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Introduction to Carnvorous Plants
With the exception of Antarctica, carnivorous plants are indigenous to every continent on earth. There are about 600 species of plants which supplement or derive their main source of nutrients from the trapping and digestion of animals . These species belong to 7 plant families which i... | <urn:uuid:b69fdb88-b671-4cea-81b5-8146d72da36a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://hawaiianbotanicals.com/cpintro.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930864 | 2,078 | 4.25 | 4 |
By Ed Edelson
MONDAY, Aug. 11 (HealthDay News) -- An experiment that improved the natural cellular garbage-disposal system in mice made old liver cells act young again. And the same rejuvenating effect might be possible one day in the brain and other body parts of humans, researchers report.
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TUESDAY, Sept. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Medications, personal hygiene, mask-wearing and quarantines all help prevent the spread of viral infections such as the flu, and researchers now suggest that the latter three strategies should be given more attention in plans to deal with pandemics.
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Higher Education Day is September 30, 2010.
Join us in recognizing Higher Education Day as an important step in planning your educational future.
Wisconsin’s Governor, Lt. Governor, Secretary of State, State Treasurer and Superintendent of Public Instruction have collaborated together in a joint proclamation to designa... | <urn:uuid:16dad06e-0396-4682-a0ff-8508dd2b673f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://highereducationday.wi.gov/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963152 | 563 | 2.84375 | 3 |
CHAPTER XXXI. THE BELGIAN REVOLUTION, 1830-1842
William, however, despite his uncompromising words, did actually accept the resignation of Van Maanen (September 3); but when the Prince of Orange, returning from his experiences at Brussels, urged the necessity of an administrative separation of north and south, and offe... | <urn:uuid:5b0d6e67-403d-4255-a8cb-73fcfba66da3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://historion.net/history-holland/chapter-xxxi-belgian-revolution-1830-1842?page=3 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980331 | 1,010 | 3 | 3 |
No he wasn't.
He abdicated of his own free will choosing Wallis Simpson over the throne.
He abdicated because as a British Monarch he was the nominal head of the Church of England that did not allow divorcees to remarry. The Church strongly disapproved of Edward's intention to marry a divorcee in Wallis Simpson.
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PC & Mac
This is a virus detection. Viruses are programs that self-replicate recursively, meaning that infected systems spread the virus to other systems, which then propagate the virus further. While many viruses contain a destructive payload, it's quite common for viruses to do nothing more than spread from one syste... | <urn:uuid:3e800d1e-0c73-43cb-a0a5-5e072f99955e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://home.mcafee.com/VirusInfo/VirusProfile.aspx?key=101100 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.871815 | 644 | 2.921875 | 3 |
The 1987 United Nations Brundtland definition of sustainability embodies an intergenerational contract: to provide for our present needs, while not compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. It’s a modest enough proposal on the face of it, but it challenges our current expectations of the inter... | <urn:uuid:892a0999-1d4d-4669-ab95-45c0b51f968a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://illinois.edu/blog/view/1160/70221 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933217 | 2,535 | 2.640625 | 3 |
The Earth is 4.5 billion years old, and life began oozing across its boiling, methane-saturated surface about a billion years after our planet was born. But how did that happen? In just a few billion years, a hellish ball of melted rock, smashed up by meteorites, became the gorgeous Blue Marble covered in plants, anima... | <urn:uuid:84f405a8-171b-45f1-98a2-0b7253ef13af> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://io9.com/5961602/the-10-books-you-absolutely-must-read-to-understand-the-history-of-earth | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957251 | 1,715 | 3.390625 | 3 |
Aliyah Bet & Machal Virtual Museum
North American Volunteers In Israel's War of Independence
History of the Navy
A Tiny, but Hard-Hitting Battle Force
By David Hanovice
At the onset of the War of Independence, the Israeli Navy consisted of five large ships that could be considered in the category of “warships.” An Amer... | <urn:uuid:0624e9dd-879e-4fd1-99d9-a1c5688211d8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://israelvets.com/hist_navy.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978776 | 1,615 | 3.5 | 4 |
We come to 2nd grade to learn new skills, work hard, make new friends, and do our best every day. We are going to learn new skills in reading, writing, math, science, and social studies. We are going to learn by respecting each other, listening, following our norms, staying on task, and trying our best by working hard ... | <urn:uuid:ae3a6a80-4f7f-4934-9af2-ff996cfea5c7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://iss.schoolwires.com/Domain/3942 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966959 | 143 | 2.65625 | 3 |
updated Jan 31, 2008 10:53 pm | 3,171 views
Roadmapping is the business process whereby essential market, product and technology information is gathered from a team and compiled into a high-level plan. The traditional style of roadmaps as first used by Motorola in the 80's includes market drivers (know why), products (... | <urn:uuid:8ece1064-756b-457e-8f4b-b3480ac670ab> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://it.toolbox.com/wiki/index.php/Roadmapping | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949039 | 500 | 2.546875 | 3 |
This orchid species - Dactylorhiza maculata (Heath spotted orchid / Gevlekte orchis) is a typical orchid in acid, heathy habitats. The flowers are usually rather pale pink with delicate markings, and the lip is broad, resembling a frilled skirt. It can occur in large numbers and gives a real splash of colour to otherwi... | <urn:uuid:db914f47-9513-498e-b06c-44045f829851> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://johandierckx.aminus3.com/image/2010-06-19.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.852863 | 327 | 2.875 | 3 |
Rabbi Joshua teaches: There is a saying that when [an animal such as a ram] is alive, it has one voice, but when it dies it has seven voices. How does it have seven voices? Its two horns become two trumpets; its two thigh-bones become two flutes; its hide becomes a drum [head]; its intestines are used for wind instrume... | <urn:uuid:4cfb6086-fa9d-48e2-94a9-036172bf8315> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://jtsa.edu/Conservative_Judaism/JTS_Torah_Commentary/Mishnah_Kinim.xml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977339 | 392 | 2.953125 | 3 |
- Level: Intermediate
- Subject: Tutorial
This tutorial, would be on a similar technique as the earlier tutoril on drawing a fish. The subject is a little bit complicated – that is the difference. But inspite of that, you will notice that even this subject can be approached with the ‘simply and build over’ method of sk... | <urn:uuid:c79ba213-3d2e-4492-9f07-d2c9c6ee8fab> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://kalaalog.com/2008/10/26/how-to-draw-a-tortoise/comment-page-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928163 | 848 | 3.40625 | 3 |
There are plenty of ways to make photo flashcards for studying. But what if you wanted to tell a story with your photos? A new app called StoryBot for iOS lets parents make stories for their children:
You start by taking a photo, or using photos already stored on your iPad or iPhone picture library. Next you are prompt... | <urn:uuid:66c95b26-debd-4e21-900f-84f0e4e44491> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://killscreendaily.com/articles/news/an-app-for-making-stories-to-be-read-aloud/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959282 | 152 | 2.796875 | 3 |
The Amazing Spider-Math Equation
Just so you know, most directors consult some sort of actual scientists to get the details of their superhero movies right. The Amazing Spider-Man went a step further, to design an equation for a chalkboard scene that would describe how cell regeneration and mortality would work.
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Special Education Program
Legal Aid Center staff will be providing periodic trainings on special education law and how to use the law to advocate for children with disabilities. 2013 dates coming soon! Please click on link below for details about each training.
Special Education Laws and Practices
Under special educati... | <urn:uuid:a0a5e207-0b0e-438e-87aa-8f499511f524> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://lacsn.org/childrens-attorneys-project/special-education-program | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920266 | 217 | 2.796875 | 3 |
The information for each author includes biographical and contextual materials and activities.
Frances Densmore collected these Chippewa songs between 1907 and 1909. The songs reflect the culture of the Chippewa peoples who once lived along the shores of Lake Huron and Lake Superior, across Minnesota, and west to North... | <urn:uuid:cdb09666-1ac9-4202-9a6e-7b69560ae96a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://learner.org/amerpass/unit01/authors.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963926 | 972 | 3.53125 | 4 |
The cochlear is the part of the inner ear that converts vibrations into nerve impulses. It is a small conical shaped structure that closely resembles the shell of a snail. A cochlear concussion occurs from a blow to the head which is not severe enough to cause a fracture but hard enough to cause either a mild or total ... | <urn:uuid:ce086f54-6767-4092-90c6-7a14ae75f08f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://legalcybertips.com/personal-injuries/cochlear-concussion.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943842 | 372 | 3.390625 | 3 |
If there’s one molecule Robert Young, a Simon Fraser University chemistry professor, wishes he could control, it’s an enzyme that makes cells cannibalize their waste.
Young will explain why during Novel Assays and Inhibitors of the Key Autophagy Protease, a talk during the seminar Autophagy: An Emerging Therapeutic Tar... | <urn:uuid:60f15c26-9f5f-4bfb-8838-8747c06176b1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://lifesciencesbc.ca/newsroom/member-announcements/news/AAAS-SFU-2012-05-03_123943.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927602 | 469 | 2.828125 | 3 |
"Yale will acknowledge Peru’s title to all the excavated objects" from Machu Picchu (Rachel Boyd, "Univ. to return artifacts to Peru", yaledailynews.com, September 17 2007). The 380 or so objects were excavated by Hiram Bingham III between 1911 and 1915. There seems to be evidence that it was intended that the objects ... | <urn:uuid:015ed452-e633-4ee6-8fc5-8535600bed4d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2007/09/yale-and-peru-what-are-issues.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975871 | 395 | 2.546875 | 3 |
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime." When attempting to transform a school system from needs improvement to HIGH PERFORMING, a single solution may "feed" the system temporarily without addressing the need for sustainability. At LoTi, we aren't interested i... | <urn:uuid:d75494d6-36a8-46fd-a615-4a3c0300b73c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://loticonnection.com/index.php/school-improvement/loti-implementation-model/106-dabp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937985 | 503 | 2.71875 | 3 |
MOST PARENTS OF school-age children no doubt recognize the educational value of the Internet. It is an exciting tool with great potential for gathering information.
But, while parents want to picture their children using the Internet for studious purposes, such as helping them to prepare school work, we know that at le... | <urn:uuid:c96641db-75a1-4144-a85b-d048c5fd462a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://lubbockonline.com/stories/051299/edi_051299050.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977849 | 507 | 2.75 | 3 |
India is world's fourth largest steel producer. The demand for iron and steel in the country is growing exponentially owing to rapid industrialization and infrastructural demand. But steel sector is also highly polluting and is categorized as one of the most polluting sector among 17 sectors identified by Central Pollu... | <urn:uuid:3f4a2920-228c-43b0-b793-732bb24f267f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mailto:souparno@cseindia.org/node/4056 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954626 | 212 | 2.6875 | 3 |
from the series Famous Places in Edo
Publisher: Fujiokaya Keijirô (Shôrindô), Japanese
Horizontal ôban; 24.9 x 37.1 cm (9 13/16 x 14 5/8 in.)
Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Throughout my Japanese Art project, I've become more and more aware that Hiroshige produced some really stunning woodblock pri... | <urn:uuid:8ddd2456-a16a-400b-9f74-6bfc0acbff37> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://makingamark.blogspot.com/2008/04/art-of-hiroshige.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971696 | 1,838 | 2.796875 | 3 |
More Trig. Functions
We know that from the previous sections (Trig. Functions and circles) there are special reference angles in the unit circle that come up in many of the calculations. Here is a quick reference of the trig values of these angles:
From the table we see that some of the trigonometric functions are not ... | <urn:uuid:44713b38-bce8-43f9-a89e-ea2b14538a49> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://math.usask.ca/emr/motf.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.663659 | 389 | 3.40625 | 3 |
Search Loci: Convergence:
Every science that has thriven has thriven upon its own symbols: logic, the only science which is admitted to have made no improvements in century after century, is the only one which has grown no symbols.
Transactions Cambridge Philosophical Society, vol. X, 1864, p. 184.
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Ive been studying for a test ive got tomorrow, and i keep getting stuck on questions that i should know by now.-_-. heres some of them.
Find the z value to the right of the mean so that:
a. 53.98% of the area under the distribution curve lies to the left of it.
b. 71.90% ' '
c. 96.78% ' '
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"Ancona - Forgotten city on the Adriatic" Top 5 Page for this destination Ancona by Willettsworld
Ancona Travel Guide: 124 reviews and 358 photos
Ancona is a city and a seaport in the Marche, a region of northeastern Italy, situated on the Adriatic Sea. The city is located 286km (179 miles) northeast of Rome and 219km ... | <urn:uuid:6ea2db1f-cd55-4604-ab70-c25172e9e057> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/9780e/26342/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936287 | 1,231 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Our class offers Chinese language and culture instruction for students without Chinese language input at home. We provide communicative Chinese instruction including speaking, listening, reading, and writing. Our interactive and engaging learning environment and the small size of our groups ensure active learning and i... | <urn:uuid:d637fcd8-210f-4278-b6a0-cdb737e19b84> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://msuchineseschool.org/index.php/course/course-history/course-description-practical-chinese/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935463 | 252 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Search for all maximal cliques in a graph.
Maximal cliques are the largest complete subgraph containing a given node. The largest maximal clique is sometimes called the maximum clique.
|Returns :||generator of lists: genetor of member list for each maximal clique :|
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Day Three: Paying Respects?
Rangers have cast aside Eleanor's trunk and removed the carcass's tusks "to recover the ivory and prevent it from falling into the wrong hands," zoologist Iain Douglas-Hamilton said.
Here, in the late afternoon of October 12, 2003, elephants from the so-called Biblical Towns family (left) al... | <urn:uuid:ac1ad6a9-acb1-4714-bcfb-3e95b3cab363> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/08/photogalleries/elephants/photo5.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973941 | 285 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Coral Algae Have "Eyes," Study Says
National Geographic News
|July 28, 2009|
The single-celled algae that set up house inside hard corals and give reefs their vibrant colors may be able to see, a new study says.
The algae—called zooxanthellae—have mysterious crystal-like deposits, which are made of uric acid, a common ... | <urn:uuid:3a5723be-892e-4a49-a697-9d937eac069a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/pf/65654457.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936216 | 678 | 3.890625 | 4 |
The oldest-known wild bird in the world is a new mother again, proving once and for all that age is just a number.
The aptly-named Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, has given birth to a chick at the age of 62. On February 3, on the Midway Islands between North America and Asia, in the middle of nowhere in the Pacific Ocean, ... | <urn:uuid:050511e3-0a00-4631-815e-eeae2634c117> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/02/12/worlds-oldest-wild-bird-stumps-scientists-by-giving-birth-at-age-62/?iid=nf-category-trend-now | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959482 | 407 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) are developing a solid composite material to help cool small, powerful microelectronics used in defense systems. The material, composed of silver and diamond, promises an exceptional degree of thermal conductivity compared to materials currently used for this ap... | <urn:uuid:acf5bd44-419a-42e4-a248-b166578be4d3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/03/silver-diamond-composite-offers-cooling.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.900269 | 548 | 3.46875 | 3 |
Carbon Nanofibers Cut Flammability of Upholstered Furniture
From NIST Tech Beat: December 9, 2008
Contact: Evelyn Brown
Carbon, the active ingredient in charcoal, is normally not considered a fire retardant, but researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have determined that adding a small... | <urn:uuid:059ae45d-641d-440e-a700-23aa70c49a4d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nist.gov/el/fire_research/nanofibers-120908.cfm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92986 | 718 | 2.90625 | 3 |
In this article with my text, and Chris Turnbull’s artwork we will endeavour to give you a brief understanding of what is poor river habitat and highlight some of the many restoration options available. Lastly we will outline how you, your syndicate or club could potentially initiate your own project, which is not as d... | <urn:uuid:b98f5aea-b6a2-42da-97a3-2940d6133983> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://norfolkanglers.co.uk/about-naca/naca-projects/costessey-point/beginners-guide.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965803 | 2,692 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Wed December 26, 2012
When Robots Attack: Who's Responsible?
Most of us don't think about computers and robots as conscious beings. NIU professor David J. Gunkel thinks we should, because the consequences of not doing so could be catastrophic.
The world of fiction provides many examples of hostile interactions between ... | <urn:uuid:8dbd86f5-8e06-493b-8b60-e82a51e3bd5e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://northernpublicradio.org/post/when-robots-attack-whos-responsible | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968566 | 1,162 | 2.796875 | 3 |
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The Setting: A distant planetary system consists only of two planets, Iapetus and Atlas orbiting about the star GXZ-216. At one particular night, the two planets are observed to be aligned with the star in such a way, that Atlas is causing a stellar eclipse on t... | <urn:uuid:2907e0b1-e97e-41e4-b18b-b7f93e850485> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nrich.maths.org/7672/index?nomenu=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95435 | 209 | 3.640625 | 4 |
Imagine a stack of numbered cards with one on top. Discard the top,
put the next card to the bottom and repeat continuously. Can you
predict the last card?
In this problem, we have created a pattern from smaller and smaller
squares. If we carried on the pattern forever, what proportion of
the image would be coloured bl... | <urn:uuid:c675b9f0-a6c8-45be-9dbc-8b479a152343> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nrich.maths.org/public/leg.php?code=-68&cl=3&cldcmpid=2312 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948201 | 1,789 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Blue Chromis Chromis cyanea
Species ID: P.CC
Description: A small, oval-bodied fish with a long and deeply forked tail. This species is a brilliant blue colour with black along the back and on the outer edges of the tail, although it can pale or darken at will. Sexes appear similar and juveniles resemble adults
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||What proportion of violent crimes are committed by juveniles?
||On average, juveniles were involved in one-quarter of serious violent victimizations annually over the last 25 years.
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Afternoon. April 18, 1775. British soldiers in Boston are quietly preparing to raid the countryside to seize weapons stockpiled by “rebel” Patriots. The army recently attempted two similar missions at Portsmouth, NH and Salem, MA. Both times they are driven back empty-handed by mobs of angry, armed colonists. The army’... | <urn:uuid:6dda5d15-73c7-4685-8f14-eeb14fd87133> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://oldnorth.org/schoolprograms/tories/gage_bio.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963257 | 494 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Warmer but not always wetter: NRDC predicts that a majority of US counties will face moderate to extreme water shortages by 2050, due to climate change and demand.
‘Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to drink.’ This poetically plagiarized prose precede a, probably unpopular, International Energy Agency (IEA) repor... | <urn:uuid:49af25c2-07cc-48a0-be3b-e8a78da219f6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://oroeco.wordpress.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938499 | 3,210 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Technology, Media, and Writing
I was just thinking how technology streamlines information and productivity for many people today. I never imagined myself as a grown up using computers, phones, storage clouds and video chats to the capacity that they are being used and are available!
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You probably already lament any risks for illness you inherited from your family’s gene pool, but unfortunately, there is now yet another concern to consider. Your blood type may determine your risk for heart disease, which means yet another aspect of your life that you can’t control but that impacts your health.
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Anatomic pathology is a branch of medicine concerned with the diagnosis of disease based on gross, microscopic, chemical, immunologic and molecular examination of organs, tissues and cells. Anatomical pathology is itself divided in subspecialties, the main ones being autopsy, cytopathology and surgical pathology.
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|Alcohol: Your Brain and Body
So now we know that alcohol is a drug. But what exactly does it do to your body?
Short term effects
Right after someone has had a few drinks, alcohol can:
That's because alcohol is a type of drug known as a depressant that slows down your central nervous system.
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Deep Impact is the eighth mission in the Discovery Program, designed to investigate the interior of a cometary nucleus. The two-piece spacecraft was launched on 12 January 2005 and successfully encountered the comet 9P/Tempel 1 on 4 July 2005. About 24 hours before the spacecraft encountered the comet, the flyby spacec... | <urn:uuid:ba0c2b25-5a95-4c2c-a7d4-0ae2aee98cbf> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://pdssbn.astro.umd.edu/data_sb/missions/deepimpact/index.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924942 | 208 | 3.171875 | 3 |
WASHINGTON -- Women's achievements, their place in society and the way their beauty has been idealized are getting special attention from capital museums this summer.
American women who broke new ground dominate the first show of the year by the National Portrait Gallery, beginning with Pocahontas.
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By Laura E. Huggins
Earth Day is upon us, and with it, several "green" events, including the broadcasting of "Walden: The Ballad of Thoreau" on public television and in schools. This is surprising at a time when government involvement in the environment is all the rage. Henry David Thoreau, who wrote that "government i... | <urn:uuid:b15ec1c3-503a-44b5-b5db-4ffc89e8599d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://perc.org/articles/earth-day-think-thoreau | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949406 | 813 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Tree Rings Show History Of Amazon Rainfall
October 3, 2012 by UPI - United Press International, Inc.
LA PAZ, Bolivia (UPI) — Researchers say tree ring samples from eight cedar trees in Bolivia have helped reveal a history of seasonal rainfall in the Amazon basin over the past century.
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This view highlights tectonic faults and craters on Dione, an icy world that has undoubtedly experienced geologic activity since its formation.
To create the enhanced-color view, ultraviolet, green and infrared images were combined into a single black and white picture that isolates and maps regional color differences.... | <urn:uuid:267833d9-4d20-4b9c-9f62-3fe2be50db6e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07691 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.907695 | 370 | 3.234375 | 3 |
While communication may be recognized as a universal phenomenon, differences between languages -- ranging from word-order to semantics -- undoubtedly remain as they help to define culture and develop language. Yet, little is understood about similarities and differences in languages around the world and how they affect... | <urn:uuid:236e0864-e2eb-496e-8743-2c4539e5802b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://phys.org/news125687972.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950505 | 721 | 3.765625 | 4 |
I'm not really sure if this is the place to ask this, but anyway here is my question:
Let's say I have the Kepler orbital elements of the ISS, for example, (NASA stuff). Now I want to compute the coordinates relative to the earth at a specific time so that it can be displayed, like in a sky map (I am actually experimen... | <urn:uuid:b116e9f3-e1dd-4fe1-ad54-1fe851eeebe0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/41359/kepler-orbital-elements-to-cartesian-xyz/41371 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96102 | 201 | 2.65625 | 3 |
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Research paper topic: Co - 410 words
NOTE: The research paper or essay you see on this page is a free essay, available to anyone. You can use any paper as... | <urn:uuid:f9c4af58-a506-41ce-a57a-93c487da1053> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://promptpapers.com/research-paper-topics.php?term_paper=520416&title=Co | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94815 | 690 | 2.78125 | 3 |
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Bootloader: what exactly is it?
There are two ways of the programing: simple from outside and with bootloader.
In the firtst case you can say byte from byte what would you like in the IC chip. The second case when a program running in the IC (t... | <urn:uuid:06e7ed7c-38ea-402e-8721-0dd03c500094> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://psx-scene.com/forums/f178/bootloader-what-exactly-67893/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911241 | 370 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Nearly 20 years ago Reactor number 4 at Chernobyl exploded, sending radiation across a large region of what is now the Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia. Some 40 radionucleotides were released into the environment, including Strontium 90 (90Sr) and Cesium 137 (137Cs). Yet despite radiation levels dangerous to humans, most n... | <urn:uuid:df2d3168-9480-4028-8331-af293d8de971> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://psychcentral.com/news/archives/2005-08/esoa-tee071805.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908364 | 921 | 3.15625 | 3 |
V. Theory of Distribution of Variables in the Sea [PDF]
It cannot be too strongly emphasized that the ocean is three-dimensional and that the distribution of properties or the type of motion must be represented in space. For this purpose a convenient system of coordinates is needed. Any point in the ocean can be design... | <urn:uuid:d61f47f4-1d76-49fb-8c1f-2437eedd6403> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=kt167nb66r&doc.view=content&chunk.id=ch05&toc.depth=1&anchor.id=0&brand=eschol | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939731 | 4,413 | 4.21875 | 4 |
Valproic acid (2-propylvaleric acid, 2-propylpentanoic acid or n-dipropylacetic acid) (see ), derived from valeric acid () (naturally produced by valerian, Valeriana officinali
s) (see ), was first synthesized in 1882 by Burton [1
]. It is a branched short-chain fatty acid, forming a clear liquid at room temperature, a... | <urn:uuid:1b6f96f6-6d5a-49b9-ab9f-08ed28f95d48> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://pubmedcentralcanada.ca/pmcc/articles/PMC2926634/?lang=en-ca | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946247 | 1,565 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Neurofibromatosis (NF) is a spectrum of disorders that have been divided into categories with different pathologic and clinical features including peripheral, central, mixed peripheral and CNS forms. More recently, the two most recognized forms, von Recklinghausen's (peripheral) and bilateral acoustic neuromas (central... | <urn:uuid:307695fa-cd66-4f6e-bffc-5dea0228d735> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://rad.usuhs.edu/medpix/cow_topic.html?mode=single&pt_id=2742&imageid=1697&recnum=1353&topic_id=1353&quiz=yes&page=&week=&this_week=&max=&maxcases=&skiprows=0&skipcases=&conf= | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.89776 | 1,088 | 2.921875 | 3 |
|Easton's Bible Dictionary|
The Areopagite, one of Paul's converts at Athens (Acts 17:34).
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia
di-o-nish'-i-us (Dionusios, surnamed "the Areopagite"): One of the few Athenians converted by Paul (Acts 17:34). We know nothing further about him (see AREOPAGUS). According to one account he was ... | <urn:uuid:4fb2fb3d-319a-49b0-9992-49e575abc748> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://refbible.com/d/dionysius.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959764 | 302 | 2.84375 | 3 |
The role of the paramedic During the 1950s and 1960s ambulance services aimed to provide a quick response and speedy transportation. Over the past ten years the role of the paramedic has become more diffuse. A tripartite emphasis on access, stabilisation and transport can be discerned.
Source of the push for an expande... | <urn:uuid:c5b60892-4bad-45e6-82f1-99044596a772> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ro.ecu.edu.au/jephc/vol1/iss3/16/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911608 | 593 | 2.828125 | 3 |
It’s true that being black in America is hazardous to your health. African-Americans have higher rates of diseases like HIV-AIDS, hypertension and diabetes and are more likely to die from violence and have less access to quality healthcare.
Yet, there’s another shocking stat that doesn’t get much attention. For every 1... | <urn:uuid:9e563a49-8183-40e2-824a-11eeafb505fa> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://rolandmartinreports.com/blog/2012/11/washington-watch-why-are-infant-mortality-rates-so-high-among-african-americans-video/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946557 | 543 | 3.21875 | 3 |
Photo: 8000-year-old advanced civilization in Konkan Coast?
One stretch of underwater wall off the Konkan Coast, western India.
The total wall exceeds 24 kilometers (approx. 15 miles)
Published: Thursday, May 26, 2011
Are these man-made structures — walls?
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A man who spit out beads lived in a certain place, and two women set out to visit him because they wanted beads. By and by they came within sight of a pond. A Night Owl was there picking up leaves in the water in order to find a sabia he had lost. Then they said to him, "Where is Bead-spitter's house?" And he answered,... | <urn:uuid:7ea182e7-636c-4853-82fc-96185cc4cd9e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://sacred-texts.com/nam/se/mtsi/mtsi148.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.995333 | 1,533 | 3.0625 | 3 |
- Jacques Pantaléon
Son of a cobbler. Studied theology and civil law in Paris. Canon of Laon. Archdeacon of Liège, Belgium. Sent on several missions by Pope Innocent IV. Worked to restore clerical discipline, and bring peace between the Teutonic Knights and the commoners in Silesia in 1247. Archdeacon of Laon in 1249. ... | <urn:uuid:ea88f852-f098-40bc-ac65-f6483355835d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://saints.sqpn.com/pope-urban-iv/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954063 | 254 | 3.0625 | 3 |
Africa Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), signed in May 18, 2000, provides Sub-Saharan African exports (mostly textiles and apparel) duty and quota free entry into the US markets and also provides for trade facilitation and technical assistance to African producers. After more than eight years, how much has African cou... | <urn:uuid:afe02e5f-e604-4cef-80a4-c39346884ce6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://sapkotac.blogspot.com/2009_08_23_archive.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950896 | 816 | 2.625 | 3 |
In a dramatic discovery, BirdLife has filmed Common Cuckoos calling with a “Ooo-Cuck, Ooo-Cuck”. (April fools?)
Image: Greg & Yvonne Dean/WorldWildlifeImages.com.
Birds in Science and Technology
Count your chickens after they hatch, and they may do a little arithmetic themselves. Chicks only 3 or 4 days old manage an a... | <urn:uuid:f76139e4-914d-4620-b7cc-43af39607c9a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/04/06/birds-in-the-news-166/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958142 | 5,026 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Reviews for Miles to Go for Freedom : Segregation & Civil Rights in the Jim Crow Years
Booklist Reviews 2012 May #2
*Starred Review* In this companion volume to Traveling the Freedom Road (2009), Osborne once again offers a handsome, highly readable overview of African American history, focusing here on both the South ... | <urn:uuid:3b880c67-d8f5-472d-b860-91de2c1fb932> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/enhancedContent.pl?contentType=ReviewDetail&isbn=9781419700200 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937745 | 1,694 | 2.8125 | 3 |
GCE Advanced Level
The Advanced Level General Certificate of Education (commonly shortened to A-Level) is a set of exams taken in the United Kingdom. They are usually taken during the end of secondary school. In the UK, they are usually taken two years after the students have completed GCSE or IGCSE exams. A-Levels are... | <urn:uuid:fd3439da-3b29-4268-b90a-8d01cbff6ef1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/GCE_Advanced_Level | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968514 | 173 | 3.296875 | 3 |
National Theatre, Prague
The Národní Divadlo or the National Theatre in Prague is a very famous building which has been very important for more than 150 years for the culture of Czech history.
In the middle of the 19th century there were a lot of political changes in Europe. Prague had been part of the Austrian Empire.... | <urn:uuid:85f3c1f1-a192-4bfe-9be7-8c0944827334> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Theatre,_Prague | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.991132 | 421 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Temporal range: Upper Cretaceous
Bonaparte & Powell, 1980
Noasaurus was a small meat-eating dinosaur. It lived at a time when some of the biggest dinosaurs ever to live were roaming South America. Although it had some of the same characteristics as raptors that lived in North America and Asia, it was not a close relati... | <urn:uuid:c88877bd-20df-4910-89a0-b1d13352b154> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noasaurus | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.855331 | 107 | 3.546875 | 4 |
A decision is a fact of life. Both the good and the bad, the wrong and the right, one seemingly unjust turn waiting to happen amid the uncertain crossroads of life. Lets be honest, making a decision will always provide the answer, that is the ideal outcome, nothing goes wrong, everything is perfect, happily ever after.... | <urn:uuid:0ee53935-71ca-4a99-8c32-2b5c4fa69a55> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://sites.bu.edu/ombs/2012/03/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958898 | 961 | 2.75 | 3 |
After Monday’s post about emptying the trash, I started thinking about a conversation I had a couple years ago with an outreach educator from a waste management group. The woman was running a competition among high school students to build a portable sorter for recyclable materials. We got to talking about how material... | <urn:uuid:59635b4c-d30e-4010-ac70-b353e6c15f46> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://slackersaver.com/2012/06/trash-vs-recycle/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960151 | 463 | 3.390625 | 3 |
Mission Type: Flyby
Launch Vehicle: Juno II (no. AM-14)
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral, United States, launch complex 5
Spacecraft Mass: 6.1 kg
Spacecraft Instruments: 1) photoelectric sensor trigger and 2) two Geiger-Mueller counters
Deep Space Chronicle: A Chronology of Deep Space and Planetary Probes 1958-2000, Monogra... | <urn:uuid:7a412938-d07d-4377-b8c2-89653400c00c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/profile.cfm?Sort=Alpha&Alias=Pioneer%2004&Letter=P&Display=ReadMore | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.905195 | 304 | 3.5625 | 4 |
The Sun shines because nuclear reactions in its core convert hydrogen into helium. Several billion years from now, though, the core will run out of hydrogen, so the Sun will begin to burn the hydrogen in a layer around the core. This will cause the Sun to expand, cool, and brighten, until about a billion years later it... | <urn:uuid:99993a46-99a2-4550-afea-b9ef7e3496e8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://stardate.org/radio/program/beta-pegasi | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923381 | 375 | 3.828125 | 4 |
Students generally categorize college financial aid into two types: the “good kind” and the “bad kind.”
The good type of financial aid being grants and scholarships–essentially free money.
The bad type being student loans, which are factored into the financial aid award letters students receive before the start of the ... | <urn:uuid:d9e3f3eb-943e-4f56-807a-4cd7359a9605> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://stateimpact.npr.org/florida/tag/financial-aid/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955434 | 277 | 2.828125 | 3 |
The Lugar Energy Plan: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Senator Richard Lugar (R-IN) introduced S. 3464 – dubbed the “Practical Energy and Climate Plan Act” – on June 6, 2010. The bill’s biggest flaw is that it establishes no overall limit or price signal on the carbon pollution that is driving global warming. Indeed, b... | <urn:uuid:5730071e-ddf0-42a5-b916-8b55b88cd8dc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/ddoniger/the_lugar_energy_plan_the_good.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936378 | 2,606 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Australia in the post-war years: new book
19 August 2009
A new book by a University of Sydney historian exploring how Australia's place in the world evolved during the First World War and the years immediately afterwards will be launched tonight by Professor Kim Beazley, former Defence Minister and Deputy Prime Ministe... | <urn:uuid:9b04e23d-d1bf-4b27-9ca4-7d96b5928a41> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://sydney.edu.au/news/84.html?newsstoryid=3750 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951166 | 550 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Translation by C. M. M. Brady
This is a translation of Derek Beattie’s critical edition, Targum and Scripture: Studies in Aramaic Translations and Interpretations in Memory of Ernest G. Clarke, SAIS 2, ed. Paul V.M. Flesher (Leiden: Brill, 2002), pp. 231-90. The base text is Valmadonna No. 1 (NB: Previously known as Sa... | <urn:uuid:fd336555-b01c-41f6-9ef0-9cc37b20317e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://targuman.org/blog/targum-ruth/targum-ruth-in-english/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.988863 | 5,663 | 2.609375 | 3 |
A recent white paper by some Google engineers puts some numbers around the massive amount of computation that Google does every day to index the Web, process search results, and serve up ads, among other things. As oflast September, Google was processing 20,000 terabytes of data (20 petabytes) a day. This large-scale c... | <urn:uuid:fe39fd25-0706-4d36-9b67-fc0323c0a61e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://techcrunch.com/2008/01/09/google-processing-20000-terabytes-a-day-and-growing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930763 | 171 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Victorian architecture dates from the second half of the 19th century, when America was exploring new approaches to building and design.
Advancements in machine technology meant that Victorian-era builders could easily incorporate mass-produced ornamentation such as brackets, spindles, and patterned shingles. The last ... | <urn:uuid:ec621053-10e4-4781-a7ac-7267c7f9331d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thedicarlogroup.com/2012/03/29/name-that-architectural-style-and-detail/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924348 | 289 | 2.796875 | 3 |
What is EC?
EC stands for Elimination Communication
, also known as Natural Infant Hygiene or Infant Potty Training. It's a wonderful way to respond to a baby's natural instincts to stay clean and dry. EC reduces diaper use, reduces diaper rash, can lead to earlier potty independence, and so much more.
Babies are BORN ... | <urn:uuid:2fcddbd1-5694-4271-a993-8e690891c8fb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://theecstore.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960285 | 451 | 2.984375 | 3 |
There’s a more efficient way to harvest energy from the backyard than by wiring up hapless critters. Researchers at the University of Georgia have proof: they’ve discovered a way to generate electricity from plants through hijacking the photosynthesis process. By altering the proteins inside a plant cell’s thylakoids, ... | <urn:uuid:c63c3fde-b07d-4d67-9b13-93fd625d619f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thegreenenergyblog.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955673 | 3,339 | 3.625 | 4 |
After Luther's refusal to recant at the Diet of Worms in 1521 (and after already being condemned as a heretic by the Roman Catholic Church), Emperor Charles V placed him under a ban, known as the Edict of Worms. In that edict, the emperor decreed the following:
We enjoin you all not to take the aforementioned Martin Lu... | <urn:uuid:3f5c162d-cc2b-4bed-af02-9d0ec978af6a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://theologyinverse.blogspot.com/2011/10/doing-ministry-under-difficult.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972684 | 255 | 2.6875 | 3 |
- Special Pages
As Japan marks the second anniversary of a tsunami and earthquake that devastated the country, the focus is on learning the right lessons from the tragedy, both in Japan and abroad, and on passing those lessons to the next generation. The destruction caused to the Fukushima nuclear power plant had sent ... | <urn:uuid:eed3f7b2-e6d8-4faf-a862-03821b08b459> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/editorial/228944-fukushima-anniversary.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976823 | 530 | 2.625 | 3 |
There are generally three types of discrimination (actually four) that may result in some economic actors being left shorthanded (we can define that in future post, but for now just conjure up the mental image of a worker being paid less than he/she “should”). These are:
- Employer discrimination: the owners of a firm ... | <urn:uuid:bfae74e7-9ed1-41b9-a8c9-f70447de6ca6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2012/12/07/doing-something-about-discrimination/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96329 | 1,622 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Many Koreans believe that Park was a small-town hood, who wrecked South Korea's emerging democracy and who initiated South Korea's false façade of economic prosperity. Park was assassinated on October 26, 1979 while enjoying a Japanese-style geisha party with two young women at a KCIA safe house in Namsan. He was assas... | <urn:uuid:d14ea807-f3c4-4fd3-a3c0-b441997473a7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://tkdtutor.com/articles/topics/taekwondo/48-taekwondo-history/470-chapter-17-growth?showall=&start=3 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973167 | 226 | 3.1875 | 3 |
By David Powell, Special to SPACE.com
While the number of confirmed extrasolar planets is now approaching 300, the tally of extrasolar moons so far identified is still a rather disappointing zero.
Planets beyond our solar system are incredibly challenging to find. Moons are nearly impossible with today's technology, gi... | <urn:uuid:808813ad-610d-4641-8932-0f015e7c7d0b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/science/space/2008-06-10-faraway-moons_N.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925219 | 1,017 | 4.125 | 4 |
First page Back Continue Last page Summary Graphics
What OS are you running?
This is a picture of the previous example.
The host MySQL database is mounted inside UML on /mysql. The OS/400 JVM is represented inside UML as a process. Maybe Java is fed into the 'jvm' stdin and output grabbed from its stdout. Whatever Wind... | <urn:uuid:7a7ccc20-0f57-4508-ad9b-e65972a47474> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://user-mode-linux.sourceforge.net/old/slides/lca2002/text19.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938992 | 153 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Thunderstorms Across the Southern US
Images produced by Hal Pierce (SSAI/NASA GSFC) and caption by Steve Lang
An advancing frontal system has brought heavy rains to the Mississippi Valley
region and the northern Gulf Coast. Low pressure over the central plains
tapped into abundant gulf moisture from the Gulf of Mexico ... | <urn:uuid:212fe73e-cf83-4442-ab04-6d9066a9607d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=12472 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915337 | 420 | 3.46875 | 3 |
Taklimakan desert, western China
Jacques Descloitres, MODIS Land Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
The Taklimakan Desert in northwest China is a vast region of sand desert sitting in a depression between two high, rugged mountain ranges. Seen in this true-color MODIS image from October 27, 2001, the Taklimakan's rolling s... | <urn:uuid:b5c00a22-ba4e-4f59-bcd6-9af00052c1c9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=57040 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.848684 | 200 | 3.546875 | 4 |
FLAGS AND SYMBOLS FROM 1800 TO 1900 CENTURY > FROM THE AMERICAN OCCUPATION UNTIL PRESENT DAYS
Valentin de los Santos was a Bicolano and established Lapiang Malaya in the 1940s ; on Sunday, May 21, 1967, this octogenarian man led a march from Taft Avenue in Pasay City to the Malakanyang Palace in order to overthrow then... | <urn:uuid:01ceba8e-8d0e-4d5f-83cb-d130f0a1bfde> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://watawat.net/lapiang_malaya.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965254 | 594 | 3.09375 | 3 |
A Watershed Approach
A watershed approach is the most effective framework to address today's water resource challenges. Watersheds supply drinking water, provide recreation and respite, and sustain life. More than $450 billion in food and fiber, manufactured goods, and tourism depends on clean water and healthy watersh... | <urn:uuid:3d3472a7-5a76-476c-8e8e-8bd676e1e702> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://water.epa.gov/type/watersheds/approach.cfm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.873706 | 676 | 3.421875 | 3 |
Historical documents show that the sinking method of the Karez wells inside Xinjiang including the Western Region was introduced by the Han people. The majority of the ethnic minorities of the northwest borderland hadn't mastered the sinking technology by that time. It was Lin Zexu that stood out among all the people w... | <urn:uuid:45178960-06a9-415c-858c-0e3d00acf86c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5347/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950248 | 750 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Argument from scripture
The argument from scripture, at least as used by Richard Dawkins in The God Delusion, is essentially the argument that "I believe in God because the Bible says that God exists." This argument translates easily to other holy scriptures.
In order for this argument to be sound, one must demonstrate... | <urn:uuid:8a9d4667-8081-401a-8a13-a9c7e8be0f58> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://wiki.ironchariots.org/index.php?title=Argument_from_scripture&oldid=6746 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940429 | 202 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Smoking Could Kill 8 Million a Year by 2030
|Author: Shelly Nolloth|
Date: Tuesday, May 31st, 2011
|Return to Archive|
Since there is often a lag of many years between when people start smoking and when it affects health, the epidemic of tobacco-related disease and death has just begun, the WHO said. But by 2030, the a... | <urn:uuid:765b2118-bac7-4568-8b5e-87d842e0a0d8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://wku.edu/hr/news/index.php?view=article&articleid=865&return=archive | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950176 | 737 | 2.828125 | 3 |
By Christian Lowe
WARSAW (Reuters) - Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill hushed up evidence the Soviet secret police had killed thousands of Polish men in the Katyn forest in 1940 for fear of alienating World War Two ally Josef Stalin, newly-declassified documents show.
An estimated 22,000 Polish military offic... | <urn:uuid:3b11c8be-e1ea-4ce3-b077-dbc473d77e3a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://wtax.com/War-time-allies-hushed-up-Katyn-massacre-of-Poles-/11472113?newsId=164992 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697380733/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516094300-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961707 | 919 | 2.515625 | 3 |
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