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There are two main kinds of conjunction.
Coordinating conjunctions join items that are of equal importance in a sentence:
You can have ice cream or strawberries.
He plays football and soccer.
The weather was cold but clear.
I waited at home until she arrived.
He went to bed because he was tired.
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From a seasonal point of view, a the difference between the Gregorian and the Julian calendar wasn't yet really all that pressing a matter, only 10 days in 1582, only 14 days in the twentieth century. The logical question thus becomes, why did it matter? The short answer is religion, which is, in most cultures, very co... | <urn:uuid:8092fd9b-e673-4f4e-9e54-4891fe6a7a8c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.polysyllabic.com/?q=calhistory/gregorian | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00177-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978774 | 1,029 | 3.84375 | 4 |
Project to focus on coastal habitat
Ann Arbor, Mich. — Efforts to address the longstanding needs of Lake St. Clair will get another major boost this fall when the Great Lakes Commission begins a two-year project to help restore and protect the lake’s coastal habitat.
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Migration is underway. If the weather has cleared by the time this column appears, the Broad-winged Hawk numbers crossing the Putney Mountain ridge should be at their peak, with potential numbers in the hundreds in a day. The small band of hawk watchers began trekking to the clearing along the ridge line at the beginni... | <urn:uuid:25588e01-444e-4288-b7a2-b05a888b065a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://tailsofbirding.blogspot.com/2007/09/osprey-favorite-with-hawk-watchers.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00095-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965171 | 1,746 | 3.03125 | 3 |
About The Charts and Nutrition Facts
- For accuracy, the calorie chart and fat chart are based on the biggest serving size available.
- These nutrition facts came directly from the USDA or manufacturer/restaurant.
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10 things you never knew about the FBI (10 items)
The Federal Bureau of Investigation turns 106 this July. In honor of the anniversary of this American institution, whose mission statement is to "help protect you, your children, your communities, and your businesses from the most dangerous threats facing our nation," w... | <urn:uuid:e04240cf-72cd-4a62-ab22-66f90c30a5f0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://m.deseretnews.com/top/2632/0/10-things-you-never-knew-about-the-FBI.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00035-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976988 | 761 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Born near Valencia in Spain, 31 December, 1378; died at Rome, 6 August, 1458. Alfonso de Borja ( Italian Borgia ), as he was known before he became pope, came of a noble family, and having finished his studies espoused the cause of the antipope Benedict XIII, and received from the latter the title of canon. When Alfons... | <urn:uuid:18d19a00-3aff-4234-8ba8-19fcfc014bcd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=2402 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00059-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982225 | 2,414 | 3.109375 | 3 |
All the Sky – All the Time: UK astronomers debate involvement in the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST)
24 June 2014
Image: A combination of two renderings, showing the telescope on the summit. March 2011 (Credit LSST Corporation)
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Amsonias, or bluestars, are perennial wildflowers found in wooded areas and on river banks from New Jersey to Tennessee to Texas, and they are popular garden plants as well. Blooming in May and June, each flower has five pale blue flower petals and blooms in clusters on two- to three-foot stems. The upright stems with ... | <urn:uuid:54111327-2cb6-43ab-ac6e-21e533b65af0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://home.howstuffworks.com/define-amsonia-bluestar.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00028-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936819 | 352 | 3.390625 | 3 |
credit must be given to the fullest extent to the O's and EM for
thier [sic] loyalty to dy in this action as they fully knew that nothing but death awaited them."
-- D/87 Morning Report 23 December 1944
was one of the greatest actions of the war."
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(CBS) Is a cure for Lou Gehrig's disease on the way? Researchers are hopeful after discovering a genetic mutation they think is responsible for the debilitating neurological disorder also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). And they hope the findings might lead to a cure for another dreaded brain disease - de... | <urn:uuid:6d23f71d-3f75-47c4-9b0b-e0b3fd681b4b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wibw.com/home/nationalnews/headlines/ALS_Clues_Uncovered_By_Gene_Study_130314393.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00073-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964073 | 586 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Most people think that England's last war with France involved point-blank broadsides from sailing ships and breastplated Napoleonic cavalry charging red-coated British infantry. But there was a much more recent conflict than this. Under the terms of its armistice with Nazi Germany, the unoccupied part of France and it... | <urn:uuid:3ed1584d-e415-4865-856a-aed7e23b59be> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.chegg.com/textbooks/england-s-last-war-against-france-1st-edition-9780753827055-0753827050?ii=19&trackid=e9246245&omre_ir=1&omre_sp= | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394937.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00155-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97516 | 312 | 3.21875 | 3 |
The experiments, carried out by the Department of Psychiatry, were designed to investigate treatment methods for schizophrenia.
People suffering from the mental illness sometimes believe that external objects have become part of their body – a sensation also experienced by ketamine users.
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From Our 2014 Archives
TV in Child's Bedroom Tied to Weight Gain
Latest Healthy Kids News
MONDAY, March 3, 2014 (HealthDay News) -- Children who have a TV in their bedroom are likely to gain weight. But kids who play active video games might lose unwanted pounds, according to two new studies.
"On the one edge, technolo... | <urn:uuid:b372bed4-1552-418b-afa5-107e3e3dbed6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=177039 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00112-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968238 | 953 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Officials often tackle cigarette-related health issues from the consumer’s perspective — pushing for public smoking bans and increasing age restrictions. But a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released today indicates that a major health concern is looming in the tobacco fields of the US, where children as young as seve... | <urn:uuid:e221550d-0f52-41af-b8ec-b9771565ce18> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://news.vice.com/article/child-workers-are-getting-nicotine-poisoning-on-us-tobacco-farms | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396887.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00157-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964097 | 1,372 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Hilda: Abbess of Whitby Monastery - writing an essay based on a biographic timeline about Hilda.
Documenting Women's Lives - using excerpts from documents, sayings and poems to piece together information on women's lives.
Solve Me If You Can" - answering riddles that give clues about Anglo-Saxon lives.
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Ranomafana National Park
(which means “hot water” in Malagasy) is doubtless
one the most spectacular
National Parks of
The park contains twelve lemur species. Aside from the golden bamboo lemur, visitors can spot eastern woolly lemur, red bellied lemur, eastern grey bamboo lemur, greater bamboo lemur, red-fronted brown... | <urn:uuid:f3f03733-3bce-4b4d-b4ce-e26a6bb625b8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://travelmadagascar.org/PARKS/Ranomafana-National-Park.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00039-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.90458 | 946 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Guy and the Plot Today
Beyond Bonfire Night, Guy and the Gunpowder Plot have left a legacy.
- Guy left his name for everyday use
- Today, we use the word "guy" to mean "person" or "man", as in "that guy across the street".
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Civilization came to Europeans later than it did to people in West Asia, North Africa, India and China. It was preceded by agriculture and the raising of animals, which appeared in sunny Greece as early as 6000 BCE -- around the time that people there built stone walls around their villages, presumably to protect thems... | <urn:uuid:9106f762-2ce3-4da7-b561-9f5e13b810fe> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.fsmitha.com/h1/ch07.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397748.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00067-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97392 | 2,235 | 4.03125 | 4 |
March 6 marked the day SUPER-M became a household name on the island of Moloka‘i. How did this happen? Through Moloka‘i Math Day. The half-day event, co-organized by UH Mānoa’s School and University Partnership for Educational Renewal in Mathematics, otherwise known as SUPER-M, featured fun, hands-on activities designe... | <urn:uuid:95181e30-227a-4ac5-9b40-9157a171e37d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.hawaii.edu/campustalk/tag/super-m/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00090-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931389 | 576 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Teaching ELLs: Arkansas Educator Shares His Approach to Language Instruction
Justin Minkel is a 1st grade teacher at Jones Elementary in Springdale, Ark., a school where 85 percent of students are English-language learners.
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A new study found that playing video games slowed academic development in boys.
This is something that I have worried about for some time. My son thinks he’s the last child on earth to not have a Playstation or a DS.
I’ve never been a huge fan of video games. Maybe it’s a gender thing. My husband enjoys playing games a... | <urn:uuid:9e65a6b6-51aa-47fb-97cd-5b2a3f3a4e04> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blogs.mcall.com/parents/2010/03/do-video-games-hurt-kids-academic-performance.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00168-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.986041 | 461 | 2.71875 | 3 |
AUSTRALIA IN THE ASIAN CENTURY – A series examining Australia’s role in the rapidly transforming Asian region. Delivered in partnership with the Australian government.
Today, Professor David Walker looks to the past to help understand what we mean by “the Asian Century”.
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Edward Morgan, son of Joseph Morgan and Elizabeth Hardman, was born in Preston, England, on 20 October 1838, and was blessed by Willard Richards.
His father, Joseph Morgan, was a Grand Master of a Free Mason Lodge. The Mormon Elders had arrived in Preston and had held a few meetings there. The Mormon meetings were held... | <urn:uuid:3b2074e8-089a-4e0a-8e25-a2d6e33b5a06> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://younginfo.net/Young/Morgan/EdwardMorganBiography.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00096-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.993411 | 2,728 | 2.515625 | 3 |
After a diagnosis has been established but before any therapy begins, the rehabilitation counselor must establish trust with his or her patient. One of the critical skills learned in a degree program in psychology is interpersonal communications.
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The Ruth Palmer Blanke Boxwood Garden is designed to display the Missouri Botanical Gardenís outstanding collection of boxwood, which is notoriously difficult to grow in the Midwest. Boxwood has been valued in gardens for thousands of years, from the "pleasure gardens" of ancient Persia and the landscapes of Greece and... | <urn:uuid:4ff0a25f-5f2a-410b-837b-69b6c90c0c2a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mobot.org/mobot/archives/section.asp?section=87 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403823.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00029-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933735 | 225 | 2.84375 | 3 |
|CNIDARIA : ACTINIARIA : Hormathiidae||SEA ANEMONES AND HYDROIDS|
Description: This sea anemone has an adherent base and a fairly tough and leathery column, without tubercles and not divided into regions. Acontia are emitted readily from the lower part of the column. The tentacles are moderate in length, up to about 70... | <urn:uuid:79258db8-18ac-40e2-93e7-074832366a77> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.habitas.org.uk/marinelife/species.asp?item=D12870 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00151-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.843812 | 452 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Ozone does not need to be complicated in order to treat
small water systems. A small water system consists of one or multiple
households on well, spring or rooftop water. Treatment means removal of iron,
manganese and hydrogen sulfide to below the U.S. Environmental Protection
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For the most part, he doesn't. By that I mean, Shakespeare gives us a tale of political power, magical power, and vengeance but a lot of the play doesn't have much to do with good or evil. Instead, it has to do with rightful places (Prospero is deposed), rights to power (Caliban claims the island ... | <urn:uuid:7d97b62a-e4a3-4ec8-82c4-29d3522d80c6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/how-does-shakespear-present-good-evil-play-10273 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398209.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00107-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944443 | 240 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Most of the employers would say that good workplace ethics are very important with in the organization. But many might have a hard time to how they plan to create and sustain good workplace ethics. Workplace ethics are codes of conduct that influence the development of an ethical culture within the organization or work... | <urn:uuid:98248475-82f7-49f2-8bf9-d5c021431974> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://opinion-corner.net/2011/05/good-workplace-ethics/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399522.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00142-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962686 | 579 | 3.09375 | 3 |
(MADISON, Wis.) — The next time you’re chattering away to no one, just tell yourself (out loud) that you’re boosting your brain power. A new study has found that talking to yourself actually improves your memory, at least temporarily.
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Are you a hot house flower or are you a pansy? If youíre a hot house flower then youíre loving this summer weather, and so are your heat-loving plants. Many of us spend a few hours in the garden in the morning when temperatures are bearable and the mosquitoes arenít swarming yet. Letís talk about some watering techniqu... | <urn:uuid:128b8e89-260c-429d-88c2-b3b87bcb03d6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.northaugustastar.com/article/20140726/AIK0403/140729500/-1/feed | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00180-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935792 | 1,425 | 2.703125 | 3 |
A city and district on the northern frontier of Palestine (Num. xiii. 22, xxxiv. 8; I Kings viii. 65; and elsewhere), situated at the foot of Mount Hermon (Josh. xiii. 5; Judges iii. 3). It is once called = "the great Hamath" (Amos vi. 2). The inhabitants, who were called "Hamathites" (), seem to have been a Hamitic ra... | <urn:uuid:9226374b-c1f5-43a9-b737-5d8bfe7dcec7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/7125-hamath | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00051-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943706 | 592 | 3.109375 | 3 |
WOLFRAM LANGUAGE TUTORIAL
Numerical Methods for Solving the Lotka–Volterra Equations
The Lotka–Volterra system arises in mathematical biology and models the growth of animal species. Consider two species where denotes the number of predators and denotes the number of prey. A particular case of the Lotka–Volterra differ... | <urn:uuid:f5e70978-dcc1-4e33-be6f-bc6575a2e4ac> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://reference.wolfram.com/language/tutorial/NDSolveLotkaVolterra.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00158-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.819351 | 551 | 3.421875 | 3 |
On the Exclusive Use of Discrete Trial Training for Children Diagnosed as Autistic/PDD
An AUTCOM Memorandum
In the early 1970s, when behavior modification was first coming into vogue, parents and professionals alike welcomed the positive view that people with disabilities were learners and that families could be effect... | <urn:uuid:ce73207f-7281-4ad4-b14a-4a73347730ee> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://autcom.org/articles/DTT.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00056-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962444 | 1,291 | 3.046875 | 3 |
CORVALLIS - Oregon State University has released a video called "Towns in Transition" and a companion study guide designed to help communities across the United States whose economies are linked to natural resource industries.
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Causes of Parkinson’s disease remain unknown however a relationship between genetics and environmental elements has long been suspected. One such environmental aspect has been that many people with Parkinson’s exhibit low levels of iron in their blood compared to normal controls. In addition, higher iron levels are fou... | <urn:uuid:8018c924-6ea0-4354-a546-2bc36d66b1f3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://parkinsonhope.org/higher-iron-levels-in-blood-may-protect-against-parkinsons/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00154-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94502 | 467 | 3.234375 | 3 |
February 8, 2002
Let's begin with the findings of this garlic/saquinavir study. This study found that the blood levels of saquinavir were reduced by 51% with garlic supplementation (equivalent to two raw 4-gram cloves a day) in nine healthy, HIV-negative participants. The researchers believe that allicin, a compound re... | <urn:uuid:ae04608f-abe9-4db2-baf1-221d30ed9366> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thebodypro.com/content/art2228.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00194-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93671 | 573 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Hidden in Plain Sight: New Genetic Discoveries Shed Light on the Spread of Farming in Eastern Europe
December 24, 2008
Luca Luigi Cavalli-Sforza nearly 40 years ago, there began to be hope for a better understanding of how agriculture spread through the continent beginning about 10,000 years ago.Decades of genetic rese... | <urn:uuid:33f38cc3-1a2f-4788-97be-a5c445581601> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.23andme.com/ancestry/hidden-in-plain-sight-new-genetic-discoveries-shed-light-on-the-spread-of-farming-in-eastern-europe/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00120-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958097 | 1,088 | 3.609375 | 4 |
Mindfulness meditation certainly is a valuable tool in many forms of psychotherapy, as is the Buddhist philosophy that underlies the mindfulness principle. The Buddhist emphasis on letting go of attachments (not "clinging" to particular negative thoughts or feelings) seems to be an essential ingredient also in CBT. One... | <urn:uuid:47449827-f4ef-4f1d-bef2-d1cc07ccde63> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.behavior.net/forums/cognitive/1996/msg733.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00021-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95643 | 138 | 2.75 | 3 |
It can be difficult to envision warm summer days when the wind is blowing and the snow is falling. However, the winter months are a great time to explore summer camp options. In fact, many camps have strict enrollment timelines that require decisions to be made prior to spring.
Attending summer camp has been a traditio... | <urn:uuid:fb1b46d3-4041-41e6-ba4a-2530adbdc26c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://chisagocountypress.com/SiteImages/SpecialSection/232/p4c10.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398209.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00074-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958166 | 610 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Lunch hour lectures repository Spring 2009
- Does rule learning make us human?
- The man who invented the concept of pi: William Jones and his circle
- President Obama and America in the World: from inauguration to action
- The Reception of Homer in Byzantium
- Photodynamic Therapy: using light in a gentle approach to ... | <urn:uuid:ebbdf36e-1794-43b7-bf03-0f8c2e3de4be> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ucl.ac.uk/lhl/lhlpub_spring09/11_030307 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392069.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00177-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928994 | 511 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Try continuing these patterns made from triangles. Can you create your own repeating pattern?
Watch this "Notes on a Triangle" film. Can you recreate parts of
the film using cut-out triangles?
This practical problem challenges you to create shapes and patterns
with two different types of triangle. You could even try
Wh... | <urn:uuid:51a137e0-c5ba-4c20-9c96-8cb6222881a5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://nrich.maths.org/thismonth/1and2/2008/02 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00198-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919788 | 168 | 3 | 3 |
It was 70,000 days ago (a “day-versary” as I like to call it) that baseball had one of its most important births.
It wasn’t a slugger born. The liveball era is far younger than 70,000 days old. It wasn’t a hitting specialist, nor was it an ace starter born on that day. No famous or noteworthy player of any sort is 70,0... | <urn:uuid:af475a75-1606-4e06-ab2f-ce6c6b3e0152> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.hardballtimes.com/tht-live/70000-days-ago-alexander-cartwright-born/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00125-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947914 | 2,041 | 3.21875 | 3 |
For patients at very high risk for developing a psychiatric disorder such as schizophrenia, taking fish oil supplements may be a way to prevent the onset of psychosis, according to a new study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry. Due to the controversial nature of using anti-psychotic drugs as a preventive ... | <urn:uuid:cafe331a-e483-40f7-acd8-071dd3f51623> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://healthland.time.com/2010/02/02/fish-oil-may-help-prevent-onset-of-psychosis/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00012-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954126 | 436 | 2.65625 | 3 |
A gene essential for normal brain development, and also linked to autism spectrum disorders, plays a critical role in addiction-related behaviors, according to Harvard Medical School (HMS) investigators at McLean Hospital.
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From NationalGeographicVideo, produced by National Geographic
Horses have been important to humans for thousands of years, not only for transportation, but also friendship. Horses are highly social, live in herds, feed on grass and use sheer speed to escape predators. This clip from National Geographic briefly tells th... | <urn:uuid:3b5ba1cc-92f1-4e0c-977d-780ee640d286> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://watchknowlearn.org/Video.aspx?VideoID=1010&CategoryID=758 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00165-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930383 | 71 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Phrase used to describe breadth
(at the expense of depth
Can be applied to a generalist or "jack of all trades" (who know a little bit about a lot of things).
It's also been applied to everything from science curriculum in American schools (too many topics, not enough understanding) to television programming (great var... | <urn:uuid:8b2e7e92-862d-4097-a72e-5d70dee0b877> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://everything2.com/user/e2reneta/writeups/A+mile+wide+and+an+inch+deep | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00142-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971984 | 163 | 2.9375 | 3 |
When is a click not a click?
When an advertising network registers a click on one of their online advertisements, how can it be sure that a single consumer – a “pair of eyeballs” in Madison Avenue jargon – and not a malware computer program, is behind that one click? Or that the viewer’s click was intentional, not indu... | <urn:uuid:5c4a1a90-e50a-42dd-81b9-9ee8efea2ade> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/countering_click_spam | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00161-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954921 | 1,221 | 2.546875 | 3 |
KOMAROVSKY, MIRRA (1905–1999), U.S. sociologist. Born in Akkerman, Russia, Komarovsky fled to the U.S. with her family in 1921. She was a professor of sociology at Barnard College of Columbia University in New York and specialized in the sociology of the family.
When she majored in economics and sociology at Barnard Co... | <urn:uuid:c3a41c61-96d2-44de-8354-4c83b3e3b5f6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0012_0_11421.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00034-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961195 | 569 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Create a storyboard illustrating the importance of electricity and win a chance to see your idea turned into a spot on KCPT!
Summary and Guidelines:
The Storyboard must relate to one of the following two categories:
1) Innovations, important figures or careers in the Electrical Industry
Questions to consider: Why were ... | <urn:uuid:c407bfb8-ac19-46eb-9059-a23b10c57d62> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.kcpt.org/announcements/shocking-truth-storyboard-contest/?tv_tab=&tv_chan=&tvg_day=&month=&time=&provider=Charter | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00003-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.871448 | 200 | 3.46875 | 3 |
A new nine million dollar aquarium is set to open in Northern India by the end of this year, financed by two large private companies.
Although the oceanarium, the first of its kind in India, could provide an amazing recreational and educational opportunity for both locals and tourists and include research facilities fo... | <urn:uuid:62d70b58-6438-4e24-861e-6c81d8c15c77> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thepetitionsite.com/346/023/860/india-dont-include-dolphins-in-new-oceanarium/?cid=reddit_petition_india-dont-include-dolphins-in-new-oceanarium | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394414.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00020-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959001 | 370 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Les Misérables is a French historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862
, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th ...
A short summary of Victor Hugo's Les Misérables. This free synopsis covers all
the crucial plot points of Les Misérables.
Free summary and analysis of the events in Victor ... | <urn:uuid:c504016c-761b-4420-8f2a-edb8ebea289a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ask.com/web?q=Les+Miserables+Summary&o=2603&l=dir&qsrc=3139&gc=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397748.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00066-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.707769 | 377 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Art Around the Corner
This film introduces viewers to Art Around the Corner, the National Gallery's multiple-visit partnership with District of Columbia Public Schools. Each year fourth- and fifth- graders in the program visit the National Gallery up to seven times, using a variety of interactive strategies to experien... | <urn:uuid:44724852-c37c-431f-9138-557a9f503bcc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/audio-video/video/art-around-the-corner.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396100.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00169-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942477 | 139 | 3.078125 | 3 |
Gentleman's Word, A: The Legacy Of Subhas Chandra Bose In Southeast Asia
by Nilanjana Sengupta
About This Book
The great Indian nationalist leader Subhas Chandra Bose arrived in Singapore in 1943 to revitalize the Indian National Army (INA). Taking the opportunity of the Japanese occupation of parts of Southeast Asia, ... | <urn:uuid:0d085254-2319-4c86-a1e0-744c374e0c6b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.selectbooks.com.sg/getTitle.aspx?SBNum=053156 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392069.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00043-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955353 | 381 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Lesson Plan Search
Library Home || Full Table of Contents || Suggest a Link || Library Help
|Free math lesson plans that make use of Google Earth, Google Calendar, Exploring Computational Thinking, and other products and projects of the search engine company: Telling time & Google Calendar; Human Dimensions Project; Me... | <urn:uuid:4aac191e-ea40-4900-b41f-e35a04781ab7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://mathforum.org/library/view/76373.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00106-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.720102 | 241 | 3.328125 | 3 |
NCTE stands in solidarity with the 30,000 members of the NCTE community in saying that racism, bias, and prejudice should be eradicated from spaces of learning.
The Council is committed to working toward the eradication of racism and discrimination in the profession, in the preparation of teachers, and in the administr... | <urn:uuid:32aeb552-1ebe-49f5-a9cc-702864c1c2e6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ncte.org/press/issues/anti-racism | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00042-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949905 | 623 | 3.4375 | 3 |
Exoplanet Explorer takes you on a journey into deep space, beyond the limits of our Solar System. Based on the latest available data, you'll explore virtual models of more than 700 known planets and the star systems that they inhabit.
The data is sourced from The Planetary Habitability Laboratory, SIMBAD, and scientifi... | <urn:uuid:05bf32dd-0504-499e-853a-7b4c44c11125> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://slideme.org/application/exoplanet-explorer-lite | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00099-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921167 | 302 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Space Foundation Aims to Inspire Students at STEMapalooza
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Oct. 1, 2010) -- The Space Foundation will use fun space projects to spark the interest of students in elementary through high school at STEMapalooza in Denver, Oct. 8 and 9. The University of Colorado Denver presents STEMapalooza annual... | <urn:uuid:8b2b8f66-2c4f-44f9-80b8-2e2b4d699c49> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.spacefoundation.org/media/news-briefs/space-foundation-aims-inspire-students-stemapalooza | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00131-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920456 | 293 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Got a case of the winter blues? Maybe a mild case of cabin fever? The long cold winter months can suck the fun out of just about anyone, but for some it runs much deeper. Every year about 25-30% of the general population suffers from SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder), with about 10-20% of those feeling only mild sympto... | <urn:uuid:fd3ac09e-eb77-49a0-b579-0850666917d4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.examiner.com/article/recognizing-the-symptoms-and-affects-of-sad-seasonal-affective-disorder | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00096-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958488 | 458 | 3.640625 | 4 |
For most of recorded history, comets have played a unique role in culture and science. However, it was really only about 500 years ago that the serious, methodological, standardized observation of comets began, leading slowly to our view of comets as planetary 'worlds' orbiting the sun. After centuries of building our ... | <urn:uuid:1b9383e7-cd13-42cc-b8ea-788ba6df8a88> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://airandspace.si.edu/exhibitions/exploring-the-planets/online/solar-system/comets/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393093.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00023-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971952 | 161 | 4.0625 | 4 |
This is the first in a series of articles on the root problems of most chronic illnesses: diabetes, heart disease, hypertension, autoimmune disorders, Alzheimer’s disease, chronic fatigue, Parkinson’s disease and early aging.
Over the next few months, I will share how oxidative stress, inflammation, hormone imbalance a... | <urn:uuid:4e37b877-a1f9-4f4d-9cf2-bee2507f8bf1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://alextimes.com/2012/01/long-live-you-new-year-new-you-oxidative-stress/?leadid=10&form=entry/10/145/entry/10/120/entry/10/68/entry/10/77/entry/10/68/entry/10/54/entry/10/56/entry/10/75/entry/10/61/entry/10/77/entry/10/79/entry/10/87/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00000-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926627 | 604 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Online quizzes are not helping students learn their subject, according to a study just published in the International Journal of Information and Operations Management Education.
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Situation modeling layer
CHIL Services require observation of human activity. Observation of humans and their activities is provided by perceptual components. For most human activities, there are a potentially infinite number of entities that could be detected and an infinite number of possible relations for any set of... | <urn:uuid:f8d90b52-ca5a-4422-979e-b2777c8ba0f5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.parc.com/publication/2100/situation-modeling-layer.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00010-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.831788 | 188 | 2.703125 | 3 |
We remember, too, those individuals and institutions which have worked valiantly as caregivers. In the early days of the epidemic, St. Vincent’s Hospital, a Catholic institution in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York City, was a pioneer in providing care. Yesterday, a New York Times blog reported on a compet... | <urn:uuid:40feb64a-c655-4839-b905-1575dd22e62e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://newwaysministryblog.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/world-aids-day-remembering-st-vincents/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00042-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951687 | 466 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Tuolumne County Ditch System
the gold rush days, a network of meandering open ditches
has been used to deliver water throughout Tuolumne County.
More than 60 miles of these canals snake through the county, connecting Lyons Reservoir to water systems that serve communities from Twain Harte to Tuolumne, Bill Hill, Columb... | <urn:uuid:2863c54d-f404-486f-b3ec-c85298e6fad3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cedarridgeranch.org/ditchinfo.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00041-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916144 | 333 | 3.203125 | 3 |
The South American nation of 13 million is bordered by Colombia to the north, Peru to the south, and the Pacific Ocean to the west. The equator crosses just north of Ecuador's capital, Quito, and the country gets its name from this hemispheric crossroads.
According to recent census figures, 95 percent of Ecuador is Rom... | <urn:uuid:01b311fd-beba-483d-bdd2-996daba28189> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2007/06/ecuador_healthlinks.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392069.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00063-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948878 | 1,399 | 3.046875 | 3 |
It has been said that her stake was set so high, that there might be no chance of a merciful blow, or of strangulation to spare the victim the atrocities of the fire; perhaps, let us hope, it was rather that the ascending smoke might suffocate her before the flame could reach her: the fifteenth century would naturally ... | <urn:uuid:c8954c1c-787a-43a8-83b8-7ea049385b0b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bookrags.com/ebooks/2553/203.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00190-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980669 | 763 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Complementary and Alternative Therapies
Complementary and Alternative Medicine
Complementary medicine is used in conjunction with other therapies. It usually serves to relieve symptoms and improve quality of life. Alternative medicine is used alone, without standard treatment.
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The gray wolf is one of North America's most iconic native predators. The wolf's incredible comeback in the Northern Rockies is one of our country's greatest wildlife success stories.
Explore the history of the Northern Rockies gray wolves, beginning in the 1930s when their numbers were decimated after years of persecu... | <urn:uuid:00761b92-d825-42b4-8b04-32cf0303cff4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://earthjustice.org/features/campaigns/wolves-in-danger-timeline-milestones | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00169-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917654 | 3,424 | 3.8125 | 4 |
Most Americans are unaware that one in 10 infants in the U.S. has an undetected vision problem which, if left untreated, can lead to developmental delays, permanent vision problems and in rare cases, life-threatening health risks. Although most parents are aware that vision disorders can be detected in infants, few tak... | <urn:uuid:a57d9fe2-f024-40b8-a3c5-87f9ada1f8eb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://covdblog.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/survey-says/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00107-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935764 | 962 | 2.78125 | 3 |
|Question and Answer Board
|Krunal from Bensalem, Pennsylvania
Do you believe in that the design of the ISS will cause a problem in case of a meteor shower? Why?
|That's a really good question. The space environment is a very harsh environment: there's radiation and micrometeorite strikes, and other things in the envir... | <urn:uuid:f88702b9-8d37-4531-a49d-166a2b64752d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nasa.gov/missions/highlights/webcasts/shuttle/sts111/iss-qa.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402699.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00200-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955143 | 2,725 | 2.578125 | 3 |
ROP began working in Vietnam in 2010. Almost four decades after the conclusion of the Vietnam War, the people of Vietnam are still feeling the effects of the conflict in the form of unexploded munitions. More bombs were dropped on Vietnam than in all of WWII and over a third did not detonate. Partnering with the local ... | <urn:uuid:d200b62e-ed67-466c-8f30-9ab1f0d53cb0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://rootsofpeace.org/programs-page/vietnam | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393518.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00024-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96816 | 273 | 2.625 | 3 |
This page describes the elements or criteria that you must typically address in a research paper. The assumption here is that you are addressing a causal hypothesis in your paper.
- Statement of the problem: The general problem area is stated clearly and unambiguously. The importance and significance of the problem are... | <urn:uuid:dcbef34f-ef04-4541-a421-b6215066eae2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/guideelements.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00127-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94096 | 1,142 | 2.9375 | 3 |
Plot the standardized residual of the simple linear regression model of the data set faithful against the independent variable waiting.
We apply the lm function to a formula that describes the variable eruptions by the variable waiting, and save the linear regression model in a new variable eruption.lm. Then we compute... | <urn:uuid:c47374ab-a434-4016-90bf-71a0d525e703> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.r-tutor.com/elementary-statistics/simple-linear-regression/standardized-residual | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00096-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.792897 | 145 | 2.703125 | 3 |
It's no secret that deforestation has been detrimental to the world's rainforests. Advocacy groups and volunteers have been working to put a stop to the industrializing of tropical regions like the Amazon for decades. While these groups have been successful, damage has already been done to the delicate ecological balan... | <urn:uuid:311f529a-7310-4bc4-b4cc-8edaacc43344> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ietravel.com/print/5805 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403823.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00046-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95939 | 349 | 3.703125 | 4 |
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“D'you have yours?”
“Did I bring my what?”
- This article is about the sextant. For information on the extant see extant
A sextant is a special instrument, primarily used by German sailors, that makes possible finding the sun by pointing it to the sun. Today considered a... | <urn:uuid:b32d869e-b16e-4f3f-8bf2-087b7338daba> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Sextant | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00062-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968449 | 1,067 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Linux Hosting Server
Mainly the two categories of server are used in web hosting and Linux was most popular and still it is most used operating systems in servers. Linux has many benefits like – It is free and support most of scripting languages but usually it does not support ASP and .Net.
Windows Server Hosting
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While we regard the .380 ACP pocket pistol as a contemporary 21st century design, the very first .380 hammerless pocket pistol was manufactured in 1908 by Colt’s Manufacturing of Hartford, Connecticut. And, as with so many legendary American rifles, shotguns and pistols, it was designed by John Moses Browning. The actu... | <urn:uuid:8aabb92b-f678-4fca-95b6-f65fe430435a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.personaldefenseworld.com/2012/11/the-original-380/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00023-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976138 | 1,089 | 2.75 | 3 |
Through the history of civilization, humans have raised a variety of livestock and agriculture. However, today's large-scale industrial farming methods only use a few specialized breeds that have been developed to meet certain requirements. For example, large-scale produced turkeys have been bred to have bigger breasts... | <urn:uuid:5e99d5ed-5fe8-4325-989b-3fa1cc552a3f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thekitchn.com/heirloom-heritage-what-does-it-64468 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00173-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957256 | 876 | 3.640625 | 4 |
Once you start thinking about economic growth, it is hard to think about anything else. — paraphrased version of statement by Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Lucas
Ending absolute poverty has been a Holy Grail for development economists, and many others, for the past half century. However, it has been difficult to... | <urn:uuid:5cfb26f5-6fda-4478-b8c9-63fec5b99939> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://openborders.info/end-of-poverty/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00183-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94169 | 879 | 2.96875 | 3 |
as the “Wizard of Menlo Park”, Thomas Alva Edison was born
in Milan, Ohio on February 11th 1847. When he was seven, the
Edison family moved to Port Huron, Michigan where the young
Tom Edison set up his first chemical laboratory in the basement
of their large house.
He attended school for only three months and
at the ag... | <urn:uuid:c3b41ee0-3ecd-4e59-a229-a636bf2f492f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.earlycinema.com/pioneers/edison_bio.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00018-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967074 | 2,010 | 3.25 | 3 |
Recent studies suggest the family name Pittaway dates back to the ninth century. Pittaway is a middle British occupational name. First documented evidence of the surname dates to the county of Wiltshire in 1023. The word Pittaway is believed to have come from a Anglo-Saxon term. During the time of the British Empire th... | <urn:uuid:700c0ca7-3c7f-4f93-9529-2848b48af69e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.researchmyname.com/Pittaway/index.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392069.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00111-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946567 | 151 | 2.90625 | 3 |
It is crystal ball time again. This time we are talking about the future of education. The claim: Game designers = Teachers. The presenter: Tim Hart. An instructional or learning technologist at the University of Maine in the USA. His presentation (with the title probably somewhat inspired by Steven Johnson’s book “Eve... | <urn:uuid:0c53a35e-2847-4191-88f8-6f483a8bebda> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.acagamic.com/specials/advent-2009/18-why-video-games-are-good-for-you/comment-page-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00080-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965589 | 407 | 2.546875 | 3 |
To Recognize and Prevent
Overuse Injuries in Soccer
Soccer, one of the most popular team sports in the world with over 200 million registered players worldwide, is a game of nonstop action. Most injuries in soccer occur in the lower body, mostly to the knees and ankles. However, repeated or prolonged use (overuse) inju... | <urn:uuid:aa85a6e2-b091-49b7-92c8-0dc5c5dc980a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.hughston.com/hha/a.soccer.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00019-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944113 | 968 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Everything went A-OK during Thursday afternoon’s launch of the space shuttle Discovery from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Even 40 miles away, the shuttle made for a spectacular sight as you can see in Duluthian JeRay Johnson’s photo. The ship is now en route to the International Space Station.
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In addition to giving religious instructions to Muslim on how they should perform their religious duties such as performing Salaat, fasting in the Month of Ramadan, and Paying Zakaat, Islam also tells to Muslims the things that are besides their religious obligations which are good for their life. The Sunnah of Prophet... | <urn:uuid:618ab234-ea83-41d2-942a-4868c520be63> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.quranreading.com/blog/benefits-of-using-miswak-the-natural-toothpaste/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397562.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00117-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955878 | 961 | 3.09375 | 3 |
- choice of channels and outlets: channels and outlets are ways a produce distributes his goods to reach the customers. you should have a good choice of channels to distribute your goods to the customers. so that it can reach them on time. first direct dont have lots of channels to reach their customers. once a custome... | <urn:uuid:638cde27-0e81-486a-ace0-6476fa1dc314> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://thelmaegbe.blogspot.com/2009/11/7ps-place.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00029-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964868 | 609 | 2.6875 | 3 |
There are several unresolved territorial disputes in the waters surrounding China and from time to time they lead to confrontations between ships belonging to various nations. The latest chapter in this saga is the conflict over a map of China including the South China Sea in Chinese passports.
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Record High Temperatures Across the Country
Data geeks at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) took the reports of record high temperatures across the country and plotted them on a map:
How hot was the month of July in 2011? So hot that just by plotting the location of each daily heat record that ... | <urn:uuid:b7650a97-bdc0-4e64-a2ea-352a0fa142c0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.tommywonk.com/2011/08/record-high-temperatures-across-country.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00191-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957592 | 190 | 3.0625 | 3 |
The incident command process describes an ordered sequence of actions that accomplishes the following:
- Activates the system and defines the incident response structure
- Establishes incident goals (where the system wants to be at the end of response; these are referred to as "control objectives" in NIMS)
to any singl... | <urn:uuid:fa248627-ec68-432d-93cc-e1ebc4bbc40d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.phe.gov/Preparedness/planning/mscc/handbook/chapter1/Pages/theincidentcommand.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00173-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936732 | 2,664 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Pork producers have been lowering weaning age for over two decades. But an extensive field study in a 7,300-sow commercial herd raises serious questions about the economic burden of early weaning.
The first article in this series presents the results of a Kansas State University (KSU) study that took a hard look at the... | <urn:uuid:ab5ef714-4bc5-44ca-b8bc-7f5df00bf72f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://nationalhogfarmer.com/print/mag/farming_later_weaning_quiet | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00004-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968056 | 3,044 | 2.625 | 3 |
Captain Yokoyama knows all about nuclear hazards. The Hiroshima native’s great-uncles and great-aunts were killed by the American atomic bomb that leveled the Japanese city at the end of the World War II. Yet here he was in the town of Natori, little more than 50 km from the site of the Daiichi nuclear power plant, whi... | <urn:uuid:20c24019-2188-4bc9-aad3-34168f19836a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://world.time.com/2011/03/15/fears-spiral-near-ground-zero-of-japans-nuclear-disaster/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396222.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00091-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979419 | 894 | 2.75 | 3 |
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 |
Greek philosopher Socrates is depicted drinking from a cup of hemlock
First aired on Tapestry (26/2/12)
We know that wisdom is acquired over a long period of time and in part due to challenging, painful experiences. But what characteristics do you need to be wise? Is the Dalai Lama wiser ... | <urn:uuid:2e58a13f-2924-4da3-8f8d-d1ba5f90eeec> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cbc.ca/books/2012/02/can-wisdom-be-measured.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00075-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962738 | 452 | 3.25 | 3 |
WASHINGTON In the first study of vitamin K and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma risk, researchers at the Mayo Clinic campus in Minnesota have found that people who have higher intakes of vitamin K from their diet have a lower risk of developing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.
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Why do the children's attitudes change towards him?
Remember the description of Boo Radley at the end of chapter 1- long jagged scar, malevolent phantom etc.
Is it because he becomes more real to them?
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Scout's change of attitude is described near the beginning of Chapter 26. She realizes that the ... | <urn:uuid:19b2518e-6f01-46fb-82f4-198e7f752e06> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-do-childrens-attitudes-change-towards-him-3545 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00177-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983565 | 455 | 3.203125 | 3 |
From top to bottom: WC-130H Hercules, WP-3D Orion, Gulfstream IV-SP
WC-130H photo courtesy of the U.S. Air Force. WP-3D photo courtesy of NOAA/Brad Smull. Gulfstream IV-SP photo courtesy NOAA/AOC
Why the Different Airplanes?
Why do the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron and the Hurricane
Research Division use differe... | <urn:uuid:4e22223b-a8ca-4a37-9b94-6b44222280f7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Atmosphere/hurricane/airplanes.html&edu=elem | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00051-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.897208 | 824 | 3.140625 | 3 |
A coin collector might wonder about the worth of a 1962 Liberty Half Dollar. Since it is 90% silver, its value would be in the current price of silver.
Determining the Worth of a 1962 Liberty Half Dollar
The Liberty half dollar was also called the Benjamin Franklin half-dollar and was minted from 1948 – 1963. It was th... | <urn:uuid:cd1935e2-d210-41fa-ac74-9bbb11b78122> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.2020site.org/coins/worth-of-1962-liberty-half-dollar.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00130-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970225 | 922 | 2.75 | 3 |
Brittany Tardif, a 16 year old female from Cornwall asks on May 21, 2003,We weren't allowed to put in a permanent dock because it affected the ecosystem. Can you please explain the effects on the ecosystem of the St. Lawrence River if we were to put in our dock?
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The installation of a permanent dock w... | <urn:uuid:8d5901cf-ff84-46b5-bfd6-ef146433255a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.science.ca/askascientist/viewquestion.php?qID=1446&-table=activities&-action=list&-cursor=0&-skip=0&-limit=30&-mode=list&-lang=en | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00124-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935341 | 209 | 3.40625 | 3 |
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Ascension Day is commemorated as the day, forty days after the Resurrection when Jesus ascended into heaven - in front of his disciples - as recorded in Acts 1, Luke 24, Mark 16. Jesus left the disciples promising to send them a helper, which arrived on Pentecost (10 days later) - the Holy Spiri... | <urn:uuid:64f18bdc-35da-4dd2-90b6-9b78525f5aba> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclopedia/6322/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00067-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956419 | 155 | 3.34375 | 3 |
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