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Milli-PEET
enMilli-PEET: Species Species Catalog</STRONG><BR><BR>In the 10th edition of Systema Naturae, 1758, Carl von Linné listed seven species of millipedes, all in the genus Julus. While we estimate that our planet may be home to over 80,000 millipede species, so far only about 12,000 species have been described. ... | eng | 4277d5e8-920e-4650-82f4-dda92e2627da | http://fieldmuseum.org/taxonomy/term/991/*/feed |
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Cyclic Redundancy Check is a commonly used method for performing integrity checks on data. It is a simple hash function that provides assurance that data is not corrupted and is widely used in data communication and data storage applications.
CRC is not suitable for protecting against inte... | eng | 0a8fe20c-dc35-4a24-a9f2-0d343bb17521 | http://www.danielvik.com/2010/ |
like the divisions of the country itself, has two major influences: the Central Europe
Central Europe
Central Europe or alternatively Middle Europe is a region of the European continent lying between the variously defined areas of Eastern and Western Europe...
an one, present in the central and northern parts of th... | eng | 17e3d69e-afe0-4051-87ee-131bcb75ab8e | http://www.absoluteastronomy.com/topics/Music_of_Croatia |
I'm 18 and still in high school. I am fat, ugly, and suffer from extreme lack of confidence. I have never had a girlfriend. However, I find that I can get right on the cusp of a relationship, but I don't know how to initiate it. Do you have any ideas on how I could actually acquire a girlfriend?
You're a writer.
You n... | eng | ad2d5811-fa1a-4766-9a27-f1ced69de790 | http://fr.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/qr7ae/iama_professional_dating_coach_i_help_nerds_of/ |
JD, "Today we're going to be discussing a brief history of the Community of Christ, otherwise known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Today we have with us John Hamer, who is going to be guiding us through this very important topic. John Hamer is the editor of John Whitmer Books, and the p... | eng | 04e38b7e-629d-4a12-9cd0-f9356a6721a7 | http://mormonheretic.org/2012/05/24/john-hamer-interview-part-1/ |
December
Quote of the Month
"…Chance people on the bridges peeping over the parapets into a nether sky of fog, with fog all round them, as if they were up in a balloon, and hanging in the misty clouds."
." — Charles Dickens, Bleak House, 1853
Significant Weather Events
1 December 2000, St. John's, Newfoundland: An ... | eng | 4ab6c049-3608-4329-872f-9f288887282a | http://www.islandnet.com/~see/weather/almanac/diarydec.htm |
July 30 is the 211th day of the year (212th 30 154 days remaining until the end of the year.
Contents
Events
1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off the coast of Honduras during his fourth voyage. Christopher Columbus (1451 &ndash May 20 1506 was an Italian Navigator, colonizer Honduras i... | eng | e4a4208e-4777-4018-ae7a-98de89ff0e3d | http://citizendia.org/July_30 |
Lab Rat
Exploring the life and times of bacteriaSat, 11 May 2013 11:30:15 +0000enhourly1Butterfly watch: multi-generational migrations
11 May 2013 11:30:15 +0000S.E. Gould [...]
]]> trip, from the tropics of Africa to the Arctic circle, takes place over six generations. Each butterfly is following the migration path,... | eng | e41964b6-a352-4759-a4a3-6fb04ea69959 | http://rss.sciam.com/lab-rat/feed |
Pingu comes out of his igloo and sees Pingo, on his skis, nearby. Pingu gets his own skis, goes to meet Pingo, and they agree to have a cross-country skiing race. As they are very evenly matched, it soon gets competitive, and Pingu tries to slow up Pingo by putting his ski-stick between Pingo's legs. Pingo does the spl... | eng | eef66c09-5d50-46e3-ae88-cefa341b1f5f | http://trakt.tv/show/pingu/season/3 |
Oh boy, that report is well above my ability to comprehend it but I'll give you my understanding on the ability of CO2 to add to the greenhouse effect. From the extensive reading that I've done, the Earth is about at maximum levels of CO2 for it to have any effect. Adding more CO2 won't do diddly squat (gosh I can be p... | eng | 9163bebc-e1a4-4165-b1ff-ee7ce5194f96 | http://www.funtrivia.com/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/596885/Re_Alaskan_ice_ignores_global_ |
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All our external perception presupposes, firstly, an activity of the mind which is checked and which we call sensation; secondly, an activity of the mind which gives to this felt sensation an infinitely divisible extension and which we call contemplation; and, thirdly, an activity of the mind which objectivat... | eng | 3baf883f-64a5-4b32-b425-a3974e1d63d9 | http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Facts_of_Consciousness/Part_1 |
A cooler planet by design
Many of us get frustrated with the slow pace of international action on climate change. But powerless as we feel, we can still make a difference by rethinking the way we design our lives.
Design is rarely considered when talking about climate change, yet is a significant factor in the economi... | eng | 623330cd-65a4-40ae-8a1e-c4212685fe15 | http://theconversation.com/a-cooler-planet-by-design-11178 |
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Turkish far-left group claims responsibility for US Embassy attackTypical and expected political potty talk. A terrorist is a terrorist, no matter what they have convinced themselves is the... | eng | 79e2737b-a357-4baa-b6e3-82830d42779e | http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/02/02/16818679-turkish-far-left-group-claims-responsibility-for-us-embassy-attack?liteI |
With ConvictionSpeaking truth and standing up for love, justice and mercy worldwide.
Advocacy
Back in October 2012, two of my dearest guys in my life travelled to Uganda to document the first graduating class of the Timothy Girls School. It was there that they met Monica- a strong, intelligent and soft spoken girl wi... | eng | 9ba5e72c-0a07-4cb0-a780-9def9e659eee | http://tarateng.wordpress.com/category/advocacy/ |
Jamette Carnival and Afro-Caribbean Influences on the Work of Jean Rhys
by Cynthia Davis
Cynthia Davis is associate professor of English at Barry University in Miami, where she teaches African-American and Caribbean literature. She coauthored with Verner Mitchell, Where the Wild Grape Grows: Selected Writings, 1930-1... | eng | 7f54d0c4-b008-424c-9f6e-4c5af170cc6c | http://anthurium.miami.edu/volume_3/issue_2/davis-jamette.htm |
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Note : I'm not exaggerating in any way it is actually that bad.
Ive lived in Cluj and Timisoara for couple of years and this guy is not joking. Id feel sorry for my foreign classmates that were East-indian and Africans because they would always be hassled by the Roma people.
Interesting. I spoke with a Romanian g... | eng | afc0049e-54ac-4421-84e8-e0c12c4fcb76 | http://www.np.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/148aj5/european_roma_descended_from_indian_untouchables/c7auime |
This week I set out to test the idea that commercially successful middle-grade fantasies stick fairly closely to a certain plot structure. If that turns out to be the case, I also want to learn how closely they stick to the structure. In other words, what's the range of variation?
My reason for doing this is simple. I... | eng | 4725deda-9e78-4b54-a712-704bf18375d2 | http://www.kimberlylynkane.com/2012/12/ |
Tag Archives: Fórsa Óglaigh Uladh (Ulster Volunteer Force)
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Joint footpatrol of British UDA terrorists and British Army soldiers, British Occupied North of Ireland, 1970s
Throughout the late 20th century and into the early 21st century the Ulster Volunteer Force or UVF was one of the largest British t... | eng | dbf81c31-b9f7-4823-8957-cd075c183040 | http://ansionnachfionn.com/tag/forsa-oglaigh-uladh-ulster-volunteer-force/ |
Opposition to Mormonism began before the first Latter Day Saint church was established in 1830 and continues to the present day. The most vocal and strident opposition occurred during the 19th century, particularly during the Utah War of the 1850s, and in the second half of the century when the practice of polygamy in ... | eng | 6803333c-5de3-448a-8a10-f3327a6ae536 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Mormonism |
Think Green! Please consider the environment before printing this webpage.
Quantitative Reasoning
Quantitative Reasoning courses are intended for first-year and sophomore students. Approved substitute courses are available for other students still needing to satisfy the Quantitative Reasoning component of the MAP.
F... | eng | 09d23cda-7fbd-4b6e-831b-751027ba55fd | http://map.cas.nyu.edu/page/1011courses |
I often find myself in the enviable position of teaching Equine Science to people who don't like science. I used to do the same thing in Biology–I asked for non-majors. Yes, I know, that's not typical. Most professors dislike teaching students who are there because they have to be. In fact, they love to hand off their ... | eng | 7fb9a906-7870-4b70-928a-9dcaca40e104 | http://www.csmarks.com/feed/ |
Ha haa. I had a friend at school whose family were naturists. I wonder what he'd think of this thread!
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the topic was about about an 8 year old boy having to go on his own into a mens changing room
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18-10-2008, 19:00
the topic was about about an 8 year old boy having to go on... | eng | 333cd5ae-7318-40ac-b759-dd953deb21fd | http://www.sheffieldforum.co.uk/archive/index.php/t-409124-p-2.html |
"AI" redirects here. For other uses, see Ai (disambiguation).
For other uses, see Artificial intelligence (disambiguation).
TOPIO, a humanoid robot, played ping pong at Tokyo International Robot Exhibition (IREX) 2009.1
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the intelligence of machines and the branch of computer science that... | eng | dce82999-d080-46a8-863a-5a7c3a5bc9b6 | http://en.goldenmap.com/Artificial_intelligence |
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[Editor's note: We usually try to limit article lengths to 5-7 pages, and when a piece is longer, we will usually serialize it. But then, there are some articles that have to be read at one sitting...preferably printed, preferably on a lazy Sunday morning. This article by Aklilu Zere--all 26 pages, all... | eng | 53abb313-272f-44dd-8b5f-6791d7eb5dbb | http://awate.com/what-italian-colonialism-did-to-my-people-of-eritrean-kebessa/ |
How Copyright Is Holding Back The Creative Class
from the we're-all-the-creative-class dept
While not enough people recognize it, the real oneYou seem to be missing a qualifier.
You say that, "thanks to new technologies, creating content is exceptionally easy". And by and large, with computers and audio gear and cam... | eng | 2939d6b8-f304-41f9-ab54-64ed6ddda85a | http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080808/0149051928.shtml?threaded=true |
What's Wrong With AD&D?
(AD&D is a registered trademark of TSR/Wizards of the Coast, and no
challenge to their trademark is intended - indeed, who'd WANT it?)
This is a listing of the illogical rules, inconsistent
setting flaws, and other reasons to not play AD&D.
This page ONLY covers AD&D 1st and 2nd Editions, and... | eng | 22ead6c3-a72d-4cf2-a8c5-46c5fb4e11ef | http://kuoi.com/~kamikaze/RPG/wrong_adnd.php |
0. The flag of Venezuela dates from 1811, the beginning of that nation's struggle for independenceThe current Coat of arms of Venezuela was primarily approved by the Congress on April 18, 1836, undergoing small modifications through historyGloria al Bravo Pueblo ( Glory to the Brave People) was adopted as Venezuela 's ... | eng | b0ac1ff2-44b4-4297-b10f-f3c64edb63bc | http://www.citizendia.org/Venezuela |
> First, please let me apologize for the delay in responding. As you can
see, I
> am a few weeks behind in my mail.
> Secondly, Laura, I have visited your site several times and have found
it
> very useful - Thank you.
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> With regard to struggling readers, I have worked with them in grades K
> through 8. It is very ch... | eng | 9a695eaa-cf07-4b1a-9215-d967d05e3aee | http://readinglady.com/mosaic/archive/4-20-04.htm |
Billy Graham Center
Archives
Collection 186 - Marion Douglas Hursh. T2 Transcript.
This is a complete and accurate transcript of an oral history interview of Dr. Marion Douglas
Hursh (Collection 186, T2) in the Archives of the Billy Graham Center. No spoken words which
were recorded were omitted, except for any non-E... | eng | e4d3e644-9118-42d6-a6c6-3708fd74e391 | http://www2.wheaton.edu/bgc/archives/trans/186t02.htm |
Flex-Fuel Humans
This is a guest post by Tom Murphy. Tom is an associate professor of physics at the University of California, San Diego. This post originally appeared on Tom's blog Do the Math.
If you're one of those humans who actually eats food, like I am, then a non-negligible part of your energy allocation goes ... | eng | 0d4c777b-5d8c-404e-b44c-c846e69e81cf | http://www.theoildrum.com/node/9145 |
State Sovereignty Movements Gaining Support
Not since the rebellion in America was quashed in 1865 with the surrender of Robert E. Lee to Ulysses S. Grant has so much attention been paid to state sovereignty as is being paid today.
More than 35 states have passed or are considering state sovereignty amendments, accor... | eng | 89423f46-ade4-406d-b191-fa69fe23593b | http://personalliberty.com/2009/08/10/state-sovereignty-movements-gaining-support/ |
LIFE HISTORY
Published by the Smithsonian Institution between the 1920s and the 1950s, the Bent life history series of monographs provide an often colorful description of the birds of North America. Arthur Cleveland Bent was the lead author for the series. The Bent series is a great resource and often includes quotes ... | eng | 720d98ef-d5fd-4a48-8797-6ee43adf78cc | http://www.birdzilla.com/birds/Ruby-throated-Hummingbird/bent_life_history.html |
The American Spectator
The data doesn't support Obama's proposal, but his party won't
waver in its commitment to the mythology of left-wing class
struggle.
Real median household income in the United States has fallen
more than 8 percent since Barack Obama was first sworn in as
president, and has even fallen during th... | eng | 6072d338-a612-4716-aaf9-db3979a85b16 | http://spectator.org/archives/2013/02/19/obamas-minimum-wage-welfare-st |
Sunday, February 28, 2010
Does biology and genetics decide whether a person has a good memory? Or is the brain a muscle that can be exercised and strengthened so that it can hold more information?
"For many centuries it was felt that mind-brain with its memory component was like a muscle — if you exercised it enough,... | eng | d25b5cfd-b434-4459-830a-650e8c302cdf | http://cognitivepsychologyisfun.blogspot.com/2010_02_01_archive.html |
Category Archives: Uncategorized
I think it's safe to say most of us would agree being "strong" is a good thing. Being strong, physically or emotionally, is generally a desirable trait. It makes sense then, that when most of us train, we're training to increase our strength. For most people, they associate training to... | eng | b77bda28-9496-4c71-846c-95035524eafb | http://blog.shareitfitness.com/topics/uncategorized/ |
BRIEF
HISTORY OF CHESHIRE CO., NEW HAMPSHIRE
The province of New Hampshire was divided into five
counties in 1771. One of these was named Cheshire,
deriving its name from a county in the west of England,
celebrated for its manufacture of cheese; hence,
the name originally. Keene and Charlestown were
made the shire-town... | eng | 1626e789-1717-4763-93d1-24a8d8ca1a04 | http://www.nh.searchroots.com/cheshire.html |
Biography: SACAGAWEA - Reunited & Saved
During the corps of discovery's darkest hour, Sacagawea found her long lost brother and led Lewis & Clark across the Rockies. Rated: 4.6 Duration: 99 seconds Video type: YouTube Hosted by: on Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:13:26 PST
SACAGAWEA - Heroine of the Louis and Clark Journey
SAC... | eng | 8733d94a-950b-4aa0-b934-3125856ffa20 | http://usbuzzblog5.blogspot.com/2012/02/sacagawea-sacagawea-christian-college.html |
The Warsaw Uprising (Powstanie Warszawskie) was a World War II struggle by the Polish Home Army (Armia Krajowa) to liberate Warsaw from German occupation. The Uprising began on August 1, 1944, as part of a nationwide rebellion, Operation Tempest. It was intended to last for only a few days until the Soviet Army would r... | eng | ab155fa7-568b-403a-8df8-e68b02da97bf | http://www.pustakalaya.org/wiki/wp/w/Warsaw_Uprising.htm |
Studies By
8. Genesis 17 – 25:18 (Abraham -- Part 2)
A Chronological Daily BibleStudy of the Old Testament 7-Day Sectionswith a Summary-Commentary, Discussion Questions, and a PracticalDailyApplication
Week 8
Sunday (Genesis 17)
The Sign of the Covenant
17:1 When Abram was 99 years old, the Lord appeared to him a... | eng | 5e438b35-06b8-4c47-bc24-674974907691 | http://bible.org/seriespage/8-genesis-17-%e2%80%93-2518-abraham-2 |
A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee began weighing evidence Wednesday on whether dye additives in food affects behavior in children. The panel listened to testimony from doctors and scientists who contend that studies, although small in many cases, do show that some kids begin to show signs of hyperactivi... | eng | 885f104d-06bc-4bcd-90a2-de27b2a7b7e6 | http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/30/food-dyes-allowed-for-aesthetics-not-taste-fda-told/?hpt=Sbin |
How to help your children if they are being bullied at school
Bullying at Primary School is about everything that I learned when my daughter was bullied at school and gives tips and strategies to use when dealing with the school and you are trying to get help for your child.
I hope your children are never bullied, bu... | eng | af2d12ca-d87d-4d27-949e-40f8d7b06872 | http://www.squidoo.com/bullyingatprimaryschool?utm_source=crowdignite.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=crowdignite.com |
If you had any idea how much more power I could have over you as a woman from making an enemy of religion, rather than using religion, you would not make that comment. Pay attention to your daughter's dating mistakes. Was it the religious men that screwed her over the most hardcore? Be honest. The men who stole her awa... | eng | 1047941d-2bc2-4fe1-9e25-361c98051a32 | http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2013/02/18/281662.htm/?comments |
Good luck in advance to my opponent, and I'll be happy to clarify anything as I've set up my case like a real Lincoln-Douglas debate.
Albert Einstein once said, "If people are good only because they fear punishment, and hope for reward, then we are a sorry lot indeed." It is because I agree with Albert Einstein that I... | eng | a3116ebe-b831-40a8-ba6f-c2a6aaaf8afd | http://www.debate.org/debates/Rehabilitation-ought-to-be-valued-above-retribution-in-the-United-States-criminal-justice-system/2/ |
LECTURE VII: THE GROWTH OF COLLECTIVISM
THE GROWTH OF COLLECTIVISM
Lecture VII.With the passing of the Reform Act began the reign of liberalism, and the utilitarianism of common sense acquired, in appearance at least, despotic power, but this appearance was to a certain extent delusive. At the moment of the Benthamit... | eng | bf1bb4b2-1779-42cb-a334-bb03708b3f15 | http://oll.libertyfund.org/?option=com_staticxt&staticfile=show.php%3Ftitle=1683&chapter=9595&layout=html&Itemid=27 |
(Video: an intro that precedes the movies of Max Hardcore; no nudity or sexual acts in this embedded video above).
A US District Court in Florida has sentenced "extreme shock porn" gonzo director and distributor Max Hardcore, aka Paul F. Little, to four years in prison over obscenity charges. Writing for Salon, Glenn ... | eng | 831eac2e-2155-4ef8-946a-ef9fe1e97dfa | http://boingboing.net/2008/10/07/adult-film-director.html |
Archive for May, 2011
This past Wednesday, I took a city bus cross town to the Upper East Side to be interviewed live in a restaurant for a radio show. During the trip, the young woman seated next to me took out her cell phone and proceeded to hold a loud discussion. I attempted to ignore her, but I did hear her menti... | eng | 797237c4-4adc-401b-9159-4c4171dd6fa3 | http://gilmarks.com/wordpress/?m=201105 |
The only relevant question about Iraq Posted by: McQ
on Friday, September 08, 2006
As most know, I'm for finishing the job in Iraq and then leaving. That doesn't automatically mean I approve of the way the job, to this point, has been handled, nor do I believe the administration should escape criticism for that. But I... | eng | 3101410e-a829-45b4-9b28-d1a21ca67436 | http://www.qando.net/details.aspx?Entry=4548 |
knew there was a twist to the headliner, a 250 lb 9 year old, damn I don't even weigh that much. They should have charged the parents for child endangerment because they are killing the kid slowy. He may not see his 18th b-day.
Yeah......but think about it. What DO you do with a child - any child - who is that non-co... | eng | 23c2dd66-cfab-4bcd-90a9-338717ac232d | http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/03/13/10669114-report-9-year-old-who-skipped-school-is-tasered |
Cancer of the ovaries are the second most common group of gynaecologic cancers, and account for about 5% of all women's cancers. There are two main types; (i) epithelial tumours (carcinomas) which account for 90% of ovarian cancers, and (ii) non-epithelial tumours (eg. Stroma cell and germ cell tumours of the ovary). T... | eng | fe5504d9-35ac-45f9-a1cb-c37f4b2c93f7 | http://www.cancerindex.org/clinks3o.htm |
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The Chutzpah of Intelligent Design … Read More
I do not know what you do for a living, but I suspect you are pretty good at it. You probably trained for years to learn the basic elements of your craft, and then honed those skills through more years of on-the-job experience. Now imagine that someone without that... | eng | 9fdba962-6fa0-4b2e-8678-81ae9e623154 | http://www.jewcy.com/post/chutzpah_intelligent_design |
Population & Sustainability News Digest
Bioenergy crops such as Miscanthus and switchgrass appear to be promising resources for renewable energy, but Jody Endres - University of Illinois professor of energy and environmental law and chair of the Council on Sustainable Biomass Production (CSBP) - says standards are nee... | eng | 80d59324-b100-4f0a-b67a-981e4938f4fb | http://www.overpopulation.org/index.html |
Schools-2009 SSc8: Light Pollution Reduction
Interior and exterior lighting
Addressing both interior and exterior lighting, this credit seeks to reduce light pollution that can block our view of the night sky and cause human health problems as well as ecological problems for many birds, insects, and other animals. Li... | eng | 47752ffb-48e3-4db1-9f50-31985e2cc391 | http://www.leeduser.com/credit/Schools-2009/SSc8 |
Appendix 3 - FURTHER INFORMATION FOR EXPERIMENT #7
This lab course primarily emphasizes the scientific foundations and basic
tools required to conduct and analyze engineering tests. This appendix
describes the procedures used in these tests. Engineering testing and simulation
plays an extremely important role in aeros... | eng | 365945be-7bac-4d33-babd-71bceb87871a | http://www.dept.aoe.vt.edu/~aborgolt/aoe3054/manual/app3/text.html |
Remember that
beriyth [word study]
refers to a contract made by passing between pieces of cut flesh and Karathmeans to cut or make a covenant. Also
keep in mind that covenant was the most solemn,
binding, intimate, inviolable compact known in the ancient world and was held in high
esteem by all ancient societies in con... | eng | 7f0f9d23-133d-4503-8b07-87b0d8382f7d | http://preceptaustin.org/covenant_the_exchanging_of_robes.htm |
(Q): In what way does the natal chart help diagnose a physical medical problem? Is it that you can see the past-life cause of the particular problem? Do you then work with remedies that are specific to the afflicted organs that are implicated, or the particular chakra that is involved through energy work? If an ailment... | eng | 4612f545-20fc-4a85-9638-e59a6b0840ab | http://schoolofevolutionaryastrology.com/forum/index.php?topic=672.0 |
... US4989168 - Multiplying unit in a computer system, capable of population counting
Multiplying unit in a computer system, capable of population counting US 4989168 A
Abstract
population counting mode, an input data for the population counting is divided into population counting elements instead of the multiplier... | eng | 681bd8cf-f3a5-4e5e-9427-c3328f3982e2 | http://www.google.ca/patents/US4989168 |
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As if bibliophiles need any reasons beyond the sheer pleasure of reading, the long, cold months of a harsh winter offer good excuses for curling up with a good book and experiencing that iciness and winter's bluster vicariously. In this column, members of the International Reading Association's Children's Literature an... | eng | c4abc1a8-526b-4633-9d53-5e2dc114c655 | http://www.reading.org/general/Publications/blog/childrensliterature/page/17/ |
Paul Ryan selection as Romney's running mate not only has energized the Republican base it also has energized the Democratic Party. Paul Ryan has become the spokesman for the Tea Party and their extreme right-wing ideology and his budget has become the blue print of where the Republican Party wants to take the country.... | eng | 8f3aa774-e160-49e0-a79a-553b3bc943f3 | http://mokena.patch.com/blog_posts/mitt-romney-makes-his-vice-president-selection |
History of the metric system
Woodcut dated 1800 illustrating the new decimal units which became the legal norm across all France on 4 November 1800
The origins of the metric system date back to the sixteenth century when Simon Stevin published details of his decimal notation, and the seventeenth century when John Wil... | eng | 4670e7f8-e6d5-47a2-9f99-dbbb164b6f68 | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_metric_system |
How to Book a Talk with Amy Stewart
Amy Stewart is a highly sought-after public speaker whose spirited lectures have inspired and entertained audiences at college campuses such as Cornell and the University of Minnesota, corporate offices, including the Google Author Series, conferences and garden shows, as well as bo... | eng | 2fa4dc8f-2427-4b07-a9b3-7d42e8e0a77b | http://www.amystewart.com/events/how-to-book-a-talk-with-amy-stewart/ |
Why Our Kind Can't Cooperate - Less Wrong
Why Our Kind Can't Cooperate
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<div><p><strong>Previously in series</strong>: <a href="/lw/2s/3_levels_of_rationality_verification/">Rationality Verification</a></p>
<p>From when I ... | eng | d4880e54-d60c-40d0-888f-08de84176dbc | http://lesswrong.com/lw/3h/why_our_kind_cant_cooperate/.rss |
Estimates of Resident Population by Municipality: Atlantic271,712
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39,4... | eng | b7f4f0fc-ea51-4f34-a8f1-3065dbd9991b | http://www.state.nj.us/education/finance/fp/audit/0910/popest.shtml |
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Today, March 20, is not only the spring equinox, it is also the first International Day of Happiness! The origins of this new, worldwide celebration can be traced back to the actions of Bhutan, a teeny, tiny country perched high in the Himalaya Mountains between China and India.
I first wrote about Bhutan an... | eng | 09c1986f-74d0-42e1-be95-1d2921e9f9c0 | http://wishfulthinkingworks.com/category/happiness-happy/ |
Category Archives: medicine couples. house bodies lecture occasionally about the future of sex, but I find gender as a whole is a fascinating subject. I don't want my blog to get x-rated so need to be a bit careful what I cover and how, but I do think the future of gender is a topic worth writing about and I don't need... | eng | 3649575e-e7bb-41c3-9ab4-d5054daadf90 | http://timeguide.wordpress.com/category/medicine/ |
Creating Accessible PowerPoint Presentations for Online Classes
So you have a PowerPoint presentation and you want to share it with your class
online. Or maybe you have a PowerPoint presentation from a face-to-face class
that you are now developing for online delivery. There are various ways to
deliver the content of ... | eng | be329c4f-5aa8-4698-a0d3-6d47fb718777 | http://online.santarosa.edu/presentation/page/?67109 |
David Edison Sloane: My great-grandfather would be all for keeping intact the Energy Independence and Security Act. The law requires light bulbs of all types to be at least 25 percent more energy efficient by 2012. To [Thomas Alva] Edison, that would have been no big deal.
He would have immediately embraced the challe... | eng | 464934ab-0f90-48c5-8fe4-bf44bb401f0b | http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2011/07/11/265064/how-many-republicans-does-it-take-to-screw-up-our-light-bulb-savings/?mobile=nc |
(1914-1919): The Weltkrieg
1914:
June 28: Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the Austro-Hungarian Empire is assassinated by Gavrilo Princip.In a reaction Austria-Hungary sends an ultimatum to the Kingdom of Serbia, whose contents are deliberately made unacceptable to the Serbs. Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia shortl... | eng | 8fe0a29e-447f-4196-8839-dd41f50664bd | http://www.finalfantasyforums.net/threads/50907-Information-Gundam-KR |
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I posted this on Tipping in the media (redux) where the blog link was posted originally but this specific topic seems interesting enough to have it's own thread. Basically? Due to economic times seems to be a *wrong* reason but honestly reality is reality.
This discussion is my fav. If you can't tip 20% then you can't... | eng | 4dff7993-30c2-4cc4-9e08-4e8cd980fb24 | http://www.tipping.org/discus4/messages/9/8617.html?1240374617 |
Life Inc. is about how the economy is affecting you: your life, your job, your family, your finances, your spending. Check us out on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.
Generation Y remains upbeat, thanks to Mom and Dad
By Eve Tahmincioglu
The economic funk of the past four years has made it tough for younger workers ... | eng | 82a4134a-40b0-4d13-86e9-dd02a7fb8434 | http://lifeinc.today.com/_news/2012/02/09/10353515-generation-y-remains-upbeat-thanks-to-mom-and-dad?chromedomain=usnews |
August
30, 2006 When I don't know
something, which, alas, is often the case, people come to my assistance.
Take a recent column about Medal of Honor winner Charles Cleveland.
Cleveland is buried in Utica's Forest Hill Cemetery and his tombstone cites
the fact that Congress awarded him the country's highest medal. This... | eng | 58d35795-c0c2-4730-80b0-6da324285649 | http://www.boonvilleherald.com/joe_kelly/2006%20Articles/joekelly_083006.htm |
Before the earthquake women and girls faced great challenges. Now even more than ever. The earthquake did not discriminate based on gender, but women will be disproportionately affected. Death from childbirth, sexual violence, unwanted pregnancies and unsafe abortions, possible spread of HIV- these are a few of the inc... | eng | 5dc9fd07-eb03-4591-8fdb-7f10eb16abda | http://haitiinnovation.org/en/2010/02/03/protecting-haitis-women-and-children |
In the ninth grade, the curriculum focuses on one quarter of speech, concentrating on informative public address with emphasis on research, organization, writing of the speech and the use of effective visuals. The course will also include a variety of short presentations, from monologues to the reading of poetry and pr... | eng | 40c03b52-0661-4614-85e2-5ef9e26284e0 | http://www.laurel.esu1.org/Curriculum/course/course9-12.htm |
Disclaimer: I don't own The Dresden Files or My Little Pony, that is Jim Butcher and Hasbro, respectively. This is a fanfiction only. This story takes place before Discord's return in MLP and between books six and seven in the Dresden Files.
Chapter Two
Definitely a classical style, Twilight Sparkle thought, examinin... | eng | caf896ae-8c62-40b3-a554-92a5760a7d49 | http://www.fimfiction.net/story/13969/3/The-Dresden-Fillies%3A-False-Masks/Chapter-Two |
Preface
It has long been the custom to begin the history of our country with the discovery of the New World by Columbus. To some extent this is both wise and necessary; but in following it in this instance the attempt has been made to treat the colonial period as the childhood of the United States; to have it bear the... | eng | ee138405-1066-4258-abcb-74294640a6df | http://www.theworkofgodschildren.org/collaboration/index.php?title=School_History_of_the_United_States |
games
The game industry has been slow to make use of women as protagonists in video games, sometimes due to the idea that the dudebros only want to play as males. Didn't Tomb Raider in all its guises sell more than 35 million copies? But anyway, my point isn't that female protagonists are more inclusive or less sexist... | eng | b00e4928-edeb-4511-9cdc-dd560dbc0528 | http://zompist.wordpress.com/category/games/ |
One of your references for this week, Christensen and Overdorf (2000) speak
of the challenge of disruptive change. You will be studying about disruptive
change throughout your MSHCA program. The concept means the changes that create
an entirely new market that at first is judged by customers' response as negative.
What... | eng | 67a6d9a8-c755-4935-98c8-02fefe82060a | http://polaris.umuc.edu/~abouldin/hcad600/h600wk2a.htm |
Viewing:
An introduction to the history of the Newbury area, this course looks at a different chronological period each week. Local events covered include the Civil War battles and the story of Donnington CastleThe development of the Gothic style has been called 'the greatest adventure ever undertaken'. In this wide-r... | eng | a610cb6e-3815-4490-bc56-ce6f1e4a7fbb | http://www.conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/results.php?Category=400 |
1 This publication presents summary results from the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Survey (NATSISS), which was conducted throughout Australia, including remote areas, from August 2008 to April 2009. This is the third social survey of Indigenous Australians conducted by the ABS. The previous NATS... | eng | e332a7ee-aec8-4013-9757-de250344d1ed | http://abs.gov.au/AUSSTATS/abs@.nsf/Lookup/4714.0Explanatory%20Notes12008?OpenDocument |
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Friday, October 28, 2011Wednesday, October 26, 2011
File this under even though this isn't the first time a story like this has run, it's still interesting…
Did you happen to see the news reports about a group of Chinese and Turkish explorers who say they have discovered the remains of Noah's Ark on Mount Arar... | eng | 30926d21-b832-44d7-8e42-9b6e03a5f65c | http://eglewis.blogspot.jp/2011_10_01_archive.html |
A New Hampshire Native, Alexis was uprooted by her mother and stepfather at the age of 14 in a move to California. Here, Alexis's talents and dreams of singing, dancing, and acting flourished with the opportunities surrounding her. She began studying acting in high school, and continued as she finished her bachelor's d... | eng | 542f7573-9d5a-4d07-af4f-b0683d861ddf | http://johnhoff3.wordpress.com/2012/01/12/actress-alexis-zibolis/ |
EARLY INTERVENTION FOR
COMMUNICATION
- AN EXAMPLE
This is a selection of notes from over two years
of behavioral intervention sessions with a young child who ultimately
recovered completely from autism.
Please note that there is no implication that these interventions
will 'cure' autism. These notes include many curri... | eng | 60b9a63d-51ad-4c5e-9e68-2e96ad6f3490 | http://autism-help.org/communication-intervention-example.htm |
What is Intelligence in the Context of Artificial Intelligence?
Adam Beautement.
themorat@hotmail.com
Themes and Debates Essay May 2000.
Nottingham University Psychology Department
INTRODUCTION
1. The attributes required by an entity such that it can be labelled "intelligent" are the
subject of much debate in psycholog... | eng | 30482a7e-2f30-46e5-9574-122a1e66478b | http://www.docstoc.com/docs/14727999/What-is-Intelligence-in-the-Context-of-Artificial-Intelligence |
East Lothian Countryside Ranger Service
Promoting Ranger events and activities across East LothianFri, 17 May 2013 14:49:46 +0000en-UShourly1 Treasure
17 May 2013 14:49:46 +0000rogertheranger reading →]]>I spent three great mornings with children and teachers from The Hub at Sanderson's Wynd in Tranent, walking down T... | eng | 33a2352f-f360-4632-86f7-9f80ef88ed4d | http://edubuzz.org/rangerservice/feed/ |
Fred's Finds – Archive
FEBRUARY 2013 — "Mapping Month" on Fred's Finds .
Flying Over America
This is a fun U-Tube video which depicts an old bi-wing aircraft flying over parts of North America. Several landmarks are shown, some easy, some more difficult. I could imagine this being used as a fun way to start a Geogra... | eng | 08cfeb38-cdfe-4b42-8a6e-f19885c6043a | http://lt.umn.edu/mage/curriculum/freds-finds-archive/ |
HONEY
All civilizations have relied on natural therapeutic agents to meet their primary health care needs at some point in time. Honey and honey containing salves have been used to relieve pain, promote wound healing and to treat sores, boils, cuts, abrasions, insect bites, burns and skin disorders for thousands of yea... | eng | c853c142-fd6c-4ba6-89e8-a665773468dc | http://mashvet.com/http:/mashvet.com.previewdns.com/category/stories |
Meta
Readers of this blog may have been puzzled by the subtitle of my new blog on Ramalingam: "The Way of Pure and True Theism". This implies a distinction between pure and true theism, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, impure and false theism.
What is this distinction?
This distinction is based on the fact t... | eng | bac5879d-d780-453a-9bac-fec00391a576 | http://thebaloneydetective.com/ |
Not a Communist, but probably not a person who has an understanding of actual economics in the real world.
MattyD
Thomas R, are you sure you mean "actual economics"? As opposed to "propagandized economic theories"? Don't confuse the two. Just because hyper-free market ideologies have become *popular* in business scho... | eng | 427373e6-f611-40ba-9d19-085906f51ee8 | http://www.patheos.com/blogs/markshea/2012/06/remember-11.html |
1. When you have a change in your profile, such as modifying a character or adding new characters, please keep it to your original post, instead of making multiple profile posts. It creates less clutter.
2. Please put a link to your profile in your sig, or add a link to it somewhere in your first post when you're join... | eng | d5ed44ce-fdb9-42f6-af30-4065f058ec0a | http://kirbysrainbowresort.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=450142 |
You
will be asked 20 questions. IF YOU GET A QUESTION
WRONG, KEEP TRYING UNTIL YOU GET IT RIGHT. THE PROGRAM
WILL ONLY CALCULATE YOUR SCORE IF YOU HAVE ANSWERED
ALL THE QUESTIONS. Incorrect guesses will reduce
your score. When you are finished, click "Submit"
if you are satisfied with your score. Remember you
need a sc... | eng | 19e0a358-c11d-4cc8-b69b-5e5823e842cf | http://www.lsa.umich.edu/german/hmr/Grammatik/Praepositionen/Prepositions.html |
Solar power could be the future, but it'll be a while until panels are on every roof. Fear not: while working at the University of Notre Dame, Indiana, engineer Blake Farrow showed you don't need the far corners of the periodic table to put together a solar cell. Just grab some tea-time staples. (These Are just some st... | eng | ac9dc4a8-ae18-4790-a91e-8a21aa343d37 | http://www.ragpress.com/ |
The family contains five genera, classified by
variations in nucleoprotein (NP and M) antigens: influenza A,
influenza B, influenza C, thogotovirus, and isavirus.
Genus: Influenzavirus A
Consists of a single species: influenzaA
virus.
Influenza A viruses are a major cause of
influenza in humans.
The multipartite ge... | eng | d0d92450-3eb4-4907-a2f9-8128a5fa01a5 | http://www.pandemicreferenceguides.com/pdfFiles/FluInformation/CIDRAP_Pandemic_Influenza_Aug26_2006.htm |
The Philosophy of Explanation
Under the idea of ethics, we discuss what a properly functioning human being is and requires. Under the idea of morality, we discuss what a rational functioning society is and requires. A rational functioning society can continue to exist only when the individuals of whom it consists are ... | eng | 7c945945-f110-47a6-9d1c-1b34a699f6ff | http://thephilosophyofexplanation.blogspot.com/ |
How To Play
If you're new to Shadowfist, or to trading card gaming in general, learning to play may seem a bit overwhelming. It is, actually, but it does get easier as you play more games and become familiar with the cards. If you're having trouble, you might wish to simplify the game elements for a few trial runs, an... | eng | f70cf2d6-239d-439e-902d-c42182c1f669 | http://www.shadowfist.com/info/how_to_play |
Waterfalls -- Part II
Article and Photography by Ron Bigelow
Composition
Identifying and capturing strong composition is an extremely important part of creating powerful waterfall images. While the purpose of this article is not to carry out a thorough review of composition, a couple of aspects of composition, curve... | eng | fcfa40bc-328d-4d19-a7c9-ebd9dba1ca6e | http://ronbigelow.com/articles/waterfalls-2/waterfalls-2.htm |
Regional Adaptation
North America: 1607-1695
Regional Adaptation Features of Regional Adaptation include timber construction, usually logs with rounded ends or planks notched together at the corners, wooden chimneys covered in clay, and a lack of imported materials such as nails, glass, or paint.
North Carolina: 165... | eng | cb268a7e-3487-4902-8b8c-73f2c7084f3d | http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/specialcollections/builtheritage/timeline/stylestimeline.php |
Ron Rosedale, M.D.
The Rosedale Diet is the most scientifically advanced diet in the world, that has been shown to mimic the amazing effects of caloric restriction on health and life extension, without having to even think about restricting calories.Mon, 15 Apr 2013 07:59:17 +0000en-UShourly1Insulin: Its Crucial Role i... | eng | 0095e968-cb3a-4221-b042-455713636305 | http://drrosedale.com/blog/feed/ |
My name is Merillia Feldreth. I am a Dunmer, a Dark Elf. In the land of Skyrim, my kind is not particularly welcome. The Nords have their customs and ways which I admit I do not favor in my heart, but I respect in my actions. The favor is not returned, but I do not expect it to be. However, it dawns on me that perhaps ... | eng | 56fc911c-ee3b-466f-8628-d0fe92f0d008 | http://www.destructoid.com/studying-sexism-with-skyrim-fus-ro-va-gina--219799.phtml?s=100 |