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This heating influences atmospheric pressure and appears to be slowing the westerly jet stream, Vavrus said.
Meteorological centres monitor central Pacific sea-surface temperatures and atmospheric pressure across the ocean.
The atmospheric pressure at its centre was getting down to a record set in the late 1930s.
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Vermont Water Resources & Lake Studies Center
LCBP press release on Spiny Waterflea
- By William Breck Bowden
Grand Isle, VT – The discovery of the spiny waterflea has triggered action by the Lake Champlain Basin Aquatic Invasive Species Rapid Response Task Force. They have met twice since the discovery of the spiny wa... | <urn:uuid:fc982d1c-e95e-4bd5-b8d6-3a4b1d6e8780> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.uvm.edu/rsenr/vtwater/?Page=news&storyID=14132&category=vwrlsc | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00136-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928995 | 1,631 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Five Common Snook
Snook have the ability to adapt to sudden changes in salinity. This
process is called osmoregulation. They can even move from a
saltwater to a freshwater environment, adapting to
sudden changes in salinity with the help of special cells
called chloride cells, which are located within their gills. Thes... | <urn:uuid:fcd1d3f1-9060-493f-aa57-fc1f7c9583e0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://myfwc.com/research/saltwater/fish/snook/gallery/five-common-snook/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00172-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9784 | 93 | 2.90625 | 3 |
2012•02•16 USA Today
Excerpt from the USA Today article by Wendy Koch:
Canadian-based researchers say they’ve been able to quantify — for the first time — how safe water and public sanitation efforts affect health when factoring out other variables such as a nation’s wealth, fertility or location.
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Image from Flickr photo stream NicoCanali used with permission under CC license
1) Pi is one of the coolest (and most used) mathematical constants there is. It first arrived in written word on 1900-1600BC Babylonian clay tablets, where pi was estimated to be 23/8≈3.1250.
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First, some background: I am an IT teacher-in-training and I'm trying to introduce the boolean operators of java to my 10th grade class. My teacher-mentor looked over a worksheet I prepared and commented that I could let them use just a single & or | to denote the operators, because they "do the same thing".
I am aware... | <urn:uuid:45e18317-2891-4966-a01e-f86332b72517> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/68183/when-is-it-appropriate-to-use-a-bitwise-operator-in-a-conditional-expression/68189 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393146.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00195-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927921 | 577 | 3.15625 | 3 |
The great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias), also known as the great white,
white pointer, white shark, or white death, is a species of large lamniform shark ...
The legendary great white shark is far more fearsome in our imaginations than in
reality. As scientific research on these elusive predators increases, thei... | <urn:uuid:33ebc62c-732a-4648-9c76-b16d50b97441> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ask.com/web?qsrc=6&o=15733&oo=15733&l=dir&gc=1&q=Great+White+Shark | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396959.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00140-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.846957 | 400 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Overfishing, competition from fish farms, water pollution, and government subsidies to fishermen have brought bluefin tuna stocks to near collapse (TIME). The issue led to finger-pointing (IHT) by the United States and the European Union, each of which regards the other as the culprit. But it is the Japanese, consumers... | <urn:uuid:dfea1cc9-b515-4375-95ff-815226c69557> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cfr.org/japan/tuna-collapse-making-waves/p13813 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397562.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00053-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933591 | 671 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Or, How one good meal provides energy for the work of 75 trillion cells
February 16-18, 2004
Readings: Ch 7 109-122* (*The text goes into WAAY more detail than you need to know, so
use the text as a supplement only - study the figures, use
the CD, but DON'T feel like you need to understand all the text!)
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Definitions of divider
n. - One who, or that which, divides; that which separates anything into parts. 2
n. - One who deals out to each his share. 2
n. - One who, or that which, causes division. 2
n. - An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See Compasses. 2
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Research shows that children with ASD (autism spectrum disorder) are visual thinkers and learners, meaning they think in pictures.
Therefore teachers and parents find that teaching daily living skills in children with autism spectrum disorder is much easier if visual supports for ASD are used.
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WaPo: “Many” spots 15 km out have higher radiation than at Fukushima front gate — Risk ‘minimal’, day in no-go zone like 12-hr plane ride
Wasteland surrounds Japan nuclear-disaster site, Washington Post, Nov. 20, 2011:
- Starving pigs have eaten their own. Cats and dogs scavenge for food. On one farm, the Tochimotos’, ... | <urn:uuid:dace2fe5-4e84-44e3-b25c-795257625d15> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://enenews.com/wapo-many-spots-15-km-higher-radiation-fukushima-front-gate-risk-minimal-day-zone-like-12-hr-plane-ride | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00068-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.914088 | 413 | 2.515625 | 3 |
A deployment descriptor or DD in short is a configuration file for an artifact that is deployed to some container/engine.
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The forts of Rajasthan are a reflection of the rich architectural legacy of Rajasthan. They are symbols of secular architecture - a unique combination of Mughal and Rajput traditions. These forts are found in almost all the cities and have certain common threads of architectural style running in them. These structures ... | <urn:uuid:b065e06e-0a69-43f9-bc5d-d99a36d47783> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://rajasthan.thecolorsofindia.com/rajasthan-forts.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00174-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946519 | 1,409 | 3.25 | 3 |
Conduct Disorder: Cortisol Connection
Study: Stress May Not Raise Levels of Stress Hormone as Much in Male Teens With Conduct Disorder
Oct. 3, 2008 -- Male teens with conduct disorder may have a dampened physical response to stress, and that finding may eventually lead to new treatments.
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One easy way to get a glimpse of springtime is to force some twigs to bloom indoors right now, in the dead of winter.
By now most spring flowering trees and shrubs have satisfied their chilling requirement which means that the cold temperatures over the past three months have broken down a chemical inside the plants th... | <urn:uuid:7321f522-3f4c-4f72-a6b2-435797aef38d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dailyfreeman.com/general-news/20130215/bob-beyfuss-trees-shrubs-can-be-forced-to-bloom-indoors&template=printart | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00099-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956792 | 677 | 3 | 3 |
You've seen it plenty of times on the big screen: Scientists spot an enormous asteroid hurtling toward Earth and the only hope for mankind is to send a team to plant a nuclear bomb inside the looming monster. Despite several suspenseful setbacks, the intrepid team is ultimately successful, and the asteroid explodes int... | <urn:uuid:3919a27e-3a00-43f6-8852-df217e7d94d9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://science.howstuffworks.com/asteroid-nuclear-bomb.htm/printable | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00071-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.891483 | 1,600 | 3.484375 | 3 |
According to some learned people, the word "Education" has been derived from the Latin term "Educatum" which means the act of teaching or training. A group of educationists say that it has come from another Latin word "Educare" which means "to bring up" or "to raise".
According to a few others, the word "Education" has... | <urn:uuid:52af4779-1dde-44ad-93c6-4412a6792986> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.preservearticles.com/201105056299/meaning-and-definition-and-concept-of-education.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00100-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950385 | 830 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Explanation: Normal cloud bottoms are flat because moist warm air that rises and cools will condense into water droplets at a very specific temperature, which usually corresponds to a very specific height. After water droplets form that air becomes an opaque cloud. Under some conditions, however, cloud pockets can deve... | <urn:uuid:870b0403-b021-4c56-8050-b96308a68912> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://thoughtsfortheopenminded.blogspot.com/2007/12/weirdest-clouds-i-have-ever-seen.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00025-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952392 | 137 | 3.6875 | 4 |
Sent in by:
Himanshu of Aurora, CO
Send a message with just a battery!
- long wires
- masking tape
- 12 things from around your house (the ZOOMers used things like a rubber duck, a whistle and a ball)
- Use the batteries, buzzers and wires to make a communication device.
- You can either try this on your own or get a b... | <urn:uuid:ec8cc242-5de9-4f14-9056-504113fc16dc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://pbskids.org/zoom/activities/sci/electricalmessages.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00131-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968267 | 737 | 3.4375 | 3 |
The PEI Home and School Federation is proud to announce the availability of a brand new Computing and Robotics Program along with a complete Kit that schools can borrow to implement the Program.
This Program is first of its kind in PEI and follows the Project Based Learning approach. Students work in teams building LEG... | <urn:uuid:35326a9c-0c34-47cb-9e00-a8716631b54c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://peihsf.ca/robotics | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00162-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932973 | 439 | 3.046875 | 3 |
The noise pollution is defined as the unwanted sound which is released into the environment. It disturbs the human being and cause an adverse effect on the mental and psychological well being. It is measured in the units of decibels and is denoted by the dB. The noise which is more than 115 dB is tolerant. The industri... | <urn:uuid:8e640152-19c4-40a0-b1cd-732d71bca9f2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thebigger.com/biology/pollution/what-is-noise-pollution/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396959.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00044-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929633 | 234 | 3.625 | 4 |
By Ragini Trivedi
This short piece was inspired by a curious pupil who wished to ascertain the proximity of one or other Carnatic Raga to a Hindustani raga. It well may be out of severe paucity of time that has been fuelling the present attention-deficit-syndrome and has armed millions to pursue their current favorite ... | <urn:uuid:a6d82a84-2f7f-4495-8677-91b84dad2cd4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://omenad.net/articles/hindol.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397567.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00100-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951044 | 1,430 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Free Printable Kids Worksheets for Teaching New Skills
Learn Something New with Free Printable Kids Worksheets
What's the key to getting better at something? Repetition, of course! It takes plenty of practice and focus to master new skills, and that's what we had in mind when designing our free printable worksheets for... | <urn:uuid:576c8db7-68b6-4675-8358-ae5b7ef458c9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.freeprintable.com/blog/free-printable-kids-worksheets-for-teaching-new-skills | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00132-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936965 | 636 | 3.390625 | 3 |
In the 1930s, America was seeking its identity as a fully-fledged country no longer dependent on European culture and values. Radical artists wanted to delve into purely American subject matter, to be recognized and rewarded for work that showed the true American character rather than imitating classical forms from the... | <urn:uuid:6889d97f-524b-4494-bc93-669ed5523503> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.curledup.com/federart.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00200-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974573 | 665 | 3.9375 | 4 |
Video: Young family canoes through Canadian Arctic
The Together to the Tundra expedition paddles through Canada's North. (Photo: Dan Clark)
Last year, a young family of four, plus two friends, journeyed for two-months through some of Canada's most remote landscapes. Dan Clark, Alice Young Clark, their children Koby and... | <urn:uuid:88e553a3-df47-4e7c-bb82-0bc633c02de1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/blog/posting.asp?ID=1867 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00051-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943912 | 469 | 2.625 | 3 |
|Unit Plan Tuck Everlasting|
This unit was used with an inclusion class of sixth graders. Reading was done primarily in a guided reading format. The class was set up to work in rotating centers with the third center being a writing and grammar lesson separate from this unit.
Tuck Everlasting by: Natalie Babbitt
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When it contracts, it pulls down, increasing the volume of the thoracic cavity, which increases lung
volume, which causes a decrease in pressure. Air always follows a pressure gradient (from high to low), so this causes air to rush in.
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The Science of Pranayama
PRANAYAM / BREATHING EXERCISES
In yogic terms prana means the vital energy and ayam means exercise. Pranayam defines the regulation of the in and out flow of this vital energy. It explains that the body, breath and the mind are intricately interwoven. When the air moves the mind moves and when ... | <urn:uuid:68aca9b1-ab3a-40df-afb7-b398e399b3d6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://kukaimikkyo.wordpress.com/2007/10/20/the-science-of-pranayama/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00131-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935002 | 2,366 | 3.015625 | 3 |
A wireless access point is a device that allows wireless devices to connect to a wired network using Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or related standards. It is basically just a source for wireless Internet connections.
The pure definition for an access point is distinct from that of a router : A router will also give such services a... | <urn:uuid:501013c4-a685-4cef-af1d-dd3e4653b569> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://superuser.com/questions/341006/access-point-vs-universal-repeater-mode/424036 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396027.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00148-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958174 | 661 | 3.25 | 3 |
LONDON, December 30, 2005 – Same-sex couples, whether in a
‘civil partnership’ or not, can from today jointly adopt children – as can
unmarried opposite-sex couples. Previously, adoption law in England and
Wales allowed individuals – both straight and gay – to adopt, but this gave
their partners few parental rights.
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When creating Inter-VLAN Routing environments via Router-on-a-Stick method, why do we have to encapsulate sub-interfaces with dot1q vlan-number? What does that dot1q do and why do we have to type the same number as VLAN number?
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands: One-step screening for both genetic and chromosomal abnormalities has come a stage closer as scientists announced that an embryo test they have been developing has successfully screened cells taken from spare embryos that were known to have cystic fibrosis.
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Review of Routing and Switching
The computer network are playing an important role in providing services to large organization as well as to individual person. A network is a group of interconnected computers that allows to share information and resources (such as printers) from one computer to another. A network with ... | <urn:uuid:d1713a57-8d84-416f-8092-f8258a80fd42> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.techrepublic.com/resource-library/whitepapers/review-of-routing-and-switching/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00149-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951937 | 144 | 3.234375 | 3 |
A Hairy Question
A strand of hair is found at the murder scene. Since it is dark brown, it obviously does not belong to the female victim (a blonde). This sample is carefully bagged and logged (chain of custody is important) and then taken to the crime lab for analysis. After a long commercial break, the DNA analysis i... | <urn:uuid:530742ef-9160-45a2-9efa-063ef6aaa5fd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ck12.org/chemistry/Accuracy-and-Precision/rwa/A-Hairy-Question/r2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00027-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93488 | 537 | 2.90625 | 3 |
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Mobile Stroke Units Might Trim Time to Treatment
But, overall outcomes were similar to patients treated in the hospital, German study shows
WEDNESDAY, April 11 (HealthDay News) -- Clot-busting drugs can help stave off lasting disability after a stroke, but they ... | <urn:uuid:33f013c2-732f-4228-8c8d-5656c3f57ef2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.summitmedicalgroup.com/healthday/article/663638/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00136-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961122 | 780 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Everyone's got their own idea about what works when it comes to preventing teen pregnancy. Some believe in teaching abstinence, some believe in providing facts and birth control. But is reminding girls about the importance of school an effective prophylactic?
In a piece for Psychology Today, Michael Ungar, Ph.D. writes... | <urn:uuid:599195cb-4b6e-486a-bdac-9a789b0cb7c9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://jezebel.com/5931669/dont-want-your-teenager-to-get-pregnant-talk-to-her-about-school?tag=Teenagers | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00119-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981986 | 389 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Libyan women's groups recently staked their claim to a more meaningful role in the reconciliation and reconstruction of their country. They noted, among other things, that women were largely absent from the recent Paris conference convened to discuss Libya's future.
Earlier this year I attended a conference in Iraq whe... | <urn:uuid:b7585d18-4cf0-450e-81b1-f4ab50dc160e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/michael-gibb/women-must-be-given-a-lea_b_948989.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398873.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00031-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975741 | 810 | 3.078125 | 3 |
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PUBLISHED MATERIALS IN GEOGRAPHY on Western South America show little correlation with the size of each country's academic and scientific community. For example, Ecuador, less than a third the size of Colombia, receives more scholarly attention in t... | <urn:uuid:cd387b85-7b57-4e80-914b-b91c13a7a25e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://lcweb2.loc.gov/hlas/ss55geog-gade.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397562.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00179-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.906297 | 337 | 3.078125 | 3 |
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Save the Children began the Children's Tolerance Education Project (CTEP) in 2004 as a way to promote tolerance, cooperation and critical thinking skills for primary school ch... | <urn:uuid:29b3ca21-1359-4077-936f-590d831039cf> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6234171/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00034-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929238 | 1,052 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Researchers Create Nanoscale Gold Coating With Largest-Ever Superlattice
Researchers at Rensselaer have developed a new method for creating a layer of gold nanoparticles that measures only billionths of a meter thick. These self-assembling gold coatings with features measuring less than 10 nanometers could hold importa... | <urn:uuid:19eb6894-2067-4753-9cf5-76df252a5251> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.rpi.edu/about/inside/issue/v5n16/gold.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00189-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.901193 | 428 | 3.421875 | 3 |
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This accessible biography introduces Zora Neale Hurston's remarkable life and work to a new generation of readers. As a child in Eatonville, Florida, self-confident Hurston believed the moon followed her. Organized chronologically, the Fradi... | <urn:uuid:79a21694-fd53-4c61-9427-2a4bb9e0ab1c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ls2content.tlcdelivers.com/content.html?customerid=735&requesttype=text-review&button=false&isbn=9780547006956&upc= | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393093.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00156-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94843 | 825 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Online MA in TESOL!
No, this is nothing to do with the Jane Austen novel!
I have found that many Asians once in an ESL
situation find it difficult to form independent opinions and express
them convincingly, so developed this game (although I think I may have
got the idea originally from somewhere else!). Create a board... | <urn:uuid:53f5e975-ce33-483a-9bee-f657bf36aa72> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eslcafe.com/idea/index.cgi?display:925337565-13318.txt | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396875.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00173-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932074 | 411 | 2.875 | 3 |
Cheating and grade inflation have been longstanding issues in education.
Tales of years past tell the stories of days when As were much harder to come by. Researchers Stuart Rojstaczer and Christopher Healy revealed last year that 43 percent of all letter grades given to American college students were As, representing ... | <urn:uuid:189c71f9-ef4e-4273-bb68-f12a8ec541f7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/26/online-courses-do-student_n_1704172.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00136-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949681 | 265 | 2.84375 | 3 |
The first permanent non-native settlers in the Las Vegas Valley were a group of Mormon missionaries who built an adobe fort along Las Vegas Creek in 1855. The fort was called Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort. They successfully farmed the area by diverting water from the creek. Today, the park includes a remnant of the origina... | <urn:uuid:332528fb-13a4-4c36-a6ec-3b128fbedbc9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://parks.nv.gov/parks/old-las-vegas-mormon-fort/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00112-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959877 | 1,253 | 3.484375 | 3 |
1. A group of countries in special alliance.
5. To such an extent or degree.
13. A large round wicker basket (used on farms).
17. A genus of Mustelidae.
18. White or light-colored crested parrot of the Australian region.
19. A Swiss patriot who lived in the early 14th century and who was renowned for his skill as an ar... | <urn:uuid:3faf6d87-343e-42a8-8a0d-62ad685aa179> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.crosswordpuzzlegames.com/puzzles/gl_1918.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00019-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.887445 | 1,612 | 2.5625 | 3 |
A recent article, in which the writer claimed to have learned the Spanish language in a weekend (!), was advocating the word association or ‘Linkword Method,’ a technique supposedly invented by one Dr. Michael M. Gruneberg.
This method is based on the principle that the human mind much more easily remembers data attach... | <urn:uuid:a0cd5c3c-a224-4e1d-bf7e-277e02437997> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://storiesforspeakers.blogspot.com/2007/09/katie-couric-learning-languages-by-word.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403508.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00074-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924275 | 269 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Lampreys are some of the most primitive vertebrates alive today. They are known as cyclostomes, which means 'round mouths' and refers to the fact that they are jawless, having instead a round sucker-like mouth. A further primitive characteristic is that the skeleton consists of cartilage and not bone (2). Lampreys are ... | <urn:uuid:4b4b2f78-0a1c-408e-a3f2-9808e9c6499e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.arkive.org/river-lamprey/lampetra-fluviatilis/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00179-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951455 | 737 | 4.21875 | 4 |
If asked what they do for a living, many experimental neuropsychologists answer by explaining that they research human cognition and behavior. These are more descriptive terms than the broad categories of “neuropsychology” and “experimental.”
And most people, once they are told about the pioneering research taking plac... | <urn:uuid:1c473ef9-d501-462c-aea8-bc7c46be5984> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.allpsychologycareers.com/topics/experimental-neuropsychology.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00054-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916681 | 3,088 | 3.625 | 4 |
Imagine a student turning up at university and not knowing basic multiplication. He or she could be hard-working, bright, enthusiastic but completely unable to answer a basic question like: what’s six times seven?
If the scenario sounds extreme, consider it a reasonable analogy for what has happened to the teaching of ... | <urn:uuid:f0eaf60d-b8c4-43f1-9f83-41249dca1c15> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://world.edu/back-to-basics-should-universities-teach-grammar/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00073-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947544 | 880 | 3.375 | 3 |
World Biome Map
The World Biome:
The boreal forest is found in a nearly continuous belt across North America and Eurasia. Most of Canada and Russia are covered by coniferous trees that make up this biome. This biome is defined mainly by the trees that compose it.
The boreal forest corresponds with regions of subarctic ... | <urn:uuid:51447302-56b6-42ea-abdf-f99777078c6d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.stepmap.com/map/world-biome-map-196456 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00011-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936245 | 846 | 4.125 | 4 |
Malawi faces a precarious future. Challenges include: rapid growth among rural populations; entrenched rural poverty, lack of food security; biomass use – especially for energy – that now exceeds productive capacity in some areas; widespread resource degradation including deforestation at about 100,000 hectares per yea... | <urn:uuid:6ea10fca-7ce1-482e-bb3e-baa387db0f9e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://pubs.iied.org/13566IIED.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00036-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.904475 | 260 | 2.921875 | 3 |
Kleefstra syndrome (KS) is a genetic disorder characterized by intellectual disability, childhood hypotonia, severe expressive speech delay and a distinctive facial appearance with a spectrum of additional clinical features.
The prevalence is unknown. To date, 114 cases have been described.
Patients with KS have a dist... | <urn:uuid:5bb7dcf1-4db2-4108-900f-cfcc85ae8ab4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/OC_Exp.php?lng=EN&Expert=261494 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00134-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.909726 | 842 | 3 | 3 |
Katigbi is a plant growing
1 to 2 meters high. Stem is erect, branched and stout. Leaves are 10 to 40
centimeters long, 2.5 to 4 centimeters wide, with a broad and cordate base. Spikes are
6 to 10 centimeters long, erect, and peduncled. Male spikelets are about 8 millimeters long. Fruits are capsules, enclosing the
fem... | <urn:uuid:8e0d79ff-b5b7-42ae-ae61-88188971d0ee> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://stuartxchange.com/Katigbi.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396027.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00000-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.870183 | 2,568 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Photo: Justin Henry (flickr)
Mint belongs to the Mentha genus. Spearmint and peppermint are well known types, and it is fun to see just how many varieties are sold in nurseries.
Mint grows so well in the ground that it is difficult to grow just a little of it. The best strategy is to keep it contained in a pot. The pot... | <urn:uuid:48e40a08-06f0-4d7e-b3c5-8f3152ce1ae1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://indianapublicmedia.org/focusonflowers/potted-mint/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00167-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952391 | 307 | 2.875 | 3 |
Getting current data and timestamps in java is requirement for most of java enterprise application. Formatting date in java or parsing date in Java is such a common functionalitythat you will need it now and than. Though most of programmer look Google for finding current date and timestamps code in Java, its worthto ha... | <urn:uuid:93649cb4-0fe9-4314-84a9-bf2a984e803c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://javarevisited.blogspot.com/2012/01/get-current-date-timestamps-java.html?showComment=1326804953852 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00113-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.784343 | 597 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Creating an Adaptive Web Site for Multiple Screens
This course demonstrates how to build a web site that automatically adapts its layout to various screen sizes, orientations, and resolutions. Ray Villalobos shows how designers and developers can create a single HTML document and customize its display for desktop brows... | <urn:uuid:301a4d26-f5af-41d6-8258-30670690cb30> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.lynda.com/HTML-tutorials/Creating-an-Adaptive-Web-Site-for-Multiple-Screens/85083-2.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00092-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.830932 | 468 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Dissecting a stellar explosion
Integral has captured one of the brightest gamma-ray bursts ever seen. A meticulous analysis of the data has allowed astronomers to investigate the initial phases of this giant stellar explosion, which led to the ejection of matter at velocities close to the speed of light. In particular,... | <urn:uuid:f7d82803-d3ad-4c83-969b-d9eec42700bd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Dissecting_a_stellar_explosion/(print) | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00192-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917324 | 821 | 3.640625 | 4 |
2015 is the year the focus will finally turn the corner by organizations in education and the business world to get it right: it is about the learner. It is not about calling it “Personalized Instruction” or “Personalized Education.” It is not about the technology, the curriculum, or instruction. It is about the learne... | <urn:uuid:4cc7e41d-d73c-44e5-98ce-6e459d7c26dd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.personalizelearning.com/2014/12/10-trends-to-personalize-learning-in.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396538.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00115-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965246 | 2,109 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Previously we looked at an option of lifting the trash can and driving it down the driveway to the curb. This time around let's look at the other option of grabbing the can's handle and wheeling it to its destination.
Grab the handle and wheel the cans to the curb
The robot can either tilt the can and roll it like I do... | <urn:uuid:73c1e0d4-597e-41ce-b01b-f9108b74c457> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bot-thoughts.com/2013/12/trash-robot-design-part-2.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00023-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935068 | 1,036 | 3.59375 | 4 |
Aloe plants belong to a very large and diverse group of succulents. They are believed to be indigenous to Africa, although for centuries they have been cultivated in tropical locales throughout the world, including Latin America and parts of Arabia. According to the American Cancer Society, the most common and widely r... | <urn:uuid:3834e133-0d21-4c2c-b8b6-9e4adb9e54bc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gardenguides.com/105122-propagate-aloe-plant.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00124-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920626 | 541 | 3 | 3 |
'Them' or 'Us§? A Question of Cognition: The Case for Neanderthal Modernity.
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The appearance of modern human behaviour in Europe has been the focus of many discussions throughout the past few decades. The sudden explosion" (Mellars 1996) of symbolic artefacts after ~40 000 BP (before presen... | <urn:uuid:2f9aa692-b45e-46f5-a2c1-b7a4ee7ff2f5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://bora.uib.no/handle/1956/5693 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397842.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00167-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.88994 | 173 | 2.515625 | 3 |
On September 14, 1899, Henry Bliss stepped off a streetcar at West 74th Street and Central Park West in New York and got run over by a taxi.
A plaque points out that it was the first automobile fatality in the "Western Hemisphere."
The taxi was an electric vehicle. As were 90% of the taxis in New York City and about 30... | <urn:uuid:66a922be-8870-449c-950c-0084a1a16849> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.businessinsider.com/bleeding-the-taxpayer-an-old-technology-dolled-up-as-new-2012-11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00044-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977809 | 1,083 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Oil spills like the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident in the Gulf of Mexico can cause intense damage and take years to clean up. Some experts estimate that it will take four decades before researchers know the full extent of the damage, including the 1.1 million barrels of oil that formed surface slicks and tar balls, sa... | <urn:uuid:e1dad79f-b975-4b10-9e6b-d20a012644ec> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.fastcoexist.com/1681235/hordes-of-microscopic-submarines-could-suck-up-oil-after-spills | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00036-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964438 | 415 | 3.765625 | 4 |
The Canary Islands, which are called the Islas Canarias in Spanish, are the islands forming a part of the Spanish archipelago. The other landscapes which are in this archipelago are seven islands classifying as major ones, a number of small inlets, and one minor island. All these are situated on the North Atlantic Ocea... | <urn:uuid:5453cc1e-c198-4dae-9d06-2857518d4c7a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.agitproperties.com/europe/spain/canary-islands/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00061-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974042 | 367 | 3.578125 | 4 |
Declining catches of striped bass may not always be due to overfishing. Researchers say a periodic weather pattern in the North Atlantic may be responsible for the low fish numbers. And understanding how it works may help set fishing limits in the future.
The striped bass is in trouble again.
During the 1980s, wildlife... | <urn:uuid:cf9964f3-bdfd-459c-b2f8-3066d5d2ef77> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.scpr.org/news/2011/01/25/23326/atlantic-weather-may-be-key-culprit-in-fish-declin/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396027.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00096-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965145 | 1,065 | 3.421875 | 3 |
May 18, 2005
Expect Life On Other Worlds To Be Cold
At a recent meeting of the NASA Astrobiology Institute, molecular evolutionist Mitch Sogin argued that if we want to learn how to look for life on other worlds in our solar system, we should study cold-loving organisms on Earth.
Astrobiology Magazine -- In a recent ta... | <urn:uuid:232db4cb-9891-46c9-9971-92ad7d77ff1a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.redorbit.com/news/space/150560/expect_life_on_other_worlds_to_be_cold/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00055-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963635 | 864 | 3.3125 | 3 |
When was the last time you stood face-to-face with a lion, leopard or bear? And did you know that these animals once roamed the land of Israel?
Natan Slifkin, founder and director of the Biblical Museum of Natural History opened this interactive edutainment initiative — that is part museum, part zoo – to inspire others... | <urn:uuid:97621b95-eaa9-4ace-8bbb-1e6dc0e7c2d7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.israel21c.org/edutainment-in-the-garden-of-eden/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00113-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93862 | 1,051 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Pagan Christs, by John M. Robertson, , at sacred-texts.com
Meantime it may be helpful to draw up a tentative genealogical scheme of the history of the sacrificial idea as we have sketched it up to Christianity, and further to reduce this to diagram form. We set out with the dim primeval life in which
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Celebrating 80 Years of Advocacy
“O Foolish people, do they think they can stay the March of Progress?”
President CFBPWC, 1933
In her article, “Equality and Difference: Feminism and the Defense of Women Workers During the Great Depression” Margaret Hobbs, an associate professor of Women’s Studies at Trent University, d... | <urn:uuid:461bbeb6-8a15-4815-b781-85fd2f2a3188> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://bpwdurham.com/wordpress/about-us/bpw-canada-and-bpw-international/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00154-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95988 | 1,079 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Opinion and Analysis: Bolivarian Project
Hugo Chavez presents Simon Bolivar
Book Review: Hugo Chavez presents Simon Bolivar - Verso, £7.99
From his homeland in Venezuela to Bolivia, the country which bears his name, Simon Bolivar is the towering figure in the Latin American fight for independence from the Spanish Empir... | <urn:uuid:d3c8880e-36c5-4e3d-b3ad-005c1bc4f7e6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://venezuelanalysis.com/analysis/4841 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00031-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97292 | 1,012 | 2.59375 | 3 |
A sampling of road claims around the West:
North Escalante Canyons, Utah
To get to this narrow, water-filled gulch, listed as a "road" on Garfield County maps, you would have to drive over a waterfall and then somehow get a vehicle through curving sandstone walls that stand just five feet apart.
Barking Dog Trail, Colo... | <urn:uuid:896ed191-5cf2-456f-9471-4a59731ba760> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.motherjones.com/environment/2007/06/lost-highways | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00002-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947037 | 713 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Conflict Resolution & Diversity Programs
Resolving Conflict Creatively Program | 4Rs
Program | Early
Childhood | | PAZ After-School
Conflict Creatively Program
day, in public schools throughout New York City, young people are learning
better ways to deal with conflict and cultural differences through Morningside
Center... | <urn:uuid:38a17fa5-313e-4719-a632-c02faf243751> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.esrmetro.org/programs_conflict.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393518.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00125-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911108 | 1,620 | 2.734375 | 3 |
- Dry, sugary cereal accompanied by a drink of water
- Dry, sugary cereal accompanied by a drink of 100% apple juice
- Dry, sugary cereal accompanied by a drink of whole milk
Got your guess yet? Alright. The correct answer to which one of these combinations will create a less acidic environment in your mouth, thus, mak... | <urn:uuid:fa72268c-bee6-4b72-88d6-5cc607b64d6c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thirstiesbaby.com/blog/how-to-prevent-cavities-at-least-one-way/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393093.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00118-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975543 | 590 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Using similar technology currently found in Apple’s Magic Mouse, the concept designs show plans for buttons which could in theory be implemented on a next-generation range of MacBooks, iPods or Apple TV remotes.
The Apple patent application, originally filed back in late 2008, describes designs for invisible buttons th... | <urn:uuid:ca3327f2-91a0-4a3f-9187-0dc93283dd72> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gizmag.com/apple-patents-magic-mouse-controls-macbooks/15025/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00077-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957287 | 335 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Lilian Salerno, Administrator, Rural Development Rural Business-Cooperative Services (third from right), met with the Sacramento County of Governments and other partners to discuss food hubs in the greater Sacramento area. Rural Development’s new report Running a Food Hub: Lessons Learned From the Field, is part of USD... | <urn:uuid:9f51fbfe-f01d-4bf0-b993-bb35501e962e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blogs.usda.gov/tag/food-hubs/page/3/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398873.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00125-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940829 | 1,309 | 2.578125 | 3 |
In trying to find answers to the question, we consulted two documents: 1) Bats: Information for Wisconsin Homeowners by Scott Craven and Frank Iwen and 2) Histoplasmosis: Protecting Workers at Risk by the US Dept of Health and Human Services, CDC. DOH also spoke with Jim Kazmierczak in the Communicable Disease Section ... | <urn:uuid:a4a062a1-0bd8-46f0-9417-247842e7732c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/HAC/pha/pha.asp?docid=741&pg=2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00160-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95316 | 407 | 3.15625 | 3 |
How Can We Promote Farmers Who Grow Healthier Foods Given Our Current Focus on Subsidizing Commodity Crops?
Lanni Isenberg of Newton, MA, asks "What is UCS doing to encourage American farmers to grow more vegetables and fruit that would be healthier for our diets given that so many of them are dependent on government s... | <urn:uuid:a2913673-c4f5-421c-bb61-c5b142d5467b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ucsusa.org/publications/ask/2013/commodity-crops.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00050-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951172 | 930 | 3.15625 | 3 |
MICHAEL PALACE majored in archaeology and environmental science at the University of Virginia, then turned to the environmental science side of things as he pursued his master’s degree at UVA. For his thesis he studied the dynamics of Costa Rican howler monkeys in relation to landscape-level vegetation structure. The m... | <urn:uuid:3f93e6ae-0fe6-4476-8e11-21f9d735449e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://archaeologyexcavations.blogspot.com/2010/08/time-traveling-via-satellite.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00119-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948886 | 1,781 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Voltages in a closed circuit
In a closed circuit, the electric current flows and the voltage is
- Different from zero for the battery or electric generator.
- Different from zero for a lamp, a motor, a resistance or a bypass
- Zero for a connecting wire or a closed switch.
Voltages in an open circuit
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Epidemiology deals with the incidence and distribution of diseases and risk factors in populations. With the knowledge gained in studies, epidemiologists aim to promote health and prevent disease.
Adequate knowledge of epidemiological and bio-statistical methods is crucial in almost all fields of public health. It is a... | <urn:uuid:c2fa95cc-5226-44af-8316-6d9129937ba0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/gesundhw/english/departments/ag3.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00062-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930451 | 676 | 2.75 | 3 |
rna isolation - (Aug/28/2009 )
Im trying to do rna isolation from plant tissue but im having a little doubt regarding the use of phenol
Why do we use phenol calibrated with tris pH 8 along with chlroform and isoamylalcohol?Is it required or specific for rna isolation because for dna isolation also we use phenol of ph 8... | <urn:uuid:7c3b5569-bb12-4319-9cfd-741e787ab44e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.protocol-online.org/biology-forums-2/posts/9985.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398873.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00095-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934636 | 298 | 2.703125 | 3 |
In some patients, the chronic inflammatory skin diseases psoriasis and eczema are so similar that dermatologists have had to examine tissue samples but a team of researchers at the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Technical University of Munich (TUM) have now analyzed the molecular processes that occur in both disease... | <urn:uuid:3cbe1567-29a0-4de3-a70d-ebab2e648991> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.science20.com/news_articles/how_to_distinguish_psoriasis_from_eczema-141362 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00143-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929537 | 1,173 | 2.921875 | 3 |
Over the past 15 years, technology has constantly evolved, creating and expanding for the learning capabilities off all students. We see it everyday, as new products arrive to local stores ranging from smartphones to computers. The 21st century classroom has also evolved as teachers, administrators and parents have com... | <urn:uuid:9649aa9c-240a-4837-9752-7742fd86eabc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.discoveryeducation.com/blog/2011/06/27/constructivism-the-discovery-education-science-techbook-education-web-2-0-tools-education-2-0/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00022-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952022 | 592 | 4 | 4 |
After Sir Gilbert Walker was appointed as the Director General of the India Meteorological Department in 1904, one of his earliest actions was to recruit three fellow-workers in the (rather pompously named) grade of Imperial Meteorologist. These three were George Simpson, John Patterson, and John Field, all of whom dis... | <urn:uuid:7c44a25b-f27a-4470-8fe6-a5aaf8e5f9a4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://rrkelkar.wordpress.com/2007/07/08/canadian-meteorologist-in-british-india-john-patterson/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00025-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98513 | 537 | 2.9375 | 3 |
|Name: _________________________||Period: ___________________|
This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. It was suggested that "butterflies seem to dress to suit" what?
(a) The season.
(b) The time of day.
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New directions in renewable energy education
Jennings, P. (2009) New directions in renewable energy education. Renewable Energy, 34 (2). pp. 435-439.
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The renewable energy industry is growing rapidly amidst rising concerns about oil depletion and climate change. Renewable energy is seen by ... | <urn:uuid:4244f7a4-4c28-4c23-80db-759daed292a5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/8016/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402699.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00161-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933178 | 472 | 2.875 | 3 |
Chandigarh, Aug 8 - A visit to the local fruit and vegetable market, local hospital or even a factory to understand how things work may not be an essential part of textbooks, but students in government schools across Haryana are becoming part of a quiet change in their classrooms as they are being exposed to practical ... | <urn:uuid:0ee279ea-f95c-494e-b375-ec7e89567671> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nerve.in/news:2535002394432 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00089-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9656 | 678 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Buoys Help Avert Whale-Ship Collisions
Specially engineered mooring system detects whales and warns ships
A lot of lines crisscross, run parallel, and ultimately connect in this story.
The first line is a watery one hugging the East Coast between Florida and Nova Scotia, which right whales have migrated along since tim... | <urn:uuid:464f77eb-12dd-4da8-958a-eba8ad1388ae> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=22795&tid=3622&cid=57146 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00027-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95456 | 6,060 | 3.5 | 4 |
A unit of heat equivalent to 100,000 Btu or 1.055 × 108 joules.
- Luckily, there are plenty of units for energy, so it is probably best to just leave the calorie unit to the food people, and use joules or Kilowatt hours or therms or ergs for energy calculations unrelated to human nutrition.
- At present, natural gas ca... | <urn:uuid:e60022d9-f3d8-47a1-bd9b-3f50400be5c6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/therm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403823.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00024-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.906582 | 236 | 2.921875 | 3 |
Many molecular biology recipes use MgSO4 (and not MgCl2). Is there indeed a preference? If so, why?
closed as unclear what you're asking by rg255, fileunderwater, Satwik Pasani, Chris♦, WYSIWYG♦ Feb 19 '14 at 10:55
Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it'... | <urn:uuid:680ab2cb-0e2c-484f-931b-e5d6d4416d27> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://biology.stackexchange.com/questions/15137/why-prefer-mgso-4-over-mgcl-2-in-recipies | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00057-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940684 | 225 | 2.71875 | 3 |
You probably know that lots of foods are full of starch, but did you know you can test foods in your own kitchen to see what has starch and what doesn’t? You can even see how starch is broken down by your own saliva by chewing a cracker for a long time and testing it for starch.
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3D printer to help Chch rebuild
CPIT's first three-dimensional printer could soon be spitting out models of machine parts to help with the rebuild.
The $110,000 3D printer will be launched tomorrow by the Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology (CPIT) after months of testing.
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This Thursday, the Church will celebrate the feast of St. Thomas Aquinas, a Doctor of the Church who was nicknamed “the Dumb Ox” because of his silence and size.
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Belle Winestine is best remembered as Jeannette Rankin’s legislative assistant, though she served in this capacity for only one year (1916–1917). Nonetheless, her work with Rankin served as an important apprenticeship that created a lasting friendship, profoundly influenced her understanding of the legislative process,... | <urn:uuid:bfbeba89-cb20-4c4b-8b9d-7248b1ed02c8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/winestine-belle | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00047-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953173 | 1,331 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Shelterwood Removal and Mowing
||1) To determine the amount of damage to the understory caused
by the removal of a holdover stand.
2) To determine the effect of complete exposure on the survival
of various species in the understory.
3) To determine the effect of cutting back the understory in
order to produce a seedlin... | <urn:uuid:fc580263-71ab-445f-8299-dc4293252694> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.fs.fed.us/ne/global/ltedb/catalogs/cat53.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00171-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.858844 | 596 | 3.296875 | 3 |
Ancient Near East
Images & Art
Maps & Geography
Mythology & Beliefs
People in History
Timelines & Charts
Jesus is presented to Annas.
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The Canterbury Tales: The Knight's Tale Theme of Love
From the second Palamon and Arcite lay eyes on the lovely Emily, they are pierced to the heart by a love so intense that it literally makes them ill. Yeah, they seem like drama queens, but their behavior is pretty typical of the courtly love genre. Palamon and Arcit... | <urn:uuid:827e9efa-96b3-4e49-9bb6-55d668ddc1f1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.shmoop.com/knights-tale/love-theme.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408828.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00201-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963934 | 468 | 3.140625 | 3 |
First name origin & meaning:
First name variations: Eston
Last name origins & meanings:
- English: variant of Eastes, still pronounced today as two
syllables, as it was in medieval times.
- This name was brought to New England by Matthew (1645–1723) and
Richard (born 1647) Estes, sons of Robert and Dorothy Estes of Dov... | <urn:uuid:1cdf03fe-bd91-4605-bbe6-1f77772a00fd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://baby-names.familyeducation.com/name-meaning/estes | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403823.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00068-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980187 | 125 | 2.609375 | 3 |
One of the many misconceptions about therapy is that only "crazy" people go to therapy, when in fact, many people who go to therapy are struggling with normal life issues such as relationships, health concerns or managing stress. Sometimes these life issues get in the way of having a good quality of life and a competen... | <urn:uuid:abc8dd83-905f-4dc7-88ae-b0c4747d1364> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.examiner.com/article/when-to-seek-psychological-help | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396887.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00031-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967566 | 391 | 2.5625 | 3 |
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