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warc | 201704 | It can be better than fruit and veg
On studying the diets and disease patterns of nearly two million people, scientists from Imperial College London have found that for every 10g a day increase in fibre from whole grains, there was a 10 per cent drop in the risk of bowel cancer.
Surprisingly, their research revealed th... | 621 | 387 | 980.44186 |
warc | 201704 | (Excerpts of recent editorials of statewide and national interest from Ohio newspapers.)Youre better protected from germs, you dirty rat. Over the past several decades, the numbers of people who suffer from allergies and asthma have increased dramatically. Some scientists say thats because people have become too darn c... | 3,235 | 1,653 | 6,327.135511 |
warc | 201704 | Dry Cleaning or Steam Cleaning? Summary Dry Cleaning
No Waiting Time for Drying
Steam Cleaning
Great flushing capability
Necessary for carpets with heavy soiling takes between 6-12 hours to dry Dry Cleaning or Steam Cleaning?
There are many different methods of carpet cleaning. With so many methods it can be difficult ... | 2,057 | 1,002 | 4,175.586826 |
warc | 201704 | EVENT
19 – 22 April 2016 | Rp 7.950.000/person at Yogyakarta
17 – 20 Mei 2016 | Rp 7.950.000/person at Yogyakarta 14 – 17 Juni 2016 | Rp 7.950.000/person at Yogyakarta 19 – 22 Juli 2016 | Rp 7.950.000/person at Yogyakarta
INTRODUCTION:
In the oil & gas and petrochemical industries, compressors play important role to su... | 5,043 | 2,358 | 10,500.903308 |
warc | 201704 | A group of scientists and engineers working out of Iowa State University have devised an innovative new battery that is designed specifically to power transient devices.
Developed by a team led by professor Reza Montazami, this particular battery adopts the 2.5-volt lithium-ion format -- what makes it so special is the... | 1,063 | 612 | 1,835.933007 |
warc | 201704 | Talks in Geneva on Tehran’s nuclear program between Iran and the U.N. Security Council’s Permanent Five, plus Germany, a.k.a. P5+1 provide an opportune time to assess the United Nations’ new world order, and point out key winners and losers
Created to stop international aggression after World War II, the U.N. was once ... | 4,980 | 2,578 | 9,249.123351 |
warc | 201704 | Soybeans, corn, cotton and canola -- most of the acres planted in these crops in the United States are genetically altered. "Transgenic" seeds reduce the use of some insecticides. But herbicide use is higher, and respected experts argue that some genetically engineered crops may also pose serious health and environment... | 1,713 | 885 | 3,298.250847 |
warc | 201704 | We, humans, have swirly stripes imprinted on our skin. We can’t see them unless we’re not infected with some particular skin diseases. They’re called Blaschko’s lines and they can appear anywhere on our body.
These lines are invisible unless you’re suffering from a skin rash (like lichen, for example), Chimerism, X-lin... | 1,084 | 606 | 1,824.554455 |
warc | 201704 | CHICAGO, May 12 (UPI) -- Shifting Medicare patients to Medicare Advantage has cost the U.S. taxpayer almost $300 billion since the program began in 1985, researchers say.
The study, published online in the International Journal of Health Services, found the private insurance companies that participate in Medicare under... | 3,440 | 1,692 | 6,951.158392 |
warc | 201704 | LEED BD+C: Homes v1 - LEED 1.0 pilot Pearl Place LEED Gold 2008
* This profile has been peer-reviewed by a USGBC-selected team of technical experts.
Goals and successes What were the top overarching goals and objectives?
Avesta had just moved its offices into the neighborhood where Pearl Place now sits and wanted to pr... | 15,935 | 6,670 | 37,871.307346 |
warc | 201704 | New England Regional Transportation Workforce Summit, September 26-27, 2013 (Boston)
The UVM TRC is one of the regional sponsors of an upcoming workforce summit designed to foster a cross-cutting dialogue on the transportation workforce of the future for the New England Region. The Summit will deal with all modes of tr... | 3,886 | 1,744 | 8,576.384174 |
warc | 201704 | By Ben Agande & Emmanuel Elebeke
ABUJA — The Federal Government, yesterday, reacted to comments by the former Minister of Education, Dr. Obiageli Ezekwesili, alleging that the governments of presidents Umaru Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan, squandered $67 billion in foreign reserve, describing the allegation as “ou... | 10,881 | 4,761 | 24,200.568998 |
warc | 201704 | Chronic pain affects millions of people, but many of the medications to treat it are either not very effective or have unpleasant side effects. Richard Ambron from Columbia University in New York City says pain is not necessary. "Means should be developed to minimize pain," he insists, "both to affect the quality of li... | 1,461 | 755 | 2,800.088742 |
warc | 201704 | Chinese police say they are battling an ever-growing drug trade with outdated resources. But their efforts are still paying off. They recently arrested 12 Hong Kong residents, and seized 700 kilograms of heroin - the biggest drug bust to date in the southwestern province, Yunnan, which borders the drug-producing region... | 4,922 | 2,324 | 10,384.064544 |
warc | 201704 | The cloud is quickly becoming a go-to storage option for a number of industries, and the cloud contact center is also specifically on the rise. A recent blog by Forrester Research points to some of the biggest cloud trends that businesses can look forward to in 2014. Let’s take a look at two of the top advances to come... | 1,855 | 998 | 3,377.289579 |
warc | 201704 | Among the atrocities being committed against our planet and it’s creatures by resource extraction, gas fracking is relatively new, growing rapidly, and already standing out as one of the most destructive and stupid things humans can do to suck energy from Mother Earth.
Sure, fracking can extract petroleum and natural g... | 2,121 | 1,120 | 3,963.61875 |
warc | 201704 | JAKARTA, Indonesia, Jan. 4 -- Richard Brennan was supposed to be in Afghanistan this week. Afghanistan can wait. Unfortunately the same can't be said for Indonesia, which is where the Australian physician woke up this morning.
Brennan, 45, directs health programs at the International Rescue Committee, a humanitarian or... | 9,715 | 4,605 | 20,366.690554 |
warc | 201704 | Open Reply to an Open Letter
Dearest Wildcat,
Many thanks for your letter. I'm very sorry for not replying sooner, but ... and then follow all the excuses. I don't know how many letters I've started in this way.
And yet your letter is very special. You say that it was a 'besonderer Gluecksfall' that you came across our... | 15,114 | 6,415 | 35,540.871395 |
warc | 201704 | Your email address will be used for Wildy’s marketing materials only. We will never give your email address to any third party.
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This book examines critical issues and debates in intellectal property, medicine and health, including access to ... | 920 | 516 | 1,620.697674 |
warc | 201704 | Academic staff conduct research and evaluation work in the field of health and social care. They work closely with a range of organisations (e.g. government departments, social services departments, local and health authorities and third sector organisations) to provide high quality research which is beneficial to poli... | 894 | 508 | 1,555.700787 |
warc | 201704 | Learn something new every day
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Adipose tissue is a type of connective tissue which plays an important role in the functioning of the body. Better known simply as “fat,” this tissue makes up around 15-20% of the body weight of an average person. While many people have negative associations with depo... | 3,680 | 1,729 | 7,755.882013 |
warc | 201704 | Capitol reporter Mary Wilson covers Pennsylvania politics and issues at the Pennsylvania state capitol.
The same senator who sponsored legislation creating the five-year-old Office of Open Records has drafted revisions to the state's Right-to-Know law - the "most critical" proposed change being one that would keep comm... | 3,269 | 1,598 | 6,603.461827 |
warc | 201704 | Reviewed by Gary Hellerman, PhD, in collaboration with Richard F. Lockey, MD, WAO Web Chief Editor.
1. NANOPARTICLE-MEDIATED CELLULAR RESPONSE IS SIZE-DEPENDENT Nanoparticles engineered from a variety of polymers and compounds are being tested as carriers for targeted drug and DNA delivery. This report emphasizes that ... | 36,064 | 14,217 | 49,571.828656 |
warc | 201704 | Raleigh, N.C. — When a group of voting rights advocates notified the state Department of Health and Human Services recently that North Carolina may not be living up to federal requirements that social services agencies help their clients register to vote, a spokeswoman indicated the department was surprised.
"This admi... | 6,295 | 2,722 | 14,453.98604 |
warc | 201704 | When Neighborhood meets Nature - The Riverwalk The Riverwalk The river walk… it seems so simple, but in one city, it’s so much more than that. It’s getting folks out of their houses, its bringing neighbors back in touch with one another, it’s providing quality time with the family, and it’s even burning a few calories.... | 6,708 | 3,140 | 14,059.028025 |
warc | 201704 | Is your relationship headed for disaster?
John Gottman, PhD, is a leading psychologist in the area of marriage and relationships. Over the years, he has researched countless couples and has been able to predict with surprising accuracy which relationships survive and which fail.
I know you are busy and may not have tim... | 6,055 | 2,685 | 13,018.81378 |
warc | 201704 | Are you waiting for a man to make you feel worthy?
“For all eternity you will be with you. There is no escaping your Self.”
~ Jacob Glass
If there were ever a reason to make the effort to love and appreciate who you are, this would be it. Just imagine you’ll be keeping yourself company for all time — so you better find... | 3,137 | 1,470 | 6,329.484354 |
warc | 201704 | spondylosis arthritis,spondylosis ankylosing spondylitis,spondylosis and spondylolisthesis,spondylos
It is very important to maintain your activities such that the impacted areas are transferred to avoid contractures. loss of control with the bladder or bowels (if spine is compressed). spondiloza If the constipation ju... | 2,956 | 1,496 | 5,827.034759 |
warc | 201704 | We see it on a daily basis. Contemporary capitalism is out of control.
The latest example is Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, which buys up existing drugs and raises prices aggressively, and does nothing to develop new drugs.
Valeant defended itself, saying in a statement that it “prices its treatments based on a... | 4,557 | 2,240 | 8,979.73125 |
warc | 201704 | By:Mike Barrett, March 1st, 2013
There is growing evidence that points to the serious health threat of toxic bisphenol A (BPA) running rampant in the U.S. and abroad. This chemical is extremely prevalent in the environment, and researchers note that 90% of the U.S. population is ‘contaminated’ with the chemical and don... | 2,090 | 1,117 | 3,815.138765 |
warc | 201704 | At the start of the 2013 legislative session Monday, Gov. Nathan Deal says he plans to push an increase in funding for the HOPE scholarship program.
In 2011, Gov. Deal signed a bill that reduced the HOPE from full coverage to 90 percent of tuition rates for high school students who had a 3.0 GPA. The bill also eliminat... | 2,433 | 1,164 | 4,907.804124 |
warc | 201704 | Act II in the multimillion dollar production
Riverfront Boulevard is scheduled to debut Monday, May 10 at 7 pm (a reception to meet the cast and crew starts at 6:30 pm) in the Conference Room Auditorium at City Hall, when the City of Dallas will host a “public involvement workshop” about the newly proposed Riverfront B... | 5,839 | 2,602 | 12,824.705995 |
warc | 201704 | It’s a common scenario: you use Outlook at work, yet enjoy the experience of using a paper planner for managing your life. Frustration often occurs when trying to juggle two different systems. The good news is, you don’t have to give up one for the other – you can successfully combine Microsoft Outlook with your paper ... | 3,242 | 1,557 | 6,477.753372 |
warc | 201704 | Proposed changes to federal funding for Medicaid could cost Illinois more than 10,000 jobs and over $400 million in lost wages. Over the next five years, Illinois could see upwards of $2.5 billion in lost funding. Critics of the federal plan warn that reductions in Medicaid funding will shift the bill to the state in a... | 779 | 442 | 1,365.893665 |
warc | 201704 | USAID’s health and population program is a top priority for USAID’s mission in Kenya. USAID works with partners in Kenya to bring health workers directly to the communities. These health workers provide information and care about HIV/AIDS and malaria programs, as well as work with community religious leaders to discuss... | 12,361 | 5,520 | 26,768.730797 |
warc | 201704 | 1. QUIT YOUR DAY JOB: If you have something to fall back on, you will fall back on it. If you have to be successful at your writing in order to eat, believe me, you will find a way to make that happen. Barbra Streisand never learned to type, because she figured if she did, she would wind up typing instead of singing. D... | 6,199 | 3,043 | 12,226.88071 |
warc | 201704 | Active citizenship and multiple identities in Europe: a learning outlook
Two major themes are addressed in this book. The first one is on Active Civic Participation. This is considered an increasingly important aim both for public governance and for the renewal of civil society. The contributions on this topic deepen o... | 2,464 | 1,284 | 4,699.638629 |
warc | 201704 | Our profiles of movers and shakers in the pro bono community continue this week with an interview with Helenka Marculewicz, Executive Director of the Greater Dayton Volunteer Lawyers Project (VLP). VLP is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and Ms. Marculewicz has been with the organization since its founding. ... | 3,814 | 1,807 | 7,815.850581 |
warc | 201704 | Investigating Applied Stream Restoration: Can We Locally Protect Aquatic Ecosystems from Large-Scale Disturbances in Urban Areas? EPA Grant Number:U915920 Title:Investigating Applied Stream Restoration: Can We Locally Protect Aquatic Ecosystems from Large-Scale Disturbances in Urban Areas? Investigators:Schiff, Roy K. ... | 2,865 | 1,305 | 6,276.655172 |
warc | 201704 | Last weekend the GEDIP (Group européen de droit international privé / European Group for Private International Law) met in Luxembourg. The GEDIP defines itself as “a closed forum composed of about 30 experts of the relations between private international law and European law, mainly academics from about 18 European Sta... | 6,526 | 3,120 | 13,524.716667 |
warc | 201704 | Research fellow from Legon Centre for International Affairs and Diplomacy, Dr. Ken Ahorsu, says that as a nation, Ghana must focus its efforts on learning how to increase efficiency in energy production in order to make the energy situation in the country more reliable.
The building of the Bui dam has caused tension be... | 2,229 | 1,104 | 4,405.505435 |
warc | 201704 | A cognitive channel is the communication channel between a person and the information technology used. An attack on a cognitive channel exploits the vulnerabilities between the user, her perception of the information system, and the actual underlying technology.
The sophistication of modern information systems and thei... | 1,026 | 532 | 1,969.071429 |
warc | 201704 | By JIM ABRAMS Associated Press
The Lantos bill would eliminate a provision in the 2003 bill requiring that one-third of all prevention spending go to abstinence programs. That amounts to about 7 percent of all spending. Critics say that while they don’t oppose abstinence programs, inflexible funding requirements are co... | 2,576 | 1,410 | 4,583.81844 |
warc | 201704 | WASHINGTON A sharply divided Congress isnt likely to jump at President Barack Obamas challenge for quick passage of a mortgage-refinancing bill that supporters say could help millions of homeowners save big each year and boost the economy.
Obama praised the legislation in his State of the Union speech last week, saying... | 2,389 | 1,184 | 4,814.319257 |
warc | 201704 | Hi,
I’m Elliot and I’ve been selling firewood since I was 12 years old. In the past four years I’ve provided the best, super dry hardwood to people in the Manotick, Barrhaven and Ottawa South areas. Most of my sales come from repeat customers. I promise if you try my firewood, you’ll be a customer for good!
Our home ha... | 1,761 | 925 | 3,200.260541 |
warc | 201704 | Which Joe gave his name to ‘sloppy joes’? We look at five interesting sandwiches and their lexical origins.
verb
1[no object, with adverbial of direction] (of a liquid or gas) filter gradually through a porous surface or substance:
‘the water percolating through the soil may leach out minerals’ View synonyms ‘These dep... | 7,342 | 3,298 | 15,173.763493 |
warc | 201704 | Causes of transsexuality
The study of the
causes of transsexuality investigates gender identity formation of transgender people, especially those who are transsexual. Transsexual people have a gender identity that does not match their assigned sex, often resulting in gender dysphoria. [1] The causes of transsexuality h... | 34,567 | 13,778 | 85,692.440993 |
warc | 201704 | ERIC Number:ED167672 Record Type:RIE Publication Date:1978 Pages:25 Abstractor:N/A Reference Count:0 ISBN:N/A ISSN:N/A
Language Differences: Do They Interfere With Learning to Read?
King, Margaret A.; Gourley, Judith W.
The reading difficulty that black children encounter is not a result of language differences but rat... | 1,288 | 737 | 2,240.455902 |
warc | 201704 | ERIC Number:ED333923 Record Type:Non-Journal Publication Date:1991-May Pages:30 Abstractor:N/A Reference Count:N/A ISBN:N/A ISSN:N/A
A Survey of Environmental Scanning in U.S. Technical and Community Colleges.
Friedel, Janice Nahra; And Others
In spring 1991, a survey was conducted of 991 community and technical colleg... | 1,921 | 1,020 | 3,602.816667 |
warc | 201704 | ERIC Number:ED420621 Record Type:RIE Publication Date:1997-Oct Pages:54 Abstractor:N/A Reference Count:N/A ISBN:N/A ISSN:N/A
Social Networks, Teacher Beliefs, and Educational Change.
Aston, Michelle; Hyle, Adrienne E.
This study examined the social networks of teachers' strong and weak ties and the impact of those asso... | 2,336 | 1,213 | 4,485.197032 |
warc | 201704 | In English, many things are named after a particular country – but have you ever wondered what those things are called in those countries?
noun
British
1→ ladybug
For me, bumble-bees and ladybirds are not the only signs of spring. Useful insects include silkworms and ladybirds that predate upon aphids. Like many of our... | 1,149 | 664 | 1,929.420181 |
warc | 201704 | Q&A: The Increasing Complexity of Network Attacks
Attacks are getting increasingly complicated -- not just in the technology they use but in the number of parties involved in a single attack.
As any security administrator knows, it's not just the volume of attacks that are frustrating. Detection is complicated, and att... | 5,923 | 2,692 | 12,930.709881 |
warc | 201704 | “A lot of the early farmers, as a lot of the farmers still do today, viewed nature as something to wrestle into submission and control,” explains winemaker Steven Canter who has spent most of his career working with nature to grow grapes without synthetic inputs to create organic wines.
Today, Canter speaks with pride ... | 3,022 | 1,524 | 5,704.917323 |
warc | 201704 | Last month the Supreme Court issued what can only be deemed a landmark ruling,
United States v. Windsor, No. 12-307, 2003 WL 3196928 (U.S., June 26, 2013), which held that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act, commonly referred to as “DOMA,” was unconstitutional. DOMA was enacted in 1996 to ensure, among other thin... | 6,108 | 2,744 | 13,349.007289 |
warc | 201704 | Freedom in the World Bangladesh 2013 Scores Status Freedom Rating (1 = best, 7 = worst) Civil Liberties (1 = best, 7 = worst) Political Rights (1 = best, 7 = worst) Political polarization and dysfunction continued to worsen during 2012, as the opposition held numerous street protests and threatened to boycott elections... | 26,311 | 10,920 | 62,922.322802 |
warc | 201704 | By Kenton D. Franklin, Keith Nawls, & Belinda Bermea
(Fall 2011)
Water supply topics can range from the safety of the drinking water to protecting and conserving the supply of water. When combined, acquisition, quality, and supply present an overview of the important role water plays in all life. Communicating these im... | 809 | 504 | 1,272.890873 |
warc | 201704 | First 664 words of the document:
1. Outline and explain key religious and ethical principles for abortion.
Once the status of the embryo has been decided, defining if it can be given full human rights, (E.G Roman Catholics state that this is conception), aborting the embryo may be seen as right for some if we adopt the... | 3,526 | 1,760 | 7,027.959091 |
warc | 201704 | Electric Charge - Charging an Insulator When you rub two different insulating materials against each other they become electrically charged. This only works for insulated objects - conductorsdirect the charge flow to earth.
When the materials are rubbed against each other:
Negatively charged particles called electrons ... | 4,632 | 1,789 | 11,835.031861 |
warc | 201704 | Dating back over 5,000 years, yoga is the oldest defined practice of self-development. And running, like other types of exercise, is a great stress-reliever. Combine these two practices and the physical, mental and emotional benefits are boundless. As you already know, running is my drug of choice, however with two hal... | 4,442 | 2,271 | 8,555.397622 |
warc | 201704 | The evolution of policy attitudes in France
The theory of issue evolution predicts that the dimensional space of party competition is simple. We contrast this prediction with the expectation that a complicated multi-party system, such as the one in France, produces a more complicated dimensional structure. To test this... | 2,725 | 1,300 | 5,623.980769 |
warc | 201704 | Intergenerational Educational Transmission within Families: An Analysis and Microsimulation Projection for Austria
In this contribution we study intergenerational educational transmission within families in Austria. The paper is divided into an analytical part and a synthesis of the resulting behavioural models to a co... | 3,418 | 1,598 | 7,263.784731 |
warc | 201704 | Is Information Overrated? Evidence from the Pension Domain
This paper presents empirical evidence from the Netherlands indicating that the current policy based on information is unlikely to help people make the pension choices required in a system in which employees are the ultimate bearers of asset market risk. This h... | 2,230 | 1,147 | 4,306.408021 |
warc | 201704 | Issued by:
Office of the Chief Information Officer
July 1, 2014
Compliance with the Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) requires the following from the institution:
An annual statement that explicitly informs its students that unauthorized distribution of copyrighted material, including unauthorized peer-to-peer fi... | 4,772 | 2,105 | 10,754.569121 |
warc | 201704 | Today there was a survey out from Cowan and Co that got written about in almost every blog. It is about the effect of iPad mini on iPad sales. Most quickly jumped to the obvious conclusion (in articles with catch headlines too) that iPad mini will go on to add significantly to Apple’s profit with “inconsequential” cann... | 2,816 | 1,369 | 5,658.740687 |
warc | 201704 | Impact of jury race and selection on verdicts in criminal trials Tags:
The Sixth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees the accused a speedy and fair trial by an impartial jury, but this ideal is not always matched by the reality.
A 2012 study from Duke University published in
The Quarterly Journal of Economics,... | 5,826 | 2,643 | 12,560.177072 |
warc | 201704 | "What is Women's History?"
On June 5, 2005, acclaimed historian Gerda Lerner received an honorary doctorate from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In granting the degree, the president and rector of the Hebrew University noted, "For many young people, your remarkable academic career, achieved despite the harrowing ex... | 4,253 | 2,185 | 8,210.13913 |
warc | 201704 | Neelie Kroes has made another speech: Taking care of the Internet.
It’s another act of political ambiguity full of high-sounding phrases that mean nothing. Even the title is ambiguous: taking care as in nurturing, or taking care as in solving a problem? She has this vision of the internet, her ‘Internet Essentials’. Sh... | 17,776 | 7,811 | 38,867.789528 |
warc | 201704 | Design for Product Lifetiime. Products like electronics have components that can fail or need to be upgraded, well before the rest of the product needs to be replaced. As a result, we throw away millions of tons of electronics worldwide each year. Disposable, non-repairable electronic products put an enormous strain on... | 379 | 247 | 578.473684 |
warc | 201704 | When working to resolve mortgage debts there are plenty of people handing out opinions on how to go about the process. Like most things, these opinions come in many forms and varieties making it hard for homeowners to come to a decision about their mortgage loans. While there is no one answer out there for everyone, th... | 1,431 | 742 | 2,727 |
warc | 201704 | The G8 and G20 Youth Summit has started as more than 200 young students and professionals have decended on Washington. There is enthusiasm and the delegates firmly believe they can achieve something tangible at this summit.
The Defense Committee at this summit has focused on the global non-proliferation treaty. Delegat... | 2,180 | 1,141 | 4,061.945662 |
warc | 201704 | It’s been a busy week, so luckily I’ve been able to get by eating leftovers. I had to roast my chicken tonight, though, or else it would’ve gone bad and I wouldn’t have been able to make broth for other meals!
I’m pretty new to this buying –a-whole-chicken-and-stretching –it sort of thing. My years of vegetarianism hav... | 4,072 | 2,000 | 7,889.5 |
warc | 201704 | Kapsalis, Constantine (2010):
Bridging logistic and OLS regression.
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There is broad consensus that logistic regression is superior to ordinary least squares (OLS) regression at predicting the probability of an event. OLS is still widely used in binary choice m... | 1,851 | 1,059 | 3,170.645892 |
warc | 201704 | Tags Insurgent by Veronica Roth One choice can transform you—or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves—and herself—while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and l... | 6,319 | 3,094 | 12,562.43342 |
warc | 201704 | Today, 14-го August, in SBU management in the Nikolaev area the round table which main task there was a search of ways of overcoming of corruption in our state and the region in particular took place. Heads of different departments of security service, prosecutors, militias, justice departments, tax administration, and... | 3,927 | 1,849 | 8,280.893997 |
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For instance, did you ever wonder why the USA grew so quickly after World War II into the most prosperous nation on earth?
… even though the only other developed countries that existed then, Japan and the countries of Europe, were mostly broke and unable to buy our products?
This ... | 6,247 | 2,897 | 13,216.3835 |
warc | 201704 | Evolution works over centuries and millennia. But occasionally, scientists can stumble across situations where evolution happens quickly enough to be experimentally tested. Islands provide such opportunities as invading species can drastically change or reverse the evolutionary pressures on the locals.
Our lifespans of... | 3,212 | 1,571 | 6,415.82177 |
warc | 201704 | Eye Movements as an Objective Measurement of Mind Wandering
We spent a lot of time
mind wandering. Cognitive neuroscience has recently started investigating this phenomenon. However, the subjective nature of mind wandering makes capturing and measuring it exceptionally difficult. As a result, there is still no way to o... | 5,079 | 2,245 | 11,282.393318 |
warc | 201704 | The launch was delayed a little due to the amount of people who signed up – which I think was a sensible decision.
You can watch the introduction video above, or ‘meet the instructors’ below. Looking forward to this…
The launch was delayed a little due to the amount of people who signed up – which I think was a sensibl... | 6,437 | 3,043 | 13,062.265856 |
warc | 201704 | Money, Is That What I Want?: Competition Policy & the Role of Behavioral Economics Maurice E. Stucke
University of Tennessee College of Law; The Konkurrenz Group
June 14, 2009
Santa Clara Law Review, Vol. 50, 2010 University of Tennessee Legal Studies Research Paper No. 75
Abstract:
Although the behavioral economics an... | 2,362 | 1,156 | 4,775.081315 |
warc | 201704 | Every organizational brand is affected by public opinion. For a city government, identifying the public demographics can enable improvement of operation initiatives. Demographics can help determine how to communicate and engage with specific population groups. Further, demographics provide a means of discerning likely ... | 1,636 | 923 | 2,864.329361 |
warc | 201704 | Birman
The Birman is a tender and docile cat with fascinatingly deep sapphire blue eyes and soft silky coat of unique colourings. Although its true ancestry is impossible to recover, most of historians agreed about its oriental origin. Nowadays the breed is revered by feline experts for its captivating appearance and g... | 4,633 | 2,274 | 9,245.626209 |
warc | 201704 | Several recent gas deals will tie Russia and Germany closer together.
Russia’s Gazprom announced an agreement on asset swaps with European partners including OMV, BASF, E.ON and Royal Dutch Shell. The deals will kick start the Nord Stream gas pipeline expansion and also give Gazprom a greater presence in Europe, while ... | 4,373 | 2,057 | 9,181.811862 |
warc | 201704 | You can have a mediocre workout or the ULTIMATE workout.
- A 100kg bodybuilder with 8% body fat that trains with high volume five sessions per week, will benefit from a higher carb consumption than an 85kg lifter with 12% body fat that trains with moderate volume three sessions per week.
-The bigger, leaner lifter migh... | 563 | 343 | 915.900875 |
warc | 201704 | Temperature and pressure surveys, fluid samples, and petrologic analyses of rock samples from deep drill holes at the Karaha - Telaga Bodas geothermal field on the volcanic ridge extending northward from Galunggung Volcano, West Java, have provided a unique opportunity to characterize the evolution of an active volcano... | 4,217 | 1,877 | 9,453.988279 |
warc | 201704 | Best Best Class Ever—when I leave the room
My Honors Physics class continues to blow my mind. Today I had to leave class early to go to a meeting, so I told them I wanted them to work on this very challenging problem, and record themselves discussing the problem.
Here’s the video—remember, this is the last 15 minutes o... | 1,861 | 948 | 3,557.101266 |
warc | 201704 | ( PDF | ASCII text formats )
Indigenous Peoples and Environmental Issues: An Encyclopedia
Introduction
Irian Jaya (Papua New Guinea), a province of Indonesia on the west; formerly known as Australian New Guinea on the east, is one of the most environmentally exploited large islands in the world. In West Papua, one of t... | 30,428 | 12,698 | 72,525.897622 |
warc | 201704 | As you are probably aware, Hurricane Irene is forecast to strengthen into a major hurricane (Category 3 or higher on the Saffir-Simpson hurricane wind scale) as it tracks towards the east coast of the United States later this week and into the weekend. Federal agencies from Florida to New England may be affected by hig... | 2,354 | 1,073 | 5,102.892824 |
warc | 201704 | Did you know that with a few simple steps and changes at your workplace you can help your environment? “Going green” in the workplace can be effortless and even fun with a few simple changes to your daily routine.
“Going green” and helping the environment at your workplace can be done and the best part about helping ou... | 888 | 472 | 1,614.20339 |
warc | 201704 | Our bed is where we spend a third of our life, so why do we seem to just put up with it when it’s uncomfortable? As most of us know, a lumpy bed can lead to health issues such as insomnia and back pain, as well as inflammation and restlessness.
But getting a comfier bed shouldn’t mean you need to splash out on an expen... | 3,516 | 1,720 | 6,989.072093 |
warc | 201704 | Press Release
The Better Transit and Transportation Coalition — the biggest, most diverse coalition in B.C. history — highlights opportunity for Metro Vancouver to determine its transportation future
VANCOUVER, Jan. 29, 2015 /CNW/ – Victory for the “Yes” vote in Metro Vancouver’s upcoming transportation referendum will... | 7,065 | 3,148 | 15,377.820839 |
warc | 201704 | Please boost your Plan to download papers
Strategies for Change Management
Essay
Miscellaneous
Pages 2 (502 words)
There are four basic definitions of change management highlighted by Fred Nickols, task management is one of the definitions and it refers to change management as undertaking planned changes in a systemati... | 1,900 | 817 | 4,372.093023 |
warc | 201704 | [Spain] I like writing about startups coming out of Spain that clearly have international competition, and not just in the US. It’s a very good sign. Clearly, if more than one company in different parts of the world sees the need for a solution, then they’re probably onto something. It also makes it really interesting ... | 3,999 | 1,978 | 7,880.73913 |
warc | 201704 | Jamie Jackson
Jamie Jackson has been no stranger to pain. Stricken with polio as a child, he overcame this dread disease to launch a normal, productive and pain free life. He was out of the woods…or so he thought.
Several years ago, Mr. Jackson developed post-polio syndrome, a degenerative condition that can affect pol... | 1,791 | 915 | 3,452.813115 |
warc | 201704 | PBS Newshour reporting on election cyber risks offers a good roundup of a handful of notable cyber-risks, but also contains some basic misunderstanding of how election operations actually work. While appreciating the reporting as a whole, here is my list of some mistakes.
Tied for first in misleading points is the clai... | 4,710 | 2,240 | 9,407.383929 |
warc | 201704 | The Inventory Tax Is Bad For Business And The Economy
Posted by John Hitchcock on 2011/05/09
From JustAnswer.com:
I have found that at least 3 states of the original 15 are no longer assessing inventroy tax, so the list grows shorter.
Here is the final list. As you will see, many states are discovering that the invento... | 8,248 | 3,383 | 19,684.999113 |
warc | 201704 | Tinnitus Annoying sound with no external source disables millions.
According to the American Tinnitus Association, tinnitus impacts up to 50 million people in the United States. Approximately 25 percent of the population of industrialized countries have experienced tinnitus at least once, and 10 to 20 percent suffer fr... | 1,915 | 987 | 3,601.053698 |
warc | 201704 | You knew I had to talk about Food Babe this week.
My not-so-secret goal with this blog is to improve public science literacy and to help people become more critical consumers of information. As a consumer activist and critic with enormous influence, one might hope that Food Babe’s goals are similar to mine. But I’m afr... | 13,586 | 6,197 | 27,884.51412 |
warc | 201704 | Definitions from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition n. Any of numerous plants of the genus Agave, native to hot, dry regions of the New World and having basal rosettes of tough, sword-shaped, often spiny-margined leaves. Agaves are grown for ornament, fiber, and food. Also called cen... | 2,997 | 1,457 | 6,053.652025 |
warc | 201704 | food interaction for STORAX PR alcohol interaction for STORAX PR pregnancy interaction for STORAX PR lactation interaction for STORAX PR SALT INFORMATION FOR STORAX PR Uses How it works Common side effects Uses How it works Common side effects COMMON DOSAGE FOR STORAX PR TABLET Patients taking STORAX PR TABLET 88%Twice... | 3,095 | 1,209 | 7,917.977667 |
warc | 201704 | LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM | The UK is the world’s most developed online retail market, according to a global research report published today by the world’s largest privately-owned real estate services firm, Cushman & Wakefield.
Article sourced from Property Magazine International, July 1st 2013
Cushman & Wakefield is at t... | 8,750 | 3,903 | 19,141.04535 |
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