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Definition of Metabolic process
1. Noun. The organic processes (in a cell or organism) that are necessary for life.
Category relationships: Being, Organism
Specialized synonyms: Cellular Respiration, Internal Respiration, Respiration, Basal Metabolism, Fat Metabolism, Glycolysis
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Blackburn is a municipal, parliamentary, and county borough, situated midway between Preston and Burnley- about 11 miles from each town-and, as a centre of population and commercial activity, occupies the first position in North-east Lancashire. It is a very old town, but only within modern times, and mainly through pr... | <urn:uuid:ffe81275-e244-4db2-ae73-5f4fa3ce8270> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ukga.org/england/Lancashire/towns/Blackburn.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00040-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9768 | 3,465 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Bank Guarantee is an instrument issued by the Bank in which the Bank agrees to give guarantee against the non-performance of some action of a party. The amount of guarantee is called the ‘guarantee amount’. Usually, the Bank Guarantee is for a specified amount, which is a percentage of the total money required for the ... | <urn:uuid:f46ef78b-6cc9-49f5-866d-af64c3e088af> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://priyankablogthoughts.com/bank-guarantees-bgs-types-use-of-bank-guarantees/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00089-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957662 | 600 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Learning Objectives22––22After you have read this PPT, you should be able to:Discuss why human resources can be a core competency fororganizations.Define HR planning, and outline the HR planning process.Specify four important HR benchmarking measures.Identify factors to be considered in forecasting the supply anddemand... | <urn:uuid:9efc6645-b297-46a4-a3cd-172fec9b4fdd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.slideshare.net/sorab1/strategic-human-resources-management | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00171-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.840621 | 2,385 | 2.921875 | 3 |
Bangladesh was mired in a political crisis heightened by the wide-scale August 17 attacks by Islamic militants involving hundreds of small, near-simultaneous bombings throughout the nation. Journalists covering the bombings and their aftermath said they were more vulnerable than ever to violent reprisals.
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The West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus) is a manatee, and the largest surviving member of the aquatic mammal order Sirenia (which also includes the dugong and the extinct Steller's sea cow).
The West Indian manatee is a species distinct from the Amazonian manatee (T. inunguis), and the African manatee (T. senegale... | <urn:uuid:1873aa5b-1190-4714-8787-10c27fe6e728> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.inaturalist.org/photos/135114 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398216.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00022-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949564 | 1,094 | 3.796875 | 4 |
Do You Recognize the Early Warning Signs of Glaucoma?
Nearly three million people in the U.S. are estimated to have glaucoma, but only half of those are aware they have the disease. It can’t be cured — but it can be treated if it’s detected early enough. Learn more about the early warning signs of glaucoma.
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Sucking on a dummy could cure Britain's three million snorers
A device that resembles a baby’s dummy could help tackle snoring.
It works by pulling the tongue forward during sleep so that the airways are kept clear.
Before going to sleep, the patient sticks the tip of their tongue to a suction pad on the part of the du... | <urn:uuid:996280b0-9793-4d47-a15d-635135d75258> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2255457/Snoring-Sucking-dummy-cure-Britains-million-snorers.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00172-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9567 | 1,018 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Chloe Jones, a 10 year old female from London asks on December 4, 2006,Why do trees lose their leaves?
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A quick websearch yields lots of answers. There are many reasons, but probably the main one goes like this. In winter, it's colder and darker than in summer. Since the leaves are the energy factorie... | <urn:uuid:6735084d-96f1-4e07-907f-4a5cf9447771> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.science.ca/askascientist/viewquestion.php?qID=3731 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402516.86/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00069-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965 | 256 | 3.53125 | 4 |
Author Bruce Brown explains his motivation behind "Gordon The Giraffe"
An author’s love for his gay brother, along with the dying man’s last wishes, provides powerful motivation for a new children’s book, “Gordon The Giraffe,” about tolerance.
In an interview with San Diego Gay & Lesbian News, author Bruce Brown talks ... | <urn:uuid:1ad8ab51-343d-4871-adce-d10b0230cfd4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://sdgln.com/news/2012/08/13/childrens-author-bruce-brown-tolerance-gordon-the-giraffe | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783408840.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155008-00093-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978678 | 1,032 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Stone net weights are found in Oklahoma but are limited in their distribution. They appear most frequently in southeastern Oklahoma, especially in McCurtain County, and along the Red River valley as far west as Lake Texoma. They probably occur in other localities in the state, but the distribution of this artifact is n... | <urn:uuid:7579e894-6037-4dff-a97b-71c37595813f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ou.edu/cas/archsur/OKArtifacts/weight.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00141-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.985335 | 513 | 3.421875 | 3 |
If the materials used in the plant construction such as cement, sand, aggregate etc. are not of good quality, the quality of the plant will be poor even if the design and workmanship are excellent. A brief description regarding the specifications for some of the construction materials is provided below to assist with s... | <urn:uuid:ce47625f-d80a-4cfd-bcc6-3a8fac8aa97a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blog.paksc.org/2011/10/12/selection-construction-materials-biogas-plant-construction-manual-fixed-dome-digester/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00037-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930627 | 622 | 3.140625 | 3 |
10 Activities to Encourage Self-Expression
With hormones wreaking havoc on your preteen's emotions, it's essential for her to have an outlet for communicating personal feelings. Whether you watch from center stage or behind the scenes, let these engaging activities facilitate self-expression in your tween:
- Move Your ... | <urn:uuid:6b7ea9fd-ccc3-4c1d-9f5f-0e556823a628> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.scholastic.com/parents/resources/article/social-emotional-skills/10-activities-to-encourage-self-expression | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00075-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92604 | 656 | 3.234375 | 3 |
Many Hot Water Heaters Set Too High, Upping Burn Risk
Burns are nasty injuries — they're painful and, if you're not careful, they can quickly get infected. Two children die from burn injuries every day, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A surprising number of these deaths originate with tap w... | <urn:uuid:1f74fca6-3add-4a9c-afb9-1538175e4d27> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://publicradioeast.org/post/many-hot-water-heaters-set-too-high-upping-burn-risk | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00049-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965727 | 491 | 3.3125 | 3 |
Planning Your Future
The uses of robots and robotic systems in manufacturing are growing at a phenomenal pace. Also increasing rapidly are the job opportunities for trained people in this career field. Since robots are primarily used to achieve higher levels of productivity and more competitive product costs, those ski... | <urn:uuid:5455384a-1d16-4a71-b23f-073c36a221e2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.onlinerobotics.com/future_planning.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396147.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00180-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9648 | 452 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Vestigial Arguments About Vestigial Organs Appear in Proposed Texas Teaching Materials
As documented in our Texas report, the evolution-related instructional materials proposed for use in Texas don't just contain errors about the origin of life or embryology. Some of the publishers also proposed materials that make ina... | <urn:uuid:a67db71c-acd6-4c13-bfb0-77b508e3d84d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.evolutionnews.org/2011/06/vestigial_arguments_about_vest047341.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00005-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928807 | 849 | 3.5625 | 4 |
Eating disorders are serious medical conditions that can dramatically affect a person’s self-esteem and overall health. Fortunately, there are ways to prevent eating disorders.
When a person has an eating disorder, her view of food and weight are often skewed. An individual with an eating disorder may literally starve ... | <urn:uuid:ec88aea8-2d05-4448-a269-232c26d210df> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.3fatchicks.com/5-ways-to-prevent-eating-disorders/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00052-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9544 | 725 | 3.546875 | 4 |
Spread the word
Public awareness is really important to securing the future of our bumblebee populations. We want everyone in the UK to know about bumblebees, their important role as pollinators of food crops and wildflowers, and the potential impact of their continuing declines.
Most importantly we want people to know... | <urn:uuid:b7828dca-baf9-468a-ab37-1732e3189468> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://bumblebeeconservation.org/get-involved/volunteering/spread-the-word/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00141-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950572 | 504 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Dr. Miguel AlcubierreThe New Scientist article Science: Surfing to the stars on warped space said
The creators of Star Trek apparently knew a thing or two. According to one researcher in Britain, faster-than-light travel using the kind of “warp drive” used on the USS Enterprise could be achieved without changing the la... | <urn:uuid:911daee8-1736-4f10-bb92-41954d304f13> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://lifeboat.com/ex/bios.miguel.alcubierre | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00025-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.909729 | 670 | 3.421875 | 3 |
Learn strategies to locate and control pests in Minnesota's rural and urban areas.
We have a fourfold approach to pest management: prevention, early detection, rapid response and integrated pest management.
Prevention begins with excluding new invasive species from Minnesota. Pest risk assessments are a way to evaluate... | <urn:uuid:291b0a85-eef5-4bb9-98f4-b0c3e4264b20> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mda.state.mn.us/plants/pestmanagement.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00189-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930671 | 343 | 2.765625 | 3 |
2011 Skyscraper Competition
Osama Mohamed Elghannam, Karim Mohamed Elnabawy, Mohamed Ahmed Khamis, Nesma Mohamed Abobakr
The city of Cairo, in Egypt, has become one of the most polluted cities worldwide. The idea behind this proposal is to recycle the city’s waste and use it as building material for large-scale develop... | <urn:uuid:89f82817-4fb4-4d2b-83ea-a243a4eddb5d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.evolo.us/competition/seeds-of-life-skyscraper/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404382.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00080-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940771 | 177 | 2.703125 | 3 |
Transportation in the Washington, DC metro area has a complicated organizational structure on account of the fact that the area covers two states (Maryland and Virginia) as well as the District of Columbia itself. There is one regional transportation operator , and many of the local governments in the region operate th... | <urn:uuid:66308558-5ea0-4dd3-b76e-e1c2299e675a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://orenstransitpage.com/transit-photography/united-states/washington-dc/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00008-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965881 | 1,000 | 3.203125 | 3 |
In his first report to Mexico, Serra tells of the Indian population around San Gabriel. He says it is larger than at any other Mission, though, unfortunately, of several different tribes who are at war with one another; and the tribes nearest to the sea will not allow others to fish, so that they are often in great wan... | <urn:uuid:e5189c02-8069-4990-9783-91739ca0bff4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.bookrags.com/ebooks/13854/52.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392069.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00122-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97881 | 733 | 3.21875 | 3 |
Our emphasis on paleoclimate stems from the simple fact that most of our knowledge of Earth's climate variability originates from paleoclimate studies of times older than 1 kyr. The historical record of climate is short, spanning about 0.00002% of Earth history. To get a full picture of how Earth's climate operates it ... | <urn:uuid:984cbb51-5da0-4759-ad7e-4973ce2afd49> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.earth.lsa.umich.edu/paleoclimate/research.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00040-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957814 | 156 | 3.359375 | 3 |
No doubt, the water situation in Southern California is confusing.
One report says we have a two-year supply. While this may be true, other customers in the Central Valley are being cut off.
Our water comes through many channels: from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, the Colorado River, and through groundwater that is... | <urn:uuid:7cd694f7-abbb-4a3c-b43b-b530c4b535af> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ocregister.com/articles/water-600830-moisture-deep.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396959.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00029-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952124 | 729 | 3.234375 | 3 |
Climate Change Shuffles the Deck for Fishery Managers
Time to update U.S. ocean law
Black sea bass at Gray's Reef National Marine Sanctuary, Georgia.
In 2012 and 2013, sea temperatures along the New England coast spiked, shattering records that stretch back a century and a half. As the waters warmed, fishermen hauled i... | <urn:uuid:8512cf6e-fcd6-4e75-91e9-1f3197618270> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/analysis/2016/02/23/msa-40-climate-change-shuffles-the-deck-for-fishery-managers | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00197-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923568 | 751 | 3.390625 | 3 |
Their Cultural Heritage and Its Transformation
Iranians possess such an “enormous national pride,” says Parviz Saney of his fellow countrymen, that they “as a whole never acknowledge defeat.” While this inner strength has often served them well in the darker periods of their twenty-five hundred years as a people, it is... | <urn:uuid:ce46eea4-645c-4e0a-a87e-b48c75f919e9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.forewordreviews.com/reviews/the-iranians/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396538.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00096-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959005 | 840 | 2.875 | 3 |
Always wear thick gloves and safety goggles when reglazing or repairing a damaged window containing broken glass.
A broken window is both a security risk and a safety hazard.
Replacement glass, new sprigs - angular metal nails (wooden frame), wire clips (metal frame), adhesive tape (optional), glass cutter (optional), ... | <urn:uuid:c2c2bd51-4f85-4b69-afcf-7a366569d9fe> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.diynot.com/pages/wd/wd001.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395546.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00190-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917864 | 921 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Known to the Nepalese as Sagarmatha, which means “Goddess of the Sky,” Mount Everest holds a fascination among adventurers as the ultimate mountain-climbing achievement. Situated in the Himalayan range along the border between Nepal and Tibet, Everest’s superlative height among the giants of the Himalayas adds to both ... | <urn:uuid:afda8855-7da5-46b5-b2a9-6fb557157d41> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.weatherwise.org/Archives/Back%20Issues/2009/May-June%202009/full-retrospect.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397842.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00169-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966971 | 1,604 | 3.515625 | 4 |
June 7, 2014 11:02:52 PM
A woodpecker may not make a good football mascot, but Mississippi State University researchers think this bird's shock-absorbing beak may help them design a better football helmet.
Lakiesha Williams, assistant professor of agriculture and biological engineering in the university's Mississippi A... | <urn:uuid:0e96d791-0989-4378-874f-09ffe9c01b9c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cdispatch.com/printerfriendly.asp?aid=33982 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395620.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00051-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945446 | 701 | 3.421875 | 3 |
As a boy growing up during the late 1950s and 1960s in southwest Atlanta, Marc Stewart didn’t have to go far to find treasure.
He put a metal detector he received to good use.
“I found belt buckles in our front yard,” said Stewart, now 58.
Besides weapon parts, Stewart salvaged other accoutrements of Civil War soldiers... | <urn:uuid:69add542-82f7-48b1-8f5f-abcfcb8f0d8a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://civil-war-picket.blogspot.com/2011/05/utoy-creek-atlanta-civil-war-battle-of.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00108-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964943 | 2,393 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Hugo De Vries
Hugo De Vries (February 21, 1848 – May 21, 1935) was a Dutch botanist and one of the first geneticists. He is known chiefly for suggesting the concept of genes, rediscovering the laws of heredity in the 1890s while unaware of Gregor Mendel's work, for introducing the term "mutation", and for developing a ... | <urn:uuid:263a83c8-6e91-41b9-85db-82c898816b16> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Hugo_De_Vries | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397562.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00074-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971229 | 448 | 3.46875 | 3 |
[ An image of Seollal ]
Hello, those who love AT&D Korea. Jan 23rd is indeed Seollal ! It is considered one of Korea's biggest holidays, and it can be seen as January 1st in the lunar calendar, in other words, Korea's New Year.
On this day, all the people go back to their hometowns, gather around with their families an... | <urn:uuid:e0a873e6-2003-4f0e-acda-a6717c1ea020> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.hancinema.net/korean-new-year-seollal-is-coming--37820.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00112-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946228 | 1,444 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Who Invented Baseball
Baseball’s history is fascinating, and a lot of politics is involved, which seems sad for a game that is America’s national pastime and has been for nearly 200 years. Nobody knows who actually invented baseball but a couple of names, Abner Doubleday, and Alexander Cartwright have been linked with ... | <urn:uuid:4a532607-37ef-46d3-94d9-383a94aeda47> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://who-invented-baseball.blogspot.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00194-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980257 | 561 | 3.625 | 4 |
MSU lands first drone
Farmers can now get a birds-eye view of their fields – in full HD – thanks to Michigan State University landing its first drone.
MSU researchers are using its first unmanned aerial vehicle to help farmers maximize yields by improving nitrogen and water management and reducing environmental impact ... | <urn:uuid:4ea8dab1-c285-4b1a-bf95-e63d7851bedc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://msutoday.msu.edu/news/2013/msu-lands-first-drone/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00185-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939705 | 788 | 3.40625 | 3 |
Pennsylvania Hearing Screening Requirements for Newborns and School-Aged Children
The following information summarizes hearing screening programs for newborns and school-aged children.
The information has been collected by researching individual state statutes, regulations, policy documents, and by contacting each stat... | <urn:uuid:a1f7a0db-7ee4-442f-be14-6aa46eb1f939> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.asha.org/Advocacy/state/info/PA/Pennsylvania-Hearing-Screening-Requirements.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00190-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929148 | 696 | 2.765625 | 3 |
In addition to the current epidemic of vitamin D deficiency, say another epidemic—an epidemic of autism—was upon our children? What if the autism epidemic began at the same time the epidemic of vitamin D deficiency began? What if both epidemics had worsened in unison? What if one theory explained all the unexplained fa... | <urn:uuid:8409b3d9-f657-44c6-9e09-4ec36539ea0b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.empowher.com/autism/content/vitamin-d-theory-autism | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00192-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938363 | 358 | 3.265625 | 3 |
And it's not just that many teens are couch potatoes, the academy argues in the July issue of Pediatrics: TV advertising drives sales of junk food, children and teens tend to snack while watching TV or online, and late-night use may interfere with sleep.
"We've created a perfect storm" of conditions that predispose you... | <urn:uuid:09978731-293e-460f-813a-12fefda21fb9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.medpagetoday.com/Pediatrics/Obesity/27280 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403823.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00030-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960382 | 946 | 2.875 | 3 |
Overview of the plant life of the Scarborough area
Fynbos, Strandveld and Seashore Vegetation
By Nick Helme
Scarborough lies near the southern tip of the Cape Peninsula, an area renowned for its exceptionally high plant diversity, and for the high proportion of species that are endemic (restricted) to the area. Three p... | <urn:uuid:a874112d-5b85-408d-b360-69ba39c527e5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://scarborough.org.za/eco-info/fynbos/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00147-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940135 | 1,417 | 3.5 | 4 |
Beginner classes are for dancers with little to
no dancing experience. Tap, Jazz, and Ballet
are learned in beginner classes. They perform three dances at the recital. Social instruction and turn taking
are taught in this level as well as beginning tap and
ballet technique that is added onto in more advanced levels. Ja... | <urn:uuid:a30dab95-4204-453e-a7b0-cb3522a494fc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.happyfeetdance.net/id4.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00189-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940667 | 476 | 2.609375 | 3 |
If you want to understand China’s reform-era growing pains you can do a lot worse than dig into the coal industry. Coal powers China’s industry, pollutes its environment, and is the site of conflict for the state and private entrepreneurs – each eager to monopolize control of a precious resource.
Tim Wright of the Univ... | <urn:uuid:a60f3910-9403-41d4-8d7c-0fd026f56c41> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://blogs.wsj.com/chinarealtime/2012/02/02/eight-questions-tim-wright-black-gold-and-blood-stained-coal/?mod=google_news_blog | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00077-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967738 | 1,342 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Summertime is a time of great peril for young children as we are often unaware of how much body fluid they have lost through sweating. Dehydration happens quickly. If may occur due to hot weather and or over dressing your child. Babies are unable to regulate their body temperatures which means they are more effected by... | <urn:uuid:8da8cb92-c83f-460d-8655-e21172aeef7a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cradle2kindy.com.au/_bpost_1159/How_to_Prevent_and_Treat_Dehydration_in_Children | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398209.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00097-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931575 | 529 | 2.765625 | 3 |
March 30, 2008
Sugar: Your Sweet Tooth Craves It, but Your Body Doesn’t Need It
By Julie Deardorff
Sugar, sorry to say, can make us sick. The most popular alternative, artificial sweeteners, have long posed health concerns and may lead to weight gain.Enter stevia, a calorie-free herb said to be up to 300 times sweeter ... | <urn:uuid:90e9ab9d-e320-4e5a-8245-cb097b12a148> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/1318170/sugar_your_sweet_tooth_craves_it_but_your_body_doesnt/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393442.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00045-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952223 | 3,205 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Regarded from the point of view of scientific productivity, the Vatican is the busiest scientific workshop in Rome. Scientific materials of the highest order and in astonishing abundance are stored up in the palace, access to them is easily obtained, and the conditions for work are most favourable. Apart from the most ... | <urn:uuid:0efb136e-8e1f-4aec-a8aa-d007a8c84b43> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.catholic.org/encyclopedia/view.php?id=11932 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397744.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00085-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.909017 | 9,325 | 2.859375 | 3 |
A mother massages her baby's foot.
- The definition of a foot is the end or last of something or 12 inches.
- An example of foot is the part of the body that goes in a shoe.
- An example of foot is the bottom of a bed.
- An example of foot is the length of a ruler.
- Foot is defined as to walk, dance or go via the feet... | <urn:uuid:9c249156-762d-4ccf-9fd9-684be1addac3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.yourdictionary.com/foot | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396949.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00199-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.89229 | 2,522 | 3.46875 | 3 |
Everybody’s going green these days, and it’s been reported that even the soldiers in Australia will soon be joining the movement. The Australian National University (ANU) have managed to create wearable lightweight solar panels that convert light directly into electricity using SILVER solar cell technology. Designed fo... | <urn:uuid:a1ab1cd9-675d-4bdb-84d6-d1837604e52d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ubergizmo.com/2011/08/australian-soldiers-to-be-powered-by-the-sun/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00171-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968734 | 246 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Using SPSS and PASW/Chi-Square
The Chi-Square test is used when trying to find a relationship between two nominal or ordinal variables. To reiterate, a nominal variable is one that is only measured by naming categories such as class, quality or kind. An ordinal variable is similar to a nominal variable, but the categor... | <urn:uuid:34d3ba15-afd9-4041-a755-bd2f2265f6cc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Using_SPSS_and_PASW/Chi-Square | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391634.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00074-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937632 | 732 | 4 | 4 |
The science mission began roughly 90 days after the spacecraft was captured into orbit about Mars. The primary science phase lasted for 917 Earth days. The science orbit inclination is 93.1 degrees, which results in a nearly Sun-synchronous orbit. The orbit period is just under two hours. Successive ground tracks are s... | <urn:uuid:c10649a1-1e12-4ccf-b630-3edadd33f18a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/odyssey/mission/timeline/mtscienceops/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00166-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.904022 | 180 | 4 | 4 |
When the Mars Exploration Rover, Opportunity, landed on Meridiani Planum in January 2004, it quickly found what it had been sent from Earth to find: evidence of liquid water in the Martian past.
Opportunity was targeted on Meridiani because remote sensing from orbit by the Thermal Emission Spectrometer (TES) on NASA's ... | <urn:uuid:29f1e3fe-bf92-437e-b83f-cb6bd8744853> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://marsprogram.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/images/?ImageID=5260 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00128-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.906934 | 287 | 4.1875 | 4 |
Even the most patient and mild-mannered of us can often find our tempers frayed at holiday time. But many people have a short fuse at the best of times.
Here is a tip for identifying what is usually the source of a short temper, and an excellent helpful hint for overcoming it.
Short tempers are often the result of perf... | <urn:uuid:3516c554-87cd-4a60-a8d8-320efa13dff9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.care2.com/greenliving/overcome-a-short-temper.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00044-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967735 | 439 | 2.640625 | 3 |
GLOBAL: More extreme weather in poorer countries
Friday, December 14, 2007
Developing countries top a 2008 Climate Risk Index released in the Indonesian island of Bali, where the United Nations climate change conference is taking place.
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Dial or dash?
Union forces used two types of telegraphy: the dial (or Beardslee) and the Morse. The dial telegraph could be set up quickly, giving it great flexibility. Operators needed to be literate but not as highly trained as Morse operators. Chief Signal Officer Albert Myer advocated the dial system; the Military ... | <urn:uuid:fe25b271-94da-4f91-9df6-f6e9188f676b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.digitalvaults.org/record/11807.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399117.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00198-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966018 | 174 | 3.53125 | 4 |
Charles Cotterell's Arithmetical Compendium
In 1667, Sir Charles Cotterel (1615–1701), an English courtier and translator, suggested a calculating instrument, called arithmetical compendium (Instrument for Arithmetick). It was a combination of Napier's rods with a bead abacus, used to avoid writing down the partial pro... | <urn:uuid:85608f88-48d8-4851-9fef-9a43a2bc7966> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://history-computer.com/CalculatingTools/Gadgets/Cotterell.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396029.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00039-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.912228 | 304 | 3.171875 | 3 |
This slide shows a comparison of rift zones on the three largest terrestrial planets. The Venus SAR image is of Devana Chasma as it runs from Theia Mons in the north to Phoebe Regio in the south. On Earth, digital topography and bathymetry are used to create this shaded relief portrayal of the East African rift system ... | <urn:uuid:717c2557-5105-44c1-8793-66f2960779a7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.lpi.usra.edu/publications/slidesets/venus/slide_40.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00185-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.891232 | 137 | 2.921875 | 3 |
Transposable Elements Are Key to Genome Regulation
by Jeffrey P. Tomkins, Ph.D. *
In the age of 'omics' research, such terms as genome, transcriptome, and proteome now describe aspects of vast molecular networks in the seemingly infinite complexity of how DNA functions in the cell. Adding to these areas of research is ... | <urn:uuid:afc5efa5-3937-482f-924c-0e9bc020ccd7> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.icr.org/article/7388/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00119-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.903862 | 979 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Your high school years can be some of the most
important years of your life. It is important that
every student makes the most of every opportunity
they get during these years to ensure they finish
their school years successfully. The following page
will outline the basic steps students should undertake
during their st... | <urn:uuid:aa5a7a93-7993-43c4-8e54-15efbe5e2926> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.boredofstudies.org/studying.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393093.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00148-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.893709 | 2,999 | 3.234375 | 3 |
Cancer can call upon a bewildering array of genetic tricks to wreak havoc, but Yale researchers show in the August 8 online edition of the journal Nature that the disease can become dependant upon a tiny gene that allows it to adapt and proliferate.
The identification of such an “oncogene addiction” within a tumor mean... | <urn:uuid:9b4c8c6d-6f17-4ebf-af51-1c2bf9799d7e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.yale.edu/2010/08/08/cancer-s-addiction-spurs-new-treatment-hopes | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00140-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950631 | 422 | 3.140625 | 3 |
A frustrated mother from Centennial, Colo., recently complained about her young son crying in the car on the way home from school each day. Worried, the mother spoke with teachers, volunteered in the classroom and regularly watched her son happily learning and playing on the school’s online cameras. After several weeks... | <urn:uuid:78271dd3-4e73-48c7-8b7b-f0bf5d06be66> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865600452/Self-care-Finding-tools-to-handle-difficult-emotions.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395613.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00133-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942475 | 935 | 3.234375 | 3 |
The Battle of 73 Easting was a decisive tank battle fought on 26 February 1991, during the Gulf War, between American-British armored forces and those of the Iraqi Republican Guard. The battle took place several hours after the Battle of Al Busayyah. It was named for a UTM north-south coordinate line (an "Easting", mea... | <urn:uuid:d14ef390-f132-4ee5-8bc1-b709d360d8b5> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://gulfwar1991.blogspot.com/2010/10/desert-storm-tank-battles.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392527.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00110-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97845 | 302 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Modest power audio amplifiers for driving small speakers or other light loads can be constructed in a number of ways. The first choice is usually an integrated circuit designed for the purpose. A typical assortment can be seen on this National Semiconductor page. Discrete designs can also be built with readily availabl... | <urn:uuid:074c3898-1cb0-4e1f-9357-0b9449b2c343> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://radiobuilder.blogspot.com/2010/02/audio-amplifier6-simple-circuits.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397111.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00071-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.913493 | 2,086 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Optimizing Skewed Joins
A join of 2 large data tables is done by a set of MapReduce jobs which first sorts the tables based on the join key and then joins them. The Mapper gives all rows with a particular key to the same Reducer.
e.g., Suppose we have table A with a key column, "id" which has values 1, 2, 3 and 4, and ... | <urn:uuid:1509a7b1-ca69-4a8b-a54f-b290892e6237> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/Hive/Skewed+Join+Optimization | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402699.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00005-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93567 | 836 | 2.5625 | 3 |
The number of great white sharks is on the rise off both the east and west coasts of the United States, two new studies show.
The species had been feared to be in decline, but the research suggests conservation efforts have given great whites a boost.
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Manual handling is a major cause of workplace injury and disease in the health industry, yet many manual handling injuries are highly preventable. Injuries arising from manual handling may be acute or chronic and may affect almost any part of the body. Acute injuries include sprains and strains, cuts, bruises, fracture... | <urn:uuid:4cbbfc16-2196-4be4-8d57-94da1be1bed4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nswhealth.moodle.com.au/DOH/Manual_Handling.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00191-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930458 | 192 | 2.84375 | 3 |
The Highlanders' Removal
Growth and Development
Founding of Harvey Settlement
A fourth party of settlers, totalling approximately 137 farm labourers and tradesmen hailing primarily from the northeastern Border region of England and Scotland, disembarked at Saint John on 14 July 1837. Intending to join the Stanley settl... | <urn:uuid:a3341852-e2f8-4584-84cd-fa84f57eab65> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://archives.gnb.ca/Exhibits/PlannedSettlements/TextViewer.aspx?culture=en-CA&t=Stanley&p=14of20 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394937.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00195-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966505 | 273 | 3.5 | 4 |
(the latter form,
as a neuter noun of the third declension, is common in the oblique cases and
in the plural), a Roman measure of surface, 240 feet in length and 120 in
breadth, containing therefore 28,800 square feet (Varr. R. R.
1.10; L. L.
5.35 M. ; Colum. R. R.
Plin. Nat. 18.9
, cf. § 178;
Quint. Inst. 1.10.42
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'Mudupu' literally means to fold. When we are in trouble, we take a coin and tie it up in a clean cloth (at one of its end) with a declaration in front of Sri Venkateswar... | <urn:uuid:e6075200-f2ff-4502-974c-bcc0e6324f8f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ammas.com/topics/Spirituality/a146971.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396027.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00132-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.890141 | 292 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, affects about one in three adults in the U.S. Researchers in the lab of Agnieszka Balkowiec, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of integrative biosciences in the OHSU School of Dentistry, have contributed their expertise to a project led by Fawzy Elbarbry, Ph.D., associate professor ... | <urn:uuid:86fd4096-23c3-45d6-93cf-90c5543188a4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ohsu.edu/blogs/researchnews/2014/05/28/study-compound-found-in-broccoli-and-cauliflower-lowers-blood-pressure/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397864.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00121-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927806 | 340 | 2.71875 | 3 |
This movie sequence from Cassini shows dark drapes in the inner strands of the F ring caused by the gravitational influence of the shepherd moon Prometheus (86 kilometers, 53 miles across).
Prometheus appears first in the sequence, interior to the F ring, and Pandora (81 kilometers, 50 miles across) follows along outsi... | <urn:uuid:ea3296f9-31eb-4fda-bb9a-5d8d623ecfc0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://ciclops.org/view.php?id=1361 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394987.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00200-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.901402 | 393 | 3.5 | 4 |
Watery ‘Oil Spill’ at Nesmith Library
by Lynne Ober
Debbie, 7, drew a beautiful flower in a flower pot and then, with water drops, turned it into an abstract picture.
It may be winter school vacation, but kids everywhere are still learning. The multimedia room at Windham’s Nesmith Library was filled to capacity for a f... | <urn:uuid:23f89ab4-6339-4da8-8190-b04024fbf29f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.areanewsgroup.com/archives/2008/0229/PWN.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00018-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975754 | 7,683 | 2.71875 | 3 |
The Federal Housing Administration does not lend money directly to home buyers. Instead, it insures the mortgages approved lenders provide so that low- and medium-income borrowers can have access to more flexible and affordable mortgages. However, the FHA requires that all properties meet its minimum property standards... | <urn:uuid:45759050-0af4-47ac-805c-e48011c1c648> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://homeguides.sfgate.com/fha-building-specs-7351.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396538.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00058-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939899 | 414 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Developments in the macroeconomy have inevitable consequences for agriculture. Key factors linking agriculture to the U.S. and global macroeconomy are exchange rates, international trade, foreign and domestic income, employment, interest rates, and energy costs. International and domestic macroeconomic shocks can cause... | <urn:uuid:b8f347fe-92d4-4de6-bea7-eccf6d7bfbc0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/international-markets-trade/macroeconomics-agriculture.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00193-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.891202 | 166 | 2.703125 | 3 |
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PERIOD IV. 1763-1789. THE REVOLUTION.
Chap. I.--Causes of the Revolution, p. 101.
Chap. II.--The War.
I. From the Opening of the War to the Declaration of Independence, p. 111.
II. From the Declaration of Independence to the Invasion of Georgia.-- War chiefly in the North, p. 119.
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What is Eight queens puzzle?
The eight queens puzzle is the problem of putting eight chess queens on an 8x8 chessboard such that none of them is able to capture any other using the standard chess queen's moves. The queens must be placed in such a way that no two queens would be able to attack each other. Thus, a soluti... | <urn:uuid:a7d375fa-7732-473e-87ba-aa87e668cabc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/uploadfile/prathore/eight-queens-puzzle-and-its-solution-using-C-Sharp-net/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403823.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00145-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908067 | 846 | 3.5 | 4 |
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Frazer's Golden Bough
Shelf of Fiction
Ten Days That Shook the World
> Chapter 11. The Conquest of Power
Ten Days That Shook the World.
The Conquest of Power
App. XI, Sect. 1
DECLARATION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE PEOPLES OF RUSSIA
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An astronaut-focused history of NASA's first 30 years.
Hersch (Science, Technology and Society/Univ. of Pennsylvania) debuts with an analysis of the astronauts as a special subset of professional skilled laborers, along with an examination of their part in the evolution of the technological systems developed for the Ap... | <urn:uuid:7b63b07a-c61c-4671-bcba-face5b8b5188> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/matthew-hersch/inventing-american-astronaut/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399428.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00102-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972542 | 363 | 3.140625 | 3 |
On 3/12/2013 8:06 PM, Math Guy wrote: > Looking for some thoughts about how to understand this problem. > > A closed loop (an irregular ring) is defined by a set of n points in > space. > > Each point has an (x,y,z) coordinate. The points are not co-planar. > Typically, this ring would approximate the perimeter of a ho... | <urn:uuid:c4719628-0f0a-494c-9f0a-fd943ac8503b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://mathforum.org/kb/message.jspa?messageID=8626343 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00182-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956208 | 706 | 2.578125 | 3 |
Read-Aloud Lesson: Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez
Harvesting Hope: The Story of Cesar Chavez | 800L
- Learning Goal
- Identify the actions Cesar Chavez took to help farmworkers, the results of those actions, and the historical significance of those results.
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What can I do on the last few days of school? This year (my first as a teacher), my exams were over, projects were completed, and my grades were turned in. But after that it was hard to keep the students focused.
—Angie, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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A: There are several types of freezes, explains Brent McRoberts of Texas A&M University, and they are classified according to their severity. “In general terms, a hard freeze occurs when the air temperature is 26 degrees or lower for at least four hours. Because of the cold temperatures, it usually means that many type... | <urn:uuid:7064f992-fc98-487f-8835-d3c170e819bf> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://thekatynews.com/2014/01/10/weather-whys-what-is-a-hard-freeze/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397748.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00077-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958175 | 211 | 3.59375 | 4 |
Sohl, F. (2009) Comparison of the Jovian and Saturnian satellites. European Space Agency (ESA-ESTEC), Research and Scientific Support Department (RSSD) Open Seminar , 2009-12-11, Noordwijk, the Netherlands.
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The understanding of outer planet satellites has improved considera... | <urn:uuid:f7448069-884e-4ecb-a223-9dff8d75fa8e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://elib.dlr.de/61802/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394414.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00067-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.801048 | 748 | 2.515625 | 3 |
“Late at night, I cried. When I thought about who I used to be and what I used to be able to do, I felt frightened and alone. Then the self-pity would kick in, and that made me feel ashamed,” writes author Kara Swanson. After her brain injury, Kara experienced significant bouts of depression, especially early on in her... | <urn:uuid:8e076dd7-1eed-40a9-a3af-0dce5c6d0202> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.brainline.org/landing_pages/categories/depression.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00196-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962801 | 522 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Burlington, Vermont, already considered to be one of the United States’s most environmentally progressive cities, has added another line to its impressive green resume. Just recently, the city finalized its transition to relying 100% on renewable resources for its energy.
Burlington is Vermont’s large city, though that... | <urn:uuid:2724fdf5-f710-47dc-a0d1-b6fd3e718c39> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.care2.com/causes/burlington-vermont-is-now-100-powered-by-renewable-energy.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399385.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00099-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965978 | 561 | 3.203125 | 3 |
This composite image is taken from a three-dimensional simulation performed to help scientists better understand the sequence of events that led to the containment failure of the Baneberry underground test in December 1970.
Full size image available here.
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Posted: June 23, 2006
First quantum dot display manufactured
(Nanowerk News) QD Vision, Inc. announced it has manufactured the world's first quantum dot display ("QD Display"). The company said the monochrome display demonstrates the m... | <urn:uuid:a97967ef-ba78-4a6b-941e-63964c369713> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=593.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397749.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00199-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.883584 | 429 | 2.53125 | 3 |
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Sonora Louise Smart Dodd is known as the “Mother of Father’s Day.” She began trying to make Father’s Day an officially recognized holiday in 1909.
Sonora Smart was born on February 18, 1882, in Jenny Lind (Sebastian County), the daughter of Wi... | <urn:uuid:c463c8dc-0df9-40bd-9e84-6b1113a41ad2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/encyclopedia/entry-detail.aspx?entryID=2762&type=Gender&item=Female&parent=&grandparent= | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397795.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00000-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95992 | 587 | 3.359375 | 3 |
Creating a Distribution List
Users often have more than one distribution list. So, it is common for a user to create a subdirectory in his or her home directory on AFS called, for example, "dl", "dists", or "dlists." In the following example, we assume that Joe User (ju33) has a subdirectory called "dlists" in which he... | <urn:uuid:9ef0630f-fae6-4763-a57f-ea5c10ad9ec8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.cmu.edu/computing/email/mail-groups/dlists/creating.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783394605.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154954-00101-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930422 | 1,349 | 2.59375 | 3 |
A huge canvas spread between two banks of lake Lagoda in Russia, reminds us of a sailing ship, being carried by the wind. At a time of huge demand for new solutions in the field of renewable energy sources, architect Laurie Chetwood suggests a literal wind dam, that captures and channels the wind into a turbine. Far di... | <urn:uuid:b32d577a-2f7c-44ad-abd3-a371c75e9ef9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://obviousmag.org/en/archives/2007/11/wind_dam_a_new_eolian_generator.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400572.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00151-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967715 | 472 | 3.15625 | 3 |
The deadly hemorrhagic fever Ebola was first discovered in 1976, and it has haunted the public imagination for twenty years, ever since the publication of Richard Preston’s “The Hot Zone.” Yet, in all that time, no drug has ever been approved to treat the disease. Now the deadliest outbreak yet is raging in West Africa... | <urn:uuid:cc772618-0fd5-4753-8e0f-458282ce8767> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/08/25/ebolanomics | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397744.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00002-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967199 | 1,183 | 3.265625 | 3 |
The public has had a hard time accepting government claims that dispersants used to fight the Gulf of Mexico oil spill are safe, but scientists Tuesday told a presidential commission studying the disaster that much of the fear is unfounded.
Mathy Stanislaus, the Environmental Protection Agency's assistant administrator... | <urn:uuid:19bbe578-b018-48b5-8290-22d7b4e9f35d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nola.com/news/gulf-oil-spill/index.ssf/2010/07/presidential_oil_spill_commiss.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393146.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00025-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963243 | 723 | 2.65625 | 3 |
Long-haul optics refers to the transmission of visible light signals over optical fiber cable for great distances, especially without or with minimal use of repeaters. Normally, repeaters are necessary at intervals in a length of fiber optic cable to keep the signal quality from deteriorating to the point of non-usabil... | <urn:uuid:43cc06f7-fc3f-4f0f-905a-517697dc42c0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://searchnetworking.techtarget.com/definition/long-haul-optics | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00192-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.90932 | 368 | 3.640625 | 4 |
Living in the deep reaches of outer space, in Texas. Via Popular Science:
It’s not going to send anyone to deep space. But it does give us a tantalizing look at what it’ll look when NASA does take the next steps in space travel.
Engineers at Marshall Space Flight Center and experts Johnson Space Center in Houston are t... | <urn:uuid:3e20f71b-b7f0-4dbb-a249-94a164643acc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://disinfo.com/2012/10/nasa-building-a-prototype-deep-space-habitat-in-texas/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397744.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00137-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924628 | 287 | 2.984375 | 3 |
One of the things we look forward to every fall is visiting the apple orchard. Since it's still too early to pick apples, we settled for making our own apple trees from toilet paper rolls, tissue paper, and a bingo marker. This 3-D apple tree craft is so easy that my preschoolers could do it without help and so cute th... | <urn:uuid:14ef9046-9b31-46e5-bf80-99ae050c10a3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.readingconfetti.com/2013/09/easy-apple-tree-preschool-craft.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397428.37/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00189-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946877 | 355 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Albert Han, Pre-Arts (Music)
Use of electronics in urban music
To study how urban music (eg hip hop) and music technology coincide. Hip-hop is completly electronic with spoken word, this music could only have come with the advancments in music technology. Study with local artists as well as readings and much listening ... | <urn:uuid:e7300e6b-aa8e-430e-99b9-f81401280186> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.washington.edu/cartah/projects/06spring/han.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00028-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961625 | 120 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Houston’s freeway system includes 575.5 miles of freeways and expressways in the 10-county metro area. The State of Texas plans to spend $5.06 billion on Houston area highways between 2002 and 2007. Houston freeways are heavily traveled and often under construction to meet the demands of continuing growth. Interstate 4... | <urn:uuid:f0af0d38-3105-40d7-93d7-2ca9ab902b3d> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thefullwiki.org/Transportation_in_Houston | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399522.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00086-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950752 | 1,588 | 2.75 | 3 |
For the person responding, can you please explain the logic of how you set up the equation.
Thank anyone who responds in advance
Q) The sum of two numbers is 15. Three times one of the numbers is 11 less than five times the other. Find the numbers.
*from the back of the book, I already know that the answer is 6, 7,
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Coffee lowers risk of prostate cancer: StudyMay 21st, 2011 - 4:51 pm ICT by IANS
New York, May 21 (IANS) Men who are heavy coffee drinkers are at lower risk for prostate cancer, says a study.
The researchers found that those who consumed six or more cups a day were almost 20 percent less likely to develop prostate canc... | <urn:uuid:2b74c553-1d17-4036-90da-9634c74612e2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/health1/coffee-lowers-risk-of-prostate-cancer-study_100537609.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396459.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00044-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932327 | 640 | 2.5625 | 3 |
If there is a weapon that reflects our times, it is the improvised explosive device (IED). These weapons come in myriad forms– whether it's the suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest approaching a checkpoint in Afghanistan, the command-detonated roadside bombs encountered by troops in Iraq or, indeed, the seizure of ... | <urn:uuid:2f0045cb-701d-4896-b133-893af87a05f8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://disarmamentinsight.blogspot.com/2009_04_01_archive.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403825.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00148-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946608 | 1,168 | 2.515625 | 3 |
THERE was a poet who had acquired the spotless eye of truth, and he believed in the Buddha, whose doctrine gave him peace of mind and comfort in the hour of affliction. It happened that an epidemic swept over the country in which he lived, so that many died, and the people were terrified. Some of them trembled with fri... | <urn:uuid:18b1ebf3-ca92-4992-aee1-745dee1bda68> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://sacred-texts.com/bud/btg/btg44.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783404405.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155004-00122-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962446 | 814 | 2.59375 | 3 |
Indonesian, an Austronesian language, is a standardized form of Malay and is spoken throughout Indonesia. About 30 million people speak Indonesian as their first language and a further 140 million speak it as a second language. Indonesia is a linguistically diverse region where the Indonesian language acts as a lingua ... | <urn:uuid:29d5b11d-4723-4a98-b312-0042aa3d2c69> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.omniglot.com/writing/indonesian.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00137-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.8523 | 463 | 3.515625 | 4 |
NEW YORK (Nov. 25)
Did you know that Thanksgiving is really a Jewish holiday?
Although Thanksgiving is not on the Jewish calendar, historians believe that Sukkot may have inspired America’s favorite farewell to fall, often nicknamed “Turkey Day.”
Today Thanksgiving is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November, but ... | <urn:uuid:b38ccd95-de59-4a7e-82fe-553bb9c830fc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.jta.org/2003/11/26/jewish-holidays/sukkot/holiday-feature-thanksgiving-may-have-roots-in-a-jewish-holiday-sukkot | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397567.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00143-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916428 | 1,962 | 3.609375 | 4 |
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