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Microsoft Research has just released its
Project Tuva (click).What is the project? It brings you all seven Messenger Lectures that Richard Feynman gave at Cornell in 1964. Firefox or Internet Explorer are needed. Silverlight (Microsoft Flash Replacement) will install automatically if you don't have it yet: the evaluati... | <urn:uuid:a3762b92-2f17-496c-8e84-f439a1f695f6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://motls.blogspot.com/2009/07/bill-gates-introduces-richard-feynman.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00045-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932386 | 506 | 2.96875 | 3 |
LESSON: Choosing a Search Site (est. Time 45 min.)
Students work in groups to explore some popular search sites designed for children. Using the checklist found on their Check Out Search Sites Student Handout, they identify and record the features offered by one of the sites, then compare and contrast these with other ... | <urn:uuid:6d45668c-6aff-4973-8637-d9c9f7ddc1d5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://sites.google.com/site/mdirssdigitalliteracy/grade-4/research-information-literacy/choosing-a-search-site | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00140-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.877798 | 108 | 3.484375 | 3 |
From Our 2007 Archives
Ultrasound Beats Blood Test for Gauging Ovarian Cancers: Study
Latest MedicineNet News
THURSDAY, Nov. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Ultrasound exams are better than blood tests at identifying whether ovarian tumors are benign or malignant, a team of international researchers reports.
Ultrasound correctl... | <urn:uuid:67e9fb5d-f5e3-4c47-b9ce-d9f8782a7b55> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=85275 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00162-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950609 | 1,317 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Written and Researched by : Tina Easley and Otto Morton (my Dad)
Thank you ! Daddy
Clay County, first called Clayton County, was formed in 1873 with Corning as the county seat. It was formed from parts of Greene and Randolph Counties with Western Clay County being formed from Randolph County and Eastern Clay County bei... | <urn:uuid:7098f063-755c-4635-b77a-056b813fc5b9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ar/county/greene/clayborder.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00140-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966444 | 404 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Title Your Columns
When you have a title at the top of a column of data, you can use that title in formulas instead of the cell reference.
For example, let’s suppose that you have two columns labeled “Original Price” and “Discount”. Now let’s say you want to create a third column that calculates the sale price of the i... | <urn:uuid:5af511b1-a26b-4abf-a997-bb660c34a7da> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.worldstart.com/title-your-columns/print/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00165-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.890226 | 411 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Cassini's prying infrared vision allows details of Saturn's storm-ridden hydrogen atmosphere to be revealed as never before.
North of the dark south polar region is what may be a "polygonal wave" structure developing in the atmosphere. Such a wave was seen in the northern polar region in images from NASA's Voyager spac... | <urn:uuid:9536040e-d8ea-4488-af60-9f8db20d0372> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07593 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00190-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916782 | 359 | 3.78125 | 4 |
Cathedrals of Florence and Milan
Friday, 13th January 2006 by James Turnbull
The Cathedral (Duomo) of Florence is officially called Santa Maria del Fiore and is the end result of years of work spanning various architectural styles. The original building was started by a sculptor in 1296, then Filippo Brunelleschi added... | <urn:uuid:e7aa8b79-e5bc-4808-b799-6fef41eb6ffb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://googlesightseeing.com/2006/01/cathedrals-of-florence-and-milan/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396538.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00142-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966156 | 211 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Claiming to be the first comprehensive Canadian examination of the impacts of industrial animal agriculture, the study aims to disclose the hidden costs of the sector for Canadian tax-payers, and to influence policy-making with a list of recommendations.
“The costs of this industrial system are substantial and growing ... | <urn:uuid:2523ca0f-2f7d-451b-a0d7-617e776bcc79> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.globalmeatnews.com/Livestock/Report-shows-impact-of-intensive-livestock-farming-in-Canada | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00183-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953817 | 844 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Will the much needed breakthrough battery please stand up?
At a local event surrounding the press tour of the Ford Focus plug-in, one speaker tried to simplify the complex chemistry and physics of battery power by saying you take anything from the left of the Periodic Table and mix it with something from the right side... | <urn:uuid:9cf5ccea-794c-4eaa-af30-f285a90fcdf3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.torquenews.com/397/will-much-needed-breakthrough-battery-please-stand | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00154-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950614 | 287 | 2.96875 | 3 |
- (uncountable) Geography is how a place is on a map. It is about where things like rivers, mountains, cities, and countries are.
- I know the geography of the area because I once lived their.
- (uncountable) The study of maps and places.
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TEL AVIV, Israel — Surgery can be a real bear.
In Israel, a 19-year-old Syria brown bear named Mango underwent surgery Wednesday to repair a herniated disc, said Sagit Horowitz, a spokeswoman for the Ramat Gan Zoological Center near Tel Aviv.
Zoologists first noticed Mango had a problem when he started to show signs of... | <urn:uuid:1d9fb3ce-6bb9-4eb3-8d65-73458984df90> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.timesofisrael.com/mango-the-bear-has-disc-fixed/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00007-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968788 | 670 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Chadron State College employees, students and guest users are required to comply with federal copyright laws, and with college policies and procedures designed to implement those laws. Three federal acts form the basis for copyright compliance. They are, in order of enactment, the Copyright Act of 1976 and the Fair Use... | <urn:uuid:f852cc30-e463-4832-90d3-cfeeeacf2903> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://csc.edu/technology/policy-copyright.csc | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00059-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.914894 | 757 | 3.03125 | 3 |
A native plant is, quite simply, a plant native
to the area in which it is planted. This word is used quite a lot in habitat restoration
and other related fields. Native plants are useful when one wants to restore an area to its natural state, and are also excellent in landscapes because they require little care and sh... | <urn:uuid:91282f7c-a1d7-454e-ab88-359a6789fad6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://everything2.com/title/native+plant | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00120-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974863 | 373 | 3.5625 | 4 |
A database is a collection of information that is organized so that it can easily be accessed, managed, and updated. In one view, databases can be classified according to types of content: bibliographic, full-text, numeric, and images.
In computing, databases are sometimes classified according to their organizational a... | <urn:uuid:e2307e8a-5913-4212-8c46-3f5914c2268f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/definition/database | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00030-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911847 | 303 | 3.40625 | 3 |
Like a pin on your lapel or a logo on your T-shirt, bumper stickers are a way of expressing your identity. Read on to discover how the bumper-sticker trend began — and how it’s evolved over the years.
The birth of the bumper sticker
When the Ford Model A was introduced in 1927, it featured prominent front and rear bump... | <urn:uuid:5026b023-f52b-46c3-9f67-dc8f3ffac8fd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.esurance.com/the-bumper-sticker-phenomenon-how-it-began-and-why-it-stuck-around/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00052-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945595 | 799 | 2.609375 | 3 |
by Staff Writers
Washington (AFP) Jan 30, 2012
Across southern Florida, rabbits, raccoons, bobcats and foxes have been disappearing at dramatic rates over the past decade, and invasive Burmese pythons are to blame, a US study said Monday.
The big snakes which are native to southeast Asia have been devouring all kinds o... | <urn:uuid:40d9dd88-9a79-414d-9418-695bce018153> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Snakes_blamed_for_severe_declines_in_Florida_wildlife_999.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397744.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00135-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925129 | 982 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Aster family (Asteraceae)
Description: This herbaceous perennial plant is about 1½–3' tall, branching occasionally. The light green to tan stems are terete and hairless (or nearly so). The opposite leaves are up to 5" long and 3½" across, becoming smaller as they ascend the stems. The lower leaves are cordate to cordat... | <urn:uuid:4edf6732-8972-42e2-9f9e-e01aea44e3a6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/woodland/plants/wh_snakeroot.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399106.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00173-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938966 | 1,222 | 2.875 | 3 |
CURSOR - move cursor to specified position
- CURsor Column
- CURsor Screen UP|DOWN|LEFT|RIGHT
- CURsor Screen row [col]
- CURsor [Escreen] UP|DOWN
- CURsor [Escreen|Kedit] LEFT|RIGHT
- CURsor [Escreen] row [col]
- CURsor CUA UP|DOWN|LEFT|RIGHT
- CURsor CMdline [n]
- CURsor HOME [SAVE]
- CURsor File line [col]
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Terroir is the term for the unique blend of a vineyard’s soils, water and climate that impacts the flavor and quality of wine. These unique microbial inputs are key to regional wine fermentations.
A new study from UC Davis, MicroTrek, Inc. and Constellation Brands Inc. offers evidence that grapes and the wines they pro... | <urn:uuid:390277b7-24b4-4026-8184-c510f2df7ced> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.science20.com/news_articles/mapping_microbial_terroir_wine-125625 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00135-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924572 | 1,217 | 3.71875 | 4 |
How to Set Up an Ad Hoc Wireless Network
Using an Ad Hoc network — also called a computer-to-computer network — is a fairly easy thing to accomplish in Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Plus, you’re not limited to just Macs: With an Ad Hoc network, you can also swap niceties with PCs and PDAs that have 802.11b/g/n network interfa... | <urn:uuid:c3d0548c-8746-4a2c-ad4f-cea996851c95> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-set-up-an-ad-hoc-wireless-network.navId-380883.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00039-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.890087 | 566 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Age of Aquarius
Due to the astrophysical process known as the precession of the equinoxes, the exact date of the equinoxes slowly moves backwards through the zodiac. As the equinox enters a different sign it is considered a new "age." Because of the vast distances, there is no hard and fast date between the last and ne... | <urn:uuid:c9e74224-6b60-4697-87cd-4c6f0c4d81e5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.llewellyn.com/encyclopedia/subjects.php?gen_sbj=Astrology | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00114-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944147 | 22,872 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Crackers were named for the acronym "CRC" which stands for Climatological Reconfiguring Catalyst. In the simplest possible terms, a Cracker converts the atmosphere of a planet it hits from breathable to unbreathable in less than an hour via a process of high-speed deterraforming. This results, somewhat obviously, in th... | <urn:uuid:131b56af-9b39-4617-9d48-f05ec1c94502> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.kevan.org/lexwiki.pl?Cracker | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00183-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981498 | 507 | 2.796875 | 3 |
How to convert this into a program
I figured this out but how would I convert this into a program. It's actually for my sixth grade science class but I want to have a program to go along with my model. My dad said I should use JOptionpane but I don't know what that is. thanks for any help. Please don't answer if you ar... | <urn:uuid:b005d723-0788-491e-ba59-e50450a5ee75> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.java-forums.org/new-java/45034-how-convert-into-program-print.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00138-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978913 | 275 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Brooklyn and Manhattan teams established the game of baseball at:
Madison Square, New York City
Elysian Fields, Hoboken, NJ
Roosevelt Stadium, Jersey City, NJ
Central Park, New York City
Which of the following rules resulted when the New York Knickerbockers and other baseball clubs banded together to form the National ... | <urn:uuid:05c92ce1-f0c9-445b-b33a-9e1b28af26da> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/baseball/quiz/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00150-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945704 | 666 | 2.828125 | 3 |
According to Hinduism and Hindu mythology, Parvati is the wife of Shiva. Shiva is one of the main gods of the Hindu religion. Parvati is considered to be a mother goddess by many people. Parvati is a word in the Sanskrit language that means "daughter of the mountain". Hindu teachings call Parvati the daughter of the Hi... | <urn:uuid:e231f9ba-e3b4-47e3-bf9e-f159898bcb81> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parvati | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00096-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963721 | 281 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Mixing colors is always a challenge especially if you are a new artist, so understanding the basics is essential in helping you progress into more advanced mixing.
Just to make it more complicated, paint color varies from manufacturer to manufacturer, so it helps if you make a paint color chart of the paints you use on... | <urn:uuid:3d480ff7-6a5e-4251-9d8c-a08d0b873a53> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://filarecki.com/mixing-colors.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00045-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927605 | 854 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Life on Mars Experiment: Intriguing Results
Can life survive on Mars?
Yes! That’s the word from Planetary researchers at the German Aerospace Center (DLR).
DLR scientists have exposed various microorganisms for 34 days in simulated Martian conditions. In just issued findings, both alpine and polar lichens were found to... | <urn:uuid:35bd5505-1b9c-4991-b075-ecdb97daf005> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.spacefoundation.org/media/global-space-news/life-mars-experiment-intriguing-results | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396222.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00140-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921783 | 472 | 4.03125 | 4 |
This is the most comprehensive evaluation of urban forest I have found to date. Herein following is an excerpt from Trees in Canadian Cities: Indispensable Life Form for Urban Sustainability See also: http://yorkurbanist.com/2015/04/24/trees-for-healing/ The graphic is from another source. Information abounds about the... | <urn:uuid:0a7aec25-6748-4ef6-b800-4df666e45f63> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://yorkurbanist.com/category/landscape-architecture/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00059-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954923 | 2,595 | 3.203125 | 3 |
We walk on it every day. Get it under our fingernails. Track it into the house. But do we really appreciate the vital role soil plays—not just in the environment, but in human health?
"The minerals, the nutrients that make up our muscles and bones almost entirely come from soil," says Jerry Glover, a National Geographi... | <urn:uuid:39f49192-b9c0-4b97-b3a6-250b48133b2d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/12/141205-world-soil-day-soil-agriculture-environment-ngfood/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00055-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958703 | 991 | 3.59375 | 4 |
Recovery of Forested Hilltops Impacted by Fire
Historically, southwestern ponderosa pine forests were open and park-like with large pine trees, a healthy grass cover on the forest floor, and a low abundance of small trees or underbrush. In addition, prior to Euro-American settlement (1870-1890), frequent, low-intensity... | <urn:uuid:c70d25ac-f188-407b-967d-b71a9bde7dd5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.utsa.edu/crts/usfs13/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396455.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00177-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956245 | 439 | 3.421875 | 3 |
CHICAGO (AP) — Boy or girl? A simple blood test in mothers-to-be can answer that question with surprising accuracy at about seven weeks, a research analysis has found.
Though not widely offered by U.S. doctors, gender-detecting blood tests have been sold online to consumers for the past few years. Their promises of ear... | <urn:uuid:cb0efc66-b165-4583-a0b6-7ca56378255a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/08/boy_or_girl_a_simple_test_rais.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00072-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95557 | 1,043 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Mar 2, 2011
The 45th Space Wing is set to launch an Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle from Space Launch Complex 41 on March 4, 2011. The rocket will carry an Air Force X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle (OTV). The launch window for this Air Force mission opens at 3:39 p.m. EST.
The X-37B will pr... | <urn:uuid:6cfee8c6-37b8-4cb1-9fb4-34fe188e5061> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.space-travel.com/reports/X_37B_Set_For_Launch_999.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00094-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943756 | 2,028 | 2.546875 | 3 |
A network of subterranean chambers and galleries used for burial purposes by peoples of the ancient Mediterranean world, especially the early Christians.
By far the most important group of Catacombs are outside Rome. The origin of the name is unknown, but the cemetery under the Basilica of St. Sebastian on the Appian W... | <urn:uuid:09daa8f3-717d-41c3-bafa-bfb438c0ad1e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.occultopedia.com/c/catacomb.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00001-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95283 | 1,206 | 3.984375 | 4 |
Drought curbs dreaded pest
Updated 7:59 pm, Tuesday, September 3, 2013
Texas' drought has left crops parched across the state, but the lack of water could have unintended benefits for South Texas farmers in one of the state's longest-running agricultural battles.
For the past two decades, the Texas Boll Weevil Eradicat... | <urn:uuid:3fc91f14-6887-4c2c-8626-b1ad8d63c43e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mysanantonio.com/business/local/article/Drought-curbs-dreaded-pest-4783982.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00124-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966363 | 1,076 | 2.734375 | 3 |
A meteor estimated to be 10 tons by NASA exploded Friday morning over Russia's Ural region and its shockwave caused injuries to over 1,200 people. It took out windows and walls in the city of Chelyabinsk. And it temporarily shifted the conversation here on earth to talks of the heavens.
"We can find these objects, we c... | <urn:uuid:02ec0f8e-cc0e-47e1-836b-a21709bf1bb8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://newamericamedia.org/2013/02/threat-from-space-is-real-but-man-stands-better-chance-than-the-dinosaurs.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00094-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955491 | 1,585 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Manual Section... (3) - page: tempnam
NAMEtempnam - create a name for a temporary file
#include <stdio.h> char *tempnam(const char *dir, const char *pfx);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
DESCRIPTIONThe tempnam() function returns a pointer to a string that is a valid filename, and... | <urn:uuid:7ebce3e3-5c9f-4307-bf86-3f4792904738> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://linux.co.uk/documentation/man-pages/subroutines-3/man-page/?section=3&page=tempnam | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00066-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.797635 | 716 | 3.34375 | 3 |
The population of Greece in 2003 was estimated by the United Nations at 10,976,000, which placed it as number 72 in population among the 193 nations of the world. In that year approximately 17% of the population was over 65 years of age, with another 15% of the population under 15 years of age. There were 97 males for ... | <urn:uuid:6956873d-41a6-4fb0-8812-86258da39965> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Europe/Greece-POPULATION.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396100.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00011-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968362 | 211 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Enhancing motor harmony
Efficient automation systems translate into true energy savings. A major step in that direction has focused first on industrial electric motors because of their vast installed base and continuing growth. Researchers say 300 million industrial motors are running worldwide, with 20 to 30 million b... | <urn:uuid:e1b93175-f961-4bfa-b90c-52dd5622af5f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.plantengineering.com/single-article/enhancing-motor-harmony/8a58dc55845040bb14222b68a53cabc6.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00139-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9074 | 1,171 | 2.671875 | 3 |
A breed of great antiquity, the Exmoor is one of the few breeds that looks very much the same today as they always have. They are believed to be the oldest pure descendants of the ponies that inhabited Britain some 100,000 years ago.
The oldest and purest of the native The exact area of their origin is unknown, but evi... | <urn:uuid:ae9c4f0a-cab3-411b-9d6f-8f53b4ffd429> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.theequinest.com/breeds/exmoor-pony/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00189-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97265 | 519 | 3.078125 | 3 |
Eastern Hemisphere at the beginning of the 7th century.
Eastern Hemisphere at the end of the 7th century.
7th century is the period from 601 to 700 in accordance with the Julian calendar in the Common Era. The Muslim conquests began with the unification of Arabia by Muhammad starting in 622. After Muhammad's death in 6... | <urn:uuid:e9a82307-aa2b-4de7-8838-5fc76433517a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mashpedia.com/7th_century | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00096-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.887281 | 3,517 | 3.296875 | 3 |
US brewers have now taken up their case against fracking, worried that any potential contamination of ground water supplies would ruin their business. The process of brewing beer requires clean water, with many breweries being built at the sites they are specifically for the mineral composition of the water.
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This section is for detailed discussion such as the meaning of a symbol, how a doctrinal point is developed throughout a passage, or ins... | <urn:uuid:ebecdaf6-a5d7-4f9c-9f96-fa63c20bec8f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://feastupontheword.org/Mark_3:11-15 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00098-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961575 | 2,901 | 2.9375 | 3 |
June 26th, 2008What is AVI?
In a nutshell, AVI is one of the most popular video file formats. But there’s more to it than might seem at the first look – AVI (or Audio Video Interleave),is actually a multimedia “container format”. AVI files can contain both audio and video data (multiple tracks supported) in a file cont... | <urn:uuid:f6710e9f-3714-408b-b1ea-dc3a36d368c8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://convertflvtoavi.com/what-is-avi/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397562.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00196-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926525 | 249 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Rock'n'Roll is a cheerful, fast and sporting dance that is oriented on the spectators reactions. It is characterized by high precision movements in high speed and the fluid combination of dance and spectacular acrobatics. Characteristic for Rock'n'Roll are the jumped basic step with kicks and kick-ball-change as well a... | <urn:uuid:2dda75eb-4c69-4e12-89c9-4417bfb94c3c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.anidance.de/en/he5f.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00170-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960162 | 740 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Anabolic Protein Limits
Anabolic Protein Limits
Eating huge amounts or protein regularly causes the body to oxidize less of it.
by Jerry Brainum
An unwritten rule of bodybuilding nutrition is that you should limit protein to no more than 30 grams per meal. So if a 200-pound bodybuilder should ideally get 1.7 grams of p... | <urn:uuid:e8ffcbbf-2dbd-49f4-9686-4f1d60d26bca> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.musclesprod.com/featured/anabolic-protein-limits/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399106.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00115-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961981 | 1,346 | 2.640625 | 3 |
This article looks at that barriers we have to overcome in order to recover from illness; why healing is seen as unattractive; what the language of woundology is; why we tend to hold on to the language of woundology and the reasons for the inability to heal ourselves.
Some individuals tend to have a special ability to ... | <urn:uuid:fedab50e-24b7-461c-886b-3bcc2502dfd0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://robertmijas.com/blog/why-healing-isnt-easy/comment-page-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00142-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960006 | 1,467 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Filter or no Filter?
The topic of whether or not filters are necessary for keeping bettas has been highly debated in the fish-keeping world.Some say that filters are necessary because if their other fish need filters, then bettas should get one too.To them, not providing bettas with filters is just being lazy and not g... | <urn:uuid:825fe9ee-512a-415a-aaaa-375f5fe9db23> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://bettacare101.com/filters/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396100.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00040-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949304 | 604 | 2.78125 | 3 |
How to Become a Ninja
“Once you learn how to be a ninja, no force on this Earth can withstand your fury.”
I’m quoting myself there. I was going to try to be funny and follow that direction for the rest of this page.
After looking at how many other funny ninja how to’s there are online, I decided there aren’t enough rea... | <urn:uuid:aabeed12-7823-4a00-8308-2c5e97ed974a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.howtoguides365.com/how-to/be-a-ninja/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00040-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957298 | 1,071 | 2.578125 | 3 |
[Published in 1949: Smithsonian Institution United States National Museum Bulletin 196: 233-260]
The bluebird is well named, for he wears a coat of the purest, richest, and most gorgeous blue on back, wings, and tail; no North American bird better deserves the name, for no other flashes before our admiring eyes so much... | <urn:uuid:7a8d1371-f5ad-48f4-8f19-77dd73d404af> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.birdsbybent.com/ch21-30/bluebird.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00167-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978667 | 15,986 | 3.4375 | 3 |
An overview of external advances
Technology has also had a major impact on our roads and the way we drive. Speed cameras and active traffic management have changed the roads on which we drive - and not always to the great pleasure of the motorist.
Despite all the technological changes, fossil fuels are still the prime ... | <urn:uuid:0a114a50-3fff-4aa4-9e32-55acf809ac90> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.rac.co.uk/advice/reports-on-motoring/rac-report-on-motoring-2008-technology/key-chapters/an-overview-of-external-advances | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00038-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959863 | 727 | 3.328125 | 3 |
The Traditions of the Hopi, by H.R. Voth, , at sacred-texts.com
Alíksai! A very long time ago there was nothing here in the world but water. Only away off in the west where Hurúing Wuhti lived there was a small piece of land where she lived. She lived in a hill or bluff called Taláschomo. Hurúing Wuhti owned the moon, ... | <urn:uuid:27fd56f5-4839-4a35-8189-d3152ae43307> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/hopi/toth/toth003.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00138-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981633 | 2,924 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Balance is essential to the earth. Chemical cycles keep the amount of elements on the earth in a perfect balance.
The amount of oxygen in and around the earth is fixed. But this oxygen is fed again and again through the world's living systems in a never-ending circle called the oxygen cycle. Our needs are just part of ... | <urn:uuid:586509fe-0cac-4ecf-b158-b4c9f50720a0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.uen.org/themepark/cycles/chemical.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00145-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925494 | 1,906 | 4.09375 | 4 |
How to Choose and Use a Cane
What kind of cane should I choose? Your caregiver will help you choose the right cane for your needs. Canes are made from wood, plastic, or metal. A cane can be adjusted to fit your height. The bottom of the cane usually has a nonskid rubber tip to prevent it from slipping. The following ar... | <urn:uuid:2b55f38c-1a50-41a6-a65e-60ffd6f3329e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.allinahealth.org/mdex/ND2525G.HTM | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00183-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916529 | 832 | 2.84375 | 3 |
PatientPlus articles are written by UK doctors and are based on research evidence, UK and European Guidelines. They are designed for health professionals to use, so you may find the language more technical than the condition leaflets.
Synonyms: protruding ears, bat ears.
The physical problem
Prominent ears are an inher... | <urn:uuid:25164c59-5a11-4fbb-8a1b-9ec8e408d72b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://patient.info/doctor/prominent-ears | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00005-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.907855 | 2,071 | 3.390625 | 3 |
In this practical, you will attempt to treat your own dirty water, make qualitative observations of the results at various stages and then suggest improvements. Read the practical, and identify the separation and purification techniques used.
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Step 1: Aim and Materials
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World History as a Way of Thinking
Eric Lane Martin
World historians should consider the cultivation of the kinds of thinking
skills required to understand global relationships as one of the field's
more important contributions to both knowledge and society. World history
scholars, teachers, and students practice a way... | <urn:uuid:2b7d4983-efe5-4826-9262-6a87a34e1921> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://worldhistoryconnected.press.illinois.edu/2.2/martin.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403508.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00082-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.895707 | 4,005 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Qualitative assessment of the diet of European eel larvae in the Sargasso Sea resolved by DNA barcoding
Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article – Annual report year: 2010
European eels (Anguilla anguilla) undertake spawning migrations of more than 5000 km from continental Europe and North Africa to fronta... | <urn:uuid:d9526c6c-fe37-4147-9842-43680cab69d4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/qualitative-assessment-of-the-diet-of-european-eel-larvae-in-the-sargasso-sea-resolved-by-dna-barcoding(7d5aaaff-a63c-4d22-a3f9-b205095ed3e4).html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397842.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00100-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.879376 | 289 | 2.921875 | 3 |
Most people need about 400 to 800 international units (IUs) of vitamin D each day, though different people have different requirements. For instance, as you age, your need for vitamin D may increase. People over 70 need at least 600 IUs per day. Be careful not to overdose on vitamin D. Try to keep your intake from supp... | <urn:uuid:82de5608-e4ac-4889-add2-3b30dea22927> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.uab.edu/shp/toneyourbones/step-4-nutrition-and-supplements/why-vitamin-d-is-important | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00084-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940863 | 349 | 2.96875 | 3 |
To paraphrase the famous kids' book, everybody passes gas. But, it turns out, not everybody produces the same kinds of gas. Let's look Down Under for an example. Scientists have long known that kangaroo flatulence and burps contained significantly less methane than the same emissions from cows and sheep, which, as you ... | <urn:uuid:b7e8a5f3-94f9-475a-89c7-d42c289fa7ca> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mnn.com/earth-matters/climate-weather/stories/why-kangaroos-emit-less-methane-when-they-um-you-know-pass-gas | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00158-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963619 | 554 | 3.6875 | 4 |
Time to get your flu vaccine - are you ready?
What happened to summer? Can it be true, it's flu vaccine time again? Did you know that this year the predicted most common strains of influenza are the same as last year? However, that doesn't mean you shouldn't receive a vaccination if you got a flu shot last season.
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Derinkuyu Underground city
Derinkuyu Underground City is located in the homonymous Derinkuyu district in Nevsehir Province, Turkey. It is on the road between Nevsehir and Nigde, at a distance of 29 km from Nevsehir. It was opened for visitors as of 1969 and to date, only ten percent of the underground city is accessibl... | <urn:uuid:e0189c98-53c1-465a-8e42-07b8a88e7584> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://exploreristanbul.com/property.asp?Istanbul=underground%20city | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393518.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00040-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974595 | 774 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Book of the Week GIVEAWAY: ANNO’S U.S.A. by Mitsumasa Anno
Why we love this book:
This picture book takes an interesting look at American History. The story begins as a traveler departs from Hawaii, first landing in San Francisco. The book uniquely moves from West to East and backward through time.
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THE ANCRAM LEAD MINE
By Capt. Franklin Ellis249
About seventy years ago Henry Keefer had what is called a "stone bee," at which his neighbors lent their assistance to clear a field of the stone that so greatly interfered with the work of cultivation. While prying out some projecting rock he was struck by the strange me... | <urn:uuid:57aec77c-4b11-416a-a2d4-2382c2ae7d55> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/columbia/ancram2/lead_mine.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00036-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.987847 | 325 | 2.578125 | 3 |
A mineral oil is any of various colorless, odorless, light mixtures of higher alkanes
from a ... Prior to the late 19th century, the chemical science to determine such
makeup was unavailable in any ...
Sep 10, 2013 ... Reproduction permitted with due acknowledgement. Mineral oil –. Origin,
production and composition. A... | <urn:uuid:973ad280-9a74-4e75-b58e-9c547b85e679> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ask.com/web?qsrc=6&o=102140&oo=102140&l=dir&gc=1&qo=popularsearches&ad=dirN&q=Mineral+Oil+Chemistry | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00178-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.732165 | 368 | 2.546875 | 3 |
MIAMI, April 16, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a study published in today's issue of Nature Communications, researchers from Florida International University's Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine describe a revolutionary technique they have developed that can deliver and fully release the anti-HIV drug AZTTP into... | <urn:uuid:a9b58af9-4b62-4185-bcc5-15e92be8fa13> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-technique-to-deliver-life-saving-drugs-to-the-brain-203220191.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00005-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947359 | 496 | 2.578125 | 3 |
The importance of antioxidants in the diet.
Everyone has heard the news about antioxidants and their importance to good health and proper nutrition. It seems the more scientists learn about antioxidants, the more their value and potential increases. Antioxidants have shown promise in everything from preventing heart di... | <urn:uuid:7b039261-24db-461d-9038-42456792576f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://netsalesinc.com/HealthyEating/Article4.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404826.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00041-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943057 | 1,111 | 3.515625 | 4 |
Thursday, 13th March 2014 by Kyle Kusch
The ancestor of the modern stadium, amphitheatres have been playing host to large-scale cultural and sporting events for thousands of years. Approximately 230 Roman-era amphitheatres have been identified across Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. The tradition continues to... | <urn:uuid:f6a1a9b7-bd39-4c79-a2fe-aaf7b8547b8f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://googlesightseeing.com/2014/03/amphitheatres/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00112-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948949 | 1,046 | 3.03125 | 3 |
| The Origins of S. Gregório
The earliest written records of the ancient village of S. Gregório date back to 1483. Situated on a hill with the Serra d'Ossa for backdrop, the location chosen for this settlement could not have been better. This once prosperous village was at its peak home to over forty people. The surrou... | <urn:uuid:256b2110-8005-401b-825f-493aeba9ab9a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.saogregorio.com/en-home.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00129-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970415 | 271 | 2.625 | 3 |
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2013 July 1
Explanation: What would it look like to orbit a black hole? Since the strong gravity of the black hole can significantly alter light pat... | <urn:uuid:fb861d67-47c0-4f5c-aa0a-23d08175de81> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130701.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00104-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933095 | 301 | 3.4375 | 3 |
When Pierre-Charles L’Enfant drew his visionary plan for a capital city of the new United States in 1791, he included a site that might hold a pantheon, a hallowed place where the nation could honor its heroes. The pantheon was never constructed, but on the spot L’Enfant had designated for it, a great Greek Revival bui... | <urn:uuid:9b2620b8-dfaf-40a7-893a-303b5533e31d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/a-pantheon-after-all-65879145/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00056-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96366 | 776 | 2.796875 | 3 |
As an elementary school teacher, or as the parent of an elementary school child, it can be difficult to find fun activities all year round. Kids grow tired of just studying all the time. They would rather be outside playing or doing something creative. Although you might not be able to let them outside all the time, yo... | <urn:uuid:2eaa2319-1994-4821-8417-889f26ee9514> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.surfnetkids.com/coloring/1005/holiday-coloring-crafts-for-elementary-school/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393146.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00008-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968765 | 660 | 2.875 | 3 |
In 1994, economists Terry Anderson and Fred McChesney proposed a simple theory of violence on the American frontier. Their paper, published in the Journal of Law and Economics, modeled an important choice that white settlers and Indians faced when conflicts arose over land claims: Would the two groups fight or negotiat... | <urn:uuid:89c98598-280c-4fd8-8cbc-29021ae059be> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/raiding-and-trading-in-the-american-west/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00056-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952205 | 2,114 | 3.890625 | 4 |
Each summer, weather forecasters start tell their audiences how hot it is according to the thermometer and how much hotter they feel, based on the heat index.
Society has measured temperature using Fahrenheit and Celsius since at least the 18th Century. The heat index has been around just a fraction of that time.
How t... | <urn:uuid:382cd5f3-d940-43b4-a76b-f8991611a5d3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wnyc.org/story/150694-explaining-heat-index/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397748.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00014-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948505 | 1,007 | 3.703125 | 4 |
Very Interesting New Paper on Astronomical ClimatologyAlan Carlin | March 29, 2012
Ever wonder why there was a Little Ice Age or a Medieval Warm Period? Or why global temperatures increased slightly in the late 20th Century? On March 8 a preprint of Nicola Scafetta’s new paper entitled “Multi-scale Harmonic Model for S... | <urn:uuid:a7b95784-246b-435b-a510-74ea367915de> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.carlineconomics.com/archives/1486 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00050-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.91945 | 551 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Fido may keep criminals away in the first place, but Fluffy can help the police bust them. As any cat owner knows, felines shed a lot of fur, and that fur — which clings to the skin, clothing and shoes of visitors — can be used as forensic evidence.
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What makes fiber art?
Art that is created using natural or synthetic fibers or techniques that are traditionally thought of as relating to fiber, such as sewing or weaving. Only one of these – fiber materials or fiber techniques -must be present for work to fall into the broad category known as “fiber art.” While conte... | <urn:uuid:4af819c1-3d6f-47b6-836b-344d07d916c0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://fiberartnow.net/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00106-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954469 | 336 | 3.234375 | 3 |
Realism art entry on the free encyclopedia online, Wikipedia.
Described briefly as "Realism often refers more
specifically to the artistic movement, which began in
France in the 1850s. These realists positioned themselves
against romanticism, a genre dominating French literature
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Researchers have shown off a prototype of a new biological battery cell, which produces energy in the same way we do—by breaking down sugars and fats into something a little more useful.
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Carbon-cycle feedback smaller, but still positive
Jan 27, 2010 10 comments
Researchers in Switzerland and Germany have analysed data stretching back 1000 years to get the best estimate yet of how changes in global temperature affect the biosphere's ability to soak up carbon dioxide. The team found that this feedback co... | <urn:uuid:264e65fd-da85-4eb5-b31c-9f6126f4f1b5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2010/jan/27/carbon-cycle-feedback-smaller-but-still-positive | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00137-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940451 | 740 | 3.515625 | 4 |
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As in his days, Johann Sebastian Bach's Inventions form an integral part of the piano teaching literature even today. The three selected examples with facsimile give an insight into Bach's teaching workshop and his aim to teach his pupils 'to cultivate a cantabile style ... | <urn:uuid:a063f2f3-b595-4f4f-be7b-b705edd95760> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.boosey.com/shop/prod/3-Two-Part-Inventions/2067242 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00112-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926333 | 272 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Polish scientists are coming to the aid of a zoo penguin that lost its beak in a fight or a fall by using a 3D printer to create a new one.
Keepers at Warsaw Zoo say that, without a new bill, the animal's chances of survival are slim because it can no longer preen or feed itself.
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A descriptive inventory of diverse holdings that constitute a research archive for literary, historical, and cultural documents from the war to end all wars
The Joseph M. Bruccoli Great War Collection at the University of South Carolina was established in 1997 by Matthew J. and Arlyn Bruccoli and named for Professor Br... | <urn:uuid:e1d6477d-a4a1-418f-a926-d40b32e11a35> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sc.edu/uscpress/books/2005/3590.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393518.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00199-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930874 | 549 | 2.625 | 3 |
A history of new ideas in tanning1 September 2013
Dr Graham Lampard charts the history of major technological breakthroughs in the history of leather tanning and asks where the key areas of focus should be for innovation within today’s industry
The first IULTCS congress back in 1897, held at the Herold's Institute and ... | <urn:uuid:1251f667-7025-44e9-9dab-bc47b41a0f44> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.leathermag.com/features/featurea-history-of-new-ideas-in-tanning/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00031-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955338 | 2,950 | 2.734375 | 3 |
The crystalline injection technology
Dehumidification of buildings and the lack of vertical and horizontal insulation in buildings with basements have always been the most important technological problems during renovation work. These problems have become even more ailing after last year's floods. The method of buildin... | <urn:uuid:3f330698-5e12-48c0-ad36-05c2f1a6aff0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.i-k.pl/index.php/english | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396959.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00091-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938343 | 943 | 2.78125 | 3 |
The Life of Matthew Flinders
In Estensen, Flinders has at last found his Boswell.' Paul Brunton, The Weekend Australian.. Estensen's book is a work of painstaking scholarship, worn lightly it will be an enduring contribution to Australian history.' Gillian Dooley, Australian Book Review.. Estensen gives us the ups and ... | <urn:uuid:46b7cb79-0f50-41fb-8913-629ae2a37346> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.booktopia.com.au/ebooks/the-life-of-matthew-flinders-miriam-estensen/prod9781741155334.html?deviceType=mobile | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00180-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9459 | 332 | 2.546875 | 3 |
What is the Religion of Mark Cuban
The island of Cuba has been occupied for about several thousand years by Amerindian peoples known as the Taino and Ciboney. The Taino were known to be mostly farmers while the Ciboney were hunter-gatherers. The name Cuba in fact is derived from the Taino word cubanacan, which means "a... | <urn:uuid:c042f5c0-4677-4487-a8b6-9739c61468e5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cubanforyou.com/What-is-the-Religion-of-Mark-Cuban.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404826.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00085-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965889 | 673 | 3.40625 | 3 |
The importance of food labels
As more Americans try to eat healthier, consumers are trying to find out more information about the food they purchase at the grocery store. And that means reading the labels. But terms like "organic" and "all natural" can be confusing. Lorraine Rapp and Linda Lowen, hosts of WRVO's health... | <urn:uuid:e0cf70eb-671a-4cd9-8985-a26c725369ac> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://wrvo.org/post/importance-food-labels | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00008-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966581 | 739 | 3.046875 | 3 |
The arts have always been a core component of curricular and extra-curricular life at Beaver. From classrooms and performance spaces within the Visual and Performing Arts Center to the light-filled McElwain Art Studio, the school boasts state-of-the-art facilities that further this important tradition.
Cultivating Crea... | <urn:uuid:d07324a1-fc21-4d75-8fbf-7bc456c2239b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bcdschool.org/arts/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396100.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00139-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949644 | 362 | 2.5625 | 3 |
The article was written at the request of a curator in the British Museum when I pointed out errors in a display of ancient games a few years ago. There have been some new developments, but they do not affect the thrust of the article. It may be used, with acknowledgement, in www pages and other Internet sites but not ... | <urn:uuid:3f5acbb6-56d5-41dc-8d39-37379d409b91> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pandanet.co.jp/English/essay/goancientchina.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00065-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954267 | 5,976 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Recently, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ruled that gender identity discrimination is prohibited under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
To put it simply, Title VII makes it illegal for employers to discriminate against employees based on religion, race, color, sex, or national origin. The ... | <urn:uuid:cce63f2f-5f55-4f20-a042-3ca887bb2454> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.qwoc.org/2012/05/from-youtube-to-policy-the-role-of-media-in-legal-advocacy-for-lgbt-people-of-color/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397744.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00058-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956125 | 1,175 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Guest blog by Louise Ellman, MP for Liverpool Riverside, who looks ahead to Slavery Remembrance Day which she believes fuses the past and the present. Mrs Ellman has attended every single Slavery Remembrance Day since 1999.
“Commemorating Slavery Remembrance Day in Liverpool is very special. It is a grim reminder of th... | <urn:uuid:d473f376-22c6-4ae0-9975-ea6514834739> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/2013/08/louise-ellman-mp-slavery-remembrance-day-fuses-past-and-present/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00093-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939095 | 395 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Thanks for your question. There is no debating that sports drinks are a booming business, thanks
to the power of advertising. They certainly are popular, but are they necessary for children?
First of all, what is in a sports drink? They basically are expensive diluted soft drinks. They do
contain significant carbohydra... | <urn:uuid:e1469cf6-ddf8-4fa8-9e1e-93287e4a38c5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.kidsgrowth.com/resources/advicedetail.cfm?id=2394 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00026-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950374 | 323 | 2.515625 | 3 |
- Analog Computers : The analog computer is almost an extinct type of computer these days. It is different from a digital computer in respect that it can perform numerous mathematical operations simultaneously. It is also unique in terms of operation as it utilizes continuous variables for the purpose of mathematical c... | <urn:uuid:e1989dda-5a82-47f5-8708-2b45e23cab06> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mapsofworld.com/referrals/computers/types-of-computers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394937.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00015-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942114 | 2,167 | 3.796875 | 4 |
Get started in collecting coins.
Coins were created to help stabilize economies by minting metals. Coins are usually distributed by governments for the purpose of having something with a set value. But as time passes some coins has become collectable.
Collectable coins are those that are rare. Some are rare because of ... | <urn:uuid:6abefec6-454f-4e8f-80d6-a7c585e18c4e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.texarkanacoins.com/coins/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396887.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00058-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.985266 | 154 | 2.859375 | 3 |
We define the space of sound cues just as we defined the speech space. Things are a little more complicated in this case, because it is not so clear what all the dimensions are, or even whether the number of dimensions is finite. If by non-speech audio we mean any audible sound different from intelligible speech, the s... | <urn:uuid:a9e58fe6-65bd-4933-aeae-63d0b5b0aeb4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/raman/phd-thesis/html/node46.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00024-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926608 | 252 | 3.046875 | 3 |
The comfortable front-end side of modern operation systems is taken for granted by most users. But it was not always so cloudless, the developers underwent turbulent path of improving and modernizing.
Yes, today we’ll talk about graphical user interface (GUI) and its evolution. GUI is a type of user interface that allo... | <urn:uuid:ad409eb6-ad88-48de-81ff-c9b32a30d41a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.designfloat.com/blog/page/38/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00135-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938484 | 3,197 | 3.265625 | 3 |
It all began in about 350 BC (Iron Age) when tribes wandered across Europe looking for tin. Eventually they found an abundance of tin in Cornwall and settled there and as a result left a legacy in the form of the Celtic Cornish language. The next race to emerge in Europe was the Romans, but they had little to do with t... | <urn:uuid:66f0d1a5-41ad-4652-bb4c-786b2ece41c4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.jewell.asn.au/family-history/cornwall.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397842.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00137-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980698 | 4,217 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Conservation groups have accused the Federal Government of failing to protect the koala under national laws.
The Commonwealth is currently considering a plan to make the koala "conservation dependent", which would see the states play a role in removing threats such as developments that could destroy koala habitats.
But... | <urn:uuid:1e82b316-fb21-4cca-b6f8-9a9d361d49e2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2010-05-25/garrett-accused-of-abandoning-koalas/839444?pfm=sm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00091-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974548 | 270 | 2.828125 | 3 |
What the race to reach Mars tomorrow says about Earth today
By: Bennett Voyles
Bas Lansdorp is looking for a few good Martians. The 35-year-old Dutch entrepreneur is taking applications today to be part of the four-person crew he intends to send to Mars in 2023. In press conferences and other appearances, Lansdorp says... | <urn:uuid:fd0b3051-54df-4eea-bac1-c7ea73366b16> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/what-the-race-to-reach-mars-tomorrow-says-about-earth-today/articleshow/19885948.cms | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403508.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00079-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967393 | 2,533 | 2.875 | 3 |
If someone asked you to name the most beautiful word or phrase in English, how would you choose? Would it be based on the meaning of the word? How it sounds? How it is spelled?
There are some words, like “love,” “comely,” or “demure,” that seem like solid contenders. But the compound word that some believe to be the mo... | <urn:uuid:0d5d4223-354b-4134-9bfe-acc12e123b90> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.dictionary.com/cellar-door/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397748.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00164-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964467 | 329 | 2.765625 | 3 |
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