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The day after Pesach is observed in Israel as Maimouna. It has become a celebration of North African Jewish culture, a sort of Sephardi pride day. The festivities begin in the evening as soon as Pesach is out, with people eating newly baked bread with a special ceremony for making the first dough after Pesach. (Like a ... | <urn:uuid:16097eac-0037-4dfa-bac1-1be465a310ff> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thejc.com/judaism/jewish-ways/104141/maimouna | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00039-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95313 | 259 | 2.8125 | 3 |
No need to shout
To find what percentage a value is of the population, you divide your value by the population/whole amount, and then multiply by 100.
For example, a 330 gram bar contains 16 grams of protein.
Using what I said above, you get the equation .
This shows you that the bar contains 4.85% protein.
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by Morris Huberland
The Great Depression ravaged America throughout the 1930s, beginning in September 1929 on “Black Tuesday,” the single most devastating day for the New York Stock Exchange in history.
In January 1931 the President’s Emergency Committee for Unemployment Relief claimed 4 to 5 million people were unempl... | <urn:uuid:8a8a0011-e19d-4be3-b830-0e52c84d736a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://artandsocialissues.cmaohio.org/web-content/pages/econ_huberland.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00129-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981293 | 148 | 3.609375 | 4 |
Hydrogen, that most simple of elements, is a gas — at least at the typical temperatures and pressures found here on Earth. But many scientists believe it it could exist in liquid metal form in the cores of gas giant planets like Jupiter, and physicists have been hunting for a solid metallic phase for the last 80 years.... | <urn:uuid:e416b2c7-3812-4881-a5eb-2f8d569921c7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016/01/physicists-appear-to-be-closing-in-on-an-elusive-state-of-metallic-hydrogen/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394605.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00148-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918809 | 1,319 | 4.03125 | 4 |
Talksense believes that "it is NOT individuals who fail to develop communication skills but, rather, (significant) others who fail to teach the individual to communicate. Too often are practices observed in schools (and beyond) that would stifle the best of us had we been in such a situation. It is a similar problem wi... | <urn:uuid:4d007925-8166-4dda-9005-8b0dc3d06c03> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://atclassroom.blogspot.com/2013/09/aac-and-literacy.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00034-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952869 | 1,369 | 3.828125 | 4 |
Global Partnership to End Violence Against Women
Global Leadership Awards
As Liberia recovers from nearly 15 years of conflict, the country’s boy soldiers have received global attention. Too often neglected, however, are the challenges of rehabilitating Liberia’s thousands of girl soldiers, who were forced to become fi... | <urn:uuid:35021dd0-b610-401d-bdec-d35624e0ed0a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.vitalvoices.org/vital-voices-women/featured-voices/rosana-schaack | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00148-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972279 | 581 | 2.65625 | 3 |
The Maori population is growing, young, and becoming more academic, Statistics New Zealand says.
Since the 2006 census, the Maori population grew 5.9 per cent, outpacing growth of the New Zealand population as a whole, which grew by 5.3 per cent.
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SAT Vocabulary For Dummies
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Unfortunately, most students don’t have the wealth of words or the volume of vocabulary that enable them to get top scores on the SAT I (the test that most people call “the SAT”). The fact that you don’t have an SAT vocabulary isn’t due to a lack of intelligence, it’s du... | <urn:uuid:e15b458f-fe2f-4c63-bdd7-643d6127b6ea> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dummies.com/store/product/productCd-0764525468.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396887.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00105-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.89593 | 431 | 2.734375 | 3 |
‘Asteroid impact stored proof of life in glasses on earth’Published On: Sat, Apr 19th, 2014 | Geology | By BioNews
Whenever an asteroid or a comet hit the earth in the past, the impact melted tonnes of soil and rock, some of which formed glass as it cooled. Now, a thrilling discovery has found that these impact glasses... | <urn:uuid:4f54b950-1bc0-46b8-a240-a64d71185417> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.bioscholar.com/2014/04/asteroid-impact-stored-proof-life-glasses-earth.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00044-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951025 | 466 | 3.5 | 4 |
10.02.2016 – 11th February marks the first International Day of Women and Girls in Science and will be commemorated at UN Headquarters in New York.
In December 2015, the United Nations Member States adopted a resolution to establish an annual International Day to recognize the critical role women and girls play in scie... | <urn:uuid:232372ad-a6bb-4648-80b2-bcafc01df0b6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.unric.org/en/latest-un-buzz/30068-international-day-of-women-and-girls-in-science | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404826.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00125-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924014 | 469 | 3.40625 | 3 |
Thomas Edison established his famous inventor’s lab in Menlo Park, N.J., in 1876, three years into the longest, and perhaps meanest, worldwide depression in modern times – leading to the scientific breakthrough of incandescent light and, a few years later, General Electric. Walt Disney founded Disney Co. in 1923 amid a... | <urn:uuid:0f953a71-9279-4dfc-bc5c-ecf281b8695f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-commentary/technology-spurring-a-new-manufacturing-revolution/article4107410/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00116-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936688 | 1,008 | 2.90625 | 3 |
We bandy acronyms about so much that sometimes we assume everyone knows what they mean. Take the acronym ROI. While experienced business people may have an idea of what that means, I’ve had new entrepreneurs and non-native English speakers sheepishly ask me, “What is ROI?”
ROI stands for “return on investment.” Often y... | <urn:uuid:c64843fc-d062-4b9b-a52f-a19f1d506265> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://smallbiztrends.com/2013/07/what-is-roi-return-on-investment.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403508.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00020-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934187 | 1,148 | 2.53125 | 3 |
The Tropospheric Seasonally Varying Mean Climate over the Western
Throughout the year, mean zonal flow dominates the southern mid-latitudes (Figs. 33-36), while at subtropical latitudes there is marked contrast between the zonal asymmetries observed during the austral summer (Fig. 33) and the near zonal flow found duri... | <urn:uuid:e33419ed-883f-4091-ac6e-384dcdcf5510> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/outreach/research_papers/ncep_cpc_atlas/3/cont_chp3.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00095-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.914619 | 581 | 3.40625 | 3 |
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Biosynthesis and Genetic Regulation of Proanthocyanidins in Plants
AbstractProanthocyanidins (PAs), also known as condensed tannins, are a group of polyphenolic secondary metabolites synthesized in plants as oligomers or polymers of flavan-3-ol units via the flavonoid pathway. Due to their structural... | <urn:uuid:e5484004-3e10-437a-b85c-00bf7ef4b52f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/13/10/2674 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00197-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.878846 | 401 | 2.65625 | 3 |
James IV lived from 17 March 1473 to 9 September 1513 and was King of Scotland from 11 June 1488 until 9 September 1513. James was born in Stirling Castle. He was just 15 when he acted as the figurehead for nobles opposing his father James III at the Battle of Sauchieburn near Stirling. James III was killed in mysterio... | <urn:uuid:1d2580ff-95f8-423b-a914-e5e97bc35724> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/monarchs/jamesiv.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00136-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.989539 | 1,048 | 3.546875 | 4 |
In English as Germanic language K is ignored at the beginning of word in speech. Night and knight have to be pronounced similar. Then how to differentiate?
- Anybody can ask a question
- Anybody can answer
- The best answers are voted up and rise to the top
"The Black Knight" isn't going to provide enough context to de... | <urn:uuid:4c171777-5e81-4e8e-8bad-10e3e16d93d8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/104372/night-and-knight-in-speech/104406 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00101-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977292 | 356 | 3.40625 | 3 |
by Barry Carter
Various ORMUS reseachers have suggested that the ORME elements can
remain in a monatomic or diatomic state by "hiding out" inside of
a clathrate box or cage
molecule. Here is a part of the Wikipedia definition of clathrate:
A clathrate or clathrate compound or cage compound is a chemical
substance consi... | <urn:uuid:95c657f0-aeea-428d-b058-ad4c8e14f09f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.subtleenergies.com/ormus/tw/gasormus.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00108-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959607 | 3,587 | 3.328125 | 3 |
Gange, Stephen J.
A fundamental starting point when considering the teaching of epidemiologic methods is the scope of the subject matter. After reviewing a number of current and historical epidemiology textbooks as well as the published literature, I have been surprised to find the lack of any clear definition or bound... | <urn:uuid:33c98eae-aba5-4bdb-8923-ac89af83bf26> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://journals.lww.com/epidem/Fulltext/2008/03000/Teaching_Epidemiologic_Methods.31.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00149-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932472 | 2,872 | 2.734375 | 3 |
LAKE OF THE WOODS, Calif. — People in this mountain town straddling the San Andreas Fault are used to scrapping for water. The lake for which it is named went dry 40 years ago.
But now, this tiny community is dealing with its most-unsettling threat yet: It could run out of water by summer.
As of last week, only two of ... | <urn:uuid:a9c6c635-34f0-454b-9af7-002899d72bb2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dispatch.com/content/stories/national_world/2014/03/08/few-options-remain-for-town-going-dry.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402699.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00172-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971767 | 1,090 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Used as grave goods, Ban Chiang ceramics were discovered in burials along with bronze and iron artefacts and personal adornments such as glass beads. Through what now appears to have been erroneous dating methods, the Ban Chiang bronzes and ceramics were dated to 3600 BCE. This would have meant that bronze technology, ... | <urn:uuid:74f89197-f99b-4976-8322-68b8d93f23f5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/collection/works/41.1981/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394937.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00195-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934608 | 347 | 3.03125 | 3 |
I was reading one of my old English Language books when I came across this:
"Madame, Señora, Signora, etc, are foreign vocative expressions and they have no equivalent, in either British or American English, for everyday use, among equals. Madam is a vocative expression used only by people in a position of permanent or... | <urn:uuid:bcafeb3e-023e-4f92-b5ed-5aabff4ad24a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/169795/what-is-the-vocative-expression-we-can-use-to-attract-the-attention-of-someone-w | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00062-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968394 | 390 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Glass Text Effect in Photoshop. In this Photoshop tutorial we will show you how to create a Glass Text effect using layer styles in Photoshop. Glass Text tutorial has been carried out using Adobe Photoshop CS5. A couple of functions or patterns may not be available in older versions of Photoshop.
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Texas, along with other parts of the south climate region, is in the grip of a major weather event, characterized by high temperature and little, if any, precipitation. What can be said that adequately conveys the depth of the impact that can result from exposure to excessive temperatures or that conveys the problem of... | <urn:uuid:008b442e-5535-4d35-8b14-ed167f3965ae> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.chron.com/bakerblog/2011/08/the-worst-drought-on-record-conveying-the-reality-to-urban-houstonians-with-ac/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00148-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956678 | 1,232 | 3.4375 | 3 |
Four-Day School Week Linked to Higher Math Scores
Could switching to a shorter school week, though with longer school days, actually give students an academic advantage?
A recent study of rural Colorado elementary schools suggests that yes, it could.
The study looked at 15 schools that had switched to a four-day school... | <urn:uuid:096d6fe2-c074-4627-9bbf-dda71615895a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/curriculum/2015/09/four-day_school_week_linked_to_higher_math_scores.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393146.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00192-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978047 | 840 | 3.03125 | 3 |
What is photonics?
Photonics is the technology of light. The field of Photonics focusses on all technical applications of light and includes lasers, photovoltaics, lighting, screens and displays, sensors, optical fibres and optoelectronics. It is at the heart of most advanced engineering systems from cameras to cellpho... | <urn:uuid:48009c0a-0df6-43c9-bbc0-771f0f3d6ef1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.lightjumps.eu/photonics/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00066-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931625 | 568 | 2.78125 | 3 |
The story of the Birmingham Public Library is the story of Birmingham. In fact, BPL is the oldest cultural institution in the city, born only fifteen years after the city’s founding. It grew along with Birmingham and reflects the city’s history in its buildings, collection, and people.
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We’re reading more online, but taking in less, New Zealand study shows
The internet is making more information available than ever before, but it's not necessarily making us smarter, New Zealand researchers have said.
In a study titled Is Google Making Us Stupid? The Impact of the Internet on Reading Behaviour, Victori... | <urn:uuid:f4dc6dee-c0d6-415c-9bba-acc43dd3400c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1554213/were-reading-more-online-taking-less-new-zealand-study-shows | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00144-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.986461 | 384 | 3.21875 | 3 |
The following paper topics are designed to test your understanding of the play as a whole and to analyze important themes and literary devices. Following each question is a sample outline to help get you started.
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You know who they are – those organizations that have words like “freedom” and “rights” “choice” and “consumer” in their names but always shill for corporate interests…those occasional MDs or engineers creationists find that will say evolution has nothing to do with science. They are the fake experts.
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Low back pain is one of the most disabling conditions in the U.S., and experts say that 80 percent of Americans will suffer from it at some point in their lives. It's estimated that back pain costs more than $90 billion a year in lost productivity and work days.
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The location and timing of predatory attacks are also far from indiscriminate. At high tide on the Farallon Islands, for instance, there is heavy competition for space where northern elephant seals can haul themselves onto the rocks, and the competition forces many low-ranking juve-nile seals into the water. Klimley—al... | <urn:uuid:511c8af3-8a1a-49d8-aec9-0f532c0e4463> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.naturalhistorymag.com/picks-from-the-past/191391/sociable-killers?page=3 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00185-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95549 | 733 | 3.0625 | 3 |
A Sunspot Flares Up - Public talk
25 January 2010
In late 2009 a small region of sunspots broke an unusual dry spell with little sunspot activity. This activity interrupted a two-year quiet period for the Sun, with few or no sunspots. The last time the Sun was this quiet was in 1913.
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Designed to be read by students, this book--written using Mathematica
6--focuses on topics needed for success in calculus, and prepares students for integral calculus. Includes a preface for instructors and step-by-step solutions for odd-numbered exercises so that students can model their own applications of what they’... | <urn:uuid:f33a86da-31ca-4224-856c-0dfeb0075a18> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wolfram.com/books/profile.cgi?id=7063 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00184-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.890036 | 186 | 3.25 | 3 |
By Paul Rincon
Science reporter, BBC News, Murcia
Giant hyenas, sabretoothed cats, giraffes and zebras lived side by side in Europe 1.8 million years ago.
The creatures' remains were among a vast fossil hoard unearthed at an ancient hyena den in the Granada region of south-east Spain.
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UTEP Students Prepare for Flight Aboard NASA's Reduced Gravity Aircraft
November 14, 2013
Jose Luis Mena and Arturo Acosta-Zamora aboard microgravity aircraft.
Five students will venture to NASA Johnson Space Center's Ellington Field in Houston to conduct experiments aboard the reduced gravity aircraft Nov. 8-15.
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Class, CLASS! Quiet!
We’re going to review a very important lesson, the definition of the axis of Snorgling. If you recall, this essential cuddling area was first coined in October ’07 on this very website. It goes like this;
First, Find a limp, sleeping kitteh, preferably warm to the toche.
Second, locate warm, defens... | <urn:uuid:0e781a4c-3ee5-4900-9d50-793919d60015> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://cuteoverload.com/2009/06/29/the-axis-of-snorgling-a-refresher-course/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396224.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00134-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943552 | 216 | 2.765625 | 3 |
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Letters and Numbers 0.1.95
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Letters and Numbers is a game based on Larry's Learning Numbers.
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Urban and regional planners are concerned with the development and improvement of human settlements. In their work, they deal with how sectors such as housing, transportation, parks, and industrial uses interconnect, and the effects of these activities on the natural environment, social well-being, and the local econom... | <urn:uuid:aae559ed-c07c-4c33-bd66-e30814861b29> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ryerson.ca/calendar/2010-2011/pg925.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00047-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931563 | 794 | 2.625 | 3 |
Scope of the Reference Collection
The Reference Department develops and maintains a reference collection that primarily supports the teaching, research, and service needs of those working in the humanities and social sciences at the University, including the needs of undergraduates, graduate students, teaching faculty,... | <urn:uuid:97df1da3-d854-40fc-bd98-3d057d6eb15f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://library.umaine.edu/colldev/cdpolicy/Refcollpol.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00129-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9037 | 839 | 2.625 | 3 |
|The Insulin Resistance Syndrome|
|A diagnosis of the Insulin Resistance Syndrome is established when 3 or more of these risk factors are present.|
|Risk Factor||Defining Level|
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≥ 110 mg/dl or
|*Abdominal obesity is more highly correlated with IRS than weight or BMI|
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Early childhood education
Early childhood education consists of activities and/or experiences that are intended to effect developmental changes in children prior to their entry into elementary school.
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Dietary deficiencies are disorders that occur because of a lack of essential nutrients in the diet, or because the body cannot absorb and process those nutrients once they are eaten. Most dietary deficiency diseases are caused by a lack of protein, vitamins, or minerals.
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MGM - The Top Studio for Musicals: Arthur Freed
By the end of the 1930s, MGM was emerging as a revolutionary new force in Hollywood musicals (and dominated the musical genre in terms of Academy Awards). MGM producer Arthur Freed was originally a skilled lyr... | <urn:uuid:57e553e4-e298-417e-8c60-793c2a40625e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.filmsite.org/musicalfilms4.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398873.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00116-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95589 | 3,085 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Food-packaging products made from dairy ingredients could provide an alternative to petroleum-based packaging products, according to a chapter written by Agricultural Research Service scientist Peggy Tomasula for a new book, “Dairy-Derived Ingredients: Food and Nutraceutical Uses.”
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If a blockage occurs when genetic information from a cell's DNA is being transcribed into RNA -- an activity vital to the synthesis of proteins -- the transcription-coupled repair (TCR) process detects the obstruction and repairs the damage. But when TCR itself fails, the results can be lethal to cells and to the organ... | <urn:uuid:4bf6854a-0522-466c-a5a3-e0896caecf07> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bio-medicine.org/biology-news/Discovering-the-first-steps-in-transcription-coupled-repair-1994-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00165-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952167 | 2,160 | 3.265625 | 3 |
EAST ST. LOUIS, ST. CLAIR COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Comparison values are used to screen contaminants for further evaluation. Comparison values are contaminant concentrations in specific environmental media used to select contaminants for further evaluation. These values include Environmental Media Evaluation Guides (EMEGs) for... | <urn:uuid:8d677ae3-8eab-4b03-a6c9-d4c2ad409a62> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/pha/pha.asp?docid=527&pg=2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00018-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939108 | 1,436 | 2.875 | 3 |
DIRECTIONS: Read the assignment prompt. Use the material in the right pane to review the sources and your answers from the Inquiry page, by selecting a source and then using the tabs. Compose your answer in the box on the left. Use the email form to send your answer to your instructor.
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Transcription and translation of 60 inscriptions (out of a total of some 70) from ancient Gaul have been achieved by using dialectal Slovenian as a catalyst. To a much 1esser degree, the Croatian Kajkavian, Chakavian, and even Shtokavian are of occasional assistance.
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"Filoglossia" is a multimedia program for learning Greek as a foreign language and is addressed to beginners. It combines video and audio files with native speakers and offers supporting material in six languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Danish and Russian.
The programme is mainly based on the communicative a... | <urn:uuid:0a95946b-21aa-4ead-9c65-8d130713c650> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ilsp.gr/en/services-products/products/item/item/13-filog | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408828.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00137-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.880069 | 679 | 2.578125 | 3 |
The ongoing procedures and processes of science are well defined within each scientific discipline, including biology. The principles and theories of science have been established through repeated experimentation and observation and have been refereed through peer review before general acceptance by the scientific comm... | <urn:uuid:b748ad32-e3f0-4141-ac94-3424a1056d12> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ncse.com/book/export/html/3200 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00074-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940777 | 414 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Everyone understands the importance of maintaining healthy cholesterol levels to protect their heart, but many are not aware of how high cholesterol levels threaten the health of their entire vascular system. Vascular diseases cause strokes, death from ruptured aortic aneurysm, pain when walking, or leg amputation in t... | <urn:uuid:7c1157fe-8805-415a-a4cd-ae4ad839bef5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.healthcentral.com/high-blood-pressure/vascular-disease.html-42581-5.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00040-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933667 | 408 | 3.546875 | 4 |
Definitions for cubital tunnel syndrome
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word cubital tunnel syndrome
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Cubital Tunnel Syndrome
Compression of the ULNAR NERVE in the cubital tunnel, which is formed by the two heads of the flexor carpi ulnaris muscle, humer... | <urn:uuid:202d8360-4da6-4def-a237-09c2a226ecd8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.definitions.net/definition/cubital%20tunnel%20syndrome | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394605.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00037-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.770893 | 340 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Discussions about copyright sometimes set up a dichotomy between technology and creativity. But is the gap between the two really so great?
Historian Maury Klein notes that the introduction of the word “technology” in its modern sense comes as early as 1829, when Jacob Bigelaw published his book Elements of Technology.... | <urn:uuid:10ec35d7-c961-4f22-8f17-4a8665417fd9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.copyhype.com/2012/04/what-is-technology/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397562.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00139-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966824 | 906 | 2.65625 | 3 |
A measure of one thousand watts of electrical power.
- Preparing for them each week requires forests of paper, quarried hillsides of chalk and untold kilowatts of electricity to power overhead lights and VCRs.
- On a sunny day, an area just a few paces on a side would generate a kilowatt of electrical power.
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Map shows Australia's tweet connections
Mapping twitter Online social networks such as Twitter are knitting people together rather than fragmenting them, according to a study which has developed the first map of the Australian 'twittersphere'.
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EMOTIONS AND ORGANS
The Emotional Life of the Body
In modern medicine, we tend to take a very mechanical view of the body and the physiological functions of its component organs. But in Greek Medicine and other traditional medical systems, the internal organs were seen as being strongly affected by the emotions. These ... | <urn:uuid:7073a3a4-a440-4a12-b4d6-353527987c96> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.greekmedicine.net/hygiene/Emotions_and_Organs.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00044-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937519 | 2,378 | 3.515625 | 4 |
Domestic violence. Drug smuggling. Priests hauled into court for scandalous behavior. Welcome to Spain in the 17th century.
Historian Lu Ann Homza took five students to Pamplona, Spain over spring break to study handwritten manuscripts of court cases from the 1600s that dealt with such matters. These William & Mary stu... | <urn:uuid:c39112a4-52b6-4645-9bac-aa5ade7c3192> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wm.edu/news/stories/2013/from-the-courts-of-17th-century-spain-123.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00120-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973234 | 1,251 | 3.328125 | 3 |
How low has NASA sunk?
Watching from afar, extraterrestrial beings might view changes in Earth’s atmosphere as symptomatic of a civilisation growing out of control – and take drastic action to keep us from becoming a more serious threat, the researchers explain.
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Following various reports claiming laptop webcams can be turned on remotely without the user's knowledge, a new research from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., used Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) MacBook and iMac computers to confirm that their webcams can indeed be accessed without authorization, and used to spy on t... | <urn:uuid:3e74e227-f8d7-4d87-bfa9-69013ea2f47f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ibtimes.com/isight-cameras-apples-macbook-imac-models-can-be-activated-without-users-knowledge-video-1514892 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404826.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00090-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939369 | 561 | 2.546875 | 3 |
What was the transition from the medieval world-view to a largely secular, rational, and materialistic perspective that began in the 17th and was popularized in the 18th century called?
What was the belief that the earth was at the center of the universe and that the sun and other celestial objects revolved around the ... | <urn:uuid:53359ced-b236-4b4c-b36a-664c6cf93ca6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sporcle.com/games/E_Li_Te/ap_european_history_16_17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00015-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972574 | 3,259 | 3.5 | 4 |
Communities, like the hydrology community backing the Australian Water Data Infrastructure (AWDIP), are solving these data integration issues by defining a community schema for their domain, then ensuring all agencies publish data using the community schema.
Community Schemas are used to describe a rich set of semantic... | <urn:uuid:2fec326e-558d-4cda-85a4-4eb1959a0ecd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://cameronshorter.blogspot.com/2008/10/community-schemas-making-sense-out-of.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00151-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.91548 | 1,181 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Topology is a branch of mathematics that studies the topological behavior of sets of points. I'll make an analogy with geometry. In geometry, we consider two triangles to be essentially the same, and to have the same geometric properties, once we know the lengths of the sides and the measures of the angles. We don't ca... | <urn:uuid:ec1ad2ac-0159-4fe5-9b1a-1d0224f29540> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/211716/a-proof-that-algebraic-topology-can-never-have-a-non-self-contradictory-set-of/211731 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393146.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00003-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960983 | 629 | 3.875 | 4 |
From 11:00PM PDT on Friday, July 1 until 5:00AM PDT on Saturday, July 2, the Shmoop engineering elves will be making tweaks and improvements to the site. That means Shmoop will be unavailable for use during that time. Thanks for your patience!
Ishmael describes the behavior of whales when they gather in herds. There ar... | <urn:uuid:9c221b32-ca18-427a-a50b-db471112a8de> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.shmoop.com/moby-dick/chapter-88-summary.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00064-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974737 | 399 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Each night at dinner tables across Australia, frustrated parents say to their children: "Eat your vegetables!"
The Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) has been awarded more than $41,000 by Coles for an Australian first study which may provide solutions to this age-old parent-child power struggle.
The HMRI Coles gr... | <urn:uuid:58f08f1d-2ed0-461f-8701-3bcb44d726fb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bio-medicine.org/biology-news-1/Will-kids-eat-vegetables-if-they-grow-them-3F-3618-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399106.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00002-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955749 | 414 | 2.6875 | 3 |
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This project examines lobsters found in nature, and highlights various attempts at lobster farming.
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In the beginning , the heavens and earth were still one and all was chaos. The universe was like a big black egg, carrying Pan Gu inside itself. After 18 thousand years Pan Gu woke from a long sleep. He felt suffocated, so he took up a broadaxe and wielded it with all his might to crack open the egg. The light, clear p... | <urn:uuid:328d6618-78cc-4f51-b865-3ecb9d813241> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://asiahistoria.blogspot.com/2005_10_01_archive.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398216.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00037-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.990166 | 1,042 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Moving Science Forward
Some Animals Are More Equal than Others
Scientists want to know how living cells keep time and what these circadian rhythms mean for human health.
On evenings and weekends, Troy Lionberger teaches physics to prison inmates at San Quentin.
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Page 3–The GeoRecord Vol 7.3
Mining, High Plains Aquifer Subjects
of New Circulars
Another new circular (PIC
18) provides an overview of the High Plains aquifer, the most important
water source for much of western and central Kansas. The High Plains
Aquifer, by Rex Buchanan and Robert Buddemeier, describes the High
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The Da Vinci Notebooks at sacred-texts.com
If two similar and equal objects are placed one beyond the other at a given distance the difference in their size will appear greater in proportion as they are
nearer to the eye that sees them. And conversely there will seem to be less difference in their size in proportion as... | <urn:uuid:2f15b5e5-53e0-407f-b3f7-c8bd9d351097> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://sacred-texts.com/aor/dv/0106.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00134-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.986253 | 266 | 3.484375 | 3 |
Most Americans view Labor Day as a celebration ending the summer, or the extra holiday they get in September to BBQ or take a long weekend. It was originally created though during the labor movement to pay tribute to the American workers and the many labor advocates who worked tirelessly to preserve the rights of all u... | <urn:uuid:40579c86-0300-410a-8b89-9f62eb560455> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://babynames.net/blog/baby-names-celebrating-workers-rights-this-labor-day/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396222.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00198-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97524 | 549 | 2.515625 | 3 |
In February, President Barack Obama announced an initiative to respond to the economic, employment, and educational disparities that young men of color face as they enter their adult lives. He said the five-year, $200 million cause would be “an interagency effort to improve measurably the expected educational and life ... | <urn:uuid:69a0c1b2-2b75-451c-a987-d3cd19f7c311> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://newpittsburghcourieronline.com/2014/08/07/my-brothers-keeper-the-first-six-months/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00034-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95987 | 1,249 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Pearl millet is grown largely for its ability to produce grain under hot, dry conditions on infertile soils of low water-holding capacity, where other crops generally fail completely. Correspondingly, it is produced mainly in outlying areas peripheral to the major production and population centres of the developing wor... | <urn:uuid:e28b7fb0-7a52-41ad-bb45-55a6693f11fa> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.fao.org/docrep/W1808E/w1808e0j.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396887.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00167-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952014 | 1,414 | 3.671875 | 4 |
New Hampshire Core Conservation Partnership
The New Hampshire Core Conservation Partnership serves to encourage, coordinate and facilitate Conservation Partnership relations and activities in the state. Partners include:
This partnership represents a unique example of cooperation to advance natural resource conservatio... | <urn:uuid:b279ff68-289a-4cc7-87e6-f3f809ede6ae> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/nh/people/partners/?cid=nrcs144p2_015749 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00026-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928429 | 275 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Writers Talk About Writing
Pluralistic: Those Pesky Possessives
Two of the longest sections in most grammar and style guides concern how to form plurals and how to form possessives. Some guidelines are identical—almost no plurals are formed with apostrophes, no matter how many "All Drink's Half Price" signs you see—and... | <urn:uuid:2e03a7ae-6995-41d0-bed7-f5f94c29deb4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wc/pluralistic-those-pesky-possessives/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00036-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959754 | 725 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Definitions of rectification
n. - The act or operation of rectifying; as, the rectification of an error; the rectification of spirits.
n. - The determination of a straight line whose length is equal a portion of a curve.
The word "rectification" uses 13 letters: A C C E F I I I N O R T T.
Direct anagrams of rectificati... | <urn:uuid:7607fa9a-4d16-49f2-b9cc-8d0770471eca> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.morewords.com/word/rectification/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00162-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.765607 | 225 | 3.40625 | 3 |
Figure 1. Invasive tamarisk vegetation dominates much of the shore of the Green and Colorado Rivers in Canyonlands National Park. Human dimensions research sought to understand visitors’ knowledge of tamarisk, support for its removal, norms and preferences for control methods, and the need for more interpretation of in... | <urn:uuid:2c908925-841d-45d4-9cc1-9fbdd9fc63e8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nature.nps.gov/ParkScience/index.cfm?ArticleID=628 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00145-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.88381 | 788 | 3.484375 | 3 |
Active Learning | Adaptation Level | Social Studies
- Students will identify the dangers faced by slaves on their journey to freedom.
- Students will observe the physical features of the land that the slaves traveled on their way to Canada.
- Students will design a quilt square to represent the journey of the slaves.
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The Threatened World of Nature
Raymond F. Dasmann
Given at Berkeley, California, April 29, 1976
What are we talking about when we speak of a threat to the world of nature? We could go into a long polemic about what is natural and what is not, and whether humanity is or is not a part of nature. I am talking, however, ab... | <urn:uuid:1930bf7d-5b1f-43fd-a06a-f701febe17b5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://nature.berkeley.edu/site/lectures/albright/1976.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399106.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00151-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969963 | 5,099 | 3.0625 | 3 |
Follow hints using a little coordinate geometry, plane geometry and
trig to see how matrices are used to work on transformations of the
Follow hints to investigate the matrix which gives a reflection of the plane in the line y=tanx. Show that the combination of two reflections in intersecting lines is a rotation.
Explo... | <urn:uuid:f63ab83a-10c7-4978-9d82-19f7761e8b46> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://nrich.maths.org/2079/clue | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00049-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.850928 | 77 | 2.8125 | 3 |
The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA, or the Act) (Appendix A) was enacted by Congress following public debate concerning the importance of dietary supplements in promoting health, the need for consumers to have access to current and accurate information about supplements, and controversy over... | <urn:uuid:6b473b22-ab41-48da-94fa-e73666fb49be> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://health.gov/dietsupp/ch1.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00028-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939966 | 3,704 | 3.046875 | 3 |
English Language Development (ELD)
We’re preparing English Learners for college and career readiness and to be globally competitive in the workplace.
Our English Learners (ELs) receive the same engaging and rigorous Common Core curriculum as their classmates—with additional language-based supports—so that that they are... | <urn:uuid:95229022-5943-43aa-ad2e-09e907853913> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.campbellusd.org/eld | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396455.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00170-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93109 | 308 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Internet Addiction Shares Neurological Deficits Found with Other AddictionsApril 24, 2013 • By A GoodTherapy.org News Summary
Although internet addiction is a relatively new phenomenon, it is receiving increasing attention as the number of young people with some form of internet addiction grows. Internet addiction is i... | <urn:uuid:c26c0905-87d8-48c5-88ec-6ed30ffe49ff> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/internet-addiction-teenagers-adolescents-0424133 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00100-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952777 | 2,416 | 2.890625 | 3 |
As I completely unwound at a newly discovered resort - Litchfield Plantation on Pawley's Island in South Carolina - a chance remark by a dinner companion alerted my ethnic antenna: "Did you know that Bernard Baruch's estate, Hobcaw Barony, is just minutes away?"
Pawley's Island is located on the southern tip of South C... | <urn:uuid:44ca61b0-c4e3-4658-8129-61d0568926c1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.jewishexponent.com/print/5314 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00164-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971887 | 1,302 | 3.109375 | 3 |
So, why do so many of us examine our weaknesses through a magnifying glass? It would make sense that such a tendency would relate to events or conversations that happened when we were children.
Like everyone else, I have my strengths and weaknesses. It took me a long time to understand that we don't all learn or proces... | <urn:uuid:42f1373d-5d2e-4eb1-9686-1a9c15bc6044> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.momsinspirelearning.com/2012/01/strengths-and-weaknesses-we-all-have-them.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00098-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979478 | 487 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Brief SummaryRead full entry
BiologyThe Indiana bat is a migratory species that hibernates colonially during the winter. In late summer or early autumn they gather at their hibernating sites, or hibernacula, where they mate. The bats then cluster tightly together in groups of up to 5,000, hanging from the ceiling of th... | <urn:uuid:21dc9db6-49b9-4c77-87a3-0beab712cdff> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eol.org/pages/327548/overview | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00065-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93158 | 323 | 4.125 | 4 |
I wish I could pinpoint the moment where my son first entered the cooking life in my kitchen. Perhaps we were whipping up pancakes for breakfast or maybe it was an evening where he used the salad whirler to drain all the water from the lettuce for salad. It’s become such an ingrained part of our daily life that I can b... | <urn:uuid:5ff76b29-7cf4-406c-8702-7216b116652f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://sarahscucinabella.com/2010/02/01/cooking-with-kids-basic-principals-of-safety/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00043-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953939 | 500 | 3.296875 | 3 |
The History of NARS
The National Aquatic Resource Surveys (NARS) program is an EPA and State/Tribal effort to survey the condition of the nation’s waters.
Initiated in 2005, these statistically-based surveys have begun to provide EPA, States, Tribes and others partners with information to provide nationally consistent ... | <urn:uuid:6c249de0-8a39-4297-9423-49a81ebc0216> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.conservationinformation.com/NARS/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00090-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.889176 | 285 | 3.515625 | 4 |
The Dead Sea Scrolls, which include the world's oldest known biblical manuscripts, are now available online through a cooperative effort between the Israel Museum, where they are housed, and Google - writes Judith Sudilovsky.
The Dead Seas Scrolls Digital Project, launched on 26 September 2011, will allow users to exam... | <urn:uuid:20ca25c6-ff17-4d03-8dde-89117be0f0be> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/15444 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00123-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925746 | 368 | 3 | 3 |
In 2006, Americans commemorated the crew of space shuttle Challenger 20 years after they died while taking off for space on January 28, 1986.
Seven crew members, including New Hampshire schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe, had been killed as Challenger blasted upward from Kennedy Space Center.
Challenger disintegrated in t... | <urn:uuid:b4d148bb-294c-4ae9-85ea-51001a4a96a3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.spacetoday.org/SpcShtls/ChallengerSevenPhotoNASA.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00031-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949306 | 505 | 3.5625 | 4 |
Full report no life expectancy in the USA. (69 pages) National Vital Statistics Reports - Deaths: Preliminary Data for 2009 (from the Center for Disease Control)
* Age-adjusted death rates declined significantly for 10 of the 15 leading causes of death in 2009: heart disease (declined by 3.7 percent), cancer (1.1 perce... | <urn:uuid:7125d25b-1e88-46c6-84b8-c0992b29aaf7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/03/us-death-rate-falls-for-10th-straight.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00163-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.904847 | 308 | 2.625 | 3 |
Models of Organized Crime Executive Summary
There are two different types of organizations within organized crime and these organizations are called the bureaucratic and patron-client organizations. In this paper we will compare distinctions between the bureaucratic and patron-client organizations and this will include... | <urn:uuid:b48c26f7-a55b-430c-854f-78bd96c59b68> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.freeonlineresearchpapers.com/models-organized-crime | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00104-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96168 | 352 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Columbia Generating Station Regional Value
Energy Northwest operates Columbia Generating Station, the Northwest’s only nuclear energy facility. The 1,190-megawatt (gross) Columbia Generating Station produces enough electricity to power a city the size of Seattle.
In late 2012 the Bonneville Power Administration and Ene... | <urn:uuid:d9863dbc-7905-4027-a8ca-a176242b2fc8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.energy-northwest.com/ourenergyprojects/Columbia/Pages/Regional-Value.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00195-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921803 | 1,032 | 3.125 | 3 |
What is a flashback?
Flashback is one of those useful tools that a writer can use to enhance a story. It enriches and, in a sense, nourishes a story with information that the reader would otherwise not have known.
Flashbacks bring information from the past into the present to help the reader better understand a charact... | <urn:uuid:afc47417-408a-470d-921e-eacce018a163> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://allwritefictionadvice.blogspot.com/2011/02/flashbacks.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00132-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958056 | 1,371 | 3.6875 | 4 |
"Treasures of the Library" album and collection has
been developed to share images from rare and unusual books that reside
within the NOAA Central Library. These books and images have been
waiting like a buried treasure to be discovered and put on display
for the world to see.
the 1,000,000 or so documents that reside ... | <urn:uuid:04499231-a251-4afa-ba20-18562567de35> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/library/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00077-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930272 | 393 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Transformers : How machines are changing every sector of the UK economy
Our latest report re-examines the impact of automation and robotic on work and employment. This time it shifts focus from the future of occupations to the outlook for industry sectors.
Using a similar approach and model to our previous research, we... | <urn:uuid:88e766a2-10f9-46d8-859f-711e509250fc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www2.deloitte.com/uk/en/pages/technology-media-and-telecommunications/articles/transformers.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00195-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947573 | 376 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Where does melanoma originate?
Melanomas arise through mutations in a type of cell called melanocytes. The starting spot is called the "primary site." Approximately 90 percent of melanomas arise on the skin and are called cutaneous melanomas. These can be subdivided into melanomas arising on skin surfaces exposed conti... | <urn:uuid:4cf04fc4-7bee-4af1-8466-234ba63d7128> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mountsinai.org/patient-care/service-areas/cancer/cancer-services/skin-cancer/melanoma-faqs | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00103-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929615 | 1,866 | 3.78125 | 4 |
If atoms have well define energy levels and the differences correspond to the frequencies of light that can be absorbed,
This is correct
how is it that opaque objects absorb all or most visible light frequencies get absorbed and you basically don't have any visible light coming out on the other end?
The crux of the mat... | <urn:uuid:c0445772-1061-4329-adc7-4ba3edd93430> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/132440/if-atoms-have-specific-energy-levels-why-do-opaque-solids-absorb-all-visible-li | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00106-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95741 | 282 | 2.875 | 3 |
There are two ways to say “I miss you” in Spanish that are the most common. Which one you will hear more depends whether you are in Spain or Latin America.
The most common way to say “I miss you” in Latin America uses the verb extrañar:
I miss you.
The most common way to say “I miss you” in Spain uses the verb echar:
I... | <urn:uuid:20504dc9-e6e1-483e-bec7-47324ab1de35> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.hookupspanish.com/i-miss-you-in-spanish/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00020-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.879969 | 867 | 2.640625 | 3 |
"As we reach the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century we find that "the same clericalism which denied the Bible to the common people eventually denied them the Psalter as well and replaced congregational singing with choral productions in a tongue unknown to the vast majority of the worshippers. As the Refor... | <urn:uuid:d783dfc8-b7cd-4a44-bce2-98eec8832b32> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sermonaudio.com/new_details3.asp?ID=26091 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00187-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959815 | 506 | 2.625 | 3 |
Rakta dhatu refers to the primary fire of the body. The word rakta means colored as well as reddened. Depending upon its usage, it can also mean impassioned. Each of these meanings has important implications from the perspective of health and healing. In the physical body, rakta refers directly to the blood, specifical... | <urn:uuid:2c5f9223-a91e-4b51-b984-3bcdd01cabd8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ayurvedacollege.com/articles/drhalpern/Rakta%20Dhatu | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397565.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00129-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941183 | 2,658 | 2.9375 | 3 |
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