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warc | 201704 | I was not in any rush to begin potty training. I was going to wait until Springtime when I could let him run around bare-arsed without catching a chill. But Freddy really was insistent on going for it 100%, so we went along and followed his lead. He is 2 years and 6 months old, with good language, so when he wants to g... | 4,135 | 2,063 | 8,270 |
warc | 201704 | If an emitter resistor is added to the base-bias circuit, the result is emitter-feedback bias, as shown in Figure. The idea is to help make base bias more predictable with negative feedback, which negates any attempted change in collector current with an opposing change in base voltage. If the collector current tries t... | 876 | 470 | 1,604.757447 |
warc | 201704 | It has been said that you cannot go wrong buying the big 3 Singapore banks. Have they been good investments for you?
STI ETF
The best way to compare them is to compare versus the STI ETF. The STI exchange traded fund invests in a basket of Singapore blue chip stocks on Singapore’s main board. The largest constituents i... | 3,353 | 1,581 | 7,009.275775 |
warc | 201704 | SUMMARY
We measured how much metabolic energy is expended to swing a human leg. Aprevious dynamical model of walking predicted that increasing metabolic costsfor walking with step length and step frequency trade-off against each otherto determine the optimum step combination at a given speed. Simple pendulumdynamics in... | 26,213 | 10,038 | 67,587.653517 |
warc | 201704 | George Norcross, the political boss of South Jersey, has taken his share of knocks over the bare-knuckled game of politics he plays. If there were still smoke-filled rooms in Trenton, he would be at one head of the table opposite Gov. Chris Christie almost every time.You heard it here first folks: But there’s more to t... | 7,656 | 3,509 | 16,381.090909 |
warc | 201704 | 5 weeks 6 days
All About Microfossils What are microfossils?
Microfossils are the fossilized remains of microscopic single-celled organisms and other once-living flora and fauna. Examples include:
calcareous nannofossils foraminifera diatoms radiolarians silicoflagellates pollen
Many, including those featured here, are... | 1,380 | 701 | 2,681.25535 |
warc | 201704 | From a functional point of view, patterns of lung function were defined as “normal, restriction, obstruction, or mixed.” The reference equations were not given, but the lower limit for normal values at 80% predicted, regardless of a patient’s gender, age, and height, is not consistent with all published reference equat... | 1,107 | 611 | 1,954.914894 |
warc | 201704 | Home A-Z Publications Communicatio : South African Journal of Communication Theory and Research Previous Issues Volume 31, Issue 1, 2005 Communicatio : South African Journal of Communication Theory and Research - Volume 31, Issue 1, 2005 Volume 31, Issue 1, 2005 Author Pieter DuvenageSource: Communicatio : South Africa... | 13,298 | 5,195 | 33,719.837151 |
warc | 201704 | Abstract
Rapid urbanization on streamflows may direct affect or be restricted by the sustainability of local water resources. This is particularly true for arid/semiarid areas such as the Wulanmulun River watershed in the rapidly-developing Ordos region of north central China. From 1997 to 2012, the gross domestic prod... | 1,555 | 834 | 2,863.884892 |
warc | 201704 | OK, I was a little hurt when you didn't even ask me to be Secretary of Transportation. Yeah, I'm sure you figured rightly that Christine and I wouldn't be interested in leaving Issaquah to move to the "other" Washington and maybe my plan of making every three block radius around a public school be a car-free zone is to... | 3,699 | 1,899 | 7,183.734597 |
warc | 201704 | Speaking to Mothers of the Future Sara Dodder Furr Lincoln NE USA From: LEAVEN, Vol. 41 No. 3, June-July 2005, p. 56.
I was given a wonderful opportunity to speak to mothers of the future when I received an invitation to lecture about La Leche League and breastfeeding from a professor at the University of Nebraska, USA... | 5,316 | 2,498 | 11,270.430745 |
warc | 201704 | Question:
I have spent so much time trying to find a good faithful wife. I cannot find one. I have searched for so long. I've tried online dating sites. I've tried everything. I've dated a number of girls and none of them wanted to marry me. I have tried so hard to be the right example and do the right thing. I always ... | 3,963 | 1,960 | 7,946.219388 |
warc | 201704 | Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Erik James Girvan (University of Oregon School of Law) has posted Rethinking the Economic Model of Deterrence: How Insights from Empirical Social Science Could Affect Policies Towards Crime and Punishment (5 REV. LAW & ECON. 461 (2009)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
Game-theoretic models incorpora... | 1,280 | 735 | 2,220.408163 |
warc | 201704 | Monday, August 14, 2006
Ben beat me to a post on this. I've been reading University of Tulsa law professor Gregory Duhl's charming Property and Custom: Allocating Space in Public Places, which has just been posted on ssrn. I suspect you'll be hearing a lot about this article in the future.
Here's Duhl's abstract:
Custo... | 4,015 | 2,006 | 7,995.974576 |
warc | 201704 | Mentioned in? References in periodicals archive?
They have few alternatives, but to harvest the already infected trees and salvage what fibre they can.
Looking Forward Energize Connecticut, Connecticut's state initiative for energy efficiency, is currently evaluating Bright Harvest's shading analysis and is expected to... | 4,317 | 1,957 | 9,434.751661 |
warc | 201704 | Exercise Before You Sleep to Stay Warm When CampingAndy Orin12/10/16 7:00amFiled to: campingsleeping bagssleepcoldbody heatexercise193EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Sleeping bags are designed to retain the heat generated by your body while you sleep to keep you warm. If you’re camping... | 1,831 | 987 | 3,318.803445 |
warc | 201704 | Vogue Mendinganytime soon.
Part of me is horrified by my results. I don't mind telling you that the sweater cost a fortune. Well, I do mind telling you because, on the basis of my fixing skills, it is now worth fuck-all. Admittedly I "practiced" on the most expensive piece of cashmere I own - expensive because a) it's ... | 5,862 | 2,853 | 11,991.108307 |
warc | 201704 | João M. S. Carvalho
João M. S. Carvalho é professor e investigador no Instituto Superior da Maia (ISMAI). Doutorado em Ciências Empresariais e Mestre em Economia Industrial e da Empresa pela Faculdade de Economia do Porto, tem larga experiência de gestão em diferentes contextos, tanto no sector lucrativo como no sector... | 2,811 | 1,348 | 5,745.033383 |
warc | 201704 | This week, we're delighted to run our friend
Kym Kemp's sober and insightful essay about how Humboldt County should prepare for the inevitable legalization of marijuana in California and elsewhere. Her story hits newsstands just as the national media -- The New York Times, the Associated Press, National Public Radio an... | 4,560 | 2,273 | 9,107.963044 |
warc | 201704 | Sheila Bair, chairwoman of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, released the latest information on “problem” banks on Wednesday. The list now includes 305 institutions, up from 252 at the end of 2008. We have had 36 bank failures this year and if no more than a quarter of the “problem” institutions fail, we will ... | 7,040 | 3,076 | 15,727.854356 |
warc | 201704 | Policy makers continue to base their economic and monetary policies on the contention that the problems “out there” are liquidity problems…not solvency problems. This focus is highlighted in three articles in the morning newspapers.
The most direct treatment of this is that of Desmond Lachman of the American Enterprise... | 8,026 | 3,568 | 17,408.411996 |
warc | 201704 | Offermatic is launching today to provide consumers with a more automatic way to earn deals and discounts. The rewards come in the form of instant rebates, discounts and points targeted to users based on their credit and debit card transactions.
New users will need to link a debit or credit card to get started, but once... | 2,304 | 1,150 | 4,555.909565 |
warc | 201704 | Joining us on the WBA -- money every
county health commissioner doctor Gail bursting. -- traversing the morning. It would been saying if you have a cold that won't go away runny nose itchy eyes and you're wondering is -- a cold or is it allergies we're hearing at the allergy season this this year promises to be a doozy... | 5,106 | 2,345 | 11,111.265672 |
warc | 201704 | Mentioned in? References in periodicals archive?
It is also an excellent tool for sharpening hand-eye coordination.
Good hand-eye coordination is important when folding or rolling clothes in an empty suitcase to save space.
The following two drills can be used to develop hand-eye coordination and give the young player ... | 4,029 | 1,700 | 9,465.78 |
warc | 201704 | Housing
Between 1980 and 2000, the total number of housing units in Victory decreased very slightly, by 0.5 percent. Though relatively few, vacant housing units increased by 60 percent from 1980 to 2000, from 25 units to 40 units. The number of occupied housing units decreased slightly, from 2,000 units to 1,975 units ... | 1,890 | 793 | 4,471.172762 |
warc | 201704 | MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
PAUL A. MAGNUSON, District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation ("R&R") of Chief Magistrate Judge Arthur J. Boylan dated July 15, 2013. In the R&R, Chief Magistrate Judge Boylan recommended that the Court deny Plaintiff's Motion for Summary Judgment, grant Defenda... | 4,600 | 2,155 | 9,733.642691 |
warc | 201704 | NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- A plan to bring the first oil sands development to the United States is drawing stiff opposition from environmentalists concerned about global warming and water use, but backers of the project insist their new process is safe.
Earth Energy Resources, a small Canadian start-up, wants to produc... | 5,204 | 2,598 | 10,345.904542 |
warc | 201704 | Most of us have learned over the last decade that lending money against property can be a very risky business. But this buy-to-let lender knows this only too well.
When the financial crisis hit it was pushed to the verge of bankruptcy. It was only saved by going cap in hand to its shareholders and slashing costs. But a... | 2,553 | 1,317 | 4,803.594533 |
warc | 201704 | Abstract
Perceived octaves are stretched, requiring frequency-dependent ratios that generally exceed 2:1. Small intervals seem to be compressed perceptually. Whether this compression also depends on frequency is unclear. To examine this question, six experienced string instrumentalists each made perceptual judgments of... | 922 | 517 | 1,638.912959 |
warc | 201704 | West central Michigan small fruit regional report – August 18, 2015 Elliot is the main blueberry variety being harvested. A tight spotted wing Drosophila control is critical to maintain fruit quality and yield.
Blueberry harvest is the main topic at this time. Despite the expected decrease in yields due to winter damag... | 3,134 | 1,529 | 6,354.087639 |
warc | 201704 | Use this information to sort through various skin care products on the market. If you're still unsure which skin care products are right for you, ask your dermatologist or consult with a skin expert at your local salon or beauty counter.
Alpha-hydroxy acids (AHAs)
Over-the-counter skin care products containing alpha-hy... | 6,932 | 3,007 | 15,858.073828 |
warc | 201704 | What is Rosemary Oil? Rosemary essential oil is steam distilled from the flowering tops of the rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), while rosemary extract is extracted from the leaves using supercritical CO2 extraction process. Rosemary essential oil contains more oil and is therefore more potent as opposed to the rosema... | 3,799 | 1,739 | 8,209.684876 |
warc | 201704 | By Gareth Evans Former Australian Foreign Minister Minister and the principal framer of the United Nations "responsibility to protect" doctrine Gareth Evans issued an important opinion piece for Project Syndicate on the need for Japan to hold to contemporary values on war and peace.
30 January 2013
CANBERRA – Japan is ... | 6,534 | 3,142 | 12,853.804583 |
warc | 201704 | The financial damage caused by the Icelandic volcano to the global aviation industry could be greater than the September 11 terrorist attack in the US in 2001, say experts.
The eruption of ash cloud from the Eyjafjallajokull Glacier in Iceland, which began April 14, has halted air traffic throughout central and norther... | 2,762 | 1,422 | 5,228.76512 |
warc | 201704 | Environmentalists blame oil firms for producing greenhouse gasses
The head of one of the world's biggest oil giants has said unless carbon dioxide emissions are dealt with he sees "very little hope for the world".
In a frank interview, Ron Oxburgh told the Guardian newspaper that climate change made him "very worried f... | 3,459 | 1,710 | 6,893.726316 |
warc | 201704 | Release Number: 31/03 WAIKIKI, HONOLULU, HAWAII – Eight Outrigger Hotels and Resorts properties have proved once again that it’s easy being green by encouraging hotel guests to join the war on waste. The company’s 2013 eco-friendly efforts amounted to more than 27 tons of recyclable plastic bottles and aluminum cans fr... | 2,450 | 1,224 | 4,727.859477 |
warc | 201704 | Text messaging leads people to be more deceitful when compared to other modes of communication, according to Sauder School of Business researchers at the University of British Columbia.
Their study compares the level of deceit people are prepared to use in a variety of media, from text messages to face-to-face interact... | 3,007 | 1,422 | 6,088.011955 |
warc | 201704 | Physically active middle-aged adults have low risk of sudden cardiac arrest American Heart Association Rapid Access Journal Report Study Highlights The incidence of sudden cardiac arrest during sports activities is relatively low among physically active middle-aged adults. Education and preventive measures can further ... | 5,494 | 2,542 | 11,729.322581 |
warc | 201704 | Our community got an unexpected bit of notoriety this past week from a national publication.
A story in
USA Today, “High schools cracking down on end-of-the-year pranks,” made note of the vandalism of Greenbrier High School by four seniors and a younger student as one of the more damaging “pranks” to hit schools around... | 3,845 | 1,883 | 7,536.853425 |
warc | 201704 | The notion that “all organizational cultures are of equal merit” is seriously flawed. If the goal is continuous improvement; that is, Kaizen culture,
some cultures are better than others. Business history is littered with stories of organizations that learned slow, did not rapidly adapt to change, and went away.
At the... | 3,412 | 1,614 | 7,035.400248 |
warc | 201704 | Abstract In this game, agents will face-off against each other in the ultra-competitive real estate market. Each competitor will act as a real estate agent, working on behalf of clients who need to move into new homes. These clients need to buy a new home as well as sell their current home. The game will test competito... | 1,148 | 604 | 2,178.15894 |
warc | 201704 | From Guttmacher Institute:
Seven in 10 U.S. women of reproductive age, some 43–45 million women, make at least one medical visit to obtain se xual and reproductive health (SRH) services each year. Uninsured women are significantly less likely than either privately or Medicaid-insured women to receive SRH services. Appr... | 2,281 | 1,059 | 4,852.779037 |
warc | 201704 | Sunday, August 7, 2011
The Gluten Effect
Drs. Vikki & Richard Peterson, D.C., C.C.N.- The founders of the HealthNOW Method
How "Innocent" Wheat is ruining your health
Is your food poisoning you?
Exhaustion, obesity, digestive problems, headaches and depression: If you suffer from any of these symptoms the cause might w... | 3,359 | 1,697 | 6,609.134355 |
warc | 201704 | This post is by Lorie Winder Stromberg, Ordain Women Executive Board Member. In it she provides more information about the “Keys” public art installation that is part of the October 2015 Ordain Women Art Action.
Americans were captivated by Pope Francis during his visit to Cuba and the United States last week—and under... | 4,721 | 2,255 | 9,393.847894 |
warc | 201704 | Gottsmann, Joachim; Berrino, Giovanna; Rymer, Hazel and Williams-Jones, Glyn (2003).
Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 211(3-4) pp. 295–309.
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URL: http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescriptio... DOI (Digital Obj... | 3,097 | 1,680 | 5,594.877976 |
warc | 201704 | You will rarely come to our house and there not be eggs in the fridge. Most weeks we whizz through about 18 of them. If there is an egg or two then there is a breakfast, lunch or supper to be made!
Of course here they get baked with a lot too, but eggs for breakfast especially for Bex is often had. A simple herb and ch... | 2,281 | 1,216 | 4,239.358553 |
warc | 201704 | Kansas farmers join farmers and agriculture groups across the country as they watch anxiously to see how much ag-related funding will be cut by Congress to meet the debt ceiling deal. Washington politicians are expected to take a sharp knife to federal farm subsidies, which totaled more than $15 billion nationally and ... | 652 | 405 | 1,028.711111 |
warc | 201704 | Many of the residents of the Kenai Peninsula are unaware of the harmful effects Reed Canary Grass has on our salmon population. This invasive species grows in small salmon streams, like Beaver Creek. It thrives in waterlogged soil or any area that receives at least 24 inches of rainfall per year. When Reed Canary Grass... | 1,537 | 855 | 2,755.814035 |
warc | 201704 | One time during Thanksgiving dinner I whispered to my plate, "This is going to be quick. You will not feel a thing." And right before the fork full of stuffing entered my mouth I hollered, "In my belly!"
I think it's safe to say I have always loved food. I was the kid that enjoyed fish sticks during hot lunch in elemen... | 4,706 | 2,402 | 9,155.344713 |
warc | 201704 | We often get the message that being attractive means making big changes to our appearance. So this week, I want to share 9 deceptively simple things that you can do to feel more attractive TODAY (no diet pills or teeth whitener required)! I recommend trying just one tip and going from there!
Tip #1:
Stop “saving” your ... | 3,628 | 1,796 | 6,979.253898 |
warc | 201704 | Finding bald spots and black dots on your kitty's skin is alarming, but it doesn't necessarily mean your cat has a horrible disease. These symptoms could just mean your pet has some pests crawling around his fur. Separate your kitty from other pets until you figure out what's going on.
Fleas
Prepare for shedding when f... | 2,717 | 1,339 | 5,490.815534 |
warc | 201704 | The mining of rare diseases
Thirty years ago, Congress acted to spur research on rare diseases. Today, we have hundreds of new drugs — along with runaway pricing and market manipulation, as drugmakers turn a law with good intentions into a profit engine.
By Michael J. Berens and Ken Armstrong
Her vision failed first.
T... | 27,591 | 11,775 | 62,014.726624 |
warc | 201704 | Background
Since the first genome of a halophilic archaeon was sequenced in 2000, biologists have been advancing the understanding of genomic characteristics that allow for survival in the harsh natural environments of these organisms. An increase in protein acidity and GC-bias in the genome have been implicated as fac... | 2,301 | 1,138 | 4,638.395431 |
warc | 201704 | Bees Are Important
When honeybees pull together nectar from flowers, they are also providing an momentous employ to factory farm. Honeybees have hairs on their bodies, which spore grains check to when the bee lands on a flower. At the next flower, spore detaches, and more new pollen adheres to the bee. This barter of s... | 4,427 | 2,254 | 8,649.737356 |
warc | 201704 | Gehman (2008:x) quotes John Stott as saying, "Our model of leadership is oftenshaped more by culture than by Christ. Yet many cultural models of leadershipare incompatible with the servant imagery taught and exhibited by the Lord Jesus.Nevertheless, these alien cultural models are often transplanted uncriticallyinto th... | 1,263 | 726 | 2,186.764463 |
warc | 201704 | Niu, Haibo (2008)
Dispersion of offshore discharged produced water in the marine environment : hydrodynamic modeling and experimental study. Doctoral (PhD) thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
[English]PDF - Accepted Version
Available under License - The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in th... | 4,497 | 2,007 | 10,053.831091 |
warc | 201704 | Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2003
Abstract
The first part of this chapter describes and elaborates upon the contributions made to this expanding literature by Tom Cate, J. Ronnie Davis, David Laidler, Joseph Aschheim and George Tavlas regarding the claim that inter-war Chicago exhibited unique quantity t... | 929 | 604 | 1,384.271523 |
warc | 201704 | By Ben Tavener, Senior Contributing Reporter
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has used her speech at the opening ceremony of the Rio+20 Earth Summit – the UN Conference on Sustainable Development – to call on developed nations to contribute more funds to finance sustainable development. Curre... | 2,051 | 1,079 | 3,794.064875 |
warc | 201704 | Working with architects, engineers, and school facilities personnel on hundreds of school construction projects, our school security experts have often find that local public safety officials are often not asked to assist with the design phase for new school construction and renovation projects. Our school security exp... | 3,388 | 1,626 | 7,034.371464 |
warc | 201704 | Leaving My Job, Finding Myself
By Aimee Cirucci
I have always loved the phrase, “do the scary thing,” the idea that when faced with two choices you should choose the one that most frightens you. Unfortunately I found it difficult in practice. If anyone was born to be a stable and reliable company girl it was me; my mot... | 5,199 | 2,549 | 10,406.158494 |
warc | 201704 | Comparative Effectiveness Research (CER) has been controversial, as noted
in the Washington Post. Admittedly, most of the controversy has been contrived. Fortunately, the process is moving forward; there is no meaningful opposition at this point.
A good summary of the objections of this was posted by Hilzoy at Politica... | 7,634 | 3,307 | 17,470.248564 |
warc | 201704 | We all know how banks work: on one side we have investors, who put their savings in the bank in exchange for a return – for example, the interest raising from deposits. On the other side, we have clients who borrow money from the bank and repay it, along with some extra stemming from interest rates.
Putting it simply, ... | 2,808 | 1,362 | 5,717.022026 |
warc | 201704 | You may have noticed a quiet little tab at the top of this blog titled
FAQ. Currently it contains only one question, granted, one I do answer quite frequently. It also contains a call for more questions and, I'm happy to report, I finally received one. So happy, that I decided to devote a whole blog post to the answer.... | 4,505 | 2,203 | 9,167.460281 |
warc | 201704 | At the close of business on August 20
th, DWS RREEF Real Estate II (SRO) traded at $0.75 per share, a 20.21% discount to the fund’s Net Asset Value (“NAV”). A first effort to liquidate the Fund had failed and the market discount reflected great doubt that a second effort could have different results.
On the morning of ... | 3,483 | 1,725 | 6,893.311304 |
warc | 201704 | July 27, 2010 Is polling on Proposition 19, California's pot legalization initiative, subject to a "Broadus Effect"?A helpful reader pointed me to this fascinating post by Nate Silver over at FiveThirtyEight under the heading "The Broadus Effect? Social Desirability Bias and California Proposition 19." Here are excerpt... | 6,339 | 3,154 | 12,678 |
warc | 201704 | by Jim Rickards, DailyReckoning:
President Obama has conducted the most deleterious foreign policy of any U.S. president since Woodrow Wilson.
This is not due just to a dead ambassador on the streets of Benghazi, a phony red line in Syria which led to 400,000 dead, 2 million wounded, and two million refugees, losing […... | 3,900 | 1,887 | 7,638.791733 |
warc | 201704 | In Detail
Designing the user experience (UX) for websites and applications can be an exhilarating and satisfying experience, but it can also be a chaotic and frustrating endeavor. The key to success lies in a thorough understanding of the industry standard design process, and in possessing a firm grasp of effective and... | 1,666 | 817 | 3,378.900857 |
warc | 201704 | Presentation on theme: "RESPIRATORY SYSTEM. The respiratory system helps meet the metabolic needs of the body by bringing oxygen into the bloodstream where it can be transported."— Presentation transcript:
1RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
2The respiratory system helps meet the metabolic needs of the body by bringing oxygen into the... | 10,736 | 4,567 | 24,897.082549 |
warc | 201704 | The Internal Revenue Service allows S corporations to have business income as well as losses pass through to individual owner-shareholders for federal tax purposes. If you have decided to wind up the corporation, the process for dissolution must be done in accordance with corresponding state laws where the corporation ... | 3,045 | 1,392 | 6,636.875 |
warc | 201704 | The proposed law would force social networks and other communications companies to provide government access or face fines that, according to the Washington Post, would multiply exponentially and threaten companies with bankruptcy. While keeping silent on the unconstitutional nature of the US government’s vast domestic... | 2,014 | 1,129 | 3,564.19132 |
warc | 201704 | On this week’s
Solari Report, we will be talking about the economics and geopolitics of food and energy with F. William Engdahl from his office in Frankfurt, Germany.
Engdahl’s latest books,
Seeds of Destruction and Full Spectrum Dominance, both quote George Keenan in 1948: “We have about 50% of the world’s wealth but ... | 2,221 | 1,185 | 3,890.967089 |
warc | 201704 | by Devin Roundtree
Due to the European Debt Crisis, little attention has been paid to the fundamental changes taking place in China. For more than a decade China has served as the biggest creditor to the United States government. But, two years ago, China apparently had a change of heart.
The Chinese have long complain... | 3,402 | 1,659 | 6,898.329114 |
warc | 201704 | The Berlin Wall fell when East German authorities announced the opening of its borders to everyone, November 9, 1989. Many historical scholars, however, would point out the inherent oversimplification that such a statement presents. While the citizens of the former DDR were finally liberated from the concrete cage that... | 6,710 | 3,200 | 13,560.490625 |
warc | 201704 | Don't be afraid to ask for substitutions when you're at your favorite restaurant. If that grilled fish comes with rice and broccoli, you can request double veggies rather than rice. Ask for the salad with dressing on the side, so YOU can measure out a smaller amount of calories.
Be sure to read all packaged food labels... | 6,443 | 3,063 | 13,487.599086 |
warc | 201704 | For a long time, your procurement group may have wanted to better understand whether your company's legal department spends like other well-run legal departments. General Counsel Metrics, LLC, invites you to find out. You can take part in an innovative global benchmarking effort. In less than three months, more than 47... | 2,100 | 1,039 | 4,226.275265 |
warc | 201704 | Billions of dollars in benefits unclaimed by Canadians, report says
OttawaCitizen.com/opinion
February 9, 2011. By Andrew Duffy, Ottawa Citizen
Billions of dollars worth of government benefits are going unclaimed by Canadians, according to a federal task force on financial literacy.
The 13-member task force found that ... | 3,436 | 1,650 | 6,824.104242 |
warc | 201704 | Nuts come in all shapes, sizes and flavors. After growing up consuming solely Jif peanut butter, my appreciation for nuts slowly began to expand as I discovered all of the diverse ways to incorporate nuts into meals.
Here are 10 reasons why everyone should be nuts for nuts (unless you have a nut allergy, of course):
1.... | 3,640 | 1,856 | 6,989.741379 |
warc | 201704 | The Instant Poll in the July 11 SQL Server Magazine UPDATE posed the question, "Do you think Microsoft should be held financially liable for defective software?" The poll received 897 responses, 53 percent of which were "Yes." (To see the poll results, click here.)
I'd like to expand the discussion about defective soft... | 4,178 | 1,956 | 8,892.133947 |
warc | 201704 | START GARDEN AND GRAND RAPIDS AREA BLACK BUSINESSES PARTNER TO ACCELERATE NEW ENTREPRENEURS GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., December 7, 2016 — Entrepreneurship in Grand Rapids' black population is noticeably underrepresented in the broader community. In 2015, Forbes magazine ranked Grand Rapids last out of 52 cities when measured... | 4,756 | 2,148 | 10,269.240223 |
warc | 201704 | Hurrell, Scott Alexander and Scholarios, D.M. and Thompson, P. (2013)
More than a 'humpty dumpty' term : strengthening the conceptualization of soft skills. Economic and Industrial Democracy, 34 (1). pp. 161-182. ISSN 0143-831X Abstract
There is an ongoing sociological debate regarding which work activities can be cons... | 1,568 | 884 | 2,719.167421 |
warc | 201704 | Every day thousands and thousands of adults around the world experience the happiness and challenges of becoming new parents. Every generation goes through the period of having to raise its children to adulthood. Even though parenthood has a great deal of positive points for the mother and father, it is probably the mo... | 4,925 | 2,097 | 11,510.455412 |
warc | 201704 | In Margaret Laurence’s novel, The Stone Angel, Hagar Shipley experiences many different relationships. The key relationships in her life are all with men; her respectful but cold relationship with her father, her impersonal relationship with her husband Bram Shipley, her one-sided, protective relationship with John, an... | 11,365 | 4,661 | 27,184.806908 |
warc | 201704 | Many of us have unsaved relatives we see infrequently, or only once a year at Christmas. What if they’re not open to the gospel? Maybe they’re downright opposed to Christ. What if God has yet to open a door to share the good news with them? What’s a believer to do? Here are some suggestions.
1. Pray
Before they come, p... | 2,989 | 1,450 | 6,043.964138 |
warc | 201704 | On the day after the inauguration many thousands are expected to take part in the 'Women's March on Washington". Organizers who began planning the event last November shortly after the presidential election say the objective is to bring national attention to women and other groups who feel they have been marginalized. ... | 64,564 | 24,792 | 165,469.990158 |
warc | 201704 | Beijing’s Communist Party chief Liu Qi recently visited the weibo, or microblogging operations, at Sina – China’s largest internet portal.
Microblogging is the Chinese equivalent of Facebook and Twitter, both of which have been blocked by the authorities in China. Despite the restrictions, Chinese have been quick to em... | 3,696 | 1,828 | 7,274.730853 |
warc | 201704 | The inspector was using his flashlight to peer inside the 35 year old fireplace flue in Walnut Creek, and to his amazement light was reflecting back
and glistening.
The Richter scale was developed in 1934 to measure the magnitude of earthquakes.
Often in older electrical panels. the home inspector finds a condition kno... | 5,580 | 2,573 | 11,665.301205 |
warc | 201704 | Oooooooh yes, I went there.
How many of you have pinned an image of homemade laundry soap? Yeah… that’s what I thought. Basically everyone! Well, I pinned several, read a gazillion blog posts about it, and Googled the crap out of anything and everything to do with good-smelling homemade laundry soap (
because the #1 co... | 4,863 | 2,338 | 9,842.479042 |
warc | 201704 | Manufacturing Home Metal Forging
Metal forging is known to produce some of the strongest manufactured parts compared to other metal manufacturing processes, and obviously, is not just limited to iron and steel forging but to other metals as well. Different types of metals will have a different factors involved when for... | 27,719 | 9,649 | 79,462.665458 |
warc | 201704 | I don't know how to sew on a button. I don't know how to grow a plant from a cutting, I don't know how to fold a fitted sheet, and I don't know how to cook a roast. Well, maybe I should rephrase that. I don't know how to do those things by heart, but I know how to learn them. YouTube, of course.
New research shows that... | 1,684 | 889 | 3,170.996625 |
warc | 201704 | Advancing your career isn’t just about your next promotion or salary adjustment. Career advancement requires thoughtful investment in your personal development. If you want to move up in your organization or to take your career in a new direction, you need to be proactive about it. With that in mind, here are seven res... | 4,906 | 2,073 | 11,409.467438 |
warc | 201704 | There are quite a lot of common job hunting myths that are frequently repeated, from outdated advice, to the downright absurd.
Unfortunately, some of them could be holding you back in finding a job if you take them too seriously, so it’s good to know what is true and what’s not.
Here are 7 of the most widespread myths ... | 3,009 | 1,444 | 6,013.83241 |
warc | 201704 | From Saturday, Nov. 4, to Wednesday, Nov. 7, students and faculty of the Department of Geosciences attended the Annual Geological Society of America Meeting and Exposition in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Six faculty members and eight students presented their research at the meeting. Students and faculty created presentat... | 4,126 | 1,845 | 8,940.784824 |
warc | 201704 | I can’t help but notice, as a junior in high school, that most of my peers seem to have a different perspective on life. They are fun-loving and living for the next Friday night. Now, of course I want to have fun and enjoy my teenage years, but don’t want to settle for just that.
On April 3, 2008 my life drastically ch... | 2,081 | 1,073 | 3,983.573159 |
warc | 201704 | Acne. I know I’m not the only one who considers it the bane of their existence sometimes. When you break out (or at least when I break out) you tend to blame the zits on the same old things: sweat from exercising, touching your face too frequently, your hormones swinging (hello, period), ect. All of those old notions a... | 5,610 | 2,632 | 11,584.479483 |
warc | 201704 | Does the thought of going to the dentist make you cringe? Dental anxiety is often related to negative experiences from childhood – but we’ll tell you why there’s no reason to carry that fear with you as an adult. Are uncomfortable dentures bringing you down? Learn why plenty of denture-wearers like you experience pain ... | 6,689 | 3,121 | 13,978.102531 |
warc | 201704 | It’s Time to Estimate the Market Value of Your Home We’ve all been avoiding the scary task of checking on the current market value of our home. We have read that the median price on sales of existing homes fell 13.2% in one year, the biggest drop in 40 years. We also know that new housing starts in November were 624,00... | 3,738 | 1,822 | 7,558.063666 |
warc | 201704 | How Much Do New NCAA Rule Changes Benefit the Student-Athlete?
NCAA President, Mark Emmert addressing the National Convention in Grapevine, Texas.
“Founded more than one hundred years ago as a way to protect student-athletes, the NCAA continues to implement that principle with increased emphasis on both athletics and a... | 3,515 | 1,716 | 6,952.162005 |
warc | 201704 | Taxes
A Special Tax Notice Regarding Plan Payments written by the IRS provides detailed information on the tax treatment of distributions. Refer to the
401(k) Notice for payments from the 401(k) Plan or the 457 Notice for payments from the 457 Plan. How will my benefits be taxed? Payments you receive from either deferr... | 3,568 | 1,567 | 8,110.539885 |
warc | 201704 | Acne is annoying. A disorder of the skin that seems to have no purpose other than humiliating and frustrating those who suffer from it. The most annoying thing about acne is that it tends to have terrible timing.
Most people start getting their first pimples at the start of what should be some of their best years (teen... | 2,749 | 1,340 | 5,598.523134 |
warc | 201704 | Q: Why do I keep getting nosebleeds and is it serious?? A: First of all, don’t panic! Nosebleeds are very common and are rarely due to a serious medical problem, like tumors, extremely high blood pressure or bleeding disorders. About 60% of adults experience nosebleeds but less than 10% require medical attention. By fa... | 1,552 | 867 | 2,731.663206 |
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