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Olympia, WA - Now that school’s out, kids are gearing up for fun in the sun. Whether they’re going to summer camp, taking a vacation trip, or traveling to stay with friends or relatives, they should be protected from vaccine-preventable diseases.
Summer camps in several states have had disease outbreaks recently. For i... | <urn:uuid:a06f1100-7256-46ea-9993-143e614232b6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://kbkw.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1708 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00042-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932861 | 554 | 2.765625 | 3 |
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The materials on this website are presented a la carte. Pick and choose the categories and lessons, but read this page for some general guidelines.
A Structured Step-by-Step Approach
If you want to become conversational, then what you need is Camino del éxito — a complete conversation course th... | <urn:uuid:4958ce07-830c-4cbe-a473-7ef85cf7d805> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://studyspanish.com/sos.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00042-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94519 | 565 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Your Body Needs Essential Fatty Acids
With the boom of fast food chains, deep fried as well as super coated in sugar foods have become a staple meal of most people especially those living in the city. Top this unhealthy eating with sedentary and unhealthy lifestyle and you have the perfect recipe for disaster. Many peo... | <urn:uuid:cefc8631-0769-445e-b555-b0e0f13bc750> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.arganoilshop.com/blog/your-body-needs-essential-fatty-acids/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00042-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967457 | 677 | 3.078125 | 3 |
Revolutionary weekend planned at Fort Ticonderoga
TICONDEROGA — Explore the Continental Army’s first major initiative during the Revolutionary War at Fort Ticonderoga’s upcoming living history weekend “Onward to Canada: Reinforcements Head North to Join the Attack on St. John.”
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"Collaborative efforts of this nature are crucial to obtain reliable data and determine the direction of the future of education."
—Marcy P. Driscoll
Federal grant at FSU to help science teachers foster 'inquiry learning'
by Barry Ray
Three Florida State University programs have joined forces to research how to better ... | <urn:uuid:7358f7a5-9933-4eb7-9771-3bb31aec572a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.fsu.edu/news/2006/11/13/inquiry.learning/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710006682/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131326-00042-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957938 | 942 | 2.84375 | 3 |
These paintings were inspired by nature—the ultimate source of beauty and spirituality for artists throughout the centuries. The students whose work was exhibited ranged from kindergarten through sixth grade. Students began their creative journeys by focusing on the structure of the still life. Then, they examined the ... | <urn:uuid:49084613-a97a-42e7-a772-e8cdb7913d60> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.luc.edu/luma/exhibitions/pastexhibitions/springhassprung/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710006682/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131326-00042-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.987264 | 206 | 2.875 | 3 |
Telling Tips is a series of articles from local experts to help you save money, make better decisions and plan for a better future.
1. The area in lower Manhattan called ‘Wall Street’ is named after:
A: The Wall Street Journal
B: The wooden wall built by Dutch colonists to defend New York against invaders
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June 29, 2012
What You Eat Can Prevent Toxic Accumulations of Arsenic
Millions of people worldwide are exposed to arsenic from contaminated water, and we are all exposed to arsenic via the food we eat. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Nutrition Journal has demonstrated that people who ate ... | <urn:uuid:f80ab426-edde-4631-b560-bdaaf65853fc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://preventdisease.com/news/12/062912_What-You-Eat-Can-Prevent-Toxic-Accumulations-of-Arsenic.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00042-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963153 | 501 | 3.703125 | 4 |
Fast growing small businesses create most new jobs.(Storey. Warwick Business School)
They are usually under-financed and have cashflow problems, which limit their growth phase. They are usually profitable and pay large amounts of corporation tax.
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Guest Author - Nikki Phipps
Itís sometimes difficult for children to comprehend the fact that a bulb planted in the garden will one day grow into a beautiful flowering plant. Explain to your kids that bulbs are simply underground storage units from which plants grow. According to many educators, one of the best ways to... | <urn:uuid:81e51d4c-823d-44a3-9cdd-6306cae95034> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art52050.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00042-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96102 | 712 | 3.703125 | 4 |
Below are links to various materials we've created to support students' work on the unit theme: Making Connections.
- Unit Bibliography: This is a list of supplementary materials to help you to meet the needs of individual students in your classroom.
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The role of game designer in the gaming project.
Anyone who has ever wanted to make his game, wondered where to start?
The game, like many others, begins with ideas or concepts. You develop your vision, come up with a variety of features, write a script and plan the plot, describing gameplay. This is the game design, o... | <urn:uuid:a54676d4-c251-40c3-a0eb-6d719495a372> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.gamedesignpatterns.org/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00042-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967776 | 347 | 2.875 | 3 |
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Session 2 - The Solar Photosphere and Magnetic Field.
Display session, Monday, June 10
Velocity fields of convective origin and unresolved velocity fluctuations ("turbulence spots") are distributed on the solar surface in characteristic ways. The velocity field fluctuations (measured as ... | <urn:uuid:3cafb378-2755-4e44-aee6-20046b8527c6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://aas.org/archives/BAAS/v28n2/aas188/abs/S002002.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00042-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932722 | 392 | 2.921875 | 3 |
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Health report card shows what intelligence says about your health.
You exercise and eat healthy, but are your neighbors keeping up? Or are they just giving your county a bad name? The 2012 County Health Rankings will give you all the details. This health report card ranks more than 3,000 c... | <urn:uuid:ca2105f1-14de-49c1-892c-32061f72cfb5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mensfitness.com/gear/fashion-and-trends/educations-fitness-link | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703298047/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112138-00042-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971527 | 290 | 2.75 | 3 |
Jan. 25, 2012 While it may appear that infants are helpless creatures that only blink, eat, cry and sleep, one University of Missouri researcher says that studies indicate infant brains come equipped with knowledge of "intuitive physics."
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is a form of Japanese Massage Therapy
Best Alternative and Preventive Medicine
Founder of Shiatsu, Tokujiro Namikoshi
Sensei (right) and his son Toru with Dr. Palmer at the Palmer College
of Chiropractic in Iowa.
is Shiatsu Therapy?
"Shiatsu" is a Japanese word meaning "finger
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Examples of the number of photos, songs, videos and any other files that can be stored on a hard drive are provided for illustrative purposes only. Your results will vary based on file size and format, settings, features, software and other factors.
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Barley Fiber Improves Blood Sugar Control
Previous studies have shown that beta-glucan from oats, oat bran, barley, and barley bran lowers cholesterol levels
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When it comes to culture, the question is sometimes asked: what is culture, exactly? Is culture what people do on a daily basis, namely, live? Or is culture, rather, a lofty expression of the more sophisticated and complex ideas developed by the intellectual elite of any given society? Whether you advocate for the supr... | <urn:uuid:063df01e-5116-4a3d-a8a5-e5a7078040ab> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.enforex.com/culture/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368711005985/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516133005-00042-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926238 | 1,103 | 3 | 3 |
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Large, massive structures could be built in space simply by using radio waves that create force fields to move materials and assemble them into various structures. Once bonded in place, the structures could lay the groundwork for human... | <urn:uuid:4e1ebd8b-be63-431f-bf96-c99e4d0255b6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.gatech.edu/newsroom/release.html?nid=41075 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368711005985/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516133005-00042-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942631 | 878 | 4.28125 | 4 |
GCSE Spanish Examinations
Spanish GCSEs – a Guide
The General Certificate of Secondary Education (GCSE) is the name of a set of British examinations, usually taken by secondary school students at age 15–16.
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San Francisco’s First Bike Lane Was Striped 40 Years Ago This Week
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Dr. Lilian Pintea, the Jane Goodall Institute’s (JGI) vice president of Conservation Science, recently reported from Goma, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where JGI is leading a workshop. The Conservation Action Plan (CAP) workshop is the first in a series of meetings planned to identify strategies and acti... | <urn:uuid:9644a669-cc2a-4de9-85cc-4cba59958678> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.janegoodall.org/media/news/jgi-scientist-reports-congo-basin-action-plan-save-great-apes | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934689 | 825 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Cheops: An Extraterrestrial Search
A satellite by the name of Cheops, an acronym for Characterizing Exoplanets Satellite, is currently in the works by the European Space Agency to search for Earthlike planets and, possibily, otherworldly entities. Expected to launch in 2017, this ESA satellite will be surveying solar s... | <urn:uuid:53727070-e72e-491c-b364-20ea572d210e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.realitysandwich.com/cheops_exoplanetary_search | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926464 | 270 | 3.125 | 3 |
Today’s telecoms, networking vendors, and cloud providers can learn a few things from the past by studying how Intel and AMD responded when their processors evolved so quickly that they couldn’t get data off of them fast enough. Cloud vendors facing a similar problem on a larger scale are discovering that WAN optimizat... | <urn:uuid:fbcbd9b4-13b9-4c07-957d-a32991f3ebd9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://gigaom.com/2009/06/14/what-intel-can-teach-google-about-the-cloud/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946711 | 878 | 2.78125 | 3 |
When Governor Stevens returned to his capital from the Blackfoot Country, he was to some extent deceived as to the perils which threatened the Puget Sound region. He approved of the energetic course of Mason, and advocated the vigorous prosecution of the war. But from what he had seen east of the Cascades, and from wha... | <urn:uuid:f86b66e1-0564-4203-9fe6-5265751c732e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.accessgenealogy.com/washington/washington_indian_wars_continue_1856_1858.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98417 | 19,346 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Styrene acrylonitrile Overview Transcript
Styrene acrylonitrile or SAN is a transparent resin made from styrene and acrylonitrile.
SAN is used to make consumable items like cigarette lighters, tooth brush holders and trays in refrigerators. It’s also used to make fan-blades and other items requiring transparency.
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The Making of Paul: Constructions of the Apostle in Early Christianity
Fortress Press 2010
The influence of the apostle Paul in early Christianity goes far beyond the reach of the seven genuine letters he wrote to early assemblies. Paul was revered–and fiercely opposed–in an even larger number of letters penned in his ... | <urn:uuid:36c0ce38-c0d0-457d-8046-e735e0f0b7f1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.logos.com/product/15514/the-making-of-paul-constructions-of-the-apostle-in-early-christianity | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931464 | 267 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Easton Illustrated Bible Dictionary
A name applied to the Israelites in Scripture only by one who is a foreigner (Genesis 39:14,17
, etc.), or by the Israelites when they speak of themselves to foreigners (40:15; Exodus 1:19
), or when spoken of an contrasted with other peoples (Genesis 43:32
; Exodus 1:3,7,15
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The difficulty of a particular task depends on the specific literacy skills required (also called the task demands) and the characteristics of the written materials used for the task. Some types of task demands are generally less challenging than others. For example, reading words (i.e., basic reading skills) is genera... | <urn:uuid:36315f20-e87c-4948-b1d4-30fa5f45969e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nces.ed.gov/naal/fr_difficulty.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936226 | 240 | 3.640625 | 4 |
Good posture ranks right up at the top of the list when you are talking about good health. It’s as important as eating right, exercising, getting a good night's sleep and avoiding potentially harmful substances like alcohol, drugs and tobacco. Good posture is a way of doing things with more energy, less stress and less... | <urn:uuid:0798b06b-22b5-4731-93f4-3c70bcf7862b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://pitchengine.com/chiroone.net/good-posture-good-health | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917585 | 1,149 | 2.765625 | 3 |
identity theoryArticle Free Pass
identity theory, in philosophy, one view of modern Materialism that asserts that mind and matter, however capable of being logically distinguished, are in actuality but different expressions of a single reality that is material. Strong emphasis is placed upon the empirical verification ... | <urn:uuid:b27921c8-f0ef-40b3-8a62-07c9d1101c53> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/281919/identity-theory | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933948 | 166 | 2.921875 | 3 |
traveling post-office system
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The Torah reading of this week concludes with a discussion of the sin of blaspheming the name of God. The Torah places this prohibition within an anecdotal context, describing an event that occurred in the camp of the Jewish people in the desert of Sinai. Two Jews had a quarrel that rapidly disintegrated into a public ... | <urn:uuid:9741efc7-b7cc-4cfc-970a-25f3abebdc96> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.torah.org/learning/rabbiwein/5760/emor.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964183 | 597 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Quit repeating the mistakes of the past and embrace strong strategies for saving Puget Sound. That’s the bottom line message of a letter from prominent local scientists giving their advice on recovering and protecting the Sound.
The letter sent Wednesday is addressed to David Dicks, executive director of the Puget Soun... | <urn:uuid:c67d12aa-dc81-45c5-9e94-1dbe7bc1a395> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.seattlepi.com/environment/2008/09/25/scientists-urge-strong-protection-of-sound/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939025 | 300 | 2.671875 | 3 |
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In order to improve and enforce environmental monitoring ability, especially in fields of large scale monitoring and dynamic monitoring, the Environmental Satellite will be launched in 2008 in China. Before the Satellite is launched, necessary pre-research work has to be done. Considering future ec... | <urn:uuid:edb7ad2e-ca6e-4496-ab9e-9273619ebf46> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?reload=true&arnumber=5972192&contentType=Conference+Publications | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942349 | 255 | 2.546875 | 3 |
X-Ray tomography (CT scanning) is an imaging technique based on density differences. This technique enables us to reveal the internal structure of a rock sample in a non-destructive way. It can be used to inspect the core prior to un-sleeving.
- Non-destructive investigation of internal rock structures.
- Scanning of s... | <urn:uuid:0a4ae1da-50f3-485a-9376-a526b2815298> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.panterra.nl/index.php/cms_categorie/15213/id/15213/bb/1/fm_parentid/10345 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.820687 | 125 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Welcome to Teach with Picture Books.
While some of you may have arrived here from my How to Teach a Novel blog, others may have arrived here from Teaching that Sticks, or through my many Squidoo sites such as Interactive Reading Sites, Interactive Math Sites, How to Teach a Novel, and, of course, Teaching with Picture ... | <urn:uuid:7cef4f8e-d8e5-464f-8797-2c6af9118aad> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.teachwithpicturebooks.blogspot.com/p/about-this-site.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958656 | 336 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state or quality of being bitter, in any of the senses of that word.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The quality or state of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness; resentfulness; severity; keenness of reproach or sarcasm; deep distress,... | <urn:uuid:09542df3-bd38-4e82-aa8d-fd7f25333b36> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wordnik.com/words/bitterness | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.902746 | 564 | 3.09375 | 3 |
WORLD BRIEFING | EUROPE; Heat Waves Are Getting Longer
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
Published: August 7, 2007
Researchers studying western European temperature records have found that the length of heat waves there has doubled since 1880, from 1.5 days to 3 days on average. They also say that the number of summer days that are ... | <urn:uuid:a62044f5-e096-49e0-bd3a-c094722c0d70> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE2DD1530F934A3575BC0A9619C8B63&n=Top%2FNews%2FScience%2FTopics%2FGlobal%20Warming | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945557 | 172 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Talking with teenagers about fertility can be awkward and uncomfortable. Talking with teenagers and their families about a cancer diagnosis is devastating. How do we do both at the same time and ensure that the importance of fertility preservation is understood in light of the traumatic timing? Studies among adult canc... | <urn:uuid:33744e56-6c21-45e2-ae74-3276a3499a2d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.oncofertility.northwestern.edu/tag/gwendolyn-quinn/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943618 | 590 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Our History and Heritage
What started as a cartoonist’s dream has turned into the largest grassroots conservation organization in the country. Today the National Wildlife Federation (NWF) boasts over 4 million supporters and 47 state affiliates. NWF continues to be the voice of conservation for diverse constituencies t... | <urn:uuid:89a334d3-d452-4f69-91be-8c300fee5a78> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nwf.org/Who-We-Are/History-and-Heritage.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959733 | 873 | 2.984375 | 3 |
The Reformed churches
are Protestant denominations
historically related to one another by a similar Calvinist
system of doctrine. Each of the nations in which the Reformed movement was established has its own church government and most have experienced splits into multiple denominations. A 1999 survey found 746 Reforme... | <urn:uuid:bb82ee41-ef6b-4abd-a05b-183ff80e55cf> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://encyclopedia.kids.net.au/page/re/Reformed_churches?title=Associate_Reformed_Presbyterians | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132298/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943692 | 1,174 | 3.390625 | 3 |
This paper is about the role of child-development knowledge and research in international efforts to improve the lives and prospects for millions of working children. Article 32 of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is framed in psychological terms. It declares that children must be protected from work ... | <urn:uuid:0a387b73-98c6-4a96-90dd-1dc86ca5e245> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://resourcecentre.savethechildren.se/library/there-place-work-child-development-implications-child-development-theory-and-research | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132298/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928639 | 186 | 2.71875 | 3 |
The bingo cards can be printed and laminated to help children learn the books of the New Testament.
These cards have been designed to fit onto business cards. You can either print them onto business card sheets, or use card stock or regular paper and cut them yourself. Print once you have printed the cards, you can pri... | <urn:uuid:8ebaa498-f7ae-44db-9e95-e82a9bdcb15f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.believersresource.com/downloads/books-of-the-bible-flash-cards-and-games-39.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132298/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952341 | 272 | 3.25 | 3 |
Arthritis Q&A by Dr. Shiel
What causes costochondritis? Is there anything that aggravates it (like exercise or diet), or is it possibly viral?
Medical Author: William C. Shiel Jr., MD, FACP, FACR
The cause(s) of costochondritis are not known and may involve several factors. Possible causes include heredity (genetic pre... | <urn:uuid:6c7b6e9a-9db8-486d-9033-ae674ba77d91> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=7500 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132298/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.913939 | 283 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Fine Particle Environment Safety
Name: Ismet H.
Date: August 2004
What are safety the conditions under for work in
environments where fine particles mix with air...please help!
Fine particles in air present a number of safety issues
1. Fine particles in air can explode, because a large surface area of a
combustible sub... | <urn:uuid:0d557dfc-284d-4d4d-997f-6626d33c48d7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/eng99/eng99313.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132298/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.887951 | 876 | 3.421875 | 3 |
Uroabdomen (Urine leaking in abdominal cavity) in Cats
By: Dr. Anne Marie Manning
Read By: Pet Lovers
The normal urinary tract is composed of two kidneys, two ureters, a urinary bladder and a urethra. As blood flows through the kidneys, waste products are removed and pass through thin tubes called ureters into the blad... | <urn:uuid:c3b162ab-6871-4673-9c19-b56ece82a4bc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.petplace.com/cats/uroabdomen-in-cats/page1.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132298/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934317 | 1,649 | 3.0625 | 3 |
Arctic exploration, part 1- Staking a geological claim to Canadian Arctic sovereigntyby Jack Souther
In mid June when I arrived in Churchill, along with the other members of Operation Franklin, the ice on Hudson’s Bay was just beginning to break up. A lead of water had opened along the shore and most of the snow had go... | <urn:uuid:c369fd2d-0ad0-4ab2-8dc7-5a3f6b50ccff> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.piquenewsmagazine.com/whistler/travel/Content?oid=2158573 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132298/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967346 | 760 | 3.0625 | 3 |
In my post "The Six R’s to Beat the Curse", I included a simple mind map of the Six R’s.
(click on thumbnail to enlarge)
Mind Mapping is a concept that was introduced to me about 5 years ago. Mind mapping is a fantastic way to improve your creativity and retention of ideas. Mind maps work in a way very similar to how t... | <urn:uuid:561e21d8-3c11-474d-a8f1-47b2cda34a75> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.publicspeakingforgeeks.com/tag/public-speaking-preparation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706890813/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516122130-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92107 | 1,000 | 2.859375 | 3 |
What is it?
Would you like to create an engaging and inviting learning environment that increases student participation?
Clickers are an in-class audience-polling technology that allows students to provide rapid responses to multiple-choice questions. Students answer questions or problems using handheld wireless device... | <urn:uuid:8ebaf18a-cd11-409e-b1e7-f0ed517dde75> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://wallacecenter.rit.edu/tls/tool-classroom-response-system | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908805 | 1,037 | 3.78125 | 4 |
The use of living species to help infer or constrain specific characters in an extinct species is not a new thing, but Professor Larry Witmer gave this a name in 1995...the Extant Phylogenetic Bracket or EPB for short. Larry gave a name to something we already used, and in doing so penned a paper that will continue to ... | <urn:uuid:a0991816-a83f-4c9c-8939-ffcb75874ae1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.dinosaursabbatical.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/thanksgiving-o-saurus.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93169 | 672 | 3.25 | 3 |
1 session - 3 hours of interactive training
Do students really have a clear picture of what a million is? A billion? What about fractions, decimals, and percents? Can students actually picture these concepts in their minds? This course provides unforgettable visual images that establish a context in which students can ... | <urn:uuid:0636bad4-f667-49f3-a4a7-0695bbb9510d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.shadowbox.ca/softwareTraining/learnkey_product.asp?Code=1587 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.903705 | 201 | 3.34375 | 3 |
A World of First Nations, Learning
This last installment of the six-part series from the Tyee Solutions Society details how, outside British Columbia, other indigenous people and other jurisdictions are building a record of academic success.
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Text by Candace Kanes
Images from Maine Historical Society, Camp Winnebago, Camp Runoia, Good Will-Hinkley Home, and Eliot Baha'i Archives
Wohelo, Kippewa, Mataponi, Runoia, Winnebago, Agawam, Kawanhee, Takajo, Mechuwana, and Indian Acres. Summer camps once appealed to urban youths for their exposure to nature and the ... | <urn:uuid:a083d501-b248-498a-a385-65b24775c982> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mainememory.net/sitebuilder/site/218/page/477/display?use_mmn= | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.865826 | 172 | 2.75 | 3 |
No starter pistol announces the beginning of a new technological era. There are no cannon blasts or tower bells ringing forth the end of the old and dawn of the new. And yet, if the previous ten years were "The Internet Decade," then the next decade may be dubbed the "Age of the Intranet." Intranets are digital communi... | <urn:uuid:8141566f-029f-4715-874a-e7b3f0246d7a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.newamerica.net/publications/policy/rise_intranet_era | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.904454 | 7,896 | 2.578125 | 3 |
What is “Capitalism”?
First, it is a term that was originally coined by its enemies.
Second, it suggests that the phenomenon—or, more precisely, the phenomena—that it denotes composes a system, and since the systems of which the human (as opposed to the “natural”) world is comprised are almost always the products of de... | <urn:uuid:78af07c7-b69c-41f6-9fe1-119289759539> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/6285-capitalism-and-christianity | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961973 | 1,702 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Photograph by Robert Heil, My Shot
- 12 ft (3.6 m)
- 350-400 lbs (180 kg)
- Group name:
- Protection status:
- Did you know?
- In 2011 a Mexican fisherman caught a pregnant dusky shark whose famous "cyclops fetus" had a single, functioning eye in the front of its head.
- Size relative to a 6-ft (2-m) man::
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In this session, we will explore tools, apps, activities, and strategies that nurture essential K-4 developmental and learning skills. Using the Collect-Relate-Create-Donate (C-R-C-D) model from Ben Schneiderman's book, Leonardo's Laptop, as a framework, we will develop innovative lessons and projects, communication an... | <urn:uuid:12c61e5f-9e9a-4928-bfe3-afb2b3445c2a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://edtechteacher.org/index.php/summer-workshops/chicago/279-elem-chicago | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941676 | 1,360 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Personal names in German-speaking Europe consist of one or several given names (Vorname, plural Vornamen) and a surname (Nachname, Familienname) The Vorname is usually gender-specific. A name is usually cited in the "Western order" of "given name, surname", unless it occurs in an alphabetized list of surnames, e.g. "Jo... | <urn:uuid:c2108aea-953b-420e-8e29-f543c482ed2c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_name | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918216 | 7,148 | 3.234375 | 3 |
OAR and NESDIS Collaborate to Improve Real-Time Satellite Moisture Observations
NOAA's advancement in weather forecasting and climate prediction depends on its researchers' ability to acquire and analyze vast quantities of environmental data in collaboration with colleagues throughout NOAA and the broader science commu... | <urn:uuid:1ef7d2e7-7a04-4ac0-bd69-72e19047d608> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://esrl.noaa.gov/gsd/media/hotitems/2005/05May23.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.901447 | 670 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Gombe Stream National Park
An excited whoop erupts from deep in the forest, boosted immediately by a dozen other voices, rising in volume and tempo and pitch to a frenzied shrieking crescendo. It is the famous ‘pant-hoot’ call: a bonding ritual that allows the participants to identify each other through their individua... | <urn:uuid:e8db0191-fb0b-4180-9417-368d14b14895> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://tanzaniaparks.com/gombe.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929441 | 793 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Figure 9: Proton force. The interaction energy of two protons is shown as a function of the distance between them. At small separations, the energy is positive and the force is repulsive. At intermediate distances, the nuclear interaction is negative and the force is attractive. At distances larger than shown on the gr... | <urn:uuid:1107f466-4b49-485c-8403-2a8483b3ca53> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/media/652/Proton-force | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953998 | 99 | 3.53125 | 4 |
It was back in 1966 when grad student Maulana Karenga, upset about the Watts riots the year before, decided the African-American community needed a nonsecular holiday of its own, something to affirm its cultural values and history. He came up with Kwanzaa, a winter holiday patterned after a harvest festival that marks ... | <urn:uuid:5f6fbc5f-a6b7-420d-93d4-e6bd78ca7b84> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.houstonpress.com/2008-12-25/calendar/kwanzaa-wonderweek/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943661 | 288 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Mold can worsen asthma and trigger allergies and is a health risk for people with weakened immune systems. However, it can be removed safely by following some guidelines.
What You Should Know
- Remove mold as soon as possible. It grows on wet sheetrock, ceiling tiles, paint, wallpaper, carpeting, wood, clothing, furnit... | <urn:uuid:4ebd9d01-c86d-42e7-b8d4-489f18299643> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/em/html/repairs/mold.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.860189 | 461 | 2.78125 | 3 |
The first residents of Australia were the Aboriginal people, who are believed to have come to the land by boat between 50,000 and 60,000 years ago.
Though there are 300 Aboriginal clans, 250 languages and 700 dialects, all Aboriginal communities share a common culture focused on a creation myth and spirit ancestors.
Wi... | <urn:uuid:c7c2a7a9-8ed2-44a9-af8e-6969c2abbbb6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.oprah.com/world/The-History-of-Australia/2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951402 | 150 | 2.578125 | 3 |
For many, a trip to the movies is not complete without a bucket of popcorn.
However researchers from the University of Southern
have used movie-goers and popcorn to highlight the way eating is affected
by our habits and location.
The researchers gave a group of movie
goers a bucket of popcorn as they entered the cinema... | <urn:uuid:ef6f3169-6e6d-40aa-8e8b-d9599a420be6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.readersdigest.co.za/everydaykitchen?lid=foodbloggerblock | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973151 | 365 | 3.1875 | 3 |
The Second Master Guru Angad (1504 - 1552)
son of a prosperous Hindu trader, Bhai Pheru, Guru Angad was an ardent
devotee of the Hindu goddess Durga. Lehna, as he was known before becoming
Guru was born on March 31, 1504 in the village of Matte-di-Sari but
eventually his family moved to Khadur. He was married to Khivi ... | <urn:uuid:d8c3e95e-5e10-4919-b884-87de8b482a7d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sikhs.org/guru2.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975315 | 2,356 | 2.5625 | 3 |
This is a university textbook that looks at virtually all aspects of the
Spanish language: the sound system, inflectional and derivational
morphology, syntax, the language's history from spoken Latin to the present
day, varieties of Spanish throughout the world, sociolinguistic variation,
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Modernity and History
There is no single point when modernity emerged. Already in the twelfth century, Peter of Blois proclaimed that the moderns had gone beyond the ancients: "We are like dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants, thanks to them, we see further than they." Still, as late as the end of the sixteenth c... | <urn:uuid:4742ec3f-46e3-4644-aadf-43dbd8f82a34> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://varnelis.net/network_culture/modernity_and_history | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921919 | 3,977 | 3.734375 | 4 |
by William Hutton
March 7, 2002
Last Updated: May 08, 2003
The Demise of
The Current Sea-Floor Spreading And Plate-Tectonics Theory
To geologists it is no longer a hypothesis. It is now a theory.
Every Earth scientist believes it is true. Right? And what is “it”?
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Old World Variations
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PHYS 240: Digital Techniques & Applications
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Emotions can work as the most powerful forces inside of us. Under their power, human beings can perform the most heroic as well as the most barbaric acts known to man. Emotions can motivate a person to sacrifice their own life to save another, as in fire fighting; or intentionally take their own life and others in a su... | <urn:uuid:8f394841-ba76-449c-8e0c-03f74b0ed65f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ehappylife.com/custom/lessons_168.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965058 | 1,025 | 2.625 | 3 |
Program design: Ore system approach
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Paul J. Hearty1, Michael O’Leary2, Maureen E. Raymo3, Marci M. Robinson4,
Harry J. Dowsett4
1 Dept. of Environmental Studies, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC
2 Dept. Environmental & Geographical Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK
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Scientific American launched its e-Book program this summer, starting with The Science of Sports: Winning in the Olympics. Each month, we add new titles selected from the most relevant issues facing science today.
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What is Oak Wilt?
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As I read Oak wilt (Ceraocystis fagacearum), a fungus, attacks most oaks
vascular systems. Once infected the trees die within a month after the
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Reducing Your Salt Intake
It's often a good idea to reduce the amount of salt (sodium) in your
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January 1963 ushered in a year that I define in my forthcoming book as one of hope and hostility. It was particularly evident in the area of civil rights.
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The left's sudden, frantic problem with gerrymandering
By Bruce Walker
On November 5, 2002, mainstream pundits have fretted, Americans will cast meaningless ballots in most congressional elections. Republicans and Democrats have conspired to gerrymander as many congressional distric... | <urn:uuid:0a0e4eff-0e9f-47ad-9841-4cc78e8d32dc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.enterstageright.com/archive/articles/1102/1102gerrymandering.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965462 | 1,469 | 2.875 | 3 |
The Acquisition of Florida Power and Light Company Lands in the East Everglades Expansion Area will have a number of opportunities for the public and partner agencies to learn about the proposal and comment on this project. Below is the current estimated project schedule.
Step 1. Initiate project - January 2011
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Drug or substance abuse, dependence or addiction? Abuse and dependence (sometimes termed addiction) are formal psychiatric diagnoses with specified criteria. These criteria, which apply to all psychoactive substances, are provided in the DSM-IV used in the US and the International Classification of Diseases-10th revisi... | <urn:uuid:f48983ac-d7b7-421c-aeeb-cbf8a9a3efa1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.soundmindz.org/addiction | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936585 | 260 | 3.171875 | 3 |
What is MNIUM ANTHERIDIA?
Antheridia are found in many groups of organisms, including the bryophytes, ferns, ascomycete fungi, and some algae. ... Mnium archegonia. Nearby Words. anthemic. anthemion. anthemis. anthemis arvens... anthemis cotula. anthemis nobili... anthemis tincto...
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The Geste has been included because it gives a lot of detail about Robin Hood and his activities and some of the events and places may tie in with recorded history, for example St. Marys Abbey in York was completed in 1055AD which is the year Siward the Earl of Huntingdon died and that is where he lies. From our histor... | <urn:uuid:14f4b092-d428-46f5-bb5e-d0026be1f93b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://myweb.ecomplanet.com/kirk6479/mycustompage0012.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983531 | 19,880 | 2.703125 | 3 |
From Greek derivation, "philosophy" is derived from two words, philia (love) and sophia (wisdom), which together give us “the love of wisdom.” In other words, a study of philosophy deals with a deep examination of our personal development and our relationship to the universe. This wide-ranging inquiry is reflected in t... | <urn:uuid:a0050e94-8560-4f98-a198-ad15cc01fadc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.24houranswers.com/subjects/sub/201/terms.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941577 | 429 | 3.3125 | 3 |
|Home Attitude More Words Can Say|
More Than Words Can Say
When Jesus was eight years old, his parents took him to the Temple and gave two young pigeons as their offering, the sacrifice prescribed for the very poor. Thirty years later, Jesus entered the Temple again and saw retailers and bankers price-gouging the poor—... | <urn:uuid:525e0256-a455-4518-b604-c37fc80070b6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thehighcalling.org/attitude/more-words-can-say | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966631 | 684 | 3.109375 | 3 |
You can Boost Your Weight Loss Plan.......
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The story of the Nokota horse is above all the story of the Northern Plains of the American continent before the coming of the Europeans. From the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains, the Northern Plains were a vast, wild ocean of grass waving in the wind, traversed by enormous herds of bison and small groups of hors... | <urn:uuid:5af97811-9abb-42ef-bd58-7bcd525af08b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.blurb.com/b/2245161-last-bullet-english?alt=Last+Bullet+(english)%2C+as+listed+under+Literature+%26+Fiction | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915687 | 202 | 3.03125 | 3 |
The booby is a large seabird, similar to the gannet. The main differences are that boobies rest on land, and gannets at sea, and that boobies are birds of the tropics and subtropics where as gannets live near the Arctic and Antarctic. They are about the size of a goose. They catch fish by diving into the sea to catch t... | <urn:uuid:fe07304c-6fc1-4781-9e40-bcfb994d6b1d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.conservapedia.com/Booby | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934379 | 300 | 3.5625 | 4 |
The Aesthetic Attitude
Aesthetics is the subject matter concerning, as a paradigm, fine art, but also the special, art-like status sometimes given to applied arts like architecture or industrial design or to objects in nature. It is hard to say precisely what is shared among this motley crew of objects (often referred ... | <urn:uuid:55e5f2fa-cf57-4dd6-b2f7-3d66842c9b91> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.iep.utm.edu/aesth-at/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960514 | 11,509 | 2.796875 | 3 |
This activity will have you create a brand new actor class and add an object of that class using the Greenfoot IDE. In this activity, you will:
- Create a new class - Kangaroo and cut and paste code to give it content.
- Compile your new class.
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eg: Janet; Simon; London; The President; Tuesday.
Proper nouns are always written with a capital letter. Nouns which are not written with a capital letter do not refer to the name of an individual person or thing and are called common nouns.
See Also: Concrete Noun; Abstract Noun; Adjectival Noun; Noun as Adjective; Co... | <urn:uuid:d8d97fe6-dcc3-4d4a-a457-e44c317db89f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.usingenglish.com/glossary/proper-noun.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.903415 | 139 | 3.171875 | 3 |
© 2009 Brad Lancaster, www.HarvestingRainwater.com
All around the world I see water wastefully flowing down urban street curbs and out of concreted storm drains even though it has not rained in months. It is not stormwater I see flowing. It is urban drool. Others call it “nuisance runoff” – water from leaky pipes, driv... | <urn:uuid:0a84305a-cbae-4d17-ae18-e7ed6208d6df> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://chelseagreen.com/blogs/bradlancaster/2009/07/22/harvesting-urban-drool/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941698 | 664 | 2.78125 | 3 |
|Are you bored with your workouts? Is your workout so redundant that you need to force yourself to the gym or out for a run, swim, or bike? Do you remember someone telling you "variety is the spice of life?"
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A “trompe l’oeil” is a painting rendered in such great detail as to deceive the viewer into believing it is reality. The phrase literally means “tricking the eye” and the best examples of “trompe l’oeil.”
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Learning about a place through the food makes the learning process enjoyable. In Claudia Roden's newest book, The Food of Spain of which I received a review copy, you'll learn the history of all of Spain's regions and how the different people who settled in each area and later moved about the country shaped what has be... | <urn:uuid:657e9e3d-4725-4185-b13b-a6f14fcdfa22> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://lisaiscooking.blogspot.com/2011/07/coca-with-roasted-peppers-and-eggplants.html?showComment=1311274748106 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979881 | 766 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Growing Up With Hearing Loss
The Sounds We Hear
Read this page to learn what people with normal hearing and what people with hearing loss can hear.
Facts about sound
- Sound travels through the air as waves you can't see.
- The faster the waves are, the higher the sound.
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Genital herpes is a very common sexually transmitted infection (it's estimated that 25 to 30 percent of women have it), caused by a group of viruses called herpes simplex. The most common signs are red, blistery sores around the vagina and anus, although sometimes the virus has no symptoms.
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Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Alternative forms
bunnet (plural bunnets)
- Alternative spelling of bonnet.
- (Scotland, New Zealand) A style of flat cap traditionally made from wool, commonly worn by farmers and country gentlemen in cool climates.
Usage notes
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