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Three programmes investigating ancient traditions and ways of life - two of which have sparked struggles for survival; the third, a campaign for eradication.
Part Three: Temple Prostitutes
A group of former devadasis - or Temple Prostitutes - are fighting to eradicate a centuries-old Hindu tradition which turns them in... | <urn:uuid:8509f995-a09d-43aa-9e8c-0c948e00b8d3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/documentaries/2008/02/080129_fading_traditions_three.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953355 | 321 | 2.5625 | 3 |
chalkArticle Free Pass
chalk, soft, fine-grained, easily pulverized, white-to-grayish variety of limestone. Chalk is composed of the shells of such minute marine organisms as foraminifera, coccoliths, and rhabdoliths. The purest varieties contain up to 99 percent calcium carbonate in the form of the mineral calcite. Th... | <urn:uuid:3c014246-d956-4281-995c-bc16e3f67296> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/104709/chalk | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949037 | 381 | 3.46875 | 3 |
DTU Space conducts research into the use of GPS and similar global satellite systems for positioning and navigation.
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K–12 Education Degree and Certificate Programs
Most of those who enter the education field become kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12) teachers. This includes elementary school teachers (typically first through fifth grades), junior high school teachers (usually sixth through eighth grades) and high school teacher... | <urn:uuid:2916f313-2608-4e0b-9161-2abe58df4b29> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.usnewsuniversitydirectory.com/education-teaching/k-12-education.aspx?page=5 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963192 | 246 | 3.09375 | 3 |
The change in population of a geographic area broken down by racial and ethnic groups since 2000.
Population measures provide insight on the changing size and face of communities. Changes in the racial and ethnic composition of a community can indicate growing diversity, which can bring with it challenges and opportuni... | <urn:uuid:6956055b-06fe-4f5a-a45e-a3daecb5ee78> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mhvcommunityprofiles.org/indicator_analysis.php?subregion=1&data=3.1.3 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942835 | 251 | 3.5625 | 4 |
More than half of species in Cabrera National Park are not sufficiently protectedAll Press Releases…
The lack of surveillance leaves one of the richest locations in the Spanish Mediterranean, where many fish species reproduce, in the hand of poachers
June 29, 2012
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Historian Thomas Carlyle described economics as the dismal science, a pessimistic tag he came up with as he contemplated the predictions of 18th century economist Robert Thomas Malthus that population would always outstrip the food supply, leaving millions to starve. More recent research suggests that economics might b... | <urn:uuid:3cc87827-7bdb-45e3-ac5b-3da73452b6e0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://reason.org/news/printer/trading-fertility-for-prosperity | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958085 | 1,647 | 2.84375 | 3 |
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828 GREEK LITERATURE.
He lost his father before he had attained his seventeenth year, and he was intrusted to the guardianship of one Proxenus, of Atarneus, in Mys-ia, who was settled in Stagira. In B.C. 367, when seventeen years of age, he went to Athens to pursue his studies, and there b... | <urn:uuid:bd010da2-0f9f-4c3b-b0b2-762c71d378b5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ancientlibrary.com/greek-lit/0341.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983546 | 784 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Fatigue, fever, depression, confusion, and memory loss are general symptoms that can all indicate inflammation, which itself can often be caused by physical or psychological stress or a common infection such as influenza. Specifically, inflammation is characterized by redness, joint swelling, warmth, pain, stiffness, a... | <urn:uuid:77fd93ab-db86-43be-a99b-094e0cd7a820> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.cancernetwork.com/display/article/10165/1842758 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950062 | 2,854 | 3.421875 | 3 |
You May Be Surprised to Know
Linux has within it several solutions for making documents, even large documents like books.
Linux tools generally have a philosophy of re-usability. While some of the
newer products, like Open Office, are made to deliver the complete environments
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Domestic Energy: Getting It Right This TimeYou’ve probably heard the horror stories from Pennsylvania, Wyoming, and Texas about poisoned wells, sickened communities, and flammable tap water caused by horizontal hydraulic fracturing. This type of natural gas extraction, commonly known as fracking, involves pumping milli... | <urn:uuid:d531c7ad-45f7-4b5b-92a3-9c932a1c045b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nycommunitytrust.org/GrantSeekers/GrantsatWork/CommunityDevelopmentandtheEnvironment/DomesticEnergyGettingitrightthistime/tabid/672/Default.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938103 | 1,378 | 2.8125 | 3 |
The Virtual Classroom Tour (or VCT, as the alternative is a bit of a mouthful!) was a complete mystery to me when I first encountered the concept.
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1. Mankind collectively, humanity
2. A part of humanity with certain common inherited characteristics
A human race is defined as a group of people with certain common inherited features that distinguish them from other groups of people. (Creation Ex Nihilo, 1980)
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Kate Hagan September 12, 2012
Participants of a recent study conducted by the Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, Zane Slater, 4, and his sister Jaya, 7, both suffer from food allergies. Photo: Joe Armao
HAVING siblings and a pet dog that comes inside the home can protect infants from developing egg allergies by age... | <urn:uuid:dfb7ec44-eaaf-4a83-8a3c-0c6574a7a7d5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://m.canberratimes.com.au/national/dogs-siblings-can-ward-off-allergies-20120911-25qo4.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132298/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971631 | 420 | 2.828125 | 3 |
In general, outbreaks of psoriasis are difficult to prevent. However, avoiding or minimizing well-known triggers can help reduce the risk of an outbreak. These triggers include:
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In this lecture, we continue to learn about competition, and its implications for the supply curve for different goods. We can use this to construct the market supply curve from firms' supply curves. Now we have all the ingredients for fully understanding the basic supply and demand diagrams that launched our study of ... | <urn:uuid:18e556ea-ada8-4c2a-9803-e0dcc097221a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.edforall.net/index.php/home/3737-competition-ii | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132298/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.815409 | 179 | 3.765625 | 4 |
Node:Number Syntax, Next:Integer Operations, Previous:Exactness, Up:Numbers
The read syntax for integers is a string of digits, optionally preceded by a minus or plus character, a code indicating the base in which the integer is encoded, and a code indicating whether the number is exact or inexact. The supported base c... | <urn:uuid:a0c910df-47e7-4179-812f-02170b62b340> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.gnu.org/software/guile/docs/docs-1.6/guile-ref/Number-Syntax.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132298/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.82837 | 332 | 3.875 | 4 |
Will the Supreme Court strike down what President Lyndon Johnson called “one of the most monumental laws in the entire history of American freedom”? That is the question before the justices on Wednesday, when they will hear a challenge to the constitutionality of a key provision of the Voting Rights Act. Enacted in 196... | <urn:uuid:c9c68944-0630-467f-89b0-3aeefbc1b07f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/02/27/supreme-court-likely-to-strike-down-the-voting-rights-act-s-section-5.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132298/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955483 | 1,295 | 2.671875 | 3 |
This may or may not be too low-tech for you, but should be okay whatever your age group, provided you're a month or so from your science fair. As I recall, most science fairs are in February or March, but that's been awhile ago; my youngest kid is 21.
How about planting two identical seeds in two identical pots. Put on... | <urn:uuid:d0159e3c-c7a0-43c6-b643-687b2139179c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thriftyfun.com/tf48115069.tip.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132298/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962742 | 609 | 3.375 | 3 |
Definitions for appose
The verb appose has 1 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
(place side by side or in close proximity)
How to Cite a College Brochure
What to Expect From a College English Class
Do You Italicize Latin in MLA-Format Papers?
What Are the Benefits of Online College?
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State of Education: Nanotechnology studies
At the UAlbany College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering, students and residents from across the state spent their summer doing nanotechnology research. Vince Gallagher has a look at what went on.
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Definitions for bibaɪ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
bis, bi's.Slang. bisexual.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Status (usage)
Origin of bi:
1955–60; by shortening
* Chem. Symbol..
a combining form meaning “twice,”“two”bicarbonate.
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One Tree Planted for Every 10 Taiwanese
The island of Taiwan boasts 23 million residents, and thanks to the Taiwan Environmental Information Association (TEIA), a tree has been planted for one out of every ten of them.
TEIA, a local environmental group, has partnered with Earth Day Network for A Billion Acts of Green®,... | <urn:uuid:e6eff0c9-9e36-4633-88f5-af99bc475ae9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.earthday.org/blog/international/2011/04/14/one-tree-planted-every-10-taiwanese | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931818 | 274 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Globe and Mail
A recent decision by the Supreme Court of Canada was very, well, Canadian.
A young Muslim woman wanted to testify in court while wearing her niqab, saying her religious beliefs required it – and that she had the right to do so. The accused objected, claiming their right to a fair trial would be affected ... | <urn:uuid:dae74c6f-eaab-4efb-9211-e27dab2bc056> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/news_centre/right-balanced-rights | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958145 | 769 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Search for native plants by scientific name, common name or family. If you are not sure what you are looking for, try the Combination Search or our Recommended Species lists.
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Bransford, W.D. and Dolphia
Lilium canadense L.
Canada lily, Canadian lily, Wild yellow lily
USDA Symbol: LICA3
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Oceanic Heat Budget
- Three sources of heat have influence on the ocean. Only one is important.
- Solar energy--it is about 300 w/m2
- Geologic sources:
- Heat generated by the radioactive decay of elements
within Earth--it is about 1 micro watt/m2,
- Heat left over from Earth's formation, and
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Yellow starthistle (Centaurea solstitialis) originated from Northern Spain. It is a winter annual that is blue-green in color, has a vigorous taproot, and produces bright yellow flowers with sharp, stiff spines surrounding the base of the flower that extend up to ¾ of an inch long. Yellow starthistle grows from 1 inch ... | <urn:uuid:ceccb3c1-e94c-44a0-95f4-b4298018c4c9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.colorado.gov/cs/Satellite?c=Page&childpagename=ag_Conservation%2FCBONLayout&cid=1251621067191&pagename=CBONWrapper | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938344 | 158 | 3.515625 | 4 |
A newly-published review of research in the journal Science this week looks at the effects of climate change on Arctic species. Rapid, widespread changes in the Arctic regions, the authors say, have been especially significant to species that depend on the ice for foraging, reproduction, and predator avoidance, such as... | <urn:uuid:8a05a851-a5d4-4503-9623-bbcb1329729b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sciencefriday.com/segment/09/11/2009/warming-in-the-arctic.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954789 | 153 | 3.234375 | 3 |
Mo Yan, a novelist who brought to life the turbulence of the 20th century China in vivid and often graphic works set against the tumult of the Japanese invasion and a struggling countryside, on Thursday became the first writer in China to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Peter Englund, Permanent Secretary of t... | <urn:uuid:21eb846e-6d2e-4424-b790-7a06704d2cf2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thehindu.com/books/literature-nobel-for-chinese/article3988032.ece | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973583 | 1,229 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Affected System: Multi system
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Cadmium Toxicity, Cadmium Intoxication
Cadmium has no constructive purpose in the human body. It and its compounds are extremely toxic even in low concentrations, and will bioaccumulate in organisms and ecosystems.
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Carmen and Don José
One of opera's most beloved love stories
by David Johnson
Carmen was a fiery gypsy girl who worked in a cigar factory. An army officer, Don José, was called to the factory because a fight broke out. He arrested Carmen because she hit another woman. He became enchanted with the exotic Carmen, and let... | <urn:uuid:7d8edd5b-3a60-4da9-9f79-9159d90fc9b5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.factmonster.com/spot/love16.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948104 | 166 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Student Teachers Pearl
Get flash to fully experience Pearltrees
Teaching Copyright Handouts and Support Documents Books
Strategies Lessons Discussion Groups Books Printouts Videos Classroom Management Bulletin Boards from Amazon.com Paid Products
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The House at Sugar Beach
Helene Cooper talks about her memoir that tells the story of her family in Liberia -- and by extension chronicles Liberia's history.
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Article IV, §4, U.S. Constitution, requires The United States to protect each of the States against Invasion. It says:
The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion... [emphasis added]
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New research details how a loss in biodiversity more often than not increases the transmission of disease. As humans have disrupted ecosystems around the world, we have aided the spread of new diseases and ones that already afflict us.
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Solutions are good ideas turned into practice.
Finding science-based solutions to complex, real-world, environmental problems often requires:
- the engagement of many communities from the decision-making, scientific and stakeholder communities;
- decisionmaker needs identification and connection to scientific capabilit... | <urn:uuid:ef21f720-9713-4353-81f1-31fbc69b3f17> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ncseonline.org/programs/science-solutions | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922394 | 513 | 2.84375 | 3 |
What Happened to Super 8 Film, and Why Was It So Great?
Siobhan Hagan | nyu.edu
Steven Spielberg has often attributed his career to his childhood use of Super 8 cameras and film, the innovative format that made it easier than ever to shoot home movies.
Before Kodak introduced Super 8 film, making home movies was a pain... | <urn:uuid:448d3c58-06c1-46bb-a4ed-74d874112b7a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.livescience.com/33332-why-super-8-great.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968291 | 928 | 3.140625 | 3 |
|Name||Jane Means Appleton Pierce|
, New Hampshire , United States
|| March 12, 1806
|| December 02, 1863
|Last Modifed||Thomas Walker|
Feb 03, 2004 02:20pm
|Info||Born: March 12, 1806 – Hampton, New Hampshire |
Died: December 2, 1863 Andover, Massachusetts
Father: Reverend Jesse Appleton (Died 1819)
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People with restless legs syndrome (RLS) experience an uncomfortable feeling in the legs, coupled with a strong compulsion to move the limbs so as to alleviate the symptoms. The feeling may be described as "creeping," "crawling," or "aching" and happens most often at night, during periods of rest or inactivity. So peop... | <urn:uuid:4f33a978-4595-4521-a735-e8d807549d92> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://health.usnews.com/health-conditions/sleep/restless-legs-syndrome/overview | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972996 | 407 | 3.234375 | 3 |
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Being a great science writer means not only being able to convey frequently complex ideas and theories: it also involves being able to write in a way that keeps readers, even those who aren't experts in the field, engaged and wanting to learn more about the subject. It's a delicate balance to atta... | <urn:uuid:8adc3235-a007-4640-920b-749ad345d41a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nanopatentsandinnovations.blogspot.com/2011/05/50-best-science-writers-of-all-time.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959656 | 3,657 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Temper Tantrums in Children Could Be a Sign of Serious Problems
Witnessing a temper tantrum oozing from the sticky mouth of a spoiled little whipper-snapper is not only a less than desirable experience, but it also carries enough nerve-bending weight to turn us adults into the Jimmy Hoffa of the local cherry red behind... | <urn:uuid:203a1c60-e0d1-4068-b0a5-459f7849dc00> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ksisradio.com/temper-tantrums-children/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969348 | 417 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Even the most basic tasks related to health care can seem impossible when the language and the system are unfamiliar. The 20 Spanish-speaking mothers in the Family Literacy program learn how to manage these challenges in English, resulting in better access to vital medical care for their children and their families.
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Compliment slip from Association for the Supply of Pure Vaccine Lymph
After calves had been inoculated with smallpox, the lymph containing white blood cells which fight against disease are extracted and preserved in capillary tubes. This is then used to vaccinate people against smallpox. Calf lymph replaced the human k... | <urn:uuid:83cbf84c-c904-40ec-8557-acc5f9d55f59> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/objects/display.aspx?id=5299 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935262 | 389 | 3.8125 | 4 |
Did life originate on Earth, or did it come from somewhere else?
In a recent issue of "Astronomy Now" there was an article by an associate of Hoyle, Chandra Wickramasinghe, explaining the theory of panspermia, that earth was seeded by life having developed in the bowels of a comet which struck the earth a glancing blow... | <urn:uuid:a4e7783e-1a2c-478d-b16f-bda5bd22bdc9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://curious.astro.cornell.edu/question.php?number=125 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953368 | 1,210 | 3.9375 | 4 |
Thursday, June 17, 2010
Canonical correlation is a method of modelling the relationship between two sets of variables. This post provides: (a) Examples of when canonical correlation can be useful; (b) Links to good online resources where you can learn about the technique; (c) Links to examples of running the analysis i... | <urn:uuid:8de1ad14-083d-475e-867b-368463128a9f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://jeromyanglim.blogspot.com.au/2010_06_01_archive.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929677 | 252 | 2.546875 | 3 |
ALL ABOUT DOGS and CATS Resource Center for Canine & Feline Lovers
Pet Behavior Articles - Canine Behavior
Several canine behavior experts believe yawning plays a similar role in canine social
behavior. Recently I saw dogs playing at a local dog park use yawning behavior to slow
down a really rough play session. Severa... | <urn:uuid:61029805-bf20-4152-a63b-f03bee1ed2a9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.allaboutdogsandcats.com/PetBehaviour/YawningDoesntAlwaysMeanDogIsTired.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968186 | 693 | 3.078125 | 3 |
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Some critics charge that the Gospels have obscured the historical Jesus of Nazareth by cloaking Him in layers of legend and myth. They claim that the Bible's stories of Christ's resurrection are myth, not history... | <urn:uuid:eab9f269-c2cb-4827-b1bc-0d0773fc995a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.christiananswers.net/q-eden/edn-t009.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935125 | 1,777 | 3.65625 | 4 |
Climate Change Reducing Ocean's Carbon Dioxide Uptake, New Analysis Shows
ScienceDaily (July 11, 2011) — How deep is the ocean's capacity to buffer against climate change?
As one of the planet's largest single carbon absorbers, the ocean takes up roughly one-third of all human carbon emissions, reducing atmospheric car... | <urn:uuid:579fe3d7-10c3-43ff-b125-a99dc6d3fd46> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/42917 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928207 | 491 | 3.359375 | 3 |
The Slave Route
Ignorance or concealment of major historical events constitutes an obstacle to mutual understanding, reconciliation and cooperation among peoples. UNESCO has thus decided to break the silence surrounding the slave trade and slavery that have affected all continents and have caused the great upheavals th... | <urn:uuid:225e3e7c-4427-4222-8b18-9dac3057a8fd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.unesco.org/new/en/culture/themes/dialogue/the-slave-route | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.909757 | 352 | 3.515625 | 4 |
What should I expect of my child?
As you participate in class, listen to the CD together and try the activities at home. What kind of response should you expect? Some children are spontaneous singers and movers, others are careful and astute observers. In either case, after sufficient listening and observing time at ho... | <urn:uuid:92ab8ef7-0f2e-40af-a423-4fdb19ed1bd5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://musictogether.com/FAQs | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966729 | 1,576 | 2.96875 | 3 |
54:59 minutes (12.59 MB)
Teaching about the crises in Japan is the focus of this episode of Teachers Teaching Teachers. What relevance does the earthquake/ tsunami/ nuclear power catastrophe unfolding in Japan have to our students lives and our curriculum? We suspect that there are many “teachable moments” in the stori... | <urn:uuid:347d30ea-3bbb-499b-a0a1-8dbeb174b8b2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.edtechtalk.com/taxonomy/term/1918 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967031 | 622 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Calculation of Serum Osmolality
The serum osmolality may be estimated by the following equation:
Osmolality = 1.86 Na + (Glucose/18) + (BUN/2.8) + 9 (or) 1.91 Na + (Glucose/15) + (BUN/2.25). The difference between this calculated value and the measured osmolality usually ranges from +13 to -13 mosm/Kg. Larger discrepan... | <urn:uuid:3e98431f-6f77-4e50-abd0-bc3901077145> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/pub/medlabs/lab-handbook-test-directory/appendices/calcserumosmol.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.905371 | 172 | 2.859375 | 3 |
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Who are the most influential thinkers, and which are the most important concepts, events, and documents in the... | <urn:uuid:3ad835f7-b914-4768-aa9f-02fc0bb2f125> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.isi.org/(S(ml12mw3qm23k4tbzje4tvk55))/books/bookdetail.aspx?id=a62c1e29-7635-4631-8584-24fe7bff11e4 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921754 | 184 | 3.1875 | 3 |
According to the World Health Organization, pedestrians are among the most vulnerable road users, accounting for 22% of the total 1.24 million road traffic deaths each year. The Second United Nations Global Road Safety Week (6–12 May) kicks off worldwide under the banner “Make Walking Safe”, to draw attention to the ne... | <urn:uuid:cd33d49a-b739-4675-ab0d-6f62f1244774> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mywellnessnetwork.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938386 | 867 | 3.515625 | 4 |
|握る||にぎる||1: to clasp; to grasp; to grip; to clutch;
2: to make (nigirizushi, rice ball, etc.); to form; to press into shape; to mold; to mould;
3: to seize (power, etc.); to take hold of
Look up kanji details for 握る.
Denshi Jisho uses the Edict and Kanjidic2 dictionaries, provided by the Electronic Dictionary Research... | <urn:uuid:1422678d-6f74-4f81-ad55-28e38d3611f4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://jisho.org/words?jap=%E6%8F%A1%E3%82%8B;dict=edict | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.76581 | 173 | 2.609375 | 3 |
"I can't confirm individual cases; the only thing I can say is we have a case reported from Clay County," said Lon Kightlinger, state epidemiologist with the South Dakota Department of Health.
He can't confirm whether the individual who has the illness lives in Vermillion.
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The term interfaith dialogue refers to cooperative, constructive and positive interaction between people of different religious traditions (i.e., "faiths") and/or spiritual or humanistic beliefs, at both the individual and institutional levels. It is distinct from syncretism or alternative religion, in that dialogue of... | <urn:uuid:2eebbcd2-2fc6-4744-b755-a0aa02dba33c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfaith | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928657 | 5,224 | 3.34375 | 3 |
Tirpitz was the sister battleship to the Bismarck like the Bismarck she was sunk during World War II .
Tirpitz was the second of two Bismarck-class battleships built for the German Kriegsmarine (War Navy) during World War II. Named after Grand Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz. Tirpitz was laid down at the Kriegsmarinewerft W... | <urn:uuid:f28cbdbe-5656-4752-b62e-b357f9e0f60e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://midnightangel50.blogspot.com/2012/04/shipwreck-monday-tirpitz.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975878 | 473 | 3.359375 | 3 |
By Andrew Freedman (Climate Central)
Recently I reported on a study showing links between rapid Arctic climate change and shifts in the jet stream throughout the Northern Hemisphere. The study, led by Jennifer Francis of Rutgers University, suggests that there may be an Arctic connection to some extreme weather events,... | <urn:uuid:fc5c01a6-f137-452c-a6a9-3135f40cb07d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://weatherclimatematter.blogspot.com/2012/05/video-extreme-weather-and-rapid-arctic.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950226 | 232 | 3.671875 | 4 |
At the heart of skateboarding ability is balance. Missed tricks and falls are the result of losing your balance. Being born with good balance will help you progress as a skater. However, balance can be learned and improved with practice.
Balance is maintained by adjusting your center of gravity. Center of gravity is a ... | <urn:uuid:e7bfc6fa-1ff7-4ae6-b660-47522acd8133> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.humankinetics.com/excerpts/excerpts/balance?ActionType=2_SetCurrency&CurrencyCode=5 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953506 | 615 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Checking your blood sugar levels often and writing down the results will tell you how well you are managing your diabetes so you can stay as healthy as possible. The best times to check your blood sugar are before meals and at bedtime. Your blood sugar meter may have computer software to help you track your blood sugar... | <urn:uuid:8cc64141-4213-421d-95b8-402c539220d8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.umm.edu/ency/carepoints/Manage-your-blood-sugar.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931713 | 116 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Ward's Book of Days.
Pages of interesting anniversaries.
What happened on this day in history.
On this day in history in 1912, The Titanic sank.
The Titanic surnamed Unsinkable, the most opulent luxury liner of The White Star line, sank on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York. She was cruising at a steady pac... | <urn:uuid:7cbc5b9e-de90-4ac1-9628-3c0b446d18d1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wardsbookofdays.com/15april.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964695 | 245 | 2.765625 | 3 |
DUTCH SEPHARDIC JEWRY IN THE AGE OFDid you know that the first book about the workings of a stock market was written in Spanish by a Dutch Sephardic Jew, Joseph de la Vega, and was entitled Confucion de los Confucions (Confusion of the Confusions)? Did you know that in 17th Century the Portuguese Synagogue of Amsterdam... | <urn:uuid:255fb30d-f29a-4d2b-8eaf-16a02cc94f05> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://home.earthlink.net/~benven/DutchJews.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705195219/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115315-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983044 | 572 | 2.78125 | 3 |
English Language Learners
Here are our teachers:
In the elementary schools the ELL program is a push-in and pull-out program. The ELL teachers take students from their regular class for 30-60 minutes a few times a week depending on the students’ needs.
Students work on:
- Listening - Learning to understand English spok... | <urn:uuid:cfbbda33-0c42-48b3-b05a-9442cd1a200b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://lcps.org/domain/9737 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705195219/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115315-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94095 | 260 | 3.3125 | 3 |
The bilateral trade relations between India and Japan are built on a range of breathless possibilities endorsed by tenuous past and new emerging stereotypes. Both Japan and India agree that a sizable trade exists between the two nations, but their assessment of this trade and its potential differ radically. These diffe... | <urn:uuid:a788b4d7-ac5f-4f98-8e49-d0566b78f5d7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Content&sd=Articles&ArticleID=7543 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705195219/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115315-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955769 | 2,692 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Search Results for "H"
One born in lawful matrimony, who succeeds by descent, and
blood, to lands, tenements or hereditaments, being an estate of
inheritance. It is an established... more
One who has an indefeasible right to the inheritance,
provided he outlive the ancestor. 2 Bl. Com. 208.
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Klinefelter's syndrome is a genetic condition that only affects males. Affected males have an extra X chromosome.
Males with Klinefelter's syndrome have small testes which do not produce enough of the male hormone testosterone before birth and during puberty. This lack of testosterone means that during puberty, the nor... | <urn:uuid:40573466-d5a0-411a-8de7-5b18fde2dea8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.patient.co.uk/health/klinefelters-syndrome | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705195219/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115315-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931915 | 2,690 | 3.875 | 4 |
In Nigeria, electronic waste harms environment and workers
- Year: 2012
- Length: 4:50 minutes (4.43 MB)
- Format: MP3 Mono 44kHz 128Kbps (CBR)
In Brazil, delegates at the UN Conference on Sustainable Development continued talks today, addressing the world’s decreasing biodiversity, the promotion of green jobs and rene... | <urn:uuid:f802ed19-657b-46ec-b791-9a3cf8d9f845> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://fsrn.org/audio/nigeria-electronic-waste-harms-environment-and-workers/10482 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933196 | 350 | 2.90625 | 3 |
What is common cold?
attack your body, primarily your nose and your throat causing your
nose to run, your throat to feel sore and in general body ache and
weakness. These germs are of so many types that even if your body
fights one type of germ, the other germs are just ready to attack
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BALANCING ACT: Shrewd operators know the importance of keeping their menu pirces in line with inflation.
STICKER SHOCK: That $100 produce bill from 1983 would run about $183 right now.
Chances are that you haven't been giving much, if any, thought to inflation lately. Those white-hot increases in the cost of living thr... | <urn:uuid:7c89e5c3-c5dd-4877-813e-bb16a4280cd4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://restaurant-hospitality.com/features/rh_imp_6781 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958704 | 2,043 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Egypt is located in the northeastern fringes of Africa and shares international boundaries with Libya to the west (692 miles), Sudan to the south (791 miles),
The highest elevations in Egypt are in the southern part of the country. The southern regions of the Sinai Peninsula are also mountainous. Most of Egypt is an ar... | <urn:uuid:72aeaa0f-54ee-4812-b24d-dfa0ebac7592> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mapsofworld.com/egypt/geography/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953766 | 930 | 3.609375 | 4 |
Chemicals found in household items such as non-stick cookware and flame-retardant furnishings may affect fetal brain development - photo by Martin Dee
UBC Reports | Vol. 52 | No. 10 | Oct. 5, 2006
Household Items May Pose Danger During Pregnancy
By Hilary Thomson
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(Venography, Phlebography, Lower Limb Venography)
What is a venogram?
A venogram is a procedure that provides x-ray visualization of the veins, particularly in the lower extremities (legs). A special dye is injected that is visible upon x-ray. The contrast dye allows the physician to evaluate the size and condition of ... | <urn:uuid:71592023-2554-4f99-ad82-0448ab243339> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.reshealth.org/yourhealth/healthinfo/default.cfm?pageid=P08309 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919864 | 1,710 | 3.953125 | 4 |
<storage> (DRAM) A type of semiconductor memory in which the information is stored in capacitors on a MOS integrated circuit. Typically each bit is stored as an amount of electrical charge in a storage cell consisting of a capacitor and a transistor. Due to leakage the capacitor discharges gradually and the memory cell... | <urn:uuid:adf0312f-b7db-4d90-a586-094267016119> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://foldoc.org/dynamic+RAM | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698207393/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095647-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921824 | 2,041 | 3.640625 | 4 |
The Polish Jewish pianist Ignaz Friedman may not be a household name, but his majestic artistry, honored by a brilliantly researched new biography by Allan Evans, “Ignaz Friedman: Romantic Master Pianist,” just published by Indiana University Press, makes him of urgent interest to anyone who loves piano music.
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tenor drumArticle Free Pass
tenor drum, cylindrical drum larger and deeper toned than the closely related snare drum and lacking snares. It is usually about 18 inches (45 cm) in diameter and 14 inches (35 cm) in height and is normally beaten with two soft-headed sticks. The heads are tensioned by rope lacings or metal ... | <urn:uuid:eebfdff4-2e75-42ff-af8f-f7a768fcf223> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/587458/tenor-drum | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698207393/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095647-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941196 | 158 | 2.953125 | 3 |
LONDON: The phenomenal speeds reached by the teenage Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen at the 2012 Olympics are raising questions about whether the gap between men and women in sport may one day disappear.
Ye, who has so far won two gold medals and broken a world record at the London Games, clocked a time for the last, freesty... | <urn:uuid:c24ff903-ccea-49d5-a9b8-66cf50a8a3af> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://dailystar.com.lb/Sports/Olympics/2012/Aug-06/183506-go-girl-women-pushing-to-close-gender-gap-in-sports.ashx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96781 | 807 | 2.875 | 3 |
Intel's Photodetector Aimed at Future Computing
Researchers at Intel have pushed the boundaries of silicon photonics once again by developing the first avalanche photodetector (APD). The silicon-based device, which Intel claims could reduce costs and improve the performance of existing commercially available optical de... | <urn:uuid:c9bb0937-8319-4093-8efb-ab2fa45f9ef5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.biztechmagazine.com/article/2009/06/intels-photodetector-aimed-future-computing | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946865 | 1,134 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Currently, coal provides approximately 50% of our electricity supply, making it the largest source of domestic, reliable, and affordable energy. Coal will necessarily be a critical and expanding source for our future electricity and fuels needs. To use coal cleanly and to address CO2 emissions, we need to greatly incre... | <urn:uuid:4116e288-6be0-4fe3-8d7b-ebbde1ca059e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.energyxxi.org/commit-use-clean-coal | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946973 | 2,129 | 3.78125 | 4 |
Lung function means how well your lungs work. When you have COPD, your lungs can't move as much air in and out as they should. And the more serious your COPD is, the less air your lungs are able to move.
Spirometry tests are used to measure lung function. They measure how much air you breathe out when you take long, de... | <urn:uuid:59beefe0-5020-425a-84b7-2694b37d6fa7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/kb/content/special/zx3599.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94444 | 634 | 3.53125 | 4 |
Ninety-two-year-old Col. Charles McGee poses at Oshkosh next to a P-51C "Red Tail" Mustang similar to the one he flew as one of the fabled Tuskegee Airmen in WWII. The Army Air Corps 332nd Fighter Group, composed entirely of African-American pilots, painted the tails of all their aircraft red. During the war they flew ... | <urn:uuid:5425db51-e45d-46de-9593-7835cbfbde82> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/aviation/news/best-aircraft-of-oshkosh-air-show-2011-p-51c | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96734 | 170 | 2.921875 | 3 |
versión impresa ISSN 1870-3453
Rev. Mex. Biodiv. vol.82 no.4 México dic. 2011
Effects of a snowstorm event on the interactions between plants and hummingbirds: fast recovery of spatiotemporal patterns
Efecto de una tormenta de nieve sobre la interacción colibríplanta: los patrones espaciotemporales se recobran rápido
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Brief SummaryRead full entry
M. hjorti was originally described from five badly damaged specimens from the North Atlantic, then redescribed by Rancurel (1973) from three squid from the Gulf of Guinea. The species is distinctive and widely distributed but uncertainty exists on the taxonomic status of populations in othe... | <urn:uuid:9ab6b727-a43b-4458-9d9a-7d2a2c682f03> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://eol.org/pages/9104395/overview/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705559639/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115919-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.905343 | 102 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Taxus baccataThe Yew Tree
The thick, somber yew has adorned the graveyards of Europe for centuries, casting its dark shadow over the living and the dead. The ancient Druids thought them sacred, possibly because of the yew's longevity, and planted them by their temples. There are yews surviving in Europe that are believ... | <urn:uuid:5a0a51d9-a2de-426c-b40a-36687dac6afc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://sfbotanicalgarden.org/garden/bloom_11_07.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705559639/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115919-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94131 | 674 | 3.390625 | 3 |
Corn: The Latest Glue Ingredient?
Chemist Mila Hojilla-Evangelista tests the breaking point of plywood laminated with vegetable-based glues to determine the strength of the glue bond.
After oil is extracted from it, corn germ meal is typically sold to farmers for use as a nutritious feed for poultry and other livestock... | <urn:uuid:6049716f-8381-4fb9-9655-eee6bfd220ae> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/AR/archive/sep09/corn0909.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705559639/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115919-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.898418 | 955 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Anosmia in elderly
Saturday, March 05 2011 @ 09:34 AM IST
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age group has disastrous consequences, including safety hazard. It affects the food preferences and nutritional status of the already compromised population.
The absolute odor sensitivity as well as sensitivity to suprathrehold odors decrea... | <urn:uuid:84469148-a29d-48f6-9c0b-26aefa43cc23> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.drtbalu.co.in/news/article.php?story=2011030509345533 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705559639/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115919-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.904899 | 1,521 | 2.671875 | 3 |
In 1994, supporters promised that the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) would help create jobs and prosperity to the U.S, Canada, and Mexico. Yet the real results have been just the opposite: wages have stagnated in Mexico and we’ve lost 3 million manufacturing jobs in the U.S. Worse yet, some 1.3 million Mex... | <urn:uuid:1e31d8a7-f5d5-4ee3-9abd-ee5e59606122> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.globalexchange.org/print/176 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705559639/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115919-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959001 | 442 | 2.734375 | 3 |
United States History II
US History II isn’t just for history majors! It’s often required regardless of major at most colleges and universities, and that means it’s usually offered as a survey course to hundreds of students at the same time. Skip the lecture hall and take it on your own, online, and enjoy live, one-on-... | <urn:uuid:6d7c5a9c-931b-4ec4-b935-d0cc1af86ff6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.straighterline.com/online-college-courses/humanities/united-states-history-ii/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705559639/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115919-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935052 | 431 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Importance of Education
Education is the process of learning and knowing, which is not restricted to our school text books. An educated person has the ability to change the world.
What is the Significance of Education?
It makes us better citizens:
Education makes a worthy contribution to our lives by making us responsi... | <urn:uuid:5371743b-a82b-465b-b45e-dbef87f1b307> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://alamaalschool.com/index2.php?page=articles&articleID=7 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95696 | 347 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Wednesday November 11, 2008 (foodconsumer.org) -- A new
study suggests that pesticides can pose a serious threat to the environment and
possibly human health when used in combination in agricultural products at even
levels the EPA allows although they may not cause any harm when used
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Folklife Resources for Educators
Materials Related to Race discrimination
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A Singing Stream: A Black Family Chronicle - Curriculum Guides
Three curriculum guides to accompany the film “A Singing Stream: A Black Family Chronicle,” created by filmmaker Tom Davenport with Daniel Patterson a... | <urn:uuid:40a987e3-62d0-444c-b3a7-318ba883516e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://loc.gov/folklife/teachers/subject_list.php?subjectID=341&subject=Race%20discrimination | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.869008 | 425 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Last week’s jobs report was on the weak side as U.S. economic growth, which recently had shown some signs of life, stalled in April. While overall unemployment fell one percentage point to 8.1 percent, the labor force only added 115,000 jobs, down 39,000 from the previous month.
The percentage of the working age popula... | <urn:uuid:1db1a7f4-3218-4c9c-b167-8c2fee4ab836> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thegrio.com/2012/05/07/black-women-benefiting-during-weak-jobs-market/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972673 | 606 | 2.546875 | 3 |
At a press conference held today at NASA headquarters in Washington, D.C. scientists with the Curiosity Mars rover mission announced findings from the analysis of rock powder obtained when the rover first used its drill on bedrock near its landing site. The findings indicate that ancient Mars could have once been habit... | <urn:uuid:00f9414e-58be-4301-92eb-d2fc992e71fa> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.examiner.com/article/nasa-rover-finds-evidence-that-ancient-mars-could-have-supported-life?cid=rss | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948026 | 726 | 3.96875 | 4 |
What are the signs of nerve problems?
The nervous system consists of two parts. The central nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord. The peripheral nervous system transmits sensory information between the muscles, tissues and nerves in the rest of the body to the brain.
Nerve Problems Spotlight
Nerve symptoms... | <urn:uuid:cf60f312-e80a-4924-b1d4-c21c91133b11> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.localhealth.com/article/nerve-symptoms | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925324 | 541 | 3.359375 | 3 |
On January 20, a state engineer with the Utah Division of Water Rights approved two applications that would allow Blue Castle Holdings to take a total of 53,600 acre-feet of water from the Green River annually for a proposed nuclear power plant. That's more than 17 billion gallons a year, enough for a city of 100,000 h... | <urn:uuid:3ec4d59d-730d-4e42-abb5-a7bd08a518cb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thebulletin.org/web-edition/columnists/dawn-stover/hot-water-the-other-global-warming | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698924319/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516100844-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958624 | 1,212 | 3.3125 | 3 |
It's hard not to spend too much time at the dinner table during the holiday season, getting fatter on our way to the poor house. Though we are lectured constantly about eating right, most of us don't. And the reason, it seems, is more a matter of economics than self-indulgence.
Eating right, new research shows, is gett... | <urn:uuid:c1b7dd0f-e3e3-4e21-b28d-8b98f3024ecb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.listeditor@abcnews.go.com/Technology/DiabetesResource/story?id=4021965&page=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698924319/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516100844-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979933 | 748 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Definition of Training, cross
Training, cross: Doing two or more aerobic activities such as jogging, bicycling, and swimming on a regular basis.Source: MedTerms™ Medical Dictionary
Last Editorial Review: 6/14/2012
Drug Medical Dictionary of Terms by Letter
Medical Dictionary Term:
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2002 - Cholera in Democratic Republic of Congo
16 September 2002
Disease Outbreak Reported
As of early September 2002, the Ministry of Health, Democratic Republic of the Congo has reported 2 636 cases of cholera and 67 deaths (case-fatality rate, 2.5%) in Katanga province, since the outbreak began in July 2002. The mos... | <urn:uuid:f986f099-b3df-4dfe-8611-aa672a1a2359> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.who.int/csr/don/2002_09_16/en/index.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698924319/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516100844-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911364 | 141 | 2.625 | 3 |
It may want to keep it quiet, but South Korea is developing a modern, more assertive military, says David Axe.
More than half a century since the end of the Korean War and the beginning of a long period of relative military isolation, South Korea is gradually, and quietly, playing a larger role in world security.
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Old Fort Depot and Museum
Old Fort, in western McDowell County, was the site of Davidson's Fort, built in 1776 as a defense against the Cherokee and as colonial America's westernmost outpost at the time.
In 1858, the Western North Carolina Railroad opened 84 miles of track from Salisbury to Morganton. After the war, by... | <urn:uuid:b8b12afd-4664-46fa-9004-b7b19f255f94> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.carolinacountry.com/index.php/carolina-adventures/item/old-fort-depot-and-museum?category_id=46 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00015-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962201 | 398 | 3.140625 | 3 |