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Besides all the damage to your lungs and other organs, smoking adds wrinkles and years to your face. Even 20 year olds are receiving skin and lung damage from the 4,000 plus chemicals in tobacco smoke. Smoking is a no win situation. It ages you faster and destroys your lungs. Cancer risks are also higher for smokers th... | <urn:uuid:b9419a4e-4ae0-4914-a6c4-c6f8c594d091> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://healthmad.com/health/ladies-smoking-will-add-wrinkles-to-your-face/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942034 | 466 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Learn the Art of Practicing
- Have proper materials ready like your instrument, pencil, a metronome/tuner, practice chart, music, and a recording device (optional but recommended highly).
- Practice Chart – organized by month and days of the week, a goal is to physically fill in with repertoire and time spent on each.
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Collectively explore problems and strengths of the open web. What would your life be like without the web? Who made the web? How can you tell the web was made by people?
We benefit from an open web where anyone can use, see and manipulate content on the Internet. Imagine if those same features applied to holidays. Imag... | <urn:uuid:a2781ab5-c284-41bb-b57a-717ed31ac4e2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://hivenyc.org/GogglesPrototype/hh_holidayhacking_goggles.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948501 | 236 | 3.40625 | 3 |
Hawaii Department of Agriculture / Big Island coffee growers had it tough in 2010. They faced the most severe drought on record and confronted an infestation of the coffee berry borer, a beetle found around the world but only recently discovered in Hawaii.
This double whammy meant the coffee harvest was down significan... | <urn:uuid:ea065e3a-2e23-4512-8bcd-97067d0c7c53> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://honoluluweekly.com/food-box/2011/01/beetle-mania/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965917 | 489 | 3.078125 | 3 |
From our trek to Machu Picchu to observing various farms along our trip through Peru we have asked lots of questions regarding farming techniques adopted by the modern-day Peruvians.
Lots of them are tried and true methods from the 1500`s from the Incans. Terraces are the most popular way to cultivate vegetables. Peru ... | <urn:uuid:41560af9-5037-446d-ad5f-ee756b360fca> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://hossfeldvineyards.com/2012/01/13/andean-farming-terraces-incan-techniques-and-an-abundance-of-produce/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959324 | 735 | 2.828125 | 3 |
"In 1973 Kenya had an estimated elephant population of 167,000. But by the late 1980s gangs of ivory hunters armed with automatic rifles had reduced the herds to about 16,000. The numbers have since recovered to around 32,000 after a crackdown on poaching, accompanied by a worldwide moratorium on the ivory trade. But t... | <urn:uuid:1c1d9a1a-6d14-4534-8c32-217ecbea623a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://hungryhyaena.blogspot.com/2005/09/contemporary-conservationists.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94565 | 580 | 3 | 3 |
updated Jul 2, 2008 9:31 pm | 8,617 views
Application code is code written specifically for an application created in a language such as Java. (This same code could have been generated in C# or C++ too.) However, the term "application code" is going to be mainly used to describe something which has been inserted into s... | <urn:uuid:a462817e-fac3-4b3d-b328-d7782733f3ea> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://it.toolbox.com/wiki/index.php/Application_code | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950787 | 242 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Using the Assignment Tool (Moodle icon = )
The Assignment tool contains a task which you have to carry out. Often you will be required to upload and submit your work via the computer, but assignments can also involve writing a text online, or off-line tasks.
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A. QUAKER HISTORY
THE ROOTS OF QUAKERISM
The Religious Society of Friends had its beginnings in mid-Seventeenth Century England. The movement grew out of the confusion and uncertainty which prevailed during the closing years of the Puritan Revolution and which culminated in the overthrow of the English monarchy. During... | <urn:uuid:d859b6b5-f3eb-4ded-ba9c-ca9c3fcc5b96> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://iymc.org/documents/discipline1974/brief_history_of_iowa_yearly_mee.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967919 | 8,108 | 3.90625 | 4 |
Are the children of the United States worth one-eighth as much as the bugs? Hon. Andrew J. Peters, a member of Congress from Massachusetts, asked this rather startling question at Louisville last Sunday at a mass-meeting on child labor. Mr. Peters showed that the Bureau of Animal Industry costs the country $1,654,750 a... | <urn:uuid:3de00810-a446-4192-860d-ee582fc55039> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=1104955 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972929 | 273 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Center for Sustainability Studies
The Center for Sustainability Studies (CSS) was created at Kean University in 2011. It represents Kean University’s expanding commitment to transforming lives by providing world-class education. The mission of the CSS is to provide students with an extraordinary educational experience ... | <urn:uuid:747274a5-e2a4-4d6e-8e88-12369c22cf5f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://kean.edu/KU/Center-for-Sustainability-Studies | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940459 | 422 | 2.578125 | 3 |
The Labour Wing is headed by the Labour Commissioner. Its main functions are:
|Labour Administration in Bihar|
The history of Labour Resources Department of Bihar can be traced back to the year 1937. For the purpose of conducting an enquiry into the condition of industrial labour prevailing in the industrial sector a c... | <urn:uuid:3adf5ee2-b807-4614-bdcb-a04b2191f9e3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://labour.bih.nic.in/Labour.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944323 | 1,616 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Published June 27, 2012
Argentine scientists have announced the discovery of a new species of carnivorous dinosaur, saying it could prove key to understanding how modern birds' remote ancestors evolved.
The fossil remains of the new species, dubbed "Bicentenaria argentina" (Argentine Bicentenary) and presented Tuesday ... | <urn:uuid:6f7eec6a-93a9-4594-88e9-e4b9740aa759> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/news/2012/06/27/new-species-carnivorous-dinosaur-found-in-argentina/print | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944201 | 278 | 4.0625 | 4 |
This paper explores the role jurisdictional competition played in the development of the common law. For most of English legal history, there were several courts with overlapping jurisdiction. In addition, judges received fees on a per case basis. As a result, judges had an incentive to hear more cases. The central arg... | <urn:uuid:91efd836-4cf2-45f7-96b6-c399504d1b17> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://law.bepress.com/usclwps-lewps/art64/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960924 | 275 | 3.375 | 3 |
Outdoor, or Out-of-Home, advertising is considered the oldest form of advertising, dating back to sales messages chiseled on stone tablets by Egyptian merchants who placed them along public roadways. The development of paper and the printing press made billposting possible in Europe after about 1500. Lithography, a pri... | <urn:uuid:dd41d851-80ff-4527-9375-5897509513de> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/hartman/guides/outdoor.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935725 | 1,023 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Wyatt Earp was a peace officer in the American West. He was best known for his role in the famous gun fight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. Wyatt Berry Stapp Earp was born in Mammouth, Illinois. Earp worked as a buffalo hunter. During the 1870ís he served as a police officer in Wichita and Dodge City in Kansa... | <urn:uuid:825eae42-f0ed-4f42-bbd5-16cd3d31a6e7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0211194/AZ6.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979285 | 202 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Listen, Look for the Message, and Determine Your Child's Needs
In This Article:
Your child's misbehavior may be spurred by her need to achieve one of the “four mistaken goals of misbehavior.” She might have other reasons as well:
- saving face
- seeking respect
- needing more independence
- avoiding unpleasant or scary... | <urn:uuid:019e9639-2e16-42d2-a627-a798f19969d8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://life.familyeducation.com/parenting/communication/45298.html?page=4 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963705 | 1,097 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Mosetén belongs to the small, unclassified language family Mosetenan and is spoken by roughly 800 people in the foothills of the Bolivian Andes and the adjoining lowland region. This book provides a grammatical description ofMosetén in the form of a descriptive reference grammar. It is based on the author's extensive f... | <urn:uuid:4360838d-d950-4575-ab4b-e00261f9f7a1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://linguistlist.org/pubs/books/get-book.cfm?BookID=12371 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.874187 | 311 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Dutch Slager / NASA / AP / File
This top-priority "flagship" mission is the US half of a joint NASA-European Space Agency mission that would launch two large rovers to Mars in 2018. The rovers would conduct detailed studies of rocks and soil to hunt specifically for environments that are – or could once have been – hos... | <urn:uuid:43b6461d-1cbc-467f-a9d0-6854e064082e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://m.csmonitor.com/Science/2011/0308/Europa-or-bust-Maybe-not.-Top-9-priorities-for-planetary-research-missions/Mars-Astrobiology-Explorer-Cacher-MAX-C | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960589 | 152 | 3.25 | 3 |
In fiscal 2006, two taxes were the top sources of revenue to the federal government: the federal individual income tax, which raised $1.85 trillion, and the corporate income tax, which raised $350 billion. Total federal government revenue, including borrowing, was approximately $2.9 trillion. This revenue is largely co... | <urn:uuid:db6da44c-be67-4f07-9dc1-5fce11916a35> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mackinac.org/8552 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95872 | 291 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Think about it: When you stare at the night sky, you see the stars as they looked in the past. You see the nearest stars as they looked over 4 years ago. You see the brightest star as it looked 8.5 years ago. You see the farthest star from earth in our own galaxy as it looked 11,730 years ago. You see the stars of the ... | <urn:uuid:c98f78be-9c21-49e6-a2a5-4fb8831dbf1b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mannyv.tumblr.com/archive/2011/10 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978742 | 148 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Religious aspects of marriage
In virtually all religions, marriage is a long-term union between two people and is established with ceremonies and rituals. The two people are most commonly a man and a woman, though many societies have permitted polygamous marriages, and same-sex marriage is now acknowledged in some plac... | <urn:uuid:ba335112-6951-42e0-aedb-b17f8641e6f8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://marjorita.blogspot.com/2004/08/religious-aspects-of-marriage.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969741 | 699 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Josephus's Portrayal of Jeremiah:
A Portrait and a Self-Portrait
David Rolph Seely and Jo Ann H. Seely
Authors of history leave indelible footprints in their works. Many clues can be found in any historical work of how a historian's individual worldview shades and colors his or her narrative. Some ancient historians in... | <urn:uuid:b31d01c8-bb49-4f69-a8f9-3b8ba4f0b724> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://maxwellinstitute.byu.edu/publications/books/?bookid=46&chapid=254 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969198 | 7,404 | 3.078125 | 3 |
As outlined in a study published in Developmental Cell, researchers have discovered a novel function for p27 in the control of interneuron migration in the developing cerebral cortex.
The cerebral cortex is one of the most intricate regions of the brain whose formation requires the migration and integration of two clas... | <urn:uuid:6a4476d2-7d2b-4adf-b093-27474c5ee9b7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-cortex-protein.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.912809 | 451 | 2.9375 | 3 |
(Medical Xpress)—Research at Oregon State University has found that one particular omega-3 fatty acid has a powerful effect in preventing liver inflammation and fibrosis – common problems that are steadily rising along with the number of Americans who are overweight.
The American Liver Foundation has estimated that abo... | <urn:uuid:c259c6a0-936b-4bc6-abda-0c5ad81cc080> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-omega-oils-liver-disease.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954769 | 709 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Comfrey is a high-yielding leafy green plant that has been used for centuries as a feed crop for animals and a medicine for humans. However, in 2001, it was removed as an oral dietary supplement from the U.S. market, and, soon afterwards, as a commercial animal food source. These actions were taken because comfrey cont... | <urn:uuid:a17c4ec1-3926-49c2-9c49-bd0c55fd70b4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://medtropolis.com/your-health/?/104671/Symphytum-officinale | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948498 | 669 | 3.46875 | 3 |
"New Echota - Cherokee Capital, State Historic Site" Calhoun by Stephen-KarenConn
Calhoun Travel Guide: 2 reviews and 17 photos
In 1825, the Cherokee national legislature established a capital called New Echota, near present-day Calhoun, at the headwaters of the Oostanaula River. New Echota marked a change in Cherokee ... | <urn:uuid:ea3cf669-e8a9-471a-afbd-c80bd0730353> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/4b7c5/bb20c/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.855193 | 571 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Things You Didn’t Know That Trigger Depression
Over 50% of Americans suffer from some kind of depression. There are a lot of things that we all know can cause anyone to be depressed, at any time. For example; a death, a divorce or break-up, or loss of employment, can all lead to serious, and immediate, changes in a per... | <urn:uuid:8b651afb-0b18-4c97-8547-8cfb58c757de> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mix949.com/things-you-didnt-know-that-trigger-depression/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957247 | 456 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Modern Constellations: Antlia to Coma Berenices
Short descriptions of the modern constellations. The illustrations are from Burritt, "Filling the Sky", or Hevelius.
Crux to Lynx
Mensa to Pyxis
Reticulum to Vulpecula
Modern Constellation Addendums
A few odds and ends about some modern constellations: CVn, Dor, Lyn, and ... | <urn:uuid:fc678353-a50e-4d01-bc36-98e2996bf7e3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://modernconstellations.com/allerlei.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.862002 | 541 | 2.515625 | 3 |
My class is teaming up with a pre-service teacher, Dylan Longmoore, from the University of Regina in Canada. We just finished reading the book Hatchet by Gary Paulson in which the main character of the story, Brian Robeson, is plane wrecked in the Canadian wilderness. I thought this might be a great opportunity for Mr.... | <urn:uuid:255fbc8e-da39-4e7b-8ec3-5b2cc794e5ab> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mrcsclassblog.blogspot.com/2013/02/questions-about-canada.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964713 | 261 | 3.140625 | 3 |
As NDs, we are acutely aware of the delicate balance within the endocrine system and how that balance affects one’s health. Understanding the connection between the hypothalamus, pituitary and adrenal glands is crucial when treating a patient with symptoms that point to an endocrine imbalance.
Typically, whenever thyro... | <urn:uuid:32cc77f4-6319-45cb-b237-7a691ba2b041> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ndnr.com/web-articles/endocrinology/dysfunctional-uterine-bleeding/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.853967 | 2,943 | 3.171875 | 3 |
WASHINGTON, DC - In 2002, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) began to assemble a network of regional partnerships to identify the very best methods to capture and permanently store gases that can contribute to global climate change.
For its effort, the Energy Department has been selected to receive the American Associ... | <urn:uuid:aba01a90-cb9f-44d8-a839-06fb7e6cce92> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://netl.doe.gov/publications/press/2007/07026-DOE_Earns_Environmental_Award.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938685 | 469 | 2.75 | 3 |
Playing in a class prepares children for being in an orchestra
Learning a musical instrument at primary school can boost a child's confidence and learning in other areas, a report suggests.
Nine out of 10 schools asked about a government-funded scheme that teaches pupils to play instruments in a group, said the process... | <urn:uuid:4a1125b2-1e36-4eb8-a261-a1d31dcdd133> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/education/8485690.stm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972961 | 484 | 3.453125 | 3 |
Bioengineering Promises Help to Patients, Cost Savings
Do engineers hold the key to cutting health care costs? By inventing new technologies that will help the sick and disabled to live more independently, they just might.
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Annie Snider/MEDILL Still photos courtesy of Meredith Nettles
Still photos courtesy of Meredith Nettles
Seismologist Meredith Nettles’ office is just north of New York City, but her mind is more often on Greenland where she spends part of the year doing field research.
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for National Geographic News
Licensing and monitoring ivory carvers could effectively control the illegal poaching of elephants and, at the same time, ease the tensions between conservationists and African countries with ivory surpluses, according to new research.
Elephant conservation and the ivory trade are directly ... | <urn:uuid:05ca6926-0b61-46d4-afc3-1c57b48757b5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/06/0626_030626_ivorycarving.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952997 | 534 | 3.46875 | 3 |
for National Geographic News
Tomorrow giddy astronauts on the International Space Station will intentionally jettison one of their older colleagues into Earth orbit.
It's no homicide, though. The "colleague" is a defunct spacesuit retooled to be one of the most unusual satellites ever launched.
The satellite, named Sui... | <urn:uuid:60673378-eba3-4d7a-8641-fb51df7e6cd4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/02/0202_060202_suitsat.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935203 | 396 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Burial Site May Reveal Secrets That Died with Genghis Khan
Calum MacLeod in Beijing
The Independent (London)
|August 21, 2001|
Archaeologists believe they have found the burial site and treasure trove of the Mongolian warrior Genghis Khan.
The discovery of a walled burial ground containing at least 60 unopened tombs ha... | <urn:uuid:95a6b220-4fe0-4afc-9f20-4230529eb347> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/pf/39239501.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971167 | 819 | 2.625 | 3 |
Goats' milk with antimicrobial lysozyme speeds recovery from diarrhea
March 13, 2013
Video (2 min 19 sec)
Videography by Joe Proudman/UC Davis
Milk from goats that were genetically modified to produce higher levels of a human antimicrobial protein has proved effective in treating diarrhea in young pigs, demonstrating t... | <urn:uuid:a87361b0-88bc-46a0-8b1c-386dd7740876> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://news.ucdavis.edu/search/news_detail.lasso?id=10528 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953862 | 929 | 2.953125 | 3 |
by Robert J. Vanderbei
Recently NASA’s Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) space telescope discovered an interesting asteroid named 2010 SO16.
The asteroid is in a so-called “horseshoe” orbit with respect to Earth. Essentially that means the asteroid is in the same orbit as Earth but, at the moment, it trails us... | <urn:uuid:f5995984-f2e5-415e-b92d-261f601375c3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://newswatch.nationalgeographic.com/2011/04/11/how-earth-plays-horseshoes-with-asteroids/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943303 | 1,183 | 3.703125 | 4 |
Genes on Chromosomes
Country: United States
Date: May 2005
How do you know if two genes (say, for wing color and eye
color in fruit flies) reside on the same chromosome or different chromosome?
If the two pairs of genes are on different chromosomes and you set up a
di-hybrid cross involving these two pair of genes, the... | <urn:uuid:09901da7-de21-4f5e-b7c8-f466101b1c70> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/mole00/mole00620.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927934 | 428 | 3.609375 | 4 |
Until now, physicists have been unable to fabricate a cloak that could hide macroscopic items at visible wavelengths. Two independent groups have now achieved this feat, by building transparent 'carpet cloaks', made from calcite crystals, that lie over the object to be hidden.
Physicists Shuang Zhang at the University ... | <urn:uuid:1f4930cd-64f4-400a-94f3-4677bbf49131> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nextbigfuture.com/2010/12/invisibility-for-larger-than.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966395 | 386 | 3.28125 | 3 |
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Well here are five Aliens, all from different planets.
They all count using one "hand" except the last one who uses his
So let me introduce them:
1st - Serious "Dubo" who counts in twos;
2nd - The two headed "Threebee" who counts in threes;
3rd - The laughing "Q... | <urn:uuid:988e7a83-b616-4d4e-942e-75fa003285c8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nrich.maths.org/5722/index?nomenu=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94395 | 688 | 3.25 | 3 |
A gallery of beautiful photos of cast ironwork friezes in Australia with a mathematical discussion of the classification of frieze patterns.
Proofs that there are only seven frieze patterns involve complicated group theory. The symmetries of a cylinder provide an easier approach.
Introduces the idea of a twizzle to rep... | <urn:uuid:e71d3425-1f1f-44bb-8310-2c0a1334b9b1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nrich.maths.org/public/leg.php?code=132&cl=3&cldcmpid=1341 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931908 | 1,237 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Camp counselors have their work cut out for them- they have to plan daily activities, monitor the safety of the campers, be a cheerleader to encourage the campers throughout the day, and be a referee to teach the campers sportsmanship, turn taking, and following the rules. However, they are also the best advocates for ... | <urn:uuid:02a119ac-e190-4b3b-a6ac-cc5e0ecb3ab1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nspt4kids.com/therapy/10-signs-at-camp-a-child-may-need-occupational-therapy/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969084 | 643 | 3.171875 | 3 |
This collection documents the history of the University of California Agricultural Cooperative Extension in San Joaquin County
from 1914 to 1994. It affords insights not only into the relationship between the U.S. government, the University of California,
and San Joaquin County farmers, but also into the course of loca... | <urn:uuid:0037f0f2-d81f-4c86-bd9c-898fb0ed8c20> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8ks6q88/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917121 | 395 | 2.96875 | 3 |
In our example we seek the maximum of F: F = xy, subject to the condition G = ax2 + by2 -1 = 0.
The gradient of F is (y, x) and the gradient of G is (2ax, 2by).
The determinant of the matrix whose columns are these vectors is , so that our extremum condition, that this determinant is 0, becomes . If we apply the condit... | <urn:uuid:557c233c-097f-4dc9-8543-bf04a83e5d7d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ocw.mit.edu/ans7870/18/18.013a/textbook/HTML/chapter14/example01.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.902948 | 207 | 3.3125 | 3 |
In 1999, a golfer named Payne Stewart and crew were rendered unconscious by a loss of cabin pressure and their private jet crashed when it ran out of fuel. What does this have to do with the fiscal cliff? Read on.
Even in 1999, one could puzzle over why controllers on the ground couldn't take command of a plane and bri... | <urn:uuid:65b30995-321f-4bff-9774-bcd1d5aa4caa> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://online.barrons.com/article/SB10001424127887324391104578228080036152410.html?mod=WSJ_article_MoreIn_Opinion | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959774 | 1,041 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Pattern and Variation in Poetry
A brief rundown on the basic concepts of pattern and variation and how they can be used when writing poems.
Contributors:Sean M. Conrey, Dana Lynn Driscoll
Last Edited: 2010-04-25 08:44:42
Pattern and Variation, Generally Considered
There are two factors battling for poets' attention whe... | <urn:uuid:bba29275-166a-4e43-9eed-c0a5281e7c83> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/568/01/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970512 | 1,003 | 3.5 | 4 |
Posted Nov 17, 2008, updated Nov 17, 2008.
Researchers at the UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute have found that infants later diagnosed with autism exhibited unusual exploration of objects long before being diagnosed. Studying a group of children at high risk for developing autism, the researchers found that those eventually... | <urn:uuid:e61e01a9-645e-4374-837e-47b7455e9de8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://parenting247.org/article.cfm?ContentID=3041&challenge=11&agegroup=1&contenttype=2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968013 | 135 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Call him a breathing corpse.”~~
I believe that hatred is a desire in oneself to bring harm or strong disliking to another, and is driven by fear and lack of power. Whether it is shown by acts of racism or blinding rage, hate is everywhere. It creates who we are as people and houses the society we live in. All humans we... | <urn:uuid:be7ad9e0-8e94-450c-a05e-dbe318d47f3d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://parth893.wordpress.com/2013/03/07/the-meaning-of-hatred/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980005 | 448 | 2.625 | 3 |
Every dog has its day
Every dog, and by implication every person, has a period of power or influence.
This phrase is recorded as being first uttered by no less a notable as Queen Elizabeth I. As Princess Elizabeth, in a letter to her brother and in response to his request for a picture of her, she wrote:
Notwithstandin... | <urn:uuid:a2dd1d18-1ed6-4690-9912-8b62c94e3b91> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://phrases.org.uk/meanings/every-dog-has-its-day.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98835 | 197 | 2.71875 | 3 |
State laws that prohibit people under the age of 21 from purchasing or possessing alcohol, and from driving with any alcohol in their system save 732 lives a year in the United States, according to a study released today that has examined 23 years of research on the subject. The study further shows that if every state ... | <urn:uuid:f319c38b-75e0-4105-ac09-c3364926b19b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://phys.org/news158345777.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967381 | 948 | 2.640625 | 3 |
WHAT'S IN THIS ISSUE
Are You A Carbavore? • Big Picture • Financial • Practical Preparation • Environmental News • Health
ARE YOU A CARBAVORE?
If you have been listening to the medical advice given for the last 40 years, chances are that you are a carbavore — someone who eats predominantly carbohydrates. Various author... | <urn:uuid:a1d1c8fa-45a5-4dc5-a480-d2f3e12be2ff> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://postpeakliving.com/blog/prepared-peak-may-16-2012 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936991 | 2,647 | 2.75 | 3 |
Paterson Great Falls named National Historical Park by Congress, President Obama
“At a ceremony in the East Room of the White House on Monday, President Obama signed into law the Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park Act. The Paterson Act is part of an omnibus parks and historic preservation bill that the Presi... | <urn:uuid:62cecba2-cd96-4edb-8081-3578ba974f82> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://preservationnj.wordpress.com/2009/04/01/paterson-great-falls-named-national-historical-park-by-congress-president-obama/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932388 | 643 | 2.515625 | 3 |
And thou shalt say unto him ... Ha'Shem, the G*d of the Hebrews, hath sent me unto thee, saying " Let My people go, that they may serve Me in the wilderness, and, behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened"
~ Shemot 7.16 ~
My Mom (OBM) loved Louis Armstrong & I grew up listening to Louis a lot. I don't remember the first... | <urn:uuid:eed7be93-768c-4c05-8d39-77e775b6e888> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://princesspana.blogspot.com/2012/04/let-my-people-go.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.985747 | 937 | 2.890625 | 3 |
written by Vladimir Tomek
Religions generally show a lack of concern.
It is of great urgency to utilize the insights of the world’s religions for helping to solve the global ecologic crisis. The World Council of Churches has had for a long time a program on forming a just and sustainable society, but, as yet, very litt... | <urn:uuid:033e8086-5aac-499f-b82f-5764a5f1cb01> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://progressivechristianity.org/resources/environment-in-relgion/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962806 | 3,631 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Individual differences |
Methods | Statistics | Clinical | Educational | Industrial | Professional items | World psychology |
|Brain: Pyramidal tracts|
|Deep dissection of brain-stem. Lateral view. ("pyramidal tract" visible in red, and "pyramidal decussation" labeled at lower right.)|
|Diagram of the principal fascicu... | <urn:uuid:3b8141d0-378f-4946-9797-cc96a69baffe> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Pyramidal_tracts | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.783437 | 1,191 | 3.109375 | 3 |
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The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS),
one of the National Institutes of Health, supports all research
featured in this digest. Although only the lead scientists
are nam... | <urn:uuid:4021e735-3f5e-42b4-bf97-63573a2f87ef> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://publications.nigms.nih.gov/biobeat/07-07-18/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924661 | 892 | 2.96875 | 3 |
SGML, HTML, and XML
The relationship between SGML and the Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) needs to be clearly understood. Although not originally designed as such, HTML is now an SGML application, even though many HTML documents exist that cannot be validated according to the rules of SGML. HTML consists of a set of e... | <urn:uuid:99b9aeb7-c0e2-4423-bcad-7bd1bd2014c8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://publishing.cdlib.org/ucpressebooks/view?docId=ft5w10074r&doc.view=content&chunk.id=d0e460&toc.depth=100&anchor.id=0&brand=eschol | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958324 | 538 | 3.421875 | 3 |
Fact Sheet 2010–3030
Figure 1. The Johnson Creek basin, Oregon.
Johnson Creek drains diverse landscapes. Top to bottom: Rural upper basin stream, upper basin nursery, commercial/industrial area near the mouth at the Portland–Milwaukie city boundary. (Photographs by Karl Lee, U.S. Geological Survey, August 29, 2003 [top... | <urn:uuid:c8546b76-c4c4-4283-9d50-16b4c7f40d81> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2010/3030/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939608 | 2,277 | 3.40625 | 3 |
Wendy - Young Reading Lives
Wendy is an advisory teacher for visually impaired children and works with Grace.
“My job is to ensure that wherever Grace is, she has the support that she needs.”
Teaching braille is also a big part of Wendy’s role:
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The Demise of Environmentalism in American Law, by Michael S. Greve, Washington, D.C.: American Enterprise Institute, $29.95/$9.95 paper
In 1992, Defenders of Wildlife sued Manuel Lujan, then secretary of the interior, seeking to compel the federal government to apply the Endangered Species Act to foreign nations. The ... | <urn:uuid:25e5e3ad-b905-4c32-a8f4-2f7b4dd5447c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://reason.com/archives/1997/01/01/back-to-basics | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94158 | 2,070 | 2.5625 | 3 |
|This article is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. WikiProject History may be able to help recruit one. (November 2008)|
| This article does not cite any references or sources.
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|Alumni Hall of Fame
Steven J. Sasson
Class of 1972
Inventor of the Digital Camera
A lifelong research engineer at Eastman Kodak Company, Steven Sasson changed the future of photography when he invented the world’s first digital camera. Sasson’s groundbreaking invention revolutionized the way images are captured, store... | <urn:uuid:8d9c62de-f7dd-495e-9239-e0b0ba9bc649> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://rpi.edu/about/alumni/inductees/sasson.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919211 | 231 | 2.75 | 3 |
Chemical Toilet Products Advisory for
Consumers in California
Prohibited Chemical Toilet Product Ingredients
If you own or spend time in a recreational vehicle (RV) or boat, you know of the odor problems coming from the holding tanks used for sewage (grey and black water tanks) and chemical toilet waste. There are a nu... | <urn:uuid:c32a0552-f3a7-4ccd-afc6-74850f6636b1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://rvbasics.com/techtips/Chemical-Toilet-Products-Advisory.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935852 | 665 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Journey to the Center of the Earth, by Jules Verne, , at sacred-texts.com
It must be confessed that hitherto things had not gone on so badly, and that I had small reason to complain. If our difficulties became no worse, we might hope to reach our end. And to what a height of scientific glory we should then attain! I ha... | <urn:uuid:d619d809-8bc2-4a22-b617-ada482a1e5a9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://sacred-texts.com/earth/jce/jce28.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98557 | 1,041 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Cultural Map of Wisconsin
A two-sided maps showcasing the rich cultural heritage of Wisconsin was created by the staff and faculty of the UW-Madison geography department and cartography lab. Two years of research into significant cultural sites and events was followed by 10 months of cartographic production. The map ha... | <urn:uuid:dfc2bf80-9544-4575-b114-91b2ce369721> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://searchwisconsinidea.wisc.edu/project/profile/54 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951045 | 153 | 3.21875 | 3 |
Researchers stunned by inmates' success raising endangered frogs
Inmates at the Cedar Creek Corrections center are staffing a project to bolster the dwindling population of the Oregon spotted frog. The results of their 85-cent-per-hour job has stunned researchers.
Seattle Times staff reporter
Inmates raise endangered f... | <urn:uuid:c9ae94f1-0817-46f1-8228-c33c71ed70c6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2009421766_inmatefrogs06m.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972069 | 1,529 | 2.65625 | 3 |
successional dynamics of lightning-initiated canopy gaps in the mangrove forests of Shark River >
chapter 3 >
Mangrove survival, growth, and recruitment in lightning-initiated canopy gaps and closed forest sites in Everglades National Park, Florida USA.
Lightning gaps, as well as other types of canopy gaps, have been r... | <urn:uuid:82f5a864-314a-47d6-a898-95359487fe87> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://sflwww.er.usgs.gov/publications/thesis/lightning_gaps/ch3/index.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926626 | 445 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Dictionary Mode: easton:Kedar
Kedar @ dark-skinned, the second son of Ishmael Genesis:25:13). It is the name for the nomadic tribes of Arabs, the Bedouins generally Isaiah:21:16 Isaiah:42:11 Isaiah:60:7 ; Jeremiah:2:10; Ezekiel:27:21), who dwelt in the north-west of Arabia. They lived in black hair-tents (Cant. 1:5). T... | <urn:uuid:3dcf005f-1fd6-4215-a6f4-7897f84aa609> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://shepherdpuplinux.us/cgi-bin/pbiblx-dict.cgi?X=m&Css=1h&Mode=dict&Version=easton&String=Kedar | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.760629 | 183 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Pistachio originated in the Mediterranean basin and was brought to Sicily by Arab conquerors sometime after the 11th century BC. The pistachio tree thrives in Sicily’s rich volcanic soil and today pistachio production in Sicily is concentrated in Bronte, a town on the western slope of Mt. Etna. The Pistachio fruit is h... | <urn:uuid:7346466f-8834-4629-a07c-3f21b668026d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://sicilycuisine.blogspot.jp/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957032 | 235 | 3.015625 | 3 |
HDD v. SSD
A disk drive (spinning or solid) is your computer’s main persistent storage (as opposed to RAM, which is reset on reboots). It houses your applications, documents, pictures, songs, videos, etc. All of this data is written in a somewhat random fashion and can reside in any portion of the disk.
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In April of 2010, Camily Wedende, of Sun Cookers International contacted Sharon Cousins, of Solar Cookers International, asking for advice on engaging young people in solar cooking, because he had read about some of her work with young students in the Solar Cooker Review. The result of this ongoing email exchange betwe... | <urn:uuid:cfbe705e-843d-4101-af76-12defdb4f53a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://solarcooking.wikia.com/wiki/Eldoret_Student_Projects?diff=next&oldid=55255 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96454 | 1,579 | 2.9375 | 3 |
In Mathematical ModelingFor each of the following problems, describe a model. Identify the important factors or quantities, decide on which quantities will be the main variables, which ones should be auxiliary variables. What are the underlying assumptions? Would you try to model this situation by a stochastic method (... | <urn:uuid:b4d88bfc-d538-4c70-a062-1d694568389b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://sonoma.edu/math/faculty/falbo/Modprobs.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929692 | 1,327 | 2.984375 | 3 |
James Clyman was a mountain man who lived many American lives.
James Clyman (1792-1881) isn’t thought of as one of the stars of Manifest Destiny. He hasn’t come down to us with the reputation of a Kit Carson or a Jim Bridger. He was never a character portrayed in a Dime Novel or a Hollywood Western. There are no statue... | <urn:uuid:50cef369-c02c-40d1-93ad-d212d7506829> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://spectator.org/archives/2011/03/22/mr-manifest-destiny | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963126 | 1,570 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Guidelines For Giving
According to Independent Sector's recent study, Giving and Volunteering in the United States, 89% of American households give to charity. The average gift is about 3.2% of income (before taxes), which is an increase from previous years but still well below the 10% tithing recommended by religious ... | <urn:uuid:6bffd3d9-f8fa-4e24-af78-e870535b255b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://spiritualarts.org/GuidelinesForGiving.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956508 | 483 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Suppose that Alice owes Bob $5 and is owed $10 by Bob. These debts can be represented as the weighted directed graph
which we will call an IOU graph. Alice pays Bob $5 and Bob pays Alice $10. The debts are paid and $15 have been exchanged in a total of two transactions. Let us now consider the following cash flow diagr... | <urn:uuid:f8eadba3-f8f5-40dd-b0c4-d57ee9b66e33> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://stochastix.wordpress.com/2009/06/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935523 | 2,263 | 3.46875 | 3 |
Are dinosaurs still alive today? Why were they so huge? Which were the biggest and smallest? How were they named, and what did they look like? Discover the answers to these and many other ancient riddles with fun-to-color pictures, mazes, spot-the-differences, and other puzzles and games. Each activi... read more
Custo... | <urn:uuid:9e868e83-bfad-429a-a1bb-79b6ce47c614> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://store.doverpublications.com/0486486982.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.851117 | 3,198 | 3.046875 | 3 |
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Members of two bacteria groups, coliforms and fecal streptococci, are
used as indicators of possible sewage contamination because they are
commonly found in human and animal feces. Although they are generally
not harmful themselves, they in... | <urn:uuid:c8e6b98d-59b1-48dc-8708-f1794698d93b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://stream-team.org/Parameters/bacteria.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92214 | 785 | 3.53125 | 4 |
Lauren Spencer Journal Staff
Sawyer Business School Executive-in-Residence Sushil Bhatia is on a mission to get young entrepreneurs on the right track.
Bhatia recently teamed up with George Davison of Davison Inventing to create a new step-by-step curriculum, Idea Teacher, providing innovative students with a way to ch... | <urn:uuid:e37e2e0d-eff3-439d-858b-fd31048835a5> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://suffolkjournal.net/2013/01/business-school-offers-new-inventing-curriculum/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969992 | 714 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Stories from of yesteryear
Compiled by Jennifer Brancaccio
HEALTH AND BEAUTY – The importance of bathing
We’ve all seen Neutrogena and Clearasil commercials on television stressing the importance of washing faces and bodies to prevent acne. Flipping through the channels, hygiene products like deodorant, lotions, and wa... | <urn:uuid:9763cc93-5997-456a-82d4-6331e7e36967> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://summitcountyvoice.com/2011/05/06/colorado-this-week-in-history/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980818 | 1,653 | 3.296875 | 3 |
Capillary height, Critical film thickness, Evaporating meniscus, Heat transfer rate, Liquid argon, Liquid pressure, Molecular dynamics simulations, Nano scale, Negative pressures
Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
This study aims at understanding the characteristics of negative liquid... | <urn:uuid:19088fd6-09a7-417d-8002-c8d47f8608a2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://surface.syr.edu/mae/12/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.827103 | 268 | 2.734375 | 3 |
MUSIC APPRECIATION: An Introduction
Who doesn't appreciate music?? We all have our "tunes." We can't live without them.
For most of us, the box that contains the music we like is pretty small.
Here are some boxes.
These are only a few of those available in our Western culture.
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One of the coolest new toys I've found recently is called Wordle.
Basically, it allows you to upload a block of text and it will examine the word frequency in your selection and make a very cool-looking piece of word art, with the most frequent words looming the largest.
(This picture, for instance is a Wordle of a new... | <urn:uuid:adeb77df-390b-4e0d-8ff2-6dc26a82ad73> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://teachertoys.weebly.com/1/category/text/1.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955606 | 306 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Managing FILESTREAM Data by Using Transact-SQL
This topic describes how to use the Transact-SQL INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements to manage FILESTREAM data.
The examples in this topic require the FILESTREAM-enabled database and table that are created in How To: Create a FILESTREAM-Enabled Database and How to: Creat... | <urn:uuid:8bedd600-473c-43a4-93d5-995e65a04d13> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc645962(d=printer,v=sql.100).aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.833147 | 495 | 2.5625 | 3 |
In my former life as a writing instructor and coach there was a homework assignment that I gave students to help them create more authentic dialogue scenes. Students were required to spend 15 minutes in a public place such as the local college campus, mall, or park, and listen for snippets of conversations from people ... | <urn:uuid:a8f9d1da-040b-448a-9b69-d041082e119e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thebeachwriter.com/tag/writing-exercise/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97251 | 400 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Today, Secretary Babbitt is back in the spotlight with an important speech about defending these lands from attack and carrying our preservation legacy forward. On this 105th anniversary of the Antiquities Act, signed by Teddy Roosevelt to protect America’s most special natural places, I hope that the President will th... | <urn:uuid:bb4d5b21-4e09-4e17-ac0f-7e812db6ac09> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2011/06/08/239845/john-podesta-president-obama-needs-to-defend-our-public-lands/?mobile=nc | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957371 | 3,130 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Posted by Rob Camick on November 8, 2008
There may be times when you want to capture output from your program and display it for the user. This is generally done by creating a console. Using Swing it is not too difficult to create a simple console using a JTextArea or JTextPane. Our message console will be able to disp... | <urn:uuid:9fa5ae2c-3db9-4f20-bc23-73503daa63c2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://tips4java.wordpress.com/2008/11/08/message-console/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.782922 | 307 | 3.484375 | 3 |
Tri States Public Radio Staff
Bipartisan Bill introduced by IL Lawmakers
Wed March 20, 2013
Bill to Help Mississippi River Adapt to Drought
US Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois recently introduced a bill to help the nation prepare to deal with the effects of future droughts on the Mississippi river.
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Given the size and power of the storm, much of the damage from the surge was inevitable. But perhaps not all. Some of the damage along low-lying coastal areas was the result of years of poor land-use decisions and the more immediate neglect of emergency preparations as Sandy gathered force, according to experts and a r... | <urn:uuid:33a42570-505c-44a2-9fcc-d861f3f50a41> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://tvnewslies.org/tvnl/index.php/news/environment/26110-hurricane-sandy-damage-amplified-by-breakneck-development-of-coast.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975076 | 356 | 2.796875 | 3 |
The Mystery of Aliens
Ancient Astronaut theorists posit the idea that the messengers and gods of old were extraterrestrial visitors, which is not necessarily a faulty supposition, considering the circumstantial “evidence” presented to bolster the hypothesis.
The visitors were not gray with large, almond-shaped eyes as ... | <urn:uuid:bc6818ed-bd92-4269-8b32-da1bba35fc3b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ufor.blogspot.com/2011/03/mystery-of-aliens.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975409 | 720 | 2.65625 | 3 |
From ROBERT GOODLAND AND JEFF ANHANG
Thanks to RON EPSTEIN
Whenever the causes of climate change are discussed, fossil fuels top the list. Oil, natural gas, and especially coal are indeed major sources of human-caused emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs). But we believe that the life cycl... | <urn:uuid:15db68f4-7508-4993-a077-11b6adfe3228> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ukiahcommunityblog.wordpress.com/2010/01/20/livestock-and-climate-change-what-if-the-key-actors-in-climate-change-are%E2%80%A6-cows-pigs-and-chickens/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915621 | 338 | 3.609375 | 4 |
Cinco de Mayonnaise
From Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
Cinco de Mayo has become a well-known Mexican festival where participants consume 5 jars of mayonnaise. It is generally celebrated on the sacred holiday of "El Día Para Limpiar El Refrigerador", whose date and frequency varies widely from region to re... | <urn:uuid:f9b299f1-b893-4e8f-8fbb-d9045077ee0c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Cinco_de_Mayonnaise?oldid=5496324 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97352 | 771 | 2.8125 | 3 |
From Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
Number bases are convenient ways of counting things invented by Indian mathematicians. All number and all forms of counting come originally from India. The most important thing to know is that the Indians invented all numbers, numerals, and mathematics.
Digit Placement S... | <urn:uuid:293488d8-4520-4438-a3fe-8bf13d0a5765> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Number_Bases | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.904771 | 498 | 3.515625 | 4 |
From Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
Ski jumping is a little-known sport, where athletes ski down an extremely tall ramp, called an inrun, and then attempt to fly as far as possible and land on the outrun, which is the snow-covered (or plastic-covered if there is no snow) face of an extremely tall mountain.... | <urn:uuid:1cf4dfe1-468b-424f-a7b2-b23047f4094a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Ski_jumping | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974908 | 5,660 | 2.671875 | 3 |
The state of your overall health may be as simple to discern as using Chinese face reading to examine your face. So say ancient healing systems such as Ayurveda and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).
Face reading (mien shiang or mien xiang, pronounced “myen-shung”) originated in China nearly 3,000 years ago. Originall... | <urn:uuid:675fbca1-c7d1-4b47-abc7-f2ba447389d9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://undergroundhealthreporter.com/chinese-face-reading-reveals-your-health | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.910214 | 1,355 | 2.671875 | 3 |
By Jillian Berman, USA TODAY
When Suzanne Fields' son died of an alcohol overdose last year, a few days after completing his first year of college, she decided she wanted to keep other students from suffering the same fate.
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New research out of North Carolina State University is shedding some light on the ability of commonly used gastric acid suppressants
to increase gastric pH in dogs. The results of this study could affect how veterinarians manage gastric disease and protect
against gastric injury in dogs.
Martin Harvey /Getty Images
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Information on cloud-top heights at different stages in the life cycle of the rapidly intensifying Hurricane Wilma may prove useful for evaluating the ability of numerical weather models to predict the intensity changes of hurricanes. NASA’s Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) acquired this sequence of images ... | <urn:uuid:1b274848-93fa-431d-a15a-d5dcdb777f2d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=15721 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00043-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939218 | 727 | 3.5 | 4 |
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