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Distinguish between the "frame story" ( what happens to Ivan, Burkin, and Alehin at Alehin's estate ) and the story that Ivan tells about his brother. What are the major events and actions of each? What are the personality traits of the characters in each? what are the plot conflicts in each? What theme does each story... | <urn:uuid:6289b320-bdad-45e1-9f8e-27061b4958a5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/distinguish-between-frame-story-what-happens-ivan-460089 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00145-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966377 | 103 | 2.671875 | 3 |
1255 – Choir of Notre Dame de Tournai Cathedral, Belgium
Tournai is considered to be one of the most important cultural sites in Belgium. The mixed Romanesque- and Gothic-style cathedral of Notre Dame de Tournai and the belfry, the oldest in Belgium, have been jointly designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
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North American Ecology (US and Canada)Satyrium calanus is resident throughout the eastern United states and into southern Canada, and also in two distinct populations further west (Scott 1986). Habitats are open deciduous woodland from gulf coast to lower Canadian zone. Host plants are tree... | <urn:uuid:0a6a8fef-40f5-4fb5-8bc1-df7cbb191963> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://eol.org/pages/265078/overview/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00162-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921478 | 141 | 3.375 | 3 |
We Hold These Truths
THE RIGHTS TO LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
By PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
Over combined Radio Stations, from Washington, D. C., December 15, 1941
Vital Speeches of the Day, Vol. VIII, pp. 163-164.
FREE Americans: No date in the long history of freedom means more to the liberty-lov... | <urn:uuid:4f7d394e-59bb-4ced-a76e-d91762ecc791> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ibiblio.org/pha/policy/1941/1941-12-15a.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00190-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970937 | 1,235 | 3.328125 | 3 |
Three more lighthouses in the province will be protected under Canada’s Heritage Lighthouse Protection Act, the Government of Canada announced Wednesday in a news release
© Photo courtesy Fisheries and Oceans Canada
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If you know even a little about the history of computing you will know that one of the first calculating engines was Babbage's Difference Engine. Now you can view a reconstruction in Gigapixel glory. Even if you have no interest in the subject matter, it's an eye opening experience of Gigapixel imagery.
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The DISTINCT clause acts as a filter to remove duplicate records from a result set. It ensures that any records that are returned are unique for the column or columns specified in the SELECT statement. A duplicate row is defined as a row with matching values for each expression in the SELECT list. The DISTINCT keyword ... | <urn:uuid:b679657e-89cb-4308-a2e1-80de72b23991> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://psoug.org/definition/DISTINCT.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396959.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00131-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.748082 | 200 | 3.234375 | 3 |
Co-infection with HIV and hepatitis C is
associated with an increased risk of hip fracture, US investigators report in Hepatology. Hepatitis C monoinfection
also increased the risk of this type of fracture. The authors suggest that this
elevation in the risk of fracture could be caused by the inflammatory effects
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First name origins & meanings:
- English: Capable
- Latin: Great
- Scottish: Mack's well
First name variations: Maxwel, Maxwill
Last name origins & meanings:
- Scottish: habitational name from a place near Melrose in
Roxburghshire. The place name is first recorded in 1144 in the form
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This is weird. Today at 1:51 pm Eastern time a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck northwest of Richmond, VA. It was felt as far north as Boston.
Being a native East-coaster myself, I can tell you that we don't get earthquakes in that part of the country. This means people, buildings and bridges are pretty unprepared for a... | <urn:uuid:e02af208-927d-4a00-81fa-cd3df3ec0b5d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rebecca-anderson/earthquake-virginia-dc_b_934489.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00002-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974136 | 647 | 2.5625 | 3 |
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Cell division is a process by which a cell, called the parent cell, divides into two cells, called daughter cells. Text reff: wikipedia
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Scientific Animations Cell Biology
( Send Message ) on 23-12-2007.
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Fredrick Lord Lugard
First Govevnor General
Nigeria is made up of a number of large ancient kingdoms and other independent small scale societies. Its boundaries were drawn as a result of trade and overseas territorial ambitions of some Western European powers in the nineteenth century. The territory was assigned to Bri... | <urn:uuid:1b083e23-79e2-4b15-b8ca-4d2e05d1dd9e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nigerianelitesforum.com/ng/my-nigeria/736-the-creation-of-nigeria-nigeria-history.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00135-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970526 | 795 | 3.28125 | 3 |
Extreme Spring Weather Sets Records
The season of spring comes with notions of new green plants peeking through the soil and warm sunshine. South Dakota’s first full month of spring this year was far from that picturesque mirage. The snowy weather and cold temperatures in some places were unprecedented. April offered s... | <urn:uuid:563473e5-54e7-4d18-a696-847426161d84> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://listen.sdpb.org/post/extreme-spring-weather-sets-records | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00199-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97114 | 1,120 | 2.515625 | 3 |
June 9, 2009
Week 2: Nicholas Copernicus and Giordano Bruno
Topics covered: Heavenly Spheres and Revolution; Pope Paul III and the Congregation of the Holy Office of the Inquisition; The Life and Trial of Giordano Bruno; The Invention That Changed the World
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The enormous technological development of transport and communications has resulted in the globalization of trade and commerce. This has its impact on intellectual property which is becoming international in character.
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Why is Venus so dry?
The atmosphere of Venus has almost no water in it at all, whereas water is everywhere on Earth. This has been a long standing mystery about out sister planet. Where did all the water go? The culprit may be the magnetic field of Venus, or, more accurately, its lack of one.
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The reference work is a 3D, software-generated, real-time animation: 60 times per second, an image is produced by the execution of lines of code employing the computer’s graphic processor.
The visuals are made solely of text, lines and shaded surfaces, as revealed in the 5 mini demos.
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Ice Storage Systems
30 October 2004 | Link | by John A. Herbert
In theory, Thermal Storage Systems (TSS) often called Ice Storage Systems
Create a supply of ice when the energy rates are low, and later use that supply of ice for air-conditioning or process purposes when the energy rates are high. However, like so many ... | <urn:uuid:d7141c64-b9e9-4f49-af32-3d84313c5461> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://kelcroft.com.hk/news/ice_storage20041030.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398209.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00166-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932263 | 1,807 | 2.59375 | 3 |
by Jane Gunnell,
Banbury Cross Farms
If "That looks just like MY dog!" is your first reaction to the photos, then perhaps you're fortunate enough to own a living piece of history... a CAROLINA DOG ...also called the American Dingo, the Dixie Dingo, the Southern Dingo, the Native American Dog, the Indian's Dog, the Sout... | <urn:uuid:37c968b0-47ff-4e03-92bb-be381ba615e3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thedogplace.org/BREEDS/CarolinaDog-JGunnell-1512.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396538.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00198-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943255 | 1,247 | 2.640625 | 3 |
TV may cure chocolate cravings
Chocoholics might conquer their cravings by watching a flickering, untuned television for a few seconds, Australian research suggests.
Dr Eva Kemps and colleagues from Flinders University in Adelaide, publish their findings on the effect of random, flickering patterns on chocolate craving... | <urn:uuid:b244607d-4718-4795-af29-31016c0350b7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2005/01/31/1290170.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399106.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00069-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964379 | 464 | 2.53125 | 3 |
We live in an age of point-and-shoot immediacy. But pointing and shooting is not “seeing” — not understanding. New technologies, such as computational photography and digital cameras, make it easier for people to think they are seeing when all they are really doing is looking with a camera.
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The loss of a loved one can literally turn heartache into heartbreak, a new study shows.
Researchers found the risk of a heart attack jumped to 21 times higher than normal in the day following the death of a close relative or friend, according to the study published in the journal Circulation.
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2008 Grants - Jagust
The Detection of Alzheimer's Disease in Normal Older People
William Jagust, M.D.
The University of California, Berkeley
2008 Zenith Fellows Award
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Calculate sin() and sin() (using a calculator, for now). The answer to both is . That is, the y-coordinate of a point on the terminal side of these angles is equal to one-half the distance between the point and the origin. There are many cases in which more than one angle has the same value for its sine, cosine, or som... | <urn:uuid:ec877181-50ed-44c1-8ba9-7e31c95530e7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sparknotes.com/math/trigonometry/trigonometricfunctions/section4.rhtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00143-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.898244 | 736 | 4.3125 | 4 |
Transcript: Eggs and Arterial Function
In reaction to the study that found a similar exponential increase in artery clogging plaque in smokers and egg eaters, one critic countered that eggs have beneficial effects on vascular endothelium, the inner lining of our arteries, citing this study on egg consumption and endoth... | <urn:uuid:38d1fbcb-a279-4708-bf89-18952c93f74c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://nutritionfacts.org/video/eggs-and-arterial-function | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396222.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00063-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95621 | 701 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Deserts are classified by their geographical location and dominant weather
pattern as trade wind, midlatitude, rain shadow, coastal, monsoon, or polar
deserts. Former desert areas presently in nonarid environments are paleodeserts,
and extraterrestrial deserts exist on other planets.
Trade wind deserts
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Austrian poet and novelist; born Dec. 13, 1828, at Vienna; died Dec. 30, 1876, at Meran; studied philosophy and history at the University of Vienna. In 1847 he took temporary charge of his father's business, and for a few years afterward was employed by the Nordbahn (Northern R. R.), resigning to devote himself to lite... | <urn:uuid:ef344cc8-b77a-40cc-9380-a579607a4ad2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/9541-kuh-emil | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00058-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950754 | 426 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Prediction of Type 1A Diabetes:
The Natural History of the Prediabetic Period
George S. Eisenbarth
Predictive Factors in Relatives
Prediction in the General Population
Prediction/Diagnosis in Adults
Stage in Life Initiation
Are there Abnormalities that Precede Autoantibodies?
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Antarctic ice sliding along bedrock to melt in warming sea
Scientists trying to map the melting of ice in Antarctica have come up with a discovery. Much of the ice flowing into the ocean is not the result of “deformation” of glaciers. Rather, the ice is sliding along bedrock.
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Dieldrin is nonpolar and, therefore, has a strong affinity for organic matter and sorbs tightly to soil particulates based on its log Koc of 6.67. Volatilization is the principal loss process of dieldrin from soil. The process is relatively slow due to its low vapour pressure and strong sorption to soil. It may also be... | <urn:uuid:aa7a90cd-a76d-472f-be58-1e57af2e543c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.unido.org/index.php?id=4835&ucg_no64=1/DATA1/DATA1/data/index.php&id=5246 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00145-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933996 | 350 | 3.109375 | 3 |
The most notable of the Seven (Acts 6: 5), and the Church's first martyr. Sometimes called a ‘deacon’ on the basis of Acts 6: 1–2, though the noun is not used of him in the NT and any link with the later office in the Church of deacon is unlikely. When there was a dispute between ‘Hellenists’ (Jewish Christians from ab... | <urn:uuid:2b1a0f9b-f3ff-45aa-92ca-32bced69a462> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://oxfordbiblicalstudies.com/article/opr/t94/e1820 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00027-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.985244 | 292 | 3.15625 | 3 |
That Alpine glaciers are melting fast is old news to European ski resorts, which are watching the multimillion-dollar winter tourism trade trickle away.
The Andermatt resort in Switzerland made headlines in 2005 when it decided to wrap part of its glacier in a high-tech blanket designed to stop the melting.
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Minnesota enters the Union as the 32nd state on May 11, 1858.
Known as the “Land of 10,000 Lakes,” Minnesota is the northern terminus of the Mississippi River’s traffic and the westernmost point of the inland waterway that extends through the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence Seaway to the Atlantic Ocean. The Ojibwe and... | <urn:uuid:0d724b6c-59b0-4775-bfd4-fbc32167b72a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/minnesota-enters-the-union | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00175-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962678 | 259 | 3.8125 | 4 |
Earth Island News
It’s getting hot in here
In the summer of 2004, youth leaders representing 16 clean energy organizations formed a coalition, Energy Action, which united and strengthened the youth clean energy movement. Energy Action, an Earth Island project since 2005, was a significant presence at the UN Climate Neg... | <urn:uuid:972c1ae9-79dd-4019-8412-6c3f27a10c99> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/eij/article/energy_action/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00093-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961337 | 692 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Action Handlers and Event Listeners
Clicking a button, a hyperlink or changing a value in a form element normally requires an action of some type. Desktop GUI applications have for years provided a well defined model for event handling, JSF provides a similar mechanism. The primary distinction with JSF event handling i... | <urn:uuid:29c68679-c5a4-4a00-ad73-14ad744c7e74> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://johnderinger.wordpress.com/2007/10/10/action-handlers-and-event-listeners/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396222.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00166-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.820077 | 938 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Osteonecrosis and HIV Disease
Summer/Autumn 2001 issue of BETA, bone mineral deficiencies (osteopenia and osteoporosis) are being seen in a growing number of HIV-positive men, women, and children. At the same time, unusually high rates of osteonecrosis (bone death) in adults and children with HIV have been detected in ... | <urn:uuid:96f33233-f662-43b7-baa1-15a0619eca60> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thebody.com/content/art2555.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00160-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948998 | 5,236 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Author: Richard Cotton
Audience: Statisticians; novice programmers with a stats background
Reviewer: Mike James
Books on R often cover both programming and statistics. This one is only about the language.
R is a language that is most used for statistical computing and any book on the subject has an important choice to ... | <urn:uuid:e3c0026d-928e-416c-bb0a-1815ee546251> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://i-programmer.info/bookreviews/14-other-languages/7523-learning-r-.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00087-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956801 | 1,108 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Apple Mail is the email client that comes with your computer. This tutorial shows you how to set up and use Mail for your daily correspondence with the outside world.
Email is an important method of communication in the modern world, and Apple has provided an amazing email application, called Mail, to help you organize... | <urn:uuid:7b647423-1bd1-4853-be8a-2321ca46e155> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.appszoom.com/android_applications/education/mac-os-106-103-mail_cyvef.html?nav=related | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00086-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.797516 | 615 | 3.203125 | 3 |
These words, variously translated as “The Existing One” or “He Who Is,” are in essence the name that God gave himself when Moses came before him asking (in Exodus 3:13-15), “If I come to the people of Israel and say to them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what shall I... | <urn:uuid:4b4199af-adf9-48ed-8a08-618961c32059> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://oca.org/liturgics/outlines/christ-our-god-the-existing-he-who-is | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00139-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970355 | 817 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Rush hour traffic in inclement weather.
A blizzard is an example of inclement weather.
- rough; severe; stormy: inclement weather
- lacking mercy or leniency; harsh
Origin of inclementClassical Latin inclemens: see in- and amp; clement
- Stormy: inclement weather.
- Showing no clemency; unmerciful.
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Get the Energy Sector off the Dole - Why ending all government subsidies for fuel production will lead to a cleaner energy future—and why Obama has a rare chance to make it happen.
Peak Oil, 1925. In 2000, 20% of new buildings will be solar equipped. By the late 1990s, 90% of the world's energy will be nuclear-generate... | <urn:uuid:5c85196d-6801-4177-ac50-9111391262ab> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.metafilter.com/tags/Wind+technology | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00178-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952529 | 423 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Hazel eyes are difficult to define because their appearance changes with surrounding colors and lighting. Like blue and green eyes, hazel eyes are as reflective as a pond. If the sky is blue, the water appears to be blue; if the sky is overcast, the water appears to be gray or brown. Captured in photographs, without th... | <urn:uuid:35c4ae01-64d9-41fa-a2ec-b541d1df4f0e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://glassescrafter.com/information/hazel-eyes-look-like.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393146.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00073-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918474 | 626 | 3.453125 | 3 |
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Brutus' reaction to Cassius' death is a bit of a puzzle. He starts off first of all citing the abstract significance of his friend's death in very rhetorical, formal terms:
O Julius Caesar, thou art mighty yet!
Thy spirit walks abroad, and turns our swords
In our own proper entrails.
Not the tears ... | <urn:uuid:691c99dc-281f-4540-b22f-ed5489f0ccd8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-brutus-reaction-cassius-death-when-he-found-76203 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00181-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931531 | 371 | 2.546875 | 3 |
"Marco Polo" game inspires robot detectionMarch 26, 2009
Engineers from Duke University and the University of New Mexico have used the simple pursuit-evasion game "Marco Polo" to solve a complex problem -- namely, how to create a system that allows robots to not only "sense" a moving target, but intercept it. The main ... | <urn:uuid:0e12c59d-46b3-4ed6-b8b6-b4634df1a540> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.siam.org/publicawareness/panews.php?id=1523 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00058-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.851659 | 220 | 2.796875 | 3 |
The first molecular characterization of the African elephant's adipose tissue, body fat, will form the basis of future studies aimed at securing the health and future survival of captive elephants.
The population of captive elephants, both Asian and African, in Europe and North America is not self-sustaining, largely d... | <urn:uuid:e934d66f-d69a-4a95-a58e-242b9503109d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.science20.com/news_articles/understanding_african_elephant_body_fat_might_solve_their_fertility_issues-139898 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00056-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935402 | 528 | 3.75 | 4 |
Each November, young sea turtles—most of them critically endangered Kemp’s ridleys—are rescued from the beaches of Cape Cod Bay. On an average year, around 90 turtles are rescued by volunteer walkers from the Massachusetts Audubon Society who comb dozens of miles of beach trying to find the sea turtles. 2014 was a reco... | <urn:uuid:c320862b-b3bc-4e76-86fb-8cbd4c09c28a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.neaq.org/conservation_and_research/projects/conservation_medicine/rescue_and_rehabilitation/turtle_rescue_program.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00163-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947562 | 331 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Free Expression & the Law:
When legislation and the judicial system affect your right to express yourself.
An officer of the Myanmar army recently filed a criminal complaint against two journalists for allegedly sowing disunity among the military. Even though mediation by the Press Council caused the military to withdr... | <urn:uuid:4afa6c42-4fe6-4a21-bd06-44504e4160d1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ifex.org/free_expression_and_the_law/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404826.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00010-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954585 | 155 | 2.53125 | 3 |
LONG, JANE HERBERT WILKINSON
LONG, JANE HERBERT WILKINSON (1798–1880). Jane Herbert Wilkinson Long was called the "Mother of Texas," even during her lifetime, because of the birth of her child on Bolivar Peninsula on December 21, 1821. She was not, however, as she claimed, the first English-speaking woman to bear a chi... | <urn:uuid:48197857-e309-47ce-8a1c-dbe4a2d86113> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/flo11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404826.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00103-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971498 | 1,669 | 2.9375 | 3 |
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Organic cinnamon is cinnamon that is grown without the use of harmful pesticides or prohibited synthetic fertilizers. According to the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), in order to be considered organic the cinnamon cannot be harvested from bioengineered... | <urn:uuid:2c3c339b-6480-4505-a303-361c2e537d68> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-organic-cinnamon.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00010-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929838 | 554 | 3.640625 | 4 |
|Species|| L. ferox|
Liopleurodon was a genus of carnivorous, reptilian plesiosaurs. Pseudoscientists claim that they lived sometime during the Jurassic period.
Liopleurodon was allegedly between 5 and 10 meters long with a large skull and weighed up to 2.5 tons. It was a marine reptile with a short neck and a carnivor... | <urn:uuid:30601592-4c21-46da-88a4-fe8a9af8d159> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.conservapedia.com/Liopleurodon | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00090-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.764174 | 167 | 3.578125 | 4 |
A plane is defined as a flat two dimensional surface. You will notice that the definition does not include or define a tilt or radial orientation of that plane within a three dimensional space.
Therefore a plane can be in any orientation. It can even be parallel to the ground with the cast being sidearm. If you are sta... | <urn:uuid:71a893ff-a3cd-4427-93f3-09636d730ca6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.flyanglersonline.com/bb/showthread.php?42471-A-Casting-Question&p=427792 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00038-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94779 | 189 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Many have written and argued that Slavery
was a Sin of the South. I would argue most strongly that Slavery was NOT
a Sin of the South; It was the Sin of a Nation. Placing the Sin of
Slavery onto the doorstep of the confederacy is easy, and even
comforting, but unfortunately is not the complete picture. The simple
pictu... | <urn:uuid:6c6b73e7-82d0-4ecb-9ede-af6172f62bed> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sonofthesouth.net/slavery/slave-ship.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404826.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00023-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96939 | 677 | 2.796875 | 3 |
What We Laugh At and Why We LaughShare
When do we laugh most? The surprising answer is not during joke-telling. We laugh when we're with our friends, most of the time at the trivial stuff, leading some cognitive scientists to speculate on the evolutionary origins off laughter.
In 2002, professor of psychology Richard W... | <urn:uuid:70f6b208-b50d-4574-8b31-8d927457b77a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.creativitypost.com/psychology/what_we_laugh_at_and_why_we_laugh | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00195-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957825 | 1,412 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Many types of molecular motors have been proposed and synthesized in recent years, displaying different kinds of motion, and fueled by different driving forces such as light, heat, or chemical reactions. We propose a new type of molecular motor based on electric field actuation and electric current detection of the rot... | <urn:uuid:f01f613f-2a69-48f4-8282-dd8a128edbfe> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/10/all-electric-single-molecule-motor.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402699.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00175-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924813 | 366 | 3.453125 | 3 |
In 1823 the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions chose this site for its fifth mission/school for the Cherokees. The Boston-based organization had established its initial mission at Brainerd near present Chattanooga, in 1819. Among the influential Cherokees who persuaded the officials at Brainerd to est... | <urn:uuid:898dc7e5-f9b6-4817-a61a-ae84d8676983> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.landmarksdekalbal.org/articles/WillstownCemetery.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391766.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00068-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98297 | 875 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Serious scientific excavations didn't commence at the La Brea Tar Pits until the beginning of the 20th century, but the history of the pits stretches back long before that. It all started millions of years ago when the area we know of today as Los Angeles was submerged underwater. Marine life and sediments accumulated ... | <urn:uuid:8ae7cb14-e888-4d16-87e9-be906cab6a9d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/la-brea-tar-pits.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00140-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966799 | 371 | 4.09375 | 4 |
Political junkies and history buffs have spent weeks dreaming about the unlikeliest possible scenarios that could determine the 2016 election: contested conventions, third-party bids, a cross-party ticket. But here’s one prospect they probably haven’t thought of: There’s a legally sound scenario in which John Kasich co... | <urn:uuid:6f7dbbe9-6703-4ee8-8bb3-1f80a1d0a328> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/03/the-bizarre-130-year-old-law-that-could-determine-our-next-president-213645 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00027-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965621 | 2,177 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Features - Sources of United States of America Legal Information in Languages Other than EnglishBy Mark E. Poorman, Published on March 13, 2005
Mark E. Poorman is an attorney licensed to practice law by the State Bars of
Texasand Californiaand a recent graduate of the Universityof North Texas, and Information Sciences ... | <urn:uuid:604f2908-60ba-44a5-8466-149e79e1550d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.llrx.com/features/otherthanenglish.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00074-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93768 | 7,557 | 2.765625 | 3 |
In countries like India (in which, by the way, this activity is prohibited) and Morocco it is common to see the so-called "snake charmers" exhibiting their animals for money. Every year thousands of snakes are poached for these shows, one of the main reasons for their extinction.
To avoid bites, they usually have their... | <urn:uuid:ad3e58f1-ecbe-4f99-9a04-9965c8009645> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://turismo-responsable.com/en-s22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00120-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969584 | 279 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Am Fam Physician. 2003 Feb 1;67(3):621-622.
Asthma is one of the most common chronic illnesses in children and is responsible for a high degree of morbidity and significant mortality in this age group (six months to 18 years). The National Asthma Education and Prevention Program (NAEPP) guidelines recommend first-line ... | <urn:uuid:8e5d3e06-3a5e-41f9-ac23-26474387e762> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.aafp.org/afp/2003/0201/p621a.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00198-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954056 | 731 | 3.015625 | 3 |
|Indira Gandhi had served as Prime Minister from 1966 to 1977, but in the
face of tremendous opposition and domestic unrest, had declared martial law
during the 1970s and consequently lost the 1977 election. However, in
1980, she was overwhelmingly re-elected to the position.
Gandhi had established ties with the Soviet... | <urn:uuid:67f9cd0e-cbca-49ee-a61d-035289bc6cb8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.80s.com/Icons/Bios/indira_gandhi.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397562.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00122-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.985932 | 212 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Pre cut enough 5-point stars to give each child five. Let children use markers, crayons, and glitter to decorate their stars. Give each child about 2 feet of red, white, or blue string/yarn. Next, help children fold over one point of each of their five stars. Hang each star's fold over the string, leaving extra yarn at... | <urn:uuid:a0015615-fcc9-4deb-a2bb-b44f9b20f490> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.educationworld.com/a_earlychildhood/activity/activity07_002.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00109-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951413 | 232 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Structured versus unstructured physical activity play: Effects on preschool behavior problems
The relationship between structure and physical activity on disruptive behavior problems was investigated among 65 preschool children with and without behavioral difficulties. A comparison of the amount of structure imposed on... | <urn:uuid:4851928b-da42-4e5f-9bcf-cf8dc86ed5b6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://fordham.bepress.com/dissertations/AAI3017542/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396538.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00077-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954263 | 316 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Frazzle is a special monster. Unlike the rest of his Sesame Street brethren, he is unable to communicate properly. Others, like Cookie Monster, Elmo, and Grover, may have a poor grasp on grammar, but at least they can be understood by their peers. Frazzle can only "speak" in growls, screams, and occasionally, simple wo... | <urn:uuid:3b5ce8d3-5c53-4863-872c-c69e036ddba4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://amuchdeeperlevel.blogspot.com/2012/05/struggling-to-be-heard.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396027.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00132-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978622 | 663 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Superman was created the same way "God Bless America" and "White Christmas" were: Immigrants and sons of immigrants, mostly Jewish, wanted to convince the world and themselves that they were well-assimilated, patriotic Americans. Irving Berlin did it through song, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster, the creators of Superman,... | <urn:uuid:a1589e30-b87d-4f57-9e45-652662b6e5d8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.reporterherald.com/the-bottom-line/ci_24292027/superheroes-three-part-pbs-doc-celebrates-comic-book | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00064-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951382 | 1,092 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Business objectives are an important part of any business plan, but they can be intimidating to write. There are some ways to write them that make them a bit easier to get them down on paper. It is important to get them written so that all people in the company have an idea of where the business is going. This way, eve... | <urn:uuid:bb0a342b-896c-4ece-9c1d-0404a4070f3e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.businessobjectives.org/Examples-of-Business-Objectives.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00083-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971307 | 577 | 2.6875 | 3 |
The annual reports are broken up into sections. Click on the tab heading to view the report section submited by the respective section investigation leader.
We have two major goals for this project. The first is to improve the long-term sustainability of the apple, pear and walnut industries in the western US by enhanc... | <urn:uuid:0794900d-9266-4dd0-99b8-c6f99645c5e5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://enhancedbc.tfrec.wsu.edu/R2009.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396959.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00052-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939404 | 9,069 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Definitions for confirmkənˈfɜrm
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word confirm
confirm, corroborate, sustain, substantiate, support, affirm(verb)
establish or strengthen as with new evidence or facts
"his story confirmed my doubts"; "The evidence supports the defendant"
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Here is an add I saw claiming that CSX freight trains can move 1 ton of material 500 miles on 1 gallon of diesel fuel. Wow, that is something I have to look into. Here is the site of CSX with the info I will use. From that site:
- CSX claims that EPA claims that a for every ton-mile, a truck emits about 3 times more ni... | <urn:uuid:0f925653-8542-4ad2-9b50-aca30af09b09> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wired.com/2011/05/how-efficient-is-a-freight-train/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00185-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952384 | 760 | 2.828125 | 3 |
This book treats instrumentation used in meteorological surface systems, both on the synoptic scale and the mesoscale, and the instrumentation used in upper air soundings. The text includes material on first- and second-order differential equations as applied to instrument dynamic performance, and required solutions ar... | <urn:uuid:0a3ff8f4-bbd2-46aa-9c58-5eb70a04d8ab> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.chegg.com/textbooks/meteorological-measurement-systems-1st-edition-9780195134513-0195134516 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00143-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927411 | 320 | 3.125 | 3 |
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This is intended for anyone interested in learning about improvisation, commonly called improv. Improv is theater based on audience suggestion and performed without rehearsal, usually by an ensemble (or "troupe") with... | <urn:uuid:748c44f0-6e56-42c3-ae7e-288616f810c2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ipl.org/div/pfarch/entry/81350 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00101-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933312 | 984 | 2.859375 | 3 |
The National Aeronautics and Space Agency was forced to order the spacecraft to its backup systems, after discovering that the perfromance of the attitude-control system had degraded over time. If the system failed, the spacecraft would lose its fix on the Earth, sending its signals elsewhere into space.
The task prove... | <urn:uuid:fdb1f05b-2c9e-44b4-b6f7-d1795687e2d8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,33865,00.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398209.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00032-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962655 | 470 | 3.78125 | 4 |
Date: January 13, 2010
Contact: Rocio Johnson
As freezing winter temperatures put Florida's sea turtles at risk, CCC is stepping in to help conservation groups across the state deal with this crisis.
Sea turtles are generally attracted to Florida's warm waters and rich food sources, but this winter Florida is experienc... | <urn:uuid:b295d5e6-ff9c-460b-afa0-e6b0dc9ebdbd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.conserveturtles.org/pressreleases.php?page=n_cold_stun2010 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00058-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944374 | 742 | 2.625 | 3 |
Well, it was a territory at the time, but in 1869 Wyoming became the first U.S. state to not only allow women to vote, but also to run for office, shortly followed by Utah in 1870. The territories became states in 1890 and 1896, respectively. By 1920, the entire United States embraced women's suffrage when President Wo... | <urn:uuid:b278b7f4-f6cd-4e72-81a3-cc15f3c60169> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wisegeek.com/which-us-state-gave-women-the-right-to-vote-first.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00157-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972104 | 225 | 3.75 | 4 |
Intuition is emerging from a cloud of mystery. Once considered a gift bestowed on only a few, intuition is becoming recognized as a natural skill that anyone can develop. Everyone is born with the capacity for intuition—the ability to know something without knowing how you know. Intuitive perception plays an important,... | <urn:uuid:da64cced-1b00-4974-b0bb-68914884ed1b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.care2.com/greenliving/4-reasons-to-develop-intuition.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00105-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917119 | 1,210 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Despite the recent focus on improving and increasing STEM education in the United States, results from an online survey conducted in April 2012 by Harris Interactive on behalf of the University of the Sciences show that over half (51 percent) of all high school-aged students are not interested in pursuing careers in he... | <urn:uuid:a6e97553-d9fa-4a0d-8d73-de20eab7a134> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.usciences.edu/newsEvents/newsDetails.aspx?Channel=%2FChannels%2FAdmissions%2FAdmissions+Content&WorkflowItemID=61a1f646-130e-4372-afe0-a60e61b9a359 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00075-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950475 | 1,007 | 2.6875 | 3 |
"Yes, there is a faith in Christ which saves, but there is a faith in Christ which does not save. From this statement probably few will dissent, yet many will be inclined to weaken it by saying that the faith in Christ which does not save is merely a historical faith, or where there is a believing about Christ instead ... | <urn:uuid:0328a74f-2594-4321-a7d7-39edd8bd8989> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sermonaudio.com/comments_view.asp?onlyname=true&keyword=the+real+question | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397565.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00182-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977757 | 253 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Addressing a conference in British Columbia, Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver asserted that Catholics today have failed to transmit the faith to the next generation, which has resulted in young people losing their “moral vocabulary.”
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This week we have a special Monday edition of Science Sunday. Among the topics covered by the fearless zAmboni this week are the upcoming cicada infestation, research which casts doubt on some commonly-used forensic techniques, and a prototype for a 3D ultrasound system:
While Chet Gervais, 15, was working in his fathe... | <urn:uuid:8d3d464c-51ca-4dff-9e33-d8c241b39d3d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://arstechnica.com/uncategorized/2004/04/3641-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398209.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00043-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959069 | 165 | 2.625 | 3 |
Question from Erin Taylor:
Anything i can do to help my bm’s hip dysplasia? She’s only 1
Answer from Shanika Winters:
Hi Erin and thank you for your question regarding your dogs hip dysplasia, to answer your question I will discuss what hip dysplasia is, how it is diagnosed and then treatment options.
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EUWAB, Economics of Agricultural Biotechnology
This website has changed and moved to: ees.kuleuven.be/bioecon/
genetically engineered crops were introduced commercially. Most of this
green biotechnology is
developed and commercialised by a handful of vertically coordinated
“life science” firms. Enforcement of intellect... | <urn:uuid:1a4aaca3-5b5a-4125-b503-a4911ada006b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.agr.kuleuven.ac.be/aee/clo/euwab.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396875.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00077-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.890141 | 469 | 2.546875 | 3 |
KALAMAZOO, MI -- As more than 1.5 million Michigan schoolchildren troop back to school this week, it's time for the adults most responsible for their educational success to take stock.
That would be the parents, not the teachers.
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Joe Martin Richardson, Maxine Deloris Jones. Education for Liberation: The American Missionary Association and African Americans, 1890 to the Civil Rights Movement. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2009. xvii + 287 pp. $49.50 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8173-1657-0.
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Happy Halloween! Enjoy a Scary and Spooky Night at any time with these stories of Horror and Macabre!
Read the Full Text Books and View the Movies as Well!
“All Hallows Night” - Short Story Irony
Gregory V. Bouware
Community College of Philadelphia
Group 179 - Short Story Irony 9.25.96
1996 Story Group Class
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Social Problems: Symbolic Interactionism
The current social problems seen in our society today include, but are not limited to, violent crime, drug and alcohol abuse, and poverty. These three social problems are hot topics in the field of sociology and there are three main explanations that sociologists try to use to e... | <urn:uuid:aedb339e-44c6-44f9-ba35-9048d7cf2733> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://livingtextblog.andosciasociology.net/2010/04/03/fgcu-harrison-symbolic-interactionism/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00162-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960268 | 811 | 3.25 | 3 |
In the twentieth century, American mathematicians began to make critical advances in a field previously dominated by Europeans. Harvard’s mathematics department was at the center of these developments. A History in Sum is an inviting account of the pioneers who trailblazed a distinctly American tradition of mathematics... | <urn:uuid:c0d6edb3-6a88-49c2-a7e8-4e8a2a4680c7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674725003 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396875.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00063-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936211 | 328 | 2.890625 | 3 |
After returning from scouting the Land of Israel, the spies reported that there were giants living in the land. They said, "We saw ourselves as grasshoppers, and that's what they thought of us, too" (Number 13:33). But how did they know what the inhabitants of Canaan thought of them? After all, they were spying the lan... | <urn:uuid:0fb01917-b1c1-4a51-8394-0a075a9604d7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.aish.com/tp/b/st/Self-Projections.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398216.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00165-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.991662 | 480 | 2.703125 | 3 |
A machine with a mechanically driven needle for sewing or stitching cloth.
- Use sewing machine to stitch ribbon in place from top to bottom on both edges of the ribbon.
- A universal needle can be used in all household sewing machines that accept a flat shank.
- One problem I often find with sewing machines is missing... | <urn:uuid:f3ce72da-79a7-45d9-8597-9c2d2c084cfd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/sewing-machine | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00084-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.870278 | 127 | 2.578125 | 3 |
It's been a long day at the office. Your clients are demanding, and you're doing the work of three people. All you can think about at the end of your 14-hour day is falling face first into your California King, four-poster bed. That goose down, full-body pillow and comfort-top mattress are calling your name. There's no... | <urn:uuid:98def93d-77c1-4dbe-b1ce-98f73f282382> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/sleep/basics/sleep-and-heart-disease.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00192-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957383 | 484 | 2.640625 | 3 |
"Major Depressive Disorder: A Condition That Frequently Co-Occurs with PTSD"
Janice L. Krupnick, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychiatry
Georgetown University School of Medicine
An important consideration in understanding posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is its frequent co-occurrence with other psychiatric disorders. Populat... | <urn:uuid:2fef40e7-3b14-4875-8145-d854439f7555> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.giftfromwithin.org/html/mdd.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00142-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932477 | 2,754 | 2.90625 | 3 |
The first thing you need to know about Mac OS.X Snow Leopard all Mac’s and Macbook Pro’s is that this hardware is 64 bit capable. This may not mean you are running a 64 bit kernel, it simply means that the operating system is capable of executing x86 64bit executables. We won’t go into the details of kernel architectur... | <urn:uuid:3d3b0c89-1757-4050-8574-c7d73cc3ce50> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ralphschindler.com/2010/05/12/compiling-gearman-or-anything-for-zend-server-ce-on-snow-leopard | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00004-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.826102 | 2,194 | 2.796875 | 3 |
A new computerized scan of the biomedical research literature has turned up tens of thousands of articles in which entire passages appear to have been lifted from other papers. Based on the study, researchers estimate that there may be as many as 200,000 duplicates among some 17 million papers in leading research datab... | <urn:uuid:d759fcc7-bb5a-455f-b6c9-81be5fa9f57b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/thousands-of-copycat-articles/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00030-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957805 | 1,307 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Metal helmet worn by Hong Kong firefighters, late 19th century.
The Hong Kong Fire Brigade, circa 1890s.
Auxiliary fire crew on board a fireboat, early 1950s. The auxiliary fire brigade supported the regular firemen during firefighting and rescue operations.
The Alexander Grantham brass bell This brass bell was origina... | <urn:uuid:05ec0d5f-3c76-4a06-b0e8-898cc57c131e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/CE/Museum/History/en_US/web/mh/about-us/highlight-exhibits.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396222.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00150-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929041 | 375 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Columbines belong to the genus Aquilegia. The name is derived from the Latin aquila which means eagle, a possible reference to the hooked spurs of some species appearing like the claws of that bird. Columbines are members of the Buttercup Family, Ranunculaceae. Florally, the flowers have 5 petal-like sepals that are of... | <urn:uuid:64df59fb-b5e4-4a0e-b03c-42da9b4818bc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/504/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00127-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930115 | 2,046 | 3.8125 | 4 |
On June 4 2013 we commemorate the centenary of the heroic actions of Emily Wilding Davison, who is generally believed to have given her life for the cause of women’s suffrage. Clearly, an event as spectacular as her walking onto the Epsom racecourse during the running of the Derby and into the path of the king’s horse ... | <urn:uuid:b80e578c-044c-4bc7-b07f-0b5fd3f64365> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-politics/10089541/Emily-Davison-was-she-really-a-suffragette-martyr.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00163-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981367 | 2,051 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Many people think that cats can't be trained, but like most mammals, if they're trained right, and with a lot of patience, it can definitely be done. With these steps, your cat will be sitting on command in no time!
1Before you start to actually train your cat, get it used to being fed at the same time everyday. This w... | <urn:uuid:37c9dba7-24ab-4ea0-b89c-9fe7d5bb9076> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wikihow.com/Train-Your-Cat-to-Sit | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00152-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964353 | 842 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Are your users sticklers about using correct grammar and punctuation in the documents they write or edit? If so, they've probably learned (and informed you) that Word's built-in grammar checker doesn't always catch the punctuation errors that users find themselves.
There's only one way to be absolutely, positively sure... | <urn:uuid:e817daaf-ccd7-4064-a165-3543087c6761> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.techrepublic.com/article/quick-tip-correct-comma-use/5100759/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396027.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00082-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.91246 | 375 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Production of Epoxyethane
Epoxyethane also known as ethylene oxide, is produced industrially by the above reaction. This manufacturing process is very hazardous, firstly because epoxyethanne is poisonous and carcinogenic (causes cancer), and secondly because it is very explosive upon contact with air.
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South Africa's gays are guaranteed equal rights
South Africa's highest court has ruled that gay couples should receive the same financial benefits as heterosexuals.
The case was brought by lesbian judge Kathy Satchwell, who wanted her partner to get the same benefits as the married partners of other judges.
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In our Nordic Walking Study, participants were monitored and evaluated in an effort to compare oxygen consumption and energy expenditure associated with regular walking (walking without poles) and Nordic walking (walking with poles). As further detailed in Table 1, Nordic walking significantly increased oxygen consumpt... | <urn:uuid:e66947a8-a150-4529-b843-cbb43c8f92b7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cooperinstitute.org/nordic-walking | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398873.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00101-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.90406 | 230 | 2.953125 | 3 |
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