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Coffee Might Protect Brain From Alzheimer’s
A new reason to reach for that morning cup of coffee: Researchers have now discovered a link between caffeinated coffee and Alzheimer’s prevention.
The important ingredient, though is caffeine.
What’s really interesting is that caffeinated coffee — but not decaf — boosted the... | <urn:uuid:b2ec23f1-b1a5-490e-8cee-ed78de73c7f9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://kool1017.com/coffee-might-protect-brain-from-alzheimers/ | 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 | 0.9227 | 127 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Located in the North of France, the Cathedral of Beauvais could boast of having vaulted ceilings which, at the time, were higher than those of any Gothic structure in the land (42m). The choir was finally completed in 1272, but part of its ceiling collapsed in 1284 and had to be rebuilt. The transept was completed in 1... | <urn:uuid:d3114547-1604-4be8-b7c2-fe1955668c68> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://kreiderskorner.blogspot.com/2009_08_01_archive.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 | 0.987483 | 172 | 3.390625 | 3 |
July 7, 2008
Bhopal 25 Years Later
An article entitled "Decades Later, Toxic Sludge Torments Bhopal" in the New York Times today by Somini Sengupta, discusses the continuing aftermath of the Union Carbide Bhopal disaster. The failure to clean up the mess left by the disaster is attributed both to the failure of the com... | <urn:uuid:27fe0113-6850-410d-af29-b44e633430fa> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/mass_tort_litigation/2008/07/bhopal-25-years.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 | 0.951299 | 323 | 2.71875 | 3 |
The Human Body is Designed to Move
The human body was designed to move. It is no wonder that people look and feel their best when they are eating and exercising on a routine basis. According to the (CDC) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, regular physical activity helps improve your overall health and fitness,... | <urn:uuid:6005381f-4c6f-43cd-bd7c-5f7a8f3f6785> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://letsmoveoutside.org/why-move.php/The-Human-Body-is-Designed-to-Move/51/2218/658/3109 | 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 | 0.935897 | 337 | 2.6875 | 3 |
...making Linux just a little more fun!
From Jimmy O'Regan
Answered By: Jason Creighton, Thomas Adam, Ben Okopnik, Kapil Hari Paranjape
Perl Linux. A distribution where everything, except the kernel and Perl, is written in Perl.
[Jason] LUFS (Linux Userspace File Systems):
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Could There Be A Greenhouse Gases Plan?Posted: 18 April 2009
In a landmark move that countered eight years of inaction by the Bush administration, the Environmental Protection Agency determined yesterday that greenhouse gases threaten public health and welfare because they contribute to climate change.
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The United States has a unique legal and political relationship with Indian tribes and a special relationship with Alaska Native entities as provided in the Constitution of the United States, treaties, and federal statutes. These relationships extend to the federal government’s historic preservation activities, mandati... | <urn:uuid:f857f117-889a-465f-914c-faa7e5211e38> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mailto:Stephanie.Kenitzer@gsa.gov/portal/category/21118 | 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 | 0.914929 | 808 | 3.46875 | 3 |
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Send Your Name to Mars
For all those who submitted your names, Congratulations! Your name was successfully etched onto a microchip and is officially on Mars!
How did NASA collect the names? More than 1.2 million names were submitted on our web site over a one year period! Some 20,000 visitors to NASA’s Jet Propulsion L... | <urn:uuid:391a9b61-a76c-451d-9921-dbca6e9262b5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mars.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/participate/sendyourname/ | 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 | 0.942284 | 277 | 3.59375 | 4 |
Proclamation Establishing Thanksgiving Day
October 3, 1863
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The Linux operating system is not just for nerds. Even though you may not realize it, chances are you probably have a version of Linux running right under your nose. It's found its way into a multitude of devices, both large and small.
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Search Journal of Online Mathematics and its Applications:
Journal of Online Mathematics and its Applications
Page 1 of 1
Dealing with Data: A 'Simple' Linear Fit
[Note: The activities in this module make reference to the computer algebra system (CAS) Maple. Any other CAS can be used instead (e.g., Mathematica, Mathcad... | <urn:uuid:3afc882f-3743-40dc-b6ea-15777e6ec5c4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mathdl.maa.org/mathDL/4/?pa=content&sa=viewDocument&nodeId=447 | 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 | 0.914041 | 1,704 | 3.484375 | 3 |
History of Fractions
Date: 12/7/95 at 9:30:11 From: Anonymous Subject: History of Fractions I have several math classes coming to our school media center next week to research the history of fractions. The problem is, our media center does not have the right resources to help students with their assignment. They are tr... | <urn:uuid:10ea4a66-b38a-40ef-a43a-ed5049dfd923> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/57558.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 | 0.923083 | 632 | 3.5 | 4 |
Applications and Misapplications of Cognitive Psychology to Math Education
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|Anderson, Reder, Simon|
|A critical view of constructivism by three leading cognitive psychologists at Carnegie Mellon University. Decomposition and decontextualization; s... | <urn:uuid:016e970c-da93-47a2-a6ce-605ddeeb3861> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mathforum.org/library/more_info.html?id=8891 | 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 | 0.786337 | 161 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Arcs, Cevians, Tangents
Theorem 4.5 The lines tangent to the circumcircle of a triangle at its vertices cut the opposite sides in three collinear points.
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|Niche holding carved stone monument at the time of its discovery at Zazacatla in the Mexican highlands. Photo courtesy INAH-Morelos. (zoom)|
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A double-stranded DNA molecule containing one or more mispaired bases.
A double-stranded DNA in which the base sequences are not completely complementary due to recombination or mutation.
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Our continued Rendezvous day included an economics lesson in bartering. We discussed early money systems, and how trade worked in the early days in Colorado history.
Students were to bring a few items to trade among the classes. Some made very creative and interesting projects, while others opted to find treasures they... | <urn:uuid:d67a2e86-68d8-4f12-ad1d-2625daf73e1a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://morethanabc.blogspot.com/2011/05/bartering-economic-activity.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 | 0.987783 | 111 | 2.609375 | 3 |
What is MRSAid™?
MRSAid™ is a novel, non-antibiotic system for nasal bacterial decolonization to reduce the incidence of hospital-acquired infections (HAI’s). MRSAid™ is based on the technology “Photodisinfection”, and consists of the application of a topical photosensitizer solution in the nasal passages of individual... | <urn:uuid:3735f224-eedd-400a-87bc-0d8aa73ab100> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mrsaid.com/ | 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 | 0.907546 | 327 | 2.578125 | 3 |
New Alias (Alias Tab)
An alias is an alternate name that can be used to make a connection. The alias encapsulates the required elements of a connection string, and exposes them with a name chosen by the user. Use the Alias page on the Alias - New dialog box to specify the elements of the connection string for an alias.... | <urn:uuid:af238325-75c4-44fb-a564-b394609edf30> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms188635(v=sql.105) | 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 | 0.814082 | 342 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Testing a User Interface
This section describes in detail some of the tasks associated with testing a UI for a Windows application.
To fully determine the effectiveness and overall usability of an application UI, it must be tested. Testing exposes how easy or difficult the UI is to use for the broadest possible audienc... | <urn:uuid:8dd69168-86bc-4827-88f8-321059e27512> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ff728827(v=vs.85).aspx | 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 | 0.930356 | 728 | 2.703125 | 3 |
It still is a huge challenge to treat neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer, Parkinson or Huntington, which are increasingly affecting our society as the average life-span of our population increases. One of the main obstacles for successful therapy of these disorders is safe and effective drug delivery to the c... | <urn:uuid:f3a23bbc-3435-4ec3-aba6-0d67a4af1a28> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nanowerk.com/category-spotlight.php?page=175 | 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 | 0.928967 | 546 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Women In The War Zone
Hospital Services in the First World War
Date of publication: April 2009
Publisher: The History Press
In our collective memory, the First World War is dominated by men. The sailors, soldiers, airmen and politicians about whom histories are written were male, and the first half of the twentieth cen... | <urn:uuid:d966ca56-8456-4495-abd7-210582504585> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nationalarchives.gov.uk/bookshop/details.aspx?titleId=1327 | 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 | 0.978871 | 283 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Natural Gas 101 at Colorado State University Designed to Give Students an Overview of Important Colorado Industry
Increased demand for natural gas and greater public interest in gas drilling and production in Colorado has led Colorado State University to offer students a course on the “Fundamentals of Natural Gas” for ... | <urn:uuid:bc3b9636-cc69-4541-917d-31280ef07d07> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://naturalgas.colostate.edu/content/natural-gas-101?page=2 | 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 | 0.951143 | 720 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Recently, before our son went off to college, my wife and I debated how we could best protect his future health while living away from home for his studies. One of the more controversial issues we grappled with was whether he should be vaccinated against the human papilloma virus (HPV), a sexually transmitted virus tha... | <urn:uuid:c9dfb405-90f6-4339-b93f-c641efea9627> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nbclatino.com/2013/02/25/8-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-human-papillomavirus-hpv/ | 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 | 0.964429 | 1,051 | 3.171875 | 3 |
|El NiƱo-Southern Oscillation
The most common way of monitoring the El NiƱo-Southern Oscillation phase is by looking at sea surface temperatures in the equatorial Pacific Ocean. The animated map below shows sea surface temperature anomalies over the past three months. Warm/positive anomalies are associated with the E... | <urn:uuid:5e01c03d-a1e5-4b30-abfe-34ab14544b5c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nc-climate.ncsu.edu/climate/patterns/CurrentConditions.php | 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 | 0.922444 | 323 | 3.28125 | 3 |
There have been efforts for many decades to introduce religious beliefs about the beginning of life on Earth into the science curriculum of the public schools. Most recently, these efforts have included "creation science" and "intelligent design." Following a number of court decisions finding the teaching of creationis... | <urn:uuid:96629305-fee0-4f64-bdaf-a8895940ef36> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ncse.com/book/export/html/3203 | 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 | 0.949462 | 1,338 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Dog lovers in search for the right canine are often faced with the challenge of choosing between a mutt and a pure breed. Most of these people would never expect that their own curiosities are also shared by ecologists.
Hybrids are a symbol of complexity. For several decades these mixed species have challenged ecologis... | <urn:uuid:5e597cde-5bee-4b5c-ada7-9123d53ac027> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://news.bio-medicine.org/biology-news-2/All-Mixed-Up-3A-How-Do-Hybrids-Fit-Into-The-Picture-3F-13391-1/ | 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 | 0.932785 | 377 | 3.203125 | 3 |
You can probably expect cake and presents on your birthday, but you also have a good chance of kicking the bucket. After analyzing 2.4 million deaths over four decades, Swiss researchers found that you’re nearly 14 percent more likely to die on your birthday than any other day of the year.
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NEW YORK — The DIY enthusiasts involved in today's "maker movement" love experimenting with 3D printers to turn digital designs into real-life objects made of plastic, metal, even chocolate. But one of the leading do-it-yourself pioneers has come forth to explain why he really dislikes the 3D printing craze and sees it... | <urn:uuid:f65b7b50-2a31-42df-9cb4-295e565f4271> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://news.yahoo.com/why-diy-pioneer-dislikes-3d-printing-193949083.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 | 0.949801 | 955 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Crab Pulsar emits light at highest energies ever detected in a pulsar system, scientists report
By Kim DeRose October 06, 2011 Category: Research
An international team of scientists has detected the highest energy gamma rays ever observed from a pulsar, a highly magnetized and rapidly spinning neutron star.
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Deaths in Moscow have doubled to an average of 700 people a day as the Russian capital is engulfed by poisonous smog from wildfires and a sweltering heat wave, a top health official said today, according to the Associated Press.
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Romeo and Juliet
The son and heir of Montague and Lady Montague. A young man of about sixteen, Romeo is handsome, intelligent, and sensitive. Though impulsive and immature, his idealism and passion make him an extremely likable character. He lives in the middle of a violent feud between his family and the Capulets, but... | <urn:uuid:b6092224-fab6-4f90-a50b-9f737868622d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nfs.sparknotes.com/romeojuliet/characters.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 | 0.956185 | 1,447 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Medicines: One Size Does Not Fit All
Studies have shown that bad reactions to properly prescribed medicines cause a number of hospitalizations each year. Researchers believe that many of these errors show that when it comes to taking medicines, "one size does not fit all."
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Can you design a new shape for the twenty-eight squares and arrange
the numbers in a logical way? What patterns do you notice?
In a square in which the houses are evenly spaced, numbers 3 and 10
are opposite each other. What is the smallest and what is the
largest possible number of houses in the square?
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When is Earth Day? We’ve been celebrating it on April 22 in the United States since 1970, and the UN designated April 22 “International Mother Earth Day” in 2009. The holiday (sometimes stretched into a week-long Earth Week) is celebrated in more than 175 countries every year.
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The manned research submersible Alvin.
September 8 - October 1, 2001
The Deep East Expedition completed its field season on October 1. Scientists explored three regions of the Atlantic Ocean, from Maine to Georgia, including the submarine canyons of Georges Bank and Bear Seamount off the New England coast; Hudson Subma... | <urn:uuid:25d2e1c4-c7e1-4ead-a970-89b1a6a25b89> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/explorations/deepeast01/deepeast01.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 | 0.943003 | 2,884 | 3.40625 | 3 |
From Ohio History Central
During the early 1760s, Neolin, a spiritual leader of the Delaware Indians, gained favor among many native societies in the Ohio Country. Dismayed by the Indians' reliance on English and French manufactured goods, Neolin called for the natives to adopt more traditional Indian practices. Rather... | <urn:uuid:c0c3c474-04b0-4882-9eff-155cbf521fce> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Neolin?rec=285&nm=Neolin | 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 | 0.945286 | 398 | 3.828125 | 4 |
Alan Paton never won a Nobel Prize for Cry, the Beloved Country, his landmark 1948 novel about a Zulu minister who learns that his son has murdered the son of a white man. But his book may have had a greater impact on the struggle for racial justice in South Africa than any by Nadine Gordimer, who did win. And it has h... | <urn:uuid:a5a523a1-bb7e-43bd-b48f-c6c726e9c109> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://oneminutebookreviews.wordpress.com/2008/03/17/why-is-%E2%80%98cry-the-beloved-country%E2%80%99-such-an-important-novel-quote-of-the-day-doris-lessing/?like=1&source=post_flair&_wpnonce=a21ac6eb7c | 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 | 0.969153 | 294 | 3.1875 | 3 |
A romanticized view of a popular color honored by the American Library Association
Green. By Laura Vaccaro Seeger. Neal Porter/Roaring Brook Press, $16.99. Ages 2–5.
By Janice Harayda
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Carbs get a bad rap because so many Americans are eating the bad ones—refined carbohydrates in white bread, candy, cookies, sugary cereals, and all sorts of other junk food and drinks. In fact, research has shown that 95 percent of the grains we eat are refined. Eating too many foods with these adulterated ingredients ... | <urn:uuid:ee8474bc-043a-42da-8adc-2ea55ec4be91> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://organicgardening.com/print/78724 | 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 | 0.917222 | 1,606 | 2.9375 | 3 |
The main risk is that when you post, you are aware of the present context and can't link it to the future-- because the future doesn't exist yet. But computers can. Computer software can link a person's identity, the image of their face or name to every concept (website, blogpost tag, other people, ideas they express, ... | <urn:uuid:9a853a27-b9d2-45c2-a483-82ff447d99a3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://parenting.stackexchange.com/questions/5002/what-are-the-risks-of-posting-baby-pictures-online?answertab=active | 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 | 0.969756 | 333 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Select the links below for specific information on Parthia and its rulers.
There was a district named Partukka or Partakka which was known to the Assyrians as early as the seventh century B.C., and it may have formed a part of Media. Media was conquered by Cyrus (Kurush) the Great, founder of the Achaemenid empire.
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Tubbataha Reef National Marine Park
"Designated by UNESCO as World Heritage Site,one of three in the Philippines(the other being the Puerto Princesa Subterranean River National Park and Banaue Rice Terraces"
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Table of Contents
In this chapter, we won't focus on producing music yet, but rather on understanding the way that computers and Pd handle data. We will be working with practical listening examples as often as possible to avoid unnecessarily abstract and dry technical explanations. However, the precise way in which com... | <urn:uuid:13d8e015-3629-4d5b-8fc3-040809c9c561> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://pd-tutorial.com/english/ch02.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 | 0.918171 | 2,620 | 3.28125 | 3 |
Tracing back to circa 1805, Mt. Diablo finds the origins of its name from a group of Spanish military troops who chased and cornered escaped members of a tribe of Chupcan mission indians. Late that evening, as the Spanish soldiers lie in wait, the Chupcan people disappeared with no trace, right from under the noses of ... | <urn:uuid:7b81eedd-beef-4dfe-b47a-7b7174050096> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://pedalpushersonline.com/index.php?CID=1020 | 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 | 0.941765 | 784 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Most people know Philadelphia as the birth place of liberty — the place where concepts like freedom of speech and Democracy were perfected. But Jay Worrall of Arch Street Friends Meeting House in Old City, points out that Philadelphia is also the birth place of Religious Freedom.
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|Abstract||This outstanding book is a leading text for symbolic or formal logic courses. All techniques and concepts are presented with clear, comprehensive explanations and numerous, carefully constructed examples. Its flexible organization (all chapters are complete and self-contained) allows instructors the freedom ... | <urn:uuid:39b2b3d4-69fe-4324-b8d6-651961442dc4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://philpapers.org/rec/BERTLB-2 | 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 | 0.741372 | 344 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Shutter Speed is one of the three pillars of photography, the other two being ISO and Aperture. Shutter speed is where the other side of the magic happens – it is responsible for creating dramatic effects by either freezing action or blurring motion. In this article, I will try to explain everything I know about shutte... | <urn:uuid:bac4771e-1fa9-4392-be05-986f4fbdc953> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://photographylife.com/what-is-shutter-speed-in-photography | 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 | 0.938724 | 1,255 | 3.671875 | 4 |
Robots that can mimic the exact brush strokes of master painters or calligraphers could recreate their work, a Japanese researcher said Tuesday.
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As Saturn's rings orbit the planet, a section is typically in the planet's shadow, experiencing a brief night lasting from 6 to 14 hours. However, once approximately every 15 years, night falls over the entire visible ring system for about four days.
This happens during Saturn's equinox, when the sun is directly over S... | <urn:uuid:a375f17c-fb83-4a04-8aad-e7f32ed9f6d1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://phys.org/news175584836.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 | 0.960052 | 1,360 | 3.96875 | 4 |
New study finds MRSA on the rise in hospital outpatientsNovember 24th, 2009 in Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
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Ion strings make brilliant beams
Aug 15, 2001
Physicists have long struggled to combat heating in the ion beams used in high-energy experiments. Laser cooling can be used to reduce collisions between the ions, which create heat and reduce the energy of the beam. Now Ulrich Schramm and colleagues at the University of Mü... | <urn:uuid:bc6e3879-d2fd-478e-832b-124df80bfc06> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2001/aug/15/ion-strings-make-brilliant-beams | 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 | 0.932345 | 529 | 3.59375 | 4 |
Lutherans are members of a Protestant tradition flowing from the life and thought of Martin Luther, the sixteenth-century German monk turned theologian, pastor, and family patriarch. Lutherans became a major religious group in the Great Plains of North America in the latter half of the nineteenth century, and as the tw... | <urn:uuid:535bf2c7-a224-40ff-9cef-81096ca5109c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.rel.032 | 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 | 0.957182 | 1,749 | 3.421875 | 3 |
Notes to Being and Becoming in Modern Physics
1. As translated in Wheelwright (1960). The quote by Parmenides in what follows is also from this volume.
2. Many recent papers on these issues are collected in Oaklander and Smith (1994). Gale (1967) has some good older papers and a useful bibliography.
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- For a gallery of examples for Invulnerability, see here.
Brit (Image Comic Universe) punching a metal robot without being scraped or cut.
Defy all forms of physical injury
- Impenetrable Skin/Impervious Skin
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Draw, Construct, And Describe Geometrical Figures And Describe The Relationships Between Them.
7.G.1Solve problems involving scale drawi...more
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Innes National Park
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The cause of insulin-dependent, permanent, diabetes in newborn babies may be a deficiency in the enzyme Pancreatic Endoplasmic Reticulum Kinase (PERK) during a critical period of development before birth, according to a new hypothesis put forward by a team of researchers from Penn State University. In this most severe ... | <urn:uuid:80516604-66bc-4911-8be1-0d8bfb918fac> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://psychcentral.com/news/archives/2006-12/ps-ryn113006.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 | 0.929906 | 1,241 | 3.109375 | 3 |
The Political Basis of Mughal Culture in Bengal
Miniature paintings of the seventeenth-century Mughal court typically depict rows of nobles neatly arranged and ranked by status, their eyes riveted on the raised figure of the seated emperor, while the latter, his head enveloped in a luminous halo, gazes benevolently ove... | <urn:uuid:73bb9a3e-7298-4a8c-97e2-c34aed64ae9d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft067n99v9&doc.view=content&chunk.id=s1.7.1&toc.depth=1&anchor.id=d0e8266&brand=eschol | 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 | 0.96536 | 3,137 | 3.625 | 4 |
A range of designs have been proposed for space habitats. Some appear to be mostly artistic concepts, others are much more serious. They include:
(From Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_habitat)
- Bernal sphere - "Island One", a spherical habitat for about 20,000 people.
- Stanford torus - A larger alternati... | <urn:uuid:6a270838-120e-4dc2-bbe9-cf890b8f9054> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ramblingsonthefutureofhumanity.blogspot.com/2009/10/designing-space-habitat.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 | 0.915441 | 2,625 | 3.375 | 3 |
“”Conspicuous by their absence from Rand's list of virtues are the “virtues of benevolence,” such as kindness, charity, generosity, and forgiveness.
|—Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy|
“”How do you read fiction and come up with a political philosophy? It's fiction!
Objectivism is a "philosophy" formulated by novelis... | <urn:uuid:6b1230ab-e8b1-42a3-b608-87ef7fc08068> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Objectivist | 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 | 0.955466 | 4,144 | 2.515625 | 3 |
“”Are you thinking what we're thinking?
Telepathy is the alleged transfer of information between individuals' minds without any apparent detectable connection (physical, electronic, electromagnetic). Despite considerable testing, "telepathic" individuals have been unable to show true telepathy.
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Writing Domains Grades 3 - 6 Collection
Authors : Lynne Dorfman, Rose Cappelli
Publisher: Various Publishers
ISBN 10: W102
Grades 3 - 6
A collection of 17 "Must Have" books with Teacher Resource Guides that includes a variety of genres and books with multicultural appeal.
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Each year the American government pays $5 billion in subsidies, known as “direct payments,” to rice, feed, cotton, and soybean farmers. As the economic downturn continues and Washington’s budget troubles intensify, those payments have become harder to justify, especially since farmers have weathered the weak economy es... | <urn:uuid:7cbbc682-c743-45ce-a2e4-9e0f75677ba2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://reason.com/archives/2011/12/18/a-farm-and-a-leg | 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 | 0.972389 | 342 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Difference between Siberian Tiger and Bengal Tiger
Although many think that Siberian and Bengal tigers have their own species, they are actually subspecies of the Panthera Tigris. These tigers both eat some of the same animals and can eat a very large amount of meat each day. It would take humans weeks to consume the a... | <urn:uuid:bda9a362-9b15-4506-8838-c394e1eda5b4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://recomparison.com/comparisons/100627/siberian-vs-bengal-tiger/ | 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 | 0.977583 | 576 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Using a new measure of poverty which adjusts for area costs of living, in-kind benefits, health care costs and other factors, the Census Bureau released a new report today (reported buy cialis
-poverty/51108410/1″>here in USA Today) showing that the number of people in poverty is about 49.1 million, 6% higher than the ... | <urn:uuid:9b235dde-315a-4dab-b673-2b7367eda9f5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://retirementblog.ncpa.org/how-to-help-the-poor/ | 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 | 0.955675 | 545 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Migrants to the United States are a diverse population. This diversity, captured in various migration theories, is overlooked in empirical applications that describe a typical narrative for an average migrant. Using the Mexican Migration Project data from about 17,000 first-time migrants between 1970 and 2000, this stu... | <urn:uuid:8c0d771e-f919-499b-a733-2242cd2c7114> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://scholar.harvard.edu/garip/publications/heterogeneous-migration-flows-across-destination-and-gender-thailand | 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 | 0.930051 | 2,409 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Creating great photographs can be a snap as long as you follow some of the key compositional rules and guidelines. In our Composition & Perspective course we not only reveal these rules, but we offer many tips and techniques for adding true creative touches to your photos. We will teach you how to break away from old h... | <urn:uuid:c8a4c4d9-ac78-4966-9e40-3a6045159062> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://schoolofimaging.ca/Courses/70491-Composition-101.aspx | 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 | 0.907437 | 296 | 2.75 | 3 |
Layzej writes "Two new papers indicate that we are likely already seeing some of the predicted impacts of global warming. The first used Monte Carlo simulations to analyze how many new record events you expect to see in a time series with a trend. They applied the technique to the unprecedented Russian heat wave of Jul... | <urn:uuid:346d42c8-2bb5-4cf2-a2d3-bddeacb77888> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://science.slashdot.org/story/11/10/29/216220/droughts-linked-to-global-warming/informative-comments | 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 | 0.965482 | 175 | 2.9375 | 3 |
P.O. Box 98199
Washington, DC 20090-8199
The famous Cambrian Explosion- a rapid diversification of animal groups about 550 million years ago- assumes a rather diminished significance when mapped to the full Tree of Life.
update: yes, I made the diagram myself, by modifying this.
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Deep Point of View refers to getting inside your character and writing almost from their first-person perspective. It’s POV that connects the reader to the character’s emotions, letting the reader become closer to the story, more involved.
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Classroom Activities for Teaching Sedimentary GeologyThis collection of teaching materials allows for the sharing of ideas and activities within the community of geoscience teachers. Do you have a favorite teaching activity you'd like to share? Please help us expand this collection by contributing your own teaching mat... | <urn:uuid:46abfd87-cbe4-4a0d-bc70-843bb059f5e2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/sedimentary/activities.html?q1=sercvocabs__43%253A207 | 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 | 0.859289 | 961 | 3.390625 | 3 |
Background of the Compost Tea Brewer
There are two people who should be recognized for their involvement in this process:
What we are exploring with the compost tea brewing system is very similar. It will dramatically change how we grow plants and how we perceive and interact with the earth. This is an exciting time to... | <urn:uuid:55b3dac6-1956-40c0-b996-3f29b6954078> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://simplici-tea.com/background.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 | 0.953719 | 901 | 3.0625 | 3 |
When my oldest child was a little one, the thought of teaching her how to read hovered in my mind as a huge challenge. I don’t remember waking up at night, wondering if I would be able to teach her to tie her shoes or to drive a car; but I do remember staring at the ceiling in the dark, wondering if I would be able to ... | <urn:uuid:fc6e4d15-4c74-4696-b318-7d79470de988> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://simplycharlottemason.com/2012/08/29/teaching-beginning-reading-subject-by-subject-part-14/ | 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 | 0.946745 | 1,710 | 3.546875 | 4 |
Costa Rica is—and always has been—in the tropics, but the popular conception of the tropics has changed, altering the country itself in the process. The new idea of the tropics—essentially, a geographically unspecific blend of disparate tropical images—has transformed the image tourists and locals have of Costa Rica.
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Adaptive Reuse of Transportation Systems to Combat Food Deserts – The Loop
the grocery loop proposal for a better world by design 2010 challenge
A collaborative project by RISD Graduate Students
Erika Tarte firstname.lastname@example.org
Beth Weaver email@example.com
Lindsay Kinkade firstname.lastname@example.org
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After crushing the humanoids on Jeopardy this week, IBM’s Watson computer took home $1 million in prize money. Instead of throwing it away on Tiffany diamond-encrusted circuit boards or a Lamborghini to show up other supercomputers, Watson is showing that its silicon heart is in the right place. Half the money will go ... | <urn:uuid:a6f9aaa5-9f54-4547-82a9-fca69247e799> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://smarterplanet.tumblr.com/tagged/World-Community-Grid | 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 | 0.919288 | 305 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Students will gather as much information as possible from the sculpture of Rosa Parks before reading about her role in the Montgomery County Bus Boycott. They will bring the lesson to life by role playing and participating in skits.
Students will be able to:
- Describe a sculpture.
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End of Summer Fireworks (August 31, 2012)
Hi-res TIF (2.9M)
The Sun blasted out at least 16 coronal mass ejections (CMEs) in eight days (Aug. 20-27, 2012) as observed by a coronagraph on the STEREO (Ahead) spacecraft. These came from several active regions on the Sun. The cascading clouds of particles are visually impr... | <urn:uuid:e4bdc53c-a753-4ac1-b016-a31ba9482ceb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/pickoftheweek/old/31aug2012/ | 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 | 0.92492 | 279 | 2.625 | 3 |
Etched into the rustic wooden sign in front of Southside Presbyterian Church in Tucson, Arizona, are symbols from the local American Indians, the Tohono O’odham—cacti, clouds, and a figure inside a circle—along with three crosses on a hill and the proclamation, “Serving all the people of God.”
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Safe chemical use includes minimizing exposure to chemicals, proper training, understanding chemical hazards, proper labeling, proper storage and segregation, and proper transport.
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Saint Anselm of Canterbury
Anselm was one of the most important Christian thinkers of the eleventh century. In fact, he is often referred to as the Scholastic Doctor, since his approach to philosophical and theological matters represents and contributed to early medieval Christian Scholasticism.
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It doesn’t take long when learning to weave until you encounter your first drafts, and it took me a while to figure out what they were and how they worked. I thought I’d write about how I learned to understand a weaving draft.
A draft can be considered to be the equivalent of a knitting pattern. Actually, not really. I... | <urn:uuid:e3f54ec5-a229-4d12-93ed-38aa56d730f7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://starweaving.wordpress.com/ | 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 | 0.952249 | 1,315 | 2.53125 | 3 |
SLOSH (Sea, Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricanes) is a computerized model run by the National Hurricane Center (NHC) to estimate storm surge heights and winds resulting from historical, hypothetical, or predicted hurricanes by taking into account pressure, size, forward speed, track and winds.
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History of Textiles: The Ancient World through 1700
Significant developments in the style, technology & function of textiles from Antiquity through the 17th century. The understanding & appreciation of fabrics, their historical significance, & their importance as indicators of status & wealth is examined through surviv... | <urn:uuid:7e7e8775-726d-4ea1-9dcd-77d35407e1be> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/courses/course/show?id=2309 | 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 | 0.884919 | 183 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Sci. STKE, 12 September 2006
PLANT BIOLOGY Touché! Plants and Bacteria Battle at Leaf Pores
Plants have special openings on the surface of the leaf known as stomata, which allow gas exchange essential for respiration and osmotic balance. However, the stomata also provide a route by which infectious bacteria can gain ac... | <urn:uuid:5f6a3fc9-0fad-4906-89a7-fe02130381e2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://stke.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/sigtrans;2006/352/tw315 | 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 | 0.948623 | 493 | 3.515625 | 4 |
MRSA is Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus. Common antibiotics such as penicillin, amoxicillin, and methicillin don’t kill it – hence the “cillin resistant” part of the name. Antibiotics in general are less effective now than they were just 10 years ago, so when one finds something that is completely resistant... | <urn:uuid:b7f3ed47-1213-40d3-b141-ff9abc1619a2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://stlhealth.wordpress.com/2009/05/18/what-is-this-mrsa-thing/ | 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 | 0.929966 | 237 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Have you ever wondered how wind turbines work and why they look like they do? Are you interested in adding wind power to your off-grid electric system, but have been put off by the high cost of equipment and installation? Well, now you can build and install your own wind turbine!
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Aborting the Disabled
A bill before the Senate hopes to better inform mothers about diagnosed disabilities, while a study confirms that women can feel pressured to terminate their pregnancy if tests find a disability.
by Rob Moll
Women whose babies are prenatally diagnosed with Down syndrome report that "their obstetri... | <urn:uuid:cf55bb4b-c316-4eeb-84a8-f3a846dac6fb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://straightupwsherri.blogspot.com/2005/04/aborting-disabled.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 | 0.974465 | 1,341 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Smokeless tobacco is the latest nicotine-based product to drift into the marketplace and try to catch the attention of young people.
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Two titans of art go head to head
By Ingrid D. Rowland
The Lost Battles: Leonardo, Michelangelo, and the Artistic Duel that Defined the Renaissance
By Jonathan Jones, Knopf, 368 pp., $35
Leonardo and the Last Supper
By Ross King, Walker, 336 pp., $28
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Of more than 100 different kinds of arthritis, these are the most common:
called degenerative arthritis. Occurs when the cushioning cartilage in
a joint breaks down. Commonly affects feet, knees, hips, and fingers.
Affects 16 million Americans, mostly 45 and older. About half of those
65 and older have this form.
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August 23rd, 2012
05:33 PM ET
The Empowered Patient is a regular feature from CNN Senior Medical News Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen that helps put you in the driver's seat when it comes to health care.
Women aren’t the only ones whose biological clocks are ticking: A new study on the genetics of autism finds the sperm ... | <urn:uuid:74cacebf-565a-4e0c-85fd-a41e37e595bf> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/23/ | 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 | 0.963766 | 845 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Here are some similarities between King and Twain:
- Popularity of a genre: Twain brought the American experience to life in his humorous style, which has been recognized as a genre that Twain helped make popular in American culture with many imitators to follow in the years. King has done the same thing with the horro... | <urn:uuid:f4d8e3b7-b957-4e1d-a27c-eb5d6b8da674> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thekingofcastlerock.blogspot.com/2012/03/twain-in-king.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 | 0.963703 | 458 | 3.03125 | 3 |
The CDC estimates that almost half of Americans currently take at least one prescription medication. Prescription and non-prescription drugs have become an integral part of modern day medical treatment. However, it can sometimes be confusing and overwhelming to know where to find information about these drugs. This art... | <urn:uuid:c03361c8-f7c2-4740-9b60-1d6acecc5e3d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thelibrary.org/blogs/article.cfm?aid=1854&lid=52 | 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 | 0.878266 | 1,282 | 2.671875 | 3 |
NOTE: This blog was written by Jenna Leopold, a dietetics student that interned with me this summer.
With school already underway and summer coming to an end, now is as good a time as ever to start thinking about packing a healthy lunch for your child or even for yourself. Packing a lunch from home has many benefits; i... | <urn:uuid:fa6ae9f9-4116-49da-bd3c-b7195ce9431a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thenutritionforum.areavoices.com/2012/09/24/how-to-pack-a-healthy-lunch-for-school-or-work/ | 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 | 0.960844 | 607 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Planting spring-flowering bulbs in autumn is best
Whether growing vegetables, annuals or perennials, nothing is as rewarding as seeing the home landscape in full maturity. However, it takes a lot of work, trial and error to achieve the desired results.
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For the first time ever, developing countries lead yearly investment in clean energy — representing about $72 billion in spending in 2010, versus $70 billion in rich countries. So while U.S. lawmakers argue about efficiency standards in light bulbs, the 800-pound dragon, China, is dominating. Meanwhile, Brazil, India a... | <urn:uuid:6795faf2-d4f3-4a4a-8763-2133f5fb63e0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2011/07/08/263963/industrialized-countries-are-now-losing-the-clean-energy-race/?mobile=nc | 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 | 0.953142 | 518 | 2.515625 | 3 |
By Richard Froeb, M.D. [August 19 2010]
It can happen to anyone. You stumble off the curb and end up with an ankle that's swollen and bruised. Or, you spend a day cleaning out the garage and end up with a sore back. Unlike fractures, when bone is injured, sprains and strains are injuries to the soft tissues. A sprain o... | <urn:uuid:7e049c50-98cf-47e7-b900-81d4bb6c7ca7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thocc.org/whatsnew/expert-articles_details.aspx?ExpertArticleID=6 | 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 | 0.936773 | 468 | 2.65625 | 3 |