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The gigantic sinkhole that opened up in Guatemala City on Sunday has geologists scratching their heads and observers calling for better safety controls, but the more interesting question is: “What to do with a giant Guatemala sinkhole?“
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Along Yellowstone National Park's East Entrance Road, a resourceful combination of topsoil and on-site organic material has restored native vegetation, ground cover, a natural setting, and roadside habitats for birds and small mammals. When biologists from the Western Federal Lands Division of the Federal Highway Admin... | <urn:uuid:58bf7889-d7ab-4053-ba24-692236f1efda> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/environment/wildlife_protection/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewArticle&articleID=59 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00148-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943972 | 201 | 3.328125 | 3 |
Teachers and students, we want to welcome you to our website. Here you can find Free Math Worksheets to help you teach and learn math. But that's not all, here you will be able to learn math by following instructions from our experienced math professors and tutors.
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Tom Patterson, U.S. National Park Service
This tutorial introduces an easy technique for draping raster geo-images, including satellite images, aerial photographs, and rasterized vector linework, onto DEM surfaces in Bryce 5. Using a pre-registered 1,024 x 1,024 DEM and satellite image of the Island of Hawaii, you will... | <urn:uuid:abce53f3-8ce3-48be-8c5d-0d93ac580b9a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.shadedrelief.com/drape/index.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00186-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.863484 | 1,284 | 2.640625 | 3 |
- Preventing theft
Art Hand Jr., assistant superintendent of facilities and planning at Lodi Unified School District, offered advice to keep classrooms safe from theft:
Do not leave small portable electronic devices near windows. Keep them out of sight in a cabinet or near the center of the room.
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High-Quality Picture Transmission in a Digital Audio System
A high-quality digital video signal is transmitted with low bit rate in a digital audio system. Several digital audio systems have been developed for professional and consumer use. The transmission rate of most two-channel digital recorders is approximately 2 ... | <urn:uuid:8407e334-0e3f-4630-a0fe-724432b59746> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.aes.org/e-lib/browse.cfm?elib=3396 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00123-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934483 | 279 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Law violators have fled from authorities for as long as the police have been chasing them. Stories of bank robbers riding horses out of town followed by the sheriff's posse fill the folklore of the Old West. The Keystone Cops once provided comic relief in cinema as they depicted officers chasing-but never catching-hood... | <urn:uuid:1c7b2c5b-160f-4d6c-b0df-5e097a34ce82> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.policemag.com/channel/technology/articles/2007/11/cutting-out-the-chase.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00045-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95981 | 2,906 | 2.546875 | 3 |
08 May 2012:
Highly Endangered Gorillas Are Captured in Rare Video Footage
A camera trap video in Cameroon has captured nearly two minutes of film of the Cross River gorilla, the rarest of the four sub-species of gorillas and one that is seldom seen in the wild. The footage shows a group of eight gorillas walking throu... | <urn:uuid:03200101-888f-449a-b698-d7c0b99a4849> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://e360.yale.edu/content/digest.msp?id=3455 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00189-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934533 | 263 | 3.15625 | 3 |
CFM stands for ColdFusion Markup language, also referred to as CFML. CFM files can contain code to dynamically generate a web page by accessing a database, generating Flash forms and creating reports as needed.
CFM files can also be used in conjunction with a ColdFusion server to deliver web based applications. CFM fil... | <urn:uuid:d3663edf-8f1e-40bb-b61f-ed699134045b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://whatis.techtarget.com/fileformat/CFM-ColdFusion-template | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00078-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.858078 | 150 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Fried has described his approach to composition and technology in four related principles:
Interrogation: the exposure and exploitation of a machine's basic functions and assumptions. The Jamaican 'dub' producers of the 1970s used the multi-channel mixer to create drastically altered versions of reggae recordings. What... | <urn:uuid:7cc0575b-b05d-4b4c-984e-9b86a89a2784> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mvdaily.com/articles/2000/02/emfried2.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00135-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939776 | 407 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Phocaea (fōsēˈə) [key], ancient city, W Asia Minor, N of Smyrna (Izmir), in present Turkey. It was northernmost of the Greek Ionian cities. In the 7th cent. B.C. it grew into a maritime state; its chief colony was Massilia (now Marseilles). In 540 B.C., after a siege by the Persians, most of the inhabitants left, going... | <urn:uuid:d8d8b8d2-a86a-4d6c-a51e-4a10a2666518> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia/history/phocaea.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00058-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954064 | 142 | 2.546875 | 3 |
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Job 1:9-11 - Then Satan answered the LORD, and said, Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side? thou hast blessed the work of ... | <urn:uuid:b2bcb509-658b-4700-a8e1-a99a8e19be9b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bible-history.com/old-testament/bookofjob.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00041-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959505 | 1,969 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Mobile phone is a telephone system that works without any wire. Mobile phone is one of the wonderful wonders of science. It has added a new dimension to our life and to communication system. It can be moved easily and quickly from place to place.
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Squash is among the most commonly grown plant in the vegetable garden. This crop is fairly easy to grow and establishes itself quite well in most regions of the United States.
Varieties of Squash
There are many varieties of squash, most of which are vine plants; there are a number of bush types as well, however. Before... | <urn:uuid:7f00a627-47fe-497c-b5c9-5365535ecdae> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/squash/tips-for-growing-squash.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00194-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952988 | 871 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Homemade home: creating in the face of the nostalgic impulse
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Nostalgia is a pervasive and widely accepted form of dishonesty. Throughout American history, people have made and collected objects, upheld traditions, and revered styles and forms of past eras with the aim of recreating or ... | <urn:uuid:3992687c-2ea7-4a54-9574-19a65f5d6a6f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/handle/10355/5634 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399522.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00046-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945673 | 296 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Open source makes it possible for anyone to design their own computer
Could the Girl Scouts position themselves as a tech giant?
Now that full-fledged computers are approaching the size of a USB Flash drive and are being sold for less than $75, my interest in designing a Linux computer of my own has been re-awakened.
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As telecommunications policy expert Susan Crawford pointed out to Bill, over the past decade, America has fallen behind many other wealthy countries in access to high-speed Internet. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) recently ranked America 15th internationally, with broadband available ... | <urn:uuid:5a357352-523c-489d-8ba6-9b88a395e06a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://billmoyers.com/2013/02/08/how-connected-is-your-community/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393518.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00030-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920211 | 301 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Saturday, 09 March 2013
Wildlife and Industry: A Kentish Heritage
Community Arts and Education day school
Tutor: Tutor: Peter Flower
Date: Saturday 9 March 2013 | 10am-4pm
When we look at the countryside of Kent we think of a rural idyll. But historically Kent has often been at the centre of industrial development. Thi... | <urn:uuid:cfa9172a-1f5f-4b03-82ab-c7b4bd02e936> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.canterbury.ac.uk/events/event-details.asp?eventId=3784 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00034-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950392 | 228 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Pliny the Younger
Pliny the Younger was an author who attests, in a letter to the emperor Trajan about a grant of citizenship for a therapist named Harpocras, that citizenship was granted to some Egyptians, though far from open-handedly. He states in his letter that , since he was an Egyptian, Pliny should have obtaine... | <urn:uuid:f7387c2c-bc49-4395-aa66-27b0914a56db> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.touregypt.net/who/plinyty.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00006-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.986341 | 211 | 2.625 | 3 |
What is encapsulation?It is the fundamental principles of object-oriented programming. It hides all the internal details of an object from the outside world. It hides its data and methods from outside the world and only expose data and methods that are required. It provides us maintainability, flexibility and extensibi... | <urn:uuid:51d2f454-0a81-4e13-9750-d5361b791436> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.careerride.com/VB.NET-encapsulation.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00054-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.874554 | 136 | 3.390625 | 3 |
In this interesting op-ed theoretical physicist Mark Buchanan argues that Economists Have a Lot to Learn From the Weather. I could not agree more.
He makes the case that most modern economists dismiss the inherent instability of economy. That they are wrapped up in tidy models of how the everything is supposed to work.... | <urn:uuid:9181ac4a-eaca-4fdb-bd64-3eec540c74f1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.againstcronycapitalism.org/2012/04/economics-is-subject-to-the-same-rules-of-nature-as-everything-else/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396959.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00032-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981754 | 605 | 2.5625 | 3 |
There are a few variations in how chord charts are shown. But, since they’re a fairly intuitive picture of what to do, it’s not hard to work out.
The type of chord chart I use shows the ukulele fretboard as if it’s pointing upwards and facing towards you. The strings are the vertical lines (starting with G at the left)... | <urn:uuid:3bb9f73a-6313-45fb-a233-d5e97fd08a9c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ukulelehunt.com/2008/03/19/how-to-read-ukulele-chord-charts/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394937.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00144-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940956 | 562 | 2.78125 | 3 |
If I'm reading a paper map how do I determine what projection was used to draw the map if such information is not explicitly labelled on the document?
Online it is easy to find resources (for example, Wikipedia or GIS Wiki) that describe and classify the various projections in use. However, as a non-expert map user I f... | <urn:uuid:bf12dc62-93b6-40ce-8a1c-b0b071dd9194> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://gis.stackexchange.com/questions/22540/how-do-i-determine-the-projection-of-a-paper-map | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00055-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939688 | 264 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Warren’s debut provides a much-needed biography of a heroine in the struggle for migrant farmworkers’ rights.
Dolores Huerta, often relegated to a secondary character in books about César Chávez, takes center stage in this accessible story. Huerta’s story begins with her realization that migrant farmworkers’ conditions... | <urn:uuid:c055c1d1-751f-45d6-b599-ed519cec215c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/sarah-warren/dolores-huerta/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408828.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00094-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916389 | 295 | 3.296875 | 3 |
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The Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center provides this glossary to help you understand words you may ... | <urn:uuid:7e391732-3075-4ba6-a8c3-708ccdaa9c98> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/service/o/otolaryngology/patients/glossary/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00011-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943151 | 10,978 | 3.546875 | 4 |
The lot on Duero Street looks pretty much like any other slightly overgrown site to passers-by, but for archaeologists it’s a treasure trove.
There is no gold or silver here, but lots of fragments of Native American pottery and some European pottery, signs this is the remains of a farmstead that was once part of an 18t... | <urn:uuid:ceb53504-cfe2-4626-af15-fdd28abd8134> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2013-10-13/story/archaeologists-discover-rare-18th-century-mission-site-st-augustine | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00169-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971655 | 1,241 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Every time it rains, workers in Long Beach rush to the mouth of the Los Angeles River to scoop up the floating islands of plastic bottles, grocery bags and other debris before it's all swept onto local beaches or pulled out to sea.
Now, a deceptively simple solution is underway to fight the ongoing problem of river tra... | <urn:uuid:92427044-c1ea-472a-a90e-60fa318316d9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/19/local/la-me-river-trash-20100919 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00058-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955396 | 1,155 | 2.875 | 3 |
In this chapter may be found the answer to the question of James Bryce (1 The American Commonwealth, 77) as to why our Presidential Office has not been oftener filled by the most competent men. He wrote that Europeans ask and Americans do not always explain "how it happens that this great office, the greatest in the wo... | <urn:uuid:c20cc8a8-77ec-4b46-8edc-e20aea273573> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.constitution.org/norton/norton_15.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00187-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976959 | 12,106 | 3.0625 | 3 |
The Peanuts Comic Strip
Why is the comic strip named Peanuts?
Originally, Charles Schulz named his strip Li’l Folks, but when it became syndicated in 1950 by United Feature Syndicate, there was concern about possible copyright infringement with a cartoon called Little Folks by Tack Knight that had been published in the... | <urn:uuid:ed3cb460-7985-4e2d-9fec-e940bad704bd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://schulzmuseum.org/about-the-man/frequently-asked-questions/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00065-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967478 | 3,201 | 2.796875 | 3 |
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Translation of machine gun in Spanish:
- (before noun) machine-gun firefuego (masculine) de ametralladoraExample sentences
- It was a giant machine gun that fired plastic bullets and grenades.
- The most important of these were the bolt action rifle and the machine gun, and hand grenades and mortars.
- She felt several... | <urn:uuid:37358016-d2cf-4de6-9abf-0253789968ca> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/translate/english-spanish/machine-gun | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00014-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.901944 | 145 | 2.578125 | 3 |
First, consider the preliminaries:
- Steadiness is an extension of obedience. Ensure compliance with obedience commands prior to enforcing steadiness.
- Avoid too many meaningless retrieves for pups; they serve only to overexcite the dog. Keep retrieves between 2 to 4 per week in pre-training, 6 to 8 marks per week in ... | <urn:uuid:2a74ebe7-3cfb-4592-a051-1876e116b8ef> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ducks.org/hunting/retriever-training/steadying-the-retriever-part-i/page2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399522.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00050-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920004 | 346 | 2.625 | 3 |
A handheld tool is under development to diagnose traumatic brain injuries on the spot using technology developed by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln chemist. Such a device could yield critical and in some cases life-saving information to guide triage decisions from the battlefield to the football field.
SFC Fluidics, a... | <urn:uuid:9345429d-00ad-47d6-abe9-1f4ef50876f8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-unl-power-handheld-traumatic-brain.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00158-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946012 | 771 | 2.75 | 3 |
Please help me correct this writing if it has mistake. Thank you
PRODIGY CAO BA QUAT
Cao Ba Quat was born into a scholarly simple family. In his childhood, he was well known for his cleverness, strong character, good literature and fine writing.
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Margin of Safety
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How it works (Example):
The formula for margin of safety is:
Margin of Safety = 1 - Stock's Current Price / Stock's
Let's look at an example.
Assume an investor pays $9.50 for a stock he believes to be worth $10.00.
Because the investor is paying 95% of the estimated inherent value ($9.50 /... | <urn:uuid:d623a075-1efc-4c02-80d1-e36fefe0b21a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.investinganswers.com/financial-dictionary/stock-valuation/margin-safety-1273 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00063-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94575 | 612 | 2.78125 | 3 |
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The first American soldiers, members of the 5th Army, reached the centre of Rome late last night after encountering dogged resistance from German forces on the outskirts of the city.
Early this morning it was announced the German troops had been ordered to withdraw.
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Aspiring engineers and scientist swarmed the Austintown Middle School gymnasium during the district's first FIRST Lego League competition Jan. 11.
FIRST, which stands for, For Information and Recognition of Science and Technology, is a program designed to inspire students to become excited about science and technology.... | <urn:uuid:24c6e7af-63c1-44be-91f9-23ea9f34ef83> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.towncrieronline.com/page/content.detail/id/512676/Students-get-in-tune-with-nature-during-FLL-event.html?nav=5021 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394605.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00036-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975025 | 686 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Pansy flowers come in a wide variety of color combinations, from the solid yellow or blue pansies with black pencil lines pointing out from the center to a combination of two to three bright colors with a dark center called a face. Pansies grown in U.S. Department of Agriculture hardiness zone 10 will bloom in the spri... | <urn:uuid:c94e63a8-9848-4f50-b7fc-e7e2ae058c59> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://homeguides.sfgate.com/germinate-pansy-seeds-22017.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398209.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00102-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.900226 | 889 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Appendix vs Annexure
Appendix and Annexure are two terms between which certain differences can be identified. These two words are often confused in terms of their meanings. They are two different words that convey two different meanings and connotations. An appendix is a section of additional information in a book. Mai... | <urn:uuid:30cc6b9d-26cc-4ef1-8f35-967cb3b0b778> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.differencebetween.com/difference-between-appendix-and-vs-annexure/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403508.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00077-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941476 | 784 | 3.375 | 3 |
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University of Wisconsin students win divestment from apartheid South Africa, 1969-1978
Madison Wisconsin was one of the first communities in the United States to recognize apartheid in South Africa as a serious and international issue that could potentially be addressed in... | <urn:uuid:d03fee19-937b-406e-b6fb-2ac44908bc2b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/university-wisconsin-students-win-divestment-apartheid-south-africa-1969-1978 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00193-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969394 | 1,153 | 2.875 | 3 |
Scientists Grow Miniature, but Distinctly Human, Brain in the Lab
Austrian researchers have used regenerative techniques to grow a miniature human brain in the lab, they reported recently in the journal Nature.
The researchers started with pluripotent human stem cells, or stem cells that are capable of developing into ... | <urn:uuid:33a7ae8d-da18-4f34-8d57-0d15c9a02bc9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://singularityhub.com/2013/08/30/scientists-grow-miniature-but-distinctly-human-brain-in-the-lab/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00093-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950357 | 652 | 3.75 | 4 |
Observations of Atmospheric Gases Using Fourier Transform Spectrometers
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Remote sensing of atmospheric gases improves our understanding of the state and evolution of the Earth’s environment. At the beginning of the thesis, the basic principles for the retrieval of concentrations of atmosphe... | <urn:uuid:fd2fe377-b0eb-4723-8847-c363ee025d31> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://uwspace.uwaterloo.ca/handle/10012/3406 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397744.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00112-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919713 | 791 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Funk's Grove - Also
getting its start by the Funk family, the grove was first settled by
brothers Isaac and Absalom Funk, who came to the region from Kentucky in
1824. Choosing the location for its water supply, fertile soil, and
timber, they were soon joined by Robert and Dorothy Funk Stubblefield who
followed from Oh... | <urn:uuid:64177df4-6a3d-4d35-bd9d-f75058721f38> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.legendsofamerica.com/il-funksgrove.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403508.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00008-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965596 | 1,630 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Case File: United Kingdom Crop Circles
Location: Numerous locations through Southern England
Date: June 15, 1988
Description: Scattered over bumous sites across the country, hundreds of crop circles in strange, complex shapes have been found throughout southern Englan since the 1970s. Some people believe they are conne... | <urn:uuid:79039347-5633-4c92-a076-211008ce6d50> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/United_Kingdom_Crop_Circles | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396029.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00070-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984064 | 1,288 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Playgrounds and outdoor play equipment offer kids fresh air, exercise and the chance to make new friends. With active supervision, every day at the playground can be nonstop fun.
The hard facts
Every year approximately 205,860 preschool and elementary children receive emergency department care for injuries that occurre... | <urn:uuid:52e9e317-c5c2-4d88-83b2-aed0d7603e47> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ukhealthcare.uky.edu/safekids/resources/risk-areas/playground/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00032-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933953 | 340 | 3.34375 | 3 |
Purpose: To allow students to
observe what happens when salt is added to
icewater. This will help them understand . .
With most lab-activities I give the students a handout that includes pre-lab questions, procedures, data tables, follow-up questions, etc. Occasionally I like to get away from this and have the students... | <urn:uuid:5e9b10e4-c0ad-4035-bd0e-cb2ccfbe5efd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://formontana.net/icewater.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00013-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954328 | 422 | 4.09375 | 4 |
The Edo Period (1603-1867) of Japan is well known for its economic growth and strong social order, but a lesser known fact is that people of this era also enjoyed comedy.
Comedic ukiyo-e (woodblock prints) were particularly popular and they typically depicted anthropomorphic interpretations of plants or animals, showin... | <urn:uuid:f0ad1a0f-95d6-4e10-93a9-d74893b527ae> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2013/09/25/arts/comical-ukiyo-e-humorous-pictures-and-the-school-of-kuniyoshi/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397842.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00107-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952654 | 251 | 2.65625 | 3 |
By: Richard Flynn |Audience: All
The use of e-raters, also known as e-readers, to mark students' writing in computer based tests (CBT) is set to increase in the next few years. GMAT is using them, and TOEFL and GRE are to follow. Critics claim that running algorithms through a text is not as good as having a human mark... | <urn:uuid:18273b54-1101-4693-9eb3-4a2e04ef9d98> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://usingenglish.com/speaking-out/eraters-in-marking-students-writing.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396027.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00198-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961921 | 629 | 2.515625 | 3 |
NOAA RESEARCHERS RETRIEVE WEALTH OF DATA AFTER CHASING HURRICANE ISABEL
Sept. 24, 2003 ó As Hurricane Isabel headed for the North Carolina coast, NOAA researchers continued their pursuit of observations from both land and air. One valuable weather product that benefits from data collected during landfalling hurricanes ... | <urn:uuid:762c42fb-20b8-4800-8bd0-f69671562294> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/s2092.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00117-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958317 | 1,234 | 2.984375 | 3 |
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Located in the province of Palermo, Sicily, on the skirts of Mount Caputo. The city is built in a commanding situation over the port ... | <urn:uuid:8ccebef7-5c6e-4171-a6f1-1f9a1c2e0114> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10508a.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00079-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942959 | 1,042 | 2.625 | 3 |
by Tayeb Abedin
Although there were small kingdoms in the Arabian Peninsula,
the Arabs did not know of a central government with complex functions
before the Prophet, peace be upon him, formed his state at Medinah.
That state carried functions quite different from any previous
state known to us in history. It was an id... | <urn:uuid:279f2136-73ec-43c2-87e8-e61eb82efbd1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.salaam.co.uk/knowledge/shura.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396100.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00054-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958938 | 2,391 | 3.203125 | 3 |
A person is convinced by evidence or argument made to the intellect. A person is persuaded by appeals made to the will, moral sense, or emotions.
A person is convinced of a doctrine, belief, or duty. A person is convicted of a crime, sin, or personal wrongdoing. The noun form of both words is conviction. The act of con... | <urn:uuid:c0365dba-40d5-4158-88c3-bb022c837a5a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.englishplus.com/grammar/00000295.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00113-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963898 | 81 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Green Your Gadgets -- Batteries 101
Last week, congressional watchdog agency GAO published a report on high-tech toxic trash exports and Greenpeace released its ninth annual Guide to Greener Electronics. This week's tips cover ways to keep consumer electronics from harming human health and the environment.
Tip #2: Exte... | <urn:uuid:ea00d08d-23ea-4be2-aa1f-11f3eb7d7b8c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://sierraclub.typepad.com/greenlife/2008/09/green-your-ga-1.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00058-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.909856 | 298 | 3.0625 | 3 |
Kristallnacht anniversary: Controversial Jewish speaker sparks Jewish ire in Germany
Kristallnacht commemorations in Germany tonight will include a speech in Frankfurt by Alfred Grosser, a prominent Franco-German intellectual who escaped the Nazi regime in 1933 and has become a critic of Israel.
Paris — A controversial... | <urn:uuid:c67e4001-3ece-4787-99cb-9fcdd69c829e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2010/1109/Kristallnacht-anniversary-Controversial-Jewish-speaker-sparks-Jewish-ire-in-Germany/(page)/2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00147-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962432 | 1,198 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Your introduction should include an outline of daily activities; but it is equally important to explain the purpose of these activities. Why do students need to practice critical reading in a writing class? How will their writing benefit from learning to analyze the rhetorical context surrounding a text? Without explan... | <urn:uuid:adf57d24-0ff3-4686-88a9-0109859d1629> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/teaching/planning/introductions1.cfm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00020-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956446 | 77 | 2.84375 | 3 |
I. Historical Background
One of the best ways to understand Transcultural Nursing is to learn its history from the author herself. Therefore, we decided to post an excerpt of Dr. Leininger’s interview.
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It had been Captain Guy's original intention, after satisfying himself about the Auroras, to proceed through the Strait of Magellan, and up along the western coast of Patagonia; but information received at Tristan d'Acunha induced him to steer to the southward, in the hope of falling in with some small islands said to ... | <urn:uuid:e012d00f-687e-4bd8-b5f3-0be94ddbf3a0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA98/silverman/poe/agp_ep9.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00137-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977566 | 4,922 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Debated Heroes from the Deep Sea - Marine Genetic Resources
By Kirsten E. Zewers
This article is adapted from an excerpt by Kirsten E. Zewers from her paper, “Bright future for marine genetic resources, bleak future for settlement of ownership rights: reflections on the United Nations Law of the Sea consultative proces... | <urn:uuid:08604ac0-3bed-45f7-b62d-c5128ab2bac6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wipo.int/wipo_magazine/en/2008/02/article_0008.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00168-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932238 | 2,393 | 3.09375 | 3 |
HASSE, TEXAS. Hasse is on U.S. highways 67 and 377 and the Fort Worth and Rio Grande Railroad in central Comanche County. It was founded in 1892 and was first called Cordwood Junction, then later was named after O. H. Hasse, a railway agent at Comanche. In 1900, when its post office was established, the community's pop... | <urn:uuid:8aecf9ba-0caf-4684-8a00-e3ef6a25d0be> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hnh13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00192-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960148 | 405 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Eric Sokolowsky, Horace Mitchell, Steve Maher, NASA
This MPEG-1 film overlays the spread of Yellowstone's famous 1988 fires on satellite imagery of the park. Independent fires are color-coded, making it possible to see how this originally separate fires converged to consume a good part of the park. The map is based on ... | <urn:uuid:eb2d8e6f-0aa9-42a3-9172-62e8849d23f8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nagt.org/resources/20490.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00123-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.895259 | 127 | 2.609375 | 3 |
While there have been only isolated cases of SARS since the 2003/2004 epidemic, it is likely that we will see future outbreaks. As a result, a number of laboratories are working on strategies for a SARS vaccine. One promising approach is being reported by Jan ter Meulen and colleagues.
The researchers developed a strat... | <urn:uuid:1d27f8dc-973c-45ab-8a06-74f728d0ed9e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-3/SARS-vaccine-development-3949-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00091-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941665 | 218 | 3.265625 | 3 |
The word “terrorism” is thrown around in so many different contexts that it has become one of the most misused and misunderstood terms of all times. We tend to throw it around as a pejorative label on any violent event and those who commit those unpopular acts are classified as terrorists instead of looking at the actu... | <urn:uuid:dfaf4ab4-f57e-4276-9bcf-775ed7c1ea2d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://leute.com/wordpress/2013/04/21/special-weekend-edition-terrorism-make-hr-happen-by-tom-bolt/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00041-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96695 | 850 | 2.828125 | 3 |
The eagerly anticipated final season of "Breaking Bad" has led to a lot of viewers catching up on past episodes marathon-style. For my latest Wall Street Journal column, I use this moment of mass-media consumption to dive into the history of "binge-watching."
It all starts with binge, which first shows up in English di... | <urn:uuid:3eb65d8b-7fc6-4b68-b395-93b7bdfe99e9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.vocabulary.com/articles/wordroutes/keeping-a-watch-on-binge-watching/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00174-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950346 | 1,102 | 2.6875 | 3 |
In a study to appear in a March issue of the Journal of Virology and currently available online, UT Southwestern researchers describe how an essential gene, called RIG-I, turns on a cascade of host immune defenses when the hepatitis C virus (HCV) replicates in cultured human cells.
Those immune defenses should fight of... | <urn:uuid:c47cf871-6b4e-4634-a2cc-31a1e6ca2898> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bio-medicine.org/biology-news/Studies-reveal-methods-viruses-use-to-sidestep-immune-system-199-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00031-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953755 | 1,061 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Dulce et decorum est: War and Anti-War Poetry
Soldiers have been writing poetry glorifying or abhorring war for as long as there have been soldiers and wars. Others have written poems lamenting war's inhumanity and its wastes every bit as long. I guess the best we can do is work toward the day when neither will be nece... | <urn:uuid:a42ba748-b388-46e2-8709-78ec65ce9d65> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.hcpl.net/content/dulce-et-decorum-est-war-and-anti-war-poetry | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398216.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00118-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.853088 | 806 | 2.53125 | 3 |
It was however, the Futurist
of March 1912, held at the Sackville Gallery, which proved decisive for his
development. At the exhibition he met the Futurist painter
Gino Severini and returned with him to study in Paris. Here Nevinson was introduced to other Futurist
including Umberto Boccioni and Ardengo Soffici. He was... | <urn:uuid:81d9eedf-d90b-4690-a549-6c2942b5c1da> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mylearning.org/twentieth-century-artists-in-the-graves-gallery/p-737/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00017-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978189 | 414 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Right Now | Sound Synapses
Fitness: Body and Mind
Numerous studies show that caloric-intake restriction (which is known to slow aging in mammals) and exercise have dramatic, beneficial effects on mental acuity and motor ability, says professor of molecular and cellular biology Joshua Sanes, director of the Center for B... | <urn:uuid:fb1b6832-593b-4480-95e8-ec7108c6b140> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://harvardmagazine.com/2010/11/fitness-body-and-mind | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393093.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00084-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946906 | 644 | 3.1875 | 3 |
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Rashtrakuta
RASHTRAKUTA, an Indian dynasty which ruled in the Deccan (q.v.) from about A.D. 750 to 973. The Rashtrakuta or Ratta clan are supposed to have held power during the historical blank before the 6th century; but they came to the front in A.D. 750, when Dantidurga overthrew the Cha... | <urn:uuid:57eda1d7-49d9-4f6d-9976-449dcafd95e9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Rashtrakuta | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00006-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96874 | 293 | 3.546875 | 4 |
Recently in England, Scotland and Northern Ireland, through a Freedom of Information request, the 1939 National Register has become available to researchers. You can only get it for people who are deceased and you need a name and address to request the information.
The information gathered was to provide everyone with ... | <urn:uuid:b1eb561c-9ec7-4215-bf0d-7a0d03c94e03> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.familyhistorysearches.com/category/scotland/page/4/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00082-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973727 | 737 | 2.609375 | 3 |
When the earliest inhabitants of Fiji arrived 3500 years ago, they brought with them the language of the homeland they had set sail from – an island in Vanuatu, or possibly the Solomons (but certainly not Africa!)
That language has changed and splintered over the years into a multitude of different ‘communalects’ now n... | <urn:uuid:491e276a-969e-4eb2-9581-f36d7203336e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://fijiguide.com/page/the-language | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396029.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00165-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954846 | 2,232 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Early History of the Jews in Poland
By Mike Rosenzweig
Artur Szyk: "Kalisz Statute" privelege granted to the Jews by king Boleslaus the Pious
The earliest verifiable records of Jewish settlement in Poland date from the late 11th century. However, it is generally believed that Jews arrived in Poland much earlier. Many s... | <urn:uuid:65f07102-76ef-452c-bf78-232e989f0eee> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.zchor.org/heritage/history.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00132-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977697 | 9,240 | 3.765625 | 4 |
Enzymology and Biotechnology of Protein Prenylation
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Alpha brain waves are one type of brain wave that correspond to a certain state of consciousness. In terms of oscillations, they are measured by an EEG as 8-13 cycles per second.
You are probably wondering what they are good for and how being in the alpha state benefits you…
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The Jewish Shelter Home in Portland, Oregon, was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on June 14, 1984. The home, constructed around 1902, is important for its importance as an early Jewish humanitarian institution in Portland and for its association with important Jewish American citizens and institution... | <urn:uuid:f62570e9-76ec-4fbc-a393-d241a4198649> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/US-Israel/jewshelterportland.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00089-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976288 | 1,109 | 3.359375 | 3 |
Do you eat birds?
If you've eaten a turkey or a chicken nugget, then you've eaten a bird! Providing a food source is just one way that birds are important to humans. In the United States, more than 230 million turkeys are consumed each year, with almost 50 million of those turkeys being eaten at Thanksgiving.
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Paper, 358 pp., $32.00
In ten essays written by anthropologists, foresters, historians and literary scholars, the theme in this scholarly text is how different societies throughout history have related to nature. Using this multi-disciplined approach, the authors discuss the fact that societies have caused environmenta... | <urn:uuid:09672455-2b2f-4082-98d9-2710ddfc33a1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.chicagobotanic.org/book/natures_past_environment_and_human_history | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00037-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942639 | 136 | 2.625 | 3 |
Author: Stephen Bates
I’m sure many of you reading this blog are aware there is a transition occurring in terms of the type of Error Correction Codes (ECCs) being used inside SSD controller chips. Traditionally Bose-Chaudhuri-Hocquenghem (BCH) were used, and they were more than adequate for large geometry NAND flash. H... | <urn:uuid:a59f8eea-8eb7-4102-ae19-964acc69aa72> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.pmcs.com/transitioning-ssds-to-ldpc-error-correction-codes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00185-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937723 | 1,370 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into the environment that causes harmful and toxic effects to living things. Pollution can take the form of chemical substances or energy, such as noise, heat or light. Pollution is often classified as point source or non point source pollution.
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The BBC covers the amazing details:
The bird, a captive African grey called N’kisi, has a vocabulary of 950 words, and shows signs of a sense of humour.
He invents his own words and phrases if he is confronted with novel ideas with which his existing repertoire cannot cope – just as a human child would do.
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Now during the initial stages of decay several things begin to happen in the body. Although the body appears fresh from the outside, the bacteria that are normally inside the intestines of a living person begin to feed on the contents of the intestine and the intestine itself. Eventually these bacteria break out into t... | <urn:uuid:500abc8c-fb7a-4b5c-989e-15d017e1f85c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://essaysbank.com/essay/is-the-ressurection-of-jesus-true | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00012-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954164 | 611 | 2.5625 | 3 |
|Certificates: South Asian Studies|
SOLKATTU is a sytem of spoken syllables and hand gestures used to teach and communicate rhythmic ideas in all of South India's performing arts. It has been part of Wesleyan's program in karnatak music for more than 40 years. Students of many different musical traditions have found so... | <urn:uuid:25fe0359-7b6f-41e9-8451-0597dcc1b6cc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://iasext.wesleyan.edu/regprod/!wesmaps_page.html?crse=005939&term=1111 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00111-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.811124 | 437 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Kathryne Beynon Exhibition Hall
October 9, 2015 through February 14, 2016
From the uncomfortable corsets and ornate bodices of the 1890s to the deconstructed freedom of the 1920s to the full skirts and bullet bras of the 1950s, fashion trends in Pasadena followed the rest of the country.
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Vassals in the Middle Ages
Written by Simon Newman
History - Middle Ages
Vassals in the Middle ages were those who held the land, called a fief, and owed service and allegiance to the lord who granted them that land. The vassal was usually a knight or a baron, but could also be a member of the clergy or a trusted membe... | <urn:uuid:29d560f6-3f78-4353-8fec-38b9b8f3f755> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thefinertimes.com/Middle-Ages/vassals-in-the-middle-ages.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00039-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.988572 | 1,331 | 4.28125 | 4 |
Name: CANONICUS * SACHEM OF THE NARRAGANSETT TRIBE
Sex: M 1
Birth: 1562 in Cape Cod, MA
Death: 4 JUN 1647 in probably MA
FILE: ~/Pictures/Genealogy Photos/Canonicus and Roger Williams.jpg
Title: Canonicus negotiating with Roger Williams
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Change Date: 10 JUL 2008
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The Effect of Radiation on the Immune Response to Cancers
AbstractIn cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy, the beneficial effects of radiation can extend beyond direct cytotoxicity to tumor cells. Delivery of localized radiation to tumors often leads to systemic responses at distant sites, a ... | <urn:uuid:1f1ea66d-7362-4aec-9be2-790ba203043e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/15/1/927 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397748.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00201-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.884739 | 394 | 2.671875 | 3 |
The dangers of smog
Air pollution isn't just bad for your lungs, it may be bad for your appendix. A new study suggests that the risk of a burst appendix rises on smoggy days. Data from 12 Canadian cities found that “short-term exposure to ambient ozone (in air) was associated with an increased number of hospital visits... | <urn:uuid:d279e390-dcec-47bf-8424-ad5b7533651f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ocregister.com/articles/air-239180-ocprint-appendix-bad.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00086-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951065 | 149 | 2.671875 | 3 |
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The origin of the Moon is one of the most complicated problems of cosmogony. So far there have been basically three hypothese... | <urn:uuid:008d2391-d550-487f-a0c2-3f7715c14502> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread623820/pg2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00165-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955333 | 901 | 3.890625 | 4 |
‘Young Thurgood’ Explores Influences Behind First Black Supreme Court Justice
Source Newsroom: University of Maryland, Baltimore
Newswise — Dozens of books about Thurgood Marshall have already been written, but Larry Gibson, professor at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, thought people should... | <urn:uuid:eb0a2013-442a-4b23-917b-72ce0cc62e56> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.newswise.com/articles/young-thurgood-explores-influences-behind-first-black-supreme-court-justice | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397744.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00148-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972612 | 587 | 3.390625 | 3 |
<p>Aviation History, by Anne Millbrooke is a beautifully done, large format, hard cover, full color book that gives new and experienced pilots a unique perspective on international aviation history.</p>
<p>Each of ten chapters is packed with information containing historic photographs and color graphics. Aviation Histo... | <urn:uuid:3b1597a3-0a5c-4dcd-8a20-78500a8cd2e1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.infibeam.com/Books/aviation-history-js319008-002-anne-millbrooke/9780884874331.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00136-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92463 | 247 | 3.125 | 3 |
Story: Dairying and dairy products
Most pioneer families kept a few cows to supplement their limited diet with dairy products. Soon, cream was trundled in cans to factories by horse and cart to be processed for city folk. Better transport, refrigerated shipping, and mechanical milking saw the dairy industry expand into... | <urn:uuid:b6005ca3-5ed4-407c-a59b-343f168ac618> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/dairying-and-dairy-products | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00068-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983913 | 598 | 3.28125 | 3 |
NASA’s revolutionary Dawn Asteroid Orbiter has begun the final approach phase to the giant asteroid Vesta and snapped its first science image. The image was taken on May 3, when Dawn was approximately 1.21 million kilometers (752,000 miles) distant from Vesta using the science imager known as the Framing Camera.
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Aquamarine is a variety of beryl, which is the same gemstone family as emerald and morganite. Though aquamarine and emerald belong to the same family, they are surprisingly different. They are both composed of beryllium aluminum silicate. However, emerald is colored by trace amounts of chromium and/or vanadium, whereas... | <urn:uuid:56b8d68e-b079-4f6e-98aa-47b7a59fe68e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gemselect.com/other-info/march-birthstones.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00030-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947725 | 592 | 2.734375 | 3 |
As(we like it)
…so says Carol's email, as I ask her about as. "As" does a lot of work without being noticed—
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1990 African Famines and Food Security: Anthropological Perspectives. Annual Review of Anthropology 19:353-394.
In the article, Shipton outlines the diverse causes and effects of Famines in Africa. He focuses on the changes socially and economically. First off, Shipton explains the several reasons why famine is such a ... | <urn:uuid:58b7d8b4-d73c-47db-a062-2211ed491acb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://wiki.geneseo.edu/display/food/Shipton+(1990)+African+Famines+and+Food+Security-+Anthropological+Perspectives | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00176-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969551 | 561 | 3.15625 | 3 |
A recent study out of UC-Davis documents behavior which might be described as “mourning” by a species of local birds. When Western Scrub Jays come upon a dead member of their own species, they call out to each other in a distinctive, cacophonous way and quite often fly to their fallen comrade and gather around the body... | <urn:uuid:68c376a5-a792-4802-84c5-d29fa8f61f43> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.sfgate.com/white/2012/09/17/when-birds-mourn/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396222.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00124-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98027 | 288 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Alaska Fisheries In Midst Of An Economic Collapse — And not one politician is talking about it Concerns of radiation from [Fukushima] affecting Alaskan seafood has been ruled out by the US Food & Drug Administration.
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Clarence Chamberlain: The Race to Cross the Atlantic
Iowa’s Pioneers of the Air
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The original question had to be edited down. I think that the most dominant Romantic concept that is present in Colerdige's poem is the strong connection he displays with the natural world. Coleridge's entire poem is about a bird in its natural setting. There is much in way of the speaker's, presum... | <urn:uuid:c7830ec1-6d9a-4694-b876-d5326a056400> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-romantic-concepts-does-coleridge-introduce-382002 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00102-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957661 | 294 | 3.390625 | 3 |
City walls, roads and houses
The Aracoeli Insula
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Issue: July 28
- Gardening in New Mexico can continue into the fall and winter
- There are options to prevent fruit formation and bird problems when growing New Mexico Forestiera
There are options to prevent fruit formation and bird problems when growing New Mexico Forestiera
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