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Just a couple years ago, fitness bracelets were basically glorified step counters worn on your wrist. Now, they’re doing everything from measuring your heart rate on a run to warning you to get out of the sun. And they’re everywhere. Every company from Fitbit to Jawbone and Microsoft makes a pretty advanced piece of wr... | <urn:uuid:5e914158-edc2-4901-941f-4563e7089db9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.digitaltrends.com/wearables/whats-inside-fitness-tracker-anyway/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00084-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92883 | 1,321 | 2.921875 | 3 |
As every schoolchild knows, or should know if he or she was paying attention, Andrew Johnson was the first U.S. president to be impeached. For most of us, that's the only thing we know. However, there's a lot more to this complex man. Andrew Johnson National Historic Site in Greeneville, Tennessee, tells the story of t... | <urn:uuid:ec04cec6-d024-48d5-9d54-a604c70ae6d7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com/2013/04/exploring-parks-andrew-johnson-national-historic-site23140 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00169-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982707 | 1,919 | 3.625 | 4 |
Last name: Schmidt
Perhaps the most ancient of all descriptive surnames, and in its various forms the most popular in the Western world, this is a name of great honour, and probably not what it seems. Recorded in the spellings of Schmidt, Schmit, Shmit, Schmitt (German), de Smid and Smid (Flemish), Smidt, Smed, Smut an... | <urn:uuid:d5fc2414-3a86-4a0c-b494-a7295ff765c9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Schmidt | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399522.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00105-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962498 | 549 | 2.671875 | 3 |
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Era Birthing Bed
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necessity for a pelvic
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country of Japan has a very, long history.
To understand the warlords of Japan, you need to
understand why they even existed.
You see, castles in Japan, known as Nihon Shoki,
were first mentioned in historical documents, showing
them as being constructed sometime around 720 AD.
Consisting of a simple stone wall, these ... | <urn:uuid:928f32d7-9a52-4ed3-830d-b3d9b3161063> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.asianartmall.com/Warlords%20of%20Japan.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00013-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980365 | 1,244 | 3.703125 | 4 |
Trees are the answer, but what are the questions?
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answers? Trees and forests are such an integral part of
This year iConserve PA (DCNR’s citizen conservation awareness program) will provide ideas on how to help in four key ways: protecting trees and forests; planting trees; buy... | <urn:uuid:448d8ea7-088f-4e17-a191-365bd437d9e4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/wrcp/wildnotes/spring10/trees-pg1.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00127-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945147 | 389 | 3.5625 | 4 |
For the benefit of those unacquainted with the Turing Test, it is a test proposed by computer scientist and philosopher Alan Turing. The idea was that a person would talk with a computer, unaware of who/what they were talking to. If, at the end of the conversation the person is unable to determine whether they were tal... | <urn:uuid:684b74b0-271e-4455-992e-48bfda0a2f8c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/55518/turing-test-in-star-trek | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00037-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979374 | 208 | 2.6875 | 3 |
A new study found that a six-month program of Tai Chi exercises helped people with various stages of Parkinson’s disease improve stability, their ability to walk and reduced the frequency of falls.
The study, published this week in the New England Journal of Medicine compared a six-month tailored Tai Chi program to res... | <urn:uuid:e06a0fbe-1dcf-4f2b-b915-4933576ca5ae> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.davisphinneyfoundation.org/dpf-blog/tai-chi-benefit-parkinsons-disease-patients/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00073-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965529 | 1,148 | 2.703125 | 3 |
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SUMMARY. This is a Green Paper™ that defines the true cause of Global Climate Change. We have also determined the proper solution for fixing the problem. Climate Change is just an 'early warning symptom' of a much greater threat ... | <urn:uuid:9e96a4c2-bbd3-47d1-8cf6-149be472206a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.acsa.net/sites/10ba/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00006-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936639 | 12,944 | 3.34375 | 3 |
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No Jimmy Carter, Crawford campaigned in both 1816 and 1824. Although best known nationally for his 1824 bid for the presidency, the most controversial presidential election in U.S. history up to that point, Crawford served the state and nation in a variety of way... | <urn:uuid:894f1824-795d-453a-9a7f-8ac111238223> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/william-harris-crawford-1772-1834 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00062-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976184 | 1,547 | 2.890625 | 3 |
BLACKBIRDS have come top of the class in a survey carried out by more than 3,000 school children and teachers in Kent.
Schools monitored the number of visits from different birds to their schools as part of the RSPB’s big school birdwatch during the last two weeks of January.
A total of 62 schools in Kent took part cou... | <urn:uuid:7151a4ef-bb87-4fe4-b80f-77ecd1d45e4a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/9630544.Blackbirds_ranked_the_most_common_bird_in_Kent_s_school_grounds/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00187-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967942 | 184 | 2.53125 | 3 |
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Several fast food companies, retailers and producers have committed to phasing out the use of gestation stalls for pigs and battery cages for hens. This chart provides you with an overview of who has committed to what, and what practices have been adopted in other countri... | <urn:uuid:f036233b-955e-464d-bc14-77b98021079d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://cfhs.ca/farm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00128-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956264 | 295 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Benazir was a central part of Pakistan's problems
The Bhuttos' acrimonious family squabbles have long resembled one of the bloody succession disputes that habitually plagued South Asia during the time of the Great Mughals. In the case of the Bhuttos, they date back to the moment when Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto was arrested on... | <urn:uuid:0163b89b-203f-461c-9101-b8acb73af54e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/apr/12/slide-show-1-reviewing-fatima-bhuttos-book.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397562.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00156-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984373 | 3,849 | 2.71875 | 3 |
to Hangout NJ-- the state's Web site for kids! In this Government
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The How 2 video website contains a plethora of videos that may be the perfect supplement to a high school course or the foundation for building an elective course. Check out the many areas of ... | <urn:uuid:fa6e8fd1-8ad5-46a2-b2c6-b1d53406c8e9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://hslda.org/highschool/blog.asp?a=a2009,10 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00075-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.905609 | 241 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Teachers love FREE! At times it seems that there is no limit to teachers’ willingness to spend money on their students and their classrooms yet, as we all know, money is finite. It’s estimated that the average teachers spends $500 a year of their personal money on a variety of items in the classroom. Since it’s an aver... | <urn:uuid:7ad95545-f869-4390-ba8b-7ffefe7546af> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://tuesdayswithkaren.blogspot.com/2011/10/we-love-free.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393518.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00150-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957994 | 806 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Medicine has seen its equivalent of the splitting of the atom: the ability to take apart, reassemble, and release the incredible power locked in genes and cells. The breakthrough has resulted from the merger of interlocking fields—gene therapy and cell therapy—which are now spawning near-miraculous treatments and cures... | <urn:uuid:d2194d2d-e763-46c1-b3c4-38fa5794bdaf> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://discovermagazine.com/2010/oct/23-cells-become-healing-tools | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00003-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950558 | 480 | 3.046875 | 3 |
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Traditions are an important part of life at Thomas Jefferson's University. Some traditions, like the Jefferson Society, founded in 1825, and the Honor System, created in 1842, still exist today. Other traditions like quoits and cotillions enjoyed by students of an older time have been replaced by similar but more moder... | <urn:uuid:8587eb0b-d561-4692-a823-201b7084c4f5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.virginia.edu/uvakids/join/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00047-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952809 | 897 | 2.859375 | 3 |
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To me, the turn of this sonnet begins at the line that starts "Yet in these thoughts..." By saying "yet," the speaker is clearly saying that what came before is going to be different from what will come next.
The speaker's tone after the turn is completely different. Before the turn, he was being ... | <urn:uuid:672322d8-8601-4812-88da-ecd131a96dd0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/main-clause-sonnet-29-begins-turn-where-how-does-143017 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00037-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978728 | 796 | 2.578125 | 3 |
The search for molecular electronics has induced increasing interests in single molecule measurements, and generated a lot of feats to clarify the individual molecule behaviors as electronic circuitries such as switches, wires, transistors, and so on. Now, to make more complex circuitry or molecular computer from them,... | <urn:uuid:f37b27da-b481-4225-be50-1f560f3f1b7a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.foresight.org/Conferences/MNT10/Abstracts/Tokuhisa/index.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00197-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911497 | 589 | 2.609375 | 3 |
An income statement differs from a budget on various fronts, and understanding these distinctions can help you make sense of concepts such as profitability, liquidity management and solvency. The last term relates to a company or initiative holding more assets than liabilities -- the other name for debts, obligations o... | <urn:uuid:90d97b4d-308e-4dd0-bebf-501c20a89e93> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://smallbusiness.chron.com/difference-between-income-statement-budget-26183.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00092-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920313 | 478 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Southern California's Imperial Valley produces about 80 percent of the nation's winter vegetables. But years of drought, and a population boom in the Southwest, now threaten the water supply in the desert region — and all those cheap winter greens.
The next time you eat a salad this winter, picture the valley Vince Bro... | <urn:uuid:b2d9c97b-7f8a-449d-9cb0-b6bf7ce1e33c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://westernfarmpress.com/print/irrigation/water-war-continues-arid-imperial-valley | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00187-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920453 | 231 | 2.90625 | 3 |
|Fire and Ice: Puritan and Reformed Writings|
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"(b. Nov. 12, 1615, Rowton, Shropshire, Eng.d. Dec. 8, 1691, London), known as a peacemaker who sought unity among the clashing Protestant denominations, he was the centre of nearly every major controversy in England in his fractious age.
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Definition: An undirected graph that has a path between every pair of vertices.
See also complete graph, biconnected graph, triconnected graph, strongly connected graph, forest, bridge, reachable, maximally connected component, connected components, vertex connectivity, edge connectivity.
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"I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past."
— Patrick Henry, March 23, 1775
A new book by Stephen P. Halbrook uses newly discovered secret documents from German archives, diaries, and newspapers from the time of the We... | <urn:uuid:1a8fc441-5b95-47e3-af8a-3bbdb4f044fd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/16886-the-past-as-prelude-nazi-disarmament-and-the-u-s-gun-grab | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00197-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956286 | 1,750 | 3.015625 | 3 |
#52 on the list of 150 Most Teachable Lincoln Documents
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“The eleven leaves from Lincoln’s cyphering book deserve a special place in history. They represent the earliest examples remaining of his handwriting, and reflect the effort he put into filling the pages with appropriate rules, problems, ... | <urn:uuid:893ef37c-463a-4a6c-a214-96b68d92a9ed> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://housedivided.dickinson.edu/sites/lincoln/copybook-verses-1824-1826/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394414.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00028-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97156 | 688 | 2.65625 | 3 |
The eruption was so bright that for a while it was one of the most luminous stars in the Milky Way+ READ ARTICLE
Ever wonder what an exploding star looks like?
NASA has released this incredible time lapse video showing the enormous explosion of a red star called V838 Monocerotis, located some 20,000 light years away.
T... | <urn:uuid:74f6275b-dad1-4a0c-90ee-d8bafb10beef> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://time.com/2875800/exploding-star-time-lapse-hubble-nasa/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00156-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97757 | 214 | 3.328125 | 3 |
Building a Quality I-Learn Course
An I-Learn course should be well-organized and easily navigable. The link below presents principles which promote the development of a quality course.
Building a Good Course Website
Step 1: Write Your Outcomes and Plan Your Curriculum
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Dartmouth Physics Professor Working To Solve Mystery Key To Quantum Computing
Some of the biggest technology companies in the world are on a chase for what some consider the holy grail of the information age: Quantum computing. And some of that research is going on right there in New Hampshire. But one big challenge is... | <urn:uuid:2801f0af-f3e3-49fb-8b29-6db35bdd9ba1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://nhpr.org/post/dartmouth-physics-professor-working-solve-mystery-key-quantum-computing | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00122-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960145 | 858 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Most biomolecules are "chiral", that is to say they exist in two left and right -handed mirror image forms. But biology only uses one hand, i.e. it is "homochiral". Life on Earth is made of left handed amino acids, almost exlusively. One of the greatest puzzles in biophysics is the question of why life on Earth is base... | <urn:uuid:1d8f4014-0d0f-4d83-9d92-ed7e6bcec328> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://syntheticorganic.blogspot.com/2008_03_01_archive.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00137-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.914826 | 266 | 2.875 | 3 |
Florence, the capital of Tuscany, is situated on the Arno, a small stream, which. during the rainy season, only partially fills its bed. The city has no unsightly suburbs such as detract from the beauty of our American cities, and is, moreover, kept with exquisite neatness. There is no city in Europe in which Americans... | <urn:uuid:72ccb33a-90d5-4be9-afb6-83ea85c44b92> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1889/2/1/professor-cookes-lecture-the-usual-large/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00178-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981725 | 521 | 2.65625 | 3 |
The French L'AIMABLE taken on 19 April 1782 by Lord HOOD in the Mona Passage in the West Indies.
Broken up in 1814.
- 1782 Capt. A. HOOD, North America.
- 1793 Capt. Harry NEALE, Mediterranean. She took part in the reduction of Bastia and, on 23 May 1794, captured the French corvette MOSELLE (18) off the Hieres Islands... | <urn:uuid:117f4349-fd40-4a6b-a09c-ab25adc06be5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ageofnelson.org/MichaelPhillips/info.php?ref=0066 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00124-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977493 | 2,088 | 3.078125 | 3 |
Create Your Own Coded Language
- Grades: 6–8
- Unit Plan:
Students will discover and encounter cryptology used in their everyday lives. After discovering some uses and types of codes, students will create their own secret writing or coded messages, and develop a dictionary of eponyms.
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The trench coat was invented for soldiers.
But most of us knew that, the word “trench” is a bit of a giveaway. The interesting debate around the invention of the trench coat is which brand is responsible? Burberry and Aquascutum both claim to have “invented” the trench coat, however Aquascutum’s design dates back to 18... | <urn:uuid:6ea2758d-3b19-4b61-b8b2-ffaa157d9ef2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://searchingforstyle.com/2011/03/fashion-fact-7/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00140-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937225 | 517 | 2.78125 | 3 |
China released a guideline on urban planning on Feb 21 in a bid to tackle the problems associated with increasing urbanization and the explosion of city sizes.
Cities will no longer be allowed to grow beyond what their natural resources can support, and odd-shaped buildings will be forbidden, according to the guideline... | <urn:uuid:b98d1b23-2c64-4bb9-93d9-76ec50a19556> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://english.gov.cn/news/top_news/2016/02/22/content_281475294306681.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00060-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942342 | 616 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Many call water the elixir of life, but why is drinking water so important?
Water is critical for our survival, and the better hydrated the body, the better the body is able to perform. Water promotes better health in keeping our body temperature down, aids in digestion, aids in weight loss and keeps body systems funct... | <urn:uuid:d23ded98-19b3-49de-80d8-ad931b1a061c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dailylocal.com/article/20130716/LIFE01/130719835&template=printart | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00198-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930163 | 473 | 2.859375 | 3 |
By Matt Walker
Editor, Earth News
Verdigellas: older than we thought
Ancient seaweed that have been found growing in the deep sea are "living fossils", researchers have reported.
The two types of seaweed, which grow more than 200m underwater, represent previously unrecognised ancient forms of algae, say the scientists.... | <urn:uuid:5d380925-4eb0-451d-9ef5-3464f1998dd8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_9195000/9195714.stm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00128-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954646 | 853 | 3.546875 | 4 |
Tourette syndrome (TS) is a disorder that causes both motor and vocal tics. Motor tics are brief, rapid movements of the face, hands, or legs that happen over and over. Vocal tics can be words, throat clearing, or other sounds that are not made on purpose.
If tics are severe, or happen often, they can affect your child... | <urn:uuid:9bea946c-c0e8-4efb-9dc5-13c397471899> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.abcdpediatrics.com/advisor/pa/pa_toursynd_bhp.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00169-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933072 | 411 | 3.625 | 4 |
more teachable race. But with these the difficulty for the new law-givers is that they find nothing corresponding to the productions of the country from which they had come. Fruits are in abundance, but there is no grain which requires culture, and which would give origin to a continued industry. The legend relates, so... | <urn:uuid:428bad33-96f0-433a-95db-e3a90c756f7c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://manybooks.net/titles/various12371237412374-8.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00160-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95567 | 212 | 2.625 | 3 |
Set Submissions for Assignments
You can change the number of submissions your students can make, whether they need to submit the entire assignment, entire questions, or only changed question parts, and whether your students can save their work without using a submission.
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Multiple causes could make it extremely difficult to stop the decline of the bees. If so, farmers may have to embrace a change in strategy and encourage the assistance of alternative pollinators like solitary wild bees and bumblebees. A promising study published last autumn by ecologists Sarah Greenleaf of the Universi... | <urn:uuid:f5b15671-8e1f-4021-b67e-58419229dbf0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://discovermagazine.com/2007/jul/better-planet/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00156-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938204 | 1,041 | 3.65625 | 4 |
In the context of human evolution, human vestigiality involves those traits
occurring in humans .... All mammals have a tail at some point in their
development; in humans, it is present for a period...
Oct 8, 2015 ... If you're curious, the longest human tail on record is generally credited ... If you
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The risk of injury in professional sport has been a central feature in recent debates about how well protected our stars are. Only recently, Argentine football player Emanuel Ortega died of a fatal head injury after hitting a concrete wall during a game.
One solution is to increase the use of protective wear and to imp... | <urn:uuid:6c8292b0-61c0-4c08-963f-461de8b6344d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://theconversation.com/the-seashell-inspired-material-inspiring-a-new-wave-of-safety-gear-in-sport-42092 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00130-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931476 | 860 | 3.296875 | 3 |
A Sound Idea
Submitted by: L. Stone
Make a tape of sounds from the environment. I have one with crickets chirping, cell phones ringing, water running, a thunderstorm, a kitty mewing. When the tape is played the students are asked to identify what the noise is. Keep a numbered list for your own reference so you don’t fo... | <urn:uuid:702268e7-b917-4b3d-8866-a73df415f01c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://tips.atozteacherstuff.com/407/sponge-and-transition-activities/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397748.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00004-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96547 | 1,284 | 3.125 | 3 |
A line connecting points of equal Dew Point Temperature is called an isodrosotherm. That means, at every point along a given isodrosotherm, the values of dew point temperature are the same.
Isodrosotherms are represented by dashed green contours. An image of reported dew point temperatures and isodrosotherms has been g... | <urn:uuid:a276dd05-5fe2-4c1b-80e3-2e0d5c19589e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ww2010.atmos.uiuc.edu/(Gl)/guides/maps/sfcobs/cntr/dros.rxml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00058-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.910513 | 278 | 4.375 | 4 |
This diagram shows the Americas being separated from the Europe and Africa as the seafloor spreads. Continents are grey in color. Youngest seafloor is red and as seafloor gets older it becomes yellow, green and then blue.
Click on image for full size
NOAA/NESDIS/National Geophysical Data Center, Boulder, CO.
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GSD Course Bulletin - Fall 2013
06479 [M1]: Daylighting (SCI 0647900)
Lecture - 2 credits
This course is a module. It lasts the first half of the semester only.
Monday Friday 11:30 - 1:00 Gund 510
Architecture is the masterly, correct and magnificent play of masses brought together in light. -Le Corbusier
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Personality is a collection of emotional, thought, and behavioral patterns unique to a person that is consistent over time. The idea that we can understand ourselves and others by categorizing the ways in which we experience, respond, and behave toward the physical and social world has a long tradition. With the advent... | <urn:uuid:8acf3c21-c179-49b7-9c4a-3da429f1ce05> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Personality | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00030-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958606 | 5,117 | 3.84375 | 4 |
Protection or Free Trade
How the abolition of protection would stimulate production, weaken monopolies and relieve government of a great cause of corruption, we have seen.
"But what," it will be asked, "would be the gain to working-men? Will wages increase?"
For some time, and to some extent, yes. For the spring of ind... | <urn:uuid:892fb10c-7a17-49c8-991d-fb649486ed04> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.econlib.org/library/YPDBooks/George/grgPFT22.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00130-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971404 | 3,837 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Many think of social networks in terms of Facebook friends and Twitter followers, but for recent University of Georgia doctoral graduate Julie Rushmore, social networks are tools in the fight against infectious diseases.
Rushmore, who completed her doctorate in the Odum School of Ecology in May, analyzed the social net... | <urn:uuid:97f204dd-1982-43d9-9ba3-26a2c2857298> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ecology.uga.edu/newsItem.php?Social_networks_could_help_prevent_disease_outbreaks_in_endangered_chimpanzees-231/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00097-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95533 | 1,165 | 3.5625 | 4 |
There are mixed feelings from conventional farmers and the agricultural industry about organic farming. Many in the industry are not convinced organic foods are more nutritious or that organic methods trump scientific advances, citing for example that farming with Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) to help lessen wo... | <urn:uuid:18a05f7b-2c54-4d8c-a059-b7b4d8d18e5f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/organic-farming4.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00194-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944768 | 359 | 3.46875 | 3 |
What is a Bengal Cat?
The Bengal cat is a long, muscular, medium- to large-sized cat, with a broad head and muzzle, high cheekbones, and pronounced whisker pads. The eyes are round and wide, with dark markings around the eyes (mascara) and the ears small and rounded at the tips. The grace of a jungle cat is held as one... | <urn:uuid:06587632-c143-4162-b170-8b92efc8e267> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.petmd.com/cat/breeds/c_ct_bengal | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00162-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97027 | 1,425 | 2.84375 | 3 |
South Korean educators no longer have to compete with smartphones for a student's attention
What do educators in the world’s most wired country do when students just can’t put down their phones in class? They develop an app that has the power to remotely control all devices when on campus.
With the help of iSmartKeeper... | <urn:uuid:e036f5b7-0a43-4e30-9c04-a874326fceff> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://time.com/33023/ismartkeeper-south-korea-student-phones-switch-off-app/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00093-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962223 | 392 | 2.5625 | 3 |
This NASA Hubble Space Telescope image shows three galaxies playing a game of gravitational tug-of-war that may result in the eventual demise of one of them.
Located about 100 million light-years away in the constellation Piscis Austrinus (the Southern Fish), the galaxy interaction may ultimately lead to the three refo... | <urn:uuid:c1055c3b-9f31-4565-b958-e42d8403a77a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2009/10/image/a/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00174-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.868243 | 357 | 3.328125 | 3 |
The long road to understanding our star
The earliest written records of sunspots date back to 165 B.C. in China, but human understanding of the sun didn’t begin making leaps forward until the early 1600s, shortly after the invention of the telescope. That’s when Galileo Galilei, Thomas Harriot and others began drawing ... | <urn:uuid:6da86f2c-608c-493a-a584-8ccfef106108> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.earthmagazine.org/article/long-road-understanding-our-star | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398216.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00042-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972397 | 656 | 3.6875 | 4 |
During the past specific empires have been the center of civilization. At the time Jesus walked here upon earth the Roman empire was the prominent power. It controlled and enforced its laws upon other nations. Not only was that true, but Rome was also the center of world trade. Paved highways for that period of time we... | <urn:uuid:9170c9b6-bc8c-4035-9e65-e92215e9be8f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gilmermirror.com/view/full_story/24831335/article-All-roads-lead-to-Rome?instance=home_news_bullets | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404826.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00128-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984166 | 174 | 3.28125 | 3 |
Vacuum Ultraviolet Lamp of the Future Created in Japan
First Solid-State Vacuum UV Phosphor, Described in APL-Materials, Promises Smaller, Safer, Longer Lasting, Low Power Lamps for Industrial Applications
Embargo expired: 22-Apr-2014 11:00 AM EDT
Source Newsroom: American Institute of Physics (AIP)
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Seredzius is a town in Lithuania on the right bank of the Neman River near its confluence with the Dubysa River. According to the 2001 census, it had a population of 749. Southeast of the town, archaeologists discovered graves from the 3rd–4th centuries. The town also has a large hillfort, identified by historian Zenon... | <urn:uuid:6e369f31-ad91-4d6e-b550-946f6ba836eb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.touristlink.com/lithuania/seredzius/overview.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00111-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98425 | 238 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Saturn rings born from Titanic collision
Ring theory Saturn's majestic rings and icy inner moons formed following the planet's collision with another moon the size of Titan, a new study suggests.
Titan is the largest remaining moon orbiting Saturn, and is about one-and-a-half times the size of Earth's moon.
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From the moment we are born, humans are encouraged to take on an ever increasing amount of responsibility. As children, we learn to be responsible for our toys, to clean our room and to help with a few chores. As we mature, society demands that we retain our responsibilities but discard our childish things and take on ... | <urn:uuid:b86879ed-f604-4130-8ca5-4bfd2a5e0d0d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/sunday-commentary/20140822-the-dangers-in-taking-on-too-much-responsibility.ece | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00026-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970288 | 1,691 | 3.375 | 3 |
Want more power and longer battery life for that cell phone, laptop,
and digital music player? “Flower power" may be the solution. Chemists
are reporting development of flower-shaped nanoparticles with superior
electronic performance than conventional battery materials. These
“nanoflowers” may power next-generation ele... | <urn:uuid:e2d53c31-e6cf-419b-9997-3b0e74a88e20> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.biology-online.org/articles/flower-shaped-nanoparticles-may-lead-batteries.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393463.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00161-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911553 | 334 | 3.328125 | 3 |
Trigeminal nerve stimulation (TNS) is an experimental device that shows promise in treating epilepsy. It might someday be available to treat severe depression in patients whose illness has not responded to antidepressants or psychotherapy. In clinical trials for TNS, electrodes are taped to a patient’s forehead and the... | <urn:uuid:7a7302c4-5e65-48e1-ac9f-87132303280a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.healthline.com/health/depression/trigeminal-nerve-stimulation | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00147-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947564 | 897 | 3.421875 | 3 |
Incorporate underused plants in your landscape for their visual appeal and hardiness. Native Florida plants and those well-suited to Florida's semi-tropical environment make good sense because they will perform satisfactorily and add a unique element as well. Whereas other yards are full of crepe myrtles and azaleas, u... | <urn:uuid:79be32b2-8fbd-41f9-84ba-52be3e12fbc3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gardenguides.com/101910-underused-plants-florida-landscaping.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00109-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931858 | 568 | 3.046875 | 3 |
In this special additional chapter of The News Manual Online, we look at vilification and racial hatred laws in Australia. While it refers directly to legislation in Australia, it might also be interesting for journalists from other countries with such laws or which are thinking of making such laws.
What is vilificatio... | <urn:uuid:955ea080-f941-46bb-8eec-fd22c38755bd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thenewsmanual.net/Resources/medialaw_in_australia_05.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00040-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955737 | 2,212 | 3.296875 | 3 |
From CSS Discuss
What is a wiki?
A wiki is a cooperative Web site - a site where any one can edit any thing on any page. Sound like a recipe for disaster? Thanks to revision control and community spirit wikis are thriving all over the 'net..
So Ann, how does it work?
Contributing to a wiki is simple. First, it is advis... | <urn:uuid:c43824ee-efff-40d6-bd4d-9fa17625a407> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://css-discuss.incutio.com/wiki/Wiki_Guide | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393463.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00014-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.910615 | 786 | 3.171875 | 3 |
A short guide to the campus resources available to UVU math students.
Utah Valley University has a wide variety of resources to assist students. Students can get help finding a job, learning study skills, dealing with stress, and creating a support system.
The courses offered by the Developmental Mathematics Department... | <urn:uuid:e9b418b6-b666-4d53-aed1-513eb548379a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.uvu.edu/mathlab/mathresources/uvuresources.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00101-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941835 | 237 | 3 | 3 |
The new effort, called ClearWater expands upon other initiatives to ensure rainforest residents have safe, unpolluted water.
Chevron has turned its back on the rainforest and its people. The ClearWater project is not the complete solution, but it is part of one, and we praise the indigenous and environmental groups for... | <urn:uuid:aad309a1-7ce3-4e22-bc36-674a498d1084> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://thechevronpit.blogspot.com/2012/04/ecuadorians-environmental-groups.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00134-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936228 | 592 | 2.953125 | 3 |
A minister is an individual authorized by a church, denomination or government to further its interests and serve its people. Common duties may include organizing services, teaching classes, preaching sermons, officiating weddings, overseeing funerals and guiding the community spiritually. The various types of minister... | <urn:uuid:9bad5459-fb9e-4311-9c3e-bdc80c4aedd7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://work.chron.com/types-ministers-9882.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00095-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974517 | 550 | 3.125 | 3 |
- the Old World house martin
- Heraldry a representation of a bird without feet, used as a crest or bearing
Origin of martletFrench martelet, probably ; from martinet, diminutive of martin
- See house martin.
- Heraldry A representation of a bird without feet, used as a crest or bearing to indicate a fourth son.
Origin... | <urn:uuid:4d0b6fb1-a2e7-4c0b-b95b-7be1654aa0a9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.yourdictionary.com/martlet | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00094-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.847093 | 112 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Blurred Vision During Pregnancy
Expectant mothers have to cope with a variety of different problems. The more common problems, such as morning sickness and constipation, are discussed frequently, while other problems such as vision changes are not. Believe it or not, vision changes are a common, normal part of being pr... | <urn:uuid:8eaed745-4742-47d7-adaa-c1c759425f18> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pregnancycorner.com/being-pregnant/complications/blurred-vision.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00078-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944221 | 1,043 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Location: Microfilm PN 4897 M29 H3
Scope: "On January 7, 1765, in the middle of the Stamp Act controversy, Boston shopkeeper Harbottle Dorr took the current issue of the Boston Evening-Post and commented on its contents in the margins. Every week thereafter, he collected one or both of the Evening-Post or the Boston Ga... | <urn:uuid:4bdc07dd-e16e-44f4-9238-9461f2d6e9e3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://library.truman.edu/microforms/harbottle.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00113-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.884629 | 429 | 2.859375 | 3 |
April 16, 2013
Energy Efficiency Could Increase Infection Risks In Hospital Wards
The chance of infection in some hospital wards varies dramatically according to whether the nurses leave the windows open.
A University of Leeds-led team studied airflow in a "Nightingale" ward–a classic hospital ward design that traditio... | <urn:uuid:73a441c3-36e1-40d0-b57f-0d64853c237a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1112824128/energy-efficiency-could-increase-infection-risks-in-hospital-wards/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00147-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970009 | 905 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Habitat - Habitat Conservation Plans
Date Published: July 2007
Number of Pages: 34
In late April and early May, 2007, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) held six public meetings throughout Washington state to introduce the Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) development process for the Hydraulic Project ... | <urn:uuid:469078dc-9cd7-4906-8713-3c4142176675> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://wdfw.wa.gov/publications/pub.php?id=00796 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00088-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931871 | 631 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Revista de Saúde Pública
On-line version ISSN 1518-8787
Print version ISSN 0034-8910
ANDRADE, Claudia Regina Furquim de. Speech-language idiopathic disorder prevalence in children from one to eleven years of age. Rev. Saúde Pública [online]. 1997, vol.31, n.5, pp.495-501. ISSN 1518-8787. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0034... | <urn:uuid:48b8b1f9-dca8-456a-9a12-262b1a31e1ec> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0034-89101997000600008&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394605.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00141-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917074 | 389 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Emily Bazelon's new book, "Sticks and Stones," takes a look at America's epidemic of school bullying.
As she confronts the problem, she brings up the new and more complex forms of bullying children are experiencing.
From Bazelon's interview with Slate:
One piece of research in particular helped me understand why kids b... | <urn:uuid:d33fcc98-55c7-4689-b17e-00349718ec18> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mprnews.org/story/2013/03/13/daily-circuit-emily-bazelon-sticks-and-stones-bullying | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396029.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00041-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961064 | 467 | 2.921875 | 3 |
Lorikeets, such as this rainbow lorikeet, are known for hopping around like kangaroos.
While any parrot might enjoy the following behaviors, some species appear to develop them naturally. Some genetic lines may exhibit inherited or learned behaviors representative of their heredity. Ask your bird breeder to describe ty... | <urn:uuid:2213aa0e-d776-4eb2-8078-4672491b5cce> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.birdchannel.com/bird-behavior-and-training/predictible-bird-behavior.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396029.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00172-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919097 | 1,135 | 3.15625 | 3 |
By Bio-IT World Staff
April 18, 2014 | A large coalition of European and American researchers this week published a new gene expression study of trisomy 21, better known as Down's syndrome, using a novel cellular model of the disorder. Induced pluripotent stem cells were derived from a set of identical twins, only one ... | <urn:uuid:583c03c8-167c-4d5b-9d45-2557b8884827> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bio-itworld.com/BioIT_Article.aspx?id=137554 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00012-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956054 | 392 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Common examples are spicy food, tomatoes, lettuce, consultants, over peppers and certain fruit prevacid nuts. Exercise may aggravate pain resulting from heart disease, and rest may the the pain. In most cases, GERD can be relieved through diet and lifestyle changes; however, some people may require medication or surger... | <urn:uuid:63058397-c209-430f-b3c7-96bc77fef039> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://newhopebehavioralhealth.com/index.php/overthecounterprevacid/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397567.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00021-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.904387 | 464 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Getting Fruitcake Off the Shelf with Basic Physics
It's the perennial butt of jokes during the holiday season, but people keep giving it nonetheless. And now it seems that there may be hope for that holiday fruitcake after all. Peter Barham, a University of Bristol physicist and author of The Science of Cooking, says t... | <urn:uuid:a9eee570-55a2-46b2-9335-e3f12efc177f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200212/fruitcake.cfm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00181-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969252 | 513 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Nova’s site - This site has many great links. "Sharkmasters" leads to a section called "Exploding Myths"; and "World of Sharks" leads to "Who's Who of Sharks", "Clickable Shark" and other good informational pages. There is also a Nova Teachers' section for Shark Attack which includes Classroom Activities and Interactiv... | <urn:uuid:71972101-4643-4332-9b87-b5f9a17f2967> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://dukes.stark.k12.oh.us/TIS/sharks.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00004-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.891646 | 409 | 3.328125 | 3 |
Structural Biochemistry/Membrane Proteins/The Evolution of Membrane Proteins
The Evolution of Membrane Proteins
The evolution of membrane proteins and the structure of membranes remain unclear despite the advancement of our understanding of molecular membrane mechanisms and the complex topology of the membrane. One mod... | <urn:uuid:11c514bc-94a0-4282-8230-b658fa5ce71b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Structural_Biochemistry/Membrane_Proteins/The_Evolution_of_Membrane_Proteins | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00173-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917313 | 1,023 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Safe Routes To School - Why?
Pose the question, “How did you get to school when you were a kid?” to a roomful of adults, and chances are the great majority will say that they walked. If you ask them what they experienced while walking, the following responses are typical:
My brothers and sisters and I got together with... | <urn:uuid:51c89896-1391-4319-b431-69d667c0fcfb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/pedbimot/bike/Safe-Routes-2004/pages/section-1.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00039-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975701 | 999 | 2.9375 | 3 |
NORTH CAROLINA is one of the Southern States of the American republic, and one of the thirteen which originally adopted the federal constitution. It was included in the extensive region granted, in 1584, by Queen Elizabeth, to Sir Walter Raleigh, under the general name of Virginia. Its earliest permanent settlement was... | <urn:uuid:61155627-1228-4494-b26d-caf6d857c58b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/8985 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00036-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972167 | 2,508 | 3.671875 | 4 |
We have all encountered them. Maybe you are even one of them. I have two of them in my family and they can be very challenging to photograph. I am talking about “blinkers”: those people who always seem to have their eyes closed in photographs when a flash is used.
It’s nothing they do on purpose. They just have a natur... | <urn:uuid:512a0559-714a-4c21-b90b-630621cc3a68> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.lightstalking.com/how-to-take-flash-photographs-of-blinkers | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00169-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959125 | 1,132 | 2.65625 | 3 |
See also: List of To Kill a Mockingbird characters. The story takes place during
three years (1933–35) of the Great Depression in ...
From a general summary to chapter summaries to explanations of famous quotes
, the SparkNotes To Kill a Mockingbird Study Guide has everything you need to ...
Use this CliffsNotes To Kil... | <urn:uuid:693323eb-8388-4699-9836-5fb5b86245e1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ask.com/web?q=To+Kill+a+Mockingbird+Summary&o=2603&l=dir&qsrc=3139&gc=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00004-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.788767 | 414 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Water, H2O, Chemical characteristics explaining biological role
Water constitutes about 55% of the body weight; this percentage varies from 55% in men to 65% in women, according to their relative proportion of adipose tissue. The distribution of water in the body is about 70% intracellular and 30% extracellular, this l... | <urn:uuid:81379d7e-282d-45c1-84c7-12694d7054e8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pharmacorama.com/en/Sections/Elements-Water-1.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00124-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930329 | 1,029 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Potawatomi is Algonquian language spoken by fewer than 100 mainly elderly people in Ontario and the north-central United States. Efforts are currently being made by various bands of Potawatomi to revitalise and revive their language. There are about 28,000 Potawatomi and the call themselves Nishnabe'k ('the original pe... | <urn:uuid:22da42c6-cd16-4d63-997b-61ce33951d44> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://omniglot.com/writing/potawatomi.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00049-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.903928 | 653 | 3.65625 | 4 |
from skynews: Archaeologists working at the World Trade Centre site in New York have found the remains of a wooden ship apparently buried there more than 200 years ago.
The remains of the 30ft length of a wood-hulled vessel were found when workers excavating the site, where a new World Trade Centre is being built, hit ... | <urn:uuid:03bc520d-4c1a-48b2-8bd4-6c4fc205035b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://mediamonarchy.blogspot.com/2010/07/wooden-ship-from-1700s-found-at-wtc.html?m=0 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00138-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96765 | 474 | 2.796875 | 3 |
The Waugh Children
Ask any child, "How did you come to live at the Ramey home?"
She may answer, “I had no place else to go."
Top Center - Violet Stevens
Middle (L to R) - Peggy Burke, Marjorie Waugh, Darlene Waugh
Bottom (L to R) Phyllis Waugh, Eddie Sullivan and Frank Rowe
Much as been said about Gertrude Ramey and he... | <urn:uuid:aa951f46-b0d3-4872-82e2-063b71ee95f5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~justiceedwards/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00110-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983705 | 1,398 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Inactivity researchers are discovering that sitting isn't just harmful to your health, it's so detrimental that a little bit of exercise doesn't offset its negative effects.
As The Washington Post put it, "The message is clear: Sitting for hours at a time might be a health risk regardless of what you do with the rest o... | <urn:uuid:91297ace-5de5-4cae-8927-e5c515f1bfa5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.moveforwardpt.com/DidYouKnow/Detail.aspx?cid=6780e6aa-db62-4fe9-aa1c-7202e7a720cd | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00097-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955166 | 346 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Food & Water | Dec 11, 2012
Permaculture: How I'm Preparing for a Local Future
In this lecture from the International Conference on Sustainability, Transition and Culture Change, Peter Bane, author of The Permaculture Handbook: Garden Farming for Town and Country and publisher of Permaculture Activist Magazine explains... | <urn:uuid:41679907-9d06-41e6-bb06-5a948a4946de> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.resilience.org/resource-detail/1344350-permaculture-how-i-m-preparing-for-a | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00063-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915643 | 145 | 2.71875 | 3 |
|Isolation of Arthrobacter species from the phyllosphere and demonstration of their epiphytic fitness.|
|Jump to Full Text|
|PMID: 23355506 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher|
|Bacteria of the genus Arthrobacter are common inhabitants of the soil environment, but can also be recovered from leaf surfaces (the phyllosphere). U... | <urn:uuid:b0d17ddd-356b-4898-aef2-311c7422edbf> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.biomedsearch.com/nih/Isolation-Arthrobacter-species-from-phyllosphere/23355506.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00015-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.857598 | 10,402 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Skull wars: new ‘Homo erectus’ skull in Ethiopia
Published: 22 March 2002 (GMT+10)
The recent find of a so-called Homo erectus skull in Africa was announced throughout the world as if it proved evolution, and published in Nature.1 The facts are far less exciting for evolution’s would-be believers.
‘A million-year-old s... | <urn:uuid:4cbaa0f4-bd22-425b-a124-0f71d6be5ac5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://creation.com/skull-wars-new-homo-erectus-skull-in-ethiopia | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00090-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958984 | 1,833 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Statistical Methods for Fuzzy Data
Statistical analysis methods have to be adapted for the analysis of fuzzy data. In this book, the foundations of the description of fuzzy data are explained, including methods on how to obtain the characterizing function of fuzzy measurement results. Furthermore, statistical methods a... | <urn:uuid:f448d0ba-92ae-4ec3-beb1-4a6d87018f15> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-0470699450.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00018-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.693059 | 1,670 | 3.21875 | 3 |
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
This review is from: The Hanging Tree: Execution and the English People 1770-1868 (Paperback)
The refinement of punishment has been a phenomenon common to most western countries, allowing the survival of practices whose intrinsic barbarity could easily have led to their ... | <urn:uuid:38298113-2eb3-4c7c-831c-489f093f5a55> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.amazon.co.uk/review/R2B82F5FQE6DE4 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00030-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971629 | 622 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Words formed when one letter is changed in nosh
Letter 1 (N) changed: 7 words found:
No words found when changing letter 2 (O).
No words found when changing letter 3 (S).
Letter 4 (H) changed: 2 words found:
A total of 9 words can be formed from nosh by changing one letter. | <urn:uuid:4f848982-1f8f-4521-b18a-817f3fea624a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.morewords.com/change-one-letter-in/nosh/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00084-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.89858 | 73 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Today (2006), dusty outline maps from
archaeology articles are coming to life in full
color. Tilting the view
and spinning around to appreciate the
surrounding horizon provides the
geographic context of previously vague, remote
ruins. And the
placemarks often provide useful contextual
information plus lots of photograp... | <urn:uuid:86d8e755-5c16-4880-8348-0a62a156ed16> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://jqjacobs.net/archaeo/sites/index.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00120-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.811434 | 392 | 2.78125 | 3 |
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