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STORM WATER PROGRAM
Public Education and Participation
Storm Drains discharge water, as well as any pollutants and litter that is picked up, directly into our waterways and eventually the ocean without any form of treatment. Because this water receives no treatment, it is especially important to keep all pollutants out... | <urn:uuid:a211e4e8-e230-42a9-8caf-13f3f33e5694> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.prcity.com/government/departments/publicworks/stormwater/swmp-publicedu.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00141-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.899805 | 739 | 3.1875 | 3 |
The Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) is a system of ten radio telescopes controlled remotely from the Array Operations Center in Socorro, New Mexico, that work together as the world's largest dedicated, full-time astronomical instrument. Construction began in February, 1986, and was completed in May, 1993. The first obs... | <urn:uuid:70e2e849-169e-445b-b04d-8b2c2f1a2e2f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.vlba.nrao.edu/whatis/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00165-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948228 | 179 | 3.21875 | 3 |
We’ve previously discussed how we evaluate a single study. For the questions we try to answer, though, it’s rarely sufficient to consult a single study; studies are specific to a particular time, place, and context, and to get a robust answer to a question like “Do insecticide-treated nets reduce child mortality?” one ... | <urn:uuid:6326a1c4-780f-448d-a8fe-7cd73558b1e3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.givewell.org/2012/09/06/surveying-the-research-on-a-topic/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399106.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00075-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944433 | 1,437 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Lynch, Tim . 2002. Lessons From the Thirtymile Fire. 0251 2W01. Missoula, MT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Missoula Technology and Development Center.
Lessons from the Thirtymile Fire is a Web Site that presents training information based on the events of the Thirtymile Fire. It provides a chronologi... | <urn:uuid:3828ba35-19cb-46a0-b2bd-737327c6f3ae> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/php/library_card.php?p_num=0251%202W01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408828.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00144-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.905675 | 273 | 2.625 | 3 |
1: Perspective And Summary
Democratic Peace page
Pity a human face,
And Love, the human form divine,
And Peace, the human dress.
---- William Blake: "The Divine Image" Songs of Innocence
Yet, we agree little on what is peace. Perhaps the most popular (Western) view is as an absence of dissension, violence, or war, a me... | <urn:uuid:58169aea-ca7e-4d2d-99ae-eb4490a4aea0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.hawaii.edu/powerkills/TJP.CHAP2.HTM | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00156-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927399 | 10,110 | 3.0625 | 3 |
Anemia is a condition which is classified as a blood disorder and affects hemoglobin levels in the bloodstream, causing them to be below what is considered normal. Hemoglobin is nothing more than the pigment in the red blood cells which are responsible for carrying oxygen to the various tissues within the body. There h... | <urn:uuid:888be0df-a6e1-4965-a499-48d1ed3ddef9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.tinnitus123.com/does-anemia-cause-tinnitus/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00109-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965248 | 480 | 3.671875 | 4 |
The Aboriginal PeopleNo Comments | February 2014
The Aborigines of Australia make up 3% of the population, largely in the northern territories. Recent studies suggest that these people migrated from Europe and Africa via South Asia into Australasia around 50,000 years ago.1
As such, they are one of the longest survivin... | <urn:uuid:7bea131b-8d27-4cee-af4c-96c9fa3f1dba> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.reviewofreligions.org/10315/the-aboriginal-people/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00030-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940833 | 1,572 | 3.59375 | 4 |
Rita Colwell was the keynote speaker for the opening session of the Ministerial Conference and Expo on Agricultural Science and Technolog, which has drawn more than 200 representatives from 120 nations to Sacramento amid unbelievably tight security.
"If we are serious about making hunger and famine a thing of the past,... | <urn:uuid:9240ed0c-c817-454f-a738-d11e3ab5f35e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://deltafarmpress.com/print/genomic-research-fueling-new-discoveries | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00081-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926285 | 505 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Volcanoes is part of an online series of modules entitled Exploring the Environment. Emphasizing an integrated approach to environmental Earth Science education through problem based-learning, this module asks students to look at four different situations involving volcanoes, research the situations, and make decisions... | <urn:uuid:2dd9d643-978a-4cb0-a093-0050a65937c5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dlese.org/library/catalog_DLESE-000-000-001-847.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00004-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.900483 | 419 | 3.9375 | 4 |
Smarter Storage for Solar and Wind Power
Australia - The Australian government's science branch has launched a major effort to develop new batteries to store energy. The project is led by CSIRO, the Australian Commonwealth's Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, is Australia's national science agency. Direct... | <urn:uuid:a71c527f-d0d7-4257-9c76-4b0ce9b824e8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/26289/print | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396222.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00089-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928352 | 441 | 3.046875 | 3 |
America's central bank, the Federal Reserve, has several methods by which to fight recession. Among other measures, the Fed can raise or lower interest rates as economic circumstances require; it can sell and buy U.S. government debt - Treasury bills and notes - and it can extend cash and or credit to various financial... | <urn:uuid:ae1a9a35-ed49-4f71-bbb1-1e41cb0d9be6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0912/how-the-federal-reserve-fights-recession.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00155-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965399 | 777 | 2.6875 | 3 |
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Describes some important changes occurring within Australian households. The paper deals chiefly with those activities in which households take raw materials and domestic capital, and through their own labour produce goods and services of greater value. Much of... | <urn:uuid:07675868-0ca0-46c7-96c4-73ad2b77cccf> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/ProductsbyReleaseDate/011C75EF24E328BDCA25722E001A36D0?OpenDocument | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00139-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953347 | 100 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Clustering is the process of grouping observations of similar kinds into smaller groups within the larger population. It has widespread application in business analytics. One of the questions facing businesses is how to organize the huge amounts of available data into meaningful structures.Or break a large heterogeneou... | <urn:uuid:24159374-fe19-4bfa-a395-2359c27ab45d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://analyticstraining.com/2011/cluster-analysis-for-business/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00103-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940434 | 1,049 | 3.328125 | 3 |
In 1947, The Soviet Union was one of 33 countries to vote in favour of the United Nation’s partition plan for Palestine. Almost immediately after Israel declared its independence on May 14 1948, the Soviet Union offered recognition, along with the United States and other Western powers.
It was not to last. The Soviet U... | <urn:uuid:c8a844b9-4fcd-4d92-80d5-9e1a557e6e97> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thejc.com/print/44893 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00110-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96805 | 447 | 3.21875 | 3 |
The amount of raw material needed to sustain developed countries’ economies is significantly greater than current indicators suggest, a new Australian study has revealed.
Published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the findings demonstrate the need for policy makers to consider new accountin... | <urn:uuid:6ca995b5-f503-4169-80c7-750c7aa6d8f4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.technology.org/2013/09/04/developed-countries-use-resources-greater-rate-reported/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00077-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937067 | 633 | 3.78125 | 4 |
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The Red Ghost
The huge, cloven-footed creature that terrorized southeast Arizona was no figment of the mind. The grisly story of its origin and fate was more macabre in fact than any fiction
April 1961 | Volume 12, Issue 3
That also was very nearly the end of the story of the camel in the American dese... | <urn:uuid:3419a5f6-3e0f-4d86-831b-b0746ccc85cc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.americanheritage.com/content/red-ghost?page=7&nid=51402 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00094-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96823 | 285 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article – Annual report year: 2012
We suggest that novel playware technology can function as a mediator for playful social interaction over long distances, such as where people are separated by physical distance but feel the presence of each other mediated through their int... | <urn:uuid:15f7475e-f3c7-4187-833a-8a868880b49c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://orbit.dtu.dk/en/publications/social-playware-for-mediating-teleplay-interaction-over-distance(5a4a49ef-51b0-4fe5-bf9e-24cab7708f75).html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393463.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00060-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948679 | 306 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Lifelike Supernova Explosions
28.07.13 - Summer Series. Supernovas, the explosions of stars at the end of life, contain valuable information about the origin of the universe. Master’s student Alexis Arnaudon seeks to improve parameters of their simulation to lift the veil on some of the many remaining questions about t... | <urn:uuid:200be2ab-3ded-4520-a1d1-910c9631b1b9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://actu.epfl.ch/news/lifelike-supernova-explosions/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00050-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927308 | 529 | 3.625 | 4 |
Most of the microbes in our guts appear to remain stable for years, perhaps even most of our lives, researchers reported Thursday.
An analysis of the bacteria in the digestive systems of 37 healthy women over a period of about five years found, for the most part, little variation over time, says molecular biologist Jef... | <urn:uuid:b53c7696-b516-41ca-a23a-142ee3aa795f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.microbeworld.org/component/jlibrary/?view=article&id=10778 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00012-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951251 | 157 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Those Yellow Sodium Lights
When you drive through a long tunnel, there are lights along the way to illuminate the road. Increasing, these lights utilize either low-pressure or high-pressure sodium technology to provide more energy efficiency and lower cost.
Why It Matters
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One evolutionist claim demolished by 20th-century science is that of chance. Research conducted since the 1960s has revealed that all the physical balances in the universe have been delicately regulated for human life. All the physical, chemical and biological laws in the universe, basic forces such as electromagnetism... | <urn:uuid:eeb07da3-7c28-42ae-b97e-57751b06aad2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.harunyahya.com/en/works/16376/False-god-of-chance-the | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00178-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96831 | 491 | 3.1875 | 3 |
In July 1864, a Confederate force under General Jubal Early threatened Washington, D.C.. All available troops within Washington, including walking wounded, were brought up to the city's northern defenses. In a relatively small battle by Civil War standards, Union forces, reinforced by units rushed by Grant from Petersb... | <urn:uuid:31de7ca8-69d7-44c4-b8f5-391a36aa57a0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://civilwarwashingtondc1861-1865.blogspot.com/2011/06/battleground-national-cemetery.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398216.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00056-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953968 | 347 | 3.328125 | 3 |
|The Oort cloud is much, much more larger than the solar system. Image from Wikipedia.|
Scientific models were created to see if a dwarf star was throwing comets towards Earth. It now seems unlikely that a dwarf planet would be responsible for mass extinctions due to the timing of comets entering the solar system. Howe... | <urn:uuid:2de5261f-91ed-4c45-9859-0881318a04c5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.geographictravels.com/2010/12/dwarf-star-tyche-might-be-out-there.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00018-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967841 | 197 | 3.890625 | 4 |
Ichthyophobia is a fear of fish, and includes circumstances where a person is afraid of eating fish or seeing a dead one. In some cases, the fear is of a particular type of fish, such as in the case of the person who is deathly afraid of sharks even when presented with statistics indicating that the odds of being attac... | <urn:uuid:d3e10025-c532-43b2-ace0-e639a0f6f774> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.allaboutcounseling.com/library/ichthyophobia/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00051-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964941 | 590 | 3.234375 | 3 |
One of the driving forces in modern science is the idea that the Universe “computes” the future, taking some initial state as an input and generating future states as an output. This is a powerful approach that has produced much insight. Some scientists go as far as to say that the Universe is a giant computer.
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Thathachar, MLA and Sastry, PS (2002) Varieties of Learning automata: An Overview. In: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part B, 32 (6). pp. 711-722.
Automata models of learning systems introduced in the 1960s were popularized as learning automata (LA) in a survey paper 1974 . Since then, there have be... | <urn:uuid:a455c348-8186-4c13-943a-bb7747e9e3ba> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://eprints.iisc.ernet.in/5011/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00082-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.88663 | 438 | 2.59375 | 3 |
> I have been conducting several respirometry experiments with sediments from a wetland site under alternative electron accepting conditions. My problem is that upon termination of these separate experiments I did not acidify the soil solution to release any aqueous phase CO2 in the form of carbonate and bicarbonate. I... | <urn:uuid:102b8344-3ff1-4ae6-97bb-3545efbce652> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://wwwbrr.cr.usgs.gov/projects/GWC_coupled/phreeqc/mail/msg00313.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00022-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920679 | 815 | 2.59375 | 3 |
In compiling the Numbers section for this Web Site, my intention is to portray a statistical picture of the possibilities of the number of graves that may have been left behind in the City Cemetery. My claim that thousands of bodies remain in Lincoln Park and Chicago's Gold Coast will thus be substantiated. The estimat... | <urn:uuid:5aa5da24-d8ac-4757-a041-1ec8552ae2b9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://hiddentruths.northwestern.edu/confusion/numbers.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00127-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9612 | 2,168 | 2.8125 | 3 |
This species of jumping spider (Evarcha culicivora) has some interesting traits. When choosing which mosquito to attack, it prefers to take the ones laden with blood. As it gorges with blood, a mosquito's abdomen distends and swells. It may even turn a translucent red as its exoskeleton stretches to its maximum. In sho... | <urn:uuid:f39913eb-8ea6-457c-9826-308ab6ea7b39> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://deadlykingdom.blogspot.com/2011_10_01_archive.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00013-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963443 | 359 | 3.25 | 3 |
Original Device: A new, unused single-use device.
Single-Use Device (SUD): A SUD is a device that is intended for one use or on a single patient during a single procedure.
Reprocessed Single-Use Device (SUD): A reprocessed SUD is an original device that has previously been used on a patient and has been subjected to ad... | <urn:uuid:0362262b-3bb6-453c-8d10-ee07eab2ca43> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.fda.gov/MedicalDevices/DeviceRegulationandGuidance/ReprocessingofSingle-UseDevices/ucm121090.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00061-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931969 | 299 | 2.640625 | 3 |
FISHERS OF MEN
Make a “fishing pond” by placing a circle of blue fabric on the
floor. Lay small rocks around the pond. Cut out large construction
paper fish and attach a paper clip to each fish. Scatter the fish
around the pond.
Make “fishing poles” by tying one end of a 2-foot piece of string
to a small magnet and sta... | <urn:uuid:d0eaa6f6-4482-4f5e-b66a-cb46ae53a849> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://childrensministry.com/articles/bible-story-fishers-of-men/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398216.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00113-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.854103 | 224 | 3.4375 | 3 |
Burning Down the House: The Climate Change Treaty's Probable Effects on the Natural Gas IndustryCommentary by H. Sterling Burnett
April 01, 1998
At the 1992 United Nations' Earth Summit in Rio, the United States signed a treaty establishing the voluntary goal of returning to 1990 levels of greenhouse gas emissions by t... | <urn:uuid:ffd03a2d-68c3-4771-8d80-da897f00bcee> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ncpa.org/commentaries/burning-down-the-house-the-climate-change-treatys-probable-effects-on-the-natural-gas-industry | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398873.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00170-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950321 | 3,663 | 3.234375 | 3 |
Canto II Theme of Man and the Natural World
Whenever Pound mentions the natural world in "Canto II," it seems to be for the purpose of showing us that nature doesn't really care all that much about the drama of human life. While the Trojan War is on the verge of beginning, the seagulls and snipes tend to go about their... | <urn:uuid:c6998282-68f1-4d87-befe-a9dd33c05f0c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.shmoop.com/canto-ii-pound/man-natural-world-theme.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00096-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973063 | 505 | 2.8125 | 3 |
New Direct Fossil Dating Technique Promises to Fail
by Brian Thomas, M.S. *
Three geologists have reported what they called the first "successful" direct dating of dinosaur bone. Will this new radioisotope dating (or radiodating) technique solve the problems that plagued older dating methods? If history is anything to ... | <urn:uuid:1f5187db-1f82-45f4-a1eb-0d3e5663b3c0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.icr.org/article/5944/259/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00070-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952709 | 1,457 | 3.3125 | 3 |
This strange looking robot created by DARPA has the incredible ability to change its color depending on the surface it crawls onto. But by all account it makes a chameleon look Superman fast.
It is made of silicone for its low cost and uses water and air for movement. In the video below it shows how slow it is. Althoug... | <urn:uuid:27299cbe-1020-4b43-9b13-ea931d4768c7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://gearburn.com/2012/08/darpa-makes-robot-that-mimics-chameleons/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394605.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00061-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959577 | 203 | 2.84375 | 3 |
What is Economic Patriotism?
On 29 September 2012 President Obama presented an economic argument that he calls "economic patriotism." At the debate on 3 October he said his "new economic patriotism" plan will create a million manufacturing jobs, cut oil imports and hire thousands of new teachers. How can increasing tax... | <urn:uuid:4acb0dcf-0036-4363-92a4-73863ddcea26> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/10/what_is_economic_patriotism.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00159-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97263 | 914 | 2.796875 | 3 |
The long history of textual editing and scholarship has been intimately involved with the physique of the book, which set limits on the presentation and study of text. Increasingly, since the 1980s, the written word has taken on a digital form, and the shift from codex to computer, from print to electronic media, creat... | <urn:uuid:e3615dc3-ac9a-4f78-9dd0-6e934d778274> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.chegg.com/textbooks/electronic-textual-editing-1st-edition-9780873529716-0873529715 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00168-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.90301 | 336 | 2.5625 | 3 |
While the West remains the USA's primary hot spot for earthquakes, hazards appear to be growing in parts of the eastern and central U.S., according to a report and map released Thursday by the U.S. Geological Survey.
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Definition of Praeses
1. preses [n PRESES] - See also: preses
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Literary usage of Praeses
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Dry (a foodstuff or a ceramic material) by spraying particles of it into a current of hot air, the water in the particles being rapidly evaporated.
- Its cultured dairy powders are gently spray-dried to maintain culture activity.
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Disappointed with the accuracy of your frequency counter? Afraid that the cost of an accurate counter might be prohibitive? Not with this design!
The chip count of good frequency counters can now be reduced from the 1980's level of 20 ICs to as few as four or five, and the power consumption and cost reduced as well. Th... | <urn:uuid:daeb9a98-24d5-4ff2-8181-e74217ac95b4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.qsl.net/zl1bpu/MICRO/COUNTER/index.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00150-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922391 | 2,999 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Activity 5 - Transporting the Orange Juice
After the orange juice has been bottled, somehow the bottles or cartons need to
get from the processing plant in Florida to the store where they will be sold in
Wisconsin. Using a map of the United States, draw the best route from Florida to
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From Our 2012 Archives
Panel Advises Against Hormones to Prevent Disease
Latest Womens Health News
By Brenda Goodman, MA
Reviewed by Louise Chang, MD
Oct. 22, 2012 -- An influential panel of government advisors says hormone replacement therapy shouldn't be prescribed to women after menopause to stave off chronic medica... | <urn:uuid:c4060ec3-ce05-4406-9924-d5f0d64959db> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=164248 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00180-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956338 | 889 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Muscadine vines grow best in southern regions and must be transplanted properly in order to thrive immediately after you dig up or receive the plant. Muscadines can be tricky to transplant because of their shallow, fragile root systems, so digging them up correctly is of the upmost importance. The best way to transplan... | <urn:uuid:67d3223c-6857-4c8e-a09a-3f47c8b05ce9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gardenguides.com/104252-transplant-muscadine-vines.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393093.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00041-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943972 | 564 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Southern Cross Expedition, 1898-1900 over
wintering at Cape Adare
Louis Bernacchi on
the Southern Cross Expedition
picture courtesy - Allport Library and
Museum of Fine Arts, State Library of
Louis Bernacchi was born in
1876 in Tasmania where he was also educated,
later joining the Melbourne Observatory as a
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Dr. Matthias Selbach, biologist at the Max Delbrck Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch, Germany, has been honored with the Analytica Research Prize 2010 in an award ceremony at the Analytica 2010 trade fair in Munich. Dr. Selbach received the prize, which is endowed with 25 000 euros, for his work on "the i... | <urn:uuid:baa87c52-36a6-4ef7-bfab-9f9bf9ead955> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bio-medicine.org/biology-news-1/Analytica-Research-Prize-for-Dr--Matthias-Selbach-of-MDC-12453-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00136-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946913 | 686 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Sir James George Frazer (18541941). The Golden Bough. 1922.
rue. On May Day, when the evening bell has rung and the twilight is falling, the ceremony of Burning out the Witches begins. Men and boys make a racket with whips, bells, pots, and pans; the women carry censers; the dogs are unchained and run barking and yelpi... | <urn:uuid:f77b43f0-e04b-49c0-9b0a-b2653aba2da0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bartleby.com/196/pages/page561.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00113-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943699 | 734 | 2.9375 | 3 |
FDA Recalls...Fact vs. Fiction
The recall of a defective or possibly harmful product often is
highly publicized in newspapers and on news broadcasts. Recent
headlines in major newspapers: "FDA Orders Peanut
Butter Recall", and "FDA Orders 6,500 Cases of Red-Dyed
Mints Recalled", are examples of a misunderstanding by th... | <urn:uuid:7b0998dd-6def-47a0-aaa3-e3304a9b5493> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=10551 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00029-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92971 | 365 | 3.265625 | 3 |
By Joseph D’Aleo, ICECAP
Just recently, with the release in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of the paper “Recent Oppositely Directed Trends In Solar Climate Forcings And The Global Mean Surface Air Temperature” by Mike Lockwood and Claus Frohlich, the global warmers declared victory and went home.
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Trade and the environment: a critical assessment and some suggestions for reconciliation.
Journal of Environment and Development, 9
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Waste Prevention Tips
Choose Durables - They Pay Off!
Have you noticed how many disposable and single-use products there are in the marketplace today? Consider the following:
·Single serving coffee/tea cups (K-cups)
·Single-use cameras, including new single-use digital cameras
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It all began with Abraham Lincoln and a promise. In the midst of history's greatest test of presidential mettle, Lincoln took time in 1861 to establish the Uintah Valley Reservation for the Ute Indians in Utah.
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The average couple spends $2,000 on flowers. "What could be more naturally beautiful or green than a floral arrangement?" you might ask. Well, unfortunately, there are lots of problems with conventionally grown flowers.
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A) Rearrange the following sentences to form a story: ( 4x ½ )
( ) Now my brother is all right.
( ) The doctor gave him some pills.
( ) Yesterday my brother was sick.
( ) My father took him to a good doctor.
B) Answer the following questions to make a paragraph on “The Restaurant”
1- When did you go to the restaurant?
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Tino Sanandaji, a scholar at Sweden’s Research Institute of Industrial Economics, observes that Sweden has now surpassed the United States in hours worked per working age adult. In recent decades, we’ve tended to think of the U.S. as a society in which labor market regulations are relatively lax and work incentives are... | <urn:uuid:a3def355-2cf8-461a-bfba-4de5a8bcf31b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nationalreview.com/agenda/356182/sweden-surpasses-us-hours-worked-working-age-adult-reihan-salam | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00041-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967556 | 1,391 | 2.671875 | 3 |
At 16 weeks, the fundus can be found halfway between the symphysis pubis and the umbilicus. At 20 - 22 weeks, the fundus will be at the umbilicus, and at 36 weeks, the fundus is at xyphoid process. During the second and third trimesters (weeks 18 to 30), fundal height in centimeters approximately equals the fetus's age... | <urn:uuid:547f44ba-b125-416c-916b-9ca7900fcba8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://maternity-newborn-nursing.blogspot.com/2008/05/fundal-height-assessment-prenatal-care.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396224.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00100-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.877809 | 173 | 2.84375 | 3 |
This piece is part of Water Grabbers: A Global Rush on Freshwater, a special National Geographic News series on how grabbing land—and water—from poor people, desperate governments, and future generations threatens global food security, environmental sustainability, and local cultures. The piece is also this week's "In ... | <urn:uuid:ec083ae6-dfed-4ab3-959b-77d09343335a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2012/12/121214/mali-wetlands-drained-foreign-agribusiness-water-grab/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394605.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00096-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96119 | 2,202 | 2.9375 | 3 |
DEALING WITH PLAQUE BUGS ?
What are Plaque Bugs?
Plaque Bugs are a type of Germ that live in everyone's mouth. When you get older you will hear them called "Bacteria". But for now it's just fine to think of Plaque Bugs as Families of Germs, with Youngies and Oldies and Baby Bugs too.
What is the Old-Plaque Problem?
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Researchers have identified that non-Hispanic white youth have the highest rate of diabetes of all racial/ethnic groups for children in the U.S., with type 1 being the predominant kind of diabetes among youth.
Dana Dabelea, M.D., Ph.D., of the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Denver, presented the finding... | <urn:uuid:5a076658-0337-46b7-8047-b861e132e731> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news/Whites-Have-Highest-Risk-of-Diabetes-in-U-S-22403-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00026-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931132 | 894 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Dyslexia intensive Intervention In Scottsdale
FACT: It is estimated that 10-20% of students have dyslexia or some language-learning challenge.
FACT: Dyslexia is hereditary. If dyslexia or "reading troubles" are in your family tree, be mindful!
FACT: Intelligence is NOT affected by dyslexia. Those with dyslexia often ha... | <urn:uuid:5de1b3bd-cb3e-4b4b-911c-78bc6f54e8b8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wellingtonalexandercenter.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00062-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.88794 | 259 | 2.625 | 3 |
With the exception of the Bay Area, it was another hot summer across America. Not the record-breaking waves of heat that scorched the country in 2012, but hot enough to exacerbate the wildfire season, deepen ongoing droughts and water issues, and get people talking about climate change.
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March 16, 1999
David Morse March 16, 1999
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
(Phone: 650/604-4724 or 604-9000)
LUNAR DATA SUPPORT IDEA THAT COLLISION SPLIT EARTH, MOON
Analysis of data from NASA's Lunar Prospector spacecraft has confirmed that the Moon has a small core, supporting the theory that the bulk of ... | <urn:uuid:222f15b3-4891-4fef-ae91-efbdbfe2e574> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nasa.gov/centers/ames/news/releases/1999/99_18AR.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403508.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00068-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93613 | 1,037 | 3.640625 | 4 |
Grammar refresher time again. Trouble remembering when to use whose versus who's? Here's a way to help you remember.
When you see "who's", say "who is". Make this a habit. When you need to test a sentence, say "who is" (or "who has") and see if it makes sense. If it does, you'll use "who's". If it doesn't, you'll use "... | <urn:uuid:37691adc-cc1d-4a8f-9501-4db4f28c07b9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.datsplat.com/whose-whos-when-to-use-whos-versus-whose/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00193-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98096 | 415 | 2.921875 | 3 |
Lung Cancer Targeted Therapy
Targeted therapies are newer cancer treatments that target a gene or protein responsible for allowing cancer to grow. Targeted drugs work differently than standard chemotherapy drugs, which affect both cancer and normal cells. For this reason, targeted therapies often have different side ef... | <urn:uuid:e17458bd-8d34-49a3-a007-7cd17c9b480e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.seattlecca.org/diseases/lung-cancer-targetedtherapy.cfm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393463.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00007-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939013 | 663 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Table of Contents: Introductory Chapters: Preparing the environment Variables! Functions! Operators in C Conditions - if/else Statements and switches Looping - for() and while() Loops Containers of Variables - Arrays and Structures Introduction to DS Hardware: RAM and VRAM OAM and 2D Sprites Practical use of libnds: In... | <urn:uuid:bffc50f3-d5aa-43ab-99e1-7c34c4be1f45> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://gbatemp.net/threads/ds-programming-for-newbies.322106/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00031-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954131 | 848 | 2.515625 | 3 |
The Recursion Theorem simply expresses the fact that definitions by recursion are mathematically valid, in other words, that we are indeed able correctly and successfully to define functions by recursion. Mathematicians implicitly use this fact whenever they define a function by recursion.
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by Reed Mangels, PhD, RD
From Simply Vegan 5th Edition
Many members of The Vegetarian Resource Group are glowing testimony to the fact that vegan children can be healthy, grow normally, be extremely active, and (we think) smarter than average. Of course it takes time and thought to feed vegan children. (Shouldn’t feedi... | <urn:uuid:1b59fa1b-6fbe-4b33-b56e-0653a7563983> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.vrg.org/nutshell/kids.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00093-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942666 | 4,869 | 2.75 | 3 |
CROWE, JOSIAS, commodore of the Newfoundland. convoy, 1711; d. 21 Sept. 1714.
The first mention we have of Crowe is as captain of the St Paul in 1691. He held many subsequent commands during the French wars. In 1695 he convoyed the American merchant fleet, and in 1701 served the New England station, thus gaining some e... | <urn:uuid:3cfbeafe-a062-4d3a-bef0-f4242dc6f0d2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://biographi.ca/en/bio/crowe_josias_2E.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00117-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98536 | 1,012 | 3.203125 | 3 |
The latest news about biotechnologies, biomechanics
synthetic biology, genomics, biomediacl engineering...
Posted: Dec 22, 2013
Scientists' significant step forward in biofuels quest
(Nanowerk News) Scientists at the University of York have made a significant step in the search to develop effective second generation bi... | <urn:uuid:9ad266d5-cb6a-4c06-8c35-5ca1a9f6ea20> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nanowerk.com/news2/biotech/newsid=33806.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00061-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938279 | 434 | 3.328125 | 3 |
Palermo (pälĕrˈmō) [key], Lat. Panormus, city (1991 pop. 698,556), capital of Palermo prov. and of Sicily, NW Sicily, Italy, on the Tyrrhenian Sea. Situated on the edge of the Conca d'Oro (Golden Conch Shell), a beautiful and fertile plain, it is Sicily's largest city and chief seaport. Manufactures include textiles, f... | <urn:uuid:f3add777-d713-4147-9786-fd638402ec22> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.infoplease.com/encyclopedia/world/palermo.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00127-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931555 | 500 | 3.21875 | 3 |
Rock types! If you are not sure what kind of rocks are near you, the first thing to do is contact your state Geological Survey. You can order geologic maps of almost anywhere in the country.
Aside from that, let's plunge right into the three main categories. I'll include some of the major types of each, and some names ... | <urn:uuid:4e1b388a-6bd4-452a-9ba5-7d0a2f2db978> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.njminerals.org/moreid.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00133-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953238 | 3,849 | 3.109375 | 3 |
2005 Seminar: The Early Earth
In this year's seminar, we will embark on a scientific journey
through some of the most controversial topics about the origin and
formation of our home planet. This journey will take us to other
planetary bodieseven to other solar systemsas we immerse
ourselves in observations and theories... | <urn:uuid:35c859db-1aa1-4402-aaa2-1071a94526d4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=16428 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00150-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.879948 | 222 | 2.890625 | 3 |
To add a black walnut tree to your yard, it is best to plant the seeds yourself. Although this can be a lengthy process, it is simple and can help teach the basics of planting other trees that you can add to your garden in the future, like fruit trees. When planted properly, black walnuts can be harvested the following... | <urn:uuid:609984e0-8656-40ca-a36c-74f2a96920ce> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gardenguides.com/69756-germinate-black-walnut-seeds.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00006-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932145 | 314 | 2.90625 | 3 |
The above photo was taken by the Stockholm Police on August 26, 1973, the fourth day of a highly televised bank robbery turned hostage crisis.
On August 23, Jan-Erik Olsson held up a bank located at Norrmalmstorg in central Stockholm. The resulting police response led to Olsson taking four hostages, exchanging fire wit... | <urn:uuid:563f2b9f-1fda-46bf-a5d0-dd210bb7a509> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://bigthink.com/1000-words/stockholm-syndrome-41-years-ago-today | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00108-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952874 | 271 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Batavia was a ship of the Dutch East India Company (VOC). She was built in Amsterdam in 1628, and had 24 cast-iron cannons. Batavia was shipwrecked on her maiden voyage, and made famous by the subsequent mutiny and massacre that took place among the survivors. A twentieth century replica of the ship is also called the ... | <urn:uuid:c4714172-8099-47cb-9ff7-d578231a101c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.360cities.net/ja/image/on-the-deck-of-batavia-ship-lelystad-the-netherlands | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00114-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975616 | 125 | 2.640625 | 3 |
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Friday, March 14, 2014
UNBREAKABLE BOND: Jeffrey and Janet Gelfand
When Jeffrey Gelfand, MD, senior scientist at the Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center (VIC) at the MGH, came to the hospital in 1999 intent on developing international programs to improve health care, he had no idea his work woul... | <urn:uuid:d0e05ba6-da52-491f-880c-45523f490415> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.massgeneral.org/transplant/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=4652 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00168-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954899 | 695 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Violence against women is disturbingly prevalent globally. Women and girls are the primary victims of sex trafficking, honor killings, rape, assault, and domestic violence. Men perpetrate the majority of the violence against women, but not all men are bad.
I have often heard a picture is worth a thousand words, but usu... | <urn:uuid:e12a8891-2593-4b41-8c1c-87f757b25f0a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://femlegaltheory.blogspot.com/2012/11/walk-mile-in-her-shoes.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396455.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00103-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972832 | 457 | 2.703125 | 3 |
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At birth, a baby's skeleton has 270 bones and upon reaching adulthood will have 206. The bones of the skull and the bones of the limbs are both formed by ossification. Ossification is the process of bone tissue slowly developing from and replacing membranous tissue or cartilage. There are two disti... | <urn:uuid:8d9ff3e1-8368-468b-a356-e3e11fa3a75c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/by-what-process-do-bones-skull-form-how-does-this-458678 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397565.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00093-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932185 | 261 | 3.5625 | 4 |
To a certain degree, Eastern Boundary Current (EBC) ecosystems are similar: Cold bottom water from moderate depths, rich in nutrients, is transported to the euphotic zone by a combination of trade winds, Coriolis force and Ekman transport. The resultant high primary production fuels a rich secondary production in the u... | <urn:uuid:c83f74ca-9d64-4322-9f9d-f18be96118fa> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://epic.awi.de/15139/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393146.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00145-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.910237 | 876 | 2.9375 | 3 |
Stunning 2200-Year-Old Mosaics Discovered in Ancient Greek City
Three new mosaics were recently discovered in the ancient Greek city of Zeugma, which is located in the present-day province of Gaziantep in southern Turkey. The incredibly well-preserved mosaics date back to 2nd century BC.
Zeugma was considered one of th... | <urn:uuid:46f4846d-cf56-4219-8465-9833ca3135b1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://twistedsifter.com/2014/11/2200-year-old-mosaics-discovered-in-ancient-greek-city/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00147-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953293 | 282 | 3.203125 | 3 |
This tech tip is about the brakes and ABS system on our vehicles. Most of us know how the brakes work, but I am going to go over how the ABS system works and what you can do to keep it running smoothly.
The ABS system doesn't do a single thing until you need it. It's just sitting there waiting for something to happen. ... | <urn:uuid:bded179f-caea-48a6-8738-c4ed8a1f7688> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.fordspecialists.com/techtips/dougabs.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00044-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946805 | 714 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Patriot Day is a dishonest holiday because it is supposed to be an opportunity to remember the losses on September 11, 2001, perhaps to grieve. However, America, over the past ten years, has been characterized not by grief but by fear. There is nothing wrong with simply being afraid (unless one does not wish to feel th... | <urn:uuid:b110b4bd-48ed-4d45-bd03-792c86e2d6bd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://alexszatmary.blogspot.com/2011/09/fear-holiday.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00183-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974064 | 2,387 | 2.578125 | 3 |
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Brush plating is a good option when the part is too large for a traditional plating tank, such as this large shaft being plated with nickel.
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A Brief History
The Abner Gaines House, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979, was likely built sometime around 1814. On January 1, 1809, 192 acres was purchased by Gaines from Caleb Summers for $1,666.66. Then in November, 1813 Gaines purchased 200 acres from Thomas and Dinah Kennady for $1,810.30... | <urn:uuid:c285bf4e-0e7a-4af0-9de0-eefaea443867> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cityofwalton.org/content/gaines-house | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399106.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00000-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972277 | 3,012 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Childhood diabetes used to refer mainly to type 1 diabetes–the kind caused by the body’s failure to produce enough insulin to process glucose. But type 2 diabetes–often called “lifestyle diabetes,” because it’s caused by the presence of fat molecules that block the body’s ability to process sugar–has historically been ... | <urn:uuid:2605bee6-984f-42c0-a4bb-8ec3ddcf0d4a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.blisstree.com/2013/01/28/sex-relationships/obesity-statistics/childhood-diabetes-symptoms/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00110-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940736 | 538 | 3.265625 | 3 |
FRESNO, Calif. — EVERY Saturday in late December and January, as reports of brutal temperatures and historic snowfalls streamed in from family in Vermont, New York and even southern Louisiana, we made weekly pilgrimages to our local beer garden to enjoy craft brews and unseasonably warm afternoons.
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What Is a Sputum Gram Stain?
The sputum Gram stain is a laboratory test ordered when a doctor suspects that a patient’s respiratory symptoms may be caused by a bacterial infection.
It is the most common preliminary test for pneumonia and other respiratory infections because it provides rapid test results. This allows t... | <urn:uuid:9a004d8d-40f1-4f69-a3e9-6128c54e9e78> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.aarpmedicareplans.com/health/sputum-gram-stain | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00038-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92367 | 1,648 | 4.09375 | 4 |
Brazil's vast forests are suffering from an increasingly devastating one-two punch.
The 'Godzilla' El Niño drought that has plagued forests through 2015 seems poised to continue well into 2016.
And on top of that, weakened environmental laws -- undercutting the Brazilian 'Forest Code' that has helped bring the nation's... | <urn:uuid:49348e93-1206-4a1a-ac5b-f4fefd865a32> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://alert-conservation.org/issues-research-highlights/2016/1/19/brazil-burning-drought-legal-changes-imperil-forests | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396959.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00026-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962972 | 683 | 3.25 | 3 |
What Is a General Education Diploma?
For those who have not had the chance to earn a high school diploma, other people might have told them that they can still go try and earn a general education diploma, or commonly referred to as a GED. What is a GED anyways? As you may have been able to tell, a GED is a substitute f... | <urn:uuid:ab6c1436-728a-49ca-81f4-5908021d6e4c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://howtogetyourged.org/what-is-a-general-education-diploma/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00007-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975358 | 478 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Vincent Astor Memorial Leadership Essay Contest, Second Co-Honorable Mention
What is the difference between a leader and a naval leader? At first glance, it seems only to be that a naval leader must wear a uniform. Further reflection, however, evokes other distinctions. The word "leader" brings to mind a person with go... | <urn:uuid:5b949ea4-8551-4c08-a7bc-a5002915b136> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.usni.org/print/8317 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00149-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96359 | 165 | 3.3125 | 3 |
This article is not intended to teach anyone English
, it is designed to provide some background information on some of the grammatical constructs used in English. Why? Knowledge of how certain things work in English can be directly applied when learning other foreign languages.
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Navy SEALs are a unique breed of warrior who conduct special operations in any environment, but who are trained and equipped to operate from, around and in maritime areas. SEALs take their name from the environments in which they are trained to operate: sea, air and land. Their small highly trained teams usually work q... | <urn:uuid:d40aefef-3607-4897-91f6-6c775e4542fb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.military.com/topics/navy-seals | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00113-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958332 | 450 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Electrokinetic techniques have been used to stimulate the removal of organic pollutants within soil, by directing contaminant migration to where remediation may be more easily achieved. The effect of this and other physical remediation techniques on the health of soil microbial communities has been poorly studied and i... | <urn:uuid:80c99ae9-14c8-458c-91ce-ce1689e1fb4d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/impact-of-electrokinetic-remediation-on-microbial-communities-within-pcp-contaminated-soil(9d6480df-5e74-47b5-8a2c-673087e3b2bc).html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397748.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00041-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922918 | 202 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Scientists worldwide are working to make giant advances in medical technology, online communications and computing. As a young physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST),
Taylor, 34, devised original scientific theories that could lead to medical imaging in microscopic detail for better heal... | <urn:uuid:b5251ffa-b320-4c9b-bea5-186aa5d81f54> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2012/10/great-technological-importance-nists-pioneering-young-scientist/58900/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00032-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942716 | 686 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Native American Nations of the Andes
Maps, photographs, and cultural information about the native peoples of Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and northwestern Argentina.
Parlamento del Pueblo Aymara
The Aymara Parliament is the union of aymara people from Bolivia, Peru, Chile and Argentina
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Inventing the Modern World:
Decorative Arts at the World's Fairs, 1851-1939
An Exhibition Highlighting the Ingenuity and Innovation of
Works Presented at the World's Fairs
On view at NOMA from April 12 to August 4, 2013
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Dunlop Manor Houses
The pastoral estate of Dunlop is situated nearby today's village of Dunlop in the Cunningham district of Ayrshire, about 30 miles southwest of Glasgow, Scotland. After Scottish King Malcolm annexed the Kingdom of Strathclyde, he started the feudalization of the entire area.
His successor, King David... | <urn:uuid:03756a02-3efa-4f34-94f6-095677cea0ef> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.clandunlop.com/dunlop_manor_houses.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393093.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00155-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98259 | 9,347 | 2.890625 | 3 |
The Friendship Factor
By: Brian TracyThe Communication Process
The ancient Greeks taught that all conversation involved three ingredients: Ethos, or the character of the speaker; Pathos, connecting with the emotions; and Logos. The logos discussed by the Greeks refers to the factual content of a message, the words used... | <urn:uuid:622284e5-3352-4d72-838a-0d7b6321329d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://bnivan.blogspot.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00099-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967875 | 333 | 2.59375 | 3 |
This special report helps mental health care providers working in the Mexico-US border region understand the diverse cultural, socioeconomic, environmental, and political factors that daily impact the lives of their clients/patients. It offers guidance on how to provide culturally competent care while simultaneously ad... | <urn:uuid:112e6e51-ce26-4bfd-87b1-52fda1273e5a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nctsn.org/print/920 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00184-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.886327 | 1,078 | 3.046875 | 3 |
February 23, 2001
Wärtsilä cooperates with water mist company on emissions reduction
Marioff is thus a specialist in creating humidity. And Wärtsilä needs humidity to reduce NOx in diesel and perhaps gas engines.
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