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The composite index, summarizing responses to the FDIC's Survey ofReal Estate Trends, edged down just barely to 67 in October, asmore frequent reports of improving commercial market conditionswere offset by slightly less positive assessments of housing markettrends.
Readings of conditions in commercial real estate were... | 1.274896 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
of the respondents in the Northeast continued to noteexcess supply in their local markets, the figure reflects asignificant improvement from the 91 percent figure reported justthree years ago. Some markets are heating up, so much so thatgrowth in demand may outstrip growth in supply. A tight market wasnoted in 35 perc... | 1.587487 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
202-898-3931). Geri Bonebrake, Donna Schull and LisaPeterson provided production support. Market Facts, Inc. conductedthe survey under the management of Kent R. Kroeger.
Appendix
SUMMARY INDICES OF REAL ESTATE TRENDS
Composite
Commercial
Residential
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72
63
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64
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69
73
65
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2000 Laureate, Applied Technology
Nigeria, 1964-2010
The art of pottery is deeply rooted in African culture. In northern Nigeria, earthenware pots have been used since ancient times as cooking and water storage vessels, coffins, wardrobes and banks. Today, these clay pots are almost extinct, replaced by aluminium conta... | 1.514956 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
of who live in abject poverty. Polygamy is a dominant feature of the family structure and women living in purdah are confined to their homes and seriously disadvantaged in terms of health care, education and employment opportunities. Young girls are particularly enslaved because they are forced to go out each day and ... | 1.70365 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Scientific publications Comparative analysis of selected methods for the assessment of antimicrobial and membrane-permeabilizing activity: a case study for lactoferricin derived peptides Sánchez-Gómez S, Lamata M, Leiva J [SP] , Blondelle SE, Jerala R, Andrä J, Brandenburg K, Lohner K, Moriyón I, Martínez-de-Tejada G. ... | 1.504652 | 1,010 | 1,008 |
By Chris Changwe Nshimbi
South African universities’ academic year lies in limbo as student protests rage on. The debate about free education won’t end any time soon and students are demanding that “fees must fall”. What many don’t seem to realise is that something else is on the verge of toppling: Academic standards.
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Adjunct Professor of Geography and Climate Studies University of the District of Columbia
Silva Meybatyan is Adjunct Professor of Geography and Climate Studies at the University of the District of Columbia.
The lessons of the Fukushima nuclear accident in 2011 seem to be the same as those from Chernobyl 25 years earlie... | 1.554853 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
to predict the spread of radioactive particles in order to effectively assess the situation and guide evacuations. However, most radiation dose-monitoring equipment and meteorological monitors were either damaged by the tsunami or were out of service because of the loss of power. In addition, the models did not incorp... | 1.867747 | 914 | 913 |
A smooth ride on any bicycle requires properly maintained hubs, which are the axis points of each wheel. Although highly important to the function of the bicycle, hubs are mechanically very simple. They consist of only an axle rod, ball bearings and sealing caps. Over time, these bearings can erode and the grease used ... | 1.345833 | 1,010 | 1,008 |
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The arrival of February promises another great fishing season. Relatively balmy days with warmer breezes, above-freezing temperatures and the scent of spring hint of great walleye fishing opportunities to come!
Ohio’s saugeye program dominates in many impounded inland waters, but there are solid wa... | 1.785508 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
to boast a reputation as the state’s best inland walleye lake. It’s often at its best early in the season, soon after ice-out.
An agreement between Ohio
and West Virginia allows resident anglers from either state to fish the Ohio River with the appropriate resident’s fishing license.
Once the ice leaves, expect an ear... | 1.729588 | 988 | 986 |
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In cold call prospecting sales trainer, a sales trainer will often try to motivate the salespeople by telling them things such as, “celebrate the no’s because every no means you’re one step closer to a yes.”
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This is not the place to enter into an exposition of Anarchism. The present sketch has its own definite aim--that of indicating the relation of Anarchism to modern science,--while the fundamental views of Anarchism may be found stated in a number of other works. But two or three illustrations will help us to define the... | 1.894807 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
ymembers of the human family. And then, if this observation of ours becorrect, we shall wee whether it is at all possible to inculcatemorality while teaching the doctrine of inequality.
We shall finally analyze, as Mark Guyau did, the facts of self-sacrifice. And then we shall consider what has promoted the development... | 1.866771 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
line intersects another, forming right angles on both sides of it, the consequences will be these or those." If two bodies are acted upon by such movements only as exist in interstellar space, and there is no third body within measurable distance of them, then their centres of gravity will approach each other at a cer... | 1.823325 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Shigellosis, 2001
During 2001, 493 culture-confirmed cases of
Shigella infection
(10.0 per 100,000 population) were reported (Figure
1). This represents a 45% decrease from the 904 cases reported in
2000 (the largest number of Shigella cases ever reported in Minnesota)
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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Nov. 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Energy crop company Ceres, Inc. (Nasdaq: CERE) today announced financial results for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2013 and provided an update on its business in Brazil.
The company reported that plantings for the 2013-2014 sorghum growing season in Brazil have co... | 1.119507 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
CERES FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
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“It is not unusual for my clients’ loans to be recast at rates as low as 2% interest rate” says Seattle bankruptcy Attorney Jonathan Smith.
Seattle, WA. (PRWEB) June 20, 2013
Advantage Legal Group is offering 3 free foreclosure defense seminars in the Seattle area in June 2013. The seminars focus on legal options for h... | 1.344128 | 999 | 997 |
Causes of transsexuality
The study of the
causes of transsexuality investigates gender identity formation of transgender people, especially those who are transsexual. Transsexual people have a gender identity that does not match their assigned sex, often resulting in gender dysphoria. [1] The causes of transsexuality h... | 1.280724 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
FtM transsexuality.
[2] Transsexuality among twins[edit]
In 2013, a twin study combined a survey of pairs of twins where one or both had undergone, or had plans and medical approval to undergo, gender transition, with a literature review of published reports of transgender twins. The study found that one third of iden... | 1.258339 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
in posterior part of the right SLF, the forceps minor and corticospinal tract. Compared to control males, FtM showed only lower FA values in the corticospinal tract." [15]
Hulshoff Pol
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Berglund
et al. (2008) tested the response of gynephilic MtF transsexuals to two sex pheromones: the progestin-like 4,16-androstadien-3-one (AND) and the estrogen-like 1,3,5(10),16-tetraen-3-ol (EST). Despite the difference in sexuality, the MtFs' hypothalamic networks activated in response to the AND pheromone, li... | 1.306426 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
identity is determined by parenting. [34] [35] However, no studies have been able to demonstrate this at a large scale, in part due to widespread agreement among scholars that the Reimer study's methodology was unethical. [36] Reimer's case is used by organizations such as The Intersex Society of North America to caut... | 1.325849 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
(1): 93–6. doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2008.08.033. PMC . PMID 18962445. "Transsexual study reveals genetic link". abc.net.au. For a survey, see Swaab, Dick F.; Castellanos-Cruz, L.; Bao, A.-M. "The Human Brain and Gender: Sexual Differentiation of Our Brains." In: Schreiber, Gerhard. Transsexuality in Theology and Neurosci... | 0.695232 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
H. G; Gooren, L. J G; Kahn, R. S (2006). "Changing your sex changes your brain: influences of testosterone and estrogen on adult human brain structure". European Journal of Endocrinology. 155: S107–S114. doi:10.1530/eje.1.02248. Rametti, G.; Carrillo, B.; Gómez-Gil, E.; Junque, C.; Zubiarre-Elorza, L.; Segovia, S.; Go... | 0.60478 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
changes in female to male gender identity disorder". Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences. 64: 157–161. doi:10.1111/j.1440-1819.2009.02059.x. Ramachandran, V. S. (2008). "Phantom Penises In Transsexuals". Journal of Consciousness Studies. 15(1): 5–16. Schneider, H; Pickel, J; Stalla, G (2006). "Typical female 2nd–4th... | 0.850518 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
(2005) "...Since the beginning of the last century, clinical observers have described the propensity of certain males to be erotically aroused by the thought or image of themselves as women..." in Early History of the Concept of Autogynephilia from the Archives of Sexual Behavior, Volume 34, Number 4, pages 439-446. R... | 0.857228 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
The LED taillight assemblies you increasingly see on expensive vehicles are custom-built units that come at custom-built prices. But to make exterior LED use widespread among high-volume models it has to be standardized. Realizing this, Osram Sylvania Inc. developed the “Joule” unit shown here. Like the ubiquitous inca... | 1.713228 | 989 | 988 |
Pre-doctoral students receive an annual stipend and full tuition. The fellowship provides three years’ support, contingent on satisfactory performance. The purpose of this program is to prepare researchers to investigate such issues as the access, organizations, and effectiveness of mental health services, particularly... | 1.600744 | 988 | 986 |
By celebrating a drug-free Independence Day and setting a good example by not taking harmful drugs or taking alcohol to excess, a person can factually help save lives.
(PRWEB) July 01, 2014
Independence Day, the Fourth of July, is the day when Americans celebrate the birth of our nation. In 1776, the Declaration of Ind... | 1.473408 | 946 | 944 |
Public spending cuts are likely to hit volunteering hard, a charity chief has warned.
Dame Elisabeth Hoodless, the outgoing head of the Community Service Volunteers (CSV) organisation, used an article in the Times to flag up her concerns as she stepped down.
Downing Street responded by saying councils needed to do more... | 1.46203 | 1,008 | 1,006 |
Judges in Karlsruhe have ruled out access to a list of search parameters Germany's foreign spy agency used to track millions of targets worldwide. What does the verdict mean for state-sponsored mass surveillance?
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Land Clearing DEAR TIM: Land clearing is now on my radar since I purchased some raw land to build a new home. The land has lots of large trees and just a few bushes. I don't know where to start or how to do this. Is clearing land something I should consider doing myself? What kind of land clearing equipment would I nee... | 1.614837 | 1,014 | 1,013 |
Steven Staples to Finance Committee: “Canada’s future is in Bombardier’s passenger jets, not Lockheed Martin’s fighter jets”
The Rideau Institute presented pre-budget consultation recommendations to the House of Commons Finance Committe on October 24, 2012. The full minutes and transcripts of the committee meeting are ... | 1.688331 | 999 | 997 |
United States District Court, D. Delaware
MEMORANDUM OPINION
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Counterfeit food has a long and storied history and has affected one of most important food groups of them all: coffee. New science, however, may be here to save the day and could show us what type of beans are actually used to make our daily cup(s) of joe.
A team of researchers at the Second University of Naples, in N... | 1.729148 | 994 | 992 |
North America and Europe will see strong growth as sales in China stall, report concludes
BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The market for power two-wheel (PTW) vehicles, which includes electric motorcycles (e-motorcycles) and electric scooters (e-scooters), has grown slowly in recent years. Although sales volumes in t... | 1.15043 | 1,014 | 1,012 |
Of all the food and beverage choices you face every day, what's calorie-free, virtually cost-free, and, oh yes, essential to keeping you alive? Plain ol' water. But those aren't the only reasons to drink it.
"Water drives basic body performance," says Beth Reardon, director of nutrition for Duke Integrative Medicine, p... | 1.316895 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Naming and Claiming The difference between pornography and eroticism, they say, is all in the lighting. It could just as well be said to be “all in the naming”. A person degraded or commodified through language is easier to exploit, points out Winona LaDuke in Recovering the Sacred. The insight that language carries a ... | 2.247953 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
’s original purpose had been to prepare pilots and special forces for possible capture by an enemy that didn’t follow the Geneva Conventions. The accounts of SERE graduates prefigured reports that began coming out of Guantanamo Bay, Afghanistan, and Iraq.
When soldiers are brought to the mock prison . . . they are isol... | 1.857134 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
of CIA power. James Mitchell and Bruce Jessen had been involved with SERE training for the air force in Spokane, Washington. With SERE credentials to back them up, Mitchell and Jessen set out as private contractors, opening the consulting company LL Knowledge Works, a facility in Spokane that “principally instructs in... | 1.909128 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
966, when sodomy laws could still get you thrown into a mental institution. In order to exterminate their deviant, homosexual urges, Seligman exposed gay men to unpleasant stimuli such as a smelling salts or emetics in conjunction with gay porn. Though Seligman reported that some of the men were able to change their be... | 2.096576 | 1,005 | 1,003 |
On Saturday, Crystal Hamilton called the police during a domestic dispute in her Woodbridge, Va., home. According to officials, her husband Ronald opened fire on the first three Prince William County officers to respond and surrendered when more police arrived at the couple’s home. Hamilton, 29, was then found dead and... | 1.70907 | 1,022 | 1,020 |
Common Names: Mountain lettuce,Blue lettuce or Perennial lettuce Other Names: Nome italiano: Lattuga rupestre English name: Mountain Lettuce French name: Laitue perenne Spanish name: lechuga azul German name: Blauer Lattich Swedish name: blåsallat Habitat: Lactuca perennis is native to S. Europe. It grows on the rocky ... | 0.806446 | 1,019 | 1,018 |
As foretold by Orwell and confirmed by Snowden, Big Brother is watching and listening — but he’s not using Las Vegas’ fancy new streetlights to do so.
The three trial streetlights installed near City Hall in July can do everything from play music to display announcements but, despite concerns about their potential to b... | 1.59838 | 986 | 984 |
When a riding lawn mower overheats, it sometimes stops running or fails to restart once it is turned off. Running an overheated mower for long periods can cause damage to the engine’s internal components. When the engine overheats, shut it down and correct the cause of the problem before continuing to run the mower.
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Apart possibly from that title, this is not a snarky post, but one actually about historical research and stuff, deriving from the paper I gave to the Harvard International History Seminar.
The paper addressed the possibility of considering the U.S. of the late c19 as a “developmental state,” in keeping with the model ... | 1.938516 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
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"I have prayed and prayed and prayed for an answer to my problem but God just doesn't answer. I don't know what to do. How can I know God's will? Why doesn't He answer my prayers?" Many of you readers have written in asking these very important questions. This article gives the answers!
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Once only known as “shell shock”
a vague condition affecting war veterans, it is now known as Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.
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Títol: Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model organism: a comparative study Autor/a: Karathia, Hiren; Vilaprinyo Terré, Ester; Sorribas Tello, Albert; Alves, Rui Abstract:
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Think of this as Volume 16, Number 38 of A-Clue.com, the online newsletter I've written since 1997. Enjoy.
A new set of assumptions, a political Thesis with a Myth and Values seeking Power, is uniquely vulnerable at this time. Because it's seeking validation for the very first time.
In 1972 Richard Nixon knew this, and... | 2.306531 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
The new policy is aimed at overcoming a stalemate that has severely curtailed the market for biotech seeds in Europe. Only two crops, produced by the agricultural giant Monsanto and the chemical company BASF , are sold for cultivation in Europe.
The new flexibility is aimed at opening up markets in countries like the N... | 1.566373 | 959 | 957 |
(MoneyWatch) Tough interview questions are meant to separate the men from the boys and help the interviewer spot a diamond in the rough -- or something like that. In reality, they merely set people who are naturally talented at interviews, or those who are well prepared, apart from those who struggle with these meeting... | 1.931508 | 988 | 986 |
There’s a pervasive myth in the conversion optimization world: that it’s only about increasing the percentage of visitors that convert to customers. It’s true that we spend a lot of time looking at that rate and finding ways to improve it. By removing roadblocks and friction to conversions on your website, you’ll ultim... | 1.622668 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
it as part of this trio of books that are commonly bought together.” The prospective customer gets quality recommendations on an area that they care about, and Amazon sells additional books.
The key to successful product bundles is to suggest pairings that will appeal to your customers. Depending on the depth of custo... | 1.63887 | 1,005 | 1,002 |
Sign language has been a proven useful tool for parents and kids for many years. Apart from needing sign language as a method of communication for parents and kids who having hearing loss, sign language can be used in any family to help kids better communicate at a younger age and give families a way to connect. Sign l... | 1.598639 | 967 | 965 |
Women’s health continues to be at risk by conservative government actions and we must make our voices heard!
I didn’t know much about Planned Parenthood when it counted. As a teenager, I wasn’t interested in going “that far” with a boy. I thought that was something that would wait for marriage or close to it. Boys I da... | 1.784101 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
"
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind is one of those lush, overambitious books ... that readers, on finishing it, find that they think about the world quite differently."
− T.M. Luhrmann, Ph.D., Professor of Anthropology, Stanford University,
in "What Book Changed Your Mind?," Chronicle ... | 1.617452 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
ia time scales if the environment favors such change — and this includes the new environments we have made for ourselves, things like new ways of making a living and new social structures. ... There is evidence that such change has occurred. ... On first reading,
Breakdown seemed one of the craziest books ever written,... | 1.79511 | 961 | 960 |
Ralph Martin writes, “There seems to be a wide-spread impression that the contemplative and the charismatic are contradictory, not complementary, and that John of the Cross condemns the exercise of the charismatic gifts.”
Ralph Martin writes, “One of St John of the Cross very important contribution is his laser-like in... | 1.494318 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
By: Amaranthia Sepia Gittens-Jones, Guest Blogger “Our deepest wishes are whispers of our authentic selves. We must learn to respect them. We must learn to listen.” ~Sarah Ban Breathnach, author
Self-empowerment is body-empowerment to me.
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Let’s face it, being healthy isn’t always easy. How many times a day are we tempted to take the elevator instead of the stairs, to grab that sugary juice out of the fridge instead of water, or to skip our workout and watch TV curled up in bead instead? After a long day at work or school it can be difficult to make the ... | 1.512794 | 1,022 | 1,020 |
Before the arrival of mobile phones in the early 1980s, phone crime was mainly a white-collar offence. A physics teacher at my school hacked telephone exchanges. He and his friends made free phone calls around the world until eventually they were caught. Some pupils were impressed. Phone crime today is synonymous with ... | 1.645278 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
メタル粉分散系の非線形レオロジー特性 Nonlinear Rheological Properties of Metal Powder Suspension この論文にアクセスする この論文をさがす 著者 抄録
本研究では分散剤L-95を用い, 鉱油中にメタル粉を分散させた試料について, そのレオロジー的性質を検討した。定常流粘度測定においては, Shear-thinning挙動が見られたが, せん断速度の中間域で一時的に平坦部が現れた。動的粘弾性測定では, 定常せん断との重畳により, ひずみとひずみ速度が大きく影響することが分かった。これらのレオロジー的挙動は, フロックモデルを用いて説明可能であることが示された。
Rheolog... | 1.402029 | 948 | 946 |
CreekSide Bank, Woodstock, Georgia, was closed today by state regulators who appointed the FDIC as receiver. The failed bank was sold by the FDIC to Georgia Commerce Bank which will assume all deposits of the failed bank.
Creekside Bank was very similar to Patriot Bank, the second Georgia bank closed by regulators toda... | 1.250736 | 988 | 986 |
Christopher Tollefsen's criticism of the Live Action "sting operation" against Planned Parenthood, and his subsequent defense of the claim that deliberate falsehoods are intrinsically immoral (see here, here, and here), has set off a debate, largely among his conservative allies, on the ethics of truth-telling and the ... | 1.650843 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
gentleman's unswerving disdain of falsehood as Arkes and Kreeft are at Tollefsen's position.
To be sure, none of this shows that Tollefsen is right. It does show, however, that in their efforts to dismiss him out of hand Kreeft and Arkes are appealing not to the moral common sense of mankind as such, but to the moral ... | 1.768948 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
What’s the Difference Between Winning and Losing?
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You might find one at private-equity companies. At a time when the economic demands of large public companies keep CMO fates linked closely to quarterly earnings reports, privately backed organizations might just offer smoother sailing -- at least in the short term. Though fast-paced and demanding, such environments of... | 1.639651 | 980 | 978 |
It has been my privilege and the greatest honor of my life to serve as the Governor of the State of Hawai‘i since December 2002. Throughout these eight years I have had the opportunity to work with many outstanding people in guiding our state through extraordinary times. I am frequently asked what events stand out duri... | 1.468704 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives approved March 15 another measure to extend funding of federal agencies in the short term, but support by conservative Republicans dropped considerably.
The House voted 271-158 for the continuing resolution, which -- if approved by the Senate -- will maintain spending for fede... | 1.398416 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
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January 1, 2001 Issue January 15, 2001 Issue January 1, 2001 Go Build a BoatBy Monte Rhodes
What is it about building boats? Why do so many of us have a need, or maybe even an obsession to build boats? They look really good for one thing. A nice dory or sailboat with a beaut... | 1.762794 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
. I'm going to use 4mm okoume instead of 1/4" ply, probably add a curved deck fore and aft for some rigidity, and make a big cockpit. I've been building it in my head for awhile now and am anxious to start shaping those pieces of wood and joining them together.
I hope that as you read these words you get some sense of ... | 2.008993 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
to the flammable liquid or in special situations such as dense solvent vapors flowing along a floor to an ignition source like a pilot light or a motor.
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have been reported to cause dermatitis. Hear-twoods are worse than sapwoods (probably because of the natural poisons they contain, which also make them more resistant to decay). The exposure limit is 5mg/m3 for all woods except western red cedar, which is 2.5mg./m3 (because one in 20 people is allergic to red cedar du... | 1.809281 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
solvents, toluene defats the skin and makes it sensitive to dermatitis. For gloves, only Buna-N and nitrile rubber are reasonably impervious to toluene.
Acetone:Acetone is commonly used for cleaning up. Don't use it if you value your skin. It defats the skin and is absorbed through it. It is also probably the most fla... | 1.719433 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Knowledge-Based Economy
Modern society has become a network society that runs on the basis of knowledge and information. It stands to reason that the underlying economy is intertwined with this transformation. Two aspects must be distinguished: the aspect of knowledge economy, in which knowledge is the product of econo... | 1.886775 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
it was mutually affected by those fields suddenly emerged as explicit fields of study. The distinction between economy of knowledge and knowledge-based economy is crucial, yet their interrelation must also be recognized:
Economy of knowledgetreats knowledge as a product and asks for the conditions of its construction ... | 1.869774 | 1,020 | 1,018 |
There are many reasons why you should stretch your quadriceps, the large muscles on the front of you legs. Pain in the knees, bad back, or poor posture from having spent a lot of time sitting down are just a few reasons. It’s very common to have tight quadriceps and it takes a bit of time to get them loosened up. There... | 1.768124 | 1,003 | 1,001 |
Shares of Coca-Cola Co. (NYSE: KO) rose about 17% in 2013, short of the 26.5% seen on the Dow Jones Industrial Average and far short of almost 30% for the S&P 500 index. Arch rival PepsiCo Inc. (NYSE: PEP) rose by almost 25% in 2013. The question now is what to expect in 2014. 24/7 Wall St. is evaluating the bullish an... | 1.662923 | 1,019 | 1,016 |
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The 'buzz' about the benefits - for anyone and everyone - of getting enough Omega 3 fatty acids on a daily basis has been around for a while now. This is not a 'buzz' in the way that people get excited about the latest, not very well researched, diet pill or something of that nature. The benefits of Omega... | 1.600333 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Well, one medium sized banana counts as one cup. As does one medium sized mango, two average plums, a single apple, about 50 grapes and as long as it is all natural (and preferably organic) so does eight ounces of orange juice.
When and How to Incorporate Fruit into Your Daily Diet
Apart from simply packing a banana w... | 1.54959 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
also always power cuts that can make life difficult as well. The dilemma many people face is just what they should do with food in a freezer when the freezer is not working. As long as you keep the freezer door shut most food will remain sufficiently frozen to be just fine for 24 hours, giving you time to make other a... | 1.521787 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
fruits and never use a knife, or other cooking utensil, that has been used to prepare one food type on another before you have washed and cleaned it thoroughly.
Cleanliness is Key.. And That Applies to You Too
Outdoor cookery does tend to be a great deal more of a hands on activity so it is a must that those hands are... | 1.909608 | 1,017 | 1,014 |
Joan Burkovic runs lean. He wears the scars of bootstrapping on his face, with shadowed eyes that seem to be tattooed in red. His cheeks are sucked in tight around his jaw, a product of a budget diet consisting mostly of pasta. The scrawny native of Northern France, and his technical co-Founder, Robin Dauzon, have gone... | 1.94785 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
At the same time, satellite development and manufacturing seems stuck in the pre-automation age, with each bird laboriously handcrafted in a process that takes years and with costs for new Defense Department satellite systems routinely measured in the billions of dollars.
The Transformational Communications Satellite (... | 1.570318 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
This week Julia Gillard, Australia’s first female Prime Minister was ousted after the leadership sore that had been festering under the surface finally broke through. It was probably the most significant political event in Australia for almost 40 years.
Leadership is a tough business, and for women it is even tougher. ... | 1.916341 | 1,016 | 1,014 |
Bacteriological quality of weaning food and drinking water given to children of market women in Nigeria: implications for control of diarrhoea.
MedLine Citation:
PMID: 11262769 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE
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Bacteriological quality of weaning food and drinking water given to 2 groups of children age... | 1.243797 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
MPPs living within relatively easy driving distance of Queen’s Park are spending tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars a year to live in Toronto.
Annual members’ expenses for travel and Toronto accommodation (2013-14) that were released Thursday show MPPs from places as close as Barrie, Hamilton and Cambridge are spend... | 1.490568 | 998 | 996 |
There are more apps for nurses than we can count, so we've compiled a list of the top five apps that all nurses should have on their Smartphones.
This app has thousands of results on drugs, diseases and images. The application has been highly anticipated in the medical world for its renowned use as a reference guide.
T... | 1.836475 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
The overall objective of this U54 application is to characterize, at molecular and cellular levels, the hormonal pathways that regulate embryo implantation and fertility. Failure of the fertilized embryo to implant into the endometrium is a major cause of infertility. Following its initial attachment to the uterine epi... | 1.169816 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
The National Cherry Blossom Festival annually commemorates the 1912 gift to the city of Washington of 3,000 cherry trees from Mayor Yukio Ozaki of Tokyo to enhance the growing friendship between the United States and Japan and celebrate the continued close relationship between our two peoples. In a simple ceremony on M... | 1.328562 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
There have been a lot of complaints voiced over the last couple of years from people who wish entrepreneurs would address the world’s “real problems” or do “something bigger” rather than create “me too” applications and websites. I’m not a fan of that sentiment but that’s really a whole other post I need to write. In a... | 1.792245 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
How do I know if I have heartburn?
Frequent heartburn - defined as occurring two or more days a week – is a burning discomfort in the chest or throat that occurs when harsh stomach acid comes into contact with the delicate lining of the esophagus, irritating it.
Heartburn affects different people in different ways. But... | 1.491815 | 1,019 | 1,017 |
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