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The Anatomy of an Acoustic Guitar
All guitars share certain characteristics that make them behave like guitars and not violins or tubas. Understanding the anatomy of an acoustic guitar is important for understanding how to make music with it and how to take care of it.
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miniSD is a smaller form-factor version of the Secure Digital (SD) flash memory card. It is used with mobile phones, PDAs, MP3 players and other portable hardware devices to provide a storage solution. Through use of an (usually bundled) adapter, miniSD cards can bhe inserted into any standard sized SD slot. SanDisk Co... | <urn:uuid:adc545b6-32b7-4b8b-b7f7-e6c8260f0f58> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/term.cfm/minisd | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00074-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911022 | 320 | 2.734375 | 3 |
The New International Encyclopædia/Columbus (Indiana)
COLUMBUS. A city and county-seat of Bartholomew County, Indiana, 41 miles south by east of Indianapolis; on the east fork of the White River, and on the Pennsylvania and the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis railroads (Map: Indiana, D 3). It has extensive... | <urn:uuid:43ca957e-7174-4ffe-868c-9281179aff42> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_New_International_Encyclop%C3%A6dia/Columbus_(Indiana) | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00043-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943418 | 171 | 2.703125 | 3 |
About the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
Amid the sandstone slickrock, brilliant cliffs, and rolling sandy plateaus of the Vermilion Cliffs National Monument lie outstanding objects of scientific and historic interest. Full of natural splendor and a sense of solitude, this area remains remote and unspoiled. Its cen... | <urn:uuid:6f6ea649-0193-4a0c-8065-eb832731e86f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://conservationlands.org/conservationlands/vermilion-cliffs-national-monument | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402699.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00053-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.904824 | 367 | 3.34375 | 3 |
|Name: _________________________||Period: ___________________|
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. What is ironic about Mrs. Erlynne's public disgrace?
(a) Lady Windemere would have disgraced Mrs. Erlynne, but Mrs. Erlynne saved her.
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When a star like our own reaches the end of its life, it begins to run out of hydrogen fuel in its core. Like a car running out of gas, it will begin to sputter, swelling to a size that could encompass every planet in our solar system out to Mars. When this happens, the sun will swallow the Earth and will spell certain... | <urn:uuid:9459a5bd-05e4-407b-8150-19f7c8cc9792> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://design.tutsplus.com/articles/stunning-time-lapse-of-an-illustration-of-a-dying-star--psd-20831 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399106.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00047-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952786 | 161 | 2.96875 | 3 |
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The only two people to hear the prediction of the witches were Macbeth and Banquo. Banquo, knowing these predictions, can readily suspect Macbeth of the murder of Duncan. In order to take care that this does not happen, Macbeth needs to have Banquo killed. His reason for having Fleance killed is t... | <urn:uuid:b5b6735c-750e-4d95-bb29-d5a691f8ea81> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-was-macbeth-afraid-banquo-that-he-had-kill-1534 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396455.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00144-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.990853 | 677 | 2.875 | 3 |
The PBT Profiler requires a chemical name and ID Number for each chemical profiled. The preferred ID number is a chemical's CAS Registry Number, although the PBT Profiler will accept any combination of letters, characters, and numbers as an identifier. Chemical names can be in any format up to 120 characters in length.... | <urn:uuid:a62da960-a710-4c45-af6e-925f3cc074d0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pbtprofiler.net/information.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00059-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.902334 | 558 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Pearls: The Treasures of the Sea
Pearl, the birthstone for June, is among the most timeless,
classic and treasured of all gems. Throughout history,
these noble gems have been associated with wisdom, wealth,
purity, romance and mystery. The ancient Egyptians were
buried with them. In Rome, pearls were considered the
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Runcorn is an industrial town and cargo port in Halton, Cheshire. In 2011, Halton's population was recorded to be 127,500, with Runcorn alone being 70,000. The town is on the southern bank of the River Mersey, where the estuary narrows to form Runcorn Gap. Directly to the north across the Mersey is the town of Widnes. ... | <urn:uuid:980ff980-b4df-47ba-b425-e3ae4bebd6b4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Place:Runcorn%2C_Cheshire%2C_England | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00103-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969979 | 529 | 2.578125 | 3 |
A new spray-on 'Liquid Glass' is set to revolutionize the construction industry. There are still a few tests that need to be done, but if it passes muster it could become a 'super coating'. It offers protection against everything from water, uv radiation, and dirt, is harmless to the environment, and can be cleaned wit... | <urn:uuid:9db2dcd5-9e1d-45aa-b8d5-ec4391f081d8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bermanpost.com/2010/02/spray-on-liquid-glass-new-super-coating.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392069.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00023-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931336 | 211 | 2.640625 | 3 |
A time line is very important in most people’s lives. It tracks all the important events that happen in a person’s life. It may be a simple tool to many where the events are neatly placed along the time bar to reflect the happenings in a person’s life.
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Land and People
Arid, semidesert conditions make the country relatively unproductive. In most areas, barren coastal lowland (widest in the south) is abruptly succeeded by a rise to the interior plateau, which is generally c.3,000 ft (910 m) high and stretches toward the northern and western highlands. The Jubba and the... | <urn:uuid:9f2837cc-e576-46e3-b7e0-8d6f9f29ac7c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/world/somalia-land-people.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00113-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925454 | 234 | 3.109375 | 3 |
A 20th-century version
of the Double Irish Chain
My great-grandmother was born in Ireland 150 years ago today. I remember her well as she was a formidable presence in my grandmother's house until I was six years old. To recall this sesquicentennial of an Irish-American immigrant I've put a version of the Irish Chain as... | <urn:uuid:dc2da9de-6b73-4faf-9960-c36d054e51f2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://barbarabrackman.blogspot.com/2011/07/irish-chains.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00063-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952775 | 558 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Organic Farming Studied As Demand Rises
Organic farming sounds simple _ no chemical fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides or genetically engineered plants. But succeeding at it can be complicated. A recent wave of research at universities around the country seeks to take some of the guesswork and financial uncertainty ou... | <urn:uuid:0449e152-a0ab-48ba-bbeb-fb314031ff7e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/13631/print | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00074-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962 | 1,112 | 2.828125 | 3 |
In a heated debate on the February 1st episode of CNBC's "The Kudlow Report", financial commentator Donald Luskin offered his "textbook" definition of inflation as "an overall rise in the general price level." I countered with the "dictionary" definition. My 1988 edition of Webster's Dictionary defines inflation as fol... | <urn:uuid:cdcb484f-8e24-409e-adb4-e6c726b7e6a7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://seekingalpha.com/article/251021-the-cause-and-evidence-of-inflation | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00188-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944603 | 1,108 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Reagan's Economic Triumph
by Bruce Bartlett
June 07, 2004
The New York Sun
Ronald Reagan's economic achievements were among the most important of his presidency. When he took office in January 1981 the American economy was suffering from many ills, including slow growth, high inflation, rising unemployment, and unprece... | <urn:uuid:de1a1c54-3d1b-4412-b925-4ad3958ce32e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ncpa.org/media/reagan-s-economic-triumph | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402699.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00074-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983684 | 1,010 | 2.609375 | 3 |
(Nanowerk Spotlight) A conventional optical microscope equipped with an oil immersion objective can resolve objects no smaller than about 200 nanometers – a restriction known as the diffraction limit. The diffraction limit, which typically is half the width of the wavelength of light (λ) being used to view the specimen... | <urn:uuid:ddb1d432-cb0d-4b85-9d27-b70dd619c750> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nanowerk.com/spotlight/spotid=33865.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00027-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915279 | 644 | 3.328125 | 3 |
Digital noise can be a serious problem for many digital photographers. It is the digital equivalent of grainy film and can be caused by several things including shooting at a high ISO, shooting in low light, or even just having a high-contrast photo. Noise is often present in the darker areas of photos or areas that ar... | <urn:uuid:2fb86202-889c-41f4-90b1-1ee5923bc993> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://howtoi.com.au/fix-noisy-photos-with-photoshop-or-photoshop-elements/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404826.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00027-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933643 | 584 | 2.671875 | 3 |
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It has been inferred from this passage that H. was twice in Colchis and twice in Egypt, which is unlikely, if not impossible. He may well have seen Egyptians in Asia Minor, before his travels in the Black Sea, which almost certainly preceded his visit to Egypt (cf. Introd. pp. 1... | <urn:uuid:b7f16c84-441a-4355-a5c8-3f21ad337be9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0028:book=2:chapter=104 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00193-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953459 | 671 | 3.296875 | 3 |
An introduction to probability distributions
Ugoni, A. and Walker, B.F. (1995) An introduction to probability distributions. COMSIG Review, 4 (1). pp. 16-23.
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Probability allows us to infer from a sample to a population. In fact, inference is a tool of probability theory. This paper looks brief... | <urn:uuid:5adc7e4a-9763-42bb-b48a-f567516f7324> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/11627/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00093-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.778363 | 165 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Commonly, a map projection is a systematic transformation of the latitudes and longitudes of locations on the surface of a sphere or an ellipsoid into locations on a plane. Map projections are necessary for creating maps. All map projections distort the surface in some fashion. Depending on the purpose of the map, some... | <urn:uuid:1792833c-bbd9-47aa-999b-84dd42a03d13> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Map_projection | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396538.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00146-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.878729 | 7,453 | 4.0625 | 4 |
To celebrate the new school year here are some of my favorite posts:
Article 1: Why Do We Go to School?
Article 2: Back to School| A New Year of Learning
Article 3: Back to School| What is Inclusion?
When my son Aaron was in school, shopping was part of his curriculum. From the time he was ten years old he went to the ... | <urn:uuid:f013bd1a-7de0-4b6a-961b-51a33a6880d8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://climbingeverymountain.com/functional-curriculum-use-it-or-lose-it/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393518.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00158-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980547 | 1,453 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Flower fabric prints make great gifts.
Hover over each Learning Benefit below for a detailed explanation.
What you need:
- plastic bag
- wooden board
- cotton fabric
- cardboard or wooden frame
What to do:
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Dutch Minister Describes the Iroquois (1644)
[The Rev. John Megapolensis was a minister at the Dutch church in Rensselaerwyck in New Netherlands, and he was a missionary to the Indians.]
The principal Nation of all the Savages and Indians hereabouts with which we are connected, are the Mahakuaas [Mohawks], who have lai... | <urn:uuid:3284175b-f347-449a-9c92-370782a68fb6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.swarthmore.edu/SocSci/bdorsey1/41docs/07-dut.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396887.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00099-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977674 | 2,029 | 2.90625 | 3 |
i need to write a program as follows:
Write a program that prompts the user to enter three positive integers representing the number of rows, the number of columns of a grid, and the number of mines hidden in the grid, the program then calls the following function:
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College of Agriculture, Department of Animal Sciences (1959-) | Purdue University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections
Name: College of Agriculture, Department of Animal Sciences (1959-)
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Achondroplasia is one of a group of disorders called chondrodystrophies or osteochondrodysplasias. The condition may be inherited as an autosomal dominant trait, which means that if a child gets the defective gene from one parent, the child will have the disorder. If one parent has achondroplasia, the infant has a 50% ... | <urn:uuid:456c4f7b-ec5e-4bff-b095-84cd2f5217d1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/A/achondroplasia.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00146-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.906162 | 361 | 3.75 | 4 |
Posted by Onassia (Parent) on Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 3:30pm.
What is generalization? What words signal generalization and what words do not signal generalization?
- Reading 3rd grade - mysterychicken, Thursday, February 19, 2009 at 4:29pm
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So we have
But I don't understand, why do we multiply by ?
Because I almost got to the same conclusion by using this method
then I multiplied to make the denominators the same.
Then I followed the standard procedure for dividing fractions, in other words I multiplied x by the reciprocal
and then I also got
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Full moon to rise on Friday the 13th
Superstitious persons may be wary of the fact that today is Friday, June 13. However, skywatchers will get a special treat as a full moon occurs today. The last time a full moon fell on Friday the 13th in June was 1919.
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Summer Company is considering three capital expenditure projects. Relevant data for the projects are as follows.
Project Investment Annual Income LIfe of Project
22A $240,000 $15,000 6 years
23A 270,000 24,400 9 years
24A 280,000 21,000 7 years
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Online Resources for Teachers and
WordSeer (U C Berkeley) (http://wordseer.berkeley.edu/stephen_crane/view.php) is a database of Crane's works that allows searching, heat maps, and much more.
Crane" by Donald Vanouse (from the Literary Encyclopedia)
Search of the Real Stephen Crane" by Paul Sorrentino CEA
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Radon is a colorless, odorless radioactive gas that forms when naturally occurring uranium decays. Radon gas is commonly found in rocks and soil, and it enters homes through cracks and other holes in the foundation. Prolonged exposure to radon levels above 4 picocuries per liter of air significantly increases the risk ... | <urn:uuid:4fed4d8b-3bf7-42ff-add0-a6ad70fd185b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.myfcph.org/radon.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403823.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00074-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929037 | 410 | 3.109375 | 3 |
REDMOND, Wash. — The topic can be delicate: what to wipe our hands, noses and, yup, rear ends with when the need arises. With Earth Day celebrated this Saturday, environmental groups are asking Americans to switch to recycled paper towels, napkins, tissue paper and toilet paper as a way to save virgin forests and the w... | <urn:uuid:3548f021-2569-4808-97ce-0b3e0bae00a3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nbcnews.com/id/12318915/ns/us_news-environment/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00014-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970143 | 1,357 | 3.15625 | 3 |
An Egyptian statuette, dating back to 1,800BC, is creating intrigue at the Manchester Museum.
The statue of Neb-Senu was retrieved from a Mummy's tomb and handed to the museum 80 years ago but recently staff have noticed the statuette has been rotating very slowly inside its display case, being seen facing in different... | <urn:uuid:4810dd47-014e-4ae5-a0db-21a124e0bd2b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.itv.com/news/2013-06-25/spinning-statuette-mystery-at-manchester-museum/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391766.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00044-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961288 | 206 | 2.59375 | 3 |
The cost of hiring a car for a day is £50 plus £0.55 per mile travelled. If £y is the cost of hiring a car for a day and x is the number of miles travelled write down the relationship between x and y. Draw the line represented by this equation, identifying the gradient and intercept. If the car is driven 350 in a day, ... | <urn:uuid:c2ccfed9-8197-4d19-9757-28929fbb0df6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://mathhelpforum.com/pre-calculus/159489-worded-linear-equation-problem-print.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00106-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956617 | 91 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Summary/Annotation -> This brief and illuminating account of the ideas of world order prevalent in the Elizabethan age and later is an indispensable companion for readers of the great writers of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries--Shakespeare and the Elizabethan dramatists, Donne and Milton, among many others. The... | <urn:uuid:17f529e9-b962-4495-8342-d163f1e703e6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.queenslibrary.org/item/the-elizabethan-world-picture | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00146-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.730597 | 406 | 3.140625 | 3 |
|Kepler's Laws I, II, and III|
This resource offers four videos that explain Kepler's three laws of planetary motion. A brief introduction provides biographical information on Kepler. Links to a glossary are embedded in the text, and written descriptions of what is occurring in the videos are provided.
Intended for gra... | <urn:uuid:e9950934-20c3-48f7-9d6d-6ea82ebe3090> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dlese.org/library/catalog_NASA-Edmall-1211.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398209.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00158-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.831815 | 247 | 3.09375 | 3 |
The video you see here is of a robot made by MobileRobots.com using the MobileRanger Stereo Vision System. “MobileRanger stereovision systems are top-of-the-line instruments for measuring depth for demanding applications such as mobile robot navigation, people tracking, gesture recognition, targeting, 3D surface visual... | <urn:uuid:f7cd7816-2407-4fae-9a87-79eb024e5802> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.futureofgadgets.com/futureblogger/category/Technology?page=5 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00116-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943109 | 3,121 | 3.25 | 3 |
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Different types of Composition in Painting Robert Kingston
There are many and various methods of conveying order and structure within the picture plane. The method used depends on the intent of the artist and also reflects not only her/hi... | <urn:uuid:aa0aa063-c837-498f-bbc9-8f291913d340> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://driftingcloudstudio.com/composition_in%20painting.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00099-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938699 | 587 | 3.25 | 3 |
Benefits of Floods
The worst flood disaster after 1929 hit Pakistan in last weak of July, 2010. We have also observed that not only in Pakistan but floods have become rampant in some other parts of the world as well. This year in 2012, floods have devastated many areas of Pakistan as well as India. Heavy rains swept aw... | <urn:uuid:8865150e-ac55-4dea-90b6-699d04051842> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.einfopedia.com/benefits-of-floods-in-pakistan.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00080-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960095 | 749 | 3.0625 | 3 |
NEC Corp and NEC Electronics Corp have jointly developed a technology for data communications between LSI chips used in applications such as optical transmission servers and routers.
The interface has achieved a data rate of 12 Gbits per second, approximately five times faster than rates in PCI Express and about 2.4 ti... | <urn:uuid:86a286da-83b8-4f23-a65d-79a227dde1d5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/Print.aspx?NewsId=12821 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396455.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00193-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939411 | 445 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Aggadah or Haggadah
AGGADAH or HAGGADAH (Heb. הַגָּדָה, אַגָּדָה; "narrative"), one of the two primary components of rabbinic tradition, the other being halakhah, usually translated as "Jewish Law" (see:
, The Rabbinic Mind, 59f.). The term aggadah itself is notoriously difficult to define, and it has become the custom... | <urn:uuid:f92c21ab-722f-4510-9a05-c4c1ee88c90a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0001_0_00525.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402699.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00005-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94217 | 15,479 | 3.46875 | 3 |
Seneca Rocks, West Virginia
August 21, 2008
Provided and Copyright by: James Van Gundy
Summary Author: James Van Gundy
Seneca Rocks rises over 900 ft (274 m) above the valley of the North Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River, in eastern West Virginia. These rocks represent a spectacular exposure of the resista... | <urn:uuid:924ad6e5-118c-4738-b452-2f883c0bd6ee> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://epod.usra.edu/blog/2008/08/seneca-rocks-west-virginia.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00201-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921861 | 197 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Study: Minority Students Less Likely to Be Identified With Autism
The rates of autism for students of all races is on the increase, but students who are black, Hispanic, or American Indian are less likely to be identified with the disability compared to white and Asian students, according to a study published this mont... | <urn:uuid:a5c581eb-de1f-47e7-bafa-b65020285c58> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/speced/2013/05/study_minority_students_less_l.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00010-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974333 | 515 | 2.796875 | 3 |
In your sewing adventures, have you ever wondered how to sew a zipper into a purse? It looks a bit tricky, but in reality, sewing an exposed zipper in a purse is quite easy.
Whether applied to an inside pocket or as an outside pocket application, when properly done they serve a useful and practical purpose for any hand... | <urn:uuid:656b09de-141f-4b42-a36f-fbd1bd5588a0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.craftsy.com/blog/2014/01/handbag-pocket-zipper/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00201-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933634 | 671 | 2.703125 | 3 |
NASA's contracted three of the biggest names in aircraft design to dream up the kind of airliner we'll see in 2025, and has just shown the initial concepts. They're weird, eco-friendly, and wonderful.
NASA's goal is to invent commercial airliners that can cover the same kind of use cases as current aircraft, but do so ... | <urn:uuid:159222f5-56af-4cf3-a1d1-b52ada95bcb1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.fastcompany.com/1717176/nasa-reveals-weird-and-wonderful-commercial-airliners-2025 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396224.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00156-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961615 | 804 | 3.015625 | 3 |
How Allergy Medications Work
Many people who have seasonal allergies suffer along until allergy season ends. Others go to the pharmacy and buy over-the-counter antihistamines, which can be effective in suppressing the symptoms but can also cause drowsiness. It can be hard to get through the day when you’re under the ef... | <urn:uuid:26e6c7ec-68c4-43b8-8350-69c8f7b59fe5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mercyweb.org/mercy_health_articles_view.aspx?article_id=646 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00098-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922157 | 615 | 2.5625 | 3 |
I am trying to evaluate a string entered by the user. I want to do something similar to the eval function in Matlab. For example, if the user enters :
p OR NOT q
I would then prompt them for the values of p and q. The user would enter either a 1 or 0 for each, then I would display if the expression is either true or fa... | <urn:uuid:74064d16-b863-45e5-a2e4-c30b88481582> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://cboard.cprogramming.com/c-programming/11477-evaluating-strings.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397842.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00105-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915871 | 133 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Today is World Water Day
World Water Day is an International Event held annually on 22 March, where officials and citizens around the world join together to advocate for more sustainable management of this precious resource. The 2013 theme is cooperation. We are all connected to water, we are all connected to each othe... | <urn:uuid:7332b690-7933-4f5a-a98f-fb48ed715717> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.epa.gov/epplocations/2013/03/today-is-world-water-day/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00136-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941004 | 324 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Sunday, February 06, 2011
BBC has a great page here on three proposed ways to spend about a billion euros on upcoming space missions, and the article asks the reader which of the three would be best. The answer to me is quite obvious. The three are:
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ConvertAll is a unit conversion program in which units can be combined with multiplication and division operators and can be squared, cubed, etc. The interface is graphical, allowing the units to be selected from lists and the conversions to be made in both directions. Non-linear units (such as temperatures and gauge s... | <urn:uuid:9fbe8ebe-1c8f-42ea-a3da-d1959dc5fdc3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://freecode.com/projects/convertall | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00167-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93503 | 363 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Depression is one of the most significant direct and indirect threats to health and wellness. The negative impact of depression on work, productivity, interpersonal relationships, leisure activities, and a sense of well-being and enjoyment of life cannot be emphasized enough.
With the expansion of treatment choices in ... | <urn:uuid:49925045-dd6a-4a7d-958d-18c3b9565eea> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/print/157787 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00180-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927536 | 1,477 | 2.796875 | 3 |
This year, Hanukkah begins Saturday and ends Dec. 15. It is celebrated on the 25th day of Kislev, which is the third month of the Jewish calendar. Many times, Hanukkah overlaps Christmas, adding to the confusion. The word Hanukkah means "dedication," and commemorates the rededication of the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem i... | <urn:uuid:1c34ca28-6c9d-4070-b160-658804ce88f9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.broomfieldenterprise.com/broomfield-features/ci_22124304/mchendry-hanukkah-starts-saturday?source=most_viewed | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00179-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96069 | 995 | 3.5 | 4 |
Detecting positive selection in species with heterogeneous habitats and complex demography is notoriously difficult and prone to statistical biases. The model plant Arabidopsis thaliana exemplifies this problem: In spite of the large amounts of data, little evidence for classic selective sweeps has been found. Moreover... | <urn:uuid:971ecd0f-9d6c-4f05-b6b5-815dfc1f0cec> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://pubmedcentralcanada.ca/pmcc/solr/reg?pageSize=25&term=author%3A(%22Chase%2C+Kevin%22)&sortby=score+desc&filterAuthor=author%3A(%22Nordborg%2C+Magnus%22) | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404826.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00176-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.913467 | 7,573 | 2.71875 | 3 |
15 Fascinating Facts on Human Attraction. How To Be Brilliant. Blog & Depth Perception.
Social Psychology. Neuropsychology. Learning. Intelligence. Disorders. Parenting tips from neuroscience. Top 10 Mysteries of the Mind. By Jeanna Bryner, Live Science Managing Editor | October 09, 2007 01:25pm ET Credit: NIH, NIDA Mu... | <urn:uuid:2a9daf79-87c8-491e-a5f1-301251be92e3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pearltrees.com/pj123/psychology/id3829853 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00115-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944124 | 1,628 | 2.859375 | 3 |
The golden child of telecommunication
Communication that takes place via airwaves as opposed to cables or telephone lines. Specifically, wireless communication is enabled by packet radio, spread spectrum, cellular technology, satellites, and microwave towers, and it can be used for voice, data, video, and images. The c... | <urn:uuid:a4f7ca27-e66b-47bf-8990-89f344b80374> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.netlingo.com/word/wireless.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00037-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941688 | 519 | 3.296875 | 3 |
Living in New York City really forces one to appreciate the concept of personal space, and ironically, makes people want to share less. According to CNN Money, New Yorkers have an average of 1,010 square feet of personal space per person. That's not very roomy and likely leads to oversharing between housemates and frie... | <urn:uuid:2d626e00-13c4-4545-9166-c40893cc15b7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/210016/underestimating-the-results-of-oversharing.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00044-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965528 | 983 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Guardia Civil Veterana Uniform
1872 to 1898
The Veteran Civil Guard of Manila was formed in 1871-72 as an urban paramilitary police force to assist the regular Guardia Civil in subduing insurgent and criminal activates in the region of Manila. The force was made up of loyal native Filipinos that had served in the Spani... | <urn:uuid:2ce1fcfe-3fb3-4578-b9a1-92d611388346> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.agmohio.com/LRgcv.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394414.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00111-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95838 | 1,216 | 2.765625 | 3 |
spark of genius
The Step 'N Wash
Joi Sumpton and her retracting step stool
One of Aesop’s fables is about a thirsty crow that dropped pebbles into a water pitcher to raise the water level high enough to get a drink. The moral of this fable is, “necessity is the mother of invention.” This saying is true for Joi Sumpton.... | <urn:uuid:bb9da90d-545c-4f64-9b9f-95ffccbac4d0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.uspto.gov/inventors/independent/eye/201101/sparkstepnwash.jsp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396222.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00171-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980065 | 1,107 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Bringing the Movement Home: The 100-Mile Diet, Local Eating for Global Change
Maggie Stonecash '08
As for-profit globalization plows onward, our local economies, environments, health and food production continue to be left behind in disarray. In the face of the constantly emerging global economy, the green movement is ... | <urn:uuid:3c126dc2-396d-47e4-b973-4d83624383b5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www2.dickinson.edu/storg/sisa/TheDirt08/100milediet.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00148-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969496 | 998 | 2.859375 | 3 |
On January 22, 1941, shortly after Camp Polk was activated, construction of a 600-bed station hospital began. Opened on March 17, 1941, as an infirmary commanded by Colonel William Dow, MC, the hospital admitted its first patient in May 1941. In 1942, the hospital continued to expand to accommodate the Soldiers housed ... | <urn:uuid:7d698d42-d52a-47bf-813b-7632a57bb3a0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.polk.amedd.army.mil/content/history.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00116-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97625 | 867 | 2.53125 | 3 |
This book introduces you to a method of student-centred, collaborative learning called Literature Circles. Literature Circles have the immediate goals of developing independent, reflective and critical thinking, and increasing student understanding and enjoyment of literature. The ultimate goal of this method is enabli... | <urn:uuid:1c2250fe-7ff6-4bfb-be89-99aaed778d2e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.hbe.com.au/products/books/literature-circles-that-engage-middle-and-high-school-students.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397562.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00064-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927039 | 383 | 3.953125 | 4 |
Manchester has the United Kingdom's largest Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community outside London and is renowned for its Gay Village around Canal Street.
The history of Manchester's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community is an important part of the social and cultural history of the city and the No... | <urn:uuid:5a37b84a-b7b1-40c2-87ee-9aa89d32eb22> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.archivesplus.org/history/lesbian-gay-bisexual-and-transgender-campaigning/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00163-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975927 | 284 | 2.96875 | 3 |
With few resources for autistic children, many take matters into their own hands
When her son was 14 months old, Sandy Smith knew something was wrong.
"He was kind of in his own world," the Fargo mother said.
But Smith soon found out she was on her own, too, in trying to care for her newly diagnosed autistic son.
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The continent of Africa has a particularly immediate need for clean water. This can be seen on the map below, where countries colored red and yellow have the highest need for clean drinking water.
40% of Africans (over 330 million people) do not have access to safe drinking water, and half of people living in rural are... | <urn:uuid:f4ba4cd1-9821-469d-a230-df9a485210b2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.safewaternow.org/?page_id=71 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00074-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943194 | 113 | 3.265625 | 3 |
A new technology is always developed to erase the drawbacks of the previous
one but ... Here we try to find out What are Advantages and Disadvantages of
Disadvantages of Using VoIP - Disadvantages of VoIP include packet loss and
unreliability. Learn why you might not want to call 911 over VoIP and about other
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To know about the benefits of the bird spikes you first need to know about what exactly are they?
What are bird spikes?
These are the equipments with needles on them that help keep the birds like pigeons and other birds away from the area where you have placed them. They are made up of long lasting material and the nee... | <urn:uuid:57c03c7a-5473-4c58-b3bc-86dd6e9f7b80> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.birdcageeskmills.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00007-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974711 | 228 | 2.71875 | 3 |
January 9, 2008
Asteroid Impact on Mars Said Less Likely
An impact with Mars by an approaching asteroid is now believed by scientists to be less likely than before. New estimates of the asteroid's orbit were made using observations from a telescope at the Calar Alto Observatory in Spain, according to the Near-Earth Obj... | <urn:uuid:c920cc5a-a163-484d-801a-c316033ea968> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/1210749/asteroid_impact_on_mars_said_less_likely/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404826.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00065-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966446 | 204 | 3.28125 | 3 |
Mentor: Dr. Susan White
X-ray and NMR Refined structure of Yeast L-30e-mRNA Complex. (Chao, 2004) 1
RNA, like proteins, folds into 3D structures, consisting of motifs such as hairpins, pseudoknots, and internal loops. This research project focuses on visualizing one such motif, which is called the kink-turn. The kink-t... | <urn:uuid:968e18a0-e029-4455-9b07-824780cb5bff> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://summerscience.blogs.brynmawr.edu/2010/05/14/visualization-of-the-kink-turn-structure-of-rna/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00083-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942632 | 672 | 2.9375 | 3 |
Cortland County New York is named for Pierre Van Cortlandt, president of the convention at Kingston that wrote the first New York State Constitution in 1777, and first lieutenant governor of the state. The county seat is Cortland. The famed Cortland apple is named for the county. Located in the glaciated Appalachian Pl... | <urn:uuid:12816afe-80bc-4755-8d06-c469b4c7da43> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.accessible-archives.com/2012/07/a-look-inside-the-history-of-cortland-county-new-york/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00018-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.865269 | 3,083 | 2.875 | 3 |
By Istvan Hargittai
The Los Alamos National Laboratory came to life in 1943 as the concluding segment of the Manhattan Project to produce the atomic bombs for the US Army. In August 1945, these bombs were dropped over Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
On the other side of the world to Los Alamos, Soviet scientists started resear... | <urn:uuid:de8c0473-8ec3-43df-9f9b-e597e51bebe9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.oup.com/2013/11/tale-two-laboratories-los-alamos-arzamas/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396887.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00104-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976196 | 1,136 | 3.328125 | 3 |
The Legislative arm of Government is the Parliament of Uganda. The Speaker of Parliament deputized by a Deputy Speaker heads Parliament.
Parliament consists of 303 members when fully constituted. The majority of Members of Parliament are elected through universal suffrage, with a provision for special interest groups n... | <urn:uuid:64c86063-b6e7-439e-a941-a362fd36d979> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.statehouse.go.ug/government/legislature | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00101-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961316 | 375 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Orthodox Easter Monday in Canada
Easter Monday is the day after Easter Sunday, which celebrates Jesus’ resurrection, according to Christian belief. Many Orthodox Christian churches in Canada often observe Easter Monday at a later date than the Easter Monday date observed by many western churches. The day is also known ... | <urn:uuid:6308f90d-72f6-4286-a493-b9a07c0f28e0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/canada/orthodox-easter-monday | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00050-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.910658 | 948 | 2.859375 | 3 |
In a new evolutionary proof of the old adage, 'we are what we eat', Cornell University scientists have found tantalizing evidence that a vegetarian diet has led to a mutation that -- if they stray from a balanced omega-6 to omega-3 diet -- may make people more susceptible to inflammation, and by association, increased ... | <urn:uuid:f4e2ff99-a4e3-496b-8b19-c3f879e92f32> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/mbae-aww032416.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00141-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933871 | 732 | 3.015625 | 3 |
A correspondent from the Czech Republic asks a powerful question: 'How would you encourage English language learners at secondary and postsecondary schools; what do they have to be careful about and what joys can they expect when dealing with a language of some 2 billion speakers worldwide?'
I would say to them...
In a... | <urn:uuid:323fc720-2d3c-4336-a104-81cf00434b25> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://david-crystal.blogspot.com/2008/01/on-learning-english.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00075-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959477 | 816 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Individual differences |
Methods | Statistics | Clinical | Educational | Industrial | Professional items | World psychology |
Special education programs in the United States were made mandatory in 1975 when the United States Congress passed the Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA) in response to discriminat... | <urn:uuid:02de45f5-4693-4af0-9910-c06ee1ea6a68> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Special_education_in_the_United_States | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396027.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00015-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9464 | 4,624 | 4.03125 | 4 |
Amanda asks: “I also read that once you take the fat out of milk, it is difficult to absorb the calcium from it. Marion, can you state whether this is true?”
Oops. No. Where this idea came from, I can only guess. Fat is required for absorption of fat-soluble nutrients like vitamins A and E but minerals like calcium are... | <urn:uuid:46c13d55-4457-4843-9f02-142b5694c540> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.foodpolitics.com/2008/01/todays-question-calcium-absorption/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00181-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95328 | 237 | 3.21875 | 3 |
THE ILIAD: CAST OF CHARACTERS
PRINCIPAL GODS AND GODDESSES
APHRODITE: goddess of love and
daughter of Zeus, although in later legends she was said to have been
born from the foam of the sea. She protected Helen, to whom she
gave great beauty, and, in book three, she
rescues Paris from Menelaos, and brings him to Helen.... | <urn:uuid:bc4bee0f-1b79-4d07-9a76-6c1e435e802b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://luna.cas.usf.edu/%7Edemilio/2211unit1/names.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00183-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923608 | 2,902 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Pre-diabetes means your blood sugar level is above normal but not high enough for a diagnosis of diabetes. Pre-diabetes increases the risk for developing diabetes, heart disease, and stroke. The good news is, with healthy lifestyle changes, you can prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes. Take action; watch this ... | <urn:uuid:359292de-270c-4478-9bbb-efcfe25aa6e5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://healthlibrary.rsfh.com/YourFamily/OlderAdults/Multimedia/Videos/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00134-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929816 | 225 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Banja Luka, Bosnia
BANJA LUKA (Banya Luka), city in northern Bosnia. The earliest reference to a Jewish community dates from 1713, when Jewish merchants of Banja Luka appealed to the French government to appoint one of them French mercantile consul in the town. The community had both a Sephardi and an Ashkenazi synagog... | <urn:uuid:51ebb720-bb45-4152-bcfa-5f9b2ecaf639> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0003_0_01977.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396027.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00125-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926488 | 335 | 2.875 | 3 |
This is a simple cut and paste paper craft good "just for fun", alphabet practice, or a Valentine's Day theme.
There are different types of boxes you can make: Lower
Case Alphabet or Upper Case Alphabet
- something to colour with if using the B&W version,
- glue, and
- Optional: Stamp Glue
- Print out the Valentine's D... | <urn:uuid:4a8616ea-a5f6-483c-9b81-7747c077865d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dltk-holidays.com/valentines/m-chocolates-letters.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00055-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.737085 | 214 | 2.5625 | 3 |
| Fly Guts Reveal Animal Inventory|
|The flies that feast on rotting flesh collect a genetic inventory of the animals in their forest homes in their stomachs, according to a study published today (January 7) in Molecular Ecology. Though the researchers originally intended to study whether the flies could transfer the c... | <urn:uuid:aa4dc920-867d-4c30-bbd3-28ee3b4e43d6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ecomase.org/news.php?readmore=20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00195-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930633 | 300 | 3.53125 | 4 |
SINCE the Vietnam War ended in 1975 more than a million Vietnamese citizens have sought a less onerous life elsewhere. Their reasons are not hard to fathom. Vietnam has suffered three decades of nearly continuous warfare at home and has been drained by another decade of fighting the genocidal Khmer Rouge in neighboring... | <urn:uuid:ba7f1f19-0257-4f1e-b3fc-3ac4dfc14b8d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.csmonitor.com/1990/0209/efall.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396455.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00171-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946723 | 1,025 | 2.703125 | 3 |
"No shots fired." In what other modern developed country not at war does someone have to implore that there should be no shots fired for just one day? We already know that about 80 people a day die in America from gunshot injuries including homicides, suicides, and "accidental" shootings. This is not a non-violent soci... | <urn:uuid:0716be70-b667-4d21-b2d9-9471fcee2a05> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.commongunsense.com/2014/01/please-no-shots-fired-today.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00119-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978908 | 2,321 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2014 June 5
Explanation: Galaxies like colorful pieces of candy fill the Hubble Ultra Deep Field 2014. The dimmest galaxies are more than 10 billion... | <urn:uuid:96193b56-8701-4ec3-9910-f6f779a75fbf> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap140605.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00100-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.871792 | 226 | 3.15625 | 3 |
(1) The Legislature finds that ninety percent of the high-demand, high-wage new economy occupations require education and training beyond high school. Technology has permeated every industry requiring higher skill levels for technician-level occupations. Technician skills, learning capacities and adaptability to changi... | <urn:uuid:a0db1f99-f57e-4da9-b611-5b05b85214a4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.legis.state.wv.us/WVCODE/ChapterEntire.cfm?chap=18B&art=3C§ion=14&year=2008&sessiontype=rs&btype=bill&input=3215 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00162-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95943 | 1,572 | 2.609375 | 3 |
NASA plans to follow-up its Mars rover Curiosity mission with a duplicate rover that could collect and store samples for return to Earth, the agency's lead scientist have said.
The new rover will use spare parts and engineering models developed for Curiosity, which is four months into a planned $2.5 billion, two-year m... | <urn:uuid:cd80c609-90d7-4163-899b-bb016c7042eb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.itv.com/news/update/2012-12-05/nasa-aims-to-launch-mars-rover-twin-in-2020/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00087-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95835 | 217 | 3.296875 | 3 |
Cotton root rot (Phymatotrichum omnivorum) affects more then 2,000 plant species, according to Texas A&M University. The fungus thrives in clay loam soil conditions where pH is between 7.0 to 8.5. Cotton root rot requires high heat conditions to flourish, with a soil temperature of about 85 degrees F. The fungus is a w... | <urn:uuid:505fc476-843b-47f6-8586-5e4c5cde7fbc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gardenguides.com/100419-treat-cotton-root-rot.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00030-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925072 | 411 | 3.703125 | 4 |
& Tornado Alley
These two peoples of ancient times both spoke languages in the Iranian language family and lived in the area north of the Black Sea. The languages and cultures of the Scythians and Sarmatians were related but distinct. In particular their styles of warfare were different. The Scythians were noted as mou... | <urn:uuid:fec14e84-4e96-4b95-8e67-897a03f88bbf> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/sarmatians.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00003-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960462 | 303 | 3.703125 | 4 |
Who is the Patient?
One may wonder, why the question “Who is the Patient?” Surely, the healthcare worker knows the answer when confronted with an ill person. But, in practice and ethically, the answer may not be so simple or well established. Take for example the young child who is too immature to be competent to under... | <urn:uuid:c48ed9ef-d6b6-48c8-952d-33a867138399> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://bioethicsdiscussion.blogspot.com/2004/07/who-is-patient.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00018-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971546 | 705 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Bangladesh is known for its apparel manufacturing industry—and for the conditions faced by garment workers toiling in Dickensian factories for a dollar a day. But according to a report released Sunday, the South Asian nation has become a top hot spot for renewable energy jobs, creating a green workforce as large as Spa... | <urn:uuid:281213af-a21c-4ff2-bb6a-dd91d5abc376> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://mashable.com/2014/05/13/bangladesh-green-jobs-boom/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00008-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957713 | 546 | 2.828125 | 3 |
By: William Maisel, M.D., M.P.H.
Duodenoscopes are flexible, lighted tubes that are threaded through the mouth, throat, and stomach into the top of the small intestine (duodenum). Duodenoscopes are used in more than 500,000 procedures, called endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography—or ERCP—in the United States e... | <urn:uuid:6f87f65b-9f5e-46f1-b6e8-6c3e06b137b1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blogs.fda.gov/fdavoice/index.php/2015/02/bacterial-infections-associated-with-duodenoscopes-fdas-actions-to-better-understand-the-problem-and-what-can-be-done-to-mitigate-it/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00099-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94285 | 901 | 3.375 | 3 |
Cancer may be colorblind, but statistics show that minorities are most affected. Minorities not only have a higher risk of developing cancers such as prostate, colorectal and breast, but they are also more likely to die from the disease.
For National Minority Cancer Awareness Week, we’re exploring the issue and providi... | <urn:uuid:64d74444-6ca8-4566-ae97-6e2cf9597859> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cancercenter.com/discussions/blog/addressing-health-disparities-in-cancer/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00101-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966172 | 445 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Babies with three biological parents could be conceived within three years after research that could stop children from inheriting severe diseases.
Scientists at Newcastle University have grown human embryos after merging DNA from two fertilised eggs, with a technique that could soon be used to prevent serious genetic ... | <urn:uuid:30648e61-075b-4886-94b8-de7a6dbba78c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/science/genetics/article2477217.ece | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00043-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962358 | 121 | 3.078125 | 3 |
A new statement by the American Academy of Pediatrics urges parents to limit their children’s sun exposure, says Parents.com. Skin cancer rates have continued to rise in children exposed to excessive sunshine, as well as in teenagers who use tanning beds. One study estimated a 78 percent drop in skin cancer risk if par... | <urn:uuid:2f9a686e-2d5a-48cf-aa8d-394ef8f014f0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.rd.com/advice/parenting/how-to-protect-your-child-from-skin-cancer/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393518.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00144-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931325 | 504 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Alzheimer's Expert Explains Its Causes, Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment
Jun 20, 2012 - 10:51:58 AM
(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Alzheimer’s disease is a chronic brain disease that gradually erodes an individual’s memory, intellectual abilities and personality. As of 2012, an estimated 5.2 million Americans -- one in ei... | <urn:uuid:fea892fa-0687-4d0d-a585-663cefca983d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.healthnewsdigest.com/news/Alzheimer_Issues_680/Alzheimer_s_Expert_Explains_Its_Causes_Prevention_Diagnosis_and_Treatment_printer.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393518.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00127-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928304 | 1,732 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Our Mission: The mission of the Positive Psychology Center is to promote research, training, education, and the dissemination of Positive Psychology. Positive Psychology is the scientific study of the strengths that enable individuals and communities to thrive. Dr. Martin E.P. Seligman is the Director of the Center and... | <urn:uuid:40494fd4-72a7-4f23-9269-e5942e54c0cd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.positivepsychology.org/our-mission | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398216.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00124-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918563 | 849 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Map of the Transvaal and the Surrounding Territories.
1878 (dated) 23.5 x 25 in (59.69 x 63.5 cm)
1 : 850000
This is a beautiful and scarce 1878 map of the Transvaal or the South African Republic by F. Jeppe. It covers the Boer ruled country in South Africa from modern day Zimbabwe south as far as Durban and depicts th... | <urn:uuid:78df30a1-55ec-49a0-a93a-6105a5a58f95> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.geographicus.com/P/AntiqueMap/Transvaal-jeppe-1878 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00160-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945268 | 603 | 3.15625 | 3 |
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