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In the next few weeks, Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve will ponder whether to give the U.S. economy a jolt by engaging in another round of “quantitative easing” — buying up financial assets to inject more money into the economy. There’s a lot for Fed officials to mull over. Does the economy need the lift? Will mor... | <urn:uuid:2e08683d-b535-41d7-b488-e10b4f2cfce8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/08/24/will-the-feds-efforts-to-boost-the-economy-only-benefit-the-wealthiest/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949442 | 863 | 2.609375 | 3 |
THROUGH a mist-shrouded cavern of ice, helmeted kayakers ride the JOkulsa a Fjollum at its source deep inside the mighty Vatnajokull glacier of Iceland. he stream’s name means “glacier-fed river in the mountains.” Here Mick Coyne leads teammates in a tunnel formed by geothermal springs. The river soon emerges from the ... | <urn:uuid:24a83eda-f41a-485f-b667-61873858a4c7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wasterecyclingyuma.com/?MA | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957032 | 1,510 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Promethium: geological information
It appears that there is no known Pm existing in the earth's crust other than in very small quantities in uranium ores where it is present as a uranium decay product.
Abundances of promethium in various environments
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First identified in a group of children in Lyme, Connecticut, Lyme disease has now been found in nearly all states and 18 other countries. Most cases -- more than 90% -- are reported in three regions of the U.S.:
Northeast, from Massachusetts to Maryland
North Central States, mostly in Minnesota and Wisconsin
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Hair is simple in structure, but has important functions in social functioning. Hair is made of a tough protein called keratin. A hair follicle anchors each hair into the skin. The hair bulb forms the base of the hair follicle. In the hair bulb, living cells divide and grow to build the hair shaft. Blood vessels nouris... | <urn:uuid:d1c45c8e-76e6-4305-a3af-7be8cb7ad810> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/picture-of-the-hair?src=rsf_full-3613_pub_none_xlnk | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940826 | 246 | 3.90625 | 4 |
Wed September 5, 2012
The Toothbrush: It's In The Space Station's Toolbox. How About Yours?
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What better time to go a bit nuts than now! Just before Christmas, nuts are probably in extreme use in many kitchens around the globe. Many delicate tasting cookies, cakes or biscuits are given the extra texture with a handful of yummy and crunchy nuts.
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Influenza research at the human and animal interface
Report of a WHO working group
From 21 to 22 September 2006, WHO convened a working group of 22 laboratory directors and senior scientists leading research on influenza at the human and animal interface.
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Chapter 22 - Why do so many children live in poverty?|
If, on any Sunday morning in America, you were to visit a Sunday school class full of small children, there are two things that are nearly guaranteed. On the wall there will be a picture or poster of Jesus with a group of children around him. And the class will end... | <urn:uuid:4cd61a37-3b0b-47d1-80a9-becd02dee023> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.whywontgodhealamputees.com/god22.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970284 | 2,049 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Radiation can damage DNA molecules in three ways: by causing a single strand break, a break in both strands, or a chemical change or mutation. A single strand break can often be repaired by the cell. The other two types of damage usually cannot be repaired.
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Thermohaline Circulation: The Global Ocean Conveyor
The world has several oceans, the Pacific, the Atlantic, the Indian, the Arctic, and the Southern Ocean. While we have different names for them, they are not really separate. There are not walls between them. Water is able to move freely between oceans. They are all c... | <urn:uuid:d154ff21-d8cc-4832-970a-8cea60ff2dd5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Water/circulation1.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935168 | 572 | 3.859375 | 4 |
Bison roaming on mixed grass prairie - a type of grassland - at Wind Cave National Park (U.S.)
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National Park Service
Do you know what grassland looks like? You're right, it looks like fields of grass! But there
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A photo of the flight crew taken earlier this month. The crew is standing in front of the Shuttle Discovery (with its new lightweight external tank). From left to right, they are Pilot Dominic Gorie; Mission Specialists Franklin Chang-Diaz, Ph.D.; Wendy B. Lawrence and Janet Kavandi, Ph.D.; Mission Commander Charles Pr... | <urn:uuid:85614033-dc36-4631-8e4c-67cb61bd5a44> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.windows2universe.org/headline_universe/etupdate.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943228 | 639 | 2.765625 | 3 |
This picture shows the International Space Station. An astronaut on the Space Shuttle took this picture in 2002.
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Image courtesy NASA.
International Space Station
The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station that orbits
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Persepolis is an ancient city located in modern-day Iran. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and has been since 1979. The ruins of Persepolis are located a bit less than 40 miles (60km) north of the city of Shiraz, and are one of the most popular tourist attractions ... | <urn:uuid:d6c540a7-b342-4435-8a96-9afaa6d93042> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-persepolis.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969631 | 719 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Presented in Association with the Western New Mexico University Department
of Natural Sciences
Simmondsiaceae (Jojoba Family)
The Simmondsiaceae are represented by a single genus and species, Simmondsia chinensis, commonly known as Jojoba. Simmondsia chinensis is usually thought of as a Sonoran Desert species, and is a... | <urn:uuid:2ac46bf7-226c-40b4-8734-525d07fd147a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wnmu.edu/academic/nspages/gilaflora/simmondsiaceae.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963845 | 104 | 3.3125 | 3 |
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A speech sound, such as a glide or liquid, produced by narrowing but not blocking the vocal tract, as by placing an articulator, such as the tongue, near another part of the vocal tract.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A rose (Rosa damascena) native to Asia that has fragrant red or pink flowers and is used as a source of attar.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Bot.) a large, pink, hardy, and very fragrant variety of rose (Rosa damascena) from Damascus.
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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A sea-duck of the subfamily Fuligulinœ and genus Clangula; a garrot. The common goldeneye is C. glaucion or C. clangula of Europe and Americn. Barrow's goldeneye is the Rocky Mountain garrot, C. barrovi. See cut under
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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. To persist in or remain constant to a purpose, idea, or task in the face of obstacles or discouragement.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
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Gender Differences in Aging Reassessed
It has been widely assumed that men age earlier than women, as evidenced by their higher mortality rates and shorter average life spans. But three Northern Michigan University biology professors contend that the opposite is true. They say theory and data suggest that females begin... | <urn:uuid:cd7d5a29-d831-42df-9f55-6d5b06ccf09f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.worldhealth.net/news/gender_differences_in_aging_reassessed/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961355 | 435 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Colour Therapy is healing with colour. Colour has a powerful influence on our body chemistry.
The strongest effect is through the eyes, but good results can be achieved with topical application on the skin or over certain reflex points, organs or the spine.
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Study Co-authored by Robert Gegear Provides New Insight into the Sun Compass That Helps the Monarch Butterfly Navigate
Published in Nature Communications, the study, conducted at UMass Medical, looks at the role of clocks in the insect's antennae.
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Becoming an Empathic Civilization
Jeremy Rifkin, economist and founder of The Foundation on Economic Trends, believes it is possible to expand the reach of our empathy to the entire human race, and beyond. He cites new research showing that humans are soft-wired with mirror neurons that cause us to empathize with one a... | <urn:uuid:68df624d-dfca-4759-bc91-f771fd1bd8fc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.yesmagazine.org/happiness/becoming-an-empathic-civilization?icl=yesemail_octnov10&amp;ica=tnEmpathic | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938503 | 213 | 2.59375 | 3 |
e’ll have to make a forced landing,” said the pilot to his helper, “and there is nothing but jungle and the enemy and dangerous natives below us.”
The plane came to a jolting halt in a little ravine. The men were badly shaken but not seriously hurt. They left their plane and began to creep through the jungle. The men w... | <urn:uuid:b8bd6663-04ed-4f3e-816f-eb648c0a60ea> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.yourstoryhour.org/study/01-greatbook.php | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.993744 | 458 | 2.625 | 3 |
Binghamton University researchers awarded grant to cool microchips
Three Binghamton University faculty will work with researchers from GE Research and a New Mexico firm on a $7.2 million, three-year project to solve a problem that has dogged computer chip makers for decades — heat.
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Stories of Hope-Barbara Reynolds
The stereotypical image of a 1950s housewife is one of a life limited to the domestic scene, concerned with raising children, maintaining the household, and quietly accepting the status quo. For the majority of her early life, Barbara Leonard Reynolds, by her own admission, embodied thi... | <urn:uuid:333268b1-1ebf-4695-8c96-45484d79b5c8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www2.wilmington.edu/prc/Stories-of-Hope-Barbara-Reynolds1.cfm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919141 | 318 | 2.609375 | 3 |
|The Disappearance of Civil Trial in the United States|
|John H. Langbein [View as PDF]|
122 Yale L.J. 522 (2012).
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|waitin' on the groundhog by ana traina ~2011~|
It’s thought the Groundhog Day legend probably originated with German settlers who came to the Pennsylvania area in the 17th and 18th centuries. One of the European folk tales these settlers likely brought with them was the belief that mammals like hedgehogs and badgers w... | <urn:uuid:7410e115-a14b-460f-b9c6-bd4f3187c4cd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://zingertalesandmore.blogspot.com/2012/02/its-groundhod-daybut-why.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971778 | 265 | 3.125 | 3 |
Traffic Signal Warrants
Traffic signals are valuable devices for the control of vehicle and pedestrian traffic. However, because they assign the right-of-way to the various traffic movements, signals exert a profound influence on traffic flow. Properly located and operated control signals may provide for the orderly mo... | <urn:uuid:b4b17303-fd49-4481-a740-9fab98246866> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://zmatz@scottsdaleaz.gov/traffic/signssignals/City_of_Scottsdale_Signal_Warrants | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923626 | 860 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Martial arts self defense or private defense is a countermeasure that includes defending yourself, your property or another person from physical harm. The martial arts self defense techniques are legal only under the circumstance that an individual can prove that he/she had no other choice (assault, battery, homicide…)... | <urn:uuid:d2779d40-ce2d-4be9-ae90-68b6e7e5678f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://1-inmate-locator.blogspot.com/p/martial-arts-self-defense-tacfit.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930299 | 1,242 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Autism Spectrum Disorders are diagnosed on the basis of behaviour. This is because at this time there are no specific genetic or biological markers that accurately identify a person as being on the autism spectrum. People on the spectrum have in common three main types of difficulties. These difficulties are:
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History and Method or Criticism of Religion
Religion and Philosophy in Germany (1834), quoted in Eric Metaxas, Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy (2010: Thomas Nelson), p. 115.
Christianity — and that is its greatest merit — has somewhat mitigated that brutal German love of war, but it could not destroy it. Shoul... | <urn:uuid:84da2e03-f7b1-4604-9db6-f4447ad3bb63> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://afterall.net/quotes/c146-151/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95188 | 2,697 | 2.515625 | 3 |
E coli and salmonella are both types of bacteria that can flourish in some foods, such as undercooked hamburger meat or unpasteurized fruit juice. They give off harmful toxins that can kill human cells and cause illness.
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General relativity is a theory which describes space, time and the gravitational field in terms of a Lorentzian metric . A complete understanding of the gravitational field requires an understanding of the matter sources which generate it. In the Einstein equations, , the left hand side depends only on and is a feature... | <urn:uuid:7a8fe757-e6d6-4a38-bbe7-6984253d3f2f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://alanrendall.wordpress.com/2009/04/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96089 | 1,064 | 2.84375 | 3 |
[The referenced wikipedia article has some significantly wrong bits. Just reading the referred articles shows the problems.]First we're going to talk about gamma. Most digital sensors generate digital values from the A/D converter which are linear with the amount of light received by the pixel. One of the first steps i... | <urn:uuid:bb15400b-9af6-431f-9a77-2adf42d30307> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ambivalentengineer.blogspot.com/2007_04_01_archive.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925885 | 1,472 | 3.625 | 4 |
Adding Up the Differences between Boys and Girls
Friday, December 10, 2010
Despite claims that there are no gender differences in math performance, the data tell a different story.
The College Board recently released 2010 SAT test results for college-bound high school seniors, and here are some highlights.
1. Boys scor... | <urn:uuid:aafaec10-f97e-49fa-b7c5-4cc79ab6edf0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://american.com/archive/2010/december/adding-up-the-differences-between-boys-and-girls | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941488 | 625 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Local governments set limits to control density.
Cities and counties frequently struggle with residents over pet ownership laws, particularly those that limit the number of pets allowed per household. The City Council in San Jose, Calif., recently tried to address the problem by raising the number of pets allowed from ... | <urn:uuid:718ec7bb-90db-44e2-b681-39ff16521108> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://americancityandcounty.com/mag/government_legal_pet_limits | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968828 | 788 | 2.640625 | 3 |
CAVE PAINTINGS MAY SHOW A WRITTEN CODE
The first explorers to brave the 7-metre perilous crawl leading to the Chauvet caves in southern France were rewarded with magnificent artwork to rival any modern composition. Stretching a full 3 metres in height, the paintings depict a troupe of majestic horses in deep colours, a... | <urn:uuid:2252dd68-0532-419c-9f58-2790c11fd8a8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://archaeologybriefs.blogspot.com/2010/02/cave-paintings-may-show-written-code.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969433 | 1,013 | 3.6875 | 4 |
The first post in this series (available here) gave a very quick, and probably superficial, introduction to what C-K Theory claims to be and to do. Now, we need to look at some established problem-solving methods to see how C-K Theory stands up.
Creative Problem-Solving :
CPS is well established. The method suggests th... | <urn:uuid:4cccb90e-1889-4500-bb7b-eb6d975cbf50> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://argentaeurop.wordpress.com/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952232 | 684 | 2.640625 | 3 |
According to an unusual study, washing your hands is not only healthy, but it may also put your mind at ease about recent past decisions. A couple of researchers at the University of Michigan conducted a study asking students to choose between two objects out of several they had ranked. When students washed their hands... | <urn:uuid:b40335b1-a647-46c7-b726-10673a8c2048> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://arstechnica.com/science/2010/05/hand-washing-dispels-the-decision-demons/?comments=1 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984126 | 423 | 2.75 | 3 |
Mathematics-filter: If there are seven funds with various charges, how can I work out the allocation to these funds of a fixed amount so that the weighted mean charge is below a certain level and the allocations are of similar sizes? [more inside]
posted by djgh
on Dec 31, 2012 -
Can you cite any examples where a techn... | <urn:uuid:bff01b08-c9bc-48cd-85a3-46142856ef21> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ask.metafilter.com/tags/maths+mathematics | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931517 | 532 | 2.640625 | 3 |
About the Author
My work currently involves developing weldable high strength bainitic steels for use as armour, before this I did various other things with steel and nickel alloys (mostly steel!). Some details of those things can be found here.
My name is Mathew Peet, I have a webpage at mathewpeet.org which has some ... | <urn:uuid:7866b026-3ee5-4bf2-9f14-ae72348c72a7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://bainite.wordpress.com/about-bainite/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943906 | 664 | 2.6875 | 3 |
We were five minutes outside of Pine River, Minnesota. The date was April 2000. I had picked up a travel brochure in Walker with the title of “Pine River, Minnesota – A Visitors Guide to the Pine and Lakes Region.” In the upper right corner is said “Free Take One!”
As we were driving along I was turning the pages and c... | <urn:uuid:f532fb56-fb9a-45ab-9f22-2b189f1fae70> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://barclayspineriver.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/hello-world/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968937 | 421 | 2.5625 | 3 |
I became intrigued with the idea of finding out what a wagoner would do in the Civil War and what the wagons physical shape and size would be like. The idea that my great-grandfather would be a wagoner was truly amazing to me! He was my size 125 lbs. 5 ft. 4 inches tall. George was young and strong back at the time of ... | <urn:uuid:becc2b8c-c9f4-4c12-9d7c-aae41f97b82a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://barclayspineriver.wordpress.com/2010/07/03/the-role-of-the-wagoner/?like=1&source=post_flair&_wpnonce=ca20eaf6a9 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976551 | 805 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Regional conditions vary widely. When works of art are displayed or stored in or nearby a city, pollution from car exhaust and the burning of fossil fuel endangers them. In the tropics or near-tropics, high relative humidity, sunlight and mold pose threats.
Interior pollution must be considered as well. What will be th... | <urn:uuid:2a4fd177-2016-435b-acae-b91a6247694d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://barkframeworks.com/preserving-art/enviroment | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.914351 | 240 | 3.21875 | 3 |
An Iraqi worker operates valves at the Nahran Omar oil refinery near Basra, Iraq.
AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani, File
"Oil: The Next Revolution"
The Unprecedented Upsurge of Oil Production Capacity and What It Means for the World
Discussion Paper 2012-10, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy ... | <urn:uuid:ef53a452-b473-4224-9aa3-67bb9a26dce6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/22144/oil.html?breadcrumb=%2Fpublication%2F21802%2Fseeding_new_african_agricultural_universities | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92225 | 467 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Since last December we see the young generation taking out their protest to the streets. Their unscripted demonstrations in Tunisia proved successful. It made the Mubarak regime rue that their hold on power rested on unclaimed grounds and they were not legitimate to lead the country after all.
Such unpredictability of ... | <urn:uuid:70a0b30d-02d9-4bcd-9596-0b2ce10b3e96> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://bennythomas.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/unrest-in-middle-east/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967005 | 497 | 3.125 | 3 |
Basketball Training – Learn How to Jump Higher In Basketball Training
If you play basketball you probably would love to learn how to jump higher in basketball training. Who wouldn’t want to leap up and make those amazing jump shots? It takes a lot of natural ability to have a vertical jump of 40 inches or more, but eve... | <urn:uuid:85dd361b-3f33-4d83-83f5-97b827ec20e8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://bestverticaljump.org/basketball-training-learn-how-to-jump-higher-in-basketball-training/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962892 | 460 | 2.546875 | 3 |
|Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary|
29:7-17 All sorts of people paid respect to Job, not only for the dignity of his rank, but for his personal merit, his prudence, integrity, and good management. Happy the men who are blessed with such gifts as these! They have great opportunities of honouring God and doing good, but... | <urn:uuid:6d66e4e3-0a79-4cc7-8fce-d927acc8712d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://biblehub.com/job/29-15.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.986596 | 1,067 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Article written by guest writer Rin Mitchell
What’s the Latest Development?
Based on a study that tracked the health of over 6,000 men between the ages of 21-75 for a period of 37 years, men who had consumed more than seven cups of tea per day “had a 50 percent higher risk of developing prostate cancer.” The volunteers... | <urn:uuid:8cb6928f-d103-4623-8116-b1d5bc86be9f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://bigthink.com/ideafeed/male-who-drink-tea-may-have-greater-risk-of-prostate-cancer | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982096 | 285 | 2.75 | 3 |
Marco Polo came from the country of Italy and was born in Venice. His biggest contribution came from his writings about his travels and the time he spent in China.
Marco Polo was a merchant, explorer, and writer. He was born around the year 1254 and died on January 8, 1324 in Venice. Twenty four years of his life was s... | <urn:uuid:3053869c-0451-4289-a25f-13975abb2189> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://biography.yourdictionary.com/articles/what-country-marco-polo-come-from.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.994766 | 314 | 3.671875 | 4 |
Maurice Sendak, children’s author and illustrator, died today. For those who loved his books it’s a great loss.
You may be wondering what this has to do with Asian Art. Granted, not a lot. But it has to do with how we think about children, and what we share with them. Sendak’s work is dark, exploring some of the grimme... | <urn:uuid:20ab9c11-e25e-44f5-9006-3fdc96539e92> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.asianart.org/blog/index.php/2012/05/08/a-farewell-to-maurice-sendak/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970136 | 357 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Researchers have long thought that cognition — the means of acquiring and processing information about ourselves and our surroundings, which includes memory and other functions we take for granted — starts gradually declining when individuals reach their late 70s.
Poor cognition is regarded as one of the most disabling... | <urn:uuid:4ccb7239-fa4e-4e80-975d-ea40d6a4a570> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.firststreetonline.com/cognitive-decline-starts-earlier-in-life/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965381 | 566 | 3.515625 | 4 |
In its attempt to restrict use of fossil fuels, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed new rules to reduce the amount of mercury in effluents from coal-fired power plants. Of course, one might question the sense of these EPA rules when at the same time the EPA is endorsing use of compact fluorescent lig... | <urn:uuid:2f57317c-ea2d-4d61-9508-ae1d54bcf34a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.heartland.org/2011/05/do-new-epa-regulations-on-power-plant-mercury-effluents-make-sense/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.913909 | 655 | 3.171875 | 3 |
This series of articles is intended for the beginning writer. It is filled with advice, exercises and pointers designed to help you take the raw clay of your imagination and shape it until not only do you know what your story elements are, but you have written a five paragraph, then a one paragraph, then a one sentence... | <urn:uuid:c2ecdd61-9de0-462a-8f58-8742b8a9213c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.karenwoodward.org/p/1.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939398 | 236 | 3 | 3 |
February 16th, 2012
Teaching children to knit or crochet can be daunting, but these 7 tips are designed make it easy and fun for everyone involved.
Remember the first project you ever made? Teaching a child to knit or crochet is your chance to help them have that special feeling of accomplishment. When children learn t... | <urn:uuid:95008a74-8a13-4f80-8d82-cf0b3e289917> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.lionbrand.com/2012/02/16/7-tips-for-teaching-kids-how-to-knit-or-crochet/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966775 | 787 | 3.4375 | 3 |
You can estimate your personal carbon footprint, or the carbon footprint for your household, at several Web sites.
Your answer will depend on the size of your home, how much you drive, whether you fly frequently and many other factors.
The answer can also depend (and this won't surprise the parents of teenagers) on how... | <urn:uuid:817dc7ec-6fef-4be8-9046-e8fccf5962b1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.syracuse.com/green/2009/01/how_to_measure_your_carbon_foo.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937684 | 246 | 2.828125 | 3 |
This week we have celebrated the inaugural Tokelau Language Week (29 October – 4 November). The theme is Ke mau ki pale o Tokelau: Hold fast to the treasures of Tokelau. We have posted a blog each day highlighting cultural treasures from Tokelau in Te Papa’s collections.
Today, I want to share with you a photograph tha... | <urn:uuid:f9543f95-14ef-4637-8123-eaa87e0d4893> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2012/11/02/mafutaga-tupulaga-tokelau-porirua-revisited/?like=1&source=post_flair&_wpnonce=c8d80d4293 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964853 | 628 | 2.5625 | 3 |
West Nile virus is becoming increasingly more threatening as the season progresses. Every state in the continental U.S. has reported West Nile virus activity this year. To date, just over 2000 human cases and 87 deaths have been reported, with half of those numbers coming in the last 3 weeks alone. This is the largest ... | <urn:uuid:404ee52f-92fb-42f6-ad0b-6716534c1d25> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.valleyvet.com/blog/2012/09/september-update-2012-west-nile-outbreak.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919999 | 388 | 3.171875 | 3 |
The best and quickest discussions of a scientific paper now sometimes happen in science blogs rather than in the peer-reviewed literature. Whereas we have a number of scholarly databases that track citations between papers, we don’t have the same tools for science blogs. Following all science blogs manually has simply ... | <urn:uuid:7278e22a-b259-4d4f-af6e-2736523f0b41> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blogs.plos.org/mfenner/2011/03/15/discussing-science-with-microformats/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.889324 | 443 | 2.53125 | 3 |
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Lice are tiny parasitic insects that can take up residence in a number of different places on our body. They are not a serious medical problem, but they can be annoying and can easily spread and infect others. Lice have been around for centuries. They were widesp... | <urn:uuid:238f54a3-56aa-4826-8b27-576aaa32deee> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://bodyandhealth.canada.com/channel_condition_info_details.asp?disease_id=175&channel_id=9&relation_id=10860 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965864 | 846 | 3.71875 | 4 |
In adjusting the eligibility criteria for speech only children in Early Intervention, the New York State Health Department frequently stated that “late talkers were a variation of normal development.” The more stringent eligibility was intended to decrease services to “late talkers” because it believed that these child... | <urn:uuid:64f78149-6470-4bfc-8888-d0c2ed7452c4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://brooklynletters.com/tag/eligibility/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919368 | 1,633 | 3.546875 | 4 |
Baldwin, Ruth M. One hundred nineteenth-century rhyming
alphabets in English. Carbondale, IL : Southern Illinois University, 1972.
District of Columbia Public Library. A century of alphabets : celebrating a century of service : an exhibition guide. [Washington, D.C.] : The Library, 1996.
Fisher, Margery. Who's who in c... | <urn:uuid:a380bf83-f2db-4f1a-93e0-38f79f7771ca> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://broward.org/library/Bienes/lii03708.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.771347 | 638 | 3.25 | 3 |
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLIMATE CHANGE AND GLOBAL WARMING?
Climate change is the shift in long-term, global weather patterns due to human action; it’s not exclusive to warming or cooling.
Climate change includes any change resulting from different factors, like deforestation or an increase in greenhouse gases. G... | <urn:uuid:b513f196-4f91-41de-aa53-24d58e3356b7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://burnanenergyjournal.com/2011/?p=396&preview=true/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.906946 | 702 | 3.515625 | 4 |
Iron Age Coins
None of the tribes that inhabited the area of modern Wales produced their own coins and coinage, therefore, was not part of the indigenous culture before the Roman conquest. Consequently, all Iron Age coins that are found in Wales were imported from other, coin-producing, parts of Britain and the contine... | <urn:uuid:84019a2e-1094-4d5e-9b0b-b1da7812b8f3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://cf.ac.uk/share/research/projectreports/romancoins/ironage/index.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952545 | 786 | 3.421875 | 3 |
Although many Europeans associate it with political turmoil, the Basque Country is the only Spanish region where the economic outlooks is mild.
Tuesday 13 March 2012
In the summer months, the beachside cafés in the Sagües quarter of San Sebastián (Basque Country, Spain) are bustling. The surfers take their morning sess... | <urn:uuid:6d3729bf-622f-4bf6-a5ec-e20074f1d387> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://chronikler.com/europe/european-union/basque-financial-storm/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937448 | 1,185 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
News---Discovered: 1866 Winslow Homer Print of Andersonville Through The Enslaveds' Eyes
Explicating A Long-Lost Civil War Painting, Lauren Winner, Books and Culture, December, 2010
Until picking up the historian Peter Wood's slender new book, I had never heard of Winslow Homer's painting Nea... | <urn:uuid:1021e41e-7d82-4267-9dda-599d5854eb1f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://civilwarlibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/12/news-discovered-1866-winslow-homer.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957512 | 666 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Migrating towards survival
09 December 2008 | News story
Cheetahs, sharks, the Irrawaddy Dolphin, and the West African Manatee are just some of the 22 migratory species that will benefit from conservation proposals that were adopted at the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS).
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1.3 The Growth of School-Age Children
The physical growth of schoolchildren aged six to nine years of age is the result of both environmental and genetic factors and the interaction between these factors.42 In poor populations the main factors affecting the physical growth of school-age children are environmental facto... | <urn:uuid:70ce96d6-7815-4ac0-84ce-bc7715f15340> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://collections.infocollections.org/ukedu/en/d/Jh1313e/9.3.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955623 | 1,132 | 3.71875 | 4 |
June 2010 Archives
OCLC was recently asked to provide an estimate of the number of books held by US libraries that were published outside of the United States. Our answer? Approximately 200 million. We thought readers would be interested in learning the details of how the estimate was obtained.
In MARC records, the 260... | <urn:uuid:24fa3cb7-e5f4-4704-b66b-759255840f13> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://community.oclc.org/metalogue/archives/2010/06/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961893 | 637 | 2.625 | 3 |
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Welcome to comvietnam.com !
Vietnam is an agricultural country belongs to a tropical monsoon tropics. Also Vietnamese territory is divided into three distinct regions, North, Central and South. The main characteristics of geography, culture, ethnicity, climate regulations specific characteristics of e... | <urn:uuid:73c4c4e5-6250-4ccb-ad06-4390253a8b7f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://comvietnam.com/D_1-5/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944045 | 770 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Some sauces are more at risk to curdle than others. What exactly (ingredients, techniques, temperature...) causes this curdling? What can you do to have the curdling risk at minimum?
I'm not asking for ways to fix this, that's already asked here.
In most cases curdling occurs because proteins in the sauce are denatured... | <urn:uuid:a40b451a-87de-4049-9be2-6148881d8286> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://cooking.stackexchange.com/questions/21815/what-causes-curdling-and-how-can-you-prevent-it | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956656 | 316 | 2.734375 | 3 |
The Time Period section in this metadata record represents the dates when the data and information were collected to prepare the GIS products and atlases. Hence, the actual observation of the resource status was completed on, or most likely before, this date. See the atlas-specific metadata for actual survey and data p... | <urn:uuid:2cd3256b-b615-4cfa-8922-a5b1c52ba0d7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://coris.noaa.gov/metadata/records/faq/esi_map_2_aguadilla_puerto_rico_2000.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.887005 | 2,739 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Preparing the Petition | UW Human Subjects Review | Sample Petition
Data Management | Data Analysis | The Final Report
Data Analysis and Interpretation
Look before you leap. Begin analyzing your data by listing all the research questions you would like to answer using the variables you have. Start with the most importa... | <urn:uuid:a784c964-8c91-4029-890e-bacbf0262966> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://courses.washington.edu/somoc/III/analysis.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936995 | 578 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Down syndrome is a common genetic disorder. It occurs in 1 out of 700-800 live births. Down syndrome causes birth defects, medical problems, and some degree of
In fact, down syndrome is the most common genetic cause of mild to moderate intellectual disabilities.
Chromosomes contain the genetic makeup of your body. They... | <urn:uuid:7421e50a-2187-462d-9e58-be1a4d76d79b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://crouse.org/health/dci/downs/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923454 | 1,238 | 3.78125 | 4 |
Question: Global warming alarmists stated that droughts have never been as bad and that our cities have never been hotter, is this true?
Answer: Wrong. Studies released by the University of NSW Climate Change Research Center confirm not only that we've had worse droughts, but that "Big Dry" (as the Warmers called it be... | <urn:uuid:10837c02-1974-4616-814d-b0ce19663427> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://crude-oil-prices.net/oil/oil-prices/60-global-warming-predicted-droughts-and-dry-hot-cities | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955815 | 428 | 3.21875 | 3 |
CASES Database and Adaptation Library
Interest in adapting to climate change at the state and local level is growing as concern about the impacts of climate change on local infrastructure, economies, human populations, government services, and ecosystems increases. Understanding how other state and local governments ar... | <urn:uuid:fc21a914-d657-4e95-ad06-d9f130121489> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://cses.washington.edu/cig/cases | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928102 | 412 | 2.75 | 3 |
Stewart, Jay. (2004) "What Do Male Nonworkers Do?"
Although male nonworkers have become a larger fraction of the population since the late 1960s, labor economists know very little about them. Using data from several sources—the March CPS, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, and the 1992-94 University of Maryland... | <urn:uuid:bc054c19-1f01-4bb6-8517-a75118653df2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://data.bls.gov/cgi-bin/print.pl/osmr/abstract/ec/ec040010.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973075 | 246 | 2.625 | 3 |
Written by By sciencenow.com Friday, 08 June 2012 20:40
Discovery of a new primate that lived about 37 million years ago in the ancient swamplands of Myanmar.
Researchers agree that our immediate ancestors, the upright walking apes, arose in Africa. But the discovery of a new primate that lived about 37 million years a... | <urn:uuid:3f0b8da8-4050-4f2a-bcfb-b106c134a474> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://dentistrytoday.com/science-a-medicine?start=24 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947439 | 424 | 3.625 | 4 |
The U.S. Army is backing a project to develop robotic insects aimed at enhancing the military’s situational awareness capabilities. The autonomous, multifunctional miniature intelligence-gathering robots will be capable of operating in places too inaccessible or dangerous for humans.
The project is being conducted by M... | <urn:uuid:1f6c1dab-2124-4dbc-a7af-0b11745312f5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://deviceguru.com/us-army-invests-in-robotic-insects/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.893009 | 491 | 2.875 | 3 |
1. a rod, inscribed with the name of Aaron, that miraculously blossomed and yielded almonds. Num. 17:8. Previously, the rod had changed into a serpent. Ex. 7:10.
2. any of various plants having a tall, flowering stem, as the goldenrod or mullein.
3. a smooth-stemmed herb, Thermopsis caroliniana, found from North Caroli... | <urn:uuid:fd314d8f-809f-4c3a-9e0a-b882e6766dae> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://dictionary.infoplease.com/aarons-rod | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922074 | 147 | 2.59375 | 3 |
mentioned only Luke 13:4. The place here spoken of is the village now called Silwan, or Kefr Silwan, on the east of the valley of Kidron, and to the north-east of the pool. It stands on the west slope of the Mount of Olives. As illustrative of the movement of small bands of Canaanites from place to place, and the inter... | <urn:uuid:3ce38057-bc72-4a09-829b-063186a9afe6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tower+of+siloam?qsrc=2446 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947381 | 305 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Alternative conceptions of introductory geoscience students and a method to decrease them
College students often leave introductory geoscience courses with alternative conceptions, and these alternative conceptions are a barrier to their grasp of geological conceptions. This dissertation clarifies the problem and sugge... | <urn:uuid:641d8413-28ff-48f7-a659-d12f83f8152b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://digitalcommons.uri.edu/dissertations/AAI3367995/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917199 | 468 | 2.6875 | 3 |
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Feathered ancestor of T. rex unearthed
It's true: see http://www.nature.com/news/2004/041004/full/041004-11.html, a
news brief published in the journal, _Nature_. A reconstruction of the
skeleton is included. You nee... | <urn:uuid:a9b5bbe7-a94c-4ac2-bc06-a549d68b0063> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://dml.cmnh.org/2004Oct/msg00090.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.870628 | 1,062 | 2.546875 | 3 |
This module provides functions to manipulate packages:
Extend the search path for the modules which comprise a package. Intended use is to place the following code in a package’s __init__.py:
from pkgutil import extend_path __path__ = extend_path(__path__, __name__)
This will add to the package’s __path__ all subdirect... | <urn:uuid:11f44825-4793-4296-b0a2-770a8ee7b1ae> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://docs.python.org/release/3.0.1/library/pkgutil.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.85853 | 516 | 2.65625 | 3 |
There are no lab tests to definitively diagnose Parkinson’s disease . Your doctor will ask about your medical history and do a thorough physical exam.
A neurological exam will include a range of tests to evaluate your strength, coordination, balance, and other aspects, such as:
- Muscle tone
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A repetition of what passed at Sinai and Cadesbarne: and of the people's murmuring and their punishment.
These are the words, which Moses spoke to all Israel beyond the Jordan, in the plain wilderness, over against the Red Sea, between Pharan and Thophel and Laban and Haseroth, where there is very much gold:
Eleven d... | <urn:uuid:6334b408-44e9-45fa-92b2-5ca241d80e7f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://drbo.org/x/d?b=drb&bk=5&ch=1&l=6 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97347 | 1,584 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Concern grows over methane leaks from oil and gas wells
With the fracking boom building, natural gas is touted as a clean energy source. But the hard truth is that the gas drilling sector—which includes the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing or fracking—has worsened air quality in many areas. In some parts ... | <urn:uuid:077ae593-d173-4b37-b168-b0ad37a635e2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://earthjustice.org/blog/2013-february/methane-it-s-not-just-from-cows | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946274 | 525 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Data Use for Continuous Quality Improvement
Data Use for Continuous Quality Improvement website, led by Margaret Heritage of the National Assessment and Accountability Comprehensive Center (AACC), contains four key components:
- A guide for the effective use of data to improve educational decision-making;
- A map of ke... | <urn:uuid:173866bf-202d-4bdf-897c-a4ef1115eb31> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://easternstream.org/?q=node/229 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.859472 | 123 | 2.53125 | 3 |
The newspapers are full of stories about school districts in financial straits and state budget cuts coming down hard on education spending. Despite the fiscal stress, policymakers still have a lot of opportunities to make good budgeting decisions according to Stretching the School Dollar, a policy brief released last ... | <urn:uuid:8d165e0a-63b2-4003-aeb4-08ff850fd3d5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://edmoney.newamerica.net/blogposts/2011/how_states_can_help_schools_make_smart_budgeting_decisions-42688 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95362 | 697 | 2.890625 | 3 |
This lesson focuses on the constitutional arguments for and against the enactment of federal anti-lynching legislation in the early 1920s. Students will participate in a simulation game that enacts a fictitious Senate debate of the Dyer Anti-Lynching Bill. As a result of completing this activity, students will gain a b... | <urn:uuid:601a3aa4-5930-432f-ab0f-2a74bd34b024> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://edsitement.neh.gov/taxonomy/term/68?page=11 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926066 | 280 | 3.875 | 4 |
Portuguese Grammar/About this Wikibook
This wikibook was started in 6 July 2005, pretending to be a comprehensive grammar of Portuguese language for foreign people, a reference for advanced and even basic learners.
It is divided in two main parts. The first part, Alphabet & Phonology and Basic grammar intends to provid... | <urn:uuid:b493928e-f8ba-4098-afcb-0bce725ef47b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://en.m.wikibooks.org/wiki/Portuguese_Grammar/About_this_Wikibook | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.884967 | 174 | 3.34375 | 3 |
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The central theme of ethnic nationalists is that "nations are defined by a shared heritage, which usually includes a common language, a common faith, and a common ethnic ancestry". It also includes ideas of a culture shared between members of the group, and with their ancestors, and usually a shar... | <urn:uuid:d8a45238-311a-44e1-a93a-ee1c0695bc72> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_nationalist | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.909556 | 1,165 | 3.71875 | 4 |
Temporal range: Middle Pleistocene to Early Holocene
|Mounted skeleton in Bremen|
The Irish Elk (Megaloceros giganteus), was a species of Megaloceros and one of the largest deer that ever lived. Its range extended across Eurasia, from Ireland to east of Lake Baikal, during the Late Pleistocene. The latest known remains... | <urn:uuid:bbde5dc1-171f-4cb5-abf2-5fb6c5e89084> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Elk | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.898728 | 2,375 | 3.625 | 4 |
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Irish cuisine is a style of cooking originating from Ireland or developed by Irish people. It evolved from centuries of social and political change. The cuisine takes its influence from the crops grown and animals farmed in its temperate climat... | <urn:uuid:dc9e4a34-c5af-4444-829c-bfb795c59250> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_cuisine | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947354 | 2,287 | 3.28125 | 3 |
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Originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically manipulated tape loops or vinyl records on a phonograph by the late 1960s, the use of tape loop sampling influenced the deve... | <urn:uuid:a757d564-e124-420b-a91c-3a7d4f737ea4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampling_(music) | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939817 | 4,440 | 3.453125 | 3 |
Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)/Pope Celestine IV
|←Pope Celestine III||Catholic Encyclopedia (1913), Volume 3
Pope Celestine IV
|Pope St. Celestine V→|
A native of Milan, nephew of Urban III, and probably a Cistercian; died 10 November, 1241. He was made cardinal by Gregory IX and succeeded him, 25 October, 1241, at the ... | <urn:uuid:3fa0268e-f4ed-4537-9095-44a37a787f39> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Pope_Celestine_IV | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.808132 | 178 | 2.578125 | 3 |
The American Cyclopædia (1879)/Arnica
|←Arnhem||The American Cyclopædia
|Arnim, Johann Georg→|
|Edition of 1879. See also Arnica on Wikipedia, and the disclaimer.|
ARNICA, a genus of plants of the natural order compositæ. The arnica montana or leopard's bane grows in the mountainous districts of the north and middle of... | <urn:uuid:8b4a4923-1bd2-453e-aced-edc8e8ad38a7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_American_Cyclop%C3%A6dia_(1879)/Arnica | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.902696 | 260 | 2.78125 | 3 |
2008-07-30 03:10:51 GMT 2008-07-30 11:10:51 (Beijing Time) SINA.com
This image shows pollen tubes extending from grains of pollen in the rare vine Austrobaileya. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, researcher Joe Williams found that the tubes' ability to grow quickly played a major role in the evolution of the large va... | <urn:uuid:4751d3c7-8b00-45c9-a5f9-18ac92f804e3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://english.sina.com/technology/p/2008/0729/173872.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968807 | 741 | 4.03125 | 4 |