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"I am very proud of the leadership role Canada has taken in advancing stem cell therapy and particularly gratified that this historic decision benefits children who would otherwise have little hope," said Andrew Daly, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine and Oncology at the University of Calgary, ... | <urn:uuid:de80c039-8e76-461c-94da-90df5325fc34> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/325140 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398216.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00199-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940183 | 782 | 3.34375 | 3 |
Consumer Reports recently published a guide (subscription required) detailing which fruit and vegetables contain the most pesticides. They recommend always buying organic when purchasing the following fruits and vegetables: Bell Peppers, Celery, Cherries, Grapes (imported), Nectarines, Peaches, Pears, Potatoes, Red Ras... | <urn:uuid:c6945f3c-0b30-4f05-890d-328908eccfa8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.metaefficient.com/food-and-drink/a-shoppers-guide-to-pesticides.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00162-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926057 | 143 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Earth could survive a red-giant Sun
Sep 12, 2007
In about five billion years the Sun will run out of hydrogen fuel and swell into a red giant star over a thousand times its current volume before shrinking back into a white dwarf. No-one is quite sure whether Earth is close enough to be swallowed up by a bulging Sun or ... | <urn:uuid:e06daa16-5b98-4757-a11b-e34798da9698> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://physicsworld.com/cws/article/news/2007/sep/12/earth-could-survive-a-red-giant-sun | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00050-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940555 | 651 | 3.171875 | 3 |
New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge (NJ ASK)
Performance Level Descriptors
Language Arts Literacy
Reading. A student performing at the Partially Proficient level demonstrates limited ability to construct meaning from texts or to employ the strategies needed to analyze and critique a variety of texts. S/he may... | <urn:uuid:2a0c8948-99d4-4def-9728-b9633b571e32> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.state.nj.us/education/assessment/descriptors/es/lal4.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00140-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.892774 | 578 | 3.21875 | 3 |
“Disruptors are innovators, but not all innovators are disruptors — in the same way that a square is a rectangle but not all rectangles are squares.” ~ Forbes Magazine
e-Learning is dynamically evolving, thanks to the incredible achievements in highly powerful and intelligent tools and technologies that are rapidly eme... | <urn:uuid:67b82e0b-5b21-4f23-bd95-b43d2aa83f8a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://learnnovators.com/top-11-disruptive-e-learning-technologies-for-2013/?_tmc=O-mpUo1H-bCgtOpezHRZE1EF7LfgwbKu6Il1jaaNwTo | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00069-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946007 | 3,405 | 2.734375 | 3 |
The Great Leap From Myth to History
In an article for Asia Times Online posted earlier this month, Peter Lee examines the cooling prohibition on discussion of the disastrous effects of the Great Leap Forward. The collection of hastily enacted policies resulted in mass starvation. What dutch historian Frank Dikötter has... | <urn:uuid:d2e4b091-2ae3-43e8-9488-51e9e7d0b5b4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2012/06/the-great-leap-from-myth-history/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00019-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964579 | 712 | 2.65625 | 3 |
In this Research and
Collections section, you will learn what the Illinois State Museum collects,
how it collects objects, what it does with the collections, and how it cares
for the collections. Each discipline in the museum: fine art, decorative
art, anthropology, botany, geology, and zoology, has its own methods of
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Plants are incredibly temperature sensitive and can perceive changes of as little as one degree Celsius. Now, a report in the January 8th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, shows how they not only 'feel' the temperature rise, but also coordinate an appropriate response -- activating hundreds of genes ... | <urn:uuid:33124c60-19b1-4338-91a8-051866714458> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bio-medicine.org/biology-news-1/How-plants-feel-the-temperature-rise-11370-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00201-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948885 | 727 | 3.9375 | 4 |
Jim Hawkins is a young boy who lives at his parents’ inn, the Admiral Benbow, near Bristol, England, in the eighteenth century. An old sea captain named Billy Bones dies in the inn after being presented with a black spot, or official pirate verdict of guilt or judgment. Jim is stirred to action by the spot and its myst... | <urn:uuid:89c11d4e-116d-4232-be71-b98f14d9f0e5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/treasure/summary.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00167-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969464 | 1,118 | 2.53125 | 3 |
- By simply taking a superficial look at the quantitative statistics we may not be able to see the whole truth.
- In the West we are faced with this fact in alarming health statistics like one in two men and one in three women will get cancer.
- We assessed heterogeneity between studies with the Q statistic and by visu... | <urn:uuid:03340045-2266-4c20-a9de-0c1fbe9f66b8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/american_english/statistic | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00096-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954697 | 338 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Learned societies include ones for ecology, engineering, entomology, fisheries, forestry, genetics, geography, medicine, microbiology, nutrition, and veterinary medicine. The Federal Ministry of Science and Technology has 25 attached research institutes that focus on cereals, cocoa, lake ecology, horticulture, forestry... | <urn:uuid:be8597d7-765b-40ec-af71-a3a0149aa2fc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Africa/Nigeria-SCIENCE-AND-TECHNOLOGY.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00101-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915993 | 276 | 2.546875 | 3 |
You should follow any guidelines provided or recommended by the professor for whose course you are writing a paper and, in general, prepare a paper in accordance with the type of Classics course for which you are writing it: history and literature papers, for instance, usually take different forms. You may find helpful... | <urn:uuid:a56cb2ef-b85e-4aa6-afee-08b1aaec673a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://classics.williams.edu/resources/research-and-paper-writing-guides/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00195-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915581 | 542 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Determine Culprit Before Spraying
A recent hailstorm shredded plant foliage. If you didn't know about the storm you might suspect that insects had been chewing on the leaves. That's why it's important to identify the cause of a problem before resorting to sprays. Visit damaged plants at different times during the day t... | <urn:uuid:74077f04-1e0d-45d9-96b1-a3183ad915d9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://garden.org/regional/report/arch/reminders/2489 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396959.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00188-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938012 | 398 | 3.234375 | 3 |
The Eye Christian Symbol represents the "all-seeing eye" representing the eye of God the Father, the all-knowing and ever-present God. In later examples of Christian art the eye was pictured in a triangle with rays of light to represent the infinite holiness of the Trinity. The all seeing eye is based on the following ... | <urn:uuid:19c77d5d-2963-4cb6-80bf-c17414188ef1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dream-interpretation.org.uk/christian-dream-symbols/eye-christian-dream-symbol.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394414.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00164-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935465 | 398 | 2.75 | 3 |
Themistocles was an Athenian politician and general. He was one of a new breed of non-aristocratic politicians who rose to prominence in the early years of the Athenian democracy. As a politician, Themistocles was a populist, having the support of lower class Athenians, and generally being at odds with the Athenian nob... | <urn:uuid:c79caddc-cd29-4e30-9930-52b309b76ae3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.worldofquotes.com/author/Themistocles/1/index.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403508.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00034-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98047 | 293 | 3.359375 | 3 |
Eau Claire County students aren't using as much smokeless tobacco as their classmates around the state. But the same survey from 2004 found an increased use among middle school students.
Thursday at Altoona Middle School, members of the "B-free from Tobacco" group spoke to their peers about the dangers of chewing tobac... | <urn:uuid:800b6a64-c688-4ca1-ad2f-836a2a7200e9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.weau.com/home/headlines/2323506.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00094-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.986376 | 184 | 2.625 | 3 |
Inverse Elasticity Rule:
The Inverse Elasticity Rule (IER) is often used in policy making as an approximation for equal percentage change. Let us assume that demands for different goods are unrelated, i.e., cross price elasticity of demand are zero along with zero income effects. Under certain conditions, Ramsey rule s... | <urn:uuid:3256d97c-3284-4588-a514-f62a974c93ba> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.expertsmind.com/topic/optimal-commodity-taxation/inverse-elasticity-rule-95221.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00020-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94398 | 804 | 2.765625 | 3 |
The 2002 Farm Bill, signed by President Bush, provided the Federal Governments largest commitment to rural conservation. Beyond that historic effort, the President has launched numerous other initiatives and programs to improve ecosystems. The Presidents Healthy Forests Initiative is restoring, rejuvenating, and protec... | <urn:uuid:1a2a1e39-bfcb-4611-b1c3-fb47d6c2073e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/ceq/healthy-ecosystems.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00003-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918469 | 5,814 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Ed Yong, over at his excellent blog Not Exactly Rocket Science has posted about the fetus found within the fossilised remains of Maiacetus inuus (Fossil foetus shows that early whales gave birth on land). It’s another case of the so-called “missing links”, really. In this case an intermediate between terrestrial verteb... | <urn:uuid:03ba0144-b474-4e6e-aab5-0f584b63f921> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://robertsaunders.org.uk/wordpress/2009/02/08/another-intermediate-proto-whale-fossil-complete-with-foetus/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396222.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00013-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959961 | 162 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Educating Your Non-Jewish Audience
One of 54 sections of the Torah read, during Shabbat services, in order on a weekly basis throughout the year.
Hebrew for "son of the commandments." In modern Jewish practice, Jewish boys come of age at 13. When a boy comes of age, he is officially a bar mitzvah and considered an adul... | <urn:uuid:06d0772c-8146-466d-af30-bada7f0fb957> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.interfaithfamily.com/life_cycle/bar_mitzvah_and_bat_mitzvah/Educating_Your_Non-Jewish_Audience.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00122-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928938 | 1,077 | 3.375 | 3 |
Effects of light on sediment nutrient flux and water column nutrient stoichiometry in a shallow lake
Spears, Bryan M.; Carvalho, Laurence; Perkins, Rupert; Paterson, David M.. 2008 Effects of light on sediment nutrient flux and water column nutrient stoichiometry in a shallow lake. Water Research, 42 (4-5). 977-986. 10... | <urn:uuid:7e16565b-5d0b-4dd0-b41a-12ac05e19318> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/2535/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392069.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00004-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.870771 | 699 | 2.671875 | 3 |
The HiMAT (Highly Maneuverable Aircraft Technology) was
an unmanned research aircraft flown by the NASA Dryden
Flight Research Center, Edwards, California from 1979
HiMAT was used to help develop advanced technologies and
systems used in many modern high performance aircraft.
Two examples of HiMAT were used in the rese... | <urn:uuid:6d7e577a-33aa-4859-85aa-72b2e275161b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.diseno-art.com/encyclopedia/strange_vehicles/himat.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00012-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908457 | 394 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Wikidata, chances are that they have links to one or more external resources. The picture to the right shows how DBpedia is connected to even more external resources. As you may know, DBpedia and Wikidata also have a very tight connection.
In a way, this can be compared to the many connections Wikidata has to the categ... | <urn:uuid:fa8fe5c0-adf9-4e86-9adc-919906bb145f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2013/12/wikidata-how-many-ontologies-do-we-need.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00083-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930166 | 228 | 2.6875 | 3 |
The historical fact of C.S. Lewis and John F. Kennedy dying on the same day (along with Aldous Huxley) brings unique perspective on both of their lives and influence. One way we still see Lewis’ impact is through the use of fiction to communicate truth.
RNS: The two Jacks shows the contrasting viewpoints C.S. Lewis and... | <urn:uuid:a1dba5f5-21a0-4a7d-9e1f-a4e2d13c10c9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://thewardrobedoor.com/2013/11/door-jam-november-19-2013.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399106.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00027-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938869 | 231 | 3.296875 | 3 |
Given its vast land resources and favorable water supply, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC’s) natural agricultural potential is immense. However, the economic potential of the sector is handicapped by one of the most dilapidated transport systems in the developing world (World Bank 2006). Road investments are th... | <urn:uuid:bdf84114-12b4-4475-a100-0c680a83c10f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ifpri.org/publication/paving-way-development | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00159-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952048 | 305 | 2.625 | 3 |
Scientists have revealed that a key molecule in breast and lung cancer cells can help switch off the cancers' ability to spread around the body.
The findings by researchers at Imperial College London, published in the journal EMBO Reports, may help scientists develop treatments that prevent cancer travelling around the... | <urn:uuid:1e64b2fb-1522-4310-943f-9f3891778faf> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-03/icl-ms032116.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00184-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953923 | 642 | 3.578125 | 4 |
Soy Protein for School Lunches
While strides have been made in recent years to improve the nutritional quality of cafeteria food provided to schoolchildren, there’s still more work to be done. Pizza, French fries, tacos and friend chicken nuggets remain staples of the daily student diet; the majority of fat from these ... | <urn:uuid:8b8a0c9d-184b-4a8d-8b19-749d96dd86bd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.chiroweb.com/mpacms/tyh/article.php?id=462 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00040-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92893 | 358 | 2.734375 | 3 |
The Georgia Department of Public Health confirmed the state’s first human case of chikungunya this year. The patient was infected during a recent trip to a Caribbean nation, state officials said Thursday.
The state did not identify the name or location of the patient due to privacy concerns.
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T4 is a slim verse novel by Ann Clare LeZotte about the trials of a young deaf girl during the Holocaust. LeZotte uses fictional characters to describe an actual Nazi program called T4. Under the T4 program, people with physical or mental disabilities (whether they were Jewish or not) were killed. T4 the novel focuses ... | <urn:uuid:f8fe3cb3-c6d0-4673-ba25-e1909d0235b5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://jkrbooks.typepad.com/blog/2008/11/t4-ann-clare-lezotte.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394937.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00061-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962593 | 540 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Once new veterinary drugs are authorized for sale in Canada, it is important to monitor these drugs and their effects while they are in more widespread use. To meet this need, Health Canada's Veterinary Drugs Directorate (VDD) formalized its pharmacovigilance program.
Pharmacovigilance or post-market surveillance inclu... | <urn:uuid:f2224d31-9e72-4342-bc14-b44bbae73b38> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/dhp-mps/vet/advers-react-neg/index-eng.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00007-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936719 | 246 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Media Consumers for Entertainment Equality
On February 27th, 2011, the 83rd Academy Awards paid tribute to Lena Horne, a Hollywood trailblazer and civil rights activist who passed away in 2010. Horne’s legacy was introduced by Halle Berry, the first African American woman to win an Academy Award for Best Actress in a l... | <urn:uuid:28b3f823-f92a-4874-8670-da4758c28f48> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.racebending.com/v4/history/the-legacy-of-lena-horne/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394605.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00138-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962309 | 740 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Scientists Score New Victory Over Quantum Uncertainty
ScienceDaily (Feb. 26, 2012) — Most people attempt to reduce the little uncertainties of life by carrying umbrellas on cloudy days, purchasing automobile insurance or hiring inspectors to evaluate homes they might consider purchasing. For scientists, reducing uncert... | <urn:uuid:0f24ebcd-0b89-41d4-aaac-b3dc598a5a78> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.atheistfoundation.org.au/forums/showthread.php?t=13394 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00010-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942873 | 1,336 | 3.796875 | 4 |
This blog is cross-posted from Forbes.
By Amy Rosen,
President and CEO, NFTE
In between working on my taxes and tomorrow, which is the start of Financial Literacy Month, I’ve been thinking about financial responsibility.
Whether it’s personal financial stability or business planning, having a budget is usually a first ... | <urn:uuid:80fc1937-e682-4b8e-8064-2d20744c31ab> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://steve.mariotti@nfte.com/why/blog/teaching-financial-literacy-at-home-and-school | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396538.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00088-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959492 | 961 | 2.671875 | 3 |
The USA Patriot Act (H.R.3162 and S.10969) was passed by the House and Senate on Oct. 24/25, 2001, respectively, and signed by the president on Oct. 26, 2001.
The bill -- passed in direct response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon -- gives expanded police powers to the ... | <urn:uuid:4198a90d-4c39-4dc1-b7c1-170b8f164f98> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://staugustine.com/stories/012904/opi_2078565.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393463.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00200-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938402 | 1,326 | 3.625 | 4 |
Hereditary hearing loss can worsen over time and lead to premature deafness. In a new study, a Yale-led research team successfully applied genetic modification to delay inherited hearing loss in mice.
Led by professor of pathology and genetics Gerald S. Shadel, the collaborative research team genetically altered mice t... | <urn:uuid:56473ef8-8b75-4e3c-9a53-26e4361ab2ac> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.yale.edu/2015/11/06/research-news-genetic-modification-may-prevent-hereditary-hearing-loss | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396029.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00165-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946807 | 295 | 3.328125 | 3 |
Apostrophe is an exclamatory rhetorical figure of speech, when a speaker or writer breaks off and directs speech to an opponent or third party, to observers, or to an imaginary person, location, deity, or abstract quality or idea. This can be a person, a ghost, a God, or virtually any person that is not present. This a... | <urn:uuid:2e8e8c48-b148-482c-8dd3-0478bd14e56e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.apostropheexamples.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00018-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962487 | 393 | 3.90625 | 4 |
- hulk (n.)
- Old English hulc "light, fast ship" (glossing Latin liburna, but in Middle English a heavy, unwieldy one), probably from Old Dutch hulke and Medieval Latin hulcus, perhaps ultimately from Greek holkas "merchant ship," literally "ship that is towed," from helkein "to pull, draw, drag" (from PIE root *selk-... | <urn:uuid:7c9f03c2-a866-43ce-aaec-92d12efe9d79> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=hulk&allowed_in_frame=0 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00137-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951283 | 315 | 3.03125 | 3 |
For two and a half years, Americans fought Against the British, Canadian colonists, and native nations. In the years to come, the War of 1812 would be celebrated in some places and essentially forgotten in others. But it is a war worth remembering—a struggle that threatened the existence of Canada, then divided the Uni... | <urn:uuid:d3a075a1-148f-4641-9857-427c371b5ef0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pbs.org/wned/war-of-1812/home/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00139-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957009 | 203 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Single Camera Filmmaking
Making a Video With One Camera
On network news channels, in major movie production studios, and even on reality TV shows, the segments you’ve become accustomed to seeing are shot using multiple cameras. Each camera is set in a different place to capture the action from a unique angle or perspec... | <urn:uuid:b8be066e-004e-4bb8-ac71-f3cec0d992ad> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.indie-film-making.com/single-camera-filmmaking/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396224.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00185-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942551 | 643 | 2.875 | 3 |
Q: I often notice new trends in English. One that bugs me is the increasing use of “concerning” instead of “worrying” or “alarming.” For example, I hear people on radio or TV describing a news event as “concerning.” Have you noticed?
A: No, I haven’t noticed this use of “concerning” as an adjective (as in, “We’re havin... | <urn:uuid:c0d2fbf7-66d4-4258-83b9-9189d0d36734> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2008/10/a-growing-concern.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00187-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963761 | 477 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Baltimore Health officials said three elementary school students have been diagnosed with scarlet fever.
George Washington Elementary officials sent a letter to parents on Thursday telling them about symptoms and detailing measures the school is taking to prevent further spread.
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Programming under GNUstep—An Introduction
This article provides an introduction to GNUstep development. It guides the reader through installing GNUstep and developing a small application. The Objective-C language, a true object-oriented superset of ANSI C, is used in this article. Its syntax is simple, unambiguous and ... | <urn:uuid:7851b734-57df-48a3-aa33-a3fe7e170de8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6418?quicktabs_1=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391766.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00015-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.85376 | 2,887 | 3.328125 | 3 |
Numerous students in the United States do not even know what mathematics courses they should study to get into a college. Your student CAN do well in college mathematics classes by being well prepared. Exactly what does your student actually require for college prep work?
There are 4 fundamental levels of math that a s... | <urn:uuid:264a8aba-45e9-4707-b0b3-18a8cf754895> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.movies100.biz/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00142-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957511 | 438 | 3.125 | 3 |
I3 The Shapiro Experiment
In I2 we saw that a beam of light that passes close to the sun barely changes its direction. On the other hand, the time needed for the traversal of a given path diameter grows significantly, because the light, in accordance with the formulas of G5, moves more slowly than it would when outside... | <urn:uuid:47e9ed60-b836-4433-a6d8-cdaab580ae42> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.relativity.li/en/epstein2/read/i0_en/i3_en/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00166-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935288 | 1,063 | 3.78125 | 4 |
Author: Deason, Jonathan P.
Source: The George Washington University
Number of pages: 3
This course is designed to provide an overview of the environmental challenges currently facing mankind, as well as the technical, political, administrative and social forces influencing the quality of the environment and the use of... | <urn:uuid:b9bc823e-63b4-4b22-b880-f157dac13275> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.caseplace.org/d.asp?d=4504 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392069.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00043-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915999 | 101 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Here’s a simple freebie that you can use to help your student practice sight words — a Valentine’s Day sight word activity.
The instructions for this simple activity are the same as for my Fall sight word freebie:
1. Get your materials. You’ll need a do-a-dot marker (or something else to cover the words), a die, and a ... | <urn:uuid:5417869a-b7f4-4e4f-bbb7-8dedd3c47efd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.themeasuredmom.com/free-valentines-day-sight-word-activity-roll-stamp/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00163-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.896735 | 325 | 3.25 | 3 |
John Henry Newman
Biography of John Henry Newman
John Henry Newman, D.D., C.O., also referred to as Cardinal Newman and Blessed John Henry Newman, was an important figure in the religious history of England in the 19th century. He was known nationally by the mid-1830s.
Originally an evangelical Oxford academic and prie... | <urn:uuid:3d392e46-388b-4457-9f9d-50d3d81618ba> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://poemhunter.com/john-henry-newman/biography/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396224.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00054-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976457 | 10,931 | 2.8125 | 3 |
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For the first time in human history, concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2), the primary global warming pollutant, hit 400 parts per million (ppm) in our planet’s atmosphere. This number is a reminder that for the last 150 years—and especially over the ... | <urn:uuid:a83046a2-d52e-4e28-a3ff-a981db76c379> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ecowatch.com/2013/05/15/400-ppm/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00024-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921178 | 578 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Photo: 2inches (flickr)
Did you know that male squirrel monkeys can’t detect the colors red and green–they’re red‑green colorblind.
But scientists at the University of Washington used gene therapy to make squirrel monkeys produce proteins that allow them to see red and green.
Seeing In Full Color
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Dragonfly Color-by-Number Worksheet
Your preschool students will improve their number recognition skills, fine motor skills, color recognition, and pencil control when they complete this beginning science, color-by-number worksheet. An answer key is included.
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Amidst a natural disaster, such as an inundation, damage control is optimally important. The Air Rope increases the likelihood that survivors will actually make it to safety, and not end up at risk of succumbing to a violent swell.
Lee Yong Ho, Lee Jee Won and Lee Juan studied one of the current methods for bringing st... | <urn:uuid:acd26558-555c-4541-b158-91b4b28b4322> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.trendhunter.com/trends/air-rope | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397562.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00053-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931547 | 182 | 3.09375 | 3 |
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Improving Asthma and Reducing Medication through Nutrition (stress asthma allergy allergies antibodies)
Improving Asthma and Reducing Medication through Nutrition
"Nutrients with Specific Benefits for Asthma Sufferers."
Asthma is a chronic inflammatory condition. Asthma difficulties cause
inflammation in... | <urn:uuid:7bd61c05-b975-41bb-a8fc-1c45507b3c15> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mombu.com/medicine/psychology/t-improving-asthma-and-reducing-medication-through-nutrition-stress-asthma-allergy-allergies-antibodies-9878637.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00120-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.892448 | 754 | 2.546875 | 3 |
The State of State Standards – and the Common Core – in 2010
The scope of the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation’s review of Virginia’s Standards of Learning (SOL) did not include the curriculum frameworks for English or mathematics. In Virginia, the curriculum frameworks define the content required to be taught and the cont... | <urn:uuid:0d3faa25-9330-4174-927e-ebbf9dbff054> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.doe.virginia.gov/news/news_releases/2010/jul21.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00061-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931696 | 1,464 | 3.515625 | 4 |
In most branches of ChristianChristianity, the Trinity is an entity consisting of God (the Father), Jesus Christ (the Son), and the Holy Spirit. Sometimes called the "Triume Godhead," most Christians do not consider the Trinity to be a Pantheon, as you would find in many polytheistic religions, but as "three persons in... | <urn:uuid:bc1ca25d-b766-4285-a40c-e2e8de1829c6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://wiki.ironchariots.org/index.php?title=Trinity&oldid=7980 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00039-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951932 | 363 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Oklahoma Wesleyan University President Everett Piper closed The Keating Dedication Chapel with the following speech championing Constitutional liberty.
The Preamble to the United States Constitution reads as follows:
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Mary Anna (9
reach lake under Antarctica"
MOSCOW (AP) ‹ After more than two decades of drilling in
Antarctica, Russian scientists have reached the surface of a
gigantic freshwater lake hidden under miles of ice for some 20
million years ‹ a lake that may hold life from the distant past
and clues to the search for life ... | <urn:uuid:22f89ec8-59d5-455d-9797-6769e38e95a1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/feb2012/maryas29-1.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00083-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.848036 | 203 | 3.40625 | 3 |
Did You Know?
Steganography is a word that was resurrected after being in disuse for almost 150 years! It was put to rest in the early 1800s, labeled an archaic synonym of "cryptography" by dictionary makers, but was brought back to life in the 1980s as a word for a type of digital cryptography. There is nothing crypti... | <urn:uuid:6f9f51b1-7b64-4a47-9759-429754217c8e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steganographic | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00026-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948179 | 206 | 2.84375 | 3 |
The Correlation Coefficient: Definition
Bruce Ratner, Ph.D.
The correlation coefficient, denoted by r, is a measure of the strength of the straight-line or linear relationship between two variables. The correlation coefficient takes on values ranging between +1 and -1. The following points are the accepted guidelines f... | <urn:uuid:7bf0ee78-168e-4bbe-93ea-8e2c113df4dc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dmstat1.com/res/TheCorrelationCoefficientDefined.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00163-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.91191 | 737 | 3.5625 | 4 |
How your dog's five senses shape his world.
Your dog's sense of hearing can be impaired by a variety of health problems. These include congenital deficit, age-related damage, outer- and middle-ear infections, and drug and lead toxicity.
To maintain your dog's hearing, seek treatment for ear infections, adhere closely t... | <urn:uuid:762bc671-d50c-435c-8569-affda21e219f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dogchannel.com/dog-vet-library/articlesenses3.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00184-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908528 | 168 | 2.796875 | 3 |
A solar thermal tower power plant will be taken into operation by the public utility company of the city of Jülich in spring 2009. Plane mirrors with a total surface area of 18 000 square metres redirect the solar radiation onto a so-called receiver that has been installed on a tower at a height of 60 metres. This rece... | <urn:uuid:76320b56-ae22-4877-843c-d5439a3bedd0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dlr.de/en/DesktopDefault.aspx/tabid-6214/10201_read-15502/gallery-1/gallery_read-Image.1.7896/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00111-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931823 | 159 | 3.21875 | 3 |
Risk and Resilience among Bisexual People in Ontario: A Community-Based Study of Bisexual Mental Health
Bisexual people are often left out of research. When we are included, we are often lumped in with heterosexuals, gays, or lesbians rather than being studied as a distinct group. This makes it next to impossible to ge... | <urn:uuid:1468db52-f971-42e7-9fd1-7576902d9020> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://lgbtqhealth.ca/projects/riskresiliencebisexual.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00036-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93426 | 1,198 | 2.796875 | 3 |
Housekeeping at Construction Sites
Organization(s): North Carolina Department of Transportation
Taken from The Safety Zone, website of the North Carolina Department of Transportation.
you know there was an OSHA standard pertaining to Housekeeping on Construction
Sites (29CFR Part 1926 25)? This three paragraph standard... | <urn:uuid:1afc5067-fb97-4ba7-b830-cc0b5c8d749a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.elcosh.org/document/1231/d000396/Housekeeping%2Bat%2BConstruction%2BSites.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00081-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.912171 | 971 | 2.9375 | 3 |
for National Geographic News
Need to know where to find a mountaintop castle in Japan? How about the best fried cheese sticks along U.S. Route 66?
Now, thanks to a unique mashup of cartography and blogs, you can find what you need to know just by looking at a map.
Online maps such as those offered by software firms Goo... | <urn:uuid:6a3a8654-e196-4b9d-bb9a-28c2aa7f82d5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/04/0425_060425_map_blogs.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394937.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00154-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935096 | 365 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Sometimes, when tasks and schedules get overwhelming, it’s helpful to make a to-do list to make things feel more manageable and focused. If your children’s behavior problems have you feeling overwhelmed and not knowing what to do first, start with these 10 tips for better behavior.
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Flood worries that prompted the U.S. government to blast open a Missouri levee to ease pressure on some towns are rippling down the Mississippi River, prompting more evacuations and unease as the Army Corps of Engineers weighs whether to purposely inundate more land with water.
The breach of southeastern Missouri's Bir... | <urn:uuid:88a78868-c3b1-4093-8bcd-c982ca8735fc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nola.com/weather/index.ssf/2011/05/flood_unease_builds_south_alon.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397567.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00197-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959178 | 1,221 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Despite all the recent advances in the cognitive and neurosciences, there’s still much about the human brain that we do not know. Here are 8 of the most baffling problems currently facing science.
1. What is consciousness?
Without question, conscious awareness is the most astounding — and most perplexing — aspect of th... | <urn:uuid:34ebf0ec-3439-4c53-9436-d09d8c32449c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://io9.gizmodo.com/8-things-we-simply-dont-understand-about-the-human-brai-949442979 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397744.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00123-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941733 | 2,484 | 2.921875 | 3 |
There is much to be learned “over the fence” when you’re gardening. Your friends and neighbors can tell you how their plants have behaved in certain situations and you can use their experience as a guide.
But some of the information that has been passed from neighbor to neighbor for years is simply worthless. The infor... | <urn:uuid:d508dc61-f613-41ec-8c09-0caa4269438b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.walterreeves.com/insects-and-animals/fire-ant-control-grits/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00106-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96148 | 342 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Amid the hustle and bustle of the holidays, don’t forget to practice safety, especially when it comes to children.
Safe Kids Kansas Inc. reminds parents to put ornaments that have small parts or metal hooks on higher branches that are out of reach of children. Also, keep alcohol, including baking extracts, out of reach... | <urn:uuid:79ebce35-a55a-4a25-8b92-502bed12729f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2008/dec/13/make-child-safety-holiday-priority/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00062-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921571 | 526 | 2.609375 | 3 |
You can retain more of the knowledge you glean from books by prepping your brain with background information before reading. That makes Wikipedia a great tool for readers.
In a post about becoming a faster reader, entrepreneur Ryan Battles explains:
There is a relationship between background knowledge and reading compr... | <urn:uuid:2e40f144-eb13-45a7-b24c-ddd81e7a2027> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://lifehacker.com/oh-yeah-i-didnt-think-about-that-thanks-for-the-advic-1606717499 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00120-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938154 | 185 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Corn, Beans, Squash -- Planted Together
Squash, indigenous to Mesoamerica, has been around for at least 5,000 years. The ancient civilizations of these regions were known to cultivate it, and over time the crop spread north — eventually as far as New England and Canada — and became a staple.
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The European Space Agency‘s Rosetta spacecraft has arrived at its comet destination after a journey of 10 years. Rosetta was launched in 2004 with the intended goal of reaching Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P), following the comet as it orbits the Sun, and eventually dropping a lander (Philae) on the surface of the co... | <urn:uuid:7bda6617-7015-47f8-b500-41ca33656170> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://laughingsquid.com/european-space-agencys-rosetta-spacecraft-arrives-at-comet-destination-after-10-years/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396887.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00009-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940183 | 123 | 2.65625 | 3 |
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The local water authority in Baraka constructed a 30km piped water system, which provides more than 30,000 people with drinking water. Photographer: Julien Harneis, Creative Commons
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This tip is for loading project files that you know the names for, but do not remember their paths.
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About 10,000 years ago, human populations around the world figured out that they could grow crops and raise animals. Instead of always being on the move, chasing game and gathering plants, they could stay in one place and settle down.
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Today federal scientists from Environment Canada presented research at an international toxicology conference in the U.S. that indicates contaminants from the Alberta tar sands are polluting the landscape on a scale much larger than previously thought.
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- First tarsal segment shorter than second and third also shorter than second
- Anterior margin of pronotum truncate, concave or deeply emarginate- Lateral teeth more prominent than median teeth.
The genus Heterobostrychus is defined by:
- Body length: 5.0-16.0mm
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WASHINGTON, D.C., March 2, 2012 Newly proposed asthma outcome measures will help standardize and improve results from the hundreds of millions of dollars the National Institutes of Health (NIH) spends annually to study asthma, according to the Merck Childhood Asthma Network, Inc. (MCAN), the nation's only organization ... | <urn:uuid:f15a963b-72eb-4712-b15d-24d3ea21eb62> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/NIH-asthma-outcome-measures-aim-to-maximize-research-investments--reduce-disparities-89527-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00089-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943615 | 670 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Dear Consumer Ed:
Are there government labs where a person can bring a sample to have it tested for asbestos, mildew and mold?
Consumer Ed Says:
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CBS News is the only major TV news network other than Fox News to ignore a new study finding that global temperatures are higher now than at any time in the past 4,000 years, further evidence of the threat of rapid manmade global warming.
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About the book
A new book focusing on the world’s most important charnel sites goes on sale this month, examining morbid masterpieces of art created from human remains between the 16th–19th centuries.
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There is an apparent controversy between preservation societies and the paint and chemical industries. Such societies have found that traditional [organic] paints and protection coatings provided by American industry do not provide the protection and longevity that they are looking for in the restoration and preservati... | <urn:uuid:77b0b3e5-4f9c-422b-80a6-50c0e6967355> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://masonrymagazine.com/8-03/coatings.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00172-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952003 | 2,852 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Each year about one or two American workers die of suffocation from carbon monoxide (CO) poisoning. Typically, these deaths are the result of operating gasoline-powered tools in confined spaces. Researchers at Virginia Tech want to reduce that number to 0.
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Missouri was the trailhead state for the U.S. end of the Santa Fe Trail through most of the Trail’s history, and arguably benefited the most of any state from its existence. Missouri traders from the town of Franklin, like William Becknell, helped pioneer the Santa Fe Trail, dramatically expanding on the earlier effort... | <urn:uuid:386f9831-2e06-4a60-95b6-fb5d526d8c03> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.santafetrail.org/states/missouri.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00034-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957285 | 301 | 3.53125 | 4 |
Residential air purifiers and cleaners can make important improvements to the home’s indoor air quality. A variety of whole-home systems and portable models are available to address unhealthy air caused by particulates and off-gasses.
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With the launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory (or or OCO-2), NASA has taken the first step towards the kind of ‘Treknology’ we are used to seeing in our favorite fictional future. TrekMovie was at the launch as part of a NASA Social event, plus we were lucky enough to catch an inspiring speech from NASA Administra... | <urn:uuid:808cbc33-738b-4283-aa6c-09987d491269> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://trekmovie.com/2014/07/13/rocket-science-sunday-nasa-launches-atmospheric-probe-into-earth-orbit/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00001-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951191 | 1,716 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Sherman School, one of the oldest schools
on record in the LRSD. Origin of photo unknown.
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Chemical contamination of the environment shows no respect for territorial borders. For this reason, chemical conventions or multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) provide effective international and regional frameworks to prevent and minimise the impacts of toxic chemicals and hazardous waste in the global commo... | <urn:uuid:e669f7d6-e1e2-4f0d-920f-178b5022962e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ntn.org.au/toxic-geeks/global-chemical-management | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00045-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.826431 | 536 | 3.5625 | 4 |
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Any of a number of contagious skin diseases caused by several related fungi, characterized by ring-shaped, scaly, itching patches on the skin and generally classified by the location on the body. Also called tinea.
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For nearly 1,000 years, the people of Latvia have maintained a distinct identity, despite being dominated by their neighbors. Nearly one-third of Latvia’s population was killed by the Nazis and the Soviets between 1940 and 1954. Yet Latvia survived.
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Effects of organic and conventional fertiliser treatments on host selection by the aphid parasitoid Diaeretiella rapae
Pope, T.W., Girling, R.D., Staley, J.T., Trigodet, B., Wright, D.J., Leather, S.R., Van Emden, H.F. and Poppy, G.M. (2012) Effects of organic and conventional fertiliser treatments on host selection by... | <urn:uuid:d009ca09-f37c-409d-a30f-fac92c730370> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://centaur.reading.ac.uk/28881/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00034-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.886646 | 595 | 2.578125 | 3 |
- There is a urethral discharge, yellow pus, mucus and pus or clear mucus at the opening.
- Remarkably, he inoculated himself with pus from a suppurating bubo to fortify himself against bubonic plague.
- The pus is not infected but consists of white blood cells.
Late Middle English: from Latin.
foul from Old English:
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1977–1983 Timeline: Spreading the Word
- Habitat for Humanity International begins development of national partners to coordinate Habitat work in their own countries.
- The first U.S. Habitat house built outside of Georgia is completed in 1979 in San Antonio, Texas.
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Their Eyes Were Watching God Language and Communication Quotes
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The Elephant's JourneyAnnotation
Long ago, an elephant named Solomon languished on the grounds of the palace of King Joao II of Portugal. Then in 1551 the king decided to give Solomon and his keeper to the Archduke Maximilian as a wedding present. Nobel prize winner Saramago re-imagines Solomon's journey to Vienna. Kno... | <urn:uuid:2d35bd36-39e3-4a98-abe0-a53ddbded437> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ls2content.tlcdelivers.com/content.html?customerid=735&requesttype=text-fiction&button=false&isbn=9780547352589&upc= | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00032-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.872953 | 94 | 2.765625 | 3 |
DLTK's Educational Activities: Aesop's Fables
The Cat and the Fox
A fox was bragging to a cat of its clever ways of escaping its enemies.
"I have a whole bag of tricks," he said, "which contains a hundred ways of escaping my enemies."
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Common extensor tendon from lateral epicondyle of humerus, and deep
Insertion: By four tendons, each penetrating a membranous expansion of the dorsum of the second to fifth digits and dividing over the proximal phalanx into a medial and two lateral bands. The medial band inserts into the base of the middle phalanx whil... | <urn:uuid:0f646664-bd99-4a51-9faa-45e1c25d511b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://classes.kumc.edu/sah/resources/handkines/muscles/eeextdigcomm.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00088-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.817268 | 271 | 2.6875 | 3 |
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Information About the FDIC
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All substances are made from tiny particles called atoms. They are the smallest particle that can exist. Atoms when they join together form molecules.
Elements are made from only one type of atom. There are just over 100 elements known to man, some of which end in the letters .....ium. Eg. potassium, ... | <urn:uuid:836fc9c3-1a4e-4546-a08f-19284fff172f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.benwiggy.com/homework/science/chemistry/elements-mixtures-compounds.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00057-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936805 | 601 | 3.984375 | 4 |
The Foolproof Way to Improve Your ADHD Child’s Social Skills
Published Jan 21, 2014
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Anyone who’s had the misfortune of falling down a cable TV rabbit hole and catching a few episodes of the popular History Channel series “Ancient Aliens” knows that, according to UFO conspiracy theorists, Peru is a hotspot for extraterrestrial activity.
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