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Parenting Tips: How to Ensure Healthy Brain Development in your Teen - Part 2
Encourage your child to think creatively and critically.
Ensuring Healthy Brain Development: Part 2
For part 1, please click here
This time of your teen’s development is really crucial due to the fact that right now, the environmental influen... | <urn:uuid:c6598f18-3c63-4d0a-a3f9-4422457ee8a9> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://hubpages.com/family/Parenting-Tips-How-to-Ensure-Healthy-Brain-Development-in-your-Teen-Part-2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320243.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624082900-20170624102900-00388.warc.gz | en | 0.972685 | 2,321 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Australia, Country Fire Service, environment, fire departments, Fire Service, Firefighters, Forest Fires, grass fires, low visibility, major hazard management, major hazards, New South Wales Rural Fire Service, Nothing Like the Sun, nuclear dangers, nuclear energy, nuclear fuel chain, nuclear power, nuclear reactor mel... | <urn:uuid:21418f50-b4a1-4c36-a455-2615f019552f> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://miningawareness.wordpress.com/2015/08/02/dangers-of-bushfires-wildfires-nuclear-business/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320243.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624082900-20170624102900-00388.warc.gz | en | 0.946131 | 4,241 | 2.75 | 3 |
Snowfinch population structure in western Europe
Integrating genetic and stable isotope analyses to infer Snowfinch population’s connectivity
Division of Conservation Biology,
Institute of Ecology and Evolution,
University of Bern, Switzerland
Integrating genetic and stable isotope analyses to infer the population stru... | <urn:uuid:13e2cb97-3b29-4888-93f7-0cd6263cdfdb> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.bou.org.uk/resano-mayor-snowfinch-population/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320243.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624082900-20170624102900-00388.warc.gz | en | 0.874518 | 2,426 | 3.296875 | 3 |
Construction of the new hydropower plant will take place on Kurichhu River at an elevation of 768m, with initial reservoir length of 6.8km, and depth of full reservoir level at 850m. The features of this proposed construction requires careful planning of design, operation and mechanism, including an essential need to u... | <urn:uuid:2f5a36c1-bbc6-4139-addd-a65503695c65> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.mikepoweredbydhi.com/global/news/2016/09/supporting-new-hydropower-plant-construction-in-bhutan-with-reservoir-sedimentation-study | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320395.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625032210-20170625052210-00468.warc.gz | en | 0.934547 | 379 | 2.828125 | 3 |
ICEL’s work in preparing chant settings of the English translation has been guided by several principles:A sample of the updated chants are as follows, some with a very familiar melody:
- To preserve and recover the tradition of unaccompanied singing in the Roman Rite, since the liturgy “is given a more noble form when... | <urn:uuid:47ffeb54-c9f6-475f-9021-c2ea57697adb> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://catholicponderings.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-translation-of-roman-missal-news.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320593.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625221343-20170626001343-00548.warc.gz | en | 0.910498 | 296 | 2.625 | 3 |
Earlier this week, the UK House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee held a hearing on "Protecting the Arctic" (available for viewing here). The session focused on threats to the Arctic posed by climate change and potential responses. Key topics included tipping points, sea-ice retreat, methane releases, and geoeng... | <urn:uuid:2a3334d4-847b-4b8e-bd93-b396e7b8c7f5> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://geoengineeringpolitics.blogspot.ca/2012/02/environmental-audit-committee-hearing.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320593.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625221343-20170626001343-00548.warc.gz | en | 0.956643 | 522 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Of 3 4 weeks, the bird drinks almost below of nipple, with the head still more inclined, and 4 6 weeks or more the bird drinks right under nipple, with the head total strained. Height of the water throughs to each is regulated daily it 2 days in the first weeks and from there in ahead. To each adjustment the levelling ... | <urn:uuid:0ff543dd-65d8-4355-8515-e483e5ec605c> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.regatorbreakingnews.com/2017/04/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320841.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626170406-20170626190406-00628.warc.gz | en | 0.942028 | 380 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Prof. Wit Busza
8.03 Physics III: Vibrations and Waves is the third course in the core physics curriculum at MIT, following 8.01 Physics I: Classical Mechanics and 8.02 Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism. Topics include mechanical vibrations and waves, electromagnetic waves, and optics. These Problem Solving Help Vi... | <urn:uuid:2621ce2b-b1f3-48bb-9295-204b32db30a1> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://ocw.mit.edu/resources/res-8-005-vibrations-and-waves-problem-solving-fall-2012/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320841.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626170406-20170626190406-00628.warc.gz | en | 0.949963 | 179 | 2.78125 | 3 |
|Scientific Name:||Antechinus stuartii|
|Species Authority:||Macleay, 1841|
|Taxonomic Notes:||According to Van Dyck and Crowther (2000) this taxon represents a species complex, out of which Antechinus adustus and A. subtropicus have already been split.|
|Red List Category & Criteria:||Least Concern ver 3.1|
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AN INTRODUCTION TO THE NJ CLEAN COMMUNITIES PROGRAM
New Jersey Clean Communities is a statewide litter-abatement program. It is funded by the Clean Communities Act and managed by the New Jersey Department of Treasury and Environmental Protection as well as the New Jersey Clean Communities Council. It isembraced by busi... | <urn:uuid:48e2ea30-43d2-4cfb-8a72-43240ccdd5a0> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://monroetownshipnj.org/3-2/department-of-development-housing/clean-communities/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323588.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628083538-20170628103538-00068.warc.gz | en | 0.924953 | 555 | 2.953125 | 3 |
But what does 'Counterculture' mean?
It's a wide term, and we won't try to narrow it too much.
Our wikia is about the Counterculture of today and through history. Our realm covers centuries, decades, years, days and fleeting moments. Great social movements, inspiring men and women, and partly baked ideas.
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1993 Scorecard Vote
During the same debate on EPA Cabinet elevation, Sen. Kit Bond (R-MO) attempted to add an amendment to, among other things, give the Soil Conservation Service sole authority to decide which agricultural lands should be classified as wetlands. At the time of this vote, the official definition of land... | <urn:uuid:f00bc1e3-8f0a-438c-b6af-c32d70c3d480> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://scorecard.lcv.org/roll-call-vote/1993-113-wetlands-classification | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319902.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622201826-20170622221826-00507.warc.gz | en | 0.959239 | 303 | 2.546875 | 3 |
The definition of conceptual design varies from person to person. It seems everyone has their own definitions of what conceptual design is and what it is all about. Here is some information that will clear up misconceptions about conceptual design.
To some people, conceptual design is nothing more than making prototype... | <urn:uuid:b208ff5a-3499-4042-90c1-c10e84003f33> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.ehow.com/about_4570087_conceptual-design.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319902.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622201826-20170622221826-00507.warc.gz | en | 0.955511 | 416 | 3.328125 | 3 |
Wireless technology drives the mobile devices people use every day, such as phones, tablets, laptops, GPS, and more. Wireless technology can also enable better performance and energy savings for commercial buildings.
What does wireless tech have to do with energy?
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Chatham Manor is the Georgian-style home completed in 1771 by William Fitzhugh, after about 3 years of construction, on the Rappahannock River in Stafford County, Virginia, opposite Fredericksburg. It was for more than a century the center of a large, thriving plantation. Flanking the main house were dozens of supporti... | <urn:uuid:1e4c9c20-05c9-4179-b6f1-3008574ab47e> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://newafrikan77.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/1805-chatham-manor-virgina-slave-rebellion/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319902.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622201826-20170622221826-00507.warc.gz | en | 0.979133 | 1,000 | 3.65625 | 4 |
Mill Creek Bridge
Spanning Mill Creek on the Columbia River Highway (now the Mosier-The Dalles Highway), The Dalles, Wasco County, Oregon.
UTM: The Dalles, Oregon Quad. 10/641400/5051375
Date of Construction
Reinforced-concrete deck girder
Conde B. McCullough, Oregon State Highway Department
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North American Indian Ink
If we omit Bressani's whole lack of understanding on the road to the spiritual bearing of tattoos we learn a vigorous catch about the exercise elucidate. To the spent we see Haida tattoo needles in concert in 1883. Memo how plug, yet shorter, the tools are compared to traditional mend aspirati... | <urn:uuid:c3555469-9c9d-4aeb-a78c-a0846d746119> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://nicoledewalt.com/north-american-indian-ink.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320443.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625064745-20170625084745-00028.warc.gz | en | 0.956801 | 1,128 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Thanks to efforts by environmentalists and opponents of the natural gas industry, the process of fracking has come under the limelight recently – and the federal government is considering new, tougher regulations for the hydraulic fracturing industry. Although at one point some environmental groups saw natural gas as a... | <urn:uuid:cecb692a-772c-4887-9c4c-eb21d09ff885> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://inhabitat.com/sierra-club-turned-down-30-million-gift-from-natural-gas-fracking-company/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320666.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626013946-20170626033946-00108.warc.gz | en | 0.966894 | 479 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Images from Legos and dominos have become quite common these days. But designer Nathalie Boutté used the same principles of pixilation to create stunningly detailed pictures that are made entirely out of paper strips! The self-taught artist combines elements from disciplines such as painting, sculpting and photography ... | <urn:uuid:4ed8d8a8-dca2-4317-9d22-5938c8eeec9b> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.designbuzz.com/nathalie-boutts-creation-paper-strips-textured-images/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320865.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626203042-20170626223042-00188.warc.gz | en | 0.933684 | 351 | 2.75 | 3 |
Scandinavians tended to settle in groups or even form their own communities. This made it easier for them to preserve their culture and to get along in a new country amid strangers. To continue their traditions and religion, they would often find someone who had been trained in the Lutheran clergy to lead their religio... | <urn:uuid:31ad0bea-91bf-4009-85ac-02c873b24cb8> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.genealogytoday.com/articles/reader.mv?ID=577 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320865.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626203042-20170626223042-00188.warc.gz | en | 0.981854 | 775 | 3.359375 | 3 |
Before the modern jumbo jet and its first class suites, the biggest and grandest thing in luxury air travel was the German Zeppelin Airship.
Of all the massive Zeppelin’s constructed, the most famous was the Hindenburg. The Hindenburg was designed to ferry passengers across the Atlantic in serenity, with the dirigible ... | <urn:uuid:9e263064-95c0-43f6-be4c-683da011fe1c> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://thejustist.wordpress.com/2014/11/24/these-amazing-color-photos-of-the-hindenburg-zeppelin-show-what-luxury-air-travel-was-like-80-years-ago/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320865.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626203042-20170626223042-00188.warc.gz | en | 0.953719 | 312 | 3.15625 | 3 |
An abscessed tooth occurs when the decaying tooth is left untreated or there is a gum disease or a chipped tooth and which results in a pus filled and often painful infection that could spread and damage other teeth and even the bones of the face. It usually occurs in tooth socket, or the root area below the tooth. Her... | <urn:uuid:48cabd19-d259-4db4-878a-c9144c4958ef> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.top10healthbenefits.com/remedies-for-abscessed-tooth/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323604.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628101910-20170628121910-00348.warc.gz | en | 0.944138 | 913 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Hubble image of a star exploding may reveal the gruesome fate of our sun
Stars like our sun appear so luminous because they're nuclear fusion factories. Many convert hydrogen into helium inside their super-heated cores. But as a star ages, its nuclear fusion eventually starts to fade and fizzle out. The dying star begi... | <urn:uuid:c4ed5063-0fd6-4a78-bcd0-4297198255f4> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.aol.com/article/2016/03/07/hubble-image-of-a-star-exploding-may-reveal-the-gruesome-fate-of/21323918/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323604.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628101910-20170628121910-00348.warc.gz | en | 0.940388 | 220 | 3.28125 | 3 |
Imagine number crunching on thousands of anonymous computers. That may sound dull and lifeless, but distributed computing is anything but. By donating your PC's idle time, you can participate in important medical research and even assist in the search for extraterrestrial life.
Far from the search for little green peop... | <urn:uuid:d3113df1-eefb-47f7-b117-be74d3d97b3e> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,8606,00.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319933.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622234435-20170623014435-00067.warc.gz | en | 0.924191 | 405 | 2.859375 | 3 |
The Fukushima multiple nuclear disasters continue spewing out hot stuff like there’s no tomorrow. By all appearances, it is getting worse, out-of-control nuclear meltdowns.
On June 19th TEPCO reported the highest-ever readings of strontium-90 outside of the Fukushima plant ports. The readings were 1,000,000 Bq/m3 of st... | <urn:uuid:3b9ebd51-fc8d-4a62-bd8d-d4741c35cd83> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://citizenperth.wordpress.com/2015/06/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320263.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624133941-20170624153941-00228.warc.gz | en | 0.944737 | 2,934 | 2.578125 | 3 |
BEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) — Two Chinese mathematicians have put the final pieces together in the solution to a puzzle that has perplexed scientists around the globe for more than a century.
Professor Cao Huaidong, of Lehigh University in Pennsylvania, and Professor Zhu Xiping, of Zhongshan (Sun Yat-sen) University in so... | <urn:uuid:c5758585-3ee0-4349-a00c-ee5e5917392a> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://blueskieschina.com/2006/06/03/chinese-mathematicians-solve-global-puzzle/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320476.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625083108-20170625103108-00308.warc.gz | en | 0.947472 | 430 | 2.796875 | 3 |
The Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity has issued a new notification on ways of strengthening conservation of crop wild relatives in Protected Areas or through other area based conservation measures.
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(noun) A habitat is the natural environment in which a bird lives, including all associated plant life, landforms, climate and other wildlife. A healthy, diverse habitat is essential for birds to thrive.
(rhymes with acrobat, copycat and diplomat)
A habitat includes all four necessities for a bird's survival – food, wa... | <urn:uuid:d9c62852-8cc2-4888-9fae-7b2ba5c5b894> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.thespruce.com/understanding-bird-habitats-385273 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320669.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626032235-20170626052235-00388.warc.gz | en | 0.923892 | 972 | 4.09375 | 4 |
Mosquitoes are one of many groups (families or orders) of flying insects common to Sutter and Yuba counties. Many look a lot like mosquitoes, both in size and color. This can make it very difficult to tell mosquitoes from other insects. These other flying insects may be an annoyance, but very few of them bite or are of... | <urn:uuid:a5203aac-acd4-4852-891c-e4feb800005a> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://sutter-yubamvcd.org/mosquito-insects | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321497.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627170831-20170627190831-00548.warc.gz | en | 0.970943 | 679 | 3.78125 | 4 |
Text: Peeyush Sekhsaria
Images: Rajendra Desai
Editing: Anupriya Saraswat
4350 feet above the sea level, nestled in the Shiwaliks, a small collection of run-down buildings and sprawling fields partially hidden among dense green foliage is what constitutes Neer Village.
A few kilometres east of Narendra Nagar (a small, ... | <urn:uuid:3e0a06e0-49f7-476f-84b9-c2a9030511f3> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.posts.architecturelive.in/retrofit-government-intermediate-college-neer-uttarakhand-by-ncpdp-rajendra-desai/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323680.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628120308-20170628140308-00628.warc.gz | en | 0.937594 | 886 | 2.515625 | 3 |
In the 1990s, it became quite common to hear arguments about the ‘decline of the state’, and the accompanying loss (or diffusion) of sovereignty. Evidence for such arguments included the end of the Cold War, globalization, the growth of corporate power, and the internet. Today, many people still see the internet as an ... | <urn:uuid:a3518efc-5c51-4a5d-b098-6b90b806530c> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://zajko.ca/2015/12/31/digital-sovereignty/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323680.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628120308-20170628140308-00628.warc.gz | en | 0.950507 | 764 | 2.859375 | 3 |
WASHINGTON DC —
Some Zimbabweans attended a climate change conference in Harare Thursday amid reports by UNICEF that 11 million children in eastern and southern Africa, including Zimbabwe, are facing hunger due one of the strongest El Nino weather phenomenon in decades.
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There's a beautiful area in the Trossachs called Loch Katrine. It's the main drinking water source for Glasgow so strict guidelines are in place as to what can and cannot happen there. Queen Victoria did the honors of "turning the handle" in 1859. Originally is was considered a remote area to visit until "The Lady of t... | <urn:uuid:60dde0db-6a90-458c-8e49-c4a78d005e61> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://ascotintennessee.blogspot.com/2010/02/scots-corner-lady-of-lake-is-where.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323889.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20170629070237-20170629090237-00708.warc.gz | en | 0.978583 | 238 | 2.984375 | 3 |
"Kites fly so beautifully"
We have noticed a trend in our classroom lately. Many, many students have been making kites and wanting to fly them. As educators, we knew we were probably on to something! We have been encouraging the students to make kites and ask questions.
|A.A's "bird kite"|
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Dinghy sailing tips for gybing a dinghy sailboat jibe and jibing sailing term how to gybe dinghy racing tips. Foil jibing sailing with the words jibe oh and sailing single handed or solo gybing tips and techniques.
Changing direction and sailing away from the wind is termed gybing. In gybing or jibing it is the stern, ... | <urn:uuid:a5a67dc9-5296-44ce-b0d7-1988d5632121> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://working-the-sails.com/gybing.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323889.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20170629070237-20170629090237-00708.warc.gz | en | 0.920036 | 1,249 | 2.875 | 3 |
PART I BEFORE THE PRESENT SEA
THE SALTON SEA -- ITS BEGINNINGS
The story of the Salton begins with the formation of a great shallow depression, or basin which modem explorers have called the Salton Sink. Several million years ago a long arm of the Pacific Ocean extended from the Gulf of California though the present Im... | <urn:uuid:018b757e-bd50-47c6-bd68-4ad0cd371a83> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/salton/PeriscopeSaltonSeaCh1-4.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319943.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623012730-20170623032730-00347.warc.gz | en | 0.978664 | 7,709 | 3.578125 | 4 |
The midget and parasol ganglion cells are the most abundant output neurons in the primate retina, and are fundamental for our perception of color, form and motion. Midget (sustained) ganglion cells respond optimally to slow changes in light intensity, whereas parasol (transient) ganglion cells can detect more rapid flu... | <urn:uuid:d2c93586-844b-4af5-b5c6-09eba974e000> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://grantome.com/grant/NIH/R01-EY024265-01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320174.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623202724-20170623222724-00428.warc.gz | en | 0.843924 | 743 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Scientists found that a compound in the chocolate can mimic the effects of exercise, stimulating the same muscle response in terms of being able to exercise for longer.
Although the research was carried out in mice, it is thought the findings could translate to humans.
It has long been known that a small amount of coco... | <urn:uuid:50897edf-f8f8-49a8-9d1a-564426f44e08> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/271347/Chocolate-gives-you-a-workout | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320174.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623202724-20170623222724-00428.warc.gz | en | 0.969258 | 384 | 3.1875 | 3 |
In the seventh chapter of his gospel Saint John describes how Jesus, during the last year of His earthly life, went with His disciples to Jerusalem in order to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles, an eight-day autumn harvest festival commemorating the wanderings of ancient Israel in the wilderness of Sinai, a time when ... | <urn:uuid:3f617359-7137-4fcf-aca8-ae3720d1389d> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://frmilovan.wordpress.com/2009/06/08/pentecost-sunday/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320174.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623202724-20170623222724-00428.warc.gz | en | 0.976328 | 1,295 | 2.546875 | 3 |
The largest canal in the world, the Grand Canal of China wends its way through four provinces, beginning at Beijing and ending at Hangzhou. It ties together two of the greatest rivers in the world – the Yangtze River and the Yellow River – as well as smaller waterways such as the Hai River, the Qiantang River, and the ... | <urn:uuid:39cd02ad-3ce4-492b-a007-d00cd98d372c> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://history.followcn.com/2017/03/10/chinas-grand-canal/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320264.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624152159-20170624172159-00508.warc.gz | en | 0.961317 | 1,036 | 4.03125 | 4 |
Tracheostomy — What Does It Mean?
What is a tracheostomy?
A tracheostomy (tray-kee-OS-tuh-me) is an opening cut into the windpipe, or trachea. It is used as an airway for breathing. After the opening is made, a small tube is inserted to let air in, and to attach a breathing machine (mechanical ventilator) if needed. Mu... | <urn:uuid:fb54600c-b749-47e6-9567-163eb3bdb114> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://upmc.com/patients-visitors/education/breathing/Pages/tracheostomy.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321553.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627203405-20170627223405-00108.warc.gz | en | 0.93288 | 736 | 3.90625 | 4 |
A place of remembrance
The Track 17 memorial at Grunewald railway station
Deutsche Bahn AG has erected a central memorial in Berlin to commemorate the deportation of Jewish citizens by Deutsche Reichsbahn during the Nazi era. The memorial in Grunewald is open to the general public.
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A Smart City is an urban development vision to integrate multiple Information and Communication Technology and Internet of Things solutions in a secure fashion to manage a city’s assets – the city’s assets include, but are not limited to, local departments’ information systems, schools, libraries, transportation system... | <urn:uuid:a7745507-6c12-4f73-9830-e936076a3d1f> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://blog.amt.in/index.php/2017/03/23/smart-city-moving-forward/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323711.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628153051-20170628173051-00188.warc.gz | en | 0.919053 | 569 | 3.796875 | 4 |
Noble prize Winner Dr. Otto H Warburg , who discovered the real cause of cancer, has found that the root cause of cancer is oxygen deficiency. Oxygen deficiency leads to an acidic state in the human body. Dr. Warburg also found that cancer cells are anaerobic (do not breathe oxygen) and cannot survive in the presence o... | <urn:uuid:4ea4c656-e404-4215-8e81-3447e2cf7686> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://healthycures.org/your-body-is-acidic-here-is-what-you-need-to-do | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323711.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628153051-20170628173051-00188.warc.gz | en | 0.896866 | 453 | 2.984375 | 3 |
When you think about renewable energy, the usual suspects come to mind. Solar farms in the American Southwest. Wind energy in the central plains. Even tidal energy along the coasts and biofuels everywhere in between.
Yet one area that doesn’t get much focus is algae, the simple organism that turns energy from the sun i... | <urn:uuid:ee145fa2-75fd-4972-8631-ecca1bc5f937> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2012/11/29/can-algae-power-the-future/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323711.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628153051-20170628173051-00188.warc.gz | en | 0.951498 | 799 | 3.203125 | 3 |
The Story of Miss Moppet
First edition cover
|Published||November 1906 (Frederick Warne & Co)|
The Story of Miss Moppet is a tale about teasing, featuring a kitten and a mouse, that was written and illustrated by Beatrix Potter. It was published by Frederick Warne & Co for the 1906 Christmas season. Potter was born in ... | <urn:uuid:759daa45-56f3-4687-bc48-cbe47058c32e> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Miss_Moppet | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323711.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628153051-20170628173051-00188.warc.gz | en | 0.922773 | 5,489 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Diastolic Dysfunction and Pulmonary Hypertension
Every time a healthy heart pumps oxygen-rich blood from the lungs into the rest of the body, it goes through two phases — a contracting or pumping phase (called systolic function) and a relaxing phase (called diastolic function).
What Is Diastolic Dysfunction?
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The government plans to set a standard of rules regarding the Internet and broadband access. In other words, the government wants to control Internet access. This is the FCC’s statement on the proposed regulations:
- No Blocking: broadband providers may not block access to legal content, applications, services, or non-... | <urn:uuid:6df949ac-b7fb-4ce9-b447-996208cac9b0> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://anotherdeclaration.wordpress.com/2015/10/28/net-neutrality/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323908.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20170629103036-20170629123036-00268.warc.gz | en | 0.938202 | 645 | 2.734375 | 3 |
What I was so inept in sharing in the conversation was that in 1860, Napoleon III, Emperor of France, visited the workshop of an engineer named Paul Gustave Froment, and was given a demonstration of a device called a pantelegraph that was able to reproduce printed messages across telegraph lines. The pantelegraph was i... | <urn:uuid:57181f16-f34b-40f7-b0df-fdd617db65be> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://jeremyblevins.com/2012/09/06/napoleons-fax-machine/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323908.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20170629103036-20170629123036-00268.warc.gz | en | 0.97449 | 267 | 2.890625 | 3 |
2LLI is a supplemental, five day a week 30 minute literacy intervention for K, 1, and 2 students who struggle with literacy in the classroom. The intervention is for no more than 3 students and meant to be short-term to accelerate student’s progress. The system includes appropriate leveled text reading, intensive syste... | <urn:uuid:bdf4425f-5a1c-4db0-b9c9-73e5b976805d> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://slideplayer.com/slide/4199354/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319992.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623031127-20170623051127-00627.warc.gz | en | 0.908883 | 1,097 | 3.625 | 4 |
Special Discounts for Pupils, Newly Called & Students
Browse Secondhand Online
This book focuses on one part of the judicial system: the criminal justice chain. This involves all the activities and actors dealing with policing, prosecution, judgment, and sanctioning of crimes. In the last decades, reforms have been imp... | <urn:uuid:e4c4b655-5c51-44b3-b616-8bcf203e717f> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.wildy.com/isbn/9783319258003/modernization-of-the-criminal-justice-chain-and-the-judicial-system-new-insights-on-trust-cooperation-and-human-capital-hardback-springer-verlag | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319992.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623031127-20170623051127-00627.warc.gz | en | 0.948155 | 280 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Michael J. Fox, a popular Hollywood actor who was diagnosed with young- onset Parkinson’s disease in 1991, stands as a hero with his organization Michael J. Fox Parkinson’s Research Foundation. He states boldly on his website, “Our Challenges don’t define us. Our Actions do!”
Increasingly, we are seeing caregivers deal... | <urn:uuid:974d6c7a-e045-4fff-ab94-d56b3ad96a0d> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://preferhome.com/blog/elder-care-for-parkinsons-disease/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319992.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623031127-20170623051127-00627.warc.gz | en | 0.948495 | 898 | 2.671875 | 3 |
This is a long blog. If you want a summary then José Valim has provided a summary in less than 140 characters.
It is common to see following code in Rails
If you want output in xml format then request with
.xml extension at the end like this
localhost:3000/users.xml and you will get the output in xml format.
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Don't study words at random and get them all confused. Get them straight and put them into long-term memory. Start now with the Latin root pugnare, meaning to fight.
So many SAT Prep courses and testing materials give list after list of random words to be memorized. Students don’t enjoy these vocabulary lists and, fran... | <urn:uuid:d7d01e69-c5ba-43e1-be2d-f571851c504c> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.vocabulary-lesson-plans.com/sat-vocabulary.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320201.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623220935-20170624000935-00708.warc.gz | en | 0.916574 | 187 | 2.921875 | 3 |
Wood uses solar energy to grow and it stores vast amounts of carbon dioxide during photosynthesis. A cubic meter of timber thus locks away around one ton of the harmful greenhouse gas. At least another ton is saved when using wood instead of other building material which require a lot of fossil energy and release CO2 d... | <urn:uuid:2a9356c7-7368-4df0-a291-5bec58c99e35> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.stommel-haus.co.uk/welcome/6-good-reasons/ecology-sustainability/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320532.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625134002-20170625154002-00148.warc.gz | en | 0.917531 | 366 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Neurologic disease characterized by exaggerated, and
often violent, startle reflexes that are produced by the slightest stimulus.
It is usually associated with echolalia and echopraxia.
Rare. Questionable genetic
component. Perhaps a psychological disease described as “operant
Seemingly a disease isolated to French Can... | <urn:uuid:28d9db9a-e622-4831-8020-fd872aafad7e> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?bookid=852§ionid=49517749 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320695.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626083037-20170626103037-00228.warc.gz | en | 0.852419 | 347 | 2.8125 | 3 |
- For other uses, see Quinn.
Quinn served as one of Q's mentors in the distant past. (TNG novels: The Q Continuum). Like the other members of the continuum, Quinn spent a great deal of time exploring the universe, and had spent several hundred years visiting Earth. During his visits to Earth, Quinn had influenced human... | <urn:uuid:a7999761-010f-4c76-864f-91422de51f3c> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://memory-beta.wikia.com/wiki/Quinn | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320915.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627032130-20170627052130-00308.warc.gz | en | 0.985069 | 743 | 2.75 | 3 |
“…I came to understand the importance of fatherhood through its absence—both in my life and in the lives of others. I came to understand that the hole a man leaves when he abandons his responsibility to his children is one that no government can fill.”
—President Obama, Fathers’ Day, 2009
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by Carole E. Scott
||Perhaps it was because Gabriel was 14 years older than George that, although the they were a lot alike, the "Bomb Brothers" were not close, but during the War Between the States they worked together like a hand and a glove. One made bombs, while his brother provided the powder that filled them.|
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How can teachers use wikis to promote collaborative learning?
|Photo Credit to tkcfiddler on Photobucket|
A wiki is a website or blogspace that is collaboratively edited and maintained by a group of people (EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative, 2005, July). Wikis are basically used to help students out with the lessons or obje... | <urn:uuid:807a3f5c-b8ec-4086-a512-031003c5165e> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://nw4me.blogspot.com/2013/03/chapter-8-communicating-and-networking.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321938.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627221726-20170628001726-00388.warc.gz | en | 0.939883 | 518 | 3.8125 | 4 |
When summer thunderstorms roll in, some pets dive for cover. If your dog or cat is among those terrified by storms or other sudden, loud noises, such as fireworks, there are steps you can take to help reduce your pet’s anxiety.
According to Dr. Kelly Ballantyne, a veterinarian with a special interest in animal behavior... | <urn:uuid:e8bffa4e-6191-4235-8a1b-35bf32e2daed> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2012/05/21/health-and-family/pets-animals/lowering-the-boom-reducing-pets-noise-sensitivities.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321938.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627221726-20170628001726-00388.warc.gz | en | 0.941513 | 781 | 2.71875 | 3 |
He Named Me Malala Press Release
Malala Yousafzai captured the world’s attention when she was shot in the head by members of the Taliban while riding home on the school bus in Swat Valley, Pakistan, on October 9, 2012. Her recovery was closely followed by media outlets around the globe, and in 2014 Malala became the yo... | <urn:uuid:afde4753-7d57-4805-9575-e485697b2de7> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://journeysinfilm.org/global-connections-update-fall-2015-malala-2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321938.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627221726-20170628001726-00388.warc.gz | en | 0.933165 | 626 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Digital photography certainly opened new horizons on imaging and gave photographers a very powerful set of tools. We enjoy the quality and spontaneity of digital cameras and the software to handle small or extensive image processing has improved greatly. We can create stitched panoramas for wide field of view photograp... | <urn:uuid:d5a8289a-b5d6-4a2f-8437-eed300c57b3d> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.keptlight.com/imagine/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321938.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627221726-20170628001726-00388.warc.gz | en | 0.95221 | 348 | 3.21875 | 3 |
Clayoquot Sound is a special place to live and visit because we are exposed to the elements of the wild west coast. Rugged coastlines, giant trees of the coastal temperate rainforest and diverse wildlife are just steps from our front doors. Such closeness to the natural world challenges us to live with greater care for... | <urn:uuid:620a1853-c30d-4c18-ac8b-82d09e8363d1> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://raincoasteducation.org/resources/articles/bears-tofino-living-wild | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323721.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628171342-20170628191342-00468.warc.gz | en | 0.959702 | 673 | 2.703125 | 3 |
These days more and more homeowners and business owners have been using solar energy. If you still don’t use solar energy, why haven’t you started? If you simply don’t possess enough knowledge to correctly utilize solar energy, then the below article can assist you. Keep reading to find out some great information on ta... | <urn:uuid:f50d462d-84f6-4184-82cd-ce0e1221a34f> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://tencandles.com/solar-energy/learning-all-you-need-to-know-about-solar-energy/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323721.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628171342-20170628191342-00468.warc.gz | en | 0.935843 | 692 | 2.515625 | 3 |
|Henry Gray (18251861). Anatomy of the Human Body. 1918.|
|antero-lateral abdominal wall. The testis thus acquires an indirect connection with the anterior abdominal wall; and at the same time a portion of the peritoneal cavity lateral to these fused folds is marked off as the future saccus vaginalis. In the inguinal c... | <urn:uuid:dbcc4772-b790-4ce9-b4f6-9d06e64e0dfd> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.bartleby.com/107/pages/page1211.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323970.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20170629121355-20170629141355-00548.warc.gz | en | 0.913855 | 1,006 | 3.15625 | 3 |
People claim these top 8 war memorials are haunted by ghosts
Every year, the living pay their respects to fallen soldiers and the victims of conflict by visiting war memorials. Given the sheer number of lives lost at these haunting sites, it’s no wonder that visitors experience profound melancholy. Others encounter eer... | <urn:uuid:63dd5400-e2ca-4b49-bca1-fccd646173b6> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.rawstory.com/2016/05/people-claim-these-top-8-us-war-memorials-are-haunted-by-ghosts/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323970.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20170629121355-20170629141355-00548.warc.gz | en | 0.958634 | 1,924 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Diabetes foot disease: the Cinderella of Australian diabetes management?
© Lazzarini et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2012
Received: 31 July 2012
Accepted: 14 August 2012
Published: 1 October 2012
Diabetes is one of the greatest public health challenges to face Australia. It is already Australia’s leading cause of ... | <urn:uuid:ec6df001-dc67-42c7-9ec2-5983c72c7a05> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://jfootankleres.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1757-1146-5-24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320023.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623063716-20170623083716-00187.warc.gz | en | 0.862847 | 8,330 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Another change comes in the Fourth Dynasty, and is to be noted first in the royal tombs, as is always the case. The Egyptians had now learned to cut stone and build with it. The burial chambers hollowed in the solid rock were necessarily smaller than the old chambers dug in the gravel and no longer sufficient to contai... | <urn:uuid:bc817011-ffef-4938-b1ab-abc311c832a1> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.bookrags.com/ebooks/12255/6.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320023.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20170623063716-20170623083716-00187.warc.gz | en | 0.972785 | 591 | 3.125 | 3 |
We have been discussing on ways of incorporating the OCW model to deliver educational materials to the North Koreans. Increasingly, universities are using various forms of OCW to share information with the public, where lectures are posted as webcasts and Columbia University even has clips on iTune U for download. Whil... | <urn:uuid:adfc00e5-9333-419f-9165-cc50c2b6394b> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.chosonexchange.org/our-blog/331 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320209.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624013626-20170624033626-00268.warc.gz | en | 0.935916 | 460 | 2.75 | 3 |
I have reviewed the first 2 MathLab apps. I like them being so simple and easy to follow, and the math activities being so diverse and different so kids won’t get bored easily. The first two MathLab apps are for kindergarten and first grade. Now they have a 3rd one in the series: MathLab for 2nd grade. Although it is d... | <urn:uuid:99558ee8-2971-4015-ab36-41217c5eec40> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://igamemom.com/encourage-love-of-math-with-engaging-math-games/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320338.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624203022-20170624223022-00348.warc.gz | en | 0.925663 | 590 | 3.015625 | 3 |
What is hydrocephalus?
Hydrocephalus is a condition where there is a build-up of excessive fluid in the brain. The brain normally relies on a certain level of cerebrospinal fluid for protection and nutrients. A build-up of this fluid increases the pressure on the brain, which can result in damage to the brain tissue.
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By Jamie Rogers
Faculty and staff of George Mason University were minding their own beeswax all summer.
As part of the Living Hive Project, artist Elsabé Dixon, a Mason alumna and Mason School of Art adjunct instructor, placed sections of a 12-part sculpture prototype made of plaster form and a drywall compound inside ... | <urn:uuid:1207efcd-ca20-4c48-800e-d4be1ef5be9d> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://soa.gmu.edu/the-bees-knees-mason-beehives-involved-in-collaborative-art-project/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320539.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625152316-20170625172316-00428.warc.gz | en | 0.977735 | 595 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Yesterday, in the supermarket, a customer dumped a whole basket full of power bars on the counter. The checkout counter person started to scan them in, one by one. After seeing about seven of them scanned, with a lot more to go, the customer piped up: “they are all the same!” The checkout person laughed and started to ... | <urn:uuid:91f98756-3ccf-47e7-b4fe-88567aecae1e> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://unlearningmath.com/2009/04/29/what-is-multiplication-part-x/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320539.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625152316-20170625172316-00428.warc.gz | en | 0.967574 | 777 | 3.46875 | 3 |
After banning neonicotinoid-containing pesticides earlier this year, the European Union Commission has added Fipronil to the list of banned chemicals. The majority vote was cast yesterday in an effort to help protect honey bee populations across Europe. The chemical came into question after the European Food Safety Aut... | <urn:uuid:8fe367c7-913f-4431-a600-1587328f9eda> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://inhabitat.com/eu-bans-fipronil-another-pesticide-harmful-to-bees/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320707.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626101322-20170626121322-00508.warc.gz | en | 0.95901 | 296 | 2.859375 | 3 |
As regular readers may know, my background is in chemical engineering. Three basic concepts drive almost everything else in the field: the conservation of mass, energy, and momentum. A vast majority of problems in my field can, and are, solved using some variant of these three concepts. Sure, the mass-energy equivalenc... | <urn:uuid:0c5648ca-d190-48cd-8723-9d00c9739279> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://arstechnica.com/science/2008/11/asanity-check-for-particle-physics/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320707.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626101322-20170626121322-00508.warc.gz | en | 0.965704 | 1,073 | 3.5625 | 4 |
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Scientists Map Food Security, Self-Provision of Major Cities
Dec. 12, 2013 — Wealthy capital cities vary greatly in their dependence on the global food market. The Australian capital Canberra produces the majority of its most common food in its regional hinterland, while Tokyo primarily ensures its food secur... | <urn:uuid:825c5e31-3c04-4151-9ac2-525f75196824> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://desertification.wordpress.com/2013/12/16/food-security-in-cities-science-daily/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320707.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626101322-20170626121322-00508.warc.gz | en | 0.929638 | 239 | 2.53125 | 3 |
In the year 200 AD, there were approximately 180 million human beings on the planet Earth. And at that time a Christian philosopher called Tertullian argued: ‘We are burdensome to the world, the resources are scarcely adequate for us. . . already nature does not sustain us.’ In other words, there were too many people f... | <urn:uuid:777e17e3-2b86-422e-b931-4aa6baeb2d30> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://nooilforpacifists.blogspot.com/2009/12/another-economic-fallacy.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320995.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627050500-20170627070500-00588.warc.gz | en | 0.970598 | 389 | 2.875 | 3 |
The islands of hard geology on the floodplain have been a focus for human activity over the last 10,000 years. We have been investigating the earliest history of some of the islands in the Brue valley as part of a joint project with Reading University, Southampton University and Somerset County Council, funded by Engli... | <urn:uuid:003410eb-8834-4c65-a04b-aaefbf466bf9> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://avalon-archaeology.com/about/archaeology-projects/mesolithic-sand-islands/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320995.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627050500-20170627070500-00588.warc.gz | en | 0.950532 | 197 | 2.671875 | 3 |
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) is an agreement between two parties that is not legally binding, but which outlines the responsibilities of each of the parties to the agreement. An MOU is often the first step toward creating a legally binding contract. In the U.S., an MOU can be considered identical to a letter of ... | <urn:uuid:5ce9c44d-0473-47a7-97bf-35793c666825> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://legaldictionary.net/memorandum-of-understanding/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128323801.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20170628204133-20170628224133-00028.warc.gz | en | 0.971742 | 1,885 | 3.078125 | 3 |
You can perform tasks to manage both the discussion board itself and the content within forums and threads. For example, to keep students focused as the term progresses, edit forum settings or organize forums and threads to attract attention again. You can also forums to other locations, edit content, and delete unneed... | <urn:uuid:1d26a429-5b32-41bc-b9f9-c630725135b3> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://blackboard.tlc.aston.ac.uk/help-support/communicating-collaborating/discussion-boards/managing-discussions/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128329372.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20170629154125-20170629174125-00108.warc.gz | en | 0.927284 | 149 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Parks / Québec
Archipelago National Park
The most extraordinary feature
of the islands is their dramatic topography.
Limestone- based, unlike the exposed Canadian
Shield of the mainland, the bedrock has undergone
repeated cycles of lifting and submersion, with
the latest rising-up occurring at the end of
the last glaci... | <urn:uuid:7baaac0f-20cd-4730-9cbe-4d62ca776487> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://canadianparks.com/quebec/minganp/page2.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128329372.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20170629154125-20170629174125-00108.warc.gz | en | 0.903959 | 343 | 3.765625 | 4 |
The Sunnah and its Role in Islamic Legislation is a groundbreaking effort by Dr. Mustafa as-Siba’ee, for it has a completeness to it in two regards: first, the author manages to cover all topics related to the Sunnah—its status, its legislative force, the stages that led to its recording, just to mention a few—in a com... | <urn:uuid:9bda1bd1-8707-4028-912d-3a273854cb5e> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://altahleel.com/e-books/media/the-sunnah-and-its-role-in-islamic-legislation?back_url= | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319265.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622114718-20170622134718-00228.warc.gz | en | 0.957801 | 342 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Mahatma Gandhi , he stands for all things great about our country. His principles, strength of character and simplicity make us proud of him. We lovingly call him Bapu and when we think of him the image that comes to our mind is a simple ,kind old man wearing simple clothes - a mere loin dhothi.
Mahatma Gandhi did not ... | <urn:uuid:a27533be-3130-47e0-b28e-304b0a2f19e5> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://englishclass-diary.blogspot.com/2010/04/mahatma-gandhi-his-clothes.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319265.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622114718-20170622134718-00228.warc.gz | en | 0.98981 | 292 | 2.75 | 3 |
Being Prepared Makes Sense for Senior Citizens
The likelihood that you and your family will recover from an emergency tomorrow often depends on the planning and preparation done today. While each person's abilities and needs are unique, every individual can take steps to prepare for all kinds of emergencies from fires ... | <urn:uuid:f223abb0-98e9-492c-910d-6dc30264c55f> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://nyprepare.gov/aware-prepare/seniors.cfm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319265.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622114718-20170622134718-00228.warc.gz | en | 0.955417 | 483 | 2.78125 | 3 |
No need a night vision to learn how to draw an owl with such a cute and adorable design! This fun bird can be drawn using only six easy steps and a few basic shapes. It might be a little bit more challenging than the other characters from the same series, but it is still a tutorial that beginners can achieve.
Below is ... | <urn:uuid:cc50462a-31f1-49b0-9236-10d31458234e> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.how-to-draw-funny-cartoons.com/draw-an-owl.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319265.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622114718-20170622134718-00228.warc.gz | en | 0.953942 | 429 | 3.328125 | 3 |
Why do Hindus and Muslims live in harmony in one city and fight bitterly in another just a few miles away? Why is the United States the only industrialized nation without a complete national health insurance? What is the legacy of slavery in the United States? Why are there so few women in Congress? How is radicalism i... | <urn:uuid:768b742e-bdb7-4c69-87dd-6de8d9154284> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.brown.edu/academics/political-science/undergraduate-program | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128319265.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20170622114718-20170622134718-00228.warc.gz | en | 0.945338 | 611 | 2.84375 | 3 |
by Junying Yu* and James A. Thomson**
Human embryonic stem (ES) cells capture the imagination because they are immortal and have an almost unlimited developmental potential (Fig. 1.1: How hESCs are derived). After many months of growth in culture dishes, these remarkable cells maintain the ability to form cells ranging... | <urn:uuid:86a1b76e-8211-4c4a-a2b0-ea5e375aba44> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://stemcells.nih.gov/info/Regenerative_Medicine/2006Chapter1.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320215.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624031945-20170624051945-00549.warc.gz | en | 0.870081 | 10,124 | 3.375 | 3 |
Datasets for Proportional Symbol Maps
Posted 12 October 2010 - 05:29 PM
I'm looking for public available datasets for proportional symbol maps. These sets should contain latitude and longitude as well as a measured quantity. Examples of such data would be Earthquake occurrence and population of countries/states/cities.... | <urn:uuid:2dd977d9-a406-45ee-ab75-cf81b0a37eb9> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.cartotalk.com/index.php?showtopic=6128&mode=threaded | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320362.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624221310-20170625001310-00629.warc.gz | en | 0.91128 | 363 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Regardless of whether you are a novelist, or focus on short stories, you have probably at least once thought about which writing perspective would be better to choose for your narration: a classical third-person perspective, or a first-person one. Although both definitely have their advantages, today I’d like to quickl... | <urn:uuid:bf26a292-9d81-4a10-a996-9542251ded15> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://academichelp.net/blog/writing-in-first-person.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320362.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20170624221310-20170625001310-00629.warc.gz | en | 0.95669 | 704 | 2.921875 | 3 |
It seems an unlikely concept: teenagers forgoing the immediacy of a McDonald's Big Mac to learn how to cook their own lower-fat version.
But that's what some students at the Flandreau Indian School in South Dakota are doing, and it has a deeper significance. The experience is teaching them about bison, an animal consid... | <urn:uuid:1a6dc5fe-c34b-402b-ae02-d385ef047d26> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-sd-tribe-looks-to-teenagers-to-revive-bison-demand-2012jan13-story.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320545.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625170634-20170625190634-00709.warc.gz | en | 0.964245 | 150 | 3.125 | 3 |
According to a recently published study, there are more than 500,000 new Hepatitis C infections in Egypt every year, far more than any other country in the world.
Around 10% of the most populous Arab country are infected with the virus causing Hepatitis C, creating a huge reservoir that drives the infection. The Minist... | <urn:uuid:ef5cca2d-5816-43d6-ac70-843887cb66dc> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=85141 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320545.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625170634-20170625190634-00709.warc.gz | en | 0.926294 | 133 | 2.6875 | 3 |
HONG KONG: Two Asia-based British ornithologists are ruffling feathers in the international health community over an issue that threatens not only their beloved birds, but also human beings: avian influenza. Martin Williams, an ornithologist in Hong Kong, and fellow bird watcher Nial Moores in South Korea are leading t... | <urn:uuid:31b25f96-23e5-45d3-9545-53badbb51385> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.dawn.com/news/155430/bird-lovers-doubt-origin-of-flu | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320545.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20170625170634-20170625190634-00709.warc.gz | en | 0.958516 | 475 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Gold Star Families lost their loved ones in wars. These heroes are never forgotten, and heir families are always given respect. These are some facts you should know about the Gold Star Families.
1. They lost their loved ones in a war
Gold Star is recognition of a family member who died in a war. The stars were seen on ... | <urn:uuid:d63f9e79-8f1a-4d23-b0b8-23e083d5d73d> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://runforthefallenmaine.org/2016/12/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320763.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626133830-20170626153830-00069.warc.gz | en | 0.982607 | 362 | 2.859375 | 3 |
19 December 2014
Radical Faeries (1979)
CONSORT (Radical Faeries)
White line woodcut and toner transfer
Image size: 12" x 18" (30.5 x 45.7 cm)
Paper size: 14.5" x 20.5" (37 x 52.4 cm)
The Radical Faeries movement was founded in 1979 in California by Harry Hay, founder of the Mattachine Society, and two others. Radical ... | <urn:uuid:e3a3e293-5753-4355-85cb-23ed901f7650> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://woodblockdreams.blogspot.com/2014/12/radical-faeries-1979.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320763.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626133830-20170626153830-00069.warc.gz | en | 0.928136 | 233 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Whether you are getting on the T, taking the bus, driving your car or using your own two feet, getting to work in the morning, for most, can become a boring routine. But in a recent study, researchers discovered that maybe not all modes of transport are created equal.
Researchers at McGill University in Montreal found,... | <urn:uuid:60eaeae8-5138-4b40-982f-65ce419cbc6d> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.boston.com/news/untagged/2014/08/22/which-mode-of-transportation-will-make-you-happiest-on-your-morning-commute | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128320763.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20170626133830-20170626153830-00069.warc.gz | en | 0.943365 | 315 | 2.546875 | 3 |
What is the meaning of the English word… MONSTER?
an imaginary creature that is typically large and scary
Children often think there is a monster under their bed.
Dave felt the panic returning–looming like a swamp monster over some swamp horizon that he had thought was far away but turned out to be right there in his o... | <urn:uuid:16e85f7f-53fc-4882-93a0-34eb0bf0cf9a> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://edmontonenglishschool-learningenglishonline.com/vocabulary-monster/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321306.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627083142-20170627103142-00149.warc.gz | en | 0.975329 | 93 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Monday, August 9, 2010
Sumptuary Laws of the Seventeenth Century
The upwardly mobile middle class became more influential during the 17th century and began to replace impoverished gentry. James I (1566-1625) fearing the mood of the people repealed many sumptuary laws.
In early Colonial America the The Puritans were con... | <urn:uuid:0aa5379b-b4fb-4770-8c5b-a5517701032a> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | http://sumptuarylaw.blogspot.co.uk/2010/08/sumptuary-laws-of-seventeenth-century.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321306.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627083142-20170627103142-00149.warc.gz | en | 0.966745 | 1,412 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Capital and interest, in economics, a stock of resources that may be employed in the production of goods and services and the price paid for the use of credit or money, respectively.
Capital in economics is a word of many meanings. They all imply that capital is a “stock” by contrast with income, which is a “flow.” In ... | <urn:uuid:920ee527-f750-4969-96ad-48e90dec3fc3> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.britannica.com/topic/capital-economics | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321306.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627083142-20170627103142-00149.warc.gz | en | 0.963131 | 5,211 | 4 | 4 |
Did Dust Bust the 2006 Hurricane Season Forecasts?
A recent NASA study suggests that tiny dust particles may have foiled forecasts that the 2006 hurricane season would be another active one.
Image right: A plume of dust blew off the west coast of Western Sahara and Mauritania on July 23, 2006. New research suggests suc... | <urn:uuid:1658bda6-232e-4149-992e-88f7498da2ae> | CC-MAIN-2017-26 | https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/archives/2007/hurricane_dust.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-26/segments/1498128321306.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20170627083142-20170627103142-00149.warc.gz | en | 0.952825 | 1,410 | 3.1875 | 3 |