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How do you find the last line of a 2 GB log file from within your program? You don't want to go through the whole file, right? Right. What you want to do is, you want to start reading from end until you find a newline character. Here is how I did it in Python:
def Tail(filepath, read_size=1024):
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We do magic to Maps
Mississippi (MS) Fast Facts
Location and Geography: Mississippi is a state in the Southern Gulf region of the United States, right along the Mississippi River where it empties into the Gulf of Mexico. It is a low-altitude, wet, and humid area that is frequently vulnerable to tropical storms.
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The US ranks at #13, down one spot from the last year’s UNDP ranking, which was done with 2006 data.
The HDI, a summary indicator of people’s well-being that comprises measures of life expectancy, literacy, school enrollment and GDP per capita, is part of the UNDP’s 2009 Human Development Report.
Overall, the report fo... | <urn:uuid:3aa7d551-3ab1-4c8b-81ac-becac9561828> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.marketingcharts.com/topics/europe/un-norway-has-best-standard-of-living-niger-worst-10652/ | 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 | 0.944277 | 761 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Frequently asked questions about gluten sensitivity including how it differs from celiac disease, symptoms, prevalence and treatment.
What is gluten sensitivity?
As the word “sensitive” suggests, gluten sensitivity is a reaction to ingesting gluten, which is found in wheat, barley and rye. Symptoms can arise throughout... | <urn:uuid:3a49f170-de74-4356-96de-46991856cc0e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.massgeneral.org/children/services/celiac-disease/gluten-sensitivity-faq.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 | 0.94698 | 680 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Clinical Information Discusses physiology, pathophysiology, and general clinical aspects, as they relate to a laboratory test
Selenium is an essential element. It is a cofactor required to maintain activity of glutathione peroxidase (GSH-Px), an enzyme that catalyzes the degradation of organic hydroperoxides. The absen... | <urn:uuid:8e5117f4-415f-4a56-baed-3e9409755a0a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com/interpretive-guide/index.html?alpha=S&unit_code=9765 | 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 | 0.872923 | 976 | 2.875 | 3 |
Nature has provided us with an incredible variety of vegetables and fruits, each of which has its own unique flavor, texture, color and health benefits. Many home juicers and health professionals are drawing on nature’s feast to create recipes for juicing to prevent or cure common health conditions.
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Almost 50% of people with eating disorders meet the criteria for depression.1
Only 1 in 10 men and women with eating disorders receive treatment. Only 35% of
people that receive treatment for eating disorders get treatment at a
specialized facility for eating disorders.2
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Airbus and The Boeing Company might appear to have little in common, but they certainly share a fascinating, and even intertwined, history. Both aviation firms are pioneers, having contributed numerous innovations in the field throughout the years. As technology advancements, new aircraft models, and litigations contin... | <urn:uuid:0b186687-6370-49ac-981d-833c0d69c202> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mentor.com/products/electrical-design-software/blog/post/vive-la-competition-d06333c9-bf34-4eaf-a750-a35800242cc0 | 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 | 0.958531 | 351 | 2.6875 | 3 |
DEFINITION OF INFORMATION LITERACY
The following text is taken directly from "Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education" published by the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) in 2000. To view this document in its entirety, click here.
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(1934) French financial and political scandal. When bonds sold to working-class citizens by a credit organization run by the Russian-born swindler Serge A. Stavisky (1886–1934) were found to be worthless, Stavisky fled to Chamonix and allegedly committed s... | <urn:uuid:4e63a4e3-4f08-4921-9a73-51a2a1313aa7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.merriam-webster.com/concise/stavisky%20affair | 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 | 0.965503 | 222 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Designed for youth aged 5 to 19, the CAFAS is the gold standard tool for assessing a youth’s day-to-day functioning and for tracking changes in functioning over time. The CAFAS is backed by over 20 years of research supporting its validity and sensitivity to detecting change in behaviors. It is widely used to inform de... | <urn:uuid:a02062cb-b8f0-4bd3-878d-2b7b7ec2cef6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mhs.com/product.aspx?gr=cli&prod=cafas&id=overview | 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 | 0.910727 | 582 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Earthquakes are not as predictable as we’d like them to be, so when it comes to being prepared, there’s a limited amount one can do. Nevertheless, it’s better to be as prepared as you can for natural disasters which can be inconvenient at best, and deadly at their worst.
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MARBLEHEAD, Ohio (AP) — Snake populations are booming on the Lake Erie shores and islands in northwest Ohio, and one expert says the reason is there's plenty of food.
WEWS-TV reports it found large numbers of water snakes swimming in the lake, sunning themselves on rocks and even slithering onto boats in Ohio communiti... | <urn:uuid:a469eb88-adcc-400b-a029-892688d920aa> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.monroenews.com/news/2011/jun/23/water-snakes-abound-on-ohio-lake-shores/ | 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 | 0.956941 | 166 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Much of the scholarly output of university faculty members and researchers—including conference proceedings, working papers, unpublished (and even published) articles, data sets, and audiovisual presentations—receives only limited exposure. Institutional digital repositories have been established by colleges and univer... | <urn:uuid:d43956aa-32d4-444d-80c1-b151f42e4fee> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mu.edu/library/services/ir.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 | 0.934503 | 378 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Do you ever wonder how certain meals make it onto school lunch menus? Students are now getting a chance to decide what goes on their school menu.
The Roosevelt School District is allowing students to take part in a taste test to try out new foods for their menu. School nutrition leaders say the new food choices have fe... | <urn:uuid:686a5abf-1ff5-4475-ae18-d0441e15d9ec> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.myfoxdfw.com/story/20663849/2013/01/23/students-get-to-taste-test-their-lunch-menus | 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 | 0.971378 | 303 | 2.5625 | 3 |
A serious lesson that focuses on fighting evil precedes the Purim fesitivites.
Shabbat Zachor, the Sabbath of Remembrance, falls immediately prior to Purim. The Amalekites mentioned in the Torah portion read on this Shabbat are traditionally taken to be the ancestors of Haman, the villain in the Purim tale. In Jewish t... | <urn:uuid:9a9c6e72-cd32-41fa-a178-be0e86f541f0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/Jewish_Holidays/Purim/In_the_Community/Special_Sabbaths/Remembering_Amalek.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 | 0.950014 | 656 | 3.359375 | 3 |
Dog heart medicine research results promising
A cardiac medication made specifically for dogs is nearly doubling the survival time for pets suffering from congestive heart failure, a study has found.
Dogs with heart failure caused by valvular insufficiency, the most common type, live on average 267 days versus 140 days... | <urn:uuid:0371be26-a1dd-46a9-98ff-32a3754a2a5a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mysettersam.com/2009/01/ruff-report-news-about-dogs-and.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 | 0.958435 | 531 | 2.75 | 3 |
. "5 Perspectives from Developmental Neuroscience." Preventing Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Disorders Among Young People: Progress and Possibilities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 2009.
The following HTML text is provided to enhance online
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BOX ES. 2 Security Practices Recommended for Future Implementation
Strong authentication. Health care organizations should move toward implementing strong authentication practices that provide greater security than individual logon IDs and passwords, such as single-session or encrypted authentication protocols and toke... | <urn:uuid:b3a4c945-baac-40bf-b975-4714f9e84647> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=5595&page=10 | 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 | 0.908291 | 334 | 2.53125 | 3 |
The invisible, prickly and globular measles virus, coated with spear-like proteins useful for gaining entrance to host cells, enters a person’s body through his or her respiratory system. There it multiplies, spawning viral clones that infect the mucous membrane throughout the respiratory tract, making a home in the li... | <urn:uuid:01582361-76d3-4eac-b9b9-1771a0904e80> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nationwidechildrens.org/research-news-viewer/modifying-measles?contentId=85168 | 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 | 0.932631 | 1,205 | 3.328125 | 3 |
Daily Fire Safety Tip: December 14
Wednesday, 01 December 2010 09:58
When cooking on the stove, make sure the burners or elements are turned on only as high as needed to cook the food.
Turning the stove on to high is likely to overheat food items and cause a fire. If your food starts to overheat, turn the stove down or... | <urn:uuid:2066ab43-e2ec-40a4-946b-33413360ab61> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.navarrepress.com/news/archives/2764-daily-fire-safety-tip-december-14?reset-settings | 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 | 0.96204 | 86 | 2.53125 | 3 |
The Battle for Hatteras Island
Fort Clark and Fort Hatteras
After the fall of Fort Sumter to Confederate forces in April of 1861, North Carolina began to prepare for war against the Union. Although the state did not formally secede until May 20, 1861, plans for coastal defenses were initiated in April of that year. Ini... | <urn:uuid:4708c73a-7a59-488d-a79f-571292bccf31> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ncgenweb.us/hyde/military/FTCLARK2.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 | 0.964331 | 16,789 | 3.96875 | 4 |
How to Identify Bullying
Bullying occurs once every seven minutes. That means that while you read this tip sheet, it is likely that at least one bullying incident will have occurred. In schools across America, one in three students report being bullied weekly. The good news: educators want to do something about it. In ... | <urn:uuid:d8fb8796-597a-4ed1-b5f4-f12fa0aeffca> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nea.org/home/53359.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 | 0.959636 | 1,427 | 4 | 4 |
The Life and Times of Robinson Jeffers
John Robinson Jeffers is born near Pittsburgh, 1887.
Publicity from the Southern Pacific railroad company promises unique natural beauty and economic prosperity in California.
Unprecedented drop in U.S. gold supply causes a three-year nationwide depression, 1893.
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Integrative medicine is a field of medicine geared toward healing. That doesn’t mean "curing" — it’s about caring for the whole child (body, mind, and spirit). Pediatric integrative medicine works in conjunction with a child’s medical care, which blends traditional and alternative (complementary or holistic) medical th... | <urn:uuid:5312214c-335e-4ee3-8ccc-8b65ab4f591a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nemours.org/content/nemours/wwwv2/service/medical/integrativemedicine.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 | 0.929116 | 121 | 2.703125 | 3 |
THE next generation of astronauts needn't fear for their stomachs: volunteers who have just spent 30 days dining on Martian cuisine have given it the thumbs up. It's all part of a NASA-funded project to create a suitable menu for a 1000-day mission to Mars.
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Health Implications of Temperature Variability
Joel D. Schwartz, Ph.D.
Harvard School of Public Health
NIEHS Grant R21ES020695
Climate change is expected to bring increasing variability in summer temperatures, which could shorten life expectancy for older people with chronic medical conditions, according to a new NIEHS... | <urn:uuid:b3f6d1b9-5a0c-4040-ad4f-d82138cde7ae> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/supported/sep/2012/temp-variability/index.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 | 0.907715 | 427 | 3.203125 | 3 |
William Blaeu, Globe, mid 17th century, Amsterdam
Old Maps and Globes
Curator: Avshalom Zemer
Maps of various cities and countries already existed in antiquity. Certain kinds of ancient maps have been preserved, including Mseopotamian maps drawn on clay in the third millennium B.C. and Roman mosaic maps. Our knowledge ... | <urn:uuid:7c14cb3c-24ea-425d-9e4e-254360a75670> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nmm.org.il/Museum/Templates/showpage.asp?DBID=1&LNGID=1&TMID=84&FID=1195&PID=2609 | 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 | 377 | 4.125 | 4 |
Ecological Quality Objectives
The aim of the OSPAR convention is to protect the marine environment from the adverse effects of human activities and in doing so to safeguard human health and conserve marine ecosystems.
OSPAR’s understanding of the ecological quality of the marine ecosystem is supported by a system of Ec... | <urn:uuid:b3c17199-69dc-4ac1-a9ae-ae176b9957f5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.noordzeeloket.nl/ecoqos/en/ | 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 | 0.92606 | 267 | 3.21875 | 3 |
"A Hard Earned Victory"
The Battle of Stones River was one of the bloodiest of the war. More than 3,000 men lay dead on the field. Nearly 16,000 more were wounded. Some of these men spent as much as seven agonizing days on the battlefield before help could reach them. The two armies sustained nearly 24,000 casualties, ... | <urn:uuid:08d534d5-2e19-4e6a-9261-3bc4df521b33> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nps.gov/stri/historyculture/aftermath.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 | 0.975141 | 309 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Environmental Issues: Air
All Documents in Air Tagged bush administration
- Deepest Cuts
Repairing Health Monitoring Programs Slashed Under the Bush Administration
- For decades, federal agencies charged with safeguarding health and the environment have tracked pollution, required industry reporting, and monitored dise... | <urn:uuid:3180fe9a-159d-4f93-9b14-398ffc4aabbf> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nrdc.org/documents.asp?topicid=1&tag=784 | 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 | 0.879497 | 629 | 2.578125 | 3 |
BIO380 Human Biology for Teachers
Lead Faculty: Dr. Michael R. Maxwell
Human anatomy and physiology for students pursuing careers in education. Concepts include structure and functioning of major human organ systems, such as cardiovascular, immune, respiratory, nervous,sensory, endocrine, digestive, urinary, and reprod... | <urn:uuid:48acc6c4-5da9-4663-bf52-f73aa852066b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nu.edu/OurPrograms/CollegeOfLettersAndSciences/MathematicsAndNaturalSciences/Courses/BIO380.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 | 0.829084 | 151 | 3.078125 | 3 |
What is dual enrollment?
Dual enrollment is an enrichment opportunity that allows qualified high school students to take college courses through NOVA, earn college credit and possibly receive high school credit for these courses. You may take dual enrolled classes on-campus, online or in your high school if your high s... | <urn:uuid:1c00d585-2689-4993-98b7-233162551242> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nvcc.edu/academics/additional-learning-opportunities/dual-enrollment/ | 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 | 0.953748 | 414 | 2.734375 | 3 |
A volcano near the tip of the Alaska Peninsula has erupted, hurling volcanic ash high into the atmosphere.
Pavlof Volcano, 590 miles southwest of Anchorage, began shooting ash above 15,000 feet on Tuesday. The increase in activity prompted the Alaska Volcano Observatory to increase its concern level to red, the top of ... | <urn:uuid:dd4c263c-ce90-40ff-8603-48a11a062cc8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/12/us/alaskan-volcano-erupts-in-a-plume-of-ash.html?src=pm | 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 | 0.956527 | 222 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Breathing difficulties prompted Frank to return to the hospital days before he was to receive his next chemotherapy treatment for lung cancer. When Frank asked if he'd be getting his treatment as scheduled, a doctor neither he nor his family had ever seen before replied bluntly: ''We can't give you another treatment. I... | <urn:uuid:13b5ae96-fb27-4ca1-85f1-1b6cbc9b722d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/24/health/personal-health-bad-news-well-delivered-a-prescription-for-doctors.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 | 0.958583 | 703 | 2.671875 | 3 |
A medical doctor with a scholarly interest in pre-Columbian art appears to have pushed back the date of the earliest scientific medical illustration by several centuries with his study of bizarre two-faced ancient Mexican figurines known to art historians as the ''pretty ladies of Tlatilco.''
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"Birth Control or Race Control? Sanger and the Negro Project," #28, Fall 2001.
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|Breastfeeding: from Biology to Policy (UNSSCN, 1998, 28 p.)|
I will now give an example of attempts we have made in The Gambia to break some of these barriers through a Baby-Friendly Community Initiative (BFCI) project. Breastfeeding is a universal practice in The Gambia but exclusive breastfeeding is rare and weaning... | <urn:uuid:bbad9b9c-8faa-4cf3-8f7d-eb071cb7bc9c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.nzdl.org/gsdlmod?e=d-00000-00---off-0fnl2.2--00-0----0-10-0---0---0direct-10---4-------0-1l--11-en-50---20-about---00-0-1-00-0--4----0-0-11-10-0utfZz-8-00&cl=CL1.1&d=HASH01e4ebfe5fd7cd067dfec5a3.8>=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 | 0.978344 | 2,117 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Record Series 259 contains materials related to student activism at UCLA including handouts, small posters, and protest literature.
Topics include: anti-facism; anti-Vietnam War; peace activism; Angela Davis; African American (Black) Studies; and Chicano/a
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President McKinley's Policy And The Nation's Future
( Originally Published Early 1900's )
ALTHOUGH President McKinley's inaugural address was published long since, it contains much valuable material and profound thought, that, more fully elucidated by the progress of events, will be highly interesting for many years to... | <urn:uuid:4e1ff71a-27ae-4537-868d-7356b68aeff2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.oldandsold.com/articles24/wall-street-26.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 | 0.975148 | 5,139 | 2.546875 | 3 |
An old man with enormous wings appears in a Colombian village; a girl of unearthly beauty ascends to heaven while hanging out her sister-in-law's sheets; it rains for four years, seven months and eleven days until boredom turns to apocalypse and a biblical hurricane sweeps the town away. In fiction described by the ter... | <urn:uuid:cbdb71d4-4780-4e38-81f2-49a078ace964> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.oprah.com/oprahsbookclub/Magical-Realism-In-a-Nutshell/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 | 0.956201 | 780 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Vocabulary Cartoons: Kids Learn a Word a Minute and Never Forget It!Vocabulary Cartoons before we left. My daughter pipes up in the background and says “Tell them I love it, Mom!” So, there you go! Endorsement from a 5th grader! I think she especially liked dropping “big words” when she was talking to her brothers and ... | <urn:uuid:b889107d-8a99-43c6-8124-60b4b5cbe563> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.orangemarmalademama.com/2010_09_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 | 0.980226 | 917 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Q. Why is the Jewish greeting shalom aleichem, “peace be upon you”?
A. The origins of people’s national greetings are very interesting. I used to think that the English “hello” (with its variants “hallo”, “hullo”, etc.) came from the word “hale” (as in “hale and hearty”) and was tantamount to saying, “I wish you well”,... | <urn:uuid:6302e647-ec8a-4fdb-aca3-a37c6201a802> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.oztorah.com/2008/10/shalom-aleichem-ask-the-rabbi/ | 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 | 0.96901 | 333 | 2.875 | 3 |
The Earth maintains a temperature of about 60 degrees Fahrenheit
or 16 degrees Celsius, temperatures that enable people, plants
and animals to live safely within its atmosphere. Naturally occurring
gases known as greenhouse gases help capture the sun's energy,
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Video-Enhanced Activities in Technology
Episode: Robots to the Rescue!
SciGirls investigate programming a robot with human-like traits.
Izzie joins Abby and friends to give a rescue robot a personality makeover so it can do a better job when disaster strikes. The show underscores the collaborative nature of science as ... | <urn:uuid:eec813aa-7c8c-4eea-9de0-7e28ee1055bb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.pbs.org/teachers/scigirls/activities/robots/ | 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 | 0.878891 | 253 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Tyzzer's Disease in Hamsters
Tyzzer's disease is an infection caused by the bacteria Clostridium piliforme. Often found in young or stressed hamsters, the bacteria affects the digestive system and causes severe abdominal pain and watery diarrhea. It is transmitted via spores that spread through the environment, contami... | <urn:uuid:bafd9623-94fc-4d94-8784-0c9dfc04ef32> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.petmd.com/print/10280 | 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 | 0.919825 | 465 | 3.53125 | 4 |
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The Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia and the Federal Reserve System provide resources to aid teachers in educating K-12 students about economics and personal finance.
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Learning how to use this simple tool will allow you to get the even lighting that you admire in shots taken by professional photographers!
Want to avoid harsh shadows in your photos, and get the even lighting you see in shots take by professional photographers? It’s actually much simpler than you might have thought. Th... | <urn:uuid:0cad51f4-4596-4967-a672-e3b61236763e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.photokore.com/tutorials/main/html/Intro_to_Reflectors/en | 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 | 0.922689 | 1,664 | 2.5625 | 3 |
On Saturday, October 18, 1997, near Redmond Washington, a group of 23 people (one has requested that their name not be listed) walked a 3.5 meter long firebed, participating in setting a new world record for the hottest fire intentionally walked on by a human being. The hottest part of the fire, which was approximately... | <urn:uuid:e5e1e4e5-d94c-4cce-ae55-7dba1a7a6c33> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.pitt.edu/~dwilley/Fire/FireTxt/record.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 | 0.978784 | 308 | 2.625 | 3 |
The sestina is a complex form that achieves its often spectacular effects through intricate repetition. The thirty-nine-line form is attributed to Arnaut Daniel, the Provencal troubadour of the twelfth century. The name "troubadour" likely comes from trobar, which means "to invent or compose verse." The troubadours san... | <urn:uuid:016dc9e3-fe86-433f-8ab4-793253b3ffc3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5792 | 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 | 0.935719 | 1,164 | 3.40625 | 3 |
Princeton receives $20-million grant to address greenhouse problem
Posted October 25, 2000; 05:13 p.m.
Princeton University has started a long-term partnership with BP and Ford Motor Company to develop solutions to the greenhouse problem.
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- Setting Up
Types of Guards
By the fifth day, a new relationship had emerged between prisoners and guards. The guards now fell into their job more easily -- a job which at times was boring and at times was interesting.
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In a recent discussion heat and transport has become a point of contention. The relationship of heat of a thing (the ground, or you in a sleeping bag … or more distantly the temperature of your coffee in that thermos) depends on a few parameters. At equilibrium (not your coffee cup any more) heat transfer in equals hea... | <urn:uuid:430689f3-7fa4-466b-892f-f15a28c15aae> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.pseudopolymath.com/archives/5640/comment-page-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 | 0.94763 | 391 | 2.703125 | 3 |
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Feeding cattle on grass - in a pastoral system simlar to New Zealand's - could be the future for many American beef farmers.
The country that is synonymous with steaks as big as Texas is suffering a serious shortage of cattle, the BBC reports.
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A selection of articles related to carbohydrate structure.
Original articles from our library related to the Carbohydrate Structure. See Table of Contents for further available material (downloadable resources) on Carbohydrate Structure.
- Bringing it Down to Earth: A Fractal Approach
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- Megasthenes Greek ambassador of Seleucus Nikator who came to reside at the court of Candragupta Maurya in 303 bce.
- Megasthenes: Indika
- Megasthenes: Indika. Project South Asia editor's note: We have removed the footnotes that appeared in J. W..
- Megasthenes: Description of Pataliputra (late 3rd century
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A zone plate is a device used to focus light. Unlike lenses however, zone plates use diffraction instead of refraction. Created by Augustin-Jean Fresnel [freɪ'nel], they are sometimes called Fresnel zone plates in his honor. The zone plate's focusing ability is an extension of the Arago spot phenomenon caused by diffra... | <urn:uuid:08681ace-e06c-49ff-91a7-7da219220fb8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.reference.com/browse/Zone+Plate | 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 | 0.922005 | 856 | 3.90625 | 4 |
An atomic clock is a type of clock that uses an atomic resonance frequency standard as its timekeeping element. They are the most accurate time and frequency standards known, and are used as primary standards for international time distribution services, and to control the frequency of television broadcasts and GPS sat... | <urn:uuid:4e69941b-96cd-4467-b4ad-3d52d3e6cadf> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.reference.com/browse/conceivably | 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 | 0.933998 | 2,080 | 3.859375 | 4 |
Also, Gemar set up a model of the scaffold-like truss structure that may be used on a future space station in the lower deck. The model, linked to sensitive recorders in a shuttle locker, was used to determine the characteristics of such structures in orbit. The model and its reactions were studied in several different... | <urn:uuid:1ea21bab-9795-4f53-9358-4419212e03d4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.reference.com/browse/feels+lightheaded | 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 | 0.942467 | 6,530 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Name: Pancreas Cancer
Description: Cancer of the "exocrine" pancreas
This casebook is published and has been read 2415 times.
The author of this casebook has identified the following medical topics as being highly relevant to this casebook.
The pancreas is about 6 inches long and is shaped like a flat pear. The widest ... | <urn:uuid:ce66564e-c010-4785-acc4-e12867576db5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.resoundinghealth.com/casebook/show/126 | 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 | 0.944811 | 2,477 | 3.4375 | 3 |
The Fed Experience is an interactive exhibit that lets visitors explore their connection to the economy. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
Looking for a resource to teach about poverty?
April 9, 2013 | NewsIntroducing 5E Navigator
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According to recent findings, vigorous exercise and health education classes in the adolescents can cut their blood cholesterol levels and reduce their risk of developing heart disease later in life.
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Useful for beginners
Simple but very useful..efficient in utilising it in the development of Complex module.
Import java IO - Java Beginners
Import java IO for example i know java IO is for input and output. I am using Netbeans5.5.1.
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In this Grammar section we'll talk about Russian verbs. The verb is a part of speech that denotes an action or a process stage (physical movements in space, physical and mental states, alternations etc). It uses the categories of mood, time and person: приехали, напишет, нарисовал бы, приходите! (have arrived, will wri... | <urn:uuid:d7c3a984-2717-4166-8d7d-a8810588a3a0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.russian-plus.com/Learn-Russian-Verbs/Page-2.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 | 0.881666 | 142 | 3.578125 | 4 |
Swimming pools (both commercial and private / garden) are an ideal use of solar energy. As the swimming pool requires energy at low temperatures (typical pool water temperature 28°C - 30°C), the collectors operate efficiently. The pool also provides a large thermal store which can absorb all of the energy collected. Co... | <urn:uuid:850e9e58-0c91-4213-9b82-20c0abc41daf> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.rvr.ie/Advice/Specifiers/Solar_Heating_for_Swimming_Pools/2_1_1_4_3/ | 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 | 0.88467 | 771 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Definition of Vitamin B2
Vitamin B2: An essential nutrient found in meat, dairy foods, plant foods and grain products. The body requires vitamin B2 to break down food components, maintain tissue, and absorb other nutrients.
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New safefood collaborative study will be first in the world to use DNA to measure safety and quality of food
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Advantages of structural steel
To make a bold statement: steel is the most important man-made material in the world. It is impossible to think about the type of civilisation that now exists on earth without steel. Of just about every physical thing produced by mankind one can say: "if it's not made of steel, it's made ... | <urn:uuid:6fb4690a-0de3-44db-8e52-a8cc6ed1b9d7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.saisc.co.za/saisc/about_steel.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 | 0.924299 | 130 | 2.578125 | 3 |
|Biographical detail : ||Algerian nationalist leader.
Ben Khedda was a nationalist leader who helped to negotiate and proudly ushered in Algerian independence, became his country’s prime minister and was soon forced to stand aside to avoid bloodshed.
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PUBLIC HEALTHFACT SHEET Hepatitis A
What is hepatitis A?
Hepatitis A, also called infectious hepatitis, is a contagious viral disease that makes the liver swell. It can take from 15 to 50 days to get sick after being exposed to the hepatitis A virus. The average is about a month.
What are the symptoms?
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The word tattoo is said to have two major derivations- from the Polynesian word ‘ta’ which means striking something and the Tahitian word ‘tatau’ which means ‘to mark something.’ Tattoos are created by inserting pigment beneath the skin. In some of the tribal cultures, the tattooing technique was known to be very painf... | <urn:uuid:532b038f-673d-448c-86a2-eef722b65ea6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.scandigital.com/blog/historic-photos/tattoo-history-from-around-the-world/ | 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 | 0.97451 | 817 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Booktalk for Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls: Moving Day
- Grades: 3–5
About this book
Rule 5: Never let your family move into a haunted house.
Allie Finkle is at war! She's at war with the idea of moving to a new house. Her family's old house is just fine. Her best friend lives just down the street, and she has the bes... | <urn:uuid:745814fe-578c-4068-9206-b508a4191c4e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/booktalk-allie-finkles-rules-girls-book-one-moving-day | 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 | 0.98652 | 311 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Using Poetry to Explore Change and Belonging
Students read poems about change and growth and consider their own sense of belonging.
- Grades: 6–8
- Understand and appreciate poetry
- Understand the following literary terms: form, sound, imagery, figurative language (simile, metaphor, personification)
- Recognize the di... | <urn:uuid:05ff8540-6046-4dfd-8a74-d3e98da973bc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/lesson-plan/using-poetry-explore-change-and-belonging | 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 | 0.906297 | 248 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Clean and Green; January 2006; Scientific American Magazine; by Rebecca Renner; 2 Page(s)
Stain repellents confer easy-to-clean convenience to carpets and clothing thanks to substances called fluorosurfactants. Yet this benefit comes at a price: the processes used to make these surfactants--which are also used to impro... | <urn:uuid:f7fd2d82-ccbd-46fe-b59a-208b74976319> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sciamdigital.com/index.cfm?fa=Products.ViewIssuePreview&ARTICLEID_CHAR=0B704291-2B35-221B-6D1C99EE7627FA1A | 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 | 0.943595 | 382 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Dec. 15, 2007 Atherosclerosis is an inflammatory disease of the arterial blood vessels enhanced by the presence of immune cells known as macrophages. Macrophages migrate to the cholesterol-rich atherosclerotic plaques that form in the blood vessels and are the central component of atherosclerotic disease.
Phospholipase... | <urn:uuid:1603c3fc-d43a-4cd8-bc42-7c595e8ec259> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/12/071214200818.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 | 0.916064 | 431 | 3 | 3 |
Mar. 10, 2008 Researchers have conducted a detailed molecular survey of how heart muscle proteins change over time in diseased tissue, revealing clues that may lead to earlier diagnosis of heart disease.
Despite great progress in reducing mortality, cardiomyopathies (diseases affecting heart muscle) remain one of the l... | <urn:uuid:2ead1315-b23c-4aa0-91d3-9e0bbdb35a86> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/03/080306154705.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 | 0.926902 | 316 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Albarello drug jar used for cinchona bark, Spain, 1731-1770
The inscription “Cort Calisay” gives an indication as to what the earthenware albarello would have contained. Calisaya is another name for cinchona bark. The active ingredient in cinchona is quinine. Quinine is used for pain relief and to prevent fevers and fo... | <urn:uuid:7e96418c-bedb-4833-bc9b-1e41e4fae850> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/broughttolife/objects/display.aspx?id=4126 | 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 | 0.915356 | 348 | 3.0625 | 3 |
Web edition: May 2, 2006
Adults are continually bombarded with messages about how eating foods rich in cholesterol can elevate an individual's risks of atherosclerosis and heart attacks. Many such warnings have focused on eggs because their yolks are a major dietary source of cholesterol.
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|First Ever Underwater University Lectures|
Biology » Coral, Reefs »
University of Essex − Unique university lecture held 18 metres underwater Students at the University of Essex have taken their lectures to a whole new level – 18 metres under the sea in remote Indonesia to be precise. The ground-breaking underwater ma... | <urn:uuid:413efeee-02c8-4503-a8f8-6523c94644e3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sciencenewsline.com/top-news/ | 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 | 0.88209 | 2,874 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Professor Dennis McCance
New research conducted by scientists at Queen’s University Belfast suggests that treating the non-cancerous tissue around a tumour could offer a more effective treatment approach than treating only the tumour. The team, whose findings have been published in the European Molecular Biology Organi... | <urn:uuid:66e540d9-f6d3-4349-b6e3-66bdf1b89681> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.scienceomega.com/article/522/targeting-non-cancerous-cells-to-tackle-cancer | 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 | 0.980021 | 1,418 | 3.15625 | 3 |
An Amateur’s Guide to Optics and Optical Instruments
Featuring page after page of detailed hand drawn illustrations, this extensive self-education guide will teach you basic optics through ray tracing and design, and build-it-yourself projects for all the primary optical instruments. Originally copy-written in 1974, th... | <urn:uuid:ebe649ea-f5e2-45f0-8423-1e6ef97485b7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.scientificsonline.com/review/product/list/id/7310/?laser_color=94 | 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 | 0.872855 | 115 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Abbeville Civil War Cannon – Abbeville County, South Carolina
South Carolina | SC Picture Project | Abbeville County Photos | Abbeville Civil War Cannon
Although no battles were fought here, Abbeville has a rich Civil War history. During the Civil War, Abbeville attorney and Mexican-American War veteran Brigadier Gener... | <urn:uuid:c9f0eae1-da6d-4a95-bd6b-08f3f99ff4a9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sciway.net/sc-photos/abbeville-county/abbeville-civil-war-cannon.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 | 0.94563 | 470 | 2.953125 | 3 |
The reliable and secure operation of critical infrastructure is of great importance to national security, economic vitality, and public safety. Threats to the infrastructure are both real and growing. For example, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, during the five-month period between October 2011 a... | <urn:uuid:7fecd879-47e8-4e22-8dc6-20b917224e69> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.securitymanagement.com/article/protecting-against-cyberthreats-0011335?page=0%2C0 | 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 | 0.960264 | 485 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Leadership Characteristics that Facilitate School Change
About this Series of 3 Literature ReviewsThis monograph is one of three in a series of literature reviews focusing on topics that influence school change. These are:
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'To be human is to be sexual' Winder, 1983
Sexuality is often equated with just sex. Actually, it's much broader and also encompasses gender identities and roles sexual orientation, eroticism, pleasure, intimacy and reproduction. Sexuality is experienced and expressed in thoughts, fantasies, desires, beliefs, attitudes... | <urn:uuid:ec088641-3d27-4aca-abc4-8f6b63dc03e2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sexualityanddisability.org/sexuality/mythbusting.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 | 0.971087 | 2,010 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Like the semicolon, the colon produces a stronger pause than the comma. But while the semicolon generally separates two independent clauses, the colon separates an independent clause from words that will explain or amplify it. There are several different ways in which the colon is used. But the most important thing to ... | <urn:uuid:58247f40-5b99-4002-8890-e5a683960575> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sff.net/odyssey/punctu83.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 | 0.947818 | 948 | 4.34375 | 4 |
Longstreet Highroad Guide to the North Georgia Mountains
The Great Valley, situated between the Armuchee Ridges and the Cohutta Mountains, has long presented to all types of life an easy route from the coastal lowlands of Alabama to the north Georgia mountains and farther north into Tennessee and possibly North Carolin... | <urn:uuid:0b3b2316-c742-43a4-86e7-f4e0492662f5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sherpaguides.com/georgia/mountains/cumberland_plateau/great_valley.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 | 0.975236 | 2,848 | 3.59375 | 4 |
The story of "Persephone, Demeter, and Hades" is probably one of the most well-known of Greek myths and is used to explain the coming and going of the seasons.
The myth of Persephone's annual symbolic death and resurrection was the basis of one the largest religious celebrations in ancient Greece, known as the Eleusini... | <urn:uuid:1c877c42-9f97-47f2-919e-eecbb4e81596> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.shmoop.com/persephone-demeter-hades/context.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 | 0.980292 | 343 | 2.671875 | 3 |
An Historical Account of Two Notable Corruptions of Scripture is a dissertation by the English Mathematician and Scholar Isaac Newton. First published in 1754, twenty-seven years after Newton's death, it reviewed all the textual evidence available from ancient sources on two disputed Bible passages, at First John 5:7 a... | <urn:uuid:71d309b4-483a-437b-a839-54fe5f47708f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.shortopedia.com/I/S/Isaac_Newton | 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 | 0.948262 | 1,581 | 3.4375 | 3 |
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Literature papers are the most challenging papers in the English paper field. For a student to write an excellent literature paper, they must have total understanding of the literature topic in question. Also extensive reading is paramount in writing a lit... | <urn:uuid:3ee42ba3-b564-4f91-ac89-3140a8d1ea7f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.signalwritings.com/literature-papers.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 | 0.903219 | 966 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Monarchs migrate through WNCWritten by Admin
A program called “Bring Back the Monarchs” will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, at the Cradle of Forestry Discovery Center in the Pisgah National Forest.
The program, given by conservation specialists with the Monarch Watch program, will cover biology basics of the mon... | <urn:uuid:05d9a64a-e216-4d12-9462-e80e87dec6d1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.smokymountainnews.com/news/item/8832-monarchs-migrate-through-wnc | 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 | 0.930817 | 264 | 2.625 | 3 |
Cultural Safety Workshops
· Cultural Sensitivity and Awareness
developing your awareness of your own and others' cultures to assist in the performance of your professional duties
· Cultural Competency
cultural competence, is defined as a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together and enables... | <urn:uuid:c79246be-f559-495d-86b9-1aa0ae3f522d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.soahac.on.ca/cswform.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 | 0.88551 | 184 | 2.515625 | 3 |
A total of five percent of global electricity consumption could be saved every year through a transition to efficient lighting, resulting in annual worldwide savings of over US$ 110 billion. These are among the main findings of 150 country lighting assessments and a new global policy map on efficient lighting. An en.li... | <urn:uuid:40778d40-d095-402a-bf49-90b26059b71e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.solutions-site.org/node/757 | 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 | 0.916092 | 2,457 | 3.078125 | 3 |
When bone is worn on the skin, it changes colour as oil is absorbed into the bone. The Maori believed that the spirit or soul of the person was inhabiting the pendant.
Bone pendants were most popular amongst the Maori people of New Zealand. The designs the Maori use in their bone artwork all have a particular significa... | <urn:uuid:ed3eb7a4-3bb2-45b7-b98a-5b6678c5cbb5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.soulfulbones.com/ | 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 | 0.979297 | 171 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Scientists from Florida’s Mote Marine Laboratory and the Florida Aquarium have implanted tags containing an accelerometer into the fins of 16 blacktip sharks caught over the last nine months, according to an article and video (below) from southwest Florida’s News-Press posted Monday from a recent tagging trip. An accel... | <urn:uuid:f7c72359-4eed-486c-b937-bd770d669ce1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sportfishingmag.com/shark-fishing/scientists-use-smartphone-tech-measure-sharks-post-release-recovery?quicktabs_most_popular=1&quicktabs_community_side_bar=2 | 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 | 0.906273 | 276 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Country of residence: United States of America
Current position: Executive Director of UN Women
Why do you think the issue of climate change is important for women?
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2. How is an outcome determined?
The standard of proof used to make a determination of responsibility is that of “preponderance of the evidence”. This standard allows hearing officers to find a student responsible if the information shows that it is more likely than not that a violation occurred. If the student is foun... | <urn:uuid:5652e13b-f4ee-4091-8383-8ffcce000c88> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.studentaffairs.columbia.edu/node/6527 | 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 | 0.934516 | 98 | 2.5625 | 3 |
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Young Minds - New Ideas
March 14, 2008 - Sunny Day
NIE – Newspapers In Education – What we do to help our children learn.
How we go about learning what is going on in the city in which we live, the state, the country, the nation or the world has expanded and broaden so much since my day! And I want to tell you j... | <urn:uuid:fdf4f8f5-8f91-49d5-a558-3434e778b009> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sungazette.com/page/blogs.detail/display/188/Young-Minds---New-Ideas.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 | 0.955479 | 515 | 2.9375 | 3 |
04/22/2011 01:12 PM ET
News from: Wind-Do Inc.
Wind Turbines: When Will We See the Next Generation?
And how the economy will change with renewable energy.
Cooperative wind farm, participative project, offshore wind turbine, wildlife protection.... We continuously see those terms when you hear about new wind projects; t... | <urn:uuid:bfc4c827-709a-49e6-8a1b-e366158aef2b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sustainablebusiness.com/index.cfm/go/news.viewpressrelease/id/258 | 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 | 0.929269 | 946 | 3.25 | 3 |
What Jewish rituals and Judaism share with Civil War reenactment and Southern culture
I went into a ladies’ room last fall and saw a ghost. I had just arrived at a synagogue in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, to give a lecture on All Other Nights, my novel about Jewish spies during the Civil War. As I hurried to the restroom... | <urn:uuid:e98b19e3-da56-475f-998d-aad5c63ad646> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.tabletmag.com/jewish-life-and-religion/29061/repeat-performances | 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 | 0.967439 | 1,739 | 2.828125 | 3 |
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