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In Parts 1-5 of this series, we have walked through the complete set of steps that I have used to develop my investment strategy. For information about this process, click on any one of this links below.
In Part 6, we will walk through the steps of summarizing what we have decided upon and place it in to what is called... | 1.53356 | 930 | 928 |
Tuesday July 31, 02012 – San Francisco Video is up on the Doctorow Seminar page for Members. ********************* Audio is up on the Doctorow Seminar page, or you can subscribe to our podcast.
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Who governs digital trust?- a summary by Stewart Brand
Doctorow framed the question this way: “Computers... | 2.059351 | 919 | 917 |
For those who can see past the con man rhetoric, in less than half a year Obama has given abundant proof that he’s no leader when it comes to the interests of the people, and that his allegiances are clearly on the side of the reigning plutocracy. Even a populist plutocrat, Arianna Huffington, can testify to that, even... | 1.49031 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Dry Ice Experiments & Fun
Dry ice is fun for teachers and students to use for school science experiments. With very simple experiments, you can see and understand the many wonders of dry ice and carbon dioxide. That mysterious fog at concerts and plays is typically made using dry ice. At Halloween, dry ice can be used ... | 1.211653 | 1,017 | 1,015 |
EXCEPT for those familiar with their names, it might be a bit difficult to find anyone able to connect George Pence, Bob Marshall, Jean Prather and David Sechrest. Their lives span more than 150 years of Bartholomew County history. In fact, it is that history that binds the four.
Pence was the official county historian... | 1.686153 | 984 | 983 |
Evaluation of media for monitoring fecal streptococci in seawater.
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The selectivity of KF streptococcus agar (KF) for monitoring fecal streptococci (FS) in seawater was examined in 234 samples of Mediterranean water and compared with the ... | 1.12456 | 1,024 | 1,022 |
"Newsless" Culture Threatens Our Democracy, Opines Prof. Kevin Howley October 19, 2010
October 19, 2010, Greencastle, Ind. — In a
op-ed, Kevin Howley offers his thoughts on "one of central contradictions of the so-called information age." The associate professor of communication at DePauw University observes, "We're in... | 1.684947 | 969 | 966 |
The term "psychopath" is often a misunderstood one; although people frequently refer to alleged mass killers like Colorado shooter James Holmes or the Tucson, Ariz., shooter Jared Loughner as psychopaths, that doesn't mean these men fit the description of this mental health disorder.
In the last week, a psychiatric eva... | 1.501551 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
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Euclidean MST
Suppose that we are given N points in the plane and we want to find the shortest set of lines connecting all the points. This geometric problem is called the Euclidean MST problem (see Screenshot). One way to solve it is to build a complete graph with N vertices and N(N – 1) /2 edges—one edg... | 0.913001 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Provided by James R. Martin, Ph.D., CMA
Professor Emeritus, University of South Florida Citation: Martin, J. R. Not dated. Relevance Lost in a question and answer format. Management And Accounting Web. http://maaw.info/RelevanceLostLongQues.htm
CHAPTER 2 (1812-1880) - NINETEENTH-CENTURY COST MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
1. Which... | 1.648733 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
efficient communication (p.39).
18. What provided the motivation for mass retail distribution systems? Potential economies of scale provided the motivation (p.39). (See economies of scale note).
19. What were the two key accounting measurements for these wholesalers and retailers? Departmental gross margins and invent... | 1.77257 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
separately to products (p.55). He thought the distinction between direct and indirect product cost should be abandoned (p.55). Although he kept manufacturing and selling expenses separate (because they are not caused by the same activities), he included both when he calculated product cost to identify profits by produ... | 1.829233 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
mills were treated as profit centers, (almost cost centers) not investment centers (p.73).
49. How did Du Pont avoid short run dysfunctional behavior that managers might engage in to improve the ROI measurement? For example, withholding needed investments in new plant and equipment to keep the denominator low to maxim... | 1.600262 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
aspectsof profitability are emphasized in Du Pont's ROIcalculation?
1. Capital turnover, i.e., (Sales ÷ Investment) and 2. Profit Margin, i.e., (Operating income ÷ Sales). (See MAAW's Chapter 14 for more on these relationships.)
63. What is the key idea in Chapter 4? Since ROI was used only by top management, lower le... | 1.81611 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
not measure the performance of the mangers, GM used different ROI targets for different divisions (p.115). 3. GM also used a stock bonus plan that vested after 5 years. Prior to the bonus plans, management incentive plans were based on division profits which caused some division managers to behave in a manner inconsis... | 1.778388 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
&K say is The Ultimate Question? Why do rational managers voluntarily use non managerial cost information in settings where it is clearly irrelevant? (p.134)
86. What do they provide as a possible answer to the ultimate question? 1. Academic accountants may have been the main cause. After World War I the purpose of cos... | 1.940026 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
separate from idle capacity cost and 10. Tie in with financial accounts. Clark argued against having the concepts of consistency, objectivity and auditability control cost management information. He recommended a separate system for cost management (p.155). (See the Frank summary for more on Clark).
96. What contribut... | 1.781671 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
overhead to products were made using direct labor cost, or hours, as the allocation basis and planned activity as the denominator for the rate calculations. Overhead rates were sometimes 15 to 20 times the direct labor rate. J&K provide an example where unit cost are calculated using 5 digits and 4 decimal places, alt... | 1.819561 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
flaw in the financial accounting model? The incentive to reduce spending on discretionary intangible investments (e.g., investments in R&D, quality, human resources and customer relations) to enhance short run performance (p.201). That companies can increase short term performance by sacrificing their long term econom... | 1.467744 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
unk) cost as a proportion of total factory cost. 4. More indirect cost and less direct cost. 5. Better quality and manufacturing flexibility allowing firms to compete on the basis of economies of scope (pp.216-217).
117. What do Shorter Product Life Cycles have to do with competitive strategy? Many Companies have begun... | 1.652044 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
product. Traditional systems do not provide this information (p.134).
127. Do J&K think the separation of fixed and variable cost is needed for product costing? Nearly all cost are variable for long run product costing. Fixed cost are not relevant. Thus, Direct costing is not relevant (p.234).
128. Are the most signif... | 1.719889 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
audiences. While these systems may use information from a common data base, it seems unlikely that a single system can be designed to achieve these diverse functions. (I developed a table to summarize these ideas. See MAAW's Chapter 2, Exhibit 2-4).
CHAPTER 11 - PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS FOR THE FUTURE
140. What... | 1.727665 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
UPDATE 8/27/2014: Please see our updated story here:
UPDATE 8/26/2014: Celia Farber of Epoch Times is reporting that Dr. Thompson is seeking legal status as whistleblower.
UPDATE 8/25/2014: The CDC has responded to a parent’s request for answers on why black children were left out of the data that Brian Hooker re-analy... | 1.616614 | 1,000 | 998 |
According to a report in The New York Times, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said on Tuesday that North Korea is becoming “a direct threat to the United States” and was within five years of developing a missile with the potential of hitting Alaska or the West Coast. The Times adds: “Mr. Gates’ new assessment on North... | 1.474597 | 982 | 980 |
What does a black hole look like? Scientists have, for the first time, directly observed the disc that surrounds this area of tremendous gravitational pull, from which no light can escape.
Black holes power quasars, which are thought to be the extremely bright centers of certain galaxies surrounding supermassive black ... | 1.361968 | 940 | 938 |
Many Americans sit at work all day and do not exercise. Here’s how to sneak in a few workouts.
I sit for most of the day. OK, pretty much all of it. From Monday through Friday, I’m mostly glued to my desk chair—which is bolted to the floor in front of my desk—for hours and hours and hours.
My current work schedule, whi... | 1.51999 | 991 | 989 |
Deficit Commission Co-Chair Republican Alan Simpson, lauded the “Greatest Generation” and slammed those who are on Medicare, or will be in not too many years, as “the greediest generation.”
We had some favorite forty-somethings over for Thanksgiving dinner who were shocked to learn that those on Medicare actually pay f... | 2.211526 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Heritage Center in California; $1,000,000 for Portsmouth Music Hall in New Hampshire; $400,000 for the USA Swimming Foundation in New Jersey; $300,000 for Carnegie Hall in New York City; $250,000 for the Monroe County Farmer’s Market in Kentucky; $200,000 for the Washington National Opera in the District of Columbia; ... | 1.989828 | 1,024 | 1,022 |
Everyone ages eventually. Some might age better than others. This article will help you stay young on the inside and prevent a few inconveniences that come with getting older.
If you stop stressing over numbers, you will help yourself age better. You can easily be distracted by numbers such as your weight, age and heig... | 1.640384 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
I spent most of last week in the Bertinoro workshop on Frontiers in Mechanism Design organized by Jason Hartline and Tim Roughgarden. Such a small focused event is really a winning format (when done right — of course): almost every talk was very close to my interests and was really good (since the speakers presented th... | 1.280036 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
There are four video games I’ve enjoyed in my lifetime: Mario Brothers, Tetris, Sim City, and The Sims. When we got our Nintendo game system as children, we (including my father) used to play it until the machine became white-hot and stopped working. As teenagers we got a Super Nintendo, but were not so addicted to it ... | 1.68209 | 957 | 956 |
ROSENBERG: Vancouver's housing bubble has popped and 'the helium is coming out of the balloon' (TLT, USD, DXY, CAD)
Like many economists, Gluskin Sheff chief economist David Rosenberg thinks the Federal Reserve will decide to raise interest rates at its meeting in December.
Unlike others, however, he doesn't think the ... | 1.685215 | 984 | 983 |
By Jason Menard
Despite what the cookie-cutter, 70s-esque jingle implies, London is not the City of Opportunity right now. Job losses, civic despair, a fractured council, and an old-and-white reputation have all combined to make the Forest City appear as bleak as its leafless trees.
But London, Ontario does have one th... | 1.882963 | 1,012 | 1,010 |
There’s no harm in looking.
When I was in college, I walked in on my boyfriend watching an X-rated video on his VCR (internet porn was not yet as ubiquitous as it is today).
Though the video quality was poor, it was hard to miss – or forget – the image of a bikini clad woman giving a very vocal blow job to her dispropo... | 1.858081 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Coeliac disease symptoms
A person with coeliac disease has a bad reaction to gluten that can cause symptoms including indigestion, stomach pain, bloating, diarrhoea, and constipation and loss of appetite.
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Abundant Flower and Seed Produced from Aglaonema Breeding Stock Following Gibberellic Acid (GA3) Treatment
Abundant Flower and Seed Produced from
Aglaonema Breeding Stock Following Gibberellic
Acid (GA3) Treatment
by R.J. Henny
In a previous issue of Foliage Digest a single foliar spray with 100-400 parts per million (... | 1.396347 | 1,021 | 1,019 |
The 20-page report by the U.S. central bank branch, which contains data about the period leading up to the second quarter of 2012, was billed by the institution as providing a broader picture than the more comprehensive quarterly banking industry report published by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. The Fed report lo... | 1.339053 | 960 | 958 |
Over the years—in fact, since even before CRM was known as CRM—the industry’s objectives have remained fairly consistent:
Seek better profits by better understanding and better serving customers. There have been only two basic changes: Approaches for pursuing CRM objectives have evolved, and enthusiasm for CRM itself h... | 1.916473 | 1,002 | 1,000 |
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on what you will hear from him, and choose not to hear abusive words. If he continues, you might want to leave the room, unless you believe that will lead to escalation. Turning your back and doing something else would be another choice to show you are setting limits. You also need to let him know that you are conside... | 1.329205 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Are Your Pets Suffering from Canine Dementia?
Mental disorders such as dementia and Alzheimer's disease are diseases that not only affect humans. In fact, more and more animals are beginning to show signs of it, too, especially domesticated animals like dogs and cats!
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March 8 marks International Women's Day (IWD), a day that, for those of us working in the WASH sector, lends a chance to highlight the role women play in global water and sanitation issues. As Libby Plumb noted in her IWD 2012 post, "women bear the brunt of water collection, suffer the most from lack of sanitation... | 1.379658 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
global aims of WaterAid’s new Global Strategy 2009-2015. This second Global Strategy is theorised as a five-year building block strategy with the longer-term goal of 2030 in mind. Released in the same year as the Global Goals, it is a first component of a strategy that will continue in overlapping five-year building b... | 1.879594 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
the first five-year building block working towards securing access to and and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all.
Editor's Note: Nigeria is one of the world’s five biggest contributors to the problem of open defecation, despite ongoing government efforts. In this post, Erin Flynn, Research Manager ... | 1.629467 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
. Delivered alongside CLTS and social marketing messages which reflect the pride and status associated with owning and using a good-quality toilet, we expect the approach to lead to increased toilet coverage and use.
Under the STS, sanitation marketing and CLTS will be rigorously evaluated to help us understand how eff... | 1.673814 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
say “innovation”, we often hear “invention”. Barely a week goes by without our technical advisers receiving news of yet another miracle invention that will surely save the problem worldwide. So what is wrong with these?
Typically:
They are often point-of-use treatment systems, i.e. water filters, which can be useful i... | 1.904916 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
volumes and trends are not adequate to reach this goal for many countries, and that aid will continue to play a vital role in the implementation of Agenda 2030.
Recent decline in share of aid to the sector
Aid flows to water and sanitation reached US$6.6 billion in 2013, a 10-year high in 2013, following steady growth... | 1.283823 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
strong focus on equity, sustainability and strengthening systems. Aid to water, sanitation and hygiene should at least double from current levels by 2020, with an emphasis on grant financing, effective targeting and addressing the neglect of sanitation and hygiene. A reassessment of progress and financing gaps should ... | 1.699428 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
day and in what quantities.
It’s a simple yet effective way of safeguarding access to this vital resource for everyone, every day of the year. When water levels are low, for example, the community may decide to temporarily halt non-essential activities that use water, such as brick-making; alternatively, they may choo... | 1.704288 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
more than 15 countries. Currently, World Vision’s WASH programs reach one million beneficiaries per year.
“The knowledge and experience of these organizations working together (in the WASH sector) will be transformational for the regions being served,” said Charles Creigh, DRI Foundation Chair. “Through a generous cha... | 1.545579 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Allow the following story to serve as a lesson in prudence, and please consider its legal issues as they pertain to personal privacy.
I recently sat down with an old friend employed as the GM of a boutique hotel in the American South. He was in town on business, so we met at a café not far from my office. Immediately a... | 1.605726 | 992 | 990 |
While front yards are often designed to provide a public, inviting atmosphere, you may have the desire to create a sense of seclusion and privacy in your front yard. Whether this goal includes camouflaging your home, completely diminishing your home and yard's visibility or putting limitations on people's ability to en... | 1.331601 | 1,017 | 1,015 |
On the surface, mobile application performance management is a tricky beast. A lot of variables exist that are...
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I am not an attorney nor am I familiar enough with the judicial system to bloviate about the grand jury decision in Ferguson Missouri. But I am an American, I’m a human being I’m a Jew and I have a soul. Many people choose to focus on the subsequent rioting and looting and use it as a motive for avoiding the elephant i... | 1.853305 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Since I was discharged from hospital, I have wondered often about my medical notes.
I wondered what they contained.
I wished that I had read them properly at the time.
In reality I was too ill.
When I first started to write this blog back in January, I started to – tentatively – write about my HELLP syndrome story.
I h... | 1.63064 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
The nation’s economy grew at a 3.1 percent annual rate in the fourth quarter, led by an increase in consumer spending.
The revised increase in gross domestic product compares with a 2.8 percent estimate issued last month, figures from the Commerce Department showed Friday. Earnings at financial companies led a 2.3 perc... | 1.1101 | 934 | 932 |
A University of Michigan Health System study has found that video ratings data of surgeons' operating skills successfully predicted whether patients would suffer complications after they leave the operating room.
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Find out that sodium bicarbonate has many benefits were out of cooking. Here are some of the miracles performed by using this substance!
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In the annual exercise of poker being played with real money called the state’s budget, the three-player environment that has surfaced in the Louisiana House of Representatives this year includes Jindal and conservatives who almost exclusively are Republicans, a faction of Republicans and a few others who term themselv... | 2.494218 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Political tensions are on the rise in Afghanistan as the country braces for a challenging presidential runoff on November 7.
On October 26, incumbent President Hamid Karzai rejected demands from his election rival, former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah, that key cabinet ministers be replaced and the country's top e... | 1.736389 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
civil war. Abdullah was a senior aide to late Afghan guerilla leader Ahmed Shah Masoud in the 1990s when the Afghan capital was destroyed in factional fighting between Masoud and other factions of the anti-Soviet mujahedin.
"For the people of Afghanistan, I think, Dr. Abdullah is a symbol of yesterday's Afghanistan an... | 1.627539 | 953 | 951 |
The NHS spends £10 billion a year tackling diabetes and its consequences, but this could be reduced if people rode bikes or walked to work, MPs said yesterday.
A group of MPS from all parties met for a debate on cycle safety in the House of Lords after the annual parliamentary bike ride from Kensington to Westminster, ... | 1.600398 | 980 | 978 |
Securing grant for any organization is no longer an easy task. With the new WIOA update, it has become necessary to put in more efforts for successfully securing the desired funding.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio - Seven years ago, Todd Daniels couldn't stand on his own.
"I suffered a brain injury, a traumatic brain injury," he said.
As a result, Daniels suffered a stroke.
"My family was told I would always need to be in a nursing home and I would never walk again," he said.
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Gold and silver prices slightly declined again on the first day of the week, but currently they are moderately rising. The recent news of the unexpected rise in the German confidence report maybe among the factors to further rally the Euro and thus also precious metals prices. Today, the U.S. Housing Starts and buildin... | 1.621927 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Seed Stewardship
Syngenta Stewardship Best Management Practices
Bt corn must have a refuge.
This is a requirement set by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. It is also a strategy endorsed by leading scientists to reduce the risk of insect populations developing a resistance to Bt corn.Syngenta is committed to followin... | 1.460513 | 992 | 990 |
Recently a friend attended the funeral of a man who had taken his own life. At the end of the service the deceased man's brother spoke to the congregation. After highlighting his brother's generosity and sensitivity and sharing some anecdotes that helped celebrate his life he went on to say something about the manner o... | 1.643933 | 975 | 974 |
NEW ORLEANS — A U.S. judge’s ruling Friday against BP Plc means the company can proceed with its appeal of the way a court-appointed administrator apportions payments for claims related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, some of which BP called “absurd.”
Federal District Judge Carl Barbier said he found no reason to... | 1.681587 | 963 | 961 |
I have a tattoo on the nape of my neck, I just started botox treatment for my migraines and the ink is starting to pull out. Is that normal for botox? I have had this tattoo for 6 years and I love it, but I get another round of Botox in 1 1/2 months and was wondering what was happening.
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Figure 1. Computed tomographic scan of the abdomen.
Figure 2. Classification of Mirizzi syndrome.
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Funds of Ucits hedge funds are a recent product development: the Gottex Absolute Return Fund, a multi-strategy product, launched 7 July 2010. As such, few have had the chance to produce eye-popping returns because in the time they’ve existed, the markets have been sluggish. “I think when equity markets improve you’ll f... | 1.87185 | 971 | 969 |
CHICAGO - Up on the stage John Ratzenberger - think Cliff in "Cheers" - strutted back and forth, going on like a chatty guy from next door about how kids don't know what a wrench is, about how dumb Hollywood makes fun of smart factory workers and, oh yeah, about China.
"The next time we go to war we'll have to call Chi... | 1.767098 | 931 | 930 |
From Navy Medicine Education and Training Command Public Affairs
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The importance of play for children’s intellectual, physical, and social development has been well documented. And lack of play has been linked to a variety of issues, including obesity, ADHD, anxiety and depression.
Yet free play is fast disappearing, in light of drastic changes in our society: a rise in dual-income a... | 1.745717 | 1,020 | 1,018 |
Would You Marry Me?-Wood You Look Closer?
Lesson 2 of 7
Objective: Students will investigate the properties of wood. Hook 5 min
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The effects of amoxicillin vary in intensity from mild to serious. Amoxicillin is a member of the penicillin family. Amoxicillin is a common antibiotic that is used to treat a variety of bacterial infections occurring with skin, ear, sinus, and upper respiratory system. While many people can take amoxicillin with no pr... | 1.644722 | 1,023 | 1,021 |
Using Micro-Conversions to Increase Web Leads
Do you want more leads from your website? Of course you do (we all do)!
As you think about your website, what constitutes a conversion or a lead? These days, few business owners are satisfied with increased impressions, visitors, or clicks. Most want one
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We live on an island surrounded by water. The UK has always been known as a nation of sailors but it is not something that everyone grows up being able to do.
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Kitchen sink spray heads often are installed at the same time as a new faucet to add more functionality to your sink. Sometimes the sprayer might malfunction or become damaged while the faucet itself still is working properly. In this case, a replacement sprayer, which can be purchased at most hardware stores, is all t... | 1.338096 | 1,021 | 1,019 |
With environmental disasters permanently residing in the headlines, the idea of living a green (or greener) lifestyle might appeal to you. The assumption is that going green can cost a lot of money, but it doesn’t have to, especially if you take it one weekend at a time. So here’s your guide to living a great green wee... | 1.68328 | 1,001 | 999 |
Adam Yates, myself, and Johann Neveling published on another new sauropodomorph dinosaur from South Africa in the
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology in 2011. The dinosaur is named Arcusaurus pereirabdalorum. Before I go any further, let me explain the origin of the name. With each dinosaur that our team has unearthed a... | 1.629961 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
in (E) the scars (SNA) where the neural arch would have attached — compare this to the juvenile alligator vertebra in the figure above. (c) Yates, Bonnan, Neveling & Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 2011.
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Yup, conservation science is sometimes weird.
The plant in question is called
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When I got my first seed catalog in the mail this year I was really excited. Not just because I get anxious to get my hands in the dirt. But because of all the school assignments that come in those catalogs. What? You’ve never seen all the wonderful school curriculum hiding in your seed catalogs? Well, let me introduce... | 1.58003 | 1,013 | 1,011 |
Last month, California state senators introduced a bill that would end personal exemptions
to the state's vaccination program. If the law passes, California will have some of the strictest vaccination laws in the country, allowing exemptions solely for medical reasons.
Vaccination is, of course, an incredibly emotional... | 1.25885 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
NHS Western Isles has become the first Health Board in Scotland to develop and introduce new lap tray mats to its hospitals, welcoming patients to the ward, and providing an array of important patient information by the bedside.
Providing information on visiting; protected mealtimes; nurse/ward rounds; steps to stay sa... | 1.768041 | 914 | 912 |
1National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Bologna, Italy 2NILU – Norwegian Institute for Air Research, Kjeller, Norway 3University of Urbino "Carlo Bo", Dipartimento di Scienze di Base e Fondamenti, Urbino, Italy
Received: 15 Jun 2012 – Published in Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss.:... | 1.080183 | 927 | 926 |
U.S. works to reassure Japan, other countries amid suspect case of mad cow disease Published 3:30 am, Monday, March 13, 2006
WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is trying to reassure Japan and other foreign customers of American beef while awaiting further tests on a suspected case of mad cow disease.
Routine testing ... | 1.362089 | 1,011 | 1,009 |
Editor’s Note: Staff from the Council of Economic Advisers, the Domestic Policy Council, the National Economic Council, the Office of Management and Budget, the Office of Science and Technology Policy contributed to this post.
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So, continuing from my research on the zero carbon passive house, let us now look at Earth Ships.
“. . . the Earthship is the epitome of sustainable design and construction.
No part of sustainable living has been ignored in this ingenious building.” (earthship.com)
An earthship is a passive house build to be almost com... | 1.889748 | 1,020 | 1,018 |
How America's friendly northern neighbor became a rogue, reckless petrostate.
By Andrew NikiforukAndrew Nikiforuk is a contributing editor to the Tyee, a Canadian online newspaper, and author of Tar Sands: Dirty Oil and the Future of a Continent.
For decades, the world has thought of Canada as America’s friendly northe... | 1.683641 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
“an enterprise of epic proportions, akin to the building of the pyramids or China’s Great Wall. Only bigger.” Bigger indeed: Approved bitumen mining projects could potentially excavate a forest area six times as large as New York City. Reclamation and reforestation remain an uncertain and costly proposition. To date, ... | 1.788972 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
These radium suppositories promised to restore "sexual power" to men's weakened organs. "Also splendid for piles and rectals sores."
Radium Suppositories
After radium was discovered in 1898 by Paul and Marie Curie, radioactive substances were used as popular quack cures for all kinds of conditions. Before anyone knew a... | 1.706614 | 889 | 888 |
Join Sallie Krawcheck for an in-depth discussion in this video Acknowledge how you may be holding yourself back, part of Sallie Krawcheck on Risk-Taking.
- So, there's something I think that's important for us to address and that I think about quite a bit which I want to talk to the women out there. Or, I also want to ... | 1.610989 | 999 | 997 |
One of the more celebrated North Pole surfacings of the USS Skate happened today in 1959, see https://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/04/26/ice-at-the-north-pole-in-1958-not-so-thick/ for more on that and several others.
Nearly a couple years ago at the ICCC in Chicago, Lord Monckton noted that at the time of this surfacing i... | 1.530434 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
. Civil twilight here lasts about half an hour, which fits in well with both our experience and state motor vehicle law that requires headlights to be on by half an hour after sunset.
Another aside – twilight is longest at the Summer Solstice, shorter at the Winter Solstice, but shortest near the equinoxes. If there’s ... | 1.74744 | 1,024 | 1,022 |
Posted: 20 Aug 2013 06:30 AM PDT
Today’s Gospel Text:“For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 3 And going out about the third hour he saw others standing ... | 1.374825 | 1,020 | 1,018 |
Tourist trends often get to change according to the circumstances. The instability of global economy, wars and of course other economic and geostrategic factors often play a major role in making a destination hot or not. However, there is a recurring problem which seems to have cast a heavy shadow over sunny holiday de... | 1.921207 | 982 | 981 |
Psychologists on the Hill: Grassroots efforts and new PAC aid legislative advocacy By Government Relations staff
April 11, 2013—Nearly 500 psychologists braved the rain and sleet on Tuesday, March 12 to attend more than 330 meetings with congressional members and staff on Capitol Hill as part of the 30th annual State L... | 1.528712 | 972 | 971 |
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