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|Own your ow legal marijuana business||
Your guide to making money in the multi-billion dollar marijuana industry
Repealing National Prohibition
by David Kyvig
Copyright 1979 by the University of Chicago
Chapter 1 - Adopting National Prohibition
The crusade to abolish the use of alcoholic beverages through an amendment... | <urn:uuid:f6eda9e5-bfdf-4ee7-b258-911c578031fe> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/history/rnp/RNP1.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00063-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95972 | 8,359 | 3.0625 | 3 |
For several years, Nobel Laureate Al Gore and his media sycophants have been telling the nation that a movement away from fossil fuels to biofuels is necessary to save the planet from the Left's bogeyman known as global warming.
A new study by the Marine Biological Laboratory raises series questions about this premise.... | <urn:uuid:a90da182-2540-487c-be6f-e65bd36e6d65> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://newsbusters.org/node/31770 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396100.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00126-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955893 | 453 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Five Dictionary tricks
Mac OS X’s modestly named Dictionary application is a handy resource that offers much more than simple definitions. You can look up information about words and topics using dictionary, thesaurus, Wikipedia, and Apple modules. (Apple’s module explains tech terms.) But few people realize how many w... | <urn:uuid:25a7acdb-b93d-4f91-83ee-b22f86395765> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.macworld.com/article/1150720/dictionary.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00176-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.858955 | 959 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Between Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, and the
commencement of military action in January 1991, then President George
H.W. Bush raised the specter of the Iraqi pursuit of nuclear weapons
as one justification for taking decisive action against Iraq. In the
then-classified National Security Directive 54, signe... | <urn:uuid:07a2e266-1b36-4042-9e7a-f2a75515fcbb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://nsarchive.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB80/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396100.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00152-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934573 | 12,882 | 2.75 | 3 |
Two alpine bumblebees lick climate change by evolving shorter tongues
Sept. 24, 2015
A new study shows that two alpine bumblebee species have responded to a decline in flowering due to warming temperatures by evolving shorter tongues. The results suggest that some bumblebee species may be able to adapt to environmental... | <urn:uuid:8c9d9424-2c0f-4de5-886f-7ccd0b0d000a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://biology.missouri.edu/news/two-alpine-bumblebees-lick-climate-change-by-evolving-shorter-tongues/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397744.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00080-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946542 | 1,242 | 3.46875 | 3 |
The island of South Georgia is about 120 miles wide. Although of a similar latitude south to the UK (north) its climate is much colder due to the influence from the Antarctic ice. Its surrounding islands are rodent-free and are the home to thousands of nesting seabirds, including Grey headed Albatross, prions and South... | <urn:uuid:daca9d5f-63b6-4d27-bf66-94d546692feb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.galleryofbirds.com/Antarctica/South%20Georgia.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00159-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936184 | 241 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Aronia Melanocarpa, also known as chokeberry, originates from North America. It is the berry that is becoming increasingly popular around the globe. This fruit was named Siberian Aronia because it tolerates cold winter and frost down to -45° C.
Aronia is very medicinal herb and the North American Indians used it in fee... | <urn:uuid:72a15874-91e2-40e6-8d16-a7c0ee361413> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.all-natural-cure.com/aronia.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00022-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93755 | 653 | 2.90625 | 3 |
ST. GEORGE — The Utah Department of Transportation discovered ancient ruins this month as they paved their way through the Southern Parkway, a 33-mile project that will soon be an eastern belt route for Washington County.
The ruins have been named one of the oldest sites investigated in Southern Utah, where more than 1... | <urn:uuid:c9ef52a2-9049-4bfc-a4f7-4c4d4ece0282> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/archive/2013/05/31/isaacson-southern-parkway-road-construction-unearths-ancient-ruins-what-archaeologists-say/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00123-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968108 | 1,627 | 3.03125 | 3 |
matter. It seems like the cosmos gets a little stranger every
year. Until recently, the astronomical universe known to humans
was populated by planets, stars, galaxies, and scattered nebulae
of dust and gas. Now, theoretists tell us it may also be inhabited
by objects such as superstrings, dark matter and massive neutr... | <urn:uuid:119a9da0-ae2d-4b68-86b3-cd1c28fa6b67> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.astronomycafe.net/cosm/fudge.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00000-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925316 | 4,676 | 3.484375 | 3 |
Historically, climate conferences have failed to create binding agreements to mitigate global warming significantly. The Durban Climate Change Conference—which took place in South Africa in Dec. 2011—is the latest example of this failure. Although some progress was made at Durban, it was hardly the major step towards cl... | <urn:uuid:cbd254ca-7c86-4b5c-b938-b5ee88632075> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2012/1/24/Durban-Maxmin-Harvard-Climate-Change-Crimson/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00154-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944267 | 1,091 | 3.171875 | 3 |
It replaces the more conventional foursided Bezier and Nurbs surfaces found in what's sometimes called "square modeling." The multisided approach helps designers get their creative juices flowing because it closely mimics how users typically work when sketching concepts with pencil and paper.
The software lessens the b... | <urn:uuid:ff2b8f23-2806-4e56-985d-0c1232b1ef86> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://machinedesign.com/print/archive/surface-modeler-makes-multisided-patches | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00151-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929621 | 861 | 2.953125 | 3 |
"This is my principal objection to life, I think: It is too easy, when alive, to make perfectly horrible mistakes."
– from "Deadeye Dick"
Kurt Vonnegut, one of the most influential American writers of the 20th century, was born on November 11, 1922, in Indianapolis. Vonnegut studied chemistry at Cornell University from... | <urn:uuid:e721f353-81f1-4cc0-a099-75b35c812deb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2013/1105/Kurt-Vonnegut-10-quotes-on-his-birthday/On-human-fallability | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00026-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.987236 | 246 | 2.890625 | 3 |
In Malaysia, they say a man is not really capable of defending himself against an attacker unless he knows something about bersilat. Its self-defense techniques date back to the early 15th century and today is still popular. The art enjoys such popularity that it can be practiced by anyone whether
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The Malay... | <urn:uuid:d4723f3e-a6fe-4487-8752-07f3821ca8d3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.blackbeltmag.com/category/bersilat/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00137-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944578 | 363 | 3.125 | 3 |
How to find your own individual values for a, b, c, & d for each color channel.
This tutorial assumes that use are somewhat familiar with panorama Tools and you already know how to find Radial Shift values to correct pin cushioning and barreling.
Chromatic aberration or distortion happens when different colors of light... | <urn:uuid:6740924f-0107-44c8-a08b-496dab757b19> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://photocreations.ca/radial_distortion/index.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00161-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.910931 | 2,518 | 2.875 | 3 |
Flowering head of Meadow Foxtail
with stamens exserted at anthesis
There are 7 subfamilies:
The grass family, Poaceae, is one of the largest plant families, and, to humans, perhaps the most important, as it includes agricultural grains such as wheat, rice, maize (corn), and sugar cane. The Poaceae comprise about 600 ge... | <urn:uuid:add65d0e-df83-4ad6-bee6-e8cd6fe8fbc5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Grass | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00082-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965636 | 2,357 | 3.734375 | 4 |
St. Louis - Nov 26, 2001
An analysis of high-resolution topographic maps and photographs, as well as recent studies of Martian meteorites suggest the presence of water on the Red Planet for a longer time scale than scientists had previously believed.
Brian M. Hynek, doctoral candidate in earth and planetary sciences in... | <urn:uuid:3a10deb1-a593-4605-acaa-a7a8a57463c7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.spacedaily.com/news/mars-water-science-01q.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00189-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949753 | 1,400 | 3.84375 | 4 |
The Immaculate Heart of Mary represents the Virgin Mary as “Mother of Sorrows,’ the grieving mother, regarded as a symbol of deep compassion for humanity.
The heart of Mary is a very old form of Catholic devotion, with many layers of symbolism. Much of the present symbolism of the heart and its attendant devotions are ... | <urn:uuid:ea00c5ec-50f4-44a6-8d26-b7ccb017b7fd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://symboldictionary.net/?p=2243 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00114-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.902915 | 266 | 2.96875 | 3 |
GDEST 2008 Conference Sessions
Theme 1 - Observing Africa
Development of an International Pop@Risk Database
Joshua Comenetz, Census Bureau, USA
The U.S. Census Bureau has a long history of producing annual population estimates by age and sex for every country in the world at the first (province/state) and in some cases... | <urn:uuid:7267b77d-9635-4e4e-8a8d-ff6e46364590> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.aag.org/cs/gdest/abstracts/comenetz_joshua | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00159-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.898055 | 300 | 2.84375 | 3 |
This is an archived article that was published on sltrib.com in 2006, and information in the article may be outdated. It is provided only for personal research purposes and may not be reprinted.
All the ickiest creatures you can think of are on the run these days in the Salt Lake City School District, and not because t... | <urn:uuid:1deff02c-4ece-4c54-aa95-8474817cc860> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://archive.sltrib.com/printfriendly.php?id=4609945&itype=ngpsid | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393093.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00178-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969957 | 690 | 2.625 | 3 |
Posted by: Loren Coleman on November 29th, 2006
Please click on the book cover above for a fuller-sized version.
Professor Mike Morwood, Archaeology, University of New England, Australia, contacted me tonight to let me know that Random House (Australia) has published his new book on Homo floresiensis. The name of the b... | <urn:uuid:38d513f7-42f1-4af8-b75a-a8b2f9d29d4d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://cryptomundo.com/cryptozoo-news/hobbit-bk-pub/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00162-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92615 | 658 | 2.59375 | 3 |
War Related Illness and Injury Study Center
Some Veterans who return from deployment have health questions about depleted uranium. Uranium is a heavy metal that occurs naturally in the earth's crust and is found in air, water, soil and food. Depleted Uranium (DU) is what is left over after the uranium is processed. As ... | <urn:uuid:a14393ef-3b5e-4c62-8da2-16f7425f6d95> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.warrelatedillness.va.gov/WARRELATEDILLNESS/education/exposures/depleted-uranium.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00002-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965182 | 417 | 3.53125 | 4 |
Rome - An Italian researcher says the key to solving the enigmas of Mona Lisa lies in her eyes.
Silvano Vinceti claims he has found the letter "S" in the woman's left eye, the letter "L" in her right eye, and the number "72" under the arched bridge in the backdrop of the painting.
According to the researcher, the symbo... | <urn:uuid:16c9a4b5-c37f-463a-b2cd-42d989252159> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.channel24.co.za/News/International/Symbols-found-in-Mona-Lisa-20110112 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398209.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00103-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955405 | 173 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Quotes can be very inspirational and moving. They can help us get through a difficult time or make us smile wider on an already good day. Quotes can embody the deep power of words and prove memorable for people to remember their entire lives. Quotes can be found about practically any subject and they are often interpre... | <urn:uuid:d3769ebe-42bf-4ffb-8b59-7fa5c8e7ecef> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.examiner.com/article/notable-quotes-laughter?cid=rss | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00136-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954924 | 273 | 2.75 | 3 |
It can be daunting to learn about a new topic when you look at the literature and realize that thousands of papers have been published on the topic. This is especially true for techniques that have transformed scientific research.
Quantitative PCR (qPCR) also known as Real-Time PCR (RT-PCR) has revolutionized the study... | <urn:uuid:9dfba183-1f9a-4227-ab3e-7f772d52a88e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://bitesizebio.com/19056/8-essential-papers-and-reference-guides-for-quantitative-pcr-qpcr/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00123-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930533 | 625 | 2.921875 | 3 |
ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease)
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also referred to as "Lou Gehrig's Disease," is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord. The progressive degeneration of these nerve cells, or motor neurons, eventually leads to their death. With the... | <urn:uuid:80a3e9c7-751d-48a6-a772-b914dffacaaa> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.valleyhealth.com/Neuroscience_Center.aspx?id=4070 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00190-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94686 | 796 | 3.75 | 4 |
Open Ocean protection and Rio+20
Promises made at previous summits have not delivered enough protection for the oceans — campaigners are pushing for better results from Rio+20, writes Prime Sarmiento.
This month, scientists, campaigners and many developing nations are optimistic they will set in motion a deal on the co... | <urn:uuid:3794b5e8-4bcf-4e8a-870d-1c2617b02816> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/44513 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00173-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.90458 | 249 | 2.875 | 3 |
The split between Shite's and Sunnis began soon after the death of Mohammed.Ê The Sunnis believe that Ali was the last of the rightly guided caliphs ( successors) to Mohammed. The Shiites believe that Ali was the only successor and all future successors should come through his line. The Sunnis do not believe there can ... | <urn:uuid:643f4645-897e-42e8-b2d0-4b0d41ccc129> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://historycentral.com/freeIraq/sunnis.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00143-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970818 | 190 | 2.75 | 3 |
Researchers from Stanford University analysed 237 existing studies, 17 of which were ‘human’ studies of organic and conventional diets – including six randomised trials – and the rest of which compared nutrient and contamination levels in organic and conventional foods.
They found that there was no strong evidence that... | <urn:uuid:f357679b-c2f7-4308-aa02-779637818680> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.globalmeatnews.com/Industry-Markets/Organic-foods-not-healthier-suggests-research?nocount | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397567.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00069-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966924 | 445 | 3.375 | 3 |
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Theme of Identity
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" raises interesting questions about how identity is crafted. How much of our identity is shaped by the opinions of those around us, and how much of it comes from ourselves? To make this a little more concrete, delve into the specific cas... | <urn:uuid:c0faf0f8-9b0b-498d-b81f-c50ac1e09144> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.shmoop.com/walter-mitty/identity-theme.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00151-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946343 | 266 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Bill Gates on competition (highlights)
Linux is UNIX, and it’s a form of UNIX. It’s not like anybody invented a new way of doing an operating system. It’s like Free BSD was, and that existed even 10 years ago. The open source approach is valuable for certain types of development. We’ve always seen software coming out o... | <urn:uuid:cdce489a-bc0f-494d-a7c5-20f8e228359c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://techrights.org/wiki/index.php/Bill_Gates | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00127-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928383 | 1,075 | 2.625 | 3 |
American researchers have discovered that a germ strain found in E. coli, which causes painful urinary infections in women, could come from chickens.
The study, conducted by a team of scientists at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, challenged the long suspected belief that urinary tract infections (UTIs) are ... | <urn:uuid:66be25c1-f84f-420c-93af-5cc532f500eb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/03/21/chickens-causing-urinary-treat-infections_n_1369239.html?ref=uk-health-news | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00189-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953889 | 601 | 3.390625 | 3 |
Risk and uncertainties in life affect everyone. Most people, including the poor, use savings as a mechanism to deal with unexpected demands for resources caused by death, disability and illness. For poor people, however, saving for the unexpected can often mean severely containing consumption which often includes going... | <urn:uuid:cf65d5e8-20b7-48eb-8eb4-4983a17a0239> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bhagwan-chowdry/microcredit-microinsuranc_b_709135.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00195-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967983 | 1,123 | 3.109375 | 3 |
New Progress and Guidance on HIV Treatment
Update on People Receiving HIV Treatment
The number of people receiving lifesaving antiretroviral treatment (ART) reached 5.2 million at the end of 2009, up from 4 million in 2008. The addition of 1.2 million people starting on HIV treatment during 2009 was the biggest increas... | <urn:uuid:6828327f-954b-417f-acdf-205faa0cf253> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thebody.com/content/art58237.html?nxtprv | 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 | 0.94373 | 573 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Squirrels place winning bet in unpredictable world
Squirrels place winning bet in unpredictable world In an evolutionary game of tug-of-war, red squirrels have gained the upper hand over the cunning spruce trees, says new University of Alberta research that suggests the clever animals are staying one step ahead of its ... | <urn:uuid:a879e1d8-e623-459c-b334-91a0a791c74f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://psychcentral.com/news/archives/2006-12/uoa-spw121806.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00051-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9568 | 1,065 | 3.15625 | 3 |
- The Petermann ice shelf in Greenland (the northern-most glacier in the world) has lost a quarter of its mass, calving a 100 square mile iceberg now known as the “Petermann Ice Island (2010)”. Note that there is a “2010” designation to distinguish this one from a smaller iceberg calved in 2008. Ed Markey had a good id... | <urn:uuid:f253d6ae-a230-48df-a0c2-07f5176b87d2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://lquilter.net/blog/archives/tag/environment | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403823.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00196-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938677 | 2,645 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Strategy for Infant and Young Child
Health Assembly (WHA) and UNICEF adopted
the Global Strategy,which
sets five additional targets: national
policy on infant and young child feeding,
community outreach, information support,
infant feeding in difficult circumstances
and monitoring and evaluation.
Monitoring and evaluat... | <urn:uuid:b7f9b9d4-8514-4a6c-abfe-8c4cde08c5f1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ibfanasia.org/IYCF-me.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00002-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.876107 | 129 | 2.90625 | 3 |
The Three Kinds of Bullying
Studies show that there are three main types of bullying; verbal, physical, and relational. They are all very harmful in different ways, and will make your life miserable. You can prevent these types of bullying if you can recognize them. Knowing more about bullying will increase your happin... | <urn:uuid:43aaefae-4500-4913-8aba-541bab8085dd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.hobart.k12.in.us/antibully/threebullying.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396875.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00104-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954708 | 75 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Martin Luther King celebration focuses on area youth
Jordan Peyer is preparing to share a powerful story of the Civil Rights Movement.
The Janesville Parker High School student will give voice to John Steele at the annual commemoration of Martin Luther King on Saturday at Blackhawk Technical College.
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This section provides information about the Otis-Lennon School Ability TestŪ (OLSATŪ) and recommendations for material which can be used to prepare your child to provide the best performance possible.
The OLSATŪ includes tasks such as detecting likenesses and differences, recalling words and numbers, defining words, fo... | <urn:uuid:5c35d081-0c8d-42b3-ad91-38f6a025488b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thinktonight.com/OLSAT_s/26.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398209.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00082-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949662 | 449 | 3.9375 | 4 |
Journal Issue: Childhood Obesity Volume 16 Number 1 Spring 2006
State and Local School Nutrition and Physical Activity Policies
While in many respects inadequate themselves, especially regarding competitive foods, USDA nutrition regulations permit state agencies and local school food authorities to impose additional re... | <urn:uuid:84d24aa8-1261-4358-aeb8-aadda7930680> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://futureofchildren.org/publications/journals/article/index.xml?journalid=36&articleid=98§ionid=613 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394605.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00005-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956039 | 935 | 3.046875 | 3 |
In Slate, William Saletan on the FUD campaign that has been waged against genetically modified foods:
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The patient-relevant benefit of positron emission tomography (PET) in oesophageal cancer, alone or in combination with computed tomography (CT), is not proven due to a lack of comparative studies. In terms of their diagnostic and prognostic accuracy, it also remains unclear whether these diagnostic techniques can detec... | <urn:uuid:ea8d2c20-e31c-4210-8858-1d99c9a9e118> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/Benefit-of-PET-or-PET-CT-in-oesophageal-cancer-is-not-proven-114958-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00168-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9352 | 654 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Smart power management
Being smarter with available energy usually consists of profiling component energy use in the system and identifying where the biggest savings can be made to significantly impact overall power usage. As an example, the biggest consumer of power on most wireless remote monitoring equipment is the ... | <urn:uuid:e20ae250-2819-492e-a498-44ab6b9ea373> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?piddl_msgorder=asc&doc_id=1278157&page_number=2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00029-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926263 | 878 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Squash Leaf Curl Virus (SLCV)
This virus affects most cucurbits, with cucumber showing fewest symptoms. Leaves are cupped upward, new growth bends upward, and mid-vein portions of leaves are severely mottled. Flowers and fruit are small and abnormally developed.
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In many world religions, the concept of Hell refers to a literal or symbolic place (or sometimes an existential condition) of damnation where the wicked and unrighteous are punished for their transgressions. The concept of hell is prevalent in many religions although its exact description varies from one religion to an... | <urn:uuid:3f1fbc9c-f932-45d2-9227-b5f35bc2a796> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Hell | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00043-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960912 | 4,201 | 3.40625 | 3 |
PORTLAND, Ore. "Attack graphs" help predict the risk that hackers can crack a computer system's security, plus identify its most vulnerable resources, according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).
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Post-thrombotic syndrome (also called postphlebitic syndrome) is a complication of a blood clot that forms in a deep vein. Post-thrombotic syndrome occurs because of damage to the vein caused by the blood clot (thrombosis).
Post-thrombotic syndrome can be a long-term problem that lasts for years. It can cause sores tha... | <urn:uuid:36b9b0b4-8f0c-46aa-85f3-511eb2646cd6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.emedicinehealth.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=134024&ref=127430 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00096-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921926 | 163 | 3.046875 | 3 |
|Nations of the World|
The history of the German language begins with the High German consonant shift during the Migration period, separating South Germanic dialects from common West Germanic. The earliest testimonies of Old High German are from scattered Elder Futhark inscriptions, especially in Alemannic, from the 6t... | <urn:uuid:a42bb809-293e-4ef6-a6ce-5f068448d127> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/German/Appendices/History | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394937.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00021-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971723 | 1,054 | 4.09375 | 4 |
1-7: Homer calls upon the goddess of poetry and inspiration (the MUSE) to sing of Achilleus' anger. 8-52: Chryses, priest of Apollo , comes to the Greek camp to ransom his daughter, Chryseis , held captive by Agamemnon . He is insulted and sent away, and Apollo sends a plague on the Greeks. 53-305: Inspired by the godd... | <urn:uuid:3fc360aa-ed0e-4688-8d20-fa27afcfbaaf> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.studymode.com/essays/Outline-Of-Iliad-1876447.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00114-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956298 | 985 | 3.390625 | 3 |
Oct 24, 2015 ... The words can then be crafted into sentences which convey imagery appealing
to the particular senses as seen in the example below.
Descriptive writing is like a download from your imagination into someone else's.
... To describe things, think what your five senses were telling your brain, ... So,
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Analysis: Writing Style
Let's think about the first line of the story:
At the lake shore there was another rowboat drawn up. The two Indians stood waiting. (1)
Wait, what do you mean another rowboat? So there was already a rowboat? How are we supposed to know that?
Oh. You see what Hemingway did there?
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The variety of flavors of tobacco makes hookah attractive and easier to conceal from parents, study found
Almost 1 in 5 (18%) of high school seniors smoke waterpipes, or “hookahs”, according to a new study from New York University (NYU) researchers.
The new report, which is published in the journal Pediatrics, looked a... | <urn:uuid:5ef12618-ab8e-4678-8ac6-31915761c09f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://time.com/2960476/hookah-high-school-teens/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00170-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965894 | 419 | 2.734375 | 3 |
The Fairchild Herbarium: More than just dead plants
Laurn Raz, Ph.D.
The world's major botanical gardens have herbaria as part of their research facilities. They are libraries of plant samp1es that provide essential information for research.
Herbarium specimens are vital references, they provide a physical reference (a... | <urn:uuid:9eb388ad-c915-4aca-ac25-a7084bc1e4a7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.virtualherbarium.org/herbarium.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00145-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942097 | 1,784 | 3.75 | 4 |
A new diagnostic system used to detect cancer cells in small blood samples could next be turned towards filtering a patient’s entire system to remove those dangerous cells – like a dialysis machine for cancer – says an Australian researcher who helped develop the system.
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Emotional Immaturity and Anger
In the past, ‘blowing off steam’ was considered a healthy form of
anger management, because it was believed to be unhealthy to keep anger bottled up inside. Unfortunately, despite
evidence that blowing up does not solve problems (and causes trauma for the others involved) some people stil... | <urn:uuid:30ead813-ca42-4e28-926a-04f01120549f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://areyoufeelingstressed.com/emotional_immaturity_and_anger_management.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00150-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934733 | 517 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Singing is more than a fun activity—there are documented physical and psychological benefits!
strengthen the immune system
reduce heart rate and blood pressure
increase lung capacity
tone diaphragm, abdominal and intercostal muscles
help build concentration, memory, and listening skills
build self-esteem and confidence... | <urn:uuid:82c930f7-7bc4-40d8-b2ea-0bb876b79137> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.all-together-now.ca/singingisgood.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00151-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.910107 | 293 | 3.40625 | 3 |
Studies show unregulated chemicals widespread in lakes, rivers
Two studies released this week by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) confirm that a wide variety of unregulated chemicals are ending up in Minnesota's lakes and rivers. The chemicals, including pharmaceuticals and personal care products, are of c... | <urn:uuid:e7de5834-df69-421f-a4c2-bd002abe8338> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.echopress.com/content/studies-show-unregulated-chemicals-widespread-lakes-rivers | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00120-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970643 | 761 | 2.921875 | 3 |
Crater Momoy on Titan
With its well-preserved ejecta and steep inward-facing walls, the new crater resembles the two other freshest known craters on Titan: Sinlap, seen in the radar image of February 2005, and Ksa, seen in September 2006. One difference is that Sinlap and the new crater seem to have flat, largely featu... | <urn:uuid:e6abdd91-0f9a-4f91-8bee-b8b1720dd6d7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.planetary.org/multimedia/space-images/saturn/crater-momoy-on-titan.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00192-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926444 | 186 | 2.859375 | 3 |
The drop-out rate is a statistic that area high schools pay a lot of attention to, as they should. Not only is this statistic a factor used to assess the health of a school district, but it also has a tremendous effect on taxpayers, according to a new study conducted by economist Brian Gottlob of PolEcon Research.
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Mesopotamian Cuneiform (3100 BC)
Cuneiform was a combination writing system composed of pictograms and ideograms (idea symbols) and phonograms (sound symbols). The cuneiform system began as pictures and continued, in part, to convey meaning the way pictures do.
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African American Read-alones for 1st Grade
For more reading ideas, talk to a children’s librarian. Call 217/403 — 2030 or e-mail email@example.com.
- Corduroy Makes a Cake (Easy Readers/E/Inc) by Alison Inches. Corduroy wants to make a special present for Lisa, but instead he makes a mess.
- A Day with Daddy (Easy Read... | <urn:uuid:bade3265-9f47-419c-a5f0-f29730419a27> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.champaign.org/justkids/good_books/african_american/read_alones_1st_grade | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00104-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.889504 | 446 | 2.625 | 3 |
The new record—26.8 tesla—was reached in late July at the magnet lab's High Field Test Facility and brings engineers closer to realizing the National Research Council goal of creating a 30-tesla superconducting magnet.
New world record for superconducting magnet set at FSU
By Susan Ray
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By Alan Johnston
BBC News, Gaza
All through the heat of summer archaeologists dug and sifted through the dunes on the edge of Gaza City.
Gaza is said to be one of the world's oldest living cities
Gradually walls, homes, and the outlines of alleyways emerged from the sand.
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There are a lot of neat people stories in the history of science. I've recently been interested in women astronomers who made major advances but are not as well known as the big 3: Caroline Herschel, Annie Jump Cannon and Henrietta Swan Leavitt. This month I am writing about Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin (1900-1979) who stu... | <urn:uuid:87600cd4-ff20-443a-8ccd-9393116fa5a3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://womeninastronomy.blogspot.com/2014/02/cecilia-payne-gaposchkin.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00112-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.987294 | 504 | 3 | 3 |
Isoproturon mainly enters the environment during its application as an agricultural herbicide, but releases may also occur during manufacture, transportation and storage. Isoproturon has a low tendency to adsorb to soils and is therefore quite able to enter in water bodies despite its rather low water solubility (70,2 ... | <urn:uuid:74f838b3-4246-4268-a3fc-a7618e67db9f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.vliz.be/wiki/Isoproturon | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00084-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.891611 | 327 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Push-me-pull-you (lower left of photo), Carizzo Canyon,
Baca County, Colorado. Photo: Peter Faris, 1993.
The more common form that these creatures take however is that of a quadruped, a four legged animal with a head at each end. What these Push-Me-Pull-You’s actually represented to their creators I do not know. I can ... | <urn:uuid:5a6b9e52-49a2-4738-8e64-e2b043eab913> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://rockartblog.blogspot.com/2011/11/animals-in-rock-art-push-me-pull-you.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00139-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96531 | 336 | 2.84375 | 3 |
You were lucky enough to get a map just before entering the legendary magical mystery world. The map shows the whole area of your planned exploration, including several countries with complicated borders. The map is clearly drawn, but in sepia ink only; it is hard to recognize at a glance which region belongs to which ... | <urn:uuid:8551d38b-0c23-4c87-993f-86a1e3172ffe> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://judge.u-aizu.ac.jp/onlinejudge/description.jsp?id=1254 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00027-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.874485 | 762 | 3.578125 | 4 |
What kinds of energy are we producing, and what kinds are we consuming? How much comes from renewable sources? What is our energy dependency on other countries? Energy policy is today at the heart of every country’s agenda, but can citizen discuss it fairly? Do even policymakers have enough reliable information to impl... | <urn:uuid:402bf12c-3489-47ef-a530-9edbc6c0ffd8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.okfn.org/2013/04/08/sustainable-energy-policy-demands-sustainable-open-data/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394414.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00058-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943681 | 897 | 2.875 | 3 |
St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430) is one of the greatest figures in Western Christian theology. His vast writings have been the object of thoughtful reflections and thorough investigations throughout every century since his death.
This lecture will explore St. Augustine’s theology of divine inspiration, particularly as ... | <urn:uuid:caf02950-179b-4b26-9102-4f4b945f152e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://videoarchive.stthom.edu/index.php?option=com_jmovies&Itemid=54&task=detail&id=312 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00079-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951818 | 179 | 2.640625 | 3 |
It looks like a sketch from Howard Hughes’ notebooks, but this massive air ship is real, and currently the biggest aircraft ever produced. It can also be remote-controlled and land on water. And the lead singer of Iron Maiden is an investor.
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Definitions for know-how
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word know-how
the (technical) knowledge and skill required to do something
the knowledge and skill to be able to (do something correctly)
Marlo has the know-how to fix your computer.
Origin: know + how
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ROME — The long reign of Pope John Paul II was marked by the dominant conflict of the age, the “Cold War,” a 40-year nuclear standoff between the West and the Soviet Bloc.
But that conflict ended in John Paul’s own lifetime, and the world that Pope Benedict XVI inherited is engulfed in a different, and in some ways mor... | <urn:uuid:7568bb29-5711-47db-bc5f-15251ea26872> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nbcnews.com/id/11714990/ns/world_news-islam_in_europe/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00074-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968226 | 1,614 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Benjamin Franklin is arguably one of the most fascinating figures in American history. He was an author, printer, satirist, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, diplomat, and not to mention, one of the United States’ most prominent Founding Fathers.
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Professor Joseph Greenberg was one of the most important linguist
s ever. He revolutionized the classification
of languages in more ways than one and founded one of the main fields of linguistics
, that of "typology
The formal methods available for establishing language families had been used since about 1800, and many... | <urn:uuid:3b2d74d9-3c7e-44d5-b627-b7469eea71f6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1085602 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00118-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964078 | 925 | 3.46875 | 3 |
Writer Ben Yagoda has set out to explain a shift in American popular culture, one that happened in the early 1950s. Before then, songwriters like Irving Berlin, George and Ira Gershwin and Jerome Kern wrote popular songs that achieved a notable artistry, both in lyrics and music. That body of work, at least the best of... | <urn:uuid:d9b09ab8-b5ca-4c41-a744-81951ad61dc5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wbur.org/npr/15597620/george-gershwin | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00087-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983373 | 1,228 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Loss of smell — anosmia (an-OZ-me-uh) — can be partial or complete, although a complete loss of smell is fairly rare. Loss of smell can also be temporary or permanent, depending on the cause.
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Near the end of his diary, Henry Mosler noted details pertaining to the assassination of Major General William "Bull" Nelson. While thousands lost their lives in battle during the Civil War, Gen. Nelson's death was perhaps more disconcerting because of the circumstances surrounding it. He was killed after a heated exch... | <urn:uuid:f1b07fb2-68bb-44a9-ae48-bef535f216fc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://civilwardiary.aaa.si.edu/2012/10/preparing-the-illustrations-the-assasination-of-general-nelson.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398209.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00169-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98049 | 574 | 2.5625 | 3 |
John C. Leftwich in Hawaii
John C. Leftwich in Hawaii
John C. Leftwich visited Hawaii in 1899 to investigate the possibility of Blacks working as laborers on Hawaii's plantations. Advocates of recruiting African Americans as laborers on Hawaii's plantations envisioned as many as 30,000 arriving from the American South ... | <urn:uuid:048db1c2-b18b-40cf-8126-341940329fc3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-west/index.cgi/md/read/id/654/sbj/john-c-leftwich-in-hawaii/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00113-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976226 | 681 | 2.6875 | 3 |
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A cervical biopsy is a procedure to remove tissue from the cervix to test for abnormal or precancerous conditions, or cervical cancer.
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Perhaps no scene in the Bible except Calvary itself is more poignant than this one, and none gives a clearer foreshadowing of the death of God’s only, well-beloved Son on the cross. The supreme test of Abraham’s faith came when God ordered him to offer up Isaac as a burnt offering in the land of Moriah. Actually God ha... | <urn:uuid:238349d5-8481-47c2-ad8a-335497545971> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cbcmidway.org/tag/arkansas/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00156-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970696 | 2,574 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Let’s face it: the symptoms of the common cold are downright annoying, and even those who follow a healthy diet and lifestyle are susceptible to its clutches when the weather turns cold and dark.
The common cold is caused by a virus that infects the upper respiratory tract, leading to a host of uncomfortable symptoms s... | <urn:uuid:28f34c26-be14-4748-8cda-921ea3b0e1c6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://healthfirstnetwork.ca/blog/blast-the-bug-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398209.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00108-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926359 | 1,051 | 3.125 | 3 |
What is in this article?:
- US not prepared for growing water crisis
- Key findings
- The majority of U.S. states are unprepared for growing water threats to their economies and public health.
- At least 36 states are facing possible water supply challenges, and only six of those have comprehensive adaptation plans.
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Ancient American Magazine Volume 1
A Most Controversial Site
By Frank Joseph
When the bizarre contents of a cave in southern Illinois were disclosed only a few years ago, even impartial observers could hardly believe their eyes. A virtual cornucopia of apparently authentic pre-Columbian artifacts tumbled forth into the... | <urn:uuid:fc2e0bbf-e3f1-4f91-b2a0-21dccb7d82db> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.illinoiscaves.com/vol1a.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00111-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952636 | 6,233 | 2.796875 | 3 |
General manager, Polyclutch Division
A&A Manufacturing Company, Inc.
North Haven, Conn.
Continuous and intermittent slip clutches nd myriad uses, and engineers improve new motion control applications with them every day. How do they work? Torque is transmitted from ats on a clutch hub to mating ats on inner plates (thr... | <urn:uuid:5acc47da-dd22-4769-8cc3-114ec708bb3e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://machinedesign.com/print/mechanical-drives/using-slip-clutches-industrial-design | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00168-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918964 | 1,479 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Mark Wilson September 1st, 2013
Every year in the first class session of my Invertebrate Paleontology course I give my students each an unknown fossil. It must be something relatively common so that I can give 20 nearly-identical specimens, and it is ideally of a species that can be identified (eventually) using web re... | <urn:uuid:bdd7a2d7-ca5a-4c25-b0b6-94467602c97e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://woostergeologists.scotblogs.wooster.edu/2013/09/01/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00019-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917719 | 1,205 | 3.0625 | 3 |
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Publication Date: 1988-Jul
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No Pass--No Play: Impact on Failures, Dropouts, and Course Enrollments.
The impact on some student behavior of the no pass/no play rule enacted in Texas was studied for the variables of: (1) grades; (2) enrollment in honors courses; ... | <urn:uuid:49c34450-f2f7-4025-b3aa-f91a691ae9eb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://eric.ed.gov/?id=ED300422 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00085-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950582 | 393 | 2.5625 | 3 |
The wildfires are at it again: One near Colorado Springs was really big.
CNN said it was about “16,000 acres.” The Associated Press said it was a “22-square-mile fire.”
Both numbers indicate “big,” but, as we’ve written before, readers often can’t make meaningful comparisons using just big numbers like thousands of acr... | <urn:uuid:f9ace1a5-a65c-4679-ac2a-f8605405a578> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cjr.org/language_corner/small_bites.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00066-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949428 | 910 | 3.34375 | 3 |
All About Transformers
By Mrs. Rachel Bondy
To save money on buying new appliances when relocating overseas, many customers ask whether American 110 volt appliances will work properly overseas on 220 volts, with a step-down transformer.
In some cases, the answer is “yes”, though U.S. current is 60Hz (cycles), and overs... | <urn:uuid:bd743168-ae3c-41d5-a203-f7b0ea76e375> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bondyexport.com/all-about-transformers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403508.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00003-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924066 | 885 | 2.703125 | 3 |
In Genesis 2, we are told that there were two named trees in the Garden of Eden--the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil and the Tree of Life.
When Adam and Eve ate fruit from the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, this was a sin against God, since He had commanded them not to do so.
After this, God indicates t... | <urn:uuid:b748585d-dbe3-4d26-966d-636d0ca1bd9e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://christianity.stackexchange.com/questions/15956/what-happened-to-the-two-trees-in-the-garden-of-eden | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00022-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97865 | 427 | 2.578125 | 3 |
- the abdomen, or belly; esp., a large, protruding belly; potbelly
Origin of paunchMiddle English paunche ; from Middle French panche ; from Classical Latin pantex (gen. panticis), belly ; from Indo-European base an unverified form pank-, to swell from source Russian puk, a bundle, bunch
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Consciousness Studies/The Philosophical Problem/Machine Consciousness
- 1 Elementary Information and Information Systems Theory
- 2 Classification, signs, sense, relations, supervenience etc.
- 3 The construction of filters: Bayesian and Neural Network models
- 4 Qualia and Information
- 5 The problem of machine and di... | <urn:uuid:4ce038ea-7917-469d-aa0c-dae2d571cf7b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Consciousness_Studies/The_Philosophical_Problem/Machine_Consciousness | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00104-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916331 | 15,256 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Democracy, inclusion and education: differing perspectives from Canada
10 April 2014
Canada has been described as having ‘multination federalism’ since it adopted a combination of official language status for Quebec and territorial autonomy for First Nations peoples. Although accommodating minority nationalism within a... | <urn:uuid:8fd5b344-dda6-42f3-a284-b24a9b839d2f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://sydney.edu.au/education_social_work/news_events/events/2014/Semester-One/democracy-inclusion-education.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399106.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00090-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963733 | 926 | 2.78125 | 3 |
While International Women’s Day has been embraced by multinational companies and governments around the globe, the holiday’s roots lie in grassroots demonstrations for better pay and working conditions, and particularly a feminist-led protest started on March 8 in Russia in 1917.
After Russian Communist Party founder V... | <urn:uuid:a7454ca0-71f6-4d47-9ab5-acd591c5792c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://qz.com/634671/the-communist-party-invented-womens-day-so-why-is-china-so-bad-at-it-now/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00037-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961607 | 989 | 2.875 | 3 |
British travellers and health workers were put on alert yesterday over a mysterious and deadly pneumonia bug which is spreading across Asia and into Europe.
The World Health Organisation issued a rare emergency travel advisory warning, following eight deaths worldwide from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars), an i... | <urn:uuid:e3d399f8-61cb-41bd-9438-57043d27840c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2003/mar/16/travelnews.sars.uknews | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00065-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967068 | 394 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Positions: Parent, Classroom Teacher
What is the difference?
I make it a point that my students have weekly reaction papers as to evaluate their progress. In the middle of my checking their papers, I s because of a misused word; a word which is totally not related from their train of thought. Then i review the sentence... | <urn:uuid:c44063c7-fbc4-40d2-8187-f93ec2be0593> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://gettingboystoread.com/content/taught-and-thought/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396875.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00011-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973377 | 1,101 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Do you have a passion for history? Do you agree that those who fail to understand our past are more likely to make the same mistakes? If so, a career teaching history to middle and high school students might be perfect for you. The role of the history teacher is to help provide a solid and rounded education background ... | <urn:uuid:6c5df0f7-43eb-4aa0-b071-baac87650686> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://tutor-usa.com/article/careers/how-to-become-a-history-teacher | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403823.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00016-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964238 | 652 | 3.15625 | 3 |
The European Union has allocated 84 million euros to support the agricultural sector in Angola for the next five years. This support aims to help combat malnutrition, which is the fifth leading cause of infant death in the country. Malnutrition in Angola is very troubling. There is recognition of the Angolan authoritie... | <urn:uuid:de2a2fd6-58b7-474c-98a5-cc6a2fd433c1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://brussels.cta.int/index.php?option=com_k2&view=itemlist&tag=Food+Policy&limitstart=70 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00168-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942583 | 1,211 | 2.75 | 3 |
If you were a robot and didn’t know what to do where you turn for help? That’s right; you would go online and look for some robot buddies or some sort of robot help site.
Well, now you can do exactly that. If you are a robot, of course. The helpful chaps at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich have come ... | <urn:uuid:61ad4890-a9b2-4690-890f-a233214051b7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gadgetsandgizmos.org/life-gets-easier-for-robots/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00083-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98115 | 345 | 2.96875 | 3 |
When astronauts return to Earth, their altitude isn't the only thing that drops—their blood pressure does too. This condition, known as orthostatic hypotension, occurs in up to half of those astronauts on short-term missions (two weeks or less) and in nearly all astronauts after long-term missions (four to six months).... | <urn:uuid:625f1edc-6d1d-4b28-912a-85292ca1d9ca> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.rdmag.com/news/2012/10/why-astronauts-experience-low-blood-pressure-after-return-earth | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00108-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954372 | 602 | 3.671875 | 4 |
Singing with the Angels
by Rembert Herbert
In order to understand the perennial appeal and importance of Gregorian chant, we must understand its function within the monastic culture.
The monastic writers saw (as we do not) that in our fallen state we have no authentic "interior life."
We look inside ourselves and we se... | <urn:uuid:8b044224-fbe1-4810-87fa-214a5beebe8f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.canticanova.com/articles/misc/art7x1.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00080-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964197 | 1,428 | 2.875 | 3 |
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