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Unit 7: Agriculture // Section 5: Combating Pests and Disease
As agriculture became increasingly dependent on technological inputs throughout the 20th century, it also underwent a structural shift, particularly in developed countries. Instead of raising a diverse mix of crops, farmers increasingly planted large holding... | <urn:uuid:683a81d8-4820-42da-9f68-f4b4c155c582> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://learner.org/courses/envsci/unit/text.php?unit=7&secNum=5 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95838 | 1,540 | 3.5625 | 4 |
- How can we decipher the symbolism of Maus 2, extracting more meaning from only the images?
- Frame analysis:
- Describe- Describe the frame in detail. Make sure you find even the smallest pieces of information that are hiding within the illustration.
- Explain- Explain the meaning of each of the objects and details i... | <urn:uuid:0c6c0ea2-8d8b-4fb6-96d0-11dc66bc9ca2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://learningischange.com/blog/2008/10/29/guest-teaching-102908/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.900837 | 280 | 2.96875 | 3 |
by Julie Eshbaugh
Unless you’re writing a book about your own life, chances are you’ll have to do some sort of research before you can say your novel is finished. (Even if your book IS about your own life, you’ll probably have to refer to your family albums, at the very least!) Historical settings, legal proceedings, a... | <urn:uuid:a6badd53-5870-493a-8d58-6f8dac60886a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://letthewordsflow.wordpress.com/2011/06/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964622 | 836 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Often they are treated separately in different segments of a course. In fact, the principles governing the organization of three-dimensional structure are common to all of them, so we will consider them together.
We will begin with the monomer units.
We will describe the features of representative monomers, and see how... | <urn:uuid:a3e3a0e5-d54a-489a-819b-0ffa44eb16d4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://library.med.utah.edu/NetBiochem/macromol.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924116 | 7,080 | 3.5 | 4 |
A Wendigo is most commonly known as a mythical creature appearing in the mythology of the Algonquin people, who inhabited what is now present day Quebec. A Wendigo is a cannibalistic spirit that could possess humans, or into which humans could transform.
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Reflection: mirror, mirror on the wall
Reflection of light is how we ‘see’ things at all, regardless of color. Light waves from the sun--which, as it emanates its own light, is known as a luminous source—are reflected by all the objects in their path. All objects, that is, except those that allow light to pass through ... | <urn:uuid:21060c99-b1b1-40d6-946d-f3b716072331> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://library.thinkquest.org/08aug/01276/sciencebehindcolors/physics/reflection.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947063 | 1,184 | 3.4375 | 3 |
The Sirens were three sisters, half women, and half birds. They had
wings and beautiful voices and were envied by all of the other songbirds.
They would set on the rocks above the ocean and sing to lure sailors into
their midsts. When the sailors got to close, they would crash and most would
drown. According to legend,... | <urn:uuid:470df826-a37e-4efc-bed0-a2382d170d6b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://library.thinkquest.org/J0112500/Siren.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.985812 | 98 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Did you know instead of sticking seeds individually into the ground or haphazardly throwing them into the earth you could roll them out on tissue paper to plant them right where you want them? Well, yes you can!
Besides being an easy way of planting tiny seeds that are a pain to sow individually, you can use this techn... | <urn:uuid:92ea44e1-1049-41a3-898e-ec705ba794ad> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://lifehacker.com/5895313/make-seed-tape-for-the-perfect-planting-arrangement-and-to-save-time-and-seeds-in-your-garden?tag=diy | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927691 | 180 | 3.078125 | 3 |
350 - Combatting the Climate Change Crisis
350, the number of parts per million, the level scientists have identified as the safe upper limit for CO2 in our atmosphere. It's also the name of an open-sourced campaign to create an international day of climate action this Saturday, October 24. The goals are simple:
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Brief History of Western Wayne County Hazardous Materials Response Team:
The Western Wayne County HMRT was formed in 1987 by the Western Wayne Fire Department Mutual Aid Association (WWFDMAA) through the cooperation of 23 communities. The team currently has 45 members that come from Mutual Aid Associations Fire Departm... | <urn:uuid:28a1d4ba-95a5-45f8-b1f4-a4d598eab649> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://livoniafirefighters.com/index.cfm?zone=/unionactive/view_article.cfm&HomeID=158830&page=Haz2DMat | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924684 | 756 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Announcing the invention of a radical new type of bridge capable of spanning long distances across deep water.
The inventor claims this bridge design will make crossing long expanses of deep water possible. The "Hamilton Deep Water Bridge" will make the construction of bridges across places like the English Channel or ... | <urn:uuid:0be40660-2bab-4ddf-9f8e-ddb14552d0ed> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://lofi.forum.physorg.com/A-Bridge-across-the-English-Channel._7664.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.863331 | 194 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Blood pressure is one of the conditions that have to be monitored very closely during pregnancy. Pregnancy brings about a lot of changes in a women’s body. The cardiovascular system and hormonal releases undergo changes that bring daily challenges to the mother-to-be as well as the obstetrician. In the event of high bl... | <urn:uuid:a5100a92-d21c-4a8e-9895-f3f26618c18d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://m.nativeremedies.com/articles/eclampsia-blood-pressure-medicines-during-pregnancy.html?mobile=1 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922054 | 562 | 3.09375 | 3 |
© 2012 Mark Macy
Atlantis is more than a myth. Here’s what we can deduce so far about that First Epoch of modern humanity, after correlating contacts from spirit group Timestream with information from various worldly sources (listed at the end).
Edenite colonists became stranded on Earth long ago when their home planet... | <urn:uuid:50f82df6-8bfe-4f86-a38d-71dace32420e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://macyafterlife.com/2012/01/03/the-human-story-12-atlantis-and-the-first-epoch/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962348 | 1,940 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Jain History of Maharashtra
Maharashtra has its history of at least 5000 years and the from the beginning, this region is stronghold of Jainism and Jains. The oldest evidence of Jains in Maharshtra is Valmiki Ramayan, which states that Shabari in Dandakaranya was a Shramani i.e. a Jain woman. In Mahabharat, it is state... | <urn:uuid:f1a5ec45-d387-48d9-91eb-7505b85db741> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://marathas.tripod.com/maharashtra.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970808 | 344 | 3.25 | 3 |
Quick math question again.
How can I find the power equation of a number such as 2.2107392 × 10^-7. Which equals .6^30?
I'm sure many have asked, sorry if i didn't search the forums properly.
Show me how i can enter a long decimal point into the calculator and then have the calculator output an equation and I would lov... | <urn:uuid:484101dc-f685-4a55-b478-843b0ba5ee6e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mathhelpforum.com/algebra/190753-finding-power-equation.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95163 | 329 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Steven Vance recently forwarded me a question about why CTA‘s rails have been sparking. Unlike MAX trains which get power from an overhead wire system, their trains get power through a third rail system. However, arcing in both kinds of power systems during winter weather is typically caused by ice. Ice building up on ... | <urn:uuid:c39096f3-ea2a-4fc7-90a3-26603a690917> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://maxfaqs.wordpress.com/2012/01/16/of-ice-and-electricity/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960866 | 383 | 2.890625 | 3 |
health of the endangered least tern population is tied to the environmental health of the big river basins they inhabit. As we witnessed during the floods of 1989, 1992, 1993 and 1995 in the Mississippi River valley, the ability of terns to successfully hatch eggs and raise chicks can be reduced to zero when we experie... | <urn:uuid:0fdf9409-6314-4881-a22d-ed6cc70b5352> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mdc.mo.gov/conmag/1999/02/island-home?page=0,1 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958592 | 498 | 3.765625 | 4 |
'Bas-Congo': Genetic sleuthing uncovers deadly new virus in Africa
This is an electron microscope image of a typical rhabdovirus. Credit: UCSF
An isolated outbreak of a deadly disease known as acute hemorrhagic fever, which killed two people and left one gravely ill in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the summer of ... | <urn:uuid:48ff9cda-646e-44a5-a381-eb3f88fce97d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-bas-congo-genetic-sleuthing-uncovers-deadly.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954728 | 2,493 | 3.34375 | 3 |
Young Britons 'getting the message' on obesity, expert says
Obesity rates in young people in Britain appear to be going into reverse, a top gathering of health officials heard Monday, as the message on the risks of being overweight seems to be getting through.
Presenting research on obesity in Britain, Klim McPherson f... | <urn:uuid:9872615d-7d7e-4046-9b60-0104b8aba9c4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-young-britons-message-obesity-expert.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961458 | 1,278 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Tea is known to have many health benefits for the body. There many types of tea that offers wonders to the human body. Although many had compared the efficacy of black and green tea, green tea is known to have many benefits for the human body.
A recent study published in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association... | <urn:uuid:23502d1a-8e37-47bd-af5d-c45dc0ec3297> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://medicmagic.net/green-tea-help-fight-bad-cholesterol.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964018 | 364 | 2.9375 | 3 |
The thyroid gland is a butterfly-shaped gland in the front of the neck. Hypothyroidism is a condition in which the thyroid gland does not produce enough thyroid hormones. A healthy thyroid produces the hormones thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3), which control metabolism. This affects how many calories you burn, ... | <urn:uuid:5ef56190-f928-4ee1-ae71-f8f60e1b4911> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://medtropolis.com/your-health/?/20338/Talking-to-Your-Doctor-About-Hypothyroidism~Main-Page | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.90031 | 618 | 3.859375 | 4 |
In Japan, there’s a product called “Shell Walls” which allows walls to be plastered with a paste made out of waste eggshells.
Making full use of the eggshell’s porous structure, Green Techno 21 created Shell Walls which withstand humidity. The eggshell plaster is hazard-free and fireproof as it is made from natural cal... | <urn:uuid:8028f08d-a7ea-419b-aebc-cca31a46af5c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://metaefficient.com/news/using-eggshells-to-build-walls-in-japan.html/comment-page-1 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966091 | 338 | 2.625 | 3 |
Like brainstorming, but on paper.
How do you unlock the collective knowledge and ideas of your team, your department or even your whole organization? And how do you do this in a way that everyone (not just those with the biggest egos) gets heard?
The Crawford Slip Method is a simple yet effective type of brainstorming ... | <urn:uuid:25a0de46-06d8-4c89-bef7-632e7e3375fa> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mindtools.com/pages/article/newCT_95.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958782 | 269 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Think Differently. Think MkLinux
"MkLinux is an Open Source operating system which consists of an implementation of the Linux operating system hosted on the Mach microkernel. We estimate that there are somewhere between 50,000 and 100,000 MkLinux users. A significant number of the installed MkLinux systems are being us... | <urn:uuid:fbaabfe5-ff9c-4602-8fa4-44a458f08fda> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mklinux.org/info/about.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958208 | 598 | 2.921875 | 3 |
In 1843, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was not only a wildly popular bestseller. In so many words, Dickens defined the modern definition of Christmas in Britain and especially in America. Practically overnight, A Christmas Carol re-introduced the English-speaking world to a holiday that had been largely forgotten ... | <urn:uuid:d1b1fa2c-6998-48f8-8701-a4c7d16898bf> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mrdsneighborhood.com/tag/charles-dickens/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954858 | 466 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Audiologists are among a team of hearing healthcare professionals who work to identify and assess disorders of hearing and balance in both pediatric and adult populations. If hearing loss is identified as impacting the patient’s life the audiologist can also recommend, select, and fit appropriate amplification. Additio... | <urn:uuid:d66cab41-9d98-491c-ba79-c48429042182> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://my.clevelandclinic.org/head_neck/patients/audiology/hearing_loss_identification.aspx | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938391 | 1,079 | 3.6875 | 4 |
Sample Student Responses from the 2008 Visual Arts Assessment
"Sufficient" Sample Response
The student's response presented here shows clear and specific observations that communicated something important about the artist. The student incorporated identifying detail in terms of personal features and an activity (art ma... | <urn:uuid:9961519c-65b0-4383-a47b-bedccd8ca884> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nationsreportcard.gov/arts_2008/a0028.asp?tab_id=tab3&subtab_id=Tab_1 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970197 | 560 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Strategy and Tactics: 1910-1939
American military strategy during the first half of the 20th century was an outgrowth of the Civil War campaigns of Generals Ulysses S. Grant and William T. Sherman who brought superior force and resources to bear on the enemy, wearing them down by attrition. It was termed by historian R... | <urn:uuid:7fbfc12d-6543-4fc3-a692-93386dc85a7d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://net.lib.byu.edu/estu/wwi/comment/huachuca/HI1-06.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956459 | 3,359 | 3.359375 | 3 |
Picking up where Lesson two left off, this new installment of ASP.NET From Scratch covers more C# programming fundamentals – namely class inheritance and interfaces. In this lesson, you’ll learn how to use inheritance to save time and code. You’ll also learn about the concept of interfaces, and how they can make your a... | <urn:uuid:e753395e-c8e5-4f42-a532-5901ba58da56> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/asp-net/asp-net-from-scratch-lesson-3/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.823291 | 159 | 2.671875 | 3 |
This reconstruction shows how the Ivory Bangle Lady may have looked
Archaeologists have revealed the remains of what they say was a "high status" woman of African origin who lived in York during Roman times.
Academics say the discovery goes against the common assumption that all Africans in Roman Britain were low statu... | <urn:uuid:12486770-6b2a-48b0-87fc-390c774bfa42> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/north_yorkshire/8538888.stm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.985423 | 398 | 3.203125 | 3 |
A team of US researchers now claim that, according to their investigations, combining fish oil and aspirin can potentially lead to a cure for arthritis. Furthermore, they maintain that this treatment stands to also help those prone to developing cancer or Alzheimer’s.
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Date: March 2004
Give an example of A Helpful mutation. Explain why it is
Pretty much all the variation in existing creatures living on earth are the result of helpful
mutation, otherwise, the only living things on earth would be exactly the same as the ones
when life first came to be on earth.
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Add To PHR
"Fibro fog" is the name commonly given to the cognitive problems that can go along with fibromyalgia syndrome and chronic fatigue syndrome. These problems with concentration and memory can lead to confusion, losing your train of thought, or forgetting or mixing up words or details.
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The NHFPL is dedicated to changing and improving lives through literacy. Being unable to read well is closely linked with poverty. Literacy is crucial for economic, social and political participation and development in today’s knowledge societies and is a key to enhancing individual potential, with wide-ranging benefit... | <urn:uuid:5e5c28ca-89a6-488e-8d4b-b7969d725f8b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nhfpl.org/services/literacy/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.906181 | 250 | 3.34375 | 3 |
This is an invitation to help build a movement--to take one day day and use it to stop the climate crisis.
On October 24, we will stand together as one planet and call for a fair global climate treaty. United by a common call to action, we'll make it clear: the world needs an international plan that meets the latest sc... | <urn:uuid:24829b18-6f5d-412c-9a12-698a4c00984c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://noimpactman.typepad.com/blog/2009/03/index.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94252 | 1,250 | 2.625 | 3 |
While the performance of girls in Science has been researched extensively in response to the perceived and real discrimination in this subject area, little research has been carried out on the gender issues relevant to Humanities areas. Crump (English in Australia December, 1988) described the performance of girls in E... | <urn:uuid:97cda1fd-ac5c-4de5-b6af-320452c50f75> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nova.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:780?expert=dateNormalized%3A1994*&f0=creator%3A%22Crump%2C+S.+J.%22&f1=subject%3A%22humanities%22 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951963 | 243 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Black History Month – Part 2
Yesterday I listed bits of trivia in my genealogy notes related to slaves. Today I’ll write about more tidbits in the genealogy data base related to African American History or slavery, but not directly related to black slaves owned by the family. There were a p... | <urn:uuid:832d424b-56c7-49c7-a902-2e27121a750f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nutfieldgenealogy.blogspot.com/2010/02/black-history-month-part-2.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981362 | 1,274 | 2.625 | 3 |
Though many doomsayers are claiming, but Asteroid 2002 AM31 will not be hitting earth. Meanwhile you can watch asteroid fly by earth live on Slooh
Asteroid 2002 AM31 will fly by earth later today. The asteroid will pass the earth at the minimum distance of 5.2 million kilometres had posed some scary questions before sc... | <urn:uuid:f3bdd2f9-a4f1-4318-ac4c-54a00515ddd6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nvonews.com/2012/07/22/asteroid-2002-am31-not-hitting-earth-watch-asteroid-fly-by-earth-live-on-slooh/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960338 | 433 | 2.640625 | 3 |
The Hayward fault runs through the heart of Montclair, in the Oakland hills behind Piedmont. Montclair Park’s duck pond was constructed where the fault left a natural sag in the ground.
Only in seismologists’ equations, and perhaps deep down in the crust, are faults smooth, flat planes. In the world, on the surface, fa... | <urn:uuid:47e73f30-5943-4be6-93a1-1c5293aff1d6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://oaklandgeology.wordpress.com/2008/04/22/a-fault-runs-through-it-montclair/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954913 | 398 | 3.0625 | 3 |
Yesterday Oceana and its supporters braved foul weather to protest a truly foul idea. Armed with airhorns and megaphones they gave the Department of the Interior (DOI) a tiny preview of what is in store for the ocean’s inhabitants should the Department allow seismic airgun testing to go forward in the Atlantic Ocean.
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Researchers at the Monash University, and the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSRIO) in Australia have discovered a brand new material that can be used to efficiently capture, store, and release carbon dioxide emissions using sunlight.
The discovered material is a photosensitive metal orga... | <urn:uuid:dda3e45f-ab2e-4495-b028-e46657bb00ca> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-News/World-News/Solar-Sponge-to-Help-with-Carbon-Capture-and-Sequestration.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935798 | 279 | 3.65625 | 4 |
Pesticide drift is a chronic concern for anyone who applies herbicides, insecticides, fungicides and any other compound meant to control or kill a problem specie. These photographs show the effects of 2,4-DB drift from a peanut field to a cotton field across the road. Although the damage looks terrible, the plant will ... | <urn:uuid:7f50e201-c8e1-40e1-953a-9de300aca272> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://okaloosa.ifas.ufl.edu/newsletters/2012/07/28/the-dangers-of-pesticide-drift-on-cotton/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.909039 | 707 | 3.21875 | 3 |
International Day of Peace in Ontario
Established by a United Nations resolution in 1981, the International Day of Peace affirms peace as a key international goal and provides an opportunity for individuals, organizations and nations around the globe to link practical acts of peace on a common day. The International Da... | <urn:uuid:16585117-1504-4d44-a761-3abaab00b0a2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ontdayofpeace.com/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937188 | 699 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Utilisation of waste material for environmental applications: calcination of mussel shells for waste water treatment
Jones, M. I., Wang, L. Y., Abeynaike, A. and Patterson, D. A., 2011. Utilisation of waste material for environmental applications: calcination of mussel shells for waste water treatment. Advances in Appl... | <urn:uuid:d3da9d36-f79b-48e5-bf19-3a4b07b8a3d6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://opus.bath.ac.uk/26532/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.898265 | 407 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Mäder, P.; Hahn, D.; Dubois, D.; Gunst, L.; Alföldi, T.; Bergmann, H.; Oehme, M.; Amadô, R.; Schneider, H.; Graf, U.; Velimirov, A.; Fließbach, A. and Niggli, U. (2007) Wheat quality in organic and conventional farming: results of a 21 year field experiment. Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture (87), pp. 1826... | <urn:uuid:56512018-ccc8-4bd0-9eed-37556ef3b068> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://orgprints.org/13316/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.836769 | 593 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Vlad the Impaler
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Vlad III, Prince of Wallachia (1431-1476; r. 1456-1462, also 1476), became a Romanian national hero for his defense of the Orthodox Christian faith against the Turk. He fought for Hungarian King Matthias Corvi... | <urn:uuid:4a5733b3-f511-409a-9bbc-5922b11cc0aa> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://orthodoxwiki.org/index.php?title=Vlad_the_Impaler&oldid=86412 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963273 | 341 | 2.9375 | 3 |
Munch was born in Norway, December 12, 1863 and grew up in Kristiania (now Oslo). He lost his mother, Laura Cathrine Bjølstad, to tuberculosis in 1868- when he was only 5 years old. After their mother's death, the Munch siblings were raised by their father, who was a fanatical christian and instilled in his children a ... | <urn:uuid:d1cf77ab-cf42-40e3-963e-d81d44801954> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://painters-minds.blogspot.com/2006/11/edvard-munch-childhood-and-grave.html?showComment=1318514916791 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.993397 | 447 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Color Theory and Mixing
- Paint Colors (8)
- Color Mixing Tips
- Color Theory Problem Solver (14)
- Palettes of the Old Masters
- Recommended Books on Color
Color Theory Quiz
Test how much you know about the basic principles of color mixing with this color quiz.
What You Need to Know About Color Theory for Painting
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BALL_VOLUME_QUAD is a FORTRAN90 program which investigates the behavior of a quadrature rule when it is applied to the characteristic function of the unit M-dimensional hyperball, which is a discontinuous function.
The program integrates the function over the unit hypercube [-1,+1]^M, where the spatial dimension M is a... | <urn:uuid:573a0b02-afbc-4be9-ab7a-4e8edb7b4e35> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://people.sc.fsu.edu/~jburkardt/f_src/ball_volume_quad/ball_volume_quad.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.852574 | 500 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Archive for the ‘Victorian’ Category
The Fleur de Lis design has been immensely popular throughout European history, but is almost always associated with the French monarchy, although it has never been officially recognized by the French government. It is still predominantly used on coats of arms throughout the region,... | <urn:uuid:5dfc4526-d637-49b4-980d-cb669a2833f4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://periodstylehardware.com/category/victorian/page/2/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977457 | 4,251 | 2.515625 | 3 |
The O'Donnell Foundation is devoted to building model programs to enhance the quality of education.
How to secure your Java and still run simulations
|School / Organization||Wake Technical Community College|
|Keywords||Pendulum, Potential Energy, Kinetic Energy|
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European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection
The Marriage of the Virgin, with the Expulsion of Saint Joachim from the Temple, the Angel Appearing to Saint Joachim, the Meeting at the Golden Gate, the Birth of the Virgin, and the Presentation of the VirginMade in Netherlands (historical name, 15th-16th century), Eu... | <urn:uuid:6b56c9c9-3cb5-4e7e-ad29-35304d61f6d5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://philamuseum.org/collections/permanent/102110.html?mulR=30766%7C3 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923256 | 313 | 2.625 | 3 |
Big sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) is a key foundational species in an ecosystem that is threatened by invasion of cheatgrass and the subsequent increase in fire frequency. Critical to the conservation, reestablishment, and restoration of the sagebrush steppe ecosystem (which comprises 63 million hectares of the Grea... | <urn:uuid:4d9a3e8f-92d0-4f2e-8ec0-aa71ad4cecd5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://phys.org/news/2012-03-big-sagebrush-soil-seed-bank.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957921 | 801 | 3.6875 | 4 |
Like any law-abiding train passenger, a molecule called oskar RNA carries a stamped ticket detailing its destination and form of transport, scientists at the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg, Germany, have found. They show that for this molecule, moving in the right direction isn't enough: spe... | <urn:uuid:cdffbec0-fe38-44f3-9d14-c1cac345b8b3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://phys.org/news/2012-03-molecular-ticket-rna-destination-egg.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956947 | 548 | 3.171875 | 3 |
One year after weight loss surgery with laparoscopic gastric banding, extremely obese adults demonstrate not only better physical health but also improved psychological health, a new study shows. The results will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society's 92nd Annual Meeting in San Diego.
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Richard Garriott thinks we are heading into a new golden age of human space flight. One of the first things he mentioned in his SXSW talk was that just over 500 people have left the planet in 50 years of space flight. While he’s happy to be one of those people he agrees that number is dismal. When you factor the costs ... | <urn:uuid:f94eaf08-c7bd-4fa3-a108-e4f4b71fd073> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://pinehead.tv/tag/nasa/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937306 | 1,235 | 3.21875 | 3 |
Teaching High School Philosophy
Why do philosophy in high school?
The better question would ask why not? Philosophy is routinely taught in Europe as a standard feature of the secondary school curriculum. Rigorous summer institutes, such as Johns Hopkins’ Center for Talented Youth and Northwestern University’s Center fo... | <urn:uuid:10b3ab60-5f1a-42da-b686-b111376ccc01> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://plato-philosophy.org/getting-started/teaching-high-school-philosophy/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.909039 | 1,460 | 3.78125 | 4 |
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Missingno (けつばん Ketsuban) is a name shared by several glitch Pokémon in Pokémon Red, Blue, and also Yellow. The name is most commonly used to refer to a Normal/Bird-type glitch Pokémon whose sprite consists of corrupted data or a Normal/999 in Pokém... | <urn:uuid:983dd7ac-9135-4927-b793-7468aac51d4c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://pokemon.wikia.com/wiki/Missingno?direction=prev&oldid=357350 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915874 | 1,732 | 2.609375 | 3 |
A new agreement on adoptions with Vietnam should be in keeping with the Hague Convention, writes CAROL COULTER / Irish Times
ALMOST 500 children were adopted from outside Ireland last year, part of the phenomenon of inter-country adoption that has been growing internationally since the beginning of the 1990s.
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CANHÃO DA NAZARÉ
Nazaré Canyon is the biggest underwater ravine in Europe with about 200 km long, developing in the direction E-W and going to 5000 meters deep in the abyssal plain where it ends. The canyon headboard is less than 1 km from the coast to SW. This contiguity of the headboard to the shoreline harnesses sin... | <urn:uuid:79c0aa3a-897f-4074-a57e-ac842209c20f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://praiadonorte.com.pt/nazare/canhao-da-nazare/?lang=en | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924828 | 386 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Mary of Egypt, a penitent prostitute and figure of female autonomy and authority, is a disconcerting and unconventional saint, especially in an Anglo-Saxon context. She is not the kind of model of idealized female virtue normally favoured by leading churchmen in Anglo-Saxon England, and yet her life occurs in the manus... | <urn:uuid:aea3d2bc-3883-4193-befc-57d0768a29e8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/distributed/O/bo5985693.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948852 | 220 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Oct 19, 2009
I love this video – it sums up so many things that are true and important about music to me.
But how does it work ? How do we know exactly what notes Bobby wants us to sing, even though the only clue we have is which way he’s jumping – and how far ?
Part of the answer is that he is singing, and prompting u... | <urn:uuid:94826604-8ef7-4bbb-adee-2aefce9437fb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://productionadvice.co.uk/pentatonic-power/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94191 | 1,764 | 3.375 | 3 |
July 23, 2010
A happy number is defined by the following process. Starting with any positive integer, replace the number by the sum of the squares of its digits, and repeat the process until the number equals 1 (where it will stay), or it loops endlessly in a cycle which does not include 1. Those numbers for which this... | <urn:uuid:371f1c28-76bf-45ac-854d-fe0f4d54d3cb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://programmingpraxis.com/2010/07/23/happy-numbers/?like=1&_wpnonce=81a70c627a | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.872392 | 380 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Wise people are resourceful and do not feel the lack of company when alone, because they can find plenty to do plenty to think about.
Proverbs starting with letter V
This comes to us from the Latin: Vox pouli vox Dei. Dr. Brewer made these comments: 'This does not mean that the voice of the many is wise and good, but o... | <urn:uuid:7b24d9e0-de5b-418c-be66-a264deac256f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://proverbhunter.com/letter/v/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97327 | 218 | 2.671875 | 3 |
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- How life takes shape is a mystery. Butterfly or baby, cells organize themselves into tissues, tissues form organs, organs become organisms. Over and over, patterns emerge in all living creatures. Spiders get eight legs. Leopards get spots. Every nautilus is encased in an elegant spiral shell.
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Fact Sheet 2009–3100
An investigation by the National Water-Quality Assessment (NAWQA) Program of the USGS characterizes the occurrence of 258 organic compounds in source water (defined as stream water collected at a surface-water intake prior to water treatment) and finished water (defined as water that has passed thr... | <urn:uuid:2119b613-2191-4915-9e95-930ffc834a3d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2009/3100/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93491 | 5,324 | 3.125 | 3 |
The bronchial arteries are responsible for the majority of the oxygen supply to the lung parenchyma. There is much variation in bronchial anatomy, but in most patients, there are two bronchial arteries on the left and one on the right.
While the bronchial anatomy may be idealised, variation in anatomy with communicatio... | <urn:uuid:3504059d-b8e0-4db8-982d-083779f63e17> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://radiopaedia.org/articles/bronchial-artery | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.820292 | 300 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Assume man-made global warming is a big, bad problem. Let's try some thought experiments concerning what, if anything, should be done about it.
One "solution" might be recognizing, at least, that there is nothing to be done about it. One might argue that for the sake of lifting billions of poor people out of abject pov... | <urn:uuid:f75ec78a-a5ec-4a94-9b2d-a875fb860485> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://reason.com/archives/2006/12/15/global-warming-solutions | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950081 | 1,406 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Lestari, Jetti Puji (2008) A Comparison of the social contexts in which self-referring terms of "King" and "I" are used in Anna and the King movie. Bachelor thesis, Petra Christian University.Full text not available from this repository.
This study is aimed to reveal the social contexts in which self-referring terms su... | <urn:uuid:f18299d6-f73b-4f77-941b-7ab01cf7bfad> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://repository.petra.ac.id/360/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948393 | 446 | 2.734375 | 3 |
A risk factor is something that increases your likelihood of getting a disease or condition.
It is possible to develop breast cancer with or without the risk factors listed below. However, the more risk factors you have, the greater your likelihood of developing breast cancer. If you have a number of risk factors, ask ... | <urn:uuid:a8620392-4c6b-4460-a602-7a7df3c012cd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://restonhospital.com/your-health/?/19180/Lifestyle-Changes-to-Manage-Breast-Cancer~Risk-Factors | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948557 | 506 | 3.078125 | 3 |
The impression many people seem to have of egg tempera is that it is a fussy medium that can only be used in one specific style. I think that comes from early 20th century proponents of tempera painting such as Daniel V. Thompson. While his books are an excellent resource, his insistence that tempera should be used jus... | <urn:uuid:5fc9dcde-c037-4f26-8162-15a22f40c789> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/2007/02/24/egg-tempera-is-not-a-fussy-medium/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959138 | 306 | 2.859375 | 3 |
More than 250 students in grades kindergarten through fifth attend Polk Elementary School in Baton Rouge, La. In 2007, Polk Elementary was the target school of the Walk this Way program, which focuses on a different school within the Baton Rouge school district each year.
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K-12 school administrators across the US are aware of the existence of bullying and the huge problem it creates today. Millions of students are affected by some form of bullying. School administrators incorporate bullying prevention strategies in their schools, but how affective are these efforts? Is an anti-bullying p... | <urn:uuid:8919b0f7-263a-408a-9599-2e64921dbca5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://schoolannouncement.com/blog/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96002 | 448 | 4.03125 | 4 |
Sixth grade students use actual dinosaur fossils, on loan from SWAU, as part of their Core Knowledge Plate Tectonics Unit. Kindergarten students were taken on a tour of the fossils by sixth grade students where they practiced measuring and examining the fossils. Some of the highlights included comparing the size of an ... | <urn:uuid:d9e0484e-dfad-4062-beb7-02c174f1ef2e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://schoolctr.hebisd.edu/education/components/album/default.php?sectiondetailid=52455 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94564 | 114 | 3.25 | 3 |
Earth and Space Science
Displays moon phases, the visible surface of the moon, the distance between earth and moon, the Julian date, the sidereal time, the right ascension and the declination of the moon.
Interactive globe that shows the movement of the continents from the late Pre-Cambrinan (Ediacaran Period) 600 mill... | <urn:uuid:357fe4fc-604a-40e6-8170-1a820050a458> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://sciedtech.com/web-resources | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.807006 | 249 | 3.078125 | 3 |
Researchers have discovered that dolphins might be able to learn a new language! Four captive bottlenose dolphins in Port-Saint-Pere, France have repeatedly heard recorded whale sounds during their various performances at the aquatic park. When researchers recorded the dolphins talking in their sleep, they found that t... | <urn:uuid:aed4b6f4-09cc-4a4b-a4bb-00759d9d29cf> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://scienceblogs.com/lifelines/2012/01/25/dolphin-intelligence/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981201 | 125 | 3.34375 | 3 |
Clothing is the most important and efective form of sun protection. This is is our first line of defense against the sun’s ultraviolet rays which are harmful. Millions skin cancers are diagnosed and huge majority of them is caused by solar UV radiation. Besides skin cancer Sun causes brown spots, wrinkles and sagging s... | <urn:uuid:9d9bc6fb-6986-4bd2-83cf-f961dc30dab3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://scilifestyle.com/sun-protective-clothing.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933541 | 1,702 | 3.609375 | 4 |
|Spend the time||outdoors|
|Location||California United States|
An ant collecting kit provided by the Naturalist Center at the California Academy of Sciences.
Bay Area Ant Survey
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Saving mangrove wetlands in Mexico
Mangroves are the arborous vegetation on the tidal zones between marine and terrestrial environments, requiring both fresh water and seawater to function. They help mitigate climate change due to their high photosynthetic rates, local communities rely on them for construction material... | <urn:uuid:d9374a97-5a9a-4160-a7e5-14dd6a2f4a08> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://sd.defra.gov.uk/2010/05/saving-mangrove-wetlands-in-mexico/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936329 | 665 | 3.84375 | 4 |
HSWRI researcher Michael Shane led the charge on the hands-on project, showing students how to monitor water quality in the sophisticated classroom aquaculture system, observe and understand various life stages, utilize technology employed in culturing the white sea bass, and tag and scan the fish for monitoring prior ... | <urn:uuid:0926fe99-2195-4e97-93be-b020644e6749> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://sdnews.com/view/full_story/21577360/article-High-schoolers-continue-tradition-of-growing--releasing-school-of-fish-at-Crown-Point-?instance=newsbullets | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963455 | 360 | 3.390625 | 3 |
The power of an algorithm
An algorithm is a set of instructions that allows you to solve a problem.
Each instruction is simple and repeatable. It's important to understand that the instructions work on all similar problems, not just one.
Here's an algorithm for sorting any set of numbers, to get them into order. Start ... | <urn:uuid:0a6c61e5-e749-40c8-9800-cafe6450eb02> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/02/the-power-of-an-algorithm.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954831 | 553 | 3.09375 | 3 |
For our devotion series, I are looking at “Prayer and the Will of God”. In our text, we find some very precious promises given to us by our Lord …. Rom 8:26c Likewise the Spirit also helpeth our infirmities: for we know not what we should pray for as we ought: but the Spirit itself maketh intercession for us with groan... | <urn:uuid:581cb385-beea-48a2-a6a2-6ba84b51bf7e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://settledinheaven.wordpress.com/2012/08/17/sihs-think-on-these-things-rom-826c/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944795 | 763 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Constitution of Argentina
The constitution of Argentina is one of the main sources of existing law in Argentina. Its first version was written in 1853 by a Constitutional Assembly gathered in Santa Fe. The basis was taken in part from the United States Constitution. It was then changed in 1860, 1866, 1898, 1949, 1957. ... | <urn:uuid:e76989ee-7e3b-4992-9ed9-25778f91f10d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_Constitution | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970575 | 166 | 3.484375 | 3 |
Harmonics in music are notes which are produced in a special way. They are notes which are produced as part of the “harmonic series”.
In physics a harmonic is a wave which is added to the basic fundamental wave. In this article we are talking about sound waves, and we can understand it clearly by looking at the strings... | <urn:uuid:8e2162dc-1606-41bb-84bb-ced1256d260c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harmonics_(music) | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955307 | 913 | 4.25 | 4 |
Usually if you have this problem, it does not just effect your eating habits. In your desire to please people and avoid conflict, people pleasers act out of fear. Frequently saying yes to favors and extra responsibilities when you really want to say no, can negatively impact your mental and physical well being. In orde... | <urn:uuid:9366e2ad-ee92-4646-af58-d8c9838023f1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://smallstepstohealth.com/2008/04/when-you-cannot-say-no/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958145 | 581 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Start the Guide
How to Do Pre-Triathlon Stretching for Kids
Remember these tips: - don't bounce - stay comfortable; never stretch until you have pain - count to at least 10 for each stretch (20 is better!) - don't stretch a cold muscle, warm them up first.
Before you race, focus mostly on warming up your muscles and do... | <urn:uuid:c987aae9-2f5f-453d-9dc9-f5b4738e76ac> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://snapguide.com/guides/do-pre-triathlon-stretching-for-kids/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.907729 | 753 | 2.6875 | 3 |
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Elphinstone had fought well at Waterloo in 1815 but by 1842 he was 60 years old, sick, and mentally worn out. His folly and constant indecisiveness suggests he may have been suffering from premature senility. The army he commanded was far weaker than its nominal strength of about 17,000 suggests. About 12... | <urn:uuid:2b8eacfb-5fd5-4958-8418-dc6fac92c735> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://spectator.org/archives/2007/03/02/the-myth-of-afghanistan/1 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97176 | 1,258 | 3.046875 | 3 |
I found this in PHIUS Tech Corner, June, 2012; Spray Polyurethane Foam Insulation
Spray Polyurethane Foam Insulation and Passive House.
How SPF is made
In order to create SPF insulation in large quantities under high pressure, a chemical
reaction of the two component parts, commonly referred to as “Side A” and “Side B”... | <urn:uuid:3769dcc7-8dbb-48e3-96ae-21a031e05eb8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://sprayfoamdangers.com/tag/smelly-spray-foam/ | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942729 | 4,130 | 2.875 | 3 |
The average cyclops is a giant, standing in the range of eight to nine feet tall with thickly muscled arms, sloping shoulders and a dusky yellow hide. Weighing in at nearly 600 pounds, they are the largest intelligent species in Calcobrina, save for the Dragons. As their name suggests, they have only one eye, located c... | <urn:uuid:e61ba72b-8f83-4086-952d-84c450c35791> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://strolen.com/viewing/Calcobrinan_Cyclopes | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978034 | 715 | 2.65625 | 3 |
USA Swimming publishes sets of time standards for various reasons. One of the reasons behind standards is their usefulness for setting goals. They are also used to control the size of swim meets,as each higher or faster level in the standards has fewer swimmers - as the standards get faster, less swimmers achieve them.... | <urn:uuid:0af6add2-f469-4a39-88cc-9ca561b7a8ee> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://swimming.about.com/od/resultsrecordsandrules/a/time_standards.htm | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955931 | 343 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Welcome to the March 26, 2012 edition of ACM TechNews, providing timely information for IT professionals three times a week.
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Ancient Sites Spotted From Space, Say... | <urn:uuid:e7cf3f02-bb22-413d-b396-39e6c8abba84> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://technews.acm.org/archives.cfm?fo=2012-03-mar/mar-26-2012.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939478 | 2,978 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Educators Tap into Science Education
K-12 science educators across the U.S. and Canada can access numerous resources when they participate in the 2001 National Science Teachers Associations (NSTA) Teacher Award Programs (TAP). The 14 programs, administered by NSTA and funded by various corporations and organizations, a... | <urn:uuid:8b0484b6-c6fb-4958-a78a-6dc390487e5d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thejournal.com/articles/2000/10/01/educators-tap-into-science-education.aspx | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.914059 | 183 | 2.71875 | 3 |
But that was just the beginning. The political system of payoffs was deeply entrenched and a change of laundry at the top of the flagpole was certainly not going to change the system of payoffs that had worked so well for so long. Cleveland’s character was tested early on when the Common Council (city council) voted to... | <urn:uuid:a54080ff-874a-4c57-86f7-aefc21ea89f6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thenewamerican.com/culture/history/item/4812-president-grover-cleveland-the-democrat-who-vetoed-300-bills | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978528 | 1,749 | 2.90625 | 3 |
New sunspot 1302 has already produced two X-flares, an X1.4 on Sept. 22nd and X1.9 on Sept. 24th, quickly followed by a strong M7. All three produced CMEs, none of which were Earth directed, but do involved glancing blows, at least. In a few days any CMEs it produces WILL be earth directed.
1302 is huge, with an active... | <urn:uuid:405fe578-08c2-4946-b7c1-a62e679a7be7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thisbluemarble.com/showpost.php?p=313963&postcount=1 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968129 | 193 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Beginning in February in Haralson County, more than a dozen concerts and singings will help celebrate the music indigenous to the west Georgia area. “New Harmonies” is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and state humanities councils nationwide. Support for Museum on Main ... | <urn:uuid:59e53038-8d02-411b-894d-65e50dbf7a37> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://times-georgian.com/pages/full_story/push?article-New+Harmonies+exhibit+helps+preserve-+explore+area-s+music+heritage%20&id=21460361&instance=news_special_coverage_right_column | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953385 | 869 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Growing Grapes in Your Backyard
|Topic||What varieties are best for my backyard?|
A large number of grape varieties are available in California. Varieties are divided into table grapes and wine grapes according to their primary use. Some are suitable for multiple uses and may have secondary uses in making juices or jel... | <urn:uuid:a9c059ee-869b-4817-b08e-8870a04269de> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ucanr.org/sites/gardenweb/Growing_Grapes_in_the_California_Garden/?uid=4&ds=436 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.884551 | 264 | 3 | 3 |
Green Plant Phylogeny Research Coordination Group
A five-year effort to reconstruct the evolutionary relationships among all green
plants has resulted in the most complete "tree of life" of any group of living things on the planet,
The up-to-date family tree
has revealed several surprises about the evolution of green p... | <urn:uuid:8cc73825-6041-40f9-9c6c-0f508fe39d07> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/DeepGreen/DeepGreen.html | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.859057 | 1,009 | 3.328125 | 3 |
The Namib Desert may be the best-known desert in Namibia, but it is not the only one. Eastern Namibia is also dry, though slightly less so. This part of the country holds part of the expansive Kalahari Desert, home to some visually striking dunes.
The Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTE... | <urn:uuid:e4ed89c6-19a6-419a-848f-b12ba5d9fea4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=76579 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916366 | 450 | 4.1875 | 4 |
Authors: H.-J. Hochecker
I stick metal foil on an a 1 square meter large and 10 kilograms heavy dielectric so that a condenser is build. By putting a tension of 10 kV on the condenser or by short-circuiting it I measure a real reduction of the weight of about 0.1 grams each time. This result confirms my theoretical con... | <urn:uuid:28adcd1f-65ca-41a8-bcb6-bafb5c270602> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://vixra.org/abs/1008.0005 | null | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00001-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.860797 | 146 | 2.8125 | 3 |