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SeaWorld and the other groups took up to 50 orcas from the southern resident population of around 120, Rose said. The females in the group began to breed as quickly as possible to replace the numbers, but the group faced a second population drop years later when the stolen babies would have come to sexual maturity.
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Laws to protect breastfeeding inadequate in most countries
A new report by WHO, UNICEF, and the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN) reveals the status of national laws to protect and promote breastfeeding.
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Family policies in developed countries: contrasting models
Most developed countries are introducing a system of support for families or expanding their existing one. Investment by OECD countries in family support rose from 1.6% of GDP on average in 1980 to 2.4% in 2003. One of the aims of family policies is to increase... | <urn:uuid:c39040ea-ec72-45e3-8b82-4387e7e2cf2a> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://ideas.repec.org/p/idg/posoce/448.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323970.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20170629121355-20170629141355-00529.warc.gz | en | 0.904869 | 389 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Many people believe in ghosts despite the fact that scientific proof of their existence is tenuous at best. After all, science hasn't exactly disproven the existence of ghosts yet either, has it?
Well, perhaps it has. According to renowned theoretical physicist Brian Cox, science has essentially already built the ultim... | <urn:uuid:08823dd7-1e1c-4e99-9156-a5ba571a1e03> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.mnn.com/green-tech/research-innovations/stories/large-hadron-collider-disproves-existence-ghosts | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323970.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20170629121355-20170629141355-00529.warc.gz | en | 0.963481 | 608 | 2.828125 | 3 |
- Don’t change point of view in the middle of a scene
- Show the speaker before the reader finds out what they have to say
- Use simple, clear language.
It’s good to break rules sometimes. But we should always know which rule we’re breaking and why.
- A talented writer can shift point of view in a scene. Let’s say we a... | <urn:uuid:87d71736-18f4-40de-a2be-ec40da9b8774> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://writerswritedaily.wordpress.com/2011/12/27/breaking-the-rules/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320023.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623063716-20170623083716-00168.warc.gz | en | 0.918018 | 249 | 4 | 4 |
The United Kingdom will tomorrow vote either to leave or remain in the European Union. This is the most important European event of this century since it will likely have important domino effects for the rest of Europe.
A recent poll showed that if the UK could keep free trade with EU nations, the British people would ... | <urn:uuid:ad47e022-47a0-49b6-8604-b32e447aad24> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://batrdailybusinessreport.blogspot.com/2016/06/britain-doesnt-need-eu-to-thrive.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320209.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624013626-20170624033626-00249.warc.gz | en | 0.960036 | 383 | 2.515625 | 3 |
History, tourist information, and nearby accommodation
HERITAGE HIGHLIGHTS: Fabulous Palladian staircase and a superb Tudor chapel.
The Vyne is a beautiful Tudor house built in 1500-1520 for William, Lord Sandys, Lord Chamberlain to Henry VIII. The house later pased to the Chute family, who still own it today, though i... | <urn:uuid:cfd10d2d-02f2-40ea-aa1c-17bec31208eb> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.britainexpress.com/counties/hampshire/houses/the-vyne.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320338.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624203022-20170624223022-00329.warc.gz | en | 0.957991 | 2,078 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Presentation on theme: "Atmosphere and Environment"— Presentation transcript:
1Atmosphere and Environment By Marina Kanakos, Leart Ulaj, Anumita Das, Patrick Blancero, and Eric LuPeriod 5
2East AsiaAmerican crops such as maize, sweet potatoes, and peanuts permitted Chinese farmers to take advantage of soils that had pr... | <urn:uuid:5d276784-f8b9-4c77-804f-4732bd306cd2> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://slideplayer.com/slide/2490910/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320995.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627050500-20170627070500-00569.warc.gz | en | 0.949314 | 1,408 | 3.4375 | 3 |
Become A Member
Learn how your membership helps protect our rivers and rights of use.
Learn More About River Law
Frequently Asked Questions »
FAQs about federal law regarding public ownership, use, and conservation of rivers
Why River Rights? »
NOR is the organization that focuses on achieving public-trust ownership of... | <urn:uuid:7df8f5ee-46a6-4b91-99d8-c496ba057e84> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.nationalrivers.org/river-rights-being-wrongfully-denied.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320995.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627050500-20170627070500-00569.warc.gz | en | 0.942525 | 2,221 | 2.703125 | 3 |
2015년 10월 15일
The business world has remained more or less the same for centuries. That is, retailers sell to customers, doctors and hospitals provide healthcare, banks make business loans, and CEOs typically specialize in a particular industry. These things (and many others) are accepted as undisputed fact and taken f... | <urn:uuid:a5d28f61-46e2-49b8-880d-755b84adb6dd> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://enterprise-ko.netscout.com/cio_brief/5-ways-technology-is-revolutionizing-business-that-you-couldnt-see-coming | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321961.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627235941-20170628015941-00649.warc.gz | en | 0.954194 | 878 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Types of Threats
Identity theft can occur in many forms but a few have become more popular than others and can be found in practice all over the country. Phishing and Pharming, two of these popular methods, gather personal information by convincing the victims’ that they are giving their information directly to the ban... | <urn:uuid:e8d2f2a8-92c0-4bd5-a0c0-8f04d84fc6e7> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://unitedfidelity.com/threats/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321961.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627235941-20170628015941-00649.warc.gz | en | 0.957114 | 269 | 2.640625 | 3 |
- "What is the Third Estate? Everything. What has it been until now in the political order? Nothing. What does it ask? To become something. Nothing be done without it, everything would be infinitely better without the other two orders."
- ―Sieyès in What Is the Third Estate, 1789.[src]
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E T H I C S
Principles for the Conduct of Research in the Arctic
The following principles have been formulated to provide guidance for researchers in the physical, biological and social sciences and the humanities. These principles are to be observed when carrying out or sponsoring research or when applying the results... | <urn:uuid:13252d46-c77a-4a7d-a2a2-2323638f10f3> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://naturalhistory.si.edu/arctic/html/ethics.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323801.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628204133-20170628224133-00009.warc.gz | en | 0.919902 | 956 | 2.953125 | 3 |
That preview image is NOT an artist’s recreation.
It is a photograph.
As yet unnamed Nodosaur, mid-/late-K, ca. 110,000,000 ya
… The body sank back-first onto the ocean floor, kicking up soupy mud that engulfed it. Minerals infiltrated the skin and armor and cradled its back, ensuring that the dead nodosaur would keep ... | <urn:uuid:8c2c3293-9e32-49f6-a56a-9bba97470873> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://radgeek.com/gt/2017/05/16/thats-not-a-recreation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323801.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628204133-20170628224133-00009.warc.gz | en | 0.924793 | 276 | 3.46875 | 3 |
[This article also appears in a slightly edited form as a TeleRead entry]
Ever tried learning a foreign language? Noticed how the books you could read were often boring, and the books you wanted to read were just that bit too hard to understand? Wished, you could have a quick translation of a complex passage or precise... | <urn:uuid:5488de53-624d-456b-b6d9-315e3520177f> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://blog.outerthoughts.com/2006/10/how-e-books-could-revolutionize-language-learning/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128329372.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20170629154125-20170629174125-00089.warc.gz | en | 0.941933 | 1,205 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Americans sleep on average five to six hours per night. The average American today works long hours; lack of sleep can be harmful to the body resulting in high levels of stress. Lack of sleep can lead to, or continue to, produce side effects common with sleeping disorders. Under most circumstances, inadequate sleep can... | <urn:uuid:1763bcea-bece-4a69-a819-010131849ee4> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://blogs.uco.edu/wellnesscoachingprogram/2017/02/21/getting-a-good-nights-sleep/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319265.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622114718-20170622134718-00209.warc.gz | en | 0.904796 | 758 | 3.921875 | 4 |
August 18, 2009
Posted: 08:57 AM ET
The Big Crunch may sound like a slogan for crackers or potato chips, but it’s actually an astronomical theory with a gloomy twist.
We’ve all heard of the Big Bang, a widely accepted theory that proposes the entire universe began from a single point about 13.7 billion years ago and ha... | <urn:uuid:60805ffb-edd2-4206-8f40-94b4baf8221a> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/08/18/will-the-big-crunch-follow-the-big-bang/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319265.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622114718-20170622134718-00209.warc.gz | en | 0.94304 | 518 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Interior designers can specialize in a particular interior design discipline, such as residential and commercial design, they can also help with making rooms in the hospital and even work with schools to make offices or another things with some developing expertise within a niche design area such as hospitality, health... | <urn:uuid:30cb943a-b066-4ae9-8a75-3ccb7ddef1d0> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://topinteriordecorators.com/NewsArticle_221/Specializations.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319265.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622114718-20170622134718-00209.warc.gz | en | 0.960526 | 322 | 2.8125 | 3 |
UC Irvine is handing out Glass to its med students, on CNET:
Several medical institutions have already been testing the computer-enabled eyeglasses to see if the devices enhance doctors’ work. But the School of Medicine at the University of California, Irvine, is taking it one step further by issuing Google Glass to it... | <urn:uuid:bff17d96-a49b-41f4-9225-d787403011e0> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://blog.adafruit.com/2014/05/21/uc-irvine-med-students-get-google-glass-wearablewednesday/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319265.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622114718-20170622134718-00209.warc.gz | en | 0.90842 | 368 | 2.703125 | 3 |
- The twelve spies sent by Moses to observe the land of Canaan returned from their mission. Only two of the spies, Joshua and Caleb, brought a positive report, while the others spoke disparagingly about the land. The majority report caused the Children of Israel to cry, panic and despair of ever entering the “Promised ... | <urn:uuid:8649fda9-dd93-454d-83cb-15bd3d76b040> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://deusdiapente.wordpress.com/category/judaism/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319265.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622114718-20170622134718-00209.warc.gz | en | 0.963523 | 2,166 | 3.5 | 4 |
ACCESSION OF GEORGE I.--SWIFT'S LEADERSHIP.
The last years of Queen Anne had been years of intrigue and preparation with the Jacobite leaders throughout the three kingdoms. At their head stood Ormond, the second and last Duke of his name, and with him were associated at one stage or another of his design, Bolingbroke, ... | <urn:uuid:c24665ac-b018-4d16-af43-b02160651e69> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://irishpast.com/phrl210/phrl210_accession_of_george_i_--swift_s.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320040.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623082050-20170623102050-00449.warc.gz | en | 0.981512 | 2,980 | 2.796875 | 3 |
On this day in 1804, Alexander Hamilton was mortally wounded in a duel with his political rival, Aaron Burr. One of the sources of their enmity was banking.
In the late 18th century, new banks could only be chartered with a special act passed by the state legislature. In 1799, the New York legislature was controlled by... | <urn:uuid:e5dd0f65-5661-4f3f-9bc7-9a47e0124e69> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.bankersnotes.com/2013/07/jul-11-1804-aaron-burr-kills-alexander.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320215.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624031945-20170624051945-00530.warc.gz | en | 0.959853 | 269 | 4 | 4 |
Why is a Dog's Diet Important?
If you consider how unpleasant a person can be when he or she is hungry or malnourished, you will undoubtedly se the importance of healthy choices when selecting your dog's diet. You and your pet will not enjoy life at its fullest if your dog's diet is poor.
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The latest news from academia, regulators
research labs and other things of interest
Posted: Apr 16, 2014
A small connection with big implications: Wiring up carbon-based electronics
(Nanowerk News) Carbon-based nanostructures such as nanotubes, graphene sheets, and nanoribbons are unique building blocks showing versat... | <urn:uuid:07d48c1a-c448-4925-a90f-80d0f5ebaab2> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.nanowerk.com/nanotechnology-news/newsid=35232.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320545.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625170634-20170625190634-00690.warc.gz | en | 0.928604 | 571 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Sometimes dog breeds may closely resemble each other making them difficult to tell apart, and the Siberian husky and Alaskan malamute are often two dog breeds that are easily confused. Let’s first take a glance at their similarities: they are both Nordic breeds with a history of pulling sleds, they both have a wolfish ... | <urn:uuid:8449358b-64a2-4251-ab94-4a9320a6743f> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://dogdiscoveries.com/difference-between-a-siberian-husky-and-an-alaskan-malamute/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321306.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627083142-20170627103142-00130.warc.gz | en | 0.93256 | 1,823 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Food scientists at the University of British Columbia have been able to pinpoint more of the complex chemistry behind coffee’s much touted antioxidant benefits, tracing valuable compounds to the roasting process.
Lead author Yazheng Liu and co-author Prof. David Kitts found that the prevailing antioxidants present in d... | <urn:uuid:42af8614-1c45-449f-8f5a-4fa15a92291b> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://news.ubc.ca/2011/02/02/roasting-coffee-beans-a-dark-brown-produces-valued-antioxidants-ubc-food-scientists/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128322320.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628032529-20170628052529-00210.warc.gz | en | 0.934111 | 365 | 3.375 | 3 |
Email sign ✉
People has been sending mails since many centuries ago. But now allmost any mail is sent by electronic way. We can see this mail symbol in any mail client, in our phone's messages menu, and on post offices. This sign is popular computer symbol that people had been texting from the times when Unicode encodi... | <urn:uuid:59b1796e-114d-4190-b0f1-0c61e41bacf1> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://fsymbols.com/signs/email/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323807.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628222452-20170629002452-00290.warc.gz | en | 0.910365 | 511 | 2.96875 | 3 |
An injunction is a judicial remedy by which a person is ordered to refrain from doing or todo a particular act or thing. It is a remedy of equitable nature not available in common law. Injunctioncan be granted as a decree on adjudication of a suit. It can also be granted during the pendency ofsuit when it is called a t... | <urn:uuid:2b5ebfd8-d056-450d-a50d-59c73ab85ad9> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://judicialacademy.nic.in/index.php?option=article&id=80&ItemId=136&type=top | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323807.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628222452-20170629002452-00290.warc.gz | en | 0.938211 | 4,937 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Author : Touitou David, 2001
Updated : 03 March 2016
I had the chance to observe many Conus regius Gmelin, 1791 & Conus cedonulli Linnaeus, 1767 in my aquarium and manage to find out what this shells feed on. Conus regius and Conus cedonulli (Grenadines Islands) are both worm killers. They both feed on the carribean "f... | <urn:uuid:543bed44-c4a1-4659-afb0-ce6ea7e3b449> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://wp.seashell-collector.com/articles/general-articles/conus-regius-conus-cedonulli-feedings-habits/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323807.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628222452-20170629002452-00290.warc.gz | en | 0.946216 | 501 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Bowls is a sport that is played and followed by millions throughout the world. It is a game of skill and precision rather than physical fitness and has therefore often been associated as a game for the older generation. However, many of the upcoming champions are becoming increasingly younger and the sport has spent re... | <urn:uuid:783ea9d9-c83d-4239-86f6-090b43721f37> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.ezilon.com/articles/articles/3311/1/World-Bowls--A-History | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323807.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628222452-20170629002452-00290.warc.gz | en | 0.97598 | 1,075 | 2.796875 | 3 |
The derivative of ln(2x) is 1/x. This is due to the rules of derived logarithmic expressions, which state that the derivative of ln(ax), where "a" is any real number, is equal to 1/x.Continue Reading
In order to prove the derivation of ln(ax), substitution and various derivatives need to be taken. For the sake of proof... | <urn:uuid:dc095e2b-3062-4df7-8a41-e6edee689018> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.reference.com/math/derivative-ln-2x-76ed1a1621991350 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323807.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628222452-20170629002452-00290.warc.gz | en | 0.941124 | 372 | 3.890625 | 4 |
Staunton, February 28 – Many Russians assume that if a non-Russian stops speaking his own language and uses only Russian that such an individual is well on his way to re-identifying as a Russian. But that is not the case, and many Russian-speaking members of non-Russian nationalities remain closely attached to their no... | <urn:uuid:92c3cc55-85ad-4a47-a602-0b66b49bce53> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.fr/2016/02/russianization-doesnt-equal.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319575.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622135404-20170622155404-00569.warc.gz | en | 0.974417 | 1,032 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Emotion and Imagination
Recent years have seen an enormous amount of philosophical research into the emotions and the imagination, but as yet little work has been done to connect the two. In his engaging and highly original new book, Adam Morton shows that all emotions require some form of imagination and goes on to fu... | <urn:uuid:93412ea6-b0a4-43dc-bd2c-a5a0619aeaaa> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.pandora.com.tr/urun/emotion-and-imagination/409793 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320057.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623114917-20170623134917-00009.warc.gz | en | 0.954002 | 313 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Yellow fever is an acute viral infectious disease that is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected mosquitoes. Though many cases of yellow fever are mild and self-limiting, yellow fever can also be a life-threatening disease causing hemorrhagic fever and hepatitis (hence the term "yellow" from the jaundice it... | <urn:uuid:b067911f-3b48-4ea7-bfbf-de898f40d3a2> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://youcure.me/en/guide/yellow-fever-1105 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320227.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624064634-20170624084634-00090.warc.gz | en | 0.953208 | 990 | 4.09375 | 4 |
The Library Department provides intellectual and physical access to information in all formats. Each library procures and processes print and non-print materials, maintains audio-visual equipment, subscribes to on-line databases, and functions as the school based information center. Library collections and instruction ... | <urn:uuid:1ea72e5b-6571-42c6-a541-773f3d056a5c> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.brookline.k12.ma.us/Domain/86 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320227.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624064634-20170624084634-00090.warc.gz | en | 0.898918 | 132 | 2.9375 | 3 |
The original source of this classic Christmas-time piece, which has been making the rounds on the Internet for decades, is attributed to: [email protected] (The Human Neutrino aka Linda Harden)
Original Title: IS THERE A SANTA CLAUS?
Alternately ascribed to the now defunct SPY magazine, January 1990.
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Pollution, like any creative idea, originates in the minds of men. It is nourished and shaped in the mind. Thereafter, it gets expressed in the world outside. The famous portrait of ‘Mona Lisa’ was first conceived in the mind of Leonardo da Vinci before being expressed on canvas. Similarly, the atom bombs that devastat... | <urn:uuid:d10d4ac3-265a-4253-8826-c0ddee9e394e> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.speakingtree.in/blog/mind-pollution | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320386.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625013851-20170625033851-00170.warc.gz | en | 0.95664 | 1,485 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Global warming brings early cherry blossomsThe USDA published a new Plant Hardiness Zone Map based on the average annual minimum winter temperatures. Growers and gardeners use the map as a guide to determine which plants are most likely to thrive at a location. When the new guide came out, it was evident that the hardi... | <urn:uuid:f0bab710-92a6-4086-bcf4-cac443069799> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.scientificpsychic.com/blogentries/global-warming-brings-early-cherry-blossoms.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320582.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625203122-20170625223122-00250.warc.gz | en | 0.96118 | 460 | 3.515625 | 4 |
One of the big worries about climate change is that organisms will be unable to migrate or adapt quickly enough to deal with all the coming changes to their environments, which could lead to a lot of extinctions. But a new study led by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, which appears in Molecular Biology and Evolution, sh... | <urn:uuid:f18052f0-15bd-4ff2-ac1c-3f704fd094c1> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/flowers-may-adapt-faster-than-thought-to-climate-change-33251203/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320582.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625203122-20170625223122-00250.warc.gz | en | 0.964642 | 440 | 4.28125 | 4 |
Perjury is knowingly lying after taking an oath to tell the truth. Perjury can be seen as lying while testifying in court, and can also be lying while communicating through certain legal documents. Usually the lie must be material to the matter at issue, although perjury can also be committed simply by signing a legal ... | <urn:uuid:14c40aec-8824-4f10-8aff-51ddcb25ccbd> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://criminalattorneysus.com/Content322.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320823.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626152050-20170626172050-00330.warc.gz | en | 0.955345 | 325 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Audio signals describe pressure variations on the ear that are perceived as sound. We focus on periodic audio signals, that is, on tones.
A pure tone can be written as a cosinusoidal signal of amplitude , frequency , and phase angle :
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John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) served as the first Vice President of the United States (1789–1797) and as its second President of the United States|President]] (1797–1801). He was defeated for re-election in the "Revolution of 1800" by Thomas Jefferson. Adams was also the first President to reside in the ... | <urn:uuid:04dd858c-be78-42b1-a8c2-162a168a838e> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/John_Adams_(1735-1826) | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321309.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627101436-20170627121436-00410.warc.gz | en | 0.925267 | 677 | 3.296875 | 3 |
Corset were made of a variety of materials, depending on the time period and the fineness of the article. The main fabric for the body of it might have been linen, stiffened with paste or starch. Lower-class women would have worn them of a cheap, sturdy cotton cloth. they were also made of decorative fabrics like satin... | <urn:uuid:57667f74-86ca-47e3-8923-2c8822d1f85e> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://trensetterof2017.wordpress.com/2017/03/13/corsets-aesthetic-body/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321309.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627101436-20170627121436-00410.warc.gz | en | 0.970824 | 634 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Facts about diabetic issues
Obtaining diabetic issues signifies your entire body does not discharge ample blood insulin or it does not use blood insulin accurately. Insulin is a hormone discharged by a gland regarded as the pancreas, observed in close proximity to the stomach which lets the sugar (glucose) from the blo... | <urn:uuid:41c1cd97-9b0e-4438-adbd-a79cd4f3da7c> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://acuralaser.com/diabetes-treatment-method-with-about-the-counter-medicine.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128322870.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628050821-20170628070821-00490.warc.gz | en | 0.957834 | 595 | 2.9375 | 3 |
From their headwaters in the Sierra Nevada mountains, the Merced, Tuolumne and Stanislaus rivers were historically wild, teeming with salmon that sustained native Americans, early settlers, and abundant wildlife. These rivers join the lower San Joaquin River and flow into the Bay-Delta, one of the two main arteries tha... | <urn:uuid:b1c1c41e-1eb6-4ef8-aa8b-9d7c1da0445f> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.nrdc.org/experts/doug-obegi/will-california-restore-lower-san-joaquin-river-and-its-salmon | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128322870.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628050821-20170628070821-00490.warc.gz | en | 0.944875 | 1,145 | 3.5625 | 4 |
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This article was published 6/9/2013 (1390 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
In 1860, following a spate of massacres that had resulted in tens of thousands of deaths in what is now Lebanon and Syria, France and other European powers persuaded the Ottoman sultan to agree... | <urn:uuid:a38b5bde-4ebc-460e-8a4c-f77670dab496> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/analysis/paralyzed-on-syria-un-approval-is-needed-222781451.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323808.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20170629000723-20170629020723-00570.warc.gz | en | 0.947594 | 970 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Although the Italians have managed to equip a Fiat 500 L hatchback with an espresso maker they haven’t managed to design a car fueled by espresso. Leave that to British engineer Martin Bacon using a process known as gasification. By introducing a controlled amount of oxygen (or steam) to coffee beans (or any organic, c... | <urn:uuid:2ef44f66-d542-46f9-8a66-b553e1d42a09> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://italyin30seconds.wordpress.com/2013/06/09/fast-and-furious/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323808.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20170629000723-20170629020723-00570.warc.gz | en | 0.940164 | 230 | 3.015625 | 3 |
We all like to feel that we are noble and nothing makes us feel more noble than invoking high-minded ideals. It is always a trap. None of us are ever as noble as our aspirations, but our aspirations protect us from self-examination better than they protect our fellows from our own critical eye.
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Software Patents are Obsolete in the Age of AI
Businesses need safeguards and moats to grow. In order for investors to justify allocating capital to a business, there have to be mechanisms to ensure that value created doesn’t leak out. Traditionally, this value has been safeguarded by a variety of legal mechanisms. For... | <urn:uuid:551ce4fa-6140-423c-a2e9-9e0cd718fa43> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://rbharath.github.io/software-patents-are-obsolete-in-the-age-of-ai/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319688.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622181155-20170622201155-00209.warc.gz | en | 0.946855 | 1,729 | 2.75 | 3 |
The holy month of Ramadan is one of fasting and devotion to worship Allah. It is believed that the gates of heaven are kept open. Hence, great importance is attached to prayers.
The ninth month of the Islamic calendar, Ramadan, is one of the most important periods in the Muslim calendar. It is a time of spiritual awake... | <urn:uuid:34f2b3b3-ff3d-49cf-9c3e-e93c027af1c9> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://hoonalondon.com/en/home-garden-ramadan-sweet-ramadan-part-one/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320063.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623133357-20170623153357-00290.warc.gz | en | 0.953152 | 371 | 3.59375 | 4 |
Risa L. Goluboff
This is an advance summary of a forthcoming article in the Oxford Research Encyclopedia of American History. Please check back later for the full article.
The crime of vagrancy has deep historical roots in U.S. law and legal culture. Originating in 16th-century England, vagrancy laws came to the New Wo... | <urn:uuid:9d33402c-dab1-45d5-a842-7bbe0b7e440d> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://americanhistory.oxfordre.com/browse?btog=chap&page=2&pageSize=10&sort=titlesort&subSite=oreamh&t0=ORE_AMH%3AREFAH011 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320243.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624082900-20170624102900-00370.warc.gz | en | 0.9633 | 598 | 3.90625 | 4 |
Business writers write to inform, query and persuade. They write for action, not to say, hello, howdy do. Business readers read to answer the following questions:
Why did you write to me (your purpose)?
What do you want me to do (action)?
Why should I care (benefit)?
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Key deer were almost hunted to extinction. By 1950, as few as 25-50 of the animals were left. But the creation of the National Key Deer Refuge on Big Pine Key and protection under the Endangered Species Act have led to a comeback. The most recent population study estimates the herd at 900 to 1,000.
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Identity theft is a form of stealing someone’s identity in which someone pretends to be someone else by assuming that person’s identity, typically in order to access resources or obtain credit and other benefits in that person’s name. ! Identity theft occurs when someone uses your personally identifying inf... | <urn:uuid:ac847c72-bbde-47f8-a81d-33ac6153346f> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://superiorcreditrepaironline.com/birmingham-credit-repair-identity-theft-recovery-services/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320841.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626170406-20170626190406-00610.warc.gz | en | 0.96071 | 741 | 2.625 | 3 |
It was early Christmas Eve morning when we received a call about an injured baby bird on the rooftop of Macy's, in Monterey.
We knew it couldn't be a baby - not this time of year - we suspected it might be a grounded loon or grebe. These are aquatic birds more suited for water than land.
With legs sprouting from their ... | <urn:uuid:e5df7369-4f41-49bb-bb69-0b1a55ca7b9b> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://wildlifeemergencyservices.blogspot.com/2014/12/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321410.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627115753-20170627135753-00690.warc.gz | en | 0.960802 | 359 | 2.78125 | 3 |
: Vitamin D Deficiency Affects Immunity in Older Individuals
Vitamin D plays an important role in bone health, and research shows that it's essential for immune health as well. Older individuals who are deficient in vitamin D tend to have lower immune function, finds a new study in the Journal of Endocrinology & Metabo... | <urn:uuid:22c36afc-ba4e-44aa-a6be-500b8a539da6> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.moseshealth.com/promog/ConditionCenter.asp?ConditionID=27&ArticleID=1750&StoreID=1L6F7JS9PSJ68GRQ67QLL5B6KP06D7K8 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321410.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627115753-20170627135753-00690.warc.gz | en | 0.938682 | 289 | 3.46875 | 3 |
Continuing to share and comment on the feedback I received at the delightful IERG 2015 conference! For the original posts I've made on our Big Spiral History (BSH) curriculum see these posts on the scope and sequence of BSH, and these on the actual story-telling.
Big Spiral History Stories
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Teenagers in one of the top 20 high-performing countries in mathematics will be the first in the world to try out a new form of maths lesson - one without arithmetic.
Estonia has agreed to be the first country to trial computer-based maths, which aims to reduce the amount of time students spend doing calculations, allo... | <urn:uuid:d71efff8-e2af-4d73-b26e-e3fddffa8246> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.tes.com/news/tes-archive/tes-publication/arithmetics-days-are-numbered-estonia | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321410.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627115753-20170627135753-00690.warc.gz | en | 0.967248 | 767 | 3.46875 | 3 |
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in microwave engineering, a section of transmission line that is joined to a main line and through which microwave energy is transmitted from an oscillator to a load. The transmission line may be a hollow-pipe wave guide, a dielec... | <urn:uuid:67a1f9ab-85f1-4d5f-b2cf-922aa8c3e4fd> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com/counterfoil | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323864.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20170629033356-20170629053356-00130.warc.gz | en | 0.92707 | 769 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Acoustics is the interdisciplinary science that deals with the study of sound, ultrasound and infrasound, all mechanical waves in gases, liquids and solids respectively.
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A Newsgroup FAQ document intended to answer frequently asked questions about acoustics.
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What is the National Planning Framework?
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The Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government is leading the preparation of the National Planning Framework, or ‘NPF’, on behalf of Government, with input from other Departments and Agencies. It will be particularly re... | <urn:uuid:cb54903d-1b25-455b-a5f3-618a965ec942> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://npf.ie/about/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320070.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623151757-20170623171757-00570.warc.gz | en | 0.940131 | 805 | 3.125 | 3 |
Typical of pre-Seljuk mosques, the Masjid-e Jame at Na'in exhibits a simple hypostyle plan, which has remained uncomplicated despite the additions and alterations of subsequent years. A courtyard is accessed through the arcades that are built from bays of irregular spacing and number. The courtyard façade probably date... | <urn:uuid:86ac6421-6041-4356-8354-40ba21938dea> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://archnet.org/sites/1644 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320070.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623151757-20170623171757-00570.warc.gz | en | 0.901557 | 657 | 2.671875 | 3 |
National Writing Project
Unique in breadth and scale, the NWP is a network of sites anchored at colleges and universities and serving teachers across disciplines and at all levels, early childhood through university. The National Writing Project provides professional development, develops resources, generate research, ... | <urn:uuid:973e0885-f721-4fe6-8a1e-5c149647baa7> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://cawpchicago.org/about/national-writing-project/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320070.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623151757-20170623171757-00570.warc.gz | en | 0.950822 | 168 | 2.75 | 3 |
On one of the last of days of digging in Harvard Yard this fall, archaeologists believe they finally found evidence linked to one of the University’s earliest buildings, the Indian College that stood on the site from 1655 to 1698.
Archaeologists working in a chest-deep hole near Matthews Hall uncovered a narrow strip o... | <urn:uuid:8308f9f4-4dbc-4bb9-8aa3-3ca3e00d437b> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2009/12/indian-college-foundation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320257.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624101204-20170624121204-00650.warc.gz | en | 0.957779 | 880 | 3.6875 | 4 |
Program providing high quality web-based information to K-12 students,
farmers, and others about the importance of water resources and water
Improving education through a global network that promotes watershed sustainability.
A place where students of rivers can explore valuable river resources and
connect to facts, bo... | <urn:uuid:f8a88bd8-2839-4355-8c8c-e092295a9abd> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://sciphys.homestead.com/envsci3.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320257.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624101204-20170624121204-00650.warc.gz | en | 0.895688 | 150 | 3.375 | 3 |
Mount Revelstoke National Park and Glacier National Park
Blanket Creek Provincial Park and the 40 foot high Sutherland Falls
Mountain Arts Festival in September
Powder Springs Ski Area on Mount MacKenzie
Snowmobile season runs from late November into June
The First Nations Interior Salish were semi-nomadic tribes withi... | <urn:uuid:a9509fa5-b66d-45a4-9da0-3e967c01ac02> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.gobc.ca/revelstoke-travel/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320443.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625064745-20170625084745-00010.warc.gz | en | 0.96742 | 335 | 3.46875 | 3 |
Assistant Professor of Science Education
Hometown: Maracaibo, Venezuela
Fun Fact: Is of Wayuu descent. The Wayuu are the indigenous people of northwest Venezuela.
Science education professor Dr. Irasema Ortega has been teaching for more than 20 years, but she’s quick to point out that she still has much to learn. For t... | <urn:uuid:4ba468e4-186c-4003-b30c-dcfa1298d5e2> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://greenandgold.uaa.alaska.edu/blog/26798/faculty-spotlight-irasema-ortega/?a | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320666.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626013946-20170626033946-00090.warc.gz | en | 0.973646 | 1,661 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Ok. I have to say, without any doubts, I had such an incredible time with Portuguese! I’m so pained to leave it behind! I’m also happy to report I was pleasantly surprised, as I predicted I would listen to a few videos, dismiss it and move on, like I had with Spanish. How wrong I was, and gladly so.
SUMMARY: Like Spani... | <urn:uuid:2358f083-42a4-47c1-a4ae-c5fadd73abe7> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://37languages.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/portuguese-adeus/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320865.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626203042-20170626223042-00170.warc.gz | en | 0.971219 | 1,213 | 2.828125 | 3 |
A Cosmic Searchlight
Streaming out from the center of the galaxy M87 like a cosmic searchlight is one of nature's most amazing phenomena, a black-hole-powered jet of electrons and other sub-atomic particles traveling at nearly the speed of light. In this Hubble telescope image, the blue jet contrasts with the yellow gl... | <urn:uuid:de8e9b70-faaf-487c-bf32-05ff8bb13bc1> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://hubblesite.org/news_release/news/2000-20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321458.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627152510-20170627172510-00250.warc.gz | en | 0.896883 | 130 | 3.265625 | 3 |
ARTICLE IN BRIEF
An international consortium of researchers conducted a meta-analysis of gene screenings — in two stages — confirming known genes implicated in Alzheimer's disease and identifying 11 new gene loci associated with the disease. The new variants point to new pathways, and possible therapeutic targets.
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Among all other skin problems the most embarrassing one is skin pigmentation or Melasma. Melasma can affect anyone. However it’s most common in women. Being affected by Melasma means that blotches of pigmentation suddenly appear on your skin. But actually what is pigmentation? What causes it? How can people get melasma... | <urn:uuid:64ead80c-08fa-4332-93ed-aceab44e0402> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://skinproductsreviews.com/blog/what-is-melasma-causes-and-its-remedies/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321458.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627152510-20170627172510-00250.warc.gz | en | 0.920713 | 974 | 2.875 | 3 |
Species name: Araucaria heterophylla
Common name: Norfolk Island Pine
Location: UWO Greenhouse
The Norfolk Island pine, as the common name suggests, is native to the very small island of Norfolk Island, located between Australia and New Zealand. Contrary to what the common name suggests, it is not a pine. Due to the in... | <urn:uuid:e5f26edf-75ba-4d78-844e-8c6b5837a626> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://botanicalmusings.blogspot.com/2013/01/norfolk-islands-pseudo-pine.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323604.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628101910-20170628121910-00330.warc.gz | en | 0.963968 | 722 | 3.28125 | 3 |
Amazon drought: A growing concern
Record droughts hit the Amazon's rain forests in 2005 and 2010. With climate models projecting more drying with global warming, researchers are keeping close watch for such extreme droughts.
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We’re living in extraordinary times, everyone. We, as a world, keep setting new records — kicking climate ass and taking names and then coughing a lot and feeling dizzy. Just today, we have three new records or near-records to put up on humankind’s trophy shelf, alongside the one that reads “Fight Against Climate Chang... | <urn:uuid:5de380d5-41d1-40c8-badf-9334b50c7799> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://grist.org/news/2012-fewest-tornadoes-least-ice-most-acres-burned/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323870.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20170629051817-20170629071817-00410.warc.gz | en | 0.954128 | 785 | 2.875 | 3 |
Bleak House (Knoxville, Tennessee)
|Location||3148 Kingston Pike
|NRHP Reference #||84000369|
|Added to NRHP||November 8, 1984|
The house was first occupied by Robert Houston Armstrong and his wife, Louisa Franklin. It was built for the couple as a wedding gift by the bride's father, Major Lawson D. Franklin. Robert Ar... | <urn:uuid:54d6a084-c3a0-4da4-acc0-ec0d930d238a> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bleak_House_(Knoxville) | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323870.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20170629051817-20170629071817-00410.warc.gz | en | 0.912004 | 281 | 3.375 | 3 |
Q: What did the Buddha teach about anger, specifically righteous anger? Is any anger acceptable in Buddhism?
A: The Dalai Lama recently answered the question, “Is there a positive form of anger?” by saying that righteous anger is a “defilement” or “afflictive emotion”–a Buddhist term translated from the Sanskrit word k... | <urn:uuid:0f70ef0d-c7e5-4b28-80e2-e73d509f2c04> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.surya.org/transforming-anger-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319933.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622234435-20170623014435-00049.warc.gz | en | 0.938429 | 1,430 | 3.453125 | 3 |
In today’s talk, Nilofer Merchant gives a startling statistic: we’re sitting, on average, for 9.3 hours per day—far more than the 7.7 hours we spend sleeping. “Sitting is so incredibly prevalent, we don’t even question how much we’re doing it,” Merchant says. Nilofer Merchant: Got a meeting? Take a walk “In that way, s... | <urn:uuid:ad1340b9-229f-46ea-b786-72f2db34a754> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://blog.ted.com/walking-meetings-5-surprising-thinkers-who-swore-by-them/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320130.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623184505-20170623204505-00130.warc.gz | en | 0.965432 | 792 | 2.734375 | 3 |
MARATHON, Fla. (AP) — Florida is marking the centennial of Henry Flagler’s Over-Sea Railroad, which steamed through the Florida Keys Jan. 22, 1912, carrying residents and tourists from Miami through the once-isolated island chain to Key West for the first time ever.
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NASA’s resilient Opportunity Mars rover is rolling again after waiting out the harsh Red Planet winter for more than four months.
On Tuesday (May 8), the Opportunity rover moved its wheels for the first time since late December, NASA officials said. The rover drove about 12 feet (3.7 meters) downhill from its overwinte... | <urn:uuid:acedbd31-b69e-4821-9cc4-d1704d13db8d> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.foxnews.com/tech/2012/05/10/mars-rover-opportunity-survives-harsh-martian-winter-to-rove-again.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320669.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626032235-20170626052235-00370.warc.gz | en | 0.9569 | 1,156 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Barton's Youth Baseball Great site for youth baseball players and their parents! Get great tips on pitching, fielding, and hitting. Also, information is provided for parents who are coaches of youth baseball teams
Baseball - Abner Doubleday Doubleday has often been credited with inventing the game of baseball in 1839 a... | <urn:uuid:d5a9dab7-4e57-4b06-802d-04e7acbfe8c3> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://kinderstart.com/sportsandexercise/baseballandteeball(tball).html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323680.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628120308-20170628140308-00610.warc.gz | en | 0.945444 | 742 | 2.578125 | 3 |
ROBERT MACNEIL: Richard, is, in your view, the prevalence of autism still rising?
DR. RICHARD GRINKER: Well, the answer to the question of whether the prevalence of autism is still rising is still open. There's a lot more data being gathered. And it's really a very pressing issue. The question of whether the prevalence... | <urn:uuid:8c4354cb-267f-4a3f-9c8a-19941c507db8> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://unstrange.com/pbs.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323680.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628120308-20170628140308-00610.warc.gz | en | 0.980924 | 4,429 | 2.796875 | 3 |
ncl_wtstr man page
WTSTR — draws a specified text string at a specified position in the user coordinate system. The call has arguments specifying the size, orientation, and centering of the string.
WTSTR specifies character sizes in Plotter Address Units (PAUs), which are no longer used in NCAR Graphics; thus, WTSTR is... | <urn:uuid:156d7d0d-23d7-4377-924f-23d9777d1e3c> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.mankier.com/3/ncl_wtstr | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323680.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628120308-20170628140308-00610.warc.gz | en | 0.747809 | 731 | 2.828125 | 3 |
St. Udio - Sorry - as I said, my original sources were print materials in old science magazines. I am addicted to reading and sifting through garage
sale boxes - but my storage is limited and I restrain my actual purchases, so can't cite source details. Here's a quick overview of what's on the
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He was an illegitimate son of Geoffrey of Anjou, and thus a half-brother of King Henry II, and an uncle of Richard the Lionheart and King John. His half-brother Henry gave him one of the wealthiest heiresses in England, Isabella de Warenne, in her own right Countess of Surrey. She was the widow of William of Blois. Ham... | <urn:uuid:0d7a57ed-c218-44a2-8e70-4b673bfdb58b> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://familypedia.wikia.com/wiki/Hamelin_de_Warenne_(c1129-1202) | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319943.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623012730-20170623032730-00329.warc.gz | en | 0.955757 | 560 | 2.984375 | 3 |
For thousands of years, people around the globe have found mental and emotional support from animals. If you have a pet, you know how you can feel calmer when stroking your cat or how seeing your puppy makes you smile at the end of a stressful day.
Most of us have experienced the comfort that an animal provides at some... | <urn:uuid:68688c0e-fcc8-4212-8284-d94436e78f1a> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://onlinedogtor.com/category/blog/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319943.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623012730-20170623032730-00329.warc.gz | en | 0.958977 | 964 | 3.171875 | 3 |
In 2002, the Secretary General of the United Nations commissioned the UN Millennium Project ‘to develop a concrete action plan for the world to achieve the Millennium Development Goals and to reverse the grinding poverty, hunger and disease affecting billions of people.’
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Testosterone, the hormone that puts a spring in a man's step, may also lead to benign prostate hyperplasia, enlarged prostate, according to a study by UCSB researchers; © UCSB
A study by UCSB anthropologists connects increased diabetes risk and higher levels of testosterone to prostate enlargement.
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2Today we’re going to begin the study of Greek Literature Today we’re going to begin the study of Greek Literature. We’ll be examining various aspects of the Golden Age of Greece including culture, art, playwrights, philosophy and theater, and how these things are still affective in today’s society. We’ll be looking in... | <urn:uuid:ec516528-1796-4ff4-97eb-cb9bf2e56de4> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://slideplayer.com/slide/3195987/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320264.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624152159-20170624172159-00490.warc.gz | en | 0.948809 | 765 | 3.28125 | 3 |
YOUR SKIN is a reflection of your inner being. Aside from lifestyle and genetics, what you eat plays a role in your skin health. Eating the right foods will not only enhance your natural beauty, it will help minimize wrinkles, acne, inflammation and other skin-related conditions. Most people treat their skin with chemi... | <urn:uuid:a74ee39c-1e80-46f3-a96a-12fe1e938960> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://girlwhowouldbeking.com/2013/05/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320679.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626050425-20170626070425-00650.warc.gz | en | 0.909025 | 969 | 2.515625 | 3 |
In ancient times, there were coins of a hundred in value. The pictogram of “Hundred” was of “One” (a horizontal stroke) over a drawing of coin.
The characters of “hundred” and “ten thousand” would be the term “million” which is a hundred multplies by ten thousand.
“The hundred joints, the nine orifices (eyes, nostrils,... | <urn:uuid:2626a42c-1713-4256-a201-47ce63f080eb> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://freeasymind.wordpress.com/tag/small-big-minds/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323711.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628153051-20170628173051-00170.warc.gz | en | 0.938203 | 283 | 3.125 | 3 |
Grade 12 Global Studies Nutrition & Health HFA 4C Human Development throughout the Lifespan HHG 4M Challenge & Change in Society HSB 4U West & the World History CHY4U / CHY4C Analysing Current Economics Issues CIA 4U Canadian & International Law CLN4U Canadian & International Politics CPW4U HFA 4C Relationship between ... | <urn:uuid:1834d70f-775f-43cd-b113-84517c0adc5e> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://slidegur.com/doc/162741/grade-12-global-studies | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323908.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20170629103036-20170629123036-00250.warc.gz | en | 0.870878 | 1,606 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Find more Browneller relatives and grow your tree by exploring billions of historical records. Taken every decade since 1790, the U.S. Federal Census can tell you a lot about your family. For example, from 1930 to 1940 there were 43 more people named Browneller in the United States — and some of them are likely related... | <urn:uuid:69ce675d-858c-4fca-8648-383be6aeb7f0> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.ancestry.com/family-trees/browneller | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319992.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623031127-20170623051127-00609.warc.gz | en | 0.985964 | 183 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Duration: 25 minutes
Summary: In this video, we are going to discuss panels. A Panel is a good way of grouping information for large forms. We can divide a large form (like an insurance form) into meaningful pieces. We can have control over the properties of the panel (for example by setting the “GroupingText” property... | <urn:uuid:d827b8ea-5144-44b7-8b92-a878bfcee285> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://mrbool.com/using-panels-course-asp-net-4-and-visual-studio-2010-lesson-8/21471 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320201.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623220935-20170624000935-00690.warc.gz | en | 0.849074 | 283 | 3.03125 | 3 |
THE climate change summit at the United Nations on Tuesday, September 22nd, is aimed to build momentum for the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen in December, where nations will continue negotiations on a successor to the 1997 Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2... | <urn:uuid:b6385f64-e841-47da-98ff-4f3203e43b19> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.robertstavinsblog.org/2009/09/21/three-pillars-of-a-new-climate-pact/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320201.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623220935-20170624000935-00690.warc.gz | en | 0.938716 | 1,106 | 2.71875 | 3 |
|PowerPoint Best Practices|
“People who know what they’re talking about don’t need PowerPoint.” Steve Jobs
He said it, not me. However, if you want to use a couple of slides, these two guidelines will bring you into the 21st century:
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Did you know that to find worms Blackbirds use
They run and pause along the ground as they cover an area looking for worms. They then stop to cock their heads and look on the ground for prey.
They cock their heads because their eyes are positioned laterally which gives them excellent peripheral vision. The blackbird sw... | <urn:uuid:50dbfeaf-e5ed-4dc6-8e2d-f785440f90db> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://birdtablenews.com/2009/07/blackbird-facts/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320323.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624184733-20170624204733-00050.warc.gz | en | 0.977058 | 424 | 3.84375 | 4 |
Separate names with a comma.
Discussion in 'Mac Programming' started by Howiieque, Feb 27, 2009.
why do we use this directive? what can it do?
I think all it does is make a special comment which Xcode adds to the quick jump list thing at the top of an xcode code view window. Immediately underneath the title bar there i... | <urn:uuid:244d5a98-a814-42b7-930e-03c7a8b6e97c> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/about-pragma-mark.658959/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320532.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625134002-20170625154002-00130.warc.gz | en | 0.932236 | 197 | 2.90625 | 3 |
No, not the queen mother of all “F” words. I’m talking about fear of FAILURE.
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Kidneys are one of the vital body organs, as their function is to eliminate waste and toxins from the body through the urine.
Thus, they regulate the levels of minerals, such as calcium, and phosphate.
Additionally, kidneys regulate blood pressure as they produce essential hormones which are necessary for this function... | <urn:uuid:39b4013b-39dd-4be4-b028-f1ec401e7df4> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://naturalcarebox.com/10-common-habits-damage-kidneys-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320695.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626083037-20170626103037-00210.warc.gz | en | 0.949699 | 1,275 | 3.4375 | 3 |
The best medicine microscopic wars rage constantly within
your body but you are normally not aware that these incessant
battles against infection are being fought. The attackers
are tiny but can be plentiful and lethal. Some are so
small that 230 million of them could fit on the period
at the end of this sentence. Idea... | <urn:uuid:c3ba3315-e4ee-4e2a-afb5-f671077723b3> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://deborarobinett.com/articles/article11.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320915.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627032130-20170627052130-00290.warc.gz | en | 0.893138 | 1,287 | 2.703125 | 3 |