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Reading Comprehension Exercises - Testing - UsingEnglish.com
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2. Defining New Types
As mentioned in the last chapter, Python allows the writer of an
extension module to define new types that can be manipulated from
Python code, much like strings and lists in core Python.
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The heavy cement structure (and possibly the surrounding earth) of an earth sheltered home provides a way to store a lot of heat energy (heat capacity), and modern insulation materials allow us to keep most of that heat where we want it, but we still need a heat source. You could pay for that heat energy in the form of... | <urn:uuid:c05dd1f6-01d0-47cc-83d9-15ae282cc5e5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.homeintheearth.com/tech_notes/basics-of-earthsheltering/passive-solar/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403508.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00104-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951414 | 2,867 | 3.640625 | 4 |
Comparing the x87 and ARM VFP
The first generation of x86 processors, the 8086 and 8088, had support for synchronous asymmetric multiprocessing. Synchronous, in that the main processor could wait for a READY/#BUSY or ERR signal from the coprocessor; and asymmetric, because the coprocessor’s instructions were completely... | <urn:uuid:baffe732-996c-483e-97f5-eca25b415c91> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://mindplusplus.wordpress.com/2012/11/20/comparing-the-x87-and-arm-vfp/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00162-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.900447 | 1,818 | 3.078125 | 3 |
WSU Student Researches Pygmy Rabbits and Their Habitat
OGDEN, Utah – A Weber State University senior has garnered big research experience studying the world’s smallest rabbit.
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May 7, 2007—In the remote highlands of Nepal, a local shepherd has made some unusual "additions" to his flock—an international team of archaeologists.
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This section contains indicators that examine the postsecondary education of American Indians/Alaska Natives, including college access, completion rates, types of degrees earned, and faculty composition. Access is measured by indicators on enrollment in 2- and 4-year institutions, as well as attendance at tribal colleg... | <urn:uuid:8702dfc5-4d92-412b-a687-09c23f8c87c3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/nativetrends/7_postsec.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394937.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00077-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963975 | 127 | 2.65625 | 3 |
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On Monday, February 8, 2016, Chipotle’s two thousand restaurants closed their doors for the day to customers, in order to hold special employee meetings regarding last year’s outbreak of E. coli, a bacteria often associated with food poisoning.
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Rocky Mountain Herbarium (RM)
What is now called the Rocky Mountain Herbarium (RM) was founded by Aven Nelson in 1893 based on a collection of about 300 plants made by B. C. Buffum during the summer of 1892. By 1902 the collection had grown to 40,000 specimens. Since 1960, it has been housed on the third floor of the A... | <urn:uuid:8db4b1a4-0ed1-482f-abf8-ceb5fdb6bbff> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.rmh.uwyo.edu/collections/rm.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00145-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953473 | 304 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Cancers of the brain and nervous system are the second most common type of childhood cancer, after leukemia (cancer of the blood or bone marrow).
With these types of cancer, clusters of cancer cells, or tumors, develop within the brain or spinal cord and can affect the entire nervous system.
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Wednesday, September 12, 2007
The hawks are coming! The hawks are coming! We're entering prime hawk migration time for birders in the northern and eastern half of the U.S. The weather here in NH today is cold, cloudy and very windy. Some hawks, such as Sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawks, Merlins and American Kestrels, wi... | <urn:uuid:1a73c7ef-a9c2-4515-bf4d-9e6b4c0f96d7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://stokesbirdingblog.blogspot.com/2007/09/hawk-watching-tips.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00036-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95505 | 841 | 2.609375 | 3 |
High unemployment, rising inequity between the rick and the poor, losing hope in the future, a growing anti-immigration sentiment and an increase in tension between the races might accurately describe America today, but it also describes America during a great economic downturn in the late 1890s.
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The Phantom Menace of Superstition in Film and Television
May 28, 1999
This is an essay about George Lucas and Steven Spielberg, Dark Lords of the Sith. The modern mythology created by the two filmmakers through films like Star Wars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and E.T., has been celebrated in the world media, ... | <urn:uuid:b56bff22-0b2e-4a20-89c9-d125891abd43> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.csicop.org/specialarticles/show/phantom_menace_of_superstition_in_film_and_television | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404826.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00126-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938408 | 1,677 | 2.921875 | 3 |
Pleasures in the Parks of Rio de Janeiro during the Brazilian Belle Époque, 1898-1914
As Brazil entered the twentieth century, Rio de Janeiro, nestled among towering granite hills and surrounded by a broad bay on one side and the Atlantic Ocean on the other, underwent remarkable transformations. For a decade after the ... | <urn:uuid:b144e8a6-e470-4ff3-92e4-76c7448f4c46> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.brazzil.com/blamar00.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391766.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00126-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960177 | 6,389 | 3.578125 | 4 |
The word Punjab is a compound of two Persian words, panj (“five”) and āb (“water”), thus signifying the land of five waters, or rivers (the Beas, Chenab, Jhelum, Ravi, and Sutlej). The word’s origin can perhaps be traced to panca nada, Sanskrit for “five rivers” and the name of a region mentioned in the ancient epic th... | <urn:uuid:48f36eaa-2c9a-4b27-85f4-0b498ba455d3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://media-2.web.britannica.com/eb-diffs/563/483563-33884-111203.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00107-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959439 | 2,866 | 4.0625 | 4 |
Jan 11 2013
I am fascinated by the philosophy of ethics, ever since I took a course in it in undergraduate school. This is partly because I enjoy thinking about complex systems (which partly explains why I ended up in Neurology as my specialty). I also greatly enjoy logic, and particularly deconstructing arguments (my ... | <urn:uuid:be1111a1-4f13-4319-8d0f-3a2bc61ddc07> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://theness.com/neurologicablog/index.php/objective-vs-subjective-morality/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00032-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965726 | 1,899 | 2.515625 | 3 |
By Trish Roberts-Miller
I.A. Richards once said that rhetoric is the study of misunderstanding, and I would only slightly modify that: rhetoric is the study of potential misunderstanding. Being able to do a rhetorical analysis has several benefits, not the least of which is that, when you are in the midst of a conflict... | <urn:uuid:0602d877-da1a-4afc-a9dd-a14feadbf5f6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.drw.utexas.edu/roberts-miller/handouts/rhetorical-analysis | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00107-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971946 | 9,489 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Introduction to Mobile Devices
Today's mobile devices are multi-functional devices capable of hosting a broad range of applications for both business and consumer use.
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Q. My 90-year-old grandmother was just diagnosed with lymphoma, but was told that because it is at an advanced stage, no treatment will be done. What should we expect?
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Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise:
F-22C Free Communication/Slide Carbohydrate and Performance
Petteys, C L.1; Foster, C FACSM1; Brice, G1; Doberstein, S1; Porcari, J P. FACSM1
1University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
(Sponsor: Carl Foster, FACSM)
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The caterpillar is a geometrid moth (i.e. in the family Geometridae, commonly called "inchworms"). They ar... | <urn:uuid:0bc2fe00-91c1-4f77-9652-6c9707ec1f88> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://jpgmag.com/photos/661916 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00170-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915437 | 187 | 2.671875 | 3 |
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thi (yarekh; Aramaic yarekhah (Daniel 2:32); meros (Judith 9:2; Sirach 19:12; Revelation 19:16); as part of a sacrificial animal (Exodus 29:22, etc.) shoq, the King Jam... | <urn:uuid:9ffb88c6-5064-4ba0-a0ff-ba6081d56997> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://bibleencyclopedia.com/thigh.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00116-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964294 | 2,678 | 2.59375 | 3 |
2nd and revised edition
Keywords: Biological Cybernetics, System Theory, Artificial Neural Networks, Simulation, Tutorial
Biological systems are usually much too complicated to be understood in their entirety. Scientific progress is therefore generally based on the fragmentation of the systems under investigation. This... | <urn:uuid:856d8233-8a6d-4b1a-97a4-fb4fe9dae37c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.brains-minds-media.org/archive/615 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00120-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949563 | 1,469 | 2.875 | 3 |
Reminder: The NAPLES DAILY NEWS is now behind a paywall. Here's my current column; link to download a PDF after the jump.
What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘groundcover’? A low, spreading, inexpensive plant covering a large area, right? Well, maybe. Consider this example: imagine a large planting area with a si... | <urn:uuid:29c0da08-a077-4cbc-b297-a28873b39209> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.msadesign.com/design_is_not_opinion/column/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397748.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00093-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944812 | 298 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Apollo 11 astronauts wrote on moon ship's walls, Smithsonian 3D scan reveals
"Smelly Waste!" A warning seemingly written by one of the Apollo 11 astronauts, was found with other writings on the inside walls of the command module Columbia during its 3D scan.(Smithsonian)
Feb. 11, 2015
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Software Gems: The Computer History Museum Historical Source Code Series
By the time personal computers based on microprocessors began to emerge in the mid-1970s, programmers had been writing operating systems – the software that manages the computer hardware and provides commonly used services for application programs... | <urn:uuid:d996c6f2-ec3b-4f6b-974c-c4c83d9965ea> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.computerhistory.org/atchm/early-digital-research-cpm-source-code/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00114-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947067 | 5,683 | 3.375 | 3 |
Stepping up to one-health challenge
Twenty-two veterinary colleges took on the challenge to educate students, faculty, and the public about vector-borne diseases this past year. Most events focused on educational programming, but some included charitable components.
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| Keystone Species and the Diversity-Stability Hypothesis |
Not all species are equal with respect to their effects on other species. Starfish feeding in the intertidal zone clean an area free of barnacles and mussels. These barnacles and mussels, without predation by the starfish, would come to dominate the com... | <urn:uuid:bd8fc1fc-f2d3-412a-937d-c3d338743dca> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.learner.org/courses/biology/textbook/biodiv/biodiv_7.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00002-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965646 | 552 | 3.484375 | 3 |
Conserving geodiversity is part of nature
conservation, which has been defined as ‘the
protection, preservation, management or
enhancement, and the improvement of understanding
and appreciation of flora, fauna and geological
and geomorphological features'.’
Official and statutory geo-conservation
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Water Resources of the United States
Additional Sources of Water Information
Websites that are managed by or for U.S. Government agencies and contain content about water resources. Some U.S. Government websites on specific topics are under other categories.
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MLA Proseminar: Comparative History of Slavery and Emancipation
This course is a graduate level readings seminar on the history of slavery and freedom. What did it mean to be an enslaved person? How did different societies view of the humanity of enslaved people differently? How did enslaved people understand their own... | <urn:uuid:3cc6058b-94ad-40c4-a0da-04f1b5532063> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sas.upenn.edu/summer/courses/term/2014B/subject/HIST/course/HIST560941 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00165-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93713 | 187 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Oops, the power just went out and you cannot see a thing. Now what? Try to remember where you left the flashlight and stumble your way around the house to find it. Pick it up expecting to illuminate the room and click... nothing happens. That's right, the batteries died a while back and you forgot to buy new ones.
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We think the countryside is beautiful with cows out in lush fields, not kept indoors all year round, as is the case on some non-organic farms . Our farms work on a natural cycle that encourages wildlife to flourish.
Non-organic farming methods permit the use of herbicides to remove pests and weeds from the land. Cows c... | <urn:uuid:e7a6b8dd-5d0f-4aff-8589-0fbfbfa6c17c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.organicmilk.co.uk/natural-farm/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00020-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926572 | 486 | 2.84375 | 3 |
What is DM?
DM (dermatomyositis) is a devastating genetic disease of the skin and muscle,
which afflicts shetland sheepdogs, collies and their crosses. The skin lesions consist of hair
loss with or without skin redness, scaling and crusting of the face, ears, legs/feet and tail tip.
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Have you ever been amazed by the pace at which computers increase in speed and processing power and yet keep getting cheaper? You’re not alone. Gordon Moore is famous for his observation that the number of transistors and integrated circuits in computer tends to double every two years or so.
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Two-thirds of Americans drink coffee daily, unchanged from 1999
PRINCETON, NJ -- Nearly half of Americans, 48%, report drinking at least one glass of soda per day, while 52% say they normally drink no soda. Among those who drink any soda, the average daily amount is 2.6 glasses, with 28% drinking one glass a day, on av... | <urn:uuid:ee20fec2-e1aa-4bc4-8230-4488c69fe403> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gallup.com/poll/156116/nearly-half-americans-drink-soda-daily.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00188-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956871 | 1,155 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Cross-site request forgery, one of the OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities for 2007, is an attack in which a malicious user causes a victim's browser to make a request without the user's consent. This attack is generally propagated by a third party site.
The example below shows how a CSRF attack might affect a web application... | <urn:uuid:5503ad90-20fb-4540-9b2c-42054bfee78e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://nickcoblentz.blogspot.com/2008/11/csrf-prevention-in-struts-2.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00090-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.859787 | 515 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Madonna — two slashes on your face by hateful hands —
(Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, Czarney portret)
The two slashes on the icon of Our Lady of Czestochowa were inflicted by Hussite soldiers in the fifteenth century. Legend says that numerous artists tried to repair the painting by covering over the slashes, but eac... | <urn:uuid:7d70d6c9-9be5-4fab-adab-ac23e4a3e9f3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://campus.udayton.edu/mary/polish39.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396027.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00153-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933302 | 219 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Editor’s note: Susan Bodnar is a clinical psychologist who works with people from diverse backgrounds and teaches at Columbia University’s Teachers College and at The Stephen Mitchell Center for Relational Studies. She lives in Manhattan with her husband, two children and all of their pets.
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Restless leg syndrome
The condition known as restless leg syndrome (RLS) is a movement disorder caused by an irresistible urge to move the legs due to unpleasant sensations. It occurs primarily during times of relaxation, such as when the patient is trying to go to sleep.
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The power to visualize a smarter city is in your hands
The right answers start with the right questions
How safe are Jerusalem neighborhoods?
increases reducing traffic congestion in New York City?
What type of education matches employment trends in Rome?
City Forward is a free, web-based platform for analyzing and vis... | <urn:uuid:b7c0b3d6-0ba9-4f2f-b029-48eba2a77d46> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/smarter_cities/article/city_forward.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00142-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929469 | 887 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Last year brought us the unveiling of the Primary Problem of the Week, a series of PoWs geared towards the youngest problem solvers. This year, we’re focusing on older students, students who have studied math beyond Algebra I and Geometry. We will be publishing 20 problems from our Trig & Calc library to make them avai... | <urn:uuid:c5f181a0-7155-4e91-bc87-2e27d9e82244> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://mathforum.org/blogs/pows/re-introducing-the-trig-calculus-problems-of-the-week/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00192-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931584 | 448 | 2.578125 | 3 |
The Gay Love Letters of Alexander Hamilton
Excerpts from My Dear Boy: Gay Love Letters through the Centuries (1998), Edited by Rictor Norton
Alexander Hamilton (1757–1804) was a pamphleteer in support of Colonial freedom, and fought in the American Revolutionary Army under George Washington and Lafayette. He served in ... | <urn:uuid:0517de4d-ef4e-4c17-b736-040b6e61e531> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://rictornorton.co.uk/hamilton.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402699.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00008-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969985 | 877 | 2.640625 | 3 |
"Science, innovative thinking and technology have dramatically changed the way you and I live." DR MEGAN CLARKE, CEO OF THE CSIRO
The world of advanced technology is evolving quickly. Photonics, optics, quantum technology, and nanotechnologies are key enabling or ‘frontier’ technologies for the 21st century. They are e... | <urn:uuid:6a988d9d-5b74-478e-b6c1-230485162c39> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://sydney.edu.au/science/career/industries/tomorrows_technologies.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00156-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.913695 | 725 | 2.703125 | 3 |
These Exercises May Lower Women's Diabetes Risk
Jan. 16, 2014 -- Lifting weights and other muscle-building workouts reduce women's risk of diabetes, according to a new study.
Researchers analyzed data collected from nearly 100,000 U.S. nurses over eight years and found that those who lifted weights, did press-ups or si... | <urn:uuid:26e52b56-c996-4b00-9ea6-433fbfa94311> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.webmd.com/women/news/20140116/muscle-exercises-women-diabetes | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00072-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967435 | 169 | 2.625 | 3 |
Why does Python use indentation for grouping of statements?
Guido van Rossum believes that using indentation for grouping is extremely elegant and contributes a lot to the clarity of the average Python program. Most people learn to love this feature after awhile.
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View Full Version : Regular Expressions - Tutorial
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Agrarian reform: Lessons from Venezuela
Submitted by Roger on September 5, 2010 - 15:53
Venezuela: Transforming agriculture
By Alan Broughton
Published in Green Left Weekly (Australia), Sunday, September 5, 2010
A huge transformation of agriculture is taking place in... | <urn:uuid:ca44f7e4-56d5-46ed-b666-3ada8d19f9fc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://canadahaitiaction.ca/content/agrarian-reform-lessons-venezuela | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00100-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963181 | 2,723 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Two tonnes of topsoil have to be removed to produce each barrel of bitumen, creating vast open mines (photo taken from Tarnished Earth exhibition, copyright Jiri Rezac)
Europe moves to ban imports of tar sands oil from Canada
29th March, 2011
An attempt to classify tar sands oil as more environmentally-damaging than co... | <urn:uuid:88018101-a2a0-436b-bde4-ed70f04c1d57> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_analysis/829665/europe_moves_to_ban_imports_of_tar_sands_oil_from_canada.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398873.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00121-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949892 | 938 | 3.171875 | 3 |
In the shower, during sports events or at the supermarket. Sudden cardiac death can occur anywhere, and when it happens to young people, the closest relatives need to pay extra attention to their own health.
”If you have a relative who suffers sudden cardiac death, you’re significantly more likely to be struck by heart... | <urn:uuid:511f0d3b-8180-4d8c-93c6-8233b18179c0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://sciencenordic.com/heart-disease-can-affect-entire-families | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00065-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967353 | 1,044 | 2.625 | 3 |
I was thinking about what would make the list, and I couldn't come up with a complete list of topics, and two of those topics -- sorting and searching -- are a kind of black magic. Quicksort is a marvelously simple algorithm, but it's so easy to get wrong that the standard approach is to use a library implementation, o... | <urn:uuid:ed01af2e-20e4-4b14-a1f5-76031ada5af5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://notes-on-haskell.blogspot.com/2007/03/fundamental-ideas-of-computing.html?showComment=1176443760000 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00190-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941776 | 951 | 2.703125 | 3 |
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Biological: Behavioural genetics · Evolutionary psychology · Neuroanatomy · Neurochemistry · Neuroendocrinology · Neuroscience · Psychoneuroimmunology · Physiological Psychology · Psychopharmaco... | <urn:uuid:2b0355ef-8931-4241-a5fd-fe4a137c0911> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Biological_anthropology | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00118-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.870804 | 3,647 | 2.890625 | 3 |
North Carolina Open Burning Rules - Division of Forest Resources Open Burning Permits
North Carolina Forest Service
State and local laws regulate Open Burning. State laws allow only the burning of natural vegetation from your own property. State and local laws prescribe the time of day and the weather conditions under ... | <urn:uuid:96b17119-1ccb-43da-bd96-0381e2b32606> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://infohouse.p2ric.org/ref/01/00482.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00115-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.891994 | 565 | 2.859375 | 3 |
An ecological community together with its environment,
functioning as a unit.
2. exotic species:
This is also known as "invasive" or "alien." Plant or
animal specie that is not native to the ecosystem under consideration
and whose presence causes or is likely to cause harm to the
environment, local economy, and human h... | <urn:uuid:8936623c-938f-4ef4-80ed-a9fcd439c9db> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thirteen.org/edonline/wue/glossary_water.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00126-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.909687 | 525 | 3.6875 | 4 |
Researchers in China have developed a process to recycle electronic hardware into a material that makes “high-performance paving material that is cheaper, longer lasting, and more environmentally friendly than conventional asphalt.”
Where most people see a global environmental crisis, the research team in China saw opp... | <urn:uuid:d9b9cb5f-4b6c-4e72-be7f-4106a0730173> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/category/uncategorized/page/4/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00001-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950103 | 2,155 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Targets for the Millennium Development Goals related to the global partnership to improve people’s lives and end poverty show mixed results on providing the poorest developing countries with greater access to aid, trade, debt relief, essential medicines and technologies, according to a new report launched today by Unit... | <urn:uuid:48c74914-c4d2-4362-a6c9-cb10863b7914> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.un.org/en/development/desa/news/policy/mdg-gap-report2014.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393146.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00101-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93605 | 1,706 | 3.078125 | 3 |
Fusion or non fusion of coral fragments in Acropora
Nothdurft, Luke & Webb, Gregory (2012) Fusion or non fusion of coral fragments in Acropora. Geologica Belgica, 15(4), pp. 394-400.
Corals inhabit high energy environments where frequent disturbances result in physical damage to coralla, including fragmentation, as wel... | <urn:uuid:67e09857-dd9a-4699-8da5-11406956f3a4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://eprints.qut.edu.au/54401/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00126-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.887562 | 668 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Bacteria live in our bodies and in our environment, usually without causing any illness. When bacteria do make us sick, antibiotics are usually available to treat the illness. However, over time, bacteria develop resistance to some types of antibiotics. This means that the drugs are no longer effective at killing the b... | <urn:uuid:873e3cfa-a016-4ee2-a3c8-44649887ea51> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.vdh.virginia.gov/news/alerts/bacteriadrugresistance/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403508.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00171-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.912212 | 1,073 | 3.953125 | 4 |
Bollywood might have etched kathak as a dance form of the courtesans in cinematic memory, but this appropriation of the Indian classical dance form is like a speck from a huge repertoire.
The purpose of kathak is to tell a story and it traces its origin to north India, going back to the kathaks or professional storytel... | <urn:uuid:c6f5ae70-112c-46b5-9e38-7fe5f50cb75c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.deccanherald.com/content/297233/relating-stories.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00092-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953242 | 1,237 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Not a teacher only a native.
The sentence certainly does sound awkward to me as a native. I would say it something like this: 'When the bus arrived, the door openend and the passengers got on from the front, while the other passangers got off from the rear of the bus.'
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SPRINGFIELD (AP) – Hundreds turned out Saturday to honor the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation at the Old State Capitol.
Lincoln issued the proclamation on Jan. 1, 1863. It stated “that all persons held as slaves” within the rebellious states “are, and henceforward shall be free... | <urn:uuid:f2ff6904-766e-4575-be35-a6080559b922> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.saukvalley.com/2013/08/05/springfield-honors-black-soldiers/ag7zz3o/?list-comments=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00183-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925518 | 194 | 2.859375 | 3 |
One hundred and fifty years ago on January 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring “that all persons held as slaves” within the areas in rebellion against the Union “are, and henceforward shall be free.” To celebrate this sesquicentennial anniversary Cornell University Library will plac... | <urn:uuid:074dc5ab-0c9d-45eb-b2a1-30c9659d45d7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://rmc.library.cornell.edu/emancipation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00159-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925637 | 297 | 3.078125 | 3 |
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Spiders are often considered top-dog predators of the creepy crawly world. However, a new study suggests that some types of complex webs may have evolved to help the arachnid weavers fend off attacks from carnivorous mud-dauber wasps.
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Sources: The Library of Congress Country Studies; CIA World Factbook
The Maghrib (see Glossary) remains a politically, economically, and strategically important area for Algerian foreign policy objectives. Sharing economic, cultural, linguistic, and religious characteristics, as well as national borders, the Maghrib na... | <urn:uuid:64d7b7b8-080d-4104-aaee-1dc949f3ccbd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.photius.com/countries/algeria/government/algeria_government_africa.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00186-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948461 | 1,865 | 3.59375 | 4 |
Research data from the Hollins Communications Research Institute suggests Americans are resisting warnings from audiologists to turn down the volume on their players.
"With nearly 150 million personal music players on the market - and sales continuing to climb, hearing loss will become as prolific as these devices. iPo... | <urn:uuid:ada7d94b-9d8b-4045-b682-a373ff31f8e5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.smarthouse.com.au/ipods_and_portable_players/portable_device_issues/V4F9N4B4.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00167-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942075 | 345 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Turquoise is an opaque gemstone with a wide color range from sky blue to deep green. It's high grade is rare and valuable. There are many Turquoise properties that vary and determine worth.
Turquoise was one of the first gemstones found by mankind and has been prized by many cultures for thousands of years.
Turquoise P... | <urn:uuid:4f2b519c-63d9-4b7f-8d53-695928b44c8e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.durangosilver.com/turquoise-properties.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00023-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.91624 | 1,702 | 3.265625 | 3 |
A lot of exciting examples of interactive data visualization projects are popping up on the web these days. Many of these are interactive, and allow the user to navigate or filter information using a mouse or a finger on a touch screen. But what might the future of interactive data visualization look like?
Even though ... | <urn:uuid:843b260a-c020-4ed3-92ba-6cf4f963fb95> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.navimationresearch.net/2013/topobox/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00126-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930613 | 1,391 | 2.71875 | 3 |
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“If you think strongly enough, you will be forced by science to believe in God, which is the foundation of all religion”
Lord Kelvin, father ... | <urn:uuid:fa7648e2-cb8d-4f17-a6f2-9c16d02310b0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.faithwriters.com/article-details.php?id=42112 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396222.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00034-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946247 | 1,892 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Never have so many different types of journalists reported the news on so many different platforms. Yet no matter the form of journalism—from investigative to beat reporting, foreign correspondence to domestic coverage, blogging to photojournalism—thorough preparation is the starting point.
Carefully research your assi... | <urn:uuid:eca66bf5-7828-4847-acae-56617ea0cade> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://cpj.org/reports/2012/04/basic-preparedness.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00052-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939306 | 5,125 | 2.8125 | 3 |
The Rarest of the Rare.
Stories Behind the Treasures at the Harvard Museum of Natural History.
Photographs by Mark Sloan. Text by Nancy Pick. Introduction by Edward O. Wilson.
Harper Collins, New York, 2004. 178 pp., numerous color illustrations, 8¼x9¼".
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Proposed Liquefied Natural Gas Project (LNG)
This proposal threatens our rivers, forests, fish, wildlife, communities and private property rights.
Gas companies have been working for years on a massive fossil fuel infrastructure plan called Jordan Cove to export fracked gas from Canada and the Rockies through southern ... | <urn:uuid:ba7dd7a0-81d7-4acd-8d2a-d1b49885f40f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://rogueriverkeeper.org/what-we-do/hot-topics/proposed-liquified-natural-gas-pipeline-lng | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397748.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00043-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940172 | 1,880 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Skunk cabbage flowers generate their own heat using an oxygen burning process very similar to that used by animals. The heat in these flowers can reach 70 degrees in the dead of winter, melting the snow around it and attracting beetles and other pollinators.
Coming out to play is what spring is all about, and in the lo... | <urn:uuid:f0a0cddf-9185-477a-8efe-49ed874a3685> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://wamu.org/programs/metro_connection/11/03/25/primitive_striking_and_smelly_cozying_up_with_the_skunk_cabbage | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00190-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915128 | 174 | 2.796875 | 3 |
It is winter in the northern hemisphere, but you would not know it by walking through the produce department at your local grocery store. The shelves are full of vegetables that will not grow in your garden during that time of year. In a sustainable culture, you use food items that are available locally. That means in ... | <urn:uuid:28287999-0b2e-40f8-b23c-aef9ea39e602> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.naturallysports.com/sami-slow-food-part-of-a-sustainable-culture/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397842.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00096-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979695 | 520 | 2.828125 | 3 |
is the leading cause of death in the US, and
plays a major role in the development of heart disease. Cholesterol can be controlled with
statin drugs, a common treatment for many people.
You may think of cholesterol as just a number, but using statins has other benefits to your cardiovascular system. Research has shown ... | <urn:uuid:23237935-283d-464c-9f67-a8a3a595b49a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.svmh.com/health/content.aspx?chunkiid=13491 | 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 | 0.889128 | 1,468 | 3.28125 | 3 |
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Epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) is a polyphenol that is found in high concentrations in green tea, some dark chocolate, and cocoa. Also known as epigallocatechin gallate, this compound is a type of flavonoid known as a flavonol. It has been widely studied in animals... | <urn:uuid:a7e11973-d5c1-4b17-9bbb-1de2d6c6104b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-epigallocatechin-3-gallate.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00080-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965659 | 668 | 3.15625 | 3 |
CONSERVATION of natural wetlands is more than an ecological obligation and is now closely linked to agriculture and economic diversity, acting Conservator of Forests, Courtenay Park, said yesterday on the occasion of World Wetlands Day.
Park was speaking at a mini-expo at the Caroni Bird Sanctuary Visitors’ Centre, par... | <urn:uuid:d0cab888-566a-4e95-bb12-acdfe4c0dbda> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/TT-observes-World-Wetlands-Day-243425961.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00018-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954802 | 680 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Evolution and Systematics
Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships
Relationships among paleognaths have been controversial and are likely to remain so for some time, but the tree shown above is the current best estimate, based on analysis of 20 unlinked nuclear genes (Harshman et al. 2008). This tree shows the ratites ... | <urn:uuid:75a921cb-6482-41bc-8dda-266b4d23986f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eol.org/pages/3014679/details | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408828.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00079-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924268 | 776 | 3.21875 | 3 |
Breton Women at the Gate, 1889
zincograph on yellow wove paper
Printed by Edward Ancourt
32.2 x 56.9 cm; image: 16.1 x 21.6 cm
National Gallery of Canada (no. 17332)
This is from the so-called "Volpini Suite" of ten prints published in an edition of 50 at the time of an exhibition by Gauguin and his followers at the Ca... | <urn:uuid:317df33e-386f-46c4-8771-a8e566754616> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gallery.ca/en/see/collections/artwork.php?mkey=9344 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397562.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00069-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957794 | 278 | 2.53125 | 3 |
This harpsichord was made in Rome in 1521 by Jerome of Bologna. Although almost nothing is known about its maker, this example is one of the earliest dated keyboard instruments to survive. Rome was the ideal place for an instrument maker to be in the early 1500s because music flourished there as much as art and archite... | <urn:uuid:e97853a8-b8ba-433e-b5b1-ce088062c07d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.vam.ac.uk/users/node/14528 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00123-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98254 | 134 | 3.171875 | 3 |
A recent New York Times article about the growing marriage and class divide in America featured two middle-class families in Ann Arbor, Michigan. At the heart of the story are the disparate lives of their children. Jeremy, 12, and his brother, Justin, 10, are raised by married, college-educated parents. Kirsten, 11, St... | <urn:uuid:d9871db4-dfd0-4da7-a852-af742cadd8cc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://dailysignal.com/2012/07/26/family-fact-of-the-week-the-dad-divide-in-childrens-welfare/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396029.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00038-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967803 | 854 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Friday, 24 August 2012
Arethusa: The Waterer
Seems there have been a few ships named the Arethusa, all connected with Kent...
The first ship was a wooden three-mast frigate, donated by the Navy to a charity established by Lord Shaftesbury that promoted the idea of a naval training ship for homeless boys in London. She ... | <urn:uuid:0662d9a9-e9f3-4a3e-99f8-dc07158f7b36> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.earsandwhiskers.co.uk/2012/08/arethusa-waterer.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00188-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.992902 | 399 | 2.625 | 3 |
Global convention delegates consider strict limits on climate engineering
According to draft language obtained by The Washington Post, the proposal would declare that "no climate-related geo-engineering activities... that may affect biodiversity take place, until there is an adequate scientific basis on which to justif... | <urn:uuid:9404c129-fee0-48ef-8e04-fcc4798c1bc0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://voices.washingtonpost.com/post-carbon/2010/10/global_convention_considers_ge.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00129-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940227 | 1,157 | 2.921875 | 3 |
America’s forgotten quest to live and work on the ocean floor.
Was there a “great leap for mankind” moment for Sealab?
Sealab I was perhaps the great leap because they were able to build a sea floor shelter—a base—and put it 200 feet down in the water, twenty-five miles southwest of Bermuda in the summer of 1964. They ... | <urn:uuid:34e98b77-6b80-429a-a592-d503e11faae0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://failuremag.com/feature/article/sealab/P2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00060-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983506 | 1,141 | 2.984375 | 3 |
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An example of suspense from part one is the fire at Miss Maudie’s house.
Suspense is the creation of interest and excitement, where the reader wants to know what is going to happen. The first part of the book comprises of chapters 1 to 11.
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Founded by William Drury and his wife Vashti Lewis, early settlers and prominent citizens of Mercer County. William Drury's will provided that all of his property should be held during the lifetime of his wife for her benefit, she to have the income thereof until her death, and thereupon the property should all be conv... | <urn:uuid:ea52566f-bcfd-48b6-a31e-b5a3a4859a1b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://slacey19690.jimdo.com/defunct-schools/william-vashti/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00014-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981095 | 1,806 | 2.671875 | 3 |
AN INTEGRATING TOOL FOR THE CLASSROOM
PSY 762 Research in Social Psychology Diane Nahl-James
Dr. Teru Morton September 24, 1981
The Community-Classroom Approach
How Singing is a Cultural Resource
Inner Singing: Its Integrating Functions
The Effects of Music On Personality
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Implants Protect People With Heart Failure
Advanced Pacemakers, ICDs Reduce Risk of Death for Those With Heart Failure
ICDs Reduce Sudden Death Risks
In the second study, researchers looked at whether an implantable defibrillator was useful as a primary prevention tool in people with a form of heart failure known as no... | <urn:uuid:abf8d8ec-0131-4fb7-974c-7ed0f0c2553b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/heart-failure/news/20040519/implants-heart-failure?page=2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403508.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00080-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945772 | 517 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Struggling with Pride and Prejudice? Have a class discussion on Hamlet and no idea what to say? Do a bit of extra reading and get the clues you need–free and online. A bit of reading and research can increase your understanding–and your grade!
Check out the following websites for extra help:
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This book presents the real time speaker identification system using artificial neural network. This system takes the speech signal as its input. The input signal is then filtered to remove noise. After preprocessing, frame blocking and windowing the features are obtained using signal processing techniques. The extract... | <urn:uuid:7d159d9c-d70f-49bb-85bb-4a07f3d6a515> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://researchbank.swinburne.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/swin:18899?f0=type%3A%22Book%22 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00089-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919435 | 109 | 3.046875 | 3 |
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New York NY (SPX) Oct 31, 2011
The retreat of Antarctica's fast-flowing Thwaites Glacier is expected to speed up within 20 years, once the glacier detaches from an underwater ridge that is currently holding it back, says a new study in Geophysical Research Letters.
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Trend: Which of the following statements comes closest to your views on the origin and development of human beings? 1) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life, but God guided this process, 2) Human beings have developed over millions of years from less advanced forms of life,... | <urn:uuid:0ad58392-f7c5-425a-a575-2ebad00311ca> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/06/02/poll-46-hold-creationist-views-of-human-origins/comment-page-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00198-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959339 | 218 | 2.546875 | 3 |
All apples contain Vitamin C (also known as ascorbic acid), but levels vary considerably between varieties. Vitamin C is usually measured in mg of Vitamin C per 100g of apple. We have categorised the Vitamin C content of apple varieties as follows:
- Low (less than 5mg/100g)
- Medium (5mg/100g to 15mg/100g)
- High (mor... | <urn:uuid:fbb19f87-76a0-417c-bc4c-0cfef6d056b6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.orangepippintrees.co.uk/articles/vitamin-c-content-of-apples | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397567.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00192-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969469 | 356 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Catechism of the Catholic Church
2402 In the beginning God entrusted the earth and its resources to the common stewardship of mankind to take care of them, master them by labor, and enjoy their fruits. 187 The goods of creation are destined for the whole human race. However, the earth is divided up among men to assure ... | <urn:uuid:12c9b150-2f9c-4a20-9477-c952988c98d3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/catechism/index.cfm?recnum=6237 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00201-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969401 | 395 | 2.875 | 3 |
The double motif in the short stories of Ambrose Bierce
One of the most fascinating aspects of Ambrose Bierce's short stories is the appearance of the double motif or doppelganger. Some of Bierce's stories apply traditional types of doubles, such as manifest doubles (in "One of Twins" and "The Mocking-Bird") and nonhum... | <urn:uuid:e3c06340-3a55-4fc4-8c4f-a445da0e10b9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://fordham.bepress.com/dissertations/AAI9118840/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00118-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.913715 | 435 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Symbol for satori with moon nimitta or meditative counterpart sign (soniei.com)
Satori is typically juxtaposed with a related term known as kensho, which translates as "seeing one's nature." Kensho experiences tend to be briefer glimpses, while satori is considered a deeper, intuitive spiritual experience. Satori has b... | <urn:uuid:a062e104-fc64-4814-bb2f-0556e61ad09e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://wisdomquarterly.blogspot.com/2010/01/what-is-satori-zen.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00080-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955272 | 595 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Dear Carol: I have sent you the leaves from my "Blaze" climbing rose and a hibiscus. They have problems, and I am so worried about losing these two beautiful plants. I hope you will be able to determine what the trouble could be. -- G.C., Baldwinsville.
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grep's basic syntax is
The items in square brackets are optional. When used with no options and no arguments (i.e., input files), grep searches standard input (which by default is text typed in at the keyboard) for the specified pattern and returns each line that contains a match to standard output (which by default is... | <urn:uuid:11b69575-a706-4f4f-a07f-aee7d7df5324> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.linfo.org/grep.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391766.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00136-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938059 | 1,304 | 3.609375 | 4 |
There are many Yorks in this world, old and new. The oldest of them all lies in Yorkshire in the north of England, 200 miles north of London, where the rivers Ouse and Fosse meet.
71 AD ~ Quintus Petillius Cerialis founds the Roman fortress of Eboracum
Originally built to subdue the confederation of Celtic tribes calle... | <urn:uuid:5c51b478-d62c-4f3b-967a-519e86c32273> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.everything2.net/title/York | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00117-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980967 | 572 | 3.296875 | 3 |
National PTA Programs
National PTA programs are created to organize and support parent involvement in children's education. The programs are created with leading expert organizations on topics of importance to our members, at members' requests. PTA offers a variety of programs to help parents, students, and communities... | <urn:uuid:d8382961-8e75-4908-952e-caeb90a8d034> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ndpta.org/ptaprograms | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00150-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955863 | 902 | 2.75 | 3 |
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