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Sedona AZ (January 18, 2012) – The Sedona Heritage Museum announces their newest changing exhibit, a celebration of Arizona’s 100 years of statehood.
The exhibit has several features including displays about the state symbols, the Five ‘C’s of Arizona (can you name them?: Copper, Cattle, Citrus, Cotton & Climate), time... | <urn:uuid:7efd2c43-c775-4d49-aafe-5055e2b1ce58> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sedona.biz/arizona/arizona-statehood-centennial/sedona-heritage-museum-new-exhibit-celebrates-arizona-centennial/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941598 | 435 | 2.71875 | 3 |
1 session - 3 hours of interactive training
Do students really have a clear picture of what a million is? A billion? What about fractions, decimals, and percents? Can students actually picture these concepts in their minds? This course provides unforgettable visual images that establish a context in which students can ... | <urn:uuid:0636bad4-f667-49f3-a4a7-0695bbb9510d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.shadowbox.ca/softwareTraining/learnkey_product.asp?Code=1587 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.903705 | 201 | 3.34375 | 3 |
Widely recognized as one of the most influential spiritual teachers of the twentieth century, Jiddu Krishnamurti taught that in order for there to be peace in the world, we must each first make peace with ourselves. No spiritual path, leader, or personal or political philosophy will guide us in this endeavor, he said; ... | <urn:uuid:401ea6cd-5e93-4548-a81f-2a493c394d9b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.shambhala.com/authors/g-n/j-krishnamurti/where-can-peace-be-found-1.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926552 | 246 | 3.078125 | 3 |
Foot length versus shoe length
The length of a foot is commonly defined as the horizontal distance between two parallel lines that are perpendicular to the foot and in contact with the most prominent toe and the most prominent part of the heel. Foot length is measured with the subject standing barefoot and the weight o... | <urn:uuid:5d32eac0-2e68-421e-8346-f76c6cb07ede> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.shoemountain.com/index.php/includes/info/Shoe-Sizes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95606 | 756 | 3.390625 | 3 |
The Mecaflex was one of the smallest 35mm single lens reflexes ever made. It
was designed by Heinz Kilfitt, who, in 1947, opened an optical company in Leichtenstein
that subsequently relocated to Munich. It was here that he made a name for himself
producing high-precision lenses that included the 40mm f/2.8 Kilar--the
... | <urn:uuid:55ac375e-577d-45e0-93c4-00b04df928b6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.shutterbug.com/content/mecaflex-square-format-35mm-slr | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94623 | 839 | 2.53125 | 3 |
"[T]his plane extends with the same bredth from the creek below to the distance of near three miles ablove parrallel with the river, and it is intirely occupyed by the burrows of the barking squiril heretofore described. . . . a great number of wolves of the small kind, [hawks] and some pole-cats were to be seen. I pre... | <urn:uuid:1e64e408-b41a-4039-bbf6-cb99c672a4f4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sierraclub.org/lewisandclark/species/ferret.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965518 | 473 | 3.390625 | 3 |
More ice loss through snowfall on Antarctica
Posted on 16 December 2012 by John Hartz
This is a reprint of a news release posted by the Postsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) on Dec 12, 2012.
Stronger snowfall increases future ice discharge from Antarctica. Global warming leads to more precipitation as wa... | <urn:uuid:52cefc76-80d1-445b-b24a-eac127d8d782> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.skepticalscience.com/More-ice-loss-through-snowfall-on-Antarctica_PIK.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929802 | 758 | 3.3125 | 3 |
>> About Maglev >> Maglev Technology
of Magnetic Levitation
[ Introduction ]
It is transportation that is the direct product of the
social link and social relationship of the people. Revolutionary
changes have taken place in the life of the mankind
since human beings acquired the capability of walking
upright as a resu... | <urn:uuid:7166158d-a8f6-46f5-838a-fac319215d5e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.smtdc.com/en/gycf3.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.909389 | 2,990 | 2.9375 | 3 |
Insolation is a measure of solar radiation energy received on a given surface area in a given time. The name comes from a portmanteau of the words incident solar radiation.
"It is commonly expressed as average irradiance in watts per square meter (W/m2)" (source - Wikipedia)
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In 1955, Bill Haley and the Comets made a No. 1 hit with "Rock Around the Clock." By this time there was no doubt in the music business that this new sound, which catered to teenagers, was the new Popular Music. The rock & roll era had officially begun.
Almost all Musicologists will say that rock & roll is distinctivel... | <urn:uuid:9a11e994-c124-4f77-a91c-422bc0ce3e09> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibits/eras/C1003 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971449 | 955 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Hell is Truth Seen Too Late
For by Art is created that great Leviathan called a Commonwealth or State which is but an Artificial Man; though of greater stature and strength than the Natural, for whose protection and defense it was intended; and in which, the Sovereignty is an Artificial Soul, as giving life and motion ... | <urn:uuid:8d7a058f-850b-45d6-b7f7-5867b0284bde> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.spaceandmotion.com/Philosophy-Thomas-Hobbes-Leviathan.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926427 | 5,127 | 2.921875 | 3 |
The major cause of death in smokers is coronary heart disease, with rates for heavy smokers about three times greater than in
non-smokers. Smokers with high blood cholesterol and blood pressure levels have coronary heart disease death rates that are
about 20 times greater than non-smokers with normal blood pressure and... | <urn:uuid:bcc80821-41ab-45db-9e50-95c9f91574e3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sportsmatchmaker.com.au/articles/fitness/quit-smoking.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944709 | 746 | 3.359375 | 3 |
Wrought iron has been used in building from the earliest days of civilization, wrought iron door
furniture being commonplace in Roman times. The structural use or iron dates from the Middle Ages, when bars
of wrought iron would be used occasionally to tie masonry arches and domes. This use of wrought iron in tension
gu... | <urn:uuid:2a08ff35-f165-4294-8d18-e0d646249673> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.starsteel.com/2011/06/07/wrought-iron/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958423 | 4,166 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Preparedness: Simple Steps to Weather the Storm
September 1, 2007
September is “National Preparedness Month”, and Governor Baldacci has designated it as Preparedness Month in Maine as well. The Maine Emergency Management Agency and the sixteen County Emergency Management Agencies remind Mainers that with simple steps, ... | <urn:uuid:346bb756-5a2b-4035-b98e-0007f7deb924> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.state.me.us/mema/mema_news_display.shtml?id=41577 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932746 | 694 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Gathering Project Information
Everybody talks about project management, but what is it
exactly? In some organizations, any task or duty is considered a project that
requires someone to manage it. Puh-leeze! Project management is the ability to
administer a series of chronological tasks resulting in a desired goal. Some... | <urn:uuid:7b4f4cc1-6cc9-42f4-968c-34ec0ee432fa> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.super-business.net/IT-Project-Management/141.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92114 | 5,036 | 2.703125 | 3 |
WASHINGTON (AP) -- No major medical group recommends routine PSA blood tests to check men for prostate cancer, and now a government panel is saying they do more harm than good and healthy men should no longer receive the tests as part of routine cancer screening.
The panel's guidelines had long advised men over 75 to f... | <urn:uuid:9a0ed795-6575-4e9e-8442-a8631c28780d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/10/panel_advises_against_prostate.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968424 | 693 | 2.5625 | 3 |
The compiler page allows the user to define the following.
To create a .jarc file use the New->Other...->Jar Compiler menu option.
To build the .exe, right click on the .jarc file and use Jar Compiler->Compile menu option.
To compress the .exe, right click on the .jarc file and use Jar Compiler->Compress menu option.
T... | <urn:uuid:edc20e97-4ca9-4fc5-831c-8e7526548ef9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.tabbyinstall.com/jarc/UnixCompilerHelp.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.877992 | 1,851 | 2.96875 | 3 |
TRUCKEE, Calif. and#8212; The results of the preliminary Health Impact Assessment for the proposed two-megawatt biomass facility for the region are in.
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Japan’s Meteorological Agency increased the alert level at Mount Asama volcano in central Japan, warning of an eruption within two days, an agency official said yesterday.
The alert level was raised because of signs of increased seismic activity on Mount Asama, a 2,568m peak 140km northwest of Tokyo, the official said.... | <urn:uuid:478effde-9c82-4c33-a718-53cbafc72235> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2009/02/02/2003435014 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96114 | 431 | 3.03125 | 3 |
By Michele Hallahan via Living Green Magazine
Fresh water accounts for less than one percent of all the water on the planet, making it a very precious resource. It is the Achilles heel for every civilization, as there is no life where there is no water. You could say it is the primary infrastructure of our daily lives,... | <urn:uuid:b08a2a00-b61a-4a24-addb-110dfcf68bd4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.takepart.com/article/2012/07/31/how-save-150-gallons-water-day-without-leaving-your-home | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937732 | 664 | 2.578125 | 3 |
EU sugar policy reform and developing countries
World sugar markets and developing countries
Sugar is a dynamic part of the world agricultural economy, with average growth rates in production of around 3 per cent annually over the past decade. Around 75% of the world’s sugar is produced from sugar cane, mainly in devel... | <urn:uuid:9d2e8b95-f839-4c1e-9ce1-9a2a5eecda9c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.tcd.ie/iiis/policycoherence/eu-agricultural-policy-reform/sugar-case-study.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952695 | 1,828 | 2.890625 | 3 |
So I'm culpable of posting yet another random project to the Teacher Focus forums; yet I hope some of you might find this useful and interesting for your science classes. Your feedback would be appreciated.
While in school, I loved to explore the world through a microscope. It was fun to see things invisible to the nak... | <urn:uuid:adbc2228-af5b-4c5f-8aa8-72209d93c04e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.teacherfocus.com/science-math-teachers/upclose-project-shareable-medium-2934/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95953 | 373 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Some students go all out to get your attention, and often they do so by behaving in a very negative way. The problem with attention seeking behaviour is that your instinctive reaction is to give these students your attention. You need to learn to fight your instinctive response and to use your attention for more positi... | <urn:uuid:0dbc16e9-50ed-4b92-bfa7-6930dc33086e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.teachersmedia.co.uk/cowley-tips-attention-seeker | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937709 | 323 | 3.234375 | 3 |
Fight flu and illness
Outer Space and Space Exploration
Mathcar racing and other math games
Reading and Math Support Activities for MCA's
Study Island tutorial activities for several school disciplines
arranged by grade level.
Username: Child's first initial.Lastname@pies
More Kids Discover
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In a final sequel to my previous blog on social bookmarking, I’d like to feature the Endangered Species stack. These sites were compiled for students to use as they were doing their research for the TechnoKids projects TechnoReport, TechnoEnvironment, and TechnoAnimal.
This list consists of 20 links to relevant and res... | <urn:uuid:9c68202e-3c45-4341-9f46-23dbc1b4eeb5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.technokids.com/blog/education-websites/endangered-species-online-resources-for-students/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941657 | 426 | 3.03125 | 3 |
The recently completed Large Hadron Collider, the world’s most powerful particle accelerator and most ambitious scientific instrument, is being readied to address some of the deepest questions in physics (see “The Making of a New Collider”). Hundreds of feet below the surface of the earth, straddling the Swiss-French b... | <urn:uuid:c7ba86c8-660f-45e0-bde0-a30396b9a99a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.technologyreview.com/notebook/409951/the-new-collider/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932037 | 794 | 3.625 | 4 |
Men who became fathers over the age of 50 have between a 67 and 79 per cent greater chance of going on to have an autistic grandchild, than those who reach fatherhood in their early 20s, according to research that suggests the risk of the condition can accumulate over the generations.
Experts from Sweden, the UK, and A... | <urn:uuid:e91b43b4-e1ea-4b31-bed6-8ff332a060c8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/9943098/Having-an-older-grandfather-raises-autism-risk.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978329 | 426 | 2.90625 | 3 |
I'm not very versed in poetry, but I'll see what knots I can untie for you.
Cornelius, to you, for indeed you were accustomed to
Think my [books] to be trifles,
(tu solebas) "meas esse aliquid putare nugas" = "you were accustomed to think my trifles to be something," i.e., Cornelius had a high opinion of Catulus's work... | <urn:uuid:6e2c1b0b-6c72-4632-81ad-b7837aa7b28d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.textkit.com/greek-latin-forum/viewtopic.php?p=66310 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942651 | 1,077 | 2.53125 | 3 |
December 3, 2012
Saturday was the 25th commemoration of World AIDS Day. The theme this year was "Getting to Zero: Zero new HIV infections, zero deaths from AIDS-related illness and zero discrimination." While these may sound like lofty goals, the last year has shown some real progress.
Internationally, there are approx... | <urn:uuid:d326a8d3-9550-4c34-8acb-7e48906c5b87> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thebody.com/content/70094/world-aids-day-2012.html?ts=pf | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973596 | 412 | 3 | 3 |
— Hubert H. Humphrey
Segregationist Southerners threatened to walk out, a move that could have paralyzed the entire fragile Democratic coalition and handed the White House to the Republicans. The Democrats’ first presidential defeat in 16 years might have been laid at the feet of this ambitious 37-year-old.
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Resources for Teachers and students of all ages:
The Orion Society offers a Nature Literacy Series that contains four books focused on ways to engage students in all disciplines with their natural surroundings.
1. Beyond Ecophobia: Reclaiming the Heart in Nature Education
2. Stories in the Land: A Place-based anthology... | <urn:uuid:7b36d731-8247-455a-958e-1fc5c3576eef> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.themountainwoman.blogspot.com/p/resources_07.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.884444 | 164 | 3.046875 | 3 |
May 19, 2013 | 08:08 AM (BD Time)
19 May, 2013 Sunday
Bird watching can help eco-tourism
Migratory birds undertake some of the most daring journeys in the animal kingdom, often covering thousands of kilometers to migrate. And the growing fan base of these winged adventurers is now presenting economic opportunities thro... | <urn:uuid:3e3a3e6d-69a2-4e93-acc4-b680b8146914> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thenewnationbd.com/newsdetails.aspx?newsid=39318 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9165 | 1,336 | 2.9375 | 3 |
Purple-faced Langur (Trachypithecus vetulus)
This species has a sacculated stomach to assist in the breakdown of cellulose. The purple-faced langur has enlarged salivary glands to assist it in breaking down food. The dental formula of the purple-faced langur is 2:1:2:3 on both the upper and lower jaws (Ankel-Simons, 20... | <urn:uuid:4780fa84-0083-409e-82be-a507812b2040> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.theprimata.com/trachypithecus_vetulus.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.887749 | 4,931 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Are pulsars gravity-wave generators?
Nature's speed hump
Scientists at the European Space Agency (ESA) say that a newly discovered star could provide a test for the existence of gravitational waves.
The object, a pulsar, was discovered by the INTEGRAL spacecraft, and is one of the fastest spinning stars ever seen, rota... | <urn:uuid:cd28fdbd-ebca-46cb-82f6-34a60aa1b2ef> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/22/pulsar_spinner/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92644 | 399 | 3.46875 | 3 |
Toshiba growing plant to source iPhone screens
Low-temperature polycrystalline silicon, anyone?
Toshiba is building a factory to make LCDs for iPhones and allow it to double its output, it has been claimed.
It will begin punching out small panels in the second half of 2011, the paper said.
The plant will be run by Tosh... | <urn:uuid:6f310f4e-b48e-46bc-8603-fabc7d5b157a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/14/toshiba_iphone_screen_plant/print.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919017 | 294 | 2.609375 | 3 |
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Tall Tales are exaggerated and imaginary stories from the 1800's. They were made-up to tell about the courage many had while exploring and adventuring to the "WILD, ... | <urn:uuid:7e26c9ba-030f-4967-8a44-f98da9256588> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thinkquest.org/pls/html/f?p=52300:100:2189793655405560::::P100_TEAM_ID:501579909 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.912898 | 120 | 2.765625 | 3 |
SaraGurrie Middle School, IL, United States
EveGurrie Middle School, IL, United States
TessGurrie Middle School, IL, United States
15 & under
Julie McGovernWM F GURRIE MIDDLE SCHOOL, IL, United States
Arts & Entertainment > Movies & Animation
Social Sciences & Culture > Popular Culture
Ages 12 and up
Teacher Resources ... | <urn:uuid:c19cf5de-6d9b-4942-84b4-eadc43cd77e9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thinkquest.org/pls/html/f?p=52300:100:2934166348550115::::P100_TEAM_ID:479971637 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953266 | 276 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Social Policy & Politics Program | Report
Then and Now: How the State of Relationship Recognition Has Changed Since DOMA
Fifteen years ago this month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the so-called Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA). The bill, which defined marriage as a union between one man and one woman under fe... | <urn:uuid:361eb91a-2577-46d2-88f9-3ac598130b18> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thirdway.org/publications/420 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937941 | 199 | 2.90625 | 3 |
(SYDNEY) Although they appear on just about every Australian postcard, koala bears are actually quite hard to spot in the wild, where their numbers are gradually declining. Scientists are now sounding the alarm and urging Australia's Senate to declare the iconic, sleepy-eyed marsupials an endangered species.
Scientists... | <urn:uuid:332d3738-9374-4d13-9a63-bd52854daa07> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,2077431,00.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970415 | 749 | 3.71875 | 4 |
The reinvention of Charles Barry’s monumental lakeside garden on the banks of the river Trent has created one of the largest examples of contemporary naturalistic perennial planting in Europe, set within a vast Victorian Italianate parterre. In 1997 the garden was in an advanced state of decay. Almost all of its archit... | <urn:uuid:e2d44efe-2033-45d7-bafa-fe47062caceb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.tomstuartsmith.co.uk/projects/open-to-public/trentham/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933086 | 277 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Pawara served during the reign of Akhenaten during the 'Amarna period. As an official envoy of Egypt to 'Amurru, he was witness to the decline in Egyptian power in this area. This decline was caused when Akhenaten refused to defend Egypt's allies and territories. Pawara was killed in 'Amurru. His successor had to leave... | <urn:uuid:dc686bd9-0b9d-4839-9689-80c399ed4f54> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.touregypt.net/who/pawara.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973367 | 180 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Thừa Thiên-Huế is a province in the North Central Coast of Vietnam, approximately in the center of the country. It borders Quang Tri Provice to the north and Da Nang City to the south, Laos to the west and the South China Sea to the east. The province has 128 km of coastline, 22,000 ha of lagoons and over 200,000 ha of... | <urn:uuid:58bd12dc-d262-4f22-8654-ed8cf18faf0d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.traveltovietnam.biz/destinations/the-central/hue-province.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958096 | 2,084 | 2.796875 | 3 |
ELM CREEK (THROCKMORTON COUNTY)
ELM CREEK (Throckmorton County). Elm Creek rises seven miles southwest of Throckmorton in central Throckmorton County (at 33°08' N, 99°15' W) and runs east for a total of thirty miles, passing through the town of Throckmorton and into western Young County, then becoming a flowing stream ... | <urn:uuid:8e0e0c32-6669-4eb0-a1b5-2b832318bf79> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/rbe63 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.887644 | 273 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Narrator: This is Science Today. For over a decade, many post-menopausal women have considered hormone replacement therapy the best way to combat some of the more dangerous effects of growing old. But a new report indicates that estrogen replacement may not be effective in preventing problems like heart disease, Alzhei... | <urn:uuid:396192f4-eb89-4a94-94e5-fa60e3595d3c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ucop.edu/sciencetoday/article/1922 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945581 | 226 | 2.78125 | 3 |
|Children play on foam building blocks at a school playground in Haiti. UNICEF and Haitian foundation Tipa Tipa have integrated the playgrounds into 10 urban and rural schools in Haiti.|
By Rudina Vojvoda
NEW YORK, United States of America, 6 September 2012 – Two years ago, when big blue blocks made of moulded foam app... | <urn:uuid:dd6c04ca-dda6-45bb-8f31-50245a76567f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.unicef.org/education/haiti_65744.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970934 | 779 | 2.90625 | 3 |
New study reveals impact of political violence on Haitian children
NEW YORK/PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI, 19 April, 2004 -- UNICEF said today that a new assessment of Haitian children is the first indication of how deeply the country's recent political violence touched their lives.
The nationwide assessment, conducted last mo... | <urn:uuid:339644e2-335b-4658-a96e-0a721cd3b586> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.unicef.org/media/media_20443.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959926 | 768 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Electronic devices to probe the brain’s reaction to fear, compensate for damaged nerves and possibly halt the degenerative effects of Parkinson’s disease — part of a new interdisciplinary field known as Neuroelectronics — will be among the innovations presented at the UCLA Electrical Engineering Department’s Annual Res... | <urn:uuid:9777f75a-2b53-4a7d-b7eb-ad5ab8eaaa65> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/3627 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928504 | 694 | 2.765625 | 3 |
- The UNSCN Network
- Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN)
- Nutrition & NCD
- Nutrition & Climate change
- Committee on World Food Security (CFS)
- Annual Sessions & Meetings
- Food & Nutrition
- Harmonized Training Package
- UNSCN Working Groups
- UNSCN Task Forces
Scaling Up Nutrition (SUN)
- The SUN movement progress
- SUN C... | <urn:uuid:86a5da43-b9f4-46da-a16b-1615d2183157> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.unscn.org/en/scaling_up_nutrition_sun/%20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.912162 | 736 | 2.78125 | 3 |
emphasizes man's ability to develop himself through his own
inner strength and states that by his determination and constant
practice he can attain the state of enlightenment and spiritual
perfection known as Buddhahood. This reliance upon one's own
effort as the way to enlightenment is known as "self-power,"
and the p... | <urn:uuid:805a1d8b-6eb5-4bf9-86d9-974662fee782> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.urbandharma.org/ibmc/ibmc2/zpzp.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9399 | 3,047 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Any word whose phonetic structure, whether through auditory impression or physical shaping of the mouth when saying, evokes imagery similar to the meaning of the word itself, where said meaning is food or eating related.
Any word that sounds the way what it means tastes or feels in the mouth. A taste/texture-specific v... | <urn:uuid:577267e9-a4ad-4ba7-b7f8-1a2770a2ca57> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=omnomnomatopoeia | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.841257 | 130 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Warsaw, Poland, 1941-1942
The Nazis sealed the Warsaw ghetto in mid-November 1940. German-induced overcrowding and food shortages led to an extremely high mortality rate in the ghetto. Almost 30 percent of the population of Warsaw was packed into 2.4 percent of the city's area. The Germans set a food ration for Jews at... | <urn:uuid:94c2d6ea-7ba9-4572-84ac-b78d3bf35a17> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/media_fi.php?ModuleId=10006189&MediaId=252 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937241 | 101 | 3.078125 | 3 |
Topaz Camp - Japanese Relocation Camp
Located west of Delta, Utah is the remains of the Topaz Internment Camp. Between 1942 to 1946 the Topaz camp was home to about 10,000 Japanese who were sent there by the U.S. Government shortly after the attack of Pearl Harbor. War time hysteria caused the relocation of 120,000 Jap... | <urn:uuid:704e9a8f-9b0f-42d1-8e39-633c823eadaf> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.utahoutdooractivities.com/topazcamp.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952347 | 384 | 3.234375 | 3 |
Last week the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a report weighing the potential benefits and/or drawbacks of the proposed infrastructure bank.
An infrastructure bank, the CBO says, could play a limited role in enhancing investment in surface transportation projects by doing the following:
- Providing new feder... | <urn:uuid:971254d2-b80f-4eb3-8dae-bd6318ed67df> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.valvemagazine.com/index.php/news/end-user-news/1698-el-paso-fined-record-23-million-for-pipeline-safety | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952376 | 219 | 2.578125 | 3 |
We don't want ants crawling in the kitchen, mosquitoes buzzing in the bedroom or weeds invading our lawns.
We often resort to pesticides as an efficient way to get rid of such pests. In California, at least half of all pesticides sold are applied in urban areas.
Unfortunately, pesticide residues often remain after appl... | <urn:uuid:af859ac9-24a6-40c2-8105-f71281f32635> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.vcstar.com/news/2012/nov/24/be-careful-when-using-pesticides/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937453 | 767 | 3.484375 | 3 |
Canal in History
Canal was carved with slave labor / Waterway's construction was a demanding taskRichmond Times-Dispatch, Sunday, September 26, 1999
BY GARY ROBERTSON
Times-Dispatch Staff Writer
For its time, the James River & Kanawha Canal was Virginia's most ambitious internal works project.
It was, historians say, a... | <urn:uuid:2e00d918-2780-4117-856b-fb23dfe9473b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/Rivertime/canal0926.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983699 | 1,819 | 3.65625 | 4 |
"Bones, there's a -- thing -- out there," Captain James T. Kirk says to starship physician Leonard McCoy in the 1979 film, "Star Trek: The Motion Picture." That "thing," it turns out, is a huge cloud of intelligence with some kind of object at its core -- an object that calls itself "Veeger."
"Veeger" -- actually "V . ... | <urn:uuid:5eebf38f-9a79-4f6e-8f3d-e21096c77a43> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39175-2005Apr9.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954106 | 1,428 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Government Initiative Brings Vision Loss Into Focus
June 23, 2000 -- Like the Joni Mitchell song says, "you don't know what
you've got 'til it's gone." This is particularly true of good vision. It's
easy to take seeing well for granted, but once your sight is lost, it cannot be
restored to what it once was.
That Nation... | <urn:uuid:86770fdc-0063-47fe-8251-b49eae5fc9ef> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.webmd.com/eye-health/news/20000623/government-initiative-vision-loss | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943263 | 693 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Fruity Ways to Fight Skin Cancer
Pomegranate, Grape, Citrus Extracts May Prevent Skin Cancer
Oct. 29, 2003 -- A mélange of pomegranates, grapes, and citrus
fruits may sound like an exotic fruit salad, but new research shows it may also
be a powerful new weapon against skin cancer.
New studies presented today at a cance... | <urn:uuid:05f030b9-0851-43ee-b6e1-c3b3c71604fb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.webmd.com/menopause/news/20031029/fruity-ways-fight-skin-cancer | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929467 | 823 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Environmental Issues (EnvS 225)
|Collapse Readings: Chapters 1,
2, and 3
Jared Diamond lists 8 categories of environmental
damage (p.6) and five factors that must be considered in determining
whether a society might collapse or not (pp.10-11). Put
Montana in Diamond's framework and tell us whether you think Montana
is ... | <urn:uuid:b22ec408-f690-45f7-9a72-05a4f8b445b9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/envs225/questions.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.897397 | 882 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Breast Feeding Can Prevent Celiac Disease
Saturday, May 18, 2013
Board Certified Clinical Nutritionist Byron J. Richards,
Listen to Byron's RecapThis Week's Health Podcast >
One of the most important tasks for any newborn baby is to develop digestive competence, which involves having a harmonious relationship between t... | <urn:uuid:b77d167c-44a9-46f6-8330-8070a015a6af> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wellnessresources.com/health/articles/acetyl-l-carnitine_for_blood_pressure_blood_sugar_and_m | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941666 | 448 | 2.640625 | 3 |
"Murphy was the first millionaire black athlete," Drape told CNN. "He even had a white valet."
Many of these jockeys had been slaves in the South, working as stable hands and becoming skilled horse handlers.
Plantation owners put them on the backs of horses in informal -- and dangerous -- competitions. When horse racin... | <urn:uuid:756ec42b-0c5f-4f8a-8a49-65b46754b4e1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wgal.com/news/sports/The-forgotten-godfathers-of-black-U-S-sport/-/9360522/19032398/-/item/1/-/kp6dg4z/-/index.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973566 | 306 | 3.515625 | 4 |
Lakes of Meltwater Can Crack Greenland’s Ice and Contribute to Faster Ice Sheet Flow
Researchers Make First Observations of Surface Meltwater Cutting through the Ice Sheet to Lubricate the Bottom
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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April 17, 2008
Researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)... | <urn:uuid:1315602c-8d4b-45e1-8536-f33b554ac3dc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=39137&tid=3622&cid=40786 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936703 | 1,451 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Shedding Light on Light in the Ocean
New research is illuminating an optically complex environment
Light in the ocean is like light in no other place on Earth. It is a world that is visibly different from our familiar terrestrial world, and one that marine animals, plants, and microbes are adapted to in extraordinary w... | <urn:uuid:35d98e0b-8446-4288-9c03-56ca131d0ac2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=9438&tid=282&cid=2472 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942961 | 2,625 | 4.03125 | 4 |
|Photo © J. Miles
Major animal welfare and conservation groups today called on all political parties to commit to maintaining the current ban on killing flying-foxes for crop protection.
40 animal welfare and conservation groups have endorsed a statement supporting the ban, and calling for a stronger focus on flying-fo... | <urn:uuid:07b461fd-45cd-4dcb-b875-a6c251be7c8d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wildlife.org.au/news/2012/dontshootthebats.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943071 | 859 | 2.65625 | 3 |
You are now King or Queen of the World!
Congratulations on your coronation, Your Majesty! Now, your loyal subjects need your help and wise guidance.
Most of our energy comes from fossil fuels including petroleum ( ), coal ( ), and natural gas ( ). Burning these fuels releases carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that is ca... | <urn:uuid:a9225719-2d2c-413d-bc46-1bd69702ebb7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.windows2universe.org/modules/energy/king_of_the_world/kotw_setup.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936637 | 187 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Like many parents, Tracy Solomon spends quite a bit of time counting with her son Xavier.
“First, we learned to recognize numbers: speed signs on the road or pointing out people with numbers on their sports jerseys,” she recalls of his preschool days. Next came counting sets of objects. “I tried to count things he was ... | <urn:uuid:e4e37eab-1692-4db6-9273-bcf02611c356> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.windsorstar.com/life/parenting/Math+What+counts+early+years/5888225/story.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964116 | 2,412 | 3.703125 | 4 |
Latitudes: Prince Edward County, Ontario
A limestone paradise for cool-climate grapes
Twelve years ago, Deborah Paskus left the relative comforts of growing grapes in the Niagara Peninsula to start Closson Chase Vineyards in Ontario’s Prince Edward County (PEC). Her reason for moving?
“It was the soil,” she replies. “F... | <urn:uuid:db95d4d3-0d10-4133-a33f-6676f9e23c4c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wineaccess.ca/articles/item/latitudes-prince-edward-county-ontario | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.913257 | 827 | 2.71875 | 3 |
1873: Blue jeans assume their distinctive form when a patent is issued for the rivet process used to strengthen the pockets on what were then called “waist overalls.”
Jacob Youphes, a Latvian immigrant who changed his name to Jacob Davis (.pdf) after coming to the United States in 1854, was working as a tailor in Reno,... | <urn:uuid:66ae563a-6772-436f-9c18-f106851a2aba> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/tag/bavaria/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948254 | 598 | 3.21875 | 3 |
The development of the atomic model
I love this story. It is a story of how ideas changed about the nature of the atom. These are the notes (and diagrams) I use when I teach the atomic nature of matter to non-science majors. The best thing about this story is that it is a great example of science. Science (or scientist... | <urn:uuid:caf6e623-6641-428b-8efc-59d54f690539> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/09/the-development-of-the-atomic-model/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950592 | 1,812 | 3.6875 | 4 |
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The golden jackal is a hardy member of the canine family with a fairly wide-ranging habitat, including parts of Africa, Asia and Europe. The animals, which are in the same branch of the canine family as wolves and dogs, tend to be about 10-inches-tall at the shoulders... | <urn:uuid:4f4ebcc3-4ff4-4896-b394-ad60cb412c7e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-golden-jackal.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970875 | 535 | 3 | 3 |
One entry found for intelligent.
Main Entry: in·tel·li·gent
Function: adjective 1 a: possessing intelligence <humans are intelligent beings> b: showing a higher than average degree of intelligence <an intelligent student> c: revealing or reflecting good judgment or sound thought <an intelligent decision> 2: able to per... | <urn:uuid:6a836f3e-761c-4760-b522-d21e0c73f579> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wordcentral.com/cgi-bin/student?book=Student&va=intelligent | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.843007 | 234 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Words in a Word will present you with a word and you will have three minutes to find all the words contained in that word. This is a little tougher than Boggler, since answers least 4 letters in length. Here are the rules:
- Words should be at least 4 letters long.
- Proper nouns do not count.
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Phil Kukielski, "In Umbria, pottery becomes high art," The Tallahassee Democrat, September 1, 2002
The city drove Mary mad.
But the 34-year-old teacher, on her first tour of Europe, was not an isolated case.
Crowded Florence, cradle of the Renaissance, a city where palaces and monuments submerge the visitor, where each... | <urn:uuid:c28d9021-ff15-4f18-bed4-d682d640145d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wordspy.com/words/Stendhalssyndrome.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960515 | 374 | 2.53125 | 3 |
U.S. EPA Orders Palmdale Water District to Remove Chemical from Drinking Water
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ordered the Palmdale Water District of southern California to reduce the levels of disinfection byproducts from its drinking water system.
Twice this past summer, the water district--which serves appr... | <urn:uuid:edc87d25-bfa2-4963-be2e-46c4abaf5311> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wqpmag.com/us-epa-orders-palmdale-water-district-remove-chemical-drinking-water | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916705 | 476 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Only a small percentage of the petroleum in most oil fields can be recovered economically. One option to increase oil recovery is to pump CO2 into the reservoir to improve the flow of remaining oil through the pore space. After the oil-CO2 mixture reaches the surface, the CO2 is separated from the oil and recycled back... | <urn:uuid:7c18ff65-e397-4728-81ed-0a42891b4e1e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wri.org/publication/content/8355 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958859 | 590 | 3.515625 | 4 |
Is technology responsible for the increasing obesity rates? From automated trash pickup to robots in manufacturing, technology has changed how people work.
In a newly released study, Pennington Center Scientist Timothy Church documented the significant consequence of a disturbing trend - not enough calorie-burning at w... | <urn:uuid:f8bdd073-e4e0-450d-849a-376471ddf56b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wtoc.com/story/17668546/fit-club-getting-active-at-work | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95513 | 468 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Seven new cases of the West Nile virus have been confirmed Friday.
There are now a total of 41 cases in Mississippi, including one death in Hinds County.
Still, the best protection is to not get bitten by a mosquito.
There are some sprays and chemicals you can use to get rid of them.
"It is no short term cure," said Ke... | <urn:uuid:d498ffe6-7593-4f48-a0ed-e38443c6a950> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wtok.com/home/headlines/60092.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923652 | 460 | 2.9375 | 3 |
TANGIER ISLAND (AP)-A jetty and a seawall will be built to protect Tangier Island's harbor from erosion.
Gov. Bob McDonnell (R-VA) made the announcement on Tuesday. The 3-mile long island sits in the Chesapeake Bay and has been threatened by erosion and storm surges for years.
The cost of the project will be about $4.2... | <urn:uuid:461f91dd-deaa-406b-ba8d-b03dfc5431ec> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wvec.com/news/regional/Jetty-planned-to-protect-Tangier-Island-harbor-180114611.html?ref=next | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934236 | 297 | 2.65625 | 3 |
(PI is Nancy Moran, co-PI is Anthony Ives, co-PI is Katrina Mangin)
A grant has been awarded to Drs. Nancy Moran and Katrina Mangin of the University of Arizona, and Dr. Anthony Ives of the University of Wisconsin to address the role of symbiotic infections in determining tolerance of insects to heat stress, both at th... | <urn:uuid:11738217-f956-4d6e-9649-4b1c1ce67656> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.yale.edu/moran/research_biocomplexity.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.837098 | 1,601 | 2.765625 | 3 |
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Margaret D. Andrews
The text of this unit is a brief history of blacks in photography since photography was introduced in 1839. I began this research as an undergraduate photography major frustrated by the fact that although there were images of blacks in the texts used in my h... | <urn:uuid:9599d832-a248-4fe4-ad0f-ff63ef0412fd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1993/4/93.04.01.x.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97232 | 13,909 | 3.46875 | 3 |
The Road to Women’s Suffrage
"Things that seem possible, reasonable, understandable, even logical in hindsight often seem quite impossible, unrealistic, nonsensical, and illogical when we are looking ahead to them. In hindsight we can see how everything fell into place and that it was quite natural, even reasonable, th... | <urn:uuid:cb1bc710-eb52-4f40-ba69-0b82ebbe94f8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.yesmagazine.org/people-power/the-road-to-womens-suffrage-1?icl=yesemail_augsep10&ica=tnSuffrage | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971231 | 424 | 3.703125 | 4 |
This gravestone marks the burial site of a Confederate cavalryman whose body washed up along the western riverbank of the Susquehanna River in June 1863. Contemporary newspaper accounts indicate that a Rebel scout drowned while trying to ford the rain-swollen river near York Haven. His body washed downstream and was fo... | <urn:uuid:dd592796-3f4b-4817-97f8-02af5fbd48b3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.yorkblog.com/cannonball/2011/10/08/rebel-grave-along-susquehanna-damaged-by-floodwaters/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953336 | 284 | 2.640625 | 3 |
ON AIR on Euronews, Hi.Tech, 3 June 2008, 5.30pm GMT
These days, a walk with your loved one along the quiet alleyways of Naples’ old city centre will not induce any feelings of romance, that’s for sure...
These days, a walk with your loved one along the quiet alleyways of Naples’ old city centre will not induce any fee... | <urn:uuid:fca46784-af3a-4716-b304-03bec2bad9f2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.youris.com/Mobility/Biofuels/Stop_Wasting_the_Waste.kl | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950326 | 1,166 | 2.953125 | 3 |
The Masked Mandrill
Scientific name: Mandrillus Sphinx
Known for being the most exotic and colorful of all the primates, the adult male mandrill baboon has long been the subject of many African legends. Resembling a tribal mask, his face and elongated muzzle has very distinctive characteristics with a scarlet red strip... | <urn:uuid:d41a6d00-be96-4e41-9ecb-a4b9a0ffcad4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.youthforwildlife.com/mandrills.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97334 | 1,336 | 2.84375 | 3 |
China: Hainan Gibbon
The Hainan gibbon, Nomascus hainanus, is the world’s rarest ape and one of world’s most endangered mammal species. ZSL-UCL PhD student, Jessica Bryant is working to enhance our understanding of Hainan gibbons and improve our conservation efforts for them.
Current population estimates indicate that ... | <urn:uuid:df447619-23a7-453f-bbeb-c5e4c41d01c1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.zsl.org/conservation/regions/asia/hainangibbons,1813,AR.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915125 | 553 | 3.46875 | 3 |
December 16, 2010
December 16, 2010
Recent incidents of bullying have demonstrated its potentially devastating effects on students, schools, and communities and have spurred a sense of urgency among State and local educators and policymakers to take action to combat bullying. The U.S. Department of Education (Departmen... | <urn:uuid:d33b3666-e6d0-4014-997e-ad99af948a65> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www2.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/secletter/101215.html?exp=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383156/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942978 | 942 | 3.5625 | 4 |
When lawyers talk about “standard” clauses and courts refer to publishing contracts as “standard agreements” it is not to suggest that there is a standard form such as we expect for certain real estate transactions. What we mean by “standard” is that the contract clauses address similar concepts of rights and duties ex... | <urn:uuid:8f151946-8f47-434d-aadb-d6cac3ea5ccf> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://03475dd.netsolhost.com/WordPress/category/basket-of-rights/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940092 | 916 | 2.78125 | 3 |
The creativity of science
One of my favorite things about science is the creative manner in which it requires us to think. To trust our observations, but to doubt our conclusions. A simple example:
It is common to think that trees grow from the ground into the air.
Now, let us consider this:
There are two atoms which l... | <urn:uuid:39165a8f-0903-4770-b429-392a88a60a0b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://2brains.tumblr.com/tagged/creativity | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974395 | 784 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Joining us, now, is senior abc contributor, dr. Jennifer ashton. This is a controversial topic. But listening to kelly talk about this raises the question of, are children born with autism that... See More
Joining us, now, is senior abc contributor, dr. Jennifer ashton. This is a controversial topic. But listening to k... | <urn:uuid:ea493eea-f18c-4f66-8719-7ec7cceca057> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/video/understanding-autism-genetic-environmental-factors-17785856?tab=9482931§ion=1206835&playlist=1363742 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972725 | 592 | 2.515625 | 3 |
AUSTRALIAN BUREAU OF STATISTICS (ABS)
NAME OF COLLECTION
Census of Population and Housing
The Census of Population and Housing is conducted every five years and aims to accurately measure the number and certain key characteristics of people in Australia on Census Night and the dwellings in which they live; and to provi... | <urn:uuid:027ffe58-f79e-4999-9b54-b52fcec3ef3e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs@.nsf/Lookup/3414.0main+features722011%20(Edition%202) | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917197 | 785 | 3.53125 | 4 |
Country of Origin: United States of America
Assembled: 3ft high x 6ft 6in. wide x 26ft 4in. long
In 2000, the Shuttle Endeavor carried the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) payload into orbit. Shuttle astronauts used the payload to map in high-detail and three-dimensions more than 70% of the Earth's surface--the ... | <urn:uuid:266a64d3-3782-4ca3-9720-e80beffc1912> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://airandspace.si.edu/collections/artifact.cfm?id=A20040261009 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.858624 | 157 | 3.046875 | 3 |
What is Real Analysis?
If you've taken Calculus, you will be familiar with terms like limit and continuity. In Calculus itself, you spend a lot of time with differentiating and integrating, and you use the ideas of limits and continuity to be able to do those things. However, Calculus is a word that you see used by sci... | <urn:uuid:e4837008-7d1f-4151-9636-851b5445993d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://akronmathtutor.com/real-analysis-tutor-akron.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976489 | 885 | 3.734375 | 4 |
William C. Kerr, a scientist with the Alcohol Research Group, lead a study that found that American drinkers who measure their usual alcohol consumption in the home environment have considerable variation in drink size, particularly for spirits and wine.
"Individual drinkers should be concerned with varying drink alcoh... | <urn:uuid:146950f7-c8bf-4128-9c25-8a5da85cb39c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://alcoholism.about.com/od/issues/a/home_crinks.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96407 | 829 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Zoology Glossary Index:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
The phylum of animals whose members are pentaradially (five-axis) symmetrical as adults, have a water-vascular system, and an endoskeleton. Members of this phylum include sea stars, sea urchins,... | <urn:uuid:1891a427-7b45-429b-891e-331f0b9e8ba8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://animals.about.com/od/e/E.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.899125 | 1,043 | 3.515625 | 4 |
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2003 July 25
Explanation: In 1764, French astronomer Charles Messier sighted this gorgeous cosmic cloud which he described as an oval nebula without... | <urn:uuid:9b30f7b1-fedf-4816-9944-768edb53e657> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap030725.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.910849 | 273 | 3.515625 | 4 |
Alchemy is a philosophy, art, and alternative science related to chemistry. It predated chemistry, and in many ways contributed to the development of that science. The name Alchemy comes to us from the Arabic words for "Art of Transformation". The most familiar claim of Alchemy was the oft-pursued goal of turning base ... | <urn:uuid:7cb6fca4-a56b-4cf9-9e75-7b9db53ddfb4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://arcana.wikidot.com/alchemy | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929943 | 2,264 | 2.96875 | 3 |
A publication of the Archaeological Institute of America
DNA testing is expected to reveal whether a 200-year-old desiccated human heart once belonged to Prince Louis, the son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, who was imprisoned during the French Revolution.
It is thought that the prince died of tuberculosis at Temple... | <urn:uuid:7403a5a4-e2d2-4ef1-b2db-18538e1197e5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://archive.archaeology.org/0003/newsbriefs/france.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976778 | 368 | 3.140625 | 3 |
This item is available under a Creative Commons License for non-commercial use only
This study is of an explorative nature, investigating early school leaving in Ireland today. Despite a range of interventions to address school non-completion, approximately 14% of students (as of 2007) continue to leave school without ... | <urn:uuid:25e69061-e8e6-4296-bcca-f11d8234fcdd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://arrow.dit.ie/aaschssldis/38/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954222 | 371 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Bob Parker rides his bike along Harts Road in Glacial Park in McHenry County in June 2010. The park will be part of the Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge. (Stacey Wescott, Chicago Tribune)
Federal authorities have authorized the development of a national wildlife refuge on 11,200 acres that straddle the Illinois-Wisc... | <urn:uuid:174a86a2-4af3-44f5-99cd-deefca09c7d2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-08-17/news/ct-met-new-federal-wildlife-refuge-20120817_1_wildlife-refuge-new-refuge-habitats | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954567 | 644 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Animal Species:Bartail Goatfish, Upeneus tragula (Richardson, 1846)
The Bartail Goatfish occurs in tropical and some warm temperate waters of the Indo-West Pacific. The species is white to pinkish, with a red to black stripe and brownish spots on the side of the body.
The Bartail Goatfish has a slightly compressed, elo... | <urn:uuid:f8208462-8de3-4109-8e39-418be48a72cd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://australianmuseum.net.au/Bartail-Goatfish-Upeneus-tragula-Richardson-1846 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700958435/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104238-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.838159 | 415 | 2.8125 | 3 |
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