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Get answers to your child's growth, nutrition, and feeding behavior questions.
Munchausen syndrome by proxy is a form of child abuse in which a parent induces real or apparent symptoms of a disease in a child.
This syndrome almost always involves a mother abusing her child by seeking unneeded medical attention for the ... | <urn:uuid:1d4d9019-73ea-424e-a8fa-a6498ae59ca2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.umm.edu/ency/article/001555all.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947728 | 735 | 3.546875 | 4 |
This collaborative project, sponsored by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and others, developed biodiversity indicators to support planning and decision-making at the national level in four participating countries. In each country national partners developed and tested several indicators for a single focal ecosyst... | <urn:uuid:7075c0fd-0ee9-4a3c-9179-be754b445d44> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.unep-wcmc.org/datasets-tools--reports_15.html?%0A%09%0A%09%09&types=JournalPaper,Report,Book,Data%0A%09%0A%09%09&q=%0A%09%0A%09%09%0A%09%0A%09%09%0A%09%0A%09%09%0A%09%0A%09%09%0A%09%0A%09%09&ctops=Impacts,UNEP-WCMC,MEAs,CMS,BINU,Sustainable%20use | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.91708 | 952 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Somalia, 19 July 2012: One year after Somalia's famine, a story of recovery
One year ago, on 20 July 2011, the United Nations declared famine in two regions of southern Somalia, the flashpoint in a humanitarian crisis gripping the Horn of Africa. After an outpouring of international support, the famine ended in Februar... | <urn:uuid:631f874c-1c6d-41c7-9807-494331619c03> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.unicef.org/esaro/5440_Somalia_story_of_recovery.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979561 | 1,019 | 2.578125 | 3 |
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|A nurse is conducting a post-natal home visit in Gaza.|
By Catherine Weibel
GAZA, Occupied Palestinian Territory, 1 June 2012 – Every year, an estimated 1,600 babies die in the first four weeks of life in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Most of these newborns deaths could be prevented if mot... | <urn:uuid:14dccdaa-4625-49c1-8850-aba55de4bd26> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.unicef.org/health/oPt_62538.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973977 | 899 | 2.578125 | 3 |
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Globular clusters are gravitationally bound, dense concentrations of stars. There can be hundreds of thousands of stars in a cluster, and they are so close together that it’s hard to distinguish globular clusters outside of our galaxy from star... | <urn:uuid:d1ac49a9-5ba6-414e-ade6-f040425a1e88> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.universetoday.com/16495/globular-clusters-like-to-be-near-the-center-of-the-action/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938143 | 1,008 | 3.890625 | 4 |
Job hirers show bias against regional accents, study suggests
If you make one-syllable words into two syllables, drop the "g" from words ending in "-ing," or stretch out the sound of the "a" in "car" and "park," will you encounter extra barriers while job searching?
Two UNT researchers say it's a strong possibility.
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With the onset of the great recession and a skyrocketing unemployment rate, improving science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) achievement has everyone's attention. But it's not a new problem, according to Reagan Flowers, the founder of one of the country's first STEM programs.
For nearly 10 years, her organiz... | <urn:uuid:c8d0bbf7-aa48-4c68-a8fd-18508330aa85> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/stem-education/2011/09/28/early-stem-program-still-going-strong_print.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984876 | 1,010 | 2.734375 | 3 |
National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy Testing (NAPLAN)
The VCAA is responsible for the National Assessment Program - Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) in Victoria.
NAPLAN is an annual assessment for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. It has been a part of the school calendar since 2008.
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How To Prevent Anorexia
How To Prevent Anorexia
Preventing anorexia: an explanation of what anorexia is, tips on how to recognise the signs, and ways to prevent it from developing.
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Here in Virginia, there are some pretty strong views on history. It isn’t merely in the past, it is occurring in the present as well. This can easily perpetuate the stereotype that Southerners are still fighting the Civil War, or as it is known to some of my relatives, the War of Northern Aggression. However, this view... | <urn:uuid:96eefc18-1d13-4b82-9c3a-b8b841ae8ad9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/tag/the-liberator/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96188 | 276 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Re-topology, or sometimes just retopology, is the process of adjusting the topology of an existing 3D model. Topology refers to mesh-based 3D models, and is the way the individual polygons are meshed together into a 3d grid, with each polygon sharing a dividing line with each of it?s neighbours, until the mesh encloses... | <urn:uuid:236148de-6181-482f-9d0f-b5fc706f88a3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.virtualworldlets.net/Resources/Dictionary.php?Term=Re-topology&Letter=R | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.907457 | 453 | 2.96875 | 3 |
In 1887, John Bartholomew's Gazetteer of the British Isles described Wales like this:
Wales.-- principality in the SW. of the island of Great Britain, bounded N. by the Irish Sea, E. by Cheshire, Shropshire, Herefordshire, and Monmouthshire, S. by the Bristol Channel, and W. by St George's Channel; greatest length, 135... | <urn:uuid:5c704229-3dce-4e2c-a64f-ce1209e7eaeb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/place_page.jsp?p_id=20004 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.90523 | 335 | 3.59375 | 4 |
A to Z Nutrients
Vitamin B-1 (Thiamine) is necessary for carbohydrate metabolism. It helps maintain a healthy nervous system, stabilizes the appetite, and stimulates growth and good muscle tone. It can reduce the negative effects of drinking, by helping to eliminate acetylaldehyde, the major toxic by-product of alcohol... | <urn:uuid:7a2e2914-3862-48cc-ac70-05d62ff448f4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.vitaminexpress.com/atoz.php/content/b-quick.php | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.914236 | 3,341 | 2.78125 | 3 |
The Beginnings of Baptist Hospital - 1920s
- Old Main (1923)
- Progressive Care (1928) - Originally built as the Blanche Barrus Nurses' Home
Old Main (1923)
Old Main was the original Baptist Hospital building. The five story, 80 bed facility was officially dedicated on May 28, 1923. On October 24, 1978 the building was... | <urn:uuid:4049ddf0-de86-4c1f-abb8-02bd39fce7f8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wakehealth.edu/Library/Archives/Buildings/The-Beginnings-of-Baptist-Hospital.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978772 | 1,179 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Scientists can't really know what a child is thinking, but they are interested in the brain processes that happen in educational settings. To that end, a new study in PLOS Biology compares the brains of children and adults, using "Sesame Street" as a way to test what happens on a neurological level during a popular TV ... | <urn:uuid:a44a2a7f-4839-46e7-b42d-31173871fc92> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wapt.com/news/health/This-is-your-brain-on-Sesame-Street/-/9156800/18002910/-/item/0/-/uaqx6z/-/index.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974164 | 415 | 3.90625 | 4 |
Why is standardisation important?
- A lack of standardisation impedes the development of the market. Using multiple standards means devices cannot communicate. Standardisation is important for the industry to be truly efficient and integrated.
- However it is important that the standard is allowed to develop over time.... | <urn:uuid:8a199547-d54d-4796-8ffe-98cbfa2a9475> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wave2m.com/the-standard | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923915 | 110 | 2.578125 | 3 |
HIV 'cure' in toddler offers 'global hope'
Some 1,000 infants born with HIV every day
The case of the first toddler ever to be "functionally cured" of HIV could have wide-ranging effects on the global fight to end the AIDS epidemic.
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Another type, called toxic nodular goiter, results when one or more nodules, or adenomas, develop in the thyroid and trigger excess production of thyroid hormone.
In short, a goiter is any enlargement of the thyroid gland. A goiter may be a temporary problem that will remedy itself over time without medical interventio... | <urn:uuid:8cc13f00-fbf1-4ce2-bacb-facc2dc90cc3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/understanding-goiter-basics | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930665 | 318 | 3.6875 | 4 |
Chiropractor Summary: Chiropractors diagnose and treat spinal misalignment that often effects the nerves, muscles, bones, and joints of the body. Although most contemporary chiropractors have introduced other therapies, spinal manipulation remains the essence of chiropractic. Chiropractors are often effective in dealin... | <urn:uuid:ee4d6c94-52f1-4cd4-a60d-ab083e78e80b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wellness.com/find/chiropractor/ak/kenai | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931632 | 802 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Description - Northeast Colorado still shows evidence of it's historic past from the homesteaders that settled in the area to its famous visitors such as Kit Carson and Buffalo Bill. This region encompasses the small towns of Sterling, Yuma, Burlington, Elizabeth, Fort Morgan, Holyoke, Idalia, Julesburg, Limon and Kiow... | <urn:uuid:8393ee39-4c06-428b-bfa8-8598d7ee03c8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wildernet.com/pages/area.cfm?areaID=COTRNE&CU_ID=171 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939307 | 384 | 2.765625 | 3 |
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Bransford, W.D. and Dolphia
Aconitum columbianum Nutt.
USDA Symbol: acco4
USDA Native Status: Native to U.S.
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Workshop Resources: Can a Good Climate Go Bad? Past, Present, and Future Climate
Welcome to the online resources for the 2006 educators workshop, Can a Good Climate Go Bad? Past, Present, and Future Climate. This workshop, presented at the University of Texas by Teri Eastburn of UCAR Education and Outreach, is intended... | <urn:uuid:d239b8da-238e-4387-a665-d8b6f88ed2ad> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.windows2universe.org/teacher_resources/TX2006_climate_workshop.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.847802 | 521 | 3.390625 | 3 |
This article was taken from the January issue of Wired UK
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Look to the west
OK, we don't have empirical evidence, but we like the logic.
Weather in the UK prevails west to east. A rainbow in t... | <urn:uuid:0b3d8839-6e41-459b-a1b5-0ea0ecdbe64e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2010/01/how-to/how-to-predict-the-weather-using-nature | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920128 | 502 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Cheat With Science: Learn a New Language Fast
- July 28, 2010 |
- 2:00 pm |
- Categories: Wired August 2010
Hablass Esspainyol? No? Well, no te preocupes. New research may help adult learners master foreign tongues. Scientists at the University of Haifa in Israel studied how language learners understood foreign words s... | <urn:uuid:77c9242d-7ffc-4999-8a97-9e89f21f6a2d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/07/st_cheat_learnlanguage/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.87864 | 301 | 2.90625 | 3 |
International: Women’s Cultural Rights, Empowering and Transformative.
Realizing women’s cultural rights can play a key role in ensuring that women’s rights are respected more widely. Farida Shaheed, UN expert in the field of cultural rights, proposed to shift the paradigm from one that views culture merely as an obsta... | <urn:uuid:74881094-8c08-43f4-a3f6-31cc4876f155> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wluml.org/news/international-women%E2%80%99s-cultural-rights-empowering-and-transformative | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933288 | 974 | 3.421875 | 3 |
- n. Plural form of battlement.
“Out of the four main battlements, all but the southernmost were under the firm, unyielding hand of the Clan Engineers.”
“Food isn't fantastic, though perfectly palatable – but evening chai on the battlements is a fabulous Indian experience.”
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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Characteristic of a lady; well-bred.
- adj. Appropriate for or becoming to a lady. See Synonyms at female.
- adj. Unduly sensitive to matters of propriety or decorum.
- adj. Lacking virility or strength.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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U.S. Drought Monitor
The national drought footprint shrank slightly this week, as heavy rains fell across the South, Southeast, Midwest and parts of the Mid-Atlantic states, and major snowfall blanketed parts of the Rocky Mountains and Northern Cascades, bringing relief to those regions. However, the hardest-hit drough... | <urn:uuid:56a67344-868e-4396-98e2-a3d372b0d0f0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wunderground.com/news/drought-update-outlook-20130117 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958117 | 1,089 | 2.796875 | 3 |
One good way to find out what you need in daily nutrition is to visit the U.S. Department of Agriculture's website My Pyramid. The site asks for your age, gender, and level of physical activity to determine your daily caloric needs.
My Pyramid, based on the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans from the USDA, encourage... | <urn:uuid:f3d5444a-c6ba-480d-b818-23c5a9d4cc3a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wxii12.com/A-look-at-senior-nutrition/-/9678472/17912664/-/item/1/-/10bqkmh/-/index.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933358 | 495 | 3 | 3 |
(NewsUSA) - The winter season may be full of heart- and soul-warming celebrations, but cold weather can also pose some unknown risks to your heart.
The rate of deaths and hospitalizations for heart disease and stroke tend to increase dramatically during the winter. A recent study in "Circulation: Journal of the America... | <urn:uuid:72a89fb0-b8c0-45a9-b60d-5ef6aaecb8f0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wyff4.com/5-wintertime-traps-that-hurt-your-heart/-/9324882/19072354/-/hbt2i0z/-/index.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95753 | 483 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Law professor says Egypt was a common destination for torture of detainees sent by U.S.
On Feb. 11, outgoing Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak resigned, leaving the country's government under military rule and its hopes for democracy uncertain. Also unclear is whether the country's history of human rights abuses and tor... | <urn:uuid:1d6e945f-2416-4a34-bba4-7fd7323c3a73> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.zcommunications.org/law-professor-says-egypt-was-a-common-destination-for-torture-of-detainees-sent-by-u-s-by-marjorie-cohn | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979291 | 1,514 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Appendix IV: Reasonable Accommodations and the ADA
The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) requires most public and private employers to provide reasonable accommodations that enable qualified people with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their jobs. As the term "reasonable accommodation" imp... | <urn:uuid:3505a837-f3a0-466a-9d7e-f3fab1513603> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/osers/products/employmentguide/appendix-4.html?exp=7 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.901125 | 1,186 | 3.078125 | 3 |
Volume 16, Number 4—April 2010
Fatal Human Case of West Nile Disease, Mexico, 2009
To the Editor: West Nile virus (WNV; family Flaviviridae, genus Flavivirus) was first recognized in the Western Hemisphere in 1999 during an outbreak of human, equine, and avian encephalitis in New York (1). The virus has since spread ac... | <urn:uuid:a1ac946f-a07f-46ae-9cc1-ecfc77fc6cef> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/16/4/09-1614_article.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.90566 | 2,024 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Three tunics of blood vessel
The three structural layers of a generalized blood vessel from innermost to outermost are the tunica intima, tunica media and tunica adventitia. Modification of this basic design account for the five types of blood vessels and the structural and functional differences among the various vess... | <urn:uuid:9d911bab-d3fc-40c2-a128-a256a793f9a2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://yin-informationtechnology.blogspot.com/2011/01/1024x768-normal-0-false-false-false-en_2973.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920924 | 932 | 3.9375 | 4 |
Cartographic paper sculptures reveal global Cities’ history by Matthew Picton
UK-based artist Matthew Picton uses strips of paper to construct maps of cities from around the world. The Londoner’s sculptural creations use both historic and fictional texts to produce cartographic representations of multicultural cities l... | <urn:uuid:0d013e23-d915-42d4-b4ec-4de69071344c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://yoannmichaux.com/tagged/sculpture | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93285 | 214 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Every day an 18-wheel tanker truck pulls up alongside a lush forest near Duke University in North Carolina. Within a short time, the truck’s cargo of dreaded carbon dioxide gas begins flowing through a series of pipes and onto a forest rich with loblolly pines and small hardwood trees.
For four years now, scientists at... | <urn:uuid:d31a4fb4-c36f-41de-8594-4d3d4d30a335> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=119989&page=1 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940591 | 739 | 3.75 | 4 |
HBICs of history » S i m o n e t t a V e s p u c c i
Simonetta (1453-1476) was an Italian renaissance noblewoman from Genoa and the wife of Marco Vespucci of Florence. She was renowned for being the greatest beauty of her age - certainly of the city of Florence - hence her nickname la bella Simonetta.
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by Peter Muller
— Advocacy for Animals is pleased to present this article on an unusual population of white deer in upstate New York and the efforts of animal protectionists to encourage ecotourism around them. Peter Muller has had a longstanding interest in animal protection and was a founding member of Wildlife Watch... | <urn:uuid:c581cb56-2dec-4f21-abc9-b0c5db8e6e94> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://advocacy.britannica.com/blog/advocacy/2008/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966328 | 362 | 2.546875 | 3 |
History of USDA Pecan Breeding Program
Tommy E. Thompson
The pecan research activities of the Agricultural Research Service of the USDA, formerly the Bureau of Plant Industry, in Texas date back to July 1, 1930, when an appropriation for this work was obtained through the efforts of Congressman J. P. Buchanan of Brenha... | <urn:uuid:e438f922-c985-416e-bbda-2ca5d71c9d37> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/carya/history.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981528 | 865 | 2.96875 | 3 |
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| Southern Red Cedar, Sand Cedar, Coast Juniper|
Southern red cedar grows near water or in areas with a very shallow water table. It is found in southeastern Texas in moist, sandy soils. It has slender, pendulous branches and most often a single trunk. Southern red cedar is closely ... | <urn:uuid:cbceebd8-7fe6-4586-9707-7bc2a58bb878> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/ornamentals/natives/juniperussilicicola.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.862385 | 179 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
Guitars have a body (hollow in acoustic guitars, solid in most electric guitars) and a neck. Typically, a headstock extends from the neck for tuning.
Guitars are used in a wide variety of musical styles. They are made and repaired by luthiers.
Instruments like the guitar have been popu... | <urn:uuid:117f3c2b-f244-4191-8ea5-5e9ef54617e1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://all-science-fair-projects.com/science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/Guitar | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951213 | 6,116 | 3.5 | 4 |
According to a recently published study in the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease (JAD), some foods that are often part of the Mediterranean diet benefit both your body and your brain.
Researchers studied 447 people between the ages of 55-80. These people were part of a study that was already being conducted called PREDIME... | <urn:uuid:614209b1-d9f2-4209-8b7f-d2fb52b2d43c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://alzheimers.about.com/b/2012/03/01/go-nuts-walnuts-coffee-olive-oil-wine-improved-memory.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967797 | 385 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Speaking to some 300 representatives of the world’s major religions gathered in the Basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli in Assisi, Italy, Pope Benedict XVI opened an interreligious pilgrimage for peace on Oct. 27 with an expression of shame for the complicity of faith in acts of violence and praised agnostics and othe... | <urn:uuid:797c8213-f19d-4731-b984-8b3eb0e919a9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://americamagazine.org/node/133126 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964244 | 770 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Sigmund Freud: Interpretation of Dreams
"Sigmund Freud, drawing largely from his own memories and dreams, published what he regarded as his most important work, The Interpretation of Dreams, in effect a record of his [four year] self-analysis. The book was published in 1899 but Freud had the publisher mark the date as ... | <urn:uuid:f26b7918-9330-4a00-baa2-18a3b562bfb1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://anecdotage.com/articles/18973/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980956 | 108 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Weirdest mainstream news headline this morning: "Grave Robbers Steal Former Cyprus President's Corpse." Someone – probably political activists, but no one's taken credit yet — robbed the grave of Tassos Papadopoulous, a day before the first anniversary of his death. President Papadopoulous had opposed the UN-directed p... | <urn:uuid:e0de682d-1456-4ccc-8473-1afb71dd1aea> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://answergirlnet.blogspot.com/2009/12/five-grave-robberies.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975086 | 954 | 2.625 | 3 |
Students help the Hawaiian community
POSTED: Sunday, November 30, 2008
Service learning has nearly become a tradition for Kamehameha Schools Hawaii students. Every year, and beginning as early as middle school, students are required to complete a project with their class that will benefit the Hawaiian community.
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Symptoms of early Lyme disease can include headache, fever, fatigue, joint and muscle, stiff neck and often, but not always, a characteristic bull's-eye rash around the site of the tick bite.
If left untreated, the illness can spread to other parts of the body months to years following a bite. The bacteria can affect t... | <urn:uuid:97832b99-4206-427c-9466-395b1d03ef57> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://articles.mcall.com/1999-06-15/features/3246979_1_lyme-disease-vaccine-tick/3 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92122 | 270 | 2.75 | 3 |
PUNE: Nearly 90% of the scientific capping of the garbage at Moshi is complete. This is expected to free more land for dumping and reduce the nuisance to local residents.
Garbage capping reduces the area occupied by garbage. As a result more land is available for dumping of garbage which is covered with special materia... | <urn:uuid:15529714-644a-4f13-86e0-fa83118b347a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-16/pune/32697883_1_moshi-depot-garbage-vermicomposting-plant | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959973 | 381 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Where can I find some primary sources about Ponce de Leon's search for the Fountain of Youth?
None of de Leon's logs from his exploration of Florida have survived to the present day. The most primary source relating to this voyage is Historia general de los hechos de los Castellanos by Antonio de Herrera, a 16th centur... | <urn:uuid:782489e3-9bb0-4cbc-933e-cd4a2c44ec97> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://asklibrary.com.edu/a.php?qid=292794 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92985 | 142 | 2.6875 | 3 |
One of the Australian Museum’s most treasured books is a folio of watercolours by the 18th century museum artist Sarah Stone. More than just a skilful depiction of curiosities from early voyages, this unique work is a tangible reminder of fortunes won and lost, says Research Librarian Leoné Lemmer.
And the winner is …
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Google Toolbar allows spoofing the information presented in the dialog which is being displayed when adding a new Google Toolbar button. This can allow an attacker to convince the users that his button comes from a trusted domain. This button can then be used to download malicious files or conduct phishing attacks (e.g... | <urn:uuid:9407ec3e-e8c0-423e-b8a6-9e16e8fcaa95> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://aviv.raffon.net/default,month,2007-12.aspx | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.882662 | 468 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Laws governing local ballot measures in Colorado
This article sets out the laws governing local ballot measures in Colorado. It explains:
- Which local units of government make the initiative process available to residents.
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This is an electronic version of an article published Contemporary Music Review, 6: 1, 91-106, in 1991. Contemporary Music Reviewis available online at: http://www.informaworld.com. This article in its published form is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07494469100640101.
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CREW: ONE PILOT, ONE CO-PILOT ONE ELECTRONIC COUNTERMEASURES OFFICER (ECO)
WEAPONS: 2 INTERCHANGEABLE WEAPONS PODS
JUMP CAPABILITY: 40 Stellar Units
The Raptor is the workhorse of the Colonial Fleet. Used to transport troops and as scouts for the fleet, Raptor pilots are some of the most well known members of the Colon... | <urn:uuid:26f149fe-2cd6-431a-917f-330d900a4f7a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://battlestarprometheus.wikia.com/wiki/Raptor | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923156 | 162 | 2.578125 | 3 |
With almost a billion friends on Facebook, six billion cell phone accounts globally, and twenty billion "things" from refrigerators to bridge spans to micro-medical devices soon to be wired by Internet, the digital age is upon us in full force. Everyone and everything is connected or soon will be by social media, on mo... | <urn:uuid:6510a548-e943-4105-bb64-e90b60ad9dcc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/21910/viral_by_design.html?breadcrumb=%2Fexperts%2F2620%2Fsimon_henderson | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938967 | 1,344 | 2.625 | 3 |
Radiation treatment for breast cancer can increase a woman’s risk of heart disease, doctors have long known. But the size of the added risk has not been clear.
Now, a new study offers a way to estimate the risk. It finds that for most women the risk is modest, and that it is outweighed by the benefit from the treatment... | <urn:uuid:322c3c45-6f14-425d-bb75-01a7b9f58644> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://bendbulletin.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130315/NEWS0107/303150391/1051 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968386 | 471 | 2.765625 | 3 |
On January 12, 2012, Heather Guy presented a program on the history of Sloss Furnaces at the Bessemer Public Library. Heather is the education coordinator at Sloss, and she brought photos and artifacts to complement her slide show.
In April, 1882, the furnaces went into blast and within a year had sold 24,000 tons of i... | <urn:uuid:d6adf8b8-deea-4f9e-806a-d68fbdfa0812> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://bessemeropinions.blogspot.com/2012/01/sloss-furnaces.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964069 | 233 | 2.546875 | 3 |
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
" I. DEFINITION
II. THE TEXTUAL QUESTION
III. THE HISTORICAL QUESTION
1. Statement Not Dogmatic but Vital as History
2. Its Importance to Leaders of the Early Church
3. Hypothesis of Invention Discredits the Church
IV. THE CRITICAL QUESTION
1. Basis of Virgin-Birth Statement
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Portland, Oregon is one of several U.S. cities with a progressive bicycling culture. A couple of innovations the city has implemented are "bike boxes" and "sharrows".
Bike boxes are road markings that designate exactly where cyclists and motorists should place their vehicles when stopped at an intersection with a red l... | <urn:uuid:ceecfb6e-2f46-4057-8dda-f92a2dd28712> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/1817/urban-cycling-safety-innovations/6318 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968989 | 201 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Alzheimer's disease is a very complex field, and I am going to restrict my answer to two particular areas: the neuritic plaques and the neurofibrillary tangles. This area is also of interest to me, hence the protracted answer.
The two pathological hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease, first described by Alois Alzheimer in ... | <urn:uuid:851d509b-f6a8-470f-b66b-73b7b2b28b88> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/3223/what-alternatives-are-there-to-the-amyloid-hypothesis?answertab=active | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.829724 | 3,358 | 2.625 | 3 |
Sherri, a genealogist and friend from Topeka, inspired me today to repost this. One of her African American ancestors, who lived during the civil war era, has a military headstone but yet no records have been located to support his military participation.
Now there are many reasons for this, and it is impossible to lis... | <urn:uuid:7db1e605-cd60-4186-a041-3b304f3f1eaa> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.a3genealogy.com/2010/01/surname-saturday-civil-war-surname.html?showComment=1307284444201 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.987393 | 529 | 3.46875 | 3 |
New Research Will Shape Future of Green Economy
“Semiconductors Using Nanostructures for Record Increases in Solar-cell Efficiency” (SUNRISE) is a project that will benefit both the green economy and those eager to make solar energy more efficient.
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Here’s another reason to get a good night’s sleep — it could help keep you fit. A new study suggests that poor sleep habits may affect your risk of becoming overweight because one night of sleep loss activates a specific brain region that contributes to a person’s sensation of appetite more than one night of normal sle... | <urn:uuid:d5da27c6-c6ef-4220-980a-4f75900d5fe4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.ctnews.com/healthylife/2012/04/19/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9388 | 181 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Do you need to write a dissertation? Do you lack ideas on how to write a dissertation? Do you want to find reliable dissertation tips and start writing? Well, this article will be your guide.
Below, we will discuss what steps a student should take in order to write a dissertation. So, let us start.
Step # 1
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Mathematics and Design
When thinking about combining design and mathematics, I automatically think about proportions and why things are designed the way they are. A door frame is usually 80 inches tall, and that’s not just because it’s somebody’s favorite number. They make doors that tall, or put windows at certain hei... | <urn:uuid:63fa2d45-153c-4488-a4b2-4db92ca65fd3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.lib.umn.edu/hans2568/architecture/2006/11/mathematics_and_design.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968986 | 248 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Today I would like to talk about a very interesting computer vision technique to control robots: Visual Servoing. Also called Vision-Based Robot Control, is a technique which uses the information gathered from a vision sensor (usually a camera) to control the motion of a robot.
A very good start point is the tutorial V... | <urn:uuid:edb25edb-54b4-4b78-81ac-78c449aa961b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.martinperis.com/2011_01_01_archive.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935317 | 335 | 3.078125 | 3 |
In 1995, Roy Disney decided to release an animated movie about a Powhatan woman known as “Pocahontas”. In answer to a complaint by the Powhatan Nation, he claims the film is “responsible, accurate, and respectful.”
We of the Powhatan Nation disagree. The film distorts history beyond recognition. Our offers to assist Di... | <urn:uuid:ad1189f0-580b-46f0-a981-5beb73c30563> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.mikeambs.com/post/34383198991/ikenbot-pocahontas-myth-in-1995-roy-disney | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974493 | 1,617 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Technology aside, there’s no denying that "kids today" (Don’t you love that expression?) don’t learn like the students of even a few years ago. As a teacher, I used to overhear some colleagues who would criticize students who asked that timeless question: "When will we ever use this?"
"When?" the teacher would mock as ... | <urn:uuid:2b25ecc3-82e0-4807-9353-58152ea086fe> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.scottelias.net/2007/04/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965868 | 1,208 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Honest John — a rocket with a wallop
Early in the heady and scary days of the Cold War atomic weapons were considered by NATO as a force equalizer against the numerical superiority of Russian and Eastern Bloc opponents — especially with regard to closing off the Fulda Gap — a likely invasion from East Germany (at the t... | <urn:uuid:e2667a1f-9a9f-40a5-9393-6d1d6b4aacec> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.seattlepi.com/travelforaircraft/2012/12/04/honest-john-%E2%80%94-a-rocket-with-a-wallop/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966843 | 361 | 2.984375 | 3 |
My role at Te Papa is to identify feathers and hair in the ethnological collections, however on occasion I come across something interesting in my research including the following mystery. While identifying the feathers in the museum’s Māori textiles collection, I counted eight piupiu (skirt or waist garment) with the ... | <urn:uuid:5691b1fe-1025-4b40-8525-a3d3b08e019d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/12/05/m-is-for-mystery-m-initial-in-the-waistband-of-te-papas-piupiu-maori/?like=1&source=post_flair&_wpnonce=a082172354 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970539 | 737 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Two new studies show that children who are the youngest in their grades are often misdiagnosed with ADHD when they are really just less mature than their peers.
A North Carolina State report found that kids born right before the school cutoff date were 25 percent more likely to be diagnosed with ADHD than children born... | <urn:uuid:a78138fb-4b87-4fe4-b86b-71b6d5a00482> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blogs.ajc.com/momania/2010/08/17/new-studies-younger-immature-kids-misdiagnosed-with-adhd/?cp=2 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.986081 | 715 | 2.96875 | 3 |
This is so cool: NASA’s twin GRAIL spacecraft (now named Ebb and Flow) have cameras on board to take images of the lunar surface, and an animation has been put together of Ebb’s view of the Moon’s far side!
Pretty neat. I love the wide-angle view; the individual images were taken while Ebb was still over a thousand kil... | <urn:uuid:cb52b96b-763d-46d4-82c1-cebda2897d20> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2012/02/03/video-of-the-lunar-far-side-from-grailebb/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93315 | 254 | 2.921875 | 3 |
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The illegal trade of bushmeat—meat and products made from wildlife—has grown dramatically in the past several years, thanks to high demand, enormous profits, a lack of law enforcement and minimal sentencing for criminals caught trafficking in bushmeat. The worldwide market for these illegal produ... | <urn:uuid:f82aaac1-9edb-4974-a305-d3a5924155ca> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/2009/09/10/dna-bar-codes-a-new-tool-for-tracking-illegal-wildlife-trade/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942648 | 773 | 3.421875 | 3 |
Chefs & Ocean Health
Chefs are the gatekeepers of the seafood industry. They command a unique influence over the purchase, trade and consumption of seafood.
Currently, an alarming number of the world’s fish species face an uncertain future due to overfishing, pollution, habitat destruction and other factors. We develop... | <urn:uuid:dac9867d-6eee-4d8e-bc9b-2a26c15338fc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blueocean.org/programs/sustainable-seafood-program/chefs-corner/?showimg=380&imgpage=0 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.890825 | 163 | 2.65625 | 3 |
“By the practise of the limbs of yoga, the impurities dwindle away and here dawns the light of wisdom, leading to discriminative discernment”. (Patanjali’s Sutra #28)
Patanjali was a great yogi mystic and philosopher. His writing on yoga and the Eight Limbs of Raja Yoga are dated to the 2nd century. According to Patanj... | <urn:uuid:e67de781-7be3-407b-9470-5409d31e840e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://bodydivineyoga.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/raja-yoga-the-eight-limbs-to-enlightenment/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930925 | 809 | 2.546875 | 3 |
The Effects of Negative Political Advertising
Political advertising has evolved into a multi-billion dollar industry in the past few decades. It has come a long way from the newspaper and print era. Now for a candidate to be successful they need to spend a substantial amount of money on television advertisements. The b... | <urn:uuid:6d13519f-8cd1-49be-b7e6-cabf10785d31> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://brentfassino09.blogspot.com/2009/10/effects-of-negative-political.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973434 | 1,466 | 2.71875 | 3 |
A viral infection in the heart can kill the fittest athlete, but most people who contract such a virus fend it off, and it goes undetected.
Dr. Barbara Sherry, a professor of virology in the College of Veterinary Medicine, believes that understanding how the heart protects itself could lead to new ways of helping the w... | <urn:uuid:1c2403a0-ffd2-49aa-9026-c3c3513021a9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://bulletin.ncsu.edu/2011/09/showing-heart-in-fighting-viruses/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935895 | 511 | 3.484375 | 3 |
Unfortunately, this year the H3N2 flu strain has arrived well ahead of Christmas and is taking its toll.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta reported this week that “flu activity” has increased across the nation over the last two weeks.
Flu levels in Georgia have been considered moderate, ac... | <urn:uuid:a371bf88-c049-4e2c-b348-06b3cba93d8e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://calhountimes.com/view/full_story/21063300/article-Flu-season-onset-earliest-in-nine-years-in-Georgia?instance=news_special_coverage_right_column | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956883 | 533 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Web 2.0, Secondary Orality, and the Gutenberg Parenthesis
In the large picture of human history, the brief few centuries when print reigned unchallenged as the most revered form of knowledge will be seen as a mere parenthesis. Before Gutenberg, knowledge was formed orally and, now, in this post-Gutenberg era, knowledge... | <urn:uuid:5fdb33b8-1878-4f0d-8e07-8b9099df916b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://campustechnology.com/articles/2008/03/web-20-secondary-orality-and-the-gutenberg-parenthesis.aspx | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939906 | 828 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Subculture called vital for a Catholic resurgenceRUSSELL SHAW
The story of Catholicism in America may be an open book, but the book reads very differently depending on who's doing the writing.
Unlike many academic arguments, the future of the Catholic Church in the United States may depend on who's right.
The first ver... | <urn:uuid:4ab7856c-b535-4bcb-9128-f9d9f376a00d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://catholiceducation.org/articles/history/us/ah0022.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955134 | 1,132 | 2.875 | 3 |
MENAS, SAINT, eighth-century bishop of Tmuis. The life of Anba Menas is known from the SYNAXARION, the notice of which is read on 7 Hatur, and the HISTORY OF THE PATRIARCHS, in the notice on KHA’IL I.
Menas was a native of Samannud in the Delta. He was an only son, and was married against his will. He kept his virginit... | <urn:uuid:3151f795-f453-4c81-9a72-be443094028d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/cce/id/1320/rec/29 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982852 | 286 | 2.625 | 3 |
Posts Tagged: Alexander Nguyen
Scorpions--to fear or to revere?
The Bohart Museum of Entomology's open house last Sunday drew visitors of all ages who marveled at the scorpions glowing under ultraviolet light.
UC Davis entomology major Alexander Nguyen flashed a UV light on the critters as his audience watched in amaze... | <urn:uuid:0c1bb768-743e-4ed1-a3fe-557e93155e36> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://cesanjoaquin.ucdavis.edu/?blogtag=Alexander%20Nguyen&blogasset=28896 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921813 | 925 | 2.5625 | 3 |
W.C. Fields, the comedian with the bulbous, red alcoholic nose, always replied when asked if he would like a glass of water: "Water is for flowing under bridges." But Fields didn't know about "The Ultimate Volumetrics Diet," or PGX.
Dr. Barbara Rolls, professor of Nutritional Sciences at Penn State University in Pennsy... | <urn:uuid:d75a3d37-f294-4a7d-b6cf-d643130d7c1c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://chealth.canoe.ca/channel_health_news_details.asp?news_id=33053 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963693 | 838 | 2.546875 | 3 |
FDA OKs Nexium for Kids 1-11
FDA Approves Nexium for Short-Term Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) in Young Children
Feb. 28, 2008 -- The FDA today approved short-term use of the drug Nexium for children aged 1-11 with gastroesophageal
reflux disease (GERD).
The FDA OK'd Nexium in two forms -- a delaye... | <urn:uuid:fd2fc2d7-ff17-4181-a9c1-8cd3dea5fa75> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://children.webmd.com/news/20080228/fda-oks-nexium-for-kids-1-to-11?src=rsf_full-7001_pub_none_rltd | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935739 | 442 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Following an indepth exam board presentation by Hilary Quigg of AQA I was asked by Languages South East to give a few ideas to help teachers on the Isle of Wight to prepare their students for the Controlled Assessments. My main message was "Don't Panic"- good teaching remains good teaching no matter what the end exam, ... | <urn:uuid:1a14def5-6f9a-465c-be5d-9b95fae7676a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://chrisfuller.typepad.com/facing_the_currently_unkn/2011/07/dont-panic-ideas-to-get-them-speaking-and-writing-at-ca-stage-1-ryde-high-school.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973799 | 193 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Passwords establish the identity of a user, and they are an essential component of modern information technology. In this article, I describe one-time passwords: passwords that you use once and then never again. Because they’re used only once, you don’t have to remember them. I describe how to implement one-time passwo... | <urn:uuid:e3b6e0e1-b905-4eee-9885-a472147247ec> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://circuitcellar.com/tag/security/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.895072 | 4,336 | 3.03125 | 3 |
My students publish a variety of work on their iPads and use different apps throughout the writing process. When it comes to typing up their final product we often use PaperPort Notes. Before they send their work to print, I use the highlighter and marker tool to show them where edits and revisions need to be made. I w... | <urn:uuid:b6481d55-02c7-4a31-ad6a-b0b95690f2e0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://classtechtips.com/tag/assessment/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94285 | 387 | 2.546875 | 3 |
A new study by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI), sponsored by Toyota’s Collaborative Safety Research Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan shows that teen drivers do a lot more texting behind the wheel than their parents think they do.
The study found that 26 percent of teen drivers surveyed... | <urn:uuid:b200a34a-7e58-40c2-8976-47d4340b4038> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://cleveland.cbslocal.com/2012/12/04/teen-drivers-texting-much-more-than-parents-think/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953122 | 466 | 2.90625 | 3 |
The IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) is a science-based network of more than 7,500 volunteer experts from almost every country of the world, all working together towards achieving the vision of, “A world that values and conserves present levels of biodiversity."
Most members are deployed in more than 120 Speciali... | <urn:uuid:6afd4e42-5349-49c2-91c3-bacc267cd96e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://cms.iucn.org/about/work/programmes/species/who_we_are/about_the_species_survival_commission_/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911069 | 310 | 3.59375 | 4 |
Loudoun County Public Schools science programs are designed to actively engage students in the process of science and use reasoning processes that build scientific thinking. These programs teach students to know, use, and interpret scientific explanations of the natural world; to generate and evaluate scientific eviden... | <urn:uuid:ceb625dc-bb3c-49a5-af66-273f6f151d03> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://cmsweb2.loudoun.k12.va.us/domain/10876 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.895544 | 206 | 3.40625 | 3 |
Grass. Scientists have imitated natural photosynthesis and created a record-fast molecular catalyzer. (Credit: © Nejron Photo / Fotolia)
Artificial Photosynthesis Breakthrough: Fast Molecular Catalyzer -- Science Daily
ScienceDaily (Apr. 12, 2012) — Researchers from the Department of Chemistry at the Royal Institute of... | <urn:uuid:06198aa9-b3f7-43ec-bec2-b343f51124f4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://coolsciencenews.blogspot.com/2012/04/artificial-photosynthesis-breakthrough.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.895303 | 158 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Despite complaints that NCLB has reduced classrooms to one-size-fits all test prep environments, my perspective is that our classrooms have mostly always been, with a few exceptions, one-size-fits all teaching spaces. In working at all three levels of Pk-12, elementary educators do seem more likely to create spaces whe... | <urn:uuid:cf0902f1-e21a-438e-a735-f32c7ae37a06> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://coopcatalyst.wordpress.com/2011/12/31/once-upon-a-time-we-put-a-human-on-the-moon/?like=1&_wpnonce=6484ab78b3 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967307 | 1,663 | 2.625 | 3 |
As we celebrate this holiday season, you are likely to give or receive a poinsettia. No plant is more often associated with Christmas than the poinsettias and more than 65 million are sold each holiday season. We have come to cherish these colorful plants as part of our holiday, but have you heard the story of how they... | <urn:uuid:09735547-e68c-4f9c-a472-110a1a42ac0d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://dallas-hiram.patch.com/blog_posts/poinsettias-emblem-of-christmas-lore-tradition-and-history?logout=true | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97112 | 800 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Another version of British road signage commonly used before the adoption of the Kinneir-Calvert system.
Each of Kinneir and Calvert's road signs was designed on a grid of letter tiles, like this layout diagram
The new road signage system fascinated British designers, as illustrated by this cover of the ICI magazine Pl... | <urn:uuid:d01d043b-d9ac-4cc5-b3e3-e356da59622a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://designmuseum.org/designinbritain/jock-kinneir-margaret-calvert | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963665 | 2,658 | 2.96875 | 3 |
|prosody Compare masculine rhyme a rhyme between words in which one, two, or more unstressed syllables follow a stressed one, as in elation, nation or merrily, verily|
|a fool or simpleton; ninny.|
|the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.|
in poetry, a rhyme involving two syllables (as in motion and ocean or willow and ... | <urn:uuid:5a94760d-4053-4317-9a05-9adf45100da0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/feminine+rhyme?qsrc=2446 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.905934 | 238 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Molecular Biology and Evolution, doi:10.1093/molbev/msm077
Grinding up Wheat: a Massive Loss of Nucleotide Diversity Since Domestication
A Haudry et al.
Several demographic and selective events occurred during the domestication of wheat from the allotetraploid wild emmer (Triticum turgidum ssp. dicoccoides). Cultivated... | <urn:uuid:ada14b95-41c1-4a28-9284-568a6f0e0943> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://dienekes.blogspot.com/2007/04/effect-of-domestication-of-wheat-on-its.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935447 | 437 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Hawthorns comprise the single largest group of trees and large shrubs that inhabit the woods and fields of Ohio, based upon the number of native and naturalized species (more than 60), even outnumbering the Oaks (over 20). They are known primarily for their white spring flowers, late summer and autumn fruits (yellow, o... | <urn:uuid:164bf404-2d4c-4128-ab8d-b63931f39da2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://dnr.state.oh.us/forestry/trees/hawthorn/tabid/5369/Default.aspx | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960639 | 423 | 3.65625 | 4 |
In This Section:
Some information in this chapter applies only to block storage databases and is not relevant to aggregate storage databases.
To create an application and database:
See Creating a Database.
An Essbase application is a management structure that contains one or more Essbase databases and related files. Es... | <urn:uuid:dcec3d7c-d4db-411d-b4bd-e91cabb7a8d3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E17236_01/epm.1112/esb_dbag_1112100/dotcreat.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.81719 | 2,042 | 2.703125 | 3 |
To diagnose preterm labor, your doctor will review your symptoms and medical history. Your doctor may do or recommend one or more of the following:
The pelvic exam is done to see if your cervix has begun to dilate or to thin. If dilation has begun, you may be in preterm labor. Dilation is measured in centimeters from 0... | <urn:uuid:072354c3-1902-4ca2-bda3-8746a1439991> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://doctors-hospital.net/your-health/?/2010811458/Diagnosis-of-Preterm-Labor-and-Delivery | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928723 | 464 | 3.09375 | 3 |
A central catheter is a long, thin tube that is inserted into a large vein. A central catheter is used to deliver medicine, nutrition, IV fluids, and chemotherapy .
There are different types of central catheters, including:
- Peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC line)—The catheter is threaded through a vein in ... | <urn:uuid:107cd683-dabb-4d35-9641-9efb2eb2d2a1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://doctors-hospital.net/your-health/?/2010817606/Central-Line-Inserted-Central-Catheter | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.888854 | 1,758 | 3.484375 | 3 |