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Jan. 20, 2013 Research led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists has identified a possible lead in treatment of two childhood leukemia subtypes known for their dramatic loss of chromosomes and poor treatment outcomes.
The findings also provide the first evidence of the genetic basis for this high-risk leu... | <urn:uuid:18f37a59-34f7-4707-b39d-64ccd63e8523> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130120145819.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921167 | 2,359 | 3.03125 | 3 |
On the island of Flores in Indonesia, villagers have long told tales of a diminutive, upright-walking creature with a lopsided gait, a voracious appetite, and soft, murmuring speech.
They call it ebu gogo, "the grandmother who eats anything." Scientists¿ best guess was that macaque monkeys inspired the ebu gogo lore. B... | <urn:uuid:35a7b569-d11d-4701-adb3-669a7ca0927e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-littlest-human&WT.mc_id=SA_syn_Yahoo | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931828 | 149 | 2.640625 | 3 |
More 60-Second Earth
In 1959 physicist Gilbert Plass warned in Scientific American that increasing concentrations of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere was causing climate change. In 1965 President Lyndon Johnson warned Congress of the risk. In 1979 the U.S. National Academy of Sciences warned against a wait-and-see atti... | <urn:uuid:06e096fe-b0bd-4793-9f3f-1becd617fcfd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=americas-climate-choices-are-narrow-11-05-15 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943119 | 242 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Deadly Navy Sonar Strikes Again
Last Wednesday, about 80 dolphins beached themselves in the Florida Keys. The Miami Herald reported that this occurred after a nuclear-powered submarine used two different types of active sonar to navigate over several days as it trained off the Florida Keys last week, including the day ... | <urn:uuid:88e0c71c-dde1-4ec2-9c86-a51956ab5f24> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.seashepherd.org/news-and-media/2005/03/10/deadly-navy-sonar-strikes-again-1055 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947866 | 586 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Off the Shelf Chemistry
1. The student will learn that chemicals are not something just found in laboratories. Our physical environment is composed of chemicals. Our bodies are composed of chemicals. Understanding the principles of chemistry helps us better understand our world.
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According to Zen teaching, everything in the universe exists interdependently, so valuing the welfare of one being over another, or of humans over the planet, makes no sense at all. This teaching, which can empower us to care passionately about the earth and its future, is not only a Zen principle, it’s something that ... | <urn:uuid:37e0d0a1-e6bd-4d22-a246-83e8d1c515c0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.shambhala.com/authors/g-n/john-daido-loori/teachings-of-the-earth-1.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940459 | 161 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Schaub was photographing at an antique auto show when
she decided to put a 17mm lens on her Minolta X-700 camera.
For this unique point of view she photographed at about
a foot from the front wheel and tilted the camera to encompass
the entire car. This created severe distortion of the
wheel. The effect was enhanced by... | <urn:uuid:d45a4720-74c3-47f0-ac53-abe2a42cd1bd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.shutterbug.com/content/playing-perspectivebrgo-wide-or-get-stacked | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.903847 | 1,242 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Living under the protection of the Canadian navy and in a world safeguarded by international conventions, it’s hard for us to imagine that terror once lurked in the waters off the coast of the Maritimes. Yet when Marsters uses that word in his title, he’s not exaggerating. For three hundred years, during the seventeent... | <urn:uuid:b3414fa0-64ed-40a1-9e9c-7b7254214d08> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/history/487195-bold-privateers-terror-plunder-profit/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975766 | 749 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Gulf Coast activists resolve to save Lousiana’s disappearing bayou
By Brian Vanneman
Every year, 25 to 35 square miles of Louisiana’s bayou country—an
area larger than Manhattan—sinks into the Gulf of Mexico. Since the
1930s, an area about the size of Rhode Island has disappeared. And without
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Researchers at Symantec have uncovered a version of the Stuxnet computer virus that was used to attack Iran's nuclear program in November 2007, two years earlier than previously thought.
Planning for the cyber weapon, the first publicly known example of a virus being used to attack industrial machinery... | <urn:uuid:b2807833-0d17-4d9b-a8ff-bece544b2b99> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.siliconvalley.com/security/ci_22672105/symantec-researchers-say-stuxnet-virus-used-against-iran | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981038 | 487 | 2.515625 | 3 |
I often hear about relaxation techniques in pop psychology. We also discussed them in the mental health section of our Occupational Therapy (OT) curriculum when we explored anxiety. But are they effective and science-based?
Stress and anxiety are common but relatively nebulous issues that can be hard to treat – especia... | <urn:uuid:e492aa78-2678-47b8-aeb9-a937ff238bd6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.skepticnorth.com/2009/11/evidence-of-efficacy-for-stress-relief-techniques/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946923 | 1,539 | 3.453125 | 3 |
Adamant defence of Israel shaped historian
Benzion Netanyahu, 1910-2012
Father and son ... Benzion and Benjamin Netanyahu at the memorial service for the Zionist Ze’ev Jabotinsky. Photo: AP
Benzion Netanyahu was the ardent right-wing father of Israel's Prime Minister, Benjamin ''Bibi'' Netanyahu, and advocated no compr... | <urn:uuid:404f5609-76e0-4807-adb3-83cba475a25a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.smh.com.au/national/obituaries/adamant-defence-of-israel-shaped-historian-20120501-1xwxl.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976733 | 946 | 2.875 | 3 |
What is Breast Biopsy?
A breast biopsy is used during breast cancer testing when part or all of a suspicious breast lump is removed and examined.
The breast lump sample is suctioned out through a biopsy needle, or removed during surgery.
The sample is then examined by a pathologist under a microscope to identify malign... | <urn:uuid:fb958c56-103a-4aa9-a444-0af81e9a334d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.smwh.co.nz/breast-screening/breast-biopsy | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934661 | 289 | 3.5 | 4 |
International Space Activities
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Almost every country in the world is a "space-faring" country in the sense that they use satellites for communications and weather forecasting, and increasingly for satellite navi... | <urn:uuid:62d63695-45ae-4aa7-80df-37335b9620e5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.spacepolicyonline.com/international | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93012 | 538 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Flying Out to GJ 436 and its Planets
Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have detected what they believe is an alien world just two-thirds the size of Earth - one of the smallest on record. The exoplanet candidate, known as UCF-1.01, orbits a star called GJ 436, which is located a mere 33 light-years away.... | <urn:uuid:79134cf7-4a38-4caa-864a-c3482606b729> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/video-audio/1407?limit=40&page=1&view=icons | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.839041 | 416 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Constructing an octahedron and Kepler's conjecture To make an interesting skeletal model of an octahedron, start with 12 identical squares of paper or light card.
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Swaziland is a modified traditional monarchy with executive and some legislative powers vested in the king (Mswati III). The constitution, which went into effect on February 8 and replaced the 1973 Decree, confirms most of the king's powers, but provides for an independent judiciary. The king rules in conjunction with ... | <urn:uuid:42e0da32-adaf-4b4e-b7f2-e3d1c7c28020> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.state.gov/j/drl/rls/hrrpt/2006/78760.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975758 | 12,070 | 2.546875 | 3 |
We have previously discussed the importance of T cells in the initiation and maintenance of multiple sclerosis. For example, it is known that CD4 T cells infiltrate the central nervous system of patients with multiple sclerosis and that through secretion of cytokines they induce microglial activation (associated with g... | <urn:uuid:0ed0f3af-654d-4a27-a2ba-4fcfa423fe26> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.stemnow.com/?cat=20 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929869 | 604 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Create a Hogwarts Floor Plan
Grade Levels: 3 - 8
Students will learn about the concept of scale and other mapping skills as they create a floor plan of Hogwarts School.
- Graph paper
- Make sure that students have a good understanding of the terms floor plan, bird's eye view, and scale
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As we celebrate Mother's Day, and all that the holiday embodies, I thought of all the mothers and women who have gone before us, paving the way in many arenas. One group in particular caught my eye this week. Fifty years after they programmed The ENIAC, the world's first computer, the world's first programmers are rece... | <urn:uuid:0e937f6e-9d03-41e1-88fa-1faa9fb7eea1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.technotouch.com/mothersday_womenpioneers.h.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972645 | 924 | 2.875 | 3 |
Differences Between HTML and HTML 5
Web technology is a standard that allow developing web applications with the help of predefined sets of classes, objects, methods and properties available in a markup language, style sheet language, or programming language. It also provides an interface that allows the sharing of inf... | <urn:uuid:8e033295-da3d-4be9-ac90-8fa2f306852b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.techrepublic.com/whitepapers/differences-between-html-and-html-5/32866171?scname=html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.880162 | 142 | 3.953125 | 4 |
In June 1967, with ex-Vice President Richard Nixon, this writer toured an Israeli military hospital full of wounded Egyptian soldiers.
An Israeli officer told us that in the hospital was an Egyptian officer he had captured in the 1956 Sinai campaign, and that he had asked the Egyptian: “We have fought three times now, ... | <urn:uuid:b817d398-ef7b-45da-a0e4-08f207ff0e32> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.theamericanconservative.com/is-the-window-closing-on-israel/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969295 | 1,087 | 2.515625 | 3 |
The central part of Indiana, prior to settlement, was primarily covered in forest.
Today, with all residential, commercial, industrial and transportation land cover, most of the forest areas have disappeared.
That means many children have lost any association with what forests are or were.
However, a new website, "Find... | <urn:uuid:e45290fd-4ddf-41cc-83c8-d6c08699f5ae> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thebraziltimes.com/story/1678362.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935697 | 450 | 3.515625 | 4 |
Buried inside Robert Bryce’s relatively new book entitled Power Hungry is a call to “aggressively pursue taxes or caps on the emissions of neurotoxins, particularly those that come from burning coal” to generate electricity such as mercury and lead. This is notable not because Bryce agrees with many environmental and h... | <urn:uuid:ed7842f6-485f-401b-96c7-6ca3e6045411> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.theenergyfix.com/2011/05/07/tax-toxins-not-carbon-dioxide-from-coal-fired-power-plants/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955607 | 481 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Bangladesh capital has topped a list of cities facing the highest climate change risks in the coming years. Kolkata came seventh, Mumbai eighth while Delhi was in the 20th position.
The ranking of 50 cities was done by Maplecroft, a British firm specialising in risk analysis. The cities were chosen for their current an... | <urn:uuid:9390ef64-650e-4667-9143-3931f987acdb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/dhaka-tops-list-of-cities-facing-highest-climate-change-risk/article4103561.ece | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96134 | 196 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Although most of Guatemala's children have enough food to eat, many are not receiving the right kind of food. Samuel Loewenberg reports on the country's growing crisis of chronic malnutrition.
In the clean, toy-filled interior of a clinic in Chiquimula, a 9-year-old girl appears to be frowning. Her name is Domitila, an... | <urn:uuid:59ded2d3-5588-4c1d-b2b4-49b7f657c3fe> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)61314-3/fulltext | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97416 | 3,087 | 3.234375 | 3 |
By Paul Craig Roberts (archive)
April 14, 2003
Now that you have paid your income taxes, calculate how much you own of your own labor.
You can do this by dividing the federal, state and local income taxes you paid (including Social Security and Medicare) by your taxable income.
Generally speaking, the higher your incom... | <urn:uuid:57e8ed64-5e46-4af5-b25d-cbde36a46846> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thelibertyvoice.com/tag/pain-no-gain | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96842 | 358 | 2.640625 | 3 |
But it isn't feasible to study every single species on the planet in depth- there are hundreds and thousands of types of insects alone! Fortunately, it has become clear that there are often many parallels between the biological systems at work in many types of creature, from yeast to humans. This had led to the establi... | <urn:uuid:1b764e9b-78a1-4944-bcac-3edaaf9857f6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/articles/article/katarneycolumn.htm/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973825 | 1,014 | 3.375 | 3 |
Mild Drought Conditions Persist in Part of State
Streamflows and groundwater recovery levels continue to lag behind for this time of year. The latest drought depiction by the council shows central North Carolina in a moderate drought, and the coastal and mountain regions are experiencing abnormally dry conditions.
Coun... | <urn:uuid:3022e34b-f00a-4f43-9373-064ab428a376> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thepilot.com/news/2006/may/18/mild-drought-conditions-persist-in-part-of-state/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95433 | 305 | 2.6875 | 3 |
AliciaBUTTERFIELD, MA, United States
ElizabethBUTTERFIELD, MA, United States
KiaraBUTTERFIELD, MA, United States
12 & under
Robert HaighBUTTERFIELD, MA, United States
Karen FredetteBUTTERFIELD, MA, United States
Social Sciences & Culture > Cultures
History & Government > World History
Ages 9 and up
We would share notes... | <urn:uuid:75e77a09-0c35-49f0-a502-a2bd8713f28c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thinkquest.org/pls/html/f?p=52300:100:1555776601302806::::P100_TEAM_ID:456286997 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969768 | 333 | 2.65625 | 3 |
NASA said Tuesday it has suspended use of one of the mineral-identifying tools on the Opportunity Mars rover due to a problem.
The robot's thermal emission spectrometer was acting up, and engineers are obtaining data from it while troubleshooting.
The problem might be related to a malfunctioning optical switch that tel... | <urn:uuid:88a20404-f043-4c74-b994-8711903632c8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.today.com/id/7209398/ns/technology_and_science-space/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945234 | 294 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Opening the Tomb of Petamenophis in Luxor
A First Look
by Jane Akshar
Today (December 7th, 2005) was the official opening of the tomb of Petamenophis (Padiamenope, Xry.y-Hb Hrj-tp) (TT33) by Dr Sabry Abd El Aziz, the deputy of Dr Zahi Hawass. It is located next to the tomb of Harwa (TT39).
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Norfolk Island is a pristine island, populated mostly by the descendants of the "Bounty" mutineers who left the Pitcairn Islands for more space, provides the opportunity for visitors to unwind.
Although getting to Norfolk Island is not cheap, expenses on the island are minimal and visitors to Norfolk Island will enjoy ... | <urn:uuid:e30dcd4f-0e51-41a5-8f1c-b5281c68eafd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.travellerspoint.com/guide/Norfolk_Island/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957112 | 1,943 | 3.5 | 4 |
Treading Heavily on the Environment: China's Growing Eco-Footprint Highlighted in New Report
photo by Sheila via flickr
We've written about the concept of Eco-Footprint a number of times--what it is, how to calculate it, and how to reduce yours--and with the Olympics upon us it comes as no surprise that China's environ... | <urn:uuid:a71cbc30-cd29-430f-8b78-f08c2763a387> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.treehugger.com/natural-sciences/treading-heavily-on-the-environment-chinas-growing-eco-footprint-highlighted-in-new-report.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939177 | 1,097 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Section I: Chapter Activities
If you enjoy learning about and discovering history and being around young people, then working with a Junior Historian chapter will be an experience you will cherish. If you get excited about holding in your hand an artifact that was once held by George Washington or Sam Houston and want ... | <urn:uuid:32373a1b-193c-4023-8a42-ceaf16dfa999> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.tshaonline.org/education/students/junior-historians/1234 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937547 | 12,825 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Experts at the James A. Clifton Center for Digestive Diseases diagnose and treat patients who have an intolerance to grain products. Celiac disease is an immune disorder in which people are allergic to gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye and barley.
In people with celiac disease, gluten sets off an immune reaction th... | <urn:uuid:0444a70c-8dcc-4f07-af7d-ea8f167dfc4a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.uihealthcare.org/Clinic.aspx?id=3485 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950895 | 224 | 3.90625 | 4 |
a room not thirteen feet either way, slept twelve men
and women, two or three in bunks set in a sort of alcove,
the rest on the floor."
These homeless children "are to be found all over the
city …. where the neighbourhood offers a chance of picking
up a living at daytime and of "turning in" at night with
a promise of s... | <urn:uuid:cabec172-7197-4660-bb58-7f55f89ffbde> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.un.org/ga/Istanbul+5/bg1.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923681 | 1,827 | 3.328125 | 3 |
Access to Culture in Brazil
The links between Culture and human rights, as well as the role of Culture in fighting discrimination, are issues Brazil has been trying to face. Nevertheless, the integration of Culture with other social policies is a recent experience which still calls for improvement.
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- Prayer and Worship
- Beliefs and Teachings
- Issues and Action
- Catholic Giving
- About USCCB
David’s Census; the Plague. 1The LORD’s anger against Israel flared again,a and he incited David against them: “Go, take a census of Israel and Judah.” 2The king therefore said to Joab and the leaders of the army who were w... | <urn:uuid:126643fc-2a8d-43d0-8379-7f89e464f1e9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.usccb.org/bible/2sm/24:11 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964694 | 1,305 | 2.75 | 3 |
- Prayer and Worship
- Beliefs and Teachings
- Issues and Action
- Catholic Giving
- About USCCB
Faith of the Ancients. 1Faith is the realization of what is hoped for and evidence* of things not seen.a 2Because of it the ancients were well attested. 3b By faith we understand that the universe was ordered by the word of... | <urn:uuid:4c609218-6b52-4f46-970e-1b0a740a0dd5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.usccb.org/bible/heb/11:12 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98088 | 2,167 | 3.140625 | 3 |
daughter of Khaled Abdul-Wahab, Tunisian rescuer of Jews during the Holocaust
Khaled Abdul-Wahab, a Tunisian who rescued two dozen Jews during the Holocaust, is the first Arab person to be nominated for the designation of Righteous Among the Nations. Faiza Abdul-Wahab reflects here on her father's life and legacy.
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The theme for the 2011 Native American $1 Coin is "Supreme Sachem Ousamequin, Massasoit of the Great Wampanoag Nation Creates Alliance with Settlers at Plymouth Bay (1621)." Its reverse design features hands of the Supreme Sachem Ousamequin Massasoit and Governor John Carver, symbolically offering the ceremonial peace ... | <urn:uuid:f66d29f4-63be-4648-bece-bd286744b374> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/nativeAmerican/?action=2011NADesign | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939551 | 625 | 3.03125 | 3 |
In many areas of the economy, there looms the specter of deflation, with consumer prices falling over the past 12 months by their greatest percentage since 1955.
But you might not notice that fall in prices next time you fill up your tank with gasoline. Instead of deflating, gasoline is inflating. The big question is w... | <urn:uuid:c6a5fe43-0fe8-4352-aaf5-068282f1701d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2009/may/17/1b17dean02418/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964853 | 694 | 2.546875 | 3 |
The term shin splints, or medial tibial stress syndrome (MTSS), describes a condition common in runners who develop pain on the inside of the shin bone. This is in particular common in young athletes, who have progressed their running or jumping too quickly, and who have trained most often on hard surfaces. It is more ... | <urn:uuid:1d93eab8-24ad-4b54-ab9e-867dffbe79df> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2012/apr/10/tp-orthotics-running-technique-ways-to-prevent/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954544 | 530 | 3.34375 | 3 |
Iowa Food Waste Reduction Project
The Iowa Waste Reduction Center recently launched the Iowa Food Waste Reduction Project. The goal of this project is to reduce the generation of food waste and its disposal in Iowa landfills. By developing comprehensive educational tools, helping to build infrastructure for waste diver... | <urn:uuid:37954aaa-a669-42ea-a7dc-a2c2ffc833a1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.vpaf.uni.edu/energy/index.shtml | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.91906 | 216 | 2.8125 | 3 |
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Sid is ready to stay up all night so he and his stuffed animals can pretend to fly into space on a rocket ship! When his Mom insists that he can't stay up, Sid ventures to school to investigate more. He and friends explore how the body needs sleep to properly function, and most important, we ne... | <urn:uuid:961f6108-0ffb-41ba-8ae5-77c394380e42> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.vpt.org/show/16561/220 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95342 | 172 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Volume IV, No. 3, Sept. 1993
* supporting human health, animal rights, and ecology *
I spent the first week of August in Portland, Oregon at the North American Vegetarian Congress. Vegetarian experts from across the country presented lectures, workshops and food demonstrations. One thought-provoking speaker was Howard ... | <urn:uuid:2321f0f7-668a-4399-806c-d3b9fb8a7fe2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.vsh.org/newsletter-1993-09.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935784 | 6,376 | 3.109375 | 3 |
When it comes to a department of computer science, computer engineering, or information technology, the goal should be that everyone who qualifies to take courses within your department and anyone who is qualified to teach them should be able to do so.
Universal design can provide an approach for making your department... | <urn:uuid:bb35be30-0b46-49ee-95a5-67a86578d9bc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.washington.edu/accesscomputing/print.html?ID=347 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936431 | 367 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Facts about HSUS
In recent years we have experienced a sharp increase in the challenges facing animal agriculture from animal rights and environmental activist groups. One of the groups that challenges animal agriculture the most is HSUS. HSUS is the largest and most well-funded animal rights organization in the U.S. C... | <urn:uuid:2eb5a832-20a1-4757-91db-e4699747596f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.waynecfb.com/press/hsus.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949281 | 1,729 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Information contained on this page is provided by NewsUSA, an independent third-party content provider. WorldNow and this Station make no warranties or representations in connection therewith.(NewsUSA/National Pest Managemnt Association ) - This past summer, many Americans learned about the existence of hantavirus and ... | <urn:uuid:3956a882-dbc3-4f0e-8876-50050441ab97> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wboc.com/story/19806285/how-to-keep-wildlife-in-the-wild | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952169 | 145 | 2.625 | 3 |
Provides detailed information on the different habitats, life cycles, and natural history of frogs, toads, newts, salamanders, and the rare caecilians
Search multiple online resources
external:Arms & Armor
Presents the history of weapons and armor through the ages. Describes the design, construction and workings of var... | <urn:uuid:97586b4f-aab1-401c-9de2-41116ed617be> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wccls.org/online_resources/readers | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.867797 | 844 | 3.265625 | 3 |
By The Humane Society of America Many diseases common to cats can be prevented in two ways: by keeping your cat indoors, and by having your cat vaccinated according to your veterinarian's advice. CommonMore >>
With children the most frequent victims of dog bites and dog bites accounting for 5 percent of emergency room ... | <urn:uuid:10205de1-226b-488f-b5c0-21386c2534d4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wdrb.com/story/1633816/what-to-do-when-you-find-a-stray-dog-or-cat | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96243 | 1,766 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Hungry children cannot thrive. Yet millions of kids in America are at risk of going hungry.
Hungry children are disadvantaged children. They can’t grow, develop and learn like other kids. They have trouble focusing and getting along. They complain often of headaches, stomachaches and other ailments. They fall behind in... | <urn:uuid:9ffeac05-97b3-4aeb-b662-1c41bbeffdeb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wenourishhope.org/news/second-harvest-north-florida-welcomes-national-experts-discuss-impact-childhood-hunger-academic?page=5 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966513 | 653 | 2.6875 | 3 |
(RNN) - Tragic incidents at sweatshops around the world in recent months have caused some people to think more about how their clothing was made.
Fair trade and ethically-made products have enjoyed increased sales recently, although buying those products remains difficult for the majority of Americans. In 2011, fair tr... | <urn:uuid:2b168ab6-c01c-410c-afac-a35dd195e077> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wfsb.com/story/20490741/sweatshop-free-clothing-more-popular-but-still-hard-to-find-for-most | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976428 | 915 | 2.828125 | 3 |
UNICEF : New study shows MDGs for children can be reached faster with focus on most disadvantaged
7 SEPTEMBER 2010 | NEW YORK – The global community can save millions of lives by investing first in the most disadvantaged children and communities, according to a new UNICEF study released today.
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Comparing Groups: Randomization and Bootstrap Methods Using R
June 2011, ©2011
Computing has become an essential part of the day-to-day practice of statistical work, broadening the types of questions that can now be addressed by research scientists applying newly derived data analytic techniques. Comparing Groups: Rand... | <urn:uuid:3f9140e3-9b10-454c-98e0-9b94cb88b5f0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-EHEP002305,subjectCd-ED04.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.76263 | 1,881 | 2.9375 | 3 |
Imagine holding in your hands a piece of the rope used to hang the man who assassinated President James A. Garfield in 1882. Or a handwritten letter Ephraim Williams’ sister wrote after his death in 1755, describing her brother’s wounds in great detail and decrying the French and Indian War.
In the Williams College Mus... | <urn:uuid:fe374e89-7313-4bfc-a4d6-e059460647b3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.williams.edu/feature-stories/spero-history/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943263 | 578 | 3.109375 | 3 |
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Determining the commonality of sexual harassment of men can be difficult due to the fact that men are fairly unlikely to report sexual harassment. Research has shown that women are more likely to report sexual harassment than men are, though in general it does seem th... | <urn:uuid:67a2aeec-2d33-4872-828d-21f2ceea8fd0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wisegeek.com/how-common-is-sexual-harassment-of-men.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982147 | 512 | 3.09375 | 3 |
WMHT, PBS and the Adobe Foundation have launched Capital Region Youth Voices, a youth media project designed to encourage middle and high school students to use digital media tools to create compelling stories about issues and concerns of importance.
As this project gets underway, WMHT encourages the community to exper... | <urn:uuid:95e59c84-b1e4-4dc7-9e95-dd3fb3c40323> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wmht.org/page/capital-region-youth-voices-a-showcase-for-young-media-makers-113.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.887497 | 175 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In Rom. archæol., a room in a large dwelling. The word occurs in Vitruvius and Pliny, in ways that have suggested to modern writers the idea that it had a technical meaning; but it was merely the Greek word transferred.
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‘œcus’ hasn't been added t... | <urn:uuid:f1340efb-f81a-4023-8c00-1919121db3a5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wordnik.com/words/%C5%93cus | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92283 | 97 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Weekly Hours and Overtime
What is the regular work week?
It's 8 hours a day, 40 hours a week.
(Note: If you belong to a union, check your collective agreement. You might have better hours of work and overtime provisions than the minimum protections found in the law.)
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WAS to celebrate the World Sexual Health Day in September 4th 2013 and the World Congress of Sexual Health in Porto Alegre-Brazil September 21-24, 2013
In 2010, the World Association for Sexual Health (WAS) called all their organizations to celebrate, on each September 4th, World Sexual Health Day in an effort to promo... | <urn:uuid:ad4c2d89-20f0-42fd-b873-2dfd5ec0cbcc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.worldsexology.org/node/27 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954252 | 944 | 2.625 | 3 |
Jammu Holiday Weather Overview
Jammu, the northernmost part of India, experiences a subtropical climate that features two major seasons, a very hot summer and a chilly winter. During the summer months, temperature in Jammu climbs to high thirties as June the hottest month of the year experiences around 45°C of average ... | <urn:uuid:eb1c65ce-9d41-4176-87bb-2a3523f64739> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.worldweatheronline.com/Jammu-weather/Jammu-and-Kashmir/IN.aspx | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94802 | 363 | 2.78125 | 3 |
WSDOT cultural resource specialists help the agency comply with state and federal cultural resource laws that apply to:
- historic structures
- culturally important areas
Transportation Projects and Archaeological/Historic Resources Management
Washington State has a rich and diverse prehistory/ history that have left e... | <urn:uuid:923a66e2-2e4c-4c03-9b8f-ec0ae9db8a1e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Environment/CulRes/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.858415 | 1,198 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Natural Areas and Rangelands
Native pollinators clearly help with crop pollination, yet many agricultural areas lack the habitat necessary to support native pollinators. Proximity to natural or semi-natural land is often an important predictor of pollinator diversity in cropland. For agricultural areas that have lost n... | <urn:uuid:68d0605d-4aaa-423d-accd-1532298ca8bb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/natural-areas/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.89869 | 904 | 4.03125 | 4 |
Greetings Bob and Louis,
Bob, I am glad my previous post was useful. Good luck with your explorations.
Louis, thanks you for your information about the alternate graph for "he2." Although I read the Daodejing some time ago, I do not recall the more complicated "he2" character from there. I think I recall it only from r... | <urn:uuid:adf393f9-2a2a-4a8a-b034-5a72eafb9eb1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.yangfamilytaichi.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?p=9896 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963002 | 830 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Yenka Science with Electronics is a highly interactive virtual lab, which lets you model physics and chemistry experiments safely and easily.
Simulate experiments however you wish: design circuits and optical systems, model reactions using over 100 different chemicals, investigate wave propogation or accelerate masses.... | <urn:uuid:b22b8443-72fd-4366-9740-252b65ec5c3c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.yenka.com/en/Yenka_Science_with_Electronics/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.880883 | 319 | 3.640625 | 4 |
(1823/26–1883), Yiddish and Hebrew poet; maskil. Known as the singer and troubadour of the Jews of Romania, Benjamin Wolf Ehrenkranz was born in Zbaraż (in Austrian Galicia) and received a traditional education. Under the influence of friends from Tarnopol, he embraced the Haskalah movement. Although Ehrenkranz was mar... | <urn:uuid:74ece688-e6a3-4804-8584-41f6c147a85a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Ehrenkranz_Benjamin_Wolf | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94765 | 1,090 | 3.109375 | 3 |
TOPIC: Safe Water
Surface water should be Treated by boiling it to rid it of germs and parasites and some Pollutants. Waterborne Diseases can be deadly, and Emergencies can occur suddenly. A Filter such as Katadyn, AquaPure, PUR Plus, Brittas, Amway, or PentaPure, or a Pre-Filter or Lead Trap can help, along with a Sys... | <urn:uuid:10086128-5c85-41c4-be2e-596051072a1e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.zetatalk7.com/food/tfood062.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930322 | 518 | 3.25 | 3 |
Dark Crater Rims
These mosaic images from NASA's Dawn mission show how dark, carbon-rich materials tend to speckle the rims of smaller craters or their immediate surroundings on the giant asteroid Vesta. The image on the left is Numisia Crater and the image on the right is a shallow, unnamed crater in the Sextilia quad... | <urn:uuid:498f8c15-ceb5-466b-8658-8e4fb309ae30> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www1.nasa.gov/mission_pages/dawn/multimedia/pia16630.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.888548 | 344 | 3.65625 | 4 |
"Whether commentary [...] is built into a structure of a history or developed as a separate, superimposed text is a matter of choice, but the voice of the commentator must be clearly heard. The commentary should disrupt the facile linear progression of the narration, introduce alternative interpretations, question any ... | <urn:uuid:709edd07-f654-4e6f-82be-54a723730bdd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www2.iath.virginia.edu/holocaust/spiegelman.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952188 | 3,118 | 2.578125 | 3 |
A Publication of
The University of Montana
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New Directions: Combining health with research
View is published twice a year by the offices of the Vice President for
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Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in the United States. Each year, more than two million people suffer a heart attack or stroke and over 800,000 die from these conditions. In this podcast, Dr. Amy Valderrama discusses the risk factors for cardiovascular disease. Created: 12/20/2012 by MMWR.
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Common Names in English:
Bulb Bladderfern, Bulblet Bladderfern
, on rock, or often epiphytic, erect
, or occasionally pendent. Stems long- to short-creeping, branched or not, bearing scales
and few to numerous
, usually dictyostelic. Leaves monomorphic
in bud. Petiole
, as in Loxogramme ], lacking scales or sometimes s... | <urn:uuid:03809f0d-e9b0-4f34-9484-7034d523745e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://zipcodezoo.com/Plants/P/Polypodium%5Fbulbiferum/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696381249/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092621-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.670114 | 3,498 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Subsidies and tax breaks are a tried and true way of helping a developing industry get up on its feet.
One of the strategies to accelerate a transition to cleaner greener renewable energy sources is to subsidize research development, and production of renewable energy sources, such as wind power, solar power, geotherma... | <urn:uuid:fbd22fca-7c10-424c-bf5c-0f1389e75fa2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://8020vision.com/2011/01/25/which-energy-industries-would-you-subsidize/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938058 | 615 | 3.390625 | 3 |
Outreach Workshop: Roller Coasters In Your Classroom
You provide the floor space and we’ll provide the excitement and learning. What better way to learn about the physics of energy, force and motion than through hands-on science? Experience these principles first hand as you build and modify your own roller coaster des... | <urn:uuid:ce52bfd6-e52a-4026-b891-65e7006eacb2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://aahom.org/experience/programs/workshop-roller-coasters-your-classroom-4th-12th | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.898964 | 1,175 | 4.28125 | 4 |
Want to integrate science, math, & geography? Check out this great program!
GLOBE is a worldwide, hands-on, school-based education and science program. GLOBE links K-12 students, teachers, and the scientific research community together to learn more about our environment through student data collection. Over one millio... | <urn:uuid:21aa9713-ecbf-4103-bb53-371f9f15f85e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://academics.smcvt.edu/vtgeographic/GLOBEProgram.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919388 | 571 | 3.828125 | 4 |
What are tendon problems?
Two major problems associated with tendons include tendonitis and tenosynovitis. Tendonitis, inflammation of a tendon (the tough cords of tissue that connect muscles to bones) can affect any tendon in the body. When the tendons become irritated, swelling, pain, and discomfort will occur.
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|Apollo 11 (AS-506)
Lunar Landing Mission
The Apollo Program
Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land
on the Moon. The first steps by humans on another planetary body were
taken by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on July 20, 1969. The astronauts
also returned to Earth the first samples from another planetary body.... | <urn:uuid:e8572953-6948-484a-90f3-cda3c8d29a60> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/imagery/apollo/AS11/a11.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.881583 | 116 | 3.984375 | 4 |
Printing Matrices for "Narrative of the U.S. Exploring Expedition" - Introduction
In 1836 the U.S. Congress authorized President Andrew Jackson "to send out a surveying and exploring expedition to the Pacific Ocean and South Seas." The U.S. Exploring Expedition's Narrative . . . (Vols. I-V) was written to follow the pa... | <urn:uuid:391bd51c-0a0f-44a1-b7bd-03b83aaaf310> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object-groups/printing-matrices-for-narrative-of-the-us-exploring-expedition?edan_start=0&edan_fq=topic%253A%2522Science+%2526+Scientific+Instruments%2522 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933123 | 326 | 3.34375 | 3 |
ZOROASTER AND THE BIRTH OF AN APOCALYPTIC FAITH
by R.D. Brinsmead
The following outline has been drawn, for the most part, from three excellent and highly acclaimed publications about Zoroastrians: Norman Cohn, Cosmos, Chaos, and the World to Come: The Ancient Roots of Apocalyptic Faith; Mary Boyce, Zoroastrians: Their... | <urn:uuid:9d2941f4-5602-4dd0-b59c-b897b459392e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://americankabuki.blogspot.com/2012/12/zoroaster-and-birth-of-apocalyptic-faith.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973106 | 4,894 | 2.859375 | 3 |
While already available via apps mostly requiring a rooted device, the WiFi hotspot functionality was introduced as a "native feature" with Android 2.2 (aka Frozen Yoghurt aka Froyo). It allows to transform your Android device into a WiFi router, to which up to five other WiFi enabled devices can connect. This way they... | <urn:uuid:5e700068-478d-408d-839a-d19fe7cb45dd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://android.stackexchange.com/tags/wifi-hotspot/info | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.905221 | 254 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Siri is a speech-recognition computer application. It has both speech input and output, meaning you can speak to it, and it can speak back to you. You speak to Siri to ask it questions and give it commands, such as small tasks that you’d like it to complete. For example, ask Siri about the weather, and it will respond ... | <urn:uuid:2ac9e9e5-a269-400d-b5d4-6ace16928de0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://appitive.com/technology/2012/11/19/so-far-so-sirious/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948963 | 290 | 3 | 3 |
What is the National Health Interview Survey?
The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) is a continuous, nationwide
in-person survey of approximately 35,000 households, or about 87,500 persons,
in the civilian non-institutionalized population. The NHIS over samples
African-American and Hispanic respondents. NCI perio... | <urn:uuid:5b3a4b1c-3b32-4e77-b951-107000d8aa32> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://appliedresearch.cancer.gov/surveys/nhis/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918523 | 263 | 3.265625 | 3 |
THE CONDITION of the surgical patient postoperatively depends on several factors, among which are surgical trauma, length of operation, type of anesthesia and loss of blood. The more closely each of these factors can be maintained to normal, the more rapid will be the patient's recovery. With improved methods of surger... | <urn:uuid:73c441c0-be79-4fd1-8aaa-3bbbfe529dac> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://archsurg.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=548181 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962489 | 181 | 3.328125 | 3 |
The Arabian Nights
Tell Me a Tale: The Tradition of Storytelling
“Kan ya makan fi qadim al-ziman…”
“Once upon a time…”
Storytelling is a tradition as old as humanity itself. From ancient cave drawings to today’s 3-D movies, telling stories seems to be an inherent part of being human. After all, the Iliad and Odyssey, t... | <urn:uuid:1d993237-7680-4878-ab29-33ffa2d471b9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://arenastage.com/shows-tickets/sub-text/2010-11-season/the-arabian-nights/tell-me-a-tale.shtml | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971013 | 1,018 | 3.96875 | 4 |
There is hardly anyone who hasn't heard of Jamshedji Tata. But few remember his elder son Dorab. To this Tata goes the credit of starting the Olympic movement in India. Dorab Tata was mostly educated in England and his interest in sport was a result of his Western upbringing.
In the 1880s and '90s, Dorab Tata was activ... | <urn:uuid:510780b9-908f-402f-9596-f5e518bb2ae4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2008-08-03/news/27726771_1_olympic-marathon-olympic-movement-jamshedji-tata | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98475 | 503 | 3 | 3 |
Children who are exposed to violence experience wear and tear to their DNA that is similar to that seen in aging, according to a new study that may help explain why they face a heightened risk of mental and physical disorders as adults.
In a long-term study of 118 pairs of identical twins, researchers at Duke Universit... | <urn:uuid:f02d3295-c6e5-4eb3-9bfe-da6bf465ee33> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/25/health/la-he-violence-aging-20120425 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980483 | 640 | 3.140625 | 3 |
This Envisat image features the Galapagos Islands, an archipelago situated some 1,000 km to the west of Ecuador in the Pacific Ocean. Galapagos’s largest island is Isabela (visible). The five volcanoes seen on the island are (from north to south): Wolf Volcano, Darwin Volcano, Alcedo Volcano, Sierra Negra Volcano and C... | <urn:uuid:55abdecf-87a7-49ac-8e2c-668d0c1003b8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://atchocochoco.tumblr.com/tagged/earth | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.881423 | 204 | 3.265625 | 3 |
An authority on coastal management is measuring the toll on Gold Coast beaches from the recent wild weather.
Professor Rodger Tomlinson from Griffith University says every extreme weather event can provide vital information.
He says pictures do not tell the whole story.
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Sheep farming, an ancient and iconic institution in rural Wales, is coming under threat from a number of different angles.
Sheep-raising once dominated Britain’s economy and played a significant role in the country’s industrial development. In 1660, in fact, wool accounted for two-thirds of the nation’s exports. While ... | <urn:uuid:1309863b-ca64-4291-917a-6fa2075449bd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/432075/20130206/wales-sheep-lamb-eu-france-china-decline-industry-global-warming-exports-subsidy-farmers-meat-livest.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954597 | 1,605 | 2.984375 | 3 |
On its 150th anniversary, the IRCC warns it is struggling to cope
One hundred and fifty years after it was founded, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) says it is struggling to cope with humanitarian catastrophes caused by war.
The destructive power of modern weapons and technology, and the proliferatio... | <urn:uuid:cc92f938-7347-419b-a9c3-8f5c43b98cfe> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/436126/20130217/red-cross-icrc-peter-maurer-150-anniversary.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961451 | 979 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Classical General Relativity in more than four spacetime dimensions has been the subject of increasing attention in recent years. Among the reasons why it should be interesting to study this extension of Einstein’s theory, and in particular its black hole solutions, we may mention that
- String theory contains gravity ... | <urn:uuid:152ce7f1-8d02-4546-a969-0b59a15efdeb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://backreaction.blogspot.com/2008/03/lost-in-translation.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.903799 | 560 | 2.765625 | 3 |
`Abdu'l-Bahá: (1844-1921) Son of Bahá'u'lláh, designated His successor and authorized interpreter of His writings. Named `Abbás after His grandfather, `Abdu'l-Bahá was known to the general public as `Abbás Effendi. Bahá'u'lláh gave Him such titles as "the Most Great Branch," "the Mystery of God," and "the Master." Afte... | <urn:uuid:9548f91d-2be3-41f0-bfa3-c57db9653941> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://bahai.uga.edu/glossary.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942015 | 2,954 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Magnesium Treats Urinary Urge Incontinence
Women who suffer from a common urinary problem known as urge incontinence may benefit from taking magnesium supplements, according to a report in Family Practice News (February 1, 2003:46). This study confirms a previous report demonstrating that this inexpensive and safe mine... | <urn:uuid:70cbc9ed-d121-4099-9183-1769d0dfe07b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://bastyrcenter.org/content/view/792/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942407 | 904 | 2.65625 | 3 |
LIVESTOCK AND WATER
Ohio State University Extension Beef Specialist
Limitations on water intake depress animal performance quicker and more drastically than any other nutrient deficiency. Domesticated animals can live about sixty days without food but only seven days without water. Hearing and sight are impaired withou... | <urn:uuid:9e0e0962-b116-4be6-86b1-8c553e3f8c1d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://beef.osu.edu/library/water.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916884 | 3,741 | 3.203125 | 3 |
We have now seen four common concurrency concepts that can be used for programming concurrent application logic. However, there are still other concurrency concepts and language primitives for concurrent programming. We will now introduce the more interesting ones briefly. We give hints how they relate to the former co... | <urn:uuid:d19f365f-2f0f-4abf-9d5c-13108b4eb3cd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://berb.github.io/diploma-thesis/community/056_other.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937782 | 1,435 | 3.125 | 3 |
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), wife of the thirty-second president of the United States, was a philanthropist, author, world diplomat, and resolute champion of liberal causes.
Eleanor Roosevelt was born in New York City on Oct. 11, 1884, into an economically comfortable but troubled family. Her father was Elliott ... | <urn:uuid:822be245-f2cd-4715-b511-810e3dbc7a69> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://biography.yourdictionary.com/eleanor-roosevelt | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972287 | 1,657 | 3.15625 | 3 |
My wife and I just returned from our winter home in Gilbert, Arizona. One day the humidity was 1 percent. What’s Chicago’s lowest humidity? And the world’s?
--Bob Hansen, Lindenhurst
Chicago climatologist Frank Wachowski reports that the city’s all-time low relative humidity is 13 percent, recorded on three occasions. ... | <urn:uuid:c93b59c2-4aac-4d16-82bb-2b3ee472e109> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.chicagoweathercenter.com/category/ask-tom-why/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917814 | 191 | 2.875 | 3 |
I was interested in this article on what helps people learn from the excellent blog, The Frontal Cortex, written by journalist and science writer, Jonah Lehrer.
"It turned out that those subjects with a growth mindset were significantly better at learning from their mistakes. As a result, they showed a spike in accurac... | <urn:uuid:d7136b93-c10c-4f67-9c51-9882370a07f9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.lib.umn.edu/khbriggs/myblogforpsy1001/int/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976193 | 513 | 2.671875 | 3 |