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Definition of Chapped lips
Chapped lips: Dry, cracked or sore lips, usually in cold, windy, dry weather and less often in warm weather. Sun exposure can contribute to chapping of the lips. Licking or biting the lips is often a contributing factor.
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District of Columbia Maps
This entry was originally written by Johni Cerny in Red Book: American State, County, and Town Sources.
The largest collections of District of Columbia maps can be found at the National Archives and Library of Congress. The following publications are excellent gazetteers, atlases, and maps for... | <urn:uuid:f708ed0c-ee8f-48f9-8b72-8e00892c2e13> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ancestry.com/wiki/index.php?title=District_of_Columbia_Maps | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396538.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00181-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.822334 | 405 | 2.75 | 3 |
27 Feb 2014 10:19:35 MST Written by: Administrator
Being a couch potato doesn't just increase your chances of gaining weight. It's also a major risk factor for heart disease.
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), heart disease is almost twice as likely to develop in inactive people as in those who are m... | <urn:uuid:90280bec-7ece-4bf5-aa0f-d3fdbb50c3fe> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.montrosehospital.com/news-events/news/exercise-and-your-heart | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397562.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00176-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964852 | 204 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Have you ever wondered what Cheetah was really saying to Tarzan? Or wondered whether or not Bonzo was retaining the lessons Reagan attempted to teach him? Well wonder no more; researchers believe they have been able to translate 36 gestures wild chimps use to communicate with one another.
In a report published online y... | <urn:uuid:1408b23a-2bca-4878-9e5d-493298b7c9e4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.examiner.com/article/researchers-translate-chimp-language?cid=rss | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00127-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972113 | 509 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Michael Servetus is one of those hidden figureheads of history who is remembered not for his name, but for the revolutionary deeds that stand in his place. Both a scientist and a freethinking theologian, Servetus is credited with the discovery of pulmonary circulation in the human body as well as the authorship of a po... | <urn:uuid:419ff346-c8d7-4cff-ae9b-c23534f67ef7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=833637 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00157-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953108 | 396 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Language Development: Monolingual and Bilingual Acquisition
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Written by a team of speech-language pathologists with a plethora of experience in both the school and university setting, this new text for language development addresses the topic of language acquisition among mono... | <urn:uuid:a0a5f684-bf55-4f9a-9045-a171e54e4afd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.asha.org/eweb/OLSDynamicPage.aspx?Webcode=olsdetails&title=Language+Development%3A+Monolingual+and+Bilingual+Acquisition+ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00053-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.90534 | 400 | 3.40625 | 3 |
IDENTIFICATION OF THE AURA AND THE CURRENT OF FEELING
Like a dark cloud, or collyrium, or the black crow,
Or a buffalo's horn is krishna leshya coloured;
The wing of the blue bird, the precious emerald
And the Asoka tree, give their blue to neel leshya;
Kapot leshya is grey like a pigeon's neck,
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The amount of sleep you get matters. So does the quality of your sleep.
Poor sleep can raise your risk of high blood pressure, diabetes, and heart disease. Lack of proper sleep can contribute to overweight or obesity. So it is important to do everything you can to ensure restful nights.
You will doze more soundly if yo... | <urn:uuid:f72646ab-f052-4a95-89db-fa0e439126a4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.aarpmedicareplans.com/aarpoptum/tips-for-a-good-nights-sleep?hlpage=health_center&loc=tools_tab | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00150-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932816 | 733 | 2.859375 | 3 |
NEW YORK — Bonhams will auction the breathtaking "Montana Dueling Dinosaurs" on November 19, with an estimate of $7,000,000-9,000,000. The two virtually complete dinosaur skeletons, a carnivore and a herbivore, were found fossilized together in Hell Creek, Montana in 2006. Dubbed the "Dueling Dinos," the specimens are ... | <urn:uuid:994d7420-1382-4dc7-ae04-d2b05825ea4d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bonhams.com/press_release/14185/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399106.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00158-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940006 | 827 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Am Fam Physician. 2005 Jun 15;71(12):2382-2383.
As part of its Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) examined the use of antibiotics to treat otitis media in children. These data appear in “Research Findings 23: Trends in Children’s Antibiotic Use: 1996 to 2001,” which ... | <urn:uuid:852eb615-0dd6-4c61-b242-22fb7923f2e7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.aafp.org/afp/2005/0615/p2382.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396538.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00104-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920762 | 438 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Will watering plants with heated microwaved water kill the plant?
No. This question comes up repeatedly because of a nonsensical email that has been circulating since about 2010. The email features pictures of plants supposedly watered either with microwaved water or with water that has been heated on a stove top. Supp... | <urn:uuid:2b50812f-d288-48cd-a6ce-89d00bfb0882> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blogs.mcgill.ca/oss/2012/03/30/will-watering-plants-with-heated-microwaved-water-kill-the-plant/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00043-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969899 | 536 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Reb Nachman of Breslov taught: Mitzvah gedolah liheeyote b’simcha tamid - "it is a great mitzvah to always be at a simcha." Simcha can be translated as a state of happiness or a happy occasion. In Genesis 21:8 Abraham threw a feast to celebrate Isaac’s weaning, and there is a midrash (rabbinic interpretive tale), in Be... | <urn:uuid:fbcbf047-0b39-47ec-89b0-87fcd13c25fe> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.reclaimingjudaism.org/teachings/bar-mitzvah-and-bat-mitzvah-party-planning-guide | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00079-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954556 | 1,456 | 2.6875 | 3 |
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who use a certain type of long-acting hormonal contraceptive are at a slightly increased risk of broken bones, new research suggests.
More than 9 million women worldwide use Depo Provera, an injection of progesterone given every three months, Dr. Christoph R. Meier of University Hospit... | <urn:uuid:e63ad1e4-610a-4037-b3f2-031f547e8d0d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.lifescript.com/health/centers/rheumatoid_arthritis/related_conditions/fracture_articles/depo_provera_tied_to_small_rise_in_fracture_risk.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00029-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962606 | 544 | 2.625 | 3 |
To teach an infant sign language assists in the progress of communication between the infant and the parent/care-giver.
Your baby’s psychological and emotional well being will benefit and mature with the ability to communicate in this manner. Your infant will not get as frustrated trying to communicate their emotions w... | <urn:uuid:e5fa0b8f-797b-4f98-8387-ca702814405c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ourrosewoodacademy.com/12/why-is-it-important-to-teach-a-baby-sign-language/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00124-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945265 | 452 | 3 | 3 |
The provinces are ruled by removable earls appointed by the king, often his own kinsmen, sometimes the heads of old ruling families. The “hundreds” make up the province or subkingdom. They may be granted to king’s thanes, who became “hundred-elders”. Twelve hundreds are in one case bestowed upon a man.
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The Quark Gluon Plasma
Quarks are completely confined within protons and neutrons: a phenomenon that we do not completely understand. The artist's view below represents the two interlinked phenomena that drive confinement: the long-range correlations in the physical vacuum that surround the proton and excludes the colo... | <urn:uuid:6414c1c3-961d-43a5-b62d-85442d5bb5a1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://physastro.iastate.edu/research/nuclear/quark.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00166-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929071 | 645 | 3.265625 | 3 |
In order to construct the retractable roof for the Miller Park baseball stadium in Milwaukee, WI a large, heavy-lift crane was required. The crane chosen for the job, “Big Blue,” was over 500 feet tall, had two crawlers, 2.4 million pounds of counter-weights and 3 operators. On July 14, 1999, while placing a nearly 1 m... | <urn:uuid:3b9d9e07-8215-4996-9aa2-18c1196f6391> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.esi-website.com/projects/miller-park.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396027.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00140-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945039 | 391 | 2.625 | 3 |
A dust storm blew across the Sahara Desert on April 24, 2013. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this true-color image the same day.
The dust plume formed a giant, southward-swooping arc extending from Algeria to Western Sahara. Source points for the plume are n... | <urn:uuid:d29386c6-8a7d-444b-95a6-e4b326c9c6af> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/gallery/individual.php?db_date=2013-05-03 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00025-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.895475 | 130 | 3.5625 | 4 |
Why didst thou promise
such a beauteous day,
And make me travel forth without my cloak,
To let base clouds o'ertake me in my way,
Hiding thy bravery in their rotten smoke?
'Tis not enough that through the cloud thou break,
To dry the rain on my storm-beaten face,
For no man well of such a salve can speak,
That heals th... | <urn:uuid:03ff9d38-7545-4c27-8f4b-d44b6894b948> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/sonnet/sonnet/sonnet.php?id=34 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00145-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917452 | 682 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Scientists think they have figured out a way to wipe out mosquitoes that transmit malaria, a horrible disease that kills a million humans every year.
Based on laboratory experiments, they think they can do it by messing up the sex life of Anopheles gambiae, the mosquito that sucks blood out of other animals, including ... | <urn:uuid:e1e9a64b-28be-4c04-94a2-de7e12a1515a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/sex-wipe-malaria/story?id=24141137 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00007-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970893 | 1,022 | 3.40625 | 3 |
Some people jokingly (or sometimes seriously) say that college is the place where women find their husbands, but more accurately it’s the place where at least short-term romantic relationships are formed.
These relationships can be healthy, but others, where violence takes place, are the focus of many college campaigns... | <urn:uuid:b31e9a3a-5f7b-4ad1-a5d1-41b0948983c9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.empowher.com/domestic-abuse/content/warning-signs-and-understanding-relationship-violence-college | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00166-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949337 | 439 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Rural Roads in Southeast Deadliest in Nation
Source Newsroom: Georgia Institute of Technology, Research Communications
Rural two-lane highways are the largest single class of roads in the United States " and they are the deadliest, especially in the Southeast.
From 1996 to 2000, almost one-third of the nation's traffic... | <urn:uuid:99db2225-f07b-4dc1-8308-56aacbbb30ae> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/508877/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00131-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954219 | 1,172 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Volume 1: No. 3, July 2004
a tour of the
Little by Little CD-ROM
The characteristics of the CD-ROM program are described in detail elsewhere (13). Little by Little was developed with funding from the Food and Nutrition Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The purposes of the program are to assist the u... | <urn:uuid:99579849-b90a-424a-94df-34d4680725f6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2004/jul/04_0016.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00024-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966848 | 5,449 | 2.546875 | 3 |
The “Golden Rule” states that one should do unto others as he would like them to do unto him. This may be the best piece of evidence for a universal absolute moral code. Just about every religion in existence exhorts their followers to practice this simple ideal. A few examples are listed below:
Buddhism (500 BCE)
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In 1860, the Government of Victoria, then Australia's richest State, decided to sponsor a lavish expedition to make the first south-north crossing of the continent to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Eighteen men, twenty camels, and over twenty tons of provisions started out from Melbourne in August on their ill-fated trip led... | <urn:uuid:18cbd778-0f69-401f-8793-b52a0635435d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thargotourism.com.au/the-burke-and-wills-dig-tree | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00197-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967663 | 1,055 | 3 | 3 |
noun (plural regencies)
- A contributory factor to the Wars of the Roses was another period of regency caused not by the king's age, but by his insanity.
- He believed that the Liberals were in a better position to weather the regency of Alfonso's widow and prevent Carlist or republican revolts.
- An earlier chapter pr... | <urn:uuid:59660286-69e8-441f-97d8-fb2464776f61> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/regency | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00139-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968555 | 547 | 3.40625 | 3 |
Both forecast and forecasted are widely used as the past tense and past participle of the verb forecast, but the uninflected form is more common. In 21st-century English it prevails by a large margin, but not by such a large margin that anyone should consider forecasted wrong. The ratio of the past-tense and participia... | <urn:uuid:20c9a2ce-4943-4869-bed4-3fba949ba058> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://grammarist.com/usage/forecast-forecasted/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394414.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00053-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971517 | 436 | 2.96875 | 3 |
While in my previous posts I have utilized various internet resources to research sustainable living practices used around the globe, for this week's entry I have decided to write about the sustainable techniques used in London and Paris that I experienced first hand while travelling through these two cities last week.... | <urn:uuid:f7049533-db19-47a9-8891-ec94858d1c25> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://sustainablelosangeles.blogspot.com/2009/03/lost-angeles-lessons-learned-from.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00195-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950437 | 1,419 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Understanding Glaucoma Medications (cont.)
IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical Treatment of Glaucoma
Elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) is one of the most important risk factors for the development of glaucoma, which is a progressive optic neuropathy. Lowering IOP is currently the only therapeutic approach for glaucoma. Treatment... | <urn:uuid:89811be8-8943-4785-8a43-03a03453d3e8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.emedicinehealth.com/understanding_glaucoma_medications/page3_em.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00069-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.855182 | 323 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Note: There is exciting learning going on in your child's classroom this term. We are learning about life cycles, habitats,and writing non-fiction. We will go on field trips and celebrate a great year of learning.
Also. a reminder that flip flops are discouraged from being worn at school because they pose a safety issu... | <urn:uuid:e3cd00eb-f664-4666-8a1d-e8cbc2952428> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://sites.google.com/a/pittsfieldnhschools.org/secondgraderesources/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00080-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957355 | 791 | 3.53125 | 4 |
Fertility Investigation in F1 Hybrid and Backcross Progeny of Cattle (Bos taurus) and Yak (B. gruniens) in Mongolia. : II. Little variation in gene products studied in male sterile and fertile animals.
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Crosses between cattle and yak produce and F1 hybrid, the khainag, which is fe... | <urn:uuid:37c0a8e4-2506-4337-bba0-a8c428549856> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ci.nii.ac.jp/naid/110004313817/en | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394937.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00078-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947663 | 982 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Reducing ingrained racism with virtual reality
28 November 2013 Last updated at 00:03 GMT
Many scientists say that most people have what is called an innate racial bias, a bias that the holder is usually unaware of.
Now a team at the University of Barcelona say that spending a few minutes in virtual reality can change ... | <urn:uuid:940fbefa-e01b-421e-b618-8d9c145b4f1b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-24929089 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00063-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927813 | 139 | 3.6875 | 4 |
JLab process cools scientific machines, slashing electricity costs for units
Engineers at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Center for the past decade have been fine-tuning a process that brings down the cost of cooling large scientific machines operating at their lab and other Energy Department facilities.
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The Cardiovascular System: The Heart
The Pulmonary and Systemic Circuits
The right side of the heart is the pulmonary circuit pump.
Pumps blood through the lungs, where CO2 is unloaded and O2 is picked up.
The left side of the heart is the systemic circuit pump.
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Being able to determine the behavior of your business costs gives you a better chance to develop methods to control them. While learning these terms may take a little time, the added benefit of understanding how costs are flowing through your company can be an asset that keeps generating rewards as your business expand... | <urn:uuid:4f1e836b-1d56-45a9-8e12-a48ef4733604> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://smallbusiness.chron.com/variable-cost-vs-flexible-cost-50323.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00053-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958712 | 579 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Melitara junctolineella Hulst
Synonymy and Types
Melitara junctolineella Hulst, 1900, Can. Ent., 32: 173.
Type locality: Texas. Type deposition: American Museum of Natural History, New York.
Melitara junctolineella and subumbrella can be distinguished from other Melitara by the male palpus that is obliquely ascending, ... | <urn:uuid:3020097d-1d1d-440b-b636-e0980587f8b8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://mississippientomologicalmuseum.org.msstate.edu/Researchtaxapages/CactusMoths/genera_species/Melitara_juctolineella.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00068-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.891863 | 592 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Osteoarthritis (OA) happens in our later years, around age 50 (primary OA), and is the most common form of arthritis. Among women, osteoarthritis may start around menopause. OA may start at a younger age, due to joint injuries from sports or accidents, congenital deformities, and, rarely, metabolic problems (secondary ... | <urn:uuid:3b6dfa09-440a-43e6-a8ae-f452389743ab> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.everydayhealth.com/specialists/arthritis/kitridou/qa/facts-about-treating-osteoarthritis/index.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00056-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917632 | 976 | 3.390625 | 3 |
Wall of words: the Berlin Wall
The Berlin Wall was built on 13 August 1961.
Like the concrete wall, the word wall divides Europe linguistically. Some European languages, like German and French, form their words for wall from the Latin murus. So the German for Berlin Wall is die Berliner Mauer. English, Irish, and other... | <urn:uuid:ca2073a0-fb45-48a6-8bbc-2a8979e34aa2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2011/08/wall-of-words-the-berlin-wall/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00030-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950177 | 394 | 3.5625 | 4 |
Last week the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case called Evenwel v. Abbott. The case involves an issue of increasing importance to American politics: congressional districting. It got to the Supreme Court because conservative litigators with a successful track record of fighting against the right to vote are t... | <urn:uuid:0c099715-d85a-42fa-8346-77a5b0424355> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://theweek.com/articles/593609/republicans-coup-de-grace-voting-rights | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00080-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955709 | 935 | 2.625 | 3 |
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This enchanting book is a highly entertaining exploration of the myriad ways insects have enriched our lives--culturally, economically, and aesthetically. Writer describes in loving, colorful detail how many of the valuable products insects have given us are made, how they were discovered, and ... | <urn:uuid:2cc7122e-66ed-4a64-b9d2-23c24bb16dfe> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.bookshare.org/browse/author?key=Gilbert%20Waldbauer | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00010-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92225 | 583 | 2.765625 | 3 |
What happens when you are stressed?
Stress is what you feel when you have to handle more than you are used to. When you are stressed, your body responds as though you are in danger. It makes hormones that speed up your heart, make you breathe faster, and give you a burst of energy. This is called the fight-or-flight st... | <urn:uuid:db97f61b-c071-4de3-b213-89c391edf109> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.webmd.com/balance/stress-management/?src=rsf_full-3615_pub_none_xlnk | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00023-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955382 | 115 | 3.046875 | 3 |
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Communicating Eye-gaze Across a Distance: Comparing an Eye-gaze enabled Immersive Collaborative Virtual Environment, Aligned Video Conferencing, and Being Together.
In: Steed, A and Reiners, D and Lindeman, RW, (eds.)
IEEE VIRTUAL REALITY 2009, PROCEEDINGS.
(pp. 135 - 142).
IEEE COMPUTER SOC
Eye gaze is an... | <urn:uuid:5a6b5046-1bf1-44db-8e57-af3b5062a080> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/112800/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397842.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00019-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.854672 | 539 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Definitions for endocrinologyˌɛn doʊ krəˈnɒl ə dʒi, -kraɪ-
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word endocrinology
the branch of medicine dealing with the endocrine glands and their secretions
The study of the endocrine glands of the human body, the hormones produced by them, and their relat... | <urn:uuid:a2870f8d-30ce-470b-9e57-f107900f3050> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.definitions.net/definition/endocrinology | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00010-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.842852 | 605 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Have you wanted to make a change? Maybe drop a few pounds or add more exercise to your schedule? September is Fruits & Veggies–More Matters Month and there’s never a better time to start than right now!
Many of us often think of January as the ideal time to begin a new routine, but September also marks new beginnings–a... | <urn:uuid:48bb006c-5eac-4bbf-ac97-562a2dd851e9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.fruitsandveggiesmorematters.org/celebrate-fruits-and-veggies-month-with-small-improvements?mt=201101 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00128-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953771 | 302 | 2.609375 | 3 |
The UCMP houses one of the largest fossil collections associated with a university in the world, so it is no wonder that some of the fossils need to be stored off-campus at the UC Regatta facility, located nearby in Richmond. This large warehouse is home to multiple campus-wide museum collections, including a variety o... | <urn:uuid:442b2db1-7bf7-4113-a3fd-28f60b371fc4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ucmp.berkeley.edu/blog/archives/3159 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396222.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00117-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969817 | 553 | 3.40625 | 3 |
What Makes Flatulence
In this exercise, students use a controlled environment to demonstrate the build up of gases in the large intestine. Through their observations, they will better understand the mechanisms that create flatulence (passing gas) and how microorganisms can be beneficial to overall health.
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The basic character set is Latin-1. This character set is defined by ISO
standard 8859, part 1. The lower half (character codes
16#7F#) is identical to standard ASCII coding, but the upper half
is used to represent additional characters. These include extended letters
used by European languages, such as French accents,... | <urn:uuid:4fa9f379-5a39-4195-b3e1-c53d6409d8ee> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc-4.0.4/gnat_ugn_unw/Latin_002d1.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393463.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00007-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.875592 | 163 | 3.609375 | 4 |
The parathyroid glands are four pea-sized glands. They are located next to the thyroid gland in the neck. The glands secrete the parathyroid hormone (PTH). PTH helps to regulate the level of calcium in the blood.
In hypoparathyroidism, there is not enough PTH secreted. This causes low levels of calcium in the blood. Lo... | <urn:uuid:b1484fa8-07fb-4db1-af53-e3308d7017af> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.svmh.com/health/content.aspx?chunkiid=96738 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00102-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.84248 | 925 | 3.25 | 3 |
The Rankine scale is a thermodynamic (absolute) temperature scale. It is based around absolute zero. Rankine is similar to the Kelvin scale in that it starts at absolute zero and 0°Ra is the same as 0K but is different as a change of 1°Ra is the same as a change of 1°F (Fahrenheit) and not 1°C (Celsius). Note that the ... | <urn:uuid:dbd00c4c-8d03-4e78-a487-0ba303e731f3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rankine_scale | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396222.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00062-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926315 | 172 | 4.03125 | 4 |
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Circus workers, zookeepers and others having direct or indirect contact with elephants are on alert because of a study definitively showing that elephants can transmit tuberculosis to humans, the result of a cooperative investigation between the Tennessee Department of Health, the Centers for Disease Co... | <urn:uuid:f060953f-b38e-4d6a-836c-3c861078c004> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2011/03/elephants-transmit-tb/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00152-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946065 | 625 | 3.296875 | 3 |
Fifty years ago this week, I stood outside a public school in the lower-middle-class Ninth Ward of New Orleans and watched parents escort white students out as black children filed in under a federal court desegregation order. Across the street, parents and other onlookers shouted racial epithets and jeered as deputy U... | <urn:uuid:77460dae-be1d-4727-81f5-2bb499bdddb1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://articles.aberdeennews.com/2010-11-12/news/26439589_1_desegregation-black-turnout-black-children | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00008-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955298 | 593 | 3.46875 | 3 |
Shower and thunderstorm activity has increased over the past few hours in association with the remnants of Tropical Depression 7 in the extreme southwestern Gulf of Mexico. Surface observations and radar data indicate that the circulation has also become a little better defined. Environmental conditions appear conduciv... | <urn:uuid:d25755b2-04f6-49ad-add8-b442e85fc739> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nola.com/hurricane/index.ssf/2012/08/remains_of_tropical_depression_3.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00042-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970457 | 250 | 2.875 | 3 |
Learn the types of allergies including food allergies, seasonal allergies, pet allergies, and many more.
Food allergies or food intolerances affect nearly everyone at some point. People often have an unpleasant reaction to something they ate and wonder if they have a food allergy.
If you suffer from a milk allergy, str... | <urn:uuid:58e81d85-14c2-4781-bbfe-402a223df052> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.webmd.com/allergies/guide/allergy-symptoms-types?src=rsf_full-1660_pub_none_xlnk | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00058-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948122 | 1,259 | 3.21875 | 3 |
Coda: Just Act Natural
© Warner Bros./Photofest 2012
Pity the plight of the opera singer in these times.
Not only is he expected to have mastered the difficult technique of singing, be proficient in many languages, look the part and fit into the costume; he is required to act "naturalistically" — a description one may ... | <urn:uuid:4d004cb5-1834-4c7d-89ee-d1c11527bea7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.operanews.com/Opera_News_Magazine/2012/1/Departments/Coda_%E2%80%94%C2%A0Just_Act_Natural.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00076-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975199 | 1,049 | 2.578125 | 3 |
The German dictator Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) led the extreme nationalist and racist Nazi party and served as chancellor-president of Germany from 1933 to 1945. Probably the most effective and powerful demagogue of the 20th century, his leadership led to the extermination of approximately 6 million Jews.
Adolf Hitler an... | <urn:uuid:2c9250da-ef29-4939-9e42-f64cea6abd52> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Adolf_Hitler.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00065-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958023 | 13,492 | 3.5 | 4 |
World Ocean Census Book
World Ocean Census: A Global Survey of Marine Life
This beautifully illustrated 256-page book tells the amazing inside story of the Census of Marine Life. Published by Firefly Books and written by Census Education & Outreach Team members Darlene Crist, Gail Scowcroft, and James Harding, with a f... | <urn:uuid:054d0cba-1f50-4116-8c4e-e9820df30d8b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.coml.org/results-publications/worldoceancensus | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00138-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.890471 | 123 | 2.59375 | 3 |
A period of unseasonably warm, settled weather in late September and early October brought sunshine and temperatures of up 29.9 °C to many parts of the UK. Accurate forecasting by the Met Office allowed businesses and organisations to plan accordingly so the nation could enjoy the warm spell.
On 23 September, the Met O... | <urn:uuid:05f887ea-52fc-46e1-864d-ad4af89ede9b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/about-us/who/how/case-studies/warm-autumn-weather | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398873.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00126-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927138 | 661 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Cataracts in Dogs
What Are Cataracts?
A cataract is an opacity in the lens of a dog’s eye, causing him to have blurry vision. If the cataract is small, it won’t likely disturb the dog’s vision too much, but cataracts must be monitored because the thicker and denser they become, the more likely it is they will lead to b... | <urn:uuid:692ffa51-b501-4e5b-a314-cec8b7a493d1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://pets.webmd.com/dogs/cataracts-dogs | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00184-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942403 | 541 | 3.140625 | 3 |
FoodFacts has learned that “Super Sized” portions are the new normal sized portions.
In the mid-2000s, Cornell researcher Brain Wasink performed an experiment called the “bottomless bowl of soup.” He gave unsuspecting diners self-filling bowls of tomato soup to see how they would naturally regulate how much they consum... | <urn:uuid:f281795c-6c79-40c9-b55a-e0bc41affee4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.foodfacts.com/2012/05/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00188-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957122 | 492 | 3.296875 | 3 |
Military Payment Certificates, or MPC, were used from the end of World War II until the end of the Vietnam War, between the years 1946 and 1973. MPC's utilized layers of line lithography to create colorful banknotes that could be produced cheaply. more...
Fifteen series of MPC's were created but only 13 series were iss... | <urn:uuid:39749812-c044-4927-b5db-e3f194e9d513> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://coin-collection-shop.com/military_payment.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00013-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981135 | 463 | 3.171875 | 3 |
According to a 2012 national study by AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, the 100 days between Memorial Day and Labor Day are deadly for teen drivers. An average of 261 teens dies in traffic crashes during each of the summer months, a 26 percent increase compared to the rest of the year. This represents an average of ne... | <urn:uuid:0631e43a-03ad-47a5-908a-12bab8adbfef> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://claycord.com/2014/06/08/100-deadliest-days-for-teen-drivers-nearly-800-teens-die-in-traffic-crashes-during-summer-months-says-aaa/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00024-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949153 | 667 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Modern Urban Housing in China: 1840-2000
Editor: Peter G. Rowe Editors: Lü Junhua, Zhang Jie Prestel, 2001
Modern Urban Housing in China: 1840-2000 is an examination of the development of urban housing in China over the past 160 years. From China's modernization after the Opium Wars to the latest trends adopted after t... | <urn:uuid:59d54c60-3ec0-4b6e-bf6c-fd23a1103de4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/projects/modern-urban-housing-in-china-1840-2000-1.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397565.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00080-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923008 | 278 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Briana Pobiner questions meat-eating, but not in the way that you may think. She travels the globe investigating how and what our cavemen ancestors ate. Her work focuses on the first major dietary shift in human evolution: meat-eating. She’s a paleoanthropologist at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History.... | <urn:uuid:0b64a75e-8741-46f7-a1da-4a0da4ea58c3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.splendidtable.org/story/why-do-we-eat-meat-tracing-the-evolutionary-history | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00060-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977044 | 978 | 3.34375 | 3 |
Reading: The Rise of the Han
The civil war that followed the Qin collapse offered China a clear alternative -- return as a unified state to the patrician structures of the past, or be led into the future by an upstart, coarse, peasant. Surely, had this alternative been offered in 222 B.C., prior to the revolution of th... | <urn:uuid:52fd9fb9-1eb3-46e4-ab08-364659c729b8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.indiana.edu/~g380/c30.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00085-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971901 | 230 | 3.15625 | 3 |
The Early Bronze Age Dwellings in the Southern Levant
1The house is a strategic base for the study of any given civilization. By studying the habitations, it is possible to find indications of not only the way of life of its occupants, their social organization, their world view, their needs, their resources but also o... | <urn:uuid:8e439baa-145b-42ae-a705-479b0935e8ee> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://bcrfj.revues.org/256 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00182-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932566 | 6,479 | 3.296875 | 3 |
The museum typeface emerged from the necessity of finding a Hebrew typeface to match the Latin Slab-Serif types. Many typographers define these typefaces as a modern, sub-version of serif typefaces and they are characterized by short and prominent square labeling.
In the past years, this category of typefaces blossomed... | <urn:uuid:d73cfae7-cdcb-4a85-a27f-24b037dabab6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bee-creations.com/project.asp?id=163 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00025-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955202 | 215 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Mandatory retirement has been illegal in most industries for decades, but some managers are still reluctant to hire and retain workers older than 65.
Frequently, workers in this age group are characterized as inflexible, slower and reluctant to evolve with technology. But most employers find that today’s older workers ... | <urn:uuid:344db5c3-2725-491e-8132-c1995d0bf9cb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.lvb.com/article/20130909/LVB01/309059994/Understanding-older-generations-at-the-workplace | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394605.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00021-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976169 | 926 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Calculating Machines --- Abacus --- Napier's bones --- Slide Rule --- Logarithms --- Calculator
Many of the early number systems were hard for doing even simple arithmetic. So people developed a machine to do it for them. This started as stones in lines dawn in the sand. In fact, the word 'calculate' comes from the Lat... | <urn:uuid:c295fe1d-0411-4006-b618-8764d158b4e1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://gwydir.demon.co.uk/jo/numbers/machine/abacus.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00010-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945821 | 1,387 | 4.21875 | 4 |
From Wikipedia: Fermi was known for his ability to make good approximate calculations with little or no actual data, hence the name. One example is his estimate of the strength of the atomic bomb detonated at the Trinity test, based on the distance travelled by pieces of paper dropped from his hand during the blast. Fe... | <urn:uuid:a4ec9c29-3d6d-4458-ae1c-22e97164b215> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/19567/how-did-enrico-fermi-calculate-the-classical-fermi-problem | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00004-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967188 | 127 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Pine Creek Tungsten Mine
Located high in the Sierras, this mine, formerly owned by Union Carbide, opened in 1916 and served as the largest tungsten producer in the United States. Tungsten’s durability, hardness, and resistance to corrosion allowed it to be used in high speed tools, light bulb filaments, armor plating f... | <urn:uuid:6484a427-26f1-4813-a27a-dcfaedfe90e5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://varnelis.net/owens_river_valley_driving_guide/pine_creek_tungsten_mine | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00136-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950689 | 186 | 2.828125 | 3 |
GLOSSARY OF Insurance TERMS
A – B | C – D | E – I | J – N | O – P | Q – T | U – Z
Actuarial Value (AV) - the average value of the benefits that a certain health plan covers, calculated as a percentage of total costs. For example, if the actuarial value of a plan is 75, then the consumer will pay 25 percent of the costs... | <urn:uuid:1eab1028-00a2-43a0-9424-065c5d8e5970> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.phassociation.org/Patients/Insurance/Glossary?chid=234 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00093-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950653 | 4,569 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Whatever happened to those pages in books between Ancient and Modern times? Why were we left at the destruction of Alexandria's fabulous library -- heartsick to contemplate the loss and to imagine, half buried in ashes and rubble, charred pages of Aeschylus' immortal dramas, faded diagrams of Euclidean mathematics, and... | <urn:uuid:5e78314a-7323-4e6f-ba58-9581533929b1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.theosophy-nw.org/theosnw/world/mideast/rel-elo2.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398209.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00111-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963441 | 6,395 | 2.671875 | 3 |
1.) The are linguistically/phonologically two different holams:
- Lo (letter and following an /o/ or an /ô/)
- oL (/o/ or /ô/ before the letter)
2.) In some MSS and prints these different holams are
indistinguishable when before or after a waw. On the much wider
alef the difference is always visible. Both holams have t... | <urn:uuid:92f2101e-73e3-48b1-b368-9d4da9beab7e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.unicode.org/mail-arch/unicode-ml/Archives-Old/UML016/0114.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00146-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.885671 | 491 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Basic Spanish for the Virtual Student- Section 5
SHORT ACHIEVABLE GOALS
DIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS
Direct Object Pronouns
Indirect Object Pronouns
Irregular Tu Form Commands
Days of the Week
Months of the Year
INDIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS
A direct object receives the action of the verb.
||las, les, los
(problem here--this is m... | <urn:uuid:b401160c-a3e5-4213-a7d9-72a767e8da2f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ilovelanguages.com/archive/bsvs/cosas5.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396029.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00129-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.843806 | 1,286 | 3.71875 | 4 |
Cacao God Sculpture
Habitat & Distribution
Life History and Behavior
Although the full story of cacao pollination is not yet known, there seems little doubt that the flower is not self-pollinating, as flowers bagged to exclude insects invariably shed (Gnanaratnam 1954). Also, some plants are self-incompatible but set f... | <urn:uuid:27b1a132-66a1-4d25-90d4-19163c72c873> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eol.org/pages/484592/details | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00107-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.862979 | 11,274 | 3.609375 | 4 |
Cities are the main engines of economic growth in the modern world, and learning is one of the most important fuels of that growth. In recognition of this, many urban communities are developing innovative strategies that allow their citizens – young and old – to learn new skills and competencies throughout life, thereb... | <urn:uuid:4b822629-c78a-47b8-8f8f-7cea61cefed4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://learningcities.uil.unesco.org/about-us/learning-cities | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00073-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948212 | 499 | 3.40625 | 3 |
- The first category of lies are those inherent in many life decisions. The most neutral example must be the inherent lies a slave holder tells himself.
- Conscious lies are those we are aware of, but made in passing, though we did not start out intending a lie. White lies, promises made to children or spouses without ... | <urn:uuid:a5389092-3168-4f41-bfc0-0b2e9a9899ca> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ethesis.blogspot.com/2006/04/lies-in-our-lives_16.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00083-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970409 | 334 | 2.921875 | 3 |
Fact Sheet: Teen Pregnancy
Teenage pregnancies in the United States have declined in recent years but they remain an endemic public health problem. Young women of color and young women of low income are disproportionately affected by teenage childbearing.
- Teen pregnancy rates are much higher in the United States than... | <urn:uuid:3ee4d050-9fa9-4d83-888b-e86d8a96d4c8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thebody.com/content/art2445.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00124-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.904425 | 1,557 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Objective C is a set of backward-compatible extensions to C. This is possible because the Objective C features are delimited in two very simple ways:
- use of the character
@. This character is not currently used in the C language.
- a simple syntactic extension for invoking methods,
[obj method:argument]. In C, square... | <urn:uuid:313d2884-0292-4c73-b55f-197da43549f2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19366134/what-does-objective-c-is-a-superset-of-c-more-strictly-than-c-mean-exactly/19366163 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394414.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00110-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93337 | 391 | 3.515625 | 4 |
Doubts Raised in 1984 that Milwaukee's Voluntary Programs Would Desegregate Schools
On this 60th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, we review comments made 30 years ago, that Milwaukee's school desegregation efforts were falling short.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1954 that separate but equal schools were u... | <urn:uuid:5f89aed6-9b93-4d05-8f18-f25a086bdccb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://wuwm.com/post/doubts-raised-1984-milwaukees-voluntary-programs-would-desegregate-schools | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393146.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00025-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975684 | 754 | 3.046875 | 3 |
If you pick up a copy of S.B. Sutton's Cambridge Reconsideredand look up "Irish," you will find an unusual reference: "pgs. 55-59, 94-96 and here and there throughout the book." There is perhaps on more fitting testimony to the history of the Cambridge Irish; from the 1830's, when they began landing at Boston Harbor an... | <urn:uuid:c9422945-cc79-4f32-8685-d51104fcac1a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1980/10/4/cambridge-eyes-were-smiling-pif-you/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394414.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00077-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971131 | 1,254 | 2.890625 | 3 |
I found a few very powerful images expressing various thoughts on famine. First, to the left, is a poster by the famous artist Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939).
Mucha is well known for his dreamy women, especially for depicting Sarah Bernhardt in an original style that pretty much defined Art Nouveau. When Mucha heard about ... | <urn:uuid:32fa7941-b894-414e-8003-1c7233652935> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://maefood.blogspot.com/2008/10/more-thoughts-on-famine.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00067-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97681 | 605 | 2.875 | 3 |
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|Sorry, we couldn't find geographic distribution information for the Shropshire last name|
You can see how Shropshire families moved over time by selecting different Census years.
Census records can tell you little-known facts about your ancestors such as birthplace, occupation and value of person... | <urn:uuid:1a7b1681-2390-4afe-b3c7-f42cc870d0de> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ancestry.co.uk/name-origin?surname=shropshire | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00074-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927557 | 266 | 2.53125 | 3 |
We've seen some lively debate on these Opinion pages in recent week over feral cats. We learned about a number of caring groups of residents, trapping and neutering individuals in the colonies in an attempt to humanely control their numbers. The Humane Society was, wrongly we believe, portrayed as the bad guys because ... | <urn:uuid:f2ff664a-5b79-4239-b93b-5193c3931e7b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://staugustine.com/stories/100705/opi_sutton_edi.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00118-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953732 | 433 | 2.890625 | 3 |
For people who have trouble hearing, conversation can be a struggle. Hearing impaired individuals frequently rely on their other senses of sight, touch and intuition to help them understand conversation
By following a few simple suggestions, friends, families and coworkers can help make it easier for a hearing impaired... | <urn:uuid:7b7282bd-253f-42e0-8665-ce690db496c5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.aarpmedicareplans.com/health/hct/communicating-with-friends-and-family-who-have-a-hearing-aid?hlpage=health_center&loc=health_articles_tab | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00138-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.859104 | 247 | 3.671875 | 4 |
From: NASA JSC EVA Project Office
Posted: Thursday, February 7, 2013
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced a time-lapse movie of a mysterious protostar that behaves like a flashing light. Every 25.34 days, the object, designated LRLL 54361, unleashes a burst of light which propagates through the surrounding ... | <urn:uuid:0229ab68-6394-4552-87f9-935e7d2ae371> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=40045 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00067-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940434 | 480 | 3.734375 | 4 |
The British government’s new guidelines advise reducing alcohol consumption to 14 units a week for both men and women and bluntly state that, for some cancers of the mouth, throat and breast, “risk increases with any amount you drink”. The message is clear: for the good of our health, the government would rather we not... | <urn:uuid:931c599d-803d-42e0-afd8-79a227f74168> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/features/how-the-mediterranean-diet-battles-the-side-effects-of-alcohol-a6826686.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00120-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950223 | 1,880 | 2.765625 | 3 |
History of the Monastir Community
Until 1863, Monastir had one Talmud Torah that taught traditional Jewish studies, including the Hebrew alphabet and the translation of the Torah word by word to Ladino. The city also had a kindergarten for children aged three to six, with their teachers involved mainly in looking after... | <urn:uuid:592c4277-ab2d-41a5-a6a3-aa489b3c9fb3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.yadvashem.org/yv/en/exhibitions/communities/monastir/education.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00114-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.986257 | 304 | 3.125 | 3 |
Connolly Shoe Co. starts as way to keep people employed, ends by putting 185 out of jobs
During the first part of the 20th Century, Stillwater’s lumber industry started to decline, resulting in an unusually high unemployment rate in the area. To combat this problem, 24 Stillwater retail merchants decided to form a shoe... | <urn:uuid:1c9bbae8-b52c-478d-9697-9002df20a29f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://stillwatergazette.com/2013/09/27/shoe-fits/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00000-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978362 | 966 | 3.015625 | 3 |
||Variously called the "slave narrative," the "freedom narrative," or the "liberation narrative," the stories of enslaved people recounted the personal
experiences of ante-bellum African Americans who had escaped from slavery
and found their way to safety in the North. An essential part of the anti-slavery
movement, th... | <urn:uuid:18a5098f-2923-450b-8cb9-0383a062aa42> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://public.wsu.edu/%7Ecampbelld/amlit/slave.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396029.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00140-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.885219 | 2,501 | 3.5625 | 4 |
Introduce the word 'compliment' and mention how nice it can be to receive one from another person.
Ask the class to think of examples of good qualities that could be complimented. Try to get lots of examples so that no-one is left stuck for ideas in the main activity.
Examples could include:
- A nice smile
- Helpful, e... | <urn:uuid:2cc35e36-47a7-483a-8173-a936bbb84abd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/teachers/pshe_11_14/subject_areas/bullying/newsid_1715000/1715319.stm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00160-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962218 | 308 | 4.78125 | 5 |
When your personal information or identity is stolen, you become a victim of identity theft or identity fraud. Often, criminals will try to use your personal information to access your financial accounts and steal your money.
How does it happen?
You may unknowingly provide your personal information to a fraudster over ... | <urn:uuid:efb49c6a-a7d0-45ad-97d5-e2fc1a873542> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.fcac-acfc.gc.ca/Eng/forConsumers/topics/fraud/Pages/Identity-Fraudedi.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00106-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.903479 | 456 | 3.1875 | 3 |
As we prepare to honor the patron saint of Ireland by donning green and drinking too much, it feels only fitting to pull the curtain back a bit on March 17. So without further ado, here are five things you probably didn't know about St. Patrick's Day. Eire go brach!
1. St. Patrick, the Apostle of Ireland, was born in t... | <urn:uuid:d000e531-7a60-474b-b33f-f52afe832c77> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://abcnews.go.com/US/st-patricks-day-things/story?id=13157282 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00097-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983677 | 451 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Vijayan, K K and Rao, G Syda (2009) Invasive Alien Species: Animals including Fishes and their Pests. Souvenir: International Day for Biological Diversity. pp. 26-38.
Alien species cause major environmental and economic problems worldwide and India is not an exception. Many native species are threatened by competition ... | <urn:uuid:40a83080-8f85-415f-b29a-4c76cca144d9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/7145/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394937.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00125-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.80479 | 293 | 2.6875 | 3 |
The design of the modern version of the zipper (British zip fastener) dates back to Gideon Sundback's invention of the "Hookless Fastener No. 2" in 1914. As the slide is moved upward, two rows of teeth merge and interlock. Zippers with both metallic and plastic teeth are now manufactured in great quantity. Clergy in th... | <urn:uuid:dba3cd5f-3270-4aa1-b858-05a659b8f565> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/HowZippersWork/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396224.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00112-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970179 | 98 | 2.921875 | 3 |
Green Communities Center
Recycling Land for Solar Energy Development
A growing number of cities and counties are committed to becoming more environmentally, economically, and socially sustainable. However, many of these communities face pressing economic challenges that frustrate efforts to make progress toward sustain... | <urn:uuid:19784380-29e2-4cc0-86fb-0e00cf2f6022> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.planning.org/research/solar/briefingpapers/recyclingland.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00009-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.907007 | 6,336 | 3.1875 | 3 |
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Discounted cash flow and net present value are two concepts that are connected in the world of finance because the discounted cash flow essentially determines the net present value. It does this by taking into account the fact that money loses value over time, meaning... | <urn:uuid:aecc4362-e20a-464a-aec2-1b0b2c852862> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-connection-between-discounted-cash-flow-and-net-present-value.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396100.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00036-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963877 | 527 | 3.28125 | 3 |
The Voynich manuscript is probably not a hoax, according to computer analysis. The analysis revealed patterns that suggest that the writing is most likely an organized, yet unknown, language.
The document was obtained by antique bookseller Wilfrid M. Voynich in 1912. The original origin of the manuscript is unknown. Ho... | <urn:uuid:1387ca5c-e1af-4c60-91b5-17eb6295f41f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.inquisitr.com/818887/voynich-manuscript-probably-not-a-hoax/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403823.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00110-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963107 | 481 | 3.234375 | 3 |
Insect Inspired Innovation
The award-winning entry was inspired by the Namib Desert Beetle, but other teams used solar-powered hot plates, conifer bark filters, and reverse osmosis in their projects engineered to provide “Clean Water for All” as part of the Applied Materials Clean Tech Competition.
On a recent Saturday... | <urn:uuid:eb9cde97-69fa-48c8-9f5f-3ff2d325d1d2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.appliedmaterials.com/ctc-bay-area | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398216.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00015-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956798 | 305 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Tonight's Mega Millions jackpot is up over $500 million-the biggest lottery prize ever. Whether you call it the poor man's dream, a casino without walls, or a tax on the stupid, the lottery has deep and widespread roots. Here's a look at three quick stories about the numbers game.
Lotteries of Yore
Lotteries have been ... | <urn:uuid:32ff858f-35e8-4e96-8acd-da5aa570308d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.businessinsider.com/the-founding-fathers-loved-the-lottery-2012-3 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00029-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972753 | 593 | 2.546875 | 3 |
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