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Loneliness may not only be miserable — it could also be unsafe, according to new research linking extreme loneliness to an increased risk of death.
Dr. John Cacioppo, a psychologist at the University of Chicago and lead author of the new study, said that feeling lonely in old age may increase your risk of premature dea... | <urn:uuid:6a9d54c5-95c0-49f6-b572-ccc87f6210ee> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.medicaldaily.com/loneliness-tied-premature-death-loss-friends-family-makes-you-14-more-likely-die-early-269469 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00070-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958734 | 535 | 3.015625 | 3 |
October is Pumpkin Month…..Feeding Pumpkins to your parrot
|Pumpkin is a
great food for you birds and they are so reasonable in the fall! By late
October, the stores are offering them for about .10 per pound. That is
when I stock up. Fruits which are orange and yellow in color tend to
contain higher amounts of carotene... | <urn:uuid:359d2fee-30e0-48d0-ab61-29e2f3fcd8da> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://pamperedpeeps.com/pumpkins.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00004-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934933 | 314 | 2.671875 | 3 |
3.12 James Curry escapes from slavery
"Narrative of James Curry, A Fugitive Slave." The Liberator, January 10, 1840.
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Are Stethoscopes Soon Going to Be Obsolete?
Some believe that the familiar image of a medical doctor in a white lab coat with a stethoscope dangling from his or her neck may be a vision of the past. They believe that the newer technologies currently on the market are getting to a point where stethoscopes may no longer ... | <urn:uuid:e59f2211-a724-4888-b3af-11ecaf078513> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://stethoscope-reviews.com/are-stethoscopes-soon-going-to-be-obsolete/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00083-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934103 | 859 | 2.625 | 3 |
A lead-free process that lowers the cost of packaging flip-chip devices has entered volume production at IBM Corp.'s East Fishkill, N.Y., fab. As one of the first production facilities to use the technique, Controlled Collapse Chip Connection New Process (C4NP), IBM projects that it can achieve 99.7 percent yields. Fli... | <urn:uuid:39d9c65f-610d-42c3-8053-5951f1598b94> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://nextgenlog.blogspot.com/2007/07/chips-ibm-gets-lead-out-of-its-chip.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00133-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.904777 | 153 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Rare Form of Diabetes Leads to Injection Free Treatment
September 23, 2009
Three years after she made medical history and was freed from painful insulin injections, 9-year-old Lilly Jaffe is just beginning to understand how much her story changed the course of diabetes research and treatment.
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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.
2009 June 2
Explanation: What causes the mysterious spokes in Saturn's rings? Visible in the above image as light ghostlike impressions, spokes were... | <urn:uuid:813c4663-24c7-4820-b4a6-8b74eead4a55> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap090602.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00045-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944845 | 276 | 3.625 | 4 |
Immune, protein alterations found in blood samples of
children with autism
Scientists from the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute have found components of the immune system and
proteins and metabolites in the blood of children with autism to be substantially different from those
found in typically developing children.
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One afternoon, [Sam] was a bit bored and decided he would build a clock. Not wanting to spend any money on the project, he set off to construct his clock using only the components he had on hand – this meant no micro controllers would be used whatsoever.
Built on a set of four breadboards, his clock sports a pretty sho... | <urn:uuid:eb07bda1-9ac4-4a93-85aa-35ed96cc3565> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://hackaday.com/2011/04/10/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00061-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951145 | 1,788 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Religious freedom is a fundamental freedom that runs deeper and reaches farther than many realize.
What Americans Know About Religious Freedom
Most Americans know that religious freedom is one of the most basic freedoms guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution. Frequently called the “first freedom,” freedom of religion is p... | <urn:uuid:1f743dd0-6f24-438c-8ed9-e6de094484ad> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/what-religious-freedom-means | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397562.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00102-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941738 | 1,215 | 3.21875 | 3 |
SIMPLE BIODATA FORM
Phrase or word?
"SIMPLE BIODATA FORM" is a phrase.
What does it mean?
1 ) Biodata is a commonly used term in Industrial and organizational psychology for biographical data. Biodata is defined as “factual kinds of questions about life and work experiences, as well as to items involving opinions, valu... | <urn:uuid:6ef92ddd-31ce-4ea6-9959-9f196de38718> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://linguistic-assistant.com/linguistic/show/simple-biodata-form | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00051-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.910438 | 2,155 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Acorn Theme - Autumn Season
Activity 2: Language - Proverbs / Sayings
Language: Great oaks from little acorns grow
Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities
|Themed activities||Lesson plan and suggestions|
Preparation and introduction for the Acorn Theme
Language > Nursery Rhymes & Proverbs and bulletin board idea
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Teresa Jornet e Ibars was the foundress of the Little Sisters of the Abandoned Aged, better known as the Little Sisters of the Poor. She was born on January 9, 1843, to a farmer Francisco Jornet and his wife, Antonieta Ibars, in the Catalan region of Spain.
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- Propitious means something that is favorable or good.
An example of propitious is the good weather before an athletic event.
- The definition of propitious is someone that is helpful or generous.
An example of propitious is a wealthy donor at a charity auction.
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A series of powerful earthquakes over the weekend shook Niiagata Prefecture on Northwest Honshu, 260 km (160 miles) north of Tokyo. The first quake registered 6.5 on the Richter Scale, according to the National Earthquake Information Center, and occurred at 8:56 Universal Time, in the early evening local time as many r... | <urn:uuid:7c09586d-80a3-4911-b0e7-fad0950c3de1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=4942 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00194-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961645 | 323 | 3.390625 | 3 |
Understanding the creation of social spaces in an unfamiliar landscape is, according to Robert Paulett, a productive way to account for eighteenth-century developments in the American Southeast, particularly in Georgia. In his interesting but not entirely successful study of non-Native participants in the southeastern ... | <urn:uuid:2602aace-99a9-41e8-8cd0-fb818717a2df> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://southernspaces.org/2012/making-space-review-robert-pauletts-empire-small-places | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00200-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946762 | 1,940 | 3.53125 | 4 |
UKRAINIAN NOBILITY AT THE BREAK OF 16 AND 17 CENTURIES.
A part of vol. 6 "History of Ukraine-Ruthenia", chapter 3 "Cultural and national relations: national composition and national element". Translation reviewed and corrected by the author (applies to Polish translation -sp).
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Simple Definition of drawing table
: a table that has a surface that can be raised up or down or turned to different angles and that is used for drawing
Full Definition of drawing table
: a table with a surface adjustable for elevation and angle of incline
First Known Use of drawing table
Seen and Heard
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A wearable technology that measures physiological signs is poised to help doctors better understand and treat mental illness such as bipolar disorder.
The National Institutes of Mental Health is funding a five-year study on bipolar disorder, which is being led by William Perry, professor of psychiatry at the University... | <urn:uuid:e4041fb4-a65b-42b7-b98d-486227c522aa> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/wearable-it-aids-bipolar-treatment | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00109-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965292 | 538 | 3 | 3 |
Welcome to E-Books Directory
This page lists freely downloadable books.
Information Technology in Education
E-Books for free online viewing and/or download
e-books in this category
Mobile Media Learning
by Seann Dikkers et al. - ETC Press , 2012
This book shares innovative uses of mobile technology for learning in a va... | <urn:uuid:7af70d3c-1872-4465-8586-5ef9619a22f6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.e-booksdirectory.com/listing.php?category=600 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398209.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00095-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.874464 | 1,431 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Paediatric Drug Handling
Costello, Ian; Long, Paul; Wong, Ian Chi Kei; Tuleu, Catherine; Yeung, Vincent
Ian Costello, Paul Long, Ian K Wong, Catherine Tuleu and Vincent Yeung - Centre for Paediatric Pharmacy Research, The School of Pharmacy, University of London, UK
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|Full name||Pitcairn Islands|
|Currency||New Zealand Dollar|
|National Anthem||"Come Ye Blessed"|
|Newspaper||Pitcairn Miscellany is the only one newspaper in this island.|
|Places to Visit||Acadia Island, Bounty Bay, Henderson Island etc are some of the tourist attractions that you must visit in the country.|
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Definitions of Reflector and Refractor.
Royal Observatory Greenwich
in the UK has a
nice collection of
leaflets, including one on
that discusses several types of telescopes if you would like to know
more. (It even mentions Yerkes!)
- Refracting telescopes use lenses to gather light.
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Mount Everest – Information, Expeditions and More
Everyone has heard of Mount Everest, we learned about it in school, avid climbers dream about reaching its summit, and we know it is on the Nepal and Tibet borders. However, there is much more to know about this great mountain.
Everest stands an astounding 29,029 feet a... | <urn:uuid:a219ae91-9b99-46d5-bac3-2be2f92ad663> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.rock-climbing-for-life.com/mount-everest/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00035-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963771 | 678 | 3.046875 | 3 |
In this Tutorial we want to describe you a code that help you in understanding Get Tomorrow Date. For this we have a class name GetTomorrowDate.Inside the main method we have a variable name string s,Date date, Format formatter. The Calendar class has a method get Instance method() returns you the calendar object with ... | <urn:uuid:41d5522f-23cd-4ee3-b159-ca97eb18514b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.roseindia.net/java/java-get-example/get-tomorrow-date.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00135-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.743877 | 364 | 4.53125 | 5 |
Family Development - A Caregiver's Guide
Better Sleep for You and Your Baby
As with every new skill your baby learns, falling asleep in a crib may take practice. Your baby may cry when first put in the crib. This is normal and should be expected. There are a lot of things you can do to help your baby settle down for be... | <urn:uuid:f4f0f854-dcb6-434a-a650-3591af094520> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dcf.state.fl.us/programs/childwelfare/caregivers/bettersleepforyouandyourbaby.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00099-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940598 | 593 | 2.890625 | 3 |
AMES, Iowa -- Horticulturists with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach answer questions about lawn seeding, from what to look for in a grass seed mix to how frequently to water a newly seeded area. Homeowners and gardeners with lawn questions should contact horticulturists at Hortline by emailing email@example... | <urn:uuid:0b022ed7-022f-4f0a-8191-338c75837b0c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.extension.iastate.edu/node/19291 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00144-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925797 | 1,094 | 2.515625 | 3 |
GIBEON, WEST BANK/ISRAEL
Photo of Gibeon (El Jib) 1931, The ancient city was on the upper hill to the right of the buildings, Library of Congress Collection.
Gibeon was located next to El Jib about eight miles north of Jerusalem by James B. Pritchard.
The word "Gibeon" appears 41 times in the Bible (ASV).
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Almost thirty years ago the brilliant ecologist H. T. Odum employed analytical systems models to study the infrastructures that sustain humanity. He concluded that industrial society was on a collision course with the natural systems upon which it is dependent. He predicted that a fossil fuel dominated society would ov... | <urn:uuid:1b4b4dda-c36a-4f9d-a384-eb1cd6e6ea43> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.oceanarksint.org/index.php?id=eco-machines | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00198-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951397 | 478 | 3.375 | 3 |
As Livy tells it, callous drunks and the rape of a virtuous woman gave birth to the Republic of Rome. The inebriates were young army officers who had grown bored while besieging the nearby town of Ardea. To settle an inane argument, over whose wife was more virtuous, one of their number, Lucius Tarquinius Collatinus, p... | <urn:uuid:a98e7183-94f3-4cbb-98f9-a316221a9e88> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://americamagazine.org/content/good-word/morning-star | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00086-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97333 | 969 | 3.0625 | 3 |
Most of Adrian’s students answered “no” after researching that question, but they were more forgiving of swimmer Michael Phelps and singer Mary J. Blige, whose transgressions were judged less serious than the good work they do.
It’s all part of Adrian’s lessons on citizenship, which she thinks students don’t know nearl... | <urn:uuid:7ffa4849-ae6d-4ff8-aee4-7014b1ed1ef3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://chiefengineer.org/?p=7940&page=2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00014-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965936 | 511 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Online MA in TESOL!
Using the Senses
I try to get my students to bring their senses into their writing, and use various activities to demonstrate the power of the senses.
I bring in a variety of smells, have each student close his/her eyes, and then describe/guess what the smell is. Afterwards, smells are passed around... | <urn:uuid:fd8331cf-fea1-40e7-9a98-c0de6050bd7d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eslcafe.com/idea/index.cgi?display:913513428-15159.txt | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00093-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943444 | 352 | 3.015625 | 3 |
- A first-grader in Virginia died of an allergic reaction January 2
- There is no cure for food allergies
- About 8% of U.S. children under 18 have at least one food allergy
- State laws vary on whether schools can stock epinephrine
Most kids can freely snack at recess, but a growing number of American children have fo... | <urn:uuid:d905e1b7-5c1c-47b2-94ba-6a6e5ac2b422> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/11/health/living-well/food-allergies-schools/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00144-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974997 | 1,694 | 2.65625 | 3 |
What is a “related subtraction sentence?” If you don’t know, you may not be able to pass a mathematics exam designed for first graders under the Common Core curriculum guidelines.
Carol Burris, an acclaimed New York high school principal who writes a blog about education issues, recently posted a first grade math test ... | <urn:uuid:ac726e64-e824-4e3b-862f-4699f7e6c89f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://dailycaller.com/2013/11/04/would-your-first-grader-pass-this-weird-common-core-math-test/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00186-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964687 | 543 | 3.40625 | 3 |
Acropustulosis: Acropustulosis is a recurrent, self-limited, pruritic, vesiculopustular eruption of the palms and soles.
More detailed information about the symptoms,
causes, and treatments of Acropustulosis is available below.
Symptoms of Acropustulosis
- Typically, an infant aged 2-12 months with acropustulosis exhib... | <urn:uuid:b6cfaf2f-243c-4cd1-9617-d2504751ecbb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.rightdiagnosis.com/a/acropustulosis/intro.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393463.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00067-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.812365 | 683 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Edited by Lindsey Frick
The dark days of energy-hogging, poorly toleranced cast parts are over. A new casting method dampens vibration and uses less energy during production. The technology is called cast-totolerance (CTT) synthetic-quartz-composite casting and the magic lies in the mixture.
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Detroit asked to build a car that runs on natural gas
Governors of 13 states that produce natural gas are asking Detroit car companies to make them a passenger car that runs on the fuel.
Advances in a drilling technique called horizontal hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, are making natural gas more plentiful.
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A Vexing Problem | A Special Report by Daniel Allott | Catholic World Report
Disturbing developments in the area of organ transplantation.
Organ transplantation—the moving of an organ from one body to another—is a relatively new medical procedure. The first successful transplantation in America—which was of a kidney—to... | <urn:uuid:d9024012-3a48-4ce4-838c-4681f0ef42cf> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://insightscoop.typepad.com/2004/2010/07/a-vexing-problem.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00117-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953924 | 512 | 2.78125 | 3 |
At the hospital, the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) provides round-the-clock care for your premature baby.
Specialized supportive care for your baby may include:
- Being placed in an incubator. Your baby will probably stay in an enclosed plastic bassinet (incubator) that's kept warm to help your baby maintain norm... | <urn:uuid:eeef18b5-a7ce-4c9d-b646-b2b5c7866a7e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/premature-birth/basics/treatment/con-20020050 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00175-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.844444 | 1,978 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Farm Horizons, April 2013
New study shows tiling causes increased flow in MN rivers
By Jennifer Kotila
Just as commodity prices have ebbed and flowed over the years, so has the popularity of installing drainage tile in farm fields to increase their productivity. As the installation of drainage tile has ebbed and flowed... | <urn:uuid:9404266f-f616-4a5a-8808-00ebc146cd27> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.herald-journal.com/farmhorizons/2013-farm/tiling.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00017-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957529 | 1,517 | 3.328125 | 3 |
The Height Climbers
Back in the late 1950s, just out of high school, I got a job with a company that designed and built the breathing equipment for the U-2, the then super-secret high altitude spy plane. Because of the nature of the secrecy surrounding the plane, working there required me to obtain a confidential clear... | <urn:uuid:182f99b8-691a-4cca-bafd-d4effa43f31c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://sped2work.tripod.com/zeppelins.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403508.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00025-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969545 | 5,880 | 3.203125 | 3 |
CHAN, EUGENIA M.D., M.P.H.
The mother of a little girl you have diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) calls you. “I know you said she has ADHD and should be on medicine, but I don’t want to put my child on drugs. What if she gets addicted? My husband found out that cutting down on sugar and foo... | <urn:uuid:260e37a8-b7ed-48f8-a52b-d28fee7cb43b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://journals.lww.com/jrnldbp/Fulltext/2002/02001/The_Role_of_Complementary_and_Alternative_Medicine.7.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00129-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918108 | 7,430 | 3.046875 | 3 |
High cholesterol can be quite an overwhelming issue to deal with if you are not prepared with the types of foods or diets one needs to consume in order to lower their overall cholesterol levels. So what exactly does a cholesterol lowering diet consist of?
This is what we will discuss in this section.
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Ape-Men: Fact or Fallacy? by Malcolm Bowden, Sovereign Publications, Bromley, Kent (2nd edition, 1981)
Reviewed by Professor John Sheets
This review was originally published in the book Reviews of Creationist Books, edited by Liz Rank Hughes (2nd edition, 1992), published by the National Center for Science Education.
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From 2008 to 2012, the American Indian Healthy Eating Project worked on developing planning and policy strategies to improve access to healthy, affordable foods within American Indian communities in North Carolina.
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Description: Shrubs or small trees with scaly buds; mostly monoecious.
Leaves alternate or opposite, glabrous, mostly with 2 embedded marginal glands 3–5 mm above base, pinnately veined; translucent dots visible in lamina with a lens; stipules obsolete.
Inflorescence a terminal raceme, male and female flowers often mix... | <urn:uuid:a58b922a-f39f-45f9-9d4f-f272623805b1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=gn&name=Baloghia | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00151-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.847675 | 312 | 2.65625 | 3 |
While the cause of IBS has not been clearly identified, new clinical evidence
suggests that an alteration of the normal bacteria flora may be to blame, making
Probiotics one of the most promising strategies to recently emerge.
Probiotics are live microorganisms which, when administered in adequate
amounts, provide an e... | <urn:uuid:dcc51218-135e-46a1-96d8-edf3d713f23a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://probioticsanddigestivehealth.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402699.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00126-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.895304 | 150 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Jonas Stundzia, a second-generation Lithuanian-American from Lawrence, became "mesmerized" by Lithuanian culture as a child when he visited the Lawrence Lithuanian Club, learned the language and heard stories from the elders.
He is now an elder in the Romuva Organization, which maintains the ancient traditions of the B... | <urn:uuid:845fa91d-fd0a-48ad-9c16-915dfcbb16e7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.lowellsun.com/steppinout/ci_21154075/jonas-stundzia | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391766.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00082-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955185 | 283 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Center Aims to Produce Liquid Transportation Fuels from Sunlight
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Energy today announced $75 million in funding to renew the Joint Center for Artificial Photosynthesis (JCAP), a DOE Energy Innovation Hub originally established in 2010 with the goal of harnessing solar energy for the p... | <urn:uuid:41def2e4-22bf-4f2c-83df-22165fa983cb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://energy.gov/articles/energy-department-provide-75-million-fuels-sunlight-hub | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404826.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00140-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932548 | 497 | 2.875 | 3 |
Ralph McNutt’s contributions to interstellar mission studies are long-term and ongoing. We’ve looked at the Innovative Interstellar Explorer concept he has been studying at the Applied Physics Laboratory (Johns Hopkins), but IIE itself rose out of earlier design studies for a spacecraft that would penetrate the heliopa... | <urn:uuid:20584bc5-018a-4022-8b83-9073c66a9fef> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.centauri-dreams.org/?p=12778 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00100-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924405 | 1,586 | 3.109375 | 3 |
• clodhopper •
klahd-hah-pêr • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Noun
Meaning: 1. A heavy leathery work shoe that laces up to the ankle. 2. (Offensive) A country bumpkin, a clumsy uncouth oaf.
Notes: This week is a week of lexical contrasts: yesterday's word was genteel so today's word refers to the least genteel shoe there is.... | <urn:uuid:99977ce6-aff6-46ff-8d11-f9ce15781827> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.alphadictionary.com/goodword/word/print/clodhopper | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00191-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953358 | 444 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Canada has been cited repeatedly by the United Nations because of its extreme racism.
But, this has absolutely NOTHING to do with the French speaking population and the English speaking population. In fact, generally, they get along fine, with no "racism" at all, because they are the same race. They are Caucasians, of ... | <urn:uuid:c9992079-fc43-458c-ba1f-9c1bb0f79443> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://forums.canadiancontent.net/canadian-culture/99522-racism-canada.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397562.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00125-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98131 | 863 | 2.859375 | 3 |
(STRINGER Mexico Reuters, REUTERS)
LONDON (Reuters) - Culls of hundreds of thousands of chickens, turkeys and ducks to stem bird flu outbreaks rarely make international headlines these days, but they are a worryingly common event as the deadly virus continues its march across the globe.
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Suppose you have two mass spectra, and you want to check if they both were obtained from the same protein; you will need some notion of spectra similarity. The simplest possible metric would be to count the number of peaks in the mass spectrum that the spectra share, called the shared peaks count; its analogue for simp... | <urn:uuid:64afaf9e-33dd-4d5f-b596-c5c05a0afb05> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://rosalind.info/problems/conv/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402699.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00156-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.905986 | 364 | 2.609375 | 3 |
|SUSTAINING OUR NATURAL WORLD|
Trees and Plants
This site provides leads to information on key environmental issues and resources: Acid Rain Animal Rights Biodiversity Climate Endangered Species Environmental Education Environmental Justice & Environmental Racism Environmental Law Forests Toxics, Hazards & Wastes (incl... | <urn:uuid:4fb5f76c-a2d0-4a21-80a8-63121fe283e5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.prout.org/res/Links4.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393518.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00200-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.845459 | 3,423 | 3.015625 | 3 |
The Lade AS Windship is a conceptual vessel that hopes to usher in a new age of sustainable shipping. Norwegian sustainable design firm Lade AS envisions its Windship as sort of an inverted sailboat. The ship would plow through the water thanks to its hull, which would function like a giant airfoil.
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Help America’s Endangered Waterways
Yesterday, American Rivers released their 2012 list of America’s Most Endangered Rivers. Topping the nonprofit’s annual list is none other than the Potomac River, also known as “the nation’s river” and not far from our headquarters here in Washington, D.C. Nearly five million people ... | <urn:uuid:2a030996-7abb-40b2-b32a-08bb4938ee00> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.americanforests.org/blog/help-americas-endangered-waterways/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00086-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953346 | 464 | 3.40625 | 3 |
The first graduating class of the University of North Dakota chose colors of the Wild Prairie Rose as the school’s official color in 1889.
The USDA considers it a weed!
The North Dakota’s State flower, the Wild Prairie Rose, has three distinct species: the Rosa Blanda, Arkansana, and Pratincula. Grown as an ornamental ... | <urn:uuid:84948f64-a0de-4f7e-8089-4a069bd4beba> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.proflowers.com/blog/north-dakota-state-flower-the-wild-prairie-rose | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00180-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.903153 | 393 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Flag Day Quest
Our flag is red, white, and blue,
But our nation is a rainbow -
Red, yellow, brown, black, and white -
And we're all precious in God's sight.
What does our flag mean to you?
How do you feel when you see our American flag displayed?
Today you will learn about our country's flag.
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Monday, July 16, 2012
Zoobiquity With Horowitz and Bowers
This new book Zoobiquity makes the pitch for far greater collaboration between human and animal medicine. The most compelling argument though is that there are many prospective animal models to work with in terms of developing healing protocols. We need to be ta... | <urn:uuid:e3781399-9041-4a6f-9c19-179c771e0e61> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.ca/2012/07/zoobiquity-with-horowitz-and-bowers.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00106-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950697 | 4,019 | 2.625 | 3 |
Figure 20.23. Energy requirements of different forms of passenger transport. The vertical coordinate shows the energy consumption in kWh per 100 passenger-km. The horizontal coordinate indicates the speed of the transport. The “Car (1)” is an average UK car doing 33 miles per gallon with a single occupant. The “Bus” is... | <urn:uuid:9e359618-bde1-458c-9d54-ca819c840330> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.withouthotair.com/c20/page_128.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00036-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.824407 | 187 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Teenager Creates New Instant HIV Test!
Nigel Campbell | May 14, 2014
Canadian high school student Nicole Ticea has developed an HIV test, which can instantly detect the presence of the virus in a drop of blood. This test differs from other HIV tests that typically look for the presence of HIV antibodies and removes the... | <urn:uuid:162d4bc9-5f58-4645-a92b-415eff33e283> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://instinctmagazine.com/post/teenager-creates-new-instant-hiv-test | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00127-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944605 | 308 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Industrial Revolution is the name given to changes that took place in Great Britain during the period from roughly 1730 to 1850. It was originated by German author Friedrich Engels (1820–1895) in 1844. In general, those changes involved the transformation of Great Britain from a largely agrarian (farming) society to on... | <urn:uuid:9d3d5d36-576b-4eec-b533-681f269d8cbd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.scienceclarified.com/He-In/Industrial-Revolution.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00077-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974075 | 1,253 | 3.953125 | 4 |
On February 14, 1990, after nearly 13 years of travel through the outer Solar System, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft crossed the orbit of Pluto and turned its camera around, capturing photos of the planets as seen from that vast distance. It was a family portrait taken from over 4.4 billion kilometers away — the ultimate ... | <urn:uuid:dfe95dbc-e6c6-4c22-bb10-11eb502a5047> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.universetoday.com/99938/a-valentine-from-voyager/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00005-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942435 | 315 | 3.34375 | 3 |
Delicate Blue-eye - Pseudomugil tenellus
The Delicate Blue-eye was scientifically described by Taylor in 1964. Its scientific name is Pseudomugil tenellus. It was first collected for scientific purposes in 1964 by an American ichthyologist named Miller.
The Delicate Blue-eye can reach a length of 5.5 cm (2.2 inches). T... | <urn:uuid:aa81f78b-6732-410c-97ea-7ad1c1db7af3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/blue-eye/delicate.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00127-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.914922 | 1,017 | 3.578125 | 4 |
World Bioenergy Association issues small-scale biomass heat facts
As part of a campaign to highlight key developments across the entire bioenergy industry, the World Bioenergy Association has released a fact sheet focused on small-scale biomass heating.
The fact sheet covers topics such as the heating value of differen... | <urn:uuid:67adba0f-c9f4-4a42-9f37-9702f409f70e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.biomassmagazine.com/articles/8227/world-bioenergy-association-issues-small-scale-biomass-heat-facts | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00143-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939704 | 440 | 2.703125 | 3 |
The unique approach of introducing children via entertaining educational fairytales to the world of Nature's Gifts - Healthy Food - is found to be the most successful, easiest and proven to be very effective by parents from all over the world. Now this project has stepped ahead - its heroes came alive online: vegetable... | <urn:uuid:8dee76e0-7ccb-4e59-ac2d-44c9c2d2790d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.vegetables-for-kids.com/beetroots-for-kids.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398873.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00142-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970881 | 1,704 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Blount, William Grainger
1784–21 May 1827
William Grainger Blount, congressman, was the oldest son of Southwest Territory Governor William Blount and his wife, Mary Grainger, the daughter of Colonel William Caleb Grainger of Wilmington. William Grainger ("Billy") Blount was born at Piney Grove on Great Contentnea Creek... | <urn:uuid:15e8800f-e4c2-4c4d-9f3e-e68233dda2e8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ncpedia.org/node/4602 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00063-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968831 | 988 | 2.90625 | 3 |
puppet, human or animal figure, generally of a small size and performing on a miniature stage, manipulated by an unseen operator who usually speaks the dialogue. A distinction is made between marionettes, moved by strings or wires from above, and hand puppets, in which the hand of the operator is concealed in the costu... | <urn:uuid:9574bb51-920c-4ef6-a5bb-f30d7981c7ec> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/entertainment/puppet.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00063-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960611 | 723 | 3.375 | 3 |
- Social & Humanitarian
- The Rebbe
The contents of the Central Chabad library are a scholar's dream and the heritage of the Lubavitch community. After a tumultuous history, the Library of Agudas Chassidei Chabad and Ohel Yosef Yitzchak Lubavitch, now known as the Central Chabad Library, opened its reading room in 1992... | <urn:uuid:812122c6-22b5-4eb7-b117-23ea7dc75d16> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://lubavitch.com/department.html?h=677 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396100.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00076-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946848 | 1,645 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Desktop Survival Guide
by Graham Williams
Benford's Law primarily applies to the first digit of the numbers. A similar, but much less strong, law also applies to the second, third and fourth digits. A common mathematical formula has been developed that generalises the distribution for the first, and the distributions c... | <urn:uuid:3476ed22-5e56-405b-876b-e9afa4f8a214> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.togaware.com/datamining/survivor/Other_Digits.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00164-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.91971 | 178 | 3.421875 | 3 |
BELGIUMLOCATION, SIZE, AND EXTENT
FLORA AND FAUNA
ENERGY AND POWER
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
BANKING AND SECURITIES
CUSTOMS AND DUTIES
LIBRARIES AND MUSEUMS
TOURISM, TRAVEL, AND RECREATION
Kingdom of Belgium
Dutch: Koninkrijk België;
French: Royaume de Belgique
CAPITAL: Brussels (Brussel, Bruxelles)
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The fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, is one of the most studied eukaryotic organisms and a central model for the human genome project. Introduced as an experimental organism in the early years of this century, the genetic prowess of D.melanogaster has placed this fly at the forefront o... | <urn:uuid:03e13b5d-3410-4c9b-98c1-5af758313303> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://flybase.org/static_pages/docs/pubs/fb-nar99-doc.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394605.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00025-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.901012 | 4,188 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Canadian Patent Database. PatentStorm: U.S. Patents. United States Patent and Trademark Office. Library of Free Data Models from DatabaseAnswers.org. Canine Inherited Disorders Database - Introduction. HUNDDATA. The Ins and Outs of Pedigree Analysis, Genetic Diversity, and Ge. As dog breeders, we engage in genetic "exp... | <urn:uuid:08e8250e-980b-4795-9e7e-2f811f94acbc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pearltrees.com/bitjungle/pedigree/id390973 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00006-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.868506 | 200 | 2.578125 | 3 |
My son did 3rd last year.
Long addition with carrying, long subtraction with borrowing, fractions, adding money, some basic geometry, and intro to multiplication and division. There was also some graph stuff.
Also word problems with higher addition/subtraction/mult/division.
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Land constraints and growing population and urbanization throughout Asia underscore the need for environmentally sound technologies to sustain agricultural growth.
The first agricultural revolution occurred in Asia and involved the domestication of plants and animals. It is believed that vegeculture first developed in ... | <urn:uuid:abd5e31f-3f32-4893-9880-a51f31796a7d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://lifeofplant.blogspot.com/2011/12/asian-agriculture.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00069-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937254 | 2,440 | 3.921875 | 4 |
“I’m a microbiologist masquerading as an artist. Or am I an artist masquerading as a microbiologist?” says Zachary Copfer on his personal Web site, Science to the Power of Art. “I can’t seem to remember anymore.”
His confusion over how to describe himself is understandable. Copfer is an artist in a lab coat.
Copfer gra... | <urn:uuid:6481fa88-c10a-4155-877c-45c536e46cc3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/painting-portraits-with-bacteria-68104921/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00036-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960444 | 714 | 2.65625 | 3 |
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Psorothamnus fremontii (Torr. ex Gray) Barneby
Scientific Name Synonyms:
Dalea fremontii Torr. ex Gray
Life Span: Perennial
Growth Characteristics: A finely branched, small shrub, growing 1 to 4 feet tall.
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In computer science, a nominal or nominative type system (or name-based type system) is a major class of type system, in which compatibility and equivalence of data types is determined by explicit declarations and/or the name of the types. Nominal systems are used to determine if types are equivalent, as well as if a t... | <urn:uuid:de9b84a5-600f-4457-9bf6-1ba8e0660fe2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mashpedia.com/Nominative_type_system | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394937.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00127-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908456 | 467 | 3.640625 | 4 |
Megan Saynisch is a freelance writer, cook, gardener and the creator of Brooklynfarmhouse.com.
This past weekend, I worked in my community garden in Brooklyn to clean up some of the damage caused by Hurricane Sandy and to prepare the growing beds for the coming winter. In a small, overlooked area of the garden, giant s... | <urn:uuid:b61dee3f-642b-4f19-949f-21ee27569f7f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sustainabletable.org/print/1488 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00115-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958303 | 2,036 | 2.875 | 3 |
Occurrence and Distribution of Enteric Viruses in Shallow Groundwater and Factors Affecting Well Vulnerability to Microbiological Contamination in Worcester and Wicomico Counties, Maryland
By William S.L. Banks, Cheryl A. Klohe, and David A. Battigelli
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A Brief History of Allegheny College
Allegheny College was founded in 1815 by Timothy Alden, a Harvard graduate, who served as the first President of the College. One of Allegheny’s early achievements was the Act of 1870, which allowed women to attend Allegheny College. Initially, many students were opposed; yet five y... | <urn:uuid:93af7028-fdfe-4f77-a635-a88530c95d45> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://sites.allegheny.edu/internationalstudentservices/handbook/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00176-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984447 | 171 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Parker Hannifin engineers state that they are seeing heavy interest in hydraulic valve technology from the marine industry (including those people who make those several-hundred-foot-long yachts) in applications as wide-ranging as bow thrusters and tugboat control to sail and winch control. The reason? Recent advanceme... | <urn:uuid:2d5ac6d9-1fc8-4479-a6d1-c55b27d0c0dc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.designnews.com/document.asp?doc_id=221086 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00139-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967324 | 374 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Straight Talk with Sam by Congressman Sam Graves
Thomas Jefferson is best remembered as the man who wrote the Declaration of Independence. He also served as third President of the United States, the second Vice President of the United States, the first Secretary of State and the Governor of Virginia. He knew a thing or... | <urn:uuid:307ec591-cc8e-472c-8ee5-697b1dabd6fc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://gallatinnorthmissourian.com/2007/10/31/local-control/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393463.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00155-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983311 | 82 | 2.8125 | 3 |
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Potty Train a 1-1/2-Year-Old?
Q: My husband and I have a son who is one and a half years old. When is a good time to start potty training for him?
A: Parents often want to train as early as possible. Sometimes it can be difficult for families because specific child care arrangements are affected if a... | <urn:uuid:2e9eee93-46bd-4c41-a24a-42da695d82dc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://life.familyeducation.com/toddler/emotional-development/40569.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00098-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971876 | 389 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Few experiences are as rich as getting lost in a character while reading a great novel. But be careful: Losing yourself could cause you to actually lose a bit of yourself. A new study finds that such “experience taking” can result in actually changing your thoughts and behavior to match those of the character, albeit p... | <urn:uuid:b8db3a12-ff2f-43d0-8057-4d30ed560ba5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.livescience.com/20133-lost-character-change.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00138-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969295 | 433 | 2.875 | 3 |
By the President of the United States of America
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." On the 63rd anniversary of the birth of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., we honor an American who took a brav... | <urn:uuid:05120bb9-9c5c-4691-8652-96a8030094a5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/index.php?pid=47329 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00191-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964505 | 956 | 3 | 3 |
Language of the Visual Arts
Tuesday and Thursday, 8:30-9:45, FA 166.
Web page: http://employees.oneonta.edu/farberas/arth/ARTH200/ARTH200_Syllabus.html
Dr. Allen Farber, Associate
303 Fine Arts Center (436- 2558); E-Mail: FARBERAS@oneonta.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 10:00-11:00 and Wednesday, 1:00-3:00, or b... | <urn:uuid:28c299fd-da86-4438-bf67-de8675b95b4c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.oneonta.edu/faculty/farberas/arth/ARTH200/ARTH200_Syllabus.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00149-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937752 | 1,551 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Individual differences |
Methods | Statistics | Clinical | Educational | Industrial | Professional items | World psychology |
In historical scholarship, a primary source is a document, or other source of information that was created at or near the time being studied, by an authoritative source, usually one with direct ... | <urn:uuid:2d0fea46-ee3f-45a8-b7ec-b3faf964d194> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Primary_source | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404826.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00150-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929089 | 1,883 | 3.609375 | 4 |
Posted 3 years ago on Sept. 29, 2012, 12:49 p.m. EST by flip
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for those who do not want to read the whole thing here is the punch line - " So to talk about hyperinflation as if it is a domestic phenomenon is to ignore the fact that never in history has it been... | <urn:uuid:61b34b4c-99e4-4f85-8f90-58be5f2f3426> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.occupywallst.org/forum/hyperinflation-hoax-by-michael-hudson/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00109-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976968 | 631 | 2.984375 | 3 |
First explain to students the history of the Peace Corps and/or direct them to go to the Peace Corps website. Once students have a general understanding of the history and purpose of the Peace Corps have them select one of the countries on the Peace Corps interactive map.
Then have students go to the Development Educat... | <urn:uuid:dff0007f-5218-4907-8608-74318bed7049> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.firstladies.org/curriculum/curriculum.aspx?Curriculum=1688 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408828.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00112-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.869837 | 262 | 3.890625 | 4 |
What is Conservatism?
1. The inclination, especially in politics, to maintain the existing or traditional order. 2. A political philosophy or attitude emphasizing respect for traditional institutions, distrust of government activism, and opposition to sudden change in the established order.
The American Heritage Dictio... | <urn:uuid:3f06d2f6-b1b6-4fd6-83a5-c501c48ccc69> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pbs.org/now/politics/conservatism.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00142-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945594 | 508 | 3.296875 | 3 |
Sustaining a fishery or fighting natural change?
Largemouth bass populations are slowly replacing walleye in some northwestern Wisconsin waters. As biologists determine the causes, can and should they take steps to restore walleyes as the dominant fish in these waters?
Call it the case of the missing walleye. Ol'marble... | <urn:uuid:d78ade59-9096-4fa0-b793-c6399d7f4c14> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://dnr.wi.gov/wnrmag/2010/06/fishery.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00169-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963942 | 3,637 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Experiment of the Month
The previous discussion of the Foucault Pendulum was intended for use as a supplement to AP physics. This edition is intended for general science students whose technical skills are not as extensively developed as AP physics students. The plans were developed by Maureen Dooley, B.S.Ed. They are ... | <urn:uuid:f71017bb-af29-4710-b8f2-9f7eff7a7e47> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.millersville.edu/physics/experiments/073/index.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396455.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00175-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940461 | 341 | 4.125 | 4 |
Historically, food systems in the Appalachian Mountains relied on tight-knit communities working together to create food security on a local level. These traditional agricultural systems made food and food production an intimate and inextricable part of daily life. But today those everyday interactions — with the plant... | <urn:uuid:8a1c9d88-5d63-4a29-8469-80696786c193> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://mountainx.com/living/farm-garden/reliving-history-bringing-folk-agriculture-back-to-the-modern-food-economy/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00139-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951052 | 1,100 | 3.25 | 3 |
Did Stanford's Solar Car Project build the fastest solar-powered car ever assembled by human hands? Possibly. We'll now for sure when the vehicle, called Xenith, hits the pavement in Australia during the World Solar Challenge. Updated.
The event is held every two years, with changing qualifications proposed by organize... | <urn:uuid:2e2058fa-efc7-48da-9f8e-24873811bdb4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://gizmodo.com/5830691/standfords-bold-claim-to-the-fastest-solar-car-ever-built | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00044-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966628 | 344 | 2.921875 | 3 |
ERIC Number: ED315883
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1986-Dec
Reference Count: N/A
Classroom Management Techniques and Student Discipline.
This paper reviews concepts and research findings on classroom management techniques and explores how these techniques are related to student discipline strategies. The first se... | <urn:uuid:2ae2643b-ed30-4db3-a41a-42177a209a3e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED315883 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00134-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.895135 | 329 | 2.8125 | 3 |
The active ingredient in psychedelic mushrooms decreases brain activity, possibly explaining the vivid, mind-bending effects of the drug, a new study finds.
The decreases were focused in regions that serve as crossroads for information in the brain, meaning that information may flow more freely in a brain on mushrooms.... | <urn:uuid:cb4a47dc-c887-44e1-9c7e-ff6693e966d5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.livescience.com/18067-psychedelic-mushrooms-brain-activity.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00108-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94391 | 820 | 2.515625 | 3 |
SAN ANTONIO -- Foreign-born children who did not have allergies when they came to the U.S. became more likely to develop them after 10 years of residence, researchers found.
Compared with foreign-born children who had lived in the U.S. for 2 or fewer years, children who lived in the U.S. for over a decade were at three... | <urn:uuid:78f173f1-1f7f-42b1-9bee-d5e245ce072d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/AAAAI/37536 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00052-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972548 | 1,030 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Ankle Fracture Overview
Ankle injuries are among the most common of the bone and joint injuries. Often, the degree of pain, the inability to walk, or concern that a bone may be broken is what might cause you to seek care in an emergency situation.
For the most part, your concern is the same as the doctor's: Is there a ... | <urn:uuid:a8d3b17d-faeb-4310-9bb6-51940f0d0e19> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.webmd.com/fitness-exercise/ankle-fracture | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00103-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922551 | 470 | 3.625 | 4 |
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