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Get Organized: How to Edit Scanned Recipes
After writing an article called "Get Organized: How to Digitize Your Recipes" (I'll summarize the key points below), I received an email from a reader named Beth who was looking for additional help. She wrote:
If I scan a page of recipes and the one I want is located at the ... |
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Are end-of-season oil changes really necessary?
Question: My dock buddy and I (he owns a 56-foot Californian with Caterpillar 3208s, and I own a 50-foot Hatteras with Detroit Diesel 8V-71s) use our mains only about 45 or 50 hours a year on a Midwestern lake. Each boat takes 12 gallons of oil, a couple of filter elemen... |
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How the credit crisis affects micro-loans
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The International Monetary Fund warned that the United States is most at risk. Europe, it says, is less exposed. Big borrowers could lose big time in the current financial crisis. But what about some of the smallest borrowers ... |
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Facebook recently added a new face recognition feature that helps you tag friends in the pictures you upload. Is this a good thing or a potential invasion of privacy? In this article, Michael Miller, author of Facebook for Grown-Ups and Facebook Essential... |
Fragment from the South Temple
Located several meters from the highest mound at Meninx are the largest architectural fragments. While there are limited remains and no epigraphic evidence to confirm that this structure was a temple, the fragments’ dimensions strongly suggest that these blocks were from a temple. The on... |
Why China's interbank liquidity crisis is a good sign
Andrew Sheng says lending-rate swings should remind banks of the central bank's proper role
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The shortage of liquidity in China's interbank market has sparked fears of "monetary... |
Outdoors: Wing and a prayer
A grey partridge: "Its future wellbeing really is in our hands"
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THE STRANGE creaking call of the dumpy partridge used to be a common feature of the British countryside. Thomas Coward in his classic work Birds of the British Isles, first published in 1920, stated that the ca... |
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Uncommon Cures for Spring Migraines
Spring brings warmer weather, blooming flowers, and—for those who suffer from migraines and seasonal allergiesa world of hurt.
The season’s turbulent weather and rainy days lower barometric pressure in the air, which alters the pressure in your sinuses, making blood ... |
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Quiz time!
Submitted by Troy on 1/9/05 at 9:52 PM. ( )
The average person only gets 7 right.<<<
This is based on U.S. & CDN info,
so use all lobes of your brain.
This can be more difficult than it looks -
it just shows how little most of us really see!
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Chefs have pots, pans, ovens, and ranges. Bartenders have tin, spoons, glasses, and ice. With these instruments we render our respective ingredients to form a final product but, while everyone knows how to use an oven or range, how do you know when to roll, shake or swizzle? It can be awfully con... |
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a. Of or relating to history; concerned with past events: a historical account.
b. Based on past events or set in the past: a historical novel.
c. Used in or providing evidence of the past: historical costumes; historical records.
2. Concerned with phenomena as they change through time: a h... |
Paraneoplastic Signs: First Indicators of Cancer in Horses?
Paraneoplastic Signs: First Indicators of Cancer in Horses?
Paraneoplastic manifestations of cancer are often uncovered during routine blood work, Johnson said.
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Hearing that a horse has been diagnosed with cancer is one o... |
Monday, July 16, 2007
Napoleon or Neapolitan?
Today, July 16th
Today is the feast day of the patron saint of Naples, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, and a great excuse to indulge – or over-indulge if you wish, as tradition has it that no-one will fall ill as a result of celebrating her day. Anything from Naples will be very... |
Smelly Shoes
Ever notice that some shoes are just smellier than others? Even when worn the same way by the same person?
Many people think that closed shoes vs. open sandals is what makes the difference, but that's a popular misconception. The primary factor that determines how smelly shoes get is the material they're... |
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What is levalbuterol inhalation?
Levalbuterol is a short-acting bronchodilator that relaxes muscles in the ai... |
Eat Late, Put on Weight?
Study Shows Eating at the 'Wrong' Time of Day Could Lead to Weight Gain
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Sept. 3, 2009 -- Excessive late-night eating has long had a bad reputation, with studies showing it leads to weight gain.
Now, in a new study, researchers from Northwestern University have found ... |
Indian sitar virtuouso Ravi Shankar dies at 92
Ravi Shankar, the sitar virtuoso who became a hippie musical icon of the 1960s after hobnobbing with the Beatles and who introduced traditional Indian ragas to Western audiences over an eight-decade career, has died. He was 92.The prime minister's office confirmed his dea... |
Set Theory/Cardinals
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The Size of a Finite Set
When deciding how large finite sets are, we generally count the number of elements in the set, and say two sets are the same size if they have the same number of elements. This approach doesn't work too well if the sets are... |
Applied History of Psychology/Learning Theories
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In the 19th century the behaviorist school of thought had some components in common with the more popular Psychoanalytic and Gestalt theories of psychology. There were far more differences however,... |
Extended memory
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Extended memory is located above 1 MB.
In DOS memory management, extended memory refers to memory above the first megabyte (220 bytes) of address space in an IBM PC or compatible with an 80286 or later processor. The term is mainly used... |
Isochoric process
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An isochoric process, also called a constant-volume process, an isovolumetric process, or an isometric process, is a thermodynamic process during which the volume of the closed system undergoing such a process remains constant. An iso... |
Jacobus Kapteyn
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For the Dutch-Ghanaian minister, see Jacobus Capitein.
Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn
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Jacobus Kapteyn. Painting by Jan Veth (1921).
Born (1851-01-19)January 19, 1851
Died June 18, 1922(1922-06-18) (aged 71)
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Lipid hypothesis
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The lipid hypothesis is a medical idea regarding a link between blood cholesterol levels and occurrence of heart disease. A summary from 1976 described it as: "measures used to lower the plasma lipids in patients with hyperlipidemia wi... |
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Mussel Slough Tragedy
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Mussel Slough Tragedy
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This article is about strong, sharp smells or tastes. For the pointedness of leaves, see Leaf shape.
Pungency is the condition of having a strong, sharp smell or taste that is often so strong that it is unpleasant.[1][2] Pu... |
Vesper bat
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Vesper bats
Temporal range: Early Eocene to Recent[1]
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Myotis myotis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Chiroptera
Suborder: Microchiroptera
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July 30, 2016
First, some history. The DMCA passed in 1998, under the faulty assumption that it would protect against piracy. The Act put significant restrictions on the ability to study digital technologies. It also created a process by which, every three years, the Copyright Office (an arm of the Library of Cong... |
solute carrier family 12 member 1
The SLC12A1 gene provides instructions for making a protein known as NKCC2. This protein is a Na+/K+/2Cl- cotransporter, which means that it moves charged atoms (ions) of sodium (Na+), potassium (K+), and chlorine (Cl-) into cells.
The NKCC2 protein is essential for normal kidney fun... |
[Haskell-beginners] Re: clarification on IO
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Schrödinger's equation — in action
Marianne Freiberger
Schrödinger's equation — in action
In the previous article we introduced Schrödinger's equation and its solution, the wave function, which contains all the information there is to know about a quantum system. Now it's time to see the equation in action, using a ... |
Der Spiegel
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Der Spiegel is a weekly political magazine in Germany. It was set up in 1947 as a copy of Time magazine.[1] It is now one of Europe's largest weekly magazines.
Der Spiegel is a liberal magazine. It has long, detailed articles. It has a cir... |
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Hiding from Satan’s Radio
So, what does this mean to our school children?
Weyland-Yutani Startup?
Could we be seeing the start of the Weyland-Yutani Corporation?
A new space startup company, Planetary Resources, claims they “will overlay two critical sec... |
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George and the Big Bang
Odd mix of cartoony space exploits and cutting-edge science.
What parents need to know
Educational value
George and the Big Bang contains an impressive amount of nonfiction material about the latest theories regarding quantum mechanics, time trave... |
Does Osteo Bi-Flex Really Work?
Q: About a year ago I had a fall which injured my hip. Since then, I get a lot of pain occurring in the area, especially after being on my feet for long periods of time. I know I should take something to help with the pain, but Aspirin really upsets my stomach, making me nauseated. I wa... |
The Claiming of Man: A Fable
When mankind was young, the beasts of the sky and of the land and of the deep blue sea took no notice of him. He was just another animal, perhaps a bit uglier than most, and a bit crazier, but nothing unusual. But then a most remarkable thing happened.
In a few thousand years, a mere blin... |
Working Together in Palmyra
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Each person in this picture has one thing in common with one other person. (Hint: It could be the same kind of hat, apron, or hairstyle.) Start with the person next to the letter “F.” Write “F” in the first blank below. Then find the person... |
Introduction to Electrical Engineering Design
This course is orientated around a number of major projects where students work in teams to design and develop a specified product, device or system.
Each project itself involves both management and engineering components. It requires students to utilise knowledge from a... |
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Rhomboid Muscle Strain
What Is A Rhomboid Muscle Strain?
Two separate muscles make up what are collectively referred to as the rhomboid muscles: rhomboideus major and rhomboideus minor. These vaguely diamond-shaped muscles connect your spine to the shoulder blade. While these musc... |
Trade: the real cost of red tape
Moving towards open borders may be on the agenda for the Bali trade talks, but how do you ensure the benefits filter down to the wider economy?
Trade facilitation
Has the debate moved past whether trade facilitation is good for countries and the global economy? Photograph: Chris Mcgrat... |
Humor. What a wonderful part of life. It brings happiness into human existence and brightens each person’s day. What better thing to compare to this abstract idea than an egg.
Eggs can be prepared in many ways, just as humor can come in many forms. Many things make us laugh. Eggs can be fixed in many styles.
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American Letterboxing
Cranmere Pool, the first letterbox
Cranmere Pool, the first letterbox
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American letterboxing is similar to the English tradition, but is far less secretive. In the United States, the hobby really got started in 1998... |
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
1095: Crusaders return medicine to Europe
People of all classes joined the crusades for various reasons:
some to take Jerusalem back, some to be freed from landlords,
some to make money, and some to be freed from sin.
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Brand name drugs online pharmacies "<; Canadian drugstore for US patients. PROS AND CONS OF NUCLEAR ENERGY | Aviation News
Within his e-book, “Alternative power methods and software,” Hodge publishes articles that break up of an atom into two lighter atoms triggers world wide web lack of large. The volume truly is n... |
Desember 16, 2009
Cinnamon and Ginger and Antioxidant Potential As Anti-Microbial
Increasing public awareness of the importance of functional food, is an opportunity that must not disiakan, including health drinks, where a health drink products sold in the market, making consumers confused vote, whether liquor is ... |
XDump for BDD Nodes
When I was working on the inverted edges algorithm, I realized that a good deal of my time was taken up by trying to visualize pointer representations of Binary Decision Diagram (BDD) structures on paper. XDump is an attempt to make it easier to visually represent small BDD structures. It is an aid... |
The global financial crisis emptied the pockets of European governments. Although the Netherlands had it easy compared to some of its neighbors, the government still ran a deficit of 6% of GDP last year. Now the Dutch are trying to balance their budget by 2015 and one way they hope to increase revenue is by sending tax... |
Steam-Powered Letter-Printing Telegraph – US Patent 9505
The letter-printing telegraph patented by Royal Earl House in the 1830s was one of the first devices to operate under virtually the same principles as modern computer terminals. They had a keyboard for typing in letters, which were then transmitted down a wire. ... |
Tuesday, 4 October 2011
Find position of a string within a paragraph using a Regular Expression
How to find a string within another string using a Regular Expression instead of strpos or stripos
I was writing a piece of code in PHP the other day where I had to find a snippet of text within another longer piece of te... |
San Juan Pottery
Pottery from San Juan Pueblo (today known as Ohkay Ohwingeh) has long been prized. Before 1900, San Juan pottery was either red-on-tan or polished black and usually not decorated. The slip used on the pottery was purchased from Spanish-Americans of Abiquiu. In the 1930s Regina Cata, a Spanish woman wh... |
Introduction to Buddhism
Buddhism was founded by Siddhartha Gotama, who lived in and around the Ganges Plain during the fifth and sixth centuries BC. Heir to the throne of the Sakyan kingdom, at the age of 29, Siddhartha renounced his royal heritage to search for a means of ending the sense of dissatisfaction and futi... |
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Chlorophyll evolution in the subtropical gyres
Because of weak inputs of nutrients in the surface mixed layer, chlorophyll concentration always remains low in the subtropical gyres. These weak inputs of nutrients are d... |
Cookbook Entry – Pasta: Gnocchi with Grandma’s Sauce
Cookbook Entry – Pasta: Gnocchi with Grandma’s Sauce
If one were to be asked to define food, it would most often be defined as sustenance or something that holds some kind of nutritional value and allows for our survival. Although this is true, food is so much mor... |
Finding Which Problem Happens with Your Power Recliners
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Troubleshooting Power Recliners
In earlier days, the power recliners were for elders alone. But now, the story is different. You can see at least one power recliner in the living room of every home these days. Starting from electrical c... |
Google It: Markov Chains in Modern Search Engines
As the Internet has grown, so has the need for a system that can easily navigate all the information it contains. However, the obvious logistical concerns makes creating a comprehensive system that can efficiently organize this information extremely difficult. The Inte... |
Dylan.Blog Writing and musings by Dylan Reed
So I was doing my morning check the news when I found this article. It got me thinking, if this is the second time in 10 years that that museum has canceled an exhibit due to slavery issues, why is it that the rest of us don’t get to choose the history that museums show.
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Speeding up software debugging
Software debugging is an increasingly large part of the development cycle that hasn’t received its fair share of attention. Various debugging techniques can help developers quickly find and eradicate bugs, including programmatic techniques, special case diagnostics analysis tools, and re... |
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Alberto and Maribel, sixth-graders at an elementary school in central Mexico, introduce themselves to each other in Mandarin Chinese. Their class also recites numbers, clothing items and weather conditions in a language that, to them, is about as foreign as it gets... |
Monday, November 14, 2011
The Human Algorithm
"The Human Algorithm"- an excerpt from "Prophets Book 1: The Hammer-Strike"
After gathering decades of statistical information, the government funded Holy Destiny Institute was able to construct a compilation of current human evolution. A chart that soon became public k... |
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Fokker Dr.I Dreidecker
Fokker Dr.I Dreidecker - Photo Chris Lord
Fokker Chasing An English Biplane
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Spitfire Attack
Spitfire Attack - Photo Chris Lord
The documentation to specification F.10/35, which was framed around the Spitfire, was headed "Requirements for Singl... |
Stunning scientific breakthrough allows DNA “rebirth” of animals from long-dead, partially decomposed tissue samples
Rare animals have been sitting in glass jars on museum shelves across the world for decades, but very little is often known about these specimens. And many people would say that is exactly where they b... |
One of the benefits of using an inverted leg press is the amount of weight you can lift without placing undue stress on your body. Because the weight can only move in a predetermined direction, the machine helps protect you from injury by allowing you to lift heavy weight without having to worry about stabilizing it th... |
Hitting a weight loss plateau can be disheartening. You have been losing weight steadily, closing in on your goal. You are feeling healthier and more confident than ever. Then one morning, you step on your bathroom scales for your weekly weigh-in, and notice your weight hasn't budged. You wait a few more days, and try ... |
Front Door to Cuba
Notes on Bola de Nieve
"Our America [Cuba and Latin America] springs neither from Rousseau nor Washington, but from itself!" - José Martí, 1893
Yo soy un hombre triste que me paso la vida muy alegre. (I am a sad man who passes my life very happily.) - Bola de Nieve
Before he became the renowned m... |
Year-Round Tomato Gardening
Various tomato varieties grow fruit year round under the right conditions.
Various tomato varieties grow fruit year round under the right conditions.
Juicy fruits from your homegrown tomato plant (Solanum lycopersicum) don't need to be limited to the spring and summer months. In fact, yea... |
Marriage equality: French Constitutional Court rejects mayors' conscience claim
Conseil Constitutionnel
The French Conseil Constitutionnel (constitutional court) has held that mayors and civil registrars who oppose same-sex marriage on grounds of conscience or religious belief have no constitutional right to be exem... |
Back when I was in middle school, it usually took a day or two for rumors to fully circulate the school and threaten a child's reputation. By the time it was all said and done, a new target was usually honed in on and it was time to torment someone else. By contrast, kids today have it rough — rumors fly around schools... |
L'immagine tua ntra u specchiu E la poesia mia chiù bella. Ma fa subitu ca se cancellari E l'ultimu mio ti amo.
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Calabrian poem, translated by Isabella
Pretty calabria brunette , your face is a poem, and your (calabrese) calabrian dialect sings the poetry of the Mediterranean su... |
Mental Floss 2017-03-24T23:17:49+00:00 2014-08-22T13:30:44+00:00 2015-06-17T21:44:05+00:00 Why Do We Have Eyebrows? Rebecca OConnell
Second, they’re essential for nonverbal communication. Scientists who study facial expressions say eyebrows are key to expressing happiness, surprise, and anger. They’re especially us... |
Idea: There are a mix of reasons for believing that more inclusive things are realer.
At the societal level, or the historical level, or the cosmic level, you don’t exist. An analysis of society, or history, or the universe would have no need to mention you. And it’s those higher levels of reality that are most real. ... |
25 February 2013
Long-term economic planning
One of my favorite lefty political blogs, The Weekly Sift from Doug Muder, has a terrific post which asks the question What if there’s no spending problem?
As we all know, Republicans have been circulating scary-looking graphs showing how projections show government spend... |
A discussion about dark net terminology
As a social scientist, I continue to be interested in understanding the intersections between internet technologies and psychoactive drugs, especially drugs that are otherwise difficult to obtain due to prohibition. These intersections are numerous: the internet can facilitate d... |
Scientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have created a remote-controlled robot to help test the effectiveness of visual prostheses, such as an artificial retina, which are implanted into visually-impaired patients. Cyclops the robot - or, rather, the mobile robotic platform, or rover - lets scien... |
Ancient Forests Globally
Ancient forests, globally, are under siege. Of the world's original ancient forest cover, only 20% are still intact today. 70% of the world's remaining frontier forests are concentrated in three countries:
• Canada (in the boreal forests of northern Canada and British Columbia's ancient tem... |
Dried Lily Flowers (黄花)
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Dried Lily Flowers (黄花, huang hua), also known as dried lily buds or golden needles, are the unopened flowers of the day lily plant. Dried lily flowers have a brownish yellow color (it literally means yellow flower in Chinese), with the shape and text... |
Wednesday, September 14, 2011
A tragic case from Colonial America
Today's anniversaries begin with the 1742 death of Sarah Grosvenor. Her story is recounted extensively in public records, but begins, predictably, with a lover who didn't love her enough to marry her once she was pregnant with his child. Sarah's family... |
Neuromancer style constructs by 2050?
An article from ABC news online reports that a BT scientist, Ian Pearson, thinks that by 2050 it will be possible for a person’s mind to be downloaded and stored by a supercomputer, rather like the constructs that William Gibson envisioned in Neuromancer and subsequent novels. The... |
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U.S. Congressman who advocated for the free coinage of silver, one-time candidate for President, Secretary of State who worked hard t... |
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Colostrum is a pre-milk substance produced by breastfeeding mother... |
What Are Your Big Rocks?
Stephen Covey uses an illustration about rocks in a jar, and I’d like to share it with you today, with a little adjustment. In the story, which you may be familiar with, a professor shows a jar to his students and fills it with large rocks. He asks if it is full and they say it is. Then the pr... |
Like its English and Italian cousins, this variety of Baroque music offers rich rewards
by Sarah Freiberg
When you think of Baroque composers, working from 1600–1750, Vivaldi and Bach most often spring to mind. But there’s a rich repertoire for strings to be found in the fantastic—and idiosyncratic—music of Baroque-er... |
December 2, 2014
Day 2 - Running Applications at Scale with Kubernetes
Written by: Kelsey Hightower (@kelseyhightower)
Edited by: Tom Purl (@tompurl)
In this post we’ll take a look at Linux containers, built using the Docker image format, as an application packaging and distribution mechanism. This means utilizing c... |
Elon Musk Unveils $3,000 device to power entire home for eight hours
Washington, May 4 : Have you ever heard of a battery that can power an entire household for as long as eight hours? Tesla founder Elon Musk has unveiled one. Musk introduced the Powerwall device at a press conference in California recently and terme... |
How to Calculate Dividend Distribution on Preferred Stocks
by Michael Keenan
When you invest in preferred shares of a company, you are investing more for the dividend payments than for growth in the stock price. If a company issues preferred shares, it must pay the promised dividends on those shares before it can pay... |
After Church – Wittgenstein and Interpretation: What Do You Mean?
What if what you mean isn’t actually what you mean? I tend to talk past people, that much is certain. The accumulated weight of knowledge, reason, and experience lead me to think and examine everything in strange, unorthodox ways. Of course, communicat... |
Truth in Lending
What is the Truth in Lending Act?
The Truth in Lending Act (TILA),was passed by Congress originally in 1968. It provides a uniform manner of calculating and presenting the terms of consumer loans to enable you to compare costs so you can make informed choices about credit. Prior to TILA there were no ... |
June 03, 2016
mortgage (noun)
\MOR-gij\ Hear it!
What does it mean?
1 : a transfer of rights to a piece of property (as a house) usually in return for a loan and that is cancelled when the loan is paid2 : the document recording such a transfer
How do you use it?
Now that Trevor has won a full scholarship, his parents n... |
Fire extinguishers get environmentally friendly
11 September 2006 Feature story
An environmentally-friendly fire extinguishing system developed specifically for aircraft engines and auxiliary power units could well become the new industry standard by the end of the decade.
The result of Airbus' ECOLOG (Extinguishin... |
Bronze Age Video Arcade Games
Early 1970s black and white video games are said to be from the Bronze Age arcade era. Pong and Space Invaders are essentially the bookends. Primitive and prototypical to the 1980’s classic arcade games that followed, these games pioneered video game technology and idioms.
Paddle Ball an... |
Harold Evensky, who leads financial planning for the firm Evensky & Katz, has long tried to protect his clients from allowing their personal psychological hang-ups to undermine sound financial decisions.
While such is the goal of most, if not all, financial planners, some of Evensky's inspiration has come from an un... |
Mahmud of Ghazna Biography
King(971–c. 1030)
Mahmud of Ghazna is best known as the the leader of the Ghaznavid dynasty in modern-day Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and northwest India.
Mahmud of Ghaza was sultan of the kingdom of Ghazna from 998 to 1030, originally comprising modern Afghanistan and northeastern modern ... |
Motivation Misfires
Many managers ask me, “How can I motivate my team?”
Consider these attempts at motivating:
A team lead receives a substantial sum of money when the team meets a critical deadline. Despite pleas from the team lead, management will not divide the money equally between all team members.
A develop... |
Palaeontological evidence, Science
Palaeontological Evidence:
Palaeontology is a branch of earth sciences, which is essentially a study of plant and animal life in the past geological periods, millions of years ago. It deals with the successive plants and animals which have inhabited the earth since the earliest t... |
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The Advantages of Underwater Digital Cameras
By Brown Ezilon.com Articles Published 04/11/2010 | Hobbies
Photography can be very tricky at times, especially underwater photography, where technology and the unfamiliar element play a decisive role in how your photographs will turn out... |
Did You Know...? Fishy Facts
Do whales have belly buttons? How many teeth does a haddock have? Are there any fish that eat people?
These are just some of the questions that you'll find answers to in these pages:
• In Fishy Facts, you'll find out about lots of different kinds of fish and what makes them special
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Conceptual Physics (12th Edition)
Published by Addison-Wesley
ISBN 10: 0321909100
ISBN 13: 978-0-32190-910-7
Chapter 6 - Think and Explain: 73
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