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By Hillary Brown/KTVL.com
SELMA, Ore.― The summer of 2002 presented the perfect storm of circumstances for the blaze that would become known as the Biscuit Fire.
That summer, flames scorched nearly 500,000 acres, burned four homes and left an indelible mark on communities throughout the Illinois Valley.
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19 Counties Named Disaster Areas Due To Drought
Farmers and ranchers in 19 New Mexico counties will be eligible for emergency loans under a new federal disaster declaration stemming from the persistent drought.
The counties were declared as disaster areas Wednesday by the U.S. D... | <urn:uuid:ecd055dd-1b59-4c20-a699-0f317c85381f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://kunm.org/post/19-counties-named-disaster-areas-due-drought | 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 | 0.967243 | 179 | 2.515625 | 3 |
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Chemistry panels are groups of tests that are routinely ordered to determine a person's general health status. They help evaluate the body's electrolyte balance and/or the status of several major body organs. The tests are performed on a blood sample, usually drawn from a vein in the arm.
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Tomorrow, I’ll be having my mainstream ninth-grade English students do another activity to follow-up the lesson we did on Monday on how reading and learning literally helps neurons in the brain grow and get stronger (“Now I Know My Brain Is Growing When I Read Every Night”).
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County Health Department reminds women of the benefits of folic acid
Friday, Jan. 4 — Cheryl Damm, the maternal, child and adolescent health director for Lassen County, reminds local women January is Birth Defects Prevention Month, and Jan. 6 through 12 is Folic Acid Awareness Week.
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news.nationalgeographic.com; by Stacey Schultz; British Columbians are feeling a little lonely in their bid to save the planet.
Five years ago, the Canadian province enacted a bold set of climate change policies designed to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions dramatically. At the time, B.C. lawmakers assumed the ... | <urn:uuid:5a9187f3-b463-44cd-a6bf-972d1c4e2b56> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://leamingtongrower.com/2012/05/british-columbia-rethinks-its-pioneering-carbon-tax/ | 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 | 0.947215 | 240 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Note: This lesson was originally published on an older version of The Learning Network; the link to the related Times article will take you to a page on the old site.
Teaching ideas based on New York Times content.
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While giant herbivores ruled the earth, giant carnivores ruled the seas. One such carnivore was the tremendous Carcharodon megalodon.
As imposing as the great white shark is now, Carcharodon megalodon was even more so. Each one of Carcharodon megalodon 's teeth was about the size of the palm of your hand. It had jaws s... | <urn:uuid:def897b9-8224-4bd0-aab8-3ac73e088213> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://library.thinkquest.org/20886/sharks.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 | 0.972724 | 352 | 4.03125 | 4 |
Tuesday, April 3. 2012
How did the complex terrain seen in this image form? The region is located on the lunar farside near King crater, a 77 km diameter impact crater characterized by several unusual features, including a large deposit of impact melt ponded in nearby Al-Tusi crater (see the WAC context image at the bo... | <urn:uuid:466a1cc0-7bef-497c-b83a-f75c55ffff70> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://lroc.sese.asu.edu/news/index.php?/archives/543-An-Impact-Melt-Veneer-in-the-Highlands.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 | 0.939715 | 419 | 3.21875 | 3 |
Report of an evaluation of the Parent Know How programme which was set up to deliver better outcomes for children and parents by generating greater efficiency, innovation and reach in the parenting information and support services funded by the Department for Children, Schools and Families.
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EurekAlert (May 12, 2010): Music Aids Alzheimer's Patients in Remembering New Information
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umask - set file creation mode mask
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There may be some confusion out there in regard to maps this year. It will depend on which map you are looking at, in which catalog and to what it refers to. What am I talking about? Hardiness zone maps.
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Last time we discussed notes, the atomic units of musical structure. The topic of today’s installment is probably the single most important idea in Westergaardian tonal theory: the concept of a line. This material comes from Chapter 3 (probably the most important chapter) of ITT.
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When Do We Need to Know Roman Numerals?
Date: 08/26/2003 at 11:40:07 From: Trudy Burner Subject: Practicality of Roman Numerals Dr. Math: I am a new teacher in Maryland, USA. I have a student who does not see how learning Roman numerals will benefit her, other than reading clocks and the Super Bowl. What advice can you... | <urn:uuid:f8bcac3c-1c12-4d6c-8bc3-76b9010cfe52> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mathforum.org/library/drmath/view/63908.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 | 0.949097 | 673 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Whether spraying graceful arcs of water into the air or letting water tumble down steep slopes, outdoor fountains draw attention. They can startle the eye and soothe the ear. They can offer cool respite from a day's travails.
Andrew J. Simoson of King College has pondered the factors that contribute to the visual impac... | <urn:uuid:6c3da3dd-efe4-47f9-83d9-439428c0c3b6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mathtourist.blogspot.com/2009/08/geometric-spectacle-of-water-fountains.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 | 0.937316 | 984 | 3.609375 | 4 |
Direction of the Electric Field Between Point Charges
Two opposite point charges (positive charge on the left and negative charge on the right) are fixed in place 5m from each other. Which one of the following is the best description of the direction of the electric field E in between the two charges?
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Gut hormone leads to weight loss in overweight or obese patients
Giving overweight or obese patients a gut hormone that suppresses appetite leads to clinically beneficial weight loss as well as reduced blood pressure and cholesterol levels, finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today.
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Welcome to MedLibrary.org. For best results, we recommend beginning with the navigation links at the top of the page, which can guide you through our collection of over 14,000 medication labels and package inserts. For additional information on other topics which are not covered by our database of medications, just ent... | <urn:uuid:39abaaa2-7031-4de6-ae1b-acfeca2cdd39> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://medlibrary.org/medwiki/Orbital_period | 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 | 0.861224 | 1,757 | 3.390625 | 3 |
Where Samuel Crowned Israel’s First King
On Tuesday morning, June 7, 1099, the knights of the First Crusade caught their first glimpse of Jerusalem—from a height near the campsite where they had spent the night. The Crusaders called the hill Mons Gaudii—Mount Joy, or Montjoie in Norman French. The Holy City had finally... | <urn:uuid:7058f5e5-d462-4df2-b537-99d909a3046a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://members.bib-arch.org/publication.asp?PubID=BSBA&Volume=34&Issue=3&ArticleID=7 | 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 | 0.971823 | 146 | 3.28125 | 3 |
These ancient fragments are found all over the ancient Roman world, and today the most plentiful sources seem to be Israel and Afghanistan. The glass has been buried for many centuries- some of it even more than 2,000 years. They've been drilled and shaped recently, but retain the gorgeous iridescence that has develope... | <urn:uuid:784fa33a-2a7a-47dc-a369-d6da9e1a2814> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mermaidencreations.blogspot.com/2011_12_01_archive.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 | 0.932215 | 161 | 3.25 | 3 |
What is Illegal Discrimination?
The Minnesota Human Rights Act (Minn. Statutes, Chapter 363A), the state's comprehensive civil rights law, declares that certain types of differential treatment are unfair, discriminatory practices and against the law. The Act prohibits discrimination in employment, housing and real prop... | <urn:uuid:4210bd02-d77f-4f61-bef8-cb47ee572cc5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mn.gov/mdhr/yourrights/index.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 | 0.942958 | 324 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Clearing Up Cough Confusion
Creator of Zarbee’s, Dr. Zak Zarbock, clears up cough confusion with answers to some of the most common questions about coughs.
What are the different types of coughs?
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Strange though it might seem, Corning and its famed glass center is the third-most-popular tourist destination in New York State . Any surprise might be due to the misconception that visitors to the Corning Museum of Glass are in for a history lesson on the world’s oldest baking pan rather than an extremely well desig... | <urn:uuid:3ba8fe7a-3267-4c9a-93e6-a77ddb1568ad> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://moon.com/print/99832 | 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 | 0.961977 | 318 | 2.609375 | 3 |
The Cydonia Model of Mars and Survey Drawings
U.S. Naval Academy Astronomical Applications Department
This website includes:
Sunrise , sunset, twilight periods, moonrise, moonset, moon phase and illumination, all by date and geographic place entered. With many thousands of locales, this information can be calculated fo... | <urn:uuid:f9a473fc-7504-4682-ba98-b871377dcd24> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mufon.com/ssgvmt.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 | 0.879292 | 202 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Perhaps the most significant, and certainly the most highly respected, “imperialist” writer was Kipling. He was however a more complicated figure than popular legend suggests: the Anglo-Indian stories with which he first made his name were as much cynical as heroic., while many of his admirers must have found his later... | <urn:uuid:2f424889-0c31-437a-a27b-11124676be22> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/kenanderson/britway/ | 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 | 0.971604 | 3,724 | 2.875 | 3 |
Small Solids Look Different
Nanoscience would be boring if small things were just like big
things. Luckily they are not. Pencil lead, graphite for example takes on
all sorts of interesting shapes if it is kept from becoming a big solid.
The Many Shapes of Carbon
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Four Steps To Safety
Contact the Emergency Management office or the Ft. Kearney Chapter of the American Red Cross.
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Now, researchers from the Women's and Children's Hospital, Adelaide have developed a novel system of gene therapy for lungs affected by cystic fibrosis, involving a natural compound found in our lungs which 'conditions' lung airways to allow cells to take up the therapeutic gene.
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Growing awareness that a diamond's luster may hide an illicit past is adding another "C"conflictinto the lexicon of gem buyers already accustomed to gauging color, cut, clarity, and carat.
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While most studies and debates focus on how climate change and global warming impact on various natural ecosystems, it seems that one very important consequence of said global phenomena keeps getting forgotten.
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In 2005, astronomers using visible-light telescopes to analyze the night sky identified a new class of cosmic objects, that they called blobs. They resembled spherical patches of light, usually found inside large-scale structures such as galactic filaments and clusters.
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Known as having beneficial effects upon the health of plants and animals, clay has first been used centuries ago by indigenous cultures that ate it in order to stay
healthy and in shape.
But modern society should not overlook the natural healer that is the clay, as it helps treating and curing a wide range of disorders... | <urn:uuid:411ec360-9225-4bd6-8299-b32032e57ba2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://news.softpedia.com/news/The-Healthy-Clay-28189.shtml | 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 | 0.948965 | 580 | 2.515625 | 3 |
McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS) is a genetic disease that affects the bones, skin, and the production of certain hormones, including those that affect growth and the onset of puberty. The NICHD supports research to understand the genetic causes of MAS, how it affects the body, and treatments for MAS and related conditio... | <urn:uuid:f592c581-07a7-456d-93b9-c6164097cff5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nichd.nih.gov/health/topics/mccune-albright/Pages/default.aspx | 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 | 0.786869 | 237 | 3.03125 | 3 |
The feelings that surround pregnancy--excitement, anxiety, and hope--often give way to many questions. Will my child's eyes be blue or brown? When will I have my baby? How big will my baby be? What does the future hold for my family?
Finding out that you have a "condition," even a manageable one, can raise a different ... | <urn:uuid:21a632e6-0daa-4d41-b046-928cdac6250c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nichd.nih.gov/publications/pubs/gest_diabetes/Pages/index.aspx | 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 | 0.940588 | 340 | 2.75 | 3 |
The Associated Press reports that
Polish officials unveiled a statue of former President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II on Saturday, honoring two men widely credited in this Eastern European country with helping to topple communism 23 years ago.
The statue was unveiled in Gdansk, the birthplace of Lech Walesa’s So... | <urn:uuid:c438782d-11f4-4814-8f2e-7a54f5c8600f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://no-pasaran.blogspot.com/2012/07/reagan-should-have-monument-in-every.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 | 0.976911 | 189 | 2.625 | 3 |
Rapid climate change in the ocean west of the Antarctic Peninsula during the second half of the 20th century
Meredith, Michael P.; King, John C.. 2005 Rapid climate change in the ocean west of the Antarctic Peninsula during the second half of the 20th century. Geophysical Research Letters, 32 (19), L19604. 5, pp. 10.10... | <urn:uuid:5fc828da-96ef-41e5-91bc-07ecd9d8276e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/1887/ | 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 | 0.855174 | 345 | 3.078125 | 3 |
Behold the horseshoe crab. An ancient creature, he is not really a crab at all but is closely related to ticks, spiders and scorpions. Horseshoe crabs swim upside down and have a dozen legs and molt 16 times. Their tails are used as rudders, for navigation, and to flip themselves over when they are upended by strong cu... | <urn:uuid:e9b5feea-6eff-44b9-ada1-6af3f3590816> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://noteverstill.blogspot.com/2010/06/horseshoe-crab-phase.html?showComment=1276820976097 | 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 | 0.97738 | 182 | 2.71875 | 3 |
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Why do this problem?
is a context for systematic number work, geometrical
thinking and problem solving.
It is an excellent example of a situation where the thinking
involved in analysing one rectangle can be applied directly to
other rectangles. These transferab... | <urn:uuid:b9f12cad-7eb9-4fa6-acdb-534d451d289e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nrich.maths.org/4835/note?nomenu=1 | 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 | 0.903722 | 660 | 3.328125 | 3 |
Use your skill and judgement to match the sets of random data.
How do you choose your planting levels to minimise the total loss
at harvest time?
Which countries have the most naturally athletic populations?
Learn about the link between logical arguments and electronic circuits. Investigate the logical connectives by m... | <urn:uuid:709e6393-ecdf-4569-8260-e32874e57cbc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nrich.maths.org/public/leg.php?code=-445&cl=4&cldcmpid=6411 | 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 | 0.910695 | 976 | 3.734375 | 4 |
The methods of proton-induced X-rays and gamma rays (PIXE and PIGE) are used for systematic studies of the archeological artifacts and objects of art.
The measurements are executed at the Tandetron accelerator, using proton beam in the air, so the analysis is generally done without sampling. The research work is perfor... | <urn:uuid:b7a830fe-55c1-4ca5-b87d-71307e921f5f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ol.ijs.si/?module=1&mid=7_9&id=9&lan=0 | 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 | 0.922579 | 303 | 2.984375 | 3 |
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Wealth: A Brief Explanation of the Causes of Economic Wealth (London: P.S. King and Son, 1922).
Cannan provides a brief survey of the basic principles of economics... | <urn:uuid:3158dc56-5e34-4858-90fd-cbb4109e40d5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://oll.libertyfund.org/simple.php?id=2063 | 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 | 0.979055 | 89,028 | 2.671875 | 3 |
China's Xinhua News Agency, the official press agency of the government of the People's Republic of China (PRC) announced Thursday that the National Radio Astronomy Observatory has been monitoring signals from a previously unknown "dark" satellite in orbit around Saturn for the past 90 days. According to government off... | <urn:uuid:a117ab63-6e8e-4040-aab6-7c330fba88c5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://one-vibration.com/profiles/blogs/et-contact-confirmed-yes-say?xg_source=activity | 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 | 0.927959 | 1,786 | 3.140625 | 3 |
WASHINGTON — When a stroke hits at 52, like what happened to Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, the reaction is an astonished, “But he’s so young.”
The reality is that strokes don’t just happen to grandma. They can happen at any age, even to children — and they’re on the rise among the young and middle-aged.
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Moving to better neighbourhoods can increase well-being (USA)
An American study based on the “Moving to Opportunity” demonstration project, found that relocating to a better socio-economic neighbourhood increased the physical and mental well-being of low-income persons, even if their economic status was unchanged.
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Introduction to landscaping 3 editions
Introduction to Landscaping: Design, Construction, and Maintenance offers a practical approach to establishing and maintaining residential landscapes. It is intended to introduce the various aspects of the landscape industry to students of horticulture and agriculture. The authors... | <urn:uuid:5d022b12-5f2e-4870-a7a5-284b16338f42> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://openlibrary.org/works/OL528813W/Introduction_to_landscaping | 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 | 0.902176 | 255 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Disunion follows the Civil War as it unfolded.
Disunion follows the Civil War as it unfolded.
That was the message Catherine Bockman heard when she attended Mass on May 27, 1862, at St. Vincent’s, near the French market in St. Louis’s Soulard neighborhood. She had come to pray for the welfare of her husband, a Union so... | <urn:uuid:183fc5f8-4d14-46a6-856c-612da9ddb666> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/14/secession-and-ascension-in-st-louis/?ref=opinion | 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 | 0.967859 | 1,499 | 3.578125 | 4 |
If you think of carbon at all, it's probably only as that pile of dead leaves waiting to be added to your compost bin. But everything has carbon in it: the air, plants, the soil, and you. (Remember your TV sci-fi trivia: Humans are "carbon-based life forms.") Plants don't exist without carbon, and obviously neither do ... | <urn:uuid:bb911a80-d2e2-4b37-9594-571b0833a9a5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://organicgardening.com/learn-and-grow/carbon-nation | 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 | 0.948722 | 317 | 3.765625 | 4 |
The past few weeks have been very busy as we have been trying to collect plant samples from all of the trees that the gibbons use, especially the ones that they feed in. I hope to identify the trees to species. Then our description of the habitat and food sources for gibbons can be used to determine what areas are suit... | <urn:uuid:96b53923-ec64-47ce-950c-deefb381cda1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://pdxwildlife.com/2012/02/09/botany-is-hard/ | 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 | 0.971464 | 460 | 2.875 | 3 |
Scotch broom (Cystisus scoparius) is an upright perennial shrub in the pea family (Fabaceae) growing 3-12 feet in height. It is originally a native to the British Isles and central and southern Europe. Since it’s introduction into the United States it has become a highly aggressive invasive species.
This weed is common... | <urn:uuid:3f0bad75-e55c-4b01-8e82-25b874b54b0f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://pearlsnapblog.com/tag/herbicides/ | 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 | 0.914797 | 516 | 3.53125 | 4 |
Women’s History Month: Fighting for Gender Equality
March 11, 2013
Around the world and in our own backyard, women are fighting for the rights of women and girls and for an AIDS-free generation. One of these women is Serra Sippel, president of the Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE), a Washington, D.C.-based n... | <urn:uuid:371fd3f9-87b6-4be3-8dde-207af31600c0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://pedaids.org/What-We-re-Doing/Foundation-Blog/March-2013/Women%E2%80%99s-History-Month--Fighting-for-Gender-Equalit | 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 | 0.952979 | 736 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Iowa's drought situation will end the month more or less the way it began, despite several significant winter storms.
The entire state remains in drought in one form or another. Less than 0.03 percent of Iowa is in the abnormally dry stage, the lowest tracked by the U.S. Drought Monitor. Most of the state (54.35 percen... | <urn:uuid:61748801-056f-4b84-b910-fa410da0ae09> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://pellachronicle.com/community-news-network/x986698592/Iowa-drought-unchanged-in-February/print | 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 | 0.96026 | 240 | 2.703125 | 3 |
President Obama uses his bully pulpit to tout profit-seeking corporations, but he rarely uses it to promote nonprofits that deliver social justice at home and abroad.
When Mr. Obama went to India in November, for example, he was accompanied by corporate CEO’s, and unabashedly promoted U.S. exports and companies like Bo... | <urn:uuid:2e61ab6e-0d65-428f-a1b3-34d60e0f7cd3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://philanthropy.com/article/Obama-Must-Stop-Ignoring/126416/ | 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 | 0.962618 | 982 | 2.640625 | 3 |
This essay aims to discuss the concepts of power and violence, and their relationship in the thought of Hannah Arendt. Her essay On Violence will be taken as the entry point of the discussion. Firstly, this essay will define violence and power as Arendt thought them, and secondly through an analysis of their relationsh... | <urn:uuid:4ff73e38-166b-4bbc-aeff-59b45a1428a5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://philosophyafterdark.com/2012/12/the-relationship-between-power-and-violence-in-hannah-arendts-thought/ | 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 | 0.963076 | 3,902 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Digital camera sensor format-size names have their roots in television camera tubes. These were measured in inches diagonal, but for various practical reasons, the entire circle isn't used. So, from way back then, there's a concept called "the rule of 16", which says that the usable, actual sensor diagonal for a 1" tub... | <urn:uuid:f629c148-fcbb-4777-977b-d2f620e59ded> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://photo.stackexchange.com/questions/24952/how-come-a-1-sensor-is-13-2-x-8-8-mm-big | 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 | 0.948407 | 267 | 2.625 | 3 |
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A woman soaks up the sun after its rise at the ancient stone circle of Stonehenge, in southern England, as access to the site is given to druids, New Age followers and members of the public on the annual Winter Solstice, on Dec. 21. Doomsday hour is here and so still are we. According to legend, the an... | <urn:uuid:a6c6c371-37af-429d-865b-b67c9359bd23> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://photoblog.nbcnews.com/stonehenge | 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 | 0.908884 | 628 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Tobacco smoking is the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the U.S., with more than 400,000 deaths each year attributable to smoking or its consequences. And yet teens still smoke. Indeed, smoking usually begins in the teen years, and approximately 80 percent of adult smokers became hooked by the time the... | <urn:uuid:965e61a5-43b3-48b1-bddb-7fa126e93e30> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://phys.org/news/2011-03-tobacco-impacts-teens-brains.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 | 0.952625 | 837 | 3.96875 | 4 |
I doubt the diagram would be as famous and respected as it is if it had been as flawed as the OP suggests!
A radial representation is a different type of graph entirely.
The text is correct: in these diagrams the area is proportional to the statistic, as in all "polar area" and pie charts.
If there is a weakness, it is... | <urn:uuid:1f696a13-921e-401f-87ed-cd27811b9c05> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://plus.maths.org/content/comment/reply/5356/2122 | 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 | 0.977288 | 244 | 3.578125 | 4 |
I've decided to write a novel about this in hopes that people will gloss over it and upvote me. No, no, just kidding! I suffered over every word. Every word, I tell you!
Ask 'when' before 'why'
All major web browsers can trace their origins back to the 90s. Konqueror became Safari and Chrome; Netscape became Firefox; I... | <urn:uuid:6139779e-49a5-4f9a-8eed-48d9f5e7ac84> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/41883/why-are-most-browsers-developed-in-c/41920 | 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 | 0.929394 | 994 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Cyclic paths on Sierpiński graphs
Problem 312Published on Sunday, 28th November 2010, 01:00 am; Solved by 467
- A Sierpiński graph of order-1 (S1) is an equilateral triangle.
- Sn+1 is obtained from Sn by positioning three copies of Sn so that every pair of copies has one common corner.
Let C(n) be the number of cycles... | <urn:uuid:eff4e611-e94c-472c-a52f-954e76dbaf62> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://projecteuler.net/problem=312 | 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 | 0.875337 | 205 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Elite women brewed a beer-like drink at ancient Wari site – the first diplomatic outpost between Andean empires
CHICAGO--An extensive Wari imperial outpost on the top of a sacred mountain in what is now southern Peru was ceremoniously evacuated and partially burned to the ground 1,000 years ago, Field Museum archaeolog... | <urn:uuid:d421da54-a10c-4148-8820-c23dff8498ab> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://psychcentral.com/news/archives/2005-11/fm-bdt110905.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 | 0.971323 | 1,543 | 3.140625 | 3 |
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The General Practitioner Assessment of Cognition (GPCOG) is a brief screening test for cognitive impairment introduced by Brodaty et al in 2002. It was specifically developed for the use in the ... | <urn:uuid:cc0d7404-1842-4579-b314-9cf179464c39> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/General_Practitioner_Assessment_Of_Cognition?oldid=111517 | 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 | 0.88398 | 1,967 | 3.03125 | 3 |
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Sexual abstinence is the practice of voluntarily refraining from some or all aspects of sexual activity. Common reasons to deliberately abstain from the physical expression of sexual desire incl... | <urn:uuid:ca6a7179-50ba-4404-ba1c-969c155fda39> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Sexual_abstinence | 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 | 0.945814 | 3,796 | 3.3125 | 3 |
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|Articulation of the mandible. Lateral aspect.|
|Articulation of the mandible. Medial aspect.|
The temporomandibular joint is the joint of the jaw and is frequently referred to as TMJ. There are two TMJs, one on either ... | <urn:uuid:a602819a-db72-4f4f-a9ed-c381c88aec76> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Temporomandibular_joint?direction=prev&oldid=107455 | 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 | 0.880936 | 3,058 | 3.71875 | 4 |
Episodic migraine is a common debilitating condition with significant worldwide impact. An effective management plan must include acute treatment to relieve the pain and potential disability associated with the attacks and may also include preventative treatments with an aim of decreasing attack frequency and severity ... | <urn:uuid:a8412b50-07e9-4b32-b70f-a200f259f0b9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://pubmedcentralcanada.ca/pmcc/articles/PMC3444218/?report=abstract | 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 | 0.925677 | 298 | 3.3125 | 3 |
The eradication of malaria in rich countries turned out to be the worst thing that happened for people with malaria in poor countries. Malaria lost its constituency, and the money dried up.The USA and Southern Europe used DDT to eradicate malaria. They were then convinced that DDT was an environmental hazzard and banne... | <urn:uuid:e186535d-5f93-4289-946d-1447e31f0666> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://pudsandlosers.blogspot.com/2006/10/malaria-ddt-and-rich.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 | 0.957097 | 127 | 2.515625 | 3 |
WORLD BRIEFING | EUROPE; Heat Waves Are Getting Longer
By ANDREW C. REVKIN
Published: August 7, 2007
Researchers studying western European temperature records have found that the length of heat waves there has doubled since 1880, from 1.5 days to 3 days on average. They also say that the number of summer days that are ... | <urn:uuid:a62044f5-e096-49e0-bd3a-c094722c0d70> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE2DD1530F934A3575BC0A9619C8B63&n=Top%2FNews%2FScience%2FTopics%2FGlobal%20Warming | 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 | 0.945557 | 172 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Photos of Burbank, Luther
Luther Burbank (March 7, 1849 April 11, 1926) was an American botanist, horticulturist, and pioneer of agricultural science. He developed more than 800 strains and varieties of plants over his 55-year career. Burbank's varied creations included fruits, flowers, grains, grasses, and vegetables.... | <urn:uuid:8571433e-c166-4bac-bcbe-7309cbc3b0a2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://quotationsbook.com/quotes/author/photos/1138/ | 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 | 0.956493 | 96 | 2.609375 | 3 |
A new way of brewing was recently discovered in Brazil, using basic beer ingredients and cachaça yeast (cachaça is a traditional drink of Brazil).
The first beer made with cachaça yeast was produced in Minas Gerais in the brewery school Taberna do Vale (in Nova Lima city in the metropolitan area of Belo Horizonte). Cal... | <urn:uuid:3d9edb45-4c3b-44fb-af1b-d43bcd3a1b9e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ratebeerians.hoppress.com/2011/01/27/innovative-brewing-with-cachaca-yeast/ | 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 | 0.945001 | 582 | 2.6875 | 3 |
As so often, Malcolm felt that previous post was incomplete and inadequate.
He therefore found himself flicking through Diarmaid Ferriter’s The Transformation of Ireland.
Chapter Five of Ferriter’s tome deals with the period from de Valera’s accession to power in 1932 until the end of the war-time Emergency. It include... | <urn:uuid:274cc420-a875-468a-9dc7-6dabc4e7e35e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://redfellow.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/ | 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 | 0.970879 | 1,639 | 2.71875 | 3 |
By Jenny Neyman
As if moose on the Kenai Peninsula don’t have it tough enough.
Population numbers have declined over the past four decades, especially on the northwestern peninsula, with poor habitat conditions owing to a forest that has matured beyond optimal browse production. Hundreds are hit and killed each year by... | <urn:uuid:a8e97d09-4500-4d2e-a171-1d443daecad5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://redoubtreporter.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/outgrowth-of-concern-club-launches-effort-to-create-moose-munchies/ | 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 | 0.955966 | 2,951 | 2.625 | 3 |
Healing and Uplifting Power of Ardas
The word ARDAS is derived from the Persian word ARZ DASHT (Petition) meaning a request to a superior authority. Ardas is not a part of Guru Granth Sahib but has evolved over a period of time as the community struggled and won victories and got into a thanksgiving mode.
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MOUSE MIMICS CHRONIC LEUKEMIA, WILL AID DRUG DEVELOPMENT
COLUMBUS , Ohio – A study by cancer researchers here reveals that a new strain of mice offers the first real animal model for an incurable form of chronic leukemia and should greatly aid the development of new drugs for the disease.
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Try to wrap your mind around these verbal picture puzzles-you'll feel the stretch! A verbal puzzle illustrates a common expression or concept; you just have to figure out what it's trying to say. Work both sides of your brain as the right brain analyzes the puzzle's symbology and the left brain recalls the common phras... | <urn:uuid:5958c448-92a5-47e9-bc2c-5f8b5d9d07f2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://reviews.christianbook.com/2016/476302/the-critical-thinking-company-think-a-grams-grades-7-8-ability-book-b1-reviews/reviews.htm | 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 | 0.916057 | 137 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Only 24.6 Percent Of All Jobs In The United States Are Good Jobs
Do you want to know why it seems like good jobs are very rare in the United States today? It is because good jobs are very rare in the United States today. According to a paper that was just released by the Center for Economic and Policy Research, only 24... | <urn:uuid:9d3764b5-fe93-463d-8c17-307f74fc1211> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://revolutionradio.org/?p=34705 | 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 | 0.973261 | 404 | 2.65625 | 3 |
It was recently reported - at the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases 15th Annual Conference on Vaccine Research - that the rate of adverse effects from a third dose of the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine is the same as those of the second dose. This was conducted as part of a Centres for Disease Contr... | <urn:uuid:5e09df9b-e296-44ee-bc22-dd92c30636dd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ruleof6ix.fieldofscience.com/2012/05/third-dose-of-mmr-is-safe-but-do-we.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 | 0.972469 | 890 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Many reports claim that little is known about the earliest history of Nigeria. By c.2000 B.C. most of Nigeria was thinly occupied by people who had a basic knowledge of raising domesticated food plants and of herding animals. At the beginning of the 11th century, seven independent Hausa city-states were founded in Nort... | <urn:uuid:73204198-bdbf-49c6-83be-6c09886947ca> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://sahistory.org.za/places/nigeria | 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 | 0.971204 | 4,358 | 3.59375 | 4 |
Colleton, St. Bartholomew's Parish, Orangeburgh District, Winton County, Orangeburg District again, Barnwell District, Barnwell County, Bamberg County . . .
From Malcom Clark’s first plat to the present day, the land where our forebears lived has been called by many different names. Certainly useful in our quest for in... | <urn:uuid:c80cbada-4f12-420c-ac5c-f4d0c36adb25> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://samuelreedfamily.blogspot.com/2009/08/formation-of-south-carolinas-counties.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 | 0.919915 | 143 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Disintegration of the Glen Rose Dinosaur Tracks – mainly a result of 70 years of moisture transfer inside a non-climate controlled display building – has led to near destruction of this important piece of Texas natural history.
A formal assessment of the stone, conducted in 2009 by Conservation Solutions, Inc., reveale... | <urn:uuid:a66fc79f-bae5-484d-a558-63fe5be41d58> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://savethedinosaurtracks.org/save-the-tracks | 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 | 0.957147 | 161 | 3.40625 | 3 |
Quicksand is an interesting natural phenomenon -- it is actually solid ground that has been liquefied by a saturation of water. The "quick" refers to how easily the sand shifts when in this semiliquid state.
Quicksand is not a unique type of soil; it is usually just sand or another type of grainy soil. Quicksand is not... | <urn:uuid:682f0325-52af-4a7f-98eb-c04869fa1f34> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/earth/geology/quicksand1.htm | 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 | 0.936382 | 646 | 3.875 | 4 |
Today in 1920 … Votes for Women!Posted: August 26, 2010
Yes … The Nineteenth Amendment became law, giving United States women the right to vote. How about those smiles? I can only imagine what a rush it must have been.
This happened just in time to enfranchise my mother-in-law, who came along a month later. (I love to ... | <urn:uuid:38e7101f-789e-405d-afeb-4866fcc3433d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://scribbler714.wordpress.com/2010/08/26/today-in-1920-votes-for-women/?like=1&_wpnonce=28e8071d88 | 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 | 0.96364 | 534 | 2.53125 | 3 |
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Improving Adult Lit... | <urn:uuid:e18b4692-369b-4ea2-8207-739a8407e547> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://sites.nationalacademies.org/DBASSE/Adult_Literacy/index.htm | 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 | 0.922923 | 521 | 3.15625 | 3 |
It will be therefore to our merit before YHWH Eloheinu to observe faithfully this whole instruction, as He has commanded us. Deuteronomy 6:24 (JPS translation with name corrections)
Merit – After the Reformation, verses like this one are difficult to integrate. Perhaps that’s one of the reasons that Christianity create... | <urn:uuid:998663d0-aa8f-45d2-9729-2b947983cb56> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://skipmoen.com/tag/deuteronomy-624/ | 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 | 0.960065 | 1,042 | 2.609375 | 3 |
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Edwin Powell Hubble, 1889-1953
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- Title Edwin Powell Hubble, 1889-1953
- Released 07/02/2002 11:53 am
- Copyright Archives, California Institure of Technology
The Hubble Space Telescope, a joint ESA and NASA project, has already made some of the most dramatic disc... | <urn:uuid:27a4e954-adb8-405f-923b-c3801876c83f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://spaceinimages.esa.int/Images/2002/01/Edwin_Powell_Hubble_1889-1953 | 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 | 0.892742 | 158 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Although the Sun is a star, just like all those twinkling points of light in the night sky, not many stars closely resemble it. Most stars are much fainter than the Sun, while a few are much brighter; most stars are cooler, while a few are hotter; and most stars are a good bit younger or older. But a few stars are near... | <urn:uuid:826a712a-1f5e-49e5-ae25-16b18357212a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://stardate.org/print/9071 | 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 | 0.955757 | 376 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Cartilage is a complex tissue,
capable of withstanding large compressive loads during everyday activities.
Determining the mechanical properties of articular cartilage is important for
understanding how the tissue behaves in vivo, how the tissue properties
might change with age, injury, or disease, and also how we migh... | <urn:uuid:e4216697-ca0b-417f-ba8a-4a7ec91b494f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://starlab.stanford.edu/research_cartilage.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 | 0.867663 | 157 | 2.71875 | 3 |
The National Climatic Data Center (NCDC) released their official statewide statistics for July earlier this week. The data showed what a remarkably cool July most of the lower 48 states experienced. Six states, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia all recorded their coldest Julys on record. Wis... | <urn:uuid:35f2b717-e551-4206-81d9-b21d3ef2b8ca> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://stormtrack.areavoices.com/2009/08/11/cold-july/ | 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 | 0.975645 | 171 | 2.671875 | 3 |
The story so far:
One day Jesus was talking to Chang. Of all the twelve apostles, Chang was the only one who was from China. Chang told Jesus about a Chinese philosopher named Confucius. Chang said, "Confucius is not very well-known in the western world, but in China he was very influential. Although Confucius died man... | <urn:uuid:76b2538f-c6f2-4a75-b262-c94aa3b09baf> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://storymash.com/u/Anthony-Ratkov/wonamiwo/ | 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 | 0.979099 | 314 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Steps in Forming the Shape of the Bow Hand
Practice this exercise before trying to hold the bow.
1) Remove tension by shaking out hand and by wiggling the thumb to release tension.
2) Form circle with hand. Ask students to pretend they are picking up an orange tennis ball.
3) Bend and Flex the Thumb. While thumb is ben... | <urn:uuid:88c8133e-54ed-467d-ac14-e4fd347542a5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://stringtechnique.com/pedagogy/bowhold2.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 | 0.883751 | 113 | 3.3125 | 3 |
We find that cities [in the former USSR] where the Holocaust was more intense have relatively lower population today and have voted in greater numbers for communist candidates since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Similar results also hold for oblasts that were impacted relatively more by the Holocaust. Such oblasts ... | <urn:uuid:46f76f2a-2cde-412b-a96c-27e1ffff0c9c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://stumblingandmumbling.typepad.com/stumbling_and_mumbling/2010/06/why-history-matters.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 | 0.956297 | 524 | 3.21875 | 3 |
The Relatives of Nicotiana benthamiana - the Suaveolentes
The Suaveolente genomes range from 16 to 24 chromosome pairs and their evolution has involved genome duplication, addition and reduction. Goodspeed postulated that the original ancestral Nicotiana (now extinct) had a genome of 6 chromosome pairs that duplicated ... | <urn:uuid:9338994d-2872-4265-8c45-e93ecb45fff9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://sydney.edu.au/science/molecular_bioscience/sites/benthamiana/relnico.php | 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 | 0.886735 | 305 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Chapter 3 - Decision-Making Model
Chapter 1 introduced the acceptance process and the three key decisions that need to be made as software is assessed for acceptability by whoever makes the acceptance decision: the Readiness Decision
, the Acceptance Decision
and the Usage Decision
Figure 1 illustrates this simplified ... | <urn:uuid:fe657d09-3d2a-492f-b3d5-ebca7c644fcc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://testingguidance.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=Vol1-1-Chapter-3&referringTitle=Documentation | 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 | 0.949825 | 4,680 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Events on June 28
1965 Monday - First combat forces in Viet Nam.
1971 Monday - Overturn of Muhammad Ali's draft evasion charge.
1978 Wednesday - Supreme Court ruled that Allan Bakke, 38 was discriminated against in being denied
admission tom medical school at University of California, Berkeley
In the next few days I wi... | <urn:uuid:4bf03f2d-6da6-455a-97f4-ea525d352d58> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://todaysphenomenalmemorytip.blogspot.com/2011/04/todays-phenomenal-memory-tip.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 | 0.933762 | 230 | 2.734375 | 3 |
The Tsuga Heterophylla
is commonly known as Pacific Hemlock
, West Coast Hemlock
, as well as Western Hemlock< Go Back
Western hemlock occurs in the Coast Ranges from Sonoma County California
to the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska. Inland it occurs along the western
and upper eastern slopes of the Cascade Range in Oregon and... | <urn:uuid:7da31f13-6bf3-46cc-9515-8dc75c8300d9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://treesofnorthamerica.net/trees/Pacific+Hemlock | 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 | 0.803465 | 906 | 3.484375 | 3 |
A hernia occurs when there is a weakness or tear in the muscles, most often in the abdominal wall, that allows organs or fatty tissue to protrude through the opening. This can cause a noticeable bulge under the skin as well as pain and discomfort. Symptoms can feel worse when you stand for long periods or if you strain... | <urn:uuid:b0942963-1913-49a3-bd49-49a15a575b0c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://tulane.edu/som/departments/surgery/hernia/what.cfm | 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 | 0.937114 | 440 | 2.65625 | 3 |
J. C. R. Licklider
Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider (USA, 1915–1990), initially a scientist in psychoacoustics, went to the computer field to improve the scientific activity through the use of computers. In the 1960s he managed and funded research initiatives that lead to time-sharing and networking.
Libraries of the futu... | <urn:uuid:96232f98-b7a9-411b-b6a9-10f50493616f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://u-tx.net/people/licklider.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 | 0.885264 | 629 | 3.21875 | 3 |
Practical Chemist with a Green Approach
UALR chemistry Professor Tito Viswanathan bridges the gap between theory and practice everyday. While guiding students to make their own research discoveries, he teaches them how to attack problems and analyze possible solutions, leading them to become wavemakers in their own rig... | <urn:uuid:e6f350a3-194f-4dbd-8de8-2721778fa17a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ualr.edu/facultyexcellence/home/winner-archive/award-for-excellence-in-research-or-creative-endeavors/tito-viswanathan/ | 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 | 0.960469 | 369 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Farm Leases and Rents
(The author is Kent D. Olson, Economist, Cooperative Extension, UC Davis; revised by Christie Wyman, Small Farm Center, Cooperative Extension, UC Davis.)
Leasing or renting land is important in California agriculture. For many farmers, a lease or rental agreement may be the best method to control ... | <urn:uuid:4c3d96ab-a61b-4094-83cc-9efc88baebc9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ucanr.org/sites/sfp/pubs/Family_Farm_Series/Farmmanage/leases/ | 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 | 0.919182 | 3,246 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Michael Pollan's excellent Omnivore's Dilemma, ISBN-13 978-1594200823, features an anecdote about the Mayans early on in the first chapter. The Maya word that referred to themselves and their civilization was "corn walker," and often you hear Chicanos and other Mexican indigenous peoples using that term on themselves e... | <urn:uuid:34dd2754-3922-460c-8277-d7bd1a40e84c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://und1sk0.blogspot.com/2007_01_11_archive.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 | 0.949679 | 838 | 3.140625 | 3 |
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