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WASHINGTON — As part of its ongoing commitment to sustainability and environmental leadership, the U.S. Postal Service voluntarily conducted an inventory of its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The study establishes the baseline for future, annual evaluations to help determine if the Postal Service is meeting its stated... | <urn:uuid:6c44e09f-6390-452d-a3ce-bef3f0ad6154> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.joc.com/us-postal-service-advances-toward-sustainable-future_20091015.html?qt-webcasts_podcasts_whitepapers=2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931763 | 822 | 2.9375 | 3 |
Artist Unknown (American, 19th Century),
The Greenhow Children
, ca. 1818
oil on canvas, 60 1/2 x 73 3/4 in.
Gift of Miss Emily Keller, 1942.112
The Greenhow Children represents a marked departure from earlier American portraiture. The informal poses contrast strongly with the stiff and sober depictions of the Colonial... | <urn:uuid:a010e91e-6e88-4481-a194-50286f838d6a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.joslyn.org/collections-and-exhibitions/permanent-collections/american/the-greenhow-children/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943419 | 359 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Curriculum in the Middle Years of Schooling
Middle schooling is an educational approach designed to better cater for the physical, social, emotional, moral and cognitive needs of young people. At JSRACS it provides a bridge between the primary and secondary phases of schooling by creating an educational environment spe... | <urn:uuid:1db7a49a-29f7-4409-a0fd-4e7f63bbcd3d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.jsracs.wa.edu.au/MiddleSchool/MiddleCurriculum.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946709 | 799 | 3.453125 | 3 |
Prevent accidental poisoning
A child in Kentucky is poisoned every 20 minutes. From household cleaners to prescription and over-the-counter medicines, accidental poisonings continue to cause serious injury and sometimes death to children—mostly age 6 and under.
By taking a few precautions in your home and garage, and l... | <urn:uuid:df777c31-b69d-4864-8a7c-0a8ef35e3132> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.kentuckyliving.com/article.asp?articleid=1919&issueid=284 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927752 | 901 | 3 | 3 |
When the Riots happened, I was only 3 years old and on the other side of the country. Only until I was a freshman at UCLA did I understand what had happened on April 29, 1992, and its effects on the Korean American community.
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So here's something that's been on my mind for a while and I hope some of the optical gurus here can help with. General optical theory as I understand it dictates that, as compared to how the human eye sees things, shorter focal lengths tend to exaggerate subject field depth, while longer focal lengths tend to compress... | <urn:uuid:dcc992dd-6faa-4769-98b6-796534287763> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.largeformatphotography.info/forum/showthread.php?6279-Optical-Theory-FL-and-compression-subjective-effect-on-prints | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964113 | 669 | 2.578125 | 3 |
France has a rich and varied dance tradition comprised of "borrowed" dances and distinctly regional dances whose origins are not clearly known. Most of us who play French music or who have heard it played are familiar with some of the basic dance forms: waltz, polka, mazurka, marche, scottish, rondeau and the bourree. ... | <urn:uuid:c49f5da0-7cf0-4d68-9196-80b6d43efdd2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.larkinam.com/Articles/ArtBourree.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940497 | 1,576 | 2.828125 | 3 |
1) In the accounting context, it is where a cost is recorded as a a price of the asset rather than as an expenditure.
2) In the corporate context, it is a firm's "invested capital," meaning the business' corporate stock plus long-term debt plus retained earnings.
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Understanding the past as a record of human experience necessary for addressing contemporary problems.
This course examines major themes and events in the history of America from European colonization to the Civil War. The interaction among the cultural, political, economic, and social forces that shaped America during... | <urn:uuid:89297539-13e9-42c4-afce-c7a3b9084cdf> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.lesley.edu/PageTemplate.aspx?id=4181 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933861 | 516 | 3.578125 | 4 |
Question: What kinds of tests should I expect from my doctor to determine whether I have Alzheimer's disease?
Answer: Today, the most reliable test for Alzheimer's disease requires cognitive testing -- questions and answers between the patient and doctor to assess their ability for learning and memory. However, one can... | <urn:uuid:b76df5d7-be63-4692-b71a-4414f5c4396f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.listeditor@abcnews.go.com/Health/AlzheimersQuestions/story?id=7402188 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938789 | 136 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Hurricanes are severe tropical storms that form in the southern Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico and in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Scientists can now predict hurricanes, but people who live in coastal communities should plan what they will do if they are told to evacuate.
Prepare your family
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Are New Hampshire's redrawn electoral districts fair?
By: LFDA Editor
New Hampshire, like all other states, must redraw its electoral districts every 10 years, making adjustment as dictated by the population and demographic shifts tabulated in the U.S. Census. In additon to districts for U.S. House, districts and wards... | <urn:uuid:058148e4-60c3-48af-aaf5-06f55c3068fd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.livefreeordiealliance.org/Issues/Redistricting/tabid/2099/Default.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971975 | 608 | 2.875 | 3 |
Last Stronghold of Endangered Tigers Identified
Scientists have identified the last strongholds for tigers — 42 sites scattered across Asia where the species' roughly 1,000 remaining breeding females could potentially restore populations of the endangered big cats.
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Endangered Horses Spotted in Valentine's Nuzzle
Przewalski’s horses Hero (left) and Sara share a nuzzle at Scotland’s Highland Wildlife Park. They are part of an endangered species that is the only true wild horse left on Earth.
CREDIT: Una Richardson.
Keepers at Scotland's Highlands Wildlife Park managed to catch a lo... | <urn:uuid:85cffd8d-0453-4e7a-9dd2-ddd0e989f069> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.livescience.com/27166-przewalski-horse-photo.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957607 | 430 | 3.078125 | 3 |
Iron (EYE-urn) is one of the most abundant materials in nature, and it's a substance essential to normal body structure and function. Iron is one of the major components of hemoglobin (HEE-muh-globe-un), the oxygen-carrying component in the blood. Iron strengthens the immunesystem and increases resistance to colds, inf... | <urn:uuid:14b3d3f2-e7a5-46b3-b5c3-6ad2ad54d5b0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.local12.com/guides/health/general/story/Iron/8PLIVycXiUKTshw_NwP9dw.cspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947953 | 223 | 3.859375 | 4 |
2.Absorption: NH3/H2O or Ammonia/Water
3.Absorption: Water/Lithium Bromide
4. Absorption: Water/Lithium Chloride
5. Adsorption: Water/Silica Gel
6. Adsorption: Activated Carbon/Methanol
7. Open Loop Sorption, Solid Desiccant
8. Open Loop Sorption, Liquid Desiccant
9. Rankine Thermal Heat Pump, Heat Engine
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Click any word in a definition or example to find the entry for that word
If you're looking for last-minute Christmas presents, here are some suggestions.
The committee rejected a suggestion that share options should be offered to junior employees.
He had some good suggestions for making improvements in our service.
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How to Improve Cardiovascular Fitness
The ability to know how to improve cardiovascular fitness is important for living a healthy life. Improving cardiovascular fitness takes time and patience but the benefits of improved cardiovascular health are worth the time spent. You can learn how to improve cardiovascular fitnes... | <urn:uuid:f1ef35af-2dea-4ae2-8c28-2581481b402f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mademan.com/mm/how-improve-cardiovascular-fitness.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917399 | 340 | 2.875 | 3 |
|St Petersburg was very familiar to Mannerheim. He stayed there from 1887 till 1904. In 1918 and 1919 he was ready to participate in the occupation of St Petersburg with the white Russians|
The Senate, led by Svinhufvud, was in 1918 of the opinion that the monarchists would attempt to regain Finland after the condition... | <urn:uuid:fe047cb6-60d5-4548-89ce-bd305a9a0c0d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mannerheim.fi/06_vsota/e_pietar.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951485 | 573 | 3.234375 | 3 |
Inulin (Intravenous Route)
Original Article: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-information/DR600787
Inulin (Intravenous Route)Drug Information provided by: Micromedex
Inulin is used as a test to help diagnose problems or disease of the kidneys. This test determines how well your kidneys are working.
Inulin passes o... | <urn:uuid:2781d506-900a-41b7-bb06-5ca1973b1287> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-information/DR600787/METHOD=print | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.914795 | 827 | 3.296875 | 3 |
The flow of blood pumped by the heart is controlled by one-way valves. These valves assure that blood moves in only one direction. Mitral regurgitation occurs when the heart's mitral valve leaks blood into the upper chamber from the lower chamber.
If the amount of blood that leaks is severe, mitral regurgitation can be... | <urn:uuid:84b6e20e-e704-425a-bc4c-d1919bbfcf70> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mbhs.org/health-library?ArticleId=96792 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.858825 | 785 | 3.359375 | 3 |
Online Glossary edited with meticulous attitude and published as convenience for site content reference,including glossaries of related different topics,Glossary Cosmetic are dedicated to cosmetics and phyto derived cosmetic components.The first archaeological evidence of cosmetics usage is found in Egypt around 3500 B... | <urn:uuid:a1e56130-0428-4bfb-b492-586377fd842f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mdidea.com/support/glossary_cosmetic_w.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.858108 | 2,939 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Common Skin Problems in Dogs
Your dog's skin is an indication of her overall health. When a skin problem occurs, your dog may respond with excessive scratching, chewing and/or licking. A wide range of causes-including external parasites, infections, allergies, metabolic problems and stress, or a combination of these-ma... | <urn:uuid:5a7fcaf5-42fc-4a16-b396-05f68c0ff119> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.medicinenet.com/pets/dog-health/common_skin_problems_in_dogs.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.90853 | 606 | 2.78125 | 3 |
The incombustible inorganic matter in the fuel.
The incombustible solid matter in fuel. Ash content is one common measure of the quality of coal.
The inorganic mineral elements of animals and plants, determined by burning of the organic matter and weighing the residue (ash). Synonyms: Total Ash, Mineral content.
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Teaching College Writing Courses
Instructors of writing intensive courses are generally concerned with developing students' ability to examine and present ideas critically and to construct and present coherent arguments. To this end, an instructor might comment extensively on written work submitted for a grade and prov... | <urn:uuid:8e146bbb-7f6b-4954-88ed-da16acb99d7f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/writing/teaching/node/228761 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936855 | 189 | 2.75 | 3 |
Exercises to develop ESP ability – part 3
This time I want to present a more challenging (as promised) exercise for developing tactile extra sensory perception (ESP) abilities.
In part 1 of the series I urged you to sense the edge of a table surface with your hand hovering above it. In part 2 we advanced to feeling the... | <urn:uuid:1580c5ca-542c-4554-9eb5-65e42bd44a9f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mind-energy.net/archives/115-Exercises-to-develop-ESP-ability-part-3.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920801 | 590 | 2.75 | 3 |
325 E. Main Street
Anoka , MN
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A one-story, wooden building on the hill of the current Fridley City Hall parking lot served as Anoka County's first courthouse until 1878, when $200,000 in bonds were sold to build the towered brick building that stood until 1960.
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The practice of no-till has increased considerably during the past 20 yr. The absence of tillage coupled with the accumulation of crop residues at the soil surface modifies several soil properties but also influence nitrogen dynamics. Soils under no-till usually host a more abundant and diverse biota and are less prone... | <urn:uuid:3a70d299-5ffa-4366-8658-8f7ed4c32717> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.molecularstation.com/science-news/2008/10/practice-of-no-till-on-soil-type/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958681 | 688 | 3.625 | 4 |
Origin: From Due.
2. That which a person is bound by moral obligation to do, or refrain from doing; that which one ought to do; service morally obligatory. "Forgetting his duty toward God, his sovereign lord, and his country." (Hallam)
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Before Vatican II, Roman Catholic nuns were to achieve perfection and holiness by practically removing themselves from the world.
That changed after Vatican II, when in the mid-1960s, Pope John XXIII modernized the church.
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According to the 2001 census, Argentina has 36,223,947 inhabitants, an increase of about 3.6 million over 1991 figures; the projected figure for 2010, when a new census was due to take place, is about 40.5 million.
Roughly one-third of all Argentines live in the Capital Federal (a little more than 3 million) and the 24... | <urn:uuid:1182ce10-5d02-4318-be7d-c991766a98bb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.moon.com/destinations/argentina/background/people-and-culture/population-geography | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923507 | 942 | 2.765625 | 3 |
AFTER You Get Your Puppy By Ian Dunbar.
AFTER You Get Your Puppy covers the last three developmental deadlines
that your puppy needs to meet before it is five months old.
4th Developmental Deadline:
Socializing Your Puppy to People.
Your Most Urgent Priority is to socialize your puppy to a wide variety
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Busting Sun Myths
Myth 1: A suntan is a sign of health.
Fact: A suntan is a sign that your skin is trying to protect itself against the sun's damaging rays. The tan will fade, but damage to your skin cells remains and adds up over the years.
Myth 2: You cannot get a sunburn on a cloudy or cool day.
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You are herePhantom Black Dogs
Phantom Black Dogs
Stories of phantom black dogs abound in Britain, almost every county has its own variant, from the Black Shuck of East Anglia to the Padfoot and Bogey Beast of Yorkshire. Phantom black dogs have been witnessed too frequently in modern times to parcel the phenomena as pu... | <urn:uuid:384d19e2-f28e-40c5-bebc-58cc3fd98046> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mysteriousbritain.co.uk/folklore/phantom-black-dogs.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976366 | 1,562 | 2.828125 | 3 |
SARS users in a new world of challenges
The world of Jules Verne, described 130 years ago in Around the World in 80 Days, was one where many died from infectious diseases. Consumption (TB), syphilis, pneumonia, and gangrene claimed lives now saved by antibiotics and prevention. Railroads and steamships soon made the wo... | <urn:uuid:68e9f64a-0822-4064-b8ae-7c96c97ae049> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nafahq.org/sars-the-facts-air-filter-professionals-should-know/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937636 | 1,631 | 3.078125 | 3 |
Joined: 16 Mar 2004
|Posted: Fri Dec 21, 2007 4:37 pm Post subject: Uni of Queensland developing a revolution in medical testing
|University of Queensland researchers are using nanotechnology to revolutionise medical diagnostic testing of diseases such as cervical cancer.
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February 23rd, 2004
Infineon Claims Carbon Nanotube First
Researchers at semiconductor manufacturer Infineon Technologies AG have succeeded, for the first time, in using carbon nanotubes to manufacture power semiconductors. Infineon scientists from Munich, Germany, ha... | <urn:uuid:87ab2df2-89a3-462c-8bfd-fcda3f8c219c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nanotech-now.com/news.cgi?story_id=03127 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.842538 | 218 | 2.828125 | 3 |
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Out of Thin Air: Dinosaurs, Birds, and Earth’s Ancient Atmosphere
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08.18.09 - NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., has been selected as a 2009 Top Supporter of Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Minority-Serving Institutions.
08.04.09 - Learn more about the science being conducted on the International Space Station.
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Sleep Loss Linked to Weight Gain in Children
February 22, 2007 -- A new study from Northwestern University has found that children who sleep less are more likely to become overweight than their well-rested peers.
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Many space missions use robots to explore. The rovers Spirit and Opportunity are still travelling around Mars, taking pictures and digging in the dirt. But could a robot identify alien life? How would a machine know the difference, for instance, between a rock and bacteria?
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Why is America’s Budget Deficit So Large?
By MARTIN FELDSTEIN
CAMBRIDGE – America’s enormous budget deficit is now exceeded as a share of national income only by Greece and Egypt among all of the world’s major countries. To be sure, the current deficit of 9.1% of GDP is due in part to the automatic effects of the reces... | <urn:uuid:6b469665-f989-46fb-98ab-7bb8ae92c0fe> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nber.org/feldstein/projectsyndicatejuly2011.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942014 | 984 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Take advantage of free resources to help make America's schools safer.
Revised! School Safety and Security Toolkit: A Guide for Parents, Schools and Communities
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Wondrous Tales of Measurement
Marci Malinsky and Mark McJunkin
March 2008, Volume 14, Issue 7, Page 410
A 5-day mini-unit taught to third graders to address the concepts of measurement, angles, and circumference through literature. Includes example activity sheets.
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A Look at Liabilities
Every dime your business owes, no matter to whom or for what reason, is a liability. Owing someone a product (such as a magazine subscription) or a service (such as insurance coverage) counts as a liability as well.
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Components of the HPV Vaccine
The HPV vaccine is different from most other vaccines because the viral components in the vaccine are not derived from the actual virus itself. The ingredients are made in the laboratory by bioengineering, so the vaccine is completely devoid of whole viral particles. Since the vaccine does... | <urn:uuid:6b55d82d-bb9c-4a14-b2d7-db4a715ab921> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.netplaces.com/vaccines/the-hpv-vaccine/components-of-the-hpv-vaccine.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92472 | 103 | 3.453125 | 3 |
Treatment for Depression in Teenagers / Adolescents:
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Birders head to Lake Erie shores to spot species Sandy blew in from coast
Thanks to Hurricane Sandy, birders are flocking to the south shore of Lake Erie with their binoculars particularly focused on the mouth of the Grand River.
Count Jim McCormac as one such dedicated warbler-watcher.
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The Fulton County Department of Health and Wellness is warning residents about a new strain of norovirus that is spreading.
The department has investigated several outbreaks of gastrointestinal disease associated with food service establishments.
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CROPS may one day be grown again in the contaminated soil surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear plant, if the ideas of Spanish, Ukrainian and American researchers pay off. The teams say that, over many years, simply mulching crops could drastically reduce radioactive contamination.
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"HOLES" in the genomes of severely overweight children have revealed a new type of genetic variant that drives obesity.
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TALK about exploring your roots. Longer lifespans mean our adult teeth erupt later than they did in our early ancestors, but the memo didn't make it to the roots of our molars. They develop at the same pace as they did in Homo erectus.
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Back Pain Symptoms and Causes
Acute or short-term low back pain generally lasts from a few days to a few weeks. The causes of most acute back pain are trauma to the lower back or a disorder such as arthritis. Other back pain causes may be a sports injury, work around the house or in the garden, or a sudden jolt such as... | <urn:uuid:444af642-21c1-4459-b10b-51c94ee0afcc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.northshorelij.com/hospitals/condition/back-pain | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933179 | 116 | 2.765625 | 3 |
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Map 3 was created by Lincoln Boyhood National Memorial to represent the Little Pigeon Creek Community circa 1820. There were at least 40 families within a five-mile radius of the Lincoln home in 1820. Most of them had come from Kentucky and some, including the Carters and Gordons, had been nei... | <urn:uuid:c41429cc-c1fa-4338-9259-83c2711899a8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nps.gov/history/nr/twhp/wwwlps/lessons/126libo/126locate2.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980914 | 299 | 3.703125 | 4 |
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Title: Effects of urban tree management and species selection on atmospheric carbon dioxide
Author: Nowak, David J.; Stevens, Jack C.; Sisinni, Susan M.; Luley, Christopher J.
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Coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) reduced the rate of high blood pressure during pregnancy (preeclampsia) and women with normal levels of vitamin D were half as likely to deliver by Caesarian section (C-section) than women who were deficient in vitamin D.
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|Título : ||What do we know about El Nino in the Indian Ocean? A|
|Autor : ||Le Blanc, J.-L.|
|Fecha de publicación : ||1998|
|Editorial : ||IOTC|
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A tour of Virginia's "Historic Triangle" brings us up to the time of the American Revolution: Jamestown, the first permanent English colonial settlement in America; Colonial Williamsburg, the capital of Virginia from 1699 to 1779; and Yorktown, the site of the British surrender in 1781. From there, it's on to the estat... | <urn:uuid:665d4758-30bd-47d8-9b05-065f700a9bc2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ohwy.com/va/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941126 | 472 | 2.859375 | 3 |
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The Republic of Ireland is a parliamentary representative democracy.
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British painter, engraver, poet and mystic. An imaginative genius of tremendous originality, his art was not truly accepted until almost a century after his death, when he became a strong influence. His vital energy and passion lifted his art to a new visionary plane, entirely personal in ... | <urn:uuid:7445fa05-0993-4a0a-b41b-25bab6f72733> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.oldandsold.com/articles04/article1392.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977902 | 321 | 3.203125 | 3 |
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Fatigue is one of the most common side effects reported by people receiving cancer treatments (surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy, or other drug therapy). It has been described as a feeling of exhaustion, feeling completely worn out, feeling that their body is "heavy" and difficult... | <urn:uuid:c41afcfd-5c6a-4c9a-b492-3d6ee5318eb7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.oncolink.org/coping/article1.cfm?c=341&id=967 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964694 | 595 | 3.65625 | 4 |
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Wind power can play a greater role than currently supported in meeting most or bulk of global energy demand, a report from Stanford and Delaware universities says.
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G-d spoke to Jeremiah about the fate of Babylonia. Tell all the nations of the fall of Babylonia; their idols Bel and Merodach have been overthrown. Persia and Media will conquer Babylonia, doing to them as they did to so many others. When this happens, the refugees of Israel and Judah will cr... | <urn:uuid:ec5a2b45-1b7d-427f-8ce0-201370235894> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ou.org/index.php/torah/article/jeremiah_chapter_50/dafyomi-tab | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965626 | 827 | 2.65625 | 3 |
For most people, they may feel that the most practical thing to do, is take your money and put it into a savings bond or bank account that yields 2 to 3 percent per year. The main argument here is that this type of investing, is what most people consider "safe", or at least safer than other types of investments. The pr... | <urn:uuid:ba19712f-4052-4be7-91e6-782f901fa6c9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ourbelizevacation.com/11/post/2012/03/ten-10-advantages-to-investing-in-real-estate-reason-8.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978861 | 573 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Britten, (Edward) Benjamin
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, was born on 22 November 1913 in Lowestoft, Suffolk, the youngest of the four children (two sons and two daughters) of Robert Victor Britten (18781934), a dental surgeon, and his wife, Edith Rhoda (18741937), the daughter of Henry William Hockey, king's m... | <urn:uuid:50135658-aec8-4a4f-9d13-8ae98bc6039d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.oxforddnb.com/templates/article.jsp?articleid=30853&back= | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982461 | 15,570 | 2.640625 | 3 |
‘This book covers a unique balance of the most significant terms and phrases as well as specialized vocabulary related to the issues and trends in the multidisciplinary nature of public health’, Doody's
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Surgical Excision of Melanoma
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X-Ray tomography (CT scanning) is an imaging technique based on density differences. This technique enables us to reveal the internal structure of a rock sample in a non-destructive way. It can be used to inspect the core prior to un-sleeving.
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People & Events: John Scopes (1900-1970)
John Thomas Scopes came to Tennessee fresh out of college. In the spring of 1925, he had just completed his first year as science teacher and part-time football coach at the high school in the little town of Dayton. Scopes planned to return home to Kentucky for the summer. But i... | <urn:uuid:49f262f6-3f04-4981-b2c9-dbd2f05ee1f4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/monkeytrial/peopleevents/p_scopes.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.985197 | 746 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Cats are part of the family, so it’s only natural to want to share our food with them. Although your cat may not be interested in a lot of the things you eat, she may still help himself to something she shouldn’t eat.
What to Watch For
Any food not specifically formulated for cats can affect the digestive system, causi... | <urn:uuid:70afabd0-d4d4-44fc-8c39-e8c63d964908> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.petmd.com/print/10604 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939298 | 973 | 2.78125 | 3 |
A recent study from the French National Institute for Health and Medical Research showed that caffeine seems to help safeguard the cognitive skills of older women. Researchers found that women who drank 3 or more cups of coffee per day were 30% less likely to experience a decline in memory than those who drank 1 cup or... | <urn:uuid:ed646333-4215-47f5-9437-4f7c28b67c43> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.pharmacytimes.com/publications/issue/2007/2007-10/2007-10-8202 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979964 | 966 | 3.09375 | 3 |
The PhysioRoom coreshorts feature an innovative cross design elastic support system and have been specifically designed for the...
A Hamstring injury is common in sports. Hamstring injuries are sometimes known as a 'pulled Hamstring'. The term 'pulled muscle' comes from the description of how the injury takes place. Us... | <urn:uuid:10113311-7561-40d9-8078-9f96f3a0436a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.physioroom.com/injuries/hip_and_thigh/hamstring_strain_sum.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929514 | 284 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Primary dormancy is generally classed into two major types: embryo dormancy and coat-imposed dormancy (more accurately termed coat-enhanced dormancy) (Bewley and Black, 1994). In embryo dormancy, it is the embryo that is dormant and the embryonic axis will not elongate even if the embryo is excised from its enclosing s... | <urn:uuid:216a6eae-f879-4837-a639-2184b89f6864> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.plant-pedia.com/2011/02/types-of-seed-dormancy.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93214 | 315 | 2.90625 | 3 |
What does it mean when someone says he/she is a liberal?
These days, a 'liberal' is usually considered to be someone who is pro-choice, anti-war, and in favor of gun control. Liberals are also likely to support progressive taxation on income, campaign finance limits, a minimum wage, and government subsidies to health c... | <urn:uuid:cf49e330-74e8-46b8-b629-6ec1a7644eec> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.policymic.com/index.php/debates/4271 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963247 | 515 | 2.546875 | 3 |
“Even if we only assume moderate global warming, it is still highly likely that the ice is going to melt at an alarming rate,” said lead author Jan Lenaerts, a meteorologist at Utrecht University in the Netherlands. And “the chances of it growing back are very slim,” he said. He said the process was both irreversible a... | <urn:uuid:6274c4c0-b67a-48f6-904b-318816ec8c46> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.politicalforum.com/environment-conservation/211961-vanishing-glaciers-greater-himalaya-photographic-evidence.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961499 | 324 | 3.890625 | 4 |
Jack Kelly: Fraud question looms in global warming research
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We're likely to learn much more about what may be the biggest scam in history because a blustering bully has had his bluff called.
Michael Mann, a professor at Penn State University, created the famous "hockey stick" graph, which claims to s... | <urn:uuid:d80156ac-3cb8-411b-98b4-cffb72c7dffe> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/opinion/jack-kelly/jack-kelly-fraud-question-looms-in-global-warming-research-652334/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96966 | 907 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Mac OS X has made an art of the process of installing an application on the desktop. For a properly packaged application, the process is:
- Locate the application icon in your download directory and optionally move it to another location.
- Double click on the application icon to run.
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Physical electronic access control, almost always, involves driving an electromagnetic locking device of some kind. It might be a powerful magnet or a smaller solenoid within a strike. All these devices are subject to the same basic laws of physics. The electromagnet will store energy when powered and will generate a “... | <urn:uuid:155a48d4-9781-4738-a280-6c380eaa8616> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.progeny.co.uk/Back-EMF-Suppression.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930702 | 832 | 3.4375 | 3 |
Urban form analysis is an important task in the field of urban planning. This chapter depicts the process of constructing a virtual Beijing with three-dimensional simulation for implementing urban planning digitally. The inner City of Beijing was selected as the subject matter for exploration, and the Xidan Business Di... | <urn:uuid:bf15d067-14ff-439e-b3d4-c2db670c607f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.public.iastate.edu/~cschan/research/caadtalk4-06.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930679 | 113 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Asian Americans: An Uncritical Pew Center ReportBy
Some 18 million Asian Americans make up today nearly 6 percent of the population, a figure than has grown from one percent before the 1965 Immigration Act replaced an openly racist immigration system set up in the 1920s. This reform law of the 1960s allowed into the U.... | <urn:uuid:3988dc07-d088-4f1b-a876-22663c12212d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2012/06/23/asian-americans-an-uncritical-pew-center-report/comment-page-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965527 | 1,615 | 2.515625 | 3 |
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Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood on May 28 called on Arab and other world powers to intervene in Syria after 108 people were killed in the town of Houla. “The Muslim Brotherhood calls on Arab, Islamic and international governments... and the people of the free world to intervene to stop these massacres, espec... | <urn:uuid:c393369b-94bd-408d-8db0-fc5acd4e99ec> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.radianceweekly.com/310/8860/children-in-advertisementsconveying-or-corrupting/2012-06-10/muslim-world/story-detail/muslim-brotherhood-calls-on-arab-world-powers-to-intervene-in-syria.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958869 | 197 | 2.625 | 3 |
Cathy is a 17 year-old from Seatac, WA. She spends her time watching reruns of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, reflecting, and listening to various types of music as she writing her thoughts away. She hopes to live through her passions.
I have come to the conclusion that sexism would not exist if gender roles did not exist. ... | <urn:uuid:1a33043b-6193-482f-83e0-dde33946a1ad> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.radicalparenting.com/2009/05/12/how-to-win-the-gender-war-sexism-and-teens-teen-article/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982955 | 1,125 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Computers make noise. For their office/household appliance status – too much noise at times.
And unfortunately that noise is very hard to eliminate.
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Performance and cooling
- Computers work by consuming electricity.
- Since electronics can’t be 100% efficient – part of that electricity is lost and tra... | <urn:uuid:999a20dd-7273-4583-858f-cc368e1727d6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.rarst.net/hardware/silent-computer/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911514 | 721 | 3.421875 | 3 |
Messiah In 7th Century Persia
A selection of articles related to messiah in 7th century persia.
Original articles from our library related to the Messiah In 7th Century Persia. See Table of Contents for further available material (downloadable resources) on Messiah In 7th Century Persia.
- Judaism: An Overview
- Judais... | <urn:uuid:c88503b9-433d-4e1b-bbe6-a6e0b49eb3e9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.realmagick.com/messiah-in-7th-century-persia/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.885799 | 1,086 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Grocery shopping can be a drag—especially waiting in the checkout line. It’s not clear what’s worse: winding up behind someone with a ton of items or being surrounded by inane tabloids. Still, truth be told, it’s hard to resist the headlines about turbulent celebrity relationships and death-bed confessions. In recent y... | <urn:uuid:ccb407b7-b87e-41ed-8f88-f208740c7d79> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.reasons.org/articles/did-humans-and-neanderthals-interbreed | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939644 | 1,461 | 3 | 3 |
Cupid, classical statue; in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples
Ancient Roman god of love in all its varieties, identified with the Greek Eros
. Cupid was the son of Mercury
. He was usually represented as a winged infant who carried a bow and quiver of arrows, which he shot at humans to inflict wounds that inspir... | <urn:uuid:08625913-d942-4689-ad4a-bfb7f055b10e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.reference.com/browse/amor | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967733 | 141 | 3.171875 | 3 |
The bilge is the lowest compartment on a ship where the two sides meet. The word was first coined in 1523.
The word is sometimes also used to describe the water that collects in this compartment. Water that does not drain off the side of the deck drains down through the ship into the bilge. This water may be from rough... | <urn:uuid:970ea62a-4c97-405b-8218-3595ba868cd6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.reference.com/browse/bilge | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953683 | 392 | 3.65625 | 4 |
Red meat lovers have more kidney cancer
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who eat lots of red meat may have a higher risk of some types of kidney cancer, suggests a large U.S. study.
Researchers found that middle-aged adults who ate the most red meat were 19 percent more likely to be diagnosed with kidney c... | <urn:uuid:9934c2ac-f545-4b74-9382-a949bb857007> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/28/us-red-meat-idUSTRE7BR18020111228 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977031 | 846 | 2.765625 | 3 |
See what questions
a doctor would ask.
Umbilical cord clamp: An umbilical cord clamp is a plastic clip or tie used to close off the blood vessels in the umbilical cord of a newborn infant. Clamping is performed before cutting the cord that connects the mother and infant.
These diseases are related to the medical device... | <urn:uuid:6caa7633-5b39-4df5-990a-b8e98252cc34> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.rightdiagnosis.com/medical-devices/umbilical-cord-clamp.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.902781 | 85 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Dark chocolate is good for your heart. A small bar of it everyday can help keep your heart and cardiovascular system running well. Two heart health benefits of dark chocolate are:
- Lower Blood Pressure: Studies have shown that consuming a small bar of dark chocolate everyday can reduce blood pressure in individuals wi... | <urn:uuid:8e8059e4-1fb5-42ab-aaa2-2567a9ac4bad> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.righteouslyrawchocolate.com/rawchocolatebars/?p=117 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.912242 | 275 | 2.53125 | 3 |
WHERE THE CHILDREN COME FROM.
Pennsylvania furnished four hundred thousand men in the war for the suppression of the rebellion. Of these probably fifty thousand were either killed or died in the service. They left large numbers of orphan children in destitute circumstances. It was for time care of such children that th... | <urn:uuid:7c3a5e8c-fa0f-4c34-a26b-92f0c6246a24> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~paorph/where_do_the_children_come_from.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98415 | 811 | 3.625 | 4 |
would you help me how to solve this problem or will you just give me a code regarding this??? A palindrome is a number or a text phrase that reads the same background as forward. For example, each of the following five-digit integers are palindrome:12321,55555,45554 and 12321. Write an application that reads in a five-... | <urn:uuid:1b12e4fd-25a7-4a0c-9cb6-738b3bebf20b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.roseindia.net/tutorialhelp/comment/48869 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.843077 | 128 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Research & Education
Radiation therapy, also called radiotherapy, uses high-energy x-rays to kill cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation therapy for testicular cancer comes from a machine outside the body (external beam radiation) and is usually aimed at lymph nodes in the abdomen. Radiation therapy is a local thera... | <urn:uuid:5f4d1f9d-b2d2-400b-81af-db448ad94aa9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.roswellpark.org/cancer/testicular/treatment/radiation-therapy | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938827 | 234 | 3.703125 | 4 |
Kids love to play outside in sparkling sunshine at the beach, backyard, or playground, and that’s a good thing. But they also need protection from ultraviolet radiation (UVR) in sunlight. Experts agree that much sun damage to skin occurs before age 18. It’s people’s sun exposure in their early years that determines the... | <urn:uuid:46ba3d6d-5bd0-4502-b4a2-e47c50873f9f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sacfoodcoop.com/healthnotes.php?%2Fassets%2Ffeature%2Fget-savvy-about-your-kids-sun-care%2F~default | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94551 | 446 | 3.34375 | 3 |
Things are different now than they were in the past, and society moves at a faster pace than it once did. For most people, technology and a faster pace are good things – but they can also bring out the worst in some individuals. As the economy has struggled, crimes have gone up. People often become desperate, and as a ... | <urn:uuid:2bedb3ff-acbe-446b-8d11-4e5e91086755> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.safehometowns.org/protecting-yourself-in-a-changing-society.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970886 | 423 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Spotlight on Policy
Advances in neuroscience and child development have taught us that the trauma children experience when they are exposed to physical, sexual, and emotional violence scars them physically and emotionally well into their adult lives. Read the report.
This chart describes developmental tasks by age, how... | <urn:uuid:fffa1c7e-93fd-4a16-ad9e-f9626950e37e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.safestartcenter.org/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93746 | 149 | 3.4375 | 3 |
Healthy Homes and Lead Poisoning Prevention Program
Linda Kaufman, MSN, RN, CS
Environmental Health Nursing Program Manager
Housing conditions can significantly affect health outcomes. Healthy Homes promotes health through better housing. The program focuses on identifying and correcting a variety of health, safety, an... | <urn:uuid:9f606da7-3501-4194-9faa-7cad56ccb6bc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sanantonio.gov/health/EHWC_HH-Main.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.914272 | 228 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Development of an Inexpensive, Rapid and Highly Sensitive Perchlorate Nanobiosensor
The perchlorate generated over decades has impacted our nation's waters; it is environmentally recalcitrant and potentially toxic. Perchlorate has significant effects on irrigated agriculture; it is detected in vegetables and dairy food... | <urn:uuid:9be6a794-ac01-4868-a231-c0f1422ba0ee> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sbir.gov/sbirsearch/detail/379233 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706499548/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121459-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.909611 | 375 | 2.8125 | 3 |
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