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The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1945
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen
Born: 15 January 1895, Helsinki, Russian Empire (now Finland)
Died: 11 November 1973, Helsinki, Finland
Affiliation at the time of the award: University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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Today, there’s a chance that the U.S. Senate will return to some semblance of a functioning legislative body. A majority of senators could vote to eliminate Rule XXII, which authorizes the notorious filibuster.
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DIY Industrial Art Pieces Made from Rubbings
I was in a used book store one day and I saw a book on art rubbings. Of course, I was familiar with the idea of putting a penny or leaf under a paper and running a pencil over the top to transfer the image, but this book was taking it to a whole new level. So we grabbed our ... | <urn:uuid:45e0ca9a-c163-49af-9632-4b10f61aef50> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://diy.lomography.com/projects/industrial-art | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00007-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952326 | 1,060 | 2.53125 | 3 |
One of Appleton’s early founders, Eleazar Williams, claimed he was the “lost Dauphin”—the rightful heir to the French throne. Maybe it was royal blood that inspired him to devise a lofty plan to lead an empire based in Wisconsin. In the 1820s he led a host of Native Americans from New York to settle in the Fox River Va... | <urn:uuid:10e68a06-806e-4d02-a069-a49776a0ea9f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.dealchicken.com/appleton-wi/trivia | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00007-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973284 | 1,096 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Below are the first 10 and last 10 pages of uncorrected machine-read text (when available) of this chapter, followed by the top 30 algorithmically extracted key phrases from the chapter as a whole.
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Florida, in the United States of America. It includes a widely diverse area from quiet, unpopulated central areas with "Old Florida" feel to vibrant resort cities.
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Updates and changes to codes and standards that affect the way you design and install telecommunications systems
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Why is it that farmers competing in state and national soybean yield contests routinely grow 60 or even 85 bu. per acre yields when the national average is closer to 44?
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Table of Contents
PC-style floppy disks work mostly like other disk devices like hard disks, except that you need to low-level format them first. To use an common 1440 KB floppy in the first floppy drive, first (as root) format it:
#fdformat -f /dev/rfd0a
Then create a single partition on the disk using disklabel(8):
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Editor’s Note: David Wise is the author of numerous books on national security, intelligence and espionage. His latest book, Tiger Trap: America’s Secret Spy War with China, was published June 14 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
By David Wise – Special to CNN
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Dr. Gabriel Barkay points to the tomb where he discovered the tiny biblical artifacts that date from well before the Dead Sea Scrolls.
SOLVING A RIDDLE WRITTEN IN SILVER
By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD
New York Times
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ixated as the Victorians were on death, it is not at all surprising that a number of talented British poets in the nineteenth century would have explored mourning. From the elaborate, regal funerals of British royalty down to the simpler funerals of members of the working class — paid for by dutifully purchased death i... | <urn:uuid:3daef337-9437-4eae-be68-3efe0aaee880> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.victorianweb.org/victorian/authors/ebb/newman14.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00007-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969099 | 5,534 | 3.640625 | 4 |
This is the third and final installment of this three part series. Please see earlier entries for part 1 and part 2.
What does the atheist do with Jesus of Nazareth?
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a trip to Middle Earth no, not Tolkien's land of hobbits and elves, although
the sites may not look too different from that fantasy world. Middle Earth is
one area of the California Cavern in Calaveras County, Calif. And yes, that
is the Calaveras County made famous by Mark Twain's jumping frogs. The cavern
has also ho... | <urn:uuid:2c03c1ea-d719-40ef-b959-d5825fb572f8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.geotimes.org/nov03/Travels110103.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00007-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93878 | 1,478 | 2.8125 | 3 |
POLITICAL THOUGHT IN MODERN EGYPT. The bases of Egyptian thought had remained fundamentally Arab-Islamic until its roots extended themselves into the modern soil of European culture throughout the nineteenth century. Eventually Egyptian political thought crystallized into modern concepts and terms. However, other influ... | <urn:uuid:3b611eb5-2ccb-4f58-813d-7a4ac1377b7f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/cce/id/1609/rec/14 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00007-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970834 | 3,628 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Interaction of TCP/IP and Other Protocols
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Benefits » Enabling People With Disabilities
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1946-01 Introduction to What Means This Strike? [Petersen]
More than four decades have passed since Daniel De Leon delivered his great speech before the striking textile workers of New Bedford, Massachusetts. When it appeared in print it was instantly recognized as one of the great speeches of our times. It contains al... | <urn:uuid:1d96a686-61c1-4025-ae1a-5f0cc79d0b86> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://bataillesocialiste.wordpress.com/english-pages/1946-01-introduction-to-what-means-this-strike-petersen/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00007-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956216 | 2,664 | 3.359375 | 3 |
Last time, I introduced you to SELinux: what it is, what it can do, and really why you need it (or a system like it). It is especially important with reported (and fixed) security vulnerabilities on the rise, and each year brings more reports, and more updates for end-users to install. This data tells us that we are in... | <urn:uuid:d3645569-0d19-45d0-af0b-286f495121c1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/opensource/practical-selinux-for-the-beginner-contexts-and-labels/2458 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00007-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.853363 | 1,992 | 2.625 | 3 |
|135–185 million Communities majorly in Iran,Afghanistan and also in Turkey, Iraq, Syria, Azerbaijan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Georgia, Armenia, Oman, China (Xinjiang), India, Pakistan, United Kingdom, Germany and United States.|
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The April issue of Scientific American includes an exclusive excerpt from Bill McKibben's new book, Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet, plus an interview that challenges his assumptions. Expanded answers to key interview questions, and additional queries and replies, appear here.
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(Also known as CARDINAL JULIAN)
Born at Rome, 1398; died at Varna, in Bulgaria 10 November, 1444. He was one of the group of brilliant cardinals created by Martin V on the conclusion of the Western Schism, and is described by Bossuet as the strongest bulwark that the Catholics could oppose to the Greeks in the council ... | <urn:uuid:00bf7df0-d5fb-4e1f-8b46-3ba5d351c222> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/03546a.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698207393/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095647-00007-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971119 | 1,021 | 3.25 | 3 |
Tucked inside Carl Zimmer's wonderful and thorough feature on de-extinction, a topic that got a TEDx coming out party last week, we find a tantalizing, heartbreaking anecdote about the time scientists briefly, briefly brought an extinct species back to life.
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September 14, 2004 > Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month
by Susana Nuñez
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From her earliest days in school, Professor Jana Gevertz was beguiled by the elegance and precision of mathematics. But as her experience widened, she also felt the pull of biology, a powerful, hands-on force in such critical arenas as health care.
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The name ἀντίχριστος signifies an opposer of Christ. It is used only by John in his first and second epistles, though those opposed to Christ are referred to by others under different names. It is important to distinguish between an antichrist and the antichrist. John says, "as ye have heard that antichrist shall come,... | <urn:uuid:5f07ac27-9b02-4f3c-b5df-b99eb1c6253b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://stempublishing.com/dictionary/054_080.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698924319/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516100844-00007-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96921 | 24,091 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Considerations for giving feedback on skill performance
When giving athletes extrinsic feedback about their technical skills, you can either tell them what you saw (descriptive feedback) or tell them what you think they need to do based on what you saw (prescriptive feedback).
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Alternative treatments for Asthma are many…from herbs to homeopathy, from breathing exercises to meditation, etc….But most of the ‘accepted’ Western medical doctors are hesitant to accept the possibility that these methods can help in conjunction with their prescriptions, let alone do the job alone! There is insufficie... | <urn:uuid:cd9a1e58-4d26-4068-845e-2de15e56f4c4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://herberowe.wordpress.com/category/article/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00007-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934272 | 1,859 | 2.5625 | 3 |
International Perspectives on Food and Fuel
Agricultural Marketing Resource Center
Co-Director – Ag Marketing Resource Center
Iowa State University
(Second in a series)
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16th-century Peruvian convent and its historic art eyed for restoration
LIMA, Peru (CNS) — Half-hidden behind palm trees at the end of a once elegant avenue in a now rundown neighborhood, the Convento de los Descalzos — the Convent of the Barefoot Friars — has witnessed half a millennium of Peruvian history.
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Culture of poverty
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|Social and cultural anthropology|
||This article includes a list of references, related reading or external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations. (July 2010)|
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What’s it like to walk in space? In the first part of an examination of the challenges of living in space, our space correspondent steps outside the International Space Station.
“Here we go…”
“Whoah!” is all I can manage as I find myself transported from a cluttered office in Houston to Earth orbit. Below, 350km (220 m... | <urn:uuid:3a1f0c28-90f8-48a7-b3f1-7391070c9967> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20121123-taking-a-walk-in-space/print | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710006682/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131326-00007-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946659 | 1,469 | 2.75 | 3 |
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|NASASciFiles - Meteors
NASA Sci Files segment explaining what meteors, meteoroids, and meteorites are and the differences in these.
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Researchers at Rensselaer have developed a new energy storage device that easily could be mistaken for a simple sheet of black paper.
The nanoengineered battery is lightweight, ultra thin, completely flexible, and geared toward meeting the trickiest design and energy requirements of tomorrow’s gadgets, implantable medi... | <urn:uuid:5530526e-09a8-4a83-9c62-1bf23703d615> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.rpi.edu/about/inside/issue/v1n2/paperbattery.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710006682/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131326-00007-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930898 | 1,121 | 3.34375 | 3 |
The waste characteristics factor category in the ground water pathway is made up of two components: the toxicity/mobility of the most hazardous substance associated with the site and the hazardous waste quantity at the site. The most hazardous substance at a site is identified as the hazardous substance receiving the h... | <urn:uuid:a7219d10-3abf-4e7f-a3dd-aa6c45e66f3b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://epa.gov/superfund/training/hrstrain/htmain/10wchar.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368711005985/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516133005-00007-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.892162 | 1,160 | 3.078125 | 3 |
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The Cascajal Block and the Lost Continent of Mu
Cascajal Block and Symbols
In September 2006, Science Magazine published a paper entitled "Oldest Writing In the New World". The item of note in the article and most widely reported was that the... | <urn:uuid:8fc9d110-1416-48fa-aa9b-0390723b05c9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://jameschurchwardsmu.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_archive.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368711005985/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516133005-00007-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939502 | 1,070 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Herbal Alternatives to Drugs in Pain Management, Part II
By John Chen, PhD, PharmD, OMD, LAc
Editor's note: Part I of Dr. Chen's column appeared in the May issue of Acupuncture Today.
Traditional Chinese Medicine
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Judicature Genes and Justice
The Growing Impact of the New Genetics on the Courts
November-December 1999 Vol 83(3)
COMPLEX SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE and the JURY
by Robert D. Myers, Ronald S. Reinstein, and Gordon M. Griller
DNA—deoxyribonucleic acid, the chemical molecule inside cells which carries biological information. D... | <urn:uuid:bb3fb35f-139e-415f-a24e-04834351e3b5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/publicat/judicature/article10.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945384 | 7,044 | 3.03125 | 3 |
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From the public's perspective, the most important basic purpose of a roadway pavement is to provide a smooth safe ride. For a pavement to accomplish... | <urn:uuid:38be948f-1701-4f07-b487-ccc5370c95fe> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/publications/research/infrastructure/pavements/ltpp/98085/gendis.cfm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928659 | 2,392 | 3.6875 | 4 |
(Swans - March 28, 2011) The terrible earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan have caused not only massive devastation and the loss of thousands of lives over a wide area, but they also caused major problems at several nuclear power plants, particularly at Fukushima. It is these nuclear problems that have tended to domin... | <urn:uuid:8c6d846b-73ca-4c8a-876f-0afd38363a41> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.swans.com/library/art17/paddy01.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948957 | 2,521 | 3.390625 | 3 |
By Gerald Forbes
While the South Burbank pool is being cited as an example of the economic advantages of unitization,1 it is an interesting fact that the first two decades of oil development in the Osage Reservation contained similar features of community interest and concerted control. Between the years 1896 and 1916 ... | <urn:uuid:763a11b2-2088-4d94-a213-30699c9d1818> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://digital.library.okstate.edu/chronicles/v019/v019p070.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976321 | 5,851 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Significance and Use
Sediment provides habitat for many aquatic organisms and is a major repository for many of the more persistent chemicals that are introduced into surface waters. In the aquatic environment, most anthropogenic chemicals and waste materials including toxic organic and inorganic chemicals eventually a... | <urn:uuid:5696801b-841c-4e58-ac11-6af8637c94c1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.astm.org/Standards/E1367.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.889574 | 9,272 | 3.71875 | 4 |
Water reuse can be defined as the use of reclaimed water for a direct beneficial purpose. The use of reclaimed water for irrigation and other purposes has been employed as a water conservation practice in Florida, California, Texas, Arizona, and other states for many years.
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What took Mother Nature thousands of years to create, recent humanity has taken for granted and has selfishly destroyed. In the last 75 years, modern U.S. economic agricultural practices have nearly eradicated all of the naturally occurring organically (carbon containing) complexed trace minerals, poly-electrolytes and... | <urn:uuid:21dc661e-839c-4fe4-879c-7c4eb2dba94e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.theamericanchiropractor.com/articles-nutrition/4752-the-gift-of-naturally-prolonged-healthy-and-sustained-life.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929932 | 1,555 | 3 | 3 |
Basindra Village, Ratlam District, Madhya Pradesh, is watered by the perennial Jhamand River. The river flows about 100 ft below the village and was once its only source of water. The 2-3 handpumps installed here in the 1970’s by the Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED) used to run dry in the summer. When th... | <urn:uuid:3276f3bc-879a-469b-91eb-5c403333123c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://cseindia.org/node/4016 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966815 | 2,351 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Products marketed for infants or billed as "microwave safe" release toxic doses of the chemical bisphenol A when heated, an analysis by the Journal Sentinel has found.
The newspaper had the containers of 10 items tested in a lab - products that were heated in a microwave or conventional oven. Bisphenol A, or BPA, was f... | <urn:uuid:4dc6877a-3fa8-4e77-baef-50ce82f6d979> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/watchdogreports/34532034.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970414 | 2,755 | 2.84375 | 3 |
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Genetic Causes of Mental Retardation
What is genetics?
Genetics is "the science that studies the principles and mechanics of heredity, or the means by which traits are passed from parents to offspring" (Glanze, 1996). Through genetics a number of specific diso... | <urn:uuid:8869a816-904c-4616-bbd6-b5e0b2e48be7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.keystonehumanservices.org/genetic-causes-of-mental-retardation.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700264179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103104-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931985 | 2,543 | 3.640625 | 4 |
Radiation Exposure from CT Scans
GIST Support International asked questions about radiation exposure from CT exams to Donald P. Frush, MD of Duke University Medical Center. At Duke Dr. Frush is a Professor of Radiology, a Pediatrics Faculty member, as well as Chief of the Medical Physics Graduate Program, Division of P... | <urn:uuid:79baa8cb-78b2-465a-abca-69f7e26deabb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.gistsupport.org/ask-the-professional/radiation-exposure-from-ct-scans.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132298/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943181 | 1,090 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Extremely obese women may not need to gain as much weight during pregnancy as current guidelines suggest, according to a new study presented today at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine annual meeting.
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Submitted by brad on Fri, 2009-06-12 13:49.
Our world has not rid itself of atrocity and genocide. What can modern high-tech do to help? In Bosnia, we used bombs. In Rwanda, we did next to nothing. In Darfur, very little. Here’s a proposal that seems expensive at first, but is in fact vastly cheaper than the military s... | <urn:uuid:b5ec4d5b-457e-4138-8f6f-1ec7393313b6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ideas.4brad.com/archives/cat_technology.html?page=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959134 | 12,523 | 2.890625 | 3 |
The Kalevala is a curious creature that evades easy categorisation. At its most basic level it is a united, flowing, epic poem assembled in its final form in 1849 by Elias Lönnrot. Only 3% of the work is thought to be of his own invention, however. Taking a step back it is built on a collection of Finnish folk poetry t... | <urn:uuid:f036e90d-5337-4055-811e-517d6d3d769d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://aleuminati.ning.com/profiles/blogs/the-kalevala-the-beginning-of | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942783 | 1,015 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Teach Them to Land First
Jason Nunn MS, CSCS
Plyometrics have been a part of most athletic development programs for many years. It has become quite commonplace for coaches to implement these sort of hops, jumps, and triple jump variations during the speed and acceleration development periods of their programs. These so... | <urn:uuid:dec2aec7-d438-4a5c-a84a-428606daf99b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://exrx.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6232 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924724 | 1,658 | 2.609375 | 3 |
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Remember American frontiers
To the Times:
Absorbing its Western frontier gave 19th century America a core task. In 1890 the Census Bureau, which tracked frontier settlement, declared the job done. Yet the American frontier persists, its needs largely invisible. Today’s task is to recognize its sur... | <urn:uuid:059cca23-b686-449b-afee-25b8505de242> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2012/12/02/opinion/doc50bc257a00197167616954.txt | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93388 | 1,558 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Photo by Mjmonty.
Often, our New Year’s resolutions are us promising ourselves we’ll form good habits this year: whether it’s something big like “I’m going to eat better” or “I’m going to keep my computer backed up” to “I’m going to actually start flossing every day”. So often, though, these habits end up dying off pre... | <urn:uuid:831536d1-f4e6-4b4f-901e-dd7fb6333350> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2011/01/how-to-form-good-habits-this-year/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943201 | 1,110 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Morris Frank & Buddy made history in 1928 when they arrived in New York City as the first dog guide team in the United States. Frank stepped off the curb to cross West Street, astounding the throng of reporters when he and Buddy safely reached the other side.
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Note: This website is no longer being updated and is being maintained for archive purposes by the Department of Botany, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution. Please see About the Project for further details.
The Juréia-Itatins Ecological Station (Estação Ecológica Juréia-Itatins) (EEJI) occupies ... | <urn:uuid:82147a18-c360-4017-a491-25e11d1aeeff> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://botany.si.edu/projects/cpd/sa/sa17.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.871344 | 4,228 | 3.375 | 3 |
Many of you have probably heard about asteroid 2005 YU55, the massive rocky body that tomorrow night will
collide with Earth in a ball of flames pass the planet safely, albeit closer than any asteroid in the last 35 years.
And while astronomers are certain we'll be spared this time, the brush with such a massive rock r... | <urn:uuid:65162c43-0d15-4c54-9566-16d814ee7f10> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://io9.com/5856820/10-things-you-probably-didnt-know-about-asteroids-comets--other-near-earth-objects | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955782 | 2,145 | 3.828125 | 4 |
Methyl bromide is an important part of ornamental
production. The combination of methyl bromide and chloropicrin has long been
used to control weeds, nematodes and plant pathogens like Pythium. The majority
of this fumigant is used for strawberries, fruit trees and vegetables in
Florida and California, but there is a s... | <urn:uuid:b2318bec-6a49-4f23-b817-bf660edb7b9c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.gpnmag.com/print/4646 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9465 | 2,608 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Forest and illegal logging
News (update April 2011)
- 15-17/03/2011 Fifth negotiation session with Liberia
- 15-17/02/2011 First negotiation session with DRC
- 19/01/11 Consents of the European Parliament to the conclusion of the FLEGT agreements with Congo and with Cameroon
- 12-14/01/11 FLEGT 6th Annual Coordination ... | <urn:uuid:7725463f-459b-43cf-b092-923b3b504ac3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/what/development-policies/intervention-areas/environment/forestry_intro_en.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701459211/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105059-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.888284 | 1,580 | 2.546875 | 3 |
From Sustainable Development To Green Economy – What Does This Mean For Women?
FRIDAY FILE: Twenty years after the first United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) that took place in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 it is clear that governments have failed to implement development models that are socially just ... | <urn:uuid:d3d182bf-3619-44f7-bb5c-299845a61a47> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://forum12@awid.org/News-Analysis/Friday-Files/From-Sustainable-Development-to-Green-Economy-What-does-this-mean-for-women | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704713110/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114513-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948569 | 2,135 | 3.15625 | 3 |
The Landsat program is the longest running enterprise for acquisition of imagery of Earth from space. The first Landsat satellite was launched in 1972; the most recent, Landsat 7, was launched on April 15, 1999. The instruments on the Landsat satellites have acquired millions of images. The images, archived in the Unit... | <urn:uuid:a8bcc298-052a-481f-a689-33db7b84cc08> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.reference.com/browse/eosat | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944412 | 1,068 | 3.875 | 4 |
Tongueless Frogs, AglossaDavid Cannatella
This tree diagram shows the relationships between several groups of organisms.
The root of the current tree connects the organisms featured in this tree to their containing group and the rest of the Tree of Life. The basal branching point in the tree represents the ancestor of ... | <urn:uuid:8298c6cc-6302-489e-93fa-9db8a36b1240> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.tolweb.org/Pipidae | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368708142388/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516124222-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.876213 | 1,745 | 3.640625 | 4 |
Point wand at target
Summons an object from a distance
- "And then he heard it, speeding through the air behind him; he turned and saw his Firebolt hurtling towards him around the edge of the woods, soaring into the enclosure, and stopping dead in mid-air beside him, waiting for him to mount."
- —The Firebolt, under in... | <urn:uuid:2edbd816-aa15-43a7-b986-4fffbe1ef63b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Summoning_Charm?diff=prev&oldid=755101 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.906589 | 1,944 | 2.75 | 3 |
AN EDUCATOR'S GUIDE:
MEETING THE NEEDS OF THE EHLERS-DANLOS CHILD
A PARENT'S GUIDE:
HELPING YOUR CHILD SUCCEED AT SCHOOL
The material in this guide has been prepared to help educators better understand and provide for the needs of the Ehlers-Danlos student. Each person with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome is affected differentl... | <urn:uuid:2192a4bd-cfc0-40c1-a8f9-03e2d80dff9b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ednf.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1495&Itemid=88888988 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93789 | 6,568 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Once state-of-the-art mental healthcare facilities, Kirkbride buildings have long been relics of an obsolete therapeutic method known as Moral Treatment. In the latter half of the 19th century, these massive structures were conceived as ideal sanctuaries for the mentally ill and as an active participent in their recove... | <urn:uuid:5a0ff7c3-4fbe-443c-a844-ae37c6e441c0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.kirkbridebuildings.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930234 | 1,199 | 2.8125 | 3 |
HIRING A GARDENER
Know what you are paying for and what impact it has on the environment. Gardeners frequently state that they would adopt environmentally preferable lawn care practices if their customers didn’t insist on "business as usual". Language barriers can create challenges communicating with your gardener. Rea... | <urn:uuid:1133143b-28ba-4713-93c6-5ba450f93a83> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ci.santa-rosa.ca.us/departments/utilities/stormwatercreeks/outreach/homepollute/Pages/HireGardener.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705195219/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115315-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919461 | 1,838 | 2.5625 | 3 |
An interesting article about ancient Greek homosexuality. Its interesting- I can't vouch for its accuracy as this is a subject on which I'm woefully ignorant but have always been partly intrigued by given the many references in Plato to the practise. It turns out as you would expect that homosexuality in Greece evolved... | <urn:uuid:8471dd10-c754-4f2e-b274-603be14f92e7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://gracchii.blogspot.com/2007_11_04_archive.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705195219/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115315-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980537 | 7,641 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Onuskis (Anishok or Anushishok in Yiddish) lies in the northeastern part of Lithuania, about 5 km. from the Latvian border and about 20 km. northwest of the District Administrative Center Rakishok (Rokiskis).
Anishok is situated on a plain between forested hills which is very scenic. The lands of the town belonged to t... | <urn:uuid:0a15621e-53d1-43b7-a5b8-181d6c527ae4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.jewishgen.org/Yizkor/Lithuania6/lit6_186.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705195219/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115315-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972969 | 1,964 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Bay of Pigs Invasion info
On the 17th of April, 1961, Brigade 2506, comprised of Cuban exiles, landed at the Bay of Pigs on the southern-central coast of Cuba. They were mostly young men who came from all sectors of society and regions of the island with one common goal: to overthrow the growing communism led by Fidel ... | <urn:uuid:255bf3b1-e392-4dec-9815-4ab5b805ee80> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.military-quotes.com/forum/210064-post.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705195219/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115315-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.985794 | 1,457 | 3.21875 | 3 |
LAVC Writing Center
Simple fragments can usually be easily fixed once a writer learns to check each sentence for a subject and a verb. But, there are other types of fragments that are a little tougher to identify and correct because they follow a different set of rules than simple fragments. This handout will help to a... | <urn:uuid:ba028518-03a7-4d91-95e3-ac3ab6aeefda> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.lavc.cc.ca.us/writingcenter/handouts/fragmentsII.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698207393/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095647-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.905798 | 2,147 | 3.5 | 4 |
The China widely bruited as the next hegemonic power is the product of 150 years of false starts, repeated disappointments, and astonishing violence. During the 19th century China was often at war with foreign countries but internal warfare was far worse; the famous Taiping Rebellion alone claimed tens of millions of l... | <urn:uuid:1566c9bd-8a28-4629-a74b-09cff1b066e1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.claremont.org/publications/crb/id.1977/article_detail.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705559639/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115919-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978007 | 2,561 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Phil/FA 310 Introduction to Aesthetics
Instructor: Dr. Norman Lillegard Office: H 229 587 7384
Office Hours: 10.00 ‑11.00 a.m. and 1-2 p.m. MWF and by appointment
Texts: Puzzles about Art (ed. Battin etc.) and Basic Issues in Aesthetics by Eaton (In UC and Bradley).
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(IRAN: مسجد سلیمان) is a city in the Khuzestan province in southwestern Iran. The first modern oil wells of the Middle East were discovered and drilled in this area. It is mostly populated by the Bakhtiari Lur people with estimated population of 127,634 in 2005.
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Family name: Pandanaceae (Pandanus family)
English names: Screwpine, Pandanus
Pohnpeian name: Kipar
Kosraen name: Mweng
Chuukese name: Fach
Yapese name: Choy
Habit: Shrub or tree. It grows up to 25 feet (8m) or more in height, with aerial prop roots and prickly stem.
Leaves: Linear leaves spirally arranged at branch ti... | <urn:uuid:dfc3d21e-19c1-4a65-9030-bf7afa8e8f40> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.comfsm.fm/~dleeling/angio/pandanus.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702810651/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111330-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971816 | 1,339 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Researchers have found a strain of bacteria that can infect mosquitoes and make them resistant to the malaria parasite. The study, in the journal Science, showed the parasite struggled to survive in infected mosquitoes. Malaria is spread between people by the insects so it is hoped that giving m... Read More
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Kamrul starts his day very early in the morning. He leaves his bed just after sunrise and washes his face from the nearest pond. After having a little cold rice from the previous night, he leaves for work.
These days, Kamrul feels very relaxed. He doesn’t have to pay rent to the cycle van owner daily. He has his own va... | <urn:uuid:55ba699c-09ed-4630-90d9-4862bc94ce1e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.compassion.com/kamrul-a-new-day/quote-comment-9467/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.993509 | 1,726 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Education is the single most important issue facing urban America. Much talk centers on the "digital divide," but we must first deal with the educational divide. The lack of access to quality education for all has helped produce poverty with all its trappings, including crime and drug abuse. The link is undeniable; sev... | <urn:uuid:a4dbfb38-4d6f-46a6-ba6d-33e0e6becdf1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.worldmag.com/2001/04/how_to_bridge_the_educational_divide_by_herb_lusk | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710006682/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131326-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97914 | 1,184 | 2.78125 | 3 |
The school is test-piloting a “Bring Your Own Device” program for students, in which kids can bring their cell phones or other wireless devices – e-readers, laptops – into the classroom to supplement their learning.
Since you’re reading these sentences in the order I wrote them, you’ve guessed what happened.
Students i... | <urn:uuid:3aa7fdac-bc26-49cf-a624-cae2e3f905e4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://chronicle.augusta.com/opinion/joe-hotchkiss-columns/2012-12-15/cheating-spreads-everywhere-end-it-gets-you-nowhere | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966077 | 1,156 | 2.515625 | 3 |
EDU8111 Emerging Environments for Learning
|Semester 3, 2012 Online Toowoomba|
|Faculty or Section :||Faculty of Education|
|School or Department :||Education|
|Version produced :||21 May 2013|
Examiner: Janice Jones
Moderator: Roderick Fogarty
Learning environments are designed, developed and implemented using theorie... | <urn:uuid:98462b20-7715-4dab-9bd4-b8e7a2b23a46> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.usq.edu.au/course/specification/2012/EDU8111-S3-2012-WEB-TWMBA.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699273641/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101433-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.882337 | 1,658 | 2.78125 | 3 |
What induced the Indian Ministry of External Affairs to issue a statement endorsing a plan that could result in loss of human life, and have negative economic and ecological repercussions for India?
George W Bush's plan to tackle global warming, announced on Valentine's Day, invoked anger and ridicule from governments ... | <urn:uuid:52e7bfba-c132-44e4-91d1-749e9344712a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.cseindia.org/node/3148 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706153698/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120913-00008-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956027 | 1,249 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Climate change campaigners are complaining bitterly that global warming and greenhouse gas reduction were entirely missing from the presidential and vice-presidential debates. However, it was discussed — just under a different title.
In every debate, “clean energy,” “green energy,” and solar and wind power came up at l... | <urn:uuid:55e8ab03-0d5c-4082-9cd5-e66e8625860a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://pjmedia.com/blog/actually-global-warming-was-in-presidential-debates/?singlepage=true | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699881956/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102441-00009-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962942 | 1,211 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Individual differences |
Methods | Statistics | Clinical | Educational | Industrial | Professional items | World psychology |
Bön has typically been described as the shamanistic religion in Tibet before the arrival of Buddhism in the 7th century C.E. With the recent exile of many Bönpo lamas to India, however, a more c... | <urn:uuid:e60b398b-2d5e-446b-ba2b-6f81b7018cd0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Bon | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00009-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933225 | 3,032 | 2.640625 | 3 |
DefinitionHyperventilation is rapid or deep breathing that can occur with anxiety or panic. It is also called overbreathing, and may leave you feeling breathless.See also: Rapid shallow breathing
Alternative NamesRapid deep breathing; Breathing - rapid and deep; Overbreathing; Fast deep breathing; Respiratory rate - ra... | <urn:uuid:ccf77cc4-a24a-49bf-8a4b-c358045bed15> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.stelizabeth.com/adam/adamdetail.aspx?id=5644 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703682988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112802-00009-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917168 | 1,331 | 3.4375 | 3 |
Are we at last one nation, with liberty and justice for all? In this ebook, we reflect on the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement, and assess their efforts to overcome racial discrimination and to promote racial equality and integration. The first chapter explores the origins and tra... | <urn:uuid:93ad2561-f7be-434f-9727-782df41d4c9f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://aei.org/article/society-and-culture/citizenship/birthday-of-martin-luther-king-jr/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00009-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.846228 | 1,077 | 3.5625 | 4 |
Duck numbers down, but similar to last year
MEMPHIS, Tenn. - July 7, 2008 - The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service released its preliminary report today on mid-continent breeding ducks and habitats, based on surveys conducted in May and early June. Total duck populations were estimated at 37.3 million breeding ducks on the... | <urn:uuid:2e0ea5f2-711d-4511-afa6-662c73153312> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ducks.org/news-media/news/6449/-declining-habitat-impacts-breeding-ducks-for-2008 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00009-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942164 | 1,603 | 2.890625 | 3 |
The Mississippi Delta is famous for more than floods; it's the birthplace of uniquely American music. As the flood waters rose, many blues artists were inspired to write songs about the disaster and describe the experience of being in a flood. Mai Cramer, who has hosted her "Blues After Hours" radio show for over two d... | <urn:uuid:825a7852-b084-49b5-822f-289c597e6fdb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/primary-resources/flood-delta-blues/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00009-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984478 | 2,209 | 3.171875 | 3 |
The United States has become accustomed to its hegemonic military presence in the greater Middle East. The U.S.-led international coalition against Iraq after its invasion of Kuwait in August, 1990 led to a massive increase in America's direct military presence in the Gulf. Its military presence accelerated after the 9... | <urn:uuid:aed7ac2b-d433-405a-b80e-9906b9bf6d2e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mideast.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2010/07/07/asian_presence_can_bring_a_breath_of_fresh_air_to_the_middle_east | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00009-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95928 | 1,645 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Library of Congress preservation program works with millions of items, terabytes of data in a full spectrum of formats
We are warned to be careful about what we put online because data on the Internet lives forever. But keeping random copies of files on servers, routers and databases is not the same as preservation, sa... | <urn:uuid:5f001268-f961-4d55-8e88-03a63261be75> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://gcn.com/Articles/2009/10/12/GCN-Awards-LOC-digital-preservation.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704132298/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113532-00009-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933989 | 1,115 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Crossed Signals Lead to War
If the United States ever entered into a war that could have been prevented, it was the War of 1812. While the lure of land in Florida and Canada was the driving force behind the war hawks, the excuse put forth was “impressment and the rights of a neutral nation to free trade.” These slogans... | <urn:uuid:bfd09bfe-89b6-409f-aa84-2208e040c82e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thesandpaper.villagesoup.com/p/crossed-signals-lead-to-war/831191 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706890813/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516122130-00009-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974217 | 1,683 | 3.28125 | 3 |
Federal Employment Discrimination Laws
Specific acts that established Federal employment discrimination laws are linked below. Federal discrimination laws are also called anti-discrimination laws or equal employment opportunity laws.
Acts that are not Federal discrimination laws per se, but still have provisions that p... | <urn:uuid:9b90b172-6dc6-4f2e-809d-d1baebc49f22> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://employeeissues.com/discrimination_laws.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00009-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938917 | 1,693 | 3.109375 | 3 |
The Pollution Prevention Act of 1990 requires the Environmental Protection Agency to establish an Office of Pollution Prevention, develop and coordinate a pollution prevention strategy, and develop source reduction models. The act requires owners and operators of manufacturing facilities to report annually on source re... | <urn:uuid:4f6eb6d7-a70a-4d1d-9a13-007c17a323d1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.eoearth.org/article/Pollution_Prevention_Act_of_1990,_United_States | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704392896/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113952-00009-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929491 | 1,717 | 3.453125 | 3 |
Guugu Yimithirr language
|Native speakers||200–300 (1991)|
Guugu Yimithirr, also rendered Guguyimidjir / / and many other spellings, is an Australian Aboriginal language, the traditional language of the Guugu Yimithirr people of Far North Queensland. It belongs to the Pama-Nyungan language family. Most of the speakers ... | <urn:uuid:de238548-7704-4e48-93e1-4e2fe805f873> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guugu_Yimithirr_language | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368707435344/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516123035-00009-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.848671 | 1,741 | 3.375 | 3 |
Q:Dr Norman, what is the specific biomedical research area in which you have been labelled a groundbreaking pioneer?
A:It has to do with vitamin B12. Along with co-workers at the University of Cincinnati, I developed a highly accurate, simple urine test for identifying an early deficiency in this vitamin.
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