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PITTSBURGH, April 26 Regular exercise speeds learning and improves blood flow to the brain, according to a new study led by researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine that is the first to examine these relationships in a non-human primate model. The findings are available in the journal Neuroscien... | <urn:uuid:d930b3fc-0123-4e31-bb33-6a5e188db814> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bio-medicine.org/biology-news-1/Regular-aerobic-exercise-is-good-for-the-brain--Pitt-team-says-13008-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00007-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971603 | 789 | 3.5 | 4 |
During the 2011 Egyptian Revolution, hundreds of young people, led by library director Ismail Serageldin, joined hands around the world-famous Alexandria Library to protect it from damage by the marching crowds. Although much property was destroyed and many people died, the Library survived unscathed. Susan L. Roth and... | <urn:uuid:31a1248b-d344-4afd-a0cd-b82f94640a91> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bcpl.info/between-the-covers/many-hands-make-light-work | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393093.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00148-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966574 | 325 | 2.515625 | 3 |
GEOG 4133/5133 Workshop: Geography, Conflict and Human Rights -- 1 unit(s)
This workshop employs a geographic perspective to educate secondary teachers about the causes and consequences of conflict and human rights violations. Use various geospatial and instructional technologies, as well as traditional means, to creat... | <urn:uuid:c3d92b71-6a3f-4ca8-bb70-62834466b688> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.uni.edu/continuinged/distance/courses/summer-2014/1147411475-geog-41335133-64 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403508.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00102-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.880188 | 282 | 2.515625 | 3 |
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Definition of Vesicle
Vesicle: In dermatology, a vesicle is a small blister, as on the skin. Vesicles also occur on the mucous membranes, such as the buccal mucosa (the lining of the mouth). Vesicles are less than 0.5 centimeters in diameter.
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As our dogs and cats age, they can slow down as much as some humans do. An old battle wound may act up, or arthritis may set in. Some common causes of animal aches and pains include osteoarthritis, a degeneration of joint cartilage and bone caused by poor nutrition, disease or hereditary factors; hip dysplasia, a hered... | <urn:uuid:ac3b1c81-bcb0-4d1a-966f-57767e1bb408> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.motherearthliving.com/pet-health/herbal-remedies-for-pets-body-aches.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00019-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943176 | 289 | 2.75 | 3 |
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Surat Shabd Yoga or Surat Shabda Yoga is a form of spiritual practice that is followed in the Sant Mat and many other related spiritual traditions. As a Sanskrit term, surat means "soul," shabd ... | <urn:uuid:5af12103-8ec5-4240-b438-da18e59041b2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Surat_Shabd_Yoga | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00171-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.889932 | 2,546 | 2.890625 | 3 |
The Secrets of the Sequence video series offers an innovative way for teachers to incorporate astounding advances in the life sciences from gene research into their teaching. Watch and
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In a visit to Qatar and Saudi Arabia this week, Hillary Clinton said that Iran "is moving toward a military dictatorship," and continued the Administration’s campaign for tougher sanctions against that country.
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A Cultural Ecological History of an Arizona Ranching Community
In The Blue and the Green, anthropologist Jack Stauder analyzes how large-scale political, social, and environmental processes have transformed ranching and rural life in the West. Focusing on the community of Blue, Arizona, Stauder deta... | <urn:uuid:d81d122a-532e-41f7-9213-ef090bf78309> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://muse.jhu.edu/browse/publishers/nevada?items_per_page=10&browse_view_type=default&m=11 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00195-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915298 | 266 | 3.046875 | 3 |
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Definition of the noun lyophilization
What does lyophilization mean as a name of something?
noun - plural: lyophilizations
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Going Green at Home
Every month we discard enough glass bottles and jars to fill up a skyscraper. In a year’s time, a typical family consumes 182 gallons of soda, 29 gallons of juice, 104 gallons of milk, and 26 gallons of bottled water.
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In This Issue
by George Zug
Hawaii now has seven frogs, 20 lizards, one snake, and four freshwater turtles. Before Captain Cook and the whalers arrived, Hawaii had no frogs and, at best, two geckos and two skinks. Before the Polynesians arrived, there were no terrestrial reptiles and amphibians in the Hawaiian Islands!... | <urn:uuid:7a1b23c0-279d-4570-aa1c-42811e6e7817> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://botany.si.edu/pubs/bcn/issue/310.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404826.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00133-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.66002 | 14,854 | 3.65625 | 4 |
Two people acting like buffoons.
The class clown who is always making everyone laugh is an example of a buffoon.
Origin of buffoonFrench bouffon ; from Italian buffone, jester ; from buffare, to jest, puff: of echoic origin, originally
- A clown; a jester: a court buffoon.
- A person given to clowning and joking.
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Siphons of octopi, squid, and cuttlefish jet through the water with directional control via jet propulsion.
"Octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish have a more sophisticated version of jet propulsion. They expel water through a moveable tube called a siphon, which combines power with directional control." (Downer 2002:17)
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The Northern East West Freight Corridor
, usually referred to as the N.E.W. Corridor
, is a project organized by the International Union of Railways UIC
and Transportutvikling AS to connect the east coast of the United States
to East Asia
by train and ship.
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It is a pleasure to recommend this useful and well-written little book to English readers. It will both interest and help. There are, for instance, a few pages devoted to the question of evidence that will be an aid to every one desirous of getting at the truth respecting any series of facts, as well as to the student ... | <urn:uuid:52b9242f-5c33-4da1-8042-1aae4176c4ca> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://manybooks.net/titles/langloisc2963729637-8.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00144-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975982 | 344 | 3.28125 | 3 |
The Oklahoma Land Run
A gunshot fired. A cannon roared. Horses startled and wagons sprang to life. On April 22, 1889, settlers flooded into the region of central Oklahoma known as the Unassigned Lands. President Benjamin Harrison signed a proclamation on March 23, 1889, opening the land and people came from across the ... | <urn:uuid:e3045349-1bdf-49ca-95d8-b362586e1463> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.okhistory.org/kids/lrexhibit?full | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00164-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.988609 | 269 | 3.875 | 4 |
- Historic Sites
Part Iii What Can We Do About It?
For more than two hundred years, Americans have tried to change the weather by starting fires, setting off explosions, cutting trees, even planning to divert the Gulf Stream. The question now is not how to do it, but whether to do it at all.
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Rumblings at the Galactic Center
Left to themselves, black holes are almost completely inert. They turn ferocious only when they encounter any outside material, which gets swept into a rapidly orbiting swirl, or accretion disk, just outside the event horizon. As that disk spirals inward, it grows tremendously hot and r... | <urn:uuid:8b817c4e-a547-4a9c-8f47-b4f218f68e9d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://discovermagazine.com/2014/april/15-when-a-slumbering-monster-awakens | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00093-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950969 | 671 | 3.703125 | 4 |
Several counties in New Jersey are reporting a notable increase in the number of patients with symptoms of an acute stomach ailment known as norovirus.
The New Jersey State Department of Health and Senior Services has also issued a health alert noting that statewide, the virus is on the rise.
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THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS DEBATES
The anti-Lecompton recusancy of Douglas baffled the plotting extremists of the South, and created additional dissension in the Democratic ranks; and this growing Democratic weakness and the increasing Republican ardor and strength presaged a possible Republican success in the coming Presiden... | <urn:uuid:2572929f-666d-4a55-9843-322e097d8308> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bookrags.com/ebooks/11708/79.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00099-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975109 | 617 | 2.703125 | 3 |
For more information contact Susan Penn at Clinton Public Schools at email@example.com.
International STAND UP to Bullying Day is a special bi-annual event in which people across the world who have signed a special “pledge shirt” join together in wearing them to:
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The Archives are vast, comprising more than 100 000 photographs, 10 000 film and video recordings, 5 000 artefacts from the Island and elsewhere, 2 000 oral history tapes, 2 000 posters as well as 10 000 political cartoons.
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THE CROSSING Soundtrack
Do some research on the music of the 1930s and 1940s in rural the Southwest and create a CD of downloaded songs to share. Be sure to include some regional music as well as popular hits.
Write a Film Script
Write a movie script based on the novel.
Dinner with the Author
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Catania (; , ; , , and Catina) is an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily facing the Ionian Sea, between Messina and Syracuse. It is the capital of the Province of Catania, and is the second-largest city in Sicily and the tenth in Italy.
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The garden in winter is full of the scent of small flowers.
In summer flower is abundant, pollinators are spoilt for choice and are attracted by bright colours. In January with fewer pollinators flowers tend to be scented and the perfume travels on the cool winter breeze as you find when strolling through the Botanic G... | <urn:uuid:ce767237-0243-44b6-b5fb-06ce9764170c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bristol.ac.uk/botanic-garden/news/2013/33.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00201-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940848 | 489 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Definition of polybutadiene
: a synthetic rubber that has a high resistance to wear and is used especially in the manufacture of tires
First Known Use of polybutadiene
Learn More about polybutadiene
Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about polybutadiene
Seen and Heard
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US Using Monkeypox As Surrogate/Model For Smallpox
From Patricia Doyle, PhD
Monkeypox has been the focus of research for many years. In 2000, CSIRO in Australia, added the IL 4 gene to monkeypox and found that this action caused monkeypox to become "weaponized" with a 100% kill rate. CSIRO scientists claimed that the p... | <urn:uuid:49d89dd9-b1c9-4591-821f-06ba4b2d3527> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cuttingedge.org/news_updates/nz929.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00098-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917098 | 2,795 | 2.515625 | 3 |
It's beginning to feel a lot like spring, and the warmer weather can bring thunderstorms, tornadoes, and flooding.
Governor Granholm has named this week "Severe Weather Awareness Week" and hopes you'll use it to prepare for the season.
Severe thunderstorms injured six people in Michigan last year; lightning strikes hur... | <urn:uuid:c43109f9-61b7-4893-b9c7-abf2fc9476fb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wilx.com/home/headlines/2540621.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00015-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962554 | 142 | 2.59375 | 3 |
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In the Oct. 30-Nov. 5 edition, a picture depicts a man with a shovel and others holding foam hammers that say "Build the Statue." There is no pun intended. In retrospect honoring Seward for something that never happened makes as much sense as building a statue for someone who ... | <urn:uuid:0342f5d2-4d23-4ca7-a4f1-ba0ded2369e0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.capitalcityweekly.com/stories/112013/spe_1182557834.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00114-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962902 | 949 | 2.796875 | 3 |
|WHO REALLY WROTE THE GOSPELS?|
|Fr. William Saunders
recently attended a religious education workshop, and the teacher said that the
Gospels were written by the early Church community probably between the years
200 and 300, not by St. Mark, etc. I find this strange. If this is true, then
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19 January 2015
Snapshot of cosmic burst of radio waves
A strange phenomenon has been observed by astronomers right as it was happening – a ‘fast radio burst’. The eruption is described as an extremely short, sharp flash of radio waves from an unknown source in the universe. The results have been published in the Month... | <urn:uuid:53aae4bd-f337-43dd-9419-e4ce046e53b2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nbi.ku.dk/english/news/news15/snapshot-of-cosmic-burst-of-radio-waves/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00176-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966177 | 799 | 3.515625 | 4 |
Subject: D8) What are "concentric eyewall cycles" (or "eyewall replacement cycles") and why do they cause a hurricane's maximum winds to weaken?
Contributed by Stan Goldenberg (HRD)
"Concentric eyewall cycles" (or "eyewall replacement cycle" ) naturally occur in intense tropical cyclones , i.e. major hurricanes (winds ... | <urn:uuid:e8ff9c1a-baad-49ff-967f-3de30c876a59> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.aoml.noaa.gov/hrd/tcfaq/D8.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00185-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939897 | 450 | 3.8125 | 4 |
Now's the time to start anticipating and planning for this winter's fury, says Bob Jairell, hydrologic technician at the Rocky Mountain Forest and Range Experiment Station, Laramie, WY.
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Raccoons, mink, muskrat, wood duck, and beaver are some of the animals that benefit from the protection of the river valley habitats. Thousands of song birds and waterfowl are attracted to the extensive wetlands in the valley as they make their annual migrations through the ... | <urn:uuid:ecaffbcc-06df-43ec-a2e8-1b67706015cd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/minnesota_valley/narrative.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00153-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954011 | 441 | 3.046875 | 3 |
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- Indiana University neuroscientists Olaf Sporns and Christopher Honey find the 98 percent of brain activity that other researchers consider just background noise to be fascinating and important.
Brains are always active, even when people are at rest. In this "resting state," waves of neural activity... | <urn:uuid:d2550e38-0c3e-494b-b548-d86b5ac5187d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-06/iu-mtr060407.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00118-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950569 | 1,024 | 3.46875 | 3 |
Woman fought for Jewish resistance in WW II
Vladka Meed, a courier and weapons smuggler for the Jewish resistance in Poland during World War II who published a harrowing early chronicle of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, died Nov. 21 in her daughter's home in Paradise Valley, Ariz. She was 90.
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Posted by bandit on Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 10:26pm.
i have a piece of wood 72 inches long i cut it into 3 peices. the 2nd peice is 6 inches longer than the 1st the third id 6 inches longer than the 2nd. write and equation and solve??
- algebra 2 - MathMate, Thursday, August 6, 2009 at 10:31pm
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Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Conservationists and developers frequently clash over the designation of “open space” in a metropolitan area. For the former group, more open space discourages sprawl, helps nature, and provides for breathing room (sometimes literally) for crowded metropolitans. For the later group, designat... | <urn:uuid:a97c9a64-ff34-4b28-9a95-c21babb24f36> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/land_use/2007/10/the-san-francis.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00154-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948524 | 361 | 2.609375 | 3 |
As the National Hockey League and provincial major junior leagues grind into playoff season, provincial and local minor hockey associations across the country go into annual general meeting mode.
Now is the time for parents to instruct the minor hockey bureaucrats to whom they delegate responsibility for the safety of ... | <urn:uuid:6045d45b-b380-4179-8cc8-1d33cc05617a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.vancouversun.com/sports/football/Stephen+Hume+Minor+hockey+means+serious+risks/8283275/story.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00188-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955789 | 896 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Translated as 'Uncertain Fountain', Twyfelfontein was so named by a farmer who doubted the ability of the spring to sustain his cattle for a long time. The spring is still there, and it is quite possibly due to the presence of water in this arid region that the site has been inhabited for at least 6,000 years, first by... | <urn:uuid:ae1c1e6f-650c-4e11-aec7-9102dfc2d3bd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wordtravels.com/Excursions/1915 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00009-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964127 | 279 | 2.65625 | 3 |
What is Computer Animation?
ABOUT THE MAJOR
People everywhere talk about the special effects seen in movies, TV shows and commercials. Animation has gone high-tech and SEDT prepares students for exciting careers in special FX, game development, and product design and visualization. Computer animation students learn to ... | <urn:uuid:f47c6781-8c79-42f7-875b-a8ad9301075e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://mdc.edu/sedt/ca/ca_ab.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00029-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.904436 | 165 | 2.6875 | 3 |
September 30, 2005
RIPPLES from Hurricane Katrina will move through America for years. The storm and the following flood drove about a million people from their homes. Even after people resettle, in their old communities or new ones, all will not go back to normal.
Mental health researchers have learned a lot about how... | <urn:uuid:679d15eb-5260-44d2-ab14-8286979fd10e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://lcmedia.typepad.com/katrina/2005/10/mental_care_kat.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00009-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966313 | 835 | 2.84375 | 3 |
In the renaissance of cognitive psychology, and psychologists accepting a familiar parallel between man and computer, what were the various trends that culminated in the popularity of the "information processing theory?"
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Editor's Note: For the latest info and skywatching guides for the Nov. 3 solar eclipse, read: Secrets of Sunday's Rare Solar Eclipse Explained
This week marks two celestial events characterized by cosmic objects that are either far apart or very close.
Venus reaches maximum elongation from the sun Friday (Nov. 1) eveni... | <urn:uuid:a0b6e597-938b-4917-93a3-9ca0ecd5944d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.space.com/23410-see-venus-sun-hybrid-solar-eclipse.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396455.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00129-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.91575 | 803 | 3.25 | 3 |
Learning from today’s disasters for tomorrow’s hazards
Barely a week goes by without news of a disaster grabbing the headlines. Recent scenes from Bangladesh and Haiti reinforce the lesson that when disasters strike it is invariably the poor who suffer most, through loss of life and hard-won livelihoods.
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If I’d list down all their species then that would be more than a hundred thousand, so diverse was the kingdom of this terrestrial reptile. Since quite enough we have been conjured up by the aura of that one mosquito bite which could bring that vogue extinct race back to the world’s terrene. So what if it actually happ... | <urn:uuid:275478fa-230e-4089-8525-9eef3cab8ff3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.smashinglists.com/10-favourite-dinosaurs-species-wed-love-to-have-in-a-zoo/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393518.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00127-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970801 | 1,331 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Rapidly expanding trade is one of the pillars of the global rise and spread of economic prosperity in the post-war period. Billions of people would still be in poverty today were it not for the world trading system. A key element in this trade expansion has been the steady reduction of tariffs and other trade barriers.... | <urn:uuid:b20045ad-9dbe-48f4-9b5a-38420b289a2a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.voxeu.org/article/free-trade-agreements-and-trade-liberalisation | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397567.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00058-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.695677 | 2,764 | 3.140625 | 3 |
|What strikes me in this definition—and what makes it particularly apt for the present discussion—is its human-centeredness. Riesebrodt does not define the powers that are the focus of religious practice as “supernatural.” He calls them instead superhuman, for they exert control over dimensions of the world that are be... | <urn:uuid:a213d89f-803c-41b0-aea0-fed6686594c8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://divinity.uchicago.edu/sightings/violence-antithetical-religion-jeffrey-stackert | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00046-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916916 | 614 | 2.53125 | 3 |
The practice of dowsing, using divining rods to locate water, is so common as to not be doubted, but no one, including the practitioner, understands how they work. Some humans can douse, but most cannot, so its recognized to be a talent or ability within the practitioner. Dowsing works best when the dowser is allowed t... | <urn:uuid:252c5735-f56c-4f9f-a5c3-e284027835e1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.zetatalk4.com/beinghum/b70.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00166-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973458 | 602 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Study: Civil Rights Protections Lack Teeth When It Comes to Transportation
American transportation policy has a woeful history of civil rights abuses. For a good part of the 1950s and ’60s, using highways to level black neighborhoods was a matter of national policy. And the white flight and segregation that those highw... | <urn:uuid:b49e677a-8c81-4d68-bc0d-a0a67409842e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://usa.streetsblog.org/2014/02/14/study-civil-rights-protections-lack-teeth-when-it-comes-to-transportation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398216.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00188-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934761 | 946 | 2.59375 | 3 |
A great way to eliminate garden pests in the soil, as well as weeds, is by using soil temperature gardening techniques, also known as solarization. This unique method uses heat energy from the sun to reduce the effects of soilborne diseases, pests and other soil problems. Solarization works well in all types of gardens... | <urn:uuid:1001a36d-54d2-48d5-af46-0adb37c1174c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/projects/how-to-solarize-garden-beds-to-eliminate-garden-pests-in-the-soil.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00061-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94089 | 569 | 3.296875 | 3 |
17 August 1960
Declaration of independence.
Gabon joins the United Nations.
28 November 1967
Death of President Léon Mba. His successor is named as Mr Albert Bernard Bongo.
1973, 1979, 1986
Re-election of President El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba under a one-party system.
National conference with the establishment of a mult... | <urn:uuid:04104909-0369-4764-a3d4-8a67ae4435fd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.en.legabon.org/discover-gabon/understand/key-dates | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00136-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948639 | 429 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Latest Seasonal Assessment -
A recent heat wave coupled with below normal rainfall has resulted in drought development across the mid-Atlantic
and southern Appalachians. However, much-needed rainfall has occurred in parts of the eastern U.S. drought areas
since July 9. Although improvement is forecast for the eastern U... | <urn:uuid:42a479e6-000c-4cc4-b739-e382847d04ee> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/expert_assessment/sdo_archive/2010/sdo_aso10_text.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00108-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935262 | 1,289 | 2.84375 | 3 |
The term “no kill shelter” means different things to different people. Some people classify a shelter as “no kill” when it doesn’t euthanize any animals for any reason. However, many people find that reasoning to be cruel, insisting that there should be some concession given when the animal is too sick or too dangerous... | <urn:uuid:f48cab38-9ee2-41c1-9718-1497b777fbe8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.abandonedpawsrescue.org/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00059-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966908 | 842 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Make a Play Dough Teddy Bear
Make a Play Dough Teddy Bear is an inviting activity for kids to explore their imagination and experiment with the tools provided and make some amazing creations.
Roll, mould, press and create some fun characters with play dough and buttons using a teddy bear play dough mat.
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Lightning actually kills more people every year, on average, than tornadoes in the United States and here in Kansas. It is the NUMBER TWO KILLER, behind flooding, in nature. We get thousands of thunderstorms in Kansas each year, and each one is a potential threat to life.
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I was contacted by Mr. Patten, who asked me to post his essay considering the topic of the “Lost Cause” and its level of influence on our understanding of the war since its conclusion. I know that this may spark some vigorous discussion and debate, as this is a subject that historians have argued over for well over one... | <urn:uuid:8b55cca3-2852-4b6b-be24-dfcd3326181d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://civilwarhistory.wordpress.com/2013/01/13/lose-the-lost-cause-by-david-patten/?like=1&source=post_flair&_wpnonce=8099f58e7f | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00035-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964741 | 1,513 | 2.671875 | 3 |
High up in the woodlands of Appalachia grows a wild leek called a ramp. The emergence of the ramp in spring is celebrated at annual suppers and eagerly awaited festivals throughout the region and is just one example of the rich culture that exists in the mountains of Appalachia. This garlicky, oniony leek, Allium trico... | <urn:uuid:c8ebdf1d-6957-4389-b63f-7bad438891fc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2006/03/mountain-mining/did-you-know-learn | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00154-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929105 | 215 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Mali protects children from malaria
Rapid testing and treatment saves lives in hard to reach villages
“I came to the community health worker because my son had a fever, and I’m thankful we were able to get medicine.” When Saran’s* 2-year-old son became sick, she immediately took him to visit her community health worker... | <urn:uuid:e15da679-05cf-4297-a7e3-6f73e27ab7a3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://reliefweb.int/report/mali/mali-protects-children-malaria | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00197-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977246 | 601 | 2.703125 | 3 |
A NASA spacecraft has snapped a photo of two dying stars encircled by vast rings, a view that scientists describe as a cosmic jellyfish floating in a starry sea.
NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) telescope took the eye-catching snapshot, which depicts a pair of dying stars surrounded by fluorescing gas ... | <urn:uuid:c03d3a82-7eca-434d-aa46-e7b37bffa992> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.space.com/88-photo-dying-stars-cosmic-jellyfish-rings.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00188-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956197 | 875 | 3.765625 | 4 |
Thursday, July 31, 2014
As all followers of this blog are well aware, child labor laws expressly prohibit the use of young employees in the workforce. With very limited exceptions, corporations are not permitted to employ younger workers. The law in this area includes not only civil remedies, but criminal sanctions as ... | <urn:uuid:d0130088-a7d4-4653-9cee-43e01196902f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/laborprof_blog/2014/07/10-year-olds-in-the-workforce.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00011-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944093 | 237 | 2.5625 | 3 |
This Book is named from the first two characters in it, 'Zeh-yang,' which again are the designation of a gentleman of Lû, called Phäng Yang, who comes before us in Khû, seeking for an introduction to the king of that state, with the view, we may suppose, of giving him good counsel. Whether he ever got the introduction ... | <urn:uuid:1a7feab5-1971-4deb-8fff-824ee47de5b7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sacred-texts.com/tao/sbe39/sbe39113.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00083-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969768 | 367 | 2.828125 | 3 |
What is it?
Spinal stenosis is a narrowing in the spine that affects the spinal cord or the nerves in the spinal column.
Causes, Symptoms and Risk Factors
Spinal stenosis is commonly caused by bone damage in the vertebrae. It can be the result of other conditions, such as:
- The natural deterioration of the cartilage i... | <urn:uuid:dbecd07d-00e9-4875-b435-fd80d39794a4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.slhn.org/en/Conditions-Services/Orthopaedic-Services/Conditions-Treated/Spine/Spinal-Stenosis.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00183-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.895725 | 263 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Civil procedure is the rules and process by which a civil case is tried and appealed, including the preparations for trial, the rules of evidence and trial conduct, and the procedure for pursuing appeals.
Civil procedure is an area of law covering issues of the structure of a lawsuit in civil court. Relevant issues are... | <urn:uuid:1d1363ec-6381-4dc2-914d-1dce845a420e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.conservapedia.com/Civil_procedure | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393518.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00091-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952608 | 304 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Today we’ll look at a favorite of mine, the renowned M1 Garand. It’s your starting weapon when you begin your career as an American Rifleman, which reflects historical facts: the United States Armed Forces adopted the Garand as the standard service rifle in 1936. It’s still widely used by civilians and sought after by ... | <urn:uuid:72614836-b038-48b8-b7cc-7ccafb546e79> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.heroesandgenerals.com/community/17162/weapon-file-m1g-rifle | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393463.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00044-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959701 | 428 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Series 1 Lab 4 Variables Affecting Phagocytosis
Adapted from Bozzone, M.D., and D.A. Martin 2000. An experimenal system to study phagocytosis. Pages 405-415, in Tested studies for laboratory teaching, Volume 21 (S.J. Karcher, Editor). Proceedings of the 21st Workshop/Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory... | <urn:uuid:cff464ee-2d26-4544-a31e-cd32e2bb31ca> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.openwetware.org/index.php?title=BISC110/S13:_Series_1_Lab_4_Student-designed_Exp1&oldid=667891 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00105-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.907117 | 658 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Empirical examination and scientific analysis are fundamental to conservation research and treatment; conservators frequently collaborate with scientists in order to clarify specific questions: to identify materials, elucidate degradation mechanisms, or test the efficacy of conservation methods.
In our last post we exa... | <urn:uuid:e2f4ade1-c1bd-4927-86a5-7c528c6e3fcf> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2013/03/14/momas-jackson-pollock-conservation-project-one-number-31-1950-characterizing-the-paint-surface-part-2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00173-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937852 | 1,249 | 3.015625 | 3 |
The sixgill shark, or Hexanchus griseus, is a common species of deep water shark. It is also one of the largest sharks that feed on prey other than plankton. This shark gets its name from the fact that is has six gill slits, unlike most other sharks which have only five. It is also known by many other names, such as co... | <urn:uuid:762b6c72-3a4e-4e54-bad9-7318c729c68a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.seasky.org/deep-sea/sixgill-shark.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00147-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977034 | 799 | 3.9375 | 4 |
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Irlen Spectral Filters or Irlen Lenses, are coloured overlay filters or person specific tinted lenses worn as glasses or contact lenses that are intended to help people with the supposed percept... | <urn:uuid:1e49d3d6-3d44-43ac-bded-fcb58d9da2fa> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://psychology.wikia.com/wiki/Irlen_filters | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00038-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911056 | 1,570 | 3.34375 | 3 |
A 3D look at the world beneath our feet.
Barron, Hugh. 2008 A 3D look at the world beneath our feet. LARCI Newsletter (Winter). 10.Before downloading, please read NORA policies.
LARCI_newsletter08.pdf - Published Version
Scientists at NERC’s British Geological Survey are developing the next generation of geological map... | <urn:uuid:6a9d6825-a4ab-4396-9bd9-dbc6a48e24b4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/16937/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396887.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00197-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.864195 | 368 | 2.90625 | 3 |
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's national Holocaust memorial has toned down its account of Pope Pius XII's conduct toward the massacre of Jews during of World War II, following a long diplomatic dispute with the Vatican.
Critics have long contended that Pius, who was pope from 1939 to 1958, could have done more to stop the Ho... | <urn:uuid:9cd8bf08-5934-4e3c-84f6-04512ad9d8ae> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://cnsnews.com/news/article/israel-memorial-softens-view-wwii-pope | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392069.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00199-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972638 | 704 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Should the main function of the U.S. criminal justice system be to punish criminals for their wrongdoing and remove them from society, or to rehabilitate them to become honest and productive citizens? Data from Gallup’s most recent annual survey on crime* reveal that the majority of Americans currently say that the U.S... | <urn:uuid:0211fdfe-f68e-4c64-b98f-a4bde7fd7a07> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gallup.com/poll/10474/Public-Justice-System-Fair-Still-Too-Soft.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00159-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970807 | 809 | 2.90625 | 3 |
"During World War I, the [US] Army lost 7 million person-days and discharged more than 10,000 men because they were ailing from STDs. Once Penicillin kicked in in the mid-1940s, such infections were treatable. But as a matter of national security, the military started distributing condoms and aggressively marketing pro... | <urn:uuid:d60a9bdb-f6ed-4778-b711-65e1f447376d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.metafilter.com/tags/posters+medicine | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403508.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00128-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945007 | 237 | 2.640625 | 3 |
American Academy of Pediatrics (2009). Rubella. In LK Pickering et al., eds., Red Book: 2009 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases, 28th ed., pp. 579-584. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.
Other Works Consulted
American Public Health Association (2008). Rubella (German measles). In DL Heym... | <urn:uuid:b55b8e79-bbf7-4ed2-82f9-becdabba9f43> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.webmd.com/children/tc/rubella-german-measles-references | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394414.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00039-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.65973 | 486 | 2.921875 | 3 |
Learn with Parks
The DCNR Bureau of State Parks' environmental education program aims to develop a citizenry that is aware of and concerned about the total environment and its associated problems, and which has the knowledge, attitude, motivations, commitment and skills to work individually and collectively toward solu... | <urn:uuid:198ee0a0-8f8e-4555-b77b-9e2e597fde22> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/learn/index.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00041-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945581 | 298 | 3.296875 | 3 |
One in five adolescents has some hearing loss, a rate that has increased substantially from a decade ago, when the rate was only one in seven.
How do the numbers break down? The percentage with at least slight hearing loss increased by 30 percent, to 19.5 percent from 14.9 percent in the earlier survey. This hearing lo... | <urn:uuid:7e6b18e0-131c-4e65-8f68-a105ed426d01> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.care2.com/causes/one-in-five-teenagers-suffers-from-hearing-loss.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396100.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00190-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958369 | 597 | 2.984375 | 3 |
The American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) is a character encoding designed for English-based information interchange. The first version was published in 1963, but had a number of differences from the later version published in 1967 (for one, the 1963 version had only uppercase letters and left the ... | <urn:uuid:3fbc1d47-4438-4861-beb4-eb046d9c321b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://fileformats.archiveteam.org/wiki/ASCII | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00197-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956503 | 651 | 3.578125 | 4 |
Autism is the fastest growing disability in the United States, and public school systems are trying to catch up. One out// of every 166 children is diagnosed with autism, making it more common than pediatric cancer, diabetes and AIDS combined.
The Autism Support Services: Education, Research, and Training (ASSERT) prog... | <urn:uuid:d9b846dd-873c-40bc-85c2-25af732326ef> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news/Autism-Expert-Creates-Innovative-Intervention-Program-18260-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00149-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952937 | 1,024 | 3 | 3 |
German Epiphany Celebration
TEXT: Matthew 2:1-12
Why doesn't anything epiph on epiphany anymore?
The sermon this morning is brought to you by Epiphany, the holiday that Wise Men remember, but the church forgot. I know that most of you have probably not been kept up nights wondering about Epiphany. A large number of peo... | <urn:uuid:8fab9cd4-5c6c-4593-ba1f-8a9273783f26> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.annerobertson.org/epiphany | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396455.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00007-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976852 | 2,646 | 2.796875 | 3 |
By Rita R. Robison
Bats in Washington often test positive for rabies, and this year, three people had to be treated for exposure to rabid bats.
Bats that have been caught after coming in contact with people are tested by the Washington State Department of Health. Every year, people require medical treatment following c... | <urn:uuid:fa480fdc-0628-4ae5-8cd7-8c022efe2a90> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.seattlepi.com/boomerconsumer/2012/07/17/watch-out-for-bats-with-rabies-this-summer/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396224.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00023-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955053 | 661 | 3.5625 | 4 |
This category is for object-oriented (OO) operating systems (OSs): OSs structured, organized, using all, most, or many of the principles of OO programming and related languages. Some such OSs are OO languages (Oberon, Self, Smalltalk, Squeak), some are written in OO languages (Java OSs in Java, Choices in C++), and som... | <urn:uuid:69ae9f7f-479d-4102-ab54-23e1615c236b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dmoz.org/desc/Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Object-Oriented | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00175-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.909693 | 1,021 | 2.96875 | 3 |
With energy development on the minds of many, the 2nd Coal Mine Methane Recovery and Use Workshop has the goal of discussing how to take advantage of the coal by-product, but one issue that remains is ownership.
Efforts to capture the gas began in the late 1980s and while many companies in the country have technology t... | <urn:uuid:825b906b-5c84-43e8-82a6-299c90c56346> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nbc11news.com/home/headlines/4242491.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00087-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977151 | 210 | 3.46875 | 3 |
Why are golden retrievers so susceptible to cancer, particularly lymphoma? Other dogs also have been very popular and highly bred, but goldens get more than their share of this deadly disease.
-A curious adult from California
January 18, 2012
We don't yet know exactly why 60% of golden retrievers will get cancer. We kn... | <urn:uuid:3ef16daf-9961-4443-88ff-b34bbc15c519> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://genetics.thetech.org/ask/ask449 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404826.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00003-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967164 | 1,655 | 2.78125 | 3 |
The importance of dog vaccinations
Canine vaccines and diseases have become a hot-button issue among dog lovers, with arguments raging over whether vaccinations should be given annually or not at all. With every passing day, there's a new article in a pet publication or another post on a blog blaming a dog's health pro... | <urn:uuid:80bbab18-0772-4e95-87a6-bde7b7ee4441> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pluspets.com/dogs/dog-health/dog-vaccines.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00095-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949548 | 606 | 3.265625 | 3 |
heic9908 — Science Release
ESA's Hubble duo back on Earth after successful servicing mission
28 December 1999
ESA astronauts Claude Nicollier and Jean-Frangois Clervoy and their five fellow crew members on the Space Shuttle Discovery returned to Earth today (28 December at 0001 GMT) after a spectacular mission to servi... | <urn:uuid:223b9b1d-244c-49c3-ac9a-6a18117a5eb5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://spacetelescope.org/news/heic9908/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00136-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944033 | 340 | 2.84375 | 3 |
There are many ways to measure your financial health. The measurement that probably gets the most attention from personal finance books and news outlets is the personal balance sheet, or net worth statement. Knowing your net worth can be important, but keep in mind that it is a snapshot in time and not necessarily a tr... | <urn:uuid:2623262b-ff70-40e4-b6c5-78a6c88bf946> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://cashmoneylife.com/how-to-create-a-personal-cash-flow-statement/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396100.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00158-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928908 | 781 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Ganglioneuroblastoma is an intermediate tumor that arises from nerve tissues. An intermediate tumor is one that is between benign (slow-growing and unlikely to spread) and malignant (fast-growing, aggressive, and likely to spread).
This is a very rare tumor that occurs in children.
Tumors of the nervous system have dif... | <urn:uuid:0bce751f-db56-4cce-9e91-51b3caf656fe> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://westernbaptist.adam.com/content.aspx?productId=117&pid=1&gid=001436 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00077-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.878299 | 687 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Stretching Space: Exploiting Change Blindness for Redirected Walking
Project Leaders: Mark Bolas, Evan Suma
Download a PDF overview.
Virtual reality training systems do not allow users to walk through large areas due to size limitations in the physical space. Change blindness redirection is a novel technique for enabli... | <urn:uuid:93bcaec4-6ea6-4fc1-8c74-fe6a48ffd5b8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ict.usc.edu/prototypes/stretching-space/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00020-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.904197 | 463 | 2.71875 | 3 |
One of the issues surrounding MMR is that of causality, neatly illustrated and described by the following figure in an article from Prescriber [Registration required] written by Paula McDonald (a former Consultant in Communicable Disease Control in Cheshire & Wirral).
Aristotle’s logic was a great legacy for mankind. O... | <urn:uuid:c5eaed2a-35f9-4cd0-887b-9d1e537264f3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.blacktriangle.org/blog/?p=425 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396027.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00030-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963075 | 598 | 2.953125 | 3 |
In a finding with analogies to Homeland Security at the cellular level, researchers at the University of Alberta have identified a host gene whose activity blocks viral “terrorists” like HIV from functioning properly inside the very cells they infect and may provide a foundation for a future anti-viral strategy. Writin... | <urn:uuid:523b7088-5d6c-4183-8347-cea35b0f205b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.genengnews.com/bioperspectives/disassembling-hiv/4338 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00171-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922519 | 399 | 2.90625 | 3 |
There are reasons not to feel proud about being a South African, the most egregious being the legacy of apartheid, of course. But there are also reasons to be very proud, like the iconic Nelson Mandela and the peaceful transition to democracy in the 1990s. Now, add another reason: the 25 year old Olympian, Oscar Pistor... | <urn:uuid:d668b9dd-c0c9-4743-852a-e81fff333b5f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wbjc.com/2012/host-blogs/surpassing-expectations/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00189-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.987674 | 411 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Underwater archaeology at Battle-of-the-Restigouche National Historic Site of Canada in 2010
In 1760, a French flotilla bringing provisions, arms and ammunitions to New-France lost three large vessels during a confrontation with English war vessels during what is now call the battle of the Restigouche.
UAS Underwater a... | <urn:uuid:c8b4ebb7-7607-4c22-97cf-64d7fec3438d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pc.gc.ca/eng/progs/arch/proj/page14.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00050-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.91566 | 747 | 3.78125 | 4 |
Minor League Baseball
From Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
Minor League Baseball (MiLB) is the association that runs baseball leagues at levels below the Major Leagues. It was given the title Minor League in 1869, in ironic contrast to the Major Leagues, as its clubs had Minor fan support and exhibited a ve... | <urn:uuid:099f11ce-9d0a-414a-8fb3-0adb1da82283> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396538.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00043-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970432 | 3,469 | 3.21875 | 3 |
by Staff Writers
Pasadena CA (JPL) Mar 23, 2016
Scientists from NASA's Dawn mission unveiled new images from the spacecraft's lowest orbit at Ceres, including highly-anticipated views of Occator Crater, at the 47th annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in The Woodlands, Texas, on Tuesday.
Occator Crater, measur... | <urn:uuid:4c5d255f-70cc-416f-b9d6-8b692b27046d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Bright_Spots_and_Color_Differences_Revealed_on_Ceres_999.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00183-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.903877 | 1,005 | 3 | 3 |
The Dakota County Assessor's Office determines the value of all 157,000 parcels in the county. The office is responsible for:
Minnesota state law requires that assessors view each parcel of real estate at least once every five years to appraise its market value. Property values change continuously with changing economi... | <urn:uuid:eeffaec5-0f23-4ce4-8357-1a3c843ad901> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.co.dakota.mn.us/HomeProperty/Assessing/Pages/default.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00017-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.902588 | 262 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Purpose of review: To examine the role of two nutritional factors implicated in the healthy aging of the Okinawans: caloric restriction; and traditional foods with potential caloric restriction-mimetic properties.
Recent findings: Caloric restriction is a research priority for the US National Institute on Aging. Howeve... | <urn:uuid:d26b1129-869c-4b10-8e4b-97cf2da504e2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://journals.lww.com/co-clinicalnutrition/Abstract/2014/01000/Caloric_restriction,_caloric_restriction_mimetics,.9.aspx?WT.mc_id=HPxADx20100319xMP | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00176-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928191 | 282 | 2.609375 | 3 |
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An "automatic pistol" or "automatic shotgun" usually means that it has a semi-automatic design. However, fully automatic pistols (for example the Steyr TMP) and shotguns (such as the Daewoo USAS-12) exist. "Automatic rifle" usually means that the rifle has a f... | <urn:uuid:bb8c30c6-8aed-461c-be73-e2a66f4e77da> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_firearm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00053-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.913331 | 311 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Lives of the Saints, by Alban Butler, Benziger Bros. ed. , at sacred-texts.com
THE eighty-one years of this Saint's life were modelled on the Passion of Jesus Christ. In his childhood, when praying in church, a heavy bench fell on his foot, but the boy took no notice of the bleeding wound, and spoke of it as "a rose se... | <urn:uuid:26b573ec-c2f5-497d-8988-abaf0eef743e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sacred-texts.com/chr/lots/lots137.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00082-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.992108 | 447 | 2.609375 | 3 |
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