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Bön has typically been described as the shamanistic religion in Tibet before the arrival of Buddhism in the 7th century C.E. With the recent exile of many Bönpo lamas to India, however, a more c... | 13,154 | 3,288 | 3.5441 | 4 | Complex | 0.8612 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Gears are mechanical parts with cut teeth designed to fit with teeth on another part so as to transmit or receive force and motion. Gears are also sometimes called toothed wheels or cogged wheels or cogs. The cut teeth are also sometimes called cogs.
Gear materials [change]
Numerous nonferrous alloys, cast irons, powde... | 487 | 121 | 3.9178 | 4 | Complex | 0.8241 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
DefinitionHyperventilation is rapid or deep breathing that can occur with anxiety or panic. It is also called overbreathing, and may leave you feeling breathless.See also: Rapid shallow breathing
Alternative NamesRapid deep breathing; Breathing - rapid and deep; Overbreathing; Fast deep breathing; Respiratory rate - ra... | 6,131 | 1,532 | 3.8774 | 4 | Complex | 0.821 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
"A sad soul can kill you quicker, far quicker, than a germ," John Steinbeck once wrote. Now we are closer to understanding why.
A disease like cancer can be a mortal battle, often fraught with overwhelming stress. Given that stress management can be difficult even under ordinary circumstances, elevated feelings of anxi... | 2,037 | 509 | 3.4407 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8784 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Vernon British Columbia
Two local artists, Molly March and Cathy Stubington, from the Calendario
Art Project, ad Bill Darnell and Mary Stockdale, from the Vernon Climate
Action Network, organized a 350.org Climate Impacts Day event on 5/5/2012.
Since the devastating pine bark beetle outbreak that has turned BC's
forest... | 1,176 | 294 | 3.7564 | 4 | Complex | 0.8516 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Are we at last one nation, with liberty and justice for all? In this ebook, we reflect on the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement, and assess their efforts to overcome racial discrimination and to promote racial equality and integration. The first chapter explores the origins and tra... | 4,369 | 1,092 | 2.7432 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9008 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Have you ever been talking to a creationist, who knows that agriculture only began about 10,000 years ago, say something like, "What were we doing for all those tens of thousands of years before then? Why didn't we settle down sooner?"
I did not know the answer to this, until now. Via ScienceDaily:
Until recently resea... | 2,363 | 590 | 3.8672 | 4 | Complex | 0.8324 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
A young girl, Ayala Yona, is bullied by girls in school. Through her friends’ advice and her own courage, she was able to stop the bullying.
This book demonstrates the now widely discussed problem of bullying through one child’s experience so that other young children might be educated on how to manage a similar situat... | 574 | 143 | 2.0911 | 2 | Basic | 0.8043 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Duck numbers down, but similar to last year
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - July 7, 2008 - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its preliminary report today on mid-continent breeding ducks and habitats, based on surveys conducted in May and early June. Total duck populations were estimated at 37.3 million breeding ducks on the... | 7,481 | 1,870 | 3.3723 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9029 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
The Mississippi Delta is famous for more than floods; it's the birthplace of uniquely American music. As the flood waters rose, many blues artists were inspired to write songs about the disaster and describe the experience of being in a flood. Mai Cramer, who has hosted her "Blues After Hours" radio show for over two d... | 10,565 | 2,641 | 1.6634 | 2 | Basic | 0.7117 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Views From Your Muse
WHO ARE YOU WRITNG FOR?
By David Trottier
In an article from a previous edition of my newsletter, another writer challenged my notion of writing lean description. The example of lean description that I used was from the spec script Rocky. It reads as follows:
The gym looks like a garbage can turned... | 3,121 | 780 | 2.4094 | 2 | Basic | 0.8642 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
The United States has become accustomed to its hegemonic military presence in the greater Middle East. The U.S.-led international coalition against Iraq after its invasion of Kuwait in August, 1990 led to a massive increase in America's direct military presence in the Gulf. Its military presence accelerated after the 9... | 8,445 | 2,111 | 3.1885 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9388 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
May 18, 2008 Before West Nile virus arrived in this country, we had (and still have) a home-grown relative of this pathogen. An epidemic of unknown origin exploded around St. Louis, Missouri in the autumn of 1933, a disease that is now known to be transmitted by mosquitoes from birds to people. Now, a new analysis of t... | 3,637 | 909 | 3.0116 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9581 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Recently-leaked DNA test results prove ancient Egyptian royal Pharaoh Tutankhamen, aka King Tut, is 99.6% Western European.
The results were mistakenly leaked in the American cable television show Royal Blood: King Tut Unwrapped. The tests were conducted to find out if a newly-discovered mummy was the boy king’s father... | 1,253 | 313 | 2.7652 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9389 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
The climate-controlled vaults in the George Eastman House archive and the Louis B. Mayer Conservation Center are home to the Motion Picture Department’s collection of over 24,000 films.
But there is one shelving unit that holds important moving images in a non-film format: analog tape.
The department holds over 200 vid... | 2,111 | 527 | 3.011 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9767 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Whitaker J. S., and T. M. Hamill, 2002: Ensemble data assimilation without perturbed observations. Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 1913-1924.
The ensemble Kalman filter (EnKF) is a data assimilation scheme based on the traditional Kalman-filter update equation. An ensemble of forecasts are to estimate the background-error covaria... | 2,966 | 741 | 3.0323 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9496 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
What is HIPAA?
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) of 1996 is set of statutes designed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the US health care system:
Title I: Title I of HIPAA provides rules to
"improve the portability and continuity of health insurance coverage"
for workers when ... | 1,942 | 485 | 3.0009 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9511 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
After reading elsewhere that DJNZ decrements the b register and jumps if b>0 then would this have the effect that I was after initially (filling the screen with a single character '@') ? If this is incorrect and it should be 'c' then swap b and c over in the below.
I'm not sure I understand the ldir command, what happe... | 1,966 | 491 | 1.938 | 2 | Basic | 0.7687 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Library of Congress preservation program works with millions of items, terabytes of data in a full spectrum of formats
We are warned to be careful about what we put online because data on the Internet lives forever. But keeping random copies of files on servers, routers and databases is not the same as preservation, sa... | 5,523 | 1,380 | 3.0442 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9269 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Who Made God?
A basic principle of physics is the law of conservation of matter. That has me wondering: If God created the world, then where did God come from?
The Aish Rabbi Replies:
Maimonides deals with this question at length. He answers that God is beyond our comprehension, and it is absurd to apply our realm of e... | 1,800 | 450 | 2.4 | 2 | Basic | 0.8676 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
HEB 385 • Ecclesiastes: Scroll of Qohelet
3:30 PM-6:30 PM
Ecclesiastes (Hebrew: Scroll of Qohelet) is one of the five scrolls (Megillot). The author of this scroll is referred to as "Qohelet, or Ha-Qohelet, designating himself as "Qohelet son of David, King of Jerusalem," hence his traditional identification with King ... | 1,063 | 265 | 3.4503 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8888 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Crossed Signals Lead to War
If the United States ever entered into a war that could have been prevented, it was the War of 1812. While the lure of land in Florida and Canada was the driving force behind the war hawks, the excuse put forth was “impressment and the rights of a neutral nation to free trade.” These slogans... | 7,944 | 1,986 | 1.7721 | 2 | Basic | 0.7628 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Canadian fifty-dollar note
|This article relies on references to primary sources. (September 2011)|
|Value:||50 Canadian dollars|
|Security Features:||Transparent windows, metallic portrait, Watermark, EURion constellation, Tactile marks, Registration device, Raised printing, UV printing|
|Design:||William Lyon Mackenz... | 3,898 | 974 | 2.4925 | 2 | Basic | 0.872 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Some sample questions from this category:
* What is the name of the first explorer in 1540 to visit the area later known as Tennessee?
* Which country controlled the Tennessee land after the conclusion of the French and Indian wars in 1763?
* The term 'Tennessee' is derived from what Cherokee word?
* The Tennessee Stat... | 531 | 132 | 1 | 1 | Simple | 0.5824 | false | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Federal Employment Discrimination Laws
Specific acts that established Federal employment discrimination laws are linked below. Federal discrimination laws are also called anti-discrimination laws or equal employment opportunity laws.
Acts that are not Federal discrimination laws per se, but still have provisions that p... | 9,334 | 2,333 | 3.6832 | 4 | Complex | 0.8496 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
WARNING: This post contains images of dead birds. I encourage you to read on. I feel showing these images is very important to the issue at hand. If you just can't look at that, here's a link to some Sharp-tailed Grouse I saw on Manitoulin Island.
Tomorrow, I'm making what could be called a pilgrimage for Ontario birde... | 4,238 | 1,059 | 2.1421 | 2 | Basic | 0.802 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
The Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish an Office of Pollution Prevention, develop and coordinate a pollution prevention strategy, and develop source reduction models. The act requires owners and operators of manufacturing facilities to report annually on source re... | 9,143 | 2,285 | 3.2245 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9354 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
To help you out Hannah, i believe the "LXX" is also called the Septuagint:
Septuagint - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe Septuagint derives its name from Latin versio septuaginta interpretum,"translation of the seventy interpreters," (Greek: ἡ μετάφρασις τῶν ἑβδομήκοντα, hē metáphrasis tōn hebdomēkonta), "translatio... | 1,206 | 301 | 2.4481 | 2 | Basic | 0.8835 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
“What are your opinions about running and pregnancy. Does it affect it does it hurt the baby in the beginning trimester? Does it affect trying to get pregnant? There are so many myths out there. I have been training for a half marathon for the past year and have a good base of ten miles and have run 3 half marathons, e... | 2,087 | 521 | 3.1031 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.936 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
This brochure is courtesy of the Renal Resource Centre.
If you have a relative whose kidneys have failed and who needs a kidney transplant, you may be thinking of giving one of your kidneys to help save his/her life and to overcome the long-term problems of artificial kidney treatment.
Transplant results are best when ... | 1,105 | 276 | 3.6602 | 4 | Complex | 0.8391 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Guugu Yimithirr language
|Native speakers||200–300 (1991)|
Guugu Yimithirr, also rendered Guguyimidjir / / and many other spellings, is an Australian Aboriginal language, the traditional language of the Guugu Yimithirr people of Far North Queensland. It belongs to the Pama-Nyungan language family. Most of the speakers ... | 6,182 | 1,545 | 2.9041 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9149 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
12-13 year old boys plan their own workshop where they meet with 12 senior citizens from the local area.
Charlotte Berry, Assistant Headteacher, Billericay School, explains what they did at their school.
“The Historypin workshop came about as part of our work with a group of twelve boys (aged 12-13) and their mentors (... | 2,465 | 616 | 2.461 | 2 | Basic | 0.8564 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
International Labour Organisation
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is the United Nations' specialised agency for labour issues.
ILO seeks to promote human and labour rights by establishing international standards of basic labour rights: freedom of association, the right to organize, collective bargaining, ab... | 4,073 | 1,018 | 2.8814 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.941 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
We are at a stage in time where we desperately need to find a viable alternative source of energy to replace our dependence on fossil fuel.
We always read articles regarding the major problems we are facing because of global warming. Many think that alternative energy should be focused on the development of wind and so... | 1,156 | 289 | 3.1547 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.942 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Daylight Saving Time 2012: When Do We Set the Clocks Back?
"Spring forward, fall back," is the mantra you need to remember on Nov 4.
Daylight Saving Time ends on Sunday, Nov. 4, at 2 a.m., right before the Presidential election on Nov. 6.
You will be setting your clock back one hour, following the adage of “spring forw... | 1,137 | 284 | 2.0881 | 2 | Basic | 0.8054 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Q:Dr Norman, what is the specific biomedical research area in which you have been labelled a groundbreaking pioneer?
A:It has to do with vitamin B12. Along with co-workers at the University of Cincinnati, I developed a highly accurate, simple urine test for identifying an early deficiency in this vitamin.
Why is B12 de... | 8,874 | 2,218 | 2.4382 | 2 | Basic | 0.8667 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
The Dark Side
In its broadest sense, culture is the sum total of our beliefs, our fears, our behavior patterns, our institutions, our common values, as well as our art, music, and literature. But the arts often neglect or omit reference to the Cold War. In fact, most of us who lived through those times have scant visua... | 1,592 | 398 | 1.6993 | 2 | Basic | 0.7289 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Malay Peninsula, Sumatra and Borneo
In and near large bodies of fresh or possibly slightly brackish water
Adults grow 28-32 inches. Carapace is low, smooth, oval and uniformly dark gray, brown or black. The pale buff colored plastron is long and narrow and the side margins may be keeled. The head is relatively large an... | 1,283 | 320 | 2.1321 | 2 | Basic | 0.7877 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Besides adding beauty to the landscape, gardens that are creatively designed and well-tended can increase the value of property. Some gardens provide food for the table and others furnish cut flowers for indoor enjoyment. On larger properties these special feature gardens break up the monotony of lawn and reduce mowing... | 5,973 | 1,493 | 3.4268 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8684 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Flag of India
|Population (In Millions)||1,241.49|
|Human Development Index||134/169|
|Gross Domestic Product (In USD Billions - World Bank)||1,872.84|
|Global Peace Index||135/153|
|Happy Planet Index||35/143|
|Social Institutions and Gender Index||57/86|
|Environmental Performance Index||123/163|
|Child Mortality Rat... | 7,114 | 1,778 | 2.6483 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8813 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
|http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/ A service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine®|
The official name of this gene is “receptor tyrosine kinase-like orphan receptor 2.”
ROR2 is the gene's official symbol. The ROR2 gene is also known by other names, listed below.
The ROR2 gene provides instructions for making a protein whose ... | 4,431 | 1,107 | 3.0038 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9498 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
New Technology Uses Nanotransistors
By Edwin L. Aguirre
As smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices become increasingly popular, finding ways to make them even smaller in size, run a lot faster and consume far less power has become the holy grail for semiconductor researchers worldwide.
Electrical engineering Prof... | 3,279 | 819 | 3.4533 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8936 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Language is a major tool for communication in academia. Use the writing guides below to formulate your best research papers and lab reports.
General Paper Format
The following are format expectations for general papers:
Use standard white paper, 8.5 x 11 inches.
Use black ink for the text of the paper.
Set margins to a... | 5,577 | 1,394 | 2.6523 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8728 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
When it comes to eating “right”, there is a lot more than just nutrition to think about. One must also consider the process behind food production and what it takes to get food to the plate. Meat, in particular, has a pretty troubling back story.
Not only does meat raise questions of ethical and moral standing, but it ... | 3,059 | 764 | 2.1485 | 2 | Basic | 0.8204 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Manga At The Royal Academy:
The Making Of Manga Mania
Between March 21 and June 7, 2009, The Royal Academy of Arts presents an exhibition on one of the greatest Japanese print artists, Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). Featuring over 150 works, the exhibition presents Kuniyoshi as a master of imaginative design, revealing... | 9,949 | 2,487 | 2.9182 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9447 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Water Thermometer - Sick Science!
Watch the temperature rise with this homemade thermometer
Is it possible to make a thermometer out of water? Absolutely! The best part about our Water Thermometer experiment is that you have all the materials you need in your own home. That's right, you'll be measuring temperature with... | 1,376 | 344 | 1.5306 | 2 | Basic | 0.6675 | false | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
which eastern empire had an unusually successful frontier state on the border of the christian world ...
The Byzantine Empire (or Byzantium) was the Eastern Roman Empire during the periods of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, centred on the capital of ...
which eastern empire had an unusually successful frontier stat... | 760 | 190 | 1.6621 | 2 | Basic | 0.6903 | false | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Greenest Park Initiative
Centennial Goal: By 2016, Yellowstone National Park will reduce its fossil fuel consumption by 18%.
Yellowstone uses 350,000 gallons of fuel a year, costing the Park Service $1.4 million.
Through the Greenest Park Initiative, the Park will reduce its consumption of fuel by increasing the use of... | 2,302 | 575 | 2.3235 | 2 | Basic | 0.8648 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Cacti and succulents, Perennials
Small, rosette-forming succulents from South Africa. Many types produce offsets to form dense, spreading colonies. Fleshy leaves may be slender and rough textured or pillowlike and smooth; some have small white bumps or ridges. Tiny flowers are held on long, whip-like stems from spring ... | 1,379 | 344 | 1.7885 | 2 | Basic | 0.7195 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Morris's Disappearing Bag
Author: Rosemary Wells
Last updated Sunday, October 23, 2005
Illustrator: Rosemary Wells
Date of Publication: 1999
Grade Level: Kindergarten (GLCs: Click here for grade level guidelines.)
Date(s) Used: Dec. 2002
On Christmas morning, Morris's brother Victor gets a hockey outfit. Morris's siste... | 1,156 | 289 | 1.0905 | 1 | Simple | 0.6391 | false | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Geometrical Optics Study Guide
This lesson introduces you to the concept of optics and the geometrical analysis of optical phenomena. We will study the concept of light rays, the laws of reflection, the laws of refraction, and the total internal reflection.
The study of light encompasses many fields of physics, from me... | 3,912 | 978 | 2.1129 | 2 | Basic | 0.8003 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
There are few people who look to swamps as great places for island hopping. However, you can do just that within the 22,000 acre Otter Creek swamp complex in western Vermont.
Local topography creates small islands of rich organic soils which peak above their marshy surroundings. These islands have both archaeological a... | 2,488 | 622 | 2.6172 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9033 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Bipolar Disorder in Children and Teens
Medicines for bipolar disorder in adults have been well studied. But not much research has been completed about how well the medicines work and if they are safe for children and teens.
When you and your child's doctor are deciding which types of medicines to use, consider:
- The s... | 2,901 | 725 | 1.6724 | 2 | Basic | 0.727 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Dan Lynch sent along a link to a very interesting web site created by Ben Edwards: Teach History. The blog proclaims, "Teach History is a blog dedicated to educators of Colonial American history. We provide information about resources, products and multisensory learning methods that can help you inspire your students."... | 793 | 198 | 4.0718 | 4 | Complex | 0.7777 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Are you ‘information literate’?
See how librarians define the term and challenges – and post your own definition.
The term “information literacy” was first penned in a 1974 report by Paul G Zurkowski for the National Commission on Libraries and Information Science. He used it to define “the techniques and skills for ut... | 4,844 | 1,211 | 2.3032 | 2 | Basic | 0.851 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
First Green Roofs Ecology Research Center in Israel
Israel’s first Green Roofs Ecology research center has been dedicated at the University of Haifa. The center will focus on research and development of non-irrigated green roofs that are suitable for Middle Eastern climates.
The University of Haifa’s research center fo... | 2,046 | 511 | 2.4828 | 2 | Basic | 0.8904 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
BUKU INI DI TULIS PADA TAHUN 1869 OLEH SEORANG MUBALIGH AMERIKA YANG MERANCANG DAKWAH KRISTIAN DI MALAYSIA
“THE MALAYSIA MISSION OF THE METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH”
By : The Rev. JOHN RUSSELL DENYES
MISSIONARY, SINGAPORE MALAYSIA, 1869
Saya memetik tulisan yang di buat pengarang bagi makluman semua tentang bagaimana kri... | 8,446 | 2,111 | 2.7681 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8896 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
You can use the power of television to help teach early and emergent literacy skills, and Wisconsin PBS Kids can help!
This workshop is designed to help you help preschoolers extend their school readiness math skills, and features content from Sid the Science Kid, Sesame Street, and other Wisconsin PBS Kids programs.
T... | 1,028 | 257 | 2.6574 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8778 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Is what we think of as economics guided by fundamentally wrong principles? That’s the starting hypothesis for John Michael Greer in The Wealth of Nature. He goes back to Adam Smith’s original text, Wealth of Nations, to unearth popular assumptions based on the free market love of the times. The Scottish clergyman propo... | 4,492 | 1,123 | 3.5133 | 4 | Complex | 0.8748 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Submitted by Dyske • December 12, 2002
What does “and of” add to this phrase? That is, what is the difference between:
“I agree. Islam isn’t evil in and of itself.”
“I agree. Islam isn’t evil in itself.”
January 2, 2003, 10:46am
Looks like there's no difference:
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Ferocious felines at the fair
If you visit to the Ohio State Fair, where the Marcan Tiger Show will be presented three times daily through Aug. 12, you might catch the cats involved in a favorite hobby: napping.
Messenger photos by John Matuszak
Tosheeba, one of the stars of the Marcan Tiger Show at the Ohio S... | 4,350 | 1,087 | 1.9833 | 2 | Basic | 0.7636 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
- modern (adj.)
- c.1500, "now existing;" 1580s, "of or pertaining to present or recent times;" from Middle French moderne (15c.) and directly from Late Latin modernus "modern" (Priscian, Cassiodorus), from Latin modo "just now, in a (certain) manner," from modo (adv.) "to the measure," ablative of modus "manner, measu... | 805 | 201 | 1.136 | 1 | Simple | 0.5739 | false | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Last week the American Cancer Society published Yale University research findings that dental patients who received frequent dental X-rays a generation ago, are at greater risk for developing meningioma, a non-cancerous brain tumor.
The Yale study involved more than 1,400 dental patients from around the U.S. who were d... | 3,727 | 931 | 3.2229 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9104 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
There has been an ongoing struggle with the Washington Department of Ecology over rainwater harvesting, and it has finally been resolved – for now. It is in jeopardy, depending on actions taken by the US Congress.
The State of Washington has jurisdiction over “all waters above, upon, or beneath the surface of the earth... | 3,445 | 861 | 2.2362 | 2 | Basic | 0.8281 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
The discontent produced by the Peace of Beaulieu (6 May, 1576), which restored the government of Picardy to the Protestant Prince de Condé and gave him Péronne to hold as a security, induced d'Humieres, a Catholic who commanded the city of Péronne, to form a league of gentry, soldiers, and peasants of Picardy to keep C... | 13,128 | 3,282 | 2.8755 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9531 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
With what must be one of their more obtuse headlines, Fox Nation misrepresented a recent study on the impact of climate change on the world's crops, proclaiming that it showed "No Global Warming In North America":
Got that? The globe is not warming in North America -- just like the United States doesn't have an unemplo... | 4,986 | 1,246 | 2.8032 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9429 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
UMass Memorial offers comprehensive hearing loss tests for adults and children, including the tests listed here. We also dispense hearing aids and other listening devices, and offer a Cochlear Implant Program.
Adult Hearing Testing: Adults with concerns about hearing loss, tinnitus (ringing in the ear) and/or balance m... | 2,905 | 726 | 4.1449 | 4 | Complex | 0.7726 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act or process of one that packs.
- n. The processing and packaging of manufactured products, especially food products.
- n. A material used to prevent leakage or seepage, as around a pipe joint.
- n. The insertion of gauze or other material... | 4,845 | 1,211 | 1.6154 | 2 | Basic | 0.6948 | false | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
A common pattern in the way
Worms and one tactic Spammers employ is that they send mails which have
spoofed from address. This means that the from address you see in the mail
is not actually the address from which the mail originated.
Worm when it
infects a PC, makes a list of all e-mail addresses found in the infected... | 1,870 | 467 | 2.336 | 2 | Basic | 0.8673 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Developing Scenario-based Learning: practical insights for tertiary educators
Errington, Edward Peter (2003) Developing Scenario-based Learning: practical insights for tertiary educators. Dunmore Press, Palmerston North, New Zealand.
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This book is desi... | 1,462 | 365 | 1.5415 | 2 | Basic | 0.6515 | false | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Ever spell out words in the air with your finger? Now you can do it with an iPad. The result is spooky 3D letters that seem to hover in midair. Casper would love it.
We've seen iPads used to create touch-screen art, but this goes a step beyond. The folks at communications agency Dentsu London and design consultancy Ber... | 1,343 | 335 | 1.4557 | 1 | Simple | 0.6778 | false | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
This volume contains articles covering a broad spectrum of proof theory, with an emphasis on its mathematical aspects. The articles should not only be interesting to specialists of proof theory, but should also be accessible to a diverse audience, including logicians, mathematicians, computer scientists and philosopher... | 1,732 | 433 | 1.7327 | 2 | Basic | 0.6564 | false | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Chesapeake Bay is wide and shallow, so contains a small amount of water for an estuary of its size. It also has a very large area of watershed for its volume of water, and thus is quite susceptible to contamination from activities in the watershed. Originally almost entirely forested, the watershed now is the site of c... | 686 | 171 | 2.5643 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9061 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
- SW Valley
Mark Henle/The Republic
Anyone who lives in metro Phoenix has seen the brown cloud that drapes the horizon on a still day.
The pollution is more than what can be seen. Valley air carries bits of dirt, toxic metals, ammonia from farm fertilizer, ozone that irritates nasal tissues. Freeways spew a mix of exha... | 1,071 | 267 | 2.1832 | 2 | Basic | 0.8283 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
I’m not diabetic, but my doctor told me that I have gestational diabetes. What does that mean? And will it last beyond my pregnancy?
Gestational diabetes is a kind of diabetes that comes on during pregnancy. It affects about 4% of all pregnant women, according to the American Diabetes Association. Gestational diabetes ... | 3,829 | 957 | 1.9982 | 2 | Basic | 0.7859 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
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It's '11022011' !
From our neighbors to the south (University of Portland) come these facts about today’s date:
- One: It’s a palindrome
- Two: It’s an extremely rare one.
Simply, a palindrome is a symmetric word, phrase, number or other sequence of units that reads the sam... | 2,468 | 617 | 2.0614 | 2 | Basic | 0.7639 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Computerised back-seat driver
How well do you drive? Probably better than average, or so you might think. Now researchers at the University of Nagoya
in Japan have come up with a way to tell for sure.
They have designed a software system that collects data about the way you drive ? your speed, distance from other vehic... | 1,141 | 285 | 1.305 | 1 | Simple | 0.6692 | false | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Educational Coloring Pages
Alphabet Coloring Pages
Print and color alphabet pictures, and use them to make a collage, coloring book, or other creative projects.
Number Pictures to Color
Print and color these number pictures, and use them to teach and reinforce counting and math skills. You can use the as coloring book ... | 819 | 204 | 2.206 | 2 | Basic | 0.8287 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
It seems obvious that time runs in one direction- people don't grow younger and an egg can't be unscrambled, for example. But why is this so? In his book "From Eternity to Here," physicist Sean Carroll seeks to create a better understanding of time. According to Carroll, time's one-way arrow is due to conditions before... | 678 | 169 | 2.4111 | 2 | Basic | 0.8388 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Do you ever wonder why there are 360 degrees in a circle? Here's why - along with a FREE Download to help you teach it!
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The conversion from Celsius to Fahrenheit and back again can be strange. One way to understand it is on a graph. And you can use this to teach some linear algebra too!
Do you use Pr... | 1,420 | 355 | 1.2222 | 1 | Simple | 0.6327 | false | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
State officials and school leaders from all over the upper Midwest are visiting a small farm town in southeastern Minnesota. They're coming to tour what could be the school of the future -- the dome school. Until recently Grand Meadow wasn't known for much more than farming. Now school leaders all over Minnesota are in... | 4,613 | 1,153 | 1.7244 | 2 | Basic | 0.7447 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Born in Delee Maidstone, Kent, England on 1560 to Richard Lee and Elizabeth Crispe. Elizabeth married Robert Brewer and had 3 children. She passed away in Kent, England.
Find more historical records for Elizabeth Lee »
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English: topographic name for someone who lived near a meadow
or a patch of arab... | 637 | 159 | 3.1379 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8931 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
One in eight high school students is depressed. But depression in teenagers can be deceptive, and authorities estimate that a huge number of depressed teens are undiagnosed. Adults may mistake symptoms as "typical" teen angst, anger, or anxiety. Or the teen may mask the symptoms with high-energy activity.
For parents w... | 1,914 | 478 | 3.101 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9549 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
People in Trouble Beg for a Saviour
We learn from the Qur'an that very often social and moral corruption was prevalent in a nation before a messenger was sent to that society. Once a messenger came to that society, those following him attained a blissful, peaceful and bountiful life even in the midst of their honourabl... | 9,114 | 2,278 | 2.64 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8953 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Rainwater runs off the concrete into the
Are you looking for a creative, yet environmentally friendly way to use rainwater runoff? Consider planting a rain garden.
To help you start a rain garden, the Kansas State University Small Business Environmental Assistance program is hosting a free webinar on rain garden mainte... | 1,406 | 351 | 3.3669 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8349 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
When we were growing up, there learned that there were four basic tastes: salt, sweet, sour and bitter. We were told that our taste buds had special taste receptors in particular zones on our tongues that detected these four tastes and that all other components of flavor came from our olfactory sense–the sense of smell... | 3,656 | 914 | 2.0074 | 2 | Basic | 0.791 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Government procurement refers to purchases of goods or services, including consultancies and professional services, construction, maintenance and material supply contracts, facilities contracts, capital equipment and property and leasing arrangements, undertaken by governments for their own consumption.
Government proc... | 2,075 | 518 | 3.8434 | 4 | Complex | 0.8053 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Can getting a piece of paper in the mail that says 20 percent this and 30 percent that and 50 percent the other change the way we see ourselves? Should it?
What does it mean for someone who identifies as culturally mono-racial to discover they are, in fact, genetically multi-racial?
What does it mean for a person of co... | 13,857 | 3,464 | 3.0445 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.94 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Violence against women
In May the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights recommended that Finland should consider specific legislation to criminalize domestic violence.
By the end of 2007 the government had not adopted a national action plan to combat violence against women.
Refugees and asylum-seekers
Ac... | 2,862 | 715 | 3.15 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9542 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
There are about 45 million acres of public rangelands in Nevada. These rangelands are divided into 745 grazing allotments. There are 550 operators, or permittees, with a total of 635 permits to graze livestock.
Public land grazing is managed to achieve the fundamentals of rangeland health as indicated by soil and site ... | 807 | 201 | 2.0029 | 2 | Basic | 0.7518 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
The Institution of Slavery in the American Civil Warby Rit Nosotro
Change Over Time essay
Describe the impact of the institution of slavery upon the US Civil War. Mention Haitian emancipation, the 13th Amendment, abolitionists, and black soldiers.
As one of America’s most fierce and bloody wars, the Civil War is never ... | 6,060 | 1,515 | 3.0386 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9435 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Want to stay on top of all the space news? Follow @universetoday on Twitter
Were you wondering about the North Star? Firstly, you might expect one of the most famous stars in the night sky to be one of the brightest, but it isn’t; not by a long shot. That honor belongs to Sirius and many less bright stars besides. The ... | 1,725 | 431 | 2.4955 | 2 | Basic | 0.8725 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Uncle Sam says it's not Presidents Day
Federal offices closed for Washington's Birthday
If you're off school or work Monday in observance of Presidents Day, you've got it all wrong, at least according to the federal government.
Federal offices are closed Monday because it's Washington's Birthday, a holiday to honor the... | 1,418 | 354 | 2.5761 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8903 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
by General Fabb
SketchUp is a free 3D modeling tool that is quite often the very first exposure to 3D modeling for many people. But is it appropriate for producing 3D models for printing?
First off, we must say that SketchUp was not designed with 3D printing in mind; instead it was, like many 3D modeling tools, designe... | 1,574 | 393 | 1.5824 | 2 | Basic | 0.7114 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
With the Collapse of Royalist control in the British Isles and the uprooting of the rich and a great deal of the middle classes, the integration of British political elites in the Canadian political sphere has been characterized by its own unique problems.
THE CANADIAN EXPERIENCE IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE WAR:
When Canadia... | 21,773 | 5,443 | 2.7479 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9366 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
In rural Niger, community pumps are being installed in many villages in response to a widespread water crisis. Sixty-four percent of Niger’s rural population lacks access to clean water. About nine in ten citizens lack a proper way to dispose of their own waste.
These water woes promote disease, stagnate education and ... | 2,197 | 549 | 2.8021 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9454 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
A ground is a direct electrical connection to the earth, a connection to a particular point in an electrical or electronic circuit, or an indirect connection that operates as the result of capacitance between wireless equipment and the earth or a large mass of conductive material.
Electrical grounding is important beca... | 3,100 | 775 | 2.8024 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9273 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
New research in The FASEB Journal suggests that rats fed homobrassinolide, found in the mustard plant, produced an anabolic effect, and increased appetite and muscle mass, as well as the number and size of muscle fibers.
Bethesda, MDIf you are looking to lean out, add muscle mass, and get ripped, a new research report ... | 1,998 | 499 | 4.1106 | 4 | Complex | 0.7578 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Heart Paper Chain
These heart paper chains are easy to make but they do require scissors so adult supervision is recommended.
- Take a peice of paper and cut it length-wise into 4 strips.
- Valley-fold the paper in half and unfold.
- Valley-fold again into quarters, and unfold.
- Mountain-fold each of the four sections... | 1,162 | 290 | 1.0733 | 1 | Simple | 0.6141 | false | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Free Democratic Party
The Free Democratic Party (Freie Demokratische Partei--FDP) is much smaller than the CDU or SPD, but its limited electoral strength masks the party's inordinate influence. Prior to the 1994 election, the FDP had experienced its worst results in national elections in 1969 (5.8 percent) and 1983 (7 ... | 6,495 | 1,623 | 3.1345 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9358 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
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