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We all encounter pests sometime in our life, but how we handle them is simply up to us. Whether your aim is to rid your plants of them or to get them out of your home, there are many natural ways you can do this. Using natural pest control options are not only safer for the environment, but generally are safer for you ... | <urn:uuid:2fed3da5-b736-47cd-8475-5b3c8429595b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.alexandria-real-estate.org/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393146.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00078-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952588 | 638 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Vaccine cuts Human Papillomavirus infection rates even in non-immunizedPublished On: Mon, Jul 9th, 2012 | Immunology | By BioNews
In a typical evidence of herd protection, it has been found that women who do not get the cervical cancer jab can see their risk of developing the disease half, thanks to their peers who are... | <urn:uuid:2b24ec71-3f7f-486d-bac7-f3b548dee2f2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.bioscholar.com/2012/07/vaccine-cuts-human-papillomavirus-infection-rates-even-in-non-immunized.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00157-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975657 | 549 | 2.671875 | 3 |
How long have knee replacements been performed?
Modern knee replacement surgery began in the early 1970s. Over the last 30 years, the procedure has been refined and improved, and is now one of the most successful surgical procedures for the treatment of knee arthritis. Assuming there are no breakthrough preventive trea... | <urn:uuid:9c7bc908-9baa-4c5a-8891-8b56f8cc1fbb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://my.clevelandclinic.org/services/orthopaedics-rheumatology/treatments-procedures/hic-total-knee-replacement-surgery | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393518.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00153-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933322 | 2,024 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Theories of the Universe
The Accelerating Universe
We'll begin this section by picking up were we left off, completing our analysis of the big bang theory. Here you'll get a chance to see the two or three significant obstacles that prevent complete acceptance of it. Be that as it may, since it is the most popular theor... | <urn:uuid:f6c0ffff-37da-480e-8e0f-60f92d9f011c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.infoplease.com/cig/theories-universe/accelerating-universe.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00159-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969724 | 945 | 3.9375 | 4 |
Bimala Churn Law, Ph.D.
An account of some famous women who figure prominently in the
early Buddhist texts is given in the following pages. The account
will show that women were not a negligible factor in the ancient
Buddhist community of India.
was the daughter of a Sakya noble named Khemaka. She was called
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In 1963 the name The People’s State Bank of American Fork was shortened to Bank of American Fork. Orville Gunther, the then-president of The People’s State Bank of American Fork, felt the bank’s name was too long, and with new technology, it was an appropriate time for change and modernization.
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India’s first indigenously developed sub-sonic cruise missile Nirbhay was tested on Tuesday as the Defence R&D Organisation calls it a partial success.
However, the DRDO said the missile “successfully” met the basic mission objectives and performed some of the maneuvers satisfactorily before being terminated mid way.
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After his inaugural address, Guida's fourth-graders talked about how they hope Obama can help the poor, safely bring home soldiers at war, lower taxes and gas prices, improve the economy, add alternative energy sources, help save endangered animals, and make every day Earth Day.
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We have arrived in “Studies in U.S. Military History” (see course information here) at the American Civil War. We’ll spend two weeks on this war, more than any other. Millett and Maslowski’s For the Common Defense splits the war into two periods: chapter six, 1861 – 1862 and chapter seven, 1863-1865. It is chock full o... | <urn:uuid:7e7e039d-a848-4883-8476-8c2f54494009> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wig-wags.com/2008/05/05/and-sothe-american-civil-war/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00175-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924649 | 596 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Marine Protected Areas
Fish swim around a coral reef in the Phoenix Islands Marine Protected Area, the largest protected marine area in the world. (Photo by Larry Madin, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
What are Marine Protected Areas?
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News Brief – June 29, 2011
Amir Ali Hajizadeh, head of the Revolutionary Guards’ aerospace division, said the new radar system, called Ghadir, was tested successfully under operational conditions.
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Westley Kear, 11, of Davis, reads his book, "Warriors into the Wild" to "Diggory" a Yellow Lab. This is part of a UC Davis Veterinary Medicine Extension research project called "All Ears Reading® Program that demonstrated the efficacy of canine assisted reading programs with elementary school-age youth. UC Davis collab... | <urn:uuid:4c429486-3098-426a-b65f-4797b5cc7974> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.vetmed.ucdavis.edu/strategic_planning/goals/animals_people/index.cfm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00083-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945946 | 251 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Definitions for INFIRMARYɪnˈfɜr mə ri
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word INFIRMARY
a health facility where patients receive treatment
A place where sick or injured people are cared for, especially a small hospital; sickhouse.
A clinic or dispensary within another institution.
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Michael Jordan, Lady Gaga and Angelina Jolie.
Most people can probably name some award-winning athletes, musicians, and actors. But, if you were asked to name the winners of last year's Nobel Prizes in Economics, Physics, or Literature, could you do it?
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This picturesquely situated city of the Cotentin, St. Lo, is so named from the Bishop St. Laud, who lived in the neighbourhood in the sixth century. Later, it became a Huguenot stronghold, and was ably, though unsuc cessfully, defended by Colombiers. It forms, with its former Cathedral of Notre Dame crowning its height... | <urn:uuid:4b36c08f-b206-4453-9886-da010dc36cc9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://travel.yodelout.com/notre-dame-de-st-lo/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00165-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970394 | 780 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Devon (also known, far less commonly, as "Devonshire") is a large county in England's West Country, bordered to the west by Cornwall and to the east by Dorset and Somerset. Uniquely amongst English counties, Devon has two separate coastlines: to the south, on the English Channel and to the north, on the Irish Sea and B... | <urn:uuid:fdd178ad-d7de-48c6-844a-264385239cc2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Devon | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408828.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00038-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942749 | 2,773 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Maria is living with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. Antiretroviral medicines (ARVs) are now more widely available and are supposed to make her life better. But her continued therapy is under threat because she fears that if her husband discovers her HIV status he will become verbally abusive or even divorce her. As a... | <urn:uuid:8a00b8ae-0855-4f4d-b142-6066d9cb210e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.un.org/africarenewal/magazine/april-2008/gender-violence-hampers-aids-fight | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00045-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956399 | 944 | 3.09375 | 3 |
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If a member of your family died as a result of a delay in the diagnosis or treatment of a pulmonary embolism.
Facts & Figures
A Pulmonary embolism occurs when there is a blockage of the blood vessels in the lungs. Although a pulmonary embol... | <urn:uuid:15f2baa9-4bce-4948-87ed-36c32eb7969f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://pulmonaryembolismlaw.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396222.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00008-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930871 | 1,708 | 3.15625 | 3 |
To her contemporaries, Sarah Orne Jewett was primarily a local color writer. Her stories and novels were peopled with typical villagers speaking in dialect, going about their daily work as country doctors or farmers or seafarers, moving about among the flora and fauna and landscape of New England. As a young avid reade... | <urn:uuid:3b18a8fe-1286-4994-bbc3-96c42b13a14f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enotes.com/topics/white-heron/critical-essays/essays-criticism | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00035-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965324 | 2,254 | 2.953125 | 3 |
The Chickasaw Indian Nation relinquished all lands east of the Mississippi River and north of the Mississippi state line with the signing of the Treaty of October 19, 1818. The treaty, ratified by the United States Senate and confirmed by President James Monroe on January 7, 1819, expanded Kentucky's western territory ... | <urn:uuid:de93e80d-0abf-4031-b0b0-1886eaef1c6f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sos.ky.gov/admin/land/non-military/patents/wtrnonmilitary/Pages/default.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00194-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935661 | 399 | 3.40625 | 3 |
- NER = Enrolled children in the official school age group / Total number of children in the official school age group
- GER = Enrolled children of all ages / Total number of children in the official school age group
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October 28, 2010
Climate Change Linked To Variable Southeast Summer Rainfall
A doubling of abnormally wet or dry summer weather in the southeastern United States in recent decades has come from an intensification of the summertime North Atlantic Subtropical High (NASH), or "Bermuda High."
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Big Data and the Origins of MapReduce
MapReduce is increasingly becoming useful for big data. In the early 2000s, some engineers at Google looked into the future and determined that while their current solutions for applications such as web crawling, query frequency, and so on were adequate for most existing requiremen... | <urn:uuid:fca4802b-b468-4179-9e3e-cbc27f902a46> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/big-data-and-the-origins-of-mapreduce.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00096-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962665 | 362 | 3.375 | 3 |
A White Rhino calf was born December 3 at Zoo de Beauval, in France. The young male was born to mom, Satara, and dad, Smoske, and has been given the name Hawii.
Hawii recently took his first steps onto his family’s African Savannah exhibit at the Zoo.
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A race is a group of people thought to share certain distinctive physical characteristics, such as facial structure or skin color. Racial characteristics are thought to be biologically inherited (unlike ethnic characteristics, which are cultural). Sociologists use the concept of race to describe how people think of and... | <urn:uuid:fa6b4d25-f321-42ea-b703-52afca396998> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.chegg.com/homework-help/definitions/race-49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00105-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959736 | 277 | 4.5 | 4 |
June 29, 2009
Some nutrients work better in pairs
Most nutrients don't fly solo -- they can interact, join forces or even cancel each other out -- a U.S. health newsletter reports.
Two of the key nutrient pairs the Harvard Health Letter writers mention are:-- Vitamin D and calcium. Calcium is easily absorbed, primarily... | <urn:uuid:e5cbc375-a7f5-440e-afc4-1ab6063b63ed> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1713471/some_nutrients_work_better_in_pairs/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00134-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.882068 | 240 | 3 | 3 |
Quality assurance testing is a sought-after job not only because it involves playing video games for pay, but also because it requires little formal education compared to other game design occupations such as animation and programming. However, this doesn't mean that it's an easy, low-stress job. The Bureau of Labor St... | <urn:uuid:cfffa93c-536e-47b9-ba75-a67d1e1828d2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://work.chron.com/much-video-game-testers-make-6441.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00135-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977068 | 534 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Size: 6 3/4 inches high, with the female a bit larger, a wingspan of 12 inches, and weighs about 2.5 ounces.
General Description: Not much bigger than a House Sparrow, the Northern Pygmy Owl has a rounded head and small ear-tufts that are rarely seen in the field. They are an overall reddish-brown color with small whit... | <urn:uuid:6e541191-f565-4abe-aa59-b3fd8b197ea8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://thedailyworld.com/sports/grays-harbor-birds-northern-pygmy-owl | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00012-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969692 | 949 | 3.125 | 3 |
Piano Program for Children with ASD
What to expect from this program
The piano program at U of L Music Therapy Clinic will model specialized techniques and interventions successfully utilized by music therapist Kana Kamitsubo. The program is designed to teach piano skills while working on the individual goals and needs... | <urn:uuid:be1228ee-0e90-4b9f-8449-42e6876d8f40> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://louisville.edu/music/mtc/piano-program-for-children-with-asd | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00159-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932154 | 307 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Talking to Indian reporters on the eve of his visit to India, President Bush recalled Mahatma Gandhi as “so spiritual that he captured the imagination of the entire world.” He was no doubt alluding to Gandhi’s great achievement in teaching us all the virtues of nonviolence. But if he were to study India’s accomplishmen... | <urn:uuid:c3744469-47e6-4fb6-ac70-c0e31f3994db> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cfr.org/india/indian-lessons/p10009 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00136-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967573 | 1,248 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Terra Ziporyn Snider, co-founder of the nonprofit Start School Later, has been documenting this problem and advocating changes to fix it since 2011. She started the organization after posting an online petition asking authorities to establish 8 a.m. as the earliest allowable school start time. Within a month, she’d rec... | <urn:uuid:ada372f1-46b7-4313-a876-1002df903119> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://4lakidsnews.blogspot.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00066-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96202 | 1,132 | 2.75 | 3 |
This page was updated on 22 Nov 2012 to include the disclaimer below. No other content in this article was affected.
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At first glance, the simple red brick church at the end of the road looks a lot like all of the other red brick churches in Farmington, Utah. There's a view of the mountains on one side and a maze of power lines on the other, but on this fairly warm February day, the clue to what makes this church different is on the r... | <urn:uuid:683aa1c8-b9b0-4b98-bf32-85658771bd30> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.deseretnews.com/article/print/765551745/Caring-for-creation-Faith-groups-have-a-role-in-environmental-causes.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396222.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00171-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962723 | 1,671 | 2.8125 | 3 |
From the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine
While geared to sports medicine professionals, the 2014 position statement from the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (DiFiori JP, et al.) provides helpful guidance to sports parents on the causes, risk factors, diagnosis, and treatment of burnout in yout... | <urn:uuid:2d1965ab-c56e-4b30-a160-b5cf08047abd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.momsteam.com/print/7241 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00089-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915178 | 1,348 | 3.453125 | 3 |
Location: Microfiche Cabinet 17, Drawers 6-8
Scope: The Human Relations Area Files (HRAF) is a microfiche collection of mostly primary source materials on cultures or societies representing all major areas of the world. HRAF was founded and continues to exist with one primary mission in mind -- to encourage and facilit... | <urn:uuid:e42dc31e-dd65-43a1-b272-26b043a3d6d4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://library.truman.edu/microforms/hraf.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00005-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.881286 | 1,380 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Physics is crucial to understanding the world around us, the world inside us, and the world beyond us. It is the most basic and fundamental science. Physics encompasses the study of the universe from the largest galaxies to the smallest subatomic particles. Moreover, it's the basis of many other sciences, including che... | <urn:uuid:58ea539a-ddf8-422d-bd11-208f37874193> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.du.edu/nsm/departments/physicsandastronomy/whyphysics.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00162-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953392 | 316 | 3.328125 | 3 |
New research from the Monell Center reveals that simply believing that an odor is potentially harmful can increase airway inflammation in asthmatics for at least 24 hours following exposure.
In the study, published online ahead of print in the Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 17 individuals characterized as moderate ... | <urn:uuid:a49978d0-0ae1-4e9e-af52-465391fddd46> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.perfumerflavorist.com/fragrance/research/268333202.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397842.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00066-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973419 | 182 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Researchers Look to Alien Soils for Heat Shield
An important test is coming up next week to see whether a heat shield made from the soil of the moon, Mars or an asteroid will stand up to the searing demands of a plunge through Earth's atmosphere.
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Candlestick telephones, also known as “upright desk stands,” first gained popularity in the 1880s as the telephone became an important piece of technology for modern businesses. A standard candlestick phone included a base, stem, mouthpiece, and receiver.
The earliest candlesticks had wooden receivers and bases. Eventu... | <urn:uuid:f229d591-afb7-4631-82d9-28887026aedd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.collectorsweekly.com/telephones/candlestick | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00168-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965136 | 729 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Quick nutritional fixes for a healthy heart
Most people know that a heart-healthy diet includes olive or canola oil rather than butter, less animal protein and processed foods, and more fish, beans, whole grains, and vegetables. Recent trends indicate that people are shopping for less processed foods and that food comp... | <urn:uuid:41182cac-0f28-4876-a314-929a69196110> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.utsouthwestern.edu/newsroom/health-wellness/year-2013/february/heart-nutrition.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00109-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935323 | 529 | 2.828125 | 3 |
The Origins of Flag Day - June 14th
That the flag of the United States shall be of thirteen stripes of alternate red and white, with a union of thirteen stars of white in a blue field, representing the new constellation.
This was the resolution adopted by the Continental Congress on June 14, 1777. The resolution was ma... | <urn:uuid:6d383708-32fe-4ade-95ed-0a038b594c8e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://bmaconline.org/index.cfm/events/flag-day/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393146.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00143-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968246 | 736 | 3.546875 | 4 |
Mahatma Gandhi in his article titled ‘National Education’ published in Young India on 1 September, 1921 has written that it might be true regarding other countries but in India where 80% of the population is occupied with agriculture and 10% of it with industries, it is an offence to make education merely literary1. It... | <urn:uuid:4ed9fdac-bb29-4a91-8d1b-1082f491aaa2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mkgandhi.org/articles/analys_edu.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398209.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00072-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969863 | 2,001 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Ernest Major posted a nice analysis of the paper with references to the many eplanations of the origin of ORFans. I'd like to add a bit more to his description of the "problem."
Here's the primary reference ...
Yin, Y. and Fischer, D. (2006) On the origin of microbial ORFans: quantifying the strength of the evidence fo... | <urn:uuid:b957fd9a-5a84-4aa1-b1cf-a0e7aabf9c23> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://sandwalk.blogspot.com/2006/11/orfans.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398209.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00184-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961464 | 1,144 | 2.625 | 3 |
By Skye Golann
Champlain Valley Union High School
Now more than ever, the path to achievement and affluence leads through college. According to the Census Bureau, college graduates make nearly $1 million more throughout their working life than those with just a high school degree. A college education has become a neces... | <urn:uuid:77fa096b-820e-471c-ba87-2b8201a41435> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.willistonobserver.com/college-costs-are-rising-what-can-you-do/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00106-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969459 | 939 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Uttarpara Jaykrishna Public Library is the
first free Public library in India. It was established
by Jayakrishan Mukeherjee, famous son of
Uttarpara. Influenced by Dwarkanath Tagore and
guided by London Public Library act 1850 - Joykrishna
initiated this novel venture in 1859 when modern public
education was a far cry ... | <urn:uuid:d20390fe-5413-4716-b30f-b2f0ec1d7669> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.uttarpara.com/culture/joykrishna_library.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00040-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911972 | 844 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Lesson Plans created by AHTC teachers:
World War II
Discrimination on the Homefront
"We Can Do It!"
American War Propaganda: WWII and Beyond
World War II in the Pacific and Home
Campbell Soup: Discrimination and the Committee on Fair Employment
Holocaust Art: Making Abstract Ideas More Concrete
The Tuskegee Airmen: Afr... | <urn:uuid:0e203fbc-6702-45c7-b87f-b2ad3e879bf7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.usd116.org/ProfDev/AHTC/lessons/wwii.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00002-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.800094 | 218 | 4.09375 | 4 |
Three members of the Computer Science and Engineering faculty at the University of California, San Diego are the brains behind a new online course series to teach intermediate software development to learners around the world, Java Programming: Object-Oriented Design of Data Structures. The four courses and a Capstone ... | <urn:uuid:7484c73a-4d5c-44af-a4f8-d17dd44a64a7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/pressrelease/uc_san_diego_develops_online_software_development_courses_for_coursera | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00177-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941787 | 1,334 | 2.734375 | 3 |
First name origin & meaning:
Old English: Powerful one
First name variations: Reggie, Reggy, Reg, Reynolds, Reynold, Regnauld, Reinald, Renault, Rene, Rinaldo, Renato, Reinhold, Raghnall, Reginald
Last name origin & meaning:
North German: from a Germanic personal name composed of the
elements ragin ‘counsel’ + wald ‘ru... | <urn:uuid:90749034-f3d3-4001-b2cd-749d3956888b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://baby-names.familyeducation.com/name-meaning/reinwald | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00160-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.708225 | 106 | 2.609375 | 3 |
New York City Bee Information
City Bees Newly Discovered, Yet Here All Along – New York Times blog about new sweat bee discovery Lasioglossum gotham by Erik Olsen (2011).
New Bee Species Discovered in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden! – inhabitat New York City blog by Lori Zimmer (2011).
Bees and the City – New York Times O... | <urn:uuid:d241ed0a-be33-4649-8c71-16180ceb13ef> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://greatpollinatorproject.org/pollinators/resources | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399106.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00131-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.868684 | 890 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Deadly Malaria on the Decline
A new research study has found that malaria is killing twice as many people that previously believed. However, as efforts to combat the deadly steam have picked up, the total number of deaths is declining. In 2010, 1.2 million people died of malaria, twice as much as the last survey sugges... | <urn:uuid:d019b572-47bf-478b-af52-7db21bee86fb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/43960 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00032-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972023 | 598 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Harmen Steenwyck (1612-1656)
HARMEN STEENWYCK (1612-1656)
'Still Life: An Allegory of the Vanities of Human Life', 1640
(oil on oak panel)
'Still Life: An Allegory of the Vanities of Human Life' by Harmen Steenwyck is a classic example of a Dutch 'Vanitas' painting. It is essentially a religious works in the guise of a... | <urn:uuid:990daf81-ad7a-4e78-b18e-b98ed3c2b784> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://artyfactory.com/art_appreciation/still_life/harmen_steenwyck.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00039-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957715 | 1,567 | 3.171875 | 3 |
A waning crescent moon is sometimes called an old moon. It’s seen in the east before dawn.
At this moon phase, the moon has moved nearly entirely around in its orbit of Earth, as measured from one new moon to the next.
Because the moon is nearly on a line with the Earth and sun again, the day hemisphere of the moon is ... | <urn:uuid:c1f3f62b-7b1d-4950-95ef-3d4648371d4b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://earthsky.org/moon-phases/waning-crescent?offset=1 | 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 | 0.950313 | 419 | 3.921875 | 4 |
How would the debate about gun control be different if everyone who owned a gun carried it with them, and carried it openly, at all times? A micro-case of this recently occurred in Virginia. NPR reported that a 22 year-old man carried an assault rifle slung over his shoulder into a Kroger grocery store. Some shoppers f... | <urn:uuid:9aa394a9-4ca0-48d9-a6ef-b4dae081b74e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.michaelbraun.me/2013/01/openly-carried-guns-affect-gun-debate-in-polarizing-ways/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00162-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983007 | 793 | 2.578125 | 3 |
by Staff Writers
Paris (AFP) Aug 19, 2014
In under eight months, humanity has used up its yearly quota of replenishable Earth resources, according to a report published Tuesday by an environmental thinktank that monitors mankind's impact on the planet.
"August 19 is Earth Overshoot Day 2014, marking the date when human... | <urn:uuid:0e50082c-c381-4060-b118-395ec136de5f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.energy-daily.com/reports/Earths_resource_budget_for_2014_already_spent_NGO_999.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00184-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925127 | 598 | 3.125 | 3 |
NIGRA SUM SED FORMOSA
I AM BLACK BUT BEAUTIFUL
Do you think that “Black But Beautiful” is an American slogan? Well, not really. The town of Tindari in Sicily has honored these words for centuries.
Each year on September 8, the ancient town of Tindari celebrates the feast of the Black Madonna del Tindari. Pilgrims from ... | <urn:uuid:28254961-a244-4908-bcc5-5bb0b0ac520e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://librizziancestorsinmyheart.blogspot.com/2009/09/nigra-sum-sed-formosa.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00106-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980697 | 457 | 2.890625 | 3 |
|The Interaction of
Light and Matter
We have now surveyed some basic properties of electromagnetic radiation. However, light in itself does not carry much information about the Universe. The reason that light is so important for our understanding of the Universe is because light interacts with matter, and that interact... | <urn:uuid:93ee9fae-1a03-4cf5-8878-264316b68972> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://csep10.phys.utk.edu/astr162/lect/light/light-matter.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00169-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93637 | 101 | 3.234375 | 3 |
TeachersLogic Grid puzzles come with a handy interactive grid that will help you solve the puzzle based on the given clues.
There are three teachers. Their names are Mr. Jones, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Johns. Each teacher has a favorite student. The students' names are Nathan, Bob, and Jim. Each teacher is a certain age. The... | <urn:uuid:9bfd299e-3f98-4ecf-9a9f-d1a2895c3085> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.braingle.com/brainteasers/teaser.php?id=48390&comm=0 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00114-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957297 | 252 | 2.59375 | 3 |
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Emotional & Societal Issues
Pressures & CoercionAn expectant woman has to deal with many (often conflicting) emotions and pressures. Pressure can arise from employment, housing, financial, educational or social situations. Coerci... | <urn:uuid:a8b939f1-ee3c-48f8-b6b4-56a0734ba5fe> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.life.org.nz/abortion/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394605.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00100-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942851 | 576 | 2.921875 | 3 |
In the Garden:
Flowers perform best in soil texture with a mix of sand, silt, and clay particles, and lots of organic matter.
The towering haboob dust storm that recently roiled across much of southern and central Arizona left behind a thick layer of dust that coated plants, hardscape, cars, and everything else in its ... | <urn:uuid:c4f33cdd-25dd-4388-bc34-9e6615f81334> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://garden.org/regional/report/arch/inmygarden/3846 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00177-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93048 | 614 | 3.546875 | 4 |
Get advice on healthy eating, nutrition, and weight loss from expert dietitian Tara Gidus.See all posts »
Super Nutrient of the Week: Lutein
If I were to tell you that there was one nutrient that is connected to vision, would you know which one it is? If you haven’t heard of lutein before today, then you may start tryi... | <urn:uuid:80b5fc74-235d-4713-8c83-97acb0effa7e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.healthline.com/health-blogs/diet-diva/super-nutrient-of-the-week-lutein | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00023-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962208 | 442 | 2.859375 | 3 |
A block rests on a frictionless horizontal surface and isattached to a spring. When set into simple harmonic motion, theblock oscillates back and forth with an angular frequency of 6.5rad/s. The drawing shows the position of the block when the springis unstrained. This position is labeled ''x = 0 m.'' Thedrawing also s... | <urn:uuid:e142052c-b3bf-442b-8f4e-3c61f3aa58d2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.chegg.com/homework-help/questions-and-answers/block-rests-frictionless-horizontal-surface-isattached-spring-set-simple-harmonic-motion-t-q137726 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391766.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00052-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.905933 | 207 | 3.609375 | 4 |
09 Jul 2012:
Water Use by Tourists Outstrips
Local Use in Poor Nations, Report Says
The disproportionate use of freshwater by tourists in resorts across the developing world exacerbates the poverty of local residents
and in some cases has triggered conflicts, a new report says. In a study of five tourist destinations —... | <urn:uuid:9d4b487f-660d-4280-b75b-70ef0ca88fe1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://e360.yale.edu/digest/water_use_by_tourists_outstrips_local_use_in_poor_nations_report_says/3539/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00173-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.885877 | 552 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Tremor is the shaky movements of your hands, limbs, head or voice that you can't control. Sometimes tremor is a normal reaction to a situation such as fear, fatigue or anger. It also can be a side effect of too much caffeine, a medication, or withdrawal from a drug or medicine. When tremor occurs during activities and ... | <urn:uuid:38c8c6bb-0ebc-476d-bf97-608af079b726> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://sparkpeople.com/resource/health_a-z_detail.asp?AZ=169 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00150-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96123 | 310 | 4.03125 | 4 |
Thomas Paine moved to Sandwich in 1759, where he lived in a small house in New Street, a blue plaque marks the house where he lived.
Born in Thetford, Suffolk, England, Thomas Paine moved to Sandwich in 1759. He lived in a small house in New Street, where he practised his trade as a master stay-maker. He married a loca... | <urn:uuid:36116a47-7693-4e81-9cdc-dba68d4fc9e2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.open-sandwich.co.uk/town_history/scrapbook/thomas_paine.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397748.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00009-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98773 | 391 | 3.34375 | 3 |
The following tips offer advice on preparing and "weathering" a New England storm and its aftermath.
* Maintain a landline as a backup because most cordless phones won't work if the power goes out.
* Have a portable radio, flashlights, and a supply of batteries available. Flashlights are always safer than candles, espe... | <urn:uuid:7ce00e44-97e8-4c3a-b014-16cbc6b25e15> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.lowellsun.com/groton-dunstablehighsports/ci_22539115/www.whatdouwannado.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393146.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00190-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.904193 | 327 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Fort Pearce Historic Site (1866-1873)
The public is invited to visit the interpreted Fort Pearce Historic Site, listed on both the National Register of Historic Places and the State of Utah Register of Historic Places. Located approximately 12 miles south of St. George, Utah, the historic site is generally accessible y... | <urn:uuid:abbdfbb5-1b39-467a-b9dd-b211e3201ea7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/st__george/more/heritage_resources/public_use_sites/fort_pearce.print.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00030-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975811 | 645 | 3.375 | 3 |
|Title||Painting the Town White—and Green|
|Publication Type||Journal Article|
|Year of Publication||1997|
|Authors||Rosenfeld, Arthur H., Joseph J. Romm, Hashem Akbari, and Alan C. Lloyd|
|Journal||MIT Technology Review|
|Keywords||cool roof, Heat Island|
On a summer afternoon, central Los Angeles registers temperatur... | <urn:uuid:c467d5cc-4c95-4f4f-8736-79b234a2d5a4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://eetd.lbl.gov/publications/content/painting-town-white-and-green | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397842.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00111-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.820391 | 224 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Colombia, officially Republic of Colombia, Spanish República de Colombia , country of northwestern South America. Its 1,000 miles (1,600 km) of coast to the north are bathed by the waters of the Caribbean Sea, and its 800 miles (1,300 km) of coast to the west are washed by the Pacific Ocean. The country is bordered by ... | <urn:uuid:30d6f16c-f667-460d-8e5c-70c853c46145> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.britannica.com/place/Colombia | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00175-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922656 | 2,996 | 3.21875 | 3 |
“Our rights are being infringed more and more on every side, and the danger is that we get used to it. So I want to use the 25th anniversary for us all to do that, to take the Web back into our own hands and define the Web we want for the next 25 years.”
— Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the World Wide Web, tells the Guard... | <urn:uuid:53637f29-eff4-48f4-9d9c-536cca08a79d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.siliconbeat.com/2014/03/12/quoted-tim-berners-lee-on-the-web-we-want/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00011-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935937 | 495 | 2.703125 | 3 |
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Foreign Object Debris
Foreign Object Debris or Foreign Object Damage (FOD)
Foreign Object Debris (FOD) at airports includes any object found in an inappropriate location that, as a result of ... | <urn:uuid:5bfaf4a9-5572-484d-81dd-58fbd34bd5c9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.skybrary.aero/index.php?title=Foreign_Object_Debris&oldid=75018 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00149-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931954 | 599 | 3.21875 | 3 |
for National Geographic News
Lake Chad, once one of Africa's largest freshwater lakes, has shrunk
dramatically in the last 40 years. Two researchers from the University
of Wisconsin, Madison, have been working to determine the
In a report published in the Journal of Geophysical Research, they conclude that human activi... | <urn:uuid:8a2de772-812f-4ea4-b927-5e50ff79fa2c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2001/04/0426_lakechadshrinks.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00131-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966433 | 534 | 3.5625 | 4 |
The Japanese began using technical analysis to trade rice in the 17th century. While this early version of technical analysis was different from the US version initiated by Charles Dow around 1900, many of the guiding principles were very similar:
According to Steve Nison, candlestick charting first appeared sometime a... | <urn:uuid:20cd6923-2a5c-4d1c-94aa-ea9e0a33c99e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://stockcharts.com/school/doku.php?id=chart_school:chart_analysis:introduction_to_candlesticks | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00051-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919118 | 4,344 | 2.75 | 3 |
The nation's capital is a pretty old city by American standards. It dates back to the late 18th century. Despite frequent face-lifts, parts of it are wearing out — for example, its underground gas pipelines. New research shows that Washington, D.C., suffers from thousands of leaks of natural gas.
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In Canada, if a dog contacts Lyme disease, it has a far better chance of receiving timely diagnosis and treatment, whereas humans have to scramble to the U.S, says Marlene Spies, a Brampton Lyme disease patient.
Canadians travel to the south of the border as “protocol tests” in Canada are not sensitive enough. Even tho... | <urn:uuid:9b836a16-08e9-4ab2-b544-324fe11237b5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bramptonguardian.com/community-story/3074173-resident-gets-ticked-off-by-government-inaction/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396027.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00128-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967621 | 631 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Background and History
Uncoated steel natural gas and hazardous liquids pipelines are also known as bare steel pipelines. While many of these pipelines have been taken out of service, and no longer transport these commodities to customers, some of them continue to operate today. The typical age and the lack of a protec... | <urn:uuid:d3df6b45-48e7-4124-92ef-85faed9d3394> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://opsweb.phmsa.dot.gov/pipeline_replacement/bare_steel_inventory.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00033-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948517 | 632 | 3.6875 | 4 |
Development of 2nm Transistor
A new leap has been made in the race to create ever smaller transistors. Chungbuk National University, located in South Korea, has successfully created a 2nm transistor, which is drastically smaller than that of the currently used 32nm transistor. This smaller size would allow for a much h... | <urn:uuid:f72867ae-b047-430f-bb7d-18ee0c01e99e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.overclockersclub.com/news/28397/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396538.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00160-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961892 | 110 | 2.96875 | 3 |
A latch is an example of a bistable multivibrator, that is, a device with exactly two stable states. These states are high-output and low-output. A latch has a feedback path, so information can be retained by the device. Therefore latches can be memory devices, and can store one bit of data for as long as the device is... | <urn:uuid:ce61a047-113d-4adf-b7d1-7b72ce3c90fd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Digital_Circuits/Latches | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396100.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00049-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936006 | 966 | 3.875 | 4 |
Sediment quality standards
EQSs are only applicable in the water column and
there are no equivalent standards for sediments
used in the UK. Some operational standards for toxic
substances may be used in specific circumstances
by the environment agencies.
The approach to the development of sediment quality
standards has... | <urn:uuid:7396bff1-0923-4263-b8c1-88518d83fa15> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ukmarinesac.org.uk/activities/water-quality/wq4_3.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397565.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00169-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.862174 | 575 | 3.21875 | 3 |
Physicists classify matter according to the state of matter, which are gas, liquid and solid. A material is either in one of these states depending on the temperature and/or pressure applied to it. One characterises the state of matter by the mechanical response of a material under pressure.
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Tuesday, April 3, 2007
This NYTimes story focuses on the efforts to two researchers to develop a framework with which to objectively gauge the culpability of particularly cold-blooded killers. The article explains how the work of one the researchers, Dr. Michael Wellner, a clinical associate professor of psychiatry, wh... | <urn:uuid:0816aa8c-1e00-47fa-b411-6d6a4259b5ad> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/crimprof_blog/2007/04/the_depravity_s.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00174-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.907272 | 368 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Given today’s xkcd cartoon:
I wanted to reiterate the point in this post.
“Free speech rights” and “the First Amendment” are not synonymous with each other. The First Amendment is the American legal manifestation of the right to free speech, but the right exists outside the United States and existed before the first am... | <urn:uuid:acafe669-e0a5-4f60-a5f4-c21b84661818> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://chronicle.com/blognetwork/edgeofthewest/2014/04/18/your-random-human-rights-reminder/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00064-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958899 | 422 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Catalytic Decomposition of Hydrogen Peroxide by Iodide
Large graduated cylinder (500 mL) or 2 liter soda bottle, goggles, plastic tray or sheet
30% hydrogen peroxide, dishwashing detergent, saturated solution of potassium iodide -OR- solid potassium iodide
1. Place graduated cylinder or soda bottle in a plastic tray or... | <urn:uuid:99740474-2b62-402f-878f-02293efbc139> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.chem.umn.edu/services/lecturedemo/info/Toothpaste.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00142-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.871144 | 533 | 3.390625 | 3 |
One of the biggest challenges in church sound is miking the choir. We want to achieve a good balance, a natural sound, and high gain before feedback. Another goal is to make sure that the microphones are invisible! It’s a tough assignment.
What mics work well for the choir? Where should the mics go, and how many are ne... | <urn:uuid:466aeabc-c5f9-4847-b16a-ec59c436c9bc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.prosoundweb.com/article/church_sound_effective_microphone_strategies_for_choirs/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00159-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94205 | 777 | 2.515625 | 3 |
The Energy [R]evolution
The Energy [R]evolution is the practical solution to our energy needs. It offers a sustainable path to quit dirty, dangerous fuels by transitioning to renewable energy and energy efficiency.
The Energy [R]evolution is based on five founding principles:
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Of or characterized by fibers or fibrous tissue.
- The researchers hypothesize that the underexpression of these genes in uterine fibroids might explain why fibroid tissue does not contract, but instead, grows abnormally.
- Only one of 200 fibroid line tumors may be cancerous.
- In the study, researchers used a techniq... | <urn:uuid:3eb8d116-9c32-443e-ae72-00fa3e6ffb75> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/fibroid | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00171-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.912364 | 249 | 3.46875 | 3 |
Some individuals believe that protein negatively impacts bone health, but research shows just the opposite. In fact, a recent study shows that individuals with less than 15 percent of their calories coming from protein are nearly at a 3 times higher risk of having a fracture than those with higher protein intake.
Anima... | <urn:uuid:6d7f959e-a605-4027-a834-64ce0d226b7c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://naturalsociety.com/animal-protein-shown-to-reduce-bone-fracture-risk/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00162-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963839 | 459 | 3.046875 | 3 |
December 1975 | Volume 27, Issue 1
The Union desperately needed an extraordinary warship to counter the ironclad the Confederates were building
It was obvious that something very special was needed to confront the ironclad that the Confederacy was furiously building if the Union was to be saved. Yet it took a personal ... | <urn:uuid:9d521830-ddf2-43ee-8ee8-d47378bbfa5b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.americanheritage.com/print/53211?page=8 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396027.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00018-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980133 | 9,876 | 3.40625 | 3 |
I have been busy making some resources that my class of three and four year olds can use in the outdoor area at school. One idea that I came up with was a free form geoboard. Geoboards are usually a square board with pegs or nails that students attach rubber bands to. They are usually used in maths classes for older ch... | <urn:uuid:a328eaf4-39ad-435d-a330-026e5c030008> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://niccolaontuesday.blogspot.com.au/2013/07/free-form-geoboard.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394414.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00133-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969086 | 239 | 3 | 3 |
It’s 1961 and Zimbabwe, then known as Rhodesia, is on the brink of its war for liberation. The country’s people are beginning to stand up to the oppression of colonisation. At the forefront of this movement are the Zimbabweans African Nations United (ZANU) and the Zimbabweans African People United (ZAPU) rebels. One su... | <urn:uuid:e9f1e9bc-b16e-4e80-b48b-c83bd0ab7f09> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nouse.co.uk/2012/12/04/colonial-torturers-student-saviours/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394937.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00114-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.992315 | 1,898 | 2.53125 | 3 |
What is HRD? Explain briefly the value-anchored HRD processes. How can competency mapping help the overall HRD process of an organization? Discuss various aspects of Competency Mapping and critically evaluate its utility for Indian organizations. Support your answer with organizational examples. Describe the organizati... | <urn:uuid:314e31c1-0b56-45e3-a63e-bdd29936c812> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://humanresourcedevelopment22.blogspot.com/2009/06/what-is-hrd.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00081-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921286 | 1,414 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Growing evidence indicates that many Americans’ diets are calorie-rich but nutrient-poor.
Still, when it comes to intake of micronutrients – vitamins and minerals – more is not always better once you’re getting enough to enable optimal health.
Accordingly, when the U.S. Institute of Medicine sets the minimum intake lev... | <urn:uuid:da7bed7c-fb11-4d39-82c0-6af05244d0c3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.vitalchoice.com/shop/pc/articlesView.asp?id=1876 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00189-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.886902 | 1,259 | 3.03125 | 3 |
‘SpellZebub’ is a collection of videos that help children learn common words by breaking them into letter and spelling patterns, taking the mystery out of spelling by providing alternative ways to visualise and memorise words.
Each video includes a catchy dance, hip-hop or dub-step backing track for multi-sensory learn... | <urn:uuid:284126c4-01e2-4376-8437-b492fe89902c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://modalmusic.biz/education-services/spellzebub/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00126-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.904006 | 190 | 2.75 | 3 |
Pierre Marie Félix Janet
Biography of Pierre Marie Félix Janet
Pierre Marie Félix Janet was influential in bringing about in France and the United States a connection between academic psychology and the clinical treatment of mental illnesses. He stressed psychological factors in hypnosis and contributed to the modern c... | <urn:uuid:d4229263-0c8d-4d2a-9c4a-cb0232e3b56f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/2467.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00170-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951733 | 784 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Just so there is no confusion, the New English Dictionary is the OED.
The Century Dictionary, published 1889–91, defines jumper as:
A kind of loose jacket with sleeves worn by some classes of laborers, as seamen or stevedores, usually with overalls, reaching to the thighs, and buttoned the whole length in front; also, ... | <urn:uuid:a7ccc831-8383-4ad5-b944-8b2d6998e246> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wordorigins.org/index.php/forums/viewthread/4196/P15/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00190-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.892395 | 370 | 3.171875 | 3 |
You may have heard about the huge underground volcano that’s reportedly rising at a rapid rate, relatively speaking, in Yellowstone National Park. Well, there’s another nearly 20,000-foot-high volcano in Bolivia that’s also rising — and before now, scientists thought it was dead.
Uturuncu is surrounded by super volcano... | <urn:uuid:0374e76c-aea8-4322-95f5-032313d6735d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2011/10/21/scientists-investigate-inflating-potentially-super-volcano/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00070-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947369 | 552 | 3.21875 | 3 |
When Is a Rhododendron an Azalea?
New South Wales, Australia
Reprinted from Australian Rhododendron Society Journal
"Look at that lovely blue azalea", they say, "I've never seen one that colour before." How on earth can one begin to explain that Rhododendron augustinii, or 'Blue Diamond' or whatever it might be, isn't ... | <urn:uuid:b7da7414-52db-4bd8-b45a-e017fa66e151> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JARS/v39n4/v39n4-valder.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00045-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934924 | 1,228 | 3.453125 | 3 |
South African history can legitimately be described as the story of how Europeans defeated, robbed and ruled the indigenous people for the enrichment of Europeans. A basic fact about South African history is the emergence of white domination and supremacy, that is, the overall power-structure of the whites and its mast... | <urn:uuid:4d60202b-163b-42e8-a932-778adda76699> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sahistory.org.za/archive/chapter-one-abbotsdale-kimberley | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00104-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980457 | 8,232 | 3.640625 | 4 |
The Difficult Child
The difficult child is the child who is unhappy. He is at war with himself, and in consequence, he is at war with the world. A difficult child is nearly always made difficult by wrong treatment at home.
The moulded,1 conditioned, disciplined, repressed child — the unfree child, whose name is a Legio... | <urn:uuid:15c04133-84fd-4a5a-a826-0e75168446d6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://freemansblog.com/?p=241 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00169-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969779 | 1,164 | 2.78125 | 3 |
After an extensive development period, the British Columbia provincial government introduced Bill 18—Water Sustainability Act (WSA) into legislature this spring and it received Royal Assent in May. While it is now officially law, the WSA will not come into force until next year, after certain details have been finalize... | <urn:uuid:e15e7d13-6290-4362-9bd3-374fea0e5e31> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.alternativesjournal.ca/policy-and-politics/bc-floats-new-water-law | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00086-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936369 | 1,854 | 3.03125 | 3 |
When you look up at the sky, the stars appear strewn across the heavens. If you pay attention, you’ll see that they aren’t spread evenly; they tend to be more densely packed and brighter along a path in the sky; that’s the Milky Way, our own flat galactic disk seen from the inside out.
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