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Nuclear power plants and the risks posed by natural disasters are under increased public attention since the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan melted down and released enormous amounts of radiation. On March 11 of this year, a catastrophic tsunami and 9.0-magnitude earthquake slammed into the heart of this... | 2,373 | 593 | 2.674 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8966 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
There’s a part of the zoo you’ve probably never seen, and most likely have never even heard of. Tucked away behind the Education Center, it’s known simply as the Animal Room. That’s a pretty ordinary name for part of a zoo, but it’s got a unique function. It’s where all the Education Department animals live—the ones us... | 3,495 | 873 | 2.2463 | 2 | Basic | 0.8417 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Nov. 26, 2010 Boston University researchers have developed a simple diagnostic tool that can quickly identify dangerous viruses like Ebola and Marburg. The biosensor, which is the size of a quarter and can detect viruses in a blood sample, could be used in developing nations, airports and other places where natural or ... | 4,398 | 1,099 | 2.6462 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9107 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
SEATTLE — A healthy diet is expensive and could make it difficult for Americans to meet new U.S. nutritional guidelines, according to a study published Thursday that says the government should do more to help consumers eat healthier.
An update of what used to be known as a food pyramid in 2010 had called on Americans t... | 3,984 | 996 | 3.0245 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9531 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Our guest blogger today is Dr. Karyl Ketchum, an Assistant Professor of Women and Gender Studies at California State Fullerton. After experiencing how anti-LGBT bullying and discrimination affected her daughter’s high school she decided to take a stand; through her efforts and those of her University peers, Dr. Ketchum... | 5,268 | 1,317 | 3.234 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9142 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Like any other form of matter gas molecules feel the gravitational pull of the planet they surround, so they're attracted to the planet by gravity. At any temperature above absolute zero the atoms/molecules in a gas have a velocity distribution known as the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution. As long as their velocities re... | 2,366 | 591 | 3.1766 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9502 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Archaeologists are reaching out to the public in hopes of solving a 2,800+ year old mystery as several strange V shaped marks were discovered recently during a dig in East Jerusalem.
Cue the producers of Ancient Aliens as it must be the work of extraterrestrials who were teaching Israelites how to commemorate a Canasta... | 6,213 | 1,553 | 2.9898 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9595 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Women’s rights, the unfinished struggleWritten by Admin
To the Editor:
Throughout America’s history courageous women have struggled to achieve social and political freedom and equality. They have fought against laws and cultural and religious traditions assigning them subservient roles in American society. This long st... | 3,407 | 851 | 2.6125 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9053 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
|Scientific Name||Hylobates moloch|
|Length||1.4 to 2 feet (45-64 cm)|
|Weight||11-20 pounds (5-9 kg)|
|Life span||35 years in wild; up to 50 years in captivity|
|Number of young||1 at a time|
|Age of maturity||6 to 7 years|
Swingin in the rain
Javan gibbons live in the rain forest regions of Java, which is an island i... | 1,265 | 316 | 1.8596 | 2 | Basic | 0.7292 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Portrait of a Young ChildMade in United States, North and Central America
Artist/maker unknown, American
Oil on canvas
Currently not on view
1980-64-7Gift of the estate of Edgar W. and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1980
LabelPortraits of children became more popular during the first half of the nineteenth century, reflect... | 817 | 204 | 4.3056 | 4 | Complex | 0.7582 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
differences or changes in water quality. Phytoplankton
samples may be collected in large nonwadeable streams and
rivers to meet specific study-unit objectives.
Algal samples are labeled with a unique 16-character code
that identifies the study unit (stream location), sampling
date, type of sample, subtypes, sample numb... | 3,621 | 905 | 2.4768 | 2 | Basic | 0.8177 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
The Tree Container Library (TCL) is a class template library that you can use to store data elements in a tree-like structure. The TCL consists of four templatized container classes, similar to those found in the STL. These classes allow storage of basic data types or user-defined types to be stored as nodes within a t... | 17,574 | 4,393 | 3.0577 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9437 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
(AP) -- Just as the first storms of winter roll in, Dutchman Johan Huibers has finished his 20-year quest to build a full-scale, functioning model of Noah's Ark — an undertaking of, well, biblical proportions.
Huibers, a Christian, used books 6-9 of Genesis as his inspiration, following the instructions God gives Noah ... | 2,006 | 501 | 2.2899 | 2 | Basic | 0.8286 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Substance group normalises division of epidermis cells
This press release is also available in German.
Cell biologists of the University of Bonn, in cooperation with the University of Leeds (U.K.) and industry may have discovered a new effective therapy for psoriasis: a specific group of what are known as metalloprotei... | 4,373 | 1,093 | 2.9082 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9429 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Ethan A. Huff
Jan 21, 2011
In 2007, the U.S. Congress passed the Energy Independence and Security Act which contains a subsection that bans the sale of incandescent light bulbs beginning in 2012. But the new Congress recently unveiled the Better Use of Light Bulbs Act, or H.R. 91, which would repeal this subsection and... | 1,895 | 473 | 3.4359 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8711 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Enrichment through rugby union
Some colleges that offer rugby union within their enrichment have found that students not only get the opportunity to run around and have fun, but that they also pick up on other perhaps more important life skills. Team work (collaborative working skills), communication, listening skills,... | 1,226 | 306 | 2.7379 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9356 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
Helen Betty Osborne (1952 - November 13, 1971) was an Aboriginal woman from Norway House reserve who was kidnapped while walking down Third Street in The Pas, Manitoba on the morning of November 13, 1971.
After being kidnapped, she was brutally beaten, raped, and killed. Her unclothed ... | 1,124 | 281 | 2.379 | 2 | Basic | 0.8474 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
WEED BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY, AND DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE INTEGRATED WEED MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS FOR COTTON, SOYBEAN, CORN
Location: Crop Production Systems Research Unit
Title: Cogongrass [Imperata cylindrica (L.) Beauv.]
| Maddox, Victor - MISS STATE UNIV |
| Bryson, Charles |
| Byrd, JR., John - MISS STATE UNIV |
Submitt... | 2,118 | 529 | 2.47 | 2 | Basic | 0.8391 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
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Along with Awareness and Will, Trust makes up the trio of central principles of the Inner Game. In some ways, Trust is the most fundamental of the three: the heart of the inner game is about getting your judgemental, conscious self out the way and letting your carefully-honed skills get on with the job.
M... | 3,388 | 847 | 2.2271 | 2 | Basic | 0.8361 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Resisting peer pressure
Staying true to yourself
Teenagers may encounter situations where they feel pressured to do things that may be harmful to them, such as use illicit drugs, drink or join a gang. As a journal writing activity, discuss why it is important for young people to be prepared for situations where they ma... | 632 | 158 | 3.2211 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9233 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Prince Charles Edward Stuart (31 December 1720 – 31 January 1788) was the Jacobite claimant to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland. He is commonly known to the English and the Scottish as Bonnie Prince Charlie. In Scottish Gaelic, his name was Teàrlach Eideard Stiùbhairt, while the Irish form is Séarlas Éadbha... | 9,199 | 2,299 | 1.8983 | 2 | Basic | 0.7555 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
By ANN LANDI
Tupper Lake, N.Y.
At the Wild Center, deep in the heart of the Adirondacks of upstate New York, it's not unusual to see a curator wandering the premises with a raven perched on his forearm. In the galleries surrounding a soaring central court, you'll hear peeps, screeches and birdcalls -- both simulated an... | 5,852 | 1,463 | 3.38 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8929 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
What are the key statistics about gastrointestinal stromal tumors?
Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) are not common, and the exact number of people diagnosed with these tumors each year is not known. Until the late 1990s, not much was known about these tumors (and doctors didn’t have good ways of identifying them... | 1,092 | 273 | 1.161 | 1 | Simple | 0.6226 | false | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Men can get human papillomavirus (HPV) infections from more than 100 different HPV types. Each virus type can cause abnormal growths on the body--genital warts, lesions near the genitals or anus, common warts, plantar warts or lesions in the mouth or upper respiratory system.
Typically transmitted through sexual contac... | 3,125 | 781 | 3.0427 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9177 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
If you read enough articles about electric or hybrid vehicles, sooner or later you see references to ultra capacitors. Ultra capacitors are currently widely used in many energy saving devices and have a bright future, including potentially replacing the standard battery. Maxwell Technologies (stock symbol: MXWL) is one... | 3,131 | 782 | 3.2953 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9129 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
And now for something completely different… or is it?
This problem comes from the ancient Greeks (Euclid, to be exact). Suppose you have a rectangle which is one unit tall and has this special property: if you cut off a square piece from the end of the rectangle, you’re left with a smaller rectangle that has the same p... | 809 | 202 | 1.4434 | 1 | Simple | 0.6853 | false | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
This site contains a brief, non-partisan introduction to some of the hotly debated issues surrounding electro-convulsive therapy (electro-shock therapy) and provides links to more detailed scientific papers on the topic.
Electro-convulsive therapy has been a controversial procedure, ever since its introduction in 1938 ... | 3,222 | 805 | 3.2474 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8587 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
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South Florida public high school football players are having their cognitive skills assessed.
The Immediate Post-Concussion Assessment and Cognitive Testing is a 20-minute, computerized evaluation. It gives doctors a baseline assessment of an athlete's mental abilities so that af... | 882 | 220 | 2.2809 | 2 | Basic | 0.8579 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Runners know how to rank their body parts. Most vulnerable? It has to be the knees. Most tortured? Feet. Most powerful? When it comes to speed, endurance and holding the strength that gets us uphill, downhill and everywhere in between, most of us would find it hard to credit anything other than our thighs. And for good... | 4,343 | 1,085 | 2.1401 | 2 | Basic | 0.802 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Day three of the Innovation Forum featured a talk on "Innovative Approaches to Geographic Information Science," followed by a presentation entitled "22 Ways to be More Sustainable," by our partners from the City of Bothell. In the afternoon there was a discussion on "Zines" and an evening celebration of Bollywood.
TIC ... | 3,415 | 853 | 1.8439 | 2 | Basic | 0.7602 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Britannica’s World Religions comprehensive CD-ROM contains 3,500 authoritative entries that discuss in detail a variety of topics including religious movements, concepts, historical and legendary figures, divinities, spiritual characters, and important religious locations. You’ll also find in-depth articles on the majo... | 986 | 246 | 3.2806 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9182 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
The South Eastern Railway, founded in the 1840s, served a populous suburban district south of London. In 1895, George Augustus Nokes (pseud. G. A. Sekon), who later became editor of The Railway Magazine, wrote the History of the South-Eastern Railway. This 40-page booklet discusses the railway's route, fares, accidents... | 944 | 236 | 1.5861 | 2 | Basic | 0.7254 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
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Identifying the Age of Postcards
Used with permission from J.L.Mashburn (Colonial House)
The dating of the postcard for years or eras of issue can be accurately determined if
the card is studied for ident... | 4,671 | 1,167 | 1.8663 | 2 | Basic | 0.7556 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Fifty years ago, scientist and author Rachel Carson sparked the modern environmental movement by bringing to light the dangers posed by the then widely utilized pesticide DDT. Her book, “Silent Spring,” documented the tragic, unintentional environmental repercussions of the use of man-made chemicals, launched a worldwi... | 2,908 | 727 | 2.66 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8999 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
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The Bio Cube asks children to summarize information about a person for a biography or autobiography. The activity helps them learn how to identify and shorten key ideas.
(A link to this page will be inc... | 702 | 175 | 2.0526 | 2 | Basic | 0.7543 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
New View of the Iconic Eagle Nebula
A close-up image of the the so-called “Pillars of Creation” located at the center of the Eagle Nebula.
In 1995, the Hubble Space Telescope captured an unforgettable image of stars being formed that would later be known as the ?pillars of creation.? Now newly released photos from the ... | 1,189 | 297 | 2.314 | 2 | Basic | 0.834 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
In a 2006 article in JGR, Aslak Grinsted, John Moore, Viejo Pohjola, Tonu Martma and Elisabeth Isaksson study several climate indicators from the Lomonosovfonna ice field in Svalbard, shown below with their caption:
Figure 5. Fifteen-year moving averages of Lomonosovfonna ice core data. (a) Oxygen isotopes, (b) contine... | 5,854 | 1,463 | 3.5539 | 4 | Complex | 0.868 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
IPM TECHNICAL RESOURCE CENTER
Integrated Pest Management for Schools and Childcare Facilities
Pest Management Professionals - Text Only Version
What is IPM?
IPM is a process for achieving long term, environmentally sound pest suppression through the use of a wide variety of technological and management practices. Contr... | 1,595 | 398 | 2.6591 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8714 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
It has been compared to a chant, a rhythmic divine beauty, a melody, an aria, a toccata, an edification, an exaltation. As poetry is for the tongue, calligraphy is to the page. The authors of The Splendor of Islamic Calligraphy put it best when they said: “Calligraphy is the plainsong of the divine”.
Calligraphy is the... | 13,090 | 3,272 | 2.2966 | 2 | Basic | 0.8461 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Immune cells of the blood might replace dysfunctional brain cells
Tübingen, October, 22th,2012. Blood-circulating immune cells can take over the essential immune surveillance of the brain, this is shown by scientists of the German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE) and the Hertie Institute for Clinical Brain ... | 3,916 | 979 | 3.4262 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8787 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
NICHCY Connections to...Including Students with Disabilities in State & District Assessments
NICHCY is pleased to connect you with sources of information on including children with disabilities in state and district-wide assessments. This is an area of considerable concern and endeavor for state and local education age... | 3,113 | 778 | 4.0704 | 4 | Complex | 0.7581 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
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Steps toward Large-Scale Data Integration in the Sciences: Summary of a Workshop
data in reusable form, such as by givin... | 2,841 | 710 | 2.7904 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9393 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Endodontic therapy in dental setup should be simple, predictable and of course the most wanted by patients that's painless and time saving. In recent dental advances RCT is the preferred management modality, for root canal infections.RCT for molars are more challenging and demanding, due to the multicanal system. Since... | 12,803 | 3,200 | 3.5618 | 4 | Complex | 0.833 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
ATHANASIUS I, the Apostolic Saint, twentieth patriarch of the See of Saint Mark (326-373). Athanasius' life has been treated in detail by numerous authors. These sources can be categorized as follows: (1) the writings of Athanasius himself, which should be considered the most authentic of the sources. These include his... | 19,964 | 4,991 | 2.9574 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9659 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Cornelius, (Carl August) Peter
(Born; Mainz, 24 Dec 1824; Died; nr Copenhagen, 26 Oct 1874). German composer. Trained as actor and violinist, and friend of artists, poets and writers, he devoted himself to music from the 1840s, finding inspiration in Liszt and the New German School at Weimar in 1852. His first mature w... | 1,177 | 294 | 3.8375 | 4 | Complex | 0.782 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
As the U.S. tries to recover from the impact of Hurricane Sandy on our shores, Cuba is facing an immense humanitarian tragedy, with long-term implications for its economy, food security, and its future.
Sandy hit Cuba last Thursday, October 25th, staggering the Eastern side of the island with the knock-out punch of a C... | 7,333 | 1,833 | 2.2361 | 2 | Basic | 0.8258 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
New Culture Movement
The New Culture Movement (simplified Chinese: 新文化运动; traditional Chinese: 新文化運動; pinyin: Xīn Wénhuà Yùndòng) of the mid 1910s and 1920s sprang from the disillusionment with traditional Chinese culture following the failure of the Chinese Republic, founded in 1912 to address China’s problems. Schola... | 17,318 | 4,329 | 2.8901 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9499 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
The author covers both traditional and modern sail materials and sailmaking skills. He’s not so much about design as technique. I particularly liked the associations with the history and self-sufficiency aspects of learning a skill like sailmaking. The book talks you through a simple version of making a ditty bag while... | 1,107 | 276 | 1.5095 | 2 | Basic | 0.7003 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Do you wonder what the heck is going on in your cells that you never seem to have enough energy? Well maybe that’s not the first thing that comes to your mind, but that is where your energy ‘should’ come from. And what feeds the cells makes a difference.
This is a more technical explanation for how our bodies make and ... | 9,508 | 2,377 | 2.876 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9545 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Chapter 7 Challenges
From Linux Shell Scripting Tutorial - A Beginner's handbook
- Decide whether the following sentence is true or false:
- Linux is rich with filter programs.
- A filter is a program that gets most of its data from its standard input and writes its main results to its standard ouput.
- A set of proces... | 725 | 181 | 1.7013 | 2 | Basic | 0.7401 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Atomic Number: 27
Atomic Weight: 58.9332
Discovery: George Brandt, circa 1735, maybe 1739 (Sweden)
Electron Configuration: [Ar] 4s2 3d7
Word Origin: German Kobald: evil spirit or goblin; Greek cobalos: mine
Isotopes: Twenty-six isotopes of cobalt ranging from Co-50 to Co-75. Co-59 is the only stable isotope.
Properties... | 3,863 | 965 | 2.2221 | 2 | Basic | 0.7992 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Despite recent drought, the study showed that the numbers of rare and endangered birds in Australia can increase when native trees are restored.
Australia has a very good chance of being able to save most of its endangered native woodland birds, the findings of one of the biggest field studies ever conducted in Austral... | 4,446 | 1,111 | 3.7747 | 4 | Complex | 0.8451 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
California leads the nation in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and is currently working to ensure that 33 percent of the state’s electricity is generated from renewable resources. The California Energy Commission’s Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) is the state’s premier energy research, development and demonstr... | 3,399 | 849 | 3.6 | 4 | Complex | 0.8398 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Referencing and using EndNote referencing software
In academic writing, when you refer to an idea or information created by someone else, you should always include a reference to the publication in which it appears. Normal practice is to include a citation within your text and then include a list of references at the e... | 3,462 | 865 | 1.4144 | 1 | Simple | 0.6655 | false | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Battleground for Empire and Independence
September 29–October 5, 2013
Historian Guide: Frank Ackerman
At the dawn of the 18th century, French colonies extended from the St. Lawrence River to the Great Lakes. British colonies extended west from the Atlantic seaboard, and both sought to expand into the territory between.... | 4,471 | 1,117 | 2.5435 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.867 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Apr. 18, 2005 Scientists recently discovered a new frontier in the race to find life outside our solar system. Dying red giant stars may bring icy planets back from the dead. Once-frozen planets and moons may provide a new breeding ground for life as their stars enter the last, and brightest, phase of their lives. Prev... | 3,985 | 996 | 2.8081 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9377 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Florian Breuer is a mathematician who teaches in South Africa. He’s also a photographer, and created this spectacular panorama of the Quiver Tree Forest near Keetmanshoop, Namibia.
[Click to embiggen and see the whole shot; I had to crop it a bit to fit here.]
Isn’t that gorgeous? The arch of the Milky Way behind the t... | 1,312 | 328 | 1.4507 | 1 | Simple | 0.6525 | false | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Nancy Flanagan has written another of her all-too-numerous to count insightful posts. This one is called I’m OK–You Have Self-Esteem. She approaches the concept of self-esteem in a thoughtful and balanced way, and it’s another of her “must-reads.”
In that post, she mentions a study that came out last year that, as she ... | 3,062 | 765 | 1.9313 | 2 | Basic | 0.7956 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Facts About Homelessness
NYC Homelessness in 2007:
More New Yorkers experienced homelessness
Homelessness continues at near-record levels
2007: Worst year for NYC family homelessness since the Great Depression
The Numbers – More New Yorkers Experienced
Homelessness in 2007, Homeless Population Still High
Last year, 102... | 1,401 | 350 | 3.0641 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9319 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Two complementary radar sounder instruments work together to discover hidden Martian secrets. They are the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding (MARSIS) on the European Space Agency's Mars Express orbiter and the Shallow Subsurface Radar (SHARAD) on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter.
MARSIS was ... | 1,577 | 394 | 2.6776 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8984 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
This news is from the Bird Conservation Alliance listserv:
"Federal Court Orders Cell Tower Safeguards for Migrating Birds
Decision could save millions of birds killed each year in tower collisions
Washington, DC (February 19, 2008) – A federal court of appeals today issued a ruling ordering the Federal Communications ... | 3,105 | 776 | 2.9009 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.939 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
William Temple Hornaday was an early--and probably a founding--member of the American conservation movement, and was also director of the National Zoological Park. He wrote a tremendously bitter and accurate report for the U.S. National Museum in 1894 on the extermination of the American bison, an absolute head-shaker,... | 2,871 | 717 | 3.503 | 4 | Complex | 0.858 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Women sorting freshly sprayed flowers in Columbia, Photo: Tim Ross, Christian Aid
At first glace Colombia’s flower sector
is a huge success story. In 25 years a handful of flower farms has
blossomed into an industry with 450 companies, making Colombia the
world’s second largest flower exporter after the Netherlands.
Th... | 13,573 | 3,393 | 2.2295 | 2 | Basic | 0.8202 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Australia’s largest heron with a massive bill. Dark grey/brown with a paler throat and grey legs. Breeding plumage silvery on the foreneck, crest and back. Immature is browner and with no crest.
A shy, elusive bird, found in mangroves, tidal mudflats and lowland rivers of tropical Australia. Feeds at low tide by stalki... | 795 | 198 | 1.4412 | 1 | Simple | 0.6069 | false | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Researchers in the lab of genome pioneer Craig Venter have built an artificial copy of a bacterium's genome from scratch in the lab. Last year Venter's team transplanted a bacterial genome from one cell into another. The new work, reported this week in the journal Science, marks another step towards being able to creat... | 489 | 122 | 2.4447 | 2 | Basic | 0.8734 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
The Cold War/Changes in the USSR
In 1984, Mikhail Gorbachev was unanimously elected leader of the USSR by the politburo. He was far younger (in his fifties!) than his predecessors, and, although still a committed Marxist-Leninist, was far more open to western ideas. When he came to power, he found out what had previous... | 2,791 | 697 | 2.1843 | 2 | Basic | 0.831 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Back to school time is about new beginnings. It is a chance to get started on the right foot or readjust habits that we have all slipped into.
Don't Text & Drive!
Texting while driving is dangerous and unfortunately incredibly common. In a recent survey, 97 percent of teens say that texting and driving is dangerous but... | 4,606 | 1,151 | 1.9848 | 2 | Basic | 0.7761 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
HI 211 History of Latin America
Prerequisite: EN 101.
This survey of major themes in Latin America history covers the cultural, socio-political, and economic systems of pre-Columbian empires, Spanish and Portuguese conquest and colonization, the struggle for independence and integration in the world economy in the 19th... | 675 | 168 | 2.9527 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9433 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Events convened on Tuesday, 17 July 2001
Presentation on the IPCC Third Assessment Report - Climate Change
This event provided an overview of the contributions of IPCC Working Groups I and II to the IPCC Third Assessment Report (TAR).
Basis: Sir John Houghton, Co-Chair of IPCC Working Group I,
outlined Working Group I'... | 13,572 | 3,393 | 4.2463 | 4 | Complex | 0.7471 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
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- "A Lakota Story" is a story that is presented in the
Lakota language as well as translated to English.
- "Lakota hear It!" is a page that features the playing
(by use of .mp3 audio files) of common words as well as phr... | 1,106 | 276 | 1.6764 | 2 | Basic | 0.7197 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
We acquired some 1st instar nymphs and some eggs from Martina about 3 weeks ago to begin our own captive population of these amazing insects.
Today the first of our hatchling (1st instar) nymphs has moulted. Here are some images of the moulting process.
|Several minutes into the moulting process and the insect is pumpi... | 1,327 | 331 | 2.1388 | 2 | Basic | 0.8046 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Dr. Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950) was an educator and philosopher, mentor to African-American scholars, and founder of the African-American Historical Association. He believed that it is necessary for a race to have a history or it will be made insignificant, and that the study of African-American history would make fo... | 2,022 | 505 | 2.4863 | 2 | Basic | 0.8763 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Eugène Boudin (July 12, 1824 – August 8, 1898) was one of the first French landscape painters to paint outdoors. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Year 1824 ( MDCCCXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or ... | 6,670 | 1,667 | 2.9556 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9366 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Death By Smog
On this day in 1948, an asphyxiating cloud of smog enveloped Donora, Pa., a Monongahela River town of 14,000 people and the location of the Donora Zinc Works and the American Steel and Wire Co. The sulfur dioxide-laden smoke blighted yards and hillsides, and sometimes even made driving difficult. Doctors ... | 778 | 194 | 2.575 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8935 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
“Honor is a harder master than the law”
They thought Sam Clemens (Mark Twain) was too old to pay everybody back
Sam Clemens, true to his word.
Sam Clemens left his family’s Paris residence, went to New York, and on Wednesday afternoon, April 18,1894 filed for bankruptcy. “Cheer up,” he wrote his wife Livy, “the worst i... | 19,836 | 4,959 | 2.4728 | 2 | Basic | 0.8622 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
August 10, 2010
After ten years of spirited debate and extensive compromise, it was on August 10, 164 years ago today, that President James K. Polk signed a bill presented by the United States Congress establishing the Smithsonian Institution. Bequeathed to the United States by British scientist James Smithson, the Ins... | 5,653 | 1,413 | 2.0176 | 2 | Basic | 0.8042 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Office of Citizen
Rest in Peace,
Igloo - building with water crystals in compression
Submitted by Jeff Buster on Wed, 03/03/2010 - 15:36.
The recent snows in the North East Ohio area have stimulated children (and perhaps adults, in the case of the very cleanly expressed example in the image above) to creative play invo... | 1,027 | 256 | 1.8828 | 2 | Basic | 0.749 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
ALTHOUGH the existence of aboriginal earthworks in the Western country has been known for almost a century, no mounds of imitative design intended to represent animal figures were observed, until a very recent period, when the territory now constituting the State of Wisconsin began to attract the attention of emigrants... | 1,985 | 496 | 3.2756 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8889 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
|The ternary calculating machine of Thomas Fowler|
Fowler's Binary and Ternary Tables
One of Thomas Fowler’s many professions was as Treasurer of the Poor Law Union. This was an organization that collected fees (establishment charges) from each parish in the Union to aid the poor in the community. The amount of the fee... | 2,987 | 746 | 2.3571 | 2 | Basic | 0.8427 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Welcome to a photographic glimpse into the complex world of the Inupiat people. On the North Slope Borough land high in the Arctic Circle, the Inupiat continue their unique cultural heritage. Barrow is the northernmost city in Alaska, looking out over the Arctic Ocean to the north. February in Barrow is the time for th... | 1,520 | 380 | 2.0154 | 2 | Basic | 0.7745 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
? — 1618
?) was a Portuguese-Brazilian
poet. He is considered to be the introducer of Baroque
and the first Brazilian poet — however, this last affirmation is contested by many historians.
Details about Teixeira's life are very sparse. His birthplace is most commonly accepted to be Porto
, to Manuel Álvares de Barros a... | 1,257 | 314 | 2.3374 | 2 | Basic | 0.8146 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Posts Tagged ‘green growth’
CSR Research Digest – June 2012
In the 2012 report Inclusive Green Growth: The Pathway to Sustainable Development, World Bank economists set out an economic argument and framework for countries to begin greening their growth. This report argues that sustained growth is necessary to achieve t... | 4,201 | 1,050 | 2.7848 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9356 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
National Wetlands Update September 2012
Issue No. 21, September 2012
Rewetting - response of arid floodplain wetlands following extensive drought
Cherie Campbell, Murray-Darling Freshwater Research Centre, Mildura
Abundant aquatic macrophytes following
environmental watering at Scotties Billabong.
Management interventi... | 3,669 | 917 | 4.3491 | 4 | Complex | 0.7091 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
The Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) deals with the rules on the conduct of warfare, the rules relating to the rights and dutes of armed forces during a conflict, and the rules that protect potential or actual victims of armed conflict. LOAC is often also referred “international humanitarian law” or IHL.
For a basic introd... | 1,140 | 285 | 2.6681 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8495 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Horsing Around for the Home Planet
A friend who is an aficionado of classical music described rock and roll as “a man who got on his horse and rode off in all directions." In my version of the saying, about climate change and our dependence on fossil fuels, I think we all need to get on our horses and ride off in all d... | 3,347 | 836 | 2.54 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8875 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Henry Highland Garnet
Garnet, Henry Highland (gärˈnĭt) [key], 1815–82, American abolitionist clergyman, b. Kent co., Md. Born a slave, he escaped in 1824 and was educated at the Oneida Institute, Whitesboro, N.Y. He was an eloquent speaker, but his radicalism, particularly in a speech at Buffalo in 1843, in which he ca... | 818 | 204 | 1.0328 | 1 | Simple | 0.5908 | false | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Definition of Human T-lymphotropic virus type I
Human T-lymphotropic virus type I: (HTLV-I) A virus often referred to simply as the human T-lymphotropic virus (HTLV).
HTLV-II stands for human T-lymphotropic virus type II, which is closely related to HTLV-I.
HTLV-III is now known as the human immunodeficiency virus or H... | 536 | 134 | 2.4803 | 2 | Basic | 0.8148 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
"The 20th century is full of ambitious engineering projects that gave us false hope," said Bill Solecki, head of the CUNY Institute for Sustainable Cities at Hunter College.
In the Netherlands, spaces like parks and parking garages are specifically designed to take on water in the event of a flood, diverting it from mo... | 1,683 | 420 | 2.697 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9163 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Individual differences |
Methods | Statistics | Clinical | Educational | Industrial | Professional items | World psychology |
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In Buddhism, consciousness-only (Sanskrit: vijñapti-mātratā, vijñapti-mātra, citta-mātra; Chinese: 唯識; Pinyin: wei shi; Japanese: yuishiki) is a theory according to which a... | 4,926 | 1,231 | 3.3874 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8799 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Jupiter's New Red Spot
NASA Science News
March 3, 2006
March 3, 2006: Backyard astronomers, grab your telescopes. Jupiter is
growing a new red spot.
Christopher Go of the Philippines photographed it on February 27th
an 11-inch telescope and a CCD camera:
The official name of this storm is "Oval BA," but "Red Jr." might... | 2,903 | 725 | 2.0005 | 2 | Basic | 0.7856 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Ecological Footprint (EF) measures how fast we consume resources and generate wastes compared to how fast nature can absorb our waste and generate new resources. In this way the EF indicates what we need to do in order to live in balance with natural systems. It can be calculated for an activity, an individual, a famil... | 989 | 247 | 3.2596 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9237 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Good news: cancer incidence is declining for all Americans. Sobering and perplexing fact: African-Americans are more likely than white Americans to be diagnosed with, and die from, cancer. In fact, the mortality rate for blacks has been higher for years. In 2010 the trend continued; 216 of every 100,000 blacks died of ... | 828 | 207 | 1.2657 | 1 | Simple | 0.6582 | false | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Friedreich's ataxia is an inherited disease that causes progressive damage to the nervous system resulting in symptoms ranging from muscle weakness and speech problems to heart disease. Ataxia results from the degeneration of nerve tissue in the spinal cord and of nerves that control muscle movement in the arms and leg... | 2,557 | 639 | 3.1429 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9357 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Medicare, established in 1965, is a federal health care plan for those 65 and older, in addition to certain persons under 65 (e.g., the disabled). In the event a Medicare recipient is injured through the fault of another, he or she may have the right to recover from the person causing injury (or his or her insurance co... | 4,449 | 1,112 | 3.4062 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9073 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Description - Touching four of the five Great Lakes, Michigan's 3,288-mile shoreline consist of two separate areas, Upper Peninsula and Lower Peninsula. Along Michigan's western shore lies the Great Lake Michigan. The southeastern shore fringes Lake Erie and the northeastern shore borders Lake Huron. Along the Upper Pe... | 3,963 | 990 | 3.3263 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8886 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Gulf Coast oysters unsafe (but not for the reason you think)
Deadly Vibrio Vulnificus bacteria, not oil, contaminate Gulf oysters every summer.
Gulf coast politicians are tripping over themselves to assure consumers that seafood from the Gulf is safe to eat. And to be sure, some shrimp and finfish may not be contaminat... | 2,701 | 675 | 2.5389 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.8993 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
“The Old Granite State,” The Hutchinson Family, 1843.
1 item, 10pp.
The Hutchinson Family Singers were an American family singing group from Milford, New Hampshire, who became the most popular American entertainers of the 1840s. The group sang in four-part harmony a repertoire of political, social, comic, sentimental a... | 1,294 | 323 | 1.7351 | 2 | Basic | 0.7397 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
Brick Stacking and Composite Bricks
Brick Stacking is a way of making new bricks from existing ones. You simply place one on top of the other in a single grid square. Usually you will only stack two or three bricks at a time, but you can put up to twelve in a stack.
To start stacking, go to the "Advanced" menu, choose ... | 2,057 | 514 | 1.348 | 1 | Simple | 0.6794 | false | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
We have within the modern period very many examples which enable us to study the evolution of legendary miracles. Out of these I will select but one, which is chosen because it is the life of one of the most noble and devoted men in the history of humanity, one whose biography is before the world with its most minute d... | 30,792 | 7,698 | 2.9419 | 3 | Mid-Complexity | 0.9584 | true | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
John Millington Synge
Synge, John Millington (sĭng) [key], 1871–1909, Irish poet and dramatist, b. near Dublin, of Protestant parents. He was an important figure in the Irish literary renaissance. As a young man he studied music in Germany and later lived in Paris, where he wrote literary criticism. In Paris he met his... | 1,954 | 488 | 1.5311 | 2 | Basic | 0.6624 | false | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu / sample-10BT |
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