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Resources: Lightning science and safety
During every minute of every day, roughly 1,800 thunderstorms
are creating lightning somewhere on Earth. Though the chances of being struck
by lightning are estimated at 1 in 700,000, these huge electrical sparks are
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Thursday, June 30, 2005
After driving across Nevada this week, I considered how difficult it is to find water in a barren desert. Even if you know where mountains are, it's hard to predict where water will be. Now think how hard it would have been for Joseph Smith to correctly specify the location of flowing water in t... | <urn:uuid:1475e547-97c5-4bb5-910f-ccd5eba59685> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://mormanity.blogspot.com/2005/06/rivers-in-desert.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396029.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00112-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964017 | 201 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Just because people seem confused on all this (for some reason).
Before 1535, England, Wales, Ireland and Scotland were legally separate countries. Following the English conquest of Ireland in the 12th century and of Wales in the 13th, England, Ireland and Wales had a single ruler, who was styled King of England and Lo... | <urn:uuid:ac1f1bcc-cb7d-4adc-a750-a3fd17773006> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.johnband.org/blog/tag/gb/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00131-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971323 | 984 | 3.34375 | 3 |
This was said at a lecture I attended:
$e$ is neutral element for operation $*$ if $\forall x (x*e=x \wedge e*x = x)$.
So, for example 0 is n. e. for disjunction and 1 is n. e. for conjuction (the truth value of disj./conj. equals that of $x$).
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By John Annaloro
First and foremost, it is important to note that the first financial institution on record in the United States was a financial cooperative (like us), not a commercial bank. It emerged in 1732, with a focus on agriculture and business lending, in New London, Conn. It was regulated (Source: Farm Credit ... | <urn:uuid:9cb72038-8ac9-4bb8-ae92-361b85999b29> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nwcua.org/index.php/MemberResources/anthem/Entry/a-sit-down-with-the-ceo-john-annaloro-discusses-the-history-behind-the-mbl-cap | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00170-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959603 | 795 | 2.765625 | 3 |
Fitness FAQs-- By SparkPeople Experts
Should I use the Cardio Tracker or my machine to figure out how many calories my exercise burned?
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Romania During the Second World War (1941 - 1945)
The break out of the war and the fall of France in June 1940, surprised Bucharest, leaving it without allies.
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Perplexing Poverty Point Figurines
Archaeologists have found over a hundred clay figurines at the Poverty Point site. They think that these statues may have been sacred or religious objects. The figurines are of seated or kneeling women who have no legs or arms. Some of the women appear to be pregnant. The heads of the... | <urn:uuid:6befe502-08f9-49e9-886d-9d44634bd364> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.crt.louisiana.gov/dataprojects/archaeology/activity_guides/ppexpeditions/figurineshandout.html | 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 | 0.958347 | 452 | 3.890625 | 4 |
The term Internet stands for a broad network of computers which are interconnected and facilitate data transmission using a standard form of protocols such as TCP-IP.
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The first lighthouse, built for about $3,000, was finished in 1829 along with a five-room keeper's house. A system of 10 lamps and reflectors sent light in every direction.
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Photo: Thomas Hawk
In the early 20th Century something was happening in the United States. In addition to the struggles of the Depression and two world wars – Islam in America was changing. At least among one population.
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Are they healthy? Happy or depressed? Mellow or stressed? Do they get enough exercise? If they lived in larger groups, would they reproduce more reliably? If they were free to choose how they spend their days, and with whom, would it be better for them?
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Buy New Mexico Fruit Trees, Nut Tree, Bamboo-Berry Plants, Flowering Trees, Shade Tree, and Grapevines
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Folly Alert: Congress Poised to Restart Nuclear Waste Reprocessing
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Heartburn is a common stomach discomfort that affects approximately 60 million Americans annually and about 25 million adults daily. Heartburn gets its name from the chest pains that regularly accompany it—pains that can be so severe you may think you're having a heart attack.
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What is a Favicon?
A Favicon is a small square icon associated with a website or a web page. In a browser, it is typically displayed before a web page’s address in the address bar and also before the name of the web page in the list of bookmarks, if you add it your Favorites. So “Favorites Icon” is where the name Favic... | <urn:uuid:bd231bb5-1a47-4004-8d3a-a00ad24d9847> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://cssjockey.com/how-to-create-a-favicon-and-why-should-you-use-one/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399522.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00054-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.856186 | 1,574 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Making Cold Process Soap
We all care about the ingredients we're using on our skin! Once you realize how fun and easy it is to gather everything you need to make your own soap, and how much nicer your homemade soap is than normal synthetic commercially produced soap, you'll never go back.
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[from Plexus Publishing]
Biology Digest is a comprehensive abstracts
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Legend Of Hoston-stone
( Originally Published Late 1800's )
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Posted on February 12th, 2014 by Rachel
Here in the Education Department at the Jewish Museum of Maryland we’ve come up with a fun and creative way to construct a Stereoscope. What’s a Stereoscope, you say? Well, a stereoscope is a mechanical tool used to view images that are side-by-side depicting a scene as seen inde... | <urn:uuid:00a8fd0f-da1b-444e-926a-695de9e84f80> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://jewishmuseummd.org/tag/stereoscope/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783391519.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154951-00005-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945892 | 257 | 3.421875 | 3 |
AFTER a two day coaching on how to use art to tell stories on Gender Based Violence, 18 participants in got down to business to use drawings to tell stories of violence against women and children. Participants sat in a circle and first shared their stories and supported each other as a way of opening up to beginning th... | <urn:uuid:f7cda587-91a4-42aa-910a-09548a1e2d36> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://wwwcreativecommunication.blogspot.com/2012/12/using-art-to-raise-awareness-of-gbv16.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00040-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978777 | 235 | 2.75 | 3 |
Charles Bernard Lear, a pioneering knuckleballer for the Cincinnati Reds, was born on January 23, 1891, in Greencastle, Pennsylvania. He was Frank and Mary Lear’s first-born child; his sister Mildred followed nine years later. Frank Lear worked in the metal trades, with his census professions indicated as moulder and t... | <urn:uuid:d8b688db-d3fc-4b70-849a-8afda76da9ed> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://sabr.org/bioproj/person/e73f5313 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396959.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00067-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963997 | 3,336 | 2.875 | 3 |
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 10, 2005
An international team of chemists and molecular biologists has discovered a fundamental molecular mechanism that seems to play an important role in Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, mad cow disease and two-dozen other degenerative and fatal diseases.
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Enhanced for Bible Study using the Resource Guide
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The modern church pays significantly less attention to this part of the Pentateuch. To many readers, the subjects of Leviticus—ritual, food, cleanliness, and purification laws—seem inapplicable to today’s church. W... | <urn:uuid:ba5098c6-6c64-41de-9db3-486ccaaad40b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.olivetree.com/store/product.php?productid=17717 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399522.99/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00100-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.914216 | 251 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Defining Shakespeare’s plays as ‘Romance plays’ is a relatively new affair. Shakespeare’s plays have traditionally been classified as ‘tragedies,’ ‘histories’ or ‘comedies’ but as time went by and scholars began to regard him as the greatest English writer of all times, his plays were studied more carefully by academic... | <urn:uuid:d123a9fd-eae8-4173-b262-dc4a1c56b200> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/shakespeares-plays/play-types/romance-plays/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783400031.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155000-00190-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.986737 | 528 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Eukaryotes have ER which manufactures plasma membrane of cells. How is prokaryotic plasma membrane made ? What is the pathway and which enzymes are involved ?
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The Trucks Are Coming . . .
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The Hazards of Diesel Exhaust
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Don't let foodborne illness find a home in your festivities. Following basic recommendations will help ensure safe food for you and your guests not only during the holidays, but year-round.
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Autism Conference Reports Advances In Early Diagnosis, Role Of Immune System, Genes And Environmental Influences
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Before horror movies laced with special effects kept people up at night, people got scared the old-fashioned way: through story-telling. The ability to spook people with only your voice is an ancient and endangered art, but through practice, it can be mastered.
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In 1989, Riki Ott was just your average marine biologist-turned commercial fisherman in Alaska, when the Exxon-Valdez dumped millions of gallons of crude oil into Prince William Sound.
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Translation of four-stroke in Spanish:
- (British)de cuatro tiemposExample sentences
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This information is for reference purposes only. It was current when produced and may now be outdated. Archive material is no longer maintained, and some links may not work. Persons with disabilities having difficulty accessing this information should contact us at: https://info.ahrq.gov. Let us know the nature of the ... | <urn:uuid:3325f6cd-fbc5-424e-bc08-13ac0f8d03fd> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/nov02/1102RA5.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00115-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.885498 | 615 | 2.859375 | 3 |
November 15, 2012
A patron and I were working on her mother’s family. She told me the story of her great-uncle, who was killed by a train when he was 12 years old. The accident happened in Jackson County, Missouri, sometime in the 1920s. His name was Francis Bishop.
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Digital revolution changing lives of students with disabilities
He's also functionally blind.
Until last fall, the 7-year-old used, 8-by-11-inch Braille texts that teachers printed for him on a special machine.
Each page cost about $1. He once had four lockers just to store his textbooks.
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The significance of the setting is indicated by the fact that Carver presents it in the first two sentences of the second paragraph. Both sentences are short and to the point: "The fur of use ere sitting around his [Mel's] kitchen table drinking gin. Sunlight filled the kitchen from the big window... | <urn:uuid:990b11ec-ec54-4ba5-ad42-991da9bf5bb3> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-importance-that-setting-plays-development-6441 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396100.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00177-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969137 | 470 | 2.8125 | 3 |
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The Curiosity rover is a robotic, car-sized rover exploring Gale Crater on Mars. The Curiosity Mars rover carries a radioisotope-powered mobile scientific laboratory and is part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission by the United States. The MSL mission has four main sc... | <urn:uuid:b9b1f9b8-c583-44e2-a273-f85a271141f4> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/gale-crater-curiosity-rover-landing-site/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395039.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00184-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916601 | 134 | 2.96875 | 3 |
|Old Man Winter!|
A Happy Winter Solstice to you! As well as a Happy First Day of Winter. And why not throw in a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays while I'm at it?
Ah -- the time you have when you're unemployed. I suppose I'd better enjoy it before the honeymoon ends. And it will end -- trust me.
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Travelers over the age of 60 are more susceptible to a variety of health problems, but taking precautions can help guarantee a safe, rewarding trip.
Depending on the time of year, up to 30% of international travelers from the United States are 60 or older. Travel medicine specialists have unique concerns about this pop... | <urn:uuid:d0126b26-253f-46a4-91e5-bcd5e78ba2c2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.pharmacytimes.com/news/Health-Concerns-for-Elderly-Travelers | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396959.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00074-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918095 | 592 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Their Eyes Were Watching God Race Quotes
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New York -- As much as Americans revere the family, they differ sharply on how to define it.
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Judaism: Ohr Torah on Pikudei
Rabbi Shlomo RiskinThe writer is the founding and Chief Rabbi of Efrata, Gush Etzion, as well...
“And the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the Sanctuary. And Moses was unable to enter the Tent of Meeting because the cloud rested upon it…” (Ex. 40:34-35).
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In the tech world, the word "homebrew" generally refers to code written by programmers that can run on devices such as gaming consoles, or other gadgets that are not made to run unauthorized code. The running of homebrew applications on devices not intended to run unsigned code is frowned upon by much of the gaming and... | <urn:uuid:a37e9813-dc21-4d7a-89cc-d1b0669b6ffe> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.afterdawn.com/glossary/term.cfm/homebrew | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00045-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95432 | 1,225 | 2.8125 | 3 |
Secrecy Blamed for HIV/AIDS Spread in Tanzania
November 19, 2001
Health authorities blame parents' and teachers' lack of openness about HIV/AIDS as one of the factors contributing to the spread of disease in Tanzania. A recent survey conducted by the National AIDS Control Program (NACP) in some parts of the country sho... | <urn:uuid:67b0d9bf-40ff-441f-ae5d-2fb0b16213ba> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.thebody.com/content/art18876.html?nxtprv | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398873.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00014-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958308 | 449 | 2.75 | 3 |
Placenta accreta is a serious pregnancy condition that occurs when blood vessels and other parts of the placenta grow too deeply into the uterine wall.
Typically, the placenta detaches from the uterine wall after childbirth. With placenta accreta, part or all of the placenta remains firmly attached. This can cause seve... | <urn:uuid:e873698c-d47f-4074-828d-40b0e6e93b98> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/placenta-accreta/basics/treatment/con-20035437?p=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00140-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916602 | 2,549 | 3.21875 | 3 |
Polyphthalamide is a thermoplastic synthetic resin of the polyamide (nylon) family that is used to replace metals in high temperature automotive applications, as the housing for high temperature electrical connectors and multiple other uses. It has found a degree of favor for use in cutlery.
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Pioneers of Newburgh, N. Y.
The settlement of what subsequently became the town and then the city of Newburgh, N. Y., on the west bank of the Hudson river, was made in 1709 by a company of immigrants from the Palatinate of the Rhine. This company, driven from their homes by the wars which had devastated the Palatinate ... | <urn:uuid:df578ccf-0992-4b40-b3a6-ccaa1fdaa184> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.newyorkroots.org/index.php/new-york-counties/orange-county/161-pioneers-of-newburgh-n-y | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402746.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00110-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97739 | 1,146 | 2.625 | 3 |
Why Does “Terrible” Mean Bad and “Terrific” Mean Good?
Terrible and terrific are both formed off the same root: terror. Both started out a few hundred years ago with the meaning of terror-inducing. But terrific took a strange turn at the beginning of the 20th century and ended up meaning really great, not terrible or t... | <urn:uuid:31a29677-2b0e-4866-841a-76cae5fd43ea> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mentalfloss.com/article/56865/why-does-terrible-mean-bad-and-terrific-mean-good | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398873.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00061-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96175 | 593 | 2.53125 | 3 |
DETROIT - The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History begins the exhibit, THEM: Images of Separation, a traveling exhibition showcasing items from popular culture used to stereotype different groups.
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The total number of days between Friday, December 19th, 1902 and Thursday, October 3rd, 1929 is 9,785 days.
This is equal to 26 years, 9 months, and 14 days.
This does not include the end date, so it's accurate if you're measuring your age in days, or the total days between the start and end date. But if you want the d... | <urn:uuid:be0da054-d5eb-4785-82e2-01a0bfb10258> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.convertunits.com/dates/from/Dec+19,+1902/to/Oct+3,+1929 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395166.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00068-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93968 | 645 | 2.9375 | 3 |
Course pages 2013–14
Principal lecturer: Prof Neil Dodgson
Additional lecturer: Dr Alex Benton
Taken by: Part II
Past exam questions: Advanced Graphics, Advanced Graphics and HCI
Information for supervisors (contact lecturer for access permission)
No. of lectures: 16
Suggested hours of supervisions: 4
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The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) is the largest and most prestigious science competition for high school students. This year’s fair was held in May in Reno, Nevada. Participating students were finalists from over 500 regional ISEF-affiliated science fairs held in over 40 countries and territo... | <urn:uuid:85748c42-d88f-4e96-be0a-696c24fb4be0> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.asm.org/index.php/asm-events/icaac2013/10-awards-a-grants/awards/7069-asm-honors-high-school-microbiologists-at-intel-science-fair | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00106-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969568 | 768 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Songs from the Gospels
These three songs for Advent and Christmas are scheduled for inclusion in a forthcoming hymnal based directly on New Testament texts copublished by the Calvin Institute of Christian Worship and Faith Alive Christian Resources. The committee charged with selecting Scripture texts that are most lik... | <urn:uuid:13facca6-e587-4818-a47a-4b825f30f85f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.reformedworship.org/article/september-2007/songs-gospels | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00090-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953025 | 3,014 | 2.546875 | 3 |
RILKE 201 hero who, in his fullness of being and deed, does not stay to ripen his fruit, but, like those who have passed away in youth, rushes to death. (The idea is mooted in the ist Elegy: 'Denk: es erhdltsicb der Held, selbsf der Unfergang war ibm \ nur ein Vonvand, *%u sein: seine let^te Geburt?} But if the hero is... | <urn:uuid:3ee905bb-dea5-424b-955e-150f8e357859> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.archive.org/stream/ModernGermanLiterature18801950/TXT/00000216.txt | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00063-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916335 | 638 | 2.671875 | 3 |
"Given that unconventional sources are needed, which ones make the most sense to extract? It takes an unusually high amount of energy to get at them—whether it be tar sands, natural gas from hydraulic fracturing shale, or old oil deposits that can be flooded with steam to scour out more petroleum. To help compare fuel ... | <urn:uuid:c0e0e813-74dc-4a28-b7f5-79bad1448f08> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://florence20.typepad.com/renaissance/2013/03/energy-roi.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393997.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00068-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931435 | 145 | 2.921875 | 3 |
urea, which incorporates four hydrogen atoms per molecule --
Twice the amount of hydrogen found in water, and it needs 0.37V
to free those atoms. Not the 1.23V needed to split water. Every port-a-potty just became a power plant.
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Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈblækbɔɹd/, /ˈblækboɹd/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈblækbɔːd/
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- Hyphenation: black‧board
blackboard (plural blackboards)
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|Glossary of Glacier Terminology|
This glossary provides definitions of terms necessary to understand the modern glacier environment. Terms are listed in alphabetical order and are accompanied by photographs. A separate section provides definitions of each type, accompanied by a photograph of an example.
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The Shroud of Turin’s authenticity has been the focus of debates for decades. The piece of cloth that shows the imprint of a man’s face is believed to be the sheet that covered Jesus’ body after he was crucified in 33 A.D. The Catholic Church does not have an official statement regarding the authenticity of the fabric,... | <urn:uuid:4952574a-098b-4cc3-ae40-f2ee0e3297ad> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.webpronews.com/shroud-of-turin-could-it-be-real-2014-02/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397842.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00181-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958628 | 405 | 2.96875 | 3 |
(Science: zoology) The entire horn, or any branch of the horn, of a cervine animal, as of a stag. Huge stags with sixteen antlers. (Macaulay)
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When we think of Soviet art many of us conjure up heroic images of communist leaders and selfless peasant workers. These types of paintings are part of the Socialist realism movement started by Communist Party leader Joseph Stalin in 1934. Stalin wanted Soviet artists, who were financially supported by the government, ... | <urn:uuid:d708dcca-7ec4-4179-bc4a-c370b84f5127> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mprnews.org/story/2006/05/17/sovietart | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392069.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00114-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981006 | 961 | 3.890625 | 4 |
International Programs News & Views Volume 10
Drainage Water Irrigation Projection in Egypt
“Egypt is the gift of the Nile” as expressed by Herodorus several centuries ago. His expression indicates the nature of the life that has dominated the Nile Valley since the dawn of Egyptian history.
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Climate data are hardly available in remote areas like high arctic permafrost regions. Upscaling of climate processes becomes therefore an essential element in predicting the impacts of changing climate conditions.Methods for upscaling the major energy exchange processes between ground and atmosphere in permafrost regi... | <urn:uuid:6ff342a5-fc63-4568-8f95-0d0d75abbcd8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://epic.awi.de/19801/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402699.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00025-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.907897 | 574 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Both nature and nurture are two widely using terms in behavioral science. In the field of behavioral science, whenever you want to discuss about characteristics and specialties of a particular person, you talk about its nature and nurture. Most of people use both the words interchangeably, while talking about features ... | <urn:uuid:1e7525fd-64a6-4dfd-8531-0234ddc8b15b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.whatisdifferencebetween.com/nature/what-is-the-difference-between-nature-and-nurture.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783402479.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155002-00188-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973568 | 515 | 3.46875 | 3 |
Definition of dyarchy
: a government in which power is vested in two rulers or authorities
First Known Use of dyarchy
Variants of dyarchy
Learn More about dyarchy
Britannica.com: Encyclopedia article about dyarchy
Seen and Heard
What made you want to look up dyarchy? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including... | <urn:uuid:485c5b64-acb7-4d75-aaaa-d00dab2fa7dc> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dyarchies | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395160.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00133-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.869433 | 82 | 2.78125 | 3 |
“The Flight of A Republic: The Dreyfus Affair,” By Wilhelm Herzog. Europa Verlag.
The Europa Verlag has published a new description of the Dreyfus Affair.
In the first part of this work, Wilhelm Herzog treats in a number of essays with the basic problems of the famous case and gives portraits of the leading personaliti... | <urn:uuid:391b7977-60bc-4a90-a17c-3314039d3a28> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.jta.org/1934/10/07/archive/essays-review-dreyfus-affair-and-its-causes | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783399425.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154959-00065-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974911 | 486 | 2.90625 | 3 |
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Thank you for your interest!Horizontal Fracking (a new fracking technology), to extract methane gas poses a huge threat to the environment, public health and... | <urn:uuid:5ce76e5b-e3d1-402c-88d0-1a77e4644024> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dontfrackmichigan.org/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396106.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00163-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921514 | 395 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Objection 1. It would seem that it cannot be lawful to be angry. For Jerome in his exposition on Matthew 5:22, "Whosoever is angry with his brother," etc. says: "Some codices add 'without cause.' However, in the genuine codices the sentence is unqualified, and anger is forbidden altogether." Therefore it is nowise lawf... | <urn:uuid:1cd67a7e-7847-45a8-bb9e-c3b32bf1145e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://newadvent.org/summa/3158.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398869.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00078-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964017 | 7,088 | 2.5625 | 3 |
In 1850, Millard Fillmore was President of the United States.
The Civil War and subsequent assassination of President Abraham
Lincoln were years away. San Diego, in that year, became one of
the original 27 counties chartered by the State of California.
(Today, there are 58 Counties.) It encompassed an area of over
42,0... | <urn:uuid:98b36fbf-c012-49ba-9a63-01076795b7de> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.sdsheriff.net/about_history.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393332.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00076-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950352 | 838 | 2.75 | 3 |
By Richard Black
Environment correspondent, BBC News website
There is a kind of theft that happens every day in a majority of the world's poor countries - and in many of the richer ones too.
Illegal fishing deprives local catchers of their harvest and their income
It usually happens out of sight, and most perpetrators ... | <urn:uuid:a44e6b00-11e3-43d5-84e5-64ebd1ed158c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7485839.stm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397797.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00036-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951664 | 1,624 | 2.9375 | 3 |
Quest Joint Airlock
The Joint Airlock acts as a stowage area for EMU hardware as well as a staging area for crewmembers preparing to conduct a spacewalk. A combination of the depress pump and pressure equalization valves located within the hatches accommodate the depressurization/pressurization capability of the airloc... | <urn:uuid:5e9891b1-b799-4301-9110-768664ace94e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.daviddarling.info/encyclopedia/Q/Quest_Joint_Airlock.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397865.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00127-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.914508 | 206 | 3.234375 | 3 |
In the marshy basin between Selçuk and Ephesus in Turkey are the pitiful remains of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the Temple of Artemis (or Artemision).
History of the Temple of Artemis
The ancient temple, built around 650 BC to the cult of Artemis, was constructed on a site already sacred to the Anato... | <urn:uuid:8c9e58e5-d769-4d5f-8afe-a4219b371243> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.sacred-destinations.com/turkey/ephesus-temple-of-artemis/turkey/ephesus-temple-of-artemis | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393093.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00051-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956048 | 1,441 | 3.40625 | 3 |
The steady drip of water is a powerful force in Canada's efforts to feed the world's hungry. Dr. Daniel Hillel is the 2012 World Food Prize Laureate for his work on drip irrigation, a breakthrough innovation which enables food production in the world's driest climates. The Israeli scientist will be in Ottawa on April 1... | <urn:uuid:675162c8-f5bc-4c89-a8a3-4c2b8be8a84a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/jean-lebel/rd-canada_b_3112131.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396029.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00155-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954238 | 901 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Electrical Safety and the Family Pet
Your family pet can turn just about anything it finds into
a play or chew toy. Let’s make sure your pets don’t add electrical devices
to their toy chest.
A frisky dog or curious cat can cause an electrical hazard
or fire in ways you may not have thought about. Safe Electricity offer... | <urn:uuid:a06a3e9e-349a-42cd-a82e-e20a9c13dd1e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.co-opliving.com/coopliving/issues/2009/September%202009/safetysense.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397636.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00014-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.894214 | 290 | 2.59375 | 3 |
"We only move into the 21st century on the foundation of things that have been established long, long ago."
How do artists make the invisible visible? What hidden elements persist in their work? Is it the artist’s role to reveal them, or not? In this episode, artists share some of the secrets that are intrinsic to thei... | <urn:uuid:7760819c-8505-40ab-90ee-54af45e1592a> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.art21.org/films/secrets | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00010-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947594 | 353 | 2.65625 | 3 |
A lithosphere is the rigid, outermost shell of a terrestrial-type planet or natural
satellite that is defined by its rigid mechanical properties. On Earth, it is
May 20, 2015 ... The lithosphere is the solid, outer part of the Earth, including the brittle upper
portion of the mantle and the crust.
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List and essay first published in 1985 as:
"Latin Lives On--
333 Common Words That Are Letter-for-Letter Identical In Latin And English,
by Bruce Deitrick Price"
EVERY DAY WE USE WORDS
FOR 2000 YEARS
Almost 15 years ago I was riding
the New York subway and chanced to read a sign about “rapid transit.” It struck me that... | <urn:uuid:015b3abe-409e-429a-af9f-b5de7b9322b9> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.improve-education.org/latinliveson.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00151-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.876902 | 2,077 | 2.734375 | 3 |
SS8H3 The student will analyze the role of Georgia in the American Revolution.
SS8H6 The student will analyze the impact of the Civil War and Reconstruction on Georgia.
SS8H8 The student will analyze the important events that occurred after World War I and their impact on Georgia.
SS8H9 The student will describe the im... | <urn:uuid:9ba94ffb-75cd-4f08-ad4d-72ba21eac6c2> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://questgarden.com/63/14/1/080403063542/t-standards.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393146.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00124-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.881814 | 128 | 3.25 | 3 |
The thesis statement is the brief articulation of your paper's central argument and purpose. You might hear it referred to as simply a "thesis." Every scholarly paper should have a thesis statement, and strong thesis statements are concise, specific, and arguable. Concise means the thesis is short: perhaps one or two s... | <urn:uuid:3b81f0de-e8c9-4a72-a814-1c5da922d400> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/writingprocess/thesisstatements | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396875.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00042-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941299 | 1,517 | 3.125 | 3 |
Please note: This information was current at the time of publication. But medical information is always changing, and some information given here may be out of date. For regularly updated information on a variety of health topics, please visit familydoctor.org, the AAFP patient education Web site.
Information from Your... | <urn:uuid:08b8aedb-a150-429c-bd81-edcc7be36d54> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.aafp.org/afp/2012/1015/p734-s1.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00087-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932838 | 648 | 2.84375 | 3 |
A CLASSROOM OF DIFFERENCE™ provides teachers, administrators and other education professionals with the knowledge, tools and resources to address issues of bias. prejudice and discrimination, and promote an inclusive learning environment in which individual differences are respected and valued.
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Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program
The mission of the Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention Program is to improve cardiovascular health, reduce the burden, and eliminate disparities associated with heart disease and stroke. The program focuses on both primary and secondary prevention, detection, and monitoring o... | <urn:uuid:2c24e508-3102-4640-b9a0-faec21103c38> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://doh.sd.gov/diseases/chronic/heartdisease/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403502.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00048-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932637 | 432 | 2.765625 | 3 |
- (Photo: AP Images / Mark Humphrey)
Families, not schools, should decide when it is an appropriate time to discuss issues on sexuality, the Tennessee senator behind the "Don’t Say Gay" bill told CNN Tuesday.
Sen. Stacey Campfield's proposed legislation would forbid public schools from teaching on homosexuality prior t... | <urn:uuid:7e319aa8-e084-4566-870b-4e781ccd2a00> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.christianpost.com/news/talks-on-homosexuality-for-families-not-classroom-says-dont-say-gay-bill-author-49998/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783398075.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154958-00043-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96956 | 455 | 2.578125 | 3 |
EDISON — A chaplain wearing a tallis, or prayer shawl, is shown conducting a service at Camp Raritan in Edison in this circa 1920 photo.
Michael Feldberg, writing for the Jewish World Review in February 2003, notes that President Abraham Lincoln was instrumental in allowing Jewish chaplains to serve the religious needs... | <urn:uuid:ca8f0ba4-cfcf-461d-ad19-c9f05b67a980> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.nj.com/middlesex/index.ssf/2013/04/glimpse_of_history_jewish_chap.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395560.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00082-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962723 | 305 | 3.265625 | 3 |
Houseplants can essentially be any plant that can survive in a household. The types of plants that can survive indoor conditions can be expanded if a combination of incandescent and fluorescent light bulbs is used in order to give plants the various color lights they need. However, there are some plants that are specif... | <urn:uuid:b0d8ab3f-7709-42a8-b409-14aaa40e5b91> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.gardenguides.com/129994-household-plant-identification.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396872.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00138-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968629 | 496 | 3.578125 | 4 |
Why capture screens, windows, and dialogs?
Though many technical writers hate to admit it, a picture is often worth a thousand words. Most good technical documentation includes images, generically known as screen captures or screen shots, that show windows and dialogs as they appear in the application that is being doc... | <urn:uuid:912d0944-308d-4d65-ae26-b0c3b01e832f> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/aix/library/au-screenshots2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396100.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00037-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.8754 | 2,397 | 3.171875 | 3 |
Evaluating Character and Plot in Young Adult Fiction
As you write your manuscript for young adult fiction, edit your work by evaluating characters and plot. Self-editing lets you address story issues even before you ask someone to read your young adult novel. Here are five questions to help you decide whether you still... | <urn:uuid:7f3d551d-3ab6-49d5-87d7-f38d36cb7bd8> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/evaluating-character-and-plot-in-young-adult-ficti.navId-323317.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397213.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00126-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970866 | 219 | 2.75 | 3 |
Cross-Language Study of Age Perception
A number of studies have shown that listeners can estimate the age of talkers quite accurately by listening to speech alone. However, the effects of native language on age perception have not yet been explored. The current study examined the effects of listener’s language familiar... | <urn:uuid:382f0e45-ce0c-47ff-8a3e-6ff654ab9000> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.asel.udel.edu/~nagao/dissertation.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396100.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00005-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947372 | 329 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Imagine if cars were built the way most houses are. A procession of trucks would deliver materials and parts to your driveway - sheet metal, spools of wire, screws, pistons, a roll of carpet, bumpers and a steering wheel. Then day laborers would arrive to put it all together. In the rain.So begins Building Blocks, an a... | <urn:uuid:bf3d2910-ca56-4aa8-9388-6403033af43c> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.lauraehandler.com/2006/10/opensource-prototype.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395992.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00096-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960787 | 264 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Proud History of Education
Choctaw - a quiet, kind people - lived in present day Mississippi,
Louisiana, and Alabama. Their rural, agrarian life changed
in the late 1700s due to the impact of white settlement. To co-exist,
the Choctaw tried to understand and adopt the new ways.
Beginning as early as 1821, the Choctaw w... | <urn:uuid:457da190-518a-4757-859d-2beb80bd30d6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://jonesacademy.org/history.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783393463.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154953-00040-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972789 | 436 | 3.890625 | 4 |
On Monday, August 12 from 1 - 4 p.m. there will be a workshop where teachers will be able to view these primary source documents with a closer look, and out of the box, to create ways to use them in the classroom for grades 4 - 12.
The workshop will take place in Lord Auditorium at Pack Memorial Library. It will includ... | <urn:uuid:50e141dc-a95f-4bae-a26f-2c63dccd11aa> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | https://www.buncombecounty.org/Governing/depts/Library/News_Detail.aspx?newsID=13649 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783403826.29/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624155003-00036-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911826 | 136 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Contributions Made By William Taft
William Howard Taft was the 27th president of the United States. Later, he became the 10th Chief Justice of the United States. When Taft became the president, he was adamant on continuing the program started by Roosevelt. His main aim was to create a framework that would allow the ref... | <urn:uuid:ea22021c-2b0b-4061-881c-1a15ca5d0359> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.historyrocket.com/American-History/political-history/william-howard-taft/Contributions-Made-By-William-Taft.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396875.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00067-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984909 | 427 | 4.125 | 4 |
- freely available
Pharmaceuticals 2010, 3(4), 1139-1161; doi:10.3390/ph3041139
Abstract: Lysostaphin is an antimicrobial agent belonging to a major class of antimicrobial peptides and proteins known as the bacteriocins. Bacteriocins are bacterial antimicrobial peptides which generally exhibit bactericidal activity aga... | <urn:uuid:2955e909-5a8d-4df7-8fef-e66ba39eb30e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/3/4/1139/htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783395346.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154955-00017-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.855608 | 18,827 | 3.09375 | 3 |
"Fishapod" Reveals Origins of Head and Neck Structures of First Land Animals
Embargo expired: 15-Oct-2008 1:00 PM EDT
Source Newsroom: University of Chicago Medical Center
Newswise — Newly exposed parts of Tiktaalik roseae--the intermediate fossil between fish and the first animals to walk out of water onto land 375 mi... | <urn:uuid:2ceaf586-7857-4858-8883-a784540be30b> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://newswise.com/articles/view/545236/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396029.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00086-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.947522 | 1,269 | 3.765625 | 4 |
Today's editorial cartoon might be a form of reductio ad absurdum - countering a claim by taking it to absurd lengths - yet the premise prompts useful debate.
What this argument in favor of extending unemployment benefits overlooks is every dollar given to someone who is jobless ostensibly comes from a taxpayer who has... | <urn:uuid:d4c99cae-8772-48ba-b788-8e13a4d60ba6> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.advertiser-tribune.com/page/content.detail/id/560736/Subsidize-jobs-to-help-the-jobless.html?nav=5006 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783392159.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154952-00183-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954507 | 424 | 2.75 | 3 |
Death rates from leukaemia among people of all ages in Europe are falling, according to the latest predictions for European cancer deaths in 2016, published in the leading cancer journal Annals of Oncology today (Wednesday).
The study shows that falls in leukaemia death rates will be greatest among children and young ... | <urn:uuid:787d73d4-382d-4da3-ae63-b8741dafec06> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-01/esfm-ifi012516.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783396945.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154956-00055-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952414 | 1,308 | 2.9375 | 3 |
Naturopathic physicians view multiple sclerosis (MS) as they do other disease processes, that is, from a wholistic perspective. The illness is seen as a combination of physical, mental/emotional and in some cases, spiritual aspects. A naturopathic physician will use a variety of
diagnostic methods to evaluate the patie... | <urn:uuid:cbe8d538-46e2-47fd-9e20-315f89fb287e> | CC-MAIN-2016-26 | http://www.healthy.net/Health/Article/Multiple_Sclerosis_and_Alternative_Medicine/729/1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-26/segments/1466783397744.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20160624154957-00063-ip-10-164-35-72.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962649 | 706 | 2.6875 | 3 |
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