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During the positive phase of the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO), a large pressure gradient across the North Atlantic creates strong winds that drive winter storms across the Atlantic and into Northern Europe. During the negative phase, there is only a small pressure gradient. Southern Europe and Africa receive weak w... | <urn:uuid:994d2aa0-9238-418a-a174-e8896bc1dba9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/climate/nao.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702900179/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111500-00045-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93026 | 757 | 3.9375 | 4 |
When a person agrees to do something or to not do something, that person is making a promise. A promise can be made (by saying it), or it can be written down as a contract. Breaking a promise, or not keeping it, is often just bad manners, but it can sometimes be illegal, such as when a contract is not kept.
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Master the key communication skills required in international business English
|Series:||Delta Business Communication Skills|
|Level:||Pre-intermediate - Intermediate / B1-B2|
|Tags:||B1-B2, business, communication, self-study|
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Written By: Moustafa Bahran
Article Date: Sep 21, 2010 - 4:38:27 PM
Quantum Chromo-Dynamics (QCD) is the physical theory that explains the strong interaction of sub-nuclear particles called Quarks. These are structure-less (point-like) particles that make up both the proton and the neutron which make up the atomic nucl... | <urn:uuid:a35a7adc-dbf2-40ab-b454-beaf48861327> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.yobserver.com/editorials/10019678.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705956263/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120556-00045-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938561 | 838 | 2.6875 | 3 |
The ability to interpret and act on the massive amounts of information locked in web and enterprise systems is critical to success in the modern business economy. R, a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics, is a comprehensive, fully-programmable package that empowers developers and analysts t... | <urn:uuid:d37ed7e4-e95d-4488-a37b-0273aeb199aa> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://softpro.com/1-935182-39-0.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710196013/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131636-00045-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.914213 | 399 | 2.734375 | 3 |
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from Bright Advent
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[The Historical Cast]
Reverend John Eliot (1604-1690)—Known as the Apostle to the Indians, Eliot helped found thirteen towns for "Praying Indians" and printed the Indian Bible. The conversion and protection of the Indians near ... | <urn:uuid:b5a4ca16-42be-4815-b631-0e85160c0e86> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.common-place.org/vol-10/no-04/poetry/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710196013/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131636-00045-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923271 | 3,174 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Use the Percent Circle to Solve Percent Problems
The percent circle is a simple visual aid that helps you make sense of percent problems so that you can solve them easily. The three main types of percent problems are finding the ending number, finding the percentage, and finding the starting number.
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In the center of the site is a
large C-shaped figure formed by six artificial earthen mounds. Today they are four to six feet high and 140
to 200 feet apart. These were first
believed to form an octagonal enclosure and the Arkansas River eroded one side
of it, but current information suggests that the area was eroded b... | <urn:uuid:96acf7e6-6759-43ba-9c9b-b50a5bc48895> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.shvoong.com/humanities/6684-poverty-point-culture/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710196013/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131636-00045-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972934 | 593 | 3.53125 | 4 |
Food and Diet
Although all species of bears, including black and grizzly bears, are technically of the order Carnivora, they are essentially omnivores that eat plants, insects, fish, and animals.
Bears spend most of their time perusing a patchwork of habitats throughout the year, feeding on vegetation, insects and othe... | <urn:uuid:ee2a7153-e40b-462e-a797-5abad5e48f61> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.bearsmart.com/resources/north-american-bears/food-and-diet | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699675907/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102115-00045-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965246 | 838 | 3.734375 | 4 |
The Clyde Sea area has a wide range of habitats which support a large diversity of plant and animal species. There is some concern that human activities may have already had effects on those species and habitats, through overexploitation, habitat destruction and environmental change. Historically the Clyde has supporte... | <urn:uuid:b7b27492-8f71-4326-87c6-bb6b9badc2cf> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2012/06/7562/4 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699675907/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102115-00045-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926962 | 5,499 | 3.625 | 4 |
As a public college of the liberal arts, St. Mary’s College of Maryland aims to educate its students to lead productive and satisfying lives as citizens. To accomplish this goal, the program of study is designed to provide a first-rate general education, to promote competence in at least one academic field, and to help... | <urn:uuid:31841ebd-5cfc-49ef-bac9-504147a90989> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.smcm.edu/catalog0910/curriculum/overview.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699675907/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102115-00045-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940643 | 2,390 | 2.765625 | 3 |
“They enrich our journey and make every day more interesting.”
That’s how Dr. David L. Wagner, Assistant Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticutt, began his talk Monday evening at the Austin Butterfly Forum. His audience of about 70 would be hard pressed to disagree after watching... | <urn:uuid:3eb29a68-e938-462e-8ac7-e9cda7e1a31d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.mysanantonio.com/monikamaeckle/2011/05/beating-the-bushes-takes-on-new-meaning-after-caterpillar-crawl-lecture-by-the-effusive-dr-david-l-wagner/?gta=commentlistpos | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703317384/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112157-00045-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941817 | 823 | 3.140625 | 3 |
There are several disorders thought by some to be caused by food allergies, but the evidence is currently insufficient or contrary to such claims.
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Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Explain THIS. Part 1
Picture this: A teacher is standing in front of the class. A student asks a question. It suddenly dawns on the teacher that he/she doesn’t know the answer. It also goes through the teacher’s mind that it would be so much nicer if that student hadn’t shown up for class! So now ... | <urn:uuid:778c02ae-f005-4399-bbb3-62d7b2db7f9d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://azargrammar.com/teacherTalk/blog/2012/05/explain-this-part-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706413448/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121333-00045-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946255 | 1,202 | 3.625 | 4 |
Below are the first 10 and last 10 pages of uncorrected machine-read text (when available) of this chapter, followed by the top 30 algorithmically extracted key phrases from the chapter as a whole.
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Marine mammals forage in dynamic environments characterized by variables that are continuously changing in relation to large-scale oceanographic processes. The ability of naïve animals to forage in these conditions poses interesting questions about how they might perceive their environments. By analysing the tracks of ... | <urn:uuid:c1e7b1c1-5b34-459b-98e6-f731a35e2b45> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://epic.awi.de/30846/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706413448/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121333-00045-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908518 | 239 | 2.625 | 3 |
Adding Box Plots to Show Data Distribution in Dashboards [Part 6 of 6]
This is a Guest Post by Robert on Visualization Techniques for Excel KPI Dashboards.
This 6 Part Tutorial on Management Dashboards Teaches YOU:
Creating a Scrollable List View in Dashboard
Add Ability to Sort on Any KPI to the Dashboard
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DATE: October 01, 2012
Can you please explain what a stock index is?
A stock index is a method of measuring a group of stocks with a goal to provide a one-number indication of how that group of stocks is performing. Indexes are often used in the same way that averages are used. When it comes to the stock market, there ... | <urn:uuid:13dbe0ae-0b9b-4df2-9ef9-febcc1adc148> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.cboe.com/LearnCenter/OCShowDocument.aspx?DIR=LCOptionsCorner&FILE=10_01_2012_1.ascx&CreateDate=01.10.2012 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368711406217/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516133646-00045-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946373 | 135 | 2.8125 | 3 |
BURLINGTON -- Summer may be starting to wind down, but the risk of exposure to poison ivy can continue well into the winter months. Poison ivy grows throughout Vermont, and its not just the leaves that are toxic. A person can get a rash by coming into contact with the oily residue from any part of the poison ivy plant,... | <urn:uuid:c6f69389-d104-434d-a241-b201b85b97e2> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.denpubs.com/news/2007/aug/22/the-bugs-are-gone/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368711406217/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516133646-00045-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956397 | 502 | 3.078125 | 3 |
Attractiveness of agriculture for young people | Blogs Series: Agriculture, ICTs and Youth
The role of ICTs in increasing the attractiveness of agriculture for young people
Unattractiveness of agriculture
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A string of record breaking maximum temperatures and numerous fires and almost no precipitation in Colorado during the month of June 2012 had people wondering - What's up with the weather? For example Boulder, Colorado had the hottest average maximum temperature (91.2° F) for the month of June. The period from March to... | <urn:uuid:f627990b-bb66-4ac0-8a08-9f954a01eb89> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.esrl.noaa.gov/psd/repository/entry/show/PSD+Climate+Data+Repository/Public/Interpreting+Climate+Conditions+-+Case+Studies/Colorado+Heat+-+June+2012?entryid=576c74b4-4baf-4d7b-9bd5-6fba40645784&output=default.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368711406217/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516133646-00045-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927474 | 1,487 | 3.625 | 4 |
Yoga Stretches for Children
Yoga stretches give a satisfaction! Try bringing your children both the awareness of their spine and their alignment while educating them about a basic yoga posture.
The Child's Pose can be a natural extension the Kidskills Training Program. The back exercise called: Old Nag! Mad Cat! teache... | <urn:uuid:be0983c8-74c2-44ac-b350-fb5a4f94d684> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.examiner.com/article/yoga-stretches-for-children?cid=rss | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382185/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922809 | 401 | 2.5625 | 3 |
In this era of computer chats and cellphone messages, hearing the voice of someone who loves you -- your mom, especially -- still carries a mighty biological boost at stressful times.
A text just isn't enough, say researchers, who have found that among the virtues of voice is the ability to comfort at tense times.
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The UN environment report states that Ganga would disappear by 2030.There would be no need to train engineers or even Ganga...
A report published in the Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology suggests that babies of...
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Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial plant of the ginger family, Zingiberaceae. It is native to tropical South Asia and needs temperatures between 20 °C and 30 °C (68 °F and 86 °F) and a considerable amount of annual rainfall to thrive. Plants are gathered annually for their rhizomes, and prop... | <urn:uuid:b51c0879-3814-4301-b872-1ab71a2b0652> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thingsthatwegoogleatwork.tumblr.com/post/31398163078 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703748374/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112908-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964922 | 254 | 3.65625 | 4 |
Community Approaches to Improving Outcomes for Urban Children, Youth, and Families
Dale A. Blyth
University of Minnesota
Before commenting on the strong chapter by Connell and Kubisch, as well as the larger issues they and others raised, I wish to make explicit up front that my comments come out of three recent experie... | <urn:uuid:ab65444a-fd4b-4880-846c-206e732c4596> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.questia.com/read/104910811/does-it-take-a-village-community-effects-on-children | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703748374/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112908-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949164 | 529 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Library Home || Primary || Math Fundamentals || Pre-Algebra ||
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|Pre-Algebra, difficulty level 4. Find information about Pick's theorem and solve an area problem using this method.|
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Post by Denise on her L'Aussie Writer site:
Recent Post by Cathy Oliffe-Webster:
What is flash fiction (FF)?
'Each drop encases its own separate note, the way each drop engulfs its own blue pearl of light.' This description of rain, from Stuart Dybek's story "Nighthawks," is as close to a definition of flash fiction as... | <urn:uuid:c79bb42c-1f0f-4c46-a256-a9a71ca3b2b6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://romanticfridaywriters.blogspot.com/p/flash-fiction.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706624988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121704-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946252 | 311 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Determining Cell Data Types with Excel 2007's TYPE Function
Excel 2007's TYPE function is an information function that returns the type of value in a cell. Aptly named, this function enables you to build formulas with the IF function that execute one type of behavior when the cell being tested contains a value and anot... | <urn:uuid:733c3b6f-d7ec-44a9-84fa-2ef4adbc580e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/determining-cell-data-types-with-excel-2007s-type-.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706624988/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121704-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.700737 | 316 | 3.796875 | 4 |
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Volume 1 of our Behaviors! series, Behaviors with Friends, uses targeted video modeling to help teach your child how to behave appropriately, solve problems, make good decisions and properly communicate with their friends and other peers in common social scenarios and settings.
In each lesson, we introd... | <urn:uuid:2e2de4fb-eb06-4304-8509-af450cdbd12b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://teach2talk.com/teach2talk-behaviors-series-vol-1.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944165 | 572 | 3.265625 | 3 |
What once was solely the realm of science fiction is increasingly becoming part of the world we live in. A cadre of somewhat eccentric billionaires has backed a startup that aims to mine near-Earth asteroids, and now we have all the details. At first glance, this has all the earmarks of a fly-by-night operation destine... | <urn:uuid:7c602f16-8d08-4b7a-b0fe-2f433675a18b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.cd-disk.com/asteroid-mining-not-as-crazy-as-it-sounds | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9596 | 1,155 | 2.53125 | 3 |
The Constitution and Slavery: What Rights are Protected?
The Constitution and Slavery: What Rights are Protected? In January of 1854, Stephen A. Douglas, the publicly recognized leader of northwestern Democrats, introduced a bill that would establish a new territory- Nebraska. Since Douglas understood the South would c... | <urn:uuid:043fe287-9c22-49c4-8475-f77229cb1017> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.megaessays.com/viewpaper/28610.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696382764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092622-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971896 | 816 | 3.671875 | 4 |
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Beryl is a mineral and in certain varieties a valuable gem material.
It consists of aluminum berllyium silicate, Be3Al2(SiO 3)6, and it is the
chief commercial ore of beryllium. Pure beryl is colorless and transparent.
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Organized crime or criminal organizations are transnational, national, or local groupings of highly centralised enterprises run by criminals for the purpose of engaging in illegal activity, most commonly for monetary profit. Some criminal organizations, such as terrorist organizations, are politically motivated. Someti... | <urn:uuid:f3ec6165-607d-481a-9cc4-539edcebe981> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.mashpedia.com/Organized_crime | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700438490/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103358-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944158 | 10,465 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Pope John Paul II, in his 1995 encyclical Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life), succinctly outlined the Church's long-held teaching on the sanctity of human life in light of current cultural trends. The Pontiff labels the modern notion of “compassionate” aid in dying as “false mercy,” and alludes to the situation in E... | <urn:uuid:e25b07b2-5456-4986-b4e9-fe4629478778> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ncregister.com/site/article/false_mercy_the_catechism_on_assisted_suicide/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700438490/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103358-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957905 | 821 | 2.515625 | 3 |
The land seizures in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan before and after the 7 April 2010 uprising have been portrayed in the mass media as having been perpetrated by criminals and an ignorant rural class. In fact, they are a response to the uneven development of private property, a problem that goes back to the neo-liberal agricultu... | <urn:uuid:69562843-cc95-453a-91ae-208359185bbb> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.opendemocracy.net/od-russia/balihar-sanghera/why-are-kyrgyzstan%E2%80%99s-slum-dwellers-so-angry | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368700438490/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516103358-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952196 | 2,181 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Moderate Exercise Cuts Breast Cancer Risk
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In yesterday’s Disunion in the New York Times, Sven Beckert and Seth Rockman shared a piece entitled “Partners in Iniquity.” It basically explores how the northern states were complicit in and benefited from slavery throughout its existence. This is a fact well-known to the historical profession, but not as well-known ... | <urn:uuid:4795676b-7f3b-4afa-86d0-cd7e20095976> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://cwemancipation.wordpress.com/2011/04/03/northern-complicity-in-slavery-during-the-civil-war/?like=1&source=post_flair&_wpnonce=317f4d0876 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704133142/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113533-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970058 | 783 | 3.265625 | 3 |
There is grammatical ellipsis, which in general case might not introduce the sense of accelerated time, but quite the reverse, depending on how hard is it to parse, for example:
The average person thinks he isn't.
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On Monday, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory telescope recorded an awesome sight: one of the most visually spectacular solar eruptions in years. The mass of super-hot gases and charged particles exploded from the east limb of the sun, which is the left side for observers on earth. The false-color image above captures t... | <urn:uuid:a31b612c-e7c7-4d4c-b689-b1df56c0d174> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://wvoutpost.com/2012/04/21/photo-of-the-day-a-spectacular-solar-eruption-video/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704133142/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516113533-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941365 | 222 | 3.71875 | 4 |
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Choosing the Right Type of a Pipette & Micropipette
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Water Opossum (Chironectes minimus)
Also known as the yapok, the water opossum is a species of semi-aquatic marsupial found in Mexico and parts of Central and South America. Like most opossums this species does have a pouch, but the pouch is found in both sexes a trait only found in the extinct thylacine. As its name s... | <urn:uuid:7e389534-8d61-48f7-b4dd-0baccce290fa> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thatyoungrebelkid.tumblr.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368696383218/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516092623-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940888 | 187 | 3.234375 | 3 |
Maltese folklore 1
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Starthistle - Centaurea calcitrapa
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Purple starthistle is an annual or biennial with a stout taproot. The
leaves are simple, glabrous to pubescent. The leaf margins vary and can
be pinnatifid, dentate, serrulate or entire. The upper leaves are sessile
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Winter 2000, Vol. 32, No. 4
The Covenant with Death and How It Was Made
By Paul Finkelman
© 2000 by Paul Finkelman
One of the compromises made by the Constitutional Convention was to close the African slave trade in 1808. This manifest from the schooner Gustavus shows the increased value of slaves in the domestic marke... | <urn:uuid:5ad5db34-fe42-42f3-983e-ab732656f08b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2000/winter/garrisons-constitution-1.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701063060/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104423-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970785 | 6,241 | 3.703125 | 4 |
It is more common to find people concerned over losing weight. However, there are some who may actually need to gain weight. A number of people are thin naturally. But being thin is not always a good sign. Sometimes being underweight can be the result of a chronic disease or eating disorder – which are both harmful con... | <urn:uuid:4b24f350-3e3f-4b1c-8dd2-a5992b8d09a9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ihealthdirectory.com/weight-gain-diet/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701063060/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516104423-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978777 | 744 | 2.984375 | 3 |
|Origin:||aloof 'to windward' (16-18 centuries), from loof 'direction against the wind' (13-19 centuries), from Dutch loef|
unfriendly and deliberately not talking to other people
remain/stay aloof (from somebody)
They worked hard, but tended to stay aloof from the local inhabitants.
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Oropharyngeal and esophageal dysphagia typically produce different types of symptoms Table 02.
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One of the most frequently asked questions I get when teaching cooking classes is - how do you store it? Right on. I hate throwing out produce because I didn’t get to it soon enough or it wasn’t stored at the right temperature. One hint is to take note of how produce is arranged at the grocery store. For example, onion... | <urn:uuid:e3d9b765-ee92-4a28-baa1-37c126a91625> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.seattlepi.com/cookusinterruptus/2011/10/05/best-ways-to-store-fruits-and-vegetables/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701943764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105903-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937484 | 1,054 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Muara Jambi Temple is considered one of the richest archaeological sites on the island of Sumatra. The eight temple-like structures appear to be Buddhist, and were probably built around the 14th century.
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Click the Study Aids tab at the bottom of the book to access your Study Aids (usually practice quizzes and flash cards).
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A Resident, or in full Resident Minister, is a government official required to take up permanent residence in another country. A representative of his government, he officially has diplomatic functions which are often seen as a form of indirect rule.
Resident Ministers
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The Naval Museum is located in San Sebastian's port, in a building constructed in the mid-18th century as the headquarters for the association of San Sebastian's merchants and sailors. The museum is devoted to the study of the long relationship that has existed between the Basques and the sea, with a special focus on t... | <urn:uuid:3f6f7532-a4a7-4049-aee1-149afc90495a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://travel.aol.com/travel-guide/europe/spain/san-sebastian/museo-naval-thingstodo-detail-68192/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705300740/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115500-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971819 | 141 | 2.75 | 3 |
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Oxygen therapies comprise a group of unproven alternatives promoted as cures for cancer and other degenerative diseases, such as HIV/AIDS. In the case of cancer, it is claimed that tumors thrive in oxygen-poor environments, that cancerous tissues can be reoxygenated by a variety of therapeutic means, and that the proce... | <urn:uuid:72c97172-64ef-4078-aea6-e5cd79605887> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/nocturnal-paroxysmal-dystonia/content/article/10165/2093774?pageNumber=2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702454815/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516110734-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952353 | 1,883 | 2.6875 | 3 |
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Editor's Note: We are posting this feature from our March 2002 issue because of news from the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society about the phenomenon discussed here.
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Economic Woes for the Warsaw Pact
The Warsaw Pact was based around the principle of cooperation and mutual assistance for its member states, including both military agreement and economic cooperation. In reality, the Soviet Union decided both the military and economic policies for all of the Warsaw Pact's member states... | <urn:uuid:2371280e-1577-418a-8915-7cd01eacd53e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://chnm.gmu.edu/1989/items/show/268 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709135115/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125855-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976634 | 585 | 3.03125 | 3 |
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The NAPWA/TAEP HIV/AIDS POLICY REPORT
Early Access to Treatment: an Effective Tool to Prevent HIV
This past summer, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released data that show the rate of new HIV infections in the United States is much higher than previously though... | <urn:uuid:ac2c90a7-f256-4aff-a32a-9559f0732d9b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.poz.com/articles/napwa_treatment_hiv_2271_15669.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699036375/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101036-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953331 | 1,423 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Walter Ashby Plecker was born on April 2, 1861, in Augusta County, Virginia. His father was a merchant and slave owner who fought in the Civil War. Plecker graduated from Hoover Military Academy in Staunton in 1880 and obtained a medical degree from the University of Maryland in 1885. He settled in Hampton, Virginia, i... | <urn:uuid:6f80bcff-eaf8-435f-836f-eb51c0045321> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.virginiamemory.com/online_classroom/shaping_the_constitution/people/walter_ashby_plecker?mode=pv | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699036375/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516101036-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965064 | 504 | 3.109375 | 3 |
Humanure at Dancing Rabbit
by Brian Liloia
In Nickelodeon’s recent A Kid Off The Grid TV program, Dancing Rabbit’s humanure system was explained. It quickly turned into a joke on The Daily Show soon after the Nick show aired. However, you might be wondering more about what humanure is, and how this human waste composti... | <urn:uuid:3b65a649-b7a8-414f-96d0-cbb1cbd984de> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.dancingrabbit.org/about-dancing-rabbit-ecovillage/eco-living/resource-management/humanure/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705956263/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120556-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925792 | 593 | 2.90625 | 3 |
Theory of Anything?
Physicist Lawrence Krauss turns on his own.
Lawrence Krauss, a professor of physics and astronomy at Case Western Reserve University, has a reputation for shooting down pseudoscience. He opposed the teaching of intelligent design on The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer. He penned an essay for the New York T... | <urn:uuid:863393b4-a338-4a5a-baf9-c0e049863cd4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2005/11/theory_of_anything.html?nav=fo | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705956263/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120556-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946348 | 870 | 3.125 | 3 |
31 August 2010 The United Nations agency charged with protecting intellectual property worldwide has welcomed the adoption by a number of African States of a new legal instrument that seeks to protect the continent’s traditional knowledge and folklore.
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One of the major events of the upcoming year 2005 in the CPU market should inevitably be the release of the dual-core processor architecture. To cut the long story short, the idea behind dual-core CPUs is very simple. One processor physically based around a single semiconductor die will feature two equally functional p... | <urn:uuid:d607842d-7383-4168-a0fd-286b80d4c926> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/dual-core.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705956263/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120556-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928268 | 597 | 2.953125 | 3 |
A study led by the University of Leicester has found that anti-obesity drugs coupled with lifestyle advice are effective in reducing weight and BMI.
Dr Laura Gray and colleagues from the Department of Health Sciences at the University of Leicester have published a paper in the journal Obesity Review which looks at the ... | <urn:uuid:fe782721-3b83-4075-a86e-52269a2a13db> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-anti-obesity-drugs-lifestyle-weight-loss.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710196013/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131636-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978122 | 461 | 2.640625 | 3 |
Diwali celebrates the victory of the good over evil and the restoration of Dharma. The most popular belief is that Lord Ram returned to Ayodhya after 14-year exile and people lit lamps to receive him. But the most important Hindu God that is worshipped during Diwali is not only Lord Ram – there are numerous other Gods ... | <urn:uuid:6ce9c20a-517d-441d-9a20-9008a8bfbe24> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.hindu-blog.com/2009/10/diwali-gods-hindu-gods-worshipped.html?showComment=1254497872440 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710196013/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131636-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964075 | 1,035 | 3.09375 | 3 |
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Trade in Indonesia
country carry out the trade with other country to satisfy their requirements,
because all of this country have the different requirements that could not be
satisfied by themselves. Sell things abroad called export, while buy goods from
abroad called import.
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A function model or functional model in systems engineering and software engineering is a structured representation of the functions (activities, actions, processes, operations) within the modeled system or subject area.
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A town hall meeting is a name given to an informal public meeting. Everybody in a town community is invited to attend, not always to voice their opinions, but to hear the responses from public figures and (if applicable) elected officials about shared subjects of interest. Attendees rarely vote on an issue or propose a... | <urn:uuid:ef51594a-d817-4f53-8954-8f6b3371251e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://townhallshamilton.blogspot.com/2011_08_01_archive.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699675907/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102115-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962366 | 532 | 3.015625 | 3 |
Experts in Antimicrobial Cationic Peptides
Small cationic peptides that are an important component, in most species, of early innate and induced defenses against invading microbes. In animals they are found on mucosal surfaces, within phagocytic granules, and on the surface of the body. They are also found in insects a... | <urn:uuid:73875419-ae37-4241-9667-609f03b10460> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.biomedexperts.com/Concept.bme/93656/Antimicrobial_Cationic_Peptides | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368699675907/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516102115-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94003 | 124 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Cats currently are the most popular pet in North America and are considered family members by many cat owners.1,2 Despite these facts, cats generally receive less veterinary care than dogs do. For example, a 2006 study by the American
Veterinary Medical Association found that owners took dogs to veterinarians more than... | <urn:uuid:1cf693d1-cce8-45ba-b348-8d19f8d9bef9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://veterinarymedicine.dvm360.com/vetmed/Medicine/Have-you-implemented-the-AAFP-AAHA-Feline-Life-Sta/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/743090 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703317384/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112157-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930033 | 512 | 3.015625 | 3 |
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General Earth Science
- The Earth Science World Image Bank (Images)
- The Earth Science World Image Bank is a service provided by the American Geological Institute (AGI). This Image Bank is designed to provide quality geoscience images to the public, educators, and the geoscien... | <urn:uuid:f8496c23-2245-4c16-b2f0-a0b7c7fba484> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.eas.purdue.edu/outreach/teacher_resources.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703317384/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112157-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.866941 | 1,802 | 3.828125 | 4 |
Nuclear energy is not an option for combating Climate Change
Nuclear energy is an alternative solution for subsidizing the global green house gasses emission rate but is not a permanent solution .As nuclear power is not a clean or renewable form of energy , so to an extent it can be used as an effective means of reduci... | <urn:uuid:c3a94e21-ddc6-4784-88c0-60948059e454> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.groundreport.com/Health_and_Science/Nuclear-energy-is-not-an-option-for-combating-Clim/2925494 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703317384/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112157-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929387 | 1,893 | 3.125 | 3 |
- Prune a fruit tree and explain why such a pruning was done.
- Make a plan for planting a 2-acre fuit orchard.
- Prepare and demonstrate how to use the following apple or other fruit tree sprays:
- (a) dormant spray
- (b) bud spray
- (c) calyx spray
- Demonstrate how to grade and pack two kinds of fruit.
- Explain req... | <urn:uuid:67644445-6219-4fb6-8e55-20e068b1bd10> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.meritbadge.org/wiki/index.php?title=Template:Fruit_Culture/req&oldid=42351 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703317384/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112157-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.822324 | 158 | 3.625 | 4 |
Healthy Ideas for Pumpkin Eaters
Carve out a place in your diet for nutritious pumpkins.
If your only annual encounters with pumpkins are carving a Halloween jack-o’-lantern and gobbling a Thanksgiving
pie, you’re missing out on a nutritional bargain. Nutrient-dense, these stars of autumn holidays deliver a modest amou... | <urn:uuid:0125f8d0-a228-4abb-b56f-ead2c84a946f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.tuftshealthletter.com/ShowArticle.aspx?RowID=1151 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368703317384/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516112157-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918876 | 1,313 | 3.203125 | 3 |
Intro into Engineering
Calling all entry level engineers! Intro to Engineering Science Kit provided a welcoming opening to explore hands-on activities for kids to learn how engineers apply scientific and technical knowledge to designing machines and devices. No dry science here though, as the 48 page full color guidebo... | <urn:uuid:3497fdf1-2c6a-4ad6-8d76-084bb21c53e4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.goodtoygroup.com/buy/602086/intro-into-engineering/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706413448/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121333-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.88674 | 92 | 2.734375 | 3 |
At a time when Copenhagen talks and the Kyoto Protocol seem likely to end in failure, calling for an entirely different framework for addressing the climate crisis may seem like madness. Carbon Trading: How it works and why it fails produced by the Transnational Institute's Carbon Trade Watch Project, is sure to change... | <urn:uuid:ef425716-42fe-4c20-b472-6f8c82a4cc0d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.tni.org/category/issues/environmental-justice/carbon-trading?page=3 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368706413448/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516121333-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94173 | 361 | 2.515625 | 3 |
HOHHOT, Oct.22 (Xinhua) -- China has developed 30 varieties of drought-resistant grass seeds to help green urban areas.
Yun Jinfeng, chairman of the Chinese Grassland Society (CGS), said researchers in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region used transgenetic technology to select genes from spear grass, mornings... | <urn:uuid:02615412-c4f3-4b8e-803b-07755c065b66> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2010-10/22/c_13570875.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368711406217/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516133646-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927987 | 222 | 2.625 | 3 |
Designing the Best Possible Conservation
Buffers By Sharon Durham
December 1, 2003
Restored riparian wetland buffers retained or removed at least
60 percent of the nitrogen and 65 percent of the phosphorus that entered from
an adjacent site where manure was applied, according to results of a nine-year
study by Agricult... | <urn:uuid:201552c2-0a97-4558-9990-b587b77b3675> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2003/031201.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368711406217/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516133646-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937474 | 427 | 3.65625 | 4 |
NASA going green with solar-powered Jupiter probe
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — NASA heads for Jupiter this week. And its mission can't get much greener.
A solar-powered, windmill-shaped spacecraft named Juno is set to become the most distant probe ever powered by the sun. The robotic explorer is equipped with three trac... | <urn:uuid:73bec655-84e1-4a74-9eeb-4b4fa7b36477> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/nasa-going-green-solar-powered-jupiter-probe | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368711406217/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516133646-00046-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929673 | 163 | 3.265625 | 3 |
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