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warc | 201704 | Fast and flexible. Sounds like an Olympic athlete, but it's the Bush administration's description of the kind of fighting force the US needs if it wants to confront 21st century security threats.
As part of an overall effort to transform the military, the president this week outlined a plan to further military agility.... | 2,539 | 1,356 | 4,735.347345 |
warc | 201704 | The plight of the pangolin, decimated by commercial demand, calls to mind another African mammal: the elephant.
Currents in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and California contain much of the ocean's plastic pollution, whose density was measured by the first-ever aerial survey, led by The Ocean Cleanup.
Amidst the grad... | 1,752 | 1,003 | 3,041.108674 |
warc | 201704 | A MASSIVE jobs boost is on the way for North Wales, as it plays a major part in an explosion of offshore windfarms.
Department of Trade and Industry minister Patricia Hewit t is expected to announce 100 new offshore windfarm licences up for grabs, concentrated in three blocks.
The North West patch covers a huge area - ... | 3,327 | 1,621 | 6,744.307218 |
warc | 201704 | Life can be stressful, this is an essential fact of life. Anxiety medications make the public soft and erode coping skills that every healthy adult should have. Anxiety medication will lead to dependency and possibly produce mood disorders. If people would invest just a little time in cultivating some coping strategies... | 1,207 | 592 | 2,450.699324 |
warc | 201704 | While not all advertisements necessarily have a negative influence on individuals, many may lead to poor decisions. For example, an advertisement may influence a consumer to make a purchase that they cannot really afford. Others may influence them to eat or drink products that are not really healthy for them. Therefore... | 2,446 | 1,136 | 5,245.119718 |
warc | 201704 | What if guns went away? What if I suddenly became younger, slimmer, and grew some hair? What if my wife told me that she was going to get two extra jobs just so I could buy extra guns? None of its ever going to happen.
This is a discussion on
What if drugs went away? within the Law Enforcement, Military & Homeland Secu... | 7,046 | 3,350 | 14,739.811343 |
warc | 201704 | Want to know how clean your teeth get when you brush them? Have you missed any areas that may be prone to plaque build-up? Plaque Disclosing products can help you improve your brushing and flossing habits by revealing the areas you may have missed.
Plaque Disclosing products contain a harmless temporary dye that is att... | 785 | 440 | 1,393.375 |
warc | 201704 | Thank you for choosing the University of Pittsburgh School of Dental Medicine for your dental care.
We make every effort to provide the best treatment possible to our patients and to meet or exceed the profession’s standards of care.
The School of Dental Medicine fosters a humanistic environment of mutual respect and t... | 2,957 | 1,395 | 6,229.837276 |
warc | 201704 | A History of Electroluminescent Displays
By
Jeffrey A. Hart
Indiana University
Stefanie Ann Lenway
University of Minnesota
and
Thomas Murtha
University of Minnesota
Second Draft
September 1999
We are grateful for the comments provided by Christopher King, Sey Shing Sun, Richard Tuenge, T. Peter Brody, and Runar Tornqvi... | 34,524 | 14,308 | 81,834.041096 |
warc | 201704 | Can IDEs Do More to Improve Code Quality? Part II
In our previous article, we looked at IDE tools for the creation of documentation in the source code. This time, we are going to talk about comment maintenance, among which synchronization and code conventions are major issues. Then, we introduce some custom Javadoc tag... | 4,521 | 2,115 | 9,578.534752 |
warc | 201704 | vitamin E
Definitions
Agriculture
noun a vitamin found in vegetables, vegetable oils, eggs and wholemeal bread Food
A fat- soluble vitamin ( tocopherol) found in small quantities in soya beans, other seeds, butter, margarine (fortified), vegetables, whole grains, eggs and liver. It exists in several forms indicated by ... | 820 | 499 | 1,335.991984 |
warc | 201704 | As more of our population become obese and overweight, obesity diseases become much more prevalent. Diabetes is one such disease, and here I explain what it is, why it affects the overweight, symptoms and prevention.
What is it? Obesity can lead to diabetes, specifically type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes, once called ad... | 2,698 | 1,292 | 5,617.352941 |
warc | 201704 | USDA Declares A Boston, Massachusetts Area Free Of The Asian Longhorned Beetle
PR Newswire
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2014
WASHINGTON, May 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) today announced that Asian longhorned beetle (ALB) has been effectiv... | 4,125 | 2,006 | 8,433.01346 |
warc | 201704 | Sometimes you desperately need a place to relax. Offices and apartments in large cities like New York are rarely tranquil spaces. So where do you go when you need to get away from the hustle and bustle of the city?
Countless books have been written on the subject. I even own one copy of
New York’s 50 Best Places to Fin... | 6,220 | 2,896 | 12,540.946133 |
warc | 201704 | I know we've had discussion before regarding how plausible it is for ship sizes to go up by certain amounts over a given time. Whilst browsing Wikipedia today I came across this chart, which I found rather interesting :Link
It shows the growth in Royal Navy ships of the line - the largest most powerful ships in the fle... | 2,590 | 1,362 | 4,896.659325 |
warc | 201704 | On January 26, 2010 at Pillsbury Winthrop in Palo Alto, SDForum held the Quarterly Venture Breakfast Series in collaboration with PWC. Allison Leopold Tilley of Pillsbury Winthrop moderated panelists Steve Bengston of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Winston Fu of USVP, Ryan Sweeney of Accel Partners and Ann Winblad of Hummer ... | 3,083 | 1,581 | 5,957.346616 |
warc | 201704 | Digital Performance Management provides companies with the analytics to determine if their customer experience is optimized. The Constellation ShortList presents vendors in different categories of the market relevant to early adopters. In addition, products included in this document meet the threshold criteria for this... | 3,380 | 1,511 | 7,469.106552 |
warc | 201704 | Dolores Kruchten has been serving as Vice President for Eastman Business Park, a Kodak Company, since October, 2015. Recently, we sat down with Dolores to get her take on where the Park is headed, and what she envisions are the immediate initiatives for the Park moving forward.
Q: Let’s start by focusing on your outloo... | 6,614 | 2,954 | 14,587.071767 |
warc | 201704 | In the western world we are blessed with abundance beyond the wildest dreams of our forefathers. No culture before has had the choice of living in such decadent luxury as ours. I would love to see us all begin to fully love our Creator, and be extremely grateful for what He has given us.
Currently around half of the we... | 9,693 | 4,527 | 20,308.836978 |
warc | 201704 | The New copy of this book will include any supplemental materials advertised. Please check the title of the book to determine if it should include any access cards, study guides, lab manuals, CDs, etc.
Summary
International demand for the uniquely spiky cactus family has brought them far beyond their desert homes. Howe... | 1,006 | 588 | 1,714.306122 |
warc | 201704 | Robert J. Shiller is Sterling Professor of Economics, Department of Economics and Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics,
Yale University, and Professor of Finance and Fellow at the International
Center for Finance, Yale School of Management. He received his B.A. from the
University of Michigan in 1967 and his Ph.... | 3,566 | 1,716 | 7,304.481352 |
warc | 201704 | Correction appended.
Looming 26 feet over the bayou, the Inner Harbor Navigation Canal-Lake Borgne Surge Barrier stands as a concrete and steel sentinel against the rising and heaving ocean.
The 1.4-mile-long wall, also known as the IHNC barrier, protects vital commercial arteries and more than 350,000 people in New Or... | 7,336 | 3,523 | 15,144.685779 |
warc | 201704 | If you’ve been paying any attention at all, you’re keenly aware that happily married couples are an endangered species. You probably know the divorce statistics (50%) and when you go to the grocery store, you see the magazine covers highlighting the breakups of politicians, athletes, singers, and actors. Chances are, t... | 4,305 | 2,099 | 8,575.133397 |
warc | 201704 | Used on wood, masonry, concrete and steel, polyurethane sealant waterproofs joints and surfaces while also adding protection against scuffing. While the original polyurethane sealants were hydrocarbon-based, a new generation of aqueous, latex-based polyurethane products are now available in stores.
Other People Are Rea... | 3,635 | 1,761 | 7,447.518455 |
warc | 201704 | It might seem an odd question to ask at first, but whether or not those with certain mental challenges can marry ties into their ability to be bound by law. For instance, sometimes people are not charged with crimes based on mental status that sets them outside the law. What needs to be discerned is the line that deter... | 2,861 | 1,373 | 5,938.710852 |
warc | 201704 | Grace Vyduna-Haskins’s first students were the confident children of baby-boom suburbia. In the fall of 1956, she was given charge of a classroom of fourth-graders in a just-constructed elementary school in the sprouting bedroom communities west of Chicago. She was fresh from her teacher’s certification, brimming with a r... | 17,963 | 7,443 | 41,283.767029 |
warc | 201704 | I've gotten better at thinking about my finances over the years but I've never had anything better than a mental budget. I've never actually written anything down on paper. I've got a brand new job so I figure I've got a clean slate. Starting right now, I pledge to myself to keep a balanced checkbook at all times and t... | 7,348 | 3,479 | 15,452.132222 |
warc | 201704 | J ulia's Kitchen Wisdom: Essential Techniques and Recipes From a Lifetime of Cooking was Julia Child's final cookbook, published just four years before her passing in 2004. She called it "a mini aide-mémoire for general home cookery," and based the slim volume on her own "loose-leaf kitchen reference guide gradually co... | 5,477 | 2,829 | 10,454.506893 |
warc | 201704 | A CIVILISATION
ON MARS?
By Alan F. Alford
Author of Gods of the New Millennium, The Phoenix
Solution, When The Gods Came Down and The
Atlantis Secret.
Introduction the Face on Mars
In
April 1998, NASA used their Mars Global Surveyor Spacecraft to re-image
the infamous Face at Cydonia. The result was a series
of photogr... | 23,790 | 10,078 | 55,152.764437 |
warc | 201704 | It goes without saying that technology is always changing. School leaders are expected to help their teachers use current technology to enhance learning, but at the same time, they must keep on top of future technologies that might soon impact teaching and learning.
Changes in professional development delivery, virtual... | 3,829 | 1,867 | 7,758.493305 |
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liketo share. Click here to sign up and post your own essay. We offer no paid services. All reviews are comp... | 5,789 | 2,485 | 13,399.729577 |
warc | 201704 | Recent Activity
CNC machinery is distinguished from most types of woodworking machinery in two ways-a computer controls it, and its price can range from moderately expensive to seemingly unaffordable. If you are
Depending on the type of products you produce, and the type of machinery you need to produce them, the cost ... | 602 | 353 | 1,018.113314 |
warc | 201704 | Pest Profile: Coyotes, Part 2
This article is a continuation of a pest profile on coyotes.
Do They Carry Disease?
Rabies is a real threat among coyote populations as they are large enough to survive a rabid animal's attack or may hunt an infected animal. Coyotes with rabies do not show any of the species' normal shynes... | 5,206 | 2,476 | 10,876.671244 |
warc | 201704 | Case Study: The impacts of the financial crisis on the tourism industry in Greece.
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Dalarna University
ETM
Since 2009 aneconomic crisis affects the world and some countries are more hit than others. At the beginning of 2010 Greece reached the point of no return accumulating a debt of three hundred billion Euros. T... | 1,919 | 976 | 3,735.758197 |
warc | 201704 | I just read about bladder training. I always thought it was bad to hold your urine for any length of time and that the healthy thing to do was empty the bladder quickly to avoid infection. Is that wrong? Could bladder retraining help me deal with my urge incontinence? — Lee, Connecticut
Bladder training is in fact an i... | 3,279 | 1,557 | 6,861.260116 |
warc | 201704 | Beverly, you are not alone in dealing with this issue. Urinary incontinence is a significant health problem in the United States and billions of dollars are spent each year on the condition. As you're experiencing, urinary incontinence can cause skin irritation, redness, and even breakdown of the skin, leading to ulcer... | 1,433 | 755 | 2,695.178808 |
warc | 201704 | I Am a Fair Weather Friend...The moment I heard of SAD, I knew I had it. I was 12 or 13 and it was still kind of a theory.
I hate it. I sometimes feel like it is its own breed of bipolar disorder. I am 2 different people - in the winter I am lazy and apathetic and will eat any carb in sight. In the summer I am extrover... | 2,010 | 1,089 | 3,693.305785 |
warc | 201704 | Yard & Garden
By Rosie Lerner
Consumer Horticulturist Purdue Extension
It’s that time of year when visions of Halloween conjure up all kinds of ghoulish-looking gourds! While they are traditional decor at Halloween and Thanksgiving, gourds aren’t just for decoration. Gourds date back to 2200 B.C., making them among the... | 3,511 | 1,768 | 6,855.187783 |
warc | 201704 | Monday, 23 January 2017
Last updated 2 days ago
Sep 11 2012 | 10:16am ET
Investors pulled $7.4 billion out of hedge funds in July after reclaiming $4.2 billion in June, according to the latest numbers from BarclayHedge and TrimTabs.
Based on data from 3,119 funds, the TrimTabs/BarclayHedge Hedge Fund Flow Report estima... | 1,460 | 812 | 2,560.394089 |
warc | 201704 | Introduction:
On June 17, 1775, Abigail Adams took her son, John Quincy, to the top of Penn’s Hill near their home to watch the Battle of Bunker Hill. Abigail Adams later wrote to her husband, John, who was in Philadelphia, about the battle, particularly about the loss of their dear friend, Dr. Joseph Warren. Her lette... | 3,793 | 1,809 | 7,644.708679 |
warc | 201704 | Issued in the blog on January 18, 2017 at 01:50:00.
This Friday 20th January Donald Trump will be inaugurated as the 45th President of the United States of America.
BUT....we have an alternative celebration for you, why not join us for a party and a film screening celebrating the people all around the world who are dev... | 3,547 | 1,838 | 6,733.124592 |
warc | 201704 | The food giant said all flavours of the canned slimming beverage could be tainted with the micro-organism Bacillus cereus, as it issued nationwide voluntary recalls across both the United States and Canada.
“
The probability of serious adverse health consequences is remote,” said a company statement.
The products are p... | 1,919 | 995 | 3,616.20603 |
warc | 201704 | The best thing about the stock market is that you can make money in either direction. Historically, stock indexes have tended to trend up over the long term. But when you look at individual stocks, you'll find plenty that lose money over the long haul. According to hedge fund institution Blackstar Funds, even with divi... | 6,460 | 3,174 | 13,092.99937 |
warc | 201704 | Margins matter. The more
Monro Muffler Brake
Here's the current margin snapshot for Monro Muffler Brake over the trailing 12 months: Gross margin is 38.7%, while operating margin is 11.2% and net margin is 6.3%.
Unfortunately, a look at the most recent numbers doesn't tell us much about where Monro Muffler Brake has be... | 2,732 | 1,309 | 5,666.44767 |
warc | 201704 | It's estimated that $100 million goes up in smoke each month in North Dakota. Thanks to NASA we have an out-of-this-world glimpse of these flames. That shocking picture (shown to the right) appears to be just a large city in North Dakota, however, the fact of the matter is that very few people live in that part of the ... | 3,841 | 1,823 | 8,073.895776 |
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“What GM failed to do was to ask themselves the right questions about how the world was shifting,” Johnson says. “Sources of energy. The price of oil and of gasoline. They found themselves stuck b... | 7,699 | 3,567 | 15,896.589571 |
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There is a growing movement of do-it-yourselfers (DIYers) eager not just to bring home the bacon, but to bring home the pork, butcher it, cure it, smoke it and
make their own bacon. Some enroll in butchery courses, whi... | 6,360 | 3,081 | 13,056.47517 |
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Nobody likes paying bills. But this week's
Time Magazine special report by Steven Brill, Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us, suggests that medical bills are costing Americans an arm and a leg—literally and f... | 6,552 | 3,224 | 13,030.83871 |
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The author is a Forbes contributor. The opinions expressed are those of the writer.
For most of us, being barred from filing taxes hardly sounds like punishment! But if you are in the
of return preparation it could be devastating. The IRS monitors tax preparation, and the last person you want to hire ... | 3,237 | 1,680 | 6,179.201786 |
warc | 201704 | The AUD declines as energy market retreats paying no attention to the positive AUD Aig Performance of Service Index, the drop is accelerated by weak Retail Sales (0.2% vs. 0.3% expected) and Trade Balance reports (-2210M actual vs -1700 estimated).
The services sector in China rose at a higher pace in June, PMI reports... | 2,443 | 1,362 | 4,356.862702 |
warc | 201704 | The biggest tech boogieman today has to be location-based services, a.k.a. please-rob-me apps. But are they all really as creepy as they seem?
Location-based services were supposed to tailor online information to your specific needs, with obvious benefits. It's a good thing that Google Maps knows where you are when you... | 4,622 | 2,335 | 9,091.582869 |
warc | 201704 | DETROIT – Fuel economy is at a record high as new technology helps vehicles lose weight and drive more efficiently.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says the fuel economy of 2015 model-year vehicles increased 0.5 mile per gallon to 24.8 miles per gallon.
Mazda had the highest average of 29.6 mpg. Fiat Chrysler ... | 822 | 499 | 1,332.661323 |
warc | 201704 | How often do you check your mobile device? And why?
There is a battle for our attention…for our focus …for our personal ‘bandwidth’.
When do you pull out your mobile device?
Checking for digital interaction (my email, Facebook and Twitter) is easy. Easier than asking WHY we’re checking.
I often check because I am bored... | 3,048 | 1,559 | 5,685.429121 |
warc | 201704 | BY CARMEL BIRD
For my seventeenth birthday I got a typewriter. It was an Olivetti letter-writer, bright red. I planned to be a novelist. So in the university vacation, when I was not working in the ice-cream factory, or as a waitress, I taught myself to type. I still have the Pitman’s guide to typing, with its thick gr... | 8,952 | 4,024 | 19,625.880716 |
warc | 201704 | While most people are aware that not watering a plant will cause it to die, gardening novices may not be aware that over watering can kill a plant as well. Unfortunately, this lack of awareness can lead those ignorant of the issue to inadvertently make the problem worse as they mistake the signs over watering for under... | 1,693 | 828 | 3,441.206522 |
warc | 201704 | Strategy Through Inquiry
Why plan for the future? Why do a Strategic Visioning Process at all?
Living organisms, unlike abiotic matter, share the ability to be adaptive and responsive, and it is this characteristic that has provided nature with the raw material to continue to adapt and respond, to ensure longevity and ... | 2,934 | 1,532 | 5,352.826371 |
warc | 201704 | Yesterday Hyperloop Transportation Technologies filed a permit to build a 8km prototype in Quay Valley — a utopian, eco-friendly community planned for Central California. And while we're rooting for them to succeed with their test track, it still doesn't change the Hyperloop's largest challenges. Because the biggest hu... | 3,842 | 1,862 | 7,884.147154 |
warc | 201704 | Queer Indigenous Studies Queer Indigenous Studies: Critical Interventions in Theory, Politics, and Literature by Quo-Li Driskill, Chris Finlet, Brian Joseph Gilley, and Scott Lauria Morgensen2011, Paperback
“This book is an imagining.” So begins this collection examining critical, Indigenous-centered approaches to unde... | 2,186 | 1,061 | 4,413.206409 |
warc | 201704 | Why is Goldman so interested in whether or not QE will be instituted? Well, it helps them make profits because QE stimulates stock and commodity prices on which Goldman makes profits and the Fed buys up MBSs on bank balance sheets.
"The Fed will spend $40 billion in money created out of thin air to buy non-performing m... | 3,025 | 1,551 | 5,827.659574 |
warc | 201704 | Citigroup has awarded $16.7 million retention bonus plus stock options to its Chief Executive Vikram Pandit who joined the bank in 2007 when it was undergoing a financial crisis for which, the U.S. Government had provided $ 45 billion of taxpayer money to let the third largest bank of U.S. come out of the crisis.
Howev... | 1,401 | 788 | 2,474.862944 |
warc | 201704 | [0001]
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of granulates containing liposoluble substances and, more especially, relates to a process for preparing granulates that contain liposoluble substances and that exhibit immediate dispersibility in water and that are therefore suitable for the prepara... | 14,385 | 5,333 | 38,318.64054 |
warc | 201704 | NEW YORK – Cab drivers caught willingly transporting sex trafficking victims could face a fine of $10,000 and have their license automatically revoked under legislation passed by the City Council today.
The legislation passed at the Council's stated meeting also calls on the Taxi and Limousine Commission to develop a... | 3,220 | 1,556 | 6,560.025707 |
warc | 201704 | But that's what Paul Elio has done with his Elio Motors firm, and though the vehicle in question is still a fair while from production reality, the company has a loyal following already.
So far, it's enough of a buzz that over 15,000 people have put down deposits for the car, according to Elio's website (via
Autoblog G... | 2,089 | 1,120 | 3,866.515179 |
warc | 201704 | When we met at Rio more than five years ago, our commitment was to put in place a global legally binding instrument for the Prior Informed Consent Procedure by the year 2000. Since then, this intergovernmental committee has convened three times and deliberated on the articles of the text for a PIC convention. As a resu... | 9,277 | 4,140 | 20,720.874155 |
warc | 201704 | June 2015
As Terex Washing Systems (TWS) this year marks the 15th anniversary for its revolutionising Finesmaster (FM) BucketWheel range, the company has recently applied modifications to the plant to further enhance its capabilities and effectiveness.
The FM BucketWheel range was first introduced to the aggregates ind... | 6,333 | 2,771 | 14,247.535908 |
warc | 201704 | Hastings schools will have five literacy tutors for 2012-13
Hastings schools have been awarded five Minnesota Reading Corps literacy tutors for the 2012-2013 school year.
Minnesota Reading Corps, a statewide initiative to help every Minnesota child become a successful reader by the end of third grade, plans to grow nea... | 3,748 | 1,790 | 7,793.327374 |
warc | 201704 | Minimizing the cardiac complications of cancer treatment, from the Harvard Heart Letter
The truly amazing advances that offer people with cancer the chance for a longer life sometimes come with a price—damage to the heart and arteries. Greater attention to the long-term physical, mental, and emotional needs of cancer s... | 977 | 562 | 1,679.327402 |
warc | 201704 | Adolescents with a history of maltreatment and a mild level of depression were found to release much more of the stress hormone cortisol than is normal in response to psychological stressors such as giving a speech or solving a difficult arithmetic test.
"This kind of reaction is a problem because cortisol kills cells ... | 1,409 | 725 | 2,711.110345 |
warc | 201704 | The nurses at UC Irvine Medical Center continuously strive to meet the needs of our patients and their families. In 2006, we began the process of adopting Relationship-Based Care (RBC) and Primary Nursing as our models of care. These models not only focus on the relationships between the patient and the care provider, ... | 2,018 | 1,032 | 3,912.80814 |
warc | 201704 | Be Careful What You Buy – Plastic Rice Is Spreading Across Asia
First there were artificial eggs from China and now plastic rice said to be exported to several Asian nations.
Social media platforms such as WhatsApp and Facebook have been circulating the news of the fake rice that has now believed to have entered Singap... | 1,927 | 1,038 | 3,540.259152 |
warc | 201704 | I've had trouble with gas for the past 2.5 years. It started as frequent sulfur-smelling gas for about a year, then turned to just frequent gas with occasional diarrhea/constipation for another year. Now, the nasty sulfur-smelling gas is back, and I don't know what's causing it. I've seen GI docs and they've checked ju... | 2,036 | 1,051 | 3,932.521408 |
warc | 201704 | I just started taking Tricor, I take one a day, other people say you suppose to take it at night. I take mine in the morning
Patricia,
Thanks for your question.
Tricor (generic - fenofibrate) is a medication used to lower the fat content of the blood (lipids). Specifically, it can lower "bad cholesterol" (LDL), lower t... | 1,267 | 726 | 2,184.964187 |
warc | 201704 | In a world rich with language and literacy, each word matters. Words give us a way to communicate—to think, talk, read and write—and to activate and enjoy a literate life.
With this new, essential resource, Fountas and Pinnell bring their literacy expertise to a systematic exploration of letters, sounds, and words and ... | 1,904 | 953 | 3,702.111228 |
warc | 201704 | By Starrla Cray
Staff Writer
WRIGHT, McLEOD, CARVER, MEEKER, MN Successful business owners know that it pays to work smarter, not harder especially in tough economic times.
One way people are working smarter is through Minnesota Mentors, a group of seven small business owners turned college business professors.
“Over 9... | 5,382 | 2,449 | 11,122.213965 |
warc | 201704 | Home News KCOM Sport KCOM Culture Weather Lifestyle Local Features What’s On
Published: Friday 6th March 2015 by The News Editor
The team which supplies the royal family with “green fuel” for their cars and trains is launching a low-cost plane propellant which can be made from products including waste cooking oil or al... | 3,665 | 1,785 | 7,235.551821 |
warc | 201704 | Unlike the more advanced stages for which various types of sources are available the study of the initial stages of human history is based entirely on the material remains left by early man. The period is referred when man was primarily a food gatherer or had just begun a settled life and for which no written records a... | 785 | 432 | 1,420.99537 |
warc | 201704 | Video: Inspecting a Horse Trailer
Find out what you need to examine before buying or using a horse trailer.
October 2013
Before purchasing a new trailer or embarking on a long journey with your horse in tow, there are certain components you need to check for safety. Ben Eversole from Sallee Horse Transportation in Lexi... | 2,962 | 1,398 | 6,032.055794 |
warc | 201704 | Inflammation of the lower bowel in horses may result from microbial imbalances in the gut and not the overgrowth of an individual pathogen, Canadian research suggests.
Researchers from the University of Guelph, in Ontario, set out to characterize the totality of microbes, known as the microbiome, in the faeces of healt... | 7,352 | 3,175 | 16,514.791811 |
warc | 201704 | Due to the overwhelming support for programming and networking that AHF Live: The Affordable Housing Developers Summit has provided for more than a decade, Affordable Housing Finance has added a second conference to its schedule this year. The AHF Live: Housing Developers Forum will be held June 10-12 at the Ritz-Carlt... | 2,878 | 1,344 | 5,944.440476 |
warc | 201704 | Fannie Mae: Americans start to think now is a good time to buy a home Buyers will finally get some relief
The number of Americans who say that now is a good time to buy a home rebounded in February after last month’s all-time low thanks to slowing home-price appreciation, the latest
Fannie Mae housing report found.
The... | 2,469 | 1,134 | 5,247.169312 |
warc | 201704 | So you thought you'd be free of cramps once you had a baby in your belly?
Actually, pregnancy can bring with it various aches and pains in the abdomen, most of them perfectly normal – but you should be aware of more serious symptoms to look out for.
Why am I getting cramps now I'm pregnant?
Early on during pregnancy, y... | 5,009 | 2,269 | 10,901.032173 |
warc | 201704 | The annual exam season is once again in full swing. Millions of young people must soon make choices that will determine their opportunities in a predominantly digital future. We know we're going to need more people with STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) skills but we don't need everyone to be an enginee... | 4,440 | 2,213 | 8,886.018979 |
warc | 201704 | As the presidential debates draw closer, the striking differences between the economic policies of President Barack Obama and Republican Mitt Romney become even clearer.
Perhaps nothing brought that into the public consciousness more than Romney's crack about the 47 percent of the Americans who will vote for Obama beca... | 5,588 | 2,622 | 11,821.75286 |
warc | 201704 | Though I'm not sure I welcome the picture of myself as a Philly Cheesesteak sandwich oozing Velveeta cheese, I appreciate Career Diva's post "Working Women are like Philly Cheesesteaks" on the sandwich generation and it's impact on women's careers in particular.
I watched my own mother take her first step into the work... | 1,615 | 858 | 2,990.949883 |
warc | 201704 | Innovations in special circuits, electronics and micro-electronics are the key support for a large spectrum of applications. The conference is focusing on several complementary aspects and targets the advances in each on it: signal processing and electronics for high speed processing, micro- and nano-electronics, speci... | 5,619 | 2,347 | 13,349.613975 |
warc | 201704 | IBNA:
According to Guardian, as the UK parliament's summer recess draws to a close, what should politicians, public figures and decision makers be reading to prepare them for the year ahead? The six books that make up the shortlist for this year's Royal Society Prize for Science Books (announced today – 24 August) are ... | 5,209 | 2,473 | 10,790.823696 |
warc | 201704 | Detroit's bankruptcy trial will begin on 23 October and US Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes will hear potential objections to the city's eligibility for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection.
Detroit, the largest city in US history to file for municipal bankruptcy, must prove that it is insolvent and that it has sincerely atte... | 3,474 | 1,657 | 7,195.394086 |
warc | 201704 | Nutrition may be your missing link in training. Here are eight common nutrition mistakes many athletes make with tips and recipes for how to solve them.
No. 1: Beneficial Protein Intake
Some athletes eat too little protein; others eat too much. For example, a 150 lb (68 kg) athlete may need 0.5 to 0.75 g pro/lb (1-1.5 ... | 6,886 | 3,254 | 14,504.192993 |
warc | 201704 | If you have an iPhone, it might be time to give it a healthy upgrade. iTMP Technology Inc., a hardware and software developer for iPhone, has created new technology that allows the iPhone or iPod touch to act as a heart rate and fitness activity monitor. Dubbed SMHEART LINK™, the device acts as a “wireless bridge that ... | 1,955 | 1,085 | 3,466.746544 |
warc | 201704 | People get information on California's health exchange at a table at Union Station in Los Angeles on Tuesday, the exchange's opening day.
Pardit Pri was excited to learn the new health insurance exchanges could help her.
Pardit Pri had health insurance until she quit her job as a legal administrative assistant to stay ... | 4,264 | 2,054 | 8,775.037975 |
warc | 201704 | Most of us don’t live in perfect houses. We live with random furniture handed down and collected over time. We may live in a less-than-ideal rental or a home that was not custom built perfectly for our taste and needs. Things may be deteriorating faster than we can afford to fix or replace them. When faced with a choic... | 1,816 | 909 | 3,558.081408 |
warc | 201704 | So argues Brian Lowe, a former secondary school headteacher in the Midlands and Humberside, who has been entrusted for the last four years with the task of discovering how many of Britain's teachers are not qualified in the subjects they teach.
In all 20 local education authorities he has visited, Mr Lowe has found tea... | 2,832 | 1,355 | 5,898.084133 |
warc | 201704 | Tillage sums don't add up this year Published 02/03/2016 | 02:30
Most winter crops look very well for this time of the year however the potential for problems exists. Crops are advanced but beginning to show signs of hunger.
At the first opportunity these crops will need fertiliser but this should not be at the expense... | 2,039 | 1,071 | 3,843.829132 |
warc | 201704 | There are many responsibilities you have to oversee if you are a business owner or even a manager. One of these is to make sure all the software applications being used in your operations are up to date at all times. If your in-house IT team does not really have the time to do this for you always, then it is up to you ... | 3,353 | 1,496 | 7,483.734626 |
warc | 201704 | But by turning the cameras around — mounting almost two dozen, outward-facing cameras on the actors themselves — scientists at Disney Research, Pittsburgh (DRP), and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) have shown that motion capture can occur almost anywhere — in natural environments, over large areas and outdoors.
Motion... | 5,671 | 2,754 | 11,467.610385 |
warc | 201704 | inside/outside nexus
Value add” is a phrase that every business generator hears these days. Whether a client is procuring legal services or a customer is procuring a new company-wide IT system, value add is part of the procurement process and more so part of the client retention process. What provides value is...
When ... | 2,238 | 1,139 | 4,312.914838 |
warc | 201704 | Instrumentation accuracy can change and deteriorate over time. Interstates offers calibration services that can ensure your instruments are functioning as well as the day they left the factory.
When calibrating a device, Interstates will check each device against the National Institute for Standards & Technology standa... | 930 | 489 | 1,753.496933 |
warc | 201704 | Number of Luxembourg real estate funds grows at double-digit rate
The latest annual Real Estate Investment Fund survey published by the Association of the Luxembourg Fund Industry (ALFI) suggests the number of funds in the sector has grown by an average of 27% annually since 2006.
The 2012 report said that the number o... | 1,266 | 709 | 2,226.660085 |
warc | 201704 | Viral dsRNA Signaling Through TLRs and RLRs - Review October 2007
Viral infections induce a strong innate immune response characterized by the rapid production of type I interferons (IFN α/β) leading to the inhibition of virus replication.
This antiviral response is initiated through the recognition of viral products, ... | 4,341 | 2,205 | 8,447.72381 |
warc | 201704 | A court ruling in favour of eBay last week in the UK High Court puts the IPR Enforcement directive, known as IPRED, to the test. The case, brought by cosmetics firm L'Oreal, is likely to go to the European Court for a further ruling.
The complaint brought by L'Oreal concerned sales of alleged counterfeit goods on the e... | 6,015 | 2,861 | 12,549.295701 |
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