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Print the complete Handwriting & Keyboarding Standards PDF document.
Both handwriting and keyboarding are skills students need to master in order to produce effective written work. These two skills work together in the classroom to create an engaged, balanced, and successful learning environment.
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Pololu's device is a solid-state power switch controlled by a momentary pushbutton switch. Tap the button and the switch turns on. Tap it again and the switch
turns off. There's nothing unusual about that. Where it gets
interesting is that it also has an input pin that can be
controlled from your robot's CPU. When a hi... | <urn:uuid:a5ad151a-807f-4450-9137-36da36976957> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://servo.texterity.com/servo/201312/?folio=52 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00036-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.892812 | 483 | 2.6875 | 3 |
May 24, 2002
IBM claims carbon nanotube transistors beat silicon
US computing giant IBM says that it has created the best-performing carbon nanotube transistors to date. The company claims that the devices produced more than twice the transconductance per unit width of "top-performing" silicon transistor prototypes.
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Sisal fibre is fairly coarse and inflexible. It is valued for cordage use because of its strength, durability, ability to stretch, affinity for certain dyestuffs, and resistance to deterioration in saltwater. Sisal is used by industry in three grades:
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According to a recent Daily Chart blog in the Economist, mental illness inflicts a heavy toll, especially on the young and is the biggest driver of disability. The study upon which the chart is based suggests that we need to expand mental health services in order to cope with this problem. Many experts would agree with... | <urn:uuid:d858913a-f78a-4974-a992-35490f734994> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blogcritics.org/book-review-thinking-in-new-boxes-by-luc-de-brabandere-and-alan-iny/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408828.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00136-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95612 | 2,021 | 2.671875 | 3 |
The health ministry has requested that testing for mad cow disease be halted in July for all cattle under 48 months old as farmers continue to stick with blanket testing.
The move is based on a joint judgment by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry and the Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Ministry, which have deci... | <urn:uuid:ace6c9bb-0a09-4997-9dab-16f6b6d1d601> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/04/21/national/bse-tests-on-48-month-cattle-to-end/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00051-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97444 | 352 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Benemid belongs to a class of drugs known as uricosurics. It lowers high levels of uric acid in your body by helping the kidneys to get rid of uric acid. When uric acid levels get too high, crystals can form in the joints, causing gout. Lowering uric acid levels may also help your kidneys. Benemid is used to prevent go... | <urn:uuid:4a9cc442-f05c-46ee-a359-d9e087aa167d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://getbuy.org.uk/buy-benuryl.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00057-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.904841 | 819 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Discovering the age of stars using a new research technique may help build a much better understanding of the history of the universe, a Canberra scientist says.
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Through vivid fieldwork accounts anthropologists explore the ways money has influenced their perceptions and understandings of culture. These accounts raise critical questions. How do anthropologists come to know another culture through ordinary yet unexpected experiences with money? How is anthropological knowledge pr... | <urn:uuid:8a4f50cd-fe9e-4c89-b731-b7b5d1b1a461> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.chegg.com/textbooks/money-1st-edition-9781845207519-1845207513 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00096-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939782 | 189 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Today's college students are both like and unlike those of previous generations. They bring with them similar aspirations for personal growth and development, but with increasing pressures to gain an education that provides a path to a profession. Among this group are many first-generation college students and under-re... | <urn:uuid:af56fca8-d9ea-4c6e-9a0c-5b36807eac29> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nyu.edu/frn/programs.events/national.symposium/2016.national.symp.call.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00191-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93009 | 1,676 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Exposition of the Old and New Testament, by John Gill, [1746-63], at sacred-texts.com
mat 6:1Take heed that ye do not your alms before men,.... Some copies read, "take heed that ye do not your righteousness", &c. which is a very good reading: but then, by "righteousness", is not meant righteousness, as comprehending al... | <urn:uuid:3e41bcc3-9fb7-4937-94ff-946813b9751a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/gill/mat006.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00001-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973097 | 20,284 | 2.671875 | 3 |
If you take a three by three square on a 1-10 addition square and
multiply the diagonally opposite numbers together, what is the
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Make a pair of cubes that can be moved to show all the days of the
month from the 1st to the 31st.
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Resprouting and multi-stemming and the role of the persistence niche in the structure and dynamics of subtropical coastal dune forest in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.
Nzunda, Emmanuel F.
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Pip hopes to prove to Magwitch that he was not involved with his capture. Pip is concerned with being loyal, even to a criminal. Their eye contact foreshadows an impending relationship, but also suggests that this is Pip's first experience of acquiring true and focused attention. Pip narrates with great significance hi... | <urn:uuid:f2459f62-c3af-41f9-9a85-f36b9c3aa050> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://victorianweb.org/authors/dickens/ge/burns3.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397842.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00139-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.987634 | 650 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Last night we were plunged back into the 19th century by a power cut. No electric cooker, no lighting, no television. Out came the candles. We were only saved from total historical immersion by a fully-charged laptop which got used as a DVD player for the evening (and gave a fair bit of light too).
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States Take Steps for Full-Day Kindergarten
In the not too distant past, kindergarten was a place where children learned to color, share and play. But a higher regard for kindergarten is emerging, including a move toward all-day sessions in some states, as a growing body of research underscores the importance of learni... | <urn:uuid:fbe3df4c-c18d-4999-a731-369a303f0a28> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://tricountysentry.com/blog/states-take-steps-for-full-day-kindergarten/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00151-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964096 | 509 | 2.78125 | 3 |
(WEST LAFAYETTE) - Mercurial weather across the state will likely hamper the crops of Indiana fruit growers.
Purdue Horticulture Professor Bruce Bordelon says estimates put the state's peach crop at a near one hundred percent loss and show decimation of apple groves. Bordelon says warm weather encouraged buds on those ... | <urn:uuid:43cbdaf7-cad6-463a-9224-c85d40c7eb77> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wbiw.com/state/archive/2007/04/state-crops-could-be-affected.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00049-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963644 | 252 | 2.546875 | 3 |
The pūtorino is unique in that it functions both as a trumpet (the kokiri o te tane /male voice) and as a flute (the waiata o te hine / female voice) and is also employed as a conduit for the voice when sung into.
It is also unique in that it is the home of Hine Raukatauri, the Mäori goddess of flute music.
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Based on students’ familiarity with the equipment, you may want to do a practice run in the classroom with water samples from a stream. This will allow students to practice using the chemical test kits, and give everyone time to think through their hypotheses.
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USGBC and human health
USGBC has started exploring how to clearly link the market transformation that the green building movement has inspired to its opportunity to create an equally transformational impact on human health. In Health is a Human Right. Green Building Can Help, a report from USGBC’s Green Building & Huma... | <urn:uuid:2d65129b-66e0-4848-b6d6-49ba73103c5e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.usgbc.org/articles/usgbc-and-human-health | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00116-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929214 | 278 | 2.734375 | 3 |
This hardy bush is native to China, where it is known as summer lilac. Butterfly bushes are known for their honey-scented flowers that come in soft shades of lavender, reddish-purple, blues and pinks, blooming on arched branches from mid-summer until the first frost. Most bushes grow 5 to 10 feet tall and, as the name ... | <urn:uuid:0e4cb426-d2a2-430a-8aed-61aac8104c51> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gardenguides.com/104804-care-butterfly-bush.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00087-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948762 | 365 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Why You Need B12
Vitamin B12 is a water soluble vitamin. This means that it doesn’t stay in the body for a long period of time and that more frequent support with B12 may be needed to maintain healthy B12 levels in the body.
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Sevastopol – city of national importance of Ukraine
Sevastopol, located on the Black Sea coast of the Crimean peninsula, is a city of national importance of Ukraine, Hero City.
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- Word Explorer
|part of speech:
||a long thin body part on the head or around the mouth of some animals. Tentacles are used for feeling or taking hold of things.
Octopus and squid have tentacles.
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Old Abe, Eagle Hero, Patrick Young, illustrated by Anne Lee, Kane Miller Publisher, Ages 5-9, 48 Pages, jacketed hardcover,$15.99.
A bald eagle that inspired the nation during the darkest days of the American Civil War is the subject of a dramatic picture book for young children. Old Abe, Eagle Hero: The Civil War’s Mo... | <urn:uuid:7766118c-f833-4f16-b50c-56c2e9e0d819> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://civilwarlibrarian.blogspot.com/2010/08/new-and-noteworthy-childrens-book-on.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00023-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956037 | 448 | 3.171875 | 3 |
What is in this article?:
- Plasticulture grower gets sound agronomic advice
- Tests told a different story
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Directory, group of five men who held the executive power in France according to the constitution of the year III (1795) of the French Revolution. They were chosen by the new legislature, by the Council of Five Hundred and the Council of Ancients; each year one director, chosen by lot, was to be replaced. The Directory... | <urn:uuid:5306876a-3d0d-416b-87b2-347da2846a99> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia/history/directory.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00094-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966155 | 482 | 2.921875 | 3 |
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Sagittaron is a colony located within the star system Cyrannus and is one of the Twelve Colonies of Kobol, it is noted to be one of the poorer colonies due to centuries of exploitation. The Sagittaron capital is the city of... | <urn:uuid:5c9ce689-f0cf-457c-8248-26c38887c918> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Sagittaron | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00128-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957828 | 742 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Import Substitution and the Structure of the Iranian Economy 1962-1977
The strategy of import-substitution industrialisation (henceforth ISI) was one adopted by several newly independent countries in the postwar period. International disparities in income and degree of technological advancement between developed and un... | <urn:uuid:9071fc48-07c7-41d0-884d-34e708db9330> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://dsal.uchicago.edu/books/socialscientist/text.html?objectid=HN681.S597_204_032.gif | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00158-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940143 | 392 | 2.5625 | 3 |
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The growing onslaught of astronomical data available presents a great challenge. Astronomy lacks an easy-to-use and scalable way to collect and distribute expert information about objects from datasets of tens of thousands to bi... | <urn:uuid:2d59a3b1-4193-473a-a315-8d3f2fa97edc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://db.cs.pitt.edu/group/projects/astroshelf | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00133-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.734416 | 2,188 | 2.5625 | 3 |
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Introduction: Why Exploitation?
Jennifer S. Hawkins and Ezekiel J. Emanuel
The first effective intervention that could dramatically reduce the risk that an HIV-infected woman would pass the virus to her baby was discovered in 1994.1 The intervention was tested in ... | <urn:uuid:445ac035-1e68-44eb-b488-f18159d45c34> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://press.princeton.edu/chapters/i8805.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00177-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960923 | 6,989 | 2.9375 | 3 |
Behind every building, there is a little bit of fengshui
Ever wondered why certain buildings have unusual features?
Behind the many buildings and structures in Singapore, fengshui has played a major role. Fengshui is a Chinese system of geomancy believed to use the laws of Heaven and Earth to improve one’s life. Irene ... | <urn:uuid:a78fbaba-504c-4117-a222-0307de068b08> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.goingplacessingapore.sg/more/Top5/2012/Fengshui.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00077-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959139 | 1,148 | 2.65625 | 3 |
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CDC Detectives Respond to Disease Outbreaks
CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service officers are elite global health sleuths that respond 24/7 to emerging threats and disease outbreaks. They continue to respond to the multistate meningitis outbreak as they have to past outbreaks.
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The bacteria that the media like to refer to as "superbugs" are already undermining the health of millions of people around the world.
The term refers to bacteria that have become resistant to almost all antibiotics currently in use.
In this growing public health crisis, superbugs are already behind infections that tak... | <urn:uuid:3c0f88b6-eb00-4fac-8c39-d1f15e55065c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.aljazeera.com/programmes/insidestory/2016/02/stop-spread-superbugs-antibiotics-medicine-health-160211185538434.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00159-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94382 | 195 | 3.296875 | 3 |
shantipath - shanti mantra - peace chant
Shanti Mantras are invoked in the beginning of some topics. They are supposed to calm the mind of the reciter and environment around him/her. Reciting them is also believed to be removing any obstacles for the task being started.
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Mathematically an arithmetic progression is a sequence of numbers where the difference between consecutive terms is constant e.g. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10...
A geometric progression is one where each term is in a common ratio to the one preceeding it e.g 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 ... is a geometric progression where 2/4 = 4/8 = 8/16 =... | <urn:uuid:80113408-21b4-4e3b-8ea4-03908f721b3f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?p=15129582 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396222.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00179-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944347 | 1,162 | 2.921875 | 3 |
|WHY DO WE NEED TO PUSH THINGS
TO GET THEM TO MOVE?
Things don't start moving by themselves. If something is at rest, you have to push it to get it going. For a push of a given size, some objects will move more easily than others. Inertia is a measure of how much something resists being put into motion. Mass is a measu... | <urn:uuid:ec0da003-274a-4b3c-aa3e-1d3a3a9eb518> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.chandra.harvard.edu/edu/stop/explore/bat.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00020-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961419 | 265 | 3.859375 | 4 |
This one-of-a-kind presentation of the New Testament world and its archaeological treasures provides a new, more complete understanding of the world in which Christianity was born. Through lavish photographs, architectural plans, extensive maps, and detailed charts, you can explore the landscape of Nazareth where Jesus... | <urn:uuid:a40824e5-98dd-4c6a-ab96-6d5e9381a2e2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.cokesbury.com/forms/ProductDetail.aspx?pid=385905 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398216.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00125-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.897128 | 263 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Reference Type: Electronic Resource
Title: Insulating livestock and other farm buildings
Primary Authors: Jones,D. D.
Published: 1982, Purdue University, Cooperative Extension Service, West Lafayette, IN
Abstract: Energy and how we use it are vital considerations today in the planning and construction of farm buildings... | <urn:uuid:ea746d36-bdf2-4ae9-afa0-9ed5e60ff144> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.energy.wsu.edu/EnergyLibrary/AgricultureMatters/CatalogItemDetail.aspx?id=128 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394414.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00105-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931307 | 221 | 2.765625 | 3 |
A perfect storm of unexpected events led to the near-extinction of the Santa Cruz Island Fox.
By 2004, the fox population in the Channel Islands fell from 1,500 to 15.
Biologist never expected that pigs would eventually put the Island Fox on the endangered species list.
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Adaptation: Challenges and Opportunities
Scientists have warned that further climate change is inevitable. We may slow the rate of change and limit the extent of change, by reducing global greenhouse gas emissions.
The excess greenhouse gases already in the atmosphere, however, mean that the climate will continue to ch... | <urn:uuid:7b49b358-389c-42fc-8205-57f44fb82f0e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.toolkit.bc.ca/adaptation-challenges-and-opportunities | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00152-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.90938 | 1,359 | 4.0625 | 4 |
Persian Gulf War
The immediate effect on North Carolina of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990 was the deployment of the 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg to Saudi Arabia. Although the army cloaked the movement in secrecy, the absence of thousands of men from Fort Bragg could not be hidden. Units from the 82n... | <urn:uuid:1d64f051-3dcd-4d40-a9b8-de3b320c9fbb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ncpedia.org/node/3176/backlinks | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00175-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95257 | 1,227 | 3.109375 | 3 |
WOLFRAM LANGUAGE CHARACTER NAME
- Unicode: 223C.
- Alias: Esc~Esc.
- Infix similarity operator.
- x y is by default interpreted as Tilde[x,y].
- Used in mathematics for many notions of similarity or equivalence.
- Used in physical science to indicate approximate equality.
- Occasionally used in mathematics for notions ... | <urn:uuid:89cd7254-7454-42c9-baf6-bfeceedd1650> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/character/Tilde.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396538.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00094-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.672945 | 113 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Selenium protects against some cancers
Selenium reduced the incidence of colon, rectal, prostate, and lung cancer in a ten-year study of 1,312 people at the University of Arizona Cancer Center in Tucson. Participants in the randomized, double-blind study who took 200 micrograms of selenium supplements daily had a lower... | <urn:uuid:8cf1019a-3483-4409-9eb3-c9849b87668e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.motherearthliving.com/health-and-wellness/news-capsules-fighting-cancer-naturally.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397744.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00170-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917942 | 1,777 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Coming straight from high school, you might find the concept of an honor code foreign and hard to grasp. That being said, comprehending and respecting the code is an important part of the college experience. Honor codes typically deal with topics that include cheating, plagiarism, multiple submissions, and misuse of un... | <urn:uuid:3b21725c-bd5a-46e1-847f-d4b713b61d8a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.textbooks.com/college-tips/your-colleges-honor-code-what-you-need-to-know/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393463.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00187-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946152 | 750 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Israeli scientists have developed a new technique to treat breast cancer and it is being used in trials already. The method employs a supercooled needle tip to repeatedly freeze then defrost tumors. This damages and ultimately kills the harmful tissue.
The needle is cooled to -274F (-170C) by pumping liquid nitrogen th... | <urn:uuid:6c51547b-3398-4aff-b43e-fdb060b903b1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.algemeiner.com/2012/12/10/israeli-scientists-freeze-tumors-in-new-breast-cancer-treatment/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403508.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00135-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964013 | 239 | 3.03125 | 3 |
On October 1, 1940,
three vessels sailed from the Rumanian port of Tulcia - the Atlantic,
the Milos and the Pacific, carrying some 3,500 immigrants from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia.
At the beginning of November, the Pacific and the Milos reached Haifa,
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This book is intended as a sequel to Self-Help, and Character. It might, indeed, have appeared as an introduction to these volumes; for Thrift is the basis of Self-Help, and the foundation of much that is excellent in Character.
king men and women provident is to make them wise.
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By Funké Aladejebi
On March 27th Funké Aladejebi, a PhD candidate at York University, told the compelling story of how black organizations in Toronto used education to combat racism by making connections to “Africa” and adapting the language of Black Power to a Canadian experience. Her talk was part of the 2013 History... | <urn:uuid:6ec828fa-0362-40c1-9071-61df16f1b362> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://activehistory.ca/2013/04/podcast-and-reflection-black-power-with-a-northern-touch-black-radicalism-in-toronto-1950s-1970s/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00085-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961006 | 1,480 | 3.359375 | 3 |
NATO's Sixty Year Legacy: Threat Of Nuclear War In Europe
Since its birth the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has envisioned the use of nuclear weapons against non-nuclear nations.
One of the fundamental purposes for the creation of NATO in 1949 was to introduce the permanent stationing of nuclear weapons in Europe.... | <urn:uuid:a3a21cf9-3ed2-42c0-a4f0-96c0d3b2a0f8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://opednews.com/articles/NATO-s-Sixty-Year-Legacy--by-Rick-Rozoff-090331-690.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00032-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962987 | 579 | 3.140625 | 3 |
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — KCAL9 News has learned that as many as 16 people in LA County are being monitored for possible exposure to MERS.
MERS stands for Middle East Respiratory Syndrome.
The California Department of Public Health says the 16 people were all passengers on a flight with a man who is now hospitalized wi... | <urn:uuid:525c56bf-5f3e-429e-b694-7c294f548d2b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/05/22/16-being-monitored-in-la-county-for-possible-exposure-to-deadly-mers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397562.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00189-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969481 | 172 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Less educated, youth unable to control angerDecember 1st, 2009 - 1:07 pm ICT by IANS
Toronto, Dec 1 (IANS) Younger people, those with children and less-educated individuals are more likely to experience anger, according to new research.
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Thursday, November 01, 2007
A few weeks ago I speculated that the EDAR gene was responsible for variation in hair form in regards to curly vs. straight. I based this on the distribution of polymorphisms and the variation of the phenotype geographically. I was wrong. Rather, it is responsible for variation in thickness ... | <urn:uuid:c057be56-b88c-43c2-b09d-19f2036045aa> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2007/11/edar-controls-hair-thickness.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00102-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957467 | 313 | 2.78125 | 3 |
In the last chapter, we graphed data. Now, we move to graphing equations with two variables. For simplicity, the discussion in this chapter is confined to linear equations, i.e. equations of degree 1 . Some of the general concepts carry over to more general equations, to be discussed later.
The first section explains h... | <urn:uuid:1747d416-59e1-4284-ac7a-0aab15b05ed8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sparknotes.com/math/algebra1/graphingequations/summary.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00100-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927459 | 464 | 4.5625 | 5 |
On U.S. farms, gleaning is making a comeback, as a national anti-hunger organization has turned to the ancient practice to help feed the poor. And it also gives farmers a way to use produce that would otherwise be wasted.
In the Old Testament, farmers are told not to pick their fields and vineyards clean, but instead t... | <urn:uuid:ef9dc63f-924a-4b1f-968b-a37c1002d853> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://westernfarmpress.com/print/management/gleaning-harvest-makes-return-agriculture | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397565.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00166-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965028 | 151 | 2.875 | 3 |
With nations like Australia and the U.K. having voted to make financial education mandatory in their school systems, the U.S. is moving aggressively to re-assert leadership on this important front in the global fight against financial illiteracy.
Last week, the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau unveiled Transfo... | <urn:uuid:2ba74bfe-64c0-487b-993f-8cda5dd0f442> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://business.time.com/2013/05/07/a-big-push-for-mandatory-personal-finance-classes-in-school/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00181-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948045 | 685 | 2.984375 | 3 |
INTRO BY JIM: We’re often asked how our position of Evolutionary Creation differs from Intelligent Design. That’s a tricky question to answer succinctly, as there is a considerable range of views under each of these positions. At BioLogos, we state clearly that we accept the overwhelming scientific evidence for common ... | <urn:uuid:92bfddc8-06a7-4d0d-b413-31256d7dd06d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://biologos.org/blogs/jim-stump-faith-and-science-seeking-understanding/evolution-is-still-not-a-theory-in-crisis-but-neo-darwinism-might-be | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397842.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00094-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950475 | 2,503 | 2.75 | 3 |
This request for proposals is to (1) perform one-year synthesis activities that address a clearly defined gap in scientific knowledge of terrestrial ecosystems and climate change, (2) renew ongoing NICCR research projects for one year, or (3) carry out value-added additions to existing NICCR or non-NICCR-funded experim... | <urn:uuid:812feee6-a649-4e13-a6c8-e12b13330e2c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.niccr.psu.edu/index.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00019-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.88975 | 509 | 2.578125 | 3 |
You take care of your goldfish on a daily basis but do you really know how to tell if your goldfish is sick or what are the signs of illness and disease? Knowing the signs of sickness in goldfish is your first step in saving the life of your pet fish. Through careful observation is when you can properly diagnose the il... | <urn:uuid:3bb319b6-3a7e-470b-8607-28983ba61bbe> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.goldfishcareinformation.com/2011/02/how-to-tell-if-your-goldfish-is-sick-signs-and-symptoms-of-illness-and-disease.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00037-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948195 | 735 | 3.03125 | 3 |
San Antonio's temperate climate experience high summer temperatures of 85 degrees F and mild winter lows of 50 degrees F. This weather makes for a long growing season for vegetable gardeners. San Antonio gardeners should plant vegetables in full sun and provide plants with water when the soil becomes dry and crumbly.
L... | <urn:uuid:0fa11ec4-a171-4821-b567-f0b9b9d1336f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gardenguides.com/138637-vegetables-grow-san-antonio.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00008-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.910348 | 334 | 2.765625 | 3 |
The ball has a kinetic energy of: when kicked.
The force pushing the ball down to the ground can be ignored, since a ball is round, it rolls (doesn't slide), so there's no static friction.
The force of the grass cannot be ignored. And, in this case, essentially acts like static friction, like a block sliding on the gro... | <urn:uuid:60c62ddf-2e08-40fe-a76e-00db83ed04cb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/60088/how-to-simulate-the-movement-of-a-ball-in-2d-due-to-force-gravity-and-friction | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00011-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949424 | 371 | 3.5 | 4 |
As water flows freely from our taps and over our lawns, down our drains, and into the environment, why should we pause to consider water’s importance and work to conserve it? While 70% of the earth’s surface is covered by water, only 2.5% is fresh water, and only a fraction of that water is even available for human use... | <urn:uuid:c6468312-3368-4b85-9714-61e4164f9084> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://marketing.smartlinknetwork.com/whysavewater/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398873.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00093-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923553 | 654 | 2.828125 | 3 |
The National Geographic ‘Sun Pictures’ collection is a series of analemma photos taken from around the world.
Analemma is the name given to the figure eight path that the sun appears to take in the sky over the course of a year, and the first one ever made (between 1978-79) is even featured in this National Geographic ... | <urn:uuid:f35f4a99-939a-40e7-b92e-ad2bf272bf65> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/national-geographic-sun-pictures | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00185-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915965 | 170 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Sep 23, 2011
CLOUD: closing in on the initial steps of cloud formation
At the end of August, the journal Nature published the first results from CLOUD, an experiment at CERN that aims to settle the question of whether or not cosmic rays have a climatically significant effect on clouds.
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For more than 30 million years, in early Mesozoic Pangea, “rauisuchian” archosaurs were the apex predators in most terrestrial ecosystems, but their biology and evolutionary history remain poorly understood. We describe a new “rauisuchian” based on ten individuals found in a single locality from the Middle Triassic (La... | <urn:uuid:06776431-a573-46c7-9cb6-33b1cd625a41> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://forgottenarchosaurs.blogspot.com/2011/04/great-rauisuchian-find-decuriasuchus.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00170-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944923 | 206 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Sadly, more than one million people in the U.S. suffer an outbreak of shingles each year. It is a kind of a blistering rash which caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox. Usually, the signs and symptoms of shingles affect only a small section of one side of your body; however, people cannot identify them on gen... | <urn:uuid:4a14dd78-6d25-4dd9-b6fe-d41ed6b2a860> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.webswiki.com/hobby/shinglesinfo-com-site-for-shingles-information-statistics-real-pictures/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00138-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941755 | 555 | 2.609375 | 3 |
I am SO over the word "tolerance."
Although the dictionary definition of tolerance is:
a fair, objective and permissive attitude toward opinions and practices that differ from one's own
The word tolerate is defined as:
to endure without repugnance; put up with
What tolerance means to me
When I hear the word tolerance, ... | <urn:uuid:57482473-f072-4c5b-9099-88a53d12c8ad> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.allparenting.com/my-family/articles/969075/i-cant-tolerate-the-word-tolerance | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00180-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970802 | 593 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Q. For three years, my Swiss chard has been abundant and beautiful until August when it develops spots and its leaves go to pot. Any ideas on what's wrong?
-- Kenneth Milani, Naperville
A. These symptoms could describe leaf spot, a disease caused by planting seeds that harbor pathogens. Next year, purchase fresh Swiss ... | <urn:uuid:8b73dc4b-07b1-4794-b2fb-d91132a133a9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2007-10-14/news/0710110331_1_aphids-adequate-moisture-leaf-spot | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00012-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931317 | 767 | 3.046875 | 3 |
The experience of traveling can often feel frustratingly slow. But despite the traffic jams on the roads and congested airports, we don’t know how good we have it today compared to our great-great grandparents.
Indeed, in this age of instant digital communications and fast travel, we tend to forget that not so long ago... | <urn:uuid:8dbeff76-ce26-4262-8dad-44bf71b69a41> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mnn.com/green-tech/transportation/stories/how-fast-could-you-travel-across-the-us-in-the-1800s | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00121-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977497 | 590 | 3.328125 | 3 |
New research suggest that the Siberian woolly mammoth lived in two distinct clans. Scientists are trying to determine why the groups appeared to live in the same region but went extinct at two different times.
The axolotl salamander is one of the few vertebrates that can regenerate entire limbs as an adult. Scientists ... | <urn:uuid:3f668d96-12ad-4414-a6cd-dbcb2f1f990e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mgrc.com.my/newsletter/2008/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00124-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952349 | 131 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Coal Soot Responsible for Melting Glaciers in European Alps
New scientific research suggests that coal soot may have been responsible for melting glaciers in the Alps during the Industrial Revolution.
Live Science reports that during the "Little Ice Age," a period of cool climates in the 19th century, coal soot surged ... | <urn:uuid:293d7e1b-17c5-4cbf-a5e2-49cfd8ec7e12> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.latinpost.com/articles/1895/20130904/coal-soot-responsible-melting-glaciers-european-alps.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394937.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00166-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953691 | 454 | 3.765625 | 4 |
Higher-dimensional geometry considers the properties of figures with four or more dimensions.
An object of zero dimensions is a single point. It needs no coordinates.
The first dimension takes up the space of a line, and has only one coordinate (the x coordinate).
The second dimension takes up the space of a plane, and... | <urn:uuid:b51cfb92-b36b-46be-b6e6-e028f19c0ca6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dmoz.org/desc/Science/Math/Geometry/Higher_Dimensional | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00137-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.892577 | 222 | 3.921875 | 4 |
Conserving Wildlife (and Culture) on the Flathead Indian Reservation
The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes use the latest science to successfully manage grizzlies, deer, swans, falcons, and other species in harmony with traditional values.
This story is featured in Montana Outdoors March–April 2010 issue
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AfriGeneas Free Persons of Color Forum
Composition of free community
Hi Sandra. On the composition of the free community after the colonial period, I don't have direct evidence. But I notice that in Virginia well into 1820 most manumissions appear to have been motivated by religious reasons rather than paternity. Howev... | <urn:uuid:a917b5ae-82bc-415a-93db-a59bede8a3ea> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.afrigeneas.com/forum-fpoc/index.cgi/md/read/id/1149/sbj/composition-of-free-community/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00029-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959904 | 402 | 3.046875 | 3 |
The "El Nino" phenomenon, which sparks climate extremes around the globe, is likely to take hold in the Pacific Ocean by the end of the year and could even do so within weeks, the UN said on Thursday.
There was an 80 percent likelihood that El Nino could start between October and November and 60 percent that it would d... | <urn:uuid:ddcdc9f9-d69f-4757-9a35-faf7c309cf5b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.businessinsider.com/el-nino-likely-to-develop-2014-7 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399522.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00129-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953703 | 791 | 3.625 | 4 |
Junior Ranger Project (JRP)
Junior Ranger Project is for children. By providing young people
with opportunities to participate in ranger work, protected
areas fulfil their educational role whilst enhancing
understanding of their aims and appreciation of the natural and
cultural resources they protect.
The Junior Ranger... | <urn:uuid:148e2d38-b92d-4e5e-9f3c-a03b57afe936> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://mujweb.cz/junior.ranger/anglictina.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00183-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.897096 | 514 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Osteoporosis is a disease in which bones become weak and brittle. If left unchecked, osteoporosis can progress painlessly until a bone breaks (fracture).
Diagnostic and Surgical Procedures
Living With Osteoporosis
Practical prevention—who needs bone mineral density testing?
Bone mineral density (BMD) testing is a way t... | <urn:uuid:2d4b711e-4198-4a65-8099-74c2fbab2366> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://healthlibrary.epnet.com/GetContent.aspx?token=0a1af489-5b4c-4f2d-978e-3930be13b1f6&chunkiid=33757 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00047-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.913897 | 360 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE)
TERMSWith WWI lasting longer than expected and no suitable way to reward services to the war effort by civilians at home and servicemen in support positions, King George V created another order with five levels. The first two levels confer knighthood, and since 1935, h... | <urn:uuid:1ef18c55-8bd7-4feb-bbf0-11209ce2d0b2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.canoe.ca/RemembranceDay/cbe.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00004-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970401 | 604 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Introduction to Psychiatric Technician Programs
The field of psychology does not utilize only the services of counselors, doctors, and other graduate-level and doctorate-level professionals. In fact, much of the day-to-day work done with patients falls to psychiatric technicians.
Psychiatric technicians fulfill many du... | <urn:uuid:d6974530-671a-45f2-8d3e-d1beff7591bb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.onlinepsychologydegrees.com/specialty/psychiatric-technician/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00061-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934858 | 809 | 2.875 | 3 |
Boosting the probiotic in yogurt
The study included 210 Japanese people with large abdominal fat areas. They were divided into three groups and given either 200 grams (about 7 ounces) of high-probiotic yogurt, low-probiotic yogurt, or no-probiotic yogurt to eat every day for 12 weeks. The yogurts all contained equal am... | <urn:uuid:7e3149a1-fb0f-405c-9d41-b73556681f2a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gnc.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11315388&lmdn=Price+Range&cp=3593188.12959285 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00044-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952887 | 772 | 2.625 | 3 |
Lighting a home is not as cheap as you might think. The average American household spends 9% to 20% of its electric bill on lighting, according to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). That’s $90 to $180 a year for home lighting, depending on where you live. Americans also spend $11.9 billion a year on lighting equipmen... | <urn:uuid:8dd25833-dce9-41f2-8b9e-3ddfd9cfa121> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.homepower.com/comment/636 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00181-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930051 | 2,707 | 3.203125 | 3 |
How to Create Folders in OS X Mountain Lion
So you think that Apple has already given you enough folders in OS X Mountain Lion? Can’t imagine why you’d need more? Think of creating new folders the same way you’d think of labeling a new folder at work for a specific project. New folders help you keep your files organize... | <urn:uuid:20951b77-957c-4664-b950-1647e5cdd062> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/how-to-create-folders-in-os-x-mountain-lion.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00184-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.906966 | 409 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Nanoparticles are major threat to health
Nanoparticles in the environment can cause serious auto-immune diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, say scientists.
The findings add to increasing concern that carbon nanoparticles in particular can cause major health problems.
Scientists at Trinity College Dublin's School o... | <urn:uuid:53be7523-803c-43e0-b087-bae444e3fced> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.tgdaily.com/health-features/63970-nanoparticles-are-major-threat-to-health | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00049-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916499 | 394 | 2.796875 | 3 |
From Abracadabra to Zombies | View All
The "blue sense" is a cop's intuition about impending danger, about whether a suspect is guilty, about whether someone's lying, about hunches regarding cases or people. The term is used by Lyons and Truzzi to refer to something akin to psychic power possessed by good cops. "It is ... | <urn:uuid:0db306f1-8363-49d3-995a-785a542cb8c3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.skepdic.com/bluesens.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00091-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935714 | 233 | 2.875 | 3 |
A large asteroid, called 2004 BL86 by astronomers, swept just outside 3 lunar distances of Earth on January 26, 2014. It’s the closest asteroid of its size known to pass Earth between now and 2027. It was close enough that observers on Earth could see it fleeing in front of the fixed star background. It was close enoug... | <urn:uuid:46176dc1-b0c6-4dac-9312-619a82e1e7c8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://earthsky.org/todays-image/best-images-asteroid-2004-bl86-as-it-swept-near-earth | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00138-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94425 | 479 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Esophageal stricture is when the esophagus narrows making it hard to swallow. The esophagus is a muscular tube that carries food and liquids from the mouth to the stomach.
Copyright © Nucleus Medical Media, Inc.
Esophageal stricture is typically caused by scar tissue that develops as a result of the following:
Factors ... | <urn:uuid:9a3c9a75-8b75-47e7-875b-510786658735> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.mbhs.org/health-library?ArticleId=100271 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00142-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.872837 | 667 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Male Brimstone butterflies. The male and the female look similar from the side and rarely rest with wings open. They are perfectly camouflaged as leaf-lookalikes.
He has a more yellow tinge to the green undersides and is bright sulphur yellow when he opens his wings.
The female is paler from topside and underside, look... | <urn:uuid:fc9dd588-f155-48ec-a9f4-8416300320ec> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.animalphotos.me/butterfly/butterfly-brim.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00167-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97465 | 176 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Definition of subdural
a. - Situated under the dura mater, or between the dura mater and the arachnoid membrane. 2
The word "subdural" uses 8 letters: A B D L R S U U.
No direct anagrams for subdural found in this word list.
Adding one letter to subdural does not form any other word in this word list.Words within subdu... | <urn:uuid:f09c1395-e824-4a99-ba6b-8c582e014271> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.morewords.com/word/subdural/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00164-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.8962 | 127 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Cost of debt refers to the cost of financing a company using debt such as a bond issue or bank loan. It is stated as an interest rat rD. Since there is a tax shield on the interest component of debt, the component used in WACC is rD (1 –t)
In this article, we will estimate the cost of debt using two approaches: Yield-t... | <urn:uuid:3853e227-c9de-4efd-a49c-d309b38d5ffb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://financetrain.com/calculating-cost-of-debt-ytm-and-debt-rating-approach/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00013-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938584 | 444 | 2.890625 | 3 |
The role of professional discipline in the diagnosis and treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
Given findings regarding the possible effect of parent and teacher bias on accuracy of prevalence rates for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), this study examined whether differences among profes... | <urn:uuid:62124bd2-9975-44b9-89da-1382cb84d6d5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://fordham.bepress.com/dissertations/AAI3084894/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00111-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923249 | 376 | 2.546875 | 3 |
If this article is to be believed then scientists have managed to grow a form of meat in a laboratory for the first time. The researchers who are based in the Netherlands have created what they have described as soggy pork. They are now working on improving the muscle tissue by training it and stretching it to make it ... | <urn:uuid:3ad4fd06-e1dd-4e15-9344-81f094ca39fc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.karennutton.co.uk/PermaLink,guid,f695e31c-0f35-43cb-a8e6-f6f5c92e09b9.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00126-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.987661 | 112 | 2.5625 | 3 |
1646 – Born on the 1st of July in Leipzig to Friedrich Leibniz and Catherina Schmuck.
1669 – Leibniz was appointed Assessor in the Court of Appeal.
1676 – Leibniz managed to delay his arrival in Hanover, after making one more short journey to London, where he possibly was shown some of Newton’s unpublished work on the ... | <urn:uuid:a0aaffbb-dac0-47a1-97a4-2d2b4e983833> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.s9.com/Biography/Leibniz-Gottfried-Wilhelm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00017-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977819 | 257 | 3.5 | 4 |
Ewing sarcomaEwing family of tumors; Primitive neuroectodermal tumors (PNET)
Ewing sarcoma is a malignant (cancerous) bone tumor that affects children.
Ewing sarcoma can occur anytime during childhood and young adulthood. But it usually develops during puberty, when bones are growing rapidly. It is 10 times as common i... | <urn:uuid:d8eee46e-fec7-46af-849a-ecc980596f97> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.leememorial.org/HealthInformation/HIE%20Multimedia/1/001302.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00034-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.895196 | 636 | 3.359375 | 3 |
Transformation - Scale factor enlargements
More Lessons for GCSE Maths
Videos to help GCSE Maths students learn about Transformation: Translation, Reflection, Rotation, Enlargement. Enlargement Positive, Negative, and Fractional Scale Factors.
Enlargement by a scale factor (Edexcel GCSE Maths)
How to enlarge a shape fr... | <urn:uuid:10cda2ba-bd20-4772-8abc-a4204ca65b0d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.onlinemathlearning.com/transformation-enlargement.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00136-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.722567 | 179 | 3.828125 | 4 |
Doug Leppard (DLeppard@CCCI.Org )
Benjamin Leppard (Benjamin@Leppard.Com)
This is the third in a series of articles outlining the steps we have taken to
build our robot. Both Benjamin and I are newbies
at this and thus this article will be written for newbies. These articles are focused on a robot that will compete in ... | <urn:uuid:49c9cf5d-ddd7-4f4e-b9c4-970b379b1679> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.seattlerobotics.org/encoder/jun99/68hc912b32.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00070-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952013 | 2,074 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Last week’s Comprehensive Spending Review has reignited the debate on how much the government can save by cutting waste. To quote the Review, “Particular focus has been given to reducing welfare costs and wasteful spending.” [emphasis added]
The CSR came soon after the release of the Efficiency Review by Sir Philip Gre... | <urn:uuid:dbb5caf9-f299-4a58-af10-a96381dcac15> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.iea.org.uk/blog/winning-the-war-on-government-waste | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396875.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00005-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971427 | 338 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Many American children are not getting enough vitamin D, according to a new report from the
The report now recommends that children consume 400 units of vitamin D daily. Children who may need to take a daily vitamin D supplement include:
- Breast-fed infants.
- Infants consuming less than 4 cups of vitamin D-fortified ... | <urn:uuid:d982158b-7aeb-4c16-a553-1057c9334841> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dairyherd.com/dairy-news/latest/double-up-on-vitamin-d-113934354.html?source=related | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00110-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925024 | 110 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Discretization of the transient term
To account for transient effects, the governing equations must be discretized in time. As it turns out, the temporal discretization is slightly easier to deal with than that for the spacial effects. Since the governing equation is hyperbolic/parabolic in time, the solution at time t... | <urn:uuid:e3fae9d4-4154-4797-8eab-9c448a014c17> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cfd-online.com/W/index.php?title=Discretization_of_the_transient_term&oldid=4459 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00144-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.906077 | 286 | 2.609375 | 3 |
- Young people who reported that they were overweight were more likely to also report having suicidal thoughts.
- At age 10, girls who believed they were overweight were significantly more likely to think about suicide than boys.
- Thoughts of suicide diminished over time for boys and girls, regardless of body image.
S... | <urn:uuid:27634591-41c7-4717-b54d-8e9d08f43517> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cfah.org/hbns/2013/body-image-tied-to-suicidal-thoughts-in-young-teens | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00084-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967375 | 644 | 2.5625 | 3 |
So lets take a look what is Gluten and about Gluten diet and which foods contain and dont contain gluten
In the 7th century, the Buddhist monks discovered gluten, while kneading wheat flour with water to make a dough. Gluten is found naturally in grains and binds together two separate proteins found wfithin the grain. ... | <urn:uuid:4368ab7b-9c7a-48b2-bdfe-60810b0379c2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://healthvee.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00131-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955857 | 854 | 3.15625 | 3 |
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