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What is Detoxing?
Detoxing may be defined as cleansing the body from poisons and toxins that may have accumulated in the colon, lymph, lungs, gallbladder, skin, blood, kidneys and liver. It gives our bodies to the chance to clear of these toxins thus rendering them more effective in doing their job in the future. These... | <urn:uuid:452b6ddb-7b6d-46fe-a826-03b7f213399c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.naturaltherapypages.com.au/article/The_Pros_and_Cons_of_Detoxing | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00010-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933195 | 500 | 2.796875 | 3 |
For much of March and April, fires have dotted the Central American landscape, blanketing the region with smoke. (See Fires in Mexico and Central America.) In addition to smoke, the fires have released large amounts of carbon monoxide into the atmosphere, which have been detected by the Measurements of Pollution in the... | <urn:uuid:74227424-2182-462f-a222-6e5f07e8f5a0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=14869&eocn=image&eoci=related_image | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00131-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932172 | 258 | 3.9375 | 4 |
Definitions for natronobacterium
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word natronobacterium
In taxonomy, Natronobacterium is a genus of the Halobacteriaceae. A member of the domain Archaea, it is both an extreme halophile and alkaliphile, thriving at an optimum saline concentration of 20% an... | <urn:uuid:37668c7b-6609-4294-a0d3-c8fae97ef00b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.definitions.net/definition/natronobacterium | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00091-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.702258 | 305 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Ancient See of Hamar
Hamar in Norway, embraced Hedemarken and Christians Amt, and was formed in 1152 out of that of Oslo, when Arnold, Bishop of Gardar, Greenland (1124-52), was appointed first Bishop of Hamar. He began to build the now ruined cathedral of Christ Church, which was completed... | <urn:uuid:f037d284-1ed2-4ff2-893c-1cea9f399dc4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Ancient_See_of_Hamar | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398209.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00051-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956361 | 343 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Yesterday was Alan Turing's birthday, and this weekend is LGBT "Pride" weekend. And never the twain shall meet, it seems.
Turing played a huge role in laying the theoretical foundation for computing. His life is considered computer history, and for some reason, this means it can't be part of queer history, even though ... | <urn:uuid:341d4fe2-462d-4588-b913-d96c12aa0f4b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.fishrockroad.org/2011/06/against-balkanization-of-history.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00187-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.986035 | 386 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Skurka's 7,000-Mile Global Warming Walk Hits Colorado
With less than a thousand miles to go, Andy Skurka, die-hard adventurer and environmental advocate, has traveled too far to let the elements slow him down. Since April 9, Skurka has been walking each and every day through some of America’s wildest and most remote la... | <urn:uuid:34b5b8e3-953b-4106-8645-f649f0df5401> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.trailspace.com/articles/2007/09/11/skurkas-7000-mile-global-warming-walk-hits-colorado.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00109-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932971 | 674 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Lessons & Classroom Games for Teachers
I recently wrote up a series of considerations and tips for using the listening strand in my Boost! series from Pearson Longman, but they can be used for any listening passages from any sources.
Hopefully the objectives and tips here could be of some use to you, no matter which ma... | <urn:uuid:aa24cc3b-03c1-4f3d-acee-2ccc8a1a6a95> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eslteachersboard.com/cgi-bin/lessons/index.pl?read=2130 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397842.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00091-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943517 | 1,568 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Free fatty acids are one of the outcomes of the food digestion process. These acids are described as "free" because they can be transported in the bloodstream without the aid of any other carriers.
The human diet is categorized into three subdivisions: carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. It is the digestion of fats that... | <urn:uuid:f1e8e7f7-e380-4663-bb7f-4cdf06c11a62> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.faqs.org/sports-science/Fo-Ha/Free-Fatty-Acids-in-the-Blood.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00181-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932483 | 967 | 3.3125 | 3 |
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Authoring and Design for the WWW
Note If a resource has been moved from the exact location specified and
therefore cannot be found by your Web browser, look at the main site where it
was located: it may well have been moved within the site. For example, if the
to produc... | <urn:uuid:d8deed52-d704-4b09-988f-4b91b05af86c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.agocg.ac.uk/reports/mmedia/sbd/webres.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00109-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.807588 | 2,014 | 2.6875 | 3 |
April 1 is the day the Conficker computer worm was supposed to do something terrible to millions of computers running Microsoft Windows -- though engineers were at a loss to say just what that something was.
So what happened? If your computer lets you read this story, we can presume it's not a smoldering wreck.
But som... | <urn:uuid:8d66889a-8d88-4433-a702-e625bff54cc0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=7230601&page=2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00112-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971904 | 660 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Lyrics: First verse Dere ain't no use o' cryin' now, So niggy go to sleep Dere ain't no use o' fussin', nigger babies mustn't weep, We ain't got all de comforts like de white folks, rich an' fine, You'se jest a little nigger, still you'se mine, all mine, You ain't got silks and satins, Fur me to wrap you in, You ain't ... | <urn:uuid:0b0f974c-057b-49ae-9ab2-88ee650c4e86> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://clio.lib.olemiss.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/sharris/id/1272/rec/18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00148-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.843966 | 498 | 2.78125 | 3 |
In early September 2010, floodwaters continued rising along a massive water body that branched off from Indus River. Reuters reported that embankments intended to protect settlements in Pakistan’s traditional floodplains had begun to channel water into new areas, including Manchhar Lake (also spelled Manchar).
Acquired... | <urn:uuid:5513568c-5e39-4684-96d9-91e30b991edd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=45763 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396538.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00023-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928992 | 594 | 3.546875 | 4 |
Online education degrees allow for increased flexibility in your schedule, which for many, makes completing one's education a much more viable option. Taking courses online can also be a way to bolster your resume or bring your skills up to date; especially if you have been out of the work force for a while.
It is inte... | <urn:uuid:36a81510-3c0a-4079-809b-5ef8bce66d06> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.onlinetradeschools.org/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394937.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00061-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974644 | 633 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Some common sense tips to improve your personal safety and security...
- Be aware of your surroundings and people walking near to you. If you suspect someone
is following you then turn around to see if anyone is there rather than taken being
- Use a money clip and keep your cards separate.
- If you come home an suspect... | <urn:uuid:626accd7-fd8f-46dd-8dbc-fdf779d20992> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://homesecuritysystemsadvice.com/top-personal-security-tips.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00120-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.906812 | 649 | 2.828125 | 3 |
3D-printed cars, intelligent parking, and smart glasses: the most intriguing technological innovations of the past year and what to expect for 2016.
The Human Body as a Communication System
Everyone’s talking about wearables, the term commonly used to refer to data glasses, smart watches, and fitness wristbands. Now, t... | <urn:uuid:4fb3c4d8-370d-445d-b2a0-052c2c5d0db9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.sap.com/the-coolest-tech-trends-of-2015/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398216.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00113-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942113 | 1,318 | 3.0625 | 3 |
Bella Abzug convenes National Women's Conference in Houston
On November 18, 1977, 20,000 women, men and children gathered in Houston to participate in an unprecedented event, the first federally funded National Women’s Conference. Longtime feminist activist and U.S. Representative Bella Abzug presided over the conferen... | <urn:uuid:6d1ae0ab-d66c-46c0-b654-98c7039d60fe> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://jwa.org/thisweek/nov/18/1977/national-womens-conference | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397748.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00169-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940117 | 471 | 3.03125 | 3 |
toothwort, any species of the genus Dentaria [Lat. dens = tooth, for the toothed rhizomes of some species], slender perennials of the family Cruciferae (mustard family), native to north temperate regions. North American species are found chiefly in the eastern half of the continent and in the Pacific coastal region. Th... | <urn:uuid:2796c2de-eabc-4ea9-b8f8-edf0df4c51de> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia/science/toothwort.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00043-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920205 | 200 | 3.15625 | 3 |
An earthquake is a sudden movement of the Earth, caused by the abrupt release of strain that has accumulated over a long time. For hundreds of millions of years, the forces of plate tectonics have shaped the Earth as the huge plates that form the Earth's surface slowly move over, under, and past each other. While somet... | <urn:uuid:e9155af2-cea9-4c5d-9764-db1498b72262> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://thelibrary.org/blogs/article.cfm?aid=699 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00018-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950882 | 677 | 4.3125 | 4 |
August 7, 2012
Liars Possibly Have Worse Mental And Physical Health
Connie K. Ho for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online
11 times a week. That´s the whopping number of times American lie each week, according to surveys described in WebMD Health News. The statistics relate to a new study by researchers from the Universi... | <urn:uuid:d5b33b07-ea89-4025-865f-af11089c0c36> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1112670988/liars-have-worse-mental-physical-health-080712/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00200-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980681 | 812 | 2.671875 | 3 |
We aren't the only great apes that prize a good steak. It's well-known that chimpanzees and bonobos hunt other animals and consider flesh a great prize. The evidence is that if they were better hunters they would probably eat more meat. At what point in our evolution did meat go from a rare treat to a preocupation?
It ... | <urn:uuid:6384089c-8077-443e-ac3e-870eb8c6bddb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://huntgatherlove.com/content/lucy-sky-steak | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00145-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968599 | 373 | 3.34375 | 3 |
HOLDING GROUND: THE REBIRTH OF DUDLEY STREET is at once a cautionary tale of urban policies gone wrong and a message of hope for all American cities. In 1985, African-American, Latino, Cape Verdean, and European-American residents in Roxbury and Dorchester, Mass. united to revitalize their community. The Dudley Street ... | <urn:uuid:244804db-02f8-415a-9c7b-5f3dd8c0b062> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.leahmahan.com/films/holding-ground | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00022-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956407 | 369 | 2.609375 | 3 |
The Clos de Vougeot vineyard was created by Cistercian monks of Cîteaux Abbey, the order's mother abbey. The land making up the vineyard was purchased by the Cistercians, or donated to them, from the 12th century to the early 14th century. The initial vineyard consisted of donations in 1109 to 1115. It served as the fl... | <urn:uuid:d76660e9-4011-4847-9cc1-eedc227f93c4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://pages.rediff.com/clos-de-vougeot/918878 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00080-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973639 | 145 | 2.625 | 3 |
Over the years, Dr. Mazur discovered that students in his introductory physics course were passing exams without having understood the fundamental concepts he was trying to teach. In response to this problem, Dr. Mazur developed a variety of interactive techniques linked to each other in ways that help his students lea... | <urn:uuid:268098d4-4d36-477f-af2b-563581961d37> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.scoop.it/t/aprendiendo-a-distancia/?tag=JiTT | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00169-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964259 | 209 | 3.4375 | 3 |
If you lived in Southern California during the summer of 2006, you probably remember the two-week heat wave that resulted in the deaths of at least 140 people.
Though that was an extreme case, excessive heat events – prolonged periods when temperatures are 10 degrees or more above normal – claim 1,500 lives each summer... | <urn:uuid:7d304550-38c6-4130-8514-f1ac7dffe1a1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ocregister.com/articles/heat-517359-high-temperatures.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00066-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956506 | 1,216 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Charles Staley’s comprehensive article on speed strength training laid the theoretical background for understanding the various sport uses of speed strength training as well as the various methods suitable for each and the mechanics of the working muscles. That article, however, did not specifically address the applica... | <urn:uuid:3a2f32e6-362f-4c71-978e-b7754562e7dc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://thinkmuscle.com/training/practical-application-speed-training-techniques/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00033-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940441 | 5,157 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Vogue Living attempts to recreate a Vermeer painting.
Secret Knowledge, written by the great British artist David Hockney, espouses a theory that the art of the Great Masters was done with the help of a lens, a camera obscura. Lenses, which have long been rumored to have somehow been used by the Great Masters, are exte... | <urn:uuid:e8d2fef0-ad06-46c3-8c8d-e0a040f74bdf> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://cotedetexas.blogspot.com/2007_10_17_archive.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00144-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980831 | 581 | 3 | 3 |
Open File Extension MDS
File Extension MDS are commonly used to hold information or image about a DVD. This is simply referred as the image of the disk to be burn. MDS is classified as Media Descriptor File and can be found with an ISO CD image file. This works similar to .cue extension for CD and DVD. Most support for... | <urn:uuid:77a15ced-f7d3-44ce-a307-8c2a83c10775> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://mds.extensionfile.net/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00068-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917872 | 428 | 2.53125 | 3 |
The events that led up to the economic recession in 2008 and 2009 have placed a renewed emphasis on business ethics. Questionable financial reporting, inflated executive compensation and worthless public assurances undermined consumer and investor confidence. The Rasmussen index of investor confidence reached its lowes... | <urn:uuid:33053297-2a6f-4408-9182-9edab4b8fe5e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://smallbusiness.chron.com/advantages-disadvantages-business-ethics-10414.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00137-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94696 | 593 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Our Tongass National Forest in southeast Alaska is home to towering old-growth trees, five species of Pacific salmon, and some of the highest concentrations of brown bears and bald eagles in the world. For decades the U.S. Forest Service has managed the Tongass for its timber, but it is enormously valuable as a resourc... | <urn:uuid:dde1b3c0-9af9-47a9-925e-4cef954cfbea> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://act.alaskawild.org/sign/Tongass_pcomments_3-20-13/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00008-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933984 | 415 | 2.625 | 3 |
FROM Naypyidaw, the “abode of kings” (in Burmese anyway), a clique of former generals who earned their stripes fighting wars in the country’s interior are now trying to manage the international race for access to Myanmar’s 1,200km-long (750-mile) coastline. The new capital they built for their country, to replace Yango... | <urn:uuid:78a3da77-4b04-4341-b5a1-d78257298641> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://bacajela.blogspot.com/2012/11/breaking-devils-neck.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00175-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946946 | 1,846 | 2.515625 | 3 |
the Energy Information Administration
The Lesson Plan section of Energy Kids provides activities and lesson plans for students of all learning styles and levels. Many of the lessons were developed by the National Energy Education Development (NEED) Project in cooperation with the Energy Information Administration (EIA)... | <urn:uuid:a51462a7-98c0-4b23-851e-e1e51a2f8e80> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thephysicsfront.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=4065 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00170-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.890682 | 353 | 3.84375 | 4 |
for National Geographic News
Names don't last forever, including those on desktop globes. Changing place-names reflect shifts in world history, whether it's the collapse of the Soviet Union or a decision by the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The city in Italy (map) that's hosting this month's 2006 Winter Olympi... | <urn:uuid:4dbdf7c2-3ce5-4e25-b6e5-6b4a882cfd14> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/02/0206_060206_torino.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00141-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965688 | 424 | 3.078125 | 3 |
Ides of March
Beware the Ides of March
This line from Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar is generally regarded as a foreboding of doom, especially when you consider its also the day Caesar was killed .
Here’s a bit of info concerning the assassination of Cesar from Wikipedia…
Caesar summoned the Senate to meet in the Pom... | <urn:uuid:6c56b957-81f0-4d12-8481-32055b7381c2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.holidays.net/index.php/2008/03/15/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00011-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973626 | 343 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Animal Species:Black Flying-fox
Black Flying-foxes are the largest species of flying-fox in Australia. They can fly at 35 - 40 kilometres per hour and may travel over 50 kilometres from their camp to a feeding area. They often share their camps with other flying-fox species.
Standard Common Name
Short black fur, but ca... | <urn:uuid:494f0d3b-5f42-4377-b710-feb5d77f439e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://australianmuseum.net.au/black-flying-fox | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00186-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920116 | 474 | 3.75 | 4 |
|Name: _________________________||Period: ___________________|
This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What does Alquist tell Primus he wants to do?
2. What does Helena say is happening outside?
(a) The robots are revolting.
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Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
Display options for sense: (gloss) "an example sentence"
- S: (n) property, belongings, holding (something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone) "that hat is my property"; "he is a man of property"
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Amata tossed and turned . . .
. . .
While the infection first, like dew of poison
Fallen on her, pervaded all her senses.
Sailing up the coast of Italy, the Trojans reach the mouth of the Tiber River, near the kingdom of Latium. Virgil, invoking the muse once again to kick off the second half of his epic narrative, des... | <urn:uuid:8a464ce6-5a77-4e09-8966-f7dd70e1c156> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/aeneid/section7.rhtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397562.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00064-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963681 | 1,331 | 3.140625 | 3 |
The study, published in the August edition of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, included 1,685 overweight or obese U.S. adults aged 25 and older.
For six months, they kept food diaries and were encouraged to eat a healthy diet and be physically active. They also met weekly in groups to share their food diari... | <urn:uuid:8928b3dc-0bcb-4548-82b2-9e5a69dab788> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.theherbsplacenews.com/2008/07/weight-loss-food-diaries-work.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00186-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970899 | 200 | 2.921875 | 3 |
1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Farne Islands
FARNE ISLANDS [also Fearne, Fern, or The Staples], a group of rocky islands and reefs off the coast of Northumberland, England, included in that county. In 1901 they had only eleven inhabitants. They extend in a line of some 6 m. in a north-easterly direction from the coast, o... | <urn:uuid:6c2cfa41-1664-4445-b3a6-1bb23275e5b1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Farne_Islands | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00041-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954213 | 325 | 3.3125 | 3 |
There are many things in life that requires precision. In certain jobs being precise is very important. For example an eye surgeon operating someone's eye. Being precise and accurate is also required of your school work.
To be precise and accurate means a requirement to constantly check your work and evaluate the conte... | <urn:uuid:c592af45-b837-46c3-a750-8e46e306162b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://daniellim-cartoons.blogspot.com/2011/04/habits-of-minds-hom-striving-for.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00024-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955655 | 184 | 2.84375 | 3 |
This picture taken by the IMP (Imager for Mars Pathfinder) aboard the Mars Pathfinder spacecraft depicts the rover Sojourner's position after driving onto the Martian surface. Sojourner has become the first autonomous robot ever to traverse the surface of Mars. This image reflects the success of Pathfinder's principle ... | <urn:uuid:bc03cebf-ef56-4b13-a235-d34d5b99e069> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA00623 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00053-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924193 | 330 | 3.375 | 3 |
Added sugar = added cardio risk
Sodium has been hogging the spotlight lately: On Tuesday the Institute of Medicine issued its report on strategies to reduce American sodium consumption, and a week earlier, General Mills announced it would cut the sodium content in many of its products by 20 percent by 2015.
Now it's su... | <urn:uuid:b29d0665-bcf6-4a1a-b7a9-855c30d7aa3d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://voices.washingtonpost.com/checkup/2010/04/too_much_sugar_ups_cardiovascu.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00021-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940062 | 727 | 2.65625 | 3 |
(For previous posts in this series, see here.)
When all else fails, religious people sometimes resort to utilitarian arguments in favor of god, such as that some people would act worse if they did not believe in a god who would punish them for doing bad things. Other alleged benefits of ‘good’ religion are that it help... | <urn:uuid:93975c92-628d-488d-9798-b15d5bc57be5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://freethoughtblogs.com/singham/2008/05/09/the-end-of-god-8-why-even-good-religion-is-not-worth-saving/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00187-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961117 | 1,347 | 2.625 | 3 |
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Nurses with Sensory Disabilities: Their Perceptions and Characteristics (CE)
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From your excerpt of the book The World is Flat by Thomas Friedman, you are to select the topic that most interests you. You are to explain and discuss this thought with one adult that you respect. After discussing you are to post the following:
20 points 1) A brief synopsis of the topic you have selected. Explain it.
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Blane Klemek: The American woodcock is an interesting species
The behavior of animals is fascinating to watch. It is one of the primary reasons we enjoy observing wildlife so much. Certainly, the vivid plumage of many species of male birds and the spectacle of large flocks of migrants is another reason, but we all enjo... | <urn:uuid:8fb43b1d-1f83-4316-bf48-8992b333564a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bemidjipioneer.com/content/blane-klemek-american-woodcock-interesting-species | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00015-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962886 | 1,290 | 3.234375 | 3 |
Bronchitis, Chronic (COPD) in Cats
Also known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), chronic bronchitis occurs when the mucous membranes of the bronchi (the airways that transport oxygen from the trachea to the lungs) become inflamed. Typically, this leads to a chronic cough that lasts two months or longer --... | <urn:uuid:48260a79-2364-4848-bcae-6bdc49ce4fc4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.petmd.com/cat/conditions/respiratory/c_ct_chronic_bronchitis?page=show | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394414.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00103-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925171 | 696 | 3.1875 | 3 |
I love fractals! The maths is is not complex* and yet simplicity can create such beauty. Fractal geometry is basically the maths of describing shapes. The essence of the idea is that you can define apparently highly complex patterns (like shapes) with relatively simple mathematical expressions. To generate images as be... | <urn:uuid:fb6c6724-c9c4-4270-a0ec-5716c13d2e35> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.jambell.com/fractals/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00052-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932528 | 1,316 | 2.78125 | 3 |
India zooms into space.
This is an extremely important news for all of us. That’s why Dr. V R Gowariker, Director, VSSC wrote in Science Today ( 1980 August ).
From almost toy rocketry (1969) to Satellite launching (July 18, 1980 ) took just about 10 years.
With reference to the SLV-3 launching ( on 18 July, 1980), he ... | <urn:uuid:341eb2af-142a-4ee5-ac73-8525091ae173> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://scienctoday.blogspot.com/2008/03/india-in-space-slv-3.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00171-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954962 | 143 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Malay at SOAS Language Centre
Malay is a member of the Austronesian language family and thus shares a common origin with languages belonging to territories as far-flung as Hawaii, New Zealand and Madagascar. Malay and Indonesian are particularly close to each other, having evolved from the lingua franca of the East Ind... | <urn:uuid:61fa602d-32f4-43fe-a102-a389c15b7031> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.soas.ac.uk/languagecentre/languages/malay/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393518.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00080-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956825 | 354 | 3.203125 | 3 |
The following tutorials will be offered on the first day (July 15th, 2007) of the 10th
International Protégé Conference:
Tutorial content subject to change. Contact the conference
organizers with questions (protege-conf-organizers AT lists DOT stanford DOT edu).
How to Build and Maintain Useful Ontologies
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The highlight activity for the week was making a paper-mache globe. It was a very messy project, but loads of fun and definitely worth the time and effort.
Here's how we did it:
- 1 round balloon or punch ball, blown up to a diameter of 12" or whatever size globe you would like
- newspaper cut into 1"x10" strips
- plas... | <urn:uuid:1c74aca7-58ae-40fd-b71c-b6a601bf64d1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.songofmyheart.org/2012/11/making-paper-mache-globe.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00090-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948961 | 699 | 3.375 | 3 |
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Pennsylvania Removed More than 1,300 Tons of
Trash and Debris in 2002
Harrisburg, PA— Pennsylvania Department of Conservation
and Natural Resources Acting Secretary Michael DiBerardinis announced
that more than 1,300 tons of trash and other debris were removed from
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Here’s a diagram that may help you learn the difference between England, Great Britain, the British Isles, and the United Kingdom.
The Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom are the only two sovereign states in this image. They are shown in red. Ireland and Great Britain are both islands and are shown in green. Eng... | <urn:uuid:04975ce5-6e8f-4920-8d6f-7664159f6b28> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/04/the-great-british-venn-diagram/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398216.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00011-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924366 | 150 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Alien Profile: Zebra Mussel
Alias (scientific name in Latin): Dreissena polymorpha
Home Land (Origination): Ponto-Caspian region of western Russia
Arrival Date: They were first found in the Great Lakes on June 1, 1988. They were accidentally introduced to North America in ballast water from a boat that traveled across ... | <urn:uuid:2afe20e1-b061-4840-85d8-0db0f33ab133> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/critter/invert/zebramussel.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00093-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944822 | 827 | 3.890625 | 4 |
Though a small group of proteins, the family called Ras controls a large number of cellular functions, including cell growth, differentiation, and survival. And because the protein has a hand in cellular division, mutated Ras, which can be detected in one-third of all tumors, contributes to many human cancers by allowi... | <urn:uuid:08209708-ceb1-4b15-acd2-63a634af8c02> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-immune-melanoma-proteins-cancer-cells.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00010-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947713 | 742 | 3.125 | 3 |
World Space Week, held from October 4 to October 10, is the largest public space event in the world.
Established by the United Nations General Assembly to be an international celebration of technological contributions to the betterment of humankind, WSW is coordinated by the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affair... | <urn:uuid:b6ab5bbb-3acc-47de-b566-aa0136ad78a5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://pillownaut.blogspot.com/2009/10/world-space-week.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394414.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00093-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925052 | 310 | 3.15625 | 3 |
In Antarctica, you learn not to take anything for granted. Not even things as basic as food, water, or energy. The reason? Everything people depend on has to be shipped or flown into the continent. Why? There are no farms in on the icy continent. The only plants are mosses and lichens. There are certainly no cows, pigs... | <urn:uuid:a98628e5-f7e9-4400-be4f-643bad3011b2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.timeforkids.com/news/not-so-simple-life/140426 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00189-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953943 | 851 | 3.5625 | 4 |
Mints are aromatic garden plants that have so many culinary and medicinal uses; everyone loves them. There are as many flavors of mint as there is ice cream. Varieties include chocolate, banana, apple, spearmint, peppermint, orange, ginger, and the ever popular lavender mint plants. Mints are attractive plants and make... | <urn:uuid:26abdbe0-9aba-4eb3-80fb-1e82b9628905> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/herbs/mint/growing-lavender-mint.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00037-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941859 | 573 | 2.625 | 3 |
full title · Anne of Green Gables
author · Lucy Maud Montgomery
type of work · Novel
genre · Coming-of-age novel; juvenile literature
language · English
time and place written · 1908; Canada
date of first publication · 1908
publisher · L. C. Page
narrator · The narrator relates the events of the novel in the third pers... | <urn:uuid:a6824cfe-fd64-47dc-8422-f5f140e37b7c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/anneofgreengables/facts.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396875.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00019-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.849172 | 469 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Wu-Tang Clan: History of the Hip Hop Group
Formed in Staten Island, New York in the early 1990s, the Wu-Tang Clan rose to prominence due to their martial arts film-inspired hip hop tracks. Consisting of RZA, GZA, Ol’ Dirty Bastard, Method Man, Raekwon the Chef, Ghostface Killah, U-God, Inspectah Deck and Masta Killa, t... | <urn:uuid:d7815fe5-84fa-49ce-a8fb-a577d0d8bbfe> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.watchmojo.com/video/id/10669/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00139-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920543 | 173 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Meet a Meteorologist
Click's friend David George is a meteorologist—a scientist who studies the weather. He works in a television station and delivers the weather report on the evening news. One day Click stopped by to talk to David about wind and weather. Here's what they said.
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Do governments owe us clean air and clean water? Many Canadians expect our government to protect us from contamination and other environmental harms in outdoor air, water and land. But is this a legal right?
The first formal recognition of environmental rights is found in the Stockholm Declaration, signed in 1972. Prin... | <urn:uuid:ed3cffa4-f0f5-40d9-a6e8-f500567b8fb8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.slaw.ca/2013/04/04/do-we-have-rights-to-a-healthy-environment/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00149-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944691 | 1,800 | 3.46875 | 3 |
Mesoscale convective complexes bring summer rain
Source: USA TODAY research by Chad Palmer
Mesoscale convective complexes often bring much of the growing-season rain to the USA's corn and wheat belt. These large clusters of thunderstorms are often begin with isolated thunderstorms over the eastern Rockies and the weste... | <urn:uuid:82fea33f-8b69-450e-a9f1-7fdcf51fc79a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/weather/wcomplex.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00025-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943902 | 176 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Self-Aware Robot Can Adapt To Environment
by Jay Lyman | Submitted Sunday Feb 01, 2009 [06:20 AM]
A new robot, dubbed "Starfish" because of its size and shape, has the unusual ability -- in the mechanical world, that is -- of fixing itself. The Starfish is programmed to recognize its parts, but not how they're arranged... | <urn:uuid:5c687b55-3165-4b1a-844c-f9b98728dd00> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.danshope.com/news/showarticle.php?article_id=90 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00046-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946052 | 760 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Written communications in Inuktitut have evolved enormously since the first
syllabic typewriters were developed thirty years ago. Today, it is possible to
use syllabics on all of the most popular computer software. The Government of
Nunavut is at the forefront in developing new tools to help Inuktitut speakers
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Nearly one in every 10 American children is diagnosed with a mental health disorder. Often the treatment prescribed is medication. Children in foster care are prescribed drugs at a much higher rate than that of other kids. And concern over their well-being — not to mention the amount it costs to treat them — has prompt... | <urn:uuid:eab12cd5-d372-4740-a212-e0099a168186> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/health/video-drugs-in-the-system-foster-children-and-antipsychotic-medication/9651/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396029.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00038-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952222 | 143 | 2.59375 | 3 |
ho chi minh trail cycles
if this isn't utility, i don't know what is.
as i understand it, these were push bikes only- no pedals.
no idea how long the hcm was. some bikes weighed in at
several hundred pounds.
the bikes on their sides have been captured.
Ho Chi Minh had a fleet of bikes, that were what we would called a ... | <urn:uuid:361dcbc2-c341-4801-b85a-29122248aaa4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bikeforums.net/utility-cycling/883605-ho-chi-minh-trail-cycles-print.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397567.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00008-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.990989 | 185 | 2.640625 | 3 |
I have spent a lot of time in the last few days trying to get to grips with the apparently simple question: does the scientific evidence support the Government's proposed cull of badgers as a way of controlling TB in cattle?
It is certainly an important issue - 25,000 cattle were slaughtered for TB control in 2010 and ... | <urn:uuid:16dc2f54-e03c-4ec2-af34-aed0fee1c329> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.itv.com/news/2012-10-17/the-badger-cull-what-does-the-science-tell-us/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403823.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00166-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978431 | 635 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Since our objective is to compute the flow around a cylinder, the efficiency of the parallel implementation was tested on such a problem. The region for which is uniformly covered with N particles. The parallel efficiency is shown on Figure 12.19 as a function of the hypercube size. The parallel implementation is fairl... | <urn:uuid:1caa275a-34d4-4414-8b5e-86dc4cdfc17c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.netlib.org/utk/lsi/pcwLSI/text/node288.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393093.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00173-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957397 | 607 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Octopuses may not have a brain, but scientists believe they are intelligent creatures with distinct personalities. Living on Earth’s Steve Curwood and environmental writer Sy Montgomery went behind the exhibits at the New England Aquarium and wrapped their arms around Octavia, a giant Pacific octopus.
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The U.S. Senate is to publish a report on the historical and geopolitical relationships of Northeast Asian nations which claims that Korea's ancient Koguryo and Balhae kingdoms were provinces of China's Tang Dynasty.
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Children exposed to common flame-retardant chemicals before birth have a greater risk of hyperactivity and lower IQ scores, according to new research presented at a meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies in Washington D.C.
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(1794–1867) French physician and anatomist
Flourens, who was born at Maureilhan in France, studied medicine at the University of Montpellier, graduating in 1813. Moving to Paris he was fortunate enough to be taken in hand by the powerful Georges Cuvier, serving as his deputy at the Collège de France from 1828. After Cu... | <urn:uuid:14eec7a0-4fdf-4c90-9e1a-a79932b0acb4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095824762 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00164-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930185 | 469 | 3.359375 | 3 |
( Paññā Pāli) or ( prajñā Sanskrit) "wisdom", is insight in the true nature of reality, namely primarily anicca (impermanence), dukkha (dissatisfaction or suffering), anattā (non-self) and śūnyatā (emptiness).
Etymology [ edit ]
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...the ad’s insinuation aside, it’s also possible the young woman is “just shy,” or introverted — traits our society disfavors. One way we manifest this bias is by encouraging perfectly healthy shy people to see themselves as ill...Social anxiety disorder did not officially exist until it appeared the 1980 Diagnostic a... | <urn:uuid:f3345d65-6630-4cb4-9749-eb90a19ab927> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://mindblog.dericbownds.net/2011/07/introspection-and-shyness-evolutionary.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00124-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954469 | 942 | 2.734375 | 3 |
2.2 Jim Hunt
By Ryan Teague Beckwith, December 26, 2007. Reprinted by permission of The News & Observer of Raleigh, North Carolina.
Provided by Raleigh News & Observer.
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The American army hoped to outflank the Germans in Italy and launch an attack on Rome. They landed an amphibious force at Anzio and Nettuno achieving complete surprise. Unfortunately for the Allies, the field commander failed to capitalize on the advantage. General John P. Lucas preferred to take his time, consolidate,... | <urn:uuid:dc837571-fb4f-497b-9e2b-8188e12d0c82> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.examiner.com/article/the-battle-of-anzio-1943 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00072-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961194 | 1,168 | 3.625 | 4 |
AND GENERAL INFORMATION
Egypt enjoys a unique geographical location.
It is an Arab-African country situated on the north-eastern
corner of the African continent. It is also partly an Asian
country, being linked to that continent by the Sinai Peninsula,
which has always played a pivotal role in history as a crossing
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How the thirty-two persons at the ball fought.
The two companies having taken their stations, the music struck up, and with a martial sound, which had something of horrid in it, like a point of war, roused and alarmed both parties, who now began to shiver, and then soon were warmed with warlike rage; and having got in ... | <urn:uuid:6dc40c2f-8629-4c76-82b0-712ac7c101f0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bookrags.com/ebooks/1200/576.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00003-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.99046 | 648 | 2.9375 | 3 |
In “Notes on ‘Camp,’” Sontag writes, “To snare a sensibility in words, especially one that is alive and powerful, one must be tentative and nimble. The form of jottings, rather than an essay (with its claim to a linear, consecutive argument), seemed more appropriate for getting down something of this particular fugitiv... | <urn:uuid:5d72eb41-12fe-48e2-833f-578b0359bb71> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://jennydavidson.blogspot.com/2009/11/final-assignment.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00181-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934095 | 293 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Waste Heat: More than Just Hot Air
In producing electricity, heat
makes things work. Any power plant that uses steam to spin turbines and
generate an electric current which includes nuclear, coal, and natural
gas-fired power plants needs heat to keep things moving.
The heat created by burning fossil fuels or through a
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Mankind would not overreach itself by making extinct some organisms that cause misery – or by bringing back others
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easily found in almost part of the world, has currently played its great role
in supplying materials for clothing, home decors, souvenir and accessories,
and building construction. Bamboo is widely known as a tribe of green plants in
the family of grass plantation.It can
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Isaac Newton (1642-1727) discovered the natural laws of motion, which provided the final piece to the puzzle, establishing the Copernican theory of the Earth revolving around the sun, introducing the spirit of individualism and the idea the study of human progress was at the centre of all things. During the following d... | <urn:uuid:1d40be80-bf20-48aa-beca-cdbb5792f023> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://questioningandskepticism.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00124-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943268 | 2,240 | 3.375 | 3 |
Eastern Africa is unusual in that its coastal fish production is low in relation to the surface area and potential productivity of its fisheries, in spite of large amounts of nutrients made available by coastal upwelling resulting from the Somali Current. The coastal fishery yield for the entire eastern and south-easte... | <urn:uuid:044d3df5-a091-4730-b847-2f7e6cf9e094> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.grida.no/aeo/107.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00074-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945861 | 591 | 3.53125 | 4 |
CD-ROM and Linux
To mount a CD-ROM, insert it in the drive and use the mount command (as root). A typical command line is the following:
% mount -t iso9660 -r /dev/cdrom /mnt
The example above assumes that the CD-ROM device file is /dev/cdrom and the disc is ISO-9660 formatted (this is almost always the case). The -r o... | <urn:uuid:dd167539-50dd-46a9-81da-68753bd71e33> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/2851?page=0,1&quicktabs_1=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00163-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.88213 | 1,341 | 2.796875 | 3 |
It's just a piece of black cloth, but it says so much about immigrants and cultural assimilation. The cloth, known in Arabic as the niqab, covers some Muslim women's faces, leaving only tiny slits around the eyes.
Sound off on the important issues at
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"Power, Privilege, and Social Justice" Document Study
Paul Cowan, An Orphan in History, excerpt on Jewish experience
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Health Benefits of Makabuhay Plant
The stem of makabuhay plant is a primary ingredient used to concoct preparations that would prevent spread of malaria, and may be used as cleanser for skin ulcer and skin wounds. Clinical tests have shown that the decoction of this plant cures diarrhea, indigestion and scabies. Also, ... | <urn:uuid:022c85c2-e3b5-4bb4-a958-3f98c3de668d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://phherbs.blogspot.com/2011/06/makabuhay-tinospora-rumphii-boerl.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00171-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961811 | 523 | 2.8125 | 3 |
The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, a national vegan and physician group based out of D.C., has filed a petition with the U.S. Department of Agriculture asking for milk to be banned from school lunches, according parenting site BabyCenter.
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Spotlight on History
A descriptive history of military aviation psychology
By Mark A. Staal, PhD, ABPP
Lieutenant Colonel Mark Staal submitted a very nice brief history of military aviation psychology for this issue of the Spotlight on History. Like me, I'm sure you will find some new and interesting information in it.... | <urn:uuid:e110bae9-297d-41a6-9c3d-e26959b156e5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.apadivisions.org/division-19/publications/newsletters/military/2014/04/aviation-psychology.aspx | 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 | 0.959418 | 3,078 | 3.078125 | 3 |
Hanukkah in Devils Lake
Monday, December 20, 2004
Today is the first day of Hanukkah, a holiday celebrated by a substantial number of Jewish homesteaders near Devils Lake in the early 1900s. Rachel Calof later wrote in her autobiography:
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Earth, Wind and Fire
From Ada City-County Emergency Management
The fire on Idaho Highway 16 last week in northern Ada County is a tragic reminder of one of a danger crested by lightning strikes. Fire is a creature of opportunity, and when conditions are right, it springs into action.
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A new “deprivation study” of commuters in Boston and San Francisco found people are more willing to commute by bus or train when they have apps and social media tools to guide them along their commutes.
Eighteen people who surrendered their cars for a week found that any freedom lost by not driving was reclaimed throug... | <urn:uuid:ea25fc8f-9141-4a7f-b915-d2059a1ff52a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.oregonlive.com/commuting/2011/04/do_smartphones_get_commuters_o.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396027.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00057-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94233 | 167 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Definition of BRCA breast cancer gene
BRCA breast cancer gene: One of several genetic mutations linked to breast cancer and ovarian cancer. There is now convincing evidence that every woman with a BRCA mutation is at high risk for breast cancer, irrespective of whether she has a family history of breast cancer or not. ... | <urn:uuid:5a06f011-fb81-4b58-b224-ac2e2bec9063> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.emedicinehealth.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=24966 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00168-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954503 | 380 | 3.40625 | 3 |
Lesson Plans that Work - Younger and Older Children - Adult (Lectionary)
Office of Children's Ministry and Christian Education, Episcopal Church, 800-334-7626, downloadable free from
- Younger children
- Older children
This curriculum follows the Revised Common Lectionary and the New Revised Standard Version of the Bib... | <urn:uuid:6245902a-7b11-40d3-98ed-5692ead42c59> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.vts.edu/podium/default.aspx?t=6648&tn=Lesson+Plans+that+Work+-+Younger+and+Older+Children+-+Adult+(Lectionary)&lid=20417&ptid=119583&pttid=2&sdb=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00116-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.888898 | 137 | 2.796875 | 3 |
The corn stalk plant (Dracaena fragrans) grows a tall, woody stalk with a spray of cornlike leaves at the top. These plants grow well as potted houseplants because they tolerate indoor conditions and require little care. The stalks can grow several feet high if they aren't pruned to maintain their size. Corn stalk plan... | <urn:uuid:2768de53-dbef-4eb2-859b-0431e026e49b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://homeguides.sfgate.com/cut-back-corn-stalk-plant-54553.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00068-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933927 | 330 | 3.25 | 3 |
A group of scientists, researchers and traditional owners is on the cusp of reshaping Australian history, with experts hoping that Aboriginal rock art in Western Australia may prove to be up to 50,000 years old, putting it among the oldest cultural expressions in the world.
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The pressure of the air around us changes constantly. These changes are associated with changes in the weather. When the air pressure is high (also called a high), the weather is mostly likely to be fair and clear. When the air pressure is low (called a low), stormy weather is mostly likely in the forecast.
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