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Researchers from Harvard Medical School and MIT have developed a new approach for identifying the "self" proteins targeted in autoimmune diseases such as multiple sclerosis, diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis.
In a paper published in Nature Biotechnology, H. Benjamin Larman and colleagues showed that errant immune respo... | <urn:uuid:40f93ca7-00db-4277-985a-bcfb35a9b5be> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thisisms.com/forum/general-discussion-f1/topic16805.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00182-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919019 | 156 | 2.671875 | 3 |
The Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia take their name from the blueish appearance they present from a distance. The mountains are part of the Appalachian Mountain range, a ridged uplift that runs along the East Coast of the United States. Within the Blue Ridge range are the highest mountains in Virginia, a state with a ... | <urn:uuid:54b0dad1-bdf1-4167-9017-24404dbba014> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://traveltips.usatoday.com/highest-mountains-virginia-102661.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396959.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00198-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95556 | 685 | 3.234375 | 3 |
The Braga Papers form a rich resource on the history of European colonisation of East Asia from the 16th century to the mid-20th century. The papers include diaries, correspondence, draft and research material relating to writings by Braga and others, transcriptions of historical documents, bibliographies of research r... | <urn:uuid:064eb9d8-1f58-4a56-957f-c27226cdc701> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/538326/Copyright | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00013-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933916 | 657 | 2.78125 | 3 |
‘Never Let The Same Bee Sting You Twice – Blues, Ballads, Rags and Gospel In The Songster Tradition.
3 CD Set
Informative booklet notes by Chris Smith.
The blues as a musical form emerged around 1900. When recordings of blues music began in 1920 it was a more sophisticated form of, later termed the “Classic Blues”, a m... | <urn:uuid:4ff980a2-eb9a-4fe4-a705-416be8dcf164> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.document-records.com/fulldetails.asp?ProdID=DOCD-5678 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00022-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971837 | 398 | 2.640625 | 3 |
As parents, friends and advocates of young children, most of us are aware of the importance of high-quality health care and access to health care in children’s lives. With health care reform, the topic of health care has come to the forefront of the national psyche and local conversations in the past three or four year... | <urn:uuid:a5e2ac96-5ed5-4cc2-91b1-b6199aa4754b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.steamboattoday.com/news/2012/dec/11/thoughtful-parenting-understanding-your-health-car/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00072-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965975 | 634 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Frest, T.J. 1983. Northern driftless area survey. Final report to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. 17 pp.
Partial survey in 1981 and 1982 of the Driftless Area and the immediately surrounding Niagaran Escarpment (Paleozoic Plateau of Prior, 1976) has turned up approximately 100 algific talus slopes (term ... | <urn:uuid:1e3bf711-0b93-4a71-9270-bdf2d2174e3e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/eco/nongame/projects/research_reports/abstracts/snails/frest1983.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00095-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935036 | 253 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Ripping and Roaring
A great way to help your children build fine motor skills is to have them rip strips of paper. The dexterity needed to rip pieces of paper helps them gain fine motor control. You can use the strips to make art projects (we made flags and collages of tiny pieces). You can also have your child crumple... | <urn:uuid:ad929375-6f11-4ed6-92c2-662b2c0d8d54> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.savvysource.com/activities/activity_b169_ripping-and-roaring | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394605.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00117-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932252 | 91 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Purpose of review: Disturbed gut colonization patterns are proposed to be associated with the development of allergic disease.
Recent findings: Studies using new systems biology methods confirm previous findings that early environmental exposures, for example cesarean delivery, are associated with disturbed gut coloniz... | <urn:uuid:52793aa7-1d18-46ce-8622-63891e0a1228> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://journals.lww.com/co-clinicalnutrition/Abstract/2014/05000/Gut_microbiota_and_allergic_disease__new_findings.11.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00143-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911585 | 270 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Summer is expiring, the mornings already feel shorter and now, for families across the country, it's that dark time of year when we reacquaint ourselves with our alarm clocks and – whisper it – go back to school (although children in Scotland went back two weeks ago).
But, as scientists and forward-thinking teachers wa... | <urn:uuid:d5d1012b-cbde-4cd0-8619-a2248e08cc2d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/schools/could-a-later-start-to-the-school-day-be-the-most-useful-educational-reform-of-all-9695407.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00034-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963767 | 901 | 2.609375 | 3 |
BIO 111-112 General Biology (8 cr)
This sequence offers an in-depth overview of the primary biological principles of molecular, cellular, and organismal biology. Students survey selected plants and animals to illustrate problems and theories related to living systems and their interactions with the environment. Three h... | <urn:uuid:7ffc81bc-ad99-453e-8b48-90201c210f88> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://vuu.edu/academics/schools/department_of_natural_sciences/biology_111-112.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00026-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.900148 | 90 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Skip to comments.Scientists probe 'hole in Earth'
Posted on 07/31/2008 3:42:07 AM PDT by Fred Nerks
Scientists are to sail to the mid-Atlantic to examine a massive "open wound" on the Earth's surface. Dr Chris MacLeod, from Cardiff University, said the Earth's crust appeared to be missing across an area of several thou... | <urn:uuid:69d2fb53-0c2b-4d43-86c8-4e1b169efffa> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2054162/posts | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00139-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954421 | 1,964 | 3.3125 | 3 |
|Anemia is a condition which occurs when there are not enough red blood cells to carry oxygen from your lungs to all parts of the body. If you have anemia, less oxygen is delivered to the body and as a result your organs and tissues cannot function at optimal level. Very often you will feel tired, fatigued, have low en... | <urn:uuid:9511fe3f-7a90-4c14-868f-789ecbfbe8f3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.yogaaccessories.com/Anemia_c_1619.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397565.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00154-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963838 | 137 | 3.84375 | 4 |
The Element Vanadium
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Atomic Number: 23
Atomic Weight: 50.9415
Melting Point: 2183 K (1910°C or 3470°F)
Boiling Point: 3680 K (3407°C or 6165°F)
Density: 6.0 grams per cubic centimeter
Phase at Room Temperature: Solid
Element Classification: Metal
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Treasury of David
Psalms 90:1 (PSALMS)
TITLE. A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Many attempts have been made to prove that Moses did not write this Psalm, but we remain unmoved in the conviction that he did so. The condition of Israel in the wilderness is so preeminently illustrative of each verse, and the turns, expre... | <urn:uuid:295d0209-41be-4095-b312-43bc793906e0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.reformedreader.org/spurgeon/tod/tod90.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00009-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969981 | 30,190 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Towns on the lake know this time of year well. It’s when mayflies emerge from the lake and surround buildings, houses and, especially, bright lights outside of restaurants and bars.
In the past few weeks, the largely seasonal insects have been coming out in full force as a result of the early summer mating season.
Thou... | <urn:uuid:f6899ede-486e-43c5-b2bc-8157e5ad5c28> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://medinagazette.northcoastnow.com/2014/06/19/summer-returns-mayflies/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00159-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955967 | 490 | 2.65625 | 3 |
1. Describe Rose and the role that religion plays in her life.
Rose is a young Catholic girl growing up in San Diego, California. Rose's father dies when she is only three. Rose believes she has memories of him, but later realizes she does not. Rose is devoted to her religion and believes God will give her a sign that ... | <urn:uuid:9925f82f-c3f9-4276-aa6a-5ab4e930576f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bookrags.com/lessonplan/the-patron-saint-of-liars/shortessaykey.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396222.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00090-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973858 | 267 | 2.875 | 3 |
An owner of a successful new restaurant who is smart, thinks clearly and sees things clearly is an example of someone who would be described as incisive.
- cutting into
- sharp; keen; penetrating; acute: an incisive mind
- of the incisors
Origin of incisiveMedieval Latin incisivus ; from Classical Latin incisus: see in... | <urn:uuid:1dbf477c-29d4-49ec-a877-beb62f2b229c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.yourdictionary.com/incisive | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00155-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.846104 | 202 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Lengths in the Bible can be confusing when ancient measures are used. The Old Testament uses the following lengths.
|Biblical unit||Approximate metric equivalent|
These are based on body parts. The cubit was originally the length of the forearm, and the span was the width of fingers spread out. Over time, these became ... | <urn:uuid:d9b2b299-b082-46f2-b803-5ef1404cef10> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://bibleq.net/answer/565/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00198-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931836 | 294 | 3.984375 | 4 |
"Today’s snapping turtles have hardly changed from 215 million years ago when Proganochelys, the most primitive turtle known, lived ...To put things into proportion: humans evolved a mere short 3.5 million years ago."
The turtles live about 3/4 of the way across the lake. I swim through the bubbles. What kind of turtle... | <urn:uuid:82bed406-64e7-4216-9b2c-18950ead2b4d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.onbeing.org/comment/reply/60/3007 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00181-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963753 | 363 | 2.53125 | 3 |
While most studies of parental sex discrimination explore the devastating social and demographic effects of a cultural preference for boys, a new study examines its psychological effects on the girls themselves.
Poh-Chua Siah, from the Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman in Malaysia, asked over 800 Chinese Malaysian children... | <urn:uuid:63286db2-32c6-4e64-b1cc-de5da6f0c887> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/306177.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396029.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00138-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963367 | 406 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Teredo navalis Linnaeus 1758
Last updated: October 30th, 2006
Common shipworm, naval shipworm.
This mollusc has a wormlike, elongated body and two small shells at the anterior body end acting as wood-boring organ. Larvae are planktotrophic and adults are herbivorous suspension feeders. Individuals are found completely ... | <urn:uuid:05987370-ab82-4f63-9ad0-62899195a5c3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.europe-aliens.org/speciesFactsheet.do?speciesId=50276 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403508.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00001-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.853705 | 137 | 2.890625 | 3 |
m. bef 29 MAY 1205
Facts and Events
Geoffrey FitzGeoffrey de Mandeville, 2nd Earl of Essex and 4th Earl of Gloucester (c. 1191 – 23 February 1216) was an English peer and member of the House of Lords. He was an opponent of King John and one of the Magna Carta sureties.
He was succeeded by his brother, William FitzGeoff... | <urn:uuid:eeeb9dce-92ed-475d-a93e-483ef685a9a2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Geoffrey_Mandeville_(1) | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00000-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97108 | 104 | 2.546875 | 3 |
The Temple Mount, also known as Mt. Moriah and al-Haram al-Sharif ("the noble sanctuary"), has been considered the holiest spot in Jerusalem for the entire period of the city's human habitation. It is presently a raised, flat area, roughly rectangular, on the south-eastern edge of the old walled city of Jerusalem. The ... | <urn:uuid:57cf395a-7900-4206-9f53-6364791f5643> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://everything2.com/user/narzos/writeups/Temple+Mount?lastnode_id= | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00101-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975249 | 2,004 | 3.390625 | 3 |
Ciudad Bolívar (syōħäħˈ bōlēˈvär) [key], city (1990 pop. 225,340), capital of Bolívar state, E Venezuela, an inland port on the Orinoco River. It is the commercial center of the eastern llanos, the Orinoco basin, and the Guiana Highlands. Wood products and leather are produced, and hides, cattle, and gold are exported.... | <urn:uuid:ecc30e97-4ebe-4213-b554-82cfa415b7ce> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia/world/ciudad-bolivar.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393146.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00099-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.910318 | 213 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Kepler constructed an interesting model of the Solar System
from his observations, constructed of nested regular polyhedra
- The orbit of Saturn
- A cube inscribed in the sphere
- the orbit of Jupiter: A sphere inscribed in the cube
- A tetrahedron inscribed in that sphere
- The orbit of Mars: A sphere inscribed in the... | <urn:uuid:5e0af73f-35bb-4fdf-9487-f216ae30e8b1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://everything2.com/title/Johannes+Kepler | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00001-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953133 | 243 | 3.1875 | 3 |
|Bulletin Board Archived Bulletin Board About John Latest Ideas Symptoms Tests and Drugs Weight Loss Experiment Hyperthyroidism Hypothyroidism Supplement List Medical Science Heredity Other Diseases Thyroid Physiology Deeper Studies Nutrients and Toxics Hair Analysis Book Reports Glossary Table of Contents||
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Wearable power is on the top of my search list and each time I stumble across news out of the research kitchen I can not help but to share the latest news.
Undeniable, wearable power, using materials that act and look like ordinary fabric that either generates or stores electrical energy will ultimately be THE killer a... | <urn:uuid:12ac63ad-5450-438c-919e-a2a5476b0579> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.talk2myshirt.com/blog/archives/5657 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00176-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930168 | 382 | 2.75 | 3 |
On Lisp is Paul Graham's book on Common-Lisp macros (also known in some Scheme systems as DEFINE-MACRO). It is a very good ressource for learning those kind of macros, and features great discussions about the essence of Lisp.
The book focuses on extending Lisp to include nice amenities, by using macros. They're used to... | <urn:uuid:2a0be215-4eac-4d83-91f6-9045ff696db6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://community.schemewiki.org/?on-lisp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00067-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.889808 | 196 | 2.640625 | 3 |
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Purpose: To examine high school students’ attitudes about firearm policies and to compare their attitudes with those of adults.
Methods: The Hamilton Youth and Guns Poll is the first national survey of high school students about their attitudes concerning firearm policies. Questions were asked of 1... | <urn:uuid:a8cd9807-5ef1-47b0-823d-87a1970fe863> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://repository.upenn.edu/spp_papers/75/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396100.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00149-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932081 | 335 | 2.828125 | 3 |
When the Supreme Court weakened the Voting Rights Act last year, it allowed Texas to implement what is perhaps the nation’s strictest photo ID law. But according to the state’s Republicans, the federal government still has too much influence on how it runs elections.
The Texas GOP platform, released Thursday, calls for... | <urn:uuid:1ff7cde3-1c3d-446b-84fe-06dd84d16a2a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/texas-republicans-call-repealing-the-voting-rights-act | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00069-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941957 | 1,019 | 2.53125 | 3 |
NetWellness is a global, community service providing quality, unbiased health information from our partner university faculty. NetWellness is commercial-free and does not accept advertising.
Wednesday, June 29, 2016
Clinical trials (also called medical research and research studies) are used to determine whether new dr... | <urn:uuid:1124d7de-aeb9-48fe-b05a-46c15067b07b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://netwellness.uc.edu/healthtopics/aahealth/tuskegee.cfm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00015-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942981 | 979 | 3.1875 | 3 |
West Virginia Is a Geothermal Hot Spot
Researchers have uncovered the largest geothermal hot spot in the eastern United States. According to a unique collaboration between Google and academic geologists, West Virginia sits atop several hot patches of Earth, some as warm as 200˚C and as shallow as 5 kilometers. If engin... | <urn:uuid:924587d5-01ba-42a9-b75e-5e951bb61863> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/41847 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00034-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951384 | 367 | 3.671875 | 4 |
Another Byzantine Church Becomes Mosque in Turkey
Author: Amberin Zaman Posted Ağustos 7, 2013
Perched on a grassy hill overlooking the Black Sea, the Hagia Sophia church in the northeastern port city of Trabzon is hailed as one of the finest, and pitifully rare, examples of late Byzantine architecture still standing i... | <urn:uuid:3b78a6a4-ca4f-4470-abe4-1a1b51f7b000> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/tr/originals/2013/08/another-byzantine-church-becomes-a-mosque.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00017-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948772 | 2,089 | 2.734375 | 3 |
One of the sessions I attended at Tech Ed 2009 was on developing for mobile devices presented by Nick Landry. It was an interesting session. The most memorable quote from the session was:
“If you don’t have a device that has an accelerometer, you aren’t going to be able to use the accelerometer.”
While this might seem ... | <urn:uuid:8497d846-9de7-479c-82c6-c0cac349fb02> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.codeguru.com/blog/2009/05/mobile-application-considerati.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00179-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95737 | 413 | 2.59375 | 3 |
WASHINGTON — The federal government listed Johnston’s Frankenia as an endangered species in 1984 insisting the special protection was needed because there were only 1,500 of the Texas shrubs left on the planet.
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Not that you need yet another reason to shun fast food, but in case you do, a new study shows that fast food is linked to a higher risk of kids and teens developing asthma, eczema and rhinitis. The new research, phase three of the International Study of Asthma and Allergies in Childhood, ... | <urn:uuid:8678f3c9-3d0b-4458-b52f-0aa0d6a11881> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.inhabitots.com/fast-food-linked-to-increased-allergies-and-asthma-in-kids-and-teens/ | 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 | 0.955942 | 338 | 2.859375 | 3 |
In a non-polluted environment, bacteria, fungi, protists, and other microorganisms are constantly at work breaking down organic matter. What would occur if an organic pollutant such as oil contaminated this environment? Some of the microorganisms would die, while others capable of eating the organic pollution would sur... | <urn:uuid:9fef1f72-a90b-45b2-b647-7eeb1c69abc8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ei.cornell.edu/biodeg/bioremed/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397842.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00060-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95053 | 378 | 3.9375 | 4 |
In fall 2003, SORCE was fortunate to see and measure exceptionally high levels of the sun's activities. In late October and November the sun sent solar flares and coronal mass ejections hurtling Earthward, disrupting satellites and other transmissions, triggering an intense geomagnetic storm, and enabling sightings of ... | <urn:uuid:f56eeddf-ba64-497d-8b05-fbf4b17ad0c3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-02/nsfc-nss021904.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00127-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936069 | 700 | 3.40625 | 3 |
“I created thee as a being neither celestial nor earthly. . .so that thou shouldst be thy own free moutder and overcomer.”
(Pico de la Mirandola)
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The 7-step program is outlined below:
Chapter 1: Introduction: Learn the basics of how Biological Safety Cabinets are designed to offer optimal personnel, environmental and product protection.
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Media outlets have picked up on a story about a new species of coffee, Coffea brassii, from Australia. In fact, this isn’t a new species, but a plant that has recently been reclassified by taxonomists from the genus Psilanthus. A number of species in that genus have moved around the genera Coffea, Paracoffea, and Psila... | <urn:uuid:526f1014-89a0-4c79-819d-ddbc8541b2d6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.coffeehabitat.com/2011/04/native-coffee-from-australia/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00194-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927537 | 350 | 3.171875 | 3 |
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The Freedom House Annual Survey employs a Civil Liberties checklist to help monitor the progress and decline of human rights worldwide. Each country is rated on a seven-category scale, 1 representing the most free and 7 the least free. These 7 categories are laid out below.
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Back in July, a study came out arguing that 3D printers could be dangerous, especially if many are used to print ABS simultaneously in an unventilated area. Whether you’re running multiple machines out of a hackerspace or simply don’t like breathing in noxious fumes, Malcolm Langille has come up with one possible solut... | <urn:uuid:60e511de-5480-4018-80f6-1cbe44a2b9aa> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://entirely3d.com/index.php/864-3d-printer-exhaust-to-redirect-noxious-fumes | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00105-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937677 | 470 | 2.9375 | 3 |
Faget's father was a brutal Batista official
February 19, 2000 - Miami Herald - Don Bohning
The arrest of immigration official Mariano Faget recalls another controversial period of the Cold War: the final years of Fulgencio Batista's regime in Cuba when the Bureau for the Repression of Communist Activities gained a rep... | <urn:uuid:a515cb89-acb2-4898-ae39-30e705c6e9da> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.jonathanpollard.org/2000/021900b.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00102-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984353 | 826 | 2.53125 | 3 |
What is in this article?:
- Food safety is a shared responsibility
- Shared responsibility
- Food contamination issues have consumers asking questions.
- FSMA enacted without funds to enforce it.
- A little Clorox and water will go a long way in greatly reducing problems.
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Oysters feed in rather a strange way. You may have looked inside the shells and seen two delicate dark-edged fringes, known as the “beard.” This fringe is the Oyster’s gills or breathing arrangement. Trace the “beard” as far as the hinge of the shells, and you see the mouth with its white lips. If you could watch the c... | <urn:uuid:1afef1b9-de6a-4d27-bc28-4f4dbf4e93d4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bookrags.com/ebooks/10513/30.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396959.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00049-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981718 | 710 | 3.203125 | 3 |
The researchers have revealed that the monkey involved in the study was able to operate the robot with such dexterity that it could reach out to grab, and turn, a handle.
According to them, the mechanical organ the monkey was taught to move using the power of thought had an arm, elbow, wrist, and simple hand.
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According to research findings published in the journal Evolutionary Biology, it has now been announced that the appendix, described by Darwin as an organ that had become vestigial during the evolutionary process, in fact performs important functions and Darwin made that suggestion based on ignorance and a lack of scie... | <urn:uuid:a7eb3866-ffdf-4f04-a212-b9c093889e78> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://evolutiondeceit.com/en/Articles/17393/The-vestigial-organ-deception-has-once-again-been-refuted-by-scientists | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00181-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969681 | 713 | 3.625 | 4 |
|Monkey Flower, Mimulus guttatus.|
Photo Taken April 25, 2005.
|Monkey Flower, Mimulus guttatus.||Monkey Flower, Mimulus guttatus.|
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While Anglo-American analytic philosophy has never really imbued the radical critiques of scientism that run through most European twentiethcentury philosophies, European social thought generally now occupies a terrain in which theological and philosophical concepts and concerns are frequently melded in order to better... | <urn:uuid:d951b90c-1f0e-4692-be51-018910b6e516> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:263761 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00035-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949747 | 187 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Paris - Making some simple, basic changes in education policy can result in many more girls attending school, experts said at a meeting here this week on Gender Equality in Education.
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|The Unschooling Handbook|
How to Use the Whole World As Your Child's Classroom
by Mary Griffith
|Unschooling, a homeschooling method based on the belief that kids learn best when allowed to pursue their natural curiosities and interests, is practiced by 10 to 15 percent of the estimated 1.5 million homeschoolers in th... | <urn:uuid:0ebe605f-307c-4b65-863a-792f084a5c0c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.leapingfromthebox.com/art/kmg/kindergarten.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399522.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00137-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941527 | 2,170 | 2.625 | 3 |
At the close of the late Greek war Athens was in a dreadful state, being little more than a heap of ruins. It was declared by a Royal ordinance of 1834 to be the capital of the new kingdom of Greece, and in the March of that year the King laid the foundation-stone of his palace there. In the hill of Areopagus, where sa... | <urn:uuid:45169920-4f90-4dad-81da-18d37365e892> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bookrags.com/ebooks/11921/72.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00049-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922222 | 538 | 2.6875 | 3 |
When the first HIV/AIDS cases were detected in
The initial measures taken in
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A new innovation in the field of digital music is music, format MP3, OOG, or WAV Digital Music began issuing repercussions. The number of digital music player that supports this format makes the new era of digital music. Now, with the presence of the iPod as a portable music device ever invented sophisticated, there's ... | <urn:uuid:a95270a0-5979-40b7-89db-b1e0c2fdab53> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://mmusic-zone.blogspot.com/2013/02/digital-music-players.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396538.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00034-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947575 | 396 | 2.578125 | 3 |
In the Northern Rockies of Idaho and Montana, conditions were dry in July and August 2007. Dozens of large forest fires were burning in the area’s remote, rugged terrain, much of which is federally designated wilderness area. This image of the area was captured on August 1, 2007, by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spec... | <urn:uuid:d0803add-1d58-49ad-b3c8-cfdaaa9093ff> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=18822&eocn=image&eoci=related_image | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00012-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950906 | 259 | 4.15625 | 4 |
Before we can improve our own genealogical research skills or teach other, we need to have a basic understanding of the research process. Next, we need an understanding of how that research process is implemented using online sources. Finally, we need to move beyond a theoretical knowledge of the subject and practice t... | <urn:uuid:0fe2ae00-eb6b-4f17-80b5-a233a62bf914> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://genealogysstar.blogspot.com/2014/05/what-is-genealogical-research-part-one.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00116-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96731 | 1,391 | 2.75 | 3 |
St Patrick's Christian message should be shared by all of us
Next Thursday we will be celebrating St Patrick's Day, but how much do we really know about our patron saint, and what can he still teach us today?
The lack of knowledge about him is still staggering, and only this week a mural of St Patrick by the distinguis... | <urn:uuid:a848a82b-0829-42e3-93ee-992ca9b3faf5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/alf-mccreary/st-patricks-christian-message-should-be-shared-by-all-of-us-34532398.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00101-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981819 | 724 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Christopher Columbus in Spanish Colonization
Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) was a navigator and explorer whose famous 1492 voyage from Spain to the West Indies marked the beginning of successful European colonization of the Americas. On 12 October 1492, Columbus and his crews aboard the Nina, Pinta, and Santa Maria m... | <urn:uuid:41404f15-bd1d-4eae-8953-a03afb0d118f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.shmoop.com/spanish-colonization/christopher-columbus.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00144-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970999 | 267 | 4.125 | 4 |
[en] Viola calaminaria ; reproductive success ; population history
[en] Demographic studies that monitor population dynamics are an essential component in establishing conservation strategies. The conventional view that human disturbance results in negative effects to species and habitats is countered by the fact that ... | <urn:uuid:1bad6c9a-7857-4076-bfc6-c060774f6a5d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/handle/2268/69258 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00003-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.88634 | 341 | 2.671875 | 3 |
- scipy.cluster.vq.kmeans2(data, k, iter=10, thresh=1e-05, minit='random', missing='warn')¶
Classify a set of observations into k clusters using the k-means algorithm.
The algorithm attempts to minimize the Euclidian distance between observations and centroids. Several initialization methods are included.
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A form of quantum “weirdness” has been found to be a key ingredient for building a quantum computer.
Researchers have shown that quantum contextuality is a necessary resource to achieve the “magic” required for universal quantum computation.
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For traditional college freshmen, the gap between high school and college is easy to step across -- a few months, at the most, between graduating from one institution and enrolling at another. For those institutions, though, the distance between K-12 and higher education is often more like an unbridgeable chasm.
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Updated June 2016
Epi-Pen Laws and Camps
Childhood allergies are on the rise. According to research conducted by the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention, twenty-five percent of children have their first allergic reaction at school or while participating in out-of-school activities—such as camp.
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Ever think about how amazing it would be if tech as complex as solar cells could be simply sprayed onto a surface? A group of researchers found that a common organic semiconductor may make that situation a reality. Scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently determined that poly(3... | <urn:uuid:780abfe7-d5cd-4c13-bb53-62ed73aadcd3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://inhabitat.com/organic-semiconductor-may-pave-the-way-for-paintable-electronics/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398873.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00063-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927897 | 272 | 3.625 | 4 |
Avoiding a Fall
Did you know that one in three older Americans falls every year? Falls are the leading cause of both fatal and nonfatal injuries for people aged 65+.
Falls can result in hip fractures, broken bones, and head injuries and significant loss of independence. Falls often trigger the onset of a series of grow... | <urn:uuid:a738b5a8-b25f-410a-8897-fafc4c1f0366> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://longtermcare.gov/the-basics/protecting-your-older-loved-one-from-a-fall/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00143-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956281 | 1,122 | 2.65625 | 3 |
In The Myth of Persecution, Candida Moss, a leading expert on early Christianity, reveals how the early church exaggerated, invented, and forged stories of Christian martyrs and how the dangerous legacy of a martyrdom complex is employed today to silence dissent and galvanize a new generation of culture warriors.
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This example is much like Example 7 except that the solution itself is discontinuous. We restart at discontinuities, so the jump in the solution occurs at the initial point of an integration and can be handled as in Example 6.
A two-wheeled suitcase may begin to rock from side to side as it
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What You Can Do to Help Bighorn Sheep
Your support will help us fight to protect bighorn sheep and other threatened and endangered wildlife.
Adopt an Animal
A symbolic adoption helps save real animals in the wild.
Visit our Wildlife Action Center to send a message to government leaders.
Speak Up for Wildlife
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Focus: The Most Antimatter
Antimatter has fueled the imaginations of science fiction enthusiasts for decades, but in reality only miniscule quantities of it have been isolated. In the 21 January PRL, Japanese researchers describe isolating more antimatter than ever before. Their technique trapped 50 times as many antip... | <urn:uuid:9a0fc0f0-50c3-4b1d-a27a-458ff13acea8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://physics.aps.org/story/v15/st2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00023-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921873 | 787 | 3.65625 | 4 |
Mobile Technology Milestone: First Cellular Call Made 40 Years Ago
The cell phone turned 40 just a few days ago. Martin Cooper, former VP at Motorola, likely didn't appreciate the full significance of making the world's first cell phone call in 1973, but 40 years later, mobile technology is an unstoppable force, poised... | <urn:uuid:a875f65f-7c15-4d6e-bc24-3cf688756d3b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://singularityhub.com/2013/04/06/mobile-technology-milestone-first-cellular-call-made-40-years-ago/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00078-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95257 | 456 | 2.78125 | 3 |
What is in this article?:
- Virus could influence switchgrass yield
- Has distinct advantage
• This virus has the potential of reducing photosynthesis and decreasing biomass yield.
• Developing biomass crops that do not harbor pathogens that can spread to nearby cultivated food crops such as cereals is a high priority ... | <urn:uuid:0157c4e0-71ab-4563-8562-513569f92310> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://southeastfarmpress.com/grains/virus-could-influence-switchgrass-yield?page=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00003-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947429 | 456 | 3.25 | 3 |
August 10, 1865 - March 21, 1936
born in St. Petersburg, Russia, composed during the Romantic period
Born in 1865 in St. Petersburg, Glazunov was a leading Russian composer of the generation after Tchaikovsky. Doubtless owing to his exceptional mastery of and attentiveness to form, exemplified by his exceptional grasp ... | <urn:uuid:4031ab56-96f9-4b17-aca2-d2f71bb05e5f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pandora.com/moscow-state-symphony-orchestra/glazunov-seasons-op67-scnes-de-ballet-suite-for-orchestra-op52 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00168-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97982 | 866 | 3.015625 | 3 |
According to the writer Strabo, Kyme was the largest and noblest of the cities in Aeolis, a region of Asia Minor. The legendary founder of the city was the Amazon Kyme, whose portrait begins to appear on their coinage after about 250 B.C. The people of Kyme were almost exclusively agricultural and the horse may symboli... | <urn:uuid:2a1b23be-3467-400e-8410-00430878d998> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.antiques.com/classified/1065524/Antique-Aeolian-Silver-Tetradrachm-of-Kyme---C-0400 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00083-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966014 | 368 | 3.5625 | 4 |
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The struggle for Syria—Decline of the dynasty—Advent of Roman control.
Ptolemy, the eldest son of Philadelphus, succeeded his father on the throne of Egypt, and after a short time was accorded the name of Euergetes. The new reign was clouded by dark occurrences, which again involved E... | <urn:uuid:e453975d-1baa-4703-b4b5-1b155d4ad42e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bookrags.com/ebooks/17330/72.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00097-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.987246 | 623 | 3.296875 | 3 |
Is it "A historian" or "AN historian"? I've seen both.
This is a contested question.
Let's start with the basics. A word starting with a vowel sound is preceded by "an," no matter how it's spelled. Thus, one would write "an hour" and "an honest woman." A word starting with a strongly stressed "h" sound is preceded by "... | <urn:uuid:e7173a22-7798-4d92-b5e4-36abfa1f2513> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.infoplease.com/askeds/vs.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393463.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00048-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966998 | 327 | 3.125 | 3 |
Australia’s major cities routinely rank among the world’s most liveable. But for all our clean streets, good healthcare and educational opportunities, one of the things we have to contend with is our sweltering summer heat.
Urban vegetation has an important role in easing these temperatures, which means that a city’s p... | <urn:uuid:aaa890c2-f74f-4797-a0be-f2ff25fa2d23> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://theconversation.com/our-cities-need-more-trees-and-water-not-less-to-stay-liveable-22166 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396887.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00201-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946019 | 1,196 | 3.453125 | 3 |
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Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that allows content creators to designate how they want to exercise their intellectual property rights, primarily online.... | <urn:uuid:6845aad1-23c3-4c6c-a6f3-11d92c9940d4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.niemanlab.org/encyclo/creative-commons/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00191-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928136 | 351 | 2.890625 | 3 |
1st Earl of Burlington (1660-1698)
and 2nd Earl of Cork (1643-1698)
Born 1612 Died 1698
Richard Boyle matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford, and was knighted in 1624. Returning home after travelling abroad he married in 1635 Elizabeth, daughter and heir of Henry, Lord Clifford, later Earl of Cumberland. On the outbreak... | <urn:uuid:6d76f38f-a94f-4ac1-9c6e-f2b824aaabf6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://everything2.com/title/Richard+Boyle%252C+1st+Earl+of+Burlington | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00106-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976581 | 330 | 2.78125 | 3 |
UK’s Open University has developed a fun way to market their design courses: a series of six short animations called “Design in a Nutshell” that briefly survey important movements in the arts and architecture—from the late-nineteenth century Gothic Revival to late-twentieth century Postmodermism. While the former looke... | <urn:uuid:3d3e6e98-921f-4fc7-a5d9-bb447e75358b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.openculture.com/2013/06/bauhaus_modernism_other_design_movements_explained_by_new_animated_video_series_.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00103-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929912 | 569 | 3.109375 | 3 |
After finding the black boxes, investigators take the recorders to a lab where they can download the data from the recorders and attempt to recreate the events of the accident. This process can take weeks or months to complete. In the United States, black box manufacturers supply the National Transportation Safety Boar... | <urn:uuid:bc73b46b-c5ce-47fe-a18e-e4a9f57293cc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://science.howstuffworks.com/transport/flight/modern/black-box7.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00099-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937531 | 353 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Do Peppered Moths Prove Evolution?
by John D. Morris, Ph.D. *
Darwin's book Origin of Species, published in 1859, proposed the concept of evolution by purely naturalistic causes, especially natural selection. His idea was that the small variations observed within a population of plants or animals would lead to large ch... | <urn:uuid:3075416d-98f2-4504-85fc-a0537409e059> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.icr.org/article/1127/285 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00097-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973435 | 854 | 3.671875 | 4 |
There is an increased emphasis in building a quality teacher workforce but little attention paid to the pay penalty teachers face for working in their profession.
The figure below shows that teachers earn less than other similar non-teacher college-educated workers. Teachers working in the public sector who are represe... | <urn:uuid:b0d9427d-9350-45af-91c8-02aed686445f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.epi.org/publication/teacher-pay-penalty/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00188-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961742 | 507 | 2.984375 | 3 |
By JOWIT SALUSEKI -
BY virtue of Zambia’s colonial past, township names and streets have been predominantly British as at independence.
But during the post-independence era, the concept of localisation began to take root.
Local people began to drift towards using indigenous names as evidenced by the changes effected to... | <urn:uuid:e9df8e84-9994-4b13-95a2-22d9880f59cd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.times.co.zm/?p=74129 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404826.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00047-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963701 | 1,242 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Prevention and Control of Childhood Pneumonia
This special edition of the Bulletin of the World Health Organization focuses on the prevention and control of childhood pneumonia. It highlights research on the many aspects that drive this deadly disease and the progress now being made--progress that is a priority if Mill... | <urn:uuid:5ca39139-5b18-4d58-8918-3f09b9840b19> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.path.org/vaccineresources/details.php?i=571 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00065-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.820088 | 135 | 2.859375 | 3 |
This should come as no surprise to anyone.
The National Weather Service says last month (yes, it’s April already) was the warmest March on record… ever.
(Well, ‘ever’ meaning ever since temperature data recording began).
The heat wave that turned winter to summer for most of North America shattered record high temperat... | <urn:uuid:c0ba282e-8615-4053-92ad-455de769acb8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/04/its_official_heat_wave_caused.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00011-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947686 | 328 | 3 | 3 |
People of The Book
I've always heard that the Jews are the "people of the book." Can you clarify for me exactly what that means?
The Aish Rabbi Replies:
On the simplest level, "people of the book" means that the Jews introduced to the world the all-time best-seller, the Bible.
On a deeper level, this means that Torah w... | <urn:uuid:4b916e1f-0929-4acb-917d-009a73052041> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.aish.com/atr/People_of_The_Book.html?catid=908554 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00097-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978786 | 437 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Gone are the days of boring presentations, static websites and unwieldy posters. New emerging technologies are changing the way we live our lives. Now, design is as important as the information itself. If you have attended recent trade shows or conventions focusing on new innovations, you have probably seen touch scree... | <urn:uuid:924efc6a-8794-4022-97c4-80f57b55ccc4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://inspiredm.com/gesture-media/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00113-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933652 | 1,000 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Another leap in the evolution debate
By Andrew Craig, BBC News
16 July 2001: American researchers say they have found new genetic evidence about the family tree of mammals.
They say it proves that marsupials - the pouched mammals found mainly in Australia - are more closely related to most other mammals, including huma... | <urn:uuid:0043f6c3-7096-4a37-8c37-c74b4f735892> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://geneimprint.com/site/press/11420613-1154658030 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00095-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96006 | 438 | 3.359375 | 3 |
Econ 101: The Role of the Courts in the Economy
The debate over President Bush's appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court shows a lack of understanding of the importance of the separation of powers and the proper role of the Court. As Madison put it in Federalist 47: The accumulation of all powers, legislative, executive,... | <urn:uuid:410af5bc-5837-4a51-9e07-c496cd6f9fe6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mrc.org/commentary/econ-101-role-courts-economy | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00140-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968127 | 1,007 | 3.296875 | 3 |
noun (plural demoi /ˈdiːmɔɪ/)
1.1The populace of a democracy as a political unit.
- This is a serious threat to democracy as it does not reflect power flowing from 'demos' (populace).
- Democracy is one of the six classical forms of government described by Aristotle, denoting government by the demos, or populace at lar... | <urn:uuid:47d82b3b-04af-45f0-ac32-6944d7e54e84> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/english/demos | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00138-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928858 | 154 | 3.28125 | 3 |
Persistence and Teamwork
The next generation of explorers will live in places never before inhabited by humans. Their destination: the moon, Mars -- and beyond.
Who are these great explorers? Right now, they are elementary and middle school students with endless possibilities for adventure.
NASA has accepted the challe... | <urn:uuid:0c50ef12-50af-4446-964f-6d48c4096cd3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/persistence-and-teamwork.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00190-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961264 | 1,063 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Left-handed quarks (Science Magazine)
Electrons spin, and so can spin clockwise or counterclockwise. If you shoot a beam of electrons at an atomic nucleus, you would not expect it to make any difference, which way they were spinning. But it does, because one of the nuclear forces, the weak force, is fundamentally asymm... | <urn:uuid:b9fa8ca4-28eb-41d5-ac8b-92a4ccad41b4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.examiner.com/article/left-handed-quarks-baby-fusion-steps-gene-politics | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00038-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96034 | 423 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Q. I would like some advice on types of ivy to plant as ground cover.
A. Two popular types of ivy are Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) and Boxton ivy (P. tricuspidata). Both these woody vines are vigorous growers that attach their rootlets to vertical surfaces. They perform well in Chicago soils, are wint... | <urn:uuid:cbf4e649-9eae-4d93-b233-c25ed3acce2b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.chicagobotanic.org/plantinfo/faq/ivy_groundcover | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00021-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925016 | 176 | 2.640625 | 3 |
3.3. Interstellar Depletions
"Where have all these atoms gone?"
-- J. Mayo Greenberg
Derivations of the relative abundances of the elements in our Galaxy are one of the principal needs for understanding the chemical evolution in interstellar space - and ultimately its memory in comets. A major factor in developing con... | <urn:uuid:1827e5e0-f761-4d94-a9e4-203ebcb315ee> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/March02/Li/Li3_3.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397842.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00133-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953083 | 393 | 3.5625 | 4 |
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The British Council in collaboration with Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune hosted three day Teacher Training workshop on STEM, from 10-12 March 2016 at IISER, Pune.
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) aims to support knowledge exchange and partnership ... | <urn:uuid:cc3aa2c8-d67a-4b3a-9bc8-288544a5444b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.puneonline.in/Press-Releases/The-British-Council-in-Association-with-IISER-Pune-Presents-STEM-Science-Technology-Engineering-and-Mathematics-Teacher-Training-Workshop-28017 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00069-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942767 | 624 | 2.90625 | 3 |
in PDF Format
Best known as the birthplace and childhood home of world-renowned country-music entertainer Roy Clark, the tiny, rural community of Meherrin,
Va., is situated along Highway 360, and is located partially in both Lunenburg
and Prince Edward counties.
The history of the community can be traced far back into ... | <urn:uuid:db0097f7-a924-47a0-b3e2-e87903720192> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.co-opliving.com/coopliving/issues/2010/MarchApril%202010/downhome.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00183-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9744 | 2,308 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Small word network
July 5, 2002 | Source: Nature Science Update
Word association can link just about any two common (root) words in the English language using an average of three steps (degrees of separation), says a team of scientists at Arizona State University.
The researchers think the network structure of a langua... | <urn:uuid:a942e541-36dd-4b69-ad6d-b5dee7cceba6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.kurzweilai.net/small-word-network | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00032-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.89335 | 177 | 3.0625 | 3 |
RTUs Cool More Space Using Less Energy
Some industry experts in the HVAC industry consider gas-fired condensing combustion heating systems to be the final frontier in rooftop heating technology.
As seen during the formative years, throughout the development of high-efficiency residential furnaces, several manufacturers... | <urn:uuid:30ed99b5-0be5-493b-808b-260bb87dd2fb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.achrnews.com/articles/125759-rtus-cool-more-space-using-less-energy | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00110-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93199 | 1,910 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Race and Ethnic Relations
Analysis of racial and ethnic groups in American society; contacts and conflicts; prejudice and discrimination; dominant and subordinate group status; social structure of racial and ethnic inequality within society. Comparison of global race and ethnic relations. GE Area: S Prerequisite: Passa... | <urn:uuid:70095784-e923-4033-a31e-7100575a81bb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://info.sjsu.edu/web-dbgen/catalog/courses/SOCI162.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408828.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00144-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.841583 | 123 | 2.5625 | 3 |
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