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Questions about issues in the news for students 13 and older.
A recent report by the American Association of University Women found that although women have made gains, stereotypes and cultural biases still impede their success in science, technology, engineering and math (the so-called STEM fields). Does your own expe... | <urn:uuid:f35d679a-3d12-4967-b3b7-ab2c3ee60524> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/why-are-women-underrepresented-in-science-and-math-fields/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949452 | 447 | 3.546875 | 4 |
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A collection of helpful articles on teachers and teaching
Sometimes I think that the American news media likes to rub our noses in the recession. They seem to go to great lengths to illustrate to ever widening gap between the haves and have-nots. Case in point, this week’s coverage of Google’s latest gimmic... | <urn:uuid:5bdbaa7d-b513-43ee-b6bc-f85a2dc3fd08> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://lessonplanspage.com/google-this/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946872 | 364 | 2.640625 | 3 |
A variety of activities having to do with The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.
The student will:
- possess a different outlook on eating (nutrition)
- become familiarized with the days of the week
- learn about the different seasons
- be able to predict
- reflect on their own lives, what they eat, and what they d... | <urn:uuid:9d33b22d-de83-40b6-849f-07bf50deed2e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://lessons.atozteacherstuff.com/597/the-very-hungry-caterpillar-activities/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945724 | 1,474 | 4.125 | 4 |
Murray Rothbard argues that you cannot sell yourself into slavery. But how is that compatible with the principle of self-ownership? Ownership is the authority to do what you wish with your property. That includes alienating it from your ownership by voluntarily transferring it to another. Why should we be allowed to do... | <urn:uuid:6603fd30-dd16-46ee-8732-05c3a9316272> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://libertynow.wikia.com/wiki/Can_you_sell_yourself_into_slavery%3F | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979109 | 540 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Popular communication informs and entertains the general public. Magazines like Time and Rolling Stone and books like Michael Jackson : music's living legend by Rosemary Wallner, distributed by Rockbottom Books are examples of popular sources.
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John Adams was born on October 30, 1735 on a small farm in Massachusetts. His parents John and Susanna, although not educated themselves, sent their son to Harvard where he graduated in 1755. After graduating he taught school and then went on to study law. In 1758 John Adams was admitted to the Boston Bar. While still ... | <urn:uuid:aadc0785-26f7-43f2-a6cb-4916d62abb1b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://library.thinkquest.org/10966/data/bjnadams.shtml | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.989299 | 680 | 4.21875 | 4 |
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A list of terms, subjects, or people extracted from journal articles, books, etc and giving information to locate those terms in the indexed volumes.
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 8:05 am
A new tool for free hazardous materials (hazmat) training, the Electronic Learning Community (ELC) was created to provide a flexible and inexpensive means for emergency first responders to receive high quality training. The goal of the project is to reach underserved volunteer responder... | <urn:uuid:7235b0ca-cfb7-48d1-a563-7486a0d3413a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://lionconnects.com/iafc-introduces-hazmat-training-electronic-learning-community-elc/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958057 | 540 | 2.796875 | 3 |
10 Common English Language Errors
Because English is such a complex language, it is fraught with traps that we all frequently fall into. With this list I hope to clear up at least a few of the confusing words we use every day. This is a list of some of the more common errors people make with English.
1. Practice / Prac... | <urn:uuid:e881a71a-7bae-4dbc-a542-ef21b6ea9a3c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://listverse.com/2007/09/19/10-common-english-language-errors/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959397 | 1,717 | 3.34375 | 3 |
IntroductionThe pictorial collections of the Library of Congress represent an immense fund of human experience, knowledge, and achievement. Works in these collections touch upon almost every realm of human endeavor: science, art, invention, government and political struggle, and the recording of history.
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Last night the LUCI lab had a terrific turnout for an Arduino hacking workshop. About 20 people including undergraduates, graduate students, researchers and faculty turned out to learn how to program this popular microcontroller. The basic goal of the workshop was for everyone to create a device which measured an input... | <urn:uuid:679d39de-312b-454e-863a-b84670bc1fe4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://luci.ics.uci.edu/blog/?tag=calit2 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953468 | 425 | 2.640625 | 3 |
That was done by seven scientists in Australia in a part of the country where raising sheep is one of the main industries.
When they shear those sheep, they bring thousands of sheep in a very short period of time into one giant building. The sheep do not always want to move where they're asked to, and the shearing invo... | <urn:uuid:afd3d57e-3817-47f3-8a52-6ca4e080138c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://m.csmonitor.com/Books/chapter-and-verse/2012/1129/Weird-science-This-Is-Improbable-chronicles-the-world-s-strange-experiments/(page)/2 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98828 | 334 | 3.34375 | 3 |
Ok, hist of sci people out there, help me out:
In Hilchot Yesodei Hatorah chapter 3, Maimonides lays out the geocentric model of the cosmos, epicycles and all. At 3:8, he notes that Earth is about 40 times larger than the moon, the sun is about 170 times larger than Earth, the sun is the largest of the "stars" (a categ... | <urn:uuid:e214a7fc-3d75-4909-b859-ecb614bc0ee4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mahrabu.blogspot.com/2010_08_01_archive.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963084 | 633 | 3.65625 | 4 |
Pesticides are widely used in agriculture without paying much heed to the consequences of its unregulated and indiscriminate use . This fact has been known to our policy makers for nearly five decades. The government is atleast under law supposed to regulate its use. The Insecticides Act of 1968 is a key piece of legis... | <urn:uuid:4b7145b6-78ee-4f95-92f5-ec1d9d76cf65> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mailto:savvy@cseindia.org/content/pesticide-regulations | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951097 | 398 | 3.171875 | 3 |
“How did Mancos get its name and what does Mancos mean.” In Spanish the word refers to someone whose arm has been maimed.
According to an article that appeared in a 1997 publication of the “Mancos Visitor’s Guide,” Fern Ellis wrote in her book, “Come Back to My Valley,” about a gentleman named George M. Carr who, in 18... | <urn:uuid:efb5ce5a-d1a7-435d-854e-5f8ecc69a204> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mancosvalley.com/home/mancos-history | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984566 | 536 | 3.390625 | 3 |
be taken of and allowance made for two points. First, that the metal plate not only cuts off, but itself radiates; and secondly, that the duration of the induced currents radiated by the plates varies with each different metal under experiment.
This explains the fact before pointed out that the apparent percentage of i... | <urn:uuid:e7826db3-6eae-4dea-8770-a45453044e5b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://manybooks.net/titles/anonetext058041710.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955531 | 201 | 2.625 | 3 |
Step 4.2. Indicate who will be responsible for collecting and analyzing outcome data.
In Step 2 you completed a chart to list (1) the outcomes of the activity that you are planning for teachers and students (2) the indicators that you will use to determine whether or not the outcomes are achieved, and (3) your expectat... | <urn:uuid:623ea631-cfc2-45e0-afba-5aa2176edfd8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/divisions/instruction/planning_guide/step4_2.htm?WBCMODE=PresentationUnpublished%25%3E%25%3E%25%3E%25%3E%25%3E%25%3E%252%25%3E%0D%25%3E%25%3E | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.881824 | 141 | 3.1875 | 3 |
On April 24, 2012, The Maryland State Board of Education accepted the definition of STEM Education and STEM Standards of Practice presented by the Office of STEM Initiatives. The definition of STEM Education and the STEM Standards of Practice reflect the skills and knowledge students must master to be prepared to meet ... | <urn:uuid:83d0b4f8-4fd7-435f-9543-57ce9a6be447> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://marylandpublicschools.org/MSDE/programs/stem/?WBCMODE=http%3A.%D0%92%C2%A0+They%25%3E%25%25%3E%25%3E | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.904861 | 224 | 3.765625 | 4 |
...in 1768, James Otis, Jr. gave a characteristically fiery speech to his fellow legislators in Boston. He referred to the British House of Commons as a gathering of "button-makers, horse jockey gamesters, pensioners, pimps, and whore-masters." The colony's royal governor denounced Otis's tirade as the most "insolent. ... | <urn:uuid:f0ddc141-a815-4406-aa73-14e23dd96cbc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://massmoments.org/moment.cfm?mid=181 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984072 | 1,425 | 3.109375 | 3 |
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- I need some advice and information on Standards Based Grading (SBG).
- Is there anyone that can o... | <urn:uuid:99444620-8ce2-4c2a-8139-88aad6f4b687> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mathforum.org/t2t/ask/index.taco?old_thread=18119 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911093 | 341 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Can someone help me work out the answer to this word problems?
1 - Based on information obtained from a sample of 40, a 95% confidence interval for the average profit level of regional banks is given by $65.83 million to $83.09 million. Determine the sample standard deviation of profit (in $mill correct to 2 decimal pl... | <urn:uuid:fad5c947-e444-46e4-b931-e637e3500455> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mathhelpforum.com/advanced-statistics/88330-help-confidence-intervals.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922599 | 226 | 3.46875 | 3 |
New research might help people suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder
The discovery of a mechanism in the brain explains for the first time why people make particularly strong, long-lasting memories of stressful events in their lives and could help sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder.
The study, carried ... | <urn:uuid:3362cd26-9a81-4af8-be0f-e614ff0c24a6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-people-post-traumatic-stress-disorder.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931044 | 1,946 | 3.140625 | 3 |
If someone consumes a lot of sugar through out his/her life, it can make his/her skin dull and wrinkled. Besides diabetes, sugar also damage teeth.
Relationship of sugar and wrinkles is in the advanced glycation end products (AGEs), a molecule in the blood which is quite dangerous. The more sugar consumed by someone, t... | <urn:uuid:e271387b-0e18-4ae1-8482-41091ebfb7b4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://medicmagic.net/wrinkles-caused-by-sugar.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93454 | 438 | 2.75 | 3 |
BAR 32:02, Mar/Apr 2006
Who Were the Jebusites?
Ever wonder who the Jebusites were? According to the Bible, Jerusalem was a Jebusite city until King David conquered it in 1000 B.C.E. or shortly thereafter (2 Samuel 5:6–9).
Jebusites are mentioned 35 times in the Bible—in Genesis, Exodus, Numbers, Deuteronomy, Joshua, J... | <urn:uuid:42268687-ebf2-4448-9f58-f455e578bef6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://members.bib-arch.org/publication.asp?PubID=BSBA&Volume=32&Issue=2&ArticleID=20 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953325 | 334 | 3.140625 | 3 |
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- Before doing other requirements, successfully complete the BSA swimmer test. To begin the test, jump feet first into water over the head in depth, level off, and begin swimming. Swim 75 yards in a strong manner using one or more of the following strokes: sidestroke, breaststroke, trudgen, or crawl; then swim ... | <urn:uuid:38d04760-552d-42e9-bb45-7eb5f8d6f709> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php?title=Template:Scuba_BSA/req&redirect=no | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.894845 | 725 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Gets or sets the name of the configuration file for an application domain.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
The configuration file describes the search rules and configuration data for the application domain. The host that creates the application domain is responsible for supplying this data because the meaningful ... | <urn:uuid:f2a55e5e-3a39-41ac-b70c-7ac648aceaeb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.appdomainsetup.configurationfile.aspx | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.752553 | 202 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Cholera often breaks out when there is overcrowding and inadequate access to clean water, rubbish collection and proper toilets. It causes profuse diarrhoea and vomiting which can lead to death by intense dehydration, sometimes within a matter of hours.
Cholera is a serious risk in the aftermath of emergencies, like th... | <urn:uuid:363f06dc-1de9-4a81-b48e-9e5dac8c0c3e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://msf.org.za/diseases/cholera | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93625 | 759 | 4.125 | 4 |
It’s hard to believe that the Green Roof Garden has been in place for three full growing seasons already. Our horticultural and research staff is pleased to see how the green roof is growing and evolving as plants settle in and move around by rhizomes and reseeding. Despite the challenging weather of 2011 and 2012, the... | <urn:uuid:6dcde80d-85f0-4a92-a754-024515b190cb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://my.chicagobotanic.org/tag/prairie-dropseed/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959899 | 881 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Real 'Tractor Beam' Developed
insidescience - Tractor beams, energy rays that can move objects, are a science fiction mainstay. But now they are becoming a reality -- at least for moving very tiny objects.
Researchers from the Australian National University have announced that they have built a device that can move sma... | <urn:uuid:a0cc06bb-1e57-43aa-bba9-e1425d690b35> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://naturalplane.blogspot.com/2010/09/fortean-oddball-news-992010.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964063 | 2,242 | 3.796875 | 4 |
For more information about National Park Service air resources, please visit http://www.nature.nps.gov/air/.
Air Quality at Shenandoah National Park
What’s in the Air?
Most visitors expect clean air and good visibility in parks. However, Shenandoah National Park (NP) in Virginia, experiences some of the highest measure... | <urn:uuid:492f8c48-22f0-473f-887a-c90aeecc8995> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nature.nps.gov/air/Permits/ARIS/SHEN/index.cfm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.875748 | 610 | 3.78125 | 4 |
A city and diocese in the Province of Florence, Central Italy. It is first mentioned in the eighth century as a "vicus Wallari", where there was an oratory of S. Miniato, the celebrated martyr St. Mennas. From the eleventh century the inhabitants of this town were frequently at war with those of S. Genesio, a neighbour... | <urn:uuid:c45733aa-63d3-4c1e-b0c2-770c4855680e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://newadvent.org/cathen/13449c.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939685 | 589 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Mexico's violent drug war may be pushing Mexican immigrants and their families to put down deep roots in the United States more quickly and firmly than ever.
For generations, immigrants have dreamed of going back to Mexico to enjoy the fruits of their U.S. labors. Today, fear of violence is keeping more people focused ... | <urn:uuid:ecc20b38-7688-4e72-9da6-3414e9107ebd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://newamerica.net/publications/articles/2010/fewer_mexican_immigrants_dream_of_returning_27921 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975832 | 848 | 3.0625 | 3 |
A myth turns 100: Titanic still fascinates world
By Britta Guerke Mar 29, 2012, 14:01 GMT
London - On the night of April 14, 1912, shortly before midnight, the Titanic hit an iceberg. Some three hours later the biggest ship of the day lay under the icy waters at the bottom of the North Atlantic.
Around 1,500 people die... | <urn:uuid:ceea3e04-94b4-4450-b20a-a25541bee555> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://news.monstersandcritics.com/uk/features/article_1695800.php/A-myth-turns-100-Titanic-still-fascinates-world | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971958 | 910 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Polymer-Coated Tips for Patterning of Viruses by Dip-Pen Nanolithography
Direct-write dip-pen nanolithography (DPN) using a tip coated with nanoporous poly(2-methyl-2-oxazoline) allows the creation of precise patterns of large-sized biomaterials such as viruses. The hydrogel tip absorbs the virus-containing ink solutio... | <urn:uuid:bc52cac7-026b-4c18-91a2-e137a6cf260e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/12/polymer-coated-tips-for-patterning-of.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93059 | 255 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Shadow Technique Improves Measurement of Micro Holes
June 2, 2005
Contact: Gail Porter
Sometimes seeing a shadow can be as good or better than seeing the real thing. A new measurement method* developed by researchers working at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a case in point. The method use... | <urn:uuid:cb1401ad-38ed-4bc6-993f-03cf0a470f48> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nist.gov/pml/div683/060205_shadow.cfm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.899842 | 491 | 2.859375 | 3 |
African-Americans began to play baseball in the late 1800s on
military teams, college teams, and company teams. They eventually
found their way to professional teams with white players. Moses
Fleetwood Walker and Bud Fowler were among the first to participate.
However, racism and “Jim Crow” laws would force
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The role of beak shape in octopodid taxonomy
Ogden, R.S.; Allcock, A.L.; Watts, P.C.; Thorpe, J.P.. 1998 The role of beak shape in octopodid taxonomy. South African Journal of Marine Science, 20. 29-36.Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)
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United States of America
PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 91st CONGRESS, FIRST SESSION
WASHINGTON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1969
S. 3028-INTRODUCTION OF A BILL ON A TULE ELK WILDLIFE REFUGE
Mr. CRANSTON. Mr. President, I introduce, for appropriate reference, a bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to study the feas... | <urn:uuid:85909aaf-cbe6-4929-8452-5342b4fe7dea> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://northbaydigital.sonoma.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/EHDC/id/927/rec/51 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.914252 | 1,473 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Sun April 15, 2012
The science of baseball (plus extras)
Baseball season is well-underway. For St. Louis Public Radio’s Véronique LaCapra, that means it’s time to talk about the science behind America’s national pastime. Washington University aerospace engineer David Peters was happy to join in.
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Summary of the amazing book from Cris Crawford.
… art is something designed to evoque emotion through fantasy
The computer game is an art form because it presents its audience with fantasy
experiences that stimulate emotion.
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Explore patterns based on a rhombus. How can you enlarge the
pattern - or explode it?
Learn how to use advanced pasting techniques to create interactive
Learn how to use increment buttons and scroll bars to create
interactive Excel resources.
Learn how to make a simple table using Excel.
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Is this a fair game? How many ways are there of creating a fair
game by adding odd and even numbers?
Interior angles can help us to work out which polygons will
tessellate. Can we use similar ideas to predict which polygons
combine to create semi-regular solids?
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In times like these, who wouldn't at least identify with the general sentiments of populist thinking? While populism generally centers around income and anger from the middle class, working class, and the working poor, there's more than one shade of populism. The two dominant forms these days is Tea Party Populism and ... | <urn:uuid:441f9141-6b27-4172-8886-d88b9fa780a4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://offkstreet.blogspot.com/2012_01_01_archive.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973512 | 995 | 2.671875 | 3 |
1930s imagining of 1980s New York in the sci-fi musical Just Imagine (1930, dir. David Butler) (via)
Designed by art director Stephen Goosson, the city set was an elaborate miniature model that covered a ground area of 75 x 225 feet and whose tallest tower measured 40 feet.
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Fixes looks at solutions to social problems and why they work.
The Family Health Clinic of Carroll County, in Delphi, Ind., and its smaller sibling about 40 minutes away in Monon provide full-service health care for about 10,000 people a year, most of them farmers or employees of the local pork production plant. About ... | <urn:uuid:37edf040-1fff-4497-8541-714b9bf104c5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/the-family-doctor-minus-the-m-d/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964714 | 2,525 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Parent to Parent
Is my child ready to compete?
By Kate Taylor
There are several factors involved in a parent’s decision to have their child enter the world of competitive chess. Before you take the plunge, ask yourself these questions…
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- 3a moth or butterfly which bears crescent-shaped markings on the wings, in particular:
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Three common P2 approaches are
New Technology (Equipment Upgrades)
In general, the process steps for wet cleaning are the same and are represented in the process map for dry cleaning (Figure A). Wet cleaning, like dry cleaning consists of four major steps including preparation, washing, drying, and finishing; however, ... | <urn:uuid:0950e3fb-7341-457e-a0e5-9e74b0f6eeca> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://p2ric.org/p2information/TopicHubs/index.cfm?page=subsection&hub_id=702&subsec_id=14 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919961 | 656 | 2.765625 | 3 |
WASHINGTON — The government is setting what it calls an ambitious goal for Alzheimer’s disease: Development of effective ways to treat and prevent the mind-destroying illness by 2025.
The Obama administration is developing the first National Alzheimer’s Plan to find better treatments for the disease.
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Mac OS is a popular family of operating systems.
"Classic" Mac OS
The "classic" Mac OS is characterised by its lack of the command line, and encompasses the different Mac OS' from 1984 to 2001.
OS X
OS X (re-branded from "Mac OS X" in 2012) is the latest version of the Mac OS operating system (initially released in 2... | <urn:uuid:1afa2e4e-52b5-4ce9-b0ae-b55f1ec32a49> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Mac | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922374 | 241 | 2.65625 | 3 |
While great effort is being put into meeting the supposed threat of voting by people without proper ID, a more serious threat of election fraud is virtually ignored. About one in four American voters will vote on digital electronic voting machines without any paper record to verify the machine tallied the results corre... | <urn:uuid:ae0d2580-d1d0-47da-8441-df0635c0e255> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://philebersole.wordpress.com/2012/08/27/machine-politics-the-real-threat-of-voter-fraud/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94925 | 710 | 2.703125 | 3 |
This book comprises essays in law and legal theory celebrating the life and work of Jim Harris. The topics addressed reflect the wide range of Harris's work, and the depth of his influence on legal studies. They include the nature of law and legal reasoning, rival theories of property rights and their impact on practic... | <urn:uuid:d1e25020-c22c-486c-9f63-9c29e87ed515> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://philpapers.org/s/Fred%20Harris | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944812 | 4,646 | 3.078125 | 3 |
Florida's wetlands, including both swamps (with trees) and marshes (treeless), are extremely complex and relatively poorly understood. They once covered half of the state, but drainage and development have reduced wetlands to about 10% of Florida's land area. Swamps are still distributed throughout the state, ranging i... | <urn:uuid:e04aad62-773a-4749-808b-ee3ee00de3f3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://pinellas.fnpschapters.org/freshswamps.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927052 | 1,649 | 3.96875 | 4 |
In his cartoon La Daguerreotypomanie (1839), Théodore Maurisset shows how the industrialization of photography and its mass availability transformed people’s lives in Paris. The camera has turned the city into a spectacle that is simultaneously being captured by it. Maurisset’s image suggests that from then on “life wi... | <urn:uuid:77497203-84b3-425f-a57c-5fa2e745d31d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://presencedocuments.com/tag/orbita-probitatis-ad-christi-imitationem/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965355 | 547 | 2.703125 | 3 |
November 6, 2009
A priority queue is a data structure that permits insertion of a new element and retrieval of its smallest member; we have seen priority queues in two previous exercises. Priority queues permit sorting by inserting elements in random order and retrieving them in sorted order. Heapsort uses the heap dat... | <urn:uuid:48657a07-d7ba-47a0-8723-148aac663d7b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://programmingpraxis.com/2009/11/06/heap-sort/?like=1&source=post_flair&_wpnonce=b19f116cf4 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.886739 | 351 | 4.1875 | 4 |
by Fred E. Foldvary, Senior EditorThe great evil in economics is not communism, not socialism, not capitalism, not landlords or bosses, not unions, not feudalism or industrialization or automation, not progress or lack of it, and not any scarcity of natural resources. No, the great evil in economics is COERCIVE MONOPOL... | <urn:uuid:f8ccea54-3f52-47ff-b974-86f37a0ada86> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://progress.org/archive/fold74.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943995 | 1,218 | 3.171875 | 3 |
According to Gore Vidal, the four most beautiful words in the English language are “I told you so”. My hero James Hansen can justifiably speak those words, but I am sure they don’t feel beautiful to him.
In 1981, together with six NASA colleagues, he published a paper in Science magazine entitled ‘Climatic Impact of In... | <urn:uuid:c9f32a5c-d4ea-46ab-95e7-6e0e8186da1c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://protonsforbreakfast.wordpress.com/2012/10/20/i-told-you-so/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950199 | 785 | 2.609375 | 3 |
The estimated prevalence of psychiatric disorders in nursing home residents ranges from 68 percent to 94 percent (1,2). The breadth of this range reflects the variation in definitions of psychiatric disorders as well as the number and types of nursing homes reviewed. Psychiatric disorders cause symptomatic distress to ... | <urn:uuid:d38b1587-ca88-42e3-bfe6-03e336f55d7c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ps.psychiatryonline.org/article.aspx?articleID=87294 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938533 | 3,821 | 2.65625 | 3 |
A new study from the University of Madrid highlights the important role that parents play in the transmission of dentist fear in their family.
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In order to combat forgetfulness, it is important to understand some of the major reasons why we forget things. Elizabeth Loftus, one of the world's most renowned experts on human memory, has identified four major reasons why forgetting occurs. One of the most common explanations is a simple failure to retrieve the inf... | <urn:uuid:6e51e31e-ebab-4ff7-bff9-65546bc468a1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://psychology.about.com/od/memory/ss/ten-facts-about-memory_6.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961536 | 229 | 3.203125 | 3 |
A surprising amount of what we think we know about the brain comes from neuropsychology; famous case studies such as HM have informed theories of memory so that they include short and long term storage, which are separable, and so on. These case studies can have a profound effect on research; my favourite story, though... | <urn:uuid:433d6fd5-9770-4881-80d4-087901e3577d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://psychsciencenotes.blogspot.com/2012/04/patient-df-uses-haptics-not-intact.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922984 | 2,940 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Year of publication
- Tobacco smoke particles and indoor air quality (ToPIQ) - the protocol of a new study (2011)
- Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is a major contributor to indoor air pollution. Since decades it is well documented that ETS can be harmful to human health and cause premature death and disease. In comp... | <urn:uuid:48aedbbc-0feb-4bbc-ba3a-8694ed2ca9a7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/solrsearch/index/search/searchtype/authorsearch/author/Jan+David+Alexander+Groneberg/start/0/rows/10/sortfield/title/sortorder/desc | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927825 | 3,067 | 2.515625 | 3 |
From the Queens Chronicle:
An inclusion classroom is a “one size fits all” approach that consists of regular education students, advanced learners and special education students who have been given an Individualized Education Program. Most of these classes have two instructors, a regular education and special education... | <urn:uuid:82017b7f-98e0-4d7e-a999-3a7bc291ead4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://queenscrap.blogspot.com/2010/03/doe-teaching-model-disservice-to.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964141 | 295 | 2.890625 | 3 |
- Type A - one-story house with a basement and without a basement with a steep roof;
- Type B - single-storey house with a flat roof to the basement or no basement;
- Type B - two or more storied houses with a flat or a steep roof and a cellar.
For houses of type A is recommended to use hot water radiant heating system... | <urn:uuid:14e31905-628b-4b32-8171-4a272e5e80f2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://redstatearizona.blogspot.com/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924019 | 401 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Excerpts from Giordano Bruno's treatises: On Magic and A General Account of Bonding
As with any other topic, before we begin our treatise On Magic, it is
necessary to distinguish the various meanings of the term, for there are as
many meanings of ‘magic’ as there are of ‘magician’.
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ROA was briefed about the recently published report Blue Water Navy Vietnam Veterans and Agent Orange Exposure which concluded that “There is no consistent evidence to suggest that Blue Water Navy veterans were at higher or lower risk for cancer or other long-term health outcomes resulting from TCDD exposure associated... | <urn:uuid:e3643767-947f-4e66-9a93-bf23d6cb655a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://reserveofficer.blogspot.com/2011/05/blue-water-navy-vietnam-veterans-still.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97157 | 560 | 2.515625 | 3 |
1995: Kailash Satyarthi, India
Photo by Eddie Adams
Advocating for quality public education and eliminating child labor practices
"Small children of six, seven years and older are forced to work fourteen hours a day, without breaks or a day of rest. If they cry for their parents, they are beaten severely, sometimes han... | <urn:uuid:8c92100a-414d-4c3c-b75e-91ad8cf02d68> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://rfkcenter.org/1995-kailash-satyarthi-india?lang=en | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973929 | 2,845 | 2.828125 | 3 |
A dice rolling program is only as good as the worst of:
- the random number return to die-sides algorithm
- the pseudo-random seed generator
Most are close enough to be better than dice.
Since computers can not generate truly random numbers, no die roller is truly random. The pseudorandom numbers, however can be suffic... | <urn:uuid:8ffa8175-3f61-4c77-93e8-e1d5d4fbc939> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/7152/how-reliable-are-dice-rolling-programs/7163 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.884958 | 599 | 3.375 | 3 |
Fair Trade - National
For the third year in a row, together, we have exceeded our goals for the National Valentine's Day of Action.
This year's goal: Educate 3,500 children and youth about Fair Trade by Valentine's Day, using Global Exchange's Fair Trade curriculum, providing students with a deep learning experience ab... | <urn:uuid:fca11b2f-c6de-46ea-af87-5a84390f7c78> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/o/703/t/0/blastContent.jsp?email_blast_KEY=1170675 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941812 | 338 | 2.703125 | 3 |
David F. Weiman, professor of economics at Barnard College:
But the New Deal brought more than jobs — it enhanced quality of life, especially among the most vulnerable. We can see its impact on infant mortality, which increased during the early years of the Depression after falling sharply for more than a decade. Witho... | <urn:uuid:14e76780-d73a-42cf-b3f4-1dfbc693ad39> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://sarahlee310.tumblr.com/tagged/David-Weiman | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952683 | 1,022 | 3.453125 | 3 |
Space is an exceedingly random place. Everything in the known universe may be governed by some pretty hard laws of physics, but so are BBs in a jar when you shake them up and down. That doesn’t stop things from getting very chaotic inside. The same extreme arbitrariness is worth keeping in mind as we contemplate our pl... | <urn:uuid:0d7d913a-3f1e-421e-a36e-92622bd17668> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://science.time.com/2013/02/14/asteroid-hits-earth-how-the-doomsday-scenario-would-play-out/?hpt=hp_t3 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956009 | 2,186 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Reviews for Josephine's Dream
Library Media Connection Reviews 2008 April/May
Powerful is the first word that comes to mind as you read this fictionalized account of the story of Josephine Baker. It shows the significance of one black woman in the 20th century, but Stuchner's words are just as commanding as the story i... | <urn:uuid:a7411673-4170-41eb-8ac0-69133b2faa3c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/enhancedContent.pl?contentType=ReviewDetail&isbn=9781934393048 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932924 | 489 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Approximately two weeks before leaving my home town of Milwaukee, I was walking along "Caesar Chavez Avenue" on the near Southside of the city. When I happened to spot a public litter can with a slogan written on one side that read, "Make a mark in life not on a wall." This small statement started me thinking about wha... | <urn:uuid:4ce6a730-8afe-4a90-b421-c378f8dff6d7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://shine.yahoo.com/at-home/making-mark-175100251.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978376 | 1,623 | 2.859375 | 3 |
A hare met a tortoise walking very slowly towards the market. The proud hare made fun of the slow tortoise. But the tortoise was good-natured and replied, “I may have small feet, but I can beat you in a race.” The proud hare laughed and thought, “I can beat him within a second!” So he readily agreed to the race.
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Comanche County, Kansas Migrations.
They came for a reason, they left and went where? Why did they go and who
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Cutler's History of the State of Kansas, Comanche County.
Although a part of the Unorganized Counties when... | <urn:uuid:0f007af8-7bf2-4917-a2cb-7adea1565c90> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/genweb/comanche/cmcounty.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.868562 | 330 | 2.609375 | 3 |
August 4, 2012
by fosco lucarelli
First World War was such a traumatic experience for Otto Dix, (he served as a machine-gunner in the Western front from 1914 to 1918) that he later described a recurring nightmare:
“As a young man you don’t notice at all that you were, after all, badly affected. For years afterwards, at... | <urn:uuid:e83e60b0-64fd-41ae-872a-c1e0149266ce> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://socks-studio.com/2012/08/04/otto-dix-der-krieg-the-war-1924/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949087 | 691 | 2.578125 | 3 |
The Devos cooker is a parabolic solar cooker with a table to protect the cook.
- Main advantages: the Solar Cooking Table allows dishes to be cooked with an open focus, and at high temperatures, in complete safety.
- Applications in Africa : all the dishes can be cooked: tô, different doughs (breads, pastries, porridge... | <urn:uuid:35cdd61a-c293-488f-b217-c397afbb228f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/Solar_Cooking:This_week's_featured_article/2007-06-03?direction=prev&oldid=10397 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923639 | 287 | 2.875 | 3 |
How Do Dinosaurs Learn to Read?
by Jane Yolen Illustrated by Mark Teague
Reviewed by Thomas W. (age 6)
Thomas W. is a student in Ms. Heller's 1st Grade Class
The book is about how dinosaurs learn to read from other dinosaurs. The story takes place at a dinosaur's house. The story asks you questions about how dinosaurs ... | <urn:uuid:2b6bbd4a-9b38-4226-a800-9dea2ce98645> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://spaghettibookclub.org/review.php?review_id=4722 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961748 | 138 | 3.59375 | 4 |
I am analyzing an algorithm and I just want to know if I am on the right track.
For this algorithm, I am only counting the multiplications on the line which have * in them.
Here's the algorithm:
- So I am starting from the inner most line, I can see there are 2 operations there (the two multiplications).
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|Necklace of Gold and Diamonds|
United States, Circa 1960
The Victoria & Albert Museum
For several years, after the Second World War, gemstones were so expensive as to be prohibitive and their trade was extremely rare in Europe. Gold jewelry therefore became fashionable for those who could not afford pieces which were ... | <urn:uuid:63bf3043-2fd4-49f8-8e57-d8917f5006ef> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://stalkingthebelleepoque.blogspot.com/2012_02_26_archive.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.991089 | 183 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Sci. Signal., 16 December 2008
Developmental Biology Meiosis in the Making
Science, AAAS, Washington, DC 20005, USA
Diploid organisms, including humans, have two sets of chromosomes in every somatic cell. Sexual organisms must necessarily make haploid gametes—sperm and eggs with only one set of chromosomes—so that the ... | <urn:uuid:2f2a61c8-15b7-4e9e-a081-22a001d8d666> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://stke.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/sigtrans;1/50/ec435 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.881742 | 297 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Cougar sightings in Louisiana not that long ago were considered figments of the imagination of spooked hunters, hikers and others in the outdoors.
A citizen sent LDWF a trail camera picture taken Aug. 13, 2011. LDWF Large Carnivore Program Manager Maria Davidson and biologist Brandon Wear conducted a site investigation... | <urn:uuid:837ed0bb-0bd1-432c-9baf-a4a8b88595fc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://stmarynow.com/view/full_story/15264141/article-Images-confirm-cougar-presence-in-Vernon-Parish?instance=secondary_stories_left_column | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963177 | 736 | 2.671875 | 3 |
American, b. 1892-1962
Augusta Savage studied in New York City and gained a reputation as a portraitist of the Negro Renaissance leaders. She went to Paris on a Rosenwald Foundation fellowship that enabled her to continue her studies. She return to the United States in 1934 and became the first African American woman t... | <urn:uuid:7ff2f608-a6e4-4f1a-8f72-0936419343e9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://theartofsculpture.tumblr.com/post/27273209937/augusta-savage-american-b-1892-1962-gamin | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970587 | 182 | 3.09375 | 3 |
The History Behind the Song "Happy Birthday to You"
The melody to the song “Happy Birthday to You” (also known as "The Birthday Song") was written in the early 1890’s by an American woman by the name of Mildred Hill. Her sister Patti, who was a teacher, put the lyric “Good morning dear teacher, good morning to you” to ... | <urn:uuid:2b43b962-1a52-469f-bcc3-8682bb45cd67> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thebirthdaycd.com/LearnHistory.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957417 | 357 | 3.21875 | 3 |
I came across Barefoot Power who were in the news for being one of the finalists for this year’s Ashden Awards. They are a social enterprise and their focus is solar power – what better continent to be on for this than Africa? They produce small individual desk lights (a boon for homework!) up to entire kits for clinic... | <urn:uuid:574957a0-f018-44aa-bf75-0840504776c2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thebutterflyheart.net/2012/05/24/one-life-lost-every-twenty-seconds/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942731 | 396 | 2.921875 | 3 |
The Prime Crew for the NASA’s First Manned Skylab Mission Meet the Press in a Final Briefing Prior to Isolation for the Coming Launch of Skylab II, 05/01/1973
Skylab, the first American space station, was launched unmanned on May 14, 1973. This photo is of the prime crew for the first manned Skylab mission at a final b... | <urn:uuid:9cc805c3-5eb1-44eb-9c1d-fca773c00e9b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://todaysdocument.tumblr.com/tagged/astronauts | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.891436 | 645 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Tri States Public Radio Staff
Shots - Health Blog
Tue October 9, 2012
A Lively Mind: Your Brain On Jane Austen
Originally published on Tue October 16, 2012 9:35 am
At a recent academic conference, Michigan State University professor Natalie Phillips stole a glance around the room. A speaker was talking but the audience... | <urn:uuid:71b0b537-ff72-41b9-b1cd-ef3a3da2b941> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://tristatesradio.com/post/lively-mind-your-brain-jane-austen | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978423 | 2,171 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Nadine Vorhoff Library Biblioblog
Zines: the Alternative Resources in the Vorhoff Library
What the Heck are Zines?
...is the question you all are probably asking right now. Unfortunately there is no simple answer, all I can give is generalities and a glimpse into the world of zines. Zines can be defined as small, self-... | <urn:uuid:1af6b03e-f7ab-4400-8790-ede7f0ffbf70> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://tulane.edu/newcomb/vorhoff-biblioblog.cfm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946883 | 910 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Arkansas Troops in the Second Seminole War
According to Roy Robinson, Box 31, Westfork, Arkansas (letter dated December 31, 1962) a company of volunteers was raised at Clarksville, Arkansas about 1837 to serve in the Second Seminole War. This company served in the Fort Gibson area. Among the members of the company were... | <urn:uuid:93f460b0-9e39-47dc-8bdd-e09b7e8994e0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ualr.edu/sequoyah/index.php/campbell-murray/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962496 | 155 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Google Earth Layers
A Bird's Eye View
Google Earth's new mapping programme takes you on a virtual reality tour with the UN refugee agency of some of the world's major displacement crises and the humanitarian efforts aimed at helping the victims.
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Document Type Doctoral Thesis Author Sedumedi, Thomas Dipogiso Tshipa email@example.com URN etd-10172008-170856 Document Title First-year students' use of prior knowledge in the learning of acids and bases Degree PhD Department Curriculum Studies Supervisor
Advisor Name Title Prof A Hattingh Supervisor Keywords
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On average, drought is one of the most costly natural hazards in the United States each year. Given the significant socioeconomic impacts of drought, the U.S. Drought Monitor was developed in 1999 to operationally assess the spatial extent and intensity of dryness across the United States. The U.S. Drought Monitor is a... | <urn:uuid:3e1c145d-e19b-41b4-9f94-242339363370> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://usda.gov/oce/weather/Drought/index.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92311 | 410 | 3.84375 | 4 |
As we begin a new year, I’d like to share with you a selection of highlights from some of my columns this past year:
Antibiotics:Antibiotics are useful for bacterial infections only, and not for viral infections, such as the common cold, bronchitis and sore throats.
Strokes:If you are having any symptoms that you think... | <urn:uuid:cfd9f510-cd12-48c3-b6b3-968e95dd491e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://valleydoctor.wordpress.com/2013/01/10/658/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940102 | 423 | 2.625 | 3 |
In today's economy, nearly everyone wishes that his or her personal finances were a little bit stronger. It was recently revealed that household net worth has been set back 20 years, according to the Federal Reserve's Survey of Consumer Finance. Financial literacy has never been a more important skill and will be even ... | <urn:uuid:9b60c727-563c-42c6-835d-2e80f0d5c77b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://washingtoninformer.com/index.php/financial-literacy/item/12092-teaching-the-next-generation-financial-literacy/financial-literacy | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96201 | 873 | 3.4375 | 3 |
MIT team finds that the ratio of component atoms is vital to performance.
Judith L. Rapoport, chief of the child psychiatry branch at the National Institute of Mental Health, is this year's winner of the McGovern Institute's Edward M. Scolnick Prize in Neuroscience, an annual award recognizing an outstanding discovery ... | <urn:uuid:11ada7d4-7f01-4d26-98b2-9a086ddfa6bd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2005/scolnickprize-0216.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94511 | 374 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Science lives beneath the surface of everything we touch and taste. It is the key to our prosperity, one of the driving forces of our economy, and it creates thousands of jobs that keep Britain at the leading edge. So let's look again at science: what is it doing for us already? How is it going to drive us to a better ... | <urn:uuid:592740be-b031-4260-8676-db259377c96f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20100910235604/http:/esrc.ac.uk/ESRCInfoCentre/about/esrccontext/sciencesociety/index.aspx | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959577 | 476 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Shots - Health Blog
Pills May Be Just As Good As Inhalers For Asthmatic Kids
Asthma can be devilishly hard to manage with medication, and that's especially true for many of the millions of children who have it.
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Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization
Best days for public health are ahead of us
21 May 2012 | Geneva
Extract from address by Dr Margaret Chan, Director-General of the World Health Organization.
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Impairment Accounting: GAAP vs. iGAAP
Original post by Debbie Donner of Demand Media
Impairment accounting involves the tracking of a company’s assets, such as land, buildings, equipment and machinery. Assets are sometimes at risk of declining in value due to technological advancements, poor business management or new ... | <urn:uuid:f143ef93-6fc0-4a96-a748-3a3ba42035b7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://wiki.fool.com/Impairment_Accounting:_GAAP_vs._iGAAP?v=73896 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933732 | 911 | 2.84375 | 3 |
As we continue this journey into the age of big data, cloud, mobility, social media and so forth, vast amounts of data are being generated daily. The volume of digital information continues to grow with no end in sight. More and more, personal and company information are becoming more and more digitized, both in storag... | <urn:uuid:ce8fccc1-eda2-4777-9ac3-061a479e395e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://wikibon.org/blog/making-the-case-for-network-security/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949576 | 705 | 2.546875 | 3 |