-a39a-c3ee8de0bbb2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://medtropolis.com/your-health/?/11481/Stress-incontinence-female | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00163-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.906741 | 1,624 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Habitat destruction and forest fragmentation are perhaps the largest threats to primate species around the world. While national parks, games reserves, and primate sanctuaries are instrumental in primate conservation, research suggests that some non-governmentally protected forest fragments may also serve as viable hab... | <urn:uuid:d441ab0e-324f-4bb9-a4b9-ca21e461d10a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/socanth_honproj/36/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00139-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.867756 | 403 | 3.78125 | 4 |
How to define an altitude and draw them on acute, right, and obtuse triangles.
How to relate corresponding altitudes, medians and angle bisectors in similar triangles.
How to derive the area of a triangle formula using the rectangle area formula.
How to construct the orthocenter of a triangle.
The definition of climate... | <urn:uuid:6c87ebcb-47e1-4c8d-bd24-00ede9f4896a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.brightstorm.com/tag/altitude/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00060-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.848156 | 145 | 4.15625 | 4 |
One woman’s Civil War in Ireland
Kathy Barry refused to play a subsidiary role as the war got under way with battles in the streets of Dublin
Kathy Barry ran communications between anti-Treaty commander Liam Lynch in Cork and the Dublin IRA.
A memorial card to Kevin Barry.
The shelling of the Four Courts in Dublin at t... | <urn:uuid:e7a014d2-5246-45c5-8b6f-adda8d40ae7c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/one-woman-s-civil-war-in-ireland-1.1391600?page=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00036-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978968 | 1,634 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Olympian, in Greek religion and mythology, one of the 12 important gods who succeeded the Titans as rulers of the universe. The divine family of the Olympians was headed by Zeus, who ruled the heavens and earth, and his queen, Hera. Zeus' brothers, Poseidon and Hades (also called Pluto), ruled the sea and underworld re... | <urn:uuid:20126e95-e424-4e64-8583-ff260e52d71c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia/society/olympian.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00014-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964205 | 234 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Johannes Gutenberg was born into a noble family of the
city of Mainz, Germany. His early training was in goldsmithing.
In 1428, he moved to Strasbourg for political reasons, where he
remained for over 20 years. It was in Strasbourg that he probably
made his first experiments with moveable type.
Gutenberg had the idea o... | <urn:uuid:2f34d4ea-5208-4316-8dd4-9a4aefba1b21> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.typographia.org/1999/graphion/gutenberg.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391766.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00151-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965401 | 431 | 3.578125 | 4 |
The persistent struggle of the colored people to have their children educated at public expense shows how resolved they were to be enlightened. In the beginning Negroes had no aspiration to secure such assistance. Because the free public schools were first regarded as a system to educate the poor, the friends of the fr... | <urn:uuid:c57f8230-99dc-4a45-8e4b-f9c95d2d13f4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bookrags.com/ebooks/11089/160.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00134-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.987461 | 649 | 3.9375 | 4 |
On April 23, the Pew Research Center released its report, An Uneven Recovery, 2009-2011.
Pew found that during the first two years of the nation’s economic recovery, the mean net worth of households in the upper 7 percent of the wealth distribution rose by an estimated 28 percent, while the mean net worth of households... | <urn:uuid:60322125-c269-4782-8179-eb5fdc0bd829> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://biz570.com/economy/economy/pew-research-on-recovery-a-rise-in-wealth-for-the-affluent-declines-for-the-lower-93-1.1486453 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00178-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963319 | 1,063 | 2.640625 | 3 |
The Research Process
If you understand how information is organized, you’ll be better equipped to develop successful strategies to locate what you need.
Choose the appropriate tool for the type of information you need: library catalog? periodical database? Internet search engine?
Learn how each tool is organized so you... | <urn:uuid:57b32bed-a0e7-4741-a193-21e610a18edc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://seattlecentral.edu/iris/overview/research_process/process_p4.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394937.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00123-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.897948 | 188 | 3.828125 | 4 |
C-h i (
info) runs the Info program, which browses
structured documentation files. The entire Emacs manual is available
within Info, along with many other manuals for the GNU system. Type
h after entering Info to run a tutorial on using Info.
With a numeric argument n, C-h i selects the Info buffer ‘*info*<n>’. This is... | <urn:uuid:9f9878f1-5934-43ec-bf46-f51ab994c383> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Misc-Help.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00058-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.825995 | 647 | 2.515625 | 3 |
The Conductor then removed the ear of corn from the altar, giving it to the one who had charge of it and replaced the buffalo skull on the altar. He then took red paint from his pouch and said, "This paint is sacred for I prepared it ceremonially. Its potency is benevolent." He then gave the paint to the Recorder and t... | <urn:uuid:6688e959-181c-4be5-bdad-06bf58932421> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://sacred-texts.com/nam/pla/sdo/sdo45.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00154-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.991307 | 615 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Locate a Local Finance Lawyer
What Are Mortgages?
A mortgage is a real estate lien on your property, placed by a bank or financial institution, for money that you borrowed from the financial institution in order to pay for the property. When a mortgage has been signed and approved, you will have the obligation to pay b... | <urn:uuid:9ea370b5-de62-49e5-bd0a-361335165b3e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.legalmatch.com/law-library/article/mortgages.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00096-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935864 | 696 | 2.9375 | 3 |
November 30, 2011
Tiny Worms Could Hold Key To Living In Space
Microscopic worms similar in biological makeup to human beings have returned from a successful space mission, proving for the first time that worms can survive in space.
Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans), a worm family that originated in a rubbish dump in... | <urn:uuid:31e006b0-0f02-4def-8c36-4c7b07fdfccd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1112431421/tiny-worms-could-hold-key-to-living-in-space/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00072-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952154 | 1,004 | 3.921875 | 4 |
Source: Tim Petry, Livestock Economist, North Dakota State University Extension Service
In last week’s In The Cattle Market column, John Anderson did an excellent job of explaining the final production numbers for the US corn crop. Another crop that is vitally important to cattle producers is the hay crop. Hay prices h... | <urn:uuid:370d7398-79b0-4e25-b31c-f2682f3224e4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cattlenetwork.com/cattle-news/Historically-low-supplies-cause-record-hay-prices-188042401.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00143-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972599 | 728 | 2.75 | 3 |
World War II
General of the Army George Catlett Marshall (December 31, 1880 – October 16, 1959) was an American military leader, Chief of Staff of the Army, Secretary of State, and the third Secretary of Defense. Once noted as the "organizer of victory" by Winston Churchill for his leadership of the Allied victory in W... | <urn:uuid:8ef88345-ef9a-4351-a18a-d1b7462a7de6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.upi.com/topic/George_Marshall/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00015-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.985738 | 207 | 3.078125 | 3 |
Essay; Wondering How the World Will End? Some Mordant Thoughts from Physics
By MALCOLM W. BROWNE
Published: July 14, 1998
IN contrast with the malevolent scientists of horror movies, most physicists are well-adjusted, friendly, attractive people whose conspicuous brain power is generally mixed with the milk of human ki... | <urn:uuid:e44fb0eb-1209-4918-aa2c-f7034ad8299b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nytimes.com/1998/07/14/science/essay-wondering-how-the-world-will-end-some-mordant-thoughts-from-physics.html?src=pm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399522.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00043-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93805 | 1,111 | 2.625 | 3 |
Use Classes in Programming for Efficiency
Classes can be used to provide shortcuts and helpers throughout programming. For example, you might have a class to define a user. You can then add functions (known as methods) to that user class for common things that users might need to do, like update their passwords.
Withou... | <urn:uuid:42f2839b-d038-43c6-b5df-1e799a72850c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/use-classes-in-programming-for-efficiency.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00166-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94015 | 362 | 3.46875 | 3 |
The mere thought of a mosquito sends me into an itching frenzy.
And with the mild winter, skeeter season is going to be a doozy. There have already been reports of West Nile Virus. But who wants to douse themselves in insect repellent (a euphemism for pesticide)? Not me.
There’s hope. Certain plants may help keep mosqu... | <urn:uuid:ac0b0a3c-fe55-4b92-9321-b98a4b292fae> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/04/keep-mosquitos-away-with-plants/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402699.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00139-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.89856 | 564 | 2.953125 | 3 |
A volcanic explosion in northern Death Valley occurred 800 years ago, not 6,000, “far more recently than generally thought,” according to new dating estimates. The event that created Ubehebe Crater is so recent, in fact, geologists think another devastating explosion could happen today.
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n peace and in war, as any of the States of our Union. When the foundations of this great Republic were laid and constitutional principles evolved, whether the sword of the warrior or the mind and philosophy of the statesman were needed, you will find the marks and handiwork of some son of that State.
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Dogs get into scrapes with other dogs as a way of figuring out who's dominant to whom in canine society, to defend territory (including mating rights), out of fear, to protect their food, and sometimes as a defensive "first strike" when they encounter a dog who has attacked them in the past. A neutered or spayed dog wh... | <urn:uuid:43c95e84-7e96-42a8-92a6-0db0aafe59d8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://animals.howstuffworks.com/pets/how-to-solve-dog-behavioral-problems7.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396222.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00037-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970748 | 541 | 3.046875 | 3 |
The Third Article of the Constitution of the United States is the shortest. This is evidence of the fact that the least attention was given to the Judiciary Branch than any other when framing the document. However, it was likely assumed, and certainly came to pass, that Congress would expand on the details and structur... | <urn:uuid:dac866d1-0e99-4c4a-afcc-6e2b0c3fff50> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.examiner.com/article/examining-the-constitution-article-iii?cid=rss | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397567.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00001-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97853 | 499 | 4.1875 | 4 |
Children who had an easier time focusing had a much lower risk of developing heart disease, BBC News
The researchers studied 377 adults who had also been studied as children. They all underwent emotional testing at the age of 7.
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UNVEILED! Map of Threatening Asteroids
London: NASA has released a map of all the known asteroids that are passing Earth within a close range.
The 1,400 asteroids, whose orbits are given a web-like appearance in the spirograph, are considered fairly dangerous but are not expected to pose an imminent threat for at least... | <urn:uuid:2c796710-9d5d-4695-8c3c-db12a28f44ee> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.indiatimes.com/technology/science/nasa-unveils-map-of-threatening-asteroids-95878.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00140-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950103 | 220 | 2.796875 | 3 |
An example of something merry is a joyous wedding celebration; a merry celebration.
- full of fun and laughter; lively and cheerful
- conducive to fun and laughter; festive: the merry month of May
- Archaic pleasant or amusing
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The latest news from academia, regulators
research labs and other things of interest
Posted: Nov 16, 2010
DNA weaving - Two-dimensional crystals from DNA origami tiles
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Figure 1: USS Tide (AM-125) underway at sea, circa 1943-1944. This photograph was retouched by wartime censors who removed the radar antenna atop the ship's mast. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. Click on photograph for larger image.
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DLC(1) Short for Data Link Control, the second lowest layer in the OSI Reference Model. Every network interface card (NIC) has a DLC address or DLC identifier (DLCI) that uniquely identifies the node on the network. Some network protocols, such as Ethernet and Token-Ring use the DLC addresses exclusively. Other protoco... | <urn:uuid:4af88893-8fc4-4723-8415-51135b701182> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.webopedia.com/TERM/D/DLC.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00110-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.832595 | 343 | 3.875 | 4 |
The process of generating code that will never require any human intervention for it to compile and function properly. Works best when the code is regenerated/refreshed as part of ContinuousIntegration
can't be an entirely bad idea; without it, we wouldn't have assemblers or compilers.
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By CBM UK
This blog post is part of Global Network’s #G7forHealth series, which highlights the current and potential impact of G7 countries on those suffering from neglected tropical diseases.
Hadiya is 9 years old. When CBM community workers met her in her village in Amhara, Ethiopia, her eyes had been itching and wat... | <urn:uuid:b0662f4f-7d66-4e76-83db-ddfdf91caac5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://endtheneglect.org/category/trachoma-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396875.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00096-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950871 | 2,508 | 3.09375 | 3 |
John von Neumann was born János von Neumann. He was called Jancsi as a child, a diminutive form of János, then later he was called Johnny in the United States. His father, Max Neumann, was a top banker and he was brought up in a extended family, living in Budapest where as a child he learnt languages from the German an... | <urn:uuid:5ee9795b-c2c0-4204-904b-cc40c471783a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Von_Neumann.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00041-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977254 | 3,356 | 3.328125 | 3 |
By Sara E. Wilson
"He is not just unlike other men, he is unlike most soldiers," says Geoffrey Perret, a biographer of General Douglas MacArthur. "There is an element in MacArthur’s temperament that is really that of the writer, the poet, the artist who has somehow ended up in uniform. He believed only a handful of peo... | <urn:uuid:2c6a239c-7dc1-495e-9249-47b0550355ba> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.neh.gov/print/14781 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00185-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982705 | 2,743 | 2.703125 | 3 |
The great polar explorer Sir Ernest Shackleton never achieved his goal of traversing the continent of Antarctica, but is remembered these days for something more extraordinary.
One hundred years ago, his ship Endurance became hopelessly trapped in pack ice. Shackleton abandoned one cherished goal and shouldered another... | <urn:uuid:e5ee5896-7da1-429e-96a8-cefff20aa4e0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.hbs.edu/news/articles/Pages/shackleton-anniversary.aspx?cid=sf34020546+sf34020546 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393146.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00171-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982145 | 2,673 | 3.28125 | 3 |
Did you know that the Roman god, Neptune, was not only the god of the sea, but also of earthquakes?
Do you know what the Greek goddess, Persephone, has to do with the seasons and the underworld?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
Do you know what this word or phrase means?
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|PARENT CHILD RELATIONS - Online
School of Family and Consumer Sciences at The University of Akron
Professor Susan D. Witt, Ph.D.
NOTES ON PARENTING PRESCHOOLERSComments from parents about preschoolers:
To accompany Chapter 2
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For most, forests are something to be driven by or hiked through briefly. A new study shows just how much humankind has tailored these landscapes to our own devices at the expense of the rest of the natural world.
The findings, published this week in the journal Science Advances, offer some of the longest-term evidence... | <urn:uuid:aa9b0cfb-258b-46b7-b03a-b0eeb3946016> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2015/03/26/3638910/all-forests-not-created-equal/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00041-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946844 | 1,014 | 3.90625 | 4 |
Why Are Vigil Lamps Lit Before Icons
by St. Nikolai of Ohrid and Zica
First - because our faith is light. Christ said: I am the light of the world (John 8,12). The light of the vigil lamp reminds us of that light by which Christ illumines our souls.
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Frontiers for Young Minds is made up of editors ages 5 to 18 who learn the ropes of peer review from working scientists. With 18 young minds and 38 adult authors and associate editors lending their expertise, the journal–an offshoot of the open-access publisher and academic research network Frontiers–includes such arti... | <urn:uuid:2c15a799-8858-4c70-b5bf-df82ebd563b3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/a-scientific-journal-for-kids-edited-by-kids.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00057-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942114 | 184 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Pesky beetles sit, ready to pounce on their unwitting prey: trees around the world, which sustain billions of dollars in damage because of these armored insects, says a University of Florida scientist.
Of the 600,000 beetle species globally, very few kill trees, but those that do cause enormous economic damage, says Ji... | <urn:uuid:c59d994a-a30e-4821-a837-dd31b030d49a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.agprofessional.com/news/Non-native-beetles-a-major-concern-241533281.html?source=related | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00105-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965045 | 531 | 3.359375 | 3 |
Kader Asmal, South Africa
Kader Asmal is the law professor who in 1998 rewrote his country’s water laws, having already paved the way for a range of water reforms that would benefit the poor black population of South Africa, and not only the rich, mostly white community.
In 1994, when he was offered the post of Ministe... | <urn:uuid:8ae9147b-4b7b-4cd9-b8c2-d11fb5f82b5c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.siwi.org/prizes/stockholmwaterprize/laureates/kader-asmal-south-africa/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396100.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00078-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970009 | 724 | 3.03125 | 3 |
The first year of life is a period of very rapid growth. An infant's birth weight doubles after about five months and triples by the first birthday, by which time the infant's length increases by half. Adequate and appropriate nutrition is essential during this period, for infants that do not receive sufficient calorie... | <urn:uuid:57f3e9f4-749e-490a-95dd-f6d4a4fd3cc7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.faqs.org/nutrition/Hea-Irr/Infant-Nutrition.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00070-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938649 | 2,257 | 3.90625 | 4 |
The reason is that since sound travels faster in warm air than in cold air, the wave front becomes bent. The bending of a wave front between boundaries is called refraction. Refraction changes the direction of travel of a wave front. Consider for example that on calm, clear nights the air near the Earth's surface is co... | <urn:uuid:c9500b7e-8203-4c3f-9fcc-0f3ef2fdfef1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.herebeanswers.com/2012/10/why-do-we-hear-sound-father-away-at-night-better-than-during-day.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00072-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962149 | 251 | 4.46875 | 4 |
Definition: recognize; admit
Definition: recognize; admit
Sentences Containing 'acknowledge'
The speaker seemed to acknowledge that it was inconvenient to have that different order of creature dying there, and that it would have been better if he had died in the usual obscure routine of his vermin kind.
He only meant t... | <urn:uuid:30415b79-1ad4-448a-b29a-049bd034606b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://paperrater.com/vocab_builder/show/acknowledge | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396027.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00169-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966449 | 1,433 | 2.921875 | 3 |
Definition of sustained yield
: production of a biological resource (as timber or fish) under management procedures which ensure replacement of the part harvested by regrowth or reproduction before another harvest occurs
First Known Use of sustained yield
Learn More about sustained yield
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Did disabled workers enjoy greater rights in centuries past?
- 26 June 2014
Has the modern age actually made it more difficult for disabled people to find work? Disability historian David Turner says that although times may have been hard in centuries gone by, disabled workers sometimes enjoyed more equal rights than t... | <urn:uuid:2101f4f5-8de0-4630-9a8c-077366e9ecba> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-ouch-27975766 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00098-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979066 | 1,033 | 3.296875 | 3 |
Latitude E5530の取扱説明書・マニュアル [全46ページ 1.61MB]
Dell Latit ude E -Family & Mobile Precision Reimage “How -To” Guide Appendix B 512e / 4KBe HDD Re -image Guidelines 1 What is Advanced Format HDD? HDD industry is moving towards supporting higher drives capacity, to address the current limitations with the 512 -byte sector HDD... | <urn:uuid:4b050827-0746-47ca-a3cb-c360e6c4cdf0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://gizport.jp/manual/1878642/?id=73950&p=33 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00085-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.812285 | 309 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Seeing Statistics is a new
approach to teaching statistics using the World Wide Web. This electronic book is based on
- The important principles of statistics, even the most
difficult ones, are remarkably easy if they can be seen.
- Learning is facilitiated by the active participation of the
- Statistics can be fun!
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is the leading single religion of the Indo-Caribbean
communities of the West Indies
. Hindus are particularly well represented in Trinidad and Tobago
, where they constituted 25 percent of the total population, as of 1995. Smaller groups of Indo-Caribbeans live elsewhere in the Caribbean, especially Guyana
, Saint Vinc... | <urn:uuid:e07f4511-c1d5-4f50-bcae-f42ad86fa8af> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://pages.rediff.com/hinduism-in-the-west-indies/354698 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396875.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00085-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924583 | 330 | 2.625 | 3 |
The Fengsu tongyi 風俗通義 "Comprehensive meaning of customs and habits" is an enyclopedic collection of various matters compiled by the Later Han period 後漢 (25-220) scholar Ying Shao 應劭, courtesy name Ying Zhongyuan 應仲瑗. Ying Shao came from Runan 汝南 (modern Xiangcheng 項城, Henan) and was made a court gentleman (lang 郎) in ... | <urn:uuid:a438cf61-21d0-4dad-a309-ee9f9790728b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://chinaknowledge.de/Literature/Science/fengsutongyi.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397565.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00008-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.879056 | 1,870 | 2.84375 | 3 |
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