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warc | 201704 | Washington, June 29 (ANI): A team of astronomers from the UK, Germany and Spain have observed the remnant of a stellar collision and discovered that its brightness varies in a way not seen before on this rare type of star.
By analyzing the patterns in these brightness variations, astronomers will learn what really happ... | 1,411 | 753 | 2,625.247012 |
warc | 201704 | If you ask anyone who's met me at a community meetup whether I'm an introvert or extravert, they'll probably say, without hesitation, extravert. If I'm in my element, especially amongst people I already know, I'm outgoing, friendly, and quick to offer my opinion. My history as a theatre major would seem to confirm that... | 4,183 | 2,053 | 8,510.662932 |
warc | 201704 | How to Split Fence Rails Out of Logs Splitting Fence Rails
Now here's an old skill!
People have been splitting fence rails out of logs for hundreds of years, and up until the 19th century in the United States it was necessary for farmers to know how to build their own fences from scratch... or from trees, in this case.... | 12,206 | 5,181 | 28,617.309786 |
warc | 201704 | Utskrift från Malmö högskola - mah.se
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Publication Article, peer reviewed scientific Title Prototyping and infrastructuring in design for social innovation Author(s) Hillgren, Per-Anders ; Seravalli, Anna ; Emilson, Anders Date 2011 English abstract During the past five years design has been recognised as a powerf... | 2,012 | 1,100 | 3,630.745455 |
warc | 201704 | Insect-vectored diseases cause serious losses in many agricultural crops worldwide, and disease management strategies often focus on managing vector populations to limit pathogen transmission. Improved understanding of the complex interactions among plants, pathogens, and insect vectors will therefore inform the develo... | 2,254 | 1,056 | 4,781.212121 |
warc | 201704 | While Botswana's economic development has been extraordinary, little is known about how different social groups have adapted to the new economic opportunities. This comprehensive account studies a key group of the new entrepreneurs - the ranchers. It describes their changing lifestyles, their construction of personal a... | 986 | 564 | 1,718.507092 |
warc | 201704 | Are you fed up of bad company during college life or any other problems and trouble now and then, because you hang out with the crooks? It is never too late. You can stop being a part of the bad company right away. Friends can always influence you. When you first get into a group of friends, you cannot make out their r... | 3,483 | 1,688 | 7,118.690758 |
warc | 201704 | 102 STAT. 5044
PROCLAMATION 5845—AUG. 9, 1988
gift of a loving God Whose greatest gift is healing. Let us join then, with the psalmist of old: O give thanks to the Lord, call on His name, Make known His deeds among the peoples! Sing to Him, sing praises to Him, Tell of all His wonderful works! Glory in His holy name; L... | 2,753 | 1,435 | 5,237.414634 |
warc | 201704 | ERIC Number:ED208283 Record Type:Non-Journal Publication Date:1980-Dec Pages:63 Abstractor:N/A Reference Count:N/A ISBN:N/A ISSN:N/A
Patterns of Student Stress: A Profile of Teacher Education Students in Their First Year of Tertiary Studies. Report Number 13.
Kaplan, M.
Stress adaptation research suggests that individu... | 1,514 | 865 | 2,639.435838 |
warc | 201704 | ERIC Number:ED347722 Record Type:Non-Journal Publication Date:1992-Feb Pages:4 Abstractor:N/A Reference Count:N/A ISBN:N/A ISSN:N/A
A 54-Point Verbal-Performance IQ Discrepancy on the WISC-R: Cognitive Functioning of a Child from an Alternative School.
Lapierre, D.; And Others
Marked Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Chi... | 1,519 | 841 | 2,732.755054 |
warc | 201704 | This is a basic introduction to the issue of small arms/light weapons trafficking and national andinternational efforts to control it. For more information, contact
Matt Schroeder, Manager of the FAS Arms Sales Monitoring Project, at 202-454-4693 or byemail at [email protected].
Introduction
Illicit arms trafficking fu... | 10,614 | 4,804 | 23,351.241882 |
warc | 201704 | Missionaries… all who follow Christ… are told to count the cost. But what about when something unthinkable happens? How do you prepare for that?
Late at night, on August 24, 2011, we received the following in a letter from our sending organization:
“Following extensive objective assessment and the advice of legal couns... | 4,401 | 2,162 | 8,514.978261 |
warc | 201704 | "How much should I invest/save for retirement?" is a pretty common question (try googling it). This question, like most other, is often asked with the expectation of a nice and comfortable answer. "Be sure to save 10-15% of what you make, for retirement" is an equally common answer. Unfortunately, nice and comforting a... | 5,727 | 2,657 | 12,251.512232 |
warc | 201704 | Q. There’s a man in my church (Southern Baptist) who knows when someone is hurting in a particular area of their body. He can announce to the group that someone has a pain in some area of the body and when someone acknowledges that pain and wants prayer for healing he prays for them and the pain goes away right then. H... | 2,014 | 1,038 | 3,810.689788 |
warc | 201704 | European carbon prices fundamentals in 2005-2007: the effects of energy markets, temperatures and sectorial production
This article aims at characterizing the daily price fundamentals of European Union Allowances (EUAs) traded since 2005 as part of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS). First, the presence of two structur... | 3,613 | 1,861 | 6,927.019882 |
warc | 201704 | How committed are bank lines of credit? Experiences in the subprime mortgage crisis
Using the subprime mortgage crisis as a shock, this paper shows that commercial borrowers served by more distressed banks (as measured by recent bank stock returns or the nonperforming loan ratio) took down fewer funds from precommitted... | 2,712 | 1,372 | 5,329.119534 |
warc | 201704 | External technology sources: Embodied or disembodied technology acquisition
This paper analyzes the choice between different innovation activities of a firm. In particular, we study the technology acquisition decision of the firm, i.e. its technology BUY decision as part of the firm's innovation strategy. We take a clo... | 5,702 | 2,581 | 12,495.355289 |
warc | 201704 | Do the age profiles of health care expenditure really steepen over time? New evidence from Swiss cantons
The red herring hypothesis contends that the high health care expenditure in old age is caused by proximity to death rather than calendar age. Dissenters point to longitudinal data and claim that health care expendi... | 3,082 | 1,566 | 5,986.873563 |
warc | 201704 | Explore how The Flower-Fed Buffaloes (by Vachel Lindsay) powerfully conveys feelings about human destruction of the natural world.
Humans are constantly ravaging what we hold dearest to us; and Nature is the worst victim.
Vachel Lindsay poignantly conveys her regret and melancholy over the human destruction of the natu... | 4,164 | 1,852 | 9,117.181425 |
warc | 201704 | Nutrition Research Highlights 6|2013
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This newsletter is published by the Nutrition & Health Group of the JRC’s Institute for Health and Consumer Protection. Regularly surveying the top nutrition and medical journals, we select the most recent news on nutrition research, relevant to current societal debates ... | 16,584 | 7,228 | 37,795.826231 |
warc | 201704 | English français Biophysical Regulation of Lymphatic Vessel Function: Flow as a Mediator of Immune Cell and Fluid Transport
Lymphatic capillaries collect interstitial fluid and dendritic cells from the periphery and deliver them to the lymph nodes for immune surveillance and tolerance maintenance. Upon injury and infla... | 4,993 | 2,165 | 11,342.066513 |
warc | 201704 | Lori and Savanna
I met Lori and her daughter Savanna while visiting a rotating shelter in Detroit, Michigan.
I cannot imagine the challenges of raising a child without permanent housing. Yet children are the fastest growing segment of the homeless population.
According to data collected one night in January 2007 – 50% ... | 1,185 | 660 | 2,075.545455 |
warc | 201704 | Published: 2009-04-06 Last Updated: 2009-04-06 03:49:19 UTC byLenny Zeltser (Version: 1)
As an infosec professional, you rarely have the formal power to simply issue a "Make it so!" mandate to launch a project, introduce significant change, or influence behavior of co-workers. Those of us classified as "middle managers... | 4,271 | 2,208 | 8,222.835598 |
warc | 201704 | When I learned that Helen Tartar, editor of Fordham University Press, had died in a tragic car accident, the first thing I thought of was the fact that my school’s (Drew University) annual Transdisciplinary Theological Colloquium was only a matter of weeks away. I go to this conference every year, and I found it imposs... | 8,610 | 4,036 | 17,836.523786 |
warc | 201704 | Combining two sorted lists
As another interview question, let’s tackle the idea of sorting two sorted lists. While we’re at it, let’s discuss a few factors outside of the basic question being asked.
The question is: “Given two sorted lists, combine them into one sorted list”
Now, of course, that’s really easy in Java:
... | 4,280 | 1,993 | 8,918.635223 |
warc | 201704 | This thesis treats the application of configurational forces for the evaluation of fracture processes in Antarctic ice shelves. FE simulations are used to analyze the influence of geometric scales, material parameters and boundary conditions on single surface cracks. A break-up event at the Wilkins Ice Shelf that coinc... | 26,833 | 9,393 | 76,465.33706 |
warc | 201704 | Energy and Buildings vol:42 issue:12 pages:2376-2385
Abstract:
This paper investigates the airtightness of a wood-frame passive house during the consecutive construction stages. Aim is to investigate whether an acceptable airtightness can be achieved by the external wind barrier only. The wind barrier consists of a pro... | 1,305 | 689 | 2,462.264151 |
warc | 201704 | Today, this year’s Nobel Prize in Medicine was announced and went to three men who devoted themselves to cancer research and understanding immunity. Sadly, Ralph Steinman, who holds half the prize, died three days ago from pancreatic cancer, before hearing the good news. Today, we celebrate the accomplishments of Stein... | 6,325 | 3,132 | 12,280.435824 |
warc | 201704 | It is no surprise to anyone that many employers hire underpaid (or unpaid) student interns to handle mundane tasks at their company — tasks that no mid-career employee would want to waste their time on.
The problem is, while you (the new intern) are looking for an exciting experience that will get you ahead in your car... | 4,049 | 1,873 | 8,694.649226 |
warc | 201704 | Peters, Amos C and Bristol, Marlon A (2006):
VAT: Is it Suitable for the Caribbean Community? Forthcoming in: Social and Economic Studies
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The Caribbean Community is in transition, moving toward a liberalized trade environment with low tariffs. Tax reform is at th... | 8,321 | 3,593 | 18,260.808517 |
warc | 201704 | December 28, 2009
“Zombie Debt” refers to an old debt, usually a credit card debt, which has gone unpaid for a sufficient period of time that the original creditor has charged it off as a bad debt with the IRS and sold the account to another legal entity: the “Zombie.”
The debt buyer obtains an “assignment of debt” fro... | 10,173 | 4,329 | 23,304.606376 |
warc | 201704 | Ladies, we have to have our mammograms but it sure isn’t a pleasant event. I put mine off for a few months this year and I’m sure glad it’s over.
I left the house that morning in good spirits, happy that I was getting this procedure done before the end of the year. When I arrived at the mammogram suite, it wasn’t crowd... | 2,969 | 1,531 | 5,598.630307 |
warc | 201704 | Arthritis is a chronic and painful clinical condition that leads to progressive joint damage and disability. Since here is no cure patients are subjected to various life-long treatment modalities.
Living with a long-term condition can be hard. Understanding what you can do to help yourself can make it easier to cope.
E... | 2,956 | 1,406 | 6,128.549075 |
warc | 201704 | Focus group discussants and expert panelists suggested a number of guidelines and solutions to consider in removing barriers to intervention and motivating family members and friends to intervene for safe driving decisions. Common themes emerged from both laypersons and professionals. Their recommendations for solution... | 12,911 | 5,085 | 32,489.509538 |
warc | 201704 | Takeover Defenses in the Shadow of the Pill: A Critique of the Scientific Evidence John C. Coates, IV
Harvard Law School
Texas Law Review, Vol. 79, No. 2, December 2000
Abstract:
Two decades of research on poison pills and other takeover defenses does not support the belief - common among legal academics - that defense... | 1,214 | 685 | 2,135.576642 |
warc | 201704 | To increase transparency, PeerJ operates a system of 'optional signed reviews and history'. This takes two forms: (1) peer reviewers are encouraged, but not required, to provide their names (if they do so, then their profile page records the articles they have reviewed), and (2) authors are given the option of reproduc... | 8,628 | 3,833 | 18,750.649622 |
warc | 201704 | Texas A&M University (often referred to as A&M or TAMU) is a coeducational public research university located in College Station, Texas, United States. It is the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System. The sixth-largest university in the United States, A&M's enrollment for Fall 2011 was over 50,000 for... | 2,907 | 1,561 | 5,348.433056 |
warc | 201704 | Trends in nutrient loads and flow-adjusted concentrations in the major rivers entering Chesapeake Bay were computed on the basis of water-quality data collected between 1985 and 1998 at 29 monitoring stations in the Susquehanna, Potomac, James, Rappahannock, York, Patuxent, and Choptank River Basins. Two computer model... | 3,185 | 1,442 | 6,984.029126 |
warc | 201704 | I have some type of hypermobility (sometimes colloquially referred to as “double-jointedness”), which make the osteoarthritis a bit more problematic. Currently I have no diagnosis of what sort of problem this is, aside from the doctor saying that “Yes, you’re hypermobile.” (Well, duh.)
At the risk of sounding odd, I di... | 2,788 | 1,424 | 5,223.58427 |
warc | 201704 | If you thought that the lighting for Joe Yaiullo’s 20,000 gallon reef tank is eclectic, just wait until you get a load of the various filtration devices that are employed on this behemoth reef aquarium display. From filtration devices, to protein skimmers to various types of chemical medias, the 20K reef tank at Long I... | 3,811 | 1,857 | 7,708.193861 |
warc | 201704 | Well, it's Earth Week and everyone's conscious of what they do that's Earth-friendly. My husband got cornered by a lady while waiting for me to grab some stuff from the vegitable cooler at Costco, and she explained to him about the cleaning products in front of her. They were part of the Green Works line and, seeing as... | 1,303 | 724 | 2,334.241713 |
warc | 201704 | April 30, 2013, 6:23 pm
ONE PARADOX OF THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY is how it has retained the support of young people and minorities despite the damage its policies have done to their economic prospects,” wrote the
Wall Street Journal in a February editorial. “In his latest attempt to increase the minority youth jobless rate,... | 12,149 | 5,749 | 24,289.547052 |
warc | 201704 | Please boost your Plan to download papers
The identities shaped by online games - World of Warcraft.
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Sociology
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This literature review will examine the concepts of identity and stress as they relate to World of Warcraft play. This literature can help in framing the topic through unders... | 2,023 | 978 | 4,114.260736 |
warc | 201704 | While much has been made of President Obama's digital savvy and online dominance in his campaign against Mitt Romney during the 2012 campaign — in which spending on web advertising soared by 251 percent over 2008, a Sunlight analysis suggests that outside Republican spenders were making a concerted effort to compensate... | 4,560 | 2,074 | 9,946.692382 |
warc | 201704 | Neelie Kroes, VP of the European Commission, today announced a new education initiative for Europe with help from Cisco, Nokia, Telefonica, ARM, HP and other tech titans, as well as government and other partners. The aim, she says, is to close what Europe estimates as a 700,000-IT-job gap in the region. One of the firs... | 4,288 | 2,103 | 8,437.34855 |
warc | 201704 | With the Philippines as a leading source of premium, natural, and ready-to-eat processed food and beverages, the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM) is bringing 10 homegrown companies with an exciting range of new and nutritious food creations and exotic ingredients to the 26
th Taipei Inter... | 8,748 | 4,180 | 17,996.184689 |
warc | 201704 | 15. Lack of exercise
You can prevent depression by nearly 20% just by being more active three times a week. Doing nothing while munching on chips all day is just terrible for us physically as well as mentally. Instead, get up and go for a walk once a day if that’s all you have time for or do a quick indoor workout. No ... | 427 | 293 | 610.624573 |
warc | 201704 | A group of 24 MPs have written to the Financial Services Authority and the Treasury demanding that banks immediately suspend payments on interest rate swaps.
Banks must be forced to offer a moratorium on payments that thousands of small businesses are still being forced to make on interest rate swaps, according to a gr... | 2,762 | 1,354 | 5,556.638109 |
warc | 201704 | A saturation excess erosion model Date2013 Author
Tilahun, S. A.
Mukundan, R.
Demisse, B. A.
Engda, T. A.
Guzman, C. D.
Tarakegn, B. C.
Easton, Z. M.
Collick, A. S.
Zegeye, A. D.
Schneiderman, E. M.
Parlange, J. Y.
Steenhuis, T. S.
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Scaling-up sediment transport has been problemati... | 2,561 | 1,243 | 5,243.559936 |
warc | 201704 | This report describes the typical weather at the Williamsbrug-Jamestown Airport (Williamsburg, Virginia, United States) weather station over the course of an average May. It is based on the historical records from 2003 to 2012. Earlier records are either unavailable or unreliable.
Williamsburg, Virginia has a warm humi... | 3,402 | 1,473 | 7,610.040733 |
warc | 201704 | AMA in the trenches: Combating drug overdose while managing patients' pain
One of the most important outcomes from the AMA Interim Meeting in November was a renewed focus on national drug control policies and the responsible prescribing and use of prescription pain medication. This is a hot issue—and a difficult one fo... | 3,542 | 1,707 | 7,129.649678 |
warc | 201704 | food interaction for TYFY alcohol interaction for TYFY pregnancy interaction for TYFY lactation interaction for TYFY medicine interaction for TYFY
Animal studies have shown adverse effects on the foetus, however, there are limited human studies. The benefits from use in pregnant women may be acceptable despite the risk... | 3,445 | 1,492 | 7,945.204424 |
warc | 201704 | Abuse, Elder Abuse, Elder Alternate Names elder abuse institutional abuse domestic abuse Definition Risks What are the causes and risks of the injury? Caregiver stress.Caring for older, frail people can be time-consuming and very stressful. The stress is greater when the older person is mentally or physically impaired.... | 2,746 | 1,227 | 6,076.112469 |
warc | 201704 | Highlighting Africa-led innovations that offer sustainable ways to alleviate hunger and poverty, Worldwatch Institute senior researcher Danielle Nierenberg visited her 150th site today as part of a one-year tour through Ethiopia, Zimbabwe, Niger, Madagascar, and 17 other countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The research-dr... | 3,902 | 1,907 | 7,947.230205 |
warc | 201704 | Format Pages Price 3 $40.00 ADD TO CART Hardcopy ( shipping and handling) 3 $40.00 ADD TO CART Significance and Use
This test method will provide a guide for the choice of metallic materials for applications in high pressure hydrogen gas.
The value of the P
He/P H2 ratio will be a relative indication of the sever... | 1,749 | 930 | 3,230.948387 |
warc | 201704 | March 9, 2010
Fifteen college students in the Northwest gathered in a friend’s apartment to pray for the 10 families in Haiti who would receive the buckets of food they put together. Each five-gallon bucket filled with various food staples has the makings of 100 meals and is meant to feed a Haitian family for a week.
M... | 2,809 | 1,442 | 5,392.033287 |
warc | 201704 | A more efficient business is a better business
We have installed recycling hubs in all of our UK sites. The hubs include special collection points for paper, mixed recyclable items and non-recyclable waste. We also recycle toner and ink cartridges, cooking oil, electronic equipment and fluorescent tubes.
We are constan... | 1,145 | 614 | 2,120.301303 |
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Turn to the nation's most objective and informative daily environmental news resource to learn how the United States and key players around the world are responding to the environmental...
Aug. 11 — Previously passed legisl... | 5,831 | 2,634 | 12,675.894457 |
warc | 201704 | What is Multi variant testing?
Multi variant testing is a process by which any number of components of a webpage may be tested. In simple terms, it allows numerous A/B tests performed on one page at the same time. Multi variant testing can theoretically allow for limitless combinations of tests.
The only limit for the ... | 3,473 | 1,623 | 7,072.252002 |
warc | 201704 | WASHINGTON (AP) A half-century after the advent of the pill, the Obama administration on Monday ushered in a change in women’s health care potentially as transformative: coverage of birth control as prevention, with no copays.Services ranging from breast pumps for new mothers to counseling on domestic violence were als... | 7,250 | 3,384 | 15,127.733452 |
warc | 201704 | Evaluation of devices to enhance miner self-escape in smoke-filled entries.
Authors
Harteis-SP; Alexander-DW; Chasko-LL; Slaughter-CJ
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2011 SME Annual Meeting, February 27 - March 2, Denver, Colorado, Preprint 11-001. Englewood, CO: Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc., Preprint 11-001, 2011 Feb;... | 1,929 | 1,000 | 3,694.035 |
warc | 201704 | Researchers decipher mechanism for memory formation
A research team from Berlin, Munich and Haifa has presented new findings concerning the function of the hippocampus, a region of the brain that is important for memory formation. The researchers investigated cellular mechanisms of high-frequency rhythms, which play a ... | 2,579 | 1,257 | 5,184.672235 |
warc | 201704 | If there is a subject more rife with bad science than that of human nutrition, I don't know what it would be. It seems that every year there is another fad diet, based on unproven theory and void of any semblance of scientific evidence. Of course, the reason that these schemes come along is because people want to live ... | 1,499 | 828 | 2,688.423913 |
warc | 201704 | Product Description
The rising population of the elderly and the various socio-cultural and economic changes that have taken place in the Luo communities have had an impact on support systems for the elderly. However, there is little knowledge that shows this impact in relation to the functionality of the available sup... | 996 | 601 | 1,643.980033 |
warc | 201704 | Canonical Theism is a post-Protestant vision for the renewal of both theology and church. The editors call for the retrieval and redeployment of the full range of materials, persons, and practices that make up the canonical heritage of the church, including scripture, doctrine, sacred image, saints, sacraments, and mor... | 1,828 | 966 | 3,385.395445 |
warc | 201704 | This preview shows page 1. Sign up to view the full content. Unformatted text preview: For Today 1. Quiz 7 2. Hand in Worksheet 5 3. Cell Respiration Activity Quiz 1. Take 10 min to discuss your answers on WS 5 2. Hand in WS 5, please make sure your name is on it 3. I will randomly select 5 questions to grade; however,... | 2,615 | 1,303 | 5,213.944743 |
warc | 201704 | Cybertip.ca plays an instrumental role in Canada’s strategy to protect children from sexual exploitation on the Internet. Beyond providing this important service to Canadians, the tipline has been a catalyst for collaboration between the public, private and non-profit sectors. The following initiatives are examples of ... | 3,333 | 1,446 | 7,615.651452 |
warc | 201704 | With so many financial institutions out there, it is little surprise if you find a bank or credit union that you like better than your current financial institution. From looking for better rates on financial products and services, to avoiding fees, there are a number of reasons that you might decide to switch to a new... | 5,952 | 2,396 | 14,713.562604 |
warc | 201704 | Land banking Land banking (or ‘landbanking) is the practice of buying undeveloped land purely as an investment, with no specific plans for its development.
Owners wait for the value of the land to increase, or obtain planning permission to develop the land, and then sell it at a profit, sometimes having broken it into ... | 5,548 | 2,637 | 11,466.287448 |
warc | 201704 | The physician assistant program makes extensive use of simulated learning methods for all students. This helps prepare students for the clinical experience of clerkships while on rotation.
Surgery Skills Lab
Des Moines University’s Surgery Skills Lab includes simulation model labs, a computer technology lab and a simul... | 1,883 | 977 | 3,555.921187 |
warc | 201704 | EAST VILLAGE — When Alexandra McArthur gets invited to a party at one of the many East Village bars that have a single step at the entrance, she has a difficult choice to make.
McArthur, 25, a former Ms. Wheelchair America who has lived in the East Village for the past two years, cannot navigate over the steps that lea... | 4,655 | 2,246 | 9,511.039626 |
warc | 201704 | MASS APPEAL™ (Wellness International) Amino Acid & Mineral Workout Supplement Uses: Utilizing natural compounds which mimic the beneficial effects of anabolic steroids, Mass Appeal™ is specifically formulated to enhance athletic performance without the harmful side effects of steroids.
Among Mass Appeal's scientificall... | 5,001 | 2,337 | 10,620.437741 |
warc | 201704 | A common assumption in political economy is that voters are self-regarding maximizers of material goods, choosing their preferred level of social spending accordingly. In contrast, students of American social policy have emphasized the key role of an other-regarding motive that makes support for social transfers condit... | 1,134 | 603 | 2,125.074627 |
warc | 201704 | The last couple of years have seen more passionate discussion about the future of education than perhaps any time in history, and the debate is not abating. Join a panel of experts--Mitchell Stevens (Stanford), Michael Horn (Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation), Ben Nelson (Minerva Project), Keith D... | 647 | 427 | 954.590164 |
warc | 201704 | Have you ever seen a bug skate across the surface of water? This is made possible by the
cohesion of water molecules on the surface of the water. When we say that water molecules are cohesive, we mean that they stick tightly to one another—so much so that they create surface tension. Because bugs weigh very little, the... | 2,332 | 1,062 | 5,013.141243 |
warc | 201704 | It all begins with relationship. We hear educators say this over and over, but do we really believe it? Do our actions support our words? After an unbelievable, engaging conversation I had with others at ISTE12 SocialedCon, I know that there are many passionate educators ready to go forth and make the changes we so des... | 4,592 | 2,226 | 9,419.169811 |
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"Dusk" is told by an omniscient third-person narrator through Norman Gortsby's point of view. He is sitting on a park bench watching people. This would seem to characterize him as something of a loner, an introvert, an intellectual, a man with some education who considers himself a philosopher. Th... | 3,923 | 1,917 | 7,960.599896 |
warc | 201704 | Women’s Accomplishments, Contributions, and Influence
Harriet Beecher Stowe is among the best known of the female novelists in nineteenth century America. Although
Uncle Tom’s Cabin: Or, Life Among the Lowly (1852) was her most famous work, she published more than twenty-five novels, essays, and stories, some of them b... | 4,324 | 2,156 | 8,423.376623 |
warc | 201704 | Economic growth of East European countries has been remarkable in recent decade period, and it has been fuelled in transportation logistics side with the significantly growing use of road transports. This concerns mostly Poland and three Baltic states. In the face of new environmental and infrastructure payments there ... | 989 | 541 | 1,793.362292 |
warc | 201704 | Put economics at the heart of the policy-making process, to influence and shape the government’s response to some of the key issues of the day
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warc | 201704 | Share Written byFedScoop Daniel Castro is a senior analyst with the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation and a FedScoop contributor.
Last week, articles from the Guardian and The New York Times revealed the National Security Agency has circumvented or cracked much of the cryptography used to secure online c... | 7,407 | 3,305 | 16,420.904387 |
warc | 201704 | TEA-21 - Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century Moving Americans into the 21st Century
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warc | 201704 | PSYC 320 Lesson 7
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warc | 201704 | You must register when you go over the threshold, or know that you will. The threshold is based on your VAT taxable turnover - the total of everything sold that isn’t VAT exempt.
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warc | 201704 | Back in October we announced the release of Microsoft Office 2011 for the MAC and today I have a quick tip for the Excel 2011 ultra-geek groovyReaders out there.
For whatever reason, Excel 2011 for the MAC didn’t include the Solver utility. Odd I know but not a huge deal since Frontline Systems as of today has released... | 2,808 | 1,365 | 5,690.057143 |
warc | 201704 | Choose from Two Options $39 for a Wine Sensory Experience with food pairings for two ($60 value) $69 for a Wine Sensory Experience with food pairings for four ($120 value) Wine Aeration: Breathing Out the Bad Whether you swirl it, decant it, or leave it out, wine is changed by interaction with the air around it. Learn ... | 3,875 | 1,969 | 7,551.23159 |
warc | 201704 | Hi all,I just recently bought myself a new digital camera, as my old one waseating batteries. The new one worked fine for about a month or so ofoccasional use, and then when the batteries that shipped with it woreout I replaced them with a pair of Energizer NiMH rechargeables that hadbeen sitting on a charger in my roo... | 7,849 | 3,764 | 16,300.646387 |
warc | 201704 | Experts collaborate for brighter future in electronics A group of leading Australian scientists has come together to develop lower-cost flexible optoelectronic solutions that could transform the Australian consumer electronics industry.
The Transparent Electrodes for Plastic Electronics Research Cluster brings together... | 4,234 | 1,933 | 9,162.349715 |
warc | 201704 | An accrediting agency that in the 1990s was considered a darling for academic conservatives faced not-so-friendly fire Tuesday from a panel that advises the Bush administration on whether accreditors are doing their jobs and carrying out the education secretary’s standards.
Citing serious concerns about the American Ac... | 7,742 | 3,563 | 16,353.155206 |
warc | 201704 | Stop the oversupply and euthansia of healthy pets Goal: 100
We need to create a SIGNIFICANT reduction in the over-supply of companion animals onto the market in New South Wales, Australia. 60,000 healthy, but unwanted cats and dogs are killed in NSW pounds each year. Whilst the work that shelters, rescue groups, volunt... | 1,865 | 956 | 3,618.802301 |
warc | 201704 | Some of the names mentioned above seem not to be established enough while others may require a discussion about their usage patterns. Having this in mind I’ve decided to explore each solution in its own blog post, setting a goal of providing enough information so that people can choose what works best.
This first post ... | 9,022 | 3,881 | 20,389.58052 |
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warc | 201704 | One Million Backers Share this post
Last week a woman named Rachel Perrie pledged to a film project called
Cargo. At that moment she became the millionth person to have ever backed a Kickstarter project.
Thanks to these million people there are plays, comics, albums, books, video games, urban farms, documentaries, exhi... | 4,257 | 1,956 | 9,101.622699 |
warc | 201704 | Personal Statement
Lybrate.com has a number of highly qualified Ayurvedas in India. You will find Ayurvedas with more than 33 years of experience on Lybrate.com. You can find Ayurvedas online in Bangalore and from across India. View the profile of medical specialists and their reviews from other patients to make an inf... | 5,446 | 2,584 | 11,458.940402 |
warc | 201704 | NEW YORK (MainStreet) – Abraham Lincoln may have been our greatest president, but he’s also one of the most prominent Americans to declare bankruptcy, too.
If Honest Abe were around today, he might sagely nod his head over some of the myths associated with bankruptcy and be the first to explain why the process may not ... | 3,403 | 1,664 | 6,748.737981 |
warc | 201704 | The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy launched the beta site for the Resilience Dialogues, an online forum for collaboration on solutions related to climate change.
The White House worked with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Climate CoLab to build on its idea of collective intelligence to ... | 1,717 | 907 | 3,201.154355 |
warc | 201704 | If you’re looking to
lose weight by having surgery, you aren’t alone. Millions of people each year line up to try various weight loss techniques, and hundreds of thousands are looking at weight loss surgeries to help them reach their weight loss goals. Fortunately, the Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass surgery is a reasonably s... | 3,402 | 1,557 | 7,236.624277 |
warc | 201704 | Have you ever thought about what might happen to you financially if you were temporarily laid off or unable to work because of a sickness or an injury? What about those unexpected costs that can derail your budget, such as car or home repairs?
Establishing an emergency fund can help ease your mind. Your emergency fund ... | 1,649 | 865 | 3,055.892486 |
warc | 201704 | Clearance Sale
CLEARANCE ITEM. PREVIOUS RETAIL PRICE WAS $24.95. AVAILABLE ONLY WHILE SUPPLIES LAST!
A quiet revolution is taking place: People across the United States are turning toward local food. Some are doing it because they want more nutritious, less-processed food; some want to preserve the farmland and rural c... | 2,541 | 1,369 | 4,682.938641 |
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