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Fathers and Sons Theme of Suffering
Characters suffer quietly in Fathers and Sons, and their desire to hide their suffering often makes it that much more poignant. Pavel Petrovich feels incredibly alone after his failed love affair; Nikolai Petrovich fears that he and his son are growing apart; Bazarov feels isolated b... | <urn:uuid:eab418a6-27cb-428c-b927-4038f85ce913> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.shmoop.com/fathers-and-sons/suffering-theme.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399106.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00168-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983324 | 331 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Innovative ideas and programs are what turns information into learning. Meet our Innovative Educators – dedicated professionals who have found new ways to teach practical money skills in the classroom.
Katie RockwellRock Canyon High School
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A New Theory On How Ancient Egyptians Built The Pyramids
How ancient Egyptians constructed the pyramids is still somewhat of an archeological mystery. Everything from cranes and ramps to oil-slicked slipways to aliens (naturally) have been put forward as possible mechanisms. A group of Dutch physicists has a new hypoth... | <urn:uuid:9c5a69dc-de83-4617-8945-e4550126746b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.theufochronicles.com/2014/05/has-mystery-of-how-pyramids-were-built.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396224.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00032-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.884314 | 281 | 3.921875 | 4 |
What is Fairtrade?
Not all trade is fair! Farmers and workers at the beginning of the chain don’t always get a fair share of the benefits of trade. Fairtrade enables consumers to put this right.
What is the difference between Fair Trade and Fairtrade? What is a surveillance audit? – Find out with the Fair Trade Glossar... | <urn:uuid:f37c2c34-93cb-426c-918d-e5236aefe831> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.fairtrade.net/?id=592 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00155-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93295 | 735 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Brightfield Digital Image Gallery
Pennate and Centrate Diatoms
Diatoms have a silicified cell wall forming a pillbox-like shell (frustule) composed of overlapping halves that display intricate and delicate markings useful in testing the resolving power of microscope lenses. The beautiful symmetry and exquisite design o... | <urn:uuid:7950675a-1475-490b-9e30-d7c389809636> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/optics/olympusmicd/galleries/brightfield/diatoms.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00011-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.90405 | 545 | 3.734375 | 4 |
|Name, Symbol, Number||oxygen, O, 8|
|Chemical series||Nonmetals, chalcogens|
|Group, Period, Block||16, 2, p|
|Atomic mass||15.9994(3) g/mol|
|Electron configuration||1s2 2s2 2p4|
|Electrons per shell||2, 6|
|Density||(0 °C, 101.325 kPa)
|Melting point||54.36 K
(-218.79 °C, -361.82 °F)
|Boiling point||90.20 K
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On August 11, 1964, the City of Homewood voted to be annexed into the City of Birmingham. The vote count was 2,423 to 2,417. The election was overturned, though, in the Alabama Supreme Court decision City of Birmingham v. Bouldin, 1966, because the election was not properly advertised, among other things.
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“Legend has it that an observant goatherd named Kaldi discovered coffee in Ethiopia somewhere between about 300 and 800 A.D. He noticed that his goats did not sleep at night after eating coffee berries. He took the berries to a local abbot, who brewed the first batch of coffee, noting its effects on arousal and cogniti... | <urn:uuid:71e5a8c4-0a2f-499c-8d68-abfd91dc1894> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.spring.org.uk/2013/08/what-caffeine-really-does-to-your-brain.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00015-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942869 | 1,528 | 2.796875 | 3 |
In 1901 Hugo de Vries coined the term mutation to describe changes in the hereditary material of evening primrose (Oenothera). “Mutation” is a derivative of the Latin verb mutare, meaning “to move or change.” The word was first used to describe spontaneous, heritable changes in the phenotype of an organism.
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Chapter 1: From Human Prehistory to the Early Civilizations
Between the Old Stone Age (Paleolithic) and the New Stone Age(Neolithic), from 12,000 to 8,000 B.C.E., changes in human organization and foodproduction prepared the way for the emergence of the first civilized societies. Neolithicdevelopment of agriculture, fr... | <urn:uuid:3adc7e48-4eb5-465e-b444-d19652b0359b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://themostamazingworldhistoryblogever.blogspot.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00196-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941146 | 10,880 | 3.734375 | 4 |
THE USE, VALUE AND THEFT OF 18TH-CENTURY GARDEN TOOLS|
When Shovels and Dung Forks Were Among Life's Most Important Possessions
By Sandy Levins ...
CAMDEN, N.J. -- Everybody loves a garden. Whether it's a fragrant herb garden, a lush perennial border or a subtle shade garden, gardens touch the senses like nothing else.... | <urn:uuid:4a9dbade-ed0d-4ece-8127-338d5535aa47> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://historiccamdencounty.com/ccnews69.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396100.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00000-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953683 | 1,857 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Last week I visited Luther Burbank's Gold Ridge Experimental Farm in Sebastopol, a town about 20 miles west of Santa Rosa CA. It's a small property with many interesting plants and trees, which will probably be much more interesting in the spring and summer. However, I found that the miner's lettuce was much better dev... | <urn:uuid:a1bf9d3d-dd9c-473d-b9fd-2e6f333f66c0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://debdrex-drawing.blogspot.com/2010/02/miners-lettuce-in-sebastopol.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00194-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983805 | 286 | 2.75 | 3 |
Mutated stem cells trigger pituitary tumours in children
4 October 2013
A type of pituitary tumour known as craniopharyngioma appears to form via a different mechanism to that thought to occur in more common tumours, according to a paper in the journal Cell Stem Cell.
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if an airplane propeller is rotating at 500 revolutions per minute. How do i find the linear speed at the tip of a propeller that is 3 meters long from tip to tip?
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We assume the propeller shaft is in the middle! So the... | <urn:uuid:72f5fe70-e3e5-4307-840d-117da1675c7d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://math.stackexchange.com/questions/210725/pre-calculus-angular-speed-linear-speed | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00003-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.877124 | 211 | 3 | 3 |
To His Coy Mistress Theme of Time
The speaker of Andrew Marvell’s poem, "To His Coy Mistress," thinks that time is a super-villain out to get him. He wants to flip the script and control time. It’s not surprising that Marvell was concerned with time. It was a hot topic in the 1600s. Marvell lived during the time of bot... | <urn:uuid:ecb27ad9-174f-4d74-bd9b-02fb201d322c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.shmoop.com/to-his-coy-mistress/time-theme.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00122-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975412 | 362 | 2.921875 | 3 |
Returns a Variant (Long) specifying the number of time intervals between two dates.
Syntax DateDiff(interval, date1, date2[, firstdayofweek[, firstweekofyear]]) Key interval The interval of time to add. date1, date2 The two dates to compare Variant (Date). firstdayofweek A constant (0-7)that specifies the first day of ... | <urn:uuid:bdaeadae-cd01-4f31-bb53-db50c9a8a98b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ss64.com/access/datediff.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00056-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.787359 | 412 | 3.28125 | 3 |
History of the modern city http://www.HumanGenome.org/ashkelon.mht
Ashkelon and environs in the 1870s High-rise residential development along the city's beach.
The Arab town of al-Majdal (Arabic: المجدل, Hebrew: אל-מג'דל, מגדל; also spelled Majdal and Migdal) was described as a large village in the 16th century. In 159... | <urn:uuid:6866423c-5567-44fc-b0c3-78595edfd5c3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.humangenome.org/ashkelon.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00135-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979892 | 750 | 3.765625 | 4 |
Tragedies and Catastrophies
Strange Tales, Myths and Legends
The majority of the tales known today were formerly passed on by word of mouth, which was the rationalization of peoples fears and the explanation of the things they didn`t understand. Today, these tales, myths and legends became the witness of history from t... | <urn:uuid:14b1adb0-6750-41c5-ab97-6566c1ba2b36> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dark-stories.com/eng/myth_and_legend.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00100-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953894 | 137 | 2.5625 | 3 |
The Delta Heritage Garden was created to tell the story of The Mississippi Delta through a living museum of plants. It exhibits plants that were historically grown in the Mississippi Delta Region, featuring a combination of agricultural crops, home garden crops, and ornamental plants
typical of Delta gardens and landsc... | <urn:uuid:995a4d2e-bf32-4602-8eab-b020be471c7e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.memphisbotanicgarden.com/deltaheritagegarden | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00184-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.848875 | 451 | 3.28125 | 3 |
Traveller, the war-horse of Robert E. Lee, and Little Sorrel, Stonewall Jackson’s horse, were nearly as recognizable during the Civil War as their owners. Still held in reverence long after the war, both horses’ remains were preserved following their own deaths and placed on display for an admiring public. Their skelet... | <urn:uuid:0130bdbf-1c55-4f12-adb7-d3a727c7ad7d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.civilwarprofiles.com/traveller-and-little-sorrel-the-war-horses-of-lee-and-jackson/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394937.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00105-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980243 | 1,128 | 3.40625 | 3 |
A National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant awarded to Dr. Thomas Chambers, history professor at Niagara University, will support a pair of week-long workshops to be held this summer for K-12 school teachers. The workshops, set to take place July 13 through July 17, 2009 and July 20 through July 24, 2009 at Old... | <urn:uuid:c9d5cfc9-03da-4b90-a34b-eb47a7080d3e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://newyorkhistoryblog.org/2009/02/05/contact-period-workshops-for-k-12-teachers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00168-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958544 | 194 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Could you imagine wakening up one day and experiencing a totally different civilization? As we grow we become familiar with our culture, environment, and social interactions. We forget that there are millions of different societies in this world. This story demonstrates a Native American student who goes away to colleg... | <urn:uuid:0d31142d-bf73-4b8f-8008-60c0f58b4f5f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.exampleessays.com/viewpaper/19443.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00072-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979709 | 409 | 3.25 | 3 |
It has been the fate of Milton, the most Hebraic of the great English poets, to have been interpreted in this century largely by those inhospitable to his Hebraism. To remedy this lack of balance, Jason Rosenblatt reveals Milton's epic representations of paradise and the fallen world to be the supreme coordinates of an... | <urn:uuid:b6b8ab17-d936-4452-8089-c2830c546adc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://press.princeton.edu/titles/5482.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00031-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955423 | 337 | 2.9375 | 3 |
You may have noticed folks in orange vests looking under rocks and kicking the
sediment in Doane and North Fork Deep Creeks in early October. The Clackamas County Soil and Water Conservation District hired them to collect data on macroinvertebrates. Macroinvertebrates are organisms without a backbone that are large eno... | <urn:uuid:6536737a-a5f4-4fe6-9a90-d48c63ecbdc8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.oregonlive.com/my-oregon-city/2013/01/what_are_the_bugs_telling_us.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00075-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942386 | 676 | 3.40625 | 3 |
Slope Meter "No. 1" is used for all slope and crown construction. The figures shown on the scale represent slope. For example, when the indicator ball is over number "8", it indicates an "8-to-1" slope. The small triangles (shown between 0 and 8) represent degrees, for reference purposes. Slope-Meter "No. 1" is widely ... | <urn:uuid:888e38ab-3ef4-42a0-bb2a-2420c2bb132d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.slopemeter.com/mechanicalslopemeters.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402699.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00021-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94296 | 428 | 3.015625 | 3 |
"Kids' Informal Learning with Digital Media: An Ethnographic Investigation of Innovative Knowledge Cultures" is a three-year collaborative project funded by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Carried out by researchers at the University of Southern California and University of California, Berkeley, the ... | <urn:uuid:e968985e-2b3c-48ed-a03b-04e7277ff9f6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu/node/44 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00178-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955056 | 1,720 | 3.234375 | 3 |
The Sago disaster, which killed 12 miners in West Virginia last year, illustrated the need for a wireless communication system to improve safety and make it easier to locate trapped workers.
But developing a network that is practical to deploy deep underground is not easy. Phones that work on the surface get no signal ... | <urn:uuid:3a754b0e-9100-481b-9597-0e538011c58c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.vtnews.vt.edu/articles/2007/10/2007-624.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00005-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946893 | 958 | 3.34375 | 3 |
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Project Getting Along
What is Project Getting Along?
It is a research project done by researchers at Vanderbilt University who want to learn more about how often bullying happens and how it effects kids.
What we do:
Students: Fill out questionnaires at school asking how often they get picke... | <urn:uuid:70047616-8dd7-4e74-b323-814070675a7d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://my.vanderbilt.edu/colelab/project-get-along/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00086-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948926 | 708 | 3.984375 | 4 |
APPLETON, THOMAS, educator; b. in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England; fl. 1818–35.
Thomas Appleton is remembered chiefly for his role in a minor dispute that symbolized a much broader issue. In the early 1820s he became the central figure in a debate over how schooling in Upper Canada should be organized. Lieutenant... | <urn:uuid:dead4133-1fff-4e19-a776-b24b2e0b3356> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://biographi.ca/en/bio/appleton_thomas_6E.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00045-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965364 | 2,113 | 3.578125 | 4 |
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The American woman having bought a canary in Palermo is bringing it back for her daughter who has lost interest in life because she cannot marry the man she loves. This American woman talks to a younger couple in the compartment with her on the train, who are also Americans; however, she does most ... | <urn:uuid:c483718a-d29c-45dd-bccb-0158a2b42442> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/discuss-suitness-title-for-canary-for-one-by-66709 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00120-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981168 | 289 | 2.515625 | 3 |
How big is the caribou?
A barren-ground caribou is a medium-sized mammal with long legs and
large hoofs. Porcupine bulls (males) average a shoulder height of 112
cm (44 in). Cows (females) average a shoulder height of 194 cm (41 in).
How much does a caribou weigh?
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Enviropreneurship and land conservation.
by Michael H. Higuera
A lack of transmission lines makes wind farming an iffy crop
A new drilling technology is opening up vast fields of previously out-of-reach oil in the western United States. This new drilling is expected to raise U.S. production by at least 20 percent over ... | <urn:uuid:19487cf2-daa2-431e-998c-443049251c77> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.perc.org/articles/author/4034/author/6447 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395548.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00184-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908036 | 136 | 3 | 3 |
99% of the human genome is, as far as scientists can tell, Junk DNA. I would however like to suggest that some is not junk but simply redundant troglomorphic DNA.
It is well accepted that early man dwelt in caves. The high radioactive levels present in these caves may have led to high mutation rates in germ line (repro... | <urn:uuid:578ef16d-a7aa-4c59-a8fa-74a8da31ae48> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://cucc.survex.com/jnl/1990/schuss.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00201-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927135 | 708 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Consider a diverging lens with focal length , producing an upright image that is 5/9 as tall asthe object.
What is the object distance? You will need touse the magnification equation to find a relationship betweenand . Then substitute into the thin lens equation to solve for.
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Origin and Etymology of paralipomenon
Middle English, from Late Latin, from Greek Paraleipomenōn, genitive of Paraleipomena, literally, things left out, from neuter plural of passive present participle of paraleipein to leave out, from para- + leipein to leave; from its forming a supplement to Samuel and Kings — more a... | <urn:uuid:cb53b6ad-2891-4086-a2e3-517e68414302> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Paralipomenon | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00082-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.912273 | 127 | 3.21875 | 3 |
One of the most popular and unusual charts in labor market economics is the Beveridge Curve, which tracks the relationship between job openings and the unemployment rate. The curve shows that, in general, as the unemployment rate rises the number of job openings falls, and vice versa. But a new paper from the Nobel Pri... | <urn:uuid:46dc9e14-a393-429b-ac64-07e0476a36b1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/08/26/peter-diamond-thinks-the-beveridge-curve-might-not-tell-us-much-of-anything/?mod=blogmod | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00051-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957578 | 835 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Q: When I was in high school in the West Indies, my English teacher explained that “to have an ax to grind” meant to have a favor to ask. But when I came to the US, I found that people here used the expression to mean to have an ulterior motive. An Internet search for the origin of the phrase has left my completely con... | <urn:uuid:0421b352-fb7e-4052-83d2-30e3b5cc9ab4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2007/12/an-ax-to-grind.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00150-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956124 | 718 | 3.265625 | 3 |
More than 2,400 years after its construction, the Parthenon—the sanctuary to the goddess Athena—still dominates the skyline of the Acropolis in Athens. The structure, originally painted in brilliant shades of red, green and blue, remained largely intact until 1687, when a force of Venetians laying siege to invading Tur... | <urn:uuid:b7c94494-80e0-4df6-94e8-c93ab735dacc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.smithsonianmag.com/lifelists/the-parthenons-old-world-order-12158169/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403823.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00143-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956388 | 313 | 3.21875 | 3 |
World Press Freedom Day 2008
"Freedom of Expression, Access to Information and Empowerment of People"
Freedom of Expression is a fundamental human right as stated in Article 19 of the UN Declaration of Human Rights. This is especially worth recalling as we mark the 60th anniversary of that declaration.
At this year’s W... | <urn:uuid:421ceecf-efb1-4f0a-8b42-48af69c58eda> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.unesco.org/new/en/unesco/events/prizes-and-celebrations/celebrations/international-days/world-press-freedom-day/previous-celebrations/worldpressfreedomday2009001/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393518.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00021-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940703 | 801 | 3.515625 | 4 |
Art II. Making Fire with Flint & Steel. By J. Gottfred
Being a 'how to' on all aspects of producing a fire in the eighteenth century manner by using flint and steel, by a gentleman who has done it successfully.
I have always been intrigued by the idea of lighting a fire with flint and steel. I have often read in period... | <urn:uuid:f9f4751a-6259-4174-9485-f604876d4247> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://northwestjournal.ca/I1.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00076-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963638 | 2,665 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Contrary to popular opinion the chief ingredient of beer is not YPD but gyle, a carefully prepared mixture of malt, hop and water. Although the name of the yeast strain commonly used in the lab, S. cerevisiae, suggests that it is used in the beer brewing process, the yeast strains generally employed in brewing process ... | <urn:uuid:4a526032-4299-4037-a746-e63c65276140> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://2012.igem.org/Team:TU_Munich/Project/Brewing | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00019-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962664 | 1,473 | 2.828125 | 3 |
English The Easy Way
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Time Prepositions - Prepositions - English Grammar
Time prepositions are used to specify time.
Here is a list of some common time prepositions:
- after - I will be there after work.
- around - We will be there around 3 PM
- before - I will be there before I go to schoo... | <urn:uuid:c944f055-fa51-4553-8fea-bd8e7d436218> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.english-the-easy-way.com/Prepositions/Time_Prepositions.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00059-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960283 | 189 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Antibiotics prescribed by doctors are linked to rising numbers of serious bacterial infections that can cause severe diarrhea in children, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The study, recently published in the journal Pediatrics, found that 71 percent of Clostridium difficile infec... | <urn:uuid:64bc1250-5899-4c9c-8ae5-a16a3a66ca8d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.parenting-journals.com/category/health/page/2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00050-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970146 | 2,573 | 3.21875 | 3 |
Most of the UK public know that smoking causes lung cancer but struggle to list many of the other cancers associated with the habit, according to a Cancer Research UK survey published this week (here’s our press release). This graphic highlights that the tobacco toll extends far beyond just lung cancer, and serves as a... | <urn:uuid:7b12bb87-f091-4582-8ee3-3377e02ed61c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://scienceblog.cancerresearchuk.org/2012/07/07/news-digest-tobacco-toll-coffee-and-skin-cancer-mouth-cancer-treatment-and-more/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00142-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958179 | 478 | 2.9375 | 3 |
Quiet Zone Radio Telescope
/ November 19, 2013
The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope, named for the late West Virginia senator, is located within the National Radio Quiet Zone, an area designed to guard against electromagnetic interference with radio telescopes. The Green Bank Telescope is large enough to fit two acr... | <urn:uuid:b217de2e-5e42-49aa-a24b-1169a6a52974> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.govtech.com/photos/Photo-of-the-Week-Quiet-Zone-Radio-Telescope.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00115-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942552 | 294 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Definitions for voltvoʊlt
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word volt
a unit of potential equal to the potential difference between two points on a conductor carrying a current of 1 ampere when the power dissipated between the two points is 1 watt; equivalent to the potential difference a... | <urn:uuid:f700021a-7014-4156-8ace-710299d566b3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.definitions.net/definition/volt | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00157-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.795042 | 1,018 | 3.34375 | 3 |
This lecture provides an overview of the major research methods used by psychologists in their study of behavior and mental processes. Included among these are naturalistic and participant observation, survey designs, case studies, correlational designs and experimental designs. A brief description of each research des... | <urn:uuid:9ba53516-24f0-4e4b-b207-1cc76029cde3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.whatispsychology.biz/psych-101-introduction-psychology-lecture-2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397842.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00006-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.884633 | 118 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Thiomargarita namibiensis Brandie Amsden
Thiomargarita namibiensis is a very unique bacteria because not only does it live where most bacteria can not survive it is the largest bacteria ever found. It took the record of the largest bacteria from Epulopiscium fishelsoni by being one hundred times larger. These prokaryot... | <urn:uuid:bfb38af0-e974-4ab3-8fb6-6985d940aa47> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://web.mst.edu/~microbio/bio221_2005/T_namibiensis.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399106.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00051-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946324 | 865 | 3.96875 | 4 |
This is a very difficult prediction to make, but there is one factor often left out of mining cost estimations: cost of hardware. When amortized over their expected lifespans, the costs of various pieces of equipment can become a meaningfully large factor in Bitcoin mining costs. In the days to come, it seems likely th... | <urn:uuid:7bc3455f-2619-40f7-9361-e3b4b8160c22> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/592/will-the-amount-of-electricity-used-for-mining-be-huge-if-bitcoin-is-widely-adop | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00061-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968644 | 502 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Clergy are the spiritual and religious leaders of their faith. They lead their congregations in prayer and teach and interpret religious traditions. Clergy organize religious services and officiate at special ceremonies such as weddings, baptisms, bar mitzvahs and funerals.
They also visit the sick and dying and counse... | <urn:uuid:5d3fb866-d7f8-4072-8602-f36aec66662e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gadball.com/video/337/clergy/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00142-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971949 | 288 | 2.90625 | 3 |
One way Obama’s lands policy has frustrated many in the environmental community is that, unlike most other Democratic presidents in memory and many Republicans for that matter, he has been reticent to use the 1906 Antiquities Act to create new protected lands. This is part and parcel of his centrist lands policy, perso... | <urn:uuid:7d313896-c236-4e6b-b8ad-3872ce8133b6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2011/10/fort-monroe | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00033-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953397 | 184 | 2.625 | 3 |
Know Your Voting RightsOctober 02, 2008
By Chandra Palmer, AAUW Fellow
The voter registration process can be a complex, frustrating, and confusing process for college students who are striving to be model, voting citizens. Students living in college housing often do not have the kinds of documents required to show resi... | <urn:uuid:47c9e51b-c3d7-459e-a76d-4ddcb8021396> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.aauw.org/2008/10/02/know-your-voting-rights/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00115-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967281 | 731 | 2.8125 | 3 |
The Brannock Foot-Measuring Device MAY 15 2008
Charles F. Brannock only invented one thing in his life, and this was it. The son of a Syracuse, New York, shoe magnate, Brannock became interested in improving the primitive wooden measuring sticks that he saw around his father's store. He patented his first prototype in ... | <urn:uuid:3d974ea1-28bc-47f0-a92e-b83ee4961377> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://kottke.org/08/05/the-brannock-footmeasuring-device | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00034-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979466 | 274 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Privileges or Immunities
No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States....Amendment XIV, Section 1
Although there is no agreement concerning a single original meaning of the clause, it is possible to identify three distinctly different yet plaus... | <urn:uuid:9fabd13d-f9db-4356-b415-2f60695ab807> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.heritage.org/constitution/amendments/14/essays/169/privileges-or-immunities | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00148-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956699 | 2,845 | 3.4375 | 3 |
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After theorizing the interactions between the conscious and the unconscious, Freud devised the personality into three structures: the id, the ego and the super-ego. The id, most closely related to the unconscious, represents the libidinal (infantile) desires, the ego represents reason and the super... | <urn:uuid:c3d67dae-a97e-46d7-9b92-8150cd2e49a1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/freuds-theory-personality-explain-why-most-349579 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396455.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00162-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953135 | 509 | 3.015625 | 3 |
If only Dirty Harry could come to the rescue. On top of worrying about good cholesterol and bad cholesterol, there’s now a new cholesterol concern: ugly cholesterol.
New research reveals that having remnant cholesterol, or so-called ugly cholesterol, raises your risk for ischemic heart disease, the most common type of ... | <urn:uuid:9a63d573-2782-4c42-a36e-a1a8f48e75bf> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.everydayhealth.com/heart-health/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-cholesterol.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00029-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923825 | 1,138 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Robert Kurzban shows us that the key to understanding our behavioral inconsistencies lies in understanding the mind's design. The human mind consists of many specialized units designed by the process of evolution by natural selection. While these modules sometimes work together seamlessly, they don't always, resulting ... | <urn:uuid:17505d24-9a77-4a58-91f5-445135a1df38> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=JZVYEUb0Tq0C | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00060-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933658 | 210 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Sometimes it’s good to have something stuck in your teeth—good for science, anyway. New research on food particles clinging to two-million-year-old teeth reveal Australopithecus sediba, a possible ancestor of the genus Homo, had unusual dining habits for a hominid: The species consumed wood.
Discovered in South Africa ... | <urn:uuid:2722f057-07c9-457d-b355-36243ae227a3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/australopithecus-sediba-the-wood-eating-hominid-2632/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00151-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954213 | 529 | 3.96875 | 4 |
Staffordshire Pottery Excavated in Middletown
In the century following the Revolutionary War, much of the dinnerware that graced American tables was still imported from England. One major production center was a group of six towns now known as Stoke-on-Trent, in northern Staffordshire. Staffordshire potteries churned o... | <urn:uuid:67277a0a-82ca-412f-a46c-aea7b54912c0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wesleyan.edu/archprog/collections/collection-highlights/staffordshire.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00080-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959341 | 1,710 | 2.96875 | 3 |
The determinants of health
Evidence of health impacts focus on:
- Improvements in housing and improved mental health and general health
- The possibility of improved housing leading to rent rises, impacting negatively on health.
- Movement of original tenants after housing improvement and therefore not benefiting from ... | <urn:uuid:411dff2d-cc31-47d5-a716-64bb52b72e1d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.who.int/hia/evidence/doh/en/index4.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399106.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00000-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.903762 | 97 | 2.546875 | 3 |
As the commercial world is already saturated with red and green, it’s easy to lose sight of the true colors of the season–the Advent season. This week the color pink represents joy. It turns out, the Church has a good reason for putting one pink candle in the Advent wreath.
To discover the story of the pink candle, we ... | <urn:uuid:01ffc6b0-77d8-4e1b-9bd7-ad8d43ce87fe> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://catholichotdish.com/faith-and-reasons/the-story-behind-the-pink-advent-candle/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408828.55/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00101-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946475 | 626 | 3.125 | 3 |
This very sophisticated mass spectrometer was built by Dr. John Fenn and his graduate students at Yale University to study Electro-Spray Ionization Mass Spectrometry. This technique ionizes large biological molecules (macromolecules) and then analyzes them with a typical mass spectrometer. Until Fenn invented this inst... | <urn:uuid:bcb4d004-9a90-4e11-b4d2-676b155a2723> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/collections/collection-items/scientific-instruments/electro-spray-ionization-mass-spectrometer.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00140-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.910425 | 181 | 3.234375 | 3 |
Penile cancer is a rare malignancy which affects approximately 400 men each year in the United Kingdom. It is a cancer which can be treated successfully if diagnosed early enough. There are certain risk factors for developing penile cancer and these include infection with Human Papillomavirus (HPV). In addition to this... | <urn:uuid:aed6ebe9-fcc0-4cb8-8230-3b49fe5088f0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.centrallondonurology.com/penile.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00114-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941061 | 490 | 2.5625 | 3 |
"Political Science 101: The Animated TextVook," is a lively, informed crash course featuring easy-to-follow animations, that will get you up-to-speed on the history and fundamentals of Political Science. Whether you’re looking for a fact-filled introduction, a concentrated review, or to get some context to the latest h... | <urn:uuid:dc91d04d-58e0-4b22-a48f-bb1cbd6c5b85> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.appszoom.com/android_applications/education/political-science-101_bbfuz.html?nav=related | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397748.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00164-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.895214 | 283 | 2.5625 | 3 |
On completion of the training the trainees are supposed to have a good command of the manual techniques of fitting component parts, in order to produce simple units. To achieve this, the following is required:
Objectives of training
- The trainees have knowledge of the purpose, types and use of the fitting of component... | <urn:uuid:9d4cae2c-3399-4196-8f48-c5cb2363d9b7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.fastonline.org/CD3WD_40/CD3WD/METALWRK/GTZ116E/EN/B620_6.HTM | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392069.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00008-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930888 | 3,677 | 3.125 | 3 |
|Philip H. Diehl|
January 29, 1847|
|Died||April 7, 1913
Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.
Philip H. Diehl (January 29, 1847 – April 7, 1913) was a German-American mechanical engineer and inventor who held several U.S. patents, including electric incandescent lamps, electric motors for sewing machines and other uses, and cei... | <urn:uuid:49a9dd6b-abfd-4c60-8085-c08e87d0303a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.digplanet.com/wiki/Philip_Diehl_(inventor) | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392099.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00181-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935746 | 1,082 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Vaccine Halves Malaria Infections in Young Children
Study: Vaccine Prevents About Half of Severe Infections
Oct. 18, 2011 -- An experimental vaccine cut malaria infections in infants and toddlers by about half, a new study shows.
"This is remarkable when you consider there has never been a successful vaccine against a ... | <urn:uuid:f03e28e2-5584-4377-888a-dc27c1aeaea2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.webmd.com/children/vaccines/news/20111018/vaccine-halves-malaria-infections-in-young-children | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397567.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00060-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948527 | 494 | 3.21875 | 3 |
The program will recognize businesses that discourage the harassment of whales in the wild and promote good stewardship.
The program was developed by NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Region and Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary in partnership with the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society, an... | <urn:uuid:4c5e43f5-2978-41e4-a2ef-4e2dc40a9dd9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ens-newswire.com/ens/sep2009/2009-09-10-093.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00137-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943714 | 670 | 2.78125 | 3 |
One source of biofuels has been identified as marine biomass or marine algae. Many researchers are working on the feasibility of using algae as a feedstock for producing bio-fuels. One example of biofuel from marine algae would be the conversion of Marine biomass to methane via anaerobic digestion, which can generate e... | <urn:uuid:aca94d08-1c0b-4c9d-ab9e-b70c6d9a5727> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.marine-biomass.co.uk/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00034-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964378 | 615 | 2.765625 | 3 |
John McCauley, Ophir Photonics
The days of finicky, unstable, high-maintenance laser systems are quickly becoming a thing of the past. Legacy laser systems are being replaced with better sources, components and total systems, bringing more robust laser processes to production environments. It’s an amazing time to be al... | <urn:uuid:721f1690-6d9d-4ea1-82a4-5bd1c7be4474> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.photonics.com/Article.aspx?AID=56475 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396538.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00070-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931801 | 1,995 | 2.625 | 3 |
The thyroid gland uses iodine (mostly available from the diet in foods such as seafood, bread, and salt) to produce thyroid hormones. The two most important thyroid hormones are thyroxine (T4) and triiodothyronine (T3). While a small amount of T3 is actually made in the thyroid gland, most of it is converted in the tis... | <urn:uuid:ee136a1e-dd84-4dcd-8c62-c860552a7765> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thisisms.com/forum/general-discussion-f1/topic3715.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396959.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00164-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.919155 | 416 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Pork producers with mechanically-ventilated barns should spend time preparing their facilities for cooler weather this fall in preparation for winter.
Pork producers with mechanically-ventilated barns should spend time preparing their facilities for cooler weather this fall in preparation for winter. Lower temperatures... | <urn:uuid:7816a033-8cd5-42be-8ae7-ab3880d7d7a2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://nationalhogfarmer.com/facilities/three-easy-steps-prepare-your-barns-winter | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00124-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936206 | 499 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Finding Changes with Timestamps
Timestamps are important in terms of diagnostics because they provide you with information about when an event occurred. For example, when a file was last changed. This information alone is invaluable for troubleshooting. The timestamp represents the last time the file was modified. As y... | <urn:uuid:894955d0-b33d-4d4e-8bd9-13e1ca200214> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://beginlinux.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/finding-changes-with-timestamps/?like=1&source=post_flair&_wpnonce=b467bcc1c8 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00064-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.86722 | 1,509 | 2.921875 | 3 |
10 Moments That Changed Color Forever
Color is all around us—the red of a traffic light, the blue of a summer sky. So much so, in fact, that we often forget about it. We certainly don’t think of color as having a history or as being different from how we experience it right now. But color hasn’t always been how it is t... | <urn:uuid:14630a7d-044f-4df0-b55f-aa6408df8a69> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://listverse.com/2013/09/22/10-moments-that-changed-color-forever/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00143-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968806 | 2,176 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Lancet Series Examines Malaria Eradication Goal
“Eliminating malaria can be achieved only with repeated investment over the long term and will require a major shift in policy and funding,” according to some experts, Reuters reports (Kelland, 10/29). The Associated Press reports that the feasibility of “eliminating ma... | <urn:uuid:de194391-bdab-4cc0-bbcd-5b1ed1691e08> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://kff.org/news-summary/lancet-series-examines-malaria-eradication-goal/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00153-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93669 | 896 | 2.90625 | 3 |
COMPASSIONATE ALLOWANCE INFORMATION
SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA
Malignant Soft Tissue Sarcoma; Malignant Soft Tissue Tumor; Malignant Mesenchymal Tumor ; Mesenchymal Sarcoma
Soft Tissue Sarcoma is cancer that develops in the connective tissues (e.g. skeletal muscles, tendons, fat, fibrous tissues, deep skin tissues, and blood ... | <urn:uuid:74c8d2a9-e1ca-4002-9d7f-de8d6e9c044a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0423022326 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00201-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.885868 | 721 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Defensive Upchucking: A Key to Caterpillar Survival
Last Modified 10:37 AM on Thu Jul 9, 2009
July 16, 2007—
Vomiting is not as straightforward an activity as one might think. Humans generally throw up to empty ourselves of whatever nasty things we may have ingested. Caterpillars, however, employ this tactic to avoid b... | <urn:uuid:9acf4acb-a193-4f43-9922-77fb37c8cdb1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2007/july/story10452-print.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00050-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955273 | 1,129 | 3.0625 | 3 |
Chapter 1: Contextualising learning design
In this book I will argue that in today’s technologically rich context, where content and services are increasingly free, we need to rethink approaches to the design of learning activities and content. I introduce the concept of ‘open design’ and argue that making the design p... | <urn:uuid:62749196-7e7c-4cfa-94ad-2970be03703e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://e4innovation.com/?cat=21 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00144-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924424 | 4,994 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Asked why he is defending Joseph Boyden’s newest novel The Orenda in the upcoming Canada Reads 2014, Ojibway journalist Wab Kinew responded by saying: “Because reconciliation with Native People is still the most pressing social justice issue Canada faces.”
According to Kinew, reading Boyden’s vision of the complex ways... | <urn:uuid:4ed771dc-6527-4268-ab25-094aefb791a0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/globe-books-2013-a-new-chapter-in-aboriginal-literature/article16116492/?cmpid=rss1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396875.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00136-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936877 | 1,609 | 2.640625 | 3 |
The Octet Rule expresses the idea that atoms like to have eight electrons in their outermost shell, known as the valence shell. This provides something like an explanation for many chemical phenomena - for a start, the noble gases which make up the right-most column of the Periodic Table don't usually bond with anythin... | <urn:uuid:1d23ccdd-894b-446f-b3aa-3a497e9b3a9e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://everything2.com/title/octet+rule | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00095-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966056 | 1,345 | 4.25 | 4 |
Beginning with the stock market crash of 1929 and ending with America's entry into the Second World War, the long Depression decade was a period of immense social, economic and political turmoil. In response, writers as various as John Dos Passos, William Faulkner, Eugene O’Neill, Langston Hughes, Pearl S. Buck and oth... | <urn:uuid:25c21aa1-4299-44b7-af5a-2030c9164feb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cambridge.org/us/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=9780521734318 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00059-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923663 | 335 | 2.90625 | 3 |
We love our dogs and want to provide them with the most nutritious food possible, but deciding which food is best is not easy. Pet food industry marketing often complicates the issue and presents conflicting viewpoints. One type of diet that is becoming increasingly popular, the raw meat-based diet, is also one of the ... | <urn:uuid:eed08fc8-cfb6-4c05-8e50-d0d7a324b446> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.petmd.com/blogs/nutritionnuggets/dr-coates/2014/march/risks-and-benefits-raw-meat-diets-dogs-31455 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396887.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00126-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942308 | 746 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Rotation of Planets Influences Habitability
There are currently almost 2,000 extrasolar planets known to us, but most are inhospitable gas giants. Thanks to NASA’s Kepler mission, a handful of smaller, rockier planets have been discovered within the habitable zones of their stars that could provide a niche for alien li... | <urn:uuid:0214a363-01f7-4dec-a158-d94a429421b1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.astrobio.net/news-exclusive/rotation-planets-influences-habitability/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00033-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954722 | 1,325 | 4.0625 | 4 |
Bechorot 2 - 8
- When the obligation to redeem the firstborn of a donkey does not apply
- Selling animals to a non-Jew or maintaining a partnership with him
- What is considered a blemish which disqualifies a firstborn animal from serving as a sacrifice
- The exemption of kohanim and Levites
- Was there redemption of f... | <urn:uuid:4fd5de3d-37d9-48f9-a803-28e08f445cc2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ohr.edu/this_week/talmudigest/4919 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00062-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924767 | 469 | 2.5625 | 3 |
There might be new vindication for those who claim the "big-boned" defense for being overweight, a new study shows.
Adults have about the same number of fat cells in their body constantly, even after losing a significant amount of weight, Swedish researchers say.
Researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sw... | <urn:uuid:ad1abb3e-5a6b-4e1b-b3ea-cfaa6930f116> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://abcnews.go.com/Health/BeautySecrets/story?id=4777493&page=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00167-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96834 | 860 | 2.90625 | 3 |
The method in brief
The method computes all pairwise differences between all sequences from both samples. It does NOT count indels as differences unless they were recoded (i.e. only when '-' is compared to a '+', it counts as a difference). It then calculates the mean pairwise difference (Ks) and the mean pairwise LOG(... | <urn:uuid:afd5ef65-785b-4a11-9dad-04b97234d23c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://wwwabi.snv.jussieu.fr/achaz/hudsontest.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00112-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.910685 | 358 | 2.6875 | 3 |
The Bihari community in Bangladesh has come a long way from filthy tents to voting rights, but they continue to battle social stigma.
The Biharis say the planes that were supposed to take them to Pakistan never arrived and the 300,000-minority community was stranded in one-room houses as stateless refugees.
The Urdu-sp... | <urn:uuid:305ce9ca-8a53-431c-ba8b-3b606df03d9b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2014/03/pictures-plight-biharis-bangla-2014325152839952229.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397842.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00090-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96077 | 402 | 2.96875 | 3 |
February 19, 2013
3D Printing makes list of WEF top 10 emerging technologies for 2013
The World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on Emerging Technologies identifies the top 10 most promising technology trends that can *help to deliver sustainable growth in decades to come as global population and material demands... | <urn:uuid:7faaa434-71b1-4a12-8e7d-1a498995dceb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.textually.org/3DPrinting/2013/02/031709.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00107-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.891879 | 225 | 2.84375 | 3 |
In our series of tutorials about Amplifiers , we saw that a single stage amplifier will produce 180o of phase shift between its output and input signals when connected in a class-A type configuration. For an oscillator to sustain oscillations indefinitely, sufficient feedback of the correct phase, ie, “Positive Feedbac... | <urn:uuid:1e275882-7efe-4a8c-b79c-90b718abb1f0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.electronics-tutorials.ws/oscillator/rc_oscillator.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00178-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.884448 | 1,646 | 4.03125 | 4 |
Walter Samuel McAfee's African-American parents were Luther F McAfee and Suzie A Johnson. Luther McAfee's father was a minister in the Colored Methodist Episcopal Church which had originated from a movement begun in 1866 within the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, from which the black members set up an independent Ch... | <urn:uuid:72504070-4dc1-41c9-89ff-db6cc073924e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/McAfee.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00071-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.993555 | 1,585 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Alphabets are the first step towards literacy of a kid. Prior to that he picks up whatever his mom repeats to him daily. In addition he also picks up words and expressions from other family members and siblings. He soon begins to associate the sounds from alphabets and use them for his expression. And gradually he begi... | <urn:uuid:69a764ab-3968-41d7-82f1-593aefa67883> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.boloji.com/index.cfm?md=Blogs&sd=Blog&BlogID=175 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00070-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982279 | 1,285 | 2.53125 | 3 |
A chunk of debris from an old European rocket apparently fell from space Wednesday (Feb. 22) and crashed in a small village in Brazil, according to Brazilian news reports.
The metal sphere, which measures roughly 3.3 feet (1 meter) across, landed near a house and damaged some trees as it plummeted to the surface, accor... | <urn:uuid:0485a3c4-f6bd-4646-93c9-0b1d5952768b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.space.com/14672-space-junk-crashes-brazil-village-rocket.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00138-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964049 | 695 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.
2011 October 1
Explanation: Though the sizes are not to scale, the Sun and planets of the inner solar system are shown in this illustration, where e... | <urn:uuid:703855ae-a6b9-4f70-ac11-3e3308649c73> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap111001.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396100.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00008-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.903513 | 296 | 3.984375 | 4 |
Are Municipal Elections Sexy Enough to Get Your Attention? Ignoring them could be a critical mistake.
Municipal government is the level of government that most impacts you, your children and your church on a daily basis. If current trends continue, that impact is increasing in measure.
Relationally, one might consider ... | <urn:uuid:044e3988-9cdd-4c11-bdb8-e2cdb50e7db4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://activatecfpl.theefc.ca/journal/2010/10/18/are-municipal-elections-sexy-enough-to-get-your-attention-ig.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396875.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00176-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952539 | 700 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Previous Challenge Entry (Level 2 – Intermediate)
Topic: Illustrate the meaning of “A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two in the Bush” (without using the actual phrase or literal example). (01/10/08)
TITLE: Promises, Promises…
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SEND A PRIVATE COMMENT
ADD TO MY FAVORITES
Many of them will make promises... | <urn:uuid:d4feac47-c401-4fe6-b852-5a47ac6dafa4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.faithwriters.com/wc-article-level2-previous.php?id=20629 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00046-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962514 | 1,072 | 3.078125 | 3 |
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Useful Italian Words and Phrases
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FLORENCE CULTURAL GUIDE: EVERY DAY LIFE...This Every Day Life Guide will help you understand terms, traditions, proverbs and curiosities while in Florence:
» Popular Traditions
» Useful Italian Words and Phrases
» Regional Food and Traditional Dishe... | <urn:uuid:434fe925-ca27-4a99-90cb-2c8c99dbacf1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.casahoward.com/eng/f_every_day_life2.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00179-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934401 | 2,084 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Today is World Food Day. I know, this seems like something that should happen every day, right? After all, we eat every day.
Actually, not everyone eats every day, and that’s the point. The idea behind World Food Day is that if enough people throw their time, money and voices behind the issue of extreme hunger, real po... | <urn:uuid:eb9a93f2-1fea-4d7b-ab22-73cbb93d8664> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blogs.volunteermatch.org/engagingvolunteers/2012/10/16/fighting-hunger-add-your-voice-on-world-food-day/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00039-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947298 | 842 | 2.625 | 3 |
Environmental Education Resources for Teachers
Teaching about the environment can be fun for both teachers and students. DEQ has developed lesson plans for various grade levels on a wide range of air quality, water quality, and waste management topics to assist teachers in providing environmental education.
- Energy Co... | <urn:uuid:4278679a-8c54-4312-aa5a-e061fd894ff5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.deq.idaho.gov/assistance-resources/educational-tools/teacher-resources.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396027.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00009-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.888976 | 813 | 4.15625 | 4 |
Did you ever wonder what it was like here before Lemont was settled, before Illinois was a state?
Start by imagining you are walking one of the trails in our beautiful forest preserves, but look at what surrounds the trail and imagine the trail is not there. How would you go from place to place through this wilderness?... | <urn:uuid:f8023e94-4716-4376-937b-e0359e7d2b1c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.patcamallierebooks.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00126-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981554 | 778 | 3.75 | 4 |
|Scientific Name:||Acipenser persicus|
|Species Authority:||Borodin, 1897|
|Taxonomic Notes:||In the past, Persian Sturgeon was considered a subspecies of A. gueldenstaedtii (A. g. persicus). Since 1973 (Lukyanenko and Korotaeva), based on immunological, biological and reproduction studies and also the morphological di... | <urn:uuid:13f92f1c-f493-42f9-9f87-30c8a9c729da> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/full/235/0 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00021-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.87776 | 2,412 | 2.6875 | 3 |
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