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Harvard University scientists have confirmed a 19th Century French treatise in its libraries is bound in human skin.
Arsene Houssaye's Des destinees de l'ame (On the destiny of the soul) is part of the antique book collection of the university's Houghton Library, which specialises in rare and antique works.
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Around the rim of the acetabulum sits a lip of fibrous cartilage that is triangular in cross-section, called the labrum. The labrum improves the stability of the hip and, along with the joint capsule, helps to ‘seal’ the hip joint.
Both the labrum and the articular cartilage can be damaged by injury to the hip. However... | <urn:uuid:cd478ee4-f96e-4e61-a503-fd30641953c7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.hipandkneeadvice.com/index.php/hip-conditions/hip-impingement/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00027-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934633 | 1,156 | 3.46875 | 3 |
Wednesday, November 2, 2005
May 21, 2005
Did you know that 40 percent of the material that clogs our landfills is construction waste? That’s a huge amount of potentially useful goods going to waste. Did you know that you can help change that? There is a new trend called “deconstruction.” Deconstruction is the dismantli... | <urn:uuid:7fb9a650-f834-4dfa-a72f-61529d250ec9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://m.hoodrivernews.com/news/2005/nov/02/deconstruction-vs-demolition/?templates=mobile | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398209.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00043-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956074 | 1,214 | 2.59375 | 3 |
1906: Earthquake in San Francisco caused a break of about 12 percent in the Dow over a period of about three weeks.
1914: World War I started, pitting
Germany and Austria-Hungary (the Central Powers) against Britain,
France and Russia.
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History is unfolding before our eyes as Congress overhauls our health care system so that, at long last, it covers all Americans. Maybe.
While there's a good chance that Congress will enact some type of health care reform this year, all will be for naught if the new system leaves the cost of care out of reach for many ... | <urn:uuid:641a8f4d-8cb1-4d77-a824-4afe92f020da> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2009/07/affordability_is_key_to_real_h.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00122-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964924 | 680 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Yet another new study — this one is in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine — is showing a link between asthma and acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol. Researchers have found that, among 320,000 kids in 50 countries, 13- and 14-year-olds who take acetaminophen are more than twice a... | <urn:uuid:859d6296-0aa3-4a4f-bc27-a15b4e495d68> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://healthland.time.com/2010/08/13/asthma-and-tylenol-how-strong-is-the-evidence/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00124-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956 | 367 | 3.1875 | 3 |
A summer robotics camp for children is coming to UC Irvine's Beall Center for Art + Technology, providing youth ages 6 to 13 with an opportunity to design, create and build robots.
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The US Navy is the World’s Premiere Disaster Response Organization
Whenever a disaster happens somewhere, the US Navy is frequently a first-responder. Recent deployments include the 2010 Haitian earthquake, the 2004 tsunami, and the September 2010 flooding in Pakistan. As I revise this page, the US Navy is preparing to... | <urn:uuid:f3841bf4-2724-4a1f-a16a-9add81dd26e0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://sendtheenterprise.org/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00058-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961687 | 3,220 | 3.078125 | 3 |
MANNERS AND SOCIAL USAGES
CHAPTER XLVI. THE HOUSE WITH ONE SERVANT.
Many large families in this country employ but one servant. Although when life was simpler it was somewhat easier than it is now to conduct a house with such assistance as may be offered by a maid-of- all-work, it was necessary even then for the ladies... | <urn:uuid:5d4025b8-d13a-47c0-acb3-39d7f6da2e70> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.etiquettehell.com/library/MannersAndSocialUsages/chapters46-55.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393093.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00080-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977555 | 25,282 | 2.609375 | 3 |
People have always placed great value on wood. Long used as the primary source of fuel by people around the world, demand for it today mainly stems from its use in construction or in making furniture, tools and even car dashboards.
Logging affects tribal peoples in different ways – depending on how the relevant governm... | <urn:uuid:e24ca732-d41c-4015-9250-f7f8c4894a7f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.survivalinternational.org/about/logging | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00104-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958109 | 555 | 3.21875 | 3 |
Take a Giant Step:
Leave Your Car at Home
Photo by: Greg Boege/
Flickr Creative Commons
Two-thirds of the oil the average American consumes—and we consume a lot—goes into our cars and trucks as gasoline. This petroleum dependence fuels the massive demand that leads to pressure to drill in ecologically important areas l... | <urn:uuid:edafedcb-1e0d-4640-9d84-732d26747aa9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.audubonaction.org/site/PageServer?pagename=ob_day5_take_a_giant_step.html&s_src=hub | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00114-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948307 | 153 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Not all secrets are bad: surprise parties, romantic crushes and guilty pleasures (do you really need to share your love of Spanish soap operas with your rugby team?). They can be harmless and even healthy. Some researchers conclude that young children and adolescents learn a lot about their own identities by keeping so... | <urn:uuid:a46d22a1-76a1-4146-8f0d-330d8ddd0c51> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://health.howstuffworks.com/mental-health/human-nature/behavior/secret-hurt-me1.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398873.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00016-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972582 | 692 | 2.859375 | 3 |
|Oh yes! The difference is just letter "h"!! But, when should we use 'a'? And 'ha'?|
First, 'a' is a preposition. It is the equivalent to English "to" or "for" words.
For example: "Ana va a la playa" ("Ana is going to the beach")
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After a long period of dismal results, AIDS research may finally be on a fruitful path, enlightened by a rapid-fire series of discoveries in recent weeks about the way the virus plunges the body's immune system into chaos, many prominent scientists say.
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Emperor Showa was born on 29 April 1901 at the Aoyama Detached Palace in Tokyo, the first son of Emperor Taisho. His Majesty's given name was Hirohito, and he was titled Prince Michi (Michi-no-Miya). On 30 July 1912, upon the demise of the Emperor Meiji, Prince Michi assumed the title of Crown Prince. From March 1921 t... | <urn:uuid:ae673dc1-0404-4a86-882c-dd5aea2872ef> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.kunaicho.go.jp/e-about/history/history11.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00017-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964279 | 1,256 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Vision requires reflected light. There is no information in direct light from the sun, a lamp, or any other light source. In a science experiment called Project Eureka, author and scientist Arthur Zajonc constructed a box into which a powerful projector shown. The experimenter took special care that no reflected light ... | <urn:uuid:e142cf9f-ef92-4b39-b886-7baa50f9cebb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wayfinding.net/vsionsys.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393146.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00193-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93358 | 4,774 | 3.859375 | 4 |
High uric acid levels can cause much difficulty and a medical complication known as gout which involves pain in joints. A build up of uric acid is often attributed to a diet high in purines. While purine is important to the body, recycling process of cells cause the breaking down of purines. This produces a chemical by... | <urn:uuid:eddfeeec-4497-434d-a7e0-5dd241b99f16> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.md-health.com/Uric-Acid-Foods.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00160-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948665 | 720 | 3.1875 | 3 |
The rainforests of Africa’s Congo Basin are the world’s second largest, and are increasingly one of the most threatened. Agriculture, mining, logging, and climate change are already chipping away and thinning out the forests’ edge and interior. The Congo Basin forests’ biggest threat, however, is unseen: a lack of good... | <urn:uuid:f93e3975-9493-4c93-9cb0-ae6c69a9f894> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wri.org/blog-tags/9662 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00045-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925591 | 166 | 3.984375 | 4 |
Color problems in Brazil
Posted: Saturday, July 21, 2001
Abstract: HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES
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Amnesty International reports on violence in Para out look under:
This issue is edited to point out the skin tone problem!
Efu Nyaki is a Maryknoll sister who works with the Black Movement in Joao Pessoa, Par... | <urn:uuid:cc5416f1-18bb-4146-a2f7-34b4d1705e16> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://raceandhistory.com/selfnews/viewnews.cgi?newsid995712117,96864,.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00150-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951835 | 631 | 2.65625 | 3 |
FORMS OF CONSECRATED LIFE
Religious Life: Priests, Brothers or Sisters in Communities that embrace the spirituality, the charism, and the teachings of the Community’s founder call their way of life Religious life. Members of these Communities take vows of poverty, celibate chastity, and obedience. Check out Links to le... | <urn:uuid:9251b79d-4999-4e80-aeb3-2041e612c800> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.10000vocations.org/consecrated.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396224.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00066-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953685 | 1,177 | 2.625 | 3 |
Two new pyramid complexes may have been discovered in a satellite survey of Egypt.
The potentially important sites, standing 90 miles apart, are made up of unusual-shaped mounds, according to archaeology researcher Angela Micol.
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Students will watch a slideshow presentation on Roman arches with followup discussions and activities focusing on the arch as it is used in architecture and art images. They will then create a collograph using an arch.
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Many patients with glioma will suffer from anorexia.
Anorexia means loss of appetite. Anorexia is a problem with many forms of cancer, because cancer can affect the body's hormones, digestive system and brain. It is also a common side effect of chemotherapy and radiation therapy.
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Nazareth Lutheran Church, in the Rural Hall community of Forsyth County, was organized about 1778 by the Reverend Adolph Nussman. The church property, secured in 1790, included 102 acres on Beaver Dam Creek, bordering “Fessler’s line.” During the early years, the congregation was served both by traveling Lutheran clerg... | <urn:uuid:d2ff485f-0801-48d9-b4ca-be3acbca5c2e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ncmarkers.com/Markers.aspx?sp=map&sv=J-51 | 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 | 0.964633 | 383 | 2.875 | 3 |
& will put the process into the background. File descriptors (stdout, stderr, stdin) are unaffected.
On shell exit, the shell will send
SIGHUP to everything it spawned, so when this shell closes, the background process will receive
SIGHUP and probably terminate. In some shells (bash, zsh) you can prevent this by using ... | <urn:uuid:a008b228-e0d8-48a7-9be5-d520217bf7e6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/31856/why-are-background-jobs-started-by-my-shell-living-longer-than-the-parent-shell | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00101-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.899433 | 361 | 2.53125 | 3 |
December 7, 2012
According to the IEA, global green house gas emissions will have to decline substantially – from close to 40 billion tons in 2012 to only 23 billion tons in 2030 – to prevent average temperatures on earth from soaring beyond the 2009 international target of +2°C.
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RCA's competitive system to CBS's EVR was initially called HoloTape, and was later renamed SelectaVision or SV. This represents the first use of the word SelectaVision, which RCA later applied to their aborted MagT... | <urn:uuid:add5968b-482c-48c8-a6bf-bb688cf0a976> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://cedmagic.com/history/holotape.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00102-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956241 | 454 | 2.546875 | 3 |
I think that the only accurate prediction relative to memory (processing memory and storage) is that people will want as much as they can reasonably afford to buy. There are a lot of different definitions of what "inexpensive" is, but everyone knows what a bigger number is.
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Japan’s March 11, 2011 8.9 earthquake triggered a tsunami which, in turn, devastated coastal towns, tore down power lines, damaged nuclear power facilities, and cracked the Ishibuchi dam.
Beyond extensive damage to property and the environment, the harm to Japan’s energy grid was severe. The closure of just the Fukushi... | <urn:uuid:fe9eeb5e-a064-4f93-b5d2-6284e4ac5da2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.conservativeblog.org/amyridenour/2012/11/7/bureaucratic-bottlenecks-leave-people-cold.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00034-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953359 | 1,052 | 3 | 3 |
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The Lord Mayor at the time [of the Great Fire], Sir William Bolton, when informed about the fire in it’s early stages, looked at it and is reputed to have remarked “Why, a maiden’s piss could put it out”. If indeed, he did utter those words then he couldn’t have been more mistaken! The very next day he was f... | <urn:uuid:5bcbdde1-4c2f-4810-90d1-358c13b7fb6d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pepysdiary.com/encyclopedia/10486/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403823.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00143-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982931 | 251 | 2.796875 | 3 |
GENEVA : Life expectancy in the globe’s poorest countries has risen by an average of nine years over the past two decades, thanks to major improvements in infant health, the United Nations said Thursday. In its annual statistics, the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO) said that six of the countries had even managed t... | <urn:uuid:b0ce2159-4306-4eb3-ad67-7bb83dfe7166> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nation.com.pk/international/16-May-2014/life-expectancy-rises-in-poor-nations-un | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00157-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962052 | 595 | 2.859375 | 3 |
What is in this article?:
- Flax making inroads in North Carolina
- Competitive with wheat
• Flax is grown in South Carolina for use in blending with cotton to make fabric.
• Pale blueish-purple flowers present odd landscape in the Carolinas in the springtime.
• Carolina farmers making a profit growing flax.
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Events encourage community to explore identity and celebrate diversity
February 09, 2011
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There are 4 generally-accepted types of survey error. By survey error, I mean factors which reduce the accuracy of a survey estimate.
It’s important to keep each type of survey error in mind when designing, executing and interpreting surveys. However, I suspect some of them are more ingrained in our thinking about rese... | <urn:uuid:70cbb61f-42ec-43a8-9f25-2467676e8484> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://researchaccess.com/2011/11/4-kinds-of-survey-error-sampling-measurement-coverage-nonresponse/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00074-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951056 | 684 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Diabetic ketoacidosis is a potentially fatal complication of diabetes that occurs when you have much less insulin than your body needs. This problem causes the blood to become acidic and the body to become dangerously dehydrated. Diabetic ketoacidosis can occur when diabetes is not treated adequately, or it can occur d... | <urn:uuid:59f04d7e-b1dd-4bb2-bab0-2256e7d02637> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/health_a-z_detail.asp?AZ=140 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00006-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944157 | 692 | 3.875 | 4 |
Some corals can form reefs so big that can be seen from space!
Corals are made up of small invertebrate animals, known as zooids, that look like tiny sea anemones. They feed on small food particles they find in the water around them.
Together, many zooids form colonies, many colonies form reefs. Coral reefs can be mass... | <urn:uuid:7a613ea0-8669-43c5-aa1c-1d1c50ade4b3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.oum.ox.ac.uk/thezone/fossils/inverts/coral.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391766.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00129-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952004 | 351 | 4.15625 | 4 |
The Structural Drill in Remedial TeachingFelix Moses
felix_moses19 [at] yahoo.com
Madras Christian College (Chennai, South India)
IntroductionMany students in my first year degree classes come from English medium schools where they have studied all their subjects in English and yet at college their written work abounds... | <urn:uuid:5e0dde5f-3c4a-4e4b-9d3f-54d7123a0208> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Moses-Drill.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00187-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956773 | 1,191 | 3.34375 | 3 |
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There are several side effects of antipsychotics, some more common than others. Ranging in severity from sleepiness to long-term health issues, these side effects can occur with both typical and atypical medications. These reactions can make treating mental illness di... | <urn:uuid:7da69f73-424a-4e4f-b4ae-671a4f6320c0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wisegeek.com/what-are-the-side-effects-of-antipsychotics.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00045-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940007 | 647 | 2.84375 | 3 |
For many Americans, confidence in the department brings new wells on line and expands safety and security of our nation’s drinking water systems changed after the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2011. Congress had the same concerns and quickly made it a priority to mitigate any risks of deliberate contamination to drinking ... | <urn:uuid:828b002d-0fd2-474d-ad5b-65fe19904575> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wwdmag.com/print/25430 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00077-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955386 | 2,010 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Situated in a narrow gorge at the farther end of Lidder Valley, Amarnath Shrine stands at 3,888 m, 46 Km from Pahalgam and 14 Kms from Baltal. Though the original pilgrimages subscribes that the yatra (journey) be undertaken from Srinagar, the more common practice is to begin journey at Chandanwari, and cover the dista... | <urn:uuid:64cedaaf-2b75-47bb-b003-61c251356b3c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.shriamarnathjishrine.com/the-holy-cave.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00143-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959358 | 322 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Open-File Report 2015–1088
In 2007, the California Ocean Protection Council initiated the California Seafloor Mapping Program (CSMP), designed to create a comprehensive seafloor map of high-resolution bathymetry, marine benthic habitats, and geology within the 3-nautical-mile limit of California’s State Waters. The CSM... | <urn:uuid:5f9f07e4-4efb-4ddb-afe4-fd6539e2b127> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2015/1088/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00165-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.897897 | 2,049 | 3.03125 | 3 |
If you are declared brain dead, are you dead or alive?
According to the law you are dead.
According to your body,which is warm,pink,producing urine and the heart beating you are alive.
In 1968 a group of 13 men met at Harvard University in Boston. The purpose of the meeting was to redefine irreversible coma as a new cr... | <urn:uuid:cc50cc61-1fbd-4d75-bd34-784b91a4f786> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.melissacaulk.com/brain-death-dead-or-alive/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00085-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962327 | 564 | 2.65625 | 3 |
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Without a doubt, my very favorite subjects to teach are history and geography. Ben would probably say he prefers science, but that’s only when we’re doing hands-on science experiments. If we are reading great books, watching educational videos, or dressing up in character, the focus is almost always on history. And, of... | <urn:uuid:ba294193-cb0a-4f70-85bb-4333ddff70c0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://benandme.com/2012/08/appschoolinghistorygeographyipadkindlefire.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403508.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00085-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.912477 | 2,092 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Cassini just made a pass over Saturn's north pole, where it found a swirling vortex at the center of the planet's Northern Hexagon
Saturn has some interesting features, including a hexagonal cloud pattern which mysteriously persists in the north pole region. At the center of this cloud pattern, which scientists believe... | <urn:uuid:d8a774d7-3e94-408d-b7b1-0d553dbebf51> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://vr-zone.com/articles/cassini-snaps-photos-of-vortex-at-saturns-north-pole/18095.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392069.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00060-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953264 | 194 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Explain why it is not common to inoculate cattle against anthrax but rare to vaccinate humans.
Answer: You are the third being to ask this question...homework, huh? Here is the same answer I posted on the other two...
Cows are NOT routinely vaccinate for anthrax. Some states suggest it, though because Clostridium anthr... | <urn:uuid:8c836ec6-0a0b-4c18-90ad-db933749c647> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dcqna.com/diseases-conditions/anthrax_help1510dc2.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00025-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932846 | 244 | 2.71875 | 3 |
4.1 Feedback Oscillators.
Many systems require an input in the form of a periodic, usually sinusoidal, waveform — for example, the LO needed to drive the heterodyne receivers considered in the last few sections. These oscillators can take many forms. Cavity controlled lasers are a form of feedback oscillator. So are th... | <urn:uuid:b1175d08-13f2-4a60-b4ed-72d1ccec85c7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/RadCom/part4/page1.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00167-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917104 | 1,380 | 4.15625 | 4 |
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The global environmental problems caused by emission of CO2 (global warming, rising sea levels and increased acidity of oceans) must be abated. New solid sorbent materials are sought ... | <urn:uuid:54861368-0d6c-42e4-95a5-5c9eb8b81048> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nist.gov/mml/mmsd/sustainable-materials/cmm.cfm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00148-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.901525 | 1,131 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Kenneth Hickford, a 64 year old male from London, England asks on January 19, 2006,How many active volcanoes are there at any onetime on the Earth, and how much "Greenhouse" gas do they produce in one year?
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Teahouses can be found all over China, reflecting the importance of tea in Chinese culture. Tea drinking gained popularity in the Song Dynasty and before long, teahouses outnumbered restaurants in China. Often decorated with exquisite calligraphy, paintings and rare plants in order to attract clientele, teahouses prosp... | <urn:uuid:f01aa3c4-2238-4c27-a832-709cffed8850> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://thingstodo.viator.com/china/chinese-tea-culture/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397744.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00005-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952364 | 295 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Sections of a tree that’s been cut down showing a lot of damage from ALB, such as tunneling at the ends, exit holes and egg sites.
It’s fall in North America. It’s the time of year that marks the transition from summer into winter. It’s when the night time comes earlier and the weather cools considerably. It’s also the... | <urn:uuid:9482aa1d-2761-4b87-bfb3-0429d9d63ece> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blogs.usda.gov/tag/firewood/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00199-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939877 | 561 | 3.34375 | 3 |
The outstanding examples of the overwhelming power of the Azerbaijani music, Mugham, have made it popular in the Western world. That particularity of the Azerbaijani culture finds it very attractive.
Traditional folk music, Mugham, which started to enter into the world culture in the beginning of the last century, warm... | <urn:uuid:b58dc5b1-795d-4df6-9fc3-7a31f280616f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.today.az/news/entertainment/129866.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00029-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973559 | 1,318 | 2.515625 | 3 |
In which Scrabble dictionary does NITS exist?
Definitions of NITS in dictionaries:
- noun -
a luminance unit equal to 1 candle per square meter measured perpendicular to the rays from the source
- noun -
egg or young of an insect parasitic on mammals especially a sucking louse
noun - the egg of a parasitic insect
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|Artery||internal thoracic artery|
|Vein||internal thoracic vein|
|Latin||mamma (mammalis "of the breast")|
The breast is one of two prominences found on the upper ventral region of the torso of female and male primates. In females, it serves as the mammary gland, which produces and secretes milk and feeds infants. Bot... | <urn:uuid:0ed1c524-1935-48df-a9d4-a256d4c6edec> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breast | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00109-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.894279 | 9,524 | 3.390625 | 3 |
(TERGESTINA ET JUSTINOPOLITANA.)
Suffragan diocese of Görz-Gradiska ; exists as a triple see since 1821, when Cittanova (Æmonia) and Capodistria (Ægida, Capris, Justinopolis) were united to Triest, and its present name was assigned to the see.
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The Popular Education News Continues With A New Editor!!
The Popular Education News is a free email newsletter about popular education and community organizing resources for facilitators and practitioners. Thanks to Kim Walsh who has taken on the task of editing and publishing the newsletter it is continuing. The curre... | <urn:uuid:561d43f1-f676-4d40-acc7-e2648bffc0ae> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.popednews.org/index.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00021-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958196 | 583 | 2.609375 | 3 |
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Le Havre is a city in Normandy, northern France, at the mouth of the Seine. The city was founded in 1517, when it was named Franciscopolis after Francis I of France, and subsequently named Le Havre-de-Grâce. Le Havre simply means the harbour... | <urn:uuid:9a6d5b6d-6b0b-45f0-a4ea-fc3dea3f1365> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/ddc7d/1b473/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00138-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.904578 | 844 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Tuesday, 5 March 2013
The birds-of-paradise are members of the family Paradisaeidae of the order Passeriformes. The majority of species in this family are found on the island of New Guinea and its satellites, with a few species occurring in the Moluccas and eastern Australia. The family has forty-one species in 14 gene... | <urn:uuid:6d7b19b5-75a1-4fcf-8a08-5517f98c128e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://stylebirdd.blogspot.com/?zx=d27a302ca42608f7 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00197-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953822 | 678 | 3.78125 | 4 |
Two palms are world-famous for the fruits they produce: the coconut palm (Cocos nucifera) and the date palm (Phoenix dactylifera). Few people (except those living in the tropics around many palms) realize that palms are flowering plants. Many of the flowering branches, called inflorescences, are large and ornate as the... | <urn:uuid:1ecb8e4e-6290-4cb1-8bce-294c647d0e92> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gardenguides.com/125574-palm-trees-fruit.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00003-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935005 | 789 | 4.03125 | 4 |
New research confirms what many in higher education have long suspected: Students who are the first in their families to attend college—first-generation college students—are at an unseen academic disadvantage in college.
The study, “Unseen Disadvantage: How American Universities’ Focus on Independence Undermines the Ac... | <urn:uuid:489e647f-9801-4162-b066-cba7695ec6f4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.universitybusiness.com/article/toward-first-generation-success | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00044-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958008 | 600 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Wood Contradicts Rock
Radioactive carbon, carbon-14, accumulates in all living things when alive. Once they die, half of any given amount of carbon-14 in a once-living thing decays to non-radioactive carbon in 5,730 years. Thus, by measuring the amount of carbon-14 left in a once-living thing, scientists can get a roug... | <urn:uuid:711a7ba0-165c-4ea9-ad4a-bcc1620db6c6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.creationmoments.com/content/wood-contradicts-rock | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00038-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965777 | 307 | 3.5 | 4 |
Pemphigus foliaceus (pem-fi-gus foli-a-shus) is an auto immune disease that affects humans and dogs and, to a lesser extent, cats and horses.
In horses, it is characterized by primary lesions that often begin on the head and lower extremities; secondary lesions spread to other areas, with an exudate that dries to a cru... | <urn:uuid:8a8243cb-6034-4da0-894b-eb288cb1703a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pemphigus.org/equine-pemphigus-foliaceus/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396100.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00086-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908587 | 296 | 2.890625 | 3 |
It’s summertime and bears are up and active. But how much do you really know about bears? Do you know what to do if you have a bear in your backyard? Or how to camp safely without attracting them? What kind of bears live in your area? Well, our friends at the National Zoo would like to help educate you. This weekend, t... | <urn:uuid:76646fc2-b938-44fd-be2b-9fd8845b170a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/bear-care-bear-awareness-days-at-the-national-zoo-180612457/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00050-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973234 | 924 | 3.0625 | 3 |
January 19, 2010
Zebrafish Behavior Monitoring System Could Boost Drug Discovery
Researchers from the University of British Columbia and Harvard University have co-developed a system that captures on video and barcodes the behavioral responses of zebrafish to chemical compounds on a large scale. The approach could dram... | <urn:uuid:b7386852-a272-42c3-8cee-92ad4b6070c3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1810684/zebrafish_behavior_monitoring_system_could_boost_drug_discovery/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00142-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952134 | 501 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Huge dust storms raging on Mars pose the worst threat yet to Nasa's robot rovers, the US space agency has said.
Martian dusts storms are making it difficult for the rovers to operate
Dust is starving the rovers of power by blocking out the sunlight needed to charge their batteries.
The six-wheeled, solar-powered rovers... | <urn:uuid:cc02272a-ed95-4ab5-a495-209687b39e09> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6909656.stm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396875.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00095-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963437 | 584 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Mast cell proteases.
Mast cells (MCs) are traditionally thought of as a nuisance for its host, for example, by causing many of the symptoms associated with allergic reactions. In addition, recent research has put focus on MCs for displaying harmful effects during various autoimmune disorders. On the other hand, MCs can... | <urn:uuid:e14fbede-a4a1-42e0-bcde-8a921bfaabe4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://pubget.com/paper/17869614 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396887.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00131-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950265 | 301 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Learning disorders affect children both academically and socially. Read on to determine if your child needs professional help.
Akanksha was exasperated with her six-year-old son Rahul. At school, all the teachers complained that Rahul was lazy and uninterested in studies. Even at home, he would throw temper tantrums wh... | <urn:uuid:168f6a35-7151-48d4-99f6-ac325b576a54> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.indiaparenting.com/childs-healthcare/36_240/detect-learning-disabilities-in-children.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394937.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00076-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978548 | 994 | 3.125 | 3 |
Nauryz – Kazakh new year
Nauryz is a very important holiday for Kazakhs, which marks the beginning of a new year. It is celebrated several days starting from 21st of March, the day of the spring equinox.
Nauryz means ‘new day’, it is celebrated in the Great Steppes from ancient times.
Nauryz symbolizes goodness and wea... | <urn:uuid:1735fe40-91cd-46b9-82c0-833fb907826a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://visitkazakhstan.kz/en/about/145/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396224.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00141-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960915 | 654 | 2.875 | 3 |
Help support New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99...
This term, though not recognized by any English dictionary has lately come into use as a convenience designation for those days on wh... | <urn:uuid:2840cc74-90cc-4cfa-8e2d-3b5ec689fa55> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01314a.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00064-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951743 | 1,517 | 2.875 | 3 |
The National Transportation Safety Board on Tuesday recommended that states reduce the allowed blood-alcohol limit to 0.05 percent from the current 0.08 percent.
Board officials say the blood-alcohol limit, established a decade ago, has stalled progress in reducing the number of roadway fatalities. About 10,000 people ... | <urn:uuid:fd62bc38-f02f-4ad5-a876-eec86e8d91b1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.blackenterprise.com/news/blood-alcohol-limit-it-could-be-lowered-soon/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00179-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926944 | 185 | 2.6875 | 3 |
ICOSR 2011—In Schizophrenia, What Really Improves People’s Lives?
21 June 2011. At the Thirteenth International Congress on Schizophrenia Research, a session called “What really improves people’s lives? Surprising findings on functional outcome in schizophrenia” drew a roomful of people on 3 April. Session chair Sophia... | <urn:uuid:9f0225c9-64a1-46be-a900-012304792647> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.schizophreniaforum.org/new/detailprint.asp?id=1677 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397562.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00022-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934519 | 8,723 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Sept. 21, 2006 -- Socializing this weekend? You may need more sleep afterwards.
A study in Science shows that social fruit flies sleep more than isolated fruit flies.
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About this image
This doublet crater is located in Utopia Planitia, near the Elysium Volcanic region. Doublet craters are formed by simultaneous impact of a meteor that broke into two pieces prior to hitting the surface. The channels in the image are part of Granicus Valles.
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Plott Coon Hounds are the only breed of the original six breeds of coon hounds without British influence in their ancestry. The other five breeds can trace their ancestry back to the fox hound, but the Plott Hound is the exception. And of only four dogs known to be of American origin, it’s also the only known breed to ... | <urn:uuid:030d0eb5-7a39-48f0-8550-f88d7e8a79bf> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2014/01/the-hound-that-made-the-plott-name-a-legend.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394605.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00195-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978917 | 1,024 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Icebergs and glaciers are both enormous masses of snow, built up over the years through natural processes. However, they are both different from each other in form and structure, as well process of formation. Glaciers are formed by continual deposition of snow at a place where it does not melt. When a chunk of this gla... | <urn:uuid:abf0b1a2-f262-4699-a019-94400ea56b8a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.diffen.com/difference/Glacier_vs_Iceberg | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00169-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969165 | 672 | 4.15625 | 4 |
KENDAL Museum is to offer schoolchildren the chance to handle ancient Egyptian pottery and statues.
However, there are no worries about breaking the fragile 3,000 year old objects because these are 21st century copies.
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Oxford High School
Oxford City Schools
This podcast addresses the issue of cyberbullying. It highligthts a few important statistics about the prevalence of cyberbullying, while providing a real world example of how cyberbullying begins and is spread using social media. Students reenact a scenario where a video of young... | <urn:uuid:a89ffec9-56ab-418d-9ae8-e06c9b38cbc3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://alex.state.al.us/podcast_view.php?podcast_id=1051 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00085-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.870291 | 158 | 3 | 3 |
Oculomotor apraxia Cogan type
Other Names for this Disease
- Congenital oculomotor apraxia
- Cogan's syndrome type 2
- Saccade initiation failure congenital
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Session C: Prevention, assistance and tools for young people abused online
Wednesday 23 May 15.50 - 17.30
Moderator: Mare Ainsaar, University of Tartu and ROBERT
Enabling young people to recognize sexual boundary violations (in the media), to know their own limits and to fend off attacks [PDF]
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Tourism in Antarctica started in the 1950s with 500 lonely soles traveling from Chile and Argentina. These days, about 40,000 people a year make the trek to the natural, unspoiled beauty of the world’s most southern continent. At twice the size of Australia, this land of ice, snow, rock and water, and vast wilderness g... | <urn:uuid:1505684f-b7ae-413d-9d75-cf07793d3099> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.iexplore.com/travel-guides/antarctica/antarctica/overview | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393093.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00126-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941846 | 903 | 2.703125 | 3 |
The Scientific Miracles in the Holy Quran: This section discusses (with illustrations) some recently discovered scientific facts mentioned in the Holy Quran, which was revealed fourteen centuries ago.
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January 17, 2012
Language Development For Infants Includes Lip Reading
A new study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) may give researchers new understanding in language development among infants and may even assist in diagnosing autism spectrum disorders in the future.
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There is no room for new nuclear plants in Scotland's future energy scene - but existing nuclear plants will need life extensions to allow other generation options to catch up, according to a report by a Scottish parliamentary committee.
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Question: What does Kansas mean?
Answer: Kansas comes from the Sioux Indian word for “south wind people.”
The symbols on the official state seal of Kansas were specified by the first Kansas legislature in 1861 (the year Kansas became one of the United States).
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French Communication Styles
The way in which you say something in France is almost as important as what is actually said. There is a great love of and respect for elegance in the use of language and the sophisticated presentation of ideas is raised to an art form. A sense of national pride makes it difficult to listen ... | <urn:uuid:2737132b-7b25-4670-8dff-6c555399e68d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.worldbusinessculture.com/French-Business-Communication-Style.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00131-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978948 | 324 | 2.890625 | 3 |
3D Geometry Primer: Chapter 2 - Issue 04 - Cartesian Equations and Normal Vectors
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When I was talking to Nick about the Plane3D class that will be released in a few weeks, he mentioned the fact that all the stuff we learned last time is hardly ever used in real programs. And... | <urn:uuid:877ddd80-1506-499a-b80a-79db85180477> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://flipcode.com/archives/3D_Geometry_Primer_Chapter_2-Issue_04_Cartesian_Equations_and_Normal_Vectors.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00051-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955738 | 3,600 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Big stem cell news: a team from Harvard and Japan found a simple way to rewind cells in the body to become like embryonic stem cells. These new stem cells are already being considered in a primate spinal cord injury model, though that part hasn't been published.
This unexpected finding, reported in Nature
, has cell bi... | <urn:uuid:233dadb2-689e-400d-b571-e2d92bd0db14> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.spinalcordinjury-paralysis.org/blogs/18/1820 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00105-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956354 | 412 | 3.296875 | 3 |
Size: Centipedes are very long and narrow, and flattened from top to bottom. There may be a great many pairs of legs, but they will have a single pair on each segment of the body, separating them from millipedes. They have a pair of very long antennae and the last pair of legs projects backward and are much longer than... | <urn:uuid:ce4af82c-8038-446c-b2fd-d461e3eede3d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blogpestcontrol.com/pest-index/centipedes-and-millipedes/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00170-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940877 | 536 | 3.84375 | 4 |
Of titanium with a lower valence, usually three. Compare with titanic2.
- Preferred multivalent metal ions are titanous and vanadous ions where nickel is recovered in a cell.
- From these results it would appear that titanous chloride is most effective with inorganic sulfur.
- It was concluded that the neutral or basic... | <urn:uuid:f2956327-62a3-474a-8e14-5abcd6efdaa5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/titanous | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00144-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.903418 | 150 | 2.75 | 3 |
Food trucks are as safe or safer than restaurants, according to a new study.
The study is based on 260,000 food safety inspection reports of restaurants and food trucks in seven U.S. cities -- Boston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Louisville, Ky., Miami, Seattle and Washington D.C. -- by the Institute for Justice, a public i... | <urn:uuid:d5bd59a2-11d5-4003-a075-6b6110e932d3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.oregonlive.com/health/index.ssf/2014/06/food_trucks_safer_than_restaur.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00040-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944568 | 236 | 2.578125 | 3 |
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Emilia gave the handkerchief to Iago for the simplest of reasons: she didn't realize how important it was going to be, and he was her husband (and she wanted to please him). However, this little piece of cloth became very important. Othello had originally given the handkerchief to Desdemona. Iago ... | <urn:uuid:83ed4c2c-c6d1-4a03-a900-dac90d3a2cda> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/why-did-emilia-give-hankerchief-why-ws-44289 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391766.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00080-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98355 | 563 | 2.875 | 3 |
When someone takes your original song, or your book, movie or film, and uses it without your permission, copyright infringement occurs. The infringer may just copy your original work outright or may create something similar to your work but altered. When two works are similar, but not identical, it can be difficult to ... | <urn:uuid:718170f7-2427-43e9-bf43-b3fd828e593a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://info.legalzoom.com/substantial-alteration-copyright-infringment-22119.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00098-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927369 | 577 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Fracking firms must be allowed to cause far more significant earth tremors if the Government wants the shale gas industry to succeed, leading academics have warned.
Current regulations, imposed two years ago, are equivalent to banning buses from driving past houses or prohibiting the slamming of wooden doors, according... | <urn:uuid:67d9e5d9-3b3f-4063-b854-da71ba726a13> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/energy/11222259/Fracking-firms-should-be-allowed-to-cause-bigger-earth-tremors-academics-claim.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00119-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95765 | 882 | 2.703125 | 3 |
A man fishing.
- Certain fishing practices, like bottom trawling, dynamite and cyanide fishing damage the surrounding habitat and create environmental issues.
- Overfishing, including bycatch (catching other kinds of fish and sea animals), is also reducing the number of fish and leading to the extinction of some specie... | <urn:uuid:be6346c1-a72e-426f-ac09-9c99adbd4b1b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.yourdictionary.com/fishing | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00171-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.893577 | 226 | 3.484375 | 3 |
Posted by DAVID BC TAN under: Extra-curricular Activities on 13 Jan 2016.
Ed: 14-year old homeschooler Fara Ling’s speech at a recent public speaking competition won the audience and panel of judges for her maturity. Here’s what Fara said:
A COLLECTION OF TROPHIES by Fara Ling
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- An example of a mesa is a flat plateau that is elevated and looks like a table.
- An example of Mesa is a city near Phoenix.
Origin of mesaSpanish ; from Classical Latin mensa, a table: see mensal
Origin of Mesasee mesa
Origin of mesaSpanish, table, mesa, from Old Spanish, table, from Latin m&emacron;nsa.
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Introduction:What is Econometrics? Econometrics is based upon the development of statistical methods for estimating economic relationships, testing economic theories, and evaluating and implementing government and business policy. Economic Measurement i.e. measument of things such as economic system, market etc. Micro ... | <urn:uuid:6ccaae2d-2efa-4a65-9a70-d787e42e7af4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.slideshare.net/Milanregmi/1introduction-11578112 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398216.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00110-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.896089 | 1,486 | 3.203125 | 3 |
First, of course, we must exclude accidents, collisions, and component failures -- these obviously can result in injury.
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This is a roadrunner. During the day, roadrunners hide in the bushes to keep cool.
Click on image for full size
Courtesy of Corel Photography
Like the other creatures of the desert, birds come up with interesting ways to survive in the harsh climate. The sandgrouse has special feathers that soak up water. It can then c... | <urn:uuid:b0492638-8aca-43f9-bd39-b900dd48d862> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/desert_birds.html&edu=mid | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00172-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948428 | 601 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Reaching for the moon (Jan, 1956)
Are we being too subtle with the image here? Do you think people will get it?
Reaching for the moon
Once it meant the impossible… today it’s a progress report on scientific research
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