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Descendants of Last Aztec Emperor Seek Pensions Promised in 16th century
Submitted by Karen on Thu, 2003-08-28 19:05
AFP: The descendants of Moctezuma II, the last Aztec emperor of Mexico, are trying to recover the pensions granted them in 1550 and suspended in 1934. The pensions, paid in gold, are now worth $90,000 pe... | <urn:uuid:25cbb5d2-af97-4c3b-aaf7-0f2d933ad0db> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.scatoday.net/node/1124 | 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 | 0.930877 | 109 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Investigación y Educación en Enfermería
versión impresa ISSN 0120-5307
CONEJEROS VALLEJOS, Irma et al. Knowledge, attitudes and perceptions of nurses and nursing students towards HIV/AIDS. Invest. educ. enferm [online]. 2010, vol.28, n.3, pp. 345-354. ISSN 0120-5307.
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Nov. 6, 2001 ROCHESTER, MINN./INDIANAPOLIS, IND. -- Mayo Clinic has developed a new DNA test to rapidly identify anthrax in human and environmental samples. Roche Diagnostics is making the test widely available to public health agencies, hospital laboratories and reference laboratories in the United States and other co... | <urn:uuid:70772bda-528a-445b-a54d-dbcf5decf283> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2001/11/011106083647.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 | 0.940044 | 842 | 2.78125 | 3 |
May 18, 2008 While human-caused global climate change has long been a concern for environmental scientists and is a well-known public policy issue, the problem of excessive reactive nitrogen in the environment is little-known beyond a growing circle of environmental scientists who study how the element cycles through t... | <urn:uuid:dce7f5dd-de52-4645-99a8-61e0163a3b1e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/05/080515145419.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 | 0.943441 | 862 | 3.546875 | 4 |
May 9, 2011 Research on how genes are expressed has resulted in plants that can survive drought, high salt concentrations, and infections. This opens the possibility of forestry in harsh climates. The plants produce more leaves than usual, which means that they can yield more food per plant.
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Jan. 2, 2013 Two new species of cichlid fish from Lake Victoria are described by biologists from Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Research Department Marine Zoology) and the Institute of Biology Leiden (Section Integrative Zoology), the Netherlands. One of these species is named in honour of Tijs Goldschmidt, author of D... | <urn:uuid:81f4f19c-ed48-4d80-a027-ffa11835937f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130102111620.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals%2Fmarine_biology+%28ScienceDaily%3A+Plants+%26+Animals+News+--+Marine+Biology%29 | 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 | 0.955869 | 716 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Saving Money With Energy Efficiency
The world’s new focus is on energy efficiency, and many people are discovering that there is more to it than just saving the planet. As fuel costs continue to increase, the need to save money by using power more efficiently has resulted in millions of consumers becoming ever more ded... | <urn:uuid:0336d5d6-228f-4c3f-97f4-c38e8e2d998c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sciencelatest.com/2011/04/saving-money-with-energy-efficiency/ | 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 | 0.968731 | 524 | 2.828125 | 3 |
This activities links to the following areas of the Science National Curriculum:
Key Stage 3
1.1. Scientific thinking - a. Using scientific ideas and models to explain phenomena and developing them creatively to generate and test theories.
2.1. Practical and enquiry skills - 1. Use a range of scientific methods and tec... | <urn:uuid:a6ea95e8-1b1e-488d-bc40-0fb51bff5ae2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/educators/teaching_resources/activities/marshmallow_madness/curriculum_links.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 | 0.857959 | 274 | 4.25 | 4 |
Rice, like most plants, needs water. In fact, it needs more water than most: the shoots of this marsh plant are typically partially submerged. But rice, like most crops, still does not stand up to total submersion. Despite being the staple of flood-prone regions, most strains of rice die if submerged for more than four... | <urn:uuid:2a87b21b-6f84-4d72-9cd7-5230f64b272d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=new-gene-allows-rice-to-s | 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 | 0.943009 | 336 | 3.78125 | 4 |
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It’s exciting when a child learns to read—combining letters and sounds to form words for the first time until they’re stringing those words together to create sentences. But what happens when a child goes from “getting by” in the early grades to struggling... | <urn:uuid:8a994ca3-0d89-4696-900c-29de35e72e0c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.scilearn.com/blog/reading-learning_1.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 | 0.96425 | 6,468 | 3.421875 | 3 |
Southeast Exotic Pest Plant Council Invasive Plant Manual
Common Name: Japanese Knotweed
Scientific Name: Polygonum cuspidatum (Sieb. & Zucc.)
Japanese knotweed, commonly known as crimson beauty, Mexican bamboo, Japanese fleece flower, or Reynoutria, was probably introduced to the U.S. as an ornamental. Initially usefu... | <urn:uuid:20467882-7f1b-4472-a175-708666b7772a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.se-eppc.org/manual/knotweed.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 | 0.836221 | 1,432 | 3.109375 | 3 |
"Budgets Hinder Aid for Lead Poisoning"
"Thousands of U.S. children with dangerous amounts of lead in their blood may go unassisted this year because local health departments can't afford to monitor them, a survey of major cities by USA TODAY shows."
"In May, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cut in ... | <urn:uuid:f0c55b2e-985b-44a0-a846-7ac997bf2c06> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sej.org/headlines/budgets-hinder-aid-lead-poisoning | 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 | 0.959994 | 157 | 2.59375 | 3 |
THE LINEAR VARIABLE DIFFERENTIAL TRANSFORMER (LVDT)
The Linear Variable Differential Transformer (LVDT) is a displacement measuring instrument and is not a strain-based sensor.
The LVDT models closely the ideal Zeroth-order displacement sensor structure at low frequency, where the output is a direct and linear function... | <urn:uuid:dbb3d0d8-8206-4331-ba1a-818cbdea8b72> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sensorland.com/HowPage006.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 | 0.901099 | 2,093 | 3.328125 | 3 |
Glossary of Musical Terms
Our glossary of musical terms lets you look up any musical term unfamiliar to you, and comes to us courtesy of our good friends at Naxos.
Nachtmusik (German: night-music) is best known from Mozart's Eine kleine Nachtmusik, A Little Night Music, a serenade.
A natural is a note that is neither a... | <urn:uuid:88354f1a-558a-433c-abf5-0599ce6b84d4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sfcv.org/learn/glossary/n | 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 | 0.947371 | 389 | 3.78125 | 4 |
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Otolaryngology is the medical specialty that focuses on disorders in the ear, nose, and throat.
Although many of us think of hearing loss, sinus problems, or ear infections when we think of otolaryngology, i... | <urn:uuid:5f0fb889-d2eb-459a-a913-11100530091e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sharp.com/healthinfo/content.cfm?pageID=P00452 | 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 | 0.951217 | 147 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Health Tip: Recognizing Strange Behavior
When it becomes cause for concern
(HealthDay News) -- If a family member or loved one begins to display strange behavior, an underlying health issue could be responsible, the U.S. National Library of Medicine says.
The agency mentions these potential causes of unusual behavior a... | <urn:uuid:f8a31c72-eff8-45d0-9e4a-f29c4532cd2b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sharp.com/news/health/newsArticle.cfm?articleID=29401&channelID=32 | 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 | 0.797727 | 237 | 2.546875 | 3 |
What is a Handbell Ensemble?
Consider a single instrument that takes many people to play. The individual notes in the handbell instrument each require a musician's hand upon it, to place its tone in exact relationship with the other notes in the score, all in the shared context of rhythm, tempo, dynamics, articulation,... | <urn:uuid:23d35085-b6aa-464d-8ea3-52bf425618fb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sonos.org/handbell-ensembles.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 | 0.955465 | 659 | 3.453125 | 3 |
HTML 5 — Future of the Web
What is HTML 5
HTML5 New Elements
The main semantic elements that HTML5 introduces are:
<header>This element is used to define a header for some part of a Web page, be it the entire page, an <article> element, or a <section> element.
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Listed below are the average seasonal temperatures for the regions and cities where the various partner schools are located:
Without a doubt the best climate in France. Sheltered by the Alps, the Côte d'Azur is the most protected region of the Mediterranean coast. Freezing days are practically non-existent as are unbea... | <urn:uuid:2f690c74-f2ba-4f54-9422-30054f902976> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.souffle.asso.fr/eng/weather.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 | 0.857688 | 621 | 2.6875 | 3 |
A lot of religion is practiced in Ethiopia, of which Christianity and Islam are the predominant religions. Other religion includes Animism, Protestants, Judaism, Bahá'í Faith, Jehovah’s Witnesses and others.
Christianity is the predominant religion in Ethiopia with a total of 61.6% of the population. Of the 61.6 %, 50.... | <urn:uuid:544cf0cd-8a2a-4e2d-a296-e422f5adcc48> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.spainexchange.com/guide/ET-religion.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 | 0.959634 | 380 | 2.921875 | 3 |
Literatus: Changing kidneys-A A +A
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
EVEN an ending life can be prolonged, given the right science, the right technology and certainly the right kind of prayer.
During the end-stage of renal disease (the point at which the condition of a kidney is a few steps toward failure) life can still be p... | <urn:uuid:7a0c937c-8f3f-459f-b850-725f2e5ec31e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sunstar.com.ph/cebu/lifestyle/2012/09/04/literatus-changing-kidneys-240937?sort=asc | 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 | 0.954433 | 600 | 2.546875 | 3 |
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Dayton City Guide
Dayton, the seat of Montgomery County in Ohio, was founded on April 1, 1796 and named for Captain Jonathan Dayton, a signer of the U.S. Constitution. Located in the Miami Valley, just north of Cincinnati, Dayton stands at the confluence of the Great Miami River, the Stillwater and ... | <urn:uuid:417fa301-bf2b-435f-9d59-eeeb46b864ec> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.superpages.com/cities/Dayton-OH/ | 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 | 0.949282 | 219 | 3.203125 | 3 |
recent article in “The Big Issue,” the most widely read weekly magazine
in Scotland, UK, notes that infestations of cyanobacteria, also known
as blue green algae, are occurring with ever greater frequency in both
inland and ocean waters worldwide.
Authored by feature writer
Adam Forrest, the article goes on to say that... | <urn:uuid:70bc2bf2-f0c8-41aa-a425-8172bd912249> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.suprememastertv.com/es/oceans/?wr_id=2113&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 | 0.906978 | 676 | 3.109375 | 3 |
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White House Suggests Model Used in Reading to Elevate Math Skills
The Bush administration is trying to take a more
aggressive role in strengthening math education, using its
sweeping, and sometimes controversial, endeavors in
reading as a guide.
To that end, the White House is focusing on research to
... | <urn:uuid:fa52608e-de20-4b59-9a2e-3da93fb1cfb2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.susanohanian.org/show_nclb_news.php?id=602 | 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 | 0.946408 | 2,057 | 3.34375 | 3 |
"North Korea should divert its military spending into manufacturing goods and raising agricultural productivity for the benefits of its own people and find a way to export its way out of abject poverty" writes Jin Hong, South Korean Cultural attaché in Stockholm.
The 26th of March, 2011 marks the first anniversary of t... | <urn:uuid:1e4174a6-a597-477f-a694-e7ef3108d3ed> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.swedishwire.com/opinion/9093-time-for-north-korea-to-change-its-course | 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 | 0.947426 | 989 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Consider the following real-world example of how self-esteem influenced two people's responses to the same situation.
Three candidates interviewed for a job. One candidate was hired and the other two were sent rejection letters. Of these two, one had high self-esteem and the other low self-esteem. Read how each candida... | <urn:uuid:452de2c2-2f75-4c99-a289-dbae31e0f498> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu/print/461?quicktabs_2=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 | 0.98244 | 221 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Originally Posted by DaveLaRue
Hey guys long story short i have never been taught music by a teacher so i have some problems.my main problem is that (for now) i cant mention patterns.example when i need to play a solo over bad girls (from jamiroquai in the key of Gm) i play something but later i think it was not quite ... | <urn:uuid:2dd3f5f0-9587-4e37-ad29-361151a6c0e5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.talkbass.com/forum/f22/having-problems-music-952430/ | 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 | 0.900077 | 1,022 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Welcome to Teach with Picture Books.
While some of you may have arrived here from my How to Teach a Novel blog, others may have arrived here from Teaching that Sticks, or through my many Squidoo sites such as Interactive Reading Sites, Interactive Math Sites, How to Teach a Novel, and, of course, Teaching with Picture ... | <urn:uuid:7cef4f8e-d8e5-464f-8797-2c6af9118aad> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.teachwithpicturebooks.blogspot.com/p/about-this-site.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 | 0.958656 | 336 | 2.671875 | 3 |
ISTE 2012 NEWS: Digital Media Curriculum Available to Educators
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June 24, 2012 By:
The Adobe Foundation and Discovery Education
today announced a partnership to provide curriculum and resources to help educators weave digital media making into their teaching practice. The new Adobe Youth Voices Es... | <urn:uuid:3e5a80ed-f377-44ce-a533-efbcce12a83e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.techlearning.com/Default.aspx?tabid=67&EntryId=4450 | 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 | 0.881859 | 249 | 2.515625 | 3 |
The smallest carbon-nanotube transistor ever made, a nine-nanometer device, performs better than any other transistor has at this size.
For over a decade, researchers have promised that carbon nanotubes, with their superior electrical properties, would make for better transistors at ever-tinier sizes, but that claim ha... | <urn:uuid:36fabd8c-939d-4f08-8e6b-0f402b3ecce7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.technologyreview.com/news/426711/smallest-ever-nanotube-transistors-outperform-silicon/ | 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 | 0.93977 | 762 | 3.765625 | 4 |
Summary: Bananas, the most frequently consumed fresh fruit in the United States, have been linked to Miss Chiquita and Carmen Miranda, "banana republics," and Banana Republic clothing stores--everything from exotic kitsch, to Third World dictatorships, to middle-class fashion. But how did the rise in banana consumption... | <urn:uuid:2cdcb8be-e221-44bc-b186-32ad820cf63c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.textbooks.com/Banana-Cultures-Agriculture-Consumption-and-Environmental-Change-in-Honduras-and-the-United-States-06-Edition/9780292712560/John-Soluri.php?mpcond=New | 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 | 0.930034 | 334 | 3.375 | 3 |
Carter B. Horsley
is the failure to perform one's duties and "Paths of Glory"
is a classic anti-war movie set in World War I that examines this
theme simply, but very strongly.
French generals order and attack on the "ant-hill,"
a very well protected German fortifications during the battle
over done even though the gen... | <urn:uuid:14752c74-9bda-4d51-aee0-2ff926965a09> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thecityreview.com/pathsofg.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 | 0.966795 | 3,903 | 2.546875 | 3 |
One day after the surprise discovery of former King of England Richard III’s skeleton under a parking lot, scientists have revealed a facial reconstruction of the monarch most famous as Shakespeare's hunchbacked villain. The image was constructed using 3-D scans of his skull and reveals what he may have looked like 500... | <urn:uuid:64e8ceef-a754-4ce5-aaf7-1beca23446ef> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2013/02/05/king-richard-iii-s-face-unveiled.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 | 0.978993 | 172 | 2.921875 | 3 |
Can Educating Consumers Help Make Farm Labor Fair?
This summer in California, as legions of migrants culled America's bounty from sun-scorched fields, Governor Jerry Brown put the right to unionize even further out of their reach. Brown's decision to veto a controversial bill to provide streamlined card-check voting fo... | <urn:uuid:486abde4-2196-4a00-9c63-fdfad802213c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thenation.com/article/163505/can-educating-consumers-help-make-farm-labor-fair | 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 | 0.959049 | 1,563 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Investigating Hatchery Practice - Monitoring the Hatch Window25 January 2010
In the sixth article in this series, Dr Steve Tullett, consultant for Aviagen specialising in incubation and fertility, describes the importance of monitoring the hatch window, and how to do so. The article forms part of a recently published R... | <urn:uuid:93e1b45e-5441-4308-ae61-f4e98aba7d10> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thepoultrysite.com/articles/1622/investigating-hatchery-practice-monitoring-the-hatch-window | 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 | 0.947491 | 557 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Geminids warm up for annual light show
Conditions promising for meteor shower spectacular
This year's Geminid meteor shower looks set to be a good 'un for European stargazers, with hopefully clear skies coupled with a slim waxing crescent Moon offering ideal conditions for the lightshow.
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At 4:30 a.m. on April 12, 1861, the first shots of the Civil War were fired, aimed at Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor by Confederate troops. Its in the history books. Every school child learns it. But like most seemingly cut-and-dried historical events, Fort Sumters role in history also has nuance. Was its bombardment... | <urn:uuid:143ca538-4bea-407b-9d1e-ea3285c73d0a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thestate.com/2011/02/18/1702023/second-installment-sc-suffers.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 | 0.90377 | 1,399 | 3.28125 | 3 |
Mushroom poisoning is a serious problem in California, highlighted by five deaths since November 2011 and the recent case of a Santa Cruz woman who was hospitalized last week after eating death cap mushrooms.
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An edible yet deadly plant
The black nightshade is a common annual or short-lived perennial plant found in disturbed habitats such as shaded road and way sides, footpaths and under trees. It is easily recognised by its small white flowers and black berries.
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Richard and Mary
Torrens and Family
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Aegopodium podagraria (Ground elder)
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Meriptah served during the reign of Amenhotep III. He was the high priest of the god Amon and conducted major religious festivals in the court at Thebes. He was alive during the rise of the god Aten. Aten played a very important role of the life of Egypt during the reign of Akhenaten. Meriptah was buried at Thebes.
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Johannes de Laet. Novus orbis. Amsterdam, 1633.
As director of the Dutch West India Company, Johannes de Laet (1593-1649) had ready access to current information about the Americas. He used this information as the basis for the present work, the most accurate and comprehensive book of the period about the New World. It... | <urn:uuid:a4c07562-6c24-4dde-b239-7fc947cecf5d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.trinitysaintdavid.ac.uk/en/rbla/onlineexhibitions/thomasphillipsexhibition/17thcentury/johannesdelaet/ | 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 | 0.885727 | 124 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Scientific Calculator Math Center 2 Precision Question - Printable Version
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From private airports and heliports to the busiest international airports, it is very important for the airport runways, ramps, aprons and taxiways to remain clean and clear of any debris that could potentially be classified as Foreign Object Debris (FOD).
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The USA has an unusual system of having a legal limit on the amount of public debt it is allowed to run up. That limit is currently set at $14.3 Trillion.
It is anticipated that some time in May this ceiling will be reached.
It will take a majority vote of the United States congress to increase the debt ceiling.
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After a decay reaction, the nucleus is often in an “excited”
state. This means that the decay has resulted in producing a nucleus which
still has excess energy to get rid of. Rather than emitting another beta
or alpha particle, this energy is lost by emitting a pulse of electromagnetic
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Match 62 DB Rec# - 7,514 Dataset-WOFACT Title :Cote d'Ivoire Text : Cote d'Ivoire Header Affiliation: (also known as Ivory Coast) Geography Location: Western Africa, bordering the North Atlantic Ocean, between Ghana and Liberia Map references: Africa Area: total area: 322,460 sq km land area: 318,000 sq km comparative ... | <urn:uuid:c069a204-14fe-45cf-be48-5fb326a65e7b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.umsl.edu/services/govdocs/wofact95/wf950061.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 | 0.856588 | 3,129 | 2.921875 | 3 |
21 March 2012 A United Nations-backed campaign will seek to vaccinate more than 111 million children under the age of five against polio in 20 African countries in just four days.
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|To provide teachers and students from late middle school to early college with resources to raise awareness about the proliferation of weapons, the differing views about the role these weapons play in maintaining security or a culture of violence, their impact on the environment and efforts underway to help prevent th... | <urn:uuid:a98c7523-d358-4384-b03b-de98fbdae356> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.un.org/cyberschoolbus/dnp/sub1.asp?ipage=overview | 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 | 0.959111 | 568 | 3.84375 | 4 |
Language and Power: Background to the Debate on Linguistic Rights
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This article reviews the four contributions included in this issue of the International Journal on Multicultural Societies and discusses the political and social context within which the recognition of linguistic rights for regional or ... | <urn:uuid:87515fab-68fe-426a-b905-84f4cf3783bc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/resources/periodicals/diversities/past-issues/vol-3-no-1-2001/language-and-power-background-to-the-debate-on-linguistic-rights/ | 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 | 0.864509 | 253 | 2.5625 | 3 |
|© UNICEF Nepal/2006|
|Meena Pandey and Dilmaya Mukhia sing a song that they have composed to inspire villagers and classmates to keep their community clean.|
By Sagun S. Lawoti
KAPILVASTU, Nepal, 16 June 2006 – Meena Pandey and Dilmaya Mukhia, members of a children’s club in Nepal, sing a song they have composed to in... | <urn:uuid:ee6eb10d-7bc4-4a39-a9c0-a3721b6073d7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.unicef.org/health/nepal_34576.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 | 0.957182 | 715 | 2.796875 | 3 |
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Jupiter’s appearance has changed dramatically since the end of 2009, when it moved too close to the Sun from our vantage point on Earth to be observed. New looks at the planet after it emerged from the Sun’s glare reveals that one of the bands ... | <urn:uuid:140f1ea5-9eb3-4c6f-9e22-ec812c112045> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.universetoday.com/64322/jupiter-it-is-a-changing/ | 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 | 0.956153 | 436 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Sequestered on the second floor of the Environmental Education, Science and Technology building is a maze of towering, pewter-colored filing cabinets crammed with specimens. Along the back wall, shelves are laden with jars of oily fish and reptiles packed in ethanol, and thousands of insects are stowed away in the cabi... | <urn:uuid:c606d5b0-fee7-4dd2-9c9f-bc0863ede308> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.unt.edu/president/insider/aug11/elm-fork-natural-heritage-museum.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 | 0.956446 | 912 | 3 | 3 |
By Adrienne Nettles
When you type on a laptop or talk on a cell phone, you probably don't give much thought to the electronic signals you've set in motion. They travel on a microscopic, multi-layered superhighway of sorts, moving along interconnectors to the millions of transistors on today's semiconductor chips.
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What is Biodiversity?
All living things we know of are part of Earth's biodiversity, the diversity of life. The concept of biodiversity can be divided up into levels such as ecosystem diversity, species diversity, and genetic diversity; in these pages, we are restricting our view of biodiversity to species.
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A fatal disease that causes the death of a character, whether major or minor. The character(s) that has died of Plot Device has/have bitten the dust in order to somehow advance the plot (ie: the plot would not move forward without their death)
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The Benefits of Drying Food
One of the oldest domestic arts, dehydrating foods at home provides an easy, economical way to save surplus food for a later time. With nominal investment and experience, you can dehydrate any foods from garden vegetables and fruit to meat, stocking your pantry with wholesome, healthy foods ... | <urn:uuid:9124e998-5927-426b-83ad-3a10d8897fe8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.urbanfarmonline.com/sustainable-living/eat-local/the-benefits-of-drying-food.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 | 0.937861 | 638 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Odil Rahimberdiev, a peach and plum farmer in Ferghana Province, increased his harvest five-fold thanks to USAID introduced pruning methods.
A participant in a USAID agricultural program in Namangan Province demonstrates proper sorting and packing of sweet cherries before they are shipped to cold storage. Credit: Sunna... | <urn:uuid:05d4336c-56e3-41db-9653-a3a8ff69e569> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.usaid.gov/where-we-work/asia/uzbekistan | 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 | 0.921224 | 349 | 2.6875 | 3 |
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) released a report today describing the occurrence of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in ground water and drinking-water supply wells across the Nation. Volatile organic compounds are produced in large volumes and are associated with a myriad of products, such as plastics, adhesives, ... | <urn:uuid:3a92f507-d9ba-46f9-9da0-aaeb7c8cb587> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=1498 | 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 | 0.966062 | 1,395 | 3.234375 | 3 |
Landmasses that project conspicuously above their surroundings. [USGS Circ 1048]
Alexandria Digital Library Feature Type Thesaurus
Climate change in mountain ecosystems [ More info] Overview of interdisciplinary research studies in Glacier National Park to understand how this mountain wilderness responds to present cli... | <urn:uuid:d31e4659-fa7f-4903-80a8-1577c09e171b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.usgs.gov/science/science.php?term=710&type=feature | 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 | 0.852029 | 304 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Visiting a museum exhibit can teach people a lot more about history than many believe. Browsing through a museum exhibit can teach people about ancient Egyptian pharaohs, Roman rulers, and Greek philosophies. We do not have the ability to speak to people from the past, but we do have ways to understand their mindsets, ... | <urn:uuid:6c99fd7d-e099-4a21-90f5-be3595b98ce5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.usnationalslaverymuseum.org/page/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 | 0.985274 | 585 | 3.5625 | 4 |
In 2002, ASEAN and China failed to reach an agreement on a COC in the South China Sea. As a compromise they signed off on a nonbinding political statement that took the form of the Declaration on Conduct of Parties in the South China Sea (DOC). The signatories agreed to work toward the eventual adoption of a COC.
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Small farmers, conscious consumers, and conservationists of all stripes are, at the very least, wary of genetically modified crops. They’re a wild, largely untested disruptor in already-fragile ecosystems that have gotten along just fine without any intrinsically-tinkered species. But that hesitancy doesn’t really hold... | <urn:uuid:8715b5da-d489-4efc-bada-a24a891bc8af> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.utne.com/blogs/blog.aspx?blogid=36&tag=genetically%20modified%20humans | 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 | 0.914362 | 565 | 3.15625 | 3 |
3. The teacher understands how pupils differ in their approaches to learning and the barriers that impede learning and can adapt instruction to meet the diverse needs of pupils, including those with disabilities and exceptionalities.
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Style Guide: Chinoiserie
Chinoiserie, from 'chinois' the French for Chinese, was a style inspired by art and design from China, Japan and other Asian countries. In the 18th century porcelain, silk and lacquerware imported from China and Japan were extremely fashionable. This led many British designers and craftsmen to ... | <urn:uuid:2c3550b5-1440-4a5b-9973-ca3ec32be67a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.vam.ac.uk/content/articles/s/style-guide-chinoiserie/ | 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 | 0.929962 | 1,169 | 3.1875 | 3 |
For Cari Banks, one of the hardest things to say no to is food.
"I could eat half a pack of Oreos and milk and consider it nothing," she said. "I would eat it, pretty much without thinking."
But new research shows Banks' sweet tooth could actually be more like substance abuse.
Dr. Joe McClernon at Duke University studi... | <urn:uuid:ee2d0bc1-e230-404a-8dcc-a6af8b7c9f2e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.vegsource.com/news/2009/11/is-junk-food-as-addictive-as-drugs.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 | 0.965968 | 252 | 2.609375 | 3 |
No matter how you slice it, watermelon has a lot going for it -- sweet, low calorie, high fiber, nutrient rich -- and now, there's more. Evidence from a pilot study led by food scientists at The Florida State University suggests that watermelon can be an effective natural weapon against prehypertension, a precursor to ... | <urn:uuid:de85b483-3b0d-4bf6-843a-02cdd558d106> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.vegsource.com/news/2010/11/study-watermelon-lowers-blood-pressure.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 | 0.919284 | 515 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Medical Body Area Network
A Medical Body Area Network, or MBAN is a network of multiple devices about the human body which exchange data continually, and of which, at least one or more of the devices are continuously monitoring aspects of the body's vital senses. Typically, a MBAN incorporates a network of inexpensive ... | <urn:uuid:6add3b54-4a08-41ba-bc1d-b16d21610464> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.virtualworldlets.net/Resources/Dictionary.php?Term=Medical%20Body%20Area%20Network&Resource=80 | 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 | 0.92909 | 1,061 | 2.578125 | 3 |
The Prime Sustainability Issue of Our Time
by Joni DeGroot & Joan Jaekel
What does the state of childhood have to do with the wellness of our planet? Planetary health stands no chance when children’s social-emotional wellbeing is compromised. What is happening to our children? Most notably, researchers cite escalating ... | <urn:uuid:972e9187-cc8f-4ca4-911e-a01cdfe16faf> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.visionmagazine.com/archives/0809/living_whole_child.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 | 0.948583 | 1,406 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Higher Doses Reduce Risk of Common Health Concerns
By Chris D. Meletis, ND
Vitamin D3 is one of the most useful nutritional tools we have at our disposal for improving overall health. This vitamin is unique because cholecalciferol (Vitamin D3) is a vitamin derived from 7-dehyrocholesterol; however, Vitamin D3 acquires ... | <urn:uuid:17e2ccee-6ecc-42c9-a06a-7b51961717dc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.vrp.com/bone-and-joint/vitamin-d3-higher-doses-reduce-risk-of-common-health-concerns | 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 | 0.895471 | 3,222 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Everyday, you interact with the people around you. Sociology is the study of those interactions.
Divisions within society, such as gender, religion, age, and socioeconomic status, affect our everyday life. Social forces including family, neighborhoods, and organizations shape our childhoods and influence our behavior.
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Are there voice recognition programs students can use to do math?
Yes. For example, MathTalk, a software program that can be used with Dragon Naturally Speaking speech input products, allows students to input via voice math expressions, formulas, and even graphs. MathTalk can be used at basic and advanced math levels a... | <urn:uuid:835b0e2c-19b8-4f67-8260-852d8b527f9a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.washington.edu/doit/Faculty/articles?297 | 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 | 0.913285 | 92 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Rene Le Berre, 78
Rene Le Berre, who led successful fight against river blindness, dies
Monday, December 20, 2010; 10:20 AM
Rene Le Berre, 78, a French entomologist who helped save millions of Africans from contracting river blindness, a vicious and preventable condition that mostly affects the poor, died Dec. 6 in l'A... | <urn:uuid:35255d7a-5bda-4681-9745-5e592ea8f49c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/14/AR2010121407707.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 | 0.969531 | 640 | 2.96875 | 3 |
AUBURN, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- After months of testing, scientists say it's phosphorus that's killing fish in Lake Auburn, but the root of the problem is still unclear.
Last summer, about 200 lake trout died on the lake, 150 more than the year before.
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Kaunas Land Court Year Books for 1581–83
At the height of its power in the 15th century, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania ruled over the territory of present-day Belarus, Latvia, Lithuania, and Ukraine, and parts of Estonia, Moldova, Poland, and Russia. In the Union of Lublin of 1569, the Grand Duchy and the Kingdom of Pol... | <urn:uuid:f4e8d02b-59f4-4103-a332-66f4a58c2bbb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wdl.org/en/search/?contributors=Kaunas%20(Lithuania).%20Land%20Court | 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 | 0.935257 | 135 | 3.59375 | 4 |
Rubella (German measles) is an infectious disease that is caused by a virus. It can cause a high temperature (fever) of 38C (100.4F) or over, and a distinctive red-pink rash. In most cases, rubella is a mild condition, but it can be serious in pregnant women because it can harm the unborn baby.
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Questions and Answers About Chemotherapy
What is chemotherapy?
Chemotherapy (also called chemo) is a type of cancer treatment that uses drugs to destroy cancer
How does chemotherapy work?
Chemotherapy works by stopping or slowing the growth of cancer cells, which
grow and divide quickly. But it can also harm healthy ce... | <urn:uuid:164ff9a8-23b2-47c6-acbf-bc70cbb014ee> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.webmd.com/cancer/questions-answers-chemotherapy?src=rsf_full-news_pub_none_xlnk | 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 | 0.933113 | 644 | 3.296875 | 3 |
A type of illusionistic decoration in which architectural elements are painted on walls and/or ceilings in such a way that they appear to be an extension of the real architecture of a room into an imaginary space. It was common in Roman art, was revived by Mantegna in the 15th century, and reached its peaks of elaborat... | <urn:uuid:6f5f2035-3acb-4f01-8412-b9aafaf4b022> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wga.hu/support/mobile/glossar5.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 | 0.960212 | 9,521 | 3.59375 | 4 |
“During the past decade, Africa’s population increased from 760 to 970 million, pushing farmers to encroach on fragile ecosystems. Climate change is increasingly manifest through erratic rainfall patterns, prolonged drought spells, and unprecedented floods, making rain-fed agriculture even more risky, thus aggravating ... | <urn:uuid:001b82a2-f304-473f-926d-bda84c9d4897> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.whybiotech.com/?p=915 | 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 | 0.895804 | 1,438 | 3.40625 | 3 |
TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW)-Topeka schools are finding ways to unify their diverse students.
Principals and administrators from USD-501 Topeka Public School District held a diversity training seminar today. They focused on a book study, "Courageous Conversation" by Courtlandt Butts.
The goal is to breakdown barriers amongst th... | <urn:uuid:701bde3f-8a43-4476-b197-02b2cd7dd54e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wibw.com/home/headlines/Topeka-Schools-Focus-On-Diversity-Training--186356401.html?site=mobile | 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 | 0.954115 | 179 | 2.859375 | 3 |
In most humans, it also houses the nosehairs, which catch airborne particles and prevent them from reaching the lungs. Within and behind the nose is the olfactory mucosa and the sinuses. Behind the nasal cavity, air next passes through the pharynx, shared with the digestive system, and then into the rest of the respira... | <urn:uuid:b75c2bfb-75fa-4c3a-b880-2f23da589e75> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wikidoc.org/index.php/Nose | 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 | 0.833777 | 702 | 3.34375 | 3 |
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE, 1945
On a remote and isolated island, ten people - 8 invited guests and two servants - find themselves facing their own deaths. Their unidentified host informs them, via a gramophone record, that as they have all been responsible for someone's death, they in turn will die before the weekend is... | <urn:uuid:aaa5e944-b3c9-4a09-9d21-f999111d8ca6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wildsound-filmmaking-feedback-events.com/and_then_there_were_none.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 | 0.974714 | 925 | 2.90625 | 3 |
The Kohler Company celebrates industrial progress, 1934
Kohler of Kohler: A Century of Progress, 1934
A Century of Progress International Exposition was held in 1933-1934 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the incorporation of Chicago. Intended as a showcase for industrial and scientific progress, the exposition c... | <urn:uuid:dd7261c5-4609-4ef9-9241-81e98c63aa14> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/turningpoints/search.asp?id=1534 | 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 | 0.887236 | 173 | 2.984375 | 3 |
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Pension liability refers to the fact that either a private company or a national government will have to account for making future pension payments. The methods used to make this accounting can vary immensely. A larger than expected pension liability can either litera... | <urn:uuid:740a91a9-ff1a-4929-9f65-1db4f4ec2a5b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-pension-liability.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 | 0.964249 | 612 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Indiana's health department has launched a website to educate health care professionals and patients on the importance of perinatal HIV testing as part of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.
The website is www.1test2lives.org and it's part of the One Test Two Lives campaign.
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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The state or quality of being bitter, in any of the senses of that word.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. The quality or state of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness; resentfulness; severity; keenness of reproach or sarcasm; deep distress,... | <urn:uuid:09542df3-bd38-4e82-aa8d-fd7f25333b36> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wordnik.com/words/bitterness | 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 | 0.902746 | 564 | 3.09375 | 3 |
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“Denied many suitable targets for his Blowpipes, hammered for hours on end by every enemy weapon in the inventory, and forced to make two hair's breadth escapes from capture by Russian infantry, it was nothing short of a miracle to him and his detachments that they were still alive to tell ... | <urn:uuid:31e7bbd0-28e1-4fcd-931e-8cde55be2b0b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wordnik.com/words/hair's%20breadth | 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 | 0.969237 | 433 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A sponge-spicule of the monaxon biradiate type; a simple straight spicule. There are several kinds of rhabdi, named according to their endings. A rhabdus sharp at both ends is an oxea; blunt at both ends, a strongyle; knobbed at both ends, a tylote; knobbed at one end and pointed ... | <urn:uuid:a7b769f2-ddd5-4094-a539-4fab2862a304> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wordnik.com/words/rhabdus | 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 | 0.838447 | 221 | 2.828125 | 3 |
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The recent creation of a new "bottom heavy" font by Alberto Gonzalez and Dr. Harold Levinson's prior use of enlarged, dark, thick, colored and glare-free... | <urn:uuid:5a4fb198-287b-4358-8269-8f301f75ffcc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wxvt.com/story/21766982/new-understanding-and-treatment-for-dyslexia-revealed-by-the-levinson-medical-center-for-learning-disabilities | 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 | 0.940637 | 1,222 | 2.78125 | 3 |
"Math and Science Tutor"
...Trigonometry is a branch of mathematics that describes triangles and relationships between the length of sides and the angles between them. These functions and rules are the basics to cyclical phenomena such as waves. My career specialty (Microwave engineering/Applied Physics) uses these bas... | <urn:uuid:bffedd04-c1db-493c-84f4-623b3bbd01b0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wyzant.com/Pacific_WA_fractions_tutors.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 | 0.931351 | 86 | 2.71875 | 3 |
(FDM) Fused Deposition Modeling
Fused Deposition Modeling (FDM) is a solid-based rapid prototyping process that extrudes ABS plastic material, layer by layer, to build a 3D model. The build material is added to the FDM machine in a filament form contained in a cartridge. The FDM machine feeds the material from the cart... | <urn:uuid:9f8da776-f1d2-4aad-9551-aff71325d977> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.xcentricmold.com/fdm.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 | 0.903356 | 327 | 3.21875 | 3 |
Posted on 4 September 2006
LCDs are a fixture of modern life, appearing in everything from pocket calculators and mobile telephones to wide-screen televisions.
But the liquid crystals they contain are potentially hazardous and technological advances are so rapid that society is already discarding millions of LCD screen... | <urn:uuid:77c5af49-0c5e-49fc-ab73-73bca91bd4aa> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.york.ac.uk/news-and-events/news/2006/recycling-lcds/ | 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 | 0.932112 | 436 | 3.015625 | 3 |
To haunt is defined as to appear as a ghost, or to visit or appear often.(verb)
See haunt in Webster's New World College Dictionary
Origin: ME haunten < OFr hanter, to frequent < Gmc *haimetan (akin to OE hamettan, to domicile) < *haim, home
See haunt in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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Chit-Chat Among Japanese Farm Animals
Professor John Whitman
Onomatopoeia is "the naming of a thing or action by a vocal
imitation of the sound associated with it" or "the use of words whose sound suggests the sense" (yourDictionary.com Quick Lookup). This is a commonplace of human languages, in
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To subdue is defined as to gain control over someone or something or to calm or quiet someone or something.(verb)
An example of subdue is when you manage to calm angry protestors and gain control over the situation.
See subdue in Webster's New World College Dictionary
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A Group Construal Account of Drop-in-the-Bucket Thinking in Policy Preference and Moral JudgmentCoauthor(s): Russell C. Burnett.
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Mass Audubon’s Coastal Waterbird Program: a history of protection and stories from the field
Mass Audubon's Coastal Waterbird Program (CWP) is one of the most effective entities working to protect coastal birds and barrier beaches in New England. The CWP was launched in 1987 in response to declining populations of pipi... | <urn:uuid:4c2acd3d-3b68-4823-b2bf-ce61f327fcc5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www1.enc.edu/event.aspx?id=9641 | 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 | 0.926068 | 286 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Conservation and Environmental Science
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The expanded role of governments means that taxpayers will pay more for public services—and will demand more in return. To meet these expectations, the public sector must transform itself. Long before governments around the world faced the current economic crisis, they wrestled with many difficult, complex challenges—h... | <urn:uuid:7e49c601-52b9-4ee5-b837-ed6f736bbd5e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ziaullahkhan.blogspot.com/2011/06/case-for-government-reform-now.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 | 0.952187 | 3,272 | 2.625 | 3 |
The Groom of the Stool was a male servant in the household of an English monarch who, among other duties, “preside[d] over the office of royal excretion,” that is, he had the task of cleaning the monarch’s anus after defecation. In the early years of Henry VIII’s reign, the title was awarded to minions of the King, cou... | <urn:uuid:b34f2fab-4a3a-4f06-97fe-4c6103c3eed0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://1001archives.blogspot.com/2011/07/stangest-jobs-in-history.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382584/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.988759 | 1,575 | 4 | 4 |
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