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Zinnias are popular flowering annuals because they are easy to grow and maintain. A packet of zinnia seeds will provide months of colorful blooms from spring till frost. You can choose from numerous colors and flower types of zinnias to fill in the blank spaces of your garden or to use in containers.
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High concentrations of nitrogen dioxide in London could increase breathing problems among Olympic athletes, according to a leading sports medicine committee.
According to Dr. William S. Silvers of the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI), the air quality in London during the 2012 Olympic games — set... | <urn:uuid:05fdb01e-f8d8-4ab1-9637-0a3c482f71c3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2012/07/24/573371/air-pollution-in-london-may-hurt-olympic-athletes-says-leading-sports-medicine-doctor/?mobile=nc | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00157-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951522 | 447 | 2.765625 | 3 |
This is the first post in a series on sustainable agriculture.
The Millennium Development Goals have been a remarkable global report card, helping focus the world’s attention on global development and human health priorities. The MDGs did not, however, focus on how and why
progress across development sectors must be su... | <urn:uuid:6b255d1d-3b47-478c-a0a7-c797f9d9a7dc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.impatientoptimists.org/Posts/2014/01/Sustainability-Food-and-Nutrition-Security-and-the-Post2015-Development-Goals | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397567.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00132-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935531 | 1,103 | 2.984375 | 3 |
New materials stretch the imagination
Jun 16, 2000
Rubber bands, human muscle and most other materials get thinner when they are stretched. These materials are said to have a positive Poisson's ratio. However, some materials have negative Poisson's ratios and become fatter when they are stretched. Now Ray Baughman of t... | <urn:uuid:eff6869f-7479-4072-89ad-a8f628619792> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2000/jun/16/new-materials-stretch-the-imagination | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394605.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00104-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938475 | 413 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Usually I write about things that I like to imagine that I know at least a bit about. Today is an exception. I have little background in this subject, but some recent readings got me so interested that I’m writing about microbes — bacteria and viruses — which are too tiny to see without fancy equipment, but which could... | <urn:uuid:c7083b6d-4e6b-4d78-a4ba-59fd81d82118> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2012-09-28/youre-not-entirely-what-you-think-you-are | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404826.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00086-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955697 | 1,232 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Clocked or Triggered Flip Flop
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A clock pulse used to operate a flip flop is illustrated in Figure 1(a). The pulse goes from a low level 0 volt, the positive logical 0 condition, to a high level ( +5 vol... | <urn:uuid:c7463bee-055a-4318-8aae-2d64a13b80c2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.daenotes.com/electronics/digital-electronics/clocked-triggered-flip-flops | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00130-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.881538 | 711 | 4.09375 | 4 |
How to frame a house wall is not that complicated, if one learns a few basic home improvement principles of house framing.
The two main components making up a house wall consist of the vertical pieces called the studs and the horizontal pieces called the plates. For a standard ceiling height of 8', the studs are cut 92... | <urn:uuid:06ceda70-b8a0-4ec6-ba7d-165720daca7c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://daveosborne.com/dave/articles/how-frame-wall-of-house.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00182-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923258 | 3,670 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Eyes Made of Rock Really Can See, Study Says
By Ker Than
When it comes to hard stares and stony gazes, no animal can match the chiton, a small mollusk with eyes made of rock crystal. Now a new study shows just what these strange eyes are capable of.
Scientists had long known that chitons have hundreds of beadlike struc... | <urn:uuid:52207660-9c15-4689-886f-1a6c6f29f0a4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/center/articles/2011/national-geographic-04-14-2011.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00093-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944831 | 956 | 3.71875 | 4 |
Both settled areas were divides into 4 Ayllu or Calpulli which controlled distribution of land, and labor. The warriors would fight together as a whole. This is similar to European feudalism in that a family is the lord or Calpulli or Ayllu who are the rulers of their land and they chose who gets land, and the warriors... | <urn:uuid:edf5d537-edba-41bd-b41e-08336235aa15> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.radessays.com/viewpaper/2735/Aztec_Inca_Comparison.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397567.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00095-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.988115 | 126 | 3.359375 | 3 |
USS Philadelphia (sail frigate)
USS Philadelphia was a sailing frigate of 38 guns built in the early days of the United States Navy, and notable for her loss in Tripoli (now Libya) during the Barbary War in 1803 and subsequent destruction to prevent her use by the enemy.
Philadelphia, a 1240-ton frigate, was built at P... | <urn:uuid:859301c0-e054-4a70-a158-59705e3ea158> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.conservapedia.com/USS_Philadelphia_(sail_frigate) | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00101-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982327 | 1,062 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Otitis Media with Effusion (Silent Ear Infection) tests
Otitis Media with Effusion (Silent Ear Infection)
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A complete blood count, or CBC, measures several components of your blood and can help diagnose a broad range of conditions, from anemia and to cancer.
Tympanometry is a test that measures the movement ... | <urn:uuid:f93f28ea-45b3-40e9-b129-6f8262bb63e4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.aarpmedicareplans.com/channel/otitis-media-with-effusion-silent-ear-infection_tests?hlpage=health_center&loc=basic_info_tab | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00015-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.883547 | 139 | 3.28125 | 3 |
This lesson introduces regulation and information as two tools used by government to promote fair competition and complete information in a market economy. Using the 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act as a case study, students explore the reasons buyers and sellers asked the federal government to intervene with respect to fo... | <urn:uuid:bdf6c7b3-1aea-4830-99a0-5c43639fa8e1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.econedlink.org/economic-standards/EconEdLink-related-publications.php?lid=189 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00105-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938166 | 371 | 4.0625 | 4 |
Margaret Bevege. Behind Barbed Wire: Internment in Australia during World War II. St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 1993. xx + 314 pp. $29.95 (paper), ISBN 978-0-7022-2492-8.
Reviewed by Diane Menghetti (Department of History and Politics, James Cook University)
Published on H-ANZAU (March, 1997)
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(9b) The Planets
The student will learn about the heliocentric theory of Copernicus, the ideas behind it and the explanations which it displaced. A discussion of retrograde motion of planets helps the students understand the logic underlying the ideas of both Ptolemy and Copernicus.
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When it comes to the factors that put people at greatest risk for heart disease, few Americans today can say that they are in the clear.
A study published in the American Heart Association's journal, Circulation, showed that only 7.5 percent of Americans, or one in 12, meet five heart-healthy goals that are known to lo... | <urn:uuid:40a5cf98-287a-46e1-97a2-947ad1551685> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nyhq.org/diw/Content.asp?PageID=DIW009906&More=WTN&language=Chinese | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00098-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967212 | 992 | 3.078125 | 3 |
While western media have focused attention on Afghanistan since the events of September 11, 2001, there has been little that sheds light on the history of the country or the region, yet some understanding of the past and of the perspectives of other countries in the region is indispensable to understanding Afghanistan ... | <urn:uuid:03b9bb58-27da-4c23-96a4-85e3c54c47c4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.unc.edu/depts/diplomat/archives_roll/2001_10-12/cotter_mideast/cotter_mideast.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00073-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959176 | 2,634 | 3.375 | 3 |
A term used to describe the branch of biology (or is it a branch of physics?) that tries to quantify biological processes and components using rigorous physical methods. Biophysicists work on many different scales. At the tissue level, biophysicists study electrophysiology, the nature of nerve impulses, cardiac rythms,... | <urn:uuid:d8d0e6ca-bc8e-4625-ab31-248907237c18> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://everything2.com/title/Biophysics | 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 | 0.925936 | 156 | 2.703125 | 3 |
SYDNEY, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Australian government will spend 10 million Australian dollars (9.3 million U.S. dollars) to fight cyber-bullying after research revealed on Wednesday that 20 percent of young Australians experience online attacks each year.
The research found that 72 percent of schools reported at least ... | <urn:uuid:23f9e44d-26f0-429c-9c80-1ea57d551546> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/culture/2014-08/06/c_133535712.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403508.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00177-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948132 | 232 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Children younger than age 6 years should avoid direct sun exposure because their sensitive skin burns easily. It is essential for babies younger than 6 months to stay out of the sun because they should not wear sunscreen, except possibly in small amounts in areas, such as the face and back of the hands.
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This was the basic discovery of the 1960s revolution in programming – structured programming – where the confusion of the previous decades was swept aside by simplicity.
Structured programming introduced a Spartan ethic to programming that attempted to change messy complex programs that used all sorts of conditional an... | <urn:uuid:3cfc770d-be72-4acd-ba3b-95edddd8326d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.i-programmer.info/babbages-bag/302.html?start=2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00200-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975361 | 744 | 3.625 | 4 |
Some books, stories and poems seem to stick in the collective psyche and go on to inspire visual representations both in their own time and many years later.
Many of these works are well-known folk stories, maybe told over centuries before a definitive version is written down, while others become part of the cultural c... | <urn:uuid:423c7621-ca5d-479a-8405-b2284edf022e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.tate.org.uk/context-comment/blogs/tate-debate-how-do-literary-works-continue-inspire-artists?comment-order=a | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00151-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977766 | 352 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Fluarix Quadrivalent is the first intramuscular vaccine to cover against four influenza strains.
Scientists classify the influenza strains that cause seasonal flu as A or B strains. Currently administered trivalent (three-strain) flu vaccines help protect against the two A virus strains most common in humans and the B ... | <urn:uuid:89a11c0f-9547-4086-a709-b16157b8cdc6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.technologynetworks.com/Biologics/news.aspx?id=147338 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00173-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919315 | 386 | 3.375 | 3 |
After eight decades of planning and debate, the Industrial Canal — officially known an the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal — was completed in 1923. The 6.2-mile-long canal linked the Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain. This was done through a series of locks, since the river is higher than the lake.
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NWF & King County Present Online Tool for Landowners Interested in Climate Change
"New website includes sophisticated mapping tool and local resources to support action."
The National Wildlife Federation (NWF) and King County, Washington are pleased to announce a new online tool for landowners to help them understand a... | <urn:uuid:343a37ea-0e17-49f1-8a23-377e52bcb0e1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.nwf.org/News-and-Magazines/Media-Center/News-by-Topic/Global-Warming/2013/12-19-13-NWF-and-King-County-Present-Online-Tool-for-Landowners-Interested-in-Climate-Change.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00103-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924363 | 557 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Update Note, October 30, 2012
With Post-tropical Cyclone Sandy still whirling around somewhere to my west, the article below feels prescient. It wasn’t of course – there was no advance knowledge of this particular storm – but what just happened with Sandy is well in line with climate change trends. It had been many dec... | <urn:uuid:38788ed6-f1d7-4f20-aea4-f1c501a4a539> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.resilientdesign.org/delawareans-cultivate-public-awareness-of-sea-level-rise/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404826.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00179-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956095 | 2,404 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Iceland, Japan Can Cooperate to Boost Geothermal, Minister Says
Iceland and Japan, two nations rich with underground sources of renewable energy, can tackle climate change together by promoting the use of geothermal power, Iceland’s environment minister said.
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Is It Safe to Go in the Gulf Coast's Water?
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WEDNESDAY, June 9 (HealthDay News) -- Now that oil and tar balls from the massive Gulf oil spill have begun washing up on the beaches of four states, many are wondering: What, if any, are the health risks to beachgoers and... | <urn:uuid:9db1379d-14f8-4199-9646-537dfc762d1c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=117037 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00046-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964248 | 1,151 | 2.671875 | 3 |
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Saccharomyces Yeast Cells - Positive
The genus Saccharomyces is similar to other yeast genera. Its species are unicellular and cylindrical, oval, or spherical in shape. They reproduce asexually through a process of budding, a new cell forming a protrusion on an existing cell, enlarging, and... | <urn:uuid:966aee00-2aa1-4559-ad70-6bd14ee994c0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.microscopyu.com/staticgallery/phasecontrast/saccharomycespositive.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393146.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00007-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933335 | 136 | 3.703125 | 4 |
Data shows that Oregon public schools have been doing a better job of assisting students whose native language is not English become more accomplished in English within five or six years. Because of this, English as a second language courses have dwindled in middle and high schools, while elementary students make up mo... | <urn:uuid:9300ddfc-021d-4999-956b-75026240c811> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.educationnews.org/education-policy-and-politics/states-schools-trying-to-improve-esl-in-common-core-era/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00028-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967455 | 1,184 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Local Flora: Spring/Summer BIO 351 2 Crs.
(Dr. John Rushin, Professor of Biology, Missouri Western State University)
· PltFams1SV (Exams 1 & 2),
* Verbenaceae/Scrophulariaceae ../VerbScroph.ppt
BIO 351 concentrates on the native plants of forests, prairies, wetlands and various successional habitats in Northwest Missou... | <urn:uuid:42cf6fae-b67d-44b3-ae84-168ddf0bdd6b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://academic.missouriwestern.edu/rushin/bio351/index.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00045-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.882648 | 370 | 2.71875 | 3 |
October 2, 2012
Sea Rise Will Be Irreversible Over Next Several Thousand Years Due To Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online
A groundbreaking study by a team of European researchers warns that greenhouse gas emissions will cause an irreversible rise in sea level over the next sever... | <urn:uuid:cb082877-d001-480a-93d2-12b58ff6dc69> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112705318/greenhouse-gas-sea-rise-100212/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00049-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934548 | 672 | 3.65625 | 4 |
Below are three simple and straightforward problems from boats and streams. You can expect these kinds of questions and their variants on placement papers of top companies. Most of the times, these questions tend to be very easy and if you are capable of solving these questions quickly, you are prone to get significant... | <urn:uuid:b1d7b800-d533-4ed6-aaae-5cc624e4c7c2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.careersvalley.com/simple-boat-stream-problems | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00193-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.899978 | 663 | 3.34375 | 3 |
Holographic storage involves holograms, images of data, being stored in layers in a CD-sized disk's recording surface. The images are created by two laser beams and read by a laser beam. GE's researchers at its Applied Optics Laboratory managed to shrink these images, calling them micro-holograms. They achieved this to... | <urn:uuid:3edb37e7-ad24-4c0b-b8b0-406e81f5d5f0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://3dgameman.com/news/providers/theregister?page=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00029-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939716 | 147 | 3.25 | 3 |
Opiate addictions can develop from any number of drugs with morphine, heroin, Percodan and OxyContin being just a mere few. Unfortunately, breaking an opiate addiction takes considerably more effort than staying off the drug. Even in cases where a person has been drug-free for months, opiate aftereffects can make it di... | <urn:uuid:c7b06ff0-c64d-4bb0-a69d-8ff1934b8097> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.methadonecenters.com/methadone-maintenance-treatment-works/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00201-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924629 | 722 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Who Is Affected by Social Anxiety Disorder
Who Is Affected by Social Anxiety Disorder?
Social anxiety disorder usually emerges during childhood or early adolescence and rarely after age 25.1 It is a common condition that affects around 13% of the general population, with about one-third of those having a single fear of... | <urn:uuid:19d51db9-8c13-4709-9638-5cd32538d35f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.emedicinehealth.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=136877&ref=136877 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00185-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933695 | 222 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Windows 2000 Groups
Groups cannot be renamed. Four types of group accounts:
- Local group - Has local computer permissions and rights only.
- Global group - The groups permissions and rights exist in the group's domain and domains that have a trust relationship with the group's domain. Global groups may be given rights... | <urn:uuid:c02a9d1d-4ba0-45a3-9d99-570fd2c10fdf> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/windows/win2k/win2kgroups.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00185-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.866554 | 1,639 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Marco Werman: In Japan, the government today banned shipments of rice grown near the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant. The plant's been spewing radiation since it was wrecked by the March 11th tsunami but, until now, the rice grown in the region was deemed safe. Now, it's been found to have high levels of radiati... | <urn:uuid:24583025-cf51-4e58-a893-f896849d4212> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pri.org/node/34435/popout | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00068-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976668 | 883 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Outdoor air pollution is a leading cause of cancer in humans, according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), an arm of the World Health Organisation (WHO).
The IARC said on Thursday that a panel of top experts had found "sufficient evidence" that exposure to outdoor air pollution caused lung cance... | <urn:uuid:dfae18fc-75c8-4e9f-98c3-2747818e4ba0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.aljazeera.com/news/europe/2013/10/who-air-pollution-leading-cause-cancer-2013101714325609687.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00133-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968924 | 479 | 3.421875 | 3 |
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the move yesterday as part of its ongoing strategy to address contamination with the industrial chemical melamine of consumer products exported from the People’s Republic of China.
It stated: “FDA has expanded its import controls on Chinese dairy products, and food an... | <urn:uuid:0c9fdab6-1ed4-4bfa-abc0-1050eb1e209a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.foodnavigator-usa.com/Regulation/FDA-cracks-down-on-Chinese-imports | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00059-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95282 | 456 | 2.515625 | 3 |
For more practice in multiplication, you could go to our Interactive Math Zone where you can learn the multiplication tables and generate multiplication worksheets according to your needs and get them marked online.
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For release: Monday, February 1, 2010
In a study on animals, researchers found that a combination of treatments can stimulate the growth of severed axons (nerve fibers) across an injured spinal cord, even when the treatments are delayed for more than a year.
The study is significant because it is one of only a few stud... | <urn:uuid:3fdcc522-f62f-4ab9-9341-29cb9540f80f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ninds.nih.gov/news_and_events/news_articles/combo_therapy_SCI.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00179-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953979 | 975 | 3.171875 | 3 |
For future generations
The future of Cargill and our planet depends on our ability to adapt to the changes around us and find more ways to reduce our environmental footprint.
Throughout our first 150 years in business, we have learned firsthand the benefits – for the company and our customers – of removing costs by imp... | <urn:uuid:94e011aa-4ddd-4863-a04e-ba0054befb42> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cargill.com/corporate-responsibility/responsible-supply-chains/environmental-performance/index.jsp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00100-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923126 | 1,577 | 2.859375 | 3 |
If you’ve visited the IU East Campus Library or searched for online library resources, you have probably seen or heard the word “ProQuest.” If you have searched for peer-reviewed articles for a research paper, you have likely used a ProQuest database. Have you ever wondered what ProQuest is and what it does?
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Uterine Fibroid Study (UFS)
The NIEHS Uterine Fibroid Study was designed to:
- determine how many women have fibroids
- identify risk factors for fibroids
- identify biological changes in tumor tissue compared with normal uterine muscle
- describe women's experience of symptoms associated with fibroids and how they cha... | <urn:uuid:449651da-52af-4332-86a8-6130096e9968> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.niehs.nih.gov/research/atniehs/labs/epi/studies/ufs/index.cfm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00056-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96791 | 394 | 2.59375 | 3 |
May 19, 2009
Meningococcal bacteria mechanism is found
British medical scientists say they have discovered how meningococcal bacteria break through the body's natural defense system to attack the brain.
University of Nottingham researchers said their discovery could lead to better treatment and vaccines.The scientists ... | <urn:uuid:9957440d-8af9-4273-a0e5-06e0157a443b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1691891/meningococcal_bacteria_mechanism_is_found/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00179-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915753 | 255 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Individual Satyagraha 1940-41
The Congress was in a confused state again after the August Offer. The radicals and leftists wanted to launch a mass Civil Disobedience Movement, but here Gandhi insisted on Individual Satyagraha. The Individual Satyagraha was not to seek independence but to affirm the right of speech.
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Gathering / Hunting Societies
include all cultural groups, past and present, that subsist exclusively on noncultivated foodstuffs. They do not raise animals or practice agriculture but depend on collecting wild plants, fishing, hunting, and a variety of intermediate food-procuring activities. Because the terms "hunting... | <urn:uuid:ff362272-4078-4ad9-962f-07becd7125c4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://gem.greenwood.com/wse/wsePrint.jsp?id=id259 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00147-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971993 | 1,909 | 3.640625 | 4 |
I came across this article while I was reading the news on the internet. It’s about this man called Keisuke Yamada who carved bananas to create small sculptures. It seems easy but when you think about it, it’s actually quite hard to do because bananas are delicate and if you make one tiny mistake, it may damage the who... | <urn:uuid:3dd6cb63-d2f7-4e93-9342-d1b0dd86a450> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://6ssatnist.wordpress.com/tag/photography/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00027-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968628 | 776 | 2.734375 | 3 |
They say that you are what you eat, which is a little scary for those of us who tend to live on pizza and Tostitos. You can get away with a lot when you’re young. But once you’re on the back nine, eating healthy is more important than ever.
We do have some influence over the quality and quantity of our years with the d... | <urn:uuid:c3855d2e-7613-4539-912d-6bff3759d0eb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://livingwellblog.dallasnews.com/2013/06/everyday-foods-that-might-improve-your-health.html/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394414.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00115-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928991 | 323 | 2.53125 | 3 |
If you think the insect world is out to get your plants, take comfort in the fact that we actually have a lot of insect allies out there. We just need to make them feel at home in our gardens.
To do this, set aside a border of your garden for plants that will provide nectar, pollen, foliage and shelter.
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A short history of the bells of St Mary le Bow Cheapside, London.
This is copyright © Mark Regan, and is reproduced with permission.
Bow bells are probably the most famous in the world and for many hundreds of years have been woven into the folklore of the City of London. In 1392 Dick Whittington heard Bow bells call h... | <urn:uuid:a41a023f-7eeb-40b1-83e5-d27ced33a8df> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://everything2.com/title/Bow+bells | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00090-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971893 | 1,425 | 3.4375 | 3 |
Polar Regions - page 6
Mars Up Close
NASA's Mariner Missions marked the beginning of a new phase in Mars exploration: for the first time, we could see pictures of what the Martian surface looked like. In 1964, Mariner 4 became the first spacecraft to fly past Mars and take close-up photos of the planet. Although the im... | <urn:uuid:68072bad-e29a-4c0b-b082-82af62d66ff3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://phoenix.lpl.arizona.edu/mars126_content.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00009-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938495 | 1,143 | 3.921875 | 4 |
Flaming Thunder is one of the coolest computer programming languages in the world. It is designed for scientists, mathematicians and engineers, yet it is easy enough for elementary school students.
Flaming Thunder supports realtime fullscreen 3D graphics, numeric computation, arbitrary precision numbers, interval arith... | <urn:uuid:15372b95-55df-4e75-8965-a027392f9fea> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.flamingthunder.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00154-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.855373 | 1,022 | 2.546875 | 3 |
CASE NUMBER: 211
CASE MNEMONIC: FLORIDO
CASE NAME: El Florido Power Plant
In June of 1993, the Dallas based lead recycling firm, RSR Corporation, agreed to pay $2.5 million in environmental fines for the illegal dumping of toxic material near Tijuana, Mexico. RSR had hired the California waste transportation/disposal c... | <urn:uuid:608e0e27-4785-4aef-90c4-feb5e0738c9c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www1.american.edu/ted/florido.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00106-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929885 | 2,146 | 2.640625 | 3 |
The UFFIZZI GALLERY is one of the gratiest museums in Italy and the world. The Uffizzi were intended to house the offices of the famous Medici family (Uffizzi = offices). From the beginning, however, the Medici set aside certain rooms to house the finest works from their collections.
Today the Uffizzi contains masterpi... | <urn:uuid:c0e7ffa7-007a-4e93-846c-1a37514b5831> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.uffizzi.com/gallery-uffizzi.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00172-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96495 | 615 | 2.75 | 3 |
Would you like to see your favourite book turned into an action-packed, interactive cartoon?
Well, that's just what TumbleBooks are: Talking Books!
TumbleBook Library is an online collection of animated, talking picture books which teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love. TumbleBooks are created by takin... | <urn:uuid:3d5663a2-6e53-4173-8c49-c890632f0631> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.perthunionlibrary.ca/tumblebooks.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00142-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930814 | 179 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Sideroxylon inerme, a tree with a rich history, is a must for coastal gardens with its dense foliage, black berries and small, dainty white flowers.
A small to medium evergreen tree, which grows to a height of 10-15 m. The tree has a sturdy trunk that is normally 600mm in diameter, and a large, dense, rounded crown. Th... | <urn:uuid:3290584e-4e01-4504-9153-f9781fdacb05> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.plantzafrica.com/plantqrs/sideroxinerm.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00011-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921097 | 1,190 | 3.03125 | 3 |
The IBM 704 Computer (1954). The first mass-produced computer with core memory and floating-point arithmetic, whose designers included John Backus, formerly of IBM Watson Laboratory at Columbia University (who also was the principal designer of FORTRAN, the first widespread high-level language for computer programming)... | <urn:uuid:eee97a5d-55e9-4a73-a11b-4a7f32b6c7ce> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/704.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00037-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944781 | 293 | 2.90625 | 3 |
|6197784||Process for controlling and destroying pathogenic small creatures, in particular insects and worms||2001-03-06||Fuchs et al.||514/307|
|5998475||Insecticide and insect repellant compositions||1999-12-07||James et al.||514/556|
|5723406||Method for control of horticulture diseases, and decontamination of plant... | <urn:uuid:d72c1d6f-3cdf-47dd-b5c4-373dce24b105> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.freepatentsonline.com/6455075.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399522.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00129-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951608 | 4,721 | 2.90625 | 3 |
– Pope Celestine IV was born in Milan.
1219 – He became chancellor of the church of Milan.
1227 – Pope Gregory IX made him a cardinal on the 18th of September with the cure of San Marco.
1228–1229 – He was sent as legate in Lombardy and Tuscany, where the cities and communes had generally remained true to the Hohenstau... | <urn:uuid:a9f8fc44-e6f4-479a-be30-ca0ae9e397b3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.s9.com/Biography/Celestine-IV | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396029.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00018-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.992701 | 135 | 2.875 | 3 |
The latest news from academia, regulators
research labs and other things of interest
Posted: Jul 31, 2013
Improving heat removal qualities of graphene
(Nanowerk News) Three Bourns College of Engineering professors at the University of California, Riverside have received a three-year, $360,000 grant from the National Sc... | <urn:uuid:fa8d684a-5195-4f55-aae7-9606bc888589> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nanowerk.com/news2/newsid=31636.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00187-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908142 | 450 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Ambient Conditions and Wood Flooring Movement
Wood shrinkage or swelling occurs when the wood’s moisture content (MC) levels oscillate due to changing ambient relative humidity (RH) and temperature. Any combination of RH and temperature will yield what is called an equilibrium moisture content (EMC). The calculated EMC... | <urn:uuid:e1d3d7c1-bc66-4122-b846-bde07b810cde> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wagnermeters.com/flooring/wood-flooring/ambient-conditions-wood-floor/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00107-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.910195 | 1,202 | 3.171875 | 3 |
In French we call it as Marguerite d'Anjou (March 23, 1430 to August 25, 1482) was the spouse of King Henry VI from England. As such, she was sovereign consort of England from 1445 to 1461 and once again from 1470 to 1471; And Queen consort of France since 1445 to 1453. Born in the duchy of Lorraine, the residence of V... | <urn:uuid:117754dc-cb81-4c2c-86f9-57b901fc11ef> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.womanwarrior.co.uk/england/margaret-of-anjou.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396875.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00153-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975515 | 544 | 3 | 3 |
The writings of ancient civilizations were on papyrus; it's fragile, it's often fragmentary, and there's only so much of it. Thanks to a new Web project, scholars worldwide are now getting access to more and better collections of ancient materials
Apis is both the name of an ancient Egyptian bull-god and the acronym fo... | <urn:uuid:f517d26a-cbbc-49d3-bab9-e4fa2c3e47f6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.columbia.edu/cu/21stC/issue-3.2/bagpapyr.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00181-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94304 | 1,753 | 3 | 3 |
If you have an instance to a class that implements IFeatureClass, you have a connected object (well, there are cases when this is not true, but let's just stick with the simple cases). An IFeatureClassName inherits from IName, and thus it is a Name Object. From the documentation of Name Objects:
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For centuries, people who were hard of hearing or deaf have relied on communicating with others through visual cues. As deaf communities grew, people began to standardize signs, building a rich vocabulary and grammar that exists independently of any other language. A casual observer of a conversation conducted in sign ... | <urn:uuid:8f23f380-a2d9-4b0e-81ef-c7cb939bb2c6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://people.howstuffworks.com/sign-language.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396959.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00157-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957861 | 527 | 3.734375 | 4 |
IEEE Launches IEEE TryComputing.org to Raise Awareness of Computing Careers
5 September 2012 – IEEE has launched a new, online pre-university computing education portal, IEEE TryComputing.org, to raise awareness of and spark student interest in computing and associated careers.
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IELTS speaking: how is your band score calculated?
If you know how the IELTS speaking band score is calculated, you can avoid many mistakes. This post gives you a brief outline of the grading criteria.
The four factors that are taken into account while grading your speaking samples are:
- Range of vocabulary
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The Romeo and Juliet project taught many skills and ideas that will be useful later on in life. The idea of interactive learning has proven that learning new things can be fun. Choosing an alternative to reading helped students grasp the concepts of Romeo and Juliet in an original way. This new learning method also hel... | <urn:uuid:2307c517-e516-4fa7-a6de-7f154895fb42> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://benvoliasblog.blogspot.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00156-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979558 | 1,125 | 4.15625 | 4 |
UNEP has a key role to play in a broad range of activities related to the environment, including providing leadership and information to stakeholders on caring for the environment, and facilitating the transfer of knowledge and technology for sustainable development.
In order to fulfill this mandate, UNEP offers a wide... | <urn:uuid:98db3964-4447-4283-ab37-0b5110eadf16> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://unep.org/tools/default.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00133-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.910288 | 136 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Few topics generate such a passionate division in opinion as abortion and ultimately there is no easy answer when choosing between an unborn child’s right to life and a woman’s right to freedom over her own body. However, after reading about the uproar caused by the tragic death of Savita Halappanavar, I knew I wanted ... | <urn:uuid:0db1ed7b-20e9-4cb2-8024-5058e4324d15> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://thebrainbank.scienceblog.com/2012/12/04/what-can-science-add-to-the-abortion-debate/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396538.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00075-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961339 | 1,043 | 2.671875 | 3 |
The purpose of initiation is to teach the new members about the significance behind all the organization’s symbols, Greek letters, motto, rituals, etc. It is an explanation of everything incorporated to the organization, followed by a pledging of the members commitment to the organization, its current, past and future ... | <urn:uuid:33539d23-9b15-4c17-a204-ead33f3f0437> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eduinreview.com/blog/2010/08/what-happens-at-fraternity-and-sorority-initiation-ceremonies/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00187-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927057 | 896 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Capital of the former kingdom of the same name. During the dominion of the Moors, Valencia had a Jewish community eminent for its size and wealth. When James I. of Aragon made his entry into the conquered city on Oct. 9, 1238, the Jews went out to meet him with their rabbis and delegates at their head, and presented hi... | <urn:uuid:a19e39fc-6a62-4576-9ea9-634ba299255d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/14628-valencia | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00200-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974165 | 2,141 | 2.921875 | 3 |
Vermicomposting is basically done through the help of composting worms. Breeds such as Red worms, African Night Crawler (Eudrillus eugeniae) or Blue worms can be great for worm composting.
The most common and usually most recommended type is the Eisenia Fetida but many people are also now discovering the potential of A... | <urn:uuid:ab017ab4-00ec-41b0-90b7-49e27fb458a4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gardenworms.com/blog/uncategorized/vermicomposting-african-night-crawlers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00066-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951455 | 449 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Plasmodium, malaria’s causative organism, is known as much for its effects on great civilizations and their leaders as for its present world-wide disease burden. Yearly, it is responsible for over 200 million cases of malaria and over 600 thousand malaria-related deaths.
In this week’s NEJM, two groups of researchers r... | <urn:uuid:b04f421e-4010-4164-a43e-ef9962b3bfa2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blogs.nejm.org/now/index.php/13120/2014/07/30/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00015-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943322 | 910 | 2.90625 | 3 |
A phenotype is an organism's observable characteristics or traits: such as its morphology, development, biochemical or physiological properties, behavior, and products of behavior (such as a bird's nest). Phenotypes result from the expression of an organism's genes as well as the influence of environmental factors and ... | <urn:uuid:0d6c5902-5716-47f5-84a1-be25f94eec1e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://medicalxpress.com/tags/phenotypes/sort/date/3d/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00033-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948642 | 243 | 3.96875 | 4 |
of the Hayden High School is in itself unique. The founder, Mrs. Della Irvin Hayden, had taught in the Public Schools in Southampton
County for a number of years. During these years of teaching experience in the County, she recognized that there was a great
need for better educational advantages for the young people sh... | <urn:uuid:6b7840c2-aadb-48b7-9915-ac21d0a6bf47> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.franklinsafety.com/haydenhighschool/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00025-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968384 | 1,555 | 2.875 | 3 |
Coast Guard officials grasped the potential threat of a catastrophic spill within hours of the explosion on board the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig, estimating that 8,000 barrels a day of crude oil could possibly gush out of the well in the event of a complete blowout, according to Coast Guard logs.
The logs, obtained... | <urn:uuid:bb19d19d-d51d-46be-8fe5-029ab241de93> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.huffingtonpost.com/the-center-for-public-integrity/coast-guard-logs-reveal-e_b_599972.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00146-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958798 | 279 | 2.8125 | 3 |
I'm always on the look out for fun new ways to practice math. These fit the bill perfectly because they're so adaptable to more than just math.
How We Did It
Peel the stickers off your backing sheet and stick them onto your cubes. With the size of our stickers we fit one sticker per side, but that worked well for one o... | <urn:uuid:801d0e71-94b6-4946-83d0-e5d7d80717cf> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.kiwicrate.com/projects/Math-Counters/1037 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00124-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973201 | 303 | 2.671875 | 3 |
October 11, 2013
Why We Kiss
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online
Far from a simple show of affection, kissing allows people to gauge a potential romantic partner or maintain a relationship with an existing partner, according to new research in the Archives of Sexual Behavior.“Kissing in human sexual rel... | <urn:uuid:a8a24867-cb7d-4ecd-a406-05e63dd9a907> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112972816/why-we-kiss-101113/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00130-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964483 | 769 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Information about Writing a Will.
Making a Will is probably one of the most important things you will ever do. Every
day over 1500 people die in the UK and over 70% of these die without a valid will. Indeed, over 50% of adults in
the UK according to a survey in 2007 by Axa Sun Life. This figure reduces to around 25% of... | <urn:uuid:61dee25c-b563-4c0d-b3f9-f0308c6ae48c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.writing-a-will.co.uk/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394937.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00162-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94778 | 475 | 2.65625 | 3 |
The researchers also compared sea otter populations at two sites on Adak Island, one an open bay and the other an area inaccessible to killer whales. From 1993 through 1997, sea otter numbers were stable in the protected Clam Lagoon, while in the adjacent Kuluk Bay they declined by 76 percent.
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The inherent gross inefficiency of the internal combustion engine surpasses even that of conventional thermal power plants. About 5% of the energy in the fuel actually moves a typical automobile. Battery electric vehicles, fuel-cell electrics, plug-in hybrids and others that eschew ICE technology get much more bang for... | <urn:uuid:ca6e983f-092f-44d2-bc82-5e479c8d9eb9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://foreignpolicyblogs.com/2012/04/22/charge-driving/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00107-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935518 | 580 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Insights › International Migration: The Human Face of Globalisation
Published: Sept 2009
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Almost 3% of the world’s population – or about 190 million people – live outside the land of their birth. These migrants bring energy, entrepreneurship an... | <urn:uuid:40f7a18a-7c54-443e-85c4-dcde1c045b48> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.oecd.org/insights/internationalmigrationthehumanfaceofglobalisation.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00197-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.904472 | 503 | 3.0625 | 3 |
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Despite the well-publicized competition between the U.S. and Soviet/Russian space programs, cooperation has existed between the two countries:
1962. U.S. President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Kru... | <urn:uuid:a0516a14-e1f7-4d7b-ba10-2c4792f32329> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/history/shuttle-mir/history/to-h-b-cooperation-frame.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396222.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00140-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.881789 | 575 | 3.546875 | 4 |
Sometimes I have material left over when I edit Comments down to fit the available space. This page presents notes that landed on the clipping room floor. Some may be useful to you. While I avoid technical language in the Comments (or explain special terms), Clippings may have unexplained jargon from time to time.
A hy... | <urn:uuid:ae87512a-1079-4081-98bd-001caf348b3d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://montreal.anglican.org/comments/archive/beas5l.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00045-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954425 | 2,756 | 2.5625 | 3 |
My son has primary-progressive MS. He was diagnosed in 1983 at the age of 22. After steady progression, his MS seems to have stabilized, although he has significant disability. He has been on Copaxone for a few years now. Recently we went to a German clinic where they administered his own adult stem cells (extracted fr... | <urn:uuid:8c8d436a-92be-48b8-9ad4-38e7d0899a99> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.everydayhealth.com/multiple-sclerosis/specialists/will-stem-cells-help-with-primary-progressive-ms.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00082-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962048 | 535 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Gout may be suspected based on symptoms and medical history. Because there are several joint disorders with similar symptoms, other tests may be done to rule them out.
A standard test for gout is arthrocentesis . A needle is inserted into a joint or tophus and a fluid sample is removed. The fluid is evaluated under a m... | <urn:uuid:aba6dceb-0056-4097-bb19-f02094ea3881> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.mbhs.org/health-library?ArticleId=19536 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00091-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.866201 | 611 | 3.15625 | 3 |
For the new Lemur exhibit at the Melbourne Zoo, Snowdon Architects designed nest-like pods made of recycled timber and rattan. The structures are interconnected with a network of elevated walkways that offer curated views of the exhibit. And the Entry Tunnel and Tree House provide visitors with an opportunity to become... | <urn:uuid:1f7fde28-0d58-4be0-ae15-9a66c19c83e2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://inhabitat.com/melbourne-zoos-lemur-exhibit-features-nestled-pods-made-from-recycled-timber/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00071-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963694 | 233 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Why Step Up for Disaster Risk Reduction?
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Today is the International Day of Disaster Risk Reduction. Voices of Youth and the UN tell yo why you should step up for disaster risk reduction.
... To let the world know that children and young people are partners in reducing disaster risk.
Children and young peopl... | <urn:uuid:69b7d40e-b96e-458a-b63e-f32deaaef8f7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.voicesofyouth.org/en/posts/why-step-up-for-disaster-risk-reduction | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00179-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957655 | 250 | 2.765625 | 3 |
As I Lay Dying Theme of Mortality
As I Lay Dying suggests that dying is a relief from the suffering of life. Religious characters in the novel believe that, because death is a reward, it provides the motivation to live one’s life well. Get done everything you need to get done, and you’ll be granted…death. The physical ... | <urn:uuid:9a31050d-5975-40ff-83b5-15a6850e30a6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.shmoop.com/as-i-lay-dying/mortality-theme.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00050-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964393 | 212 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Author/Illustrator: Gianna Marino
Interest Level: Ages 3 and Up
From the Book Jacket: Owl and Rabbit are good friends and neighbors and live happily in two small houses next to each other...UNTIL Rabbit's garden grows a little too tall and blocks Owl's view. Now Owl isn't so happy. Maybe building a bigger house will so... | <urn:uuid:1549cbb5-13ae-4780-b3eb-588592e0d846> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://booksthathealkids.blogspot.com/2013/01/book-review-too-tall-houses.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00060-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97801 | 299 | 2.796875 | 3 |
When the Hubble Space Telescope launched into orbit in 1990, the observatory promised to provide dazzling and unprecedented views of space that would rewrite humans' understanding of the cosmos. But soon after the $2.5 billion telescope was turned on, mission managers knew something was horribly wrong: Instead of rich ... | <urn:uuid:ad517728-127c-4ee4-aa4f-ce7e7c408114> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.space.com/23640-hubble-space-telescope-repair-anniversary.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397565.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00080-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972071 | 1,061 | 3.09375 | 3 |
China's Defense Ministry confirmed on Sunday that China had successfully conducted a second land-based mid-course missile interception test. At a time when East Asia is seeing intensifying disputes, the success of China's anti-missile test, together with the flight of its first heavy transport aircraft Y-20 a day earli... | <urn:uuid:a0d340ba-8a69-4213-9528-8bd12530aa62> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/758791.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00064-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962153 | 539 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Last updated over 4 years ago
The peregrine can reach speeds up to 200 mph! I think that the whole falcon being WWII Japanese airplane namesake is cool.
The male birds fight over territories by grappling in the air while falling with wings and tail spread out. They also keep territories by singing annoyingly.
Bluebirds... | <urn:uuid:41c16f7b-8a3a-425f-b390-63bc866b9bd6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eol.org/collections/7563/taxa?sort_by=1&view_as=3 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00168-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94343 | 200 | 2.75 | 3 |
The naked mole rat is highly sensitive to touch, but when it comes to chili peppers or acid, the hairless, sausage-like creatures are immune to the sting. That resistance has raised hopes that the animals might hold clues about how to treat chronic pain in humans, reports Charles Q. Choi in LiveScience.com.
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|MadSci Network: Anatomy|
When a person is extremely cold, or suddenly exposed to low temperatures, he or she may suffer from hypothermia. Hypothermia (in humans) is when a person's core body temperature is roughly below 95 degrees Farenheit (35 degrees centigrade). The core body temperature is the temperature of the i... | <urn:uuid:de229eb7-6bfe-410d-b67b-bb2c53945aa7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/2001-02/982593090.An.r.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00110-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.910202 | 558 | 3.9375 | 4 |
The Marish was a fertile but boggy farmland region on the western banks of the River Brandywine, in the Eastfarthing of the Shire, and the edge of the world beyond. The Shire-folk in this region were more cautious than their fellow Hobbits who lived farther from the borders, and so they sought protection from the dange... | <urn:uuid:a41dc958-a01c-48cd-8a70-40526a4c61c8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Marish&oldid=208516 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00150-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98241 | 248 | 2.6875 | 3 |
The historical rock cut architecture of India is of unprecedented richness and variety. Several of Indian rock cut structures belong to the most amazing achievements of ancient cultures worldwide.
Below are listed 10 most amazing historical rock cut structures in India. List starts with the most amazing one - Ellora Ca... | <urn:uuid:2ed6ce04-354c-4944-aa62-a77ae87eac54> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wondermondo.com/Best/As/IndRockCut.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00103-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958989 | 2,406 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Claudia Cenedese prides herself on thinking inside the box. Her boxes are made of Plexiglass, and they contain the oceans—but on a miniature scale.
Most oceanographers make tiny observations in a vast ocean to piece together the big picture of how it moves and works. Theoreticians start with the big picture, weaving th... | <urn:uuid:23d5605a-7707-4fd8-8bca-076369d652c7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.whoi.edu/oceanus/viewArticle.do?id=28706&archives=true | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00119-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918053 | 1,550 | 3.65625 | 4 |
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