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Alternating-current (AC) and direct-current (DC) motors have traditionally served distinctly different applications due to their construction and inherent operating characteristics. In general, AC motors were smaller, less expensive, lighter and more rugged than DC motors. DC motors, on the other hand, operated better ... | <urn:uuid:3e2d4176-88e4-4c87-a28c-74cca15f8c18> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://reliableplant.com/Read/7052/dc-motors-ac | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931087 | 1,190 | 3.625 | 4 |
Another national trend has been the use of taxes and user fees to finance state and local government programs that either purchase land outright or purchase the future development rights for that land. Eleven states have such purchase of development rights (PDR) programs in place, and they have acquired the development... | <urn:uuid:1d940ea4-cdfb-427f-b2c4-f4055e2efb1e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mackinac.org/753 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959578 | 629 | 2.828125 | 3 |
The Gulf of Tonkin is a body of water that lies on the East Coast of North Vietnam and the West Coast of the island Hainan. This was the waters for the staging area of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, which included the American destroyers the Maddox and C. Turner Joy and the American aircraft carrier U.S.S. Ticonderoga. This w... | <urn:uuid:3738b016-40bb-41a3-b384-58e418c31cb5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thenagain.info/webchron/usa/GulfTonkin.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977418 | 593 | 3.609375 | 4 |
8th Graders Propose Animal Abuser RegistryPosted by Pamela Hart, Director of ALDF's Animal Law Program on June 4th, 2012
In early 2010, the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) launched a campaign aimed at promoting animal abuser registry legislation across the country. One component of ALDFโs model abuser registry legisla... | <urn:uuid:82618679-96ca-4a6c-8d6d-ca03689d32e2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://aldf.org/article.php?id=2067 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705195219/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115315-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963586 | 379 | 2.578125 | 3 |
The key to understanding this difference in aspect (not tense) lies in knowing what kind of verb we're dealing with. For verbs that describe actions (้ฃใใใในใ, ่ตฐใใฏใใใ, etc) and events (้ใใตใใ, ๅนใใตใใ, etc), ๏ฝใฆใใ shows the continuation of an action. For verbs that describe changes in state (ๆญปใใใใฌ, ๅฒใใใใใ, ๆบถใใจใใใ, etc), ๏ฝใฆใใ... | <urn:uuid:8b1620c9-68fe-4741-a3e1-77af8b83affa> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/3122/when-is-v%e3%81%a6%e3%81%84%e3%82%8b-the-continuation-of-action-and-when-is-it-the-continuation-of-state | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705195219/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115315-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.854889 | 1,672 | 3.578125 | 4 |
JERUSALEM (AP) โ Israel's National Library is unveiling a trove of Hebrew manuscripts giving the first physical evidence of an ancient Jewish community in Afghanistan.
Library officials said Thursday the documents came from caves in an area of northern Afghanistan that is now a Taliban stronghold.
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Sign Language Made Simple will include five Parts:
Part One: an introduction, how to use this book, a brief history of signing and an explanation of how signing is different from other languages, including its use of non-manual markers (the use of brow, mouth, etc in signing.)
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The Yungang Grottoes are located 16 km west of Datong and comprise about 53 caves and 51,000 statues. The site stretches about 1 kilometer from east to west and was hollowed from the sandstone cliffs of the Wuzhou Mountains during the 5th century CE under the patronage of the Northern Wei dynasty. Founded by the Tuoba ... | <urn:uuid:ee4d4123-2579-43ec-a1c8-8faceaa0e9be> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://contentdm.unl.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/archivision/id/52292/rec/40 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964207 | 220 | 3.25 | 3 |
Posted: May 1, 2012
Improving the health of people living in food deserts is much more than making sure there are veggies on the shelves. As activists have learned, it takes education and some old-fashioned innovation, too.
There's a battle for better health going on in poor neighborhoods across the country, and part o... | <urn:uuid:af9575a1-3c97-4ff6-91ac-36c8bbb2bc1f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ideastream.org/news/npr/151707985 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982274 | 1,159 | 3.109375 | 3 |
The Class of IntentionalPsychologicalProcesses
which involve concluding, on the basis of either deductive or inductive
evidence, that a particular Proposition or Sentence is true.
SUMO / PROCESSES
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- reasoning, logical thinking, abstract thought
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California Land and PropertyEdit This Page
From FamilySearch Wiki
Spanish and Mexican Records
Until 1822 Spain granted land to settlers. From 1822 to 1846 Mexico granted land and processed claims for the earlier Spanish grants. Many of these early records are at the California State Archives and the Bancroft Library. O... | <urn:uuid:922ea79c-8608-4962-a484-1b5b1204ef86> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/index.php?title=California_Land_and_Property&oldid=695500 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.887807 | 968 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Bonanza Farming in the Red River Valley
by Hiram Drache
MHS Transactions, Series 3, Number 24, 1967-68 season
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(NaturalNews) Outbreaks of asthma and allergies have increased considerably since the early 1980s. Asthma statistics outline a jump of 74% for children between the ages of 5-14 years and 160% for children under four years old, according to the National Institutes of Health. Additionally, one of every four children in t... | <urn:uuid:fbf0f03f-efbe-4a9e-85da-5d806e2d2d2e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.naturalnews.com/022100_asthma_foods_cure.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708766848/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125246-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957226 | 626 | 2.546875 | 3 |
USA Today did a report on how lead factories that have been gone for years have left a dangerous poison in cities nationwide.
In order to do the story, the reporter had to go into public records to determine when the EPA and government had tested the soil from the old factory and found out that it was contaminated. How... | <urn:uuid:13ea13bc-a136-4e2a-a380-3b06fa9d1cf7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.lib.umn.edu/shepa097/3101newsspring2012/2012/04/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698207393/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095647-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974906 | 354 | 3.359375 | 3 |
Environmentally Relevant Atrazine Concentrations in Western Iowa and Potential HepG2 Cell Cycle Effects
by Robin Jackson
Faculty advisor: Dr. Melinda Coogan
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Fight on against breast cancer
As the United States marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month this October, it is reassuring to think that modern medicine is making major strides forward in the fight against the disease.
And, indeed, that is the case.
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From Ohio History Central
Alanson Pomeroy was a politician, a businessman, and a conductor on the Underground Railroad in Cuyahoga County, Ohio.
Pomeroy was born on February 20, 1805, in Massachusetts. He eventually relocated to Strongsville, in Cuyahoga County. In January 1831, Pomeroy married Kezia Pope. The couple r... | <urn:uuid:09b7b0a2-9a4a-4df3-ac7a-1e4b00ef11da> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Pomeroy,_Alanson?rec=3452&nm=Alanson-Pomeroy | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698207393/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095647-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983411 | 409 | 3.359375 | 3 |
The BulletinโNovember 15, 2012
The Bulletin compiles news from in and around the U.S. South. We hope these posts will provide space for lively discussion and debate regarding issues of importance to those living in and intellectually engaging with the U.S. South.
- The 2012 United States presidential election results h... | <urn:uuid:6dff87fd-7425-46e5-ba9b-8d5b6f281443> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.southernspaces.org/print/22221 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698207393/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095647-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950765 | 481 | 2.59375 | 3 |
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The English translations of Irish village and town names have taken different spellings over the years. In the early 1800โs, engineering and map surveyors traveled throughout Ireland, translating Irish place names... | <urn:uuid:c4d04eca-5138-4dfb-9b3e-17949003b9d5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://goballycastle.com/blog/index.php?blog=2&m=2009&w=26 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.899566 | 203 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Led by materials science and engineering graduate student Michelle Roberts, the team reports in the April 9 issue of Nature Materials that the freed membranes, just tens of nanometers thick, retain all the properties of silicon in wafer form. Yet, the nanomembranes are flexible, and by varying the thicknesses of the si... | <urn:uuid:b7fca449-222c-44fb-8a02-780b0df9fe31> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://psychcentral.com/news/archives/2006-04/uow-sfs040506.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917804 | 1,055 | 3.859375 | 4 |
Risk and Safety Preparation
The safety of our students is of the utmost importance to us. It is our chief concern. Unfortunately, there are no guaranties when it comes to safety - not at home, as 9/11 so tragically demonstrated, and not abroad. Nonetheless, risk can be limited. To that end, we strongly encourage our st... | <urn:uuid:945000af-e4a5-40fd-a9ab-6ca878ce6e43> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mccombs.utexas.edu/Home/BBA/IP/Parents/Safety | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958383 | 1,571 | 3.109375 | 3 |
By Allison Kerr
So, you're interested in going organic in your garden. If so, you're probably wondering where to start. You've come to the right place.
Here youโll find a quick guide to going organic in your garden. Gardening organically is really about working with nature, rather than against it - it isnโt hard, but, ... | <urn:uuid:a85b4738-5b87-485b-b84d-52f295b9dd67> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.my-green-home-project.com/going-organic.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702448584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110728-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948787 | 1,273 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Husbands don't often write letters to judges telling them they are leaving their new wife and her children behind and taking off for greener pastures. However, that is exactly what George Fennan did in the late spring of 1856 in Warsaw, Illinois. Why George wrote the letter begins approximately six months earlier in th... | <urn:uuid:3505de86-b6ec-4c50-b017-1fd7320cfe6c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.eogn.com/eastmans_online_genealogy/2009/06/casefile-clues-by-michael-casefile-clues-by-michael-john-neill-judge-im-leaving-the-wife-and-kids-be.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705559639/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115919-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980605 | 424 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Animals seem to use migration to escape the spread of deadly pathogens...so it's bad news that many animals have stopped migrating.
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Allow Tennessee Teachers to Embrace Scientific Controversies
Tennesseans have been subject to scads of misleading rhetoric about the stateโs new academic freedom law for science teachers, largely from outside organizations hoping to construct a national warning sign so other states will beware. Detractors have continua... | <urn:uuid:b040acbe-3282-490d-94ab-da90f7ccca10> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://news.heartland.org/editorial/allow-tennessee-teachers-embrace-scientific-controversies | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705559639/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115919-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938641 | 819 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Around 74,000 years ago, a massive volcano on Indonesiaโs Sumatra Island erupted, spewing thousands of cubic kilometers of material into the atmosphere and plunging the Earth into a "volcanic winter," a period of prolonged cooling. The Lake Toba event, which is thought to have been the largest eruption in the past 25 m... | <urn:uuid:3b42c4d3-2753-460f-a23d-aa12db2246bd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://arstechnica.com/science/2009/09/a-plumbers-guide-to-supervolcanic-eruptions/?comments=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955948 | 653 | 4.28125 | 4 |
|โn , pl -cia|
|any freshwater protozoan of the genus Paramecium, having an oval body covered with cilia and a ventral ciliated groove for feeding: phylum Ciliophora (ciliates)|
|[C18: New Latin, from Greek paramฤkฤs elongated, from |
|the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.|
|a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.|
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Certain algebras possess an important classifying property known as a grading. This essentially amounts to being able to express these algebras as a special kind of direct sum that respects multiplication.
Definition[Graded Algebra]: An algebra over a field is said to be graded if, as a vector space over , can be writt... | <urn:uuid:240b43b1-4e49-4c8b-8b0a-7f04c95fb4a8> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://letusfigurethisout.wordpress.com/2014/02/03/graded-algebras-and-classical-mechanics/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323588.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628083538-20170628103538-00039.warc.gz | en | 0.908057 | 1,683 | 3.28125 | 3 |
The Indian Ocean is their ball room floor, the wind and the waves the music to which they have been dancing since as early as 600 BC. They are the numerous dugout canoes and dhows seen plying the waters of the ocean near Dar es Salaam and Zanzibar.
Watching the dhows from the shore sailing slowly and elegantly past wit... | <urn:uuid:778be834-8455-423a-a782-190ad5a29511> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://purpleviolas.com/2013/06/17/the-dancing-dhows-and-dugouts-of-dar-es-salaam-and-zanzibar/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323588.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628083538-20170628103538-00039.warc.gz | en | 0.971623 | 502 | 2.765625 | 3 |
What is a Holter Monitor?
A Holter monitor is a small, wearable device that records your heart rhythm. You usually wear a Holter monitor for 12 hours to 24 hours. During that time, the device will record the rhythm of your heart.
A Holter monitor test is usually performed after a traditional test to check your heart rh... | <urn:uuid:b618b6b9-1cfc-489c-b2b9-9a957aec58d3> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.wdp.com.au/IamaPatient/PatientSupportClinics/CardiologyDiagnostics/HolterMonitoring.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323864.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20170629033356-20170629053356-00119.warc.gz | en | 0.943877 | 773 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Hereโs why emotional stress can have adverse impact on your body movement
The response to anxiety includes not only the parts of the brain which deal with emotions but also brainโs movement control centres, say researchers.health and fitness Updated: Sep 20, 2016 12:01 IST
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The microscopic organism called coccidia lives in the intestines of a dog or cat and causes a disease referred to as coccidiosis. Sign... | <urn:uuid:b8a97d74-e029-472a-a3fd-7a49fd1906ba> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.vetstreet.com/care/coccidiosis | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319902.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622201826-20170622221826-00478.warc.gz | en | 0.944843 | 1,118 | 3.59375 | 4 |
OBLIGATION OF CONTRACTS. By this expression, which is used in the constitution of the United States, is meant a legal and not merely a moral duty. 4 Wheat. 107. The obligation of contracts consists in the necessity under which a man finds himself to, do, or to refrain from doing something. This obligation consists gene... | <urn:uuid:e0141fbb-8f95-47af-89e5-9b1dbc6a0895> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.webster-dictionary.org/definition/Obligation+of+contracts | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319902.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622201826-20170622221826-00478.warc.gz | en | 0.940097 | 155 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Monday, August 10, 2015
The Summer of Hummers and Other Bird News
Last summer, Mxyl got a hummingbird feeder and we saw a few hummingbirds- maybe 2 or 3 that summer.
This year we moved the feeder to the front porch and we started seeing 2 hummers every morning and evening.
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Do You Know Nutrition: Where did those crazy names come from?
By Phylis Canion
Jan. 31, 2012 at midnight
Updated Jan. 30, 2012 at 7:31 p.m.
I wonder how food derived its name. Like 7UP, Hershey's Kisses, Heinz 57? Just wondering if you ever wonder that?
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The art of foretelling one's future based on one's date of birth
began with the Egyptians.
Dated around 3,000 B.C., the Egyptians divided the sky into 36
sections. (This was the basis for what modern day astrologers
Each star god was assigned three sections of the sky. Their
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He needs to to be prompt if he doesn't want to miss his flight.
- Prompt is defined as something that is done on time or right away or someone who does things on time or immediately.
An example of prompt is someone who is told to arrive at 7:00 and who gets there at 7:00.
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There are many reasons for man to be grateful for fire. The two biggest are that is provides us with a source for cooking and heat.
Via the source of gas, fire still continues to provide us with heat and a source of cooking. The fire is under much greater control than it was when Neanderthals discovered fire tens of th... | <urn:uuid:9b11b10e-2714-426c-b491-ef13955c2fb8> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://ajournalofloveandloss.wordpress.com/2017/06/04/30-days-of-gratitude-bonus-prompt-12-fire/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321458.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627152510-20170627172510-00239.warc.gz | en | 0.963826 | 360 | 2.765625 | 3 |
What is a Medical Device Recall? A recall is an action taken to address a problem with a medical device that violates FDA law. Recalls occur when a medical device is defective, when it could be a risk to health, or when it is both defective and a risk to health. A medical device recall does not always mean that you mus... | <urn:uuid:51797031-eaa0-4512-b245-718666497017> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.mobileaspects.com/category/patient-safety/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323870.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20170629051817-20170629071817-00399.warc.gz | en | 0.937139 | 626 | 3.703125 | 4 |
PRINCIPLES GASOLINE/DIESEL FUEL SYSTEMS - OD1620 - LESSON 1/TASK 2
piston pushes the piston down, which in turn pushes the power valve open.
The power jet is sometimes referred to as the economizer and the vacuum
piston as the step-up or power piston.
(b) Vacuum-Operated Metering Rod (figure 18). The vacuum-operated
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Salivary Gland Adenocarcinoma in Dogs
The salivary glands produce and secrete saliva to help in lubrication and improve the solubility of food, an essential component of the digestive process. There are four major salivary glands, including the mandibular, sublingual, parotid, and zygomatic gland. Adenocarcinoma can af... | <urn:uuid:b6b4d1fb-1a2e-45e0-998f-25f39151acc4> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://m.petmd.com/dog/conditions/cancer/c_dg_adenocarcinoma_salivary_gland | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319933.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622234435-20170623014435-00038.warc.gz | en | 0.903958 | 441 | 3.203125 | 3 |
White Axolotl Closeup
|Range||Lake Xochimilco, Mexico|
The Axolotl is a specie from the Ambystoma genus. The species originates from Lake Xochimilco underlying Mexico City.
Axolotls have feather-like external gills, and lidless eyes. They are closely related to Tiger salamanders, and many mistaken axolotls for Tiger Sa... | <urn:uuid:b83dc50e-ece6-49a6-8c75-9a25a064daf4> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://animals.wikia.com/wiki/Axolotl | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320130.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623184505-20170623204505-00119.warc.gz | en | 0.870251 | 691 | 3.25 | 3 |
What to do with this activity?
"Mahna mahna" is a nonsense song that appeared on the TV puppet show "Sesame Street" and became a real favourite with kids. Have a look at the video of the song together - your toddler might really enjoy it. When they get to know it, maybe they could copy the "mahna mahna" bit of the song... | <urn:uuid:0fa397cb-024d-4855-8099-4c6217baa990> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.helpmykidlearn.ie/activities/0-2/detail/mahna-mahna | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320130.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623184505-20170623204505-00119.warc.gz | en | 0.97233 | 352 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Fraction Game Day
Lesson 10 of 22
Objective: SWBAT practice fraction skills by playing various games.
Whole Class Discussion
In today's lesson, the students practice what they have learned about fractions. They use visual models to help them compare fractions problems, find equivalent fractions, and change improper fra... | <urn:uuid:ed798179-5e39-4b58-aec1-00508c13dd4e> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://betterlesson.com/lesson/resource/2650125/go-fish-math-cards-docx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320130.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623184505-20170623204505-00119.warc.gz | en | 0.96416 | 1,015 | 4.40625 | 4 |
After years of searching high and low for a culprit in the collapse of Delta fish populations, scientists are learning the problem may lie right under their noses.
The likely fish killer is ammonia, a common byproduct of human urine and feces.
Sacramento's regional sewage treatment plant is the largest single source of... | <urn:uuid:d96a756b-4b20-4595-bac9-9bf9012b3dae> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/article24485284.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320263.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624133941-20170624153941-00199.warc.gz | en | 0.921472 | 194 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Leonardo and the Last Supperby Ross King
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Early in 1495, Leonardo da Vinci began work in Milan on what would become one of history's most influential and beloved works of art--The Last Supper. After a dozen years at the court of Lodovico Sforza, the Duke of Milan, Leonardo was at a low point ... | <urn:uuid:1b20f288-e818-4ccd-afc9-9afc2f4a2e62> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/leonardo-and-the-last-supper-ross-king/1108946159?ean=9780802778802 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320263.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624133941-20170624153941-00199.warc.gz | en | 0.973881 | 5,710 | 3.140625 | 3 |
By Jonathan Marshall
Or will the traditional model of centralized generation, brought to customers over long transmission and distribution lines, get even bigger?
Answer: probably both.
With tens of thousands of Californians just in PG&Eโs service area putting solar panels on their rooftops, itโs clear that distributed... | <urn:uuid:11804b97-7021-4613-81a7-78d9b3e278cc> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.pgecurrents.com/2012/01/23/are-supergrids-the-answer/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320476.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625083108-20170625103108-00279.warc.gz | en | 0.936975 | 697 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Two forms are taught at the student level ( Grades 1 to 12 ) Sui-Nim-Tau and Chum-Kiu, which consist of the basic movements and reactions used in the system.
The application of these movements are practised with a partner, using exercises and pre-arranged fighting drills, to begin to instil the reflex actions, and to l... | <urn:uuid:7280c250-2136-4cf1-a184-8f9dc170ddeb> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.staffordwingtyun.co.uk/kung-fu-curriculum.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320669.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626032235-20170626052235-00359.warc.gz | en | 0.948379 | 239 | 2.75 | 3 |
- Whence is defined as from what time or place.
An example of whence is asking a person where they are from by saying "From whence do you come?"
- Whence means from or to where.
An example of whence is saying you'll send a person back to where they came from; from when they came.
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Blurry Pluto will become clear with NASA flyby
The best picture we have of Pluto is a blurry, pixelated blob, but that is about to change when a NASA spacecraft makes the first-ever flyby of the dwarf planet.
The US space agencyโs unmanned New Horizons spacecraft is scheduled to pass by Pluto on July 14, and will send ... | <urn:uuid:b74f68d8-00a7-4a24-a3e8-63a9a02b99aa> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.rawstory.com/2015/04/blurry-pluto-will-become-clear-with-nasa-flyby/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320669.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626032235-20170626052235-00359.warc.gz | en | 0.936217 | 891 | 3.640625 | 4 |
AACE introduces its new eLearning series. The first module, Pricing and Costing, was released in February 2017.
This module explains the difference between pricing and costing. It is important to distinguish between the terms "price" and "cost". There is a very fine line separating them which is why people often use th... | <urn:uuid:c7932675-86ba-4acc-ba21-6626114e587f> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://web.aacei.org/aace-news/2017/03/17/aace-international-launches-elearning | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320869.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626221252-20170627001252-00439.warc.gz | en | 0.953304 | 166 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Author: Ron Graham
In this lesson, I want you to consider the lives of three persons. The first is Adam or Eve, the second is Jesus, and the third is yourself.
The three human beings mentiuoned above have three things in common...
Lowly beginning: Adam and Eve, the first two human beings, began their lives in a lowly m... | <urn:uuid:1a46b071-54e2-40af-b0d8-1503e0b688ef> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.simplybible.com/f477.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320869.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626221252-20170627001252-00439.warc.gz | en | 0.987476 | 874 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Strategic Environmental Assessment
Strategic environmental assessment (SEA) is a tool that contributes to informed decisions in support of sustainable development by incorporating environmental considerations into the development of public policies and strategic decisions.
The Cabinet Directive
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Deep in the Bolivian Amazon live the Tsimane, a group of around 20 Amerindian hunter-forager communities. The tributaries and forests along the Maniqui and Quiquibey rivers provide the Tsimane with fertile lands for growing rice, yucca, plantains and maize; hunting peccaries, tapirs, monkeys and coatis; and fishing yat... | <urn:uuid:95be3dc7-8d27-45e7-891b-ec3a31c45f42> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://focus.barcelonagse.eu/network-constrained-risk-sharing-village-economies/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321497.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627170831-20170627190831-00519.warc.gz | en | 0.948061 | 1,888 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Filtration - Pure and Clear Solutions
In one of the most dynamic sectors for nonwovens, their infinitely adaptable characteristics as filter media see them employed in critical filtration functions. Whether it is removing viruses and bacteria to provide potable water or performing a valuable role in blood dialysis, non... | <urn:uuid:3ee1e0fd-0b9d-4706-9323-0eea1e908729> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.index17.org/en/page/filtration-pure-and-clear-solutions-49 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321497.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627170831-20170627190831-00519.warc.gz | en | 0.931483 | 251 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Research Matters - to the Science Teacher
No. 9702 Jan. 14,
Pedagogical Content Knowledge: Teachers' Integration of Subject
Matter, Pedagogy, Students, and Learning Environments
by Kathryn F. Cochran, University of Northern Colorado
"Those who can, do. Those who understand, teach."
(Shulman, 1986, p. 14)
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Habits are extremely important to St. Thomas' moral theology. I do not pretend to be proficient in either aspect of his thought, but what follows is what I have managed to put together about them.
His definition is somewhat difficult to follow, but as best I understand things he defines a habit as a quality by which on... | <urn:uuid:56abda14-4220-4e00-adf6-c341688be7ae> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://the-supplement.blogspot.com/2008/04/philosophy-of-st-thomas-habit.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319943.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623012730-20170623032730-00318.warc.gz | en | 0.97616 | 869 | 2.609375 | 3 |
In this product how-to article Radomir Kozub describes how to use Freescaleโs 8-bit MC9S08LH64 to build an intelligent and accurate single-phase power metering design, while keeping a low cost bill of materials.
Electro-mechanical power meters have now been replaced by electronic versions. Electronic meters have a numb... | <urn:uuid:72b3bdc6-54c0-4536-938e-fb7102d201bd> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1278772&piddl_msgorder=thrd | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320264.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624152159-20170624172159-00479.warc.gz | en | 0.921104 | 583 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Postsecondary Sustainability Education
Postsecondary sustainability education can start in every lecture theatre and every lab, with every professor and every instructor โ and every student. It's not only elementary and secondary schools that must make the switch to transformative education for sustainability ... it is... | <urn:uuid:bdcd38c2-1c3d-4819-93f7-60b664dee9cd> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.greenhearted.org/postsecondary-sustainability-education.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320264.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624152159-20170624172159-00479.warc.gz | en | 0.944296 | 2,133 | 3.078125 | 3 |
The olive and the tree on which it grows have been revered since ancient times. Archaeological digs have unearthed evidence that olive trees existed on the island of Crete in 3500 B.C. The Semitic peoples were cultivating the tree's fruit by 3000 B.C. They particularly liked to use the oil of the olive to anoint the bo... | <urn:uuid:3f83f37d-e827-476f-86c4-4a9b0a97e16f> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.madehow.com/Volume-3/Olive-Oil.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320264.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624152159-20170624172159-00479.warc.gz | en | 0.968161 | 1,342 | 3.765625 | 4 |
As modern medicine continually finds ways to extend the length and quality of life, the number of older adults in the United States has increased significantly. Unfortunately, aging often brings difficulties in speech, language and communication. One of the most common communication issues for senior citizens is dement... | <urn:uuid:3ed02ef0-1b2c-465f-8ef2-2c9da525c627> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://speechassociatesofnewyork.wordpress.com/2015/08/27/help-your-loved-one-with-dementia-communicate-3-easy-tips/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320679.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626050425-20170626070425-00639.warc.gz | en | 0.928758 | 386 | 3.328125 | 3 |
Who: Arthur B Mc Donald and Takaaki Kajita
What: Jointly won 2015 Nobel Prize for Physics
When: 6 October 2015
Japanโs Takaaki Kajita and American Arthur B. McDonald on 6 October 2015 jointly won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physics for their discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass. Takaaki ... | <urn:uuid:0623151c-980a-4cbd-8e40-c0716b66838f> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.fresherslive.com/news/arthur-b-mcdonald-and-takaaki-kajita-shared-2015-nobel-prize-in-physics/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320679.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626050425-20170626070425-00639.warc.gz | en | 0.962351 | 410 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Our classic commentators were fully aware of the place of Egyption beliefs and the Egyptian pantheon of gods at the epicentre of the plague drama. Rashi, for example refers to the Nile as the god of Egypt (see comments to 7:17) or the god Ra - the sun god (comments to 10:10). Lesser known is t... | <urn:uuid:c3f707f6-3dfe-49bc-8064-f1ec7328b28e> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://thinkingtorah.blogspot.co.il/2010/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321553.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627203405-20170627223405-00079.warc.gz | en | 0.973045 | 11,099 | 2.9375 | 3 |
When researchers use percent of body fat data to assess obesity rather than body mass index (BMI), the huge gap in obesity rates between African-American and white women, for example, is cut in half, and white men are found to have a much higher risk of obesity than African-American men.
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Naseby Field is the location of the Battle of Naseby, a cardinal battle of the English Civil War which resulted in a disastrous royalist defeat. It is located roughly twenty miles north of Northampton or roughly seven miles southwest of the town of Market Harborough, and is just north of the A14 main road.
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a : a feeling of repugnance toward something with a desire to avoid or turn from it
b : a settled dislike : antipathy
aversion to parties>
c : a tendency to extinguish a behavior or to avoid a thing or situation and especially a usually pleasurable one because it is or has been associated with a noxious stimulus
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Issue 25 / January - March 1999
Social Impacts of the Theory of Evolution
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Site Selection for Thornless Blackberries Based on Past Kentucky
Low Temperature Weather Data
John Strang, April Satanek, Chris Smigell, and Tom Shearin
Department of Horticulture,
Department of Landscape Architecture,
Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering,
University of Kentucky
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Obesity among children has become a big concern not only in the US, but all over the world. Out of the overall population of children in the US, one third is obese and the number is still rising. Obesity is not at all a healthy sign. Obese children are prone to heart diseases, cholesterol, diabetes etc. It also gives r... | <urn:uuid:a0b4e82e-9d7f-4502-837b-52d50276e30e> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://blog.firstschool.net/obesity-among-preschoolers-how-it-can-be-prevented/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319992.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623031127-20170623051127-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.95084 | 618 | 3.75 | 4 |
a Eurasian plant, Medicago lupulina, of the pea family, having black pods, cultivated for forage.
a small European leguminous plant, Medicago lupulina, with trifoliate leaves, small yellow flowers, and black pods Also called nonesuch
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A plane crashes on a deserted island, leaving a class of boys to fend for themselves. No adults. No bedtimes. No rules. How will they survive?
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This project is like magic. The first year I did it, I was absolutely astonished at how well it turned out. It is still my favorite printmaking project that I teach. I usually post 4-8 examples of each project and every year I find myself posting WAY more than that for this lesson. It's just that good.
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Christianity emerged from a Roman world that absorbed cultures stretching from the British Isles to the Iberian Peninsula, and all the way to Near East. It comes to no surprise that Christianity in its rapid growth had speakers from a gamut of Indo-European and Semitic languages. The one language, however, it began to ... | <urn:uuid:3b20c642-e2a8-4ff2-9536-5393da99746d> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.ancientchristianstudies.com/blog/2015/9/14/5-reasons-to-learn-latin | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320201.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623220935-20170624000935-00679.warc.gz | en | 0.930403 | 1,079 | 3.03125 | 3 |
The German silent movie METROPOLIS was released in 1927. Directed by the legendary Fritz Lang, it has become a classic film and it can be viewed at the METROPOLIS website. METROPOLIS is a science fiction vision of the social effects of Capitalism. One of the protagonists in the story is Hel, a female robot who is shown... | <urn:uuid:c7e590e6-244a-484f-8a85-e390f01e5bb4> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://bookendcollector.wordpress.com/2012/09/15/metropolis-hel-freder-bookends/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320323.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624184733-20170624204733-00039.warc.gz | en | 0.953968 | 233 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Symptoms of Dog Congestive Heart Failure
Dogs Symptoms and Canine Health - Dog Congestive Heart Failure - General Canine Observations
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Water of Leith Conservation Trust to help look after Colinton Dell, a beautiful area of ancient woodland along the river. (The photo above shows the orchid meadow surrounded by trees.)
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The National Resource Centre for Supplementary Education (NRCSE) is a national charity supporting the vital work of supplementary schools. It is the only dedicated support body for supplementary schools and the organisations that work with them.
What are supplementary schools?
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The wrong levels of a protein linked with Alzheimerโs disease can lead to dangerous blockages in brain cells, new research shows.
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It is believed that Easter actually gets its name from an Old English word, ฤastre, that was given to the month of April in honor of a pagan goddess, ฤastermลnaรพ.
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Question: To what extent does trait-dependent emigration bias selection estimates in a natural system? Organisms: Two freshwater cohorts of Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) juveniles. Field site: A 1 km stretch of a small stream (West Brook) in western Massachusetts. USA from which emigration could be detected continuousl... | <urn:uuid:dcc240d7-0605-48f6-bab5-518a7003790f> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/70029567 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320915.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627032130-20170627052130-00279.warc.gz | en | 0.898835 | 242 | 3.0625 | 3 |
Describing the role of the interpreter or biblical reader, Lawrence quotes Jerome saying,
The office of a commentator is to set forth not what he himself would prefer, but what his author says (41, Jeromeโs letter โto Pammachius, 17).
Then discussing the task of exegesis, Lawrence cites John Owen,
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Tim Maudlin reformulates topology using open lines as the basis rather than open sets.
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European academic researchers have developed a constellation of robust, lightweight flying robots using wireless communications that could be employed in mapping, remote sensing, ground searches, and other similar operations.
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Climbing or trailing annual, biennial or perennial vines.
Alternate, pinnately compound with several pairs of opposite, narrowly oblong leaflets. The terminal leaflet is modified into a branched, twining tendril used to climb.
Ascending, climbing or trailing stems are herbaceous but may become woody with age.
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The favorite meal of the starfish is a juicy oyster. But the starfishโs mouth, which is located under its body, present a problem, it is smaller than an oyster.
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Perhaps no single musician has ever achieved such high accomplishment across such a broad span of repertory as Nikolaus Harnoncourt. His first professional job was as cellist for the Vienna Symphony Orchestra. Almost immediately, however, Harnoncourt sought to specialize in performing music of the past upon historicall... | <urn:uuid:79321234-d09a-4d94-9b3b-f48020da5843> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/Name/Nikolaus-Harnoncourt/Conductor/14322-3 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323970.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20170629121355-20170629141355-00519.warc.gz | en | 0.952524 | 660 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Good global governance (GGG) is transparent, trustworthy and just. It is based on four pillars:
- Global Legislative Powers
- Global Judicial Powers
- Global Executive Powers
- Effective Public Administration.
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Universal XSS (UXSS) is a particular type of Cross-Site Scripting that has the ability to be triggered by exploiting flaws inside browsers, instead of leveraging the vulnerabilities against insecure web sites.
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Biological Warfare (cont.)
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Tularemia is an infection that can strike humans and animals. It is caused by the bacterium Francisella tularensis. The disease causes fever, localized skin or mucous membrane ulcerations, regional swelling of lymph glands, and occasionally pneumonia.
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More muscle strength is associated with a reduced risk of Alzheimerโs disease and cognitive decline, according to a study published in the Archives of Neurology (2009; 66 , 1139โ44). Researchers from Rush University Medical Center in Chicago, Illinois, studied more than 900 residents of retirement communities in the Ch... | <urn:uuid:83e82553-bd47-489f-bd5e-4ceb32732b64> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.ideafit.com/fitness-library/muscle-strength-associated-with-lower-risk-of-alzheimerrsquos | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320209.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624013626-20170624033626-00239.warc.gz | en | 0.947643 | 199 | 2.859375 | 3 |
The First Wristwatches From Breguet, Hermรจs and Patek Philippe Were Made . . . For Women
Early American historian and Harvard professor Laurel Thatcher Ulrich titled her 2008 book Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History.
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How much water do you need?
So, how much water do you need to stay hydrated? The Food and Nutrition Board recommends general guidelines by age and gender as follows:
Women: between the ages of 19-70 need 2.7 L per day (avg)
(slightly higher during pregnancy and significantly higher during nursing)
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You know the feeling. Youโre tired, nauseous, and having difficulty concentrating. Yup, thatโs jet lag โ and itโs not just in your imagination.
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Fetal Heart Monitoring
What is fetal heart monitoring?
Fetal heart rate monitoring measures the heart rate and rhythm of your baby (fetus). This lets your healthcare provider see how your baby is doing.
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Number of Malaria Deaths Much Higher Than Previously Believed, Study Says
The WHO disputes the findings
Results show that donors must re-commit to the Global Fund, say the editors of The Lancet
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Google.org, Googleโs philanthropic arm, is giving $50 million in grants to nonprofits focused on improving education in developing countries using tech-based learning tools, the company said Tuesday.
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They say time heals all wounds but perhaps for dogs, not enough time has passed just yetโฆ Because of cats, nearly 40 species of canines went extinct.
Thatโs right. Almost FORTY SPECIES OF CANINES are extinct because of cats. Think about that for a moment.
So what happened?
Ancient Cats Outhunted Dogs
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- By Vaman Kidambi, Esq.
America is a country of immigrants; yet today, the subject of immigration is quite controversial. The issue divides communities and politicians alike due to the many misconceptions that abound surrounding this matter.
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Several new constitutions have been written in Muslim countries in the past decade; Afghanistan and Iraq wrote new constitutions after American-led invasions; Egypt wrote a new constitution after the ouster of Mubarak (and again after the military coup against Egyptโs first democratically elected president, Morsi) and ... | <urn:uuid:f9d23a83-8791-440a-be26-852b7ee7a2f2> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://pakistanhorizon.wordpress.com/2015/04/09/designing-constitutions-in-muslim-countries-what-role-for-islam/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321961.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627235941-20170628015941-00639.warc.gz | en | 0.947258 | 1,204 | 2.671875 | 3 |