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warc | 201704 | home news blogs calendar enewsletters podcasts Not your typical export
LiveRoof, a division of Hortech wholesale nursery in Spring Lake, began exporting its innovative roof-planting systems to Canada in 2007, for sale by distributors in Ontario and British Columbia. In the last year or so, LiveRoof added distributors i... | 5,583 | 2,663 | 2.096508 |
warc | 201704 | The European Parliament today gave the thumbs-up to weak EU rules on radioactive waste in its vote on new legislation proposed by the European Commission (1). The Greens have criticised the rules, which fail to address the concerns with radioactive waste. However, the group expressed its relief that MEPs rejected a pro... | 1,752 | 853 | 2.053927 |
warc | 201704 | Home > News & Information > News Releases
News Releases
Rate Increase on the Horizon
Soaring regulatory, fuel & rail costs drive wholesale power costs higher
For the past several months Grundy Electric has included rate increase articles in the
Rural Missouri publication. The overall cooperative rate increase of approx... | 4,586 | 2,078 | 2.20693 |
warc | 201704 | Metabolic Pathway: A metabolic pathway or biochemical pathway, is an orderly sequence of reactions within a cell that either breaks down large molecules or builds up larger compounds from smaller ones. These pathways can be linear or circular, and each step in a pathway has a specific enzyme acting upon it.
Pathways th... | 1,299 | 675 | 1.924444 |
warc | 201704 | Precious Rufus Ashiedu, Ross M Andrews, Stephen B Lambert, Lisa McHugh, Sallyanne LeGros-Wilson, Judith Zenchyson, Daniel Arnold, Clementine Shevell, Kerry-Ann F O’Grady
Abstract
There are limited community-based data on the burden of influenza and influenza-like illnesses during pregnancy to inform disease surveillanc... | 19,644 | 8,211 | 2.3924 |
warc | 201704 | Brucellosis On this page: What is brucellosis? How do people get brucellosis? Can you get it from other people? Can brucellosis be treated? Can brucellosis be prevented? Why is brucellosis considered a possible terror weapon? What should I do if I think I may have brucellosis?
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warc | 201704 | FYI #64
September 25, 1995
(Archived document, may contain errors)
September 25, 1995
FEHBP CONTROLS COSTS AGAIN: MORE LESSONS FOR MEDICARE REFORMERS
By Robert E. Moffit Deputy Director of Domestic Policy Studies
While Members of Congress wrestle with the problem of how to fix the nearly bankrupt Medi- care program, th... | 11,263 | 4,835 | 2.329473 |
warc | 201704 | Neighbors gather at the Burien home of Rebecca Dare and Bill Opfermann to watch a video on disaster preparedness.
Burien neighbors prepare for disasters
By Gwen Davis SPECIAL TO THE HIGHLINE TIMES
Rebecca Dare and Bill Opfermann know that being proactive can pay off in life-saving ways. Especially when it comes to prep... | 3,453 | 1,697 | 2.034767 |
warc | 201704 | The rustic architecture is not complete without rustic lighting. In this article, we will discuss the concept of kitchen lighting in general and kitchen’s rustic lighting’s selection in particular.
Selecting Rustic Lighting For Kitchen
Lighting is a constitutional part of the kitchen décor. Without proper lighting, all... | 5,481 | 2,244 | 2.442513 |
warc | 201704 | NEW YORK--Nov. 18, 1997-- Even as total employment in the booming U.S.
hotel industry is on the rise, American hotels are requiring fewer workers
per property to operate successfully, according to the
Lodging
Research Network (www.lodgingresearch.com), the comprehensive Internet-based
resource for lodging industry data... | 4,441 | 2,091 | 2.123864 |
warc | 201704 | Tax Effective Strategies and Structures
By:Delta Financial Group Pty Ltd 19-Apr-2012
Keywords:Financial, Finance, Financial Planner
Everyone’s situation is different and there are no one-size-fits-all solutions, especially when it comes to tax. At Delta Financial, we use powerful financial models to determine which str... | 2,243 | 1,053 | 2.130104 |
warc | 201704 | The cost of home ownership is hardly just the cost of the house itself. Life in even in a cheap place can add up to be quite the pretty penny when you take things like utilities and commuting costs into account. The experts at Trulia know this, and they analyzeds data on those two factors in conjunction with the averag... | 989 | 596 | 1.659396 |
warc | 201704 | The White House is kicking off its Jobs Summit today, bringing together business executives, finance experts, economists, small business owners and labor leaders to discuss ways to spark job creation. President Obama announced the summit last month, after the latest jobs report showed that unemployment shot up to 10.2 ... | 3,012 | 1,526 | 1.973788 |
warc | 201704 | On October 7 Venezuelans will go to vote in the 12th national-level election in as many years. This time they will be choosing whether or not to extend President Hugo Chavez's time in office to 19 years (assuming he makes it that far and does not die of cancer, which is another topic altogether).
For this reason, and c... | 4,378 | 2,099 | 2.085755 |
warc | 201704 | In mid-march, 26 leaders in the areas of research, policy and practice from Australia, Canada, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and the United States assembled to create an International Alliance to End Homelessness.
Addressing homelessness is now a key policy priority across much of the developed world. All lev... | 2,605 | 1,294 | 2.013138 |
warc | 201704 | There's a place for Lycra. Spin class perhaps, or maybe running through the park in winter. At the gym though, no one wants or needs to see the outline of your junk. Cover yourself up. The same goes for board shorts -- they belong at the beach. And sandals: seriously?
In this blog post I want to highlight five common f... | 2,435 | 1,294 | 1.881762 |
warc | 201704 | Philip Alston, one of the most respected legal minds in the United Nations system, just issued his annual report. In it, he talks about his travels to war zones and notes an emerging practice: warring parties' "making amends" to civilians harmed in war.
Here's the interesting thing:
Warring parties have
no obligation t... | 2,326 | 1,183 | 1.966188 |
warc | 201704 | For roughly the past year, I've been trying to find simple ways to enter the mainstream conversation on education reform. Working on academic papers, teaching in classrooms, and presenting at conferences were not cutting it. Perhaps as a new faculty member, I should just relax a bit and give it time. Yet, the more I fo... | 1,627 | 860 | 1.89186 |
warc | 201704 | Sharing Our Common Wealth: Cultural Institutions
18-19 November, University of Adelaide
Convened by Professor Tim Murray FAHA
Cultural institutions play a vital role in building understanding and dialogue. They both enable and draw from the rich research by Australia's humanities researchers into our own history and cu... | 791 | 474 | 1.668776 |
warc | 201704 | ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News
The world is entering a new era with a different, green economic development model, according to the head of an environmental think tank. If Turkey is not to miss out on the new green revolution era, it urgently needs to formulate a sustainable development strategy, according to Professor... | 8,463 | 3,583 | 2.361987 |
warc | 201704 | Four types of advanced batteries could reportedly be nearing readiness for electrified vehicle and energy storage markets. While lithium-ion (Li-ion), advanced lead-acid, flow, and molten salt batteries have become the most commercially available advanced batteries, there are better battery technologies waiting in the ... | 3,197 | 1,515 | 2.110231 |
warc | 201704 | 1. Focus on your breathing
Sit in a chair that you find comfortable and have your feet flat on the floor. Now spend one or two minutes simply breathing slowly, in and out. Focus on your breathing, nothing else. Let the air travel in through your mouth, down your windpipe and then into your lungs. Now feel your body mov... | 2,032 | 1,013 | 2.005923 |
warc | 201704 | Sweeping changes taking place in China
Great news ahead of the Olympic Games, a ban on smoking in most public buildings has come into force in the Chinese capital, Beijing. It is a fantastic move in an attempt to discourage some of China’s 350 million smokers, and also part of wider efforts to clean up the city in the ... | 1,436 | 810 | 1.77284 |
warc | 201704 | Tullow Oil, the independent oil and gas company, expects significant progress in Ghana and Uganda for the FY 2012 and is scheduled to report its full year 2011 results on Wednesday.
The group's significant cash flow from Jubilee production is expected to contribute to record full year financial results for 2011. Its ex... | 4,968 | 2,174 | 2.285189 |
warc | 201704 | In China, people are told the only way to get out of poverty is through education.
But it is a message that has been abused for many years, with the poorest people in the country taken advantage of by big business.
The BBC4 documentary, China's Ant People, looks at how private companies are exploiting the desire of mil... | 3,315 | 1,677 | 1.976744 |
warc | 201704 | An article with the disgusting headline "5 Reasons To Date A Girl With An Eating Disorder" ignited a bitter online controversy Monday, as shocked readers took to social media to express their outrage over the premise of the piece.
Last Wednesday's post on the previously low-profile website ReturnofKings.com -- which ap... | 9,092 | 4,184 | 2.17304 |
warc | 201704 | The markets are fairly range-bound as we wait for today's main event the ECB rate decision and then ECB President Trichet's press conference at 1330 GMT (0830 ET). The single currency is also drifting, but remains at its highest level since November and continues to look comfortable above 1.3800.
Economic data this mor... | 7,358 | 3,590 | 2.049582 |
warc | 201704 | U.S. commercial banks reported a drop in trading revenues for the second quarter as earnings from interest products plunged, though revenues were boosted by improving credit markets, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency said on Friday.
Banks reported $5.2 billion in cash and derivatives trading revenues for th... | 2,705 | 1,221 | 2.215397 |
warc | 201704 | Using Patio Heaters for Your Restaurant Improves Customer Appreciation and Loyalty.
One of the features that makes restaurants with patios unique and enjoyable for all is the allure of visitors being able to dine among the stars at night or under the summer sun. While many would agree that having a nice pleasant breeze... | 2,330 | 1,143 | 2.038495 |
warc | 201704 | February 2, 2006
2006 SPORTS FISH CONSUMPTION ADVISORY ANNOUNCED
SPRINGFIELD, Ill – The Illinois Department of Public Health today announced its 2006 consumption advisories for sport fish caught in Illinois waters. The following lakes are new to the advisory this year: Herrin Lake #1, Lake DePue, Lake of Egypt, Marion ... | 6,516 | 2,987 | 2.181453 |
warc | 201704 | Plastic bushings have already replaced sintered bronze bearings in thousands of applications from a wide range of different industries, including agricultural machinery, lawn mowers, medical equipment, food processing machinery, fitness equipment, pumps and valves, and many more.
Bearing construction
Oil-impregnated si... | 943 | 540 | 1.746296 |
warc | 201704 | Book Writing Series Part Three – When And How To Write Posted by
Mitch Mitchell on Nov 23, 2008
As we move into stage three, I first want to look back at my post titled How Do You Write from a couple of weeks ago. First, at that time I was asking about how people wrote their blogs, as far as it pertained to speed, leng... | 6,368 | 2,858 | 2.228132 |
warc | 201704 | Seminar on the Prospects and Challenges in the Development of Islamic Finance for Bangladesh
Organised by: Hosted by:
The Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) will be organising a seminar on the ‘Prospects and Challenges in the Development of Islamic Finance for Bangladesh’ next month.
INCEIF’s President and CEO, Mr... | 3,216 | 1,440 | 2.233333 |
warc | 201704 | Phishing as an attack vector is nearly old as the Internet, spearphishing (targeting individuals via individually crafted emails meant to fool them into revealing information or downloading spyware) has been a favored attack technique for a good decade, and targeting senior executives (who have the most valuable inform... | 3,215 | 1,577 | 2.038681 |
warc | 201704 | INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT POLICY Introduction
The BRT Standard is an evaluation tool for world-class bus rapid transit (BRT) based on international best practices. It is also the centerpiece of a global effort by leaders in bus rapid transit design to establish a common definition of BRT and ensure tha... | 4,974 | 2,246 | 2.214604 |
warc | 201704 | 2thinknow collects case studies and positive examples of innovation, as well as the occasional cautionary tale. Predominately the good stories, and a little of the bad, are published in the Innovation Cities™ Analysis Report, October Edition.
Executive Director, Christopher Hire, commented:
“If I had one question that ... | 1,004 | 581 | 1.728055 |
warc | 201704 | An international research team led by cell biologists at the University of California, Riverside has uncovered a new insight into colon cancer, the third leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. The research provides potential new avenues for diagnosing and treating the disease.
Led by Frances Slade... | 7,284 | 3,436 | 2.119907 |
warc | 201704 | Learning and Intelligent OptimizatioN LION 2007
12-18 February 2007, Andalo (Trento), Italy
Scope of the conference
The current explosion in the number and variety of heuristic algorithms for hard optimization problems raises numerous interesting and challenging issues. Practitioners are confronted with the burden of s... | 4,706 | 2,297 | 2.048759 |
warc | 201704 | Finally, you received your brand new iPhone 7 Plus. You are so much fascinated with its surprisingly beauty and style that you are eager to protect it with a good phone cover.
Then you hurriedly search for a case at Apple Store, Amazon, eBay, or any gadgets stores nearby your home or wherever. You will stop at a case t... | 7,574 | 3,417 | 2.216564 |
warc | 201704 | About Iran
GeographyBy Christine Foy for the Iran Project
Iran is over twice the size of Texas: an area of 1,629,807 sq. km. (634,293 sq. mi.). Armenia and Azerbaijan border Iran on the north, Afghanistan and Pakistan on the east, and Iraq and Turkey on the west. The Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman lie south of Iran,... | 7,510 | 3,563 | 2.107774 |
warc | 201704 | Mortgage rates moved lower again today, hitting their best levels since July 23rd. That achievement is mostly a factor of what has been an extremely flat rate environment for the past two weeks followed by a moderate improvements over the past 2 days. The day was generally drama-free with the Jobless Claims report in t... | 4,548 | 2,291 | 1.985159 |
warc | 201704 | Yesterday I talked about the container garden I created in my front yard, using many of the "left over" plants that have been cluttering up the driveway. I actually did that project in two parts: I spent Saturday potting everything up, then Sunday morning (before it got too hot) I moved the pots into their final positi... | 3,286 | 1,638 | 2.006105 |
warc | 201704 | BEIJING – Beijing artist Liang Kegang returned from a business trip in southern France with well-rested lungs and a small item of protest against his home city’s choking pollution: a glass jar of clean Provence air.
He put it up for auction before a group of about 100 Chinese artists and collectors late last month, and... | 3,615 | 1,843 | 1.961476 |
warc | 201704 | There is no legal recognition of, or protection under the law for, freedom of religion, and it is severely restricted in practice. The country is a monarchy and the King is both head of state and government. The legal system is based on the government's official interpretation of Shari'a (Islamic law). Sunni Islam is t... | 68,512 | 25,259 | 2.71238 |
warc | 201704 | Producers in Colorado who are interested in implementing conservation practices to improve natural resources on their private agricultural land have until Friday, January 15, 2016, to submit applications for FY 2016 funding through the Natural Resources Conservation Service's (NRCS) Environmental Quality Incentives Pro... | 2,521 | 1,210 | 2.083471 |
warc | 201704 | Growing evidence suggests that movement abnormalities are a core feature of psychosis. One marker of movement abnormality, dyskinesia, is a result of impaired neuromodulation of dopamine in fronto-striatal pathways. The traditional methods for identifying movement abnormalities include observer-based reports and force ... | 57,790 | 22,478 | 2.570958 |
warc | 201704 | Project
The project team consisted of a wide variety of clinical and support personnel. Its members represented outcomes management, nursing, respiratory, professional practice, medical staff, and finance. The team selected the Six Sigma DMAIC process as its improvement method. Using Juran’s Pareto Analysis, VOCs, caus... | 6,026 | 2,689 | 2.240982 |
warc | 201704 | How long has this been going on? How often does it happen?
Are you there?
Twice this year enough to make me stop driving only lasts for less than one minute or so
does it involve the eye at all...pain, watering, blurred vision?
This could represent one of the trigeminal autonomic cephalgias. The trigeminal nerve is the... | 1,201 | 692 | 1.735549 |
warc | 201704 | Kudos to the IRD for their attitude:
If putting off paying tax is what a company needs to do to survive, then it should, the Commissioner of Inland Revenue says.
IRD is urging businesses to get in contact at the earliest opportunity if they are having trouble meeting their tax obligations. Bob Russell said the departme... | 1,368 | 741 | 1.846154 |
warc | 201704 | A major donor to the Colorado Springs Diocese is threatening to withhold his contributions. That’s in the wake of the bishop’s controversial call to ban communion for Catholics, if they vote for certain political candidates. In fact, Parker lawyer and businessman Ric Kethcart likens Bishop Michael Sheridan's stance to ... | 19,800 | 8,377 | 2.363615 |
warc | 201704 | Home News Sports Opinion Obituaries Features Special Sections Classifieds Public Notices
It seems like New Mexico, Colorado and Texas are feeling big these days. And while we understand that Colorado and Texas are doing OK, we are really wondering how little old us is sharing in that wealth.
See, the three states are a... | 4,403 | 2,162 | 2.03654 |
warc | 201704 | As the city of Los Angeles continues its ambitious 35-year project to build out 1,684 miles of bikeways, it is running into resistance in some neighborhoods from politicians, merchants and residents. Plans to paint bike lanes on a three-mile stretch of North Figueroa from York Boulevard to Avenue 26, for example, have ... | 2,856 | 1,440 | 1.983333 |
warc | 201704 | Oscar Wilde
Using Literature to Make Better Lawyers
Denise Forster
FOR YEARS,
law professors have woven works of literature—novels, memoirs, short stories, essays—into classes and seminars to tell the stories of law. Using these works, professors and students dissect scenarios not otherwise encountered in traditional l... | 16,620 | 7,378 | 2.252643 |
warc | 201704 | On 6 July 2016, the final text of the Network and Information Security (NIS) Directive was adopted by the European Parliament.
The main objective of the Directive – to strengthen the security of network and information systems underpinning key economic and social services across Member States – is undoubtedly commendab... | 8,848 | 3,465 | 2.553535 |
warc | 201704 | Use the Lexology Navigator tool to compare the answers in this article with those from 20+ other jurisdictions. Hiring Advertising What are the requirements relating to advertising open positions?Wyoming has no law specifically related to advertising open job positions. Employers must comply with the anti-discriminatio... | 6,380 | 2,629 | 2.426778 |
warc | 201704 | In a widely anticipated decision, the High Court has upheld a decision of the Full Federal Court (which was made by five, rather than the usual three, Federal Court judges) that AstraZeneca’s patent relating to low dosages of rosuvastatin is invalid for want of inventive step.
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Rosuvastatin is used in the treatment ... | 6,427 | 2,355 | 2.729087 |
warc | 201704 | Though recent amendments to Canada's Personal Information and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) are now in force, the federal government has yet to release regulations addressing data breach notification. Still, given the growing number of well-publicized data breaches, it’s critical for organizations to understand tha... | 8,994 | 3,847 | 2.337926 |
warc | 201704 | The Justice of God’s Choice
“If, because of one man’s trespass, death reigned through that one man, much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man Jesus Christ” (v. 17).- Romans 5:15–17
Adam’s sin becomes our own by way of imputation, and bec... | 3,537 | 1,712 | 2.066005 |
warc | 201704 | Individually or in combination, coconut oil and olive oil are natural treatments to promote healthy hair. Both fight dryness, with a coconut oil treatment being particularly effective in preventing frizz. Research in a 2003 issue of the "Journal of Cosmetic Science," said coconut oil penetrates deep into the hair shaft... | 1,000 | 562 | 1.779359 |
warc | 201704 | Sheep milk is not as popular as cow milk in the United States, but sheep milk and its products are widely consumed in other parts of the world, especially in the Mediterranean. In fact, Greek feta cheese and Italian ricotta cheese are made from sheep milk. Sheep milk is rich in many nutrients, but it is not recommended... | 3,899 | 1,714 | 2.274796 |
warc | 201704 | Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) present an incomparable number of options for the design of the new organization’s supply chain; a staggering percentage of initiatives fail to meet executive and shareholder expectations. Supply chain design technology enables companies to model their supply chains, evaluate alternatives... | 16,450 | 6,301 | 2.610697 |
warc | 201704 | Alternative green food processing technologies have gained much technical and industrial attention in recent years as a potential means of reducing costs and promoting consumer awareness of corporate environmental responsibility. However, utilizing green principles is now becoming an effective business approach to enha... | 1,782 | 987 | 1.805471 |
warc | 201704 | Focusing on the literary representation of performance practices in anglophone, francophone, and hispanophone Caribbean literature, Jeannine Murray-Román shows how a shared regional aesthetic emerges from the descriptions of music, dance, and oral storytelling events. Because the historical circumstances that led to th... | 2,079 | 1,124 | 1.849644 |
warc | 201704 | HBW 10 - Family text: Troglodytidae (Wrens) Class AVESOrder PASSERIFORMESSuborder OSCINESFamily TROGLODYTIDAE (WRENS) Very small to medium-sized, mostly insectivorous birds with finely pointed and often decurved bill, tail variously long and graduated to extremely short, one species with sturdy legs and bill; plumage c... | 160,063 | 59,384 | 2.695389 |
warc | 201704 | Depending on the year and the survey, they tell us Oklahoma is the fattest state, have more babies out of wedlock and our schools are the worst, but today some good news – we are one the five freest states, and would be more so if our state payrolls weren’t also so fat, making state and local government public official... | 3,961 | 1,808 | 2.190819 |
warc | 201704 | New York, July 8 (IANS) Providing fresh insight into treatment of patients with schizophrenia, scientists have identified structural brain abnormalities in such patients, says a new study.
Scientists analyzed brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scans from 2,028 schizophrenia patients and 2,540 healthy controls, asse... | 2,043 | 1,047 | 1.951289 |
warc | 201704 | This is Richard Rael. And this is Rich Kleinfeldt with
THE MAKING OF A NATION -- a VOA Special English program about the history of the United States.
Today, we tell about the movement for civil rights for black Americans.
The day is August twenty-eighth, 1963. More than two hundred fifty-thousand people are gathered i... | 8,081 | 3,497 | 2.310838 |
warc | 201704 | Study: O&G Setback Cost U.S. Jobs
A new study released today by the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA) and the American Petroleum Institute (API) shows the important nationwide jobs and economic impact of the Gulf of Mexico offshore oil and gas industry and reveals the effect of permitting on those
figures. A... | 2,310 | 1,119 | 2.064343 |
warc | 201704 | I just returned from a six-day backpacking trip in Kings Canyon, CA. While I'm not quite as obsessive as Kevin Meyer in turning my vacations into opportunities to think deeply about lean, the lessons from lean thinking were inescapable.
Lesson #1: When you don't have a lot of space, you only schlep what's essential. Ba... | 2,974 | 1,552 | 1.916237 |
warc | 201704 | The Bechdel test: Application, historical context, and introducing a male equivalent
I write about men in movies. I write about how they can serve to inspire us to greatness.
Thankfully, there are also those who write about women in movies. Or rather the lack of women in movies. And when doing so, some tend to pull on ... | 15,431 | 6,771 | 2.278984 |
warc | 201704 | Clinical Research Programs Behavioral Sleep Medicine Program (BSM) Center on the Continuum of Care in the Addictions (CCC) Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Nicotine Addiction Center for Mental Health Policy and Services Research (CMHPSR) Center for Neuromodulation in Depression and Stress (CNDS) Center for the ... | 10,691 | 4,202 | 2.544265 |
warc | 201704 | We understand why our elderly loved ones choose to live independently and on their own terms, but that doesn’t prevent us from worrying about them. The statistics speak for themselves — elderly people are
A medical alert device is an important safeguard for seniors living independently. It is the best way to ensure rap... | 1,079 | 572 | 1.886364 |
warc | 201704 | Homocysteine for Depression
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug. 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- It is estimated that 15.7 million American adults experienced depression in 2014. And one of the main reasons so many people continue to experience this condition is that a large percentage of physicians are unaware of the documented link ... | 4,283 | 1,954 | 2.191914 |
warc | 201704 | There were no significant gender-based differences in response to the anti-HIV drugs darunavir and ritonavir at least among those who remained in the trial to the end, a landmark study has found.
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However, women dropped out of the GRACE (Gender, Race and Clinical Experience) study at higher rates than men ... | 3,474 | 1,647 | 2.10929 |
warc | 201704 | Researchers have identified a new signal that helps invading bacteria communicate. This finding could lead to new methods of combating infection not just in plants, but in humans.
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Findings from the study, conducted by a team of researchers led by a University of California, Davis, scientist, will be repor... | 3,496 | 1,685 | 2.074777 |
warc | 201704 | A meta-analysis involving ten studies has found that there was an increased incidence of all-cause mortality in those patients who had received a blood transfusion while being treated for myocardial infarction, or heart attack.
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Therapeutic methods, such as anticoagulation and anti platelet drugs, have tru... | 2,355 | 1,146 | 2.054974 |
warc | 201704 | Faith and a positive mind set play a significant role in the healing process, according to a study conducted by the Arthritis Research Campaign.
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During the experiment, pain was first induced in 40 volunteers using an artificial pain stimulus; they were later led to expect reduced pain after the applicatio... | 3,423 | 1,569 | 2.181644 |
warc | 201704 | A major step was initiated by World Health Organization's (WHO) authority to verify disease outbreaks from all available official and unofficial sources, soon after any outbreak of infectious diseases and other threats to international public health. In a crucial decision it was decided that when necessary WHO would ca... | 1,925 | 1,016 | 1.894685 |
warc | 201704 | It has now been found out that women who had day labor got longer pain relief than women with night labor with the same amount of labor pain medicine. This could be due to the impact of natural daily body rhythms that may influence the effectiveness of spinal-epidural pain medication for women in labor.
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warc | 201704 | Children who begin eating solid finger foods rather than being given pureed baby foods by their parents developed healthier eating patterns, researchers found.
In comparison with parental spoon-feeding, baby-led weaning was associated with a significant preference for carbohydrates (
P=0.003), according to Ellen Townse... | 3,839 | 1,757 | 2.184974 |
warc | 201704 | Settling into a hotelroom, we are conditioned to expect clean sheets and towelsevery day. But more and more travelers are reusing linens andfollowing other environmentally friendly practices on the road. Aremeeting planners going green at home and away? Of the 200 plannerssurveyed online in August, 64 percent said thei... | 1,678 | 838 | 2.002387 |
warc | 201704 | The ultimate weapon in any tennis player's arsenal is an accurate, high-velocity serve. Long a mainstay of men's tennis, rocketing serves have been the foundation Venus Williams's dominance over the last decade. Venus and Serena Williams both register serves in the 120s and rank tops in the fastest serves ever recorded... | 2,088 | 1,149 | 1.817232 |
warc | 201704 | Travel by Car
Before taking a long trip by car, it is helpful if you can take your pet for short rides in its carrier so that it becomes accustomed to being confined. Some pets have only been in their carriers during trips to the veterinarian, so they associate the carrier and car ride with an unpleasant experience. En... | 3,085 | 1,491 | 2.069081 |
warc | 201704 | Divorce, abuse, joblessness, infertility, miscarriage, troubled relationships, financial problems… we all battle stress, however, is it possible to change the way we respond to it? We have our
natural responses to stress, but are there ways that God wants us to respond?
I highly doubt that I am the only one who is deal... | 10,008 | 4,526 | 2.211224 |
warc | 201704 | It is an insurance policy that can give you immediate assistance if you have an emergency in your home.
The insurer will arrange for a registered trades person to come to your home and fix your emergency as quickly as possible.
What counts as an emergency?
Most insurers define an emergency as something that:
Makes your... | 4,602 | 1,911 | 2.408163 |
warc | 201704 | The room is filled with guys who have seen it all and done worse. The men — as young as 18 and as old as 34 — have been convicted of violent crimes during the past three years, and most are hard-core gang members.
"I know most of you guys that walked in," a San Francisco gang officer tells the group, according to a tra... | 10,818 | 4,970 | 2.17666 |
warc | 201704 | Oats have a lot going for them. The soluble fibre in oats can help your body to get rid of excess cholesterol, something pretty much everyone can benefit from. I’m spending a lot of time working with people who have irritable bowel syndrome at the moment and it seems that oats are also one of the few starchy foods that... | 4,459 | 2,172 | 2.052947 |
warc | 201704 | (TheNicheReport) -- This past week was a perfect time for me with my clients. After reviewing their week, asking questions about what sources were the best for them, asking them to continue to focus on target marketing, inquiring as to their next week’s calendar, pleading with them to be sure to connect with their past... | 6,535 | 2,988 | 2.187082 |
warc | 201704 | This One Graph Single Handedly Explains The Obesity Epidemic (And The Low-Carb Lies) The bulgur wheat in this dish gives it a ground hamburger texture and it’s all smothered in a cheezey sauce. Think vegan hamburger helper-y goodness. Another plus is it’s very easy to throw together and cooks perfectly in the microwave... | 2,467 | 1,300 | 1.897692 |
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Quail Farmng,quick Cash: by ogbongenet: 3:56pm On Mar 07, 2012
Quail farming is an uncommon farming business in Nigeria, but the few people that have embraced it ar... | 3,622 | 1,899 | 1.90732 |
warc | 201704 | Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health First Aid is an 8-hour course that teaches you how to help someone who is developing a mental health problem or experiencing a mental health crisis. The training helps you identify, understand, and respond to signs of addictions and mental illnesses.
The course trains participants ... | 3,174 | 1,417 | 2.239944 |
warc | 201704 | By Hillary Mantis
You practiced for days. The interview’s finally behind you. What should you do now — just hold your breath and wait? There are a few things you can do to keep the ball rolling.
1. Thank You Notes: Yes, you should always send a thank you note. Send it out quickly, within 24 hours of the interview. Emai... | 3,138 | 1,513 | 2.074025 |
warc | 201704 | Climate change is certainly getting a lot of press these days, whether you agree with it or not. Glaciers are melting faster than in recent history, birds are changing their migratory patterns, some even believe moose are leaving areas that are getting too hot for them to comfortably endure. Last month I posted about c... | 1,458 | 799 | 1.824781 |
warc | 201704 | Dear Busy Professional:
If you are good at what you do on the job … if you are a conscientious, committed professional … two things will be true: (1) you’ll get more to do, and (2) you’ll want to do it all well. That’s when the vicious cycle kicks into action.
A few projects turn into many, with demands that overlap an... | 6,195 | 2,935 | 2.110733 |
warc | 201704 | From Long Island to Cape Hatteras, this mid-section of the Atlantic encompasses coastal bays, barrier islands, deep submarine canyons, and ocean and seafloor habitats extending across the continental shelf.
Sea turtles, sharks, striped bass and tuna are just a few of the species that call these waters home. The Mid-Atl... | 5,210 | 2,498 | 2.085669 |
warc | 201704 | MISSOULA, Mont. - A study led by Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks kicked off Thursday that will help researchers understand elk distribution in western Montana.
It's called the North Sapphire Elk Research Project, and is focused in an area that stretches from the Northern Sapphire Mountains from Miller Creek to the nor... | 1,363 | 754 | 1.807692 |
warc | 201704 | When Does Policy Reform Work? The Case of Central Bank Independence
We argue that the question of whether and when policy reform works should be investigated together with the political economy factors responsible for distortionary policies in the first place. These not only determine the initial distortions, but also ... | 2,203 | 1,047 | 2.104107 |
warc | 201704 | International students and the UK immigration debate
Universities UK (UUK) published their report on international student migration yesterday. Drawing on their nationally representative poll of 2,111 people, together with six workshops held in York, Bristol and Nottingham, UUK outline the key areas of debate. They tur... | 7,178 | 3,111 | 2.307297 |
warc | 201704 | Foodborne diseases are associated with significant morbidity and mortality and high financial costs. Each year, approximately 48 million cases of foodborne disease occur in the United States, resulting in more than 56,000 hospitalizations and 1,350 deaths annually. The estimated economic burden is $6 billion each year ... | 194,595 | 68,979 | 2.821076 |
warc | 201704 | The number of people using heroin and crack cocaine in England has fallen below 300,000 for the first time, new figures show.
Estimates from the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse (NTA) indicate that 298,752 people used these most harmful drugs in 2010-11, down from a peak of 332,090 in 2005-06.
There has a... | 1,183 | 688 | 1.719477 |
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