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Thursday, August 25, 2011
Duke Ellington was born in 1899, Louis Armstrong in 1901 though he claimed 1900--but across the Atlantic in Dessau, Germany, and actually born in 1900, was composer Kurt Weill, a true child of the century of Jazz. Son of a Jewish cantor but never particularly religious, Kurt was a musical prod... | <urn:uuid:9719d9cb-d01f-479d-852c-9310f1aa8238> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://mrebks.blogspot.com/2011_08_01_archive.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403508.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00036-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959262 | 6,632 | 2.515625 | 3 |
September 17, 2012
Salt Overload: Kids Are Eating Too Much, Increasing Health Risks
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online
Too much salt in your diet leads to an increased risk of high blood pressure (hypertension). And a recent study has found that children are consuming as much salt as adults do, le... | <urn:uuid:60ec2c17-f201-46cf-a69e-8ebb4f32bb83> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1112695058/children-salt-health-091712/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00134-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962377 | 773 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Teachers as Products of Their Schooling: Disrupting Gendered Positions
University of Victoria, B.C., CanadaKarmen's story
Gender is a very powerful influence on the journey taken by prospective teachers as they contemplate their path and their destination. Their identity as learners and as future teachers is shaped in ... | <urn:uuid:361112b2-fc18-49d5-bf44-880824a19d20> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/WILLA/fall02/sanford.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399522.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00143-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973884 | 4,538 | 3.09375 | 3 |
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Day of Atonement
Day of Atonement (Hebrew, Yom Kippur) is the most important day in the Jewish (see Judaism) liturgical year. The importance of this day comes from Leviticus 16:30, "on this day shall atonement be made for you, to cleanse you; from all your sins you... | <urn:uuid:78c51093-1e9c-47c3-851e-a00363415aae> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/d/day_of_atonement.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00036-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949812 | 433 | 3.921875 | 4 |
The oestrous cycle (U.S: estrous cycle) is the reproductive system in most mammals.
Differences from the menstrual cycle[change | change source]
Mammals share the same reproductive system, including the regulatory hypothalamic system that releases gonadotropin-releasing hormone in pulses, the pituitary that secretes fo... | <urn:uuid:c5570984-bf22-4d1f-9e7f-d336a05a63c3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oestrous_cycle | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00088-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.896106 | 513 | 3.921875 | 4 |
Effective selection, application, operation, and maintenance of modern motors require a strong working knowledge of rotating-machine basics as well as an in-depth awareness of the latest technical developments.
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Mexico’s National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) has announced the discovery of 23 stone plaques with carved images inside the main temple of what was once the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, in downtown Mexico City, AFPreports.
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What happens to healthcare when everyone has a disease?
Large proportions of the populations of developed countries have a chronic disease and this is expected to increase steadily over the coming years as advances in healthcare keep more people alive for longer. Older people in particular are likely to have more than ... | <urn:uuid:1eb70f04-0ba2-418e-a18c-5b865a63f315> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.taylorhealthdesign.com/blog/2013/05/diseased-is-the-new-normal.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00002-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959682 | 1,550 | 2.734375 | 3 |
March 29, 2013
Antibiotic Resistance: From Livestock to Humans
M. McKenna, Wired
The antibiotic era was barely 20 years old when people started raising concerns about using the new “miracle drugs” in agriculture. Penicillin first entered use in 1943, streptomycin in 1944, tetracycline in 1948 — and by 1965, the United ... | <urn:uuid:a63ed6eb-355c-4475-bb93-2065b336c358> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.realclearscience.com/2013/03/29/antibiotic_resistance_from_livestock_to_humans_252241.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.18/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00043-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918226 | 149 | 2.578125 | 3 |
In this era of the world wide net, we are able to befriend crocheters from all over the world. While many of them are fluent in English (er…American), many more are not. And, those of us in the US are typically not fluent in the language of any other country. English is the language of the internet – but crochet has a ... | <urn:uuid:394972a8-d9de-4ee7-897d-ac1101e89b0b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://crochet.craftgossip.com/graphs-charts-symbols-diagrams-which-works-for-you/2007/02/11/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394414.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00114-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944623 | 424 | 2.8125 | 3 |
While an Alzheimer’s diagnosis can be upsetting, patients can still have “tremendous quality of life, especially in the early stages,” says Laurel Coleman, M.D., an internist and geriatrician in Maine. Coleman says patients and family members facing an Alzheimer’s diagnosis commonly want to know: Can I still drive? Can... | <urn:uuid:54d802f0-aaca-4ac8-8096-5e226cd765de> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.lifescript.com/health/centers/adhd/related_conditions/alzheimers_articles/questions_for_your_doctor_about_alzheimers.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00147-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922179 | 429 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Virtual Private Network (VPN) is the technology that you can use to access the office or home network remotely and securely over the Internet, so that the communication data is protected from sniffing or hijacking by hackers.
When the VPN connection is established between 2 parties (between a VPN client and VPN gateway... | <urn:uuid:43a961e2-aee2-4c94-9cc1-61bff6771f15> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.home-network-help.com/virtual-private-network.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00191-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921678 | 511 | 3.015625 | 3 |
The old town was built over three hills (St. Trifone or St. Rocco Hill; Episcopate's Hill; St. Giovanni Hill) in Byzanthine times. There are doubts on the origin of the name, some say it derived from two Byzanthine generals, Katà and Zaro, while another theory is that Zaro was the original name of the river, so that ka... | <urn:uuid:e183db54-bada-422f-97a6-581c0575e68c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.italyworldclub.com/calabria/catanzaro/catanzaro.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00009-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963173 | 241 | 3.25 | 3 |
May 13, 2013
UN Turns To Edible Insects In Fight Against World Hunger
Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online
According to a new report from the United Nations titled “Edible Insects: Future Prospects for Food and Feed Security,” forests and the creepy crawlers that inhabit them are an underutilized source ... | <urn:uuid:382cba2d-dd17-422f-adec-846303e1471e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.redorbit.com/news/science/1112844935/un-suggests-insects-as-food-051313/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00013-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956436 | 729 | 3.21875 | 3 |
Lady Gray and her brother Rivers enter the palace. Lady Gray reveals that Edward has been taken prisoner. Rivers hopes that Warwick may let lose, and Lady Gray tries not to mourn, deciding to be strong now that she is pregnant. She urges Rivers and others of Edward's supporters to flee, while she goes to sanctuary to p... | <urn:uuid:bdd52cf5-9b9c-4501-aa62-67bd78e91167> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/henry6pt3/section8.rhtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393463.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00031-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964866 | 468 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Cochise County, Arizona
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Cochise is a county in Arizona. It was formed in 1881 from the following county/ies: . Cochise began keeping birth records in 1887, marriage reco... | <urn:uuid:a0f7c9d2-5cda-4fbc-bbc5-b99cd05b3a7b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ancestry.co.uk/wiki/index.php?title=Cochise_County,_Arizona | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00009-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924066 | 163 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Cardiac Arrest; Cardiac Diseases; Endocarditis; Heart Disease; Heart Disease and the Mind-Body Constitution; Heart Disea...
Infective endocarditis is a form of endocarditis caused by infectious agents. The agents are usually bacterial, but other organisms can also be ...
Heart disease is one of a number of different di... | <urn:uuid:81580558-2443-4e12-9448-f4f4d2c87391> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.goldbamboo.com/relate-tl9738-tr2693.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397744.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00195-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.807438 | 607 | 3.234375 | 3 |
The Mustard Plant
Plant name: black mustard (Sinapis nigra or Brassica nigra)
Plant type: annual, dicotyledon
Average size of seed: 1–2 millimeters (about .05 inch)
Average size of plant: 1–2 meters (about 3–6 feet) high, though under certain conditions it can sometimes grow to be 3–5 meters (about 10–15 feet) high or ... | <urn:uuid:e3dc219c-60f2-4b40-82e5-3abf9cd31e38> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.lds.org/ensign/2014/03/the-mustard-seed?lang=eng | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00152-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958834 | 705 | 3.453125 | 3 |
StarsASCA has observed a number of normal stars, both single and within binary systems, spanning the range of stellar masses from massive O stars to low mass late M dwarfs. These observations have probed the properties of hot X-ray emitting plasma around stars at all evolutionary stages, including the pre-main-sequence... | <urn:uuid:d6c4e715-2ef0-4997-9979-ad2943bf1be4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/asca/science/science_stars.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00162-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.897696 | 1,642 | 2.78125 | 3 |
During the extended cold phases the ice sheets continued to thicken. When higher ice sheets prevailed over North America, typical in periods of intermediate sea levels, the prevailing northwest winds split into two branches. The major wind field ran to the north of the so-called Laurentide Ice Sheet and ensured that th... | <urn:uuid:ea34001e-ce2d-47f7-a7e9-30bdc68a4a5f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eurekalert.org/multimedia/pub/77956.php?from=275045 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396100.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00090-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93048 | 204 | 4.4375 | 4 |
Cherry trees are one of nature's finest creations. Each spring, the branches are filled with fragrant and beautiful blossoms and the wood from the cherry tree is thought by many to be one of carpentry's finest materials. Additionally, the fruit of the cherry tree is delicious and nutritious. Each tasty cherry is packed... | <urn:uuid:1f3fe954-e408-4498-ab8d-3f3335e363b3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gardenguides.com/88334-grow-cherry-trees-pits.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00072-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940242 | 412 | 2.8125 | 3 |
There may be a link between malaria and the spread of the virus which causes Aids across Africa, research by scientists working in Kenya suggests.
Aids graveyards are filling up fast in Africa
The study, published in the journal Science, says the way the two diseases interact can help them spread faster.
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Coastal and Tropical South
Shred Before Composting
Some plant materials, like stiff, woody palm fronds and magnolia leaves, can take years to decompose completely. To speed the process along , make any bulky plant debris smaller by shredding it. That old workhorse, the wood chipper, can be useful for woody prunings and... | <urn:uuid:0838b19b-6907-49b3-9a82-d6f7ec6831ad> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://garden.org/regional/report/arch/reminders/3858 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397696.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00197-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944589 | 804 | 2.9375 | 3 |
The research, which earned best-paper honors at the conference, was conducted by experts from Rice University in Houston, Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Switzerland’s Center for Electronics and Microtechnology (CSEM) and the University of California, Berkeley.
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This short clip about the human body gives more food for thought! Listen carefully to the independent commentary!
The Problem of the Origin of Life
1953 was an exciting year for biology. Not only did James Watson and Francis Crick work out the double-helix structure of DNA, but in the same year Stanley Miller published... | <urn:uuid:5f78a1fe-e942-423e-8b6a-0f954b4036fe> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.c4id.org.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=211:the-problem-of-the-origin-of-life&catid=50:genetics&Itemid=43 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00073-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956784 | 4,496 | 3.75 | 4 |
Mammography screening recommendations; what women should know before they consider whether to undergo such a procedure.Click here for Dr. Cutler's message on newly published study challenging mammograms in Archives of Internal Medicine (10/2011)
In a recent Today Show Health segment; "Mammograms plummet among women und... | <urn:uuid:9d362250-df89-4ab2-ba9f-c33fac7db260> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.athenainstitute.com/sciencelinks/mammogramupdates.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00009-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957709 | 1,724 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Can mega well bring peace to Sudan?
At least 300,000 people died and almost three million were displaced by the Darfur conflict in Sudan. Egyptian-American geologist Farouk El-Baz believes that limited access to water is one of the root causes of this conflict. Doctor El-Baz is director of Boston University’s center fo... | <urn:uuid:57fbfc7e-d7e0-4d4b-be26-d071c4d8c201> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.greenprophet.com/2012/02/ancient-lake-sudan/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398209.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00103-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951266 | 545 | 3.09375 | 3 |
1(In weaving) a box situated on either side of the race plate of the loom that is designed to hold shuttles and to bring bobbins of colored thread in line as desired.
- His son Robert continued the Kay family tradition by inventing the 'drop-box' in 1769.
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- Cannabinoids (marijuana, hash)
- Cocaine (cocaine, crack, benzoylecognine)
- Amphetamines (amphetamines, methamphetamines, speed)
- Opiates (heroin, opium, codeine, morphine)
- Phencyclidine (PCP)
- There are four primary types of drug sample: urine, hair, saliva, and blood. Most common is the urine test which has th... | <urn:uuid:a8ff5aa6-7296-4674-b11f-948bea729176> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.passsalivadrugtest.com/infoDT.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00064-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.913866 | 824 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Odonata species start their life as aquatic larvae, passing through a series of developmental stages or ‘stadia’ and undergoing several moults as they grow. Before the final moult (emergence), metamorphosis occurs in which the larvae transform into the adult form. Adults complete their metamorphosis after emergence and... | <urn:uuid:d2176b54-3855-411b-b75a-038c574069b4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.arkive.org/red-chaser/libellula-pontica/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397842.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00110-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96437 | 280 | 3.5 | 4 |
Imagine that you are the director of a production of Everyman. Describe the choices you would make to bring the play to life, focusing on acting, set design, costume, music and lights.
This question asks you to consider Everyman as a play in the theatre, and to consider ways of translating it to the stage. Remember tha... | <urn:uuid:1108e28b-e960-40c3-8037-1d6291cb409d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gradesaver.com/everyman-and-other-miracle-and-morality-plays/study-guide/essay-questions/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00124-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967053 | 1,168 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Author:John, one of the original Twelve Apostles of Jesus, is traditionally identified as the author of 1, 2, and 3 John. Although John’s name is never mentioned in these letters, there are three compelling clues that point to him as the author. First, early second-century writers referred to him as the author. Second,... | <urn:uuid:86b328db-1365-46c6-bcc7-0e8daab462e1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.lds.org/manual/new-testament-teacher-resource-manual/the-first-epistle-general-of-john/105?lang=eng&country=au | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00158-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970284 | 336 | 2.859375 | 3 |
A bacterium that causes food poisoning, campylobacter, was found in 42 percent of 484 fresh broiler chickens tested for a survey in the January issue of Consumer Reports. The magazine said Tuesday that another bacterium, salmonella, was found on 12 percent of the chickens. Both bugs can cause diarrhea, fever, abdominal... | <urn:uuid:517886fe-2f49-4d7d-8989-56cb7ab5aa9b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cbsnews.com/news/chicken-bacteria-antibiotics/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00059-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949292 | 656 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Photos of the Empire State Building Under Construction
From its completion in 1931 until construction of the World Trade Center’s North Tower in 1972, the Empire State Building stood as the tallest building in the world. As of 2012, it is the 15th tallest skyscraper in the world and the fourth tallest free standing str... | <urn:uuid:190366f3-f0cf-40b7-8316-f3bd120420e3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://twistedsifter.com/2012/06/vintage-photos-of-the-empire-state-building-under-construction/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402699.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00139-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956411 | 1,228 | 3.078125 | 3 |
Coastal & Marine Geology InfoBank
Our Mapping Systems
The USGS and Science Education
USGS Fact Sheets
ground penetrating radar
Comment: 20:57 - 21:58 (01:01)
Source: Annenberg/CPB Resources - Earth Revealed - 5. The Birth of a Theory
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Turns out, it’s the dates on food expiration labels that are bad. A lack of regulation of food labels is a major factor leading to 40% of all food going to waste in the U.S., a new study finds.
Over 90% of Americans may be prematurely tossing food because they misinterpret expiration dates, according to the study by Ha... | <urn:uuid:2e728d2f-7f51-45a3-b198-d6f2f2600587> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.marketwatch.com/story/want-to-save-at-the-supermarket-compost-2013-06-18?link=MW_story_featstor | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00142-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953001 | 1,091 | 3 | 3 |
Fanie Duvenhage, Product Marketing Manager, Microchip
Chances are that if you ask the typical electrical engineer to generate a 120-Hz sine wave, delay a signal by 300 µsec, or create a 10-µsec pulse once every second, most engineers would not think of using a microcontroller. Most engineers would dust off their electr... | <urn:uuid:024fde03-eaa1-48e0-8ba3-ac6aa7e453de> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.designnews.com/author.asp?section_id=1386&doc_id=225004&piddl_msgorder=asc | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00096-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942834 | 809 | 3.25 | 3 |
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Biology 2013, 2(1), 151-176; doi:10.3390/biology2010151
Abstract: Lake Vanda is a perennially ice-covered, closed-basin lake in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Laminated photosynthetic microbial mats cover the floor of the lake from below the ice cover to >40 m depth. In recent decades, the wate... | <urn:uuid:9b09c206-3e29-4601-86b3-214423d5d1f7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/2/1/151/htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396029.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00194-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911438 | 14,242 | 3.5 | 4 |
Brain Imaging Studies
For information on how to volunteer for any of our imaging studies, please click here.
The cause of eating disorders is thought to be complex and influenced by psychological, cultural, and biological factors. However, the exact nature of these interactive processes remains unclear. The search for ... | <urn:uuid:f67b2f34-59ca-48bd-8491-7001c50e1e08> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://eatingdisorders.ucsd.edu/research/imaging/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00017-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931028 | 720 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Diaper rash is a skin irritation or “dermatitis” in the diaper area. You will most likely come across a diaper rash on your baby’s skin at some point in their diapering years. Have no fear! Most cases disappear after home treatment.
Causes of diaper rash can be traced to a number of sources, including:
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September 6, 2009
Beverlin Manufacturing Inc., a tube producer and component fabricator, struggled with various cutting processes. Its produces and fabricates perforated tube which, because of the perforations, complicates the cutting process. After using two sawing methods, it changed to laser cutting.
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Weather satellites use a set of unique microwave frequencies to produce data on what the weather is up to in different parts of the world. Different microwaves have unique abilities, such as being able to see through clouds and being sensitive to water vapor but not liquid (the 23.6-24 GHz band). The data recorded from... | <urn:uuid:6f31db80-2d60-4cc9-8fa2-f2328dc42ae2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.geek.com/science/weather-knowledge-losing-out-to-business-554885/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00110-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955795 | 1,270 | 3.421875 | 3 |
Crusted scabies, or hyperinfestation with Sarcoptes scabiei, occurs in people with an inadequate immune response to the mite. In recent decades, data have emerged suggesting that treatment of crusted scabies with oral ivermectin combined with topical agents leads to lower mortality, but there are no generally accepted ... | <urn:uuid:30d4e519-1a97-472d-8c6f-bc4d567a31e1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://journals.plos.org/plosntds/article?id=10.1371/journal.pntd.0002387 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00196-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933462 | 5,285 | 3.03125 | 3 |
CPR Required For High Schools
High school students across Washington will be learning how to save a life, starting next fall. A new law requires schools to teach basic C-P-R in health classes. Governor Jay Inslee signed the measure into law. The main advocates were with the American Heart Association, including volunte... | <urn:uuid:b6ca68c6-b555-4d33-84a4-df2155bf1b36> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://nwpr.org/post/cpr-required-high-schools | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00190-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951888 | 220 | 2.59375 | 3 |
The International School for Holocaust Studies
I Wanted to Fly Like a Butterfly
Grades: 3 - 5
Duration: Three hours total. Four 45-minute lessons, the last two preferably combined.
- Educational and Age-oriented Approach to the Book
- Approaching the Book: I Wanted to Fly Like a Butterfly
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Xenocharax is a characin or tetra, a member of the order Characiformes. Characins, along with minnows, carps, catfishes and knifefishes, belong to the clade Otophysi. Otophysans make up nearly 75% of the freshwater fishes of the world, comprising more than 10,000 named taxa. The 1500+ characin species are divided into ... | <urn:uuid:3fbc0820-872c-480a-b6a7-4276071817d5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://digimorph.org/specimens/Xenocharax_spilurus/whole/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00061-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926006 | 416 | 3 | 3 |
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Kindergarten teachers report spending much of their math instructional time teaching students basic counting skills and how to recognize geometric shapes—skills the students have already mastered before ever setting foot in the kindergarten classroom, new research finds. The findings reveal a misalignme... | <urn:uuid:5e621402-98e1-42fd-bb32-65f00b7dbf25> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.vanderbilt.edu/2013/05/kindergarten-math/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398628.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00095-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947676 | 950 | 3.21875 | 3 |
- Johnson, top left, with other sports personalities of the 1910s
In September 1911 a black man from Texas named Jack Johnson came into conflict in London with Winston Churchill, leading figures in the church, and the chairman of the London County Council. Newspaper reports reveal several interesting aspects of British... | <urn:uuid:af50c0b9-d177-4830-8e1e-e1229d74602d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.jeffreygreen.co.uk/042-jack-johnson-boxing-champion-in-britain | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391766.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00113-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97603 | 1,402 | 3 | 3 |
The heroes and demigods who, according to the traditions of the Greeks, undertook the first bold maritime expedition to Colchis, a far distant country on the coast of the Euxine, for the purpose of fetching the golden fleece. They derived their name from the ship Argo, in which the voyage was made, and which was constr... | <urn:uuid:37ca1483-5a74-4c6c-a30c-8d3484883a34> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mythindex.com/greek-mythology/A/Argonautae.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398873.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00052-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984264 | 3,502 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Dive into a miniature sized world using a microscope simulator. Experiment safely at home using basic household items. Travel in space using your senses and test your knowledge with a fun science quiz.
- Wide array of experiments
- Hundreds of video clips
- Beautiful graphics
- Reinforcing and teaching basic science co... | <urn:uuid:a8a29ea0-2634-4cc8-b480-97459d7f4b79> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://store.worldstart.com/product/5882/?wsref=sidebar | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00197-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.701387 | 96 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Probate is the legal process of settling the estate of a deceased person. The word probate stems from the latin root probatus, meaning “a thing proved”(1). If there is a substantial sum of money or property to be transferred to ones heirs, the probate process is necessary to facilitate the messy logistical aspects of t... | <urn:uuid:8535d5bb-c8d5-4c3c-8fdb-a1be98464cfc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dinksfinance.com/2007/06/basics-of-getting-around-probate/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00195-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923647 | 583 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Dealings in real estate involve in having comprehensive, continuing exposure to all aspects of real estate tax planning.
Exhaustive study of the various taxes that are imposed on real estate is required.
Real estate tax is an ad valorem tax, levied annually on the value of real property by local and state authorities. ... | <urn:uuid:9a766758-8ce9-40d7-b092-3d5d0bb763da> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.altiusdirectory.com/Realestate/real-estate-taxes.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00120-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967561 | 835 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Guo Paiyuan was typically reverential: "Confucius's philosophy was rather advanced at that time. He stressed justice, honesty, fidelity. He is the source of our Chinese culture." Mr Gao had not actually read Confucius, but could quote some of the "Analects". His favourite was Confucius's invention of the Golden Rule: D... | <urn:uuid:1465888e-4d03-4ca2-b60a-8e5b5d9779eb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/peking-enlists-moral-support-of-confucius-1328645.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399106.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00056-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970397 | 931 | 2.84375 | 3 |
The Climate Change Skeptic’s Argument: Natural Solar Cycles or Human Activity?
If there has been no significant net increase in solar irradiance, how can Earth be warming? The answer is the Earth’s energy budget. As solar radiation from the Sun reaches Earth's surface, some of it is reflected back into space and some o... | <urn:uuid:0e623ac1-08f9-4079-ad0f-c66832bedec6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pbs.org/teachers/stem/professionaldevelopment/025/engage/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392069.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00049-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.913355 | 805 | 4.0625 | 4 |
Facts and Events
Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831 – August 5, 1888) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close association with General-in-chief Ulysses S. Grant, who transferred Sheridan from command ... | <urn:uuid:4402d065-b6b8-488b-a231-63a647ac951d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Philip_Sheridan_(5) | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00066-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.988725 | 348 | 3.515625 | 4 |
The Dignity for All Students Act
On July 1, 2012, the Dignity for All Students Act takes full effect. Bullying affects students at all grade levels, sometimes seriously affecting their ability to succeed in school and their emotional and psychological development. The Dignity Act aims to protect New York State’s public... | <urn:uuid:f7edb968-8177-49a0-9079-819066bdea4e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nyclu.org/issues/youth-and-student-rights/bullying-and-harassment-school | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00095-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947087 | 515 | 3.109375 | 3 |
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Buildings 2012, 2(1), 1-32; doi:10.3390/buildings2010001
Abstract: Material selection is a complex and delicate task determined by the immense number of building material options. Likewise, multiple factors are often considered by the architect when evaluating the various categories of building mater... | <urn:uuid:1af06c9a-4cf1-4ec5-a3a4-6acff20ecd0b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mdpi.com/2075-5309/2/1/1/htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408828.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00003-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908744 | 14,597 | 2.5625 | 3 |
HELPING WILDLIFE ...STAY HEALTHY & WILD
This message is for all of us who spend time living, hiking, camping, backpacking, rafting, fishing and so on...in areas where wild animals make their homes. Please help distribute this message:
IT IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL TO THE HEALTH AND WELL-BEING OF WILD ANIMALS
THAT THEY ARE... | <urn:uuid:da7f712d-7b93-43ff-90b7-393e51b42778> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nativehabitats.org/feednot.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396959.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00144-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921474 | 807 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Moltke, Helmuth Karl Bernhard, Graf von, 1800–1891, Prussian field marshal. Following his graduation from the Royal Military Academy of Denmark, he entered the Danish service, but resigned his commission in 1822 to join the Prussian army. He became (1833) a member of the general staff, and three years later with offici... | <urn:uuid:4d432c36-6b22-4fca-82e6-0aa47ce92d4f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.factmonster.com/encyclopedia/people/moltke-helmuth-karl-bernhard-graf-von.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00079-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981758 | 378 | 2.828125 | 3 |
The inhabitants of the department are called Corréziens.
The 1851 census recorded a population of 320,866: this remained relatively constant for the rest of the nineteenth century. During the twentieth century, however, Corrèze shared the experience of many of the country's rural departments as the population fell stea... | <urn:uuid:26440fce-bfce-45ea-b2e1-e051186b1a26> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.werelate.org/wiki/Place:Corr%C3%A8ze%2C_France | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00014-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960696 | 272 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Does a Distant Galaxy Show Star Formation?
by Brian Thomas, M.S. *
Some scientists refer to certain dust and debris clouds in galaxies as star “incubators” because they think stars form naturally within them. But since the formation of a star from a compacted cloud would take far too long to observe even in many lifeti... | <urn:uuid:568ab888-a4a8-4e9e-b320-1399e95bb50c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.icr.org/article/does-distant-galaxy-show-star-formation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396538.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00178-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953326 | 895 | 4.125 | 4 |
Access to legacy data
Research Forests provide a very special research environment and offer access to a legacy of data, putting current research results into a known environmental framework and increasing their potential.
Test results can be generated more speedily and efficiently than would otherwise be possible. New... | <urn:uuid:cdf2c91a-2db0-4d35-a92c-ceec10d39d71> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.forestry.gov.uk/fr/INFD-6V6JXJ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00090-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928526 | 243 | 3.3125 | 3 |
The term Internet Scam or Internet Fraud refers to any type of fraud scheme that uses one or more online services to conduct fraudulent activities. Internet fraud can take place on computer programs such as chat rooms, e-mail, message boards, or Web sites. In this post I will discuss about some of the commonly conducte... | <urn:uuid:fb8235db-eeb7-41b9-972c-2b9c762c72ae> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://look8bal.blogspot.com/2010/11/how-to-get-away-from-internet-scams-and.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00068-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956507 | 1,113 | 2.75 | 3 |
Soon after the publication of the Book of Mormon, a rumor surfaced that the book was based on a story by one Solomon Spaulding. This theory remained unverified, since the manuscript of the unpublished story (known as the Manuscript Found) could not be located.
Eventually, the manuscript was located, and published. It s... | <urn:uuid:559b52a0-f6bc-453b-9efe-71759121ae76> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.2think.org/hundredsheep/bom/spauldng.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00188-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965754 | 1,501 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Teaching the Bible, Teaching Israel – a Pause for Reflection – 18
As mentioned in Lesson 1, this course is based on the assumption that in liberal Jewish education, the three primary texts are the Bible, the Siddur, and the calendar; thus about two thirds of the course meetings focus on study of these sources, with the... | <urn:uuid:80d7829f-4e93-4b30-b304-de538a492c30> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://makomisrael.org/blog/teaching-the-bible-teaching-israel-%E2%80%93-a-pause-for-reflection-18/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00152-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96288 | 259 | 3.671875 | 4 |
Ever since 1948, Egypt and Israel had been implacable enemies and had fought four wars and countless border clashes against each other. The Camp David agreement of 1978 brokered by President Jimmy Carter between Egypt and Israel finally brought an end to the era of military confrontation between these two nations.
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How It All Started:
In 1869, the Indiana legislature accepted the offer of John Purdue of 100 acres of land and $150,000 if the state would establish the Indiana land grant university in Tippecanoe County and name it Purdue University. Such universities following the dictates of the federal Morrill Act of 1862 were to ... | <urn:uuid:a7c2d7dd-4978-4332-ac05-4491f0cf9eae> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www2.ag.purdue.edu/agalumni/pages/history.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00171-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978963 | 546 | 3.34375 | 3 |
A thin, sheetlike material allows the passage of a solvent (such as water) but not larger dissolved solutes (such as salt and sugar). The property of permeability depends on the molecular or ionic diameter of the dissolved substance and the nature of the membrane. Although various semipermeable membranes are available ... | <urn:uuid:24dd64eb-da3d-4c97-89c4-d98c1874f51e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/S/semipermeable_membrane.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00177-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.894276 | 343 | 3.890625 | 4 |
New studies suggest transmission of virus may last up to a week
TUESDAY, Sept. 15 (HealthDay News) -- People infected with swine flu seem to be contagious longer than patients with ordinary seasonal flu, several new studies suggest.
But it's not clear what impact the findings will have on health-care experts' recommend... | <urn:uuid:a5ecad59-db4a-4091-8f87-607baaaf1e11> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/People-With-Swine-Flu-May-Be-Contagious-Longer-Than-Thought-57217-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398216.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00167-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963592 | 964 | 3.328125 | 3 |
The Scratch programming environment is very popular with kids. Using the Arduino, we can introduce accelerometer control so your games can react to the tilting of the accelerometer.
I covered the basics in the instructable below:http://www.instructables.com/id/A-Gentle-Introduction-to-Arduino-for-Scratch-Users/
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Assess Your School or District
This is an H3
- To define your school or district's needs and how to meet them
- To obtain outside information
- To create a list of possible policy components
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Keep Plastic Out of Puget Sound
Plastic pollution poses a serious threat to whales, seals, turtles, salmon and all of Puget Sound’s wildlife. We’re urging Washington's leaders to stop the flow of plastic into Puget Sound by banning disposable plastic bags.
Two billion bags used each year
Plastic pollution poses a serio... | <urn:uuid:13bd8504-b811-49c1-a529-0ebe42090704> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://environmentwashington.org/programs/keep-plastic-out-puget-sound | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00128-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932175 | 758 | 3.015625 | 3 |
This information is for reference purposes only. It was current when produced and may now be outdated. Archive material is no longer maintained, and some links may not work. Persons with disabilities having difficulty accessing this information should contact us at: https://info.ahrq.gov. Let us know the nature of the ... | <urn:uuid:be662a87-3cce-45bd-8cd3-492f5a089564> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://archive.ahrq.gov/data/safetynet/databooks/chapter1.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00159-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937894 | 4,903 | 2.5625 | 3 |
For the World Wide Web to be accessible, several parties must support web accessibility guidelines and standards. First, web designers must develop content that follows accessibility guidelines. Second, both web browsers and assistive technology products must render this content appropriately. If any of these parties f... | <urn:uuid:e558487b-5b40-4189-af2b-3d729238b930> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.washington.edu/accessit/print.html?ID=1166 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00032-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.892827 | 452 | 3.265625 | 3 |
By Sally Squires
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
It's a no-brainer that a small baked potato is a better nutritional choice than a large order of greasy french fries. But when it comes to comparing the nutritional attributes of many other foods, the possibilities can get pretty confusing.
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Joint injury, especially early in life, increases the risk of developing osteoarthritis later in life. Knowing exactly what happens during joint injury may help you understand its relationship to osteoarthritis. The goal, though, is to shift the focus to joint protection and prevention of joint injury. If joint injury ... | <urn:uuid:b2d9b498-8988-4556-a63f-fdd4d86ff5c9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://fishduck.com/2014/05/oregon-fans-can-learn-how-to-protect-joints-and-their-lives/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393463.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00108-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946274 | 2,031 | 3.265625 | 3 |
MARCH 20, 2014
Transitioning to ICD-10
EDITOR'S NOTE: An updated brief was published April 3, 2014.
Health plans and providers are about to begin using a revised coding system to track diagnoses and procedures.
|What's the issue?
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The age of your housing plan may influence your risk of obesity, according to a new study from the University of Utah. Neighborhoods built before 1950 tend to offer greater overall walkability as they more often were designed with the pedestrian in mind, while newer neighborhoods often were designed to facilitate car t... | <urn:uuid:3de41e98-080e-4458-a5c5-5273737de995> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.science20.com/news_releases/age_of_neighborhood_correlated_to_obesity | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00085-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93867 | 1,110 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Ninety percent of people suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) developed the condition after tobacco use or exposure to secondhand smoke, National Taiwan University principal and lung cancer specialist, Yang Pan-chyr, said on Saturday at a John Tung Foundation press launch of its online COPD self-... | <urn:uuid:86ccf9e8-8329-4797-bb1f-fab7584dcc45> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.tobaccoreporter.com/2013/09/smokers-should-be-tested-for-copd/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403508.34/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00197-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957835 | 300 | 2.75 | 3 |
Literacy in the Creative Arts
The creative arts has a unique way of using language to describe, reflect on and analyse the world. When students write or talk about their own, or other works or performances, they develop an understanding of audience and purpose.
Literacy and numeracy through the arts
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Smoking, a deeply rooted tradition in China, has just as much cultural significance as the country's famous tea industry. Perhaps that is why it is not surprising that tobacco’s harmful effects, even after a series of health reforms and bans, are still apparent in China.
Xinhua News Agency reported that a majority of r... | <urn:uuid:4ad8dab4-eb0e-463e-af38-95c240a17911> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ibtimes.com/chinas-smoking-culture-nations-struggle-kick-habit-861640 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393093.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00040-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969007 | 610 | 3.09375 | 3 |
On a beautiful autumn Saturday at the end of October 1963, President Kennedy flew to Amherst College in Massachusetts to take part in a ceremony in honor of the poet Robert Frost who had died in January of that year. In deciding what he might say, the President decided upon Frost’s inaugural theme of poetry and power a... | <urn:uuid:bd8f4996-a3b7-489a-9af3-2ecf971fd779> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.jfklibrary.org/JFK/Historic-Speeches/Multilingual-Remarks-at-Amherst-College.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00070-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975609 | 180 | 3.484375 | 3 |
Penguins Fight Back
The South Polar Skua scratch a small patch of land and lay their brown spotted eggs on the ground, frequently very close to breeding Adelie Penguins. Skuas are ever-present predator of penguin breeding colonies (See the December 14 Postcard). Penguin nests are easy pickins' for these aggressive bird... | <urn:uuid:71e478f2-9a89-48d9-854a-e7a08868043f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.windows2universe.org/people/postcards/penguin_2007/jean_pennycook_1_7_0.html&edu=elem | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00159-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963044 | 357 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Three more foreign birds now on U.S. endangered species list
* Andean Flamingo (Phoenicopterus andinus), native to Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Peru;
* Chilean Woodstar (Eulidia yarrellii), native to river valleys in Peru and Chile;
* and St. Lucia Forest Thrush (Cichlherminia lherminieri sanctaeluciae), a subspecies ... | <urn:uuid:455eb9fa-349f-41ee-a73a-8bc8ddc42557> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://wildbirdonthefly.blogspot.com/2010/08/three-more-foreign-birds-now-on-us.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00091-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.860039 | 347 | 3.390625 | 3 |
By Jason Palmer
Science and technology reporter, BBC News
The robotic "compiler" automatically sets up the computation
A computer with DNA as its information carrier can solve classic logic conundrums, researchers say.
DNA has been used to do simple number crunching before, but a system developed by Israeli scientists ... | <urn:uuid:14162532-e28d-4d80-a9b7-97ba9c88f1bd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8184033.stm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398216.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00133-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950676 | 742 | 3.4375 | 3 |
Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, NASA/GSFC
The Red Sea borders the Arabian Peninsula on the east, and also marks the division between Africa and the Middle East. This sea, imaged here during dust storms by the Aqua MODIS instrument on May 31, 2003, played an important role in trade for thousands of years, unti... | <urn:uuid:9f487c2d-015f-4441-bc90-a8b94e1a4d95> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=66659 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392069.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00165-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931087 | 295 | 3.78125 | 4 |
1. Unions are strike happy
• A union negotiates for collective agreements-not strikes. No union wants to strike, but they are sometimes necessary when there is no other way to reach an agreement. Workers will only strike if the issues are so great they are worth the sacrifice.
• A membership vote is always conducted be... | <urn:uuid:bf509c22-5675-4705-bc3e-50ec0dc42b49> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bcgeu.ca/Common_Myths_about_Unions | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00111-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976559 | 851 | 2.96875 | 3 |
DISSECTING COMPUTATION IN THE DOPAMINE REWARD CIRCUIT
January 18th, 2012
(L to R) Sebastian Haesler, Naoshige Uchida and Jeremiah Cohen
In 1954, Olds and Milner discovered that direct, electrical stimulation of particular brain areas was powerfully rewarding: rats would compulsively press a lever to obtain stimulation,... | <urn:uuid:c250c90d-80e7-4677-b6ae-51a4e380f4f1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.mcb.harvard.edu/mcb/news/news-detail/3620/dissecting-computation-in-the-dopamine-reward-circuit/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00049-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919222 | 697 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Why do Snakes Hiss?
Snakes hiss when they are afraid of the animal that comes towards it, especially humans. Cobras hiss to probably say that they will attack by spraying the venom if they are harmed by anyone. Vipers hiss to say that they will attack violently by biting harder. Rattle snakes hiss to express that by ra... | <urn:uuid:0f0d2397-32ff-4b28-a328-7650ef723b13> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.knowswhy.com/why-do-snakes-hiss/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393146.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00111-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982104 | 389 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Low testosterone levels can cause a surprising array of both physical and psychological complications. Abnormally high levels, too, can result in a range of unpleasant side effects. To avoid either scenario, it’s important to understand what constitutes a normal testosterone level.
Ranges of Testosterone Levels
Testost... | <urn:uuid:4b45881d-2a78-4025-a7f9-3f33d0176062> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.natural-hormones.net/testosterone-normal-levels.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00143-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.881322 | 333 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Crossing the Convergence
October 24, 1999
By Kelly Tyler
And now there came both mist and snow,
We woke this morning to find the ship shrouded in a fine mist and a sharp
chill in the air. Overnight, the water temperature dropped from 53°F to 41°F. It is the first sign that we have left
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Gertrude lived on the street in New York City. It was a tough scene for some, but she and T-Rex loved it. They fed on the energy of the street.
One day, Gertrude went missing.
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Just because Delray Beach`s recycling plan collapsed after two months doesn`t mean recycling overall is a failure in Palm Beach County.
Just the opposite is true. Recycling is a major component of the new recovery resources complex near West Palm Beach, and the Solid Waste Authority is serious about recycling as much t... | <urn:uuid:ea6911cc-b948-4ad9-8204-7ae6922e1dc3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1989-12-13/news/8902140781_1_recyclable-trash-recyclable-material-cans-and-newspapers | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00008-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966226 | 467 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Symbolism, Imagery, Allegory
We’re close to Heaven, so what do you think of when you see wings? Angels? Good call. Lots of the wing imagery occurs around appearances of the angels. The wings signify the angels’ superhuman status. They can fly! We humans have nothing to rival that.
Indeed, wing imagery is often used to ... | <urn:uuid:a237cf3a-92db-4672-ba01-9d16043ee449> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.shmoop.com/purgatorio/wing-imagery-symbol.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399522.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00187-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944517 | 280 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Our species, which has managed to rise to the top of the food chain, conquer and colonize every region of the planet we care to inhabit, and control the fate of almost every other species unlucky enough to exist contemporaneously with humankind, seems to be partially exempt from the Theory of Evolution.
Sure, our spect... | <urn:uuid:5fea8c38-5240-400d-9776-161d532bb8df> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://michaelkonik.com/evolutionary-doubts/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00146-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93126 | 1,024 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Making the Bi-Directional Flex Sensor:
The resistive material is sandwiched between the two copper clad laminates. The copper sides of the laminates are both facing toward the resistive material; see figures 3, 4 and 5. If you soldered the wires on the same side of the laminates, when you assemble the sensor, the wires... | <urn:uuid:3ebe3bf2-2984-468c-ac05-9cd36ea6ab40> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.imagesco.com/articles/flex/sensor-pg3.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396538.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00040-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.913431 | 134 | 3.234375 | 3 |
People who are new to software, requirements, or testing often ask “What’s the difference between a use case and a test case?” This article answers that question, by building on earlier articles about use cases and use case scenarios. At the soundbite level, each use case has one or more scenarios, and each use case sc... | <urn:uuid:76370e6d-c3a5-48bf-9187-eed632f91427> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://tynerblain.com/blog/2007/04/12/use-case-vs-test-case/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398216.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00140-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921274 | 762 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Well Water Testing
Drinking Water Testing for Potability, also known as Bacteria Testing, or Coliform Bacteria testing.
Caltest provides analysis of drinking water from municipal systems, community water systems, small community water systems, and household and agricultural wells. All drinking waters should be tested f... | <urn:uuid:df2c6b08-29e5-4dfc-95c8-391097e60be7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.caltestlabs.com/Services/Laboratory/DrinkingWaterAnalysis/WaterAnalyses.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00016-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926885 | 407 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Landfills across the U.S. are teeming with waste. In fact, the average American throws away over 1,130 pounds of waste a year. That’s an environmental disaster because rotting garbage produces landfill gas (LFG) which is made up of 50 percent methane, a greenhouse gas with the warming potential 23 times greater than ca... | <urn:uuid:d322718b-bc1c-46a7-9b02-b7dac74cba07> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.triplepundit.com/2012/01/landfills-provide-electricity/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00078-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939043 | 788 | 3.4375 | 3 |
Overview of the Practice
It is necessary
to appreciate the nature of practice as applied to meditation
because it could mistakenly be taken to imply the notion of control.
This is far from the case, as the meditator needs to have a flowing
receptivity to the experience without in any way controlling it.
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