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warc | 201704 | Solutions for the Livestock Industry
The top reasons for US cattle industry suffering loses is respiratory illness and other sickness. This amounts to more than 50% of total causes of unintended cattle losses in the agribusiness to the tune of 3.9 million.
Source: Department of Agriculture US – 2011
Given the paramount... | 1,052 | 605 | 1.738843 |
warc | 201704 | HMRC taskforces to tackle black spots of evasion in the UK economy have become ubiquitous since 2010, but some tax experts question their value. Nick Huber reports.
The taxman says the targeting of sectors ranging from medics and plumbers to restaurant owners and door-to-door sales people is a smart use of resources. T... | 1,006 | 607 | 1.657331 |
warc | 201704 | I have not yet written about the health care bill or reform in my blog. The main reason for that is because the issue is such a hot political potato and also because what is actually in the bill keeps changing. It would appear that this week is a huge milestone on whether we get this particular bill signed into law.
I ... | 2,969 | 1,480 | 2.006081 |
warc | 201704 | Adopting good property tax reform is not easy. 72.9 percent of local government tax revenues were made up of property taxes over 2000-2001 alone. Most owner discontent is that they are assessed based on increasing market values, sometimes exponential increases, instead of the fairer option for an owner to pay a set per... | 4,198 | 1,985 | 2.114861 |
warc | 201704 | As the advertising industry slowly climbs out of its worst recession in more than six decades, the nation's major advertisers are cautiously increasing their budgets, with network TV being the primary beneficiary, they continue to be preoccupied with sales and competitive activity and are moving increasingly toward pay... | 1,423 | 824 | 1.726942 |
warc | 201704 | Adding Accessibility to Online Courses: Making Your Online Course Accessible for all Types of Learners
Date: May 19, 2014
Time: 12:00 p.m.
Description: An important practice in designing quality online courses is making the content accessible to all types of learners. Certain educational tools, such as SoftChalk, give ... | 8,529 | 3,759 | 2.268955 |
warc | 201704 | Strasbourg Airport
Overview
Located only several miles southwest of Strasbourg’s city center, Strasbourg International Airport serves an important role in connecting the capital city of the Alsace region of France to the rest of the country and Europe. Although domestic flight service makes up the vast majority of the ... | 3,985 | 1,827 | 2.181171 |
warc | 201704 | EPA Seeks Public Comments to Help Develop Management Practices for Recreational Vessels
Published:
WASHINGTON- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public comment from boaters and other stakeholders to help develop proposed regulations, as required by the 2008 Clean Boating Act, to reduce water pol... | 2,003 | 954 | 2.099581 |
warc | 201704 | [ad#PhycoBiosciences AIM Interview]
Algae offer global nutrient deficiency solutions April 24, 2013 AlgaeIndustryMagazine.com One Tablespoon a Day
he four most prevalent deficiency diseases globally in 2013 are: malnutrition, nutritional anemia (iron and B12 deficiency),
xerophthalmia (vitamin A deficiency), and endemi... | 10,284 | 4,426 | 2.323543 |
warc | 201704 | Small protests have been held in Britain against the cuts, but not on the scale of those seen in France or Greece [EPA]
Britain is facing its most severe spending cuts since the Second World War - measures that will see welfare payments slashed, taxes raised and public sector jobs lost.
A day after the government annou... | 7,156 | 3,148 | 2.273189 |
warc | 201704 | “House Farm Bill Released by Ag Committee Leaders”
House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas and Ranking Member Collin Peterson have released a discussion draft of the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act or FARRM. The bipartisan bill saves billions of taxpayer dollars, reduces the nation’s deficit... | 15,000 | 6,132 | 2.446184 |
warc | 201704 | Articles Index Monthly Features General History Articles Ancient Near East Classical Europe and Mediterranean East Asia Steppes & Central Asia South and SE Asia Medieval Europe Medieval Iran & Islamic Middle East African History (-1750) Pre-Columbian Americas Early Modern Era 19'th Century (1789-1914) 20'th Century 21'... | 6,779 | 3,007 | 2.254406 |
warc | 201704 | The Pathophysiology of Christ’s Death
By Dr. Charles McGowen
In the 3-21-86 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) an article was published describing in detail the patho-physiology of Christ’s death on the Cross. It is the most, scientific, graphic and detailed explanation I have ever read a... | 3,351 | 1,728 | 1.939236 |
warc | 201704 | “Energy codes are like illumination levels—they're a principle, but that's not where you should start design. The first thing you should do is to visualize how you want the space to look and to feel, work on the design, then pick the sources and count the watts. Too often people start by asking, ‘How many watts is this... | 2,867 | 1,443 | 1.986833 |
warc | 201704 | Increasing scholarly use of computers and electronic resources raises a number of related challenges.
Computer-based research produces digital data with significant secondary use value. Yet that value cannot fully be realised unless the data are created and described according to relevant standards, systematically coll... | 34,200 | 12,824 | 2.666875 |
warc | 201704 | Jack Pearadin and Doug Nelsen found a 1.73-carat diamond after nearly a year of searching the park's field.
The amendment that stalls the Maumelle Watershed zoning ordinance is "really just trying to kill the land-use regulations in the watershed," according to
Pulaski Count Judge Buddy Villines. "If it goes through, I... | 7,300 | 3,307 | 2.207439 |
warc | 201704 | If Beethoven were sent to nursery school today, they would medicate him, and he would be a postal clerk.
At best, most college presidents are running something that is somewhere between a faltering corporation and a hotel.
No scientist, engineer, writer, psychologist, artist, or physician - and certainly no scholar, an... | 1,167 | 703 | 1.660028 |
warc | 201704 | Like the rest of your body in the city of London, the mouth is a complicated institution that relies on you being able to ensure that you doing your best to look after every tiny corner of it. The gums are one of those special little elements that add to the make-up of the mouth. They house your teeth and protect them ... | 1,389 | 722 | 1.923823 |
warc | 201704 | Alcoa aa 0.6775832862789385% Alcoa Corp. U.S.: NYSE
USD35.66 0.24 0.6775832862789385% /Date(1484949644852-0600)/ Volume (Delayed 15m) : 4914474 AFTER HOURS USD35.53 -0.13 -0.3645541222658441% Volume (Delayed 15m) : 416390 P/E Ratio N/A Market Cap 6521108629.62814 Dividend Yield N/A Rev. per Employee 297083 More quote d... | 6,273 | 3,146 | 1.993961 |
warc | 201704 | Why Perceived Barriers to Career Advancement are Important Dec. 1, 2012
By Bill Weeks, DBA, Elten Briggs, PhD, and Fernando Jaramillo, PhD
Finding and retaining high performing salespeople continues to be the #1 challenge for most sales organizations. Organizational commitment has garnered considerable attention regard... | 15,986 | 6,078 | 2.630141 |
warc | 201704 | <p>(BPT) - They say the eyes are the window to the soul, but did you know eyes also say a lot about your health? A number of eye ailments are limited to the eye, but often they can be an indicator of a systemic problem. Dry eye – a common condition in which the tear ducts make insufficient tears for lubricating and nou... | 4,681 | 2,142 | 2.185341 |
warc | 201704 | To update the epidemic curves for lung cancer in the United States by gender in relation to the temporal trends in adult current cigarette smoking prevalence.
The design of the study was ecologic, based on population figures.
Available data on the prevalence of current cigarette smoking from 1920 to 1990 were plotted i... | 1,581 | 788 | 2.006345 |
warc | 201704 | A study was conducted to determine emigration intentions of medical students at the University of Cape Town.
Students from 1st to 5th year completed a self-administered questionnaire.
A response rate of 86% was achieved.
Over half the students (54%) were considering emigration.
The most frequently selected motivating f... | 974 | 583 | 1.670669 |
warc | 201704 | It takes more than a wall full of taps for a bar to be a great beer bar. An establishment serious about craft beer needs to pay attention to every detail of the beer-drinking experience offered to its customers, and here are a few simple things that make a big impact.
Respect the Beer
The Los Angeles restaurant scene h... | 10,328 | 4,366 | 2.365552 |
warc | 201704 | Using a Hazard Quotient to Evaluate Pesticide Residues Detected in Pollen Trapped from Honey Bees (Apis mellifera) in Connecticut Analysis of pollen trapped from honey bees as they return to their hives provides a method of monitoring fluctuations in one route of pesticide exposure over location and time. We collected ... | 2,130 | 1,059 | 2.011331 |
warc | 201704 | Formation-parallel focusing of fluid flow along faults in the Miocene Monterey Formation, coastal California.
EICHHUBL, Peter, and BOLES, James. R.
Geological Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, eichhubl@magic.geol.ucsb.edu
Strontium isotopic analyses of carbonate cement and mass balance calcul... | 2,531 | 1,225 | 2.066122 |
warc | 201704 | Recently I met a friend for coffee in between work, now you all know I work on a Fragrance counter and I love it. I know all the fragrances that we sell. But upon Finding the jacket that she had been wearing on the chair, I was drawn to the perfume I could smell on it, I wasn’t just able to recognise the beautiful smel... | 2,859 | 1,396 | 2.047994 |
warc | 201704 | Why 'one-size-fits-all' schools will not work Changes to Northern Ireland's education system must be managed effectively. But all-ability secondary schools won't provide the answer, argues Billy Young Published 01/03/2010
I read with much interest Dr Alastair Walker's article in the Belfast Telegraph entitled 'Grammar ... | 5,776 | 2,648 | 2.181269 |
warc | 201704 | There aren’t too many books in English that deal specifically with cacti and succulents. Some of the classic references that were published some years ago are now out of print. You may be lucky enough to find some of them in public libraries.
In addition to books that are devoted entirely to these plants, there are oth... | 5,358 | 2,426 | 2.208574 |
warc | 201704 | Home
: Statewide News
: $4-Million in lottery funds to help return salmon, steelhead to Upper Deschutes
Jan 30,2008
$4-Million in lottery funds to help return salmon, steelhead to Upper Deschutes
by Bend Weekly News Sources
Lottery funds will provide economic benefits and improve water quality while bringing salmon and... | 3,351 | 1,615 | 2.074923 |
warc | 201704 | DALLAS, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A small reduction in blood pressure produced a significant benefit in the largest study ever done on the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes, presented on Sunday in Vienna at the European Society of Cardiology Congress, and published online in the Lancet the same day.
S... | 2,507 | 1,328 | 1.887801 |
warc | 201704 | Study of food allergy in the Spanish population.
MedLine Citation:
PMID: 17064647 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
BACKGROUND: The aim of the study was to investigate the prevalence of food allergy in patients referred to our Allergy Unit and to evaluate the diagnostic methods used. METHODS: We select... | 4,161 | 2,102 | 1.979543 |
warc | 201704 | by Linus Grabenhenrich, Stephanie Hompes, Hannah Gough, Franziska Ruëff, Kathrin Scherer, Claudia Pföhler, Regina Treudler, Vera Mahler, Thomas Hawranek, Katja Nemat, Alice Koehli, Thomas Keil, Margitta Worm
Background
Anaphylaxis management guidelines recommend the use of intramuscular adrenaline in severe reactions, ... | 1,714 | 904 | 1.896018 |
warc | 201704 | SAN DIEGO, Sept. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARNA) today announced that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted orphan drug status to APD811 for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension.
"The FDA Office of Orphan Products Development (OOPD) evaluates scientific and... | 7,126 | 2,988 | 2.384873 |
warc | 201704 | Climate models have falsely assumed a (strong) cloud brightening cooling feedback, researchers of Yale University (Ivy Tan & Trude Storelvmo) and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (Mark Zelinka) write in Science. Refining cloud behaviour in a warming atmosphere leads to … Continue reading
Amidst a storm of cli... | 1,784 | 950 | 1.877895 |
warc | 201704 | The Importance of Background Checks for Prospective Hires
Background checks should be a part of just about every employer's recruiting and hiring process. The checks can range from consulting with references to checking criminal records. If your employees have contact with the public or financial transactions, you shou... | 6,480 | 2,670 | 2.426966 |
warc | 201704 | Sometimes getting hung up on percentage increases causes one to miss what’s going on with the actual numbers.
Such is the case in a January 26 front page story by USA Today’s Richard Wolf. USAT’s is the only recent original coverage I have found thus far relating to increases in the national welfare rolls during the re... | 4,501 | 2,165 | 2.078984 |
warc | 201704 | TRAINING TECHNOLOGY INSPIRED BY THE AIRPLANE
The new 787 training system reflects many of the advanced technologies in the 787 Dreamliner itself. This approach puts the trainee — whether in flight training or maintenance training — as close to the actual airplane as possible. The effectiveness of this approach means sh... | 4,753 | 2,121 | 2.240924 |
warc | 201704 | On a plane or in a theater, who gets to put their elbow on the armrest? Is it ever OK to use both armrests when the seats are all taken? P.L. / Lexington
When both ends of the seat row have armrests and all seats are occupied by two-armed adults, it is mathematically optimal for one person in a full row to occupy both ... | 3,520 | 1,751 | 2.01028 |
warc | 201704 | Gray wolves delisted?
Gary Drotts embraces the possibility. But for him — and others — it still remains just that.
On Wednesday, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that Minnesota’s gray wolves will finally be removed from the federal government’s threatened species list and returned to state management in Jan... | 5,215 | 2,345 | 2.223881 |
warc | 201704 | Sickle Cell Anemia
Shanee Devane
Wesley College
In order for sickle cell anemia to occur, a sickle cell gene must be inherited from both the mother and the father, so that the child has two sickle cell genes. The sickle cell gene causes the body to make abnormal hemoglobin. Hemoglobin is a protein molecule in red blood... | 1,704 | 802 | 2.124688 |
warc | 201704 | "I was a woman in my early 50's in good health, married for over 20 years with a son in his senior year of high school (who got yearly mammograms since the age of 40) when almost four years ago, on December 22, 2010, I felt a thickening in my left breast. This was six days after my annual mammogram. Within a month, I l... | 2,881 | 1,512 | 1.905423 |
warc | 201704 | slide 1 of 5 Introduction To Storage Security Policies
If it is your responsibility to create a storage policy, there are quite a number of particulars you should know in order to create a policy that is effective, but will also protect company and client information. The storage policy created should encompass the who... | 3,223 | 1,415 | 2.277739 |
warc | 201704 | It may be too soon to call a bottom in the housing market, but that’s not stopping UBS from pinpointing which geographical markets will be the first to rebound--and which single-family and multifamily builders will be most able to take advantage of the turnaround in those markets.
In a new Q-Series report released this... | 3,102 | 1,509 | 2.055666 |
warc | 201704 | Gonorrhea, Chlamydia, syphilis, HPV, herpes, and HIV/AIDS are all sexually transmitted diseases. Many of these diseases can be cured with simple antibiotics if diagnosed quickly, but there is no known cure for herpes or HIV/AIDS.
Most sexually transmitted diseases are spread through unprotected vaginal, anal or oral se... | 3,202 | 1,578 | 2.029151 |
warc | 201704 | Publisher Md Publications Pvt Ltd Publication Year 2009 ISBN-13 ISBN 9788175332096 ISBN-10 8175332093 Binding Hard Back Number of Pages 301 Pages Language (English) Subject Terrorism
Terrorism continues to adapt to meet the challenges of emerging forms of conflict and exploit developments in technology and society. Ter... | 1,328 | 714 | 1.859944 |
warc | 201704 | Anti-lock Braking Systems are being incorporated in more and more modern day cars to try and reduce the number and severity of road accidents. The last few decades have seen car and bikemakers strive to improve and increase the list of safety features in their offerings. Technologies such as airbags and crumple zones h... | 2,647 | 1,287 | 2.056721 |
warc | 201704 | Lithuanian Agricultural and Food Industry: The Setting for Economic Reforms, The Natalija Kazlauskiene, William H. Meyers, Kyle J. Stephens October 1991 [91-BR 3]
After parliamentary elections and the formation of a new government, Lithuania declared the restoration of its independence from the USSR on March 11, 1990. ... | 1,292 | 724 | 1.78453 |
warc | 201704 | What Meditation Is Not
Meditation is not an attempt to quiet the mind. It is not an attempt to transcend the mind. It is not an attempt to control the mind in any way. It is not an attempt to find anything, do anything, ask anything, see anything, hear anything, smell anything, or taste anything but what is there alrea... | 1,647 | 813 | 2.02583 |
warc | 201704 | WASHINGTON (CNS) — Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley urged members of Congress to support the Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act, a measure that would require health plans to disclose if they subsidize abortion coverage.
Cardinal O’Malley, chairman of the Committee on Pro-Life Activities for the U.S. Conference of C... | 2,755 | 1,314 | 2.096651 |
warc | 201704 | Brent crude oil fell towards $99 a barrel on Tuesday after weaker-than-expected manufacturing data from China and Germany darkened the outlook for fuel demand.
June Brent crude was down $1.00 to $99.39 a barrel by 1008 GMT, while U.S. crude for June delivery was down 86 cents at $88.33.
The flash HSBC Purchasing Manage... | 3,539 | 1,910 | 1.85288 |
warc | 201704 | A new “patient support centre” for people trying to get prescriptions for medical marijuana is opening in Hamilton next week.
The new service is hosted by MedCannAccess – a recently formed company that just opened its first support centre in Etobicoke. Spokesperson Rade Kovacevic says the free service is available so p... | 3,897 | 1,807 | 2.156613 |
warc | 201704 | Osteopathic Care
What is Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment?
Osteopathic Manipulative Treatment (OMT) is used by osteopathic physicians (DOs) to treat joint misalignments and reduce soft tissue tension. DOs are fully-licensed physicians who receive intensive musculoskeletal training, including the use of OMT, in additi... | 2,002 | 975 | 2.053333 |
warc | 201704 | Christmas is around the corner, and if the fat man in the red suit has his way, it could mean financial trouble for you. Do you ever wonder why he's so jolly? It's because he gets credit for all the toys, games and presents while you get stuck with the bill. If you're struggling financially -- and, frankly, who isn't -... | 3,962 | 2,017 | 1.964303 |
warc | 201704 | Dr. Richard G. Macdonald has been named the recipient of the 2016 Meritorious Service Award by the American Podiatric Medical Association. A graduate of the Dr. William M. Scholl College of Podiatric Medicine at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, he was recently honored during RFU Fest at the Chicago... | 4,213 | 1,932 | 2.180642 |
warc | 201704 | On Wednesday 24 June Christian Aid saw the Scottish Parliament vote on climate change legislation that is the strongest of any industrialised nation in the world.
MSPs have voted in favour of legislation that commits Scotland to:
at least 80% cuts of all greenhouses gases (on 1990 levels) by 2050;
a 2020 target of at l... | 1,922 | 994 | 1.933602 |
warc | 201704 | Source
Department of Medical Imaging and Interventional Radiology, Cancer Center and State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510060, Guangdong Province, China.
Abstract
AIM:
To analyze the prognostic factors of 5-year survival and 10-year survival in hepatocellular carcinoma (... | 2,044 | 977 | 2.092119 |
warc | 201704 | The character of the Holy Spirit
At Jesus' baptism, the Holy Spirit hovered
over him like a dove The Holy Spirit is surely the most difficult part of the Holy Trinity to get our heads round! Perhaps because we can imagine the human face of Jesus, and many of us have a mental picture of a bearded God on a cloud (however... | 3,749 | 1,777 | 2.109736 |
warc | 201704 | Food deserts, as they’re traditionally defined, assume a world without transportation. The United States Department of Agriculture measures them this way: A Census tract is considered a food desert if it meets a certain threshold of poverty, and if at least 500 people or one-third of the population reside more than a m... | 5,696 | 2,629 | 2.166603 |
warc | 201704 | How to Remove These Red Wine Carpet Stains
If you have read thousands of articles on how to remove wine carpet stains, but you still are not sure in the final results, then check out this article to become more confident in your carpet cleaning. Wine stains on carpets are a common problem among home owners. Many people... | 1,568 | 814 | 1.92629 |
warc | 201704 | [The following is a guest post]
Leisure travel was initially associated with the Industrial Revolution with in the United Kingdom. The United Kingdom was the first European country to promote leisure time and also travel time. To begin with, holidaying only ever applied to the richest of people in Britain, however it s... | 3,389 | 1,573 | 2.154482 |
warc | 201704 | Proposed amendments that would eliminate U.S. funding for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change are among hundreds of amendments that would modify legislation (H.R. 1), currently being debated on the House floor, to fund the U.S. government through September 30.
The following is re-posted from the World Wildlif... | 7,434 | 3,223 | 2.306547 |
warc | 201704 | FINASTERIDE FOR WOMEN WITH HAIR LOSS?
Why can’t finasteride be used to treat androgenetic alopecia in women who have high levels of 5α-reductase?
—Fred A. Stutman, MD, Philadelphia
Oral finasteride, a type II 5α-reductase inhibitor, has been shown to increase hair growth and slow progression of thinning in men with and... | 1,261 | 668 | 1.887725 |
warc | 201704 | For one year, I worked as a teacher in a private language school in Korea with both Korean and Western employees. While I became very used to seeing my Korean coworkers putting in 12 hour days—often for six or seven days a week—the same standards were not expected of the Westerners I worked with; for the most part, we ... | 3,425 | 1,701 | 2.013521 |
warc | 201704 | WHY IS CNIS CARBON NEUTRAL? CNIS believes that a clean environment is an important part of a healthy society and supports environmental initiatives.
CNIS has determined that our most significant impact is from Carbon Emissions, and since 2007 has adopted a policy of Carbon Neutrality. CNIS offset our Carbon Emissions t... | 1,625 | 871 | 1.865672 |
warc | 201704 | From...
What's ahead for the Net (and us)?
(IDG) -- Writers of a Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode imagined a pervasive communications medium of the future called the Interlink, and its roots were clearly the Internet. But how will the Internet really affect our future? A team of futurists and researchers is preparing... | 3,911 | 1,930 | 2.026425 |
warc | 201704 | Market analyst Euromonitor pitches the confectionery market in the United Arab Emirates at €65m, far inferior to the expected €2.76bn that market tracker Mintel estimates the British chocolate market alone will pull in by the end of the year.
But despite this, decent double-digit growth for the UAE confectionery market... | 2,939 | 1,428 | 2.058123 |
warc | 201704 | When Lanier Middle School guidance counselor Lawrence "Larry" Lindsay was working at Herndon Middle School years ago, he wanted to help students who were potential dropouts. He felt that if there were an after school program for them, it would help them stay out of trouble.
So in 1997, Lindsay started a nonprofit to he... | 3,088 | 1,478 | 2.08931 |
warc | 201704 | Alexandria To the Editor:
For many years I have advocated both orally and in writing that an ombudsman is direly needed in the city of Alexandria to uncover potential fraud, waste, abuse, mismanagement and corruption. Over the years a number of events have shown that we have a definite need for such an individual. An e... | 1,807 | 933 | 1.936763 |
warc | 201704 | On Wednesday the FTC announced plans to hold a workshop and roundtable on emerging healthcare competition and related consumer protection issues. The events, to be held in Washington, DC, are slated for this fall. The workshop and roundtable will focus on two key areas: 1. competition stemming from the implementation o... | 1,732 | 853 | 2.030481 |
warc | 201704 | With the recent release of an informational graphic, an easy-to-read visual guide, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) just made it much easier for busy parents who need help navigating the overwhelming array of mobile apps on the market that are aimed at children. The graphic, which is part of the FTC’s consumer educat... | 3,216 | 1,483 | 2.168577 |
warc | 201704 | My name is Jill, and I am a victim of clickbait. There are many more like me out there who can’t resist the catchy headlines, the articles that promise shocking tips to keep me looking 25 forever, or show me what it is that I will never believe happens when nine corgi puppies are put in a kiddie pool. If you’re like me... | 5,795 | 2,734 | 2.119605 |
warc | 201704 | A recent study has found that the effects of caffeine could all be in our head and the caffeine in our coffee has no influence on how we perform.
Researchers from the University of East London lied to participants by giving them decaffeinated coffee but telling them it contained caffeine in order to measure its real ef... | 844 | 436 | 1.93578 |
warc | 201704 | Frequent readers will know that I have little patience with the argument against private Social Security accounts that goes something like "Americans are too dumb to be trusted with their own retirement funds". Today, however, I am going to put that aside for perhaps a better question:
Can the
governmentbe trusted with... | 2,496 | 1,171 | 2.131512 |
warc | 201704 | A Promise Kept This devotional was written by Leslie Snyder Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take y... | 3,281 | 1,585 | 2.070032 |
warc | 201704 | Faith in Christianity involves several elements. Knowledge of who Jesus is and what He did must come from confidence. We need to know the facts are true and apply to us. We must start by realizing that I have broken God’s law. That makes me a sinner.
To save faith, we acknowledge none of our efforts can earn His favor.... | 1,711 | 951 | 1.799159 |
warc | 201704 | ASHLAND, WIS. — The promise of summer picnics, canoe trips, and fishing draws 500,000 people a year to the sandy banks of the Boardman River, a blue-ribbon trout stream that feeds into Lake Michigan.
But the tourists and retirees creating the area's population surge are unknowingly exacting an environmental price. Heav... | 4,004 | 1,989 | 2.013072 |
warc | 201704 | Last winter, researchers at Princeton University demonstrated how they could get data off encrypted disks by extracting the encryption key from RAM, even if the machine was password protected, in sleep mode or had just been powered down. Called the "cold boot" attack--in part for its use of sprayed canned air to slow d... | 4,918 | 2,308 | 2.130849 |
warc | 201704 | Perry Breaks Wind Over Obama's Carbon Cuts
Staff in Governor Rick Perry's office must have had a case of the Mondays. It was
noon before we got his emailed statement blasting the Obama administration's proposal to cut carbon emissions from power plants 30 percent from 2005 levels over the next 15 years.
Seriously? That... | 4,365 | 2,248 | 1.941726 |
warc | 201704 | Make cranberry sauce
Bisphenol-A (BPA), a hormone-disrupting chemical, is found in the epoxy resin that lines many canned goods. Recently, BPA was found to migrate out of canned foods like baby formula, beans, soup, and cranberry sauce. Reduce your exposure to BPA—switch to fresh, frozen, or dried goods and make your o... | 1,239 | 724 | 1.711326 |
warc | 201704 | Family Health Teams are health care organizations that include a team of family physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, social workers, and other professionals who work together to provide health care for their community. Our Family Health Team is an important part of the Ontario government’s plan to build ... | 1,585 | 804 | 1.971393 |
warc | 201704 | Free equipment, money and food- what more could you want. If people rely too much on the charity however, they will stop doing things for themselves. In addition, what happens if, suddenly, the support for your charity falls, this means all of the people in the target country, who are now accustomed to a free, steady i... | 4,039 | 1,865 | 2.165684 |
warc | 201704 | Local food banks got a big boost this month with donations of about 13,000 pounds of boxed and canned goods and 2,400 cubic feet of new cold storage space.
The boost was the result of a friendly, weeklong competition to collect food leading up to the third annual Mayor’s Day of Concern for the Hungry in Denton on Tuesd... | 3,863 | 1,905 | 2.027822 |
warc | 201704 | In many respects emotional design is getting more and more attention. With people like Don Norman on top of it, the audience is getting bigger and the subject is getting more exposure.
The next conference on Design and Emotion (DE2004) organized by the Design & Emotion Society is a serious get-together of professionals... | 3,004 | 1,399 | 2.147248 |
warc | 201704 | Uh oh. It looks like Apple’s Smart Cover – the genius iPad accessory that serves as a screen protector, stand, and off switch for the device, when closed – turns off more than just the iPad. It could actually power off implanted defibrillators in heart patients, rendering the device useless if needed to jump to its int... | 1,902 | 1,024 | 1.857422 |
warc | 201704 | 2/22/2014
Post From KTFA By Memphis » February 22nd, 2014
I want to give a big thank you to Joy, MrT (and others ) for your kind response. It inspired me to do more....
Henry Ford Said it Best...
"It is well enough that the people of the nation do not understand our banking and monetary system, for if they did, I belie... | 6,628 | 3,195 | 2.074491 |
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Counting calories is the easiest method for weight loss I hate when people count fat grams ,carbohydrates,sugar etc its ridiculous a calorie is a calorie wether its fat or bread or what ever.The more healthy you eat the more you can eat as its less calories than fast food or process... | 1,098 | 633 | 1.734597 |
warc | 201704 | Babies with Diabetes Excerpted with permission from The Everything Diabetes Health Book (Adams Media) by Paula Ford-Martin
The Littlest Patients: Infants and Toddlers As any parent can attest, not knowing how to help your hurting child is a horrible feeling. When your very young child has diabetes, she can't tell you i... | 5,211 | 2,584 | 2.016641 |
warc | 201704 | I just spent a week of fun in the sun on my annual family vacation only to arrive back at home to face the cold winter elements. I used to shun the cold weather—it seems as if every time I stepped outside my sensitive skin would dry up, peel, and crack at the very hint of the bitter winter blast.
Luckily, I discovered ... | 3,871 | 1,918 | 2.018248 |
warc | 201704 | Oral language is a key to reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Concepts about the world, vocabulary, roots of phonological awareness, the structure of language, and communication with others are also influenced by oral language. The brain is wired to talk, and it’s pretty amazing the way most children naturally l... | 3,123 | 1,503 | 2.077844 |
warc | 201704 | If you want to lose weight, you will need two essential tools: a pen and some paper. Carefully documenting everything you eat and drink can result in double the weight loss you’d experience with diet and lifestyle changes alone.
Researchers followed nearly 1,700 middle-aged study volunteers for six months. The particip... | 1,021 | 596 | 1.713087 |
warc | 201704 | Secrets of Parenting
Being a good parent is simple, but, not easy. The principles are straightforward, really just common sense. Sticking to them is hard work. The results are worth it.
Photo: Benjamin Earwicker
Set A Good Example. Kids grow up doing what their parents do. If you go to church, they will go to church. I... | 2,934 | 1,421 | 2.064743 |
warc | 201704 | God, Toddlers, and Me
A few weeks ago, at my weekly Bible study meeting, the conversation centered on how we were just living our lives, yet not experiencing anything all that special. Most of us are mothers of young children making it challenging for many of us to balance our lives. We talked about how, since the birt... | 2,955 | 1,476 | 2.002033 |
warc | 201704 | Apartments go smoke free
In 2001, the Center for Energy and Environment conducted a survey that revealed that almost 50 percent of Minnesotans who rent in an apartment complex say that secondhand smoke gets into their apartment from somewhere else.
More than a third of those surveyed, 37 percent, reported that it bothe... | 1,935 | 992 | 1.950605 |
warc | 201704 | Yellow stains can accumulate in a bathtub or shower on the walls and around the handles or drain. These stains may be from the water or may have built up over time from dirt and various shampoo or soap stains. Depending on how long the stains have had to set in, they could wipe away or require harder scrubbing to remov... | 1,593 | 828 | 1.923913 |
warc | 201704 | Learning to mix your own paint colors can save you a lot of money. Instead of buying every individual color you need, you can buy just the three primary colors--red, yellow and blue--and mix them as needed.
Basic Color Theory
There are three primary colors: red, yellow and blue. Mixing any two of these colors results i... | 4,229 | 1,858 | 2.276103 |
warc | 201704 | Replacing the battery in your Ford Falcon, the heart of the electrical system, means you can expect several years of service. You already know you can expect full power to your starter for fast and efficient starts and an emergency reserve of electricity in case your alternator fails. Yet you cannot afford to slap the ... | 4,273 | 1,986 | 2.151561 |
warc | 201704 | We have been reporting since December about the potential impact of the weather (Retail Sales and Employment) on the economic numbers. Those impacts ranged not only from borrowing from the future growth but also by skewing the underlying data due to how seasonal adjustment formulas work.
The chart is a composite of the... | 4,654 | 2,212 | 2.103978 |
warc | 201704 | For immediate release: July 27, 2001 Media Contact: Percy Della (916) 654-4989 Six Projects to Advance Geothermal Energy Research and Production in California
Sacramento- The California Energy Commission has awarded grants to six projects that will continue to tap California's enormous geothermal energy resources.
The ... | 4,333 | 2,096 | 2.067271 |
warc | 201704 | Your Website Is Going Mobile - With or Without You
Mary Meeker of Kleiner Perkins recently gave a presentation at Stanford demonstrating the enormous recent growth in mobile traffic across the web and predicting future significant growth in the coming years. You can find the slides here if you're interested. Here at En... | 4,049 | 1,960 | 2.065816 |
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