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Toru Ogawa, a 64-year-old nuclear research expert, has been entrusted with probably the most challenging task facing Japan — leading the decommissioning process at the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant.
This April, Ogawa, a professor at Nagaoka University of Technology in Niigata Prefecture, was installed as the first chie... | <urn:uuid:9d23319a-950c-472e-9173-dbc6ae125ffd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/07/27/national/nuclear-expert-tasked-with-leading-fukushima-decommissioning/ | 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 | 0.962103 | 542 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Can dogs catch colds from humans or catch colds at all? What is kennel cough/cold and how do dogs catch it?
- This question is closed.
Yep, it is ultra contagious and they get it from other dogs as well as grass/dirt. K. cough is caused by viruses, some of which have a vaccine. The yearly shot is called a bordatella sh... | <urn:uuid:dffc5f01-4a03-49bd-b074-4c1adde92e1c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dogster.com/answers/question/can_dogs_catch_colds_from_humans_or_catch_colds_at_all_what_is_kennel_coughcold_and_how_do_dogs_catc-16897 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397695.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00149-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973317 | 364 | 2.65625 | 3 |
This isn’t a new video, but someone sent it to me today because they saw the BBC pop it up on their site this weekend. It’s one of the most inspiring videos you can on the subject of how 3D printing is going to change the medical world. This video was released before this website went live, so we hadn’t ever published ... | <urn:uuid:549dee02-c08f-4aac-96c4-0da0acd51524> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.3dprinter.net/atala-3d-print-organs-with-living-cells | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397842.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00172-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950942 | 368 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Adherence to international legal instruments
There is no single international instrument that addresses nuclear security in a comprehensive manner. The legal foundation for nuclear security comprises of international instruments and recognized principles designed to control nuclear material and other radioactive substa... | <urn:uuid:5baa186f-e63a-4281-8d29-4a8ad90a8e06> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www-ns.iaea.org/security/legal_instruments.asp?s=4&l=29 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00143-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.901508 | 646 | 2.875 | 3 |
How Tall Will Your Child
Remember when our parents had us stand up against
a wall and make a mark with a pencil to see how much we had grown? And then
wondering exactly how tall we would eventually become?
A child's adult height is influenced by a number
of factors, including genetics, sex, and overall health and nutri... | <urn:uuid:695e26b7-7bb7-4016-852b-58dddaee05b0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.kidsgrowth.com/hc/height.cfm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00103-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938887 | 490 | 3.375 | 3 |
The sign for "minute" also can be used to mean
"second" (depending on context).
The sign minute is generally done on the palm. You "tick" the right
"index finger" handshape forward as if it were the minute hand on a clock.
Although the finger does move, the movement is from the wrist,
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aussi disponible en français
June 25, 2015
For immediate release
New resource promotes Aboriginal cultural identity of children and families
Family and Human Services
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My name is Duane Dunston and I will be updating the SIA curriculum. This course teaches real world security principles and provides hands-on exercises for you to become actively engaged in the learning process. This course is not watered down and you'll get a lot out of it, if you actively participate and read through ... | <urn:uuid:c682771c-ec5b-480f-bb4b-c06bb0c5547b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.learnsia.org/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00134-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929679 | 1,630 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Learning to think like a designer gives the students the experience
and skills they need for productive decision-making. At The Design
High School, Los Angeles, the concepts and practice of design will be
used to deliever a rigorous and relevant college preparatory and
career oreinted curiculum.
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When people think of “bold” and “government” in the same sentence one program comes to mind for most Americans: the space program. Beginning with the Mercury Astronauts (the famous “Mercury Seven”), hitting its apex with the moon landings, and finding its stride with the shuttle program, no government initiative better... | <urn:uuid:56ca692a-d4c0-438c-abc9-c38698b4ddbc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2013/07/infographic-see-every-manned-space-flight-1961/65930/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394414.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00073-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.899298 | 235 | 3.671875 | 4 |
Otto Frederich Rohwedder invented the automatic bread slicer 85 years ago. It revolutionized how bread was sold in the U.S.; today, the vast majority of bread is now sold pre-sliced. In our area, even the small artisan bread bakers have automatic bread slicers so that you can request your artisan loaves to be pre-slice... | <urn:uuid:0b9b1bc0-1fff-48d5-95c3-95acec69effb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mnn.com/food/healthy-eating/blogs/5-revolutionary-bread-ideas-besides-sliced-bread | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396100.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00042-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978686 | 1,360 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Study suggests this may be why they are less likely to breast-feed than other women
MONDAY, March 29 (HealthDay News) -- Preconceived attitudes about breast-feeding may explain why black American women are less likely than white women to breast-feed their infants, a new study shows.
About 60 percent of black infants bo... | <urn:uuid:dd8bc72a-06fd-4dce-93b4-12b69a8d7e4a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bio-medicine.org/medicine-news-1/Black-Women-in-U-S--Comfortable-With-Formula-Feeding--69723-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00056-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973874 | 390 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Users typically notice that an SSD drive runs at the manufacturer's stated peak I/O performance at first, but soon after that it begins to drop. That's because, unlike a hard disk drive, any write operation to an SSD requires not one step, but two: an erase followed by the write.
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List of Top 10 Diseases: Worst Killers in History. Most dangerous diseases and death statistics. Plague, Smallpox, Influenza, Malaria, Measles, AIDS, Ebola, Tuberculosis, Cholera, Tetanus.
1. Black Death – Bubonic plague, pneumonic plague, septicemic plague.
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M J K THAVARAJ^
Marxism and Social Sciences: A Synoptic View
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Tragedies can leave all of us feeling unsettled, but in the wake of recent violent events such as the city hall shooting in Kirkwood, it is important to remember that children look to their parents for cues on how to react and cope, and we can help them feel safe during times of trouble.
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Classification of Living Things
A tutorial introducing the principles of taxonomy with a focus on human classification categories.
Endangered Species on EE Link
Guide to environmental education resources on the web concerning endangered and extinct species
Mammal Species of the World
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School lunches often get low marks when it comes to flavor and nutrition. But chef, author, and activist Ann Cooper is working hard to change all that.
She’s currently handing out a lot of E’s—not for Excellence but for the Elimination of highly processed foods, hydrogenated oils, high fructose corn syrup, refined suga... | <urn:uuid:b3bfe206-ff94-41e3-ab12-3eb1ec9d6563> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.yesmagazine.org/happiness/smarter-school-lunches?icl=email_wkly20100115&ica=descr_mrMahoney | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00135-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972252 | 1,902 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Plotting the positions of Autonomous System (AS) nodes in polar coordinates allows a visualization of the dimensions of peering richness and geographic information, revealing the most highly connected Autonomous Systems. Visualizing the AS Core shows how ISPs connect to form the Internet backbone.
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How to redirect console output and runtime exceptions to a file in Java
In Java printing the program output to console for debugging purposes and sometimes for understanding the program flow is very common. One can always argue that we can use logging frameworks like Apache log4j. I agree with that but sometimes the pr... | <urn:uuid:1d7aab5d-cd63-4404-8590-14b9565ea22a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mysamplecode.com/2011/06/java-redirect-systemout-to-file-console.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396959.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00028-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.863673 | 168 | 2.71875 | 3 |
Lake Havasu is a large reservoir behind Parker Dam on the Colorado River, on the border between California and Arizona. Lake Havasu City sits on the lake's eastern shore. The reservoir has an available capacity of 619,400 acre feet (764,000,000 m3). The concrete arch dam was built by the United States Bureau of Reclama... | <urn:uuid:1c75e5db-5b0d-480a-b18b-ed18a894342f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.breakingnews.com/topic/lake-havasu/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00185-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975052 | 156 | 3.109375 | 3 |
F-82 Twin Mustang
the United States Army Air Forces were vexed by a difficult problem: pilot fatigue
. The vast distances of the Pacific Ocean
pushed aircraft to the limits of their fuel
range and pilots to the extremes of their endurance. Attempts had been made with both the twin-engine P-38 Lightning
and the single-e... | <urn:uuid:ac94a874-ba04-4df6-9058-107b61c3a2f3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://everything2.com/title/F-82+Twin+Mustang | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399522.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00197-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96527 | 872 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Help support New Advent and get the full contents of this website as an instant download. Includes the Catholic Encyclopedia, Church Fathers, Summa, Bible and more all for only $19.99...
Baron, French military surgeon, b. at Baudéan, Hautes-Pyrénées, July, 1766; d. at Lyons, 25 July, 1842. His parents were so poor that... | <urn:uuid:4c663cc3-e4e9-4d48-b868-87bb0398368d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/09007a.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00011-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970189 | 1,034 | 2.625 | 3 |
Nazi Rosenberg's Diary Found
The long-lost diary of a senior Nazi German war criminal emerged from the shadows Thursday, with experts saying it could shed new light on the Holocaust.
The Rosenberg Diary, kept by Alfred Rosenberg, whose racist theories underpinned Nazi Germany's annihilation of six million Jews, had bee... | <urn:uuid:78c5d882-e872-4d7d-921f-3fef4f621977> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/168917 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00011-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966306 | 767 | 3.125 | 3 |
|The Two Micron All Sky Survey at IPAC|
The globular cluster 47 Tucanae, one of the brightest
Milky Way globular star clusters.
This cluster, seen near the Small Magellanic Cloud in the sky,
and at a distance of 4.6 kpc (15000 light years) from us and 7.3 kpc (23800
light years) from the Galactic Center, likely contain... | <urn:uuid:7479ed3e-abb1-4323-b229-82c340256146> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ipac.caltech.edu/2mass/gallery/images_globs.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403823.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00097-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.857884 | 4,472 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Ever find yourself lying awake at night stressing over everything from your job to the weeds in your garden? Unfortunately, women are the biggest worriers, so much so that we are two times more likely to be diagnosed with a general anxiety disorder than men. But new studies are finding that we can actually train our br... | <urn:uuid:10b45273-8312-4027-a7be-4fb7662ff453> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.shespeaks.com/Stressed-Out-You-Can-Train-Your-Brain-To-Relax | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00013-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964011 | 356 | 2.59375 | 3 |
LiCl precipitation of RNA at -20 degrees ?
gnattras at waite.adelaide.edu.au
Mon Oct 13 16:50:15 EST 1997
There is a FOCUS article from the mid 80's which showed that holding
nucleic acid samples at -20 prior to precipitation, actually does vey
little. It was found to be important only when precipitating low levels
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Reproductive Aged Women with Epilepsy
Studies in Reproductive Aged Women with Epilepsy
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What’s in a face? Does our exterior tell us anything about our interior? Can we make predictions about personality by studying face shapes or facial features? Are certain personality characteristics correlated with measures of physical beauty and attractiveness?
Face Reading, Personality, & Attractiveness
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* This is the Consumer Version. *
Diverticulosis is the presence of multiple balloon-like sacs (diverticula), usually in the large intestine.
Spasms of the muscular layer of the intestine are thought to cause diverticula.
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Monks share ancient tradition with GJ
One gentle score with a fine metal point, and blue blended into white blended into pink. More than three days of intricate, grain-by-grain creation began disappearing in light sweeps of impermanence.
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Philanthropy is helping and promoting the less fortunate.The word comes from the Ancient Greeks,as the word “philos”, means loving and “anthropos” refers to humans. Philanthropy has been practiced throughout history by religious means and non religious means in most cultures. Philanthropy is not the same as charity as ... | <urn:uuid:6b8710a6-de36-4924-b88f-2b5db01b16e1> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://terminalconvention.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00122-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983302 | 477 | 2.921875 | 3 |
- Historic Sites
How Did Our Prisons Get That Way?
The penitentiary was invented in the United States as a more rational and humane way of punishing. It quickly ran into problems that still overwhelm us.
July/August 1987 | Volume 38, Issue 5
By the late 1800s, citizens had lost faith that prisons could cure crime.
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- Historic Sites
The Green Flag In America
For more than a century, Irish-Americans were whipsawed between love for their tormented native land and loyalty to the United States. But no more .
June/July 1979 | Volume 30, Issue 4
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Emergency - no time to read this? To report oil and hazardous chemical spills, call the National Response Center 1-800-424-8802
First Responders at the Awareness Level are expected to recognize the presence of hazardous materials, protect themse... | <urn:uuid:1b66a0f4-73f9-43f8-925e-3015d59b9ba2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ehso.com/EmergencyResponseALevel.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00063-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928339 | 1,013 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Australian Music in the 1960s
There are countless ways to start exploring our extensive website. This brief overview presents two different perspectives on some significant works and people in the Australian music scene in the 1960s.The first looks at Australian notated music during this period and the second discusses... | <urn:uuid:4f8278b8-4118-4ac2-933e-64540bea9d81> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.australianmusiccentre.com.au/guides/1960s | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00033-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935277 | 1,286 | 2.671875 | 3 |
The population of the planet is about 11 million. The planet is ruled by a hereditary council which enjoys very high support most of the time.
The planet has a diameter of 7925.519 kdul (12809.223 km), making the planet a bit larger than Earth. 66.28% of the planet is covered in water, and the atmosphere consists of ni... | <urn:uuid:d3f5791a-2539-4182-8431-88321525077d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://basilicus.wikia.com/wiki/Flagitiosissimus | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00181-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944342 | 179 | 3.15625 | 3 |
Chitra Pournami, or Chitirai Purnima, is a unique Tamil festival observed on the full moon day (Poornima) in the month of Chitirai (April – May). In 2016, the date of Chitirai Pournami is April 22. The day is dedicated to Chitragupta, the official keeper of deeds in the abode of Yama. It is believed that bathing in hol... | <urn:uuid:103a34e7-35a2-4770-bff1-14bd9925dc45> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.hindu-blog.com/2008/04/chitirai-pournami-chitra-poornima-2008.html?showComment=1334329668259 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00133-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976199 | 471 | 2.640625 | 3 |
About 177 million tonnes of waste is generated every year in England. This costs businesses and households money and can also cause environmental damage.
From April 2014, Defra will be “stepping back” in areas of waste management where businesses are better placed to act and there is no clear market failure. The depart... | <urn:uuid:82bf874f-7149-4d82-8d67-1f17e774c61e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/commons-select/environment-food-and-rural-affairs-committee/news/waste-management-in-england-inquiry-launch/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399106.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00020-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915578 | 663 | 2.65625 | 3 |
The Cemetery Division is responsible for grave site preparation and other burial services, as well as the grounds and maintenance program on the Cemetery’s 66 acre site.
Archeological evidence suggests that Watertown was inhabited for thousands of years before the arrival of settlers from England. Two Native American t... | <urn:uuid:69825003-71c3-47a2-a455-8d4107be5fb5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.imortuary.com/cemeteries/massachusetts/watertown.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00033-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952222 | 1,974 | 2.640625 | 3 |
November 12, 2008
Google Plays Part In Flu Season
A partnership between Google and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has produced an online tool that may help people know about flu outbreaks even more quickly than existing surveillance methods.
Google Flu Trends uses search terms that people put into ... | <urn:uuid:59e4dd3b-d899-4e0e-92fa-de02da17aa91> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1599902/google_plays_part_in_flu_season/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397748.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00018-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96375 | 574 | 3.09375 | 3 |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — With California facing a drought emergency, some communities have taken steps to increase their local water supplies.
Here are some ways water is being squeezed out:
GROUNDWATER WELLS: Limited local groundwater supplies can be maximized by ridding contaminants before being used for drinking water or ... | <urn:uuid:64fc93e5-f92f-400a-bdda-0d446667c750> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://townhall.com/news/us/2014/03/16/in-a-dry-california-some-watersaving-efforts-n1809904/print | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00122-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933579 | 305 | 3.484375 | 3 |
Definitions for debasement
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word debasement
being mixed with extraneous material; the product of adulterating
changing to a lower state (a less respected state)
The act of debasing or the state of being debased; a lowering, especially in character or quali... | <urn:uuid:491a79d1-b1e2-4c29-b7a9-8ac097924140> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.definitions.net/definition/debasement | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398516.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00132-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911475 | 464 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Cave and Karst Management
The following section addresses cave permits, visitor use monitoring, and cave protection, maintenance, restoration, and research. Other guidance can be found in exhibits at the end of this section. Exhibit 1 is a list of considerations for developing cave management strategies within a genera... | <urn:uuid:76738361-7b3c-4493-ad6f-04c96d24bbac> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nature.nps.gov/Rm77/caves/ProgramGuide.cfm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00006-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921619 | 4,923 | 2.59375 | 3 |
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Educational data mining (EDM) is the process of analyzing data obtained from schools, students and administrators. The data that is analyzed is obtained from computer information systems, such as test scores and attendance records. Data mining looks for patterns and a... | <urn:uuid:3f01bb76-2102-4d6c-b45f-23fa1d20e6f9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-educational-data-mining.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00190-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945217 | 503 | 3.53125 | 4 |
Irish Lesson 29
The letter "r" is pronounced with two principal sounds in Irish, and both sounds differ from the American pronunciation. If the "r" begins a word and is followed by an "a, o, u", roll the sound by placing the tongue tip near enough to the hard ridge behind the upper front teeth to make the tongue vibrat... | <urn:uuid:a04b6160-661e-4bda-b07e-b470c3cf3b69> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.irishpage.com/irishpeople/Lesson29.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00079-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.905159 | 1,286 | 3.75 | 4 |
Anyone who suggests that Global Warming is a straightforward issue is either selling you a bill a goods or doesn’t know what they’re talking about. (They don’t know what they don’t know.) While, it is clear that current, rapid shifts to the atmosphere are drving change that, writ large, will be catastrophic without maj... | <urn:uuid:edfcf8e4-3c52-4c9b-91fb-f48da0111a73> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://getenergysmartnow.com/2008/12/18/good-bad-indifferent-gw-impacts-when-did-they-begin/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391766.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00147-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935391 | 850 | 3.09375 | 3 |
How to find a file on a computer
To run the Windows find, click Start and then click Find or Search (varies depending on version of Windows). Finally, click the option to Find Files or Folders. This should open a folder similar to the below illustrated example.
The "named" or "Search for files or folders named" field i... | <urn:uuid:ec45e0d8-8af2-44dc-8000-b62abd46f1cd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.computerhope.com/issues/chfind.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00053-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.850991 | 565 | 3.625 | 4 |
As part of editing our Equal Bite book about gender equality in Higher Education, I've been reading about stereotype threat and how to overcome it. I just finished reading Whistling Vivaldi by Claude Steele. It's an account of several decades of psychological research into academic under-performance of African-American... | <urn:uuid:4d327dae-befa-486e-906d-3791af61e641> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://judyrobertson.typepad.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00056-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958646 | 3,742 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Can you tell the difference between bradycardia and heart block? That is, if brady is just a slow beat with regular signals getting through vs. a slow heart rate because every other beat is blocked. Or is an ECG required to show the difference?
I don't have first hand experience, but I'd venture a guess that a very per... | <urn:uuid:4feea4fe-0152-442f-88a6-8ae9ededcc67> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Heart-Rhythm/Brady-or-heart-block/show/1273086 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00079-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938137 | 1,395 | 3.171875 | 3 |
6) Why does Coase argue that “making the polluter” pay is the not automatically the correct way solve the “Problem of Social Costs?” Provide a simple illustration of the argument from one of the four case studies he presents (which means illustrate the scope for bargaining and the error/correctness in the courts’ reaso... | <urn:uuid:90764415-866f-42f2-8091-3bad394febbb> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://theunbrokenwindow.com/2013/01/15/the-problem-of-social-cost-part-ii/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403823.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00033-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953343 | 2,054 | 2.609375 | 3 |
One of the most famous lines of research in psychology began with a puppet show.
In a scientific experiment, children were invited to watch a scene featuring two dolls, then asked make a crucial decision about what they saw – see if you make the same choice as they did.
Picture a puppet-doll called Sally, who has a mar... | <urn:uuid:b2eefa9e-1ec8-4bf5-83af-5e9068b9aa36> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20140120-sciences-most-important-puppets | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398873.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00018-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967866 | 1,402 | 3.4375 | 3 |
It turns out that teenagers eating at Subway might be only marginally healthier than those chowing down at competing McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD).
In a study — published in the Journal of Adolescent Health — researchers found there is little that’s healthier about eating at Subway.
Researchers had 97 kids — age 12 to 21 — pur... | <urn:uuid:305b7eb1-8053-4b8c-b88b-b3b01978f7dc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://investorplace.com/2013/05/study-subway-only-slightly-healthier-than-mcdonalds/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00006-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965966 | 307 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Chapter 1: What Is Economics?
Students have read that there are different schools of economic
theory upon which modern economists base their ideas. In this
lesson they will learn about some of the economists of the
17th, 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries and the history of economic
schools of thought. They will also learn... | <urn:uuid:bb0927f0-2bcc-4382-98b7-cdacbe2c9ad8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.glencoe.com/sec/socialstudies/economics/econtoday2001/chapter1/walp.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392069.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00201-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929103 | 735 | 4.21875 | 4 |
Hemp being used in batteries? Well, that's a new one.
The idea was introduced this week at the American Chemical Society's national meeting. Engineers discussed how industrial hemp could provide a cheaper option in the manufacturing of supercaps.
Supercaps are sort of high-energy batteries. Startup company Alta Superca... | <urn:uuid:cbb87478-dc2b-4dfb-a2b5-3554b8168f6e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wcpo.com/news/national/cannabis-laws-could-complicate-production-of-super-batteries | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00193-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963923 | 122 | 2.546875 | 3 |
The HHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reports that fall-related injuries are responsible for about two million visits to hospital emergency departments per year, according to a May 12, 2011 HealthBeat report issued by the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).
This HHS HealthBeat report, called ... | <urn:uuid:37bc5af4-2dd0-4403-a683-2315ca80c70b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.helpingyoucare.com/13230/prevent-falls-by-older-adults | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395621.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00105-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929877 | 780 | 3.0625 | 3 |
noun (plural tesserae /ˈtesərē/)
1A small block of stone, tile, glass, or other material used in the construction of a mosaic.
- Glass was preferred because of its light-catching properties; the effect of glass tesserae in a mosaic is to create brilliance and richness through the changing effect of the refraction of li... | <urn:uuid:c836f26f-4eb7-4764-be18-b9690d18255b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/tessera | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00122-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936052 | 431 | 3.296875 | 3 |
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A megawatt is a unit of power. This term is often used in the context of discussing either devices which draw a great deal of power, or plants which manufacture power. Megawatts may also come up in the context of discussions about natural phenomena such as lightning. ... | <urn:uuid:d02ce7ca-932d-4860-bbd0-af32815cdf49> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-megawatt.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404826.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00005-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962527 | 628 | 3.765625 | 4 |
The best baseball players don’t always get elected All-Stars. And the Nobel Prize doesn’t always go to the most deserving member of the scientific community. This, according to a pair of recent studies, is because such recognition can depend upon how well known an individual is rather than on merit alone. Moreover, bec... | <urn:uuid:2b4ba3f1-a992-4f38-bf56-3f6e18ee2d6f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://technoccult.net/archives/2009/06/29/seeking-common-ground-in-conversations-can-stifle-innovation-and-reward-the-wrong-people/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00151-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963267 | 251 | 2.671875 | 3 |
The plot of All's Well That Ends Well is a tissue of traditional folk motifs. The story of the abandoned wife who performs a seemingly impossible series of tasks in order to regain her husband is at least as old as the myth of Eros and Psyche. It has analogues in many of the literatures of the world. The hero or heroin... | <urn:uuid:0cb70f82-01fe-421f-93df-94b215c4609a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enotes.com/topics/alls-well-that-ends-well/critical-essays/criticism | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00089-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965011 | 3,121 | 3 | 3 |
|Central coordinates||1o 25.00' West 35o 19.00' North|
|Altitude||0 - 100m|
|Year of IBA assessment||2001|
Site description The Île Rachgoune is located 4 km off the coast of Algeria near the town of Béni-Saf, south-west of Oran and c.60 km south of Îles Habibas (site DZ030). There is no available information concernin... | <urn:uuid:60ae09be-0cb3-4d4c-b512-9c071e4c4668> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/sitefactsheet.php?id=6186 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397842.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00121-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.654703 | 345 | 2.625 | 3 |
When more units of a good or a service can be produced on a larger scale, yet with (on average) less input costs, economies of scale (ES) are said to be achieved. Alternatively, this means that as a company grows and production units increase, a company will have a better chance to decrease its costs. According to theo... | <urn:uuid:d69c1565-c731-462e-9f3c-6d081cc92078> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.investopedia.com/articles/03/012703.asp | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397744.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00050-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956769 | 1,403 | 3.90625 | 4 |
the day for which you need information.
know that the ancients believed each day of the week was ruled
by a different celestial body, and, each day was named after it? And,
that the famous childhood rhyme, "Monday's Child", attributes the
qualities of those bodies to the children born under them? They are:
(the day of ... | <urn:uuid:dd2b9e2a-5304-44f4-802d-169d8d497225> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://newb.com/schedule.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00089-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963777 | 217 | 2.703125 | 3 |
As far as poisons go, it's hard to get more lethal than ricin. That's because it takes so little to get a lethal dose.
"A volume roughly the size of a grain of table salt would be a fatal dose for an adult," said Peter Carrington, a toxic plant specialist at Michigan State University. "Something like 1,000 times more t... | <urn:uuid:5a65d930-b6f8-49f3-a8d0-533ae6c39c23> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.wilx.com/news/headlines/What-Makes-Ricin-So-Deadly-203512561.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00090-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984326 | 397 | 3.0625 | 3 |
Of course, most would say April 9, 1865 with the surrender of General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia.
Others would not agree. The last federal officer killed in the war was 1st Lt. E. L. Stevens, who was just one of several casualties of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry at the Battle of Boy... | <urn:uuid:120fb6fc-dcf5-473d-83d8-618f29179669> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.examiner.com/article/when-did-the-civil-war-end?cid=rss | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00059-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978799 | 289 | 3.265625 | 3 |
As a target of study, NASA has identified the asteroid 1999AO10 as the 2025 destination for human exploration. We've heard that NASA plans to build a giant heavy lift vehicle to make the trip, but is it really necessary?
I previously described a human asteroid mission, but I assumed the logical choice of asteroid with ... | <urn:uuid:897c051d-344d-4009-b2d8-f2ce2c3a4912> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://quantumg.blogspot.com/2010/08/mission-to-asteroid-using-spacex.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00161-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941251 | 1,021 | 2.796875 | 3 |
What is Raynaud Phenomenon?
Raynaud phenomenon is a condition where the small blood vessels at the peripheral parts of the body (finger, toes, ears and/or nose) drastically narrows with cold or stress. Although this response is normal, in Raynaud’s phenomenon it is severely exaggerated and there is drastic reduction in... | <urn:uuid:2ace6c97-e7e2-446b-9843-ced6a2430782> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.healthhype.com/raynaud-phenomenon-symptoms-causes-diagnosis-treatment.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396538.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00010-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931201 | 1,711 | 3.375 | 3 |
Cancer-linked toxins in water supplies may affect 400,000
Irish Water confirms excess levels of trihalomethanes detected in supplies
Trihalomethanes in Irish Water supplies: some studies reviewed by the World Health Organisation have linked excessive levels of trihalomethanes to cancers including those of the liver, re... | <urn:uuid:77a8bbe8-3fdc-4e04-9cb5-1d9d523a35c4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/cancer-linked-toxins-in-water-supplies-may-affect-400-000-1.2537329 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00062-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951046 | 614 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Definition of myrmidon
1 capitalized : a member of a legendary Thessalian people who accompanied their king Achilles in the Trojan War
2 : a loyal follower; especially : a subordinate who executes orders unquestioningly or unscrupulously
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The Myrmidons, legendary inhabitants of Thessaly in Greece, were kno... | <urn:uuid:671c37bb-9d92-40ec-8a9f-91fe7f51b59f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/myrmidon | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00044-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.812743 | 847 | 2.96875 | 3 |
Importance of Water to Life
- Why is water important?
- Life probably evolved in water.
- Living cells are 70% - 95% water.
- Water covers about 3/4 of the earth.
- In nature, water naturally exists in all three physical
states of matter -- solid, liquid, and gas.
- Life absolutely depends on the properties of water.
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Editor's note: The following is adapted from the book HVAC Design Guide for Tall Commercial Buildings, published by the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers. To purchase the book, go to http://bit.ly/ashraeross
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During 2010, many countries submitted their existing
plans for controlling greenhouse gas emissions to
the Climate Change Secretariat and these proposals
have now been formally acknowledged under the
Climate Change Convention. Industrial countries
presented their plans in the shape of economy-wide
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Actually, xterm's manual is not so simple, and there is no suitable tutorial for just this feature. Quoting from the manual:
cursorColor (class CursorColor)
Specifies the color to use for the text cursor. The default is
"XtDefaultForeground". By default, xterm attempts to keep this
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We all know that for healthy living we require a balanced diet constituted of protein, carbohydrates and fats, minerals ,vitamines etc.
Ayurveda has considered about the diet in detail. The Ayurvedic diet is one that not only nourishes the body, but also restores balance of 'Tridoshas' wich is very much essential for m... | <urn:uuid:136876e7-0c7c-40ab-a7d0-7c2ed47b2194> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ayurveda-foryou.com/treat/doshadiet.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393146.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00128-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.835409 | 1,755 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Jonathan is the oldest known living land animal. Image Credit: CC BY 2.0 David Stanley
Despite being around for almost two centuries, Jonathan the Aldabra giant tortoise is still going strong.
The long-lived reptile, whose species can be found on an outer island of the Seychelles near Madagascar, has spent most of his ... | <urn:uuid:372a18ee-1362-4398-8143-5920dceb71b6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/news/290323/worlds-oldest-living-animal-is-183-years-old | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00110-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977368 | 258 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Overview of Climate Processes
Venus vs. Earth
The Greenhouse Planet
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Being physically fit provides a foundation for overall health and well being (Health and Fitness Principles). We can define physical fitness as, the physical attributes and skills that one has that allows them to perform the tasks of daily living effectively and alertly, while leaving an adequate amount of energy in re... | <urn:uuid:b8a10298-cfe6-49af-86c4-f07f18948c96> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://nepentes.eu/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00118-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940435 | 2,711 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Dreams have at all times and among all peoples received much attention. In the youth of a nation, as in the youth of an individual, dreams are so vivid that they appear to be hardly distinguishable from reality. "In the primitive stages of human development, when all insight into the laws of nature and of the human min... | <urn:uuid:cdf23c0c-2653-446c-8727-0554fdd6ec8c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/5311-dreams | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396027.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00068-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962394 | 4,204 | 2.703125 | 3 |
INDIANAPOLIS --As families across the country face losses of nest eggs, homes or jobs, their young children and teens need emotional support.
Child psychologist Michele C. Thorne, Ph.D., assistant professor of clinical psychology at the Indiana University School of Medicine and clinical director of the Consult Liaison ... | <urn:uuid:984f00fe-4f54-4301-8d40-d1f672d882ef> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-11/iu-hca111308.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00167-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976017 | 592 | 2.65625 | 3 |
ARGENTINA (CNN/DREXEL UNIVERSITY) — Paleontologists may have discovered the largest dinosaur to ever walk the face of the Earth. Fossils uncovered in Argentina have been identified as a new species called dreadnoughtus.
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QUESTION OF THE WEEK:
There are six S's to SAN, according to Scott Drummond, IBM's storage networking program director. Which of the following is not one of them?
e. SAN fabric
Were you correct? This week's answer is:
The six S's to SAN, according to IBM's Scott Drummond:
2. SAN fabric
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- NASA has once again delayed its long-awaited launch of the space shuttle Discovery until at least next week, now stating that Gremlins are causing the problems. The space agency is no closer to finding the Gremlins which recently damaged heat tiles and caused a fuel gauge to fail during a recent... | <urn:uuid:28f84428-8402-47b3-8ae3-177a21d1b11b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thespoof.com/spoof-news/us/8657/gremlins-plague-space-shuttle-discovery | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396887.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00042-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972874 | 494 | 2.71875 | 3 |
| 1600 - 1700 | 1700
- 1800 | 1800 - 1900 | 1900
- 2000 | American Revolution Timeline
| Cold War Timeline
ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF Navy
AMERICAN WAR; for timeline see:
STATES PASS LAWS TO DISENFRANCISE BLACKS
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT
ELECTED VICE PRESIDENT
ASSONATED – THEODORE ROOSEVELT BECOMES PRESIDENT
- CARNEGIE SELLS
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I've always been interested in languages, maybe living in a bilingual family fostered this love of languages. My wonderful teachers first introduced me to unique elements of language. While reading the Canterbury Tales in English class I was amazed how many words were similar in sound and meaning to my mother's dialect... | <urn:uuid:3821263d-777d-40aa-8bac-f6b806d3ee9e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.montessorimom.com/montessori-newsletter-23/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393533.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00144-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98021 | 615 | 3.484375 | 3 |
CROSSING THE LINE: JACKIE ROBINSON
Of all the lessons baseball can teach us, none is more important that the one taught by Jackie Robinson, the ballplayer who broke the unwritten rule that kept black athletes out of the major leagues for sixty years. Baseball was a segregated sport until the mid-1940s, when Jackie Robi... | <urn:uuid:549425d6-ee39-4fca-aa7c-d477f19231c4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pbs.org/kenburns/baseball/teachers/lesson5.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00008-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944254 | 1,171 | 4.46875 | 4 |
Retinopathy damages the the retina. It's common among diabetics and may indicate a greater risk of developing congestive heart failure. Both retinopathy and congestive heart failure affect small blood vessels.
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Susan Young, writing for MIT Technology Review:
Scientists from Oregon Health and Science University reported on Wednesday in the scientific journal Cell that they had created embryonic stem cells from a cloned human embryo. This is the first time that human stem cells have been produced using nuclear transfer, a cloni... | <urn:uuid:a73a47d2-f980-4246-bf69-3f9ed6962d0f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/body/scientists-clone-human-embryo/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00104-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944514 | 219 | 3.515625 | 4 |
It has been said that Edward II was the great Edward I's only failure. It is true to say that never was there a son less like his father. A thoroughly flawed jewel in England's crown, he failed to live up to the country's expectations of a son of the formidable Edward I, a hard act to follow.
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ON JANUARY 19, 2009, a crowd of thousands gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. It was the day before the inauguration of Barack Obama as president of the United States, a country where it had once been perfectly legal to own someone with Black skin. The historic symbolism of gathering in front ... | <urn:uuid:982984b3-bea8-4ac5-a1b4-76954fc12f9b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://isreview.org/issue/85/woody-guthrie-songs-prove-you-your-world | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396027.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00096-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979191 | 7,465 | 2.703125 | 3 |
National Association of Base Ball Players
From BR Bullpen
The National Association of Base Ball Players was the first formal governing body for baseball. Until the Association was founded in 1858, the development of baseball rules had largely been controlled by the prestigious New York Knickerbockers club. Despite the ... | <urn:uuid:74ed46c8-981b-4d53-a5c7-b02e910e7657> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/National_Association_of_Base_Ball_Players | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00038-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959704 | 621 | 2.9375 | 3 |
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Sensors 2011, 11(12), 11901-11920; doi:10.3390/s111211901
Abstract: Airport runoff can contain high concentrations of various pollutants, in particular polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), the environmental levels of which have to be monitored. Airport runoff ... | <urn:uuid:86e12640-0b0e-4de9-a890-7189e4d08b9b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://mdpi.com/1424-8220/11/12/11901/htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00107-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.869766 | 11,765 | 2.984375 | 3 |
O universal Mother, who dost keep
From everlasting thy foundations deep,
Eldest of things, Great Earth, I sing of thee!
All shapes that have their dwelling in the sea,
All things that fly, or on the ground divine
Live, move, and there are nourished — these are thine;
These are thy wealth that dost sustain; from thee
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Officials sent notices to another 230,000 visitors to California's Yosemite National Park to warn them of potential exposure to deadly hantavirus. Also this week: an American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) report on the progress against cancer.
Hantavirus May be Spreading in Yosemite
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Very simple. A bit time-consuming. (But the time passes so quickly because you're having so much fun!) Here's how I use a reading response journal: For hom... | <urn:uuid:1666e5c4-c056-4b5b-abc2-c98841dfdd39> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.edutopia.org/groups/elementary-school/34951 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397873.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00187-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975839 | 327 | 2.640625 | 3 |
On March 24, 1941, David stood at the window and watched soldiers pass.
"My head was awhirl with so many vehicles and cavalry. Heavy artillery was also on the move. It was fun...We hardly ever see soldiers in our parts."
The fun did not last long. A few months later David was home by himself when German militiamen ente... | <urn:uuid:b2647803-903e-4981-af12-d5dc30a0109a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://en.jankarski.org.pl/zachowac-pamiec/item/87-dawid-rubinowicz/87-dawid-rubinowicz | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404826.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00095-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.990907 | 1,448 | 2.953125 | 3 |
Civil War Overview
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surgeon's eyes sparkled; he happened to be an
enthusiast in the art of embalming. "Keep ... | <urn:uuid:e849adf5-2e02-42ba-9cc8-f200631ec6d3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1864/january/history-flying-machines-balloons.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00176-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979049 | 5,683 | 2.65625 | 3 |
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A splinter is a sharp sliver of wood, glass, or other debris that is lodged underneath the skin.
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Some spl... | <urn:uuid:746fb158-7d09-47ec-925c-2556d2f107f7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/health/s/splinters/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394937.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00085-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.821803 | 210 | 2.796875 | 3 |
We will need multiple sources in the future. Both Solar and Wind are needed. Wind will provide more employment because more maintenance is needed than solar. Solar should be invested in to help bring the future costs down. Which our present republican candidate does not support.http://www.ieer.org/reports/NC-Wind-Solar... | <urn:uuid:f6b10bec-97c6-43ac-b7d2-7abbd84e585b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.envirolink.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=20120&p=187411 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395679.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00156-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944432 | 335 | 2.796875 | 3 |
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Income Inequality: Generation Gap
A previous post discusses how the "marriage gap" might contribute to increasing income inequality. Another explanation of income inequality is offered by USA Today - it's a "generation gap":
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