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warc | 201704 | Genentech, a member of the Roche Group and Astellas Pharma US, Inc. (“Astellas”), today announced results of EURTAC, the first Phase III study with Tarceva® (erlotinib) in Western patients with a genetically distinct type of advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). EURTAC showed that first-line Tarceva nearly doubl... | 8,650 | 3,670 | 2.356948 |
warc | 201704 | Biochemistry - Immunology - Molecular Biology - Pediatrics and Child Health
Cord Blood Leptin Levels of Healthy Neonates Are Associated with IFN-? Production by Cord Blood T-Cells
Published:
Monday, July 16, 2012
Author:
by Athanasia Mouzaki, Ioannis Panagoulias, George Raptis, Evagellia Farri-Kostopoulou
Leptin is a h... | 2,294 | 1,166 | 1.96741 |
warc | 201704 | Lexington, Massachusetts, USA and Sydney, Australia – August 22, 2012 – GI Dynamics, Inc. (Company or GI Dynamics) (ASX: GID) announced today that it has received conditional approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to commence a pivotal clinical trial of the EndoBarrier® for the treatment of patients ... | 3,098 | 1,531 | 2.023514 |
warc | 201704 | Although watches make style statements, increasingly they have started facing competition from a less related device, the mobile phone. Most youngsters depend on their phones for time and feel a watch on their wrist is not so cool. However, the watch industry in the Asia-Pacific region is fast-growing and there is stif... | 9,673 | 4,225 | 2.289467 |
warc | 201704 | Well the Olympia Weekend has come and gone and I hope all of you had the time of your lives while in Sin City! Thank you to all of you who came to the show and especially those of you that stopped by the Pinnacle and Cytodyne booth to say hi.
Congratulations to all the top five finishers and to Adela Garcia-Friedmansky... | 12,482 | 5,577 | 2.238121 |
warc | 201704 | Have you heard that one joke where some fitness professionals insist that running makes you fat?
In a world where diets sell you on the idea of eating cookies to lose weight, it’s hard to believe that exercise professionals could consider any activity or form of exercise “bad.”
The majority of calories you burn in a da... | 6,214 | 2,819 | 2.204328 |
warc | 201704 | It’s that time of year, when TurboTax and H&R Block are busy advertising their paid tax preparation services with commercials featuring celebrity voice-overs and promises of aircraft carrier-size refunds. Less publicized, though, are the free options these well-known tax-season brands and other companies offer.
Lower- ... | 4,129 | 1,941 | 2.127254 |
warc | 201704 | Breastfeeding a premature baby is even more important than breastfeeding a full term baby, and holds special advantages.
Thenotion that bottle feeding is easier for a preterm baby thanbreastfeeding is false, and intensive care units around the world, arestarting to realise this and change their outlook on this matter.
... | 4,048 | 1,809 | 2.2377 |
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Just about everyone has thrown away a mini blind at some point in time. Mini blinds look nice, until they start to fall apart, then it's out to the curb! If you're a gardener, you should be recycling those tossed out mini blinds, because they make great weatherproof labels for your plants.
Plant labels are... | 3,858 | 1,751 | 2.203312 |
warc | 201704 | At the heart of the political standoff was the economy. For the past three years and change, Congress has been spending the nation out of economic Armageddon, funneling billions into corporate coffers and consumer pockets alike to keep the economy from taking a header into the dirt. Some felt that stimulus spending wor... | 3,811 | 1,927 | 1.977686 |
warc | 201704 | Q. We have several employees who drive commercial motor vehicles. We have heard that there are rules about the use of cellphones by those drivers. How do those rules affect us? A. In January 2012, a joint rule issued by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) and the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Saf... | 1,301 | 681 | 1.910426 |
warc | 201704 | Budget 2014: Customs duty could push up network costs, lead to data tariff hikes
July, 11th 2014
A 10% customs duty on specified telecom equipment imports envisaged under the Union Budget could raise the cost of setting up high-speed information highways by as much as $30 million annually, another trigger for telcos to... | 3,225 | 1,590 | 2.028302 |
warc | 201704 | On July 30, 2008, the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced new guidance for public companies with respect to investor disclosure on corporate websites. Citing the development of the internet and the emergence of social networking since the last time it issued such direction, the SEC guidance clarifie... | 7,831 | 3,318 | 2.360157 |
warc | 201704 | Banking and finance market are the significant factor to the development and advancement of a country's economy. The banking market is one of the most dominant segments of the financial sector. Throughout the years, the banking sector has seen a robust development. The Indian banking sector can be classified into 2 sig... | 1,817 | 926 | 1.962203 |
warc | 201704 | Tax Cannabis 2010 Initiative Headed for November Ballot
California voters will have the opportunity to vote for marijuana reform this November. The Tax and Regulate Cannabis Initiative or "TC2010", sponsored by Richard Lee of Oaksterdam University, will appear on the November 2 ballot as Proposition 19.
The initiative ... | 4,724 | 2,183 | 2.163995 |
warc | 201704 | Welfare Impacts of Cross-Country Spillovers in Agricultural Research Sergio H. Lence, Dermot J. Hayes April 2007 [07-WP 446]
The welfare implications of intellectual property protection (IPP) for private sector agricultural research are analyzed, focusing on the realistic cases in which countries provide different IPP ... | 963 | 576 | 1.671875 |
warc | 201704 | By Taunee Besson, CMF, CareerCast.com Senior Columnist
For job seekers and managers alike, organizational culture is of greater importance than many people realize. If you’re looking for new opportunities, for example, would you want to work for company whose mission and values you don’t respect? And likewise when your... | 7,581 | 3,551 | 2.134892 |
warc | 201704 | TMJ dysfunction is a painful condition of the joints that lie just in front of the ears. These joints and their associated ligaments, muscles and soft tissue structures are under stress when we talk, chew, yawn, or sing. Congenital abnormalities, traumatic fractures and soft tissue injuries can cause TMJ pain.
Headache... | 629 | 376 | 1.672872 |
warc | 201704 | Loans & Insurance 6 Things To Do After An Accident
If you’ve never been in a car accident then consider yourself lucky. From the most minor of fender benders to life changing wrecks, there are moments of lost control that can shake a driver to his core. Even if a person doesn’t suffer any serious harm, it can take seve... | 2,869 | 1,403 | 2.044904 |
warc | 201704 | Product Description PrefaceThis is the fifth edition of CSA Z275.2, Occupational safety code for diving operations. It supersedes the previous editions published in 2004, 1992, 1982, and 1974. It is part of a series of Standards on diving and caisson systems covering hyperbaric facilities, occupational diving, and cons... | 2,556 | 1,185 | 2.156962 |
warc | 201704 | Skip to Content
Home > Wellness > Health Library > Umbilical Catheter
An umbilical catheter is a flexible tube that is inserted into a
blood vessel in a newborn's umbilical cord. This tube provides a painless way
of drawing arterial blood for testing and for giving medication, nutrition, and
fluids through a vein.
Curr... | 1,559 | 833 | 1.871549 |
warc | 201704 | An aluminum-clad window is a wooden window that is covered with aluminum to protect the wood from the elements. The windows are manufactured as wooden windows and then subsequently treated with aluminum. This process not only helps shore up the structure of the window but is also effective in preventing the window from... | 998 | 522 | 1.911877 |
warc | 201704 | I waited five years to get my dream job as a counselor in a New York City public school. After all of that waiting, I was full of ideas about how I would be able to use my experience to help students navigate what can be an overwhelming few years.
I wanted to make our school counseling more individualized and full of i... | 3,498 | 1,727 | 2.025478 |
warc | 201704 | “An ounce of prevention beats a pound of cure.” In this post, we’ll break down the best way to protect your guitar in the cool months ahead.
Chicago winters kill guitars. The weather gets dry and cold, so we turn on our furnaces – drying out the air in our homes even further. Many will see their indoor relative humidit... | 5,151 | 2,466 | 2.088808 |
warc | 201704 | SCHAUMBURG, Ill. - In recognition of Child Abuse Prevention Month during April, state Rep. Michelle Mussman, D-Schaumburg, is calling on parents, residents and community leaders to help raise awareness by wearing blue on Friday, April 8.
"It is important that we come together as a community to ensure that every child c... | 2,114 | 1,074 | 1.968343 |
warc | 201704 | Car hire to be made clearer and simpler
PEOPLE wanting to hire a car within Europe should find it slightly easier to plan ahead following changes to the DVLA's licence checking process.
At the same time, five of the biggest European hire companies have agreed to make their pricing and insurance information much clearer... | 6,077 | 2,823 | 2.152674 |
warc | 201704 | In fact, everyone who wants to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted, while evildoers and impostors will go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. - 2Timothy 3: 12-13 (NIV) The time grows short. With each passing day we see more and more horrific stories in the news about the level of evil abou... | 8,651 | 3,740 | 2.313102 |
warc | 201704 | Sustainable work performance based on employee satisfaction is critical to Cisco’s success. Accordingly, our managers are trained and encouraged to make sure employees can successfully balance their work and personal lives. Cisco has a tradition of offering employees the ability to work flexibly while meeting the needs... | 1,723 | 879 | 1.960182 |
warc | 201704 | MODERN MARKETING INFORMATION SYSTEM.
The major responsibility for identifying significant marketplace changes falls to the company’s marketers. More than any other group in the company, they must be the trend trackers and opportunity seekers. Although every manager in an organization needs to observe the outside envi... | 3,544 | 1,694 | 2.09209 |
warc | 201704 | As we wrap up this year, we are close to seeing U.S. auto sales fall to their lowest point in nine years. It has me wondering about what's spooking vehicle buyers? Is it the economy? Is this simply the natural ebb and flow of demand for new cars, trucks and SUV's? Why are some of my neighbors and friends putting off bu... | 1,590 | 878 | 1.810934 |
warc | 201704 | A movement is taking place across the UK in which women are flocking to the tech startup scene, instead of choosing to join the corporate world.
With more female business owners saying they have started to notice a rise in the amount of women opting to start their own tech firms, Computer Weekly decided to look into th... | 10,044 | 4,387 | 2.289492 |
warc | 201704 | How I used to find information When I was living in England in the 1960’s, finding a telephone number was cumbersome. Five huge telephone books, each requiring both hands to lift, sat in a cupboard in our hallway, with millions of alphabetized names and associated numbers in microscopic print. The books quickly became ... | 5,635 | 2,600 | 2.167308 |
warc | 201704 | The Lanham Act is not a “consumer protection act,” and courts have recognized that the Lanham Act false advertising cases vindicate “competitive” injuries virtually
without regard to “consumer” interests. A recent decision confirms a related principle: Lanham Act plaintiffs may not automatically tack on state consumer ... | 1,964 | 938 | 2.093817 |
warc | 201704 | ENCYCLICAL LETTER
LAUDATO SI’
OF THE HOLY FATHER FRANCIS
ON CARE FOR OUR COMMON HOME
“LAUDATO SI’, mi’ Signore” – “Praise be to you, my Lord”.In the words of this beautiful
canticle, Saint Francis of Assisi reminds us that our common home is like a sister with whom we share our life and a beautiful mother who opens her... | 254,994 | 100,289 | 2.542592 |
warc | 201704 | To the editor:
It is clear from the Declaration of Independence that our founding fathers believed in a creator and that it is this creator that gives us our rights. When God gives our rights it means that man cannot change them or man is acting against the will of his creator when he does. If our creator gives us our ... | 2,043 | 955 | 2.139267 |
warc | 201704 | In the first section of this book the focus was on defining technical writing. It helped you understand more clearly this unique kind of communication. In the second section the focus was on designing technical documents. It provided models of effective technical writing and posed questions about those models so that y... | 612 | 334 | 1.832335 |
warc | 201704 | The expanding university
The liberal arts have spread far beyond their monastic, male origins
Trace the roots of "character education," a phrase that pops up in the glossy brochures of today's leading colleges and universities, and you may find yourself back in the year 1000, when "higher" education still meant secular... | 7,682 | 3,748 | 2.049626 |
warc | 201704 | Retail Margin Back Down to Single-Digit Lundberg: Pump price one-month decline: 25 cents CAMARILLO, Calif. -- During the past two weeks, the U.S. average retail price of regular grade gasoline dropped 12.54 cents, to $3.4192 per gallon, according to the most recentLundberg Survey of approximately 2,500 U.S. gas station... | 1,674 | 879 | 1.904437 |
warc | 201704 | Submitted by: Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility
Posted: Oct 12, 2012 – 07:28 AM EST
BEIJING, Oct. 12 /CSRwire/ - In celebration of its second decade, the Asian Forum on Corporate Social Responsibility (AFCSR) will be held at the Shangri-La Hotel in Bangkok on October 25 and 26, 2012.
The program opens with... | 2,865 | 1,533 | 1.868885 |
warc | 201704 | According to the National Association of Convenience Stores’ 2006 State of the Industry (SOI) report, retailers can expect the other tobacco (OTP) category to keep on growing with flavored cigars driving that growth. Cigar sales last year jumped 5.2% and accounted for 30.48% of OTP sales. As a category, OTP accounted f... | 5,113 | 2,352 | 2.173895 |
warc | 201704 | How you could soon pay in a cheque just by taking a picture of it on your phone Cheques could be paid in to your account through photograph Snap would verify details as well as signature Smartphone app ensures the money gets in the right account
Sign and snap: Soon cheques could be paid in by taking a picture of them
S... | 4,279 | 2,073 | 2.064158 |
warc | 201704 | EXCITING plans to create a new wildlife wetland could see rare species once again roaming through the Sefton countryside.
Otters and wading birds like rare bitterns, great crested newts and water voles are among the wildlife expected to be encouraged back into the area if a wetland is created by 2005.
It is one option ... | 2,568 | 1,279 | 2.007819 |
warc | 201704 | What better way to mark the end of summer (as we send children back to school, return from vacations, and otherwise face reality) than with an acknowledgment that the litigants and controversies populating the legal system remain just as offbeat as ever?Here are a few gentle reminders of our system of “law and disorder... | 7,183 | 3,446 | 2.084446 |
warc | 201704 | Lok Sabha passes Food Security Bill After much delay and uncertainty, the landmark Food Security Bill was passed by the Lok Sabha today which seeks to provide cheap foodgrains to 82 crore people in the country, ushering in the biggest programme in the world to fight hunger.
The ambitious bill was adopted by the House t... | 4,518 | 2,101 | 2.150405 |
warc | 201704 | ERIC SKOKAN
He grew up in Virginia, cooked in Washington, D.C., and San Francisco, but planted himself in Colorado more than a decade ago.
The roots have sunk deep.
Eric Skokan, 42, is the most ambitious do-it-all-yourself chef and restaurateur in Colorado, and among the most accomplished in the nation. In terms of the... | 7,659 | 3,625 | 2.112828 |
warc | 201704 | Congress has approved a $1.1 trillion omnibus appropriations bill providing significant relief for education programs hit hard by sequestration cuts. Politico reports that the bill awards education programs a total of $67 billion, which is only slightly less than the $71.2 billion President Obama proposed in his 2014 b... | 3,450 | 1,665 | 2.072072 |
warc | 201704 | To "Fred44" Utah already has 2 political parties. Last time I checked,there were Utah Republicans and Democrats. Why do you dispariage people fromvoting for the political party that most reflects their values?Doyou also complain that California, New York, and Massachusetts are Democratstates? Should their governments b... | 5,890 | 2,813 | 2.09385 |
warc | 201704 | In order to cook sous vide, it used to be that you needed to be the owner of a restaurant, or at least be a tech-obsessed gastrophile with some money to burn. Just a few short years ago, the pieces of equipment needed to cook this way – immersion circulators – were bulky, complicated, and usually prohibitively expensiv... | 6,017 | 2,752 | 2.18641 |
warc | 201704 | Challenge of Campaign Management
Marketers accustomed to generous planning cycles for market-facing initiatives are looking for ways to evolve campaign management practices toward the true one-to-one ideal. This means marketing automation. Why is campaign management not enough? Historically, campaign management tools h... | 5,526 | 2,381 | 2.320874 |
warc | 201704 | Mail Proposal Called Blessing, Threat for Nonprofits
The proposed rule, filed this week by the U.S. Postal Service in the Federal Register, would allow nonprofits soliciting monetary donations -- especially smaller ones that can't afford to implement fundraising efforts in-house -- to use professional fundraisers but s... | 4,930 | 2,244 | 2.19697 |
warc | 201704 | by Joe Garber
Data is exploding. The variety of data being created by workers inside and outside of the workplace and the velocity at which that data is being shared makes corporate compliance officers sleep with one eye open, because uncontrolled data equals unknown risk, and the unknown is scary. Think about it – in ... | 2,314 | 1,206 | 1.91874 |
warc | 201704 | Parents know that reading is a good habit to inculcate in their babies. However, most are unsure of the types of books appropriate for the different age groups and how they should go about reading to their babies.
To address these questions and more is Ms Fauziah Hassan Mohamed, a Senior Librarian who specializes in th... | 9,845 | 4,335 | 2.27105 |
warc | 201704 | On one hand, a person’s greatest fear isn’t so much the problem in itself as it isthe imagination: It is your imagination that implants the many possibilities and impossibilities of both rational and irrational fears into your brain, often blowing up the proportions of a situation beyond what it really is.
More than 10... | 705 | 412 | 1.711165 |
warc | 201704 | You would expect the idea of sharing earth’s resources equitably to be an idea that resonates with everyone. But as it turns out, there are huge numbers of people who are vehemently against that idea. There are people who actually find the very suggestion of sharing earth’s resources equitably to be a terrifying propos... | 7,479 | 2,942 | 2.542148 |
warc | 201704 | Natural Oven Cleaner How to Make Your Own Non-Toxic, Organic Oven Cleaner
Putting your head in the oven to scrape out baked-on foods and drips isn’t likely on your bucket list of things to do this year, and conventional oven cleaners made with things like sodium hydroxide (lye or caustic soda) make hands-off oven clean... | 1,118 | 618 | 1.809061 |
warc | 201704 | Fig. 7. The allocation of planning units to five implementation categories (a). The Y-axis is the biodiversity value of the planning unit, and incorporates a pattern and a process component, i.e. biodiversity value = ecosystem status value (from Fig. 3) + number of corridors (from Fig. 4). Both values range from 0-4 th... | 812 | 432 | 1.87963 |
warc | 201704 | Author Christopher Hitchens once remarked that, unlike the situation in most totalitarian regimes, the people of North Korea really seem to believe state propaganda. One of the reasons could be that they’re indoctrinated from such an early age. Misinformation seems to be part of their very education.
In schools through... | 9,717 | 4,304 | 2.257667 |
warc | 201704 | In this lesson, our instructor, Charles Schallhorn Takes a Look at Different States of Consciousness: He also takes a look at the various stages of sleep and sleep disorders. He also examines hypnosis, its many uses and its effectiveness.
Consciousness is a level of awareness about ourselves and our environment
There i... | 8,776 | 3,994 | 2.197296 |
warc | 201704 | Every day, millions of people travel around the country in buses. From schoolchildren to long-distance travellers to city commuters, buses provide a vital transportation resource. Bus drivers are the workers responsible for ensuring that these vehicles get passengers to their destinations. Bus drivers can be found in a... | 3,142 | 1,508 | 2.083554 |
warc | 201704 | Porcelain tiles are a popular material for all areas of the home. Porcelain is durable, with colour that goes through the tile, rather than having a glaze on top. Since the tile's colour penetrates its body, it is possible to put a bullnose edge on a porcelain tile and, in the cases of some, smooth porcelain tiles out,... | 3,389 | 1,463 | 2.316473 |
warc | 201704 | Pressure washing quickly eliminates stains and mould on siding, concrete, metal and shingles. This improves the look of homes, vehicles and driveways for a fairly inexpensive cost. Depending on the size and complexity of the project, power washing costs vary from job to job.
Skill level: Easy Other People Are Reading T... | 2,836 | 1,337 | 2.121167 |
warc | 201704 | Airlines often sell airfare tickets labelled as "non-refundable." The claim is made to the customer that once the ticket is purchased, the deal is sealed, and there is no way that customer can get any of his money back. Airlines started doing this as a way to protect themselves from no-show passengers that wasted seats... | 3,255 | 1,539 | 2.11501 |
warc | 201704 | Tilapia is considered a hardy, fast growing fish, with a high reproduction rate. Properly feeding your tilapia fish will ensure that they are healthy, have good growth, and that their immune system is working properly. When you are raising your tilapia in a pond setting, there are a couple of feeding options to choose ... | 3,270 | 1,569 | 2.08413 |
warc | 201704 | Way that it has to react an organism when it happens
some alteration in your environment that affects to him, or within
your organism.
The unicellular ones react to the stimuli of direct
way, the multicellular ones are provided with cells specialized
with low thresholds to the influences and transmit the answer to
anot... | 6,697 | 2,952 | 2.268631 |
warc | 201704 | Facelift surgery is among the popular cosmetic surgeries also known as rhytidectomy, which is basically a procedure dealing with reducing the wrinkles and aging signs over the face. It is primarily carried out to reduce the harmful effects of time and stress over the body. Of late, this procedure has become one of the ... | 4,315 | 1,895 | 2.277045 |
warc | 201704 | Reference Payment Reduces Spending on Colonoscopy
(HealthDay News) — Implementation of reference payment for colonoscopy can reduce spending with no significant impact on complications, according to a study published online September 8 in
JAMA Internal Medicine.
James C. Robinson, PhD, from the University of California... | 1,651 | 806 | 2.048387 |
warc | 201704 | EU antitrust regulators have raided a number of bioethanol companies over alleged price-fixing concerns.
The European Commission today announced it undertook “unannounced inspections” last month over concerns they may have violated EU antitrust rules “that prohibit cartels and restrictive business practices”.
The produ... | 1,084 | 565 | 1.918584 |
warc | 201704 | In association with Webigen Inc. and Sun Microsystems Hungary, GKI Economic Research Co. conducts quarterly surveys on internet usage and the development of the electronic economy in Hungary.
The following is a summary of the most crucial results of the 2001 third quarter survey in the trade sector. 8% of all trade com... | 8,336 | 3,296 | 2.529126 |
warc | 201704 | Zeus, the number one botnet, or also known as a banking Trojan, has infected over 3.6 million PC's in the United States alone presenting a serious threat to financial institutions.
Zeus is composed of thousands of compromised computers which are targeting banks and financial institutions to steal credentials. Once the ... | 2,834 | 1,371 | 2.067104 |
warc | 201704 | There are a lot of carpet cleaners available these days. This is due to the fact that the carpet is an item of investment that every homeowner in this nation has. These homeowners identify the relevance of exactly how carpet cleaning New York preserve the cleanliness as well as protect their financial investment from d... | 3,366 | 1,477 | 2.278944 |
warc | 201704 | ESA and Dutch Space Office join forces to bring space to schools
ESA and the Dutch Space Office (NSO) are now co-funders of the ESERO project in the Netherlands. This new 3-year collaboration is aimed at bringing space into the classroom. The Nemo Science Center, located in Amsterdam, remains the operator of the projec... | 4,728 | 2,180 | 2.168807 |
warc | 201704 | The retirement age will gradually rise as of 2017. The new age limits apply to those born in or after 1955.
People born before 1955 can transfer to old-age pension in accordance with current legislation at the age of 63–68 years.
You can also continue working while on old-age pension. Working while receiving pension ac... | 1,516 | 727 | 2.085282 |
warc | 201704 | Ideal Clients
As a corporate executive, entrepreneur, or family you are facing many of the same challenges – too much to do, too little time, too many choices, and too much uncertainty. In spite of these challenges – or perhaps because of them – you are committed to taking the steps necessary to protect your future.
So... | 2,970 | 1,429 | 2.078376 |
warc | 201704 | Savings accounts providers should be vying for the attention and deposits of customers of Icesave, the UK savings arm of Landsbanki, the collapsed and now nationalised Icelandic bank, as they look for alternatives for saving their £4.5billion.
Icesave was constantly topping the best buy savings accounts
tables before i... | 2,154 | 1,118 | 1.926655 |
warc | 201704 | Onio Terekia
Marine Resources Division,
Rarotonga, Cook Islands Introduction
Aquaculture development in the Cook Islands is presently being examined with
interest by the Ministry of Marine Resources. The ministry's aquaculture priorities include
culturing giant clams (
Tridacna deresa) and milkfish ( Chanos chanos) for... | 81,774 | 32,319 | 2.530214 |
warc | 201704 | As I worked my way down the steepest portion of the valley, I could see patches of green in the distance. Some were stands of Virginia bluebells just unfurling their leaves, but most were carpets of ramps.
Experience
Experience has taught me that mid-April is ramp season. When the redbuds and dogwoods bloom and the fir... | 4,147 | 2,114 | 1.961684 |
warc | 201704 | Our regulatory system produces unnecessary costly rules, duplicative mandates, impediments to innovation and barriers to our international competitiveness. Despite many initiatives and efforts to reduce the unnecessary regulatory cost imposed on businesses, the cumulative regulatory burden continues to expand.
The Nati... | 797 | 443 | 1.799097 |
warc | 201704 | From this site:
On October 26, 2009, the NAWL and the NAWL Foundation released the results of the fourth annual Survey on Retention and Promotion of Women in Law Firms. The Survey is the only national study of the nation’s 200 largest law firms which annually tracks the progress of women lawyers at all levels of privat... | 1,337 | 768 | 1.740885 |
warc | 201704 | Clemence Manyukwe, Political Editor
PARLIAMENT has joined the growing chorus over the country’s high rate of youth unemployment, arguing that the swelling job market could be a source of civil disorder if not urgently contained.
In a recent report, the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Youth Develop-ment, Indigenisa... | 3,289 | 1,620 | 2.030247 |
warc | 201704 | According to the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation, in 2008 there were 4,565 personal financial advisors providing personal financial planning services in the state. Based on occupational projections it is estimated that by 2018 there will be 5,935 such financial professionals working in Maryland. ... | 7,177 | 2,908 | 2.468019 |
warc | 201704 | The latest issue to crop up in the strained ties between India and Pakistan is the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty.
India on Thursday made it clear that "mutual trust and cooperation" was important for such a treaty to work. The assertion came amid calls in India that the government should scrap the water distribution pact to... | 5,003 | 2,251 | 2.222568 |
warc | 201704 | I am very busy and am always looking for healthy, but nutritious, on-the-go snacks. Between meetings and writing and editing all day long, I need a snack that I can grab quickly in the morning and have available when I have a second to enjoy it. So for this reason I love protein bars because they are so convenient. The... | 3,697 | 1,815 | 2.036915 |
warc | 201704 | Weight loss program may cost us a lot and on average, we spend between $70 and $250 for each pound we lose. In reality, we could slim down without spending so much money and here are things we do that can make weight loss program expensive:
1. We rarely eat at home: It is possible to cut calories and save money by avoi... | 20,176 | 8,349 | 2.416577 |
warc | 201704 | By C.B.S. Lee
January 26, 2013
Occupy Wall Street has moved out of the streets and into the spreadsheets by launching a “Bailout of the People by the People” campaign, a campaign aimed at buying and forgiving consumer debt.
StrikeDebt.org, an OWS offshoot organization, has raised $550,000 so far, monies that are being ... | 4,250 | 2,092 | 2.031549 |
warc | 201704 | March 5, 2013
“It is forbidden to kill; therefore all murderers are punished unless they kill in large numbers and to the sound of trumpets.” – Voltaire
I can remember it like yesterday. I was in Chicago at a Centers for Disease Control conference for work and it was going to happen – we were going to war in Iraq, a wa... | 8,682 | 3,909 | 2.221028 |
warc | 201704 | California Drought Won't Keep Us From Showering, Make Us Eat Insects In the News April 16, 2015 Originally published in Forbes.
California’s drought won’t force a major lifestyle change on us, but it does signal a change in the ways and places we grow our foods.
Whether you believe in climate change or not, according t... | 9,848 | 4,567 | 2.156339 |
warc | 201704 | Dividend stocks are everywhere, but many just downright
stink. In some cases, the business model is in serious jeopardy, or the dividend itself isn't sustainable. In others, the dividend is so low it's not even worth the paper your dividend check is printed on. A solid dividend strikes the right balance of growth, valu... | 4,949 | 2,310 | 2.142424 |
warc | 201704 | Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over daily movements, we do like to keep an eye on market changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis.
Stocks were essentially unchanged today; with one trading day left in 2013, that means they will see the year out at or near a record hi... | 3,732 | 1,951 | 1.912865 |
warc | 201704 | Raise your hand if you'd invest in a company that's growing like a weed, even if it's only growing the top line. Would you hold on even if that company had no easy path toward a long-term profit explosion?
Put your hands down,
Amazon investors... you don't count.
Anyone else? Not too many people. That makes sense, does... | 5,655 | 2,631 | 2.149373 |
warc | 201704 | Full profile →'">
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I left my job last Wednesday. It was a good job, and I was happy. But I have left to start a new company from scratch.
When news of my departure was announced, a host of interesting and quite unexpected opportunities c... | 2,848 | 1,454 | 1.958735 |
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Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Thursday announced his support for a bill to extend a reduced student loan rate for one year.
In July, the in... | 4,270 | 2,179 | 1.959615 |
warc | 201704 | Overview
Most Japanese maple varieties can withstand minimum annual temperatures as cold as minus 15 to minus 25 degrees Fahrenheit, making them suitable for landscapes located in a wide range of climates. One of the most important elements of caring for your Japanese maple tree is selecting the right planting location... | 2,382 | 1,143 | 2.08399 |
warc | 201704 | The Solid-State Drive (SSD) device is about to change the face of computers across the world. Most people don’t realize that their desktop machines, notebook computers, and even many netbooks, today suffer from significant performance degradation due to their traditional hard drive storage. Hard drive devices spin arou... | 3,395 | 1,681 | 2.019631 |
warc | 201704 | ibm has announced it is working with the department of defense advanced research projects agency (darpa) to research ways of reducing the amount of power computers use. ibm set up a low power center in austin, texas 10 months ago, and darpa is contributing us$2 million towards its ongoing research. the agreement they h... | 7,470 | 3,421 | 2.183572 |
warc | 201704 | Garlic
Perennial grown as annual for strongly aromatic bulbs. Half hardy.
Value: Contains small quantities of vitamins and minerals. Culinary
Garlic is used almost exclusively as a seasoning in a range of dishes from curries and stews to pasta for the daring, the whole immature plants can be added to salads.
La Gasconn... | 2,588 | 1,356 | 1.908555 |
warc | 201704 | Smartphones and tablets are being used more frequently in the battlefield, and that means that battery power is more important than ever. Soldiers often carry spare battery chargers in the 41 kilo combat packs they carry into war zones, but the batteries are often lost or broken. BAE Systems wants to help lighten the l... | 2,415 | 1,195 | 2.020921 |
warc | 201704 | Bacteria have been swimming before anything else in the world was walking, but we know relatively little about their method of locomotion. New research shows how bacteria use their flagella to run and tumble their way through a gooey medium.What you see in the above video at first looks like disorganised, random behavi... | 1,682 | 876 | 1.920091 |
warc | 201704 | Do you have anything that's stressing you out today? Before you get fully embroiled in all that Monday has to offer, consider this new research about a breakfast food that might help you conquer the day.
According to a study from the University of Cork, probiotic-rich yogurt may help stamp out stress, depression, and a... | 1,071 | 631 | 1.697306 |
warc | 201704 | Albert Bandura
Albert Bandura is a contemporary psychologist specializing in developmental psychology and educational psychology. Much of his work centers around social learning theory. He is one of the most widely-cited psychologists of all time.
Early Life
Albert Bandura was born in Alberta, Canada, in the small town... | 5,416 | 2,505 | 2.162076 |
warc | 201704 | What is it?
Homeopathy was discovered by a German doctor over 200 years ago, who believed that your body can heal itself if it's given extremely diluted forms of herbs, plants, animal and mineral extracts that produce the same symptoms of whatever you are suffering from. The basic idea is that like cures like.
How does... | 1,667 | 888 | 1.877252 |
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