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William Faulkner, one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, was born in New Albany, Mississippi, on September 25, 1897. He published his first book, The Marble Faun, a collection of poems, in 1924, but it is as a literary chronicler of life in the Deep South-particularly in the fictional Yoknapatawpha Count... | <urn:uuid:f6fe40f2-0d74-4683-b376-c20ad323ad99> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ls2content.tlcdelivers.com/content.html?customerid=735&requesttype=text-authornotes&button=false&isbn=9780679732259&upc= | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00056-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96729 | 329 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Maize is an important crop in many countries of the world. It is widely used for human consumption, animal feed, and industrial materials. It also is considered an exemplar plant species for studying domestication, molecular evolution, and genome architecture. The authors of the research presented in this special colle... | <urn:uuid:765069ef-6923-415d-bcad-077881f36574> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bio-medicine.org/biology-news-1/PLoS-Genetics-2009-maize-genome-collection-10827-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00023-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.883381 | 1,545 | 3.375 | 3 |
What is Accounting All About?
Accounting is dedicated to examining, analyzing, and interpreting accounting records for the purpose of giving advice or preparing statements. It also includes occupations involved in devising or installing accounting systems and advising on cost-recording systems or other financial and bu... | <urn:uuid:cb0134c9-34fc-4e9e-bee5-dadf18e74df3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.coppin.edu/info/201031/accounting | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408828.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00048-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.89273 | 898 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Producing ethnographic accounts depends upon spending significant periods of time in the field, not only to build up a ‘thick description’ of a place and a people, but also to get a sense of the time cycles that people use to organise their lives and their social relations. Traditionally, a year has been considered the... | <urn:uuid:751c0486-cdaa-4e88-b000-83c7e6e7a604> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://erinbtaylor.com/aaa-2011-insights-into-cultural-change-from-long-term-fieldwork/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00171-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96239 | 1,512 | 2.6875 | 3 |
His grandfather I. Shevchenko, who was a witness of the Haidamak movement, had a significant influence on Taras. Taras's father was literate, and he sent his son to be educated as an apprentice to a deacon. In 1823, Taras's mother died, and his father married for a second time. In 1825, his father also died. For some t... | <urn:uuid:28f55698-2021-48dd-b235-5771efbd6592> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://genealogy@infoukes.com/shevchenkomuseum/bio.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00114-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978599 | 2,466 | 2.625 | 3 |
At first sight, walruses might not seem the prettiest of animals.
They are enormous, they have long, pointy tusks and small red eyes.
But beneath this unusual exterior is a fascinating creature. Here are 10 things you might not know about walruses...
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ARE “QUIET” TORNADO YEARS RARE IN CENTRAL ALABAMA?
We all remember the severe weather experienced across Central Alabama in 2011. During 2011, Central Alabama experienced a record number of tornadoes with seventy eight occurring in the Birmingham Weather Forecast Office’s area of responsibility. Most of those occurred ... | <urn:uuid:ee673c8d-0cd0-4448-9e24-d52fe9c8b843> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.srh.noaa.gov/bmx/?n=climo_tordrought | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00062-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962947 | 535 | 2.890625 | 3 |
With the beginning of the Advance Design trucks in 1947, GM introduces the first major gas tank location change since 1936! It was taken out of the cab on ½ tons and placed under the bed.
To save costs, GM designed one gas tank to fit a ½ ton pickup, panel truck, Suburban, and Canopy Express (not the same on ¾ ton). In... | <urn:uuid:e6b988cf-f1c6-4d0d-92e4-b66b905ad408> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.oldchevytrucks.com/blog/index.php/category/technical-articles/1947-55/gastanks-1947-55/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391766.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00002-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979163 | 521 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Polar Bear Numbers to Fall as Arctic Ice Shrinks
Polar bear populations are likely to fall by more than 30 percent by around mid-century as global warming thaws Arctic sea ice, according to experts who have conducted the most detailed review of the predators to date.
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~ The Sabbats Major and Minor ~
MAJOR SABBATS &
By Corresponding Colors
The Celtic pagan year was based on thirteen
lunar months which were named after trees and plants.
According to the Brehon Law of Ireland, these trees
corresponded to the Ogam alphabet and had three
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Killer whales (Orcinus orca) are the top marine predator, wherever they are found, and seem to eat everything from schools of small fish to large baleen whales, over twice their own size. The increase in hunting territories available to killer whales in the Arctic due to climate change and melting sea ice could serious... | <urn:uuid:3b2b79d8-a189-4db4-8d20-c49814a98a58> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-01/bc-wdk012712.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00197-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940979 | 858 | 3.765625 | 4 |
OBJECTS OF THE EVENING POST
Democratick Editorials: Essays in Jacksonian Political Economy
The Doctrine of Equal Rights
TRUE FUNCTIONS OF GOVERNMENT
Evening Post, November 21, 1834. Title added by Theodore Sedgwick, Jr. in editing A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett (1840).
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Certain dishes are eaten during the Chinese New Year for their symbolic meaning. Lucky food is served during the 16-day festival season, especially New Year’s Eve, which is believed to bring good luck for the coming year. The auspicious symbolism of these foods is based on their pronunciations or appearance.
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As a result, adequate calcium supplementation is of major importance to prevent bone loss. The type of calcium used must be considered, also. The main type of calcium used in supplements has been calcium carbonate. This is an alkaline form of calcium and isn't absorbed well by some women. In contrast, calcium citrate, ... | <urn:uuid:ea30f0f3-7234-49b3-80aa-8203c1668e8b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.healthy.net/Health/Article/Osteoporosis_Heart_Disease_and_Breast_Cancer/1380/3 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00066-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946544 | 2,504 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Hierarchical Addressing Using Variable-Length Subnet Masks
VLSM is a crucial component of an effective IP addressing plan for a scalable network. This section introduces VLSM, provides examples, and discusses methods of determining the best subnet mask for a given address requirement.
Network Mask and Prefix Length
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Author(s): C. Zarnoch, E. Sullivan
Description: The seated statue depicts an unknown Dynasty 13 king. The king, seated on a low throne, wears the royal or divine "false beard" and a nemes headdress with a central uraeus (a rearing snake). The large ears and weary facial expression point to an origin in the Middle Kingd... | <urn:uuid:e0159637-7cc9-498b-a34a-b220ae490e87> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://dlib.etc.ucla.edu/projects/Karnak/resource/ObjectCatalog/1836 | 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 | 0.863776 | 206 | 2.921875 | 3 |
When storing a bit on an atom, there are two concerns that come to mind immediately: (1) disturbance of the bit state, from thermal motion even, and (2) the reading/writing component is still much larger than the bit size, orders larger ratio than current memory arrays, i.e., the area use efficiency is poor.
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An early instrument designed for measuring time of night by means of Polaris (the Pole Star) and other points in constellations. It was first described in 1581. Nocturnals could also be used to work out the time of high water at a port for which the "establishment" was known. Establishment refers to the interval betwee... | <urn:uuid:ebc2195f-1604-467f-af3b-5bc98e0b0639> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://penobscotmarinemuseum.org/pbho-1/glossary/nocturnal | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00054-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975531 | 95 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Among Sir John's diverse parliamentary interests was the increasing of workers' free time. In pursuance of this, he was responsible for the Bank Holidays Act 1871. It created four new bank holidays in addition to the commonly-recognised Christmas and Good Friday. Easter Monday, the first Monday in August, Boxing Day an... | <urn:uuid:f11a14ed-6679-437b-a4e3-6a15ec0a51ac> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://carolineld.blogspot.com/2011_05_01_archive.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00072-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98317 | 225 | 3.453125 | 3 |
Paris, 12 March 2012
The research forms part of the major European space mission 'Rosetta'. The program aims to place a lander on the comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko to study the composition of its nucleus. In a bid to anticipate Rosetta's findings, the scientists decided to create an artificial comet, or 'simulation of in... | <urn:uuid:a428bcad-0662-4d6c-a5b5-cc29a1c59eb9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www2.cnrs.fr/en/2001.htm?debut=24 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00189-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.878916 | 714 | 3.828125 | 4 |
Excavation at the World Trade Center site has unearthed a massive relic from New York's past -- a 32-foot hull of a 200-year-old ship.
Archaeologist Elizabeth Meade, who works for AKRF, a firm hired to examine the artifacts, says the area where the ship was found was filled in between the 1790s and the 1830s.
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The centuries old tradition is held each year in the village 60 miles northwest of Madrid to celebrate the patron saint of domestic animals.
Brave riders coax their horses across bonfires the night before the religious festival in the belief that the flames will cleanse the village of disease and ensure its prosperity ... | <urn:uuid:8a9b212d-342d-4cfd-8c0a-ee2c4d9f7bd3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/spain/8264634/Blazing-saddles-in-Spanish-fiesta-for-patron-saint-of-animals.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00016-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952888 | 196 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Bluff Park Elementary, Hoover City
The origins of constellations are named after mythological characters. This podcast explains the origins of Pegasus and Cassiopeia.
Content Areas: English/Language Arts
Alabama Course of Study Alignments and/or Professional Development Standard Alignments:
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The relations between religion, polity, economy, and social structure; in particular, the political, economic, and social impact of religious beliefs and organizations, as well as the social determination of these beliefs and organizations; the rise of secularism, the rationalization of modern life, and the emergence o... | <urn:uuid:546d6b1e-4a4e-4f38-bd2d-551a712fee60> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.washington.edu/students/icd/S/soc/357koski.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00150-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.912886 | 208 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Ring of Fire Cause
The Pacific Ring of Fire is an area where large numbers of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions occur in the basin of the Pacific Ocean. In a 25,000 mile horseshoe shape, it is associated with a nearly continuous series of oceanic trenches, volcanic arcs, and volcanic belts and/or plate movements. The ... | <urn:uuid:cd1d408b-421d-42ea-b972-86415c4c5c57> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/41864 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00093-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931685 | 977 | 3.90625 | 4 |
The syndrome causes epileptic seizures where the afflicted suffer from involuntary head nodding, usually triggered by food or cold. They end up severely disabled and, without treatment, finally die. It is devastating communities in northern Uganda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Cameroon.
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Dam Plan Threatens Historic Turkish City
"The caves at the very top are 3,000 years old."
"More recent sandstone mosques in the valley below testify to a time when Hasankeyf was among the richest cities in Mesopotamia."
"Soon the entire valley is to be flooded with a dam. The controversial project was first conceived i... | <urn:uuid:1279701f-4683-4d32-b796-19fac5e921fd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.planetizen.com/node/26959 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00114-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93054 | 256 | 2.59375 | 3 |
I can't add much to Aristibule's explanation. However, if you ever are able to go to a Divine Liturgy (whether that of St. John Chrysostom or St. Basil or, very rarely, St. James) you will notice that after the words of institution (what the Romans call the Canon of the Mass), the priest will say the following:We offer... | <urn:uuid:ac267faa-0641-4642-9c6c-7f722181cb1f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.orthodoxchristianity.net/forum/index.php?topic=12324.msg167992 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00196-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933897 | 625 | 2.53125 | 3 |
In which Scrabble dictionary does PRELACIES exist?
Definitions of PRELACIES in dictionaries:
- noun -
- noun -
the office or station of a prelate
noun - the office of a prelate
There are 9 letters in PRELACIES:
A C E E I L P R S
Scrabble words that can be created with an extra letter added to PRELACIES
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ReproductionRead full entry
Males arrive before females at shallow, semi-permanent or temporary ponds, and roadside drainage ditches. At breeding ponds males establish territories and begin calling females with a high-pitched chirp. Approximately 100-250 eggs are laid at a time in long strings, held together by a gelat... | <urn:uuid:a3145857-02e1-4e2e-adc4-76bb705064b0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eol.org/pages/336165/overview/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00019-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936064 | 496 | 3.421875 | 3 |
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The Great Plague was Britain’s last major outbreak of the bubonic plague in 1665 and 1666. No treatment or cure was available, and victims were quarantined in their homes. Official records list 68,576 deaths resulting from the plague, but thousands of undocumented vic... | <urn:uuid:c235eec7-d9bf-4ced-8a02-9c581a556021> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-the-great-plague.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00131-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.986793 | 681 | 3.703125 | 4 |
Michael Dinneen/Associated Press file photo
Michael Dinneen/Associated Press file photo
Bill Carter had been planning his bucket-list winter vacation to Alaska for 30 years, and he couldn’t have picked a better time to take it.
The retired chemist from Jesup, Ga., didn’t mind that February temperatures can hover near m... | <urn:uuid:55a5b61a-3475-4465-a0f5-7b0e093b17e5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.durangoherald.com/article/20130303/LIFESTYLE03/130309985/0/lifestyle04/Nature%E2%80%99s-light-show | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00146-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957349 | 1,257 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Thousands of paper windmills seem to spin effortlessly in The Wind Portal, an installation by Lebanese artist Najla El Zein at London's V&A Museum this month. However, the production process wasn't exactly effortless. In fact, extreme accuracy was required to build this massive wall of wind, because it relies on air—an... | <urn:uuid:10260ff1-dab2-463d-b42a-1f6f3496fba8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://gizmodo.com/this-wall-of-paper-pinwheels-turns-air-into-art-1426812700 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00147-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967239 | 280 | 2.546875 | 3 |
The scaling of the probability to find a solution is shown in Fig. 12 using the phase inversion method. More limited experiments with the random phase method showed the same behavior as seen with the unstructured class of problems: somewhat worse performance but similar scaling behavior. The results here are less clear... | <urn:uuid:d8e5a536-d01c-4f02-b93a-8ffbf42b6275> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/jair/pub/volume4/hogg96a-html/node22.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00053-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931369 | 1,275 | 2.53125 | 3 |
A File supports the following functions:
- Flushes any outstanding changes to the disk and then closes the file to prevent further access until it is opened once again.
- Flushes any outstanding changes to the disk but leaves the file open so you can continue to access it.
- Set the current position in the file for rea... | <urn:uuid:69ac602c-456b-4b98-b2eb-886d7604e63b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://webbot.org.uk/WebbotLibDocs2/46810.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00079-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.859537 | 121 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Fall & Winter Foliage Color Of Rhododendrons & Azaleas
Text reprinted from "Seattle Rhododendronland", the Seattle Chapter newsletter
The enormous impact of rhododendrons on the planning and arrangement of gardens here and in Europe has been concentrated in the short time of just 50 or 60 years, since the tremendous co... | <urn:uuid:b6e6b0f1-3909-4e4a-934e-ea4f099cb6a1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JARS/v41n4/v41n4-badger.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00116-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920779 | 5,246 | 2.6875 | 3 |
A team of engineers from Duke University has demonstrated a new technology that greatly extends the range and efficiency of wireless power transfer.
The wireless power superlens
The so-called 'superlens' uses a grid of copper coils that act in unison to focus the magnetic field created by each onto a single point. The ... | <urn:uuid:d0829db1-b2a8-4463-942c-939f8ef465d7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bit-tech.net/news/bits/2014/01/15/wireless-power-superlens-extends-range-sign/1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00014-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945575 | 322 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Adjective: American u'me-ri-kun
Noun: American u'me-ri-kun
- Of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture
"American citizens"; "American English"; "the American dream"
- Of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas
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NE-CAN-NETE (Ne-kah-nea, Ne-kah-new, known as Foremost Man, Front Man), Plains Cree chief; d. 16 May 1897 near Maple Creek (Sask.) at an advanced age.
Ne-can-nete likely spent some of his youth in the area around forts Qu’Appelle and Pelly (Sask.) but at some point he developed a strong attachment to the Cypress Hills ... | <urn:uuid:c6c00006-f8b6-420e-b863-59a908059852> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/ne_can_nete_12E.html?revision_id=4554 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00171-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974153 | 1,087 | 3.296875 | 3 |
Six Rescued Sea Turtles To Be Released April 29 Off South Carolina
April 25, 2012
South Carolina Aquarium’s Sea Turtle Hospital
A before and after shot of Little River, a Kemp's Ridley turtle.
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Food safety on fresh fruit and vegetable
farms starts with Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) that address everything
from farm history, to worker health and hygiene, to production in the field and
greenhouse, to harvest and postharvest operations, to storage and transport,
and how to document them all.
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Washington D.C. (Northland's NewsCenter) --- Gray wolves are no longer an endangered species in the Great Lakes area.
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that gray wolf populations have recovered enough that they no longer need federal protection.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is removing gray wolves i... | <urn:uuid:e0eef092-9fcc-49e1-b89e-a036a34e937a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.northlandsnewscenter.com/enews/breaking/Gray-Wolf-To-Be-Delisted-From-Endangered-Species-136002508.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00184-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935332 | 142 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Scientists from Huddersfield University claim that racing games cause more aggression in players than other genres such as shooters and sports titles.
Dr Simon Goodson and Sarah Pearson monitored 30 people's heart rate, breathing, brain activity and so on as they were playing three Xbox 360 games - Project Gotham Racin... | <urn:uuid:2c2537d6-68c8-44a3-9ed3-b578b237c8eb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/racing-games-lead-to-higher-aggression-589170 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00037-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951986 | 255 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Sick Sinus Syndrome is a condition where the heart's natural pacemaker is not working properly.
Sinus node is in the heart's upper right chamber that have a control in the rhythm of your heart. If a person is suffering from this condition then his/her heart rhythm is going too fast or too slow.
Adults are most likely t... | <urn:uuid:9311b6c2-dae4-4695-ba3c-8078a499ea24> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.healthsofa.com/626/what-is-a-sick-sinus-syndrome?show=627 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397567.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00145-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916934 | 144 | 3.078125 | 3 |
Read data from a text file or string.
The string str or file associated with fid is read from and
parsed according to format. The function behaves like
except it can also read from file instead of a string. See the documentation
strread for details.
In addition to the options supported by
strread, this function
support... | <urn:uuid:3b854896-b66d-4657-9dc2-1939c3611710> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://octave.sourceforge.net/octave/function/textscan.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00002-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.781117 | 445 | 3.515625 | 4 |
Access to Mental Health Services at Indian Health Service and
Download the complete report
Access to Kidney Dialysis Services at Indian Health Service and
Download the complete report
Adobe® Acrobat® is required to read PDF files.
Compared to other populations in the United States, American Indians and Alaska Natives (... | <urn:uuid:0f4135c7-9772-4b6d-a41e-feab85e8b062> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://oig.hhs.gov/oei/reports/oei-09-08-00580-00581.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00133-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933348 | 733 | 2.5625 | 3 |
The Flag Code is The American Legion Flag Code.
On Flag Day, June 14, 1923, The American Legion and representatives of 68 other patriotic, fraternal, civic and military organizations met in Washington, DC for the purpose of drafting a code of flag etiquette. The 77th Congress adopted this codification of rules as publi... | <urn:uuid:6b2b5a69-7e94-478f-8e66-9fb091bf54f6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.legion.org/flag/flagmyths | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00077-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.912114 | 804 | 3.328125 | 3 |
The U.S. Marine Corps occupies a special niche in the annals of aviation history. Known for their seamless integration of air and ground assets, the Marines require specialized aircraft, often capable of vertical or short takeoff and landing, to accomplish their missions. Their close air support and vertical envelopmen... | <urn:uuid:b2855475-ba08-4f06-ae1f-ef532c579a71> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.historynet.com/letter-from-aviation-history-may-2012.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00134-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931753 | 778 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Named to the Supreme Court by Franklin Roosevelt, Justices Hugo Black, William O. Douglas, Felix Frankfurter, and Robert Jackson started out as New Deal liberals. But over time their views evolved, with each developing his own distinctive constitutional theories.
Harvard law professor Noah Feldman discusses their strug... | <urn:uuid:0cfb106b-c9ac-4136-8d30-0acef41b3546> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.kclibrary.org/print/16215 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00131-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950741 | 336 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Windows of heaven
The phrase "Windows of Heaven" (or the "Floodgates of the Heavens," as in the NIV) is used a few times, depending on the translation, in the Bible. The phrase is of primary interest to creation science for its associated with the rain that fell during the Genesis Flood.
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Down Syndrome (cont.)
Down Syndrome and Cognitive Impairment
Down syndrome is the leading cause for impaired cognition. Cognitive development is usually delayed and learning difficulties persist throughout life. Scientists are trying to determine what causes this dysfunction. The average brain volume of a person with D... | <urn:uuid:947762b4-f089-4cfd-aa77-02c9804d5831> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.emedicinehealth.com/down_syndrome/page3_em.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00114-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.90407 | 500 | 3.671875 | 4 |
Modern politicians and students of politics commonly call such motives irrational. But the notion that the only thing rational or real in the conduct of nations is the search for economic benefits or physical security is itself a prejudice of our time, a product of the attempt to treat the world of human events as thou... | <urn:uuid:5d4c49c9-3948-40b4-94c4-598b8833f46b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cs.utexas.edu/~vl/notes/kagan.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00047-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971529 | 3,439 | 3.046875 | 3 |
Moose sighted near Minocqua
Gene and Sue Esker have grown accustomed to living among the wild ones at their Town of Minocqua home.
"Oh sure, bears and deer are coming through all the time," said Sue, 65. "We've seen wolves. And the other night we saw a gray fox."
The Eskers appreciate the wildlife. It's one reason they... | <urn:uuid:76ad84ae-80b7-40f3-b39f-b9ced5ad83fe> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/131331814.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00134-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929575 | 1,009 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Date: November 1, 1951
Creator: Adams, Mac C.
Description: By use of an approximate equation for the wave drag of slender bodies of revolution in a supersonic flow field, the optimum shapes of certain boattail bodies are determined for minimum wave drag. The properties of three specific families of bodies are determine... | <urn:uuid:21bbd7f3-7a47-49b4-9976-d980b4476d24> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://digital.library.unt.edu/explore/partners/UNTGD/browse/?sort=creator&fq=untl_collection%3ATRAIL&fq=str_title_serial%3ANACA+Technical+Notes | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00156-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915743 | 269 | 2.734375 | 3 |
A useful article is an object having an intrinsic utilitar¡an function that is not merely to portray the appearance of the article or to convey information. Examples are clothing, furniture, machinery, dinnerware, and lighting fixtures. An article that is normally part of a useful article may itself be a useful article... | <urn:uuid:ed9eb59c-a565-41f5-a7cb-4d2b00551f2e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.copyright.gov/register/va-useful.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00177-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.882213 | 363 | 2.65625 | 3 |
There is now a great deal of evidence confirming the existence of a very hot and dense early stage of the universe. Much of this data comes from a detailed study of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) - radiation from the early universe that was most recently measured by NASA\'s WMAP satellite. But the information pr... | <urn:uuid:1edfc95b-bb67-4852-b4e6-f387f4151d21> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://perimeterinstitute.ca/fr/videos/big-bang-there-evidence-something-and-if-so-what | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00111-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953302 | 157 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Somalia, Ethiopia, and The Ogaden War
In a blink of an eye, everything can change. It happened when Mengistu Haile Mariam was appointed to chairman of the military and head of state of Ethiopia on February 11, 1977. Throughout the rest of Mariam’s first year of reign, Ethiopia tried to suppress its opponents and enemie... | <urn:uuid:1d6d332f-34db-49d6-a098-74db792369e9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.coldwar.org/articles/70s/SomaliaEthiopiaandTheOgadenWar1977.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00125-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945323 | 551 | 3.40625 | 3 |
How to Revive the Honeybee
The colony collapse disorder
In 1923 Rudolf Steiner predicted that, if the mechanized and industrialized beekeeping that was already well on its way in his days continued, in 80 to 100 years the bees would disappear. If you do the math, the "sudden" colony collapse disorder gets some perspect... | <urn:uuid:dcfa3b89-947f-45c3-b2df-4dd676c14333> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://permaculturenews.org/2011/08/19/how-to-revive-the-honeybee/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00178-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95019 | 1,759 | 3.125 | 3 |
Think Green: For Kids
What is a Green Team? A group of staff that meet monthly to come up with ideas to makeour workplace a more environmentally sound organization
AZA’s 12 Ways for kids to be GREEN!
- Reduce, reuse, recycle. Examine what you buy and decide if it is really needed. Then, think about ways to use things o... | <urn:uuid:778b5f0c-a0b4-4182-87f5-ca62758de4d0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.zooatlanta.org/home/green_initiatives/green_tips_for_kids | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00090-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948535 | 836 | 3.84375 | 4 |
Genoa self-steeringAug 29, 2014
Courtesy Rob Chicken
Most wind-driven self-steering gear is based on stern-mounted wind vane setups. There are various combinations of servo-pendulum and auxiliary rudder models available that are installed aft of the cockpit and provide input to control lines that steer the boat based o... | <urn:uuid:0c56138c-b47b-4a36-b3a0-ad5d471ade19> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.oceannavigator.com/Web-Exclusives-2014/Genoa-self-steering/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00044-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949305 | 713 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Heavily eroded Aram Chaos
These images, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC) on board ESA's Mars Express spacecraft, show Aram Chaos, 280-km-wide circular structure characterized by chaotic terrain.
The HRSC obtained these images during orbit 945 with a ground resolution of approximately 14 metres per pixe... | <urn:uuid:13522bab-0830-4c88-a054-78084fc2661e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Space_Science/Mars_Express/Heavily_eroded_Aram_Chaos | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00052-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958651 | 455 | 2.765625 | 3 |
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This Social Studies lesson involving writing letters to the president
Social Studies, Language Arts
Letter to the President
4 th and 5 th grade
Monday, October 10, 1996, 20minutes, throughout a two-week period
Students will decide on a name and identity as a letter writer. They will write to the President d... | <urn:uuid:9e31c0e6-ab78-4da1-9c81-ad8ed0a0de1b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://lessonplanspage.com/sslettertopresident-htm/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00156-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945344 | 545 | 3.078125 | 3 |
Atlanta and the surrounding metro area are blessed with an abundance of trees compared to other cities of similar size. It’s unusual for a yard to not have at least a couple of trees shading part of it, which leads to the most frequently asked question at plant sales, “What grows well in shade?” While most people are t... | <urn:uuid:a6528bac-38cb-48fe-bb40-e413a44ab326> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.beechhollowfarms.com/hugelkultur-using-woody-debris-in-the-garden/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00058-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964396 | 1,356 | 2.859375 | 3 |
This song is available on Ken Whiteley's Musical Mystery Machines.
The big wheel slowly turns, and the little wheel turns around
The big wheel slowly turns, and the little wheel turns around.
When one wheel moves another wheel,
The whole thing’s called a gear
And how those gears help tell the time,
I’ll try and make th... | <urn:uuid:5fb82c61-d840-45f8-92d2-61113e3974b3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.songsforteaching.com/physicssongs/bigwheellittlewheel.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00201-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.866661 | 310 | 3.359375 | 3 |
HUNTSVILLE, Alabama -- Alabama's heat wave is just part of the normal climate roller coaster, not global warming, according to state climatologist and University of Alabama in Huntsville climate scientist Dr. John Christy.
Maybe so, say other climate scientists, but it's "beyond dispute" that global warming is real and... | <urn:uuid:8b44aa1e-3eec-48ac-9ca2-98998b3aca8d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.al.com/breaking/2012/07/alabamas_heat_wave_isnt_a_sign.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00045-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964907 | 1,171 | 3.09375 | 3 |
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Misdemeanors are a class of law violations that are often thought to be much less severe in scope than crimes called felonies. These violations may be further separated into what are called gross and petty misdemeanors. Gross misdemeanors usually are more serious infr... | <urn:uuid:7fb86ba9-64ae-4630-ab7c-bf1f362a3b8e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-petty-misdemeanor.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00008-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946582 | 780 | 2.71875 | 3 |
For a long time, children with disabilities were educated in separate classes or in separate schools. Many people have gotten used to this idea and still today many children with special needs are placed in separate classrooms even though countless studies have proven that when children with special needs or disabiliti... | <urn:uuid:31b4e077-2b16-44bb-bd8d-b477d36c3e95> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.plazafamilia.com/benefits-of-inclusive-education/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00029-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964909 | 397 | 4.53125 | 5 |
A faint engraving of a reindeer in a South Wales cave looks to be among the oldest rock art known in Britain.
Researchers completed an analysis on July 27 that dated the image at roughly 12,600 years or older, putting it about on par with Britain's oldest known rock art.
The archeologist who discovered the engraving, G... | <urn:uuid:442d005d-c923-4cf2-acd3-49c9feaad2a8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.livescience.com/15298-british-rock-art-engraving-reindeer-cave.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00037-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968782 | 484 | 3.78125 | 4 |
Whether living with pirates or in the wild, parrots have exceptional abilities to mimic the sounds they hear. One species, the orange-fronted conure, may have evolved this ability in order to communicate with specific individuals in other flocks, according to research published November 21 in the open access journal PL... | <urn:uuid:69d73862-84d7-429b-941e-839479e034c2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.labspaces.net/125437/Parrots_imitate_individuals_when_addressing_them_ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00175-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936207 | 658 | 4.03125 | 4 |
First there was the so-called shoe bomber, and then the underwear bomber, both of whom tried to detonate explosives aboard commercial flights. Fortunately, neither of the attacks succeeded.
What those attempts did accomplish, however, was to keep travelers all over the world more frightened about the prospect of flying... | <urn:uuid:67e67bae-89db-4d4c-b2c5-b098a7a63297> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://electronics.howstuffworks.com/gadgets/high-tech-gadgets/backscatter-x-ray.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00104-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944352 | 321 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Some people are prone to getting canker sores from time to time. These are small mouth ulcers that manifest inside the mouth. While the sore normally heals within a week or so, those who get it can expect agonizing pain whenever they eat, brush their teeth or even touch it with their tongue. A drug known as amlexanox i... | <urn:uuid:c0865c44-0dea-4933-b056-7a7a053270fc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.naturalbuy.com/canker-sore-ointment-may-be-the-next-revolutionary-weight-loss-drug/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396959.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00027-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977384 | 380 | 2.578125 | 3 |
The memorial to Chernobyl night. For the dead and the unborn....written in stone to the living.
These fire engines never returned in their garages and the firemen they carried never returned to their homes. They were the first on the scene and thought it was an ordinary fire. They did not know what they were really dea... | <urn:uuid:38d3fe3b-a8b0-46aa-ab73-9a3697d3816a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/kiddofspeed/chapter6.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00003-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97065 | 362 | 2.609375 | 3 |
U.S. Antarctic Policy —
The nonrecognition of territorial claims dates to 1924, when the Secretary of State (Charles Evans Hughes) wrote that discovery of lands unknown to civilization "does not support a valid claim of sovereignty unless the discovery is followed by an actual settlement of the discovered country." In ... | <urn:uuid:2e2aef7c-a87e-4e7d-a04f-104456b50529> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.nsf.gov/geo/plr/antarct/usaphist.jsp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393463.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00092-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948846 | 959 | 3.234375 | 3 |
Lethargy is a state of generalized fatigue or sluggishness, sometimes with decreased alertness.
It is normal to have periods of low energy when one needs to rest and recuperate. However, if low energy persists and a person continually feels sluggish, disinterested in life, and has low energy, the situation should be in... | <urn:uuid:f7b57893-0a9c-400c-b4a8-393b94fc84b0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.aarpmedicareplans.com/hlc/lethargy | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397565.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00161-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.906043 | 244 | 3.390625 | 3 |
One of the safest predictions that you can make in economics is that per capita GDP will grow in the medium and long term for the foreseeable future.
Caveats and Theoretical Basis
Sure, there will be brief stumbles that we call recessions. Sure, the precise rate of growth is hard to predict (although, on average, it is... | <urn:uuid:2c052704-247a-4625-857b-73858bc7776b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://washparkprophet.blogspot.com/2010/07/efficiency-curse.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00057-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96871 | 3,697 | 3.15625 | 3 |
If you've been involved with IT in any capacity in recent years, you've probably heard the term "Internet of Things," or IoT. According to Gartner, IoT is at the top of the hype cycle, meaning a lot of people are excited about it, but not much real development is happening yet. While less than a billion devices were co... | <urn:uuid:a1f3fe39-f5af-4bad-b4bc-98a6970230bc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.datamation.com/open-source/35-open-source-tools-for-the-internet-of-things-1.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397567.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00189-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951142 | 1,253 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Yesterday's daily document from the U.S. National Archives was this image of the "Capture of Washington" during the War of 1812. The image reminded me of some other resources that I've shared in the past about the War of 1812. Click here to find two sets of animated maps about the war of 1812.
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Is the world running out of oil?
The prospect seems unthinkable -- mostly because the con- sequences, if true, would be unimaginable. Permanent fuel shortages would tip the world into a generations-long economic depression. Millions would lose their jobs as industry implodes. Farm tractors would be idled for lack of fu... | <urn:uuid:e1fc53af-6991-48af-9602-d12152af0048> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://staugustine.com/stories/080606/nation_4002139.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00037-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961191 | 525 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Holistic dentists have been warning the public about them for years. But it’s a huge and extremely lucrative industry—so most dental surgeons are turning a blind eye to the health risks.
Over 41,000 root canals are performed every day in dental offices across the country—that’s 25 million every year. The cavity in a to... | <urn:uuid:31a60d41-bcda-49ad-bef3-e83d00cc402d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.anh-usa.org/are-root-canals-safe/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394605.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00035-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951231 | 1,335 | 3.28125 | 3 |
Whale Shogi is a variant of Shogi, Japanese chess. However, unlike most other Shogi-variants, Whale Shogi roots are not in Japan, but in the U.S., and the game also is mostly played outside Japan (although it is not clear how often). It was invented in 1981 by R. Wayne Schmittberger (the author of New Rules for Classis... | <urn:uuid:17d7a682-234c-4a26-93c7-c3e87cfbe421> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.chessvariants.com/shogivariants.dir/whale.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00042-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948615 | 895 | 2.765625 | 3 |
- Computer Language='LANGUAGES OF COMPUTER
Definition of language
A language is defined as the medium of expression of thoughts. All the human beings in this world communicate with each other by a language. Similarly, computer also needs some expression medium to communicate with others
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From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine
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Old tires don’t have to retire to the dump
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Finding out about the optimum diet to help you control herpes only makes sense. Nutrition can play a big role in our health at any time. Eating the right or healthy things for our body can help us manage stress and feel good enough to be active. The wrong things can bog us down and make it difficult to get through each... | <urn:uuid:bde4bac8-f3fa-46c8-834f-fa312cb7efa5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://genitalherpes.org/herpes-diet/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398873.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00030-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948213 | 1,309 | 2.640625 | 3 |
4 Techniques for Using Technologies in Large Lecture Classes
For introduction and learning objectives for each of the following suggested topics, click here.
1) In-Class Polling: Clickers & Collaborative Google Presentation
2) Backchannel Interaction in the Classroom: Adobe Connect Chat Room
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Prominent economic commentators have argued the cases for significantly weaker currencies in each of the world’s major economies – in particular, the United States, the eurozone, Japan, and the UK. As these four economies represent over half of the global economy, it’s clear that they can’t all accomplish this feat. It... | <urn:uuid:38160952-d6d3-427a-adb8-ba26fd20cf8f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blogs.cfr.org/geographics/2013/04/01/friendlyfire/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00063-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945054 | 317 | 2.65625 | 3 |
How could this happen to so many people? Isn't a memory permanent? Like a photo or video you can access to check the details of an experience? Can we trust our memories?
According to Karim Nader, a neuroscientist at McGill University (see report at Smithsonian.com) memories aren't like finding and looking at a photo. T... | <urn:uuid:407cbaae-fa92-49c8-b573-29ece4528f4c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.buildingpersonalstrength.com/2012/11/modified-memories-new-normal.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398216.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00135-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963423 | 324 | 2.578125 | 3 |
BILLIONS OF YEARS, AMAZING CHANGES: THE STORY OF EVOLUTION
"A necessary title for most school and public libraries serving young readers, this will be welcomed for its calm tone and straightforward, comprehensive introduction to the subject. (index) (Nonfiction. 9-15)"
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A ban that dates back to the end of World War II lifted.
In a significant recasting of military policy away from its pacifist policies, the Abe administration has reclaimed the right to send its soldiers into battle even when the country is not under direct attack.
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BROWN (US) — The mass extinction that ended the Permian Period 252 million years ago was disastrous for land-based animals, setting off a boom-and-bust period that lasted for 8 million years.
During the watershed moment in history, as much as 90 percent of ocean organisms were extinguished. The event ushered in a new o... | <urn:uuid:955340f7-da2c-455f-b837-a0ed222b4d69> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.futurity.org/permian-dieoff-animals-faced-brave-new-world/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00101-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951988 | 1,022 | 4.0625 | 4 |
The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant is a facility used to store Transuranic (TRU) waste. TRU waste began accumulating in the 1940s with the beginning of the nation’s nuclear defense program. As early as the 1950s, the National Academy of Sciences recommended deep-geologic disposal of TRU wastes in stable formations, such a... | <urn:uuid:c7a59ba4-d0ea-4d0a-9e67-42ca0fb4fb0d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/dem/Preparedness/wipp.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00140-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932268 | 315 | 3.28125 | 3 |
Karma Burning Chakra Issues Fifth Chakra
Karma Burning: Frustration
In a sense, creative expression has its roots in the third chakra. It begins as the desire to create something (physical, mental, or emotional), gathers the power of manifestation, and then travels to the fifth chakra for expression.
If thwarted, our d... | <urn:uuid:73f2e056-66c4-402c-905d-079d2580037c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.inner-tranquility.com/tag/tantric-qigong | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394937.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00131-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937927 | 551 | 2.671875 | 3 |
There are 206 bones in the human body--one more than a horse, and a hundred or so fewer than a mouse. Yet one reigns supreme in matters of mystery and symbolism: the skull. Our fascination probably began millennia ago. Compared with other body parts, a disproportionately large number of skulls are found in archaeologic... | <urn:uuid:1c9d637b-836c-4ff4-a928-09785a7d6385> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://discovermagazine.com/sitefiles/resources/image.aspx?item=%7B434D7255-8F2A-4F5C-B110-D90D45AEF0F1%7D | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00197-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966445 | 449 | 2.984375 | 3 |
At 2:16 a.m. local time on 8 November 2011, the desolate steppe of Baikonur, Kazakhstan, shook to the roar of rocket engines. A Ukrainian-built Zenit-2SB vehicle thundered into orbit carrying the Russian Fobos-Grunt spacecraft, destined to perform a landing on Mars’ large moon, Phobos. Also aboard was a small, 250-poun... | <urn:uuid:63d5f6d0-17cf-4251-bf01-2094bcb69163> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.americaspace.com/?p=43535 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408828.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00004-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938201 | 2,144 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Scott Joplin was an African-American composer and pianist. Joplin achieved
fame for his ... It also brought the composer a steady income for life, though Joplin
did not reach this level of success a...
On Biography.com, learn more about Scott Joplin, the 'King of Ragtime,' who
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Eastern long-eared bat
Common name: eastern long-eared bat, south-eastern long-eared bat
Scientific name: Nyctophilus corbeni (previously known as Nyctophilus timoriensis)
Conservation status: This species is listed as Vulnerable in Queensland (Nature Conservation Act 1992) and nationally (Environment Protection and Bi... | <urn:uuid:b95e778e-c7a5-44f0-8aff-b6c17cba891d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ehp.qld.gov.au/wildlife/animals-az/micro-bats/eastern_longeared_bat.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00065-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917728 | 1,046 | 3.984375 | 4 |
The larger notes from 1914 are rare enough as it is, but this is a star note. Not many of these are around. It helps boost the value of the bill considerably, and I have no doubt it's genuine.
- Fact 1: Before 1929, many paper banknotes in the US were large-sized notes, measuring 3x7.5". Modern small-sized bills measur... | <urn:uuid:230f539c-ac4e-45c5-b8f5-12de0f27aa06> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://pawnstarsthegame.wikia.com/wiki/1914_$20_Bill | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00113-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974548 | 210 | 3.578125 | 4 |
The earth plays a game of hide and seek with her treasurers. She hid a deposit of precious gold for us to find in Northern California. Most of her diamond hordes are concealed in the rocky remains of old volcanos in South Africa. Beds of coal are buried where ancient forests once grew in soggy swamps. Oil deposits are ... | <urn:uuid:4e75c92c-8cf7-4198-aabd-b4886a79f330> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://youaskandy.com/questions-answers/30-article-series-1970/12714-why-is-there-so-much-helium-in-texas.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00053-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953402 | 591 | 3.5625 | 4 |
It seems only common sense that happiness should be good for our physical health, but psychological research has sent mixed signals in recent years. Some studies have found it is, while others have found no effect, and some even a negative effect.
In a new article published in the Journal of Happiness Studies, Professo... | <urn:uuid:05d327d6-fa4f-4a4b-be6d-99d938102473> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.spring.org.uk/2008/09/happiness-could-add-10-years-to-your.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00121-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972629 | 331 | 3.0625 | 3 |
Carnegie Mellon Study Says Electric Vehicles Could Be Cheaper To Recharge if Electricity Providers Control Charging Speeds
PITTSBURGH--Jan. 23, 2014: Electric vehicles may offer a path to a more sustainable transportation future. But they also might drive up electricity prices if they are charged during times of peak e... | <urn:uuid:dac6c17c-af00-4f60-8350-c273b1d1c6ba> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2014/01/23/101283-carnegie-mellon-study-says-electric-vehicles-could-be-cheaper-to.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00110-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951043 | 499 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Civil War-era portrait of a Federal soldier.
Credit: Courtesy of American Memory.
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