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If the moon is visible in the western sky after sunset, then it is near the sun in the sky (because the sun also sets in the west). In this configuration, the sunlight falls mainly on the back side of the moon as seen from the Earth, and we only see a crescent of light on the thin region visible from both the sun and t... | <urn:uuid:888e74b2-25c3-42b7-96ba-aec87e7585a9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.science.ca/askascientist/viewquestion.php?qID=97 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966957 | 169 | 3.375 | 3 |
Sep. 8, 2011 University of Miami Frost School of Music Professor Carlos R. Abril has recently published findings of a research study designed to construct a national demographic profile of high school band, choir, and orchestra students in the U.S. using evidence from the 2004 follow-up wave of the Education Longitudin... | <urn:uuid:18b53d03-1c01-40ee-a254-6e48eedfd51f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/09/110908145330.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956521 | 453 | 2.9375 | 3 |
Jan. 5, 2012 Predictions of the loss of animal and plant diversity around the world are common under models of future climate change. But a new study shows that because these climate models don't account for species competition and movement, they could grossly underestimate future extinctions.
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June 3, 2012 An interdisciplinary team, led by researchers at Cornell University and the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), have just published the most comprehensive analysis to date of the corn genome.
The team expects the achievement to speed up development of improved varieties... | <urn:uuid:e1c04ce2-749e-4dcd-9ed0-e78c6c5cc3f1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/06/120603191714.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.891538 | 997 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Mar. 14, 2013 For the first time, a UCLA team has used a technique normally employed in treating brain aneurysms to treat severe, life-threatening irregular heart rhythms in two patients.
This unique use of the method helped stop ventricular arrhythmias -- which cause "electrical storms" -- that originated in the septu... | <urn:uuid:afeb6ec1-eeba-478f-bb3e-34760f8a6704> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130314140918.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93707 | 1,098 | 2.875 | 3 |
This is one of the few times that students have an opportunity to touch what an object in the Solar System is kind of like. This demo is very popular and can be found all over the Internet. The materials that are needed are shown in slide show (plus 2 large cups of water). Mix the water, sand, 1 tablespoon of corn syru... | <urn:uuid:2f6f5f33-2561-4511-b251-1330f3762bf1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sciencefix.com/home/2009/6/12/comet-demo.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932603 | 238 | 3.921875 | 4 |
The March 2011 Tohoku-Oki earthquake that decimated Japan and its Fukushima nuclear reactors with a monster tsunami altered the seafloor off the country’s eastern coast much more than scientists had thought. Analysis released today in the journal Science indicates the ocean bed moved as much as 50 meters laterally and ... | <urn:uuid:ee3a10f5-c035-486c-bbf0-4140b4817986> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=japan-earthquake-moves-seafloor | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944337 | 599 | 4.03125 | 4 |
THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF ORCHID LOVE
Do you ever think about plant sex? I still remember walking into the first class of my first ever plant biology course during my undergraduate degree and my professor introducing himself as just another botanist who is obsessed with plant sex. At the time I thought my professor was a ... | <urn:uuid:1a211d4b-955d-456a-9285-3c5c447707cc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.scq.ubc.ca/the-wonderful-world-of-orchid-love/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932146 | 3,438 | 2.546875 | 3 |
The Super Green List:
Connecting Human and Ocean Health
Seafood plays an important role in a balanced diet. It's often rich in omega-3 fatty acids, which help boost immunity and reduce the risk of heart disease, stroke, cancer and other ailments. Omega-3s are especially important for pregnant and nursing women, and you... | <urn:uuid:ebab1654-429a-426c-ab65-9db2715f632f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.seafoodwatch.org/cr/cr_seafoodwatch/sfw_health.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917051 | 815 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Austrian Artistic Movement
In 1897 a group of Artists, such as Otto Wagner and his gifted students, Josef Hoffmann and Josef Olbrich, with Gustav Klimt, Koloman Moser and others aspired to the renaissance of the arts and crafts and to bring more abstract and purer forms to the designs of buildings and furniture, glass ... | <urn:uuid:9f9ba9a4-4782-4cf2-9b3a-d299844b7d6f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.senses-artnouveau.com/biography.php?artist=secession&Currency=JPY&Vat=_Vat&action_cur=set | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.889514 | 772 | 3.4375 | 3 |
Individuals with dual sensory impairments need to use their senses of touch and smell to be aware of the people, places, and things in their environment. These individuals may have some remaining vision and/or hearing, yet still rely upon their senses of touch and smell to confirm what they saw/ heard. This confirmatio... | <urn:uuid:a85cecdc-f31f-4e79-bc93-dd935ae7ce3f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sfsu.edu/~cadbs/Eng008.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924251 | 457 | 3.40625 | 3 |
Ballad and Common Meter (alternative iambic tetrameter and iambic trimeter)
This one's a classic, so it's no wonder it uses some of the most classic forms in all of poetry and music. "A Red, Red Rose" is written partly in ballad meter (the first eight lines) and partly in common meter (the last eight lines).
You know w... | <urn:uuid:4167d5be-f3da-4c8e-98b2-3857cfbdecc8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.shmoop.com/red-red-rose/rhyme-form-meter.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942144 | 816 | 2.890625 | 3 |
|Data Source:||U.S. Census Bureau|
Universe: Specified renter-occupied housing units
|Universe: Specified renter-occupied housing units|
|Excerpt from:||Social Explorer, U.S. Census Bureau; 2000 Census of Population and Housing, Summary File 3: Technical Documentation, 2002.|
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The Arab Spring, the West and Political Islam
— Hisham H. Ahmed
THE CONTEMPORARY ARAB political system, until the recent outbreak of Arab revolutions, is the byproduct of a number of domestic, regional and global arrangements and developments in the post-World War II international order.
Established in 1945, the League... | <urn:uuid:1357ddf5-7c19-4558-bf33-148c48b94c69> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.solidarity-us.org/node/3492 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966962 | 3,657 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Homework tips, counselors, Peace Corps, algebra
Californians overwhelmingly believe that having more guidance counselors in every school would be more effective than hiring armed police officers (source: The California Endowment, a nonprofit health foundation). California, unfortunately, has one of the worst ratios of ... | <urn:uuid:7f637db9-af6f-4e2c-b08a-f4408ea707d0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sonomanews.com/News-2013/Homework-tips-counselors-Peace-Corps-algebra/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945201 | 1,997 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Recycling Resources for Freight Packaging & More
Every day, millions of people around the world throw out tons of trash that goes to landfills. They decay there and add to pollution in the environment. This also harms living creatures on the planet (including us!). However, many of the things that people discard in was... | <urn:uuid:bb1ebb7a-eca2-4f44-b766-ec70fb6fa88b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sourceconsulting.com/recycling-resources-for-freight-packaging-and-more | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.889843 | 1,018 | 4.15625 | 4 |
Washington, Aug 3 (IANS) A small species of deep-sea squid can detach the tips of its arms when under attack, leaving them fastened on its predator as a distraction, says a study.
Stephanie Bush, post-doctoral researcher at the University of Rhode Island, said that when the foot-long octopus squid found deep in the nor... | <urn:uuid:521ba17d-2059-4961-9cc9-80ef8f5fec9b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.southasianews.com/830794/Squid-can-drop-arms-as-defensive-tactic-.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965887 | 429 | 3.171875 | 3 |
"I'd probably be at the house sleeping, watching TV or playing video games," he said.
One of his classmates, 11-year-old Kymbreah Smith, agreed. "I wish it would run longer," she said of the two week program, in which the students meet for three hours a day at Lilbourn Elementary School, focusing on literacy and nutrit... | <urn:uuid:27f4495e-f10f-42f1-a50c-805e3f2151c6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.standard-democrat.com/story/1356718.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98244 | 1,039 | 2.625 | 3 |
Breast skin and nipple changes
Inverted nipple; Nipple discharge
Learn about skin and nipple changes in the breast so you know when to see a health care provider.
Notice Changes in Your Breasts and Nipples
- This is normal if your nipples have always been indented inward and can easily point out when you touch them.
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There's a report of species newly recorded from Mindanao island, which includes two folkloric accounts of animals that may or may not be recognized species (and may or may not be something as yet undescribed). The first is a "red-faced monkey":
"A group of red-faced monkeys that can mimic human laughter has been sighte... | <urn:uuid:8766734f-7d72-427c-b47c-9d0ac6dfc82a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.strangeark.com/blog/labels/bird.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95694 | 584 | 2.546875 | 3 |
The Republic of Botswana, or more commonly known as Botswana, is a flat landlocked country located in Southern Africa. Botswana is bordered by South Africa, Namibia, and Zimbabwe, and more than half of the land is covered by the Kalahari Desert. Formerly one of the poorest countries in Africa, Botswana has now transfor... | <urn:uuid:43af9b1c-1b54-4549-88b2-21bc3db97c4a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.studyabroad.ucf.edu/?ak=/country_showcase/show/17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942646 | 168 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Shooting style makes Hobbit extra smooth
The Hobbit will seem more realistic and "fluid" than previous films as it is the first movie shot using high-speed 3-D cameras that capture twice the normal frames-per-second.
Matt Cowan, chief scientist at United States 3-D cinema projection company RealD, which helped Peter Ja... | <urn:uuid:2a28fc14-17b4-4912-bea3-6f1f5fbe091f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaru-herald/business/8007647/Shooting-style-makes-Hobbit-extra-smooth | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952634 | 690 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Basically, sampling distributions are derived assuming the null hypothesis is true. There will also be an expected value (mean) and a standard error associated with the sampling distribution. As such, the sample statistics (under the null) will vary due to random chance factors alone....They can be small e.g chi-square... | <urn:uuid:2b5202fc-6853-4673-b75f-5a8373f273bd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.talkstats.com/showthread.php/13899-mode-of-the-chi-square-distribution | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.877221 | 126 | 2.71875 | 3 |
By Jeff Wilson
The history of Unitarian
interest in Buddhism
stretches back more than two centuries.
But it is only in recent decades that Buddhism has come to be
a visible force within UU circles,
with the creation of the Unitarian-Universalist Buddhist Fellowship
and the phenomenal growth
of UU meditation groups acro... | <urn:uuid:37d1d947-38e9-43a2-a898-3d16a0cc93c9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/YO-BUDD.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.85316 | 203 | 2.671875 | 3 |
NASA: Looking Back at Earth
As you'd expect, given the complexity of NASA's tasks and the massive amounts of data involved, the projects are not nickel-and-dime operations. High-powered clustering is the architecture of choice. NASA's main centers contain four of the top 160 supercomputers in the world.
Say "NASA" and ... | <urn:uuid:dcf0b0aa-4a0e-4b42-a88d-fa6e01ee93b7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.technewsworld.com/story/32314.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930281 | 1,338 | 3.8125 | 4 |
Perceptual Evaluation of Playout Buffer Algorithm for Enhancing Perceived Quality of Voice Transmission Over IP Network
Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is a technology that allows you to make voice calls using a broadband Internet connection instead of a regular (or analog) phone line. Voice over Internet Protocol ... | <urn:uuid:16e50a68-72b9-40b5-834c-99de4a720880> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.techrepublic.com/whitepapers/perceptual-evaluation-of-playout-buffer-algorithm-for-enhancing-perceived-quality-of-voice-transmission-over-ip-network/4275175 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93247 | 174 | 3 | 3 |
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As a particle physicist, I study the elementary particles and how they interact on the most fundamental level. For most of my research career, I've been using accelerators, such as the electron accelerator at Stanford University, just up the road, to study thing... | <urn:uuid:1630d5e7-9d15-4e62-b2d4-b1f60255215a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/patricia_burchat_leads_a_search_for_dark_energy.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961283 | 3,649 | 3.4375 | 3 |
The first steps to developing an effective during the school day intervention and enrichment program include the following:
- Agreement to hold ourselves accountable for the learning of the students
- Commitment to teach and assess the same concepts
- Willingness to make adjustments to the master schedule to create int... | <urn:uuid:4c23b85a-be7e-431d-af86-1d7c65253033> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.texasprincipal.org/index.php/texas-principals-financial-guidance-education-help-support-team-information-gather/principal-news-feed-instructional-how-to-implement-trending-strategies/structuring-and-implementing-during-the-school-day-intervention-and-enrichment | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936118 | 318 | 3.484375 | 3 |
Summary: In the modern world, success depends upon literacy, a fact especially true for deaf children who, if they read and write well, can take full advantage of e-mail, the Internet, and other communication innovations. Literacy and Your Deaf Child: What Every Parent Should Know provides parents with the means to ens... | <urn:uuid:e5b879b3-a543-4336-b65c-14f08b1488e3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.textbooks.com/Literacy-and-Your-Deaf-Child-What-Every-Parent-Should-Know-03-Edition/9781563681363/David-A-Stewart-and-Bryan-R-Clarke.php?mpcond=VeryGood | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954485 | 300 | 3.5625 | 4 |
Better body image helps weight lossJuly 18th, 2011 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, July 18 (IANS) Improving body image helps in weight loss programs based on diet and exercise.
Obesity is known to increase the risk of diabetes and heart disease and can significantly shorten life expectancy.
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The Noble Eightfold Path
In the “Magga Vibhanga Sutta” belonging to the “Magga Samyuktha” of “Samyuktha Nikaya”, our Gautama Buddha says,
“Dear Monks, what is the Noble Eightfold Path?…….
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Here are a few tips from Healthy Child Healthy World on how to have a "green pregnancy".
These eight simple steps will help you reduce your exposure to synthetic pesticides and guard against certain cancers and high dioxin intake. Increasing your intake of fruits, vegetables, legumes, and fiber may help eliminate toxin... | <urn:uuid:5b69e91d-b645-424d-919a-3810dcd91d51> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thebumblecollection.com/blog/?tag=go-green | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924745 | 612 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Will recent advancements meet future challenges?
March 27, 2003
Laser cutting continues to grow in popularity with sheet metal fabricators. With developments in speed, cutting quality, and manufacturing economy in laser cutting, today's manufacturers have more options than ever before from which to choose the optimal m... | <urn:uuid:c581ba07-7a74-4fb7-b6db-5ae129c27c92> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thefabricator.com/article/lasercutting/the-art-of-laser-cutting | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928037 | 1,308 | 2.625 | 3 |
The geological history of Earth began
4.567 billion years ago
when the planets of the Solar System were formed out of the solar
nebula, a disk-shaped mass of dust and gas left over from the
formation of the Sun. Initially molten, the outer layer of the planet Earth cooled to form a solid crust when
water began accumula... | <urn:uuid:dd16f6bf-ef0d-4881-8eeb-50ab85d99e66> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thefullwiki.org/Geological_history_of_Earth | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950781 | 5,930 | 4.40625 | 4 |
Proven by scientist that music helps people relax, release stress, inspire, and motivate us. Music can change your mood positively or negatively, depending on the type of music you listen to. For example, music with negative messages, such as some Rap and Heavy Metal cause people to become more angry. Music with positi... | <urn:uuid:acf6b429-dfa9-4448-be71-e3c169f5fa7c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thementalmind.com/2011/12/how-does-music-affect-your-mood.html?showComment=1341448879855 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961948 | 164 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Martians invade Canada
Arctic stepping stone for conquest of red planet
The Xybernaut Corporation, of Fairfax, Virginia, has announced that it will be providing mobile wearable computing systems for a future conquest of Mars.
The company's kit will be field tested as part of the 2001 Haughton-Mars Project (HMP). The NA... | <urn:uuid:e894f535-00db-44fe-a72e-a08226d49122> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.theregister.co.uk/2001/06/12/martians_invade_canada/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.90015 | 389 | 2.828125 | 3 |
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April 5th, 2012 Archives
Posted: 04/ 2/2012 5:57 pm
If you enjoy public beaches, state parks or fishing piers, you can thank the sixth-century Roman emperor Justinian. He's credited with introducing the public trust doctrine, a legal concept that forbids private ownership of certain nat... | <urn:uuid:89f75755-ef2a-481e-96ec-82d20792a70c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.theterranews.com/content/?m=20120405 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946299 | 3,303 | 2.890625 | 3 |
What Is Hypertension?
Journey into your body to get an inside view of your cardiovascular system—your heart and blood vessels. You’ll see healthy arteries pulsating rhythmically as blood surges through them. Top experts, including Dr. Mehmet Oz and Dr. John E. Castaldo, talk about what hypertension (high blood pressure... | <urn:uuid:f3ea3485-c5ae-4507-8a06-16c01a2f9a4a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thevisualmd.com/videos/result/what_is_hypertension | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.905762 | 172 | 2.84375 | 3 |
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The Virtual Virus Experience
Find out what a virus looks like and is made of, who discovered them, and how they invade their prey. Prepare for a virus attack by learning about the body'... | <urn:uuid:f35fcb9a-b547-471b-86dc-6644834ce5e2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thinkquest.org/pls/html/f?p=52300:100:3554943702326133::::P100_TEAM_ID:501568467 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911897 | 201 | 2.71875 | 3 |
We're used to watching the price of oil mock gravity, but there's an even more essential commodity that's also become scarcer and pricier in recent months: Traders are paying record prices for wheat on world markets, thanks in part to shortages caused by a mix of drought and flooding. Canada, the second-biggest wheat p... | <urn:uuid:c9da6ece-d28a-4435-828f-ed8167a05f50> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1656570,00.html?xid=rss-topstories | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960522 | 1,102 | 3.046875 | 3 |
HTH 120◊ Principles of Nutrition
Introduction to the science of nutrition and its relationship to health and wellness. Concepts and functions of the basic nutrients, their digestion, absorption, and metabolism are analyzed. Supplements, fad diets, body composition, and blood glucose levels are examined. Nutritional inf... | <urn:uuid:65190d1e-65fb-404b-87c1-1ee032df2aa5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.triton.edu/collegecatalog/hth-120--principles-of-nutrition.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933024 | 104 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Part 5 of Turing: a natural philosopher (1997)
Triumph of the ComputerIt is a feature of Turing's thought, one quite untypical of a Cambridge-based mathematician, that his mathematical interests flowed not only into philosophy, but into practical engineering, and with his own generally clumsy hands. The possibilities o... | <urn:uuid:f036d3da-0880-45d1-bba6-14379e6caf14> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.turing.org.uk/philosophy/ex5.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978405 | 1,430 | 2.859375 | 3 |
|National Infantry Museum Maneuver Center of Excellence Armor School Infantry School|
|Part of Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)|
Forces Command (FORSCOM)
|Georgia (United States)|
The Flags of the Infantry Center and the Infantry School
|In use||1918 - Present|
|Controlled by||United States Army|
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|© UNICEF Japan/2009|
|Renowned Japanese performer Kaiji Moriyama has choreographed a dance to teach children in Japan and around the world the principles of good handwashing.|
By Ayako Uragami
TOKYO, Japan, 15 October 2009 – Today, millions of children and adults in over 80 countries are marking the second annual Glob... | <urn:uuid:8cad7486-5391-40ba-9c84-b2d9d56c1be4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.unicef.org/wash/japan_51424.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928642 | 530 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Clunkers & cars of tomorrow - People may look like their dogs, but they IDENTIFY with their cars (especially their old ones) and have a hard time saying goodbye to them, even when the government institutes something like the Cash for Clunkers program. And maybe your NEXT car should go to driving school (instead of you)... | <urn:uuid:232b7210-0750-4046-9213-fab431244c7d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.unknowncountry.com/news/cars | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980267 | 783 | 2.75 | 3 |
UNODC Supports the Protection of Human Trafficking Victims
Nearly one third of global human trafficking involves women and children from South-East Asia. About 60 percent of this occurs within the region of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) itself.
-Handbook for Effective Police Responses to Violence Again... | <urn:uuid:9f33f0c5-beea-4692-8ffc-0cc9b1314253> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.unodc.org/laopdr/en/stories/unodc-supports-the-protection-of-human-trafficking-victims.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928943 | 539 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Even with the widespread use of Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports, for many of our customers who use converters, serial ports are still an important interface. Not only on computers, but also digital cameras, printing equipment, modems and a wide range of industrial automation network equipment, continue to make use of ... | <urn:uuid:9cf9944d-9ffa-4066-923b-4632e7e64cc5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.usconverters.com/index.php?main_page=page&id=51&chapter=0 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932143 | 705 | 3.578125 | 4 |
Atmospheric gases, including carbon dioxide, fluorocarbons, methane, nitrous oxide, sulfur hexafluoride, ozone, and water vapor, that trap radiant (infrared) energy keeping the earth's surface warmer than it would otherwise be.
Report on effects of the increase of atmospheric carbon dioxide on plants and animals, espec... | <urn:uuid:62df21cb-dd54-43a4-902c-6fb19b346808> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.usgs.gov/science/science.php?term=506 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.906447 | 241 | 3.53125 | 4 |
In 1900, the Virginia Historical Society received from former Confederate general George Washington Custis Lee, president
of Washington and Lee University and the eldest son of Robert E. Lee, a splendid collection of Custis family papers.
Martha (Dandridge) Custis Washington (1732–1802)
Members of the Custis family had... | <urn:uuid:3b98a16f-5cc3-4604-b430-cefa64971d70> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.vahistorical.org/custis/introduction.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948408 | 354 | 2.8125 | 3 |
The VICE Guide to Syria
Illustrations by Mike Taylor
We have put together this guide in an attempt to condense the facts gleaned from thousands of pages of reference books, biographies, religious texts, firsthand accounts, reports, and other information that have informed this issue. We could’ve included dozens of addi... | <urn:uuid:2c0eca6f-0fb3-4b25-9348-34fe406a6521> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.vice.com/en_us/read/the-vice-guide-to-syria-0000456-v19n11?Contentpage=-1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967366 | 9,537 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Magnetic Resonance Tomography
Magnetic Resonance Tomography or MRT is another name for Magnetic Resonance Imaging or MRI. The two terms refer to the exact same thing.
Below, we offer a selection of links from our resource databases which may match this term.
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Naphthalene (also called white tar and tar camphor) is a white solid that evaporates easily. Its present in fuels such as petroleum and coal and has been used in mothballs and moth flakes. Burning tobacco or wood produces naphthalene. It has a strong but not unpleasant smell.
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Cross Site Attacks
From Web Security
Cross Site Attacks
There are a number of attacks that are made possible due to the security model of the Web. This page attempts to make an overview of those that happen cross domain. Some people would like to see a unified approach to dealing with Web security, dealt with by the Se... | <urn:uuid:2138d77d-cea0-498d-8183-acc95c067c7c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.w3.org/Security/wiki/Cross_Site_Attacks | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.895572 | 534 | 3 | 3 |
Unlike trees, which have distinctive leaves, or blooming plants, which have distinctive flowers, turfgrass identification is much more difficult for the amateur .
There are five major lawn grasses grown in Georgia. Following are characteristics that will help you distinguish them:
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Neil S. Banas
Investigates emerging topics of interest in the arts and sciences and frames the investigation of subject matter through writing and dialogic inquiry within a particular field. Students discuss, revise, and reflect upon their work through peer review, in-class writing activities, and editorial feedback. F... | <urn:uuid:dccc32f5-d742-43cd-8ad6-c5ce2e8741b2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.washington.edu/students/icd/S/hnrs/345banasn.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.912466 | 263 | 3.046875 | 3 |
I read an interesting book on concussions called “Concussions and Our Kids” by Dr. Robert Cantu and Mark Hyman. The book is for adults, but it talks about things kids (and their parents and coaches) should know.
First, concussions don’t happen only to NFL players. They happen in kids’ sports, too. Kids may be more like... | <urn:uuid:fe9932bd-fbe0-4674-a7e1-87817c0bc727> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/action-is-needed-to-prevent-concussions-in-young-athletes/2012/09/26/756e5702-075a-11e2-a10c-fa5a255a9258_story.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963551 | 625 | 2.828125 | 3 |
EPA Finalizes Air Rules for Taconite Plants
Posted at: 01/16/2013 1:44 PM
| Updated at: 01/16/2013 1:46 PM
The EPA issued a Federal Implementation Plan to set air pollution standards for six taconite facilities in Minnesota and one in Michigan.
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Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage, preterm delivery, birth defects, and even sudden infant death.
Most women who smoke are highly motivated to stop when they become pregnant, but many are not successful.
Researcher Tim Coleman, MD, of the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom, says it ... | <urn:uuid:920e580b-91e6-4d93-94ba-33471ba2fddd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.webmd.com/smoking-cessation/news/20120229/nicotine-patches-fail-most-pregnant-smokers | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967358 | 616 | 2.875 | 3 |
Distribution nike tnThe one wild population known in Oregon (SW) is scheduled for control in 2007.
Impacts nike pas cherChokes out native species, depletes food sources for wildlife, creates fire hazard, blocks drainages and flood-control structures
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David Ludwig, MD, PhD
Remember when Alexander had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day? Even if you didn't read that book, chances are you know about bad days.
Maybe your friend doesn't want to hang out with you after school. Maybe you got a bad grade on your math test. Maybe you tripped on the sidewalk. Or mayb... | <urn:uuid:acb52bf1-cb44-4c56-81af-85d94751f7da> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wetmtv.com/webmd/parenting/tween/story/Bust-Bad-Moods/3TMK5oMRT0utWYpUZX1xIw.cspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960236 | 1,230 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Flash terms explained
- Fri, 21 May 2010
This fires the flash upon the full opening of the first shutter curtain.
GN (Guide Number)
A measure of how powerful a flashgun is. The higher the Guide Number the more powerful the flashgun is, and measurements are usually given for ISO 100 for a 50mm lens.
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Return on Investment, or ROI, is a financial metric used to gauge the relative performance of an investment. It is basically the percentage of the original investment that has been returned to the investor as profit.
At its most basic meaning, ROI is defined as:
Or, more simply:
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According to the Illinois General Assembly, the primary purpose of schooling is the transmission of knowledge and culture through which students learn in areas necessary to their continuing development and entry into the world of work. To fulfill that purpose, the State Board of Education prepared State Goals for Learn... | <urn:uuid:a82fb2c0-40ee-42c9-b330-ce047ddc0f8f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wilmette39.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=279&Itemid=765 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943109 | 719 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Using the Carbon Cycle Interactive Game in the Classroom
|Through an online game, students learn how carbon cycles through Earth system.||Materials:
|A Windows to the Universe Activity developed by Lisa Gardiner and Julia Genyuk|
|20 minutes class time (in computer lab) plus optional assessments|
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History: Geography of Scotland
Landscape & Climate:
Scotland comprises the northern third of the island of Great Britain with an area of 30,414 square miles, or 19 million acres. The vast majority of the land - 11 million acres - is suitable only for rough grazing, with only 5 million arable acres. Three-quarters of th... | <urn:uuid:1e82ca2a-867c-480f-a7bd-de8184695348> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.windsorscottish.com/hist-geo-climate.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954101 | 764 | 3.40625 | 3 |
Space is not the final frontier. Humankind has stumbled about
the surface of the Moon, hurled satellites beyond the edge of the
solar system -- we even
have a rover trundling about the surface of Mars several
million kilometres away, zapping rocks and poking Martian soil.
But the final frontier is far closer to home. T... | <urn:uuid:dce50dae-8c0d-40d3-9eb2-e07cecdfb670> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-10/05/drilling-into-the-earths-mantle | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924312 | 667 | 3.890625 | 4 |
Look to the Skies: Geminid Meteor Shower Peaks Tonight
- 3:14 PM
- Categories: Space
Grab something warm and head out to a dark place to experience the wonder of the Geminid meteor shower, which peaks Dec. 13 and 14.
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Learn something new every day More Info... by email
Aerobic glycolysis is the first of three stages that make up aerobic cellular respiration. Cellular respiration is the process that takes place within all cells to release energy stored in glucose molecules. There are two forms of cellular respiration, aerobic and ana... | <urn:uuid:1693d143-d889-4626-a6e6-343efc6cf21a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-aerobic-glycolysis.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946611 | 583 | 4.25 | 4 |
Kebbeh is a 17-year-old mother living in a refugee camp in Liberia. At 15 she was married to a man nearly 20 years her senior. He left when she became pregnant and took another wife. Having been separated from her close family, Kebbeh and her daughter now live with a distant aunt who demands payment for the accommodati... | <urn:uuid:fc950da4-7f14-469e-b6e3-0f6697babea9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.womensrefugeecommission.org/programs/reproductive-health/adolescent-sexual-and-reproductive-health | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971422 | 570 | 3.84375 | 4 |
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. The act or an instance of renouncing: the renunciation of all earthly pleasures.
- n. A declaration in which something is renounced.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of renouncing. A disowning or disclaiming; rejection.
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Degraded Habitats Push More Species to Extinction
The latest global assessment of biodiversity ruled yesterday that an additional 11 species are either fully extinct or extinct outside of captivity.
The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) updated its Red List of Threatened Species, considered the ... | <urn:uuid:7c44e2b8-468e-4dfc-b1d5-0b5df3e931c3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.worldwatch.org/node/6309 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940079 | 1,090 | 3.71875 | 4 |
White Plains Hospital's Radiology Department offers traditional CT, or CAT, scans, as well as the newer 64-slice CT scan. With these high-tech devices, our board-certified radiologists deliver quality care in one of the busiest Radiology Departments in Westchester County.
What is a CT scan?
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Watters Smith Memorial State Park, located in southern Harrison County in West Virginia, is a 532-acre historical park established through the generosity of the descendants of Watters Smith, a pioneer who settled there in the 1790s.
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WILMINGTON (AP) -- North Carolina's coast isn't what it used to be.
The sound of seagulls competes with the grind of construction. Property values are soaring. The population is increasing and the water is rising about a tenth of an inch each year.
Charles Peterson is a biologist with the University of North Carolina's... | <urn:uuid:183bae94-c769-4786-93ac-2b20f24a0dbb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wwaytv3.com/n_c_coast_facing_challenges_of_growth_rising_water_levels/07/2007 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965414 | 183 | 2.75 | 3 |
It was Red Cliff Point in Moreton Bay that Oxley had recommended to Governor Brisbane as a site for a new convict settlement. His reward was to accompany the first party of convicts to be transported there in 1824 as Surveyor-General. They came up from Sydney in the brig Amity, and there is a monument to Oxley, the shi... | <urn:uuid:0eb69487-6807-4522-ab46-50ad81697a11> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.yourbrisbanepastandpresent.com/2012_04_01_archive.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.985603 | 366 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Lessons Learned from the Labs21 Case Studies
November 11, 2003
Designers interested in building attractive, comfortable, energy-efficient laboratory buildings can now learn more about the most effective techniques, thanks to the Labs21 case studies. Labs21 has compiled numerous design options and energy-efficient syste... | <urn:uuid:a03481e8-7d65-43a4-aa98-5739d6c7017a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/news/news_detail.html?news_id=7179 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943764 | 802 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Life ‘sweet’ without diabetes
International Diabetes Association reported that at least seven million people diagnosed with the disease each year.It is like an epidemic that is widespread and rapid, diabetes is actually a threat to the world’s population.Disease is divided into two types, first by the body’s insulin de... | <urn:uuid:9f12828f-7ab0-41e1-87af-965428a9ef4d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://yourhealthblog.net/life-sweet-without-diabetes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368697974692/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516095254-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968142 | 191 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Mission Objectives: Bright Stars, Constellations
Equipment: Naked eye
Required Time: 2 minutes
Related Missions: Three Astronomical Treats for Naked Eyes, Binoculars, and Telescopes
Introduction: It’s a new mission for a new year. New stars are in the skies, and it’s the perfect time to start exploring the heavens–for ... | <urn:uuid:337637d8-f56d-4b13-9002-08c4b83d5ef6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://10minuteastronomy.wordpress.com/category/planet/mars/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918053 | 974 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Gluon length is vital in pressure. The greater the pressure on the Baryon, the smaller the Gluons become to increase rotation speed. The less pressure on the Baryon, the Gluons grow in length slowing rotation.
Tuesday, March 26, 2013
Gluon length is vital in pressure. The greater the pressure on the Baryon, the smaller... | <urn:uuid:c897622f-cf4d-4cfb-bb56-0a661eea3787> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://aaronsreality.blogspot.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930947 | 12,718 | 3.25 | 3 |
It's a chemical that has never been proven to cause health problems in humans in low doses. And it's one that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has said is safe.
But an announcement last Wednesday by a research and advocacy group that the chemical Bisphenol-A was found in the inner lining of infant formula cans has... | <urn:uuid:1e903c49-2470-484f-899e-ca4cb57e338b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ReproductiveHealth/story?id=3968851&page=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958957 | 691 | 2.875 | 3 |
In collaboration with the National Science Foundation and eminent educators nationwide, the AP Program has spent several years reviewing and redesigning AP Chemistry. This collaboration has led to a robust course, with an emphasis on inquiry, analytical, and reasoning skills. Higher education faculties have endorsed th... | <urn:uuid:115f37a1-7289-47b0-a4a0-50cb67079712> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://advancesinap.collegeboard.org/science/chemistry | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922569 | 1,065 | 3.015625 | 3 |
California has one of the most ambitious carbon reduction targets in the world. Smart grids will be absolutely essential in order for the state to meet its objectives.
It is probably fitting that the land that gave us Hollywood is taking a blockbuster approach to de-carbonisation. California’s lawmakers have agreed tha... | <urn:uuid:1dfe8834-1403-443f-871c-65a7085531ec> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://analysis.smartgridupdate.com/transmission-distribution/smart-grid%E2%80%99s-role-low-carbon-california | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947963 | 1,190 | 2.9375 | 3 |
The cost of disaster: Putting a price tag on climate changePosted: June 14, 2012
©2012 Ann Goodman
In this era of apparently mounting natural disasters worldwide—many, such as floods from hurricanes, likely related to changing weather patterns linked to climate change—one might ask: How much do such disasters cost? How... | <urn:uuid:79fd997e-e6cd-4333-b7ab-f3f31c015a17> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://anngoodman.com/2012/06/14/thecostofdisaste/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966005 | 1,317 | 3.09375 | 3 |
The underground IN-BETWEEN METROPOLIS is a downward expansion and a densification in the place of horizontal sprawl in order to prevent mobility and transportation growth issues of contemporary cities and metropolises. It is applied in three different cities: Mexico City, Berlin and Tokyo that identify three very disti... | <urn:uuid:51a358fd-469d-411c-bebf-183e6e842641> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://archinect.com/people/project/21953434/mobility-craters-in-between-metropolis/21966716 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917519 | 280 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Whole Field Out-of-plane Vibration Analysis with a HOE-based ESPI System
This item is available under a Creative Commons License for non-commercial use only
Electronic speckle pattern interferometry (ESPI) is a full-field measurement technique, capable of displaying vibrational mode shapes. A simple optical set-up for ... | <urn:uuid:c1a9995a-7e2f-4e84-99ea-92969b1cc6e5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://arrow.dit.ie/cieocon2/10/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.80279 | 332 | 2.65625 | 3 |
|SURYA - THE
India during Vedic age and even afterwards SURYA has
played a very significant role in Hindu mythology and
amongst Hindu gods.
SURYA is one of the three chief gods
of the Vedas. As one of the spheres, the physical
sun is the celestial form of fire, Agni, and source of all
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That day-old Starbucks croissant may not need to go into the garbage after all. A new technique developed by Carol S. K. Lin, a biochemical engineer at the City University of Hong Kong, could turn uneaten pastries and coffee grounds into useful chemicals which could be used to formulate bioplastics and other substances... | <urn:uuid:8d3fb90a-d2a5-4467-8a90-d40ceb193275> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/382763/20120911/starbucks-croissants-succinic-acid-baked-goods-become.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966724 | 657 | 3.171875 | 3 |
- May 31, 2011
- John O’Sullivan
- Our Climate Changes with Solar Gravity - NASA
It started in 2007 when scientists saw that gravitational forces in our solar system may have a huge impact on Earth’s climate. Professor Ivanka Charvátová, CSc. from the Geophysical Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, explains why... | <urn:uuid:dd407ff5-fd06-40c6-9c34-470911df3359> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://austeaparty.com.au/web/is-our-sun-causing-global-cooling/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928628 | 1,261 | 3.46875 | 3 |
Image: Lithography Process - specific press
With the aid of a specific press, a scraper is drawn across to transfer the image to the paper.
- Stuart Humphreys
- © Australian Museum
Rew, a TAFE teacher, demonstrates the lithographic process which was used to explain how images were printed in Gould's books in the Gould ... | <urn:uuid:fe2f62f1-fbcc-47be-b491-0a890305f640> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://australianmuseum.net.au/image/Lithography-Process-Specific-press | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944299 | 85 | 2.90625 | 3 |
4000bce - 399
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[Footnote, page 11].
More than nine-tenths of all working Germans are members of the German Labor Front. Shortly before the outbreak of war the German Labor Front had 23 million individual members in the then Reich territor... | <urn:uuid:43a34174-8502-4151-aa72-94d6a0e7a3a5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://avalon.law.yale.edu/imt/2275-ps.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917999 | 306 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Assistive, Alternate, Accessible.
Assistive Technology (A.T.) is specially designed support hardware and software which helps people with special needs (including dyslexia) to be more efficient and independent at home, in education and in the workplace. It often enables better use of mainstream technology.
The Disabled... | <urn:uuid:8cc01970-1ec8-4403-96d1-f0ef4cf57a4d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://bdatech.org/what-technology/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.904996 | 380 | 3.328125 | 3 |
Judah walked up to [Joseph] and said, 'Please, your highness, let me say something to you personally. Do not be angry with me, even though you are just like Pharaoh.
Vayigash elav Yehudah vayomer bi adoni yedaber-na avdecha davar be'ozney adoni ve'al-yichar apcha be'avdecha ki chamocha keFar'oh.
||'You asked if we stil... | <urn:uuid:915e63b9-d173-4d13-a24c-672016781071> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://bible.ort.org/books/torahd5.asp?action=displayid&id=1343 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.91123 | 220 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Free Lesson Plans
Bill of Rights in the News
The Bill of Rights in the News Constitution Courier focuses on issues making headlines that directly relate to the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. With current online news articles, discussion questions, and related links and resources, Bill of Rights in the News is a v... | <urn:uuid:d2f5641b-ce33-4133-b8cc-9914ab0eb9db> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://billofrightsinstitute.org/resources/educator-resources/lessons-plans/bill-of-rights-in-the-news/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.878594 | 392 | 3.640625 | 4 |
This project is supported through a DOT/SUn Grants ($1.3 m), aiming to develop sustainable systems for practical utilization of largely available bulky biomass for production of renewable energy, which will benefit both the processors and feedstock producers (farmers).
Increasing attention is focused on the utilization... | <urn:uuid:cc5c2d31-2299-4295-ad3d-4282fc126fd9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://biorefining.cfans.umn.edu/research/develop-sustainable-renewable-energy-systems-for-practical-utilization-of-bulky-biomass/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933597 | 307 | 2.546875 | 3 |
The Common Core State Standards provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for suc... | <urn:uuid:4abd0d23-7130-45cd-ae8d-41150acad593> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.artsusa.org/tag/learning/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962296 | 521 | 3.78125 | 4 |
Here’s question two in our lead up to World AIDS Day on Dec. 1.
Remember when you answer each day’s HIV/AIDS question correctly, you are eligible to win a free CD – your choice of either Portable Sounds by tobyMac or Beyond Measure by Jeremy Camp. We’ll randomly choose a winner each day from the correct answers.
The an... | <urn:uuid:1fef54ff-1c76-4425-89a9-06f08b340786> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.compassion.com/aids-deaths/quote-comment-12416/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930207 | 199 | 2.703125 | 3 |
In this prepcast, we’ll discuss how to handle the reading passage questions on the SAT exam. You might be surprised, but these questions are less about comprehension than knowing what to look for.
How to Approach SAT Reading Passage Questions (transcript)
Hi I’m Karl Schellscheidt, Welcome to ePrep. I want to talk to y... | <urn:uuid:d1c00d12-7cd3-43f1-b524-8ba1f59cacd2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.eprep.com/2006/11/15/how-to-approach-sat-reading-passage-questions/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957476 | 533 | 2.78125 | 3 |
The Web Development Process
Published on Thursday, 10 August 2006.
Without doubt, taking a website from zero to a successful one is yet another adventure in the experience catalog of a web developer. The key for failure or success lies in the beginning of the project. The plan created to build a website, whether a rede... | <urn:uuid:4309c279-3369-47d7-b3d8-afc8b0f74ba4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.favrik.com/2006/08/10/the-web-development-process/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920113 | 487 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Why is this month called July? The short answer is that July is named for Julius Caesar. The longer answer involves the ancient Romans’ attempt to keep track of the year.
There are two bright lights in the sky which can help us mark the passage of a year: the Sun and the Moon. Since the year is defined by the Earth’s m... | <urn:uuid:8dcf3c7b-d71b-47a4-98f7-64d60f0044a1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.hmns.org/tag/carthage/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9718 | 1,633 | 3.953125 | 4 |
March 2nd, 02011 by Alex Mensing
The sixth largest lake in the world is located deep in the continent of Antarctica where it has been isolated under two and a half miles of solid ice for more than 14 million years…and, according to the Wired Science blog, it will remain so for at least one year more. A team of Russian ... | <urn:uuid:8c4fa283-85b5-46d2-abe9-bc5569eacd81> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.longnow.org/02011/03/02/lake-vostok/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701852492/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105732-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957097 | 327 | 3.40625 | 3 |
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