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Fiber Optic Pressure Sensors
Our fiber optic pressure sensors consists of 3 basic parts:1. A coupler
Our coupler consists of two optic fibers that have been melted together – we buy it this way from Fiber Instrument Sales, or Gould. It has two ST type connectors on one side and two loose ends on the other side. A light... | <urn:uuid:dad127ad-2433-42f7-b8bf-2308bc837b2e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.columbia.edu/cu/fowlerlab/fops.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00032-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935903 | 326 | 3.25 | 3 |
A dimly lit street.
- The definition of dim is not bright, somewhat dark or unclear.
An example of something dim is a fading light.
- Dim is defined as headlights on a low beam.
An example of a dim is a low level headlight beam on a car.
- Dim means to make or become darker.
An example of dim is to lower the lights.
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The energy statement performs a single calculation of all energy terms that are turned on. The atomic forces are also computed and stored in arrays DX, DY, and DZ (see vector-statement, Section 2.16).
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Arizona’s San Pedro River has been called the most studied river in the world, attracting scientists, birders, and anyone wanting to observe the region’s healthiest desert river. But all that research doesn’t seem to have affected an April decision by the Arizona Department of Water Resources to approve groundwater pum... | <urn:uuid:fc97e0fc-f979-4b9a-9477-5f03fdb186a3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.hcn.org/blogs/goat/pumping-the-san-pedro-dry/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00165-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95782 | 772 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Cutting-edge high-tech and search-and-rescue tools and gadgets are to be used to help the rescue efforts in the Hurricane Katrina disaster areas, like they did after catastrophes of the 9/11 terror attacks and the Asian tsunami.
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O GLOBO starts today to publish exclusive articles on sustainability by UNESCO's General-Director, Irina Bokova
Solidarity is a core value of sustainable development. It is the foundation for a better future.
It must also be our motto as we prepare the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development in Rio. When w... | <urn:uuid:f546cd0a-1853-48ff-93d4-4cb773c3008d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://oglobo.globo.com/rio-20-conference-2012/solidarity-5025476 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00037-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960994 | 472 | 2.765625 | 3 |
|Attention span is measured by the time spent continuously on a task. It varies with age. Older children are capable of longer periods of attention than younger children. Most people are capable of a longer attention span when they are doing something they like or find intrinsically motivating. Fatigue, hunger, noise, ... | <urn:uuid:fa9ea8a0-cd00-4072-8a2a-180f3173d999> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ec2saba.org/paying_attention.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396455.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00190-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95842 | 258 | 4 | 4 |
Actions model for evaluating computer & networking technology
ACTIONS Model For selecting distance education media and technology (Computer & networking)Access How accessible is a particular technology for learners? Computing and networking technology has shaped a unique paradigm of access to instruction, characterized... | <urn:uuid:fb2f7baa-6e2e-410b-8b58-fd85f4017f5e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.slideshare.net/u082929/actions-model-for-evaluating-computer-networking-technology | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398216.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00200-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936444 | 1,419 | 3.390625 | 3 |
The role and character of Puck, or Robin Goodfellow, in A Midsummer Night's Dream, is not only entertaining but quite useful.
William Shakespeare seems to have created the character of Puck from his own childhood. In Shakespeare's time it was believed that fairies and little people did exist. Whenever something went wr... | <urn:uuid:21c46c26-1813-4496-9fca-91578a5cd0ba> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.studymode.com/essays/a-Midsummer-Night's-Dream-Role-Of-3894.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403508.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00066-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978614 | 431 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Temperature and polarization anisotropies as seen by Boomerang 2003. The inflight performance of B2K was exceptional, with each 145GHz receiver achieving an NET of 200 uKrts for a single polarization.
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The idea that Darwinists have been expressing for some time now, that “the 48 chromosomes in apes gradually declined to 46 through the fusion of two chromosomes and human beings were the result may be highly misleading for some people. Because although this account is extraordinarily illogical in scientific terms, it i... | <urn:uuid:a411f6f4-3c25-433d-a7db-7a5784c83eca> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.harunyahya.com/en/Articles/27934/The-Darwinist-deception-of--The-number-of-chromosomes-declined-from-48-to-46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00026-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956767 | 793 | 2.765625 | 3 |
(Chiefly of yarn or fabric) mottled or streaked: a cabled marled wool sweater
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Within your Life, you must have done something right
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after all, you are still alive ..
It's Your Life, Your Process
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Gold nanoparticles can find and destroy tumors
Cambridge, Mass - The problem with treating tumors using heat is that it's easy to destroy neighboring tissue as well. But MIT researchers have developed a way of keeping the heat confined to where it's needed.
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Makar Sankranti is of great significance to a devote Hindu and is one of the most important dates in the Hindu Calendar. Lord Surya (Sun God) is worshiped on this day. Every living and non-living being merges with the Brahman and Sun is the Pratyaksha-Brahman or the Brahman that can be seen. Makar Sankranti also herald... | <urn:uuid:78c5e5e9-1b6f-4def-a8d4-054459ff0798> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.hindu-blog.com/2007/01/significance-of-makar-sankranti.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00060-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94159 | 625 | 3.453125 | 3 |
Euphorbia cooperi is a succulent tree up to 7 m tall, with conspicuous candelabra-like branches. This plant has milky latex highly poisonous to humans and animals.
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Walt Disney first made his name by changing what was “normal” in animation. Synchronized sound, color, feature length animation, CinemaScope widescreen animation – all of these are innovations Walt brought to his field. But we’re not going to talk... | <urn:uuid:416ab776-d7a8-4585-9484-7265c64dc51a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://dizfanatic.com/DizTech006.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00111-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.902924 | 2,918 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Land & Resource Grabs in the United States: Five sites of struggle and potential transformation
Across the United States, communities are fighting to defend the resources they need to produce food. Corporate control of the food system is undermining the livelihoods of family farmers, farmworkers, fisherpeople, communit... | <urn:uuid:df9e5d65-208a-4121-938f-fde18ef9bbd2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://foodfirst.org/publication/land-resource-grabs-in-the-united-states/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00043-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920766 | 653 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Patient after patient asked: Is eating organic food, which costs more, really better for me?
Unsure, Stanford University doctors dug through reams of research to find out — and concluded there’s little evidence that going organic is much healthier, citing only a few differences involving pesticides and antibiotics.
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What is cancer-related fatigue?
Fatigue is described differently by different people. It can include feeling:
- washed out
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- less able to concentrate
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Brevet Major (Captain) James Carleton, the commanding officer of Company K 1st US Dragoons from Fort Tejon, in 1859, had his men after recovering a large amount of the victim's remains built the original Rock Cairn with a Christian cross.
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Many children have emotional and behavioral problems that parents might interpret as signs of depression. For most children, however, these behaviors are short-lived and not cause for long-term concern.
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Today copiers are everywhere, making more copies than anyone needs. In the late 1980s, Xerox corporation copied more than 20 million pages in one year, just to see if its machines worked.
The first method for making a typed copy was carbon paper. Used for little more than credit card receipts today, carbons were once t... | <urn:uuid:b1e41949-8d4a-4fa9-b7bd-b5da5bc843e6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/carbons/copiers.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00058-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976497 | 377 | 3.59375 | 4 |
A new transparent, bio-inspired coating makes ordinary glass tough, self-cleaning and incredibly slippery, a team from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard Univ. and Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) reported online in Nature Communications.
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To travel round the world is to be reminded of the very public presence of history, of the past as issue and identity. Yet this is widely underrated. The main reason for the discrepancy is the contrast between the ethos and methods that are central to the modern notion of scholarship that focus on questions, and histor... | <urn:uuid:28f55b1c-5865-496d-9572-ed9f95f308d2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.history.ac.uk/history-online/book/isbn/0340888938 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396029.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00194-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964506 | 178 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Passaic is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 67,861. Located north of Newark on the Passaic River, it was first settled in 1678 by Dutch traders, as Acquackanonk Township. The city and river draw their name from the Lenape word "... | <urn:uuid:30be60c8-aa7f-4da6-8f37-443abb7b1475> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.openjurist.org/law/native-peoples-law/new-jersey/passaic | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00157-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952214 | 191 | 3.015625 | 3 |
is the origin of life, and what is the origin of sin?" In general the philosophers held (and most of what science says concerning these matters is not science but speculative philosophy) that matter was eternal and simply asked how it came to its present state. One group, the materialists, held that an active principle... | <urn:uuid:21746ffc-46e1-48ea-9bf6-8624ea2cd3aa> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://manybooks.net/titles/tidwellj15771577115771.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00106-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975464 | 208 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Sunny Nastase has an interesting job. She serves as UPS’s Vice President of Customer Solutions. Sunny talks with customers every day about the company’s range of environmentally-progressive services – such as carbon neutral shipping and our Eco Responsible Packaging Program.
Two common questions that customer ask Sunny... | <urn:uuid:14797a6c-de70-4f28-a8ec-fc956710e5c4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.ups.com/2011/04/05/customers-ask-where-are-ups%E2%80%99s-alternative-fuel-vehicles/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00069-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928786 | 661 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Identity Theft For Dummies
Identity theft is a growing crime. You have a lot of personal information to keep track of, so be vigilant to prevent identity theft. This Cheat Sheet shows some of the critical information you need to protect, ways to secure your online information, and how and where to get help if your iden... | <urn:uuid:00a2cd5d-2ed9-4862-a1e5-c80bf77be369> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/identity-theft-for-dummies-cheat-sheet.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00037-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.905222 | 2,521 | 2.71875 | 3 |
The Importance of Being Included
By UNICEF Armenia/Marianna Grigoryan
She was told the boy had infantile cerebral stroke, which would result in mental retardation and musculoskeletal system disorder.
The disorder, the mother says, was a result of social hardship.
“Now when we recall the difficulties our family had to f... | <urn:uuid:b6ab086f-bf15-4fbe-996e-c60bef151866> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.unicef.org/armenia/reallives_4923.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00032-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977999 | 1,479 | 2.640625 | 3 |
If your work includes teaching or providing products or services to people, you are in the business of influencing behavior change. In that case, behavior change theories should be one of the tools in your evaluation toolbox. These theories are evidence-based descriptions of how people change and the factors that affec... | <urn:uuid:5aad99b2-dd48-4996-b509-0faaa47567f7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://nnlm.gov/evaluation/blog/category/news/page/2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00149-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950247 | 928 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Recently, the global financial market experienced a series of computer glitches that abruptly brought operations to a halt. One reason for these “flash freezes” may be the sudden emergence of mobs of ultrafast robots, which trade on the global markets and operate at speeds beyond human capability, thus overwhelming the... | <urn:uuid:a9a9cb46-c22d-4a42-91d7-0c40808e9547> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://scienceblog.com/66507/too-fast-for-humans-robots-take-over-global-financial-markets/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00084-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944359 | 731 | 2.921875 | 3 |
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The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, in partnership with other agencies in the COPD community, is launching a campaign to increase awareness of COPD.
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Dear Dr. Donohue: My 5-year-old son has been diagnosed with a heart murmur. What does that mean? How will it affect my son? - D.L.P.
Dear D.L.P.: First you need to determine if it is an innocent murmur - as is often the case in children - or if it signifies something seriously amiss in the heart's anatomy.
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Parts of the northeastern United States are still digging out after a blizzard. And more snow is on the way. You may have seen news stories warning that shoveling snow can raise the risk of a heart attack, or heart problems, at least for some people. So, why is that?
Snow shoveling can be vigorous exercise
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Definition of nasalizing
p. pr. & vb. n. - of Nasalize 2
The word "nasalizing" uses 10 letters: A A G I I L N N S Z.
No direct anagrams for nasalizing found in this word list.
Adding one letter to nasalizing does not form any other word in this word list.Words within nasalizing not shown as it has more than seven lette... | <urn:uuid:e14b8d81-2775-4aa8-bf21-e8e0adc41374> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.morewords.com/word/nasalizing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398209.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00100-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.855067 | 113 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Loons Are Rarest Nesting Bird In Wyoming
Loon populations in Wyoming have dropped to only 14 pairs and are the rarest nesting bird in the state, according to an initiative by the Biodiversity Research Institute based in Gorham, Maine.
The birds nest mainly in the northwest parts of Wyoming. Executive Director David Eve... | <urn:uuid:7ce5ebc1-a1a5-4903-b9fd-25dfb58700f3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://wyomingpublicmedia.org/post/loons-are-rarest-nesting-bird-wyoming | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00078-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95534 | 327 | 2.9375 | 3 |
Processed and fast foods enriched with phosphorus additives may play a role in health disparities in chronic kidney disease, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). Previously, genetics was considered the leading reason blacks are four times more ... | <urn:uuid:75b91071-a358-45ae-b356-cda939675749> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-09/ason-loa091310.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397565.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00182-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.841397 | 1,399 | 3.25 | 3 |
As early as the 1995-96 school year, questions had started to emerge from the school board about whether a then-pilot project from the Thompson School District was reaching its intended goal of improving educator training.
That experiment, early-release Wednesdays, will come to an end at the conclusion of the 2013-14 s... | <urn:uuid:f36ecd28-2f8d-49be-b10f-a290d1693038> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.reporterherald.com/opinion/editorial/ci_25632693/editorial-early-release-wednesdays-come-an-end | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00140-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971403 | 368 | 2.65625 | 3 |
1if access is allowed,
0if not. See the Unix man page access(2) for more information. Availability: Unix, Windows.
'..'even if they are present in the directory. Availability: Macintosh, Unix, Windows.
0666(octal). The current umask value is first masked out from the mode. Availability: Unix.
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Computational Thinking in Primary Schools
The change in the primary national curriculum from ICT to Computing, which takes effect this September, is undoubtedly a significant one, but perhaps not for quite the reasons you might first think. Given that much of the attention in the media has focussed on pupils being taug... | <urn:uuid:7cf688e5-0f8b-4d98-869c-dbb32e98b370> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://milesberry.net/2014/03/computational-thinking-in-primary-schools/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393093.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00054-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952321 | 1,493 | 3 | 3 |
|born on||27 December 1822 at 02:00 (= 02:00 AM )|
|Place||Dole, France, 47n06, 5e30|
|Timezone||LMT m5e30 (is local mean time)|
|Astrology data||04°49' 17°55 Asc. 25°55'|
French scientist, biochemist and bacteriologist, considered the founder of preventative medicine. He is best known for the origination of pasteuriza... | <urn:uuid:fa840e18-ce84-4efa-b8ab-3fc708b6310d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.astro.com/wiki/astro-databank/index.php?title=Pasteur,_Louis&redirect=no | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00098-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972766 | 1,254 | 2.84375 | 3 |
I've been referencing a variety of sources, including wikipedia. What I
know about a schema is that in SQLite the .schema command will show the
the SQL structure of that databases tables, which would be analogous to
"DESCRIBE foo" in MySQL (with the difference that SQLite shows all tables
in one go).
The schema is the ... | <urn:uuid:31c0c035-c0e3-4b88-a15b-09d1b41a070a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://lists.mysql.com/mysql/211573 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00170-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.8798 | 247 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Three-Tip Sagebrush (Artemisia tripartita)
Three-Tip Sagebrush Species Description
This species is native to North America north of Mexico.
Allergenicity: Three-Tip Sagebrush (Artemisia tripartita) is a severe allergen.
Pollination: Occurs in following seasons depending on latitude and elevation: Summer.
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Copper, whose chemical symbol is Cu is one of the most important metal for manufacturing and related industries. The term Cu has been derived from the Latin word: Cuprum. Copper has a atomic weight of 29. There are several astonishing properties of copper such as its ductile nature and resistance to temperature and hea... | <urn:uuid:4b370fa5-b7cc-4eb0-9c84-5922041aacad> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/manufacturing-of-copper-wire-an-overview | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00053-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939896 | 582 | 3.546875 | 4 |
Deepest secrets of the Marianas Trench revealed
London: Scientists have unveiled the climate secrets of the deepest part of the ocean-the Marianas Trench in the western Pacific Ocean.
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V. THE FAMILY, ITS ROLES, COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE
B. Socio-Economic Support for the Family: In 5.7 (objective), delegates agreed to focus on families and the changing needs of their individual members, rather than adopt the singular concept of "the family." A section was added on elderly and disabled members. In 5.9 ... | <urn:uuid:a66891b7-ceec-453e-bb95-432a4d8a5b0f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.iisd.ca/vol06/0624002e.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396029.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00010-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951414 | 1,398 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Mongolia's nomads warm to solar power
Country's large nomad population now has electricity to go
Picture: Al Jazeera
In Mongolia, often known as the land of the blue skies, the sun shines for 250 days on average each year. It beats down on the sparse plains and on the Gobi desert that spans the country's southern borde... | <urn:uuid:6bf1ee45-cb7d-4c52-8be5-36186459d8ec> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ucanews.com/news/mongolias-nomads-warm-to-solar-power/69922 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00087-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961205 | 637 | 2.6875 | 3 |
ECOLOGICAL MODELS AT
At Fort Knox, we used habitat and population models to address three conservation issues. Cerulean warblers (Dendroica cerulea) and Henslow's sparrow (Ammodramus henslowii) are territorial migrant birds that were formerly candidates for federal listing. Cedar barrens (sometimes called slope glades)... | <urn:uuid:ca9ecfad-7665-42f1-8d07-f08b42ee81e6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.esd.ornl.gov/programs/SERDP/EcoModels/knox.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00066-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.904576 | 679 | 3.21875 | 3 |
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Pityriasis rosea is a rash which is benign, itchy, and most often occurs in young adults and children, specifically in the age group between 10 and 30. It generally starts with a single patch on the back and mostly appears either as pink or red. This rash multiplies within 1-2 weeks of its appe... | <urn:uuid:0c91b982-1bfb-4247-84d8-270ba295ef40> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.findhomeremedy.com/natural-cures-for-pityriasis-rosea/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396887.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00158-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943738 | 736 | 2.59375 | 3 |
The August 2014 Scientific American article, “A New Kind of Inheritance” got me thinking about the tragedies of autism and similar developmental disorders. Autism is a fearsome condition which seems to have no attributable cause and no effective treatment. In too many cases, children are sentenced to a disability that ... | <urn:uuid:bdce8c4d-983e-4ed7-8a81-575d712e7d17> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://dissidentvoice.org/2014/07/environment-and-developmental-disorders/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396538.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00168-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955791 | 1,140 | 3.078125 | 3 |
November 11, 2014
Fact Sheet: Pets Used in Experiments
- What is a Class B dealer?
- Where do Class B dealers get dogs and cats?
- How many Class B dealers are in business and where are they located?
- How many dogs and cats are sold by Class B dealers?
- How widespread is the use of Class B dealers among universities ... | <urn:uuid:d1da3949-6473-44b2-9b91-364bbf159208> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.humanesociety.org/issues/pets_experiments/qa/questions_answers.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00097-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954957 | 1,169 | 2.734375 | 3 |
A heliotrope - an instrument used to reflect sunlight for signaling purposes.
to extend range of visibility between points for survey purposes.
The instrument required constant attention from an operator because of the
continually changing azimuth of the sun. The longest line known to have been
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Black Hills Region Winter Weather
Huge piles of snow lined the streets of Deadwood after a late winter storm dropped 3 to 4 feet of snow on the town. Photo courtesy of KEVN/Fox 7 news.
Winter in the Black Hills is a season of extremes. Weather can go from sunshine with mild temperatures in the mid 40s to mid 50s, to ra... | <urn:uuid:93cb8efa-dcb4-4636-b5ac-e6e4d7e68931> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.blackhillsweather.com/winterweather.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00197-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940532 | 2,575 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Content varies from quarter to quarter.
This course will explore the history, establishment and development of the human rights movement and civil society in Russia and other countries of the former USSR and Eastern Europe. Having started as an underground movement in the USSR, the human rights community in Russia and ... | <urn:uuid:b7f32184-4f7a-4321-aa7c-930bd912bb59> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.washington.edu/students/icd/S/intl/490vraskin.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00128-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939879 | 176 | 3 | 3 |
If trees could talk, I would hope they would tell us what hurts, or where it hurts, or when a pest attack is getting the best of them. Their stories could help horticulturists, arborists, plant pathologists and others really get to the root of tree problems. Instead, we are left to rely on clues and what we know about ... | <urn:uuid:8b33d1e4-d63f-4a0b-ae36-9f58e6c464fd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2013/mar/28/garden-calendar-pecking-bigger-problem/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00075-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966637 | 844 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Volunteer reader Doris Whatley and Kanijah Edwards read in the library of Pickett Elementary School. They are using a technique in which they take turns reading a book.
Doris Whatley and Nickia Madison huddled close, looking for animals on a book’s pages.
Ms. Whatley led the reading, about a rooster on a walk, and then... | <urn:uuid:9a358761-1c30-496d-8110-1c71106e785d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.toledoblade.com/Education/2012/11/15/Program-spreads-joy-of-reading-to-elementary-school-students.print | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00127-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94003 | 914 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Studying philosophy and psychology should make any thoughtful person less self-certain.
"Our relationship to our own minds is not as simple as we think," says Professor Jason Leddington, philosophy. "Most people take it for granted that they basically understand themselves. But do they really?" he asks. "Studying philo... | <urn:uuid:46c719ea-74f4-4e4f-9949-c936ca29c97d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.bucknell.edu/x45104.xml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00095-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965909 | 603 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Eight Ways to Celebrate Black History Month
Black History Month in the Finger Lakes
Black History Month, celebrated every February in the United States, is a great time to learn about the achievements and history of African-Americans. Cayuga County, in New York’s Finger Lakes region, is rich in African-American history... | <urn:uuid:448017c2-0fb0-4407-ae03-d993c224d90c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://tourcayuga.com/blog/eight-ways-to-celebrate-black-history-month/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394937.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00137-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.913321 | 469 | 3.328125 | 3 |
was written when Assyria threatened to attack Israel after having conquered other neighboring countries. Fearful, many in Israel sought Egypt’s help in defending themselves against the Assyrians. But the Lord helped the children of Israel escape wicked Egypt in the days of Moses; He fought their battles and helped them... | <urn:uuid:1ba8ace7-2842-4ff5-a987-48029c0974d6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.lds.org/manual/old-testament-seminary-student-study-guide/isaiah-30-32?lang=eng | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397562.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00087-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970609 | 448 | 3.8125 | 4 |
Test Taking Assistance
Links verified on 10/15/15
- Cumulative Test Prep - Twenty-Two practice math tests, one per chapter; each test is twenty questions in length
- Free Math Test: Third Grade - This site has online tests and printable worksheets to help your third grade students prepare for assessments. Make sure you... | <urn:uuid:2fd616d5-88db-4fbd-ad9f-5723e5958746> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.internet4classrooms.com/grade_level_help/test_taking_assistance_third_3rd_grade.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00157-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.869315 | 353 | 3.640625 | 4 |
The 2003 Atlantic hurricane season produced 14 named storms, seven of which became hurricanes. Three of those were major hurricanes, a Category 3 or higher. Final damages estimates are not yet available.
Tropical Storm Ana (April 22-24): 45 mph. Formed in the Atlantic, more than five weeks before hurricane season began... | <urn:uuid:934a6484-0c70-4251-b2c8-94b0cd728cff> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://staugustine.com/stories/052904/hur_2326070.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00168-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969685 | 1,089 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Natural abundant Zinc is available in the following stable isotope: 64Zn 48.06%
These zinc isotopes can be engineered, both in distribution and in chemical form, to meet the specific needs of customers. Using the most advanced centrifuge technology in the world; concentrations can be enriched to exceed 99% or depleted ... | <urn:uuid:f79f6274-92e7-4877-a9f0-a4f7d0af4872> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.tracesciences.com/depletedzincisotopes.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00004-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.90683 | 233 | 3.40625 | 3 |
Those were referred to as "floppy disks" (although they weren't very floppy!) or diskettes. They were measured in inches.
Be sure to scroll down to the chart showing the different sizes, years used, formats, etc.
Drawings of the 5.25" and 3.5" are shown here, along with explanations.
My first two computers ran only on ... | <urn:uuid:fdb6d844-f273-4a35-8aca-1cb0d7d5f716> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.jiskha.com/display.cgi?id=1218105691 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00110-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943412 | 372 | 2.5625 | 3 |
The terms Hebrew or Hebrews are used as a synonym for Abraham's descendants (Israelites or the Twelve Tribes of Israel) or occasionally as a reference to Jews.
The Biblical patriarch Eber (Genesis 10:24, 11:14-26) lived 464 years and was a great grandson of Noah and an ancestor of Abraham (Abram). It is from his name t... | <urn:uuid:b9c5df1c-b5dc-4ba7-a688-c6cd1b25bc3a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.biblestudy.org/maps/the-world-as-known-to-the-hebrews.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00057-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982825 | 521 | 3.546875 | 4 |
Yesterday was the 30th anniversary of the Challenger explosion. Today is the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the Challenger story. By the morning of January 29, 1986, recovery efforts had already begun. The New York Times described the disaster as “The worst accident in the history of the American space program.” ... | <urn:uuid:2e36ca10-2cc0-45f3-969c-ac0bebe2fcc8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/222141-challenger-columbia-and-the-lies-we-tell-ourselves | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00034-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96745 | 1,856 | 3.078125 | 3 |
|Professor curates exhibit on catastrophic history|
October 27, 2003
As the debate continues over what to do with Ground Zero, the site of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and other places where catastrophic events have occurred -- such as Auschwitz and Nagasaki -- an SFSU assistant cinema professor explores these theme... | <urn:uuid:273c42ac-70a4-43f1-894a-459f1bddf0ed> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sfsu.edu/~news/2003/fall/192.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00123-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945178 | 568 | 2.625 | 3 |
Learning Logs &
The Learning Log is a technique to help students focus on what they are learning in their classes by writing their thoughts, reactions, and responses to class lectures, videos, or discussions.
A Learning Log is a written reflection of the students' perceptions of what is being learned and how they are l... | <urn:uuid:ce9c7cb3-d02e-47ed-9f42-4f9e078ab9af> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.alvinisd.net/Page/7670 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00052-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97796 | 261 | 3.40625 | 3 |
The world of ballet is full of dancers who dream of making a living from their passion for the art form. But in truth, professional ballet dancing is a cut-throat industry where talent is analysed with a fine-tooth comb and anything less than perfection is rarely tolerated. The odds of actually “making it” in the balle... | <urn:uuid:c83fec19-2e1d-4933-9132-35d5b6d766c6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.therichest.com/rich-list/world/the-5-richest-ballet-dancers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00135-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979009 | 1,226 | 2.578125 | 3 |
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Posted: Sep 05, 2012
Solar3D Unveils First Working Prototype of Nanostructured 3D Solar Cell
(Nanowerk News) Solar3D, Inc., the developer of a breakthrough 3-dimensional solar cell technology to maximize the conversion of sunlight into... | <urn:uuid:77d62c62-d8c3-4301-8e99-9c36d0d4fa0e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nanowerk.com/news2/newsid=26616.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00039-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915782 | 866 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Civil Society theme 1: Rights-based Policy-making for the Benefit of Migrant Workers and Families
- 163 Posts
In anticipation of the Global Forum on Migration and Development Civil Society Days (29th and 30th of November). Voices of Youth wants to hear your voice about issues that affect young people and motivate migra... | <urn:uuid:c4c96a81-7dd3-421b-8731-428be9b9952a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.voicesofyouth.org/en/posts/civil-society-theme-1-rights-based-policy-making-for-the-benefit-of-migrant-workers-and-families | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396455.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00115-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955873 | 272 | 2.765625 | 3 |
The ability to communicate is not essential to understanding mathematics.
[Mathematically proficient students] are able to analyze situations by breaking them into cases, and can recognize and use counterexamples. They justify their conclusions, communicate them to others, and respond to the arguments of others.
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The first day with my two sections of the Civil War Memory course went quite well. Both sections are incredibly enthusiastic and, for the most part, seem to be interested in the subject. After going over the basic outline of the course, including my expectations, we dove in and explored the question of who won the Civi... | <urn:uuid:a98c111c-6093-42e6-b999-8f92aa0cee38> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://cwmemory.com/2008/12/01/who-won-the-civil-war/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00040-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98314 | 576 | 3.296875 | 3 |
The Fate of the Religious Imagination
Czeslaw Milosz Winner of the 1980 Nobel Prize for Literature, the late Polish poet Czeslaw Milosz was the author of The Captive Mind and Unattainable Earth. In the following essay he wrote for NPQ in 1995, Milosz explored the historic tension between religious imagination and scien... | <urn:uuid:b4b86f02-6632-427b-b794-7997dd487936> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.digitalnpq.org/archive/2004_fall/28_milosz.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00022-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964329 | 3,311 | 2.71875 | 3 |
In these lessons, we will learn
Recognizing special right
triangles in geometry can help you to answer some questions quicker. A special
right triangle is a right triangle whose sides are in a particular ratio. You can also use the Pythagorean
theorem, but if you can see that it is a special triangle it can
save you so... | <urn:uuid:28354d83-b3d5-4b38-9d25-9a2716312707> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/30-60-90-right-triangle.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00014-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.851112 | 520 | 3.765625 | 4 |
Major Indicators in foreign currency trading
As we previously discussed in our basic economic indicators and advanced economic indicators articles, economical indicators have much importance when trading forex. National currencies reflect the economic state of their nations. All the economic wealth and changes of a cou... | <urn:uuid:79a07acd-07bc-4319-9c23-3c18b0c5cf30> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.forexondemand.com/major-indicators.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00151-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941771 | 940 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Typography is so overwhelmingly ever-present we hardly notice it there anymore. As elemental as it is to our culture, it’s actually bizarre to think it has a history at all. This article will serve as a condensed education on the basics of typography, including typographic terms, proper usage of fonts, unusual characte... | <urn:uuid:ba24817d-2929-4f60-a44c-e30dbffa352b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/30065/how-to-understand-typography-like-a-professional-designer/?showcomments=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394937.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00046-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948767 | 2,973 | 3.359375 | 3 |
How Do Educators Use Wowzers?
- Wowzers contains enough K-8 math content and assessments for a whole year of instruction
- Wowzers is used in over 400 school districts across the country, including the ones below
Read below to see some ways educators are using Wowzers
Tiered Interventions (RTI, etc.)
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The Department of Labor has released its latest data on women's earning, and the Economix blog highlights how younger women experience a smaller wage gap relative to young male workers. In 2009, women ages 16 to 19 who worked full-time earned 90.7 percent of what men earned, while women ages 20 to 24 earned 92.9 percen... | <urn:uuid:aae9d72d-e847-4f90-ac8a-99256c7fac16> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2010/07/14/why_do_young_women_make_less_money_than_young_men.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00127-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971906 | 516 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Adults get flu 'about once every five years'
- 4 March 2015
- From the section Health
Adults catch real flu about once every five years, scientists calculate, based on a field study in China.
Although many of us will feel ill more often than this, other flu-like infections are to usually blame, the international team s... | <urn:uuid:79f7333c-02fa-4ed4-90a6-d411ea1a4019> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bbc.com/news/health-31698038 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00022-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974546 | 784 | 2.953125 | 3 |
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at Leipzig Peace Rally
Historic Leipzig Peace Rally Hears:
by Thomas Rottmair
"Greetings from the other America!" were the opening words of Amelia Robinson's speech th... | <urn:uuid:f31efd39-a15d-4f6b-af18-480ab98157ff> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://schillerinstitute.com/highlite/2003/amelia/amelia_leipzig.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00022-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969518 | 1,738 | 2.953125 | 3 |
A study of twins suggests that a gene key to eye development plays a crucial role in people becoming short-sighted.
Scientists say too much TV is still a factor in short-sightedness
Researchers from St Thomas' Hospital in London said faulty versions of the PAX6 gene could make people more susceptible to the condition.
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The spread of the Arya Samaj had a very significant impact on education in the region. Prior to this, there was little education among the Jats. Most traditions and narratives were passed on verbally.
Much of the spread of education resulted from the establishment of gurukuls, which were especially influencial in Rohta... | <urn:uuid:dcce97a3-7b8d-423f-885f-1dad76ff84ec> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.jatland.com/home/Education | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00116-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.882185 | 2,387 | 3.484375 | 3 |
A sound card (audio card) is the part of the computer hardware that controls the input and output of the sound signals. A sound card is what is known as an expansion card. This means that the card can be added to the motherboard.
Nowadays, most of the audio cards are integrated with the motherboard. That means they are... | <urn:uuid:d9e7d688-ac75-45ca-b679-a991bec635b9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_card | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00081-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942044 | 406 | 3.65625 | 4 |
Continuing she explained, “They have the opportunity to base their character on an ancestor that may have traveled through Ellis Island. In order to research this valuable information they work with family members. I feel it helps to build familial bonds and develop a sense of family pride. So often, that rich family h... | <urn:uuid:68f22edf-d950-4671-80b7-1cf33602b7ba> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://appledoesntfallfar2.blogspot.com/2009/01/genealogy-in-school.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00041-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979106 | 180 | 3.4375 | 3 |
“We were gratified to see that the scars shrank in patients who had gotten the cells,” Marban says. “Not only that, but these patients also had a big increase in living heart muscle. The regeneration of living tissue, or regrowth of lost tissue, which is what we were able to achieve, is encouraging.”
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(3PM to 6PM, Dec.8, Orozco room, Westin Resort & Spa, Cancun)
The Panda Standard is the first voluntary carbon standard designed specifically for China. It will provide transparency and credibility in the nascent Chinese carbon market and will advance the People’s Republic of China (PRC) Government’s poverty alleviatio... | <urn:uuid:fbc2dc1c-c017-4a08-a220-88d195ef3334> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pandastandard.org/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00126-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.909505 | 269 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Maria Rye and the Orphan Immigrants
As slavery in Upper Canada was slowly phased out, a void began to develop for cheap farm labour, and a very dark, draconian method for providing this labour came about in the form of immigrant children.
In the mid 1800's many in Britain felt that the streets were becoming over-run wi... | <urn:uuid:8dc10602-550a-48a7-b22a-fd718044c4e3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.exploringniagara.com/niagara_on_the_lake/maria_rye_orphan_immigrants.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00122-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.987693 | 591 | 3.71875 | 4 |
Youth May Hold Key To Grain Bin Safety
A 9-year-old boy died in a grain bin this week in southwestern Wisconsin. While every situation is different, agricultural engineers continue to work on new ways to prevent such deaths. Those involved in the training industry say reaching the younger generation will be an importan... | <urn:uuid:0d15478b-0f4d-40e6-b47a-4a26b92589d0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://northernpublicradio.org/post/youth-may-hold-key-grain-bin-safety | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396027.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00089-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979551 | 1,429 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Roget's Int'l Thesaurus
Fowler's King's English
The King James Bible
Brewer's Phrase & Fable
Frazer's Golden Bough
Shelf of Fiction
Ten Days That Shook the World
> Notes and Explanations
Ten Days That Shook the World.
Notes and Explanations
To the average reader the multiplicity of Russian organisationspolitical groups... | <urn:uuid:ed246d03-e692-402e-b9d9-3c3838442076> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://bartleby.com/79/N.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00024-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945029 | 3,846 | 2.765625 | 3 |
When a doctor determines your risk for heart disease, he or she might look at your weight, cholesterol level and blood pressure. But soon, they may also look at your neck.
Independent of other factors, the width of your neck may play a role in determining your heart disease risk, according to researchers with the Natio... | <urn:uuid:8ccfea84-d1a0-45b9-be7f-1d88b29c90c3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://abcnews.go.com/Health/HeartDiseaseNews/story?id=7057986&page=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00040-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955191 | 720 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Airships, blimps, aerostats, balloons, dirigibles, zeppelins – once aloft, these very different lighter-than-air (LTA) platforms look very much alike. They also tend to get lumped together with the worst LTA disaster in history, the fiery destruction of the German zeppelin Hindenburg as it was preparing to land at Lake... | <urn:uuid:fe04f80f-d745-41d9-b706-99bafb6882cc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.defensemedianetwork.com/stories/return-of-the-military-airship/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397744.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00194-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95249 | 4,741 | 3.453125 | 3 |
News Release, Kansas Geological Survey, March 26, 2003
The trip is also sponsored by The Nature Conservancy, Kansas Chapter, and includes a stop at the Smoky Valley Ranch Preserve, 16,800 acres of shortgrass prairie in Logan County that the group purchased in 1999.
The trip will provide an overview of the geology of th... | <urn:uuid:42148a7c-e18a-405c-be2f-bf6b404ea2ac> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.kgs.ku.edu/General/News/2003/may_trip.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00007-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921298 | 522 | 2.578125 | 3 |
It's time for a fireside chat
By E. Ralph Hostetter
Few are alive today who have the vivid memories of the fear that gripped the people of America in the Great Depression during the decade of the 1930s.
Photographs in the newspapers and magazines of the time showed thousands lined up for blocks in the cities, often awa... | <urn:uuid:8bbbd8d5-7904-462d-9d80-7f10a069e1a6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/1205/1205fireside.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00046-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972127 | 1,083 | 2.65625 | 3 |
“Don’t be misled into thinking you can fight a disease without killing the carrier, without destroying the bacillus,” (Hitler, 1920)
“Once I really am in power, my first and foremost task will be the annihilation of the Jews.”
Background: Even as the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and the Vatican were busy hu... | <urn:uuid:e84dc6e5-0418-42b1-9c91-ff10ad46d845> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/foundations-of-holocaust-the-final-solution-the-decision/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397748.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00135-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968281 | 2,520 | 2.890625 | 3 |
11. THE FIVE AGGREGATES
The teaching of The Five Aggregates or The Five Skandhas, is an analysis of personal experiences and a view on cognition from a Buddhist perspective.
The teaching also provides a logical and thorough approach to understand the Universal Truth of Not-self. In the last issue's "Buddhism in a Nutsh... | <urn:uuid:68efc83c-7e82-464b-9fef-f253d0a3cf7b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/bdoor/archive/nutshell/teach11.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00089-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934523 | 922 | 3.234375 | 3 |
Buried Pyramids Discovered in Italy - Connections!
As you may know by now, I am very intrigued by the origins of our species and the intentionally hid...
In my opinion, this is one example of evidence that life on planet Earth was - at least - supervised by "architects" with a common agenda. But I shall write more abou... | <urn:uuid:7e22666f-2a93-4b73-bf9d-e62f27d81e4f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://humansarefree.com/2012/09/buried-pyramids-discovered-in-italy.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399106.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00122-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961565 | 864 | 2.671875 | 3 |
“If climate change drives temperature up a degree or two,” goes the common dismissal, “how bad could that be?”
Here’s an example: Higher temperatures draw moisture out of live and dead trees and brush, making them more flammable. The heat also can alter precipitation, as well as shift spring thaw earlier, lengthening t... | <urn:uuid:042a3fd2-9ad7-4fb5-87e3-d42ba9600ddf> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/up-in-flames/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399522.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00189-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953455 | 229 | 4.03125 | 4 |
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