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warc | 201704 | Resource
Literacy Skills: The Roots of Reading Start at Birth
Reading to your baby from birth can help foster strong reading skills and a growing vocabulary. From Magic of Everyday Moments — Series 1.
Young children hear their children say a lot of words every day and it adds up.
Reading together is an extraordinary ex... | 1,018 | 558 | 1.824373 |
warc | 201704 | Pectus excavatum is a congenital deformity (congenital meaning you are born with it) of the chest wall in which the sternum (breast bone) and attaching ribs are 'sunken in' in the middle of the chest. Most cases of pectus excavatum are very mild and do not require any treatment, unless the pectus is a serious cosmetic ... | 1,189 | 639 | 1.86072 |
warc | 201704 | Related Information Additional Resources
Volume 10, Number 5—May 2004
Letter
Bartonella Species Isolated from Rodents, Greece
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EID Tea A, Alexiou-Daniel S, Papoutsi A, Papa A, Antoniadis A. Bartonella Species Isolated from Rodents, Greece. Emerg Infect Dis. 2004;10(5):963-964. http... | 9,348 | 4,085 | 2.288372 |
warc | 201704 | A guest post by Renee Bracey Sherman.
For six years, I didn’t talk about my abortion. I sat in the closet, alone – very alone. For six years, I only knew three women who had abortions – one being a cousin of mine, yet we still didn’t talk about it. I was afraid of what people would think of me, what they would say if I... | 5,136 | 2,300 | 2.233043 |
warc | 201704 | RECENT BLOG POSTS
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced they will be increasing the upfront guarantee fee for refinance loan transactions as well as the annual fee on all purchase and refinance Rural Development home loans on October 1st, 2014. The upfront guarantee fee for the USDA Rural Developm...
09/1... | 3,220 | 1,648 | 1.953883 |
warc | 201704 | A recently released study by the Point-of-Purchase Advertising Institute, Kmart and P&G shows in-store displays can increase sales by more than 773%.
"The study further confirms what POPAI has always known, two-thirds of the buying decisions are made in the store," said Dick Blatt, executive director of the institute.
... | 1,696 | 867 | 1.956171 |
warc | 201704 | Title: Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002 (COSHH) (as amended)
Category: UK Regulation
Date: 2002
Reference : SI 2002/2677 [Full text] (SI 2003/978 [Full text], SI 2004/3386 [Full text] )
General Description:
The 2002 regulations (as amended) replace earlier COSHH regulations (1988, 1994, 1999),... | 4,335 | 1,953 | 2.219662 |
warc | 201704 | Deputy President of the Republic of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa today co-chaired the 6th Bi-National Commission with the Vice President of the People’s Republic of China, Mr LI Yuanchao at Tuynhuis in Cape Town.
The Commission received and deliberated on reports of the Sectoral Committees on foreign relations, trade a... | 4,011 | 1,792 | 2.238281 |
warc | 201704 | Richard (Rick) Mills Ahead of the Herd
As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information
The Puna plateau sits at an elevation of 4,000m, stretches for 1800 km along the Central Andes and attains a width of 350–400 km. The Puna covers a portion of Argentina, Chile and Bolivia an... | 22,250 | 9,717 | 2.289801 |
warc | 201704 | 2008 has been my introduction to ALA’s conferences. Philadelphia, PA was my first mid-winter, Anaheim (“it’s a dry heat”), CA my first annual. The size of the conference made for difficult decisions, including pitting LITA’s “Top Tech Trends” against OIF’s “Privacy: Is it Time for a Revolution?” I chose celebrity over ... | 6,185 | 2,868 | 2.156555 |
warc | 201704 | 9 Reasons Why Relationships Fail Home
Is your relationship going downhill? Maintaining a relationship is not easy and most couples encounter a few bumps along the
road to a lasting relationship. If not recognized earlier, these bumps could push couples to take the relationship to the wrong direction leading to break-up... | 9,708 | 3,672 | 2.643791 |
warc | 201704 | We need to make it harder to buy pills in bottles of 50 or 100 that can be easily dumped out and swallowed. We should not be selling big bottles of Tylenol and other drugs that are typically implicated in overdoses, like prescription painkillers and Valium-type drugs, called benzodiazepines. Pills should be packaged in... | 1,250 | 681 | 1.835536 |
warc | 201704 | I talked to another GNXPer recently who didn't have a credit card. Until last year I didn't have one either. My theory was that I lived within my means, have few expenses, was healthy, etc. etc. I know plenty of people like me, young, intelligent and not too interested in signalling with positional goods and such, who ... | 4,252 | 2,107 | 2.018035 |
warc | 201704 | Experiments at the University of Cambridge show that birds are able to plan for future food shortages by caching food.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- Clever scrub jays can plan on saving tasty treats for the future and do it in a way that shows they are truly planning ahead, British researchers reported Wednesday.
They set up... | 3,594 | 1,673 | 2.148237 |
warc | 201704 | Baran, E.(2000)
Biodiversity of estuarine fish faunas in West Africa. Naga, the ICLARM Quarterly, 23(4), pp. 4-9. Abstract
In West Africa (between Ivory Coast and Sénégal), estuarine environments vary from lagoons to high discharge rivers to inverse hypersaline estuaries. This results in a high diversity of estuarine f... | 1,549 | 872 | 1.776376 |
warc | 201704 | One of the regrettable realities of Olympia in the post-I-695 panic is that none of the state's other pressing business is being attended to. Even years like 2000 have only 60-day sessions, and that's hardly enough time in the normal course of events to deal with literally thousands of bills; things are even worse when... | 6,090 | 2,890 | 2.107266 |
warc | 201704 | Karen V. Clopton is the current and first black president of the League of Women Voters of San Francisco. This year, California women are celebrating the 100th anniversary of their right to vote. Clopton is also the first black chief administrative law judge for the California Public Utilities Commission, and in 2008 w... | 5,628 | 2,524 | 2.229794 |
warc | 201704 | The enormous wave of Hispanic immigrants through the 1990s is altering not only the ethnic makeup of Chicago region but also its demographic profile, leaving the city collectively younger than the country as a whole and shrinking its population of single mothers.
Thanks to increasing good health among the elderly and t... | 4,931 | 2,266 | 2.176081 |
warc | 201704 | Introduction
Ultra Long Haul (ULH) flights are classified as non-stop flights by aircraft with no refueling stops during a flight route distance of approximately more than 12,000 kilometres (7,500 miles) and flight time of more than 14 hours between the departure point of origin and arrival destination.
The world’s lon... | 6,500 | 2,841 | 2.287927 |
warc | 201704 | Arranging “the big bang.”
My son’s copy of Richard Scarry’s Best Word Book Ever is pretty much destroyed (my fault – long story). In an attempt to make it up to him I bought a used copy. My son’s original copy was printed in the last few years. The new-used copy is from a 1979 printing (the original copyright for both ... | 6,107 | 3,012 | 2.027556 |
warc | 201704 | In September of 2009, a national controversy erupted when the Obama administration announced plans for broadcasting a nationwide video-message to students in our public schools. Despite the administration explaining that the content of the message was essentially just a motivational call for students to work hard and s... | 3,347 | 1,635 | 2.047095 |
warc | 201704 | It’s impossible to know exactly when – or where – the next crisis will strike. But with the technology available in today’s connected world, there is more possibility than ever before for communities to be ready and prepared to handle a crisis event.
(This post was originally posted at the AtHoc blog.)
More local gover... | 2,831 | 1,378 | 2.054427 |
warc | 201704 | The statement at issue:
“Opinion polls suggest that a majority recognize a right to bear arms, subject to reasonable regulations protecting public safety. This strong dual commitment, if clarified and entrenched in our Constitution, could reassure most, though not all, of us. Before you mock the idea of a constitutiona... | 6,447 | 2,876 | 2.241655 |
warc | 201704 | You just celebrated the big 3-0 and you feel that means it’s time to get your finances in order. Your pesky student loans won’t leave you alone. You worry you will never be able to retire. On top of that, you’re still renting and feel jealous of your friend who just bought a condo.
This monumental birthday is a good ti... | 4,718 | 2,319 | 2.034498 |
warc | 201704 | It’s that time of year again. Are you ready? January first is just a few days away, so I guess that means we have to decide what we want to change about ourselves or what bad habit we want to give up or what goals we want to achieve, and even if we’re not all that serious about them now, we better make those resolution... | 2,001 | 942 | 2.124204 |
warc | 201704 | When we design corporate gift baskets for Vancouver businesses, we strive to create unique artisan gift experiences that can be shared throughout an entire team. Some examples of shareable office gifts include: The Cubicle Party, The Department Party and the The Corner Office Party all found in our Holiday Gift Guide.
... | 1,681 | 903 | 1.861573 |
warc | 201704 | An interesting study of identity thieves has been released by the Center for Identity Management and Information Protection, which suggests that less than one fifth of criminals get their data from the internet. In most cases it they get their data by re-routing mail, dumpster diving and intercepting mail.
I would read... | 4,119 | 1,904 | 2.16334 |
warc | 201704 | ¡Feliz Fiestas Patrias Peruanas! Happy celebration of Peru’s national holidays. Every July 28th, the South American nation commemorates Peruvian Independence Day, when José de San Martin liberated Peru from Spain. On the following day, July 29th, Peru honors its National Police and the Peruvian Armed Forces. On July 28... | 3,745 | 1,850 | 2.024324 |
warc | 201704 | “Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others”. —Jack Welch
The job market – right now – is hotter than it has been for quite some time – probably four years, and who knows how long it will last. The fundamentals of the economy which is do... | 3,996 | 1,849 | 2.161168 |
warc | 201704 | A falling weight deflectometer is a non-destructive method for testing the load capacity of pavement.
A FWD is a machine with sensors that measures pavement deflection when a raised weight is dropped. The force of the dropped weight is transmitted to the pavement by a load plate.
The FWD simulates traffic and from the ... | 1,597 | 805 | 1.983851 |
warc | 201704 | "And the beat goes on...................."
I came across an article on Tim Cook, Apple CEO, noting a list of five people he calls on for advice and counsel on specific issues - people apart from his staff and usual advisors and counselors. A heady list, they included Warren Buffet, Bill Clinton, Anderson Cooper, Lloyd ... | 6,038 | 2,803 | 2.154121 |
warc | 201704 | Choosing a financial planner is crucial as they advice you everything related to your money, how to handle it, where to invest, how much to save and ways to grow your money. Earlier, before the internet- anyone who had a business and money would just go to an adviser, accountant, lawyer because business was local. Gone... | 3,552 | 1,626 | 2.184502 |
warc | 201704 | Privacy is a natural instinct that there is something we don’t want just anyone to know about us. Privacy gives us control over our circumstances. Just like our
fight or flight response to threatening situations, privacy is a basic human survival mechanism.
Depending on the situation, privacy can literally be anything:... | 3,359 | 1,639 | 2.04942 |
warc | 201704 | It’s a classic David and Goliath story, except there are 90,000 Davids and they all have stings. On the African plains, the whistling-thorn acacia tree protects itself against the mightiest of savannah animals – elephants – by recruiting some of the tiniest – ants.
Elephants are strong enough to bulldoze entire trees a... | 4,255 | 2,062 | 2.063531 |
warc | 201704 | Young Children Held Back by Social Class, Study Finds
Children enter kindergarten with academic and "soft skills" gaps that can be linked directly to their socioeconomic status, says an economic policy group that examined federal data on kindergarten students.
In its new report, Inequalities at the Starting Gate, the W... | 4,288 | 2,030 | 2.112315 |
warc | 201704 | (Aug. 7 -- By the Editorial Board)
A major aim of the nation's Affordable Care Act is to increase access to affordable dental coverage for children starting in January 2014.
Not surprisingly, children whose families don't have health insurance are more likely to have severe and untreated tooth decay, which the Californ... | 3,318 | 1,546 | 2.146184 |
warc | 201704 | Is not quite good enough still likely to be bad enough to be good? Huh?
That’s a market-oriented analysis of the July U.S. jobs report, which showed a solid and somewhat better-than-expected gain of 163,000 positions last month. That’s still no barn burner, especially with the revision in jobs created in June to 64,000... | 578 | 374 | 1.545455 |
warc | 201704 | An alliance of Northwest power utilities kicked off a campaign this month to curb energy use by college football fans.
The energy efficiency campaign is called “Are You Fan Enough.” It gives people the chance to win a furnished tailgate party and a new energy efficient TV.
Ty Stober is the initiative lead for the North... | 1,052 | 582 | 1.80756 |
warc | 201704 | Living in Colorado is so nice. Our family loves to go to sporting events whenever we get a chance. There is Spring soccer, baseball in the Summer and CU Football in the Fall. Well, going to games is kind of similar to going anywhere outside of the confines of our safe gluten-free home, we never know what to eat or what... | 2,591 | 1,339 | 1.935026 |
warc | 201704 | 5 Misconceptions About the Globo Gym
As an experienced CrossFit athlete and coach, I have learned some valuable lessons along the way.
One of the most important things I've learned is to not judge a book by its cover, or in this case not judge a gym by its machines.
I recently spent some time working out in a globo gym... | 4,345 | 2,036 | 2.134086 |
warc | 201704 | Here’s A List Of The Foods That Are Okay To Eat After Their Expiration Dates And The Ones You Should Always Trash
If you’re like me, you have food in your fridge older than Subway Jared’s ex. I pulled out a carton of milk the other day that literally yelled at me to get off its lawn. Granted, I had eaten a few “spoiled... | 3,738 | 1,896 | 1.971519 |
warc | 201704 | CFP Materialities: Economies, Empiricism & Things (Cultural Studies Association of Australasiaannual conference, Dec 3-6 2012)
'Materialities: Economies, Empiricism, & Things'
Dec 4th-6th @ University of Sydney (pre-fix pre-conference for postgrads and early career researchers: Dec 3rd)
Cultural studies has a long hist... | 3,140 | 1,579 | 1.9886 |
warc | 201704 | I started taking LDK378 in mid-January and now, eight months later, my scans, again, show no evidence of disease. With the help of the doctors, the nurses, the radiologists, the medicine, and the grace of God for the second time in three years, we have been able to defeat the beast in my chest. The thing is that no man... | 2,379 | 1,163 | 2.045572 |
warc | 201704 | MFT Degrees, Schools, and Careers in Oregon
Currently, two programs in the state of Oregon—Lewis and Clark College and the University of Oregon—are accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Marriage and Family Therapy Education (COAMFTE).
Lewis and Clark College is located in Portland, Oregon, and offers both a... | 6,029 | 2,615 | 2.305545 |
warc | 201704 | Years ago, a friend’s brother was at Reed College in Oregon. It’s one of those schools where the students seem to major in protesting more than in actual studying. After several months of watching silly demonstrations about every conceivable PC cause, the guy decided to create one of his own, just to see how many earne... | 16,852 | 7,266 | 2.319295 |
warc | 201704 | Large Truck Impacts on the Highway Infrastructure: The Bridge Dimension byJosé Weissmann, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States,
Rob Harrison, Univ of Texas at Austin, Austin, United States,
Abstract:Recent U.S. studies have explored the productivity gains of longer combination vehicles (LCV's) and their impac... | 1,307 | 691 | 1.891462 |
warc | 201704 | Exhaust hood
Handling of dry acrylamide is hazardous primarily from its dust and vapor, and this is a significant problem, especially in the course of emptying bags and dmms. This operation should be carried out in an exhaust hood with the operator wearing respiratory and dermal protection. Waste air from the above men... | 22,093 | 9,155 | 2.413217 |
warc | 201704 | I’m raising my children to be bilingual in English and Spanish. Currently they are 30 months and 8 months old. My husband and I are fluent in both languages, and our families are Cuban and Puerto Rican. My main motivator to raise my children bilingual is cultural. When we visit my family in Puerto Rico, I want my child... | 3,210 | 1,538 | 2.087126 |
warc | 201704 | In the digital age of 'overnight' success stories such as Facebook, the hard slog is easily overlooked.
With portable cameras and affordable data and non-linear digital editing, I think this is a golden age of documentary filmmaking. These new technologies mean we can make complicated, beautifully crafted and cinematic... | 2,826 | 1,443 | 1.95842 |
warc | 201704 | Surprise! NSA data will soon routinely be used for domestic policing that has nothing to do with terrorism
By Radley Balko March 10
A while back, we noted a report showing that the “sneak-and-peek” provision of the Patriot Act that was alleged to be used only in national security and terrorism investigations has overwh... | 3,569 | 1,715 | 2.08105 |
warc | 201704 | Trust the Process
Whether in painting, poetry, performance, music, dance, or life, there is an intelligence working in every situation. This force is the primary carrier of creation.
If we trust it and follow its natural movement, it will astound us with its ability to find a way through problems—and even make creative... | 4,439 | 2,151 | 2.063691 |
warc | 201704 | Click the title for more…
As another holiday season comes to a close, brands and agencies alike are seeking to identify the newest holiday shopping trends among consumers and how they will evolve over the coming year. The first is undoubtedly the consumer’s increased adoption of mobile for shopping. According to Compuw... | 1,823 | 970 | 1.879381 |
warc | 201704 | Cheap parcel delivery was a rare thing for those of us growing up through the ‘60s and ‘70s. Though money has been devalued beyond comprehension, the figures for some goods and services have actually gone lower than what they were one or two decades back. These include electronic and digital goods and services, which w... | 2,469 | 1,159 | 2.130285 |
warc | 201704 | I wasn't going to do a
Frugal Fodderpost this week. But I changed my mind. :) my recipe box. Does anyone do this anymore? I have this box of hand written, copied recipes handed down from my grandmother, my mother, my mother in love...aunt's and sis-in laws. Some of these recipes have been snipped or torn from boxes, ma... | 5,334 | 2,759 | 1.933309 |
warc | 201704 | Albert Ellis Rational Emotive Behavioural Therapy
Albert Ellis (September 27, 1913 – July 24, 2007) was the American psychologist who in 1955 is credited with starting the Rational Emotive Behaviouralschool of Therapy or REBT, the forerunner of what became known as Cognitive Behavioural school of therapy or CBT.
Ellis ... | 2,017 | 1,031 | 1.956353 |
warc | 201704 | “4 Truths About Suicide Loss” On average, one person dies by suicide every 40 seconds.This means that each year there are over a million families, like ours, living with the aftershocks of suicide. My experience has taught me a few lessons that I feel compelled to share, in the hope that shining a light on this darknes... | 3,635 | 1,852 | 1.962743 |
warc | 201704 | Title Document Type
Working Paper
Date of This Version
11-1-2009
Abstract
We estimate the impact sporting events have on local crime rates using the technique developed in Arellano and Bond (2001). For events, we consider the presence of MLB, NBA, NFL, and NHL franchises as well as whether a city held one of the respec... | 833 | 543 | 1.53407 |
warc | 201704 | The Washington Times lead editorial yesterday was about the Justice Department enabling voter fraud — just in time for the November elections. This is due to the Department’s refusal to enforce the part of Section 8 of the National Voter Registration Act that requires states to remove ineligible voters from their regis... | 3,432 | 1,639 | 2.09396 |
warc | 201704 | At the same time, there has been little talk about the San Ramon Valley Regional Planning Commission - the existing, County-appointed body of seven San Ramon Valley residents, including three from Alamo, who review land use and planning applications and issues in the unincorporated Valley.
Unlike the MAC, the Planning ... | 2,900 | 1,334 | 2.173913 |
warc | 201704 | One of the hottest topics today in the digital marketing world is ad blocking, with everyone discussing what it means for the advertiser/publisher/consumer trifecta. Though I think the hype surrounding ad blocking is somewhat exaggerated, I believe it deeply impacts how each of these interested groups should handle adv... | 4,905 | 2,345 | 2.091684 |
warc | 201704 | Ohio's decision to delay executions another full year while it hunts for lethal injection drugs highlights an ongoing dilemma faced by the remaining death penalty states.
Although support for capital punishment continues, states are struggling to find a legal means to carry it out, and that has created an opening for o... | 4,549 | 2,233 | 2.03717 |
warc | 201704 | What is in this article?:
When it comes to wellness, Americans suffer from a serious case of overconfidence. And even the most health-conscious consumers aren’t immune. We interviewed top industry experts to find out where you should be paying more attention—and when you should cut yourself some slack.
Even the most he... | 4,229 | 2,131 | 1.984514 |
warc | 201704 | AUSTIN (AP) – Dallas and Houston law enforcement officials said Monday that they oppose legislation that would free up officers in so-called sanctuary cities to ask about the immigration status of anyone pulled over during a traffic stop, questioned as a witness or otherwise detained.
Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez ... | 4,038 | 1,911 | 2.11303 |
warc | 201704 | Senior volunteerism isn’t just beneficial for those being helped – research shows that volunteering confers mental and physical health benefits for those doing the helping. It also fosters positive social and family relationships and contributes to a positive image of seniors as a healthy and vital part of our society.... | 4,077 | 1,975 | 2.064304 |
warc | 201704 | Article Title Abstract
In June 2005, the FDA approved BiDil, a heart failure medication that is labeled for use only by African-Americans and thus is the first treatment of its kind. The drug likely portends a future of growing interest in "race-based" medicine. This phenomenon is emerging at the same time that scienti... | 1,524 | 866 | 1.759815 |
warc | 201704 | Negotiating With the Owner or Insurance Company
Most dog bite disputes never get to court; they're settled by negotiations between the injured person and the dog owner or insurance company. You don't want to get embroiled in a lawsuit if you can help it; the time and expense are mind-boggling. In many large cities, law... | 1,569 | 838 | 1.872315 |
warc | 201704 | I’ve been following a series of articles by David Merrill called “Lead Magnet Creation” for my marketing team. I found it to be full of great ideas for people to use video, eBooks, webinars, teleseminars and other methods for creating “lead magnets”.
Lead magnets are free products you can create in order to entice your... | 8,036 | 3,338 | 2.40743 |
warc | 201704 | The Game Object Model and expansive learning: creation, instantiation, expansion, and re-representation Date2011 Author
Blignaut, Anita Seugnet
Molomo, Bolepo
Amory, Alan
MetadataShow full item record Abstract
In this paper, the collaborative development, instantiation, expansion and re-representation as research instr... | 1,797 | 843 | 2.131673 |
warc | 201704 | http://hdl.handle.net/1893/7747
Appears in Collections: Economics Journal Articles Peer Review Status: Refereed Title: Voluntary incentive schemes for farm forestry: uptake, policy effectiveness and employment impacts Authors: Crabtree, Robert
Chalmers, Neil
Eiser, David
Contact Email: david.eiser@stir.ac.uk Keywords: ... | 2,665 | 1,395 | 1.910394 |
warc | 201704 | On March 15, 2004, the lives of veiled Muslim women in France changed. A new law banned the Islamic headscarf in all public schools, claiming laïcité—secularism—as its reasoning. But this law was not solely the product of Islamophobia leftover from 9/11. It had been building for generations on a history of colonialism ... | 1,227 | 684 | 1.79386 |
warc | 201704 | By Julie Winkle Giulioni,smartblogs.com, 10-07-2014
Think about the learning that contributed most powerfully to your development and who you are today. Consider the experiences that built the expertise you use and value most every day. Reflect on what you’re most proud of mastering during the course of your career or ... | 3,993 | 1,950 | 2.047692 |
warc | 201704 | Right-wing media personality Robert Zelnick doesn’t like the Fairness Doctrine and, like all right-wing media personalities are these days, he’s in attack mode over talk about restoring fairness to the publicly owned airwaves. The most amusing argument in their full throated attack on mandated fairness on the PUBLICLY ... | 7,210 | 3,090 | 2.333333 |
warc | 201704 | Every company needs to save money. So when you're doing an electrical installation, just how close to NEC compliance do you really need to be?
The NEC answers this question in 90.1, making four important points:
It's about safety. It's not necessarily going to provide you with a money-saving, efficiently operating desi... | 964 | 538 | 1.791822 |
warc | 201704 | My reaction to today's employment report:
I've been calling on Congress to get get ready for the slow recovery of employment and do something about it since June 2008. (This was on Marketplace after the Bush tax rebates. The $787 billion Obama stimulus package came a year later, and I would have said the same thing in ... | 1,007 | 577 | 1.745234 |
warc | 201704 | When
Nature recently issued its "Global Top 200" ranking of research institutions, based on the number of papers those institutions published in Nature research journals during 2013, the College of Medicine ranked 67th —ahead of many larger institutions with strong international reputations.
The 2013 rankings focused p... | 2,537 | 1,311 | 1.935164 |
warc | 201704 | We all know someone who smokes, but people are changing the way in which they take a cigarette break. More and more people are using E-Cigarettes every day. In fact, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention found that E-Cigarette use jumped ten points from 2010 to 2011. Now, a provocative study has found that expe... | 2,977 | 1,411 | 2.109851 |
warc | 201704 | by Varda Meyers Epstein
There was always something wrong about the Pollard case, a cloud of hovering stench. Pollard was punished for giving critical info to an ally; info the U.S. was bound to give that ally (Israel) according to signed agreements between the two countries. But still, the U.S. called it "spying" and p... | 6,837 | 3,248 | 2.104988 |
warc | 201704 | Canine Behavior/ prey drive Question
I regularly care for my son's lab/pit mix 2yr old dog at my home. I try to exercise her regularly by walking her and having her retrieve her ball. This tires her out some, but on return to my home she periodically tries to dart off after squirrels, ducks or cats. Otherwise, she is c... | 9,725 | 4,362 | 2.229482 |
warc | 201704 | I was meeting with my friend, colleague, and collaborator Maung Nyeu, founder of the amazing non-profit organization Our Golden Hour, which aims to provide mother-tongue education for indigenous children in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh. With us was Kim Wilson, a microfinance expert who teaches at the Fletch... | 6,414 | 2,979 | 2.153072 |
warc | 201704 | The markets took a couple of hard hits last week as less than cheery news on the homefront and from overseas rocked investors’ confidence. After several weeks of anticipation, the Fed finally announced that it will continue its Operation Twist in an effort to prop up the U.S. economy. The news managed to ease some tens... | 3,238 | 1,663 | 1.947084 |
warc | 201704 | Title:
Crime, locality and morality : membership categorisation and 'newsworthiness' in local newspapers
This thesis examines how the social interaction of reading local newspapers is accomplished in terms of "newsworthiness". This ethnomethodological study draws upon Harvey Sacks' work of membership categorisation ana... | 1,720 | 824 | 2.087379 |
warc | 201704 | Archives Archives Archives Archives
The policies of the Union
Introduction
The common commercial policy Development cooperation policy Cooperation with third countries Humanitarian aid Restrictive measures International agreements The Union and its immediate environment Summary table
In their draft Constitution for Eur... | 13,176 | 4,532 | 2.907326 |
warc | 201704 | Although I tried my hardest to get myself to enjoy a cup of yarrow tea each afternoon (since yarrow is such an amazing tonic) but it was just too bitter. Peppermint though, is an herb I don’t mind enjoying every day.
[Full disclosure: links to products in this post contain affiliate links.]
The Benefits of Peppermint
I... | 4,546 | 2,030 | 2.239409 |
warc | 201704 | Today, I am wrapping up the “How to Get Your Bachelor’s in Less, For Less” series with some common questions we are asked. For those of you who have already been through college or aren’t planning to attend, thanks for bearing with me these past six Fridays!
If you’re just joining us, read the first five parts of the s... | 3,742 | 1,818 | 2.058306 |
warc | 201704 | Advances in Anthropology Vol.4 No.2(2014), Article ID:46104,11 pages DOI:10.4236/aa.2014.42011
The Puzzle of European Hair, Eye, and Skin Color
Peter Frost
c/o Bernard Saladin d’Anglure, Anthropology Department, Université Laval, Quebec City, Canada
Email: peter_frost61z@globetrotter.qc.ca
Copyright © 2014 by author an... | 44,875 | 19,350 | 2.319121 |
warc | 201704 | A Pennsylvania woman was found dead in her cell June 7, halfway through a two-day sentence in Berks County Prison for unpaid debt. Eileen DiNino, 55, owed $2,000 in fines and court costs related to dozens of truancy violations her children racked up since 1999, the Associated Press reports.
DiNino was a mother of seven... | 1,988 | 1,071 | 1.856209 |
warc | 201704 | In an age where consumers all over the world are in search of solutions that are simple, convenient and speedy – and where mobile devices are transforming the way organizations operate – contactless payments are being looked upon with great favor.
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warc | 201704 | American Bird Conservancy has sent letters to two of the nation’s largest manufacturers of wild bird seeds, Scotts Miracle-Gro Company and Kaytee Products, seeking assurance that the company supply chains remain free of neonicotinoid insecticides, which can be fatally poisonous to birds.
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warc | 201704 | Lured by some of the most exorbitant pay packages ever given to MBAs, Stanford Universitys Graduate School of Business made finance once again the industry of choice this year. Nearly three of every 10 MBA graduates at Stanford, or 29% of the class of 2014, accepted job offers in finance, up from 26% last year. So much... | 4,550 | 2,041 | 2.229299 |
warc | 201704 | "Success" Stories?
I was wondering if anyone here works/ed retail/service sector positions and managed to successfully continue BF?
I know it sounds odd. But I was reading about how women in jobs like mine tend to give up BF sooner due to lack of time to pump adequately...and I'm just worried about 1) my semi-lack of a... | 5,792 | 2,746 | 2.10925 |
warc | 201704 | Whether you go to bed with a book or just loves the idea of sporting the perfect table lamp for some lovely nights in ambient light, it’s definitely a must that bring out the beauty of the room and adds fullness to it. However, picking the right table lamp though, is quite confusing at times. With the millions varietie... | 2,848 | 1,391 | 2.047448 |
warc | 201704 | Aviation Security: Foreign Airport Assessments and Air Carrier Inspections Help Enhance Security, but Oversight of These Efforts Can Be Strengthened GAO-07-729: Published: May 11, 2007. Publicly Released: May 11, 2007. Additional Materials: Contact:
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warc | 201704 | If you have tried other kinds of insoles or lifts before but have found that they are noticeable and not comfortable to wear, the Levitator shoe lifts are something that you should try if you want to increase your height. They are designed to easily fit into your shoes and provide you with comfort while making you look... | 5,888 | 2,645 | 2.226087 |
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warc | 201704 | PlanetsPlanets are solid heavenly bodies which revolve round the Sun in closed elliptical paths. A planet is made of rock and metal and produces no light of its own. A planet shines because it reflects the light of the Sun. Since the planets are much nearer than the stars, they appear to be big and do not twinkle at ni... | 8,440 | 3,342 | 2.525434 |
warc | 201704 | With the economic downturn and increase in the desire for a relationship with our food, farming has become a popular lifestyle among young people opting out of the corporate world. And while these people are new to life on the land, others have made a life of it for generations. But either way, growing food is rife wit... | 7,035 | 3,317 | 2.120892 |
warc | 201704 | MicroCosmic Emulator
P.S.I.O.™ is the core technology that drives all of the processes involved in the products and services offered by the partnership of innerSense and PPsiometrics. It's a next generation supercomputer with a unique form of artificial intelligence and awareness. P.S.I.O. is from psi-omega, a collecti... | 10,670 | 4,532 | 2.354369 |
warc | 201704 | Increasing employee mobilitythe degree to which workers change companiesappears to be a fact of corporate life in the 21st century. But are such workers less committed to their employers as a result?
The common perception is that workers who hop from job to job are less committed; perhaps even suffer from an inability ... | 12,809 | 4,886 | 2.621572 |
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