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by Burt Jones and Maurine Shimlock
At 55, Jerry Allen is almost as fit as he was when he was the shortest player on his high school football team. His dark eyes are twinkling now as he watches me scan his list. It is hard to believe that he identified every fish we saw, but for nearly thirty years, ever since he left t... | <urn:uuid:780b56e7-89a5-4444-972a-c9bf48b3b094> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.divetrip.com/komodo/komodo02.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706890813/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516122130-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936571 | 3,469 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Free Printable science brain teasers for middle school
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|Laying the Foundation for Healthy and Productive Living: Prevention of NCDs in Adolescents and Youth|
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- Pregnancy & Childbirth
- Attachment Parenting
- Family Nutrition
- Family Wellness
It's fascinating how even children in the same family are so different from one another. A child's individual personality is determined, at least in part, by their inborn temperament, which begins to reveal its self soon after birth. O... | <urn:uuid:b4977fbe-268c-488b-ac37-3d83f1c559f6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.askdrsears.com/topics/child-rearing-and-development/toys/matching-toys-temperaments | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971424 | 365 | 3 | 3 |
Station brings housing boom
This photograph was taken just after Winchmore Hill Station opened in 1871. Before the station opened, Winchmore Hill was a fairly isolated hamlet in north London. The coming of the Enfield branch of the Great Northern Railway changed the area completely.
Growth of Winchmore Hill
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As in COBWEB, AUTOCLASS [ Cheeseman et al., 1988], and other systems [Anderson & Matessa, 1991], we will assume that clusters, , are described probabilistically: each variable value has an associated conditional probability, , which reflects the proportion of observations in that exhibit the value, , along variable . I... | <urn:uuid:0c60f460-5e26-417e-ba09-bdf27ab00827> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/jair/pub/volume4/fisher96a-html/node4.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919695 | 245 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Nearly everyone, at sometime in life, has trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, a condition known as insomnia. Insomnia can be short-term, lasting anywhere from a few nights to a few weeks, or long-term, lasting months or even years. Problems sleeping tend to get worse with age because of changes in sleep patterns.... | <urn:uuid:e00159e1-e0e5-4804-9c88-00eca95aca1b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.whptv.com/guides/health/senior/story/Sleeplessness/_BEaGV1lpEyFuvMtdn9ovQ.cspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963172 | 205 | 3.203125 | 3 |
The fortifications at Eben-Emael were key to the Belgian delaying operations in front of the Dyle-Breda Line. The German plan to send its Sixth Army around Liège required that the river crossings west of Maastricht be captured intact. The bridges across the Albert Canal at Kanne, Vroenhoven, and Veldwezelt were under t... | <urn:uuid:11dd0cc1-ad5a-4ccc-a36a-e3450a97d001> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://frenchbattlefields.com/blog/?tag=meuse-river | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960604 | 546 | 2.984375 | 3 |
What is a Veterinarian?
A veterinarian is a physician who has been educated and trained to diagnose and treat diseases and injuries in animals. Most veterinarians care for companion animals (e.g., dogs, cats, birds, ferrets, rabbits). They may specialize in care for horses (both pleasure and performance), production an... | <urn:uuid:6deb9aa7-f5ab-40b2-8386-d727b8eb9bf4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://islandbirdcatdogvetgroup.com/our_staff.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94127 | 622 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Erin Marie Blasco, Public Programs Coordinator, Smithsonian National Postal Museum
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With so many bacteria becoming antibiotic resistant it is necessary to use not just drugs, but natural means of maintaining health. The article discusses some simple natural things that anyone can do to improve their health. For example, Grandma's chicken soup and hot tea are important and legitimate medical treatments... | <urn:uuid:344c3d23-7f2e-4864-8ed9-e06ed33042a1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ent-consult.com/abstract.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938468 | 594 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Nanotechnology: Novel Coatings Show Great Promise as Flame Retardants in Polyurethane Foam
Gram for gram, novel carbon nanofiber-filled coatings devised by researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and Texas A&M University outperformed conventional flame retardants used in the polyureth... | <urn:uuid:cb88c75b-e67a-40b0-9eaa-0e427ae4f258> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.materialsgate.de/en/mnews/18414/Nanotechnology+Novel+Coatings+Show+Great+Promise+as+Flame+Retardants+in+Polyurethane+Foam.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929118 | 954 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Provided by Annie Reisewitz and Jessica Carilli, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego
Shared by Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras, the Mesoamerican Reef spans over 1,000 km, making it the largest continuous reef in the Western Hemisphere. Portions of the Mesoamerican Reef are W... | <urn:uuid:8067f644-2f17-42ae-9daa-364b0438955e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wri.org/publication/reefs-at-risk-revisited/stories/mesoamerican-reef | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918294 | 676 | 4.15625 | 4 |
19 May 2011: Report
Using CO2 to Make Fuel:
A Long Shot for Green Energy
What if the ever-increasing amounts of carbon dioxide that are heating up the atmosphere could be used to produce an abundant supply of liquid fuels? The U.S. government and private labs are pursuing that Holy Grail of renewable energy — but for n... | <urn:uuid:2858b9a0-c73b-4d68-a7b3-4c17ba71d6df> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2405 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939682 | 3,027 | 3.96875 | 4 |
Magnified view, click on image and drag to move.
Japanese military leaders recognized American naval strength as the chief deterrent to war with the United States. Early in 1941, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Commander of the Japanese Combined Fleet, had initiated planning for a surprise attack on the United States Pacific... | <urn:uuid:b7b306b4-cea4-426c-be15-b7ef6bd64b86> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://onhudson.typepad.com/onhudsoncom/this-day-in-history/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973828 | 1,027 | 3.796875 | 4 |
The sestina is a strict ordered form of poetry, dating back to twelfth century French troubadours. It
consists of six six-line (sestets) stanzas followed by a three-line envoy. Rather than use a rhyme
scheme, the six ending words of the first stanza are repeated as the ending words of the other five
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Dry ice is solid carbon dioxide. It is commonly used as a versatile cooling agent. Dry ice sublimates, changing directly to a gas at atmospheric pressure. Its sublimation and deposition point is -78.5 °C (-109.3 °F). Its enthalpy of sublimation (ΔHsub) at -78.5 °C (-109.3 °F) is 571 kJ/kg (245.5 BTU/lb). The low temper... | <urn:uuid:356202d0-ea5d-4e11-9c04-9a44b505af2d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.madshrimps.be/articles/article/838/Low-budget-45-nm-Intel-E7200-overclocking-report/1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948775 | 527 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Irrigating efficiently is important for achieving high yield and quality and for minimising effects on the environment.
Under-irrigation will compromise yields while over-irrigation can affect root quality, promote excessive fertiliser use, and possibly result in pollution of groundwater and surface water.
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This information is for reference purposes only. It was current when produced and may now be outdated. Archive material is no longer maintained, and some links may not work. Persons with disabilities having difficulty accessing this information should contact us at: https://info.ahrq.gov. Let us know the nature of the ... | <urn:uuid:8424226f-56cf-4c74-be49-0cb88c65aa8a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/mar06/0306RA9.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95553 | 575 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Harbingers - DescriptionSimultaneously with the return to antiquity there set in another reaction against the tendencies of that elegant French art which had held all Europe in its spell; this was the Romantic Movement. Its first manifestations were sporadic and it was only in the 19th century that the movement coalesc... | <urn:uuid:83078c1c-d827-47c0-bfcd-a496df88270b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.humanitiesweb.org/spa/gai/ID/882 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.987592 | 247 | 3 | 3 |
The Romans established a form of government — a republic — that was copied by countries for centuries In fact, the government of the United States is based partly on Rome's model.
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Women's Moderation Union
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I just want to remind people of some things on the web that may help with really understanding this material.
First, don’t forget the online lectures, especially for these chapters:
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Time required for the Earth to travel once around the Sun, slightly less than 365 days. This fractional number makes necessary the periodic adjustment of days in any calendar that is to be kept in step with the seasons. In the Gregorian calendar, a common ... | <urn:uuid:281caeef-b5c0-42fe-bc38-53a52cffd6e7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://i.m-w.com/concise/year | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931822 | 139 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Can you tell an unborn baby's gender from the heartbeat?
I hear this question every day in my practice. If only it were simply a matter of whether the unborn baby's heartbeat was fast or slow to indicate the gender! Believe it or not, there really is a range of fetal heart rate that is different for boys versus girls. ... | <urn:uuid:37532a18-7bb2-4eea-a0a3-bc22831dbe60> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.babyzone.com/pregnancy/baby-to-be/fetal-development/fetal-heart-rates-and-baby-s-gender_78140 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954868 | 200 | 2.9375 | 3 |
Francesco FoscariArticle Free Pass
Francesco Foscari, (born c. 1373—died October 31/November 1, 1457, Venice [Italy]), doge of Venice who led the city in a long and ruinous series of wars against Milan. His life story is the subject of the tragedy The Two Foscari by Lord Byron and of an opera by Giuseppe Verdi.
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Leon Cooper (1930-Present)
Leon Cooper shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics with John Bardeen and Robert Schrieffer, with whom he developed the first widely accepted theory of superconductivity. Termed the BCS theory, an acronym formed from the initial letters of its originators surnames, it is heavily based on a phe... | <urn:uuid:e5801b50-489c-4ffa-b80b-e22ed68907bf> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.magnet.fsu.edu/education/tutorials/pioneers/cooper.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971812 | 466 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Here in 1846 an oppressed people fleeing from a vengeful mob found a haven in the wilderness. Winter Quarters, established under the direction of the Mormon leader Brigham Young, sheltered more than 3,000 people during the winter of 1846-1847. Housed in log cabins, sod houses and dugouts, they lacked adequate provision... | <urn:uuid:ee4c935d-8c3c-43d3-b688-ddc09a0b57ea> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/markers/texts/winter_quarters.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932555 | 254 | 3.421875 | 3 |
Device: Science is one step closer to producing drugs in the right place at the right time in the body, avoiding the collateral damage of untargeted treatments. Researchers led by Daniel Anderson at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have designed nanoparticles that can be stimulated via UV light to produce prot... | <urn:uuid:27b844f4-31cb-4a62-990d-d467d63931b1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/32477/title/Next-Generation--In-Vivo-Drug-Factories/flagPost/65574/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940143 | 805 | 3.234375 | 3 |
The American Clean Energy and Security Act, which will set in place the nation's first cap-and-trade regulation to reduce carbon dioxide, will go only part way toward solving a second serious, and less well-appreciated problem (other than global warming). That problem: Ocean acidification, which is caused by the massiv... | <urn:uuid:a9b43cf9-f5a7-408c-8a48-f60b2194df82> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/latest/ocean-acidification-47070103 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931581 | 612 | 3 | 3 |
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adv. About where; in, at, or near what location: Whereabouts do you live?
- n. Approximate location: Her whereabouts are still unknown.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. the general location where something is
- whereabout + -s (Wiktionary)
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What Do Warm Marches Tell Us About the Date of the Final Spring Frost?
One of the most extraordinary warm spells in Minnesota's modern climate record is slowly moderating. In terms of the magnitude of the temperature anomaly, the duration of the episode, and the geographic extent; this spell of weather has had few peer... | <urn:uuid:5f900f69-0636-4420-9e13-e92697cef613> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://climate.soils.umn.edu/doc/journal/mild_march_and_last_frost.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944672 | 599 | 3.625 | 4 |
Today, remembering the story of the shuttle. The University of Houston presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.
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From Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He both instigated and led his country through its greatest internal conflict besides the Schwarzenegger Incid... | <urn:uuid:d09de352-ac22-4cd5-b9ab-47727c4d9262> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Abraham_Lincoln?oldid=5401853 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975344 | 3,342 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Al sh'loshah d'varim haolam omed: Al haTorah, v'al ha-avodah, v'al g'milut chasadim. The world depends on three things: on Torah, on worship and on loving deeds. - Pirkei Avot 1:2
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Few places of the ancient Christian era have captured the imagination as much as the catacombs. They are often depicted in movies and novels as subterranean hideouts where Christians gathered for worship in times of persecution. The underground cemeteries, like those outside Rome, were a network of passageways where th... | <urn:uuid:91599705-1ef6-4e4b-86c8-7b5c19f90497> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.stmargaretstl.org/Home.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962176 | 191 | 3 | 3 |
This is an image of Europa.
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Can there be Life in the Environment of Europa?
At first glance Europa may seem unfriendly to
life as we know it
Like other icy moons, Europa is small, with no atmosphere to speak of, with direct exposure to space and the charged particle environment of Jupiter's... | <urn:uuid:8c1751d9-5552-4665-8683-9df993998179> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Life/Europa_environment.html&edu=high | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922501 | 544 | 3.40625 | 3 |
On this day in 1891, Moby Dick writer Herman Melville died at the age of 72.
While Melville will always be legendary for his epic novel, Moby Dick, we feel it is important to point out some of his other work which is perhaps more obscure. If you’ve never read his early work, Omoo, A Narrative of Adventures in the South... | <urn:uuid:59f48f85-9f72-4edf-ae47-2a6c64d7e26b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://deadwriters.tumblr.com/post/1206572007/happy-deathday-mr-melville | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973916 | 280 | 3.625 | 4 |
CHRISTIANS have always been interested in God's ancient promise of a
'new covenant.' A covenant is an agreement between two parties. These
questions call attention to points that touch the subject, and help
disciples of Jesus understand New Testament teachings of it.
- 1. Why did Jesus mention the new covenant as being... | <urn:uuid:1c5ca461-aaeb-4379-aeae-1208291a39e0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.auburn.edu/~allenkc/fbf/ncquesti.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957101 | 4,278 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Henry Gray (18211865). Anatomy of the Human Body. 1918.
2e. The Abdomen
The abdomen is the largest cavity in the body. It is of an oval shape, the extremities of the oval being directed upward and downward. The upper extremity is formed by the diaphragm which extends as a dome over the abdomen, so that the cavity exten... | <urn:uuid:b4ed753b-4024-4d8f-819b-06017b181479> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.bartelby.net/107/246.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.901227 | 8,886 | 3.703125 | 4 |
Kathleen.Archer at MAIL.CC.TRINCOLL.EDU
Mon May 12 08:25:14 EST 1997
Thanks to all who replied with ideas on how to reduce water condensate on
the underside of Petri lids. For anyone else out there who may also have
this problem and is interested in possible solutions, here is a summmary.
1.Don Igelsrud wrote: " ...ger... | <urn:uuid:325bd351-ce2e-4b12-b942-f2e0e41f1286> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.bio.net/bionet/mm/plant-ed/1997-May/001991.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926623 | 458 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Drugs A - Z
Generic Name: cyanocobalamin | Brand Name: Neuroforte-R
CategoryHerbs & Supplements
B-12, B Complex, B Complex Vitamin, bedumil, cobalamin, cobalamins, cobamin, cyanocobalamin, cyanocobalaminum, cycobemin, hydroxocobalamin, hydroxocobalaminum, hydroxocobemine, idrossocobalamina, methylcobalamin, vitadurin, ... | <urn:uuid:9788dbfb-4b66-47b7-9942-0b7bda3623a8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.healthline.com/natstandardcontent/vitamin-b12?brand=Neuroforte-R | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.885221 | 5,483 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Jennifer M. Bean
C LIT 397
Varying topics relating to film in social contexts. Offered by resident or visiting faculty.
ECO-CINEMA: FILMING THE ETHICS AND AESTHETICS OF WASTE
Overview The effect of modern culture on the environment and on our bodies is everywhere evident. We have reached an age when human advances in s... | <urn:uuid:59b4fb93-b03d-45b5-aafa-4722ec229c80> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.washington.edu/students/icd/S/complit/397jmbean.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934934 | 896 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Haemophilus species are a common cause of community-acquired pneumonia; however, their significance in posttraumatic pneumonia is unclear.
University hospital, level I trauma center.
Two hundred fifty-seven consecutive patients with blunt and penetrating trauma treated for pneumonia.
Main Outcome Measures:
Length of st... | <urn:uuid:250f74a1-4774-467b-85fc-fbd83adfc999> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=596373 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926019 | 356 | 2.65625 | 3 |
California’s top attorney, Kamala Harris, announced the launch of the Department of Justice’s Privacy Enforcement and Protection Unit, being formed to guard the privacy of Californians by prosecuting violators of state and federal laws. The press release says “The Privacy Unit will police the privacy practices of indiv... | <urn:uuid:c11c3b79-f1c3-40b5-9a71-29e987cc6171> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.nolo.com/privacymatters/category/childrens-privacy-coppa/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944319 | 643 | 2.53125 | 3 |
McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle
|USAF F-15C during an Operation Noble Eagle patrol|
|Role||Air superiority fighter|
Boeing Defense, Space & Security
|First flight||27 July 1972|
|Introduction||9 January 1976|
|Primary users||United States Air Force
Japan Air Self-Defense Force
Royal Saudi Air Force
Israeli Air Force
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Bacteria can organize into structured communities, called biofilms, that protect them from antibiotics and from immune attack by the host. The biofilms are embedded in a matrix containing a complex mixture of macromolecules including exopolysaccharides and proteins. In the February 22 Science, Whitchurch et al. report ... | <urn:uuid:35843392-f587-4d8a-a2de-d0e2033af91b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://genomebiology.com/2002/3/2/spotlight-20020227-01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922219 | 179 | 3.25 | 3 |
WHAT PANAMA MEANS
It now becomes apparent why British Columbia was described as the province where East meets West and works out Destiny.
On the other side of the Pacific lies Japan come to the manhood of nationality, demanding recognition as the equal of the white race and room to expand. Behind Japan lies China, an a... | <urn:uuid:4835a6a5-d508-4d3d-bd86-a6d8b0943e05> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.bookrags.com/ebooks/18032/76.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943135 | 509 | 3.3125 | 3 |
: "In the middle ages some poisons were reputed to have been
administered by contact: and there are many stories of poisoned rings
used for such a purpose. These rings were said to be poisoned on the
interior, having a sharp point there, so that when a person grasped the
hand wearing the ring, some of the poison was pa... | <urn:uuid:5c9d71ad-79cc-41c5-bca3-8950e6957a30> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.farlang.com/gemstones/fernie-gemstones-curative-wear/page_356 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961771 | 387 | 2.875 | 3 |
Injuries on school grounds are fairly common. One study cited by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that 80% of elementary school children visit the nurse because of injuries at school. Some accidents are unavoidable, but some injuries on school grounds are due to unsafe physical conditions or t... | <urn:uuid:7a6fd174-8fb4-4522-a7dc-d9e86a9a871b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.personalinjurylawyer.com/resources/personal-injury/work-related-injuries/injuries-school-liability.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965752 | 1,029 | 3.125 | 3 |
What causes hurricanes, thunderstorms, and severe weather? How are weather forecasts made? Are weather and climate changing? What type of research is being done currently in the atmospheric sciences? Learn the answers to these and other weather or climate questions AND earn NW credit from a course in ATMOSPHERIC SCIENC... | <urn:uuid:5b937bc7-5a9d-4302-9fe8-832ec7288b74> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://environmentlink.wordpress.com/author/environmentlink/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.900493 | 3,193 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Performing tasks at shutdown helps your water system remain in good shape and minimizes repairs when it's time to re-open.
Maple trees have started turning color. That means it is about time to shut down seasonal water systems. When you close for the year, inspect your system, clean it and protect it so it will be read... | <urn:uuid:36ee05a1-ddae-43b4-bb15-14119faae948> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://public.health.oregon.gov/HealthyEnvironments/DrinkingWater/Operations/Pages/shutdown.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925967 | 576 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Haftarah of Parshat
VaYikra - 5761
believe with Perfect Faith that the Creator,
VaYikra brings us to a mysterious set of ideas within Judaism.
These refer to the Temple worship and its heavy involvement with
animal sacrifices. These
sacrifices of animals have to be seen against the backdrop that one of the Seven
Noahid... | <urn:uuid:75a56428-0504-449e-a478-51de9645eeb4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ou.org/torah/frankel/haftarot/vayikra61.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952107 | 1,323 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Anthropologists have not participated extensively in the cognitive science synthesis for a host of reasons, including internal conflicts in the discipline and profound reservations about the ways that cultural differences have been modeled in psychology, neuroscience, and other contributors to cognitive science. This p... | <urn:uuid:6827ed6e-29af-4841-9d69-413247d64d2a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.researchonline.mq.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/mq:13692?expert=subject%3A%22elite+performance%22&f0=type%3A%22ASCS09+%3A+Proceedings+Of+The+9th+Conference+Of+The+Australasian+Society+For+Cognitive+Science%22&highlights=false | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.910345 | 207 | 2.859375 | 3 |
By: Sunita Satyapal, Energy.gov
Recently, the Department of Energy hosted Dr. Tasios Melis, the UC Berkeley scientist behind a Department of Energy funded innovation that promises to triple the productivity of photosynthesis in plants and algae.
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What happens to the land and water affects us all.
“We are suffering from drought terribly at this place. Half a crop of wheat, and tobacco, and two-thirds a crop of corn are the most we can expect.” — Thomas Jefferson to Martha Jefferson Randolph, August 31, 1815
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The following info from a Eurocentric weblog shows the uselessness of arguing over haplotypes and genetics without physical anthropological foundations:
“A back migration from Asia to Africa took place around 15,000 years ago, with a group of R1b1* people moving to Egypt, Sudan and spreading in different directions ins... | <urn:uuid:8b01a6d1-7bbd-4209-934f-d104015ef751> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.africaresource.com/rasta/sesostris-the-great-the-egyptian-hercules/the-roots-of-afro-europe-y-dna-haplogroup-r1b1-cro-magnons-and-afro-europeans-dana-marniche/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705195219/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115315-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947799 | 1,317 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Sep. 21, 2011 A new video from NASA's Dawn spacecraft takes us on a flyover journey above the surface of the giant asteroid Vesta.
The data obtained by Dawn's framing camera, used to produce the visualizations, will help scientists determine the processes that formed Vesta's striking features. It will also help Dawn mi... | <urn:uuid:42e0c15d-7f6b-4ebb-8498-bc93cdde75e2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110919123446.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705195219/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115315-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916866 | 685 | 3.90625 | 4 |
Prophecy of the Popes
The Prophecy of the Popes (Latin: Prophetia Sancti Malachiae Archiepiscopi, de Summis Pontificibus) is a series of 112 short, cryptic phrases in Latin which purport to predict the Roman Catholic popes (along with a few antipopes), beginning with Pope Celestine II. The alleged prophecies were first... | <urn:uuid:66576c03-0468-4ec3-bce7-7f1a6841d0ba> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophecy_of_the_Popes | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.8268 | 18,490 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Before a photovoltaic installation may be constructed, engineers calculate, for some selected days in the year, when and where the interfering light reflections occur, especially if airports, highways or larger residential areas are close by. In the future, this will be easier and more comprehensive: with software that... | <urn:uuid:7139f747-a7f5-43b1-93ce-6024f8a6bb94> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://phys.org/news/2013-03-non-glaring-photovoltaic.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940638 | 720 | 3.75 | 4 |
Women’s Trade Union League (WTUL)Article Free Pass
Women’s Trade Union League (WTUL), American organization, the first national association dedicated to organizing women workers. Founded in 1903, the WTUL proved remarkably successful in uniting women from all classes to work toward better, fairer working conditions. Th... | <urn:uuid:1f649ed8-03a1-4636-8433-5c38160909b7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/647200/Womens-Trade-Union-League-WTUL | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962666 | 459 | 3.921875 | 4 |
An indicator of resource sufficiency is percentage self-sufficiency (Department of Primary Industries and Energy (DPIE) 1987). Self-sufficiency was defined as:
The indicator shows how well domestic production meets demand and is simple to understand. Since 1970, self-sufficiency has fluctuated between 60 per cent and 9... | <urn:uuid:5bdae729-4067-46d0-9e6b-18e22857c65b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ga.gov.au/products-services/publications/oil-gas-resources-australia/2005/reserves/resource-sufficiency-definition.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.909094 | 134 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Boffins BREAK BREAD's genetic code: Miracle of the loaves
Climate change? Population growth? Maybe science can help
A crack team of international boffins have done a "shotgun sequencing" of the wheat genome that will help increase wheat yields and thereby feed the world.
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Mammals like ourselves pass our genes ‘vertically’ from parent to child. But bacteria aren’t quite so limited; they have mastered the art of gene-swapping and regularly transfer DNA ‘horizontally’ from one cell to another. This “horizontal gene transfer” has been largely viewed as a trademark of single-celled organisms... | <urn:uuid:eccd8ef2-6547-4efb-a9f4-d212754acf40> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2008/11/03/space-invader-dna-jumped-across-mammalian-genomes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698207393/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095647-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956615 | 1,181 | 3.59375 | 4 |
||Organic Chemistry 4e Carey||
|Online Learning Center
Chapter 10: Conjugation in Alkadienes and Allylic Systems
Allylic Systems |
Self Assessment |
Conjugation in Alkadienes and Allylic Systems
Resonance is probably one
of the most important concepts that one needs to master in order to understand
organic chemistry, y... | <urn:uuid:ec4ccb1d-0711-4953-9088-95e47f0e373b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mhhe.com/physsci/chemistry/carey/student/olc/ch10resonance.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698207393/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095647-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.778269 | 330 | 3.671875 | 4 |
“One begins to need more and more intense stimuli in order to produce the same type of arousal ... It creates a greater appetite for more bizarre, more deviant types of sexual images.” Colleen Taylor
Sexual deviance is a complex issue because conformity and deviance are relative terms. To complicate matters further the... | <urn:uuid:c1038d30-d9ca-43a3-b254-c232bad9f05d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.medindia.net/patients/patientinfo/sexual-deviance.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698207393/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095647-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963745 | 974 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Basics of Cams
Cams are meant to protect small to large cracks. Cams provide (to a limited extent) multi-directional protection.
Cams work by contracting two set of lobes then placing the cams into a crack smaller than the expanded lobes. By releasing the trigger, the springs push the cam lobes against the sides of a c... | <urn:uuid:cd90a162-8c32-4c24-9947-9bb35b18e2b8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.spadout.com/c/active-protection/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698207393/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095647-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948127 | 148 | 2.734375 | 3 |
The political season is heating up, and once again the statewide ballot includes several measures that ask voters to weigh in on important state policy issues. Two of these measures, Proposition 30 and Proposition 38, would raise additional revenues through temporary tax increases, but differ significantly in their app... | <urn:uuid:fdda0786-e745-4201-885b-341bd874d372> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://californiabudgetbites.org/2012/10/05/new-cbp-analysis-provides-side-by-side-comparison-of-propositions-30-and-38/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958604 | 334 | 2.578125 | 3 |
I have had several librarians ask me about finding online classes to which they can direct patrons when they are too busy to offer one-on-one help. In addition, many library staff members are looking for ideas for developing computer classes to offer. So I have come up with some great resources for both requests.
- Thi... | <urn:uuid:5169099d-e3b6-4a11-b7c4-b7172e58016a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://jbirnel.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/on-line-computer-class-resources/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94376 | 826 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Developmental toxicants are agents that cause adverse effects on the developing child. Effects can include birth defects, low birth weight, biological dysfunctions, or psychological or behavioral deficits that become manifest as the child grows. Maternal exposure to toxic chemicals during pregnancy can disrupt the deve... | <urn:uuid:73c2913f-805d-4945-bb7b-4983834245b1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://scorecard.goodguide.com/health-effects/explanation.tcl?short_hazard_name=devel | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92816 | 173 | 3.140625 | 3 |
A friend recently stumped me with a health-related trivia question. Who was the first president to be born in a hospital?
The answer, posted below, left me thinking about what a relatively new phenomenon hospital births really are. My colleague Julie Scelfo explores the issue further in today’s Home section, finding th... | <urn:uuid:87740ff8-689d-4cf0-a25b-5458be2830c8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/12/having-baby-at-home/?apage=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963839 | 338 | 2.609375 | 3 |
A not-so-hard graft
Transplantable blood vessels can now be grown as desired
ANOTHER advance in the emerging technology of regenerative medicine has just been announced. It should soon be possible to make blood vessels that can be stored and used “off the shelf” for surgery that requires arteries or veins to be bypasse... | <urn:uuid:bd174b38-f111-4953-afcf-7db09017ecd7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.economist.com/node/18061076/print | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955079 | 730 | 3.25 | 3 |
|Uruguay Table of Contents
Uruguay is located in the Southern Hemisphere on the Atlantic seaboard of South America between 53 and 58 west longitude and 30 and 35 south latitude. It is bounded on the west by Argentina, on the north and northeast by Brazil, and on the southeast by the Atlantic Ocean. To the south, it fro... | <urn:uuid:06116628-b2f4-48b3-8036-a7138ab302e3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://countrystudies.us/uruguay/26.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705559639/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115919-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926001 | 631 | 3.53125 | 4 |
United States congressional apportionment
United States congressional apportionment is the process by which seats in the United States House of Representatives are redistributed amongst the 50 states following each constitutionally mandated decennial census. Each state is apportioned a number of seats which approximate... | <urn:uuid:3254ff32-36a3-42bf-82d5-61be87a228d0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_apportionment | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705559639/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115919-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.815756 | 5,527 | 4.0625 | 4 |
What if you're a bird of prey, looking down on miles of grassland or desert, trying to spot a meal that's only an inch or two long?
On the American plains, squirrels are the food of choice for both the coyote and the badger.
How is it that cats can sleep so much? Learn more on this Moment of Science.
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Vestas V164 is the world’s largest ocean wind turbine
In 1919 a German physicist Albert Betz had concluded that no wind turbine can convert more than 59.3% of the kinetic energy of the wind into mechanical energy turning a rotor. Today this is known as Betz Limit or Betz Law.
However, the same maximum result was obtain... | <urn:uuid:768d7a1e-96c2-4ef9-8bf7-335d45098711> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ecogreen4us.com/stories/green-technology-stories/wind-energy-limit-efficiency/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705559639/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115919-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943244 | 670 | 3.625 | 4 |
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One class of drugs used to prevent wheezing and shortness of breath in people with asthma may increase kids' risk of being hospitalized for an asthma attack, according to a new analysis from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
However, researchers said, it's possible that when the drugs, ... | <urn:uuid:e2469dad-49b1-4a92-98c6-37404ae589ef> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.lifescript.com/health/centers/allergies/news/2011/10/25/asthma_drugs_may_increase_attacks_in_kids_report.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705559639/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115919-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965852 | 980 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Program 5 Notes
Love and friendship, honor and betrayal. The central dynamics of human relationships, they are also the linchpins of drama—and the foundation of John Cranko’s masterful Onegin. Based on mature themes rather than fairy tales or fantasy, Onegin is a ballet for adults, a visual feast of rich, emotional cho... | <urn:uuid:d6ca59eb-a34e-480a-93af-69647b083e52> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sfballet.org/tickets/production/program_notes?prodid=2023&perfid=2188 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705559639/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115919-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96506 | 3,697 | 2.546875 | 3 |
In Worship Leadership class during Red Carpet week 2012 a question arose: “When do contemporary songs become hymns?” One of the leading sources on hymnology that has arisen among evangelicals in recent years is by David Music and Milburn Price, A Survey of Christian Hymnody. The following can be found in the opening ch... | <urn:uuid:c5fd17c4-9632-46c1-b346-96923e81a72f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://incarnationalworship.wordpress.com/2012/05/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959672 | 734 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Cutting down CO2 emissions could help increase the amount of power generated by renewable cheap energy sources, a new report says.
According to a study by Greenpeace, the world could produce 95 per cent of the electricity it needs from sustainable sources within 40 years by reducing greenhouse emissions from the energy... | <urn:uuid:db0a9c20-da60-45c2-9098-3bd9c66e8dde> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.energyhelpline.com/RSPB/fri/Domesticenergy/news/article/19823751 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93233 | 234 | 3.34375 | 3 |
Wonsan (wŭnˈsän) [key], Jap. Gensan, city (1993 pop. 300,148), capital of Kangwon prov., SE North Korea, on the Sea of Japan (or East Sea). It is a major port and naval base, with a natural harbor protected by a line of islands. The city has important fish and fish-processing industries. Oil refining, rice processing, ... | <urn:uuid:b57db264-bf16-48f9-97ea-9895d3de3c77> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia/world/wonsan.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.888806 | 175 | 3.171875 | 3 |
In 1942, a United Press International photographer visited a metal pressing factory outside Detroit and took a snapshot of a slim, fresh-faced brunette leaning over a machine. The picture enchanted the graphic artist J. Howard Miller, who had been hired by the Westinghouse Company to design a series of motivational pos... | <urn:uuid:56aafa52-c7bb-4697-8b13-13eff90b2161> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.history.com/news/inspiration-for-iconic-rosie-the-riveter-image-dies | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97745 | 557 | 2.609375 | 3 |
- Tea Pouches
- Loose Tea
- Iced Tea
- Why Mighty Leaf?
Green Tea and Breast Cancer Prevention
Adapted from Science News, September 13, 2003Many studies have indicated that diets high in produce—including broccoli and other veggies—may lower a woman's risk of developing breast cancer. Now, California researchers report... | <urn:uuid:f86aef32-fde1-4e51-8d5f-c79a1975a8b0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mightyleaf.com/tea-and-health_green-tea-and-breast-cancer-prevention/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95536 | 1,788 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Whenever possible, we should try to choose a diet that includes adequate amounts of all the essential nutrients. In the case of calcium, this means consuming enough dairy products and/or relying heavily on relatively few foods --such as canned salmon and sardines with the bones, kale, collards, mustard and turnip green... | <urn:uuid:fba6c5d4-f7a3-4313-afb8-14bca0f1b31e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1985-10-24/entertainment/8503120821_1_calcium-supplements-calcium-intake-carbonate | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698924319/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516100844-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939697 | 762 | 2.5625 | 3 |
The main problem is to use a block cipher to generate a random key.
I would like to generate 256-bits key which can be as random as possible. I generate it in the following way:
- Pick a plaintext $p_0$ of 64 bits and a 256-bit key $k_0$. ( can be given from keyboard as seed)
- Implement a cipher which goes from 64-bit... | <urn:uuid:38116f58-ddc9-47b0-8d69-4f02dbe9daf7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://crypto.stackexchange.com/questions/5110/key-derivation-from-a-random-seed?answertab=oldest | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698924319/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516100844-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911753 | 228 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Polarized Starlight and the Handedness of Life
The asymmetry of the amino acid molecules found in all living things may have originated in space billions of years ago
Whereas amino acids produced by inorganic reactions are equally split between two mirror-image versions, the amino acids found in living things are almos... | <urn:uuid:49611041-431a-487f-abd8-5222546393bc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.americanscientist.org/issues/feature/1999/4/polarized-starlight-and-the-handedness-of-life | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698924319/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516100844-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955822 | 198 | 3.34375 | 3 |
Guest Author - Tracey-Kay Caldwell
Overworked? Stressed out? Is it killing you? Well some scientists are beginning to think that might be what is killing our commercial bee colonies. We are working them to death. Commercial beekeepers have been experiencing colony collapse; the bees are abandoning their hives and dropp... | <urn:uuid:8006a953-50ff-4701-ab5f-15fa78e73a5b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art52420.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702810651/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111330-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954944 | 592 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Turkey: Volga Tatar Community Losing Touch with Heritage
The bulbous brass samovar on a table in the Tatar-Turkish village of Osmaniye is definitely not a historic relic. Nearly 120 years after its arrival in Turkey from Russia, villagers say it is one of the few links left to their Tatar homeland in the Volga River.
A... | <urn:uuid:a56420fd-164c-43a5-ace0-07cfd853e881> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.eurasianet.org/node/65665 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702810651/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111330-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966608 | 1,131 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Aural Rehabilitation/Communication Therapy
These services are provided to the Gallaudet community and the DC metropolitan area)
This area offers the opportunity to work on improving how one produces/says the specific sounds as well as how well one is able to use the rules of English to" pronounce" words (for example, t... | <urn:uuid:033c9bbf-9a30-4571-9870-0e525ad35bf2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.gallaudet.edu/HSC/Aural_RehabilitationCommunication_Therapy.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702810651/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111330-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934003 | 589 | 3.5 | 4 |
June 2006: Conservation of Polychrome Sculpture, Blessing Christ
The Saint Louis Art Museum will soon reopen its early European galleries. As part of that new display the museum had wanted to include a polychrome (painted) wood sculpture, Blessing Christ. The 13th-century piece is the museum’s only example of medieval ... | <urn:uuid:4a4ec91c-bc0c-4a3a-8e25-ae658339466f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.imls.gov/june_2006_conservation_of_polychrome_sculpture_blessing_christ.aspx?CategoryId=2&F_All=y | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702810651/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111330-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973724 | 1,576 | 2.546875 | 3 |
OSMap: Hadrian's Wall, OL43, LR87.
Type: Vexillation Fortress, Fort, Town, Bridge, Mausoleum.
Dere Street: N (2½) to Onnvm (Halton Chesters, Northumberland)|
Stanegate: W (6¾) to Cilvrnvm (Chesters, Northumberland)
Stanegate: ESE (15) to Washing Wells (Whickham, Tyne & Wear)
Dere Street: SE (9) to Vindomora (Ebchester,... | <urn:uuid:c7899e7a-7bcb-4240-8aeb-055335aa6ba4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.roman-britain.org/places/corstopitum.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702810651/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111330-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.898089 | 6,971 | 2.625 | 3 |
Note from the Author: Since side-saddle riding has been substantially replaced in the modern era by riding astride, many people know relatively little about it. However, since it was common back during the era of our game, I thought it might be useful to find out a little about it.
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This Demonstration shows the velocity and position over time of two small spheres dropped in air subject to the forces of gravity and drag. You can vary the base mass and surface area of the blue sphere. You can vary the red sphere's mass and area relative to the blue sphere. The differential equation of the forces is ... | <urn:uuid:dce2a81c-3c28-4b46-bac1-98f3a22cb8b2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://demonstrations.wolfram.com/DragAndGravityForcesOnAFallingSphere/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933812 | 288 | 4.1875 | 4 |
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Puppy in the Window
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Frog Or Toad? What Is The Difference?
Is it a frog or is it a toad? How can you tell and do you want it as a pet?
Frogs and toads are from the order Anura, which literally means "no tail," and the zoological class Amphibia. Recently, zoologists have given increased attention to this species, which has been neglected (c... | <urn:uuid:a78a067c-523b-4542-a85f-297c756e1e49> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.allsands.com/science/animals/science/animals/frogtoadamphib_xmy_gn.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960656 | 738 | 3.34375 | 3 |
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ClassicsOnline Home » LAWRENCE, T.E.: Seven Pillars of Wisdom (Abridged)
Although Lawrence of Arabia died in 1935, the story of his life has captured the imagination of succeeding generations. The Seven Pillars of Wisdom is a monumental work in which he chron... | <urn:uuid:0f446e96-dedc-44df-a751-12af48b27cb8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.classicsonline.com/catalogue/product.aspx?pid=494974 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976052 | 827 | 3.390625 | 3 |
Takeo Kanade serves as director of the Quality of Life Technology Center and professor in computer science and robotics at Carnegie Mellon University. See how NSF has supported his research. Image credit: Takeo Kanade
This project, called Grand Challenge, aims to collect data on daily activities such as cooking. Here, ... | <urn:uuid:4c000745-3c34-47f9-9c0c-e5c786310a2a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/eng_mill/robots/robothelpinghands/index.jsp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927579 | 206 | 2.890625 | 3 |
The International Labor Organization (ILO), founded in 1919, is the longest continuously operating intergovernmental organization in modern history and is widely recognized as the arbiter and protector of workers’ rights and employment standards worldwide. It has a unique, tripartite governance structure comprised of r... | <urn:uuid:7899c119-f43d-4428-8153-ba55a16c5113> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://international.uiowa.edu/print/3146 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710006682/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131326-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937246 | 1,897 | 3.625 | 4 |
The Chemists in the Library Working Group has compiled these electronic and print resources for further exploration of the theme of National Chemistry Week: Earth's Atmosphere and Beyond!. The resources have been classified by grade level and annotated.
- Composition of Earth's Atmosphere
- What the atmosphere is made ... | <urn:uuid:3f3a2129-7140-4c64-89ad-3b439bead4d3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/swain/hosted/ncw/2003/index.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710006682/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131326-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.881859 | 303 | 3.796875 | 4 |
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.
2007 May 14
Explanation: When passing Earth on your way to Jupiter, what should you look for? That question arose for the robotic Galileo spacecraft... | <urn:uuid:ed6d5948-2907-456c-91a8-8ac7854bdfab> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070514.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00017-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.909714 | 303 | 3.140625 | 3 |