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Quake altered Earth's rotation
According to various news sources, the Japanese earthquake and tsunami caused Earth to tilt/move 3 degrees off its axis. What is the end result of this tilt?
Let's start with this — the Japan earthquake and tsunami didn't change Earth's axis of rotation by 3 degrees. That would have had i... | <urn:uuid:b2cd2671-ccef-4599-992d-320a0279c793> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/qampa-japanese-earthquake-and-tsunami-altered-earth-rotation-slightly/1176678 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00021-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95656 | 625 | 3.75 | 4 |
Personal names entered into the database are entered first by surname (last name) followed by forename (first name), (e.g., Smith, Joanna) and are searchable in the same manner. It is possible to search solely by surname or by the first few letters of the surname, although such a search will yield less exacting results... | <urn:uuid:d9db3cd5-3d09-4fd6-a0a0-fc77e32974f7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sec.state.ma.us/arc/arcsrch/srchnotes.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396222.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00085-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962029 | 1,270 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Purpose: Designed as a comprehensive test of cognitive ability for adults.
Population: Ages 16 and over.
Score: Verbal IQ, Performance IQ, and Full Scale IQ.
Time: (60-90) minutes.
Author: David Wechsler.
Publisher: The Psychological Corporation.
Description: The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) is a ... | <urn:uuid:ffd37a65-72d3-436c-b217-913185936f59> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://cps.nova.edu/%7Ecpphelp/WAIS-R.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00048-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.883548 | 559 | 3 | 3 |
Comet ELENIN, Earthquakes, And YOU.
iReport — Nov 9, 2011 the earth will supposedly cross the threshold of the debris tail of ELENIN on the same plain (assuming ELENIN is a real object that would be catastrophic).
This is a cool interactive NASA chart displaying the comets trajectory through the solar system:
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On July 20, 1969, two American men made history: Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first humans to set foot on the surface of the moon.
For enthusiasts, there is a veritable wealth of resources, including NASA's official Apollo 11 page, an archive of Apollo images, and the original CBS broadcast hosted by Walter ... | <urn:uuid:fe1f33fe-965d-464b-8191-e604d34f3543> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cnet.com/news/if-stanley-kubrick-had-directed-the-apollo-11-moon-landing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397748.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00151-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963216 | 338 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Since 1900, more than 108,000 officially protected conservation areas have been established worldwide, largely at the urging of five international conservation organizations. About half of these areas were occupied or regularly used by indigenous peoples. Millions who had been living sustainably on their land for gener... | <urn:uuid:0ee1ea95-bc3a-4f79-8c0f-2b0125a013dd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.chegg.com/textbooks/conservation-refugees-1st-edition-9780262516006-0262516004 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00042-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947697 | 443 | 3.53125 | 4 |
A Rose for Emily Visions of America Quotes
How we cite our quotes: Citations follow this format: (Section.Paragraph)
[…] only Miss Emily's house was left, lifting its stubborn and coquettish decay above the cotton wagons and the gasoline pumps – an eyesore among eyesores. (1.2)
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For most of its history, Science has always made room for amateurs or non-science professionals. However the 20th Century pushed these scientists to the edges in favor of professional chemists, physicists and biologists using advanced tools at large well-funded laboratories, leading the authors of a 1996 paper to write... | <urn:uuid:4f665c26-e961-4be4-b974-b250836bfe66> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.therazor.org/?m=200911 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00158-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957458 | 2,077 | 2.828125 | 3 |
WHILE surgery has made extraordinary advances on several fronts during the last decade, one of the most significant is the trans-thoracic attack on lesions of the esophagus and gastric cardia. Thus by the expedient of a new approach, one of the greatest needs in surgical treatment of malignant disease has been fulfille... | <urn:uuid:60a564b1-2cf0-465a-b4c7-d8e6c0ca5c2c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=548478 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396029.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00088-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969171 | 195 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Seattle Space Needle
Designated a City of Seattle Landmark on April 19, 1999
The Space Needle was built as a focal point for the Century 21 Exposition, at the 1962 Seattle World's Fair. During the Fair, approximately 20,000 people a day visited the top of the Needle-a total of 2.3 million visitors during the Fair. The ... | <urn:uuid:3ed7b9c6-373c-48bf-a5da-e9aa7946fbec> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://docomomo-us.org/register/fiche/seattle_space_needle?mini=calendar%2F2012-09 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00136-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933855 | 2,039 | 2.78125 | 3 |
The new findings may mean that our system's magnetic barrier—once thought to be a smooth shield—may be letting in more harmful cosmic rays and energetic particles than previously thought.
The new "foam zone" theory is based on a computer model created using data from NASA's twin Voyager spacecraft, both launched in 197... | <urn:uuid:73d80e0c-eb76-4591-b8c6-d542471cc85d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/06/110609-magnetic-bubbles-solar-system-nasa-space-science/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00100-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948694 | 762 | 3.71875 | 4 |
Joshua Foer, writing in The New York Times, reports (among other interesting things):
All across Africa, the Pacific and the Americas, we find cultures that didn't know about mouth kissing until their first contact with European explorers. And the attraction was not always immediately apparent. Most considered the act ... | <urn:uuid:0ca86f8e-5b0c-48b7-b9f1-851cd1771a2f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.volokh.com/posts/1140030571.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00169-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968175 | 284 | 2.625 | 3 |
What it is:
A credit bureau is an agency that collects, organizes, and disseminates credit information to creditors and potential creditors. Credit bureaus generally collect information on individuals and small businesses.
How it works (Example):
The three main credit bureaus in the United States are Equifax, Experian,... | <urn:uuid:d8aa1451-4844-4959-b563-39d492b8c1b9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.investinganswers.com/financial-dictionary/debt-bankruptcy/credit-bureau-109 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00112-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940142 | 325 | 3.140625 | 3 |
All walking is beneficial for improving lipid problems and glucose metabolism.
But Austrian researchers, who put a group of 45 sedentary volunteers on both uphill and downhill mountain hiking routines, found a difference depending on which direction they were hiking.
The volunteers participated in a four-month hiking p... | <urn:uuid:eaed4b1c-38ac-43cf-962c-a9654087d876> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.active.com/articles/study-looks-at-benefits-of-uphill-downhill-walking | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00046-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969373 | 579 | 3.234375 | 3 |
By Glen Gardner, USA - Posted on 25 February, 2004
Early supercomputers used parallel processing and distributed computing and to link processors together in a single machine. Using freely available tools, it is possible to do the same today using inexpensive PCs - a cluster. Glen Gardner liked the idea, so he built hi... | <urn:uuid:fa96f4e5-0ed3-492b-9ec6-df1486d9d518> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mini-itx.com/projects/cluster/?p | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00162-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922313 | 991 | 2.875 | 3 |
From: Mark Goodacre (Goodacms@hhs.bham.ac.uk)
Date: Wed Apr 08 1998 - 07:10:57 EDT
How do you define a hapax legomenon?
I have always worked with the following definitions, both of
which seem to be current in NT scholarship:
1. A word which occurs only once in the New Testament
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Jim Thorpe, Sauk and Fox tribe, was one of the earliest champions of the Olympics and is recognized as the greatest athlete of the first half of the twentieth century. While in high school in Indian Territory, Thorpe realized he enjoyed football and excelled at track and field. While in high school he broke many athlet... | <urn:uuid:4048c0a5-d920-4c6a-84ec-4c98bfb78c07> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.okhistory.org/kids/aipeople | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00026-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.989219 | 777 | 2.78125 | 3 |
A recent Heritage event analyzed Russia’s presidential election and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s return to the presidency. The election was held in the aftermath of mass protests against Russian leadership’s corruption and disregard for the rule of law.
According to David Kramer, President of Freedom House, Putin al... | <urn:uuid:c0ad99b6-949b-4172-afd3-80f3922a5371> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://dailysignal.com/2012/03/05/russian-elections-did-not-bring-a-surprise-but-now-what/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00048-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961093 | 652 | 2.625 | 3 |
What is the Function of Working Memory?
Working memory is the ability to retain information for short periods of time while processing or using it. This can be as subtle as when adding numbers that involve “holding” numbers in mind (the numbers 1 and 1 in the example shown).
Some signs to watch out for is a student’s i... | <urn:uuid:67618b3b-6539-4345-8069-c067373992e3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com/tlb/what-is-the-function-of-working-memory/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00041-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.902448 | 320 | 3.4375 | 3 |
A lively and engaging introduction to Human Relations In this much-anticipated 5th edition, Loren Ford and Judith Arter present the fundamentals of human relations through interesting personal stories, anecdotes, and case studies. This is a book that truly captivates students by engaging them in questions and exercises... | <urn:uuid:ae2ac0c7-613a-406b-a762-ae4a5ed2adad> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.chegg.com/textbooks/human-relations-5th-edition-9780205233052-0205233058 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00200-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908316 | 219 | 2.75 | 3 |
Solitary confinement has been a method of punishment throughout history. Enforced loneliness is often viewed as a method of torture and has been shown to cause psychosis in animal experiments. While I’m not sure how we qualify rat psychosis these days, I do know when my trucker is out by himself for extended periods of... | <urn:uuid:6b55f4b1-670f-44c8-8a12-69380c07be5f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.overdriveonline.com/stay-aware-of-social-isolations-potential-deleterious-effects/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00150-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964653 | 964 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Prominent Russians: Nikolai Lobachevsky
Early years and the love of math
Lobachevsky was the second of three boys born into the family of a land surveyor in the city of Nizhny Novgorod on the Volga River. When he was only eight, his father died, leaving his widow and three sons with virtually no means of survival. In h... | <urn:uuid:f28324e8-e298-4667-99e5-4baf6150e39b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://russiapedia.rt.com/prominent-russians/science-and-technology/nikolai-lobachevsky/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00161-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.988522 | 3,169 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Challenges Facing the Juvenile Justice System
Posted on June 13, 2008 – After several decades of bad news about the juvenile justice system, statistics began to show a few positive trends in the late 1990s, but many challenges still remain.
Youth murders and sexual assaults from 1975 to 2005 declined 55% and 81% respec... | <urn:uuid:8ae9ddc3-fd0f-488a-966b-cd520af06334> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://societyofcorrectionalphysicians.org/corrdocs/corrdocs-archives/spring-2008/challenges-facing-the-juvenile-justice-system | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00082-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945881 | 1,578 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Acquisition of the Volumetric Data Set
The flow studied was a turbulent boundary layer with a Reynolds number based on momentum thickness of 700. The experiment was done on a flat plate in a water channel facility. The flow was seeded from two dye slots with disodium fluorescein dye. The dye was illuminated using an in... | <urn:uuid:d7f2052f-c5b4-4250-abd9-3fa29abac10d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.princeton.edu/~gasdyn/Research/3DFlowvis_Folder/DataSet.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00082-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939607 | 212 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Please welcome our special guest blogger, Adrienne Carlson from over at Veterinarian Technician Schools Online. Her blog is full of informative, thorough information for pet owners, and I encourage you to check it out. Today she helps us become aware of foods that may not be healthy for our pets.
Adrienne, take it away... | <urn:uuid:79c4da62-906e-448d-8fbe-6eca3c65d004> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://peggyfrezon.blogspot.com/2009/11/eat-this-not-that-for-your-pet.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396959.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00108-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927156 | 1,292 | 2.8125 | 3 |
The milk is delivered twice a day without cooling. It usually reaches the factory at a temperature of 92° to 96° F. It is strained into the kettle, and starter and rennet added at the same temperature as received. Enough rennet should be used to give a coagulation ready for cutting in twenty to thirty minutes.
The firm... | <urn:uuid:8abb98fd-04a0-4722-acd1-d3cd23860ead> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://cheese-gourmet.blogspot.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00098-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929694 | 1,304 | 3.296875 | 3 |
LeVearne Hagen has taught first grade at Susan B. Anthony Elementary School for six years. Anxious to strengthen the relationship with her students' parents, she was one of the first teachers to participate in the Home Visit Program in 1998. LeVearne became the Home Visit Coordinator at Susan B. Anthony and then steppe... | <urn:uuid:894c58e7-ccfd-4b3c-ae30-ebd5571aaf18> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.edutopia.org/levearne-hagen-home-visits?page=7 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408828.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00067-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97963 | 693 | 2.875 | 3 |
Having hairlike tufts; hairy.
- The minute branchlets of the yellow thallus produce the irregularly radiated and crinite appearance of the margins of the fruit.
- Their peduncles are crinite, with shaggy patent hairs.
- From an underground, thick, oblique rhizome, the short, green, succulent stipites arise, in a tufted... | <urn:uuid:6f992e5f-22bf-4a28-b11f-7caa1eb2add7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/crinite | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00029-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.851927 | 143 | 2.796875 | 3 |
- Schrödinger: Life and Thought by Walter Moore
Cambridge, 513 pp, £25.00, August 1989, ISBN 0 521 35434 X
In the last few years of the 19th century the world of the physicist began to undergo a revolution that ultimately affected much else beside physics. The discovery of the electron by Thomson, and of radioactivity ... | <urn:uuid:b11e1341-e115-4c87-8c9e-9e72f9237e0a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.lrb.co.uk/v11/n22/brian-pippard/triple-life | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00082-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959108 | 256 | 2.875 | 3 |
During 5 and 6 December 2013, a major storm passed through northern Europe coinciding with a period of high tides in the North Sea and resulting in extremely high sea levels – a ‘storm surge’. The effects of the storm surge resulted for the United Kingdom in the highest sea levels since the 1953 North Sea Floods, while... | <urn:uuid:8526d8b7-33d4-4d19-a962-e3f85adee9c2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.un-spider.org/about-us/news/esa-cryosat-measures-storm-surge-northern-europe | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394937.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00083-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956906 | 267 | 4.09375 | 4 |
Question: "How is Jesus our Sabbath Rest?"
Answer: The key to understanding how Jesus is our Sabbath rest is the Hebrew word sabat, which means "to rest or stop or cease from work." The origin of the Sabbath goes back to Creation. After creating the heavens and the earth in six days, God "rested on the seventh day from... | <urn:uuid:f536e546-29ef-4fdb-b577-6c507877edfd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://gotquestions.org/Printer/Jesus-Sabbath-PF.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00176-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969722 | 1,580 | 2.75 | 3 |
Assessment of student learning is a multi-faceted endeavor at F&M. The heart of all assessment activities is the individual faculty member and academic department.
1. The goal of assessment is to improve student learning.
While good assessment will help us become more effective at what we care about most, it also force... | <urn:uuid:02f10856-eb4c-4409-bedf-5b717be51c50> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.fandm.edu/provost/assessment-of-student-learning | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00086-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962351 | 837 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Who Is A "Landlord" And Who Is A "Tenant"
A landlord is a person or a company that owns a rental unit. the landlord rents or leases the rental unit to another person, called a tenant, for the tenant to live in. the tenant obtains the right to the exclusive use and possession of the rental unit during the lease or renta... | <urn:uuid:9463ab94-76ec-4b1b-b804-6731595606c3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://dca.ca.gov/publications/landlordbook/whois.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00086-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918725 | 1,719 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Over the years it has been identified as an Oriental box, a work basket, a document wallet and even a saddle bag.
Now London’s Courtauld Gallery confidently believes one of its most prized possessions is really a 700-year-old handbag — probably the oldest in existence.
New research suggests that the stunning and remark... | <urn:uuid:770e366e-4ae8-4e06-b5ff-843111eeeb0e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2014/02/22/2003584114 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00031-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97485 | 447 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Ruddle, R.A. and Jones, D.M. (2001) Movement in cluttered virtual environments. Presence: Teleoperators & Virtual Environments, 10 (5). pp. 511-524. ISSN 1054-7460
Available under licence : See the attached licence file.
Imagine walking around a cluttered room but then having little idea of where you have traveled. Thi... | <urn:uuid:d35d0a6c-0f83-4459-b438-a99c9ac34c19> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/1425/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00066-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.846142 | 348 | 2.640625 | 3 |
The term IQ, or Intelligence Quotient, generally describes a score on a test that rates the subject's cognitive ability as compared to the general population. IQ tests use a standardized scale with 100 as the median score. On most tests, a score between 90 and 110, or the median plus or minus 10, indicates average inte... | <urn:uuid:5b770975-b03b-4daf-aa4e-b058aede9ceb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://science.howstuffworks.com/life/inside-the-mind/human-brain/question455.htm/printable | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00006-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9528 | 778 | 4.15625 | 4 |
Eastern Orthodox Church
The Orthodox Church is an international group of Patriarchal, Autocephalous and Autonomous churches. Each church is independent in her internal organization and follows her own particular customs. However, all the churches are united in the same faith.
Each Church is led by a Synod of Bishops. T... | <urn:uuid:7c4243bd-837b-40c9-9893-02c21b200674> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.conservapedia.com/Eastern_Orthodox_Church | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00142-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949778 | 972 | 3.0625 | 3 |
System A and System B monomers are mixed and polyurethane foam, a polymer, is produced. You can see the dramatic results in a clear cup, or a little more weird, in a latex glove.
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Dr. Alexander Schauss, Ph.D., FACN
Member of Science and Research Advisory Board for TMR
Articles by Dr. Schauss On Trace Minerals
Electrolytes are the charged substances that result when a salt is dissolved in solution. The importance of Sodium, Chloride, Potassium, and Magnesium is discussed.
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The management of land based water resources is of particular importance to the large parts of the world which still lack reliable access to water. It is crucial to understand both the hydrological cycle and distribution of these scarce resources.
29 January 2016
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Latinas of the Americas: A Source Book. K. Lynn Stoner. New York, Garland, 1989. Includes a chapter on "Feminist Studies." Available?
Feminist Criticism of Latin American Literature: Bibliographic Notes. Naomi Lindstrom. Latin American Research Review 15(1), 1980, pp.151-159. "This article looks at the impact of femini... | <urn:uuid:c0ca7fe7-0b88-4613-af48-dd00c8dd4880> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://libguides.rutgers.edu/LAfeminisms | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396222.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00110-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.786758 | 181 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Oil Paintings Techniques ----Fat Over Lean
2009-4-9 7:29:24 Post:long | Categories:doupine | Comment:0 | Quote:0 | Browse:
The principle of oil painting 'fat over lean' is one of the fundamental concepts of oil paintings and one to follow to reduce the risk an oil painting cracking. 'Fat over lean' has got to do with t... | <urn:uuid:45bfb1bd-3ac9-4dcb-8f16-7fcb31ec2e66> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.doupine.com/blog/2007/364.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399106.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00013-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955319 | 376 | 2.625 | 3 |
In the transitory period between the death of Henry VIII and the ascension of Elizabeth 1 to the throne, there had been three rulers in England: Edward VII, Jane Gary, and Mary.
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I still cant figure it out. Name a medical problem and its
probably affecting or infecting African-Americans more than any other racial or
ethnic group. Whether it is HIV/AIDS, heart disease, diabetes, or high blood
pressure, we, as African-Americans are at the top of the list when it comes to
medical problems that are... | <urn:uuid:80cfae7d-a7fd-4ab6-b351-19d1767677af> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://allhiphop.com/2008/01/21/stroke-the-other-silent-killer/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00119-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.914829 | 1,078 | 2.796875 | 3 |
One of the most recognized structures in the world is located in Paris, France. With just those clues alone (well and the title of the post…) many have already guessed that this post is about the Eiffel Tower. A prominent element of the Paris skyline since 1889, it intercepted German radio communications and worked as ... | <urn:uuid:049cd4fa-049c-4039-8fcb-bb1a8bb2c808> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.historybyzim.com/2012/10/hitler-and-the-eiffel-tower/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00136-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962676 | 224 | 3.453125 | 3 |
Editor's Note: Ed Cole, The SETI League's volunteer Regional Coordinator for Alaska, has contributed a companion spreadsheet to perform the calculations discussed in this article.
G/T - A Receiving System Figure of Merit
The sensitivity of a radio telescope is a function of many factors including antenna gain (G) and s... | <urn:uuid:202dcc9f-59d5-45bb-9030-fbdce4592cc6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://setileague.org/articles/g-t.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00087-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92867 | 1,915 | 3.515625 | 4 |
Facts about Christmas Lights
What’s a Christmas tree without Christmas lights? Boring, that’s what. The best part of decorating a tree every year is when you can flip that switch and see the lights all-aglow. Here are some interesting facts about Christmas lights.
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verb (overcrops, overcropping, overcropped)[with object] (usually as noun overcropping)
Deplete (soil) by growing crops continuously on it.
- Low-vigour vines do not always have sufficient leaf area to ripen grapes properly, while high-vigour vines typically produce thin, pale, acidic wines often wrongly thought to res... | <urn:uuid:92a2f810-b454-4655-b4a7-3cde246d9004> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/overcrop | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00093-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.894222 | 173 | 3.015625 | 3 |
William Jones, mathematician from Anglesey, North Wales
A noted mathematician, published author and early naval navigator. First to use 'Pi' (1706) as a mathematical symbol.
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Dov Cohen (Shimshon)
(1915 - 1947)
Dov Cohen was born in Poland on December 28, 1915. He
immigrated to Eretz Israel at the age of twenty, enrolled as a student at
the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and joined the Irgun shortly afterwards.
When world War II broke out, he volunteered for the
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I dedicate this post to that loveable rascal Bill Clinton who taught us just how much can ride on what the meaning of 'is' is.
Credit where credit is due: Some of the inspiration for this post comes from a conversation with Peter Lupu and from an article he recommended, S. Savitt, Presentism and Eternalism in Perspecti... | <urn:uuid:6167783d-3121-43ce-870e-23ffb07bfe2d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://maverickphilosopher.typepad.com/maverick_philosopher/2013/03/12/index.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 | 0.931377 | 1,003 | 2.703125 | 3 |
THE huge industrial zone at the heart of the "Made in China" economic miracle could be inundated by sea water as a result of global warming, scientists say.
Meteorologists in Guangdong, the coastal province neighbouring Hong Kong which has led China's manufacturing boom, estimate sea levels could rise by 30 centimetres... | <urn:uuid:9ff22be1-255b-4758-926a-f6583b8c4264> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://climateerinvest.blogspot.com/2007_08_01_archive.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00102-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967251 | 348 | 2.765625 | 3 |
- Listening for Events
- Mouse Detection
- The SimpleButton Class
- Invisible Buttons
- Animated Buttons and the Movie Clip Symbol
- Complex Buttons
- Button-tracking Options
- Changing Button Behavior
- Creating Buttons Dynamically
- Keyboard Detection
- The Contextual Menu
- Creating Continuous Actions
- A Summary of... | <urn:uuid:b4229ef9-4369-47ed-b99a-31efb57cf33d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1628372&seqNum=4 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00127-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.793697 | 521 | 3.234375 | 3 |
April 23, 2012
Research Shows Why 1 Bacterial Infection Is So Deadly In Cystic Fibrosis Patients
Pathogen interferes with important survival process in cells whose job is to fight infection
Scientists have found why a certain type of bacteria, harmless in healthy people, is so deadly to patients with cystic fibrosis.Th... | <urn:uuid:2bd709f2-beb6-4b48-9c46-ee5296935c82> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1112519547/research-shows-why-1-bacterial-infection-is-so-deadly-in-cystic-fibrosis-patients/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00024-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939979 | 916 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Making a fire is a common autumn or late-night activity, but as everybody knows, fire is dangerous. However, there is a way to make a fire and still be safe. Keep reading to find out how.
1Find an open space. Making a fire (especially a large or a bonfire) near a house, forest, or piles of firewood is a disaster waitin... | <urn:uuid:7940f71f-1ffb-4187-a82e-0be0a5ad7bc5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wikihow.com/Safely-Make-a-Fire | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00196-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939539 | 422 | 3.078125 | 3 |
How a Pie Chart Reflects Categorical Data in a Statistical Data Set
A pie chart takes categorical data from a statistical sample and breaks them down by group, showing the percentage of individuals that fall into each group. Because a pie chart takes on the shape of a circle, the "slices" that represent each group can ... | <urn:uuid:f2dc89bd-d888-4410-81f1-655098f766cb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-a-pie-chart-reflects-categorical-data-in-a-sta.navId-811044.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00137-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937897 | 736 | 3.65625 | 4 |
"Yes, and numbers, too, chiefest of sciences, I invented for them (mankind), and the combining of letters, creative mother of the Muses' arts, with which to hold all things in memory." (Prometheus 1 to the OCEANIDS. Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 459).
"Socrates: Writing, Phaedrus, has this strange quality, and is very li... | <urn:uuid:63c9cd3e-46f4-496c-937c-464eed1231d8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.maicar.com/GML/Alphabet.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00020-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957438 | 1,452 | 2.859375 | 3 |
A product with the best technology might still fail if the user interface isn't easy to use and intuitive.
Testing the ergonomics
There are ways to make sure it is.
President Usability Assoc.
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Places That Work: The Power of Skylights
The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC is almost entirely under ground, yet this is a place that works. It was designed by Jean-Paul Carlhian of Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson and Abbott and opened in 1987. A quarter of a century later every... | <urn:uuid:26d44ba5-a8a1-4c1e-becd-7926670bd0d3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.metropolismag.com/Point-of-View/March-2012/Places-That-Work-The-Power-of-Skylights/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00038-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952542 | 328 | 3.140625 | 3 |
You can tell people all you want about the value of a sound diet and how to achieve it. But when it comes to food, they tend to think with their stomachs. A new study suggests that when the government forces restaurants to provide calorie information to customers, customers generally pay no heed.
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Where does water in trees go during the winter?
By Mike Albers DNT-Forest Health Unit
We are all familiar with what happens when we leave a bottle of water in our car and the temperature hits -40 or what happens when we forget to put antifreeze in our car radiator. Ice forms, it ruptures the bottle or radiator and the ... | <urn:uuid:72edd190-145f-4a1b-b4a1-e93096944223> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/fid/may98/051898018.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396224.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00103-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938565 | 637 | 3.796875 | 4 |
Those wonderful Greeks of long ago were great talkers, They had plenty of thoughtful things to say, And they said them well. To them, conversation and story telling were great arts. They were interested in the facts about everyday things. They spoke of nature, science and most especially of how people could get along w... | <urn:uuid:924a12d8-82d8-414a-967f-6a44783c1dca> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://youaskandy.com/questions-answers/article-series-1950/15799-was-aesop-a-real-person.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00054-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.992395 | 642 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer of operas.
Verdi was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, and developed a musical education with the help of a local patron. Verdi came to dominate the Italian opera scene after the era of Bellin... | <urn:uuid:12253cc5-6050-4d7f-ba9d-54b4351ee570> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Author?author=Verdi%2C+Giuseppe%2C+1813-1901 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00199-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.985247 | 356 | 3.125 | 3 |
ROCKETING to the Moon (Jan, 1930)
ROCKETING to the Moon
by Prof. R. H. GODDARD, B.Sc., A.M., Ph.D.
as told to William Robertson
FOR YEARS scientists have been forced to study the moon through its reflection in the observatory mirror. Since the moon refused to come closer to the earth than 220,000 miles, however, man ma... | <urn:uuid:729189fe-e9ef-4e96-8dfc-123bab2c3cb6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.modernmechanix.com/rocketing-to-the-moon/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00074-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957627 | 1,764 | 3.5625 | 4 |
Dr. Perri Klass recently wrote an interesting essay, titled “At Last, Facing Down Bullies (and Their Enablers),” for The New York Times on the situation of bullies and bullying. Here are some excerpts.
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In recent years, pediatricians and researchers in this country have been giving bullies and their victims the at... | <urn:uuid:0bb8b20a-a153-474a-a74b-6f4681ad769f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://thesituationist.wordpress.com/2009/06/17/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00044-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946387 | 687 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Superman's fabled Fortress of Solitude has been depicted in films as a vast complex comprised of enormous crystal beams.
(Superman's Fortress of Solitude)
Imagine the surprise of miners when they actually found it! Not in the frozen north, but buried a thousand feet below Mexico's Naica mountain in the Chihuahuan deser... | <urn:uuid:500f3569-04f4-4428-a02c-67a95cbc3b90> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/science-fiction-news.asp?newsnum=1143 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396029.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00105-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930763 | 204 | 2.921875 | 3 |
Muhleman, Duane O. and Grossman, Arie W. and Butler, Bryan J. (1995) Radar Investigation of Mars, Mercury, and Titan. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences, 23 . pp. 337-374. ISSN 0084-6597. http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:MUHareps95
See Usage Policy.
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It could be one of the most disturbing e-voting machine hacks to date.
Voting machines used by as many as a quarter of American voters heading to the polls in 2012 can be hacked with just $10.50 in parts and an 8th grade science education, according to computer science and security experts at the Vulnerability Assessme... | <urn:uuid:3824f395-6945-407a-868a-77290db3da54> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://investmentwatchblog.com/diebold-voting-machines-can-be-hacked-by-remote-control/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00003-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948453 | 370 | 2.71875 | 3 |
[Histonet] Learning histology
Stephen at Texas A & M wants to know how to learn histology. I think the best way is to borrow a set of teaching microscope slides from your anatomy department (or cellular biology, whatever they call it now) and sit down with a microscope.
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An interview with Anne Nagro, a Master Gardener, school-garden volunteer and the author of Our Generous Garden (Dancing Rhinoceros Press, 2008).
Tell us about your school garden project.
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Breast cancer is the most common cancer in a woman over the world with over million new cases detected every year. A family history of breast cancer//, early puberty, late menopause, and genetic mutations can be risk factors for breast cancer.
Dr Vincent Vinh-Hung, of University Hospital in Brussels, states that younge... | <urn:uuid:1807b3a9-934d-4a8e-a7d2-7ee11b7b0d32> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news/Breast-Cancer-More-Serious-For-Younger-Patients-8704-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394605.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00068-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96242 | 506 | 3.171875 | 3 |
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Annie, here are two different proofs, a few details missing.
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The museum is named after the date when Shenyang was captured by the Janpanese in 1931. Exhibits in the museum include over 800 photographs which reveal the Janpanese occupation of northeast China during the World War Two. Be forewarned, there are some gruesome displays in the museum which is not suitable for the faint... | <urn:uuid:a191174f-ef24-426f-8077-81fc2dcbde49> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.chinatravel.com/shenyang-attraction/18-september-memorial-museum/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391766.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00013-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966909 | 245 | 3.171875 | 3 |
With the notion of causality, firmly fixed by GR, we derived the concept of a singular point from where space-time begun. Causality alone gives us the possibility to talk about a known past (i.e. every effect has a cause) and by this we can trace back in time every event. To reach the moment of the Big Bang we only hav... | <urn:uuid:94ed8fc0-8ef3-465b-9349-f5cada09b51d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/7838/on-causality-and-the-big-bang-theory | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396875.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00169-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953852 | 276 | 2.640625 | 3 |
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Bull World Health Organ vol.82 n.2 Genebra Feb. 2004
Insecticide-treated nets for malaria control: real gains
Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, Swiss Tropical Institute, PO Box, 4002 Basel, Switzerland (email: Christian.Lengeler@unibas.ch)
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As physical therapists, chiropractors, trainers, strength coaches and physical educators, we find ourselves discussing exercises and drills, but what’s the difference? Are they the same? Do they produce the same thing? Do they have different rules? Do they produce different outcomes?
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“The technology, called Multipath TCP (MPTCP), is a souped-up sibling of TCP, a cornerstone Internet protocol for transferring data packets between computers. Cisco and Juniper have also put MPTCP in some of their equipment,” Kirk reports. “But while TCP can only use one connection path to send data, MPTCP can simultan... | <urn:uuid:fe659ee1-ba6c-4946-815c-0ba48a09161a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://macdailynews.com/2014/08/08/emerging-networking-technology-already-used-by-apple-will-frustrate-firewalls-says-security-consultant/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00065-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953836 | 251 | 2.953125 | 3 |
IceCube is a particle detector at the South Pole that records the interactions of a nearly massless subatomic particle called the neutrino. IceCube searches for neutrinos from the most violent astrophysical sources: events like exploding stars, gamma-ray bursts, and cataclysmic phenomena involving black holes and neutr... | <urn:uuid:91e67ea5-8c62-44aa-9d5d-1c20fc78dd32> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://icecube.wisc.edu/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393146.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00192-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.883467 | 154 | 2.9375 | 3 |
Judges for the event are pooled primarily from the academic departments of Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Mathematics and Computer Science and include faculty members, graduate, and undergraduate students, all of whom have expertise in the field of science. The young scientists’ projects are judged by univers... | <urn:uuid:f32753f0-c7a1-453f-9e0a-edd0c5598009> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://twu.edu/arts-sciences/sf-judging.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391766.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00179-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943594 | 390 | 2.78125 | 3 |
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Near the end of the play, Hale pleads with Elizabeth to convince John to confess in order to save his life. If John confesses, his life will be spared. Hale initially came to Salem to find and eradicate any elements of witchcraft. But after seeing and listening to the accusations and the illogical ... | <urn:uuid:24820be0-3660-4ad8-abb2-44a3e939ae89> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-does-hale-say-proctor-needs-before-they-463739 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00024-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964259 | 268 | 2.578125 | 3 |
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The Homeless are the most at-risk population. And we're waging a war on them.
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In the decade since the American Psychiatric Association condemned the use of psychiatric institutions for the suppression of political dissent, the practice has continued to spread in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Alexander Podrabinek wrote this account after working as a medical assistant and pursued his r... | <urn:uuid:b4daffa3-bec8-4aa9-b701-bf1c9f88d0b4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=372599 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00181-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968176 | 195 | 2.515625 | 3 |
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No doubt prenatal care, malnutrition, access to a hospital and skilled practitioners and professionals could prevent most of the deaths. As could education for girls that keeps them in school longer.
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1. Which part of the street is Rocio's home located on?
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(b) The "Last" part.
(c) The "Down" part.
(d) The "Middle" part.
2. What type of fruit tree is located on a vacant lot down the street from Rocio's home?
3. Which of the following trees on Rocio's tree is considered to have the most character?
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In the networking field, things change so very quickly that it is hard to keep up. Most notably, we can point to the current IPv4 addressing issues we are facing on the internet today. The current IPv4 addressing model has served us well, but when it was initially being developed 40 or so years ago, none of the researc... | <urn:uuid:53ea0dc2-26bd-476d-898d-330966b6363c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=1868069 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00160-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925452 | 1,785 | 3.15625 | 3 |
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The paired kidneys are located on either side of the spine, partially under the rib cage in back. These vital organs are composed of many tiny tubules that filter waste products out of the blood. The waste (urine) travels from each kidney to the bladder through a muscular tube called a ureter. Urine passes out of the b... | <urn:uuid:ae0bbd39-7088-4c59-a057-0b0916278328> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.uronv.com/conditions/kidney-cancer | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00000-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960097 | 1,630 | 3.75 | 4 |
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THE DARK AGES 119 churches the necessity for correctness in the copies of the Scrip- tures and the service books they used. To a collection of Homilies, corrected by Paulus Diaconus, which he caused to be distributed among the churches in 782, he prefaced these notable words: " Desirous as we are of improving the condi... | <urn:uuid:561e87aa-c025-4b76-be2c-cb5c31e143cb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://archive.org/stream/TheHistoryOfWesternEducation/TXT/00000134.txt | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00187-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.987882 | 531 | 2.609375 | 3 |
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