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Whenever I meet someone who says they love books, I am quick to ask them to list some of their favorite books of all time. Most are drawn from a familiar pool (
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Physics/ newtons law of motion Question
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Briny water flows during the summer months on Mars, raising the possibility that the planet long thought to be arid could support life today, scientists analyzing data from a NASA spacecraft said on Monday.
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beginning. But it goes beyond recycling and turning of lights– the food decisions we make every day have a tremendous impact on the environment, as well.
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July 1, 2013
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MOORESBORO — Fifty-five high school students at Thomas Jefferson Classical Academy earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board this past school year in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program Exams.
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Bill Gatesis testifying before the U.S. House Committee on Science and Technology this week, lobbying Congress to expand the number of H-1B visas made available in the U.S. in 2008. Congress normally caps H-1B visas at 65,000 per year. Gates is an outspoken critic of the Visa cap restrictions.
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$2.8 million in new Gates Foundation funding will support initiative
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The day before Congress sent tens of thousands of U.S. government workers into a state of involuntary joblessness, conservatives in the United Kingdom unveiled a plan to put thousands of unemployed Britons involuntarily back to work.
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TAX ANALYSTS, Plaintiff, v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Defendant., United States District Court, District of Columbia., 53 F.Supp.2d 449, No. CV. NO. 94-2220(TFH)., March 16, 1999 24.06.2008 TAX ANALYSTS, Plaintiff, v. INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, Defendant.
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.2d 202 (1986). There is a genuine issue of material fact only if there is such evidence that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the non-moving party; a fact is material only if it might affect the outcome of the suit under applicable law. See id . at 248, 106 S.Ct. 2505.
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.61110-2(h).
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May 17, 2012
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NFL’s Shadow Economy of Gambling and Fantasy Football is a Multibillion Dollar Business
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If you've eaten pineapple and experienced burning in your mouth or chest, it may make you think that pineapple isn't the right fruit for you. Although it's a good source of essential nutrients, pineapple is also an acidic fruit that contains an enzyme commonly used as a meat tenderizer. As such, it can cause the uncomf... | 1.325161 | 978 | 976 |
Core inflation surprised markets.
Singapore's April headline inflation continued its 18th consecutive month of contraction but core inflation surprised markets and hit a 13-mont high of 0.8% y/y, reflecting a jump in services inflatio to 0.7% yoy from 0.4% yoy a month ago. Does this signals an improving outlook for com... | 1.559453 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
March 22, 2012Labeling the federal budget a "day-to-day moral statement,” the Rev. Geoffrey A. Black was among a dozen leading religious leaders in Washington, D.C., March 22 calling for Congress to "embody mercy and justice while providing robust support for the poor and vulnerable people at home and abroad.”
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894 F2d 1372 Public Utilities Commission of State of California v. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
894 F.2d 1372
282 U.S.App.D.C. 332
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF the STATE OF CALIFORNIA, Petitioner,
v. FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION, Respondent Southwest Gas Corporation, El Paso Municipal Customer Group, ... | 0.750804 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
7 et seq. (1988), the Commission sets the sales prices of interstate pipelines selling natural gas at wholesale. From the start, its predecessor (the Federal Power Commission) used the historical cost of pipeline-produced gas as a component of the ceiling price for a pipeline's final sales. FPC v. Hope Natural Gas Co.,... | 1.200535 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
-run went into a deferred tax account, earmarked for future tax liabilities. However, now that El Paso has switched away from cost-of-service pricing for its gas production to ceiling prices under the NGPA, the "turnaround" anticipated under tax normalization will never come to pass. The question therefore arises as to... | 1.379339 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
87, 2190-92, 76 L.Ed.2d 312 (1983).4
The Natural Gas Act simply provides that a "party ... aggrieved by an order" of the Commission may seek review, Sec. 19(b), 15 U.S.C. Sec. 717r(b) (1988),5 but the Supreme Court as early as 1938 found a requirement of finality in the parallel provision of the Federal Power Act, FPC ... | 1.045165 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
to generate issues for judicial review at all. Second, even in the event of a second appeal, it does not appear that any such issues would be analytically entangled with the present one, which involves solely the basic principle of how best to analogize El Paso's role as a producer for itself to the role of independen... | 1.483759 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
In particular, it must respond to California's contention that gas should not receive the replacement contract rate in the absence of some reason to associate the gas with the incentives that that rate was intended to afford.
While we seriously doubt whether the Commission can justify allowing El Paso replacement cont... | 1.479429 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
fund balance from El Paso's rate base.
We find the Commission's credit for the fund's earnings not in accordance with law. (The reasons will make apparent why its disposition of the principal is correct.) The fundamental difficulty with the credit of the fund's earnings is that it is not attached to, derived from, or ... | 1.639532 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
head transfers). Instead it set ceiling prices itself. Section 601 addresses the downstream impact of the wellhead ceilings, entitling a natural gas company to pass on NGPA-complying costs. (Sec. 601(b)(1) states that amounts paid that comply with Title I of the NGPA shall be deemed just and reasonable for Natural Gas ... | 1.595919 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
savings' that is permanent and would not inure to the benefit of consumers." Id. But the APGA decision will not support the inferences California would draw. The statement quoted was obviously not made in contemplation of Congress's later enactment of the NGPA. Nor could it have meant that the validity of tax normaliza... | 1.810965 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
City of Piqua v. FERC, 610 F.2d 950, 954 (D.C.Cir.1979); see also Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. v. Hall, 453 U.S. at 576-79, 101 S.Ct. at 2929-31; Associated Gas Distributors v. FERC, 893 F.2d 349, 354-57 (1989) (disallowing $650 million sought by pipeline in excess of prior charges).
We note that in its orders on review... | 1.612344 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
As the Court observed, the language of the Act and its legislative history do not provide for the disposition of the deferred tax reserves. Id. at 861-62. In such a case, our review is extremely narrow. "[I]f the statute is silent or ambiguous with respect to the specific issue, the question for the court is whether t... | 1.436689 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
ERC chose to accomplish this end. It observes that under Sec. 601 of the NGPA, the Commission may not reduce gas transmission rates below the prices fixed by Sec. 104 of that Act. Accordingly, the majority concludes that the Commission erred by reducing current rates, regardless of the purpose for doing so. The majorit... | 1.656459 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
as a custodian save for its technical objections that the vehicle for accomplishing this runs afoul of a formalistic reading of the NGPA. The majority's reading is not only questionable, it is also irrelevant. The real issue is whether FERC had the authority to maintain the status quo, not how it chose to do so.
I thi... | 1.384921 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
5 U.S.C. Sec. 717c(e) (1988). As we explained in East Tennessee Natural Gas Co. v. FERC, 863 F.2d 932, 941 (D.C.Cir.1988), this exception to the rule against retroactive rate changes is simply "a necessary compromise to accommodate delays in the approval process." See also Arkansas Louisiana Gas Co. v. Hall, 453 U.S. 5... | 1.374334 | 1,000 | 997 |
The holiday season is a time when concept of “giving” seems to come up a lot.
Hey, I’m all for it, too. Every single one of us, without exception, has
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Special to Tuesday’s Horse Written by CAROLYN M. BETTS, PhD Economics
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The points made in the document should, in my opinion, be read very closely by those jurisdictions that still have slots. We all know what this report details is currently happening in those jurisdictions, and it must be turned around and changed to survive.
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Hyperhomocysteinemia and Other Inherited Prothrombotic Conditions in Young Adults With a History of Ischemic Stroke Jump to Abstract The mechanisms of ischemic stroke in young adults are poorly understood. During the last years, several studies suggested a role for genetic factors predisposing to thrombophilia and for ... | 0.838477 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
pose subjects to vascular disease. 27,28 In regard to the association of homozygous C677T MTHFR gene mutation and the risk of cerebrovascular disease, the results are conflicting as well. 29–32 In young adults with a history of ischemic arterial strokes, we evaluated the role of these inherited prothrombotic factors. S... | 1.118381 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
under UV light. Measurements
Serum total homocysteine, ie, the sum of free homocysteine, cysteine-homocysteine mixed disulfide, and protein-bound forms, was evaluated by an ELISA method and spectrophotometrically measured (normal levels, <15 μmol/L).
Statistical Analysis
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and when patients and controls were analyzed separately (7.1% and 5.2% in males and females, respectively, for FV Leiden; 8.7% and 4.7% in males and females, respectively, for FII; all P>0.05, χ 2 test). Only 1 case subject (0.8%) carried both mutations, and only 1 control carried both mutations as well (0.4%; P>0.05,... | 0.853719 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
.128) (Table 3). Discussion
In our setting of patients with young adult ischemic stroke, we investigated the prevalence of the most common genetic polymorphisms associated with an increased risk of venous thrombosis and their correlation with the event. The prevalence of FV Leiden and the 20210A FII variant was not sig... | 1.225425 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
ischemic stroke) among young patients has been shown to be a multifactorial disease in which inherited predisposing factors play an increasingly relevant role. More recently, the interaction of inherited factors with environmental variables has further clarified our understanding of the mechanisms leading to ischemic ... | 1.05246 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
V Leiden. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol .1999; 19: 1751–1756. ↵ ↵ Coull BM, Malinow MR, Beamer N, Sexton G, Nordt F, deGarmo P. Elevated plasma homocysteine concentration as a possible independent risk factor for stroke. Stroke .1990; 21: 572–576. ↵ ↵ Verhoef P, Hennekens CH, Malinow MR, Kok FJ, Willett WC, Stampfer M... | 0.846864 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
17: 569–573. ↵ Jacques PF, Bostom AG, Williams RR, Ellison RC, Eckfeldt JH, Rosenberg IH, Selhub J, Rozen R. Relation between folate status, a common mutation in methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, and plasma homocysteine concentrations. Circulation .1996; 93: 7–9. ↵ Markus HS, Nadira A, Swaminathan R, Sankaralingam A... | 0.95331 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
) polymorphism to the risk of early-onset venous and arterial occlusive disease and fasting hyperhomocysteinemia. Thromb Haemost .2000; 84: 575–582. ↵ Robinson K, Arheart K, Refsum H, Brattstrom L, Boers G, Ueland P, Rubba P, Palma-Reis R, Meleady R, Daly L, Witteman J, Graham I, for the European COMAC Group. Low circu... | 1.363311 | 1,004 | 1,002 |
The types of attacks that attempt to making a certain online service unavailable by overwhelming it with the use of traffic from different sources are popularly known as DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service). This is an attack that usually targets wide and essential resources which is typically from a bank to a news web... | 1.83634 | 1,024 | 1,021 |
November 8, 2011 > Do I sense rotten eggs?
Do I sense rotten eggs?
Submitted By Anaha Raghunathan, Anirudh Prabhu, Anusha Chillara, Dwayne Bhatia, Nihal Maunder, Rudrik Suthar, and Shivane Sabharwal
Editor's Note: This article was written by a group of students from Hopkins Junior High in Fremont participating in a rob... | 1.453214 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
1Department of Food Sciences and Industries, Faculty of Industrial and Mechanical Engineering, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran.
2Associate Professor of the Department of Food Engineering, Sabzevar Branch, Islamic Azad University, Sabzevar, Khorasan Razavi, Iran.
3Department of Food Science and Tech... | 1.020241 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
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Turns out mom was right: Keep your hands off the raw cookie dough.
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In 1996, Wendy was 26 years old. She was passionate about rock climbing, mountain biking, hiking, swimming, and skiing. “I was constantly moving,” Wendy recalls.
Then came the accident. While downhill skiing, Wendy took a bad fall, fracturing her left ankle. The fracture developed into neuroma and led to complex region... | 1.557317 | 981 | 979 |
Q: I work in a child protection duty team in a local authority. The size of my caseload is putting children at risk and I’m worried that I’m going to be the next scapegoat if anything happens. I have tried to talk to my manager but she is too busy to listen. What should I do?
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Note: An expanded version of this post was originally published by Kansas Health Institute on July 14, 2011. Anna Lambertson, Executive Director of the Kansas Health Consumer Coalition and Sheldon Weisgrau, Director of the Health Reform Resource Project co-authored the original op-ed.
Kansas consumers who try to purcha... | 1.758944 | 998 | 995 |
True or false: Pet owners don’t need to worry about fleas in the winter.
False! While this may have once been commonly accepted, we now know that fleas can and do survive in colder weather – especially indoors, and especially in the milder climates of the southern U.S.
In fact, fleas may even be a bigger threat in the ... | 1.486823 | 1,009 | 1,007 |
In this section, the proposed models are applied to modeling the decision-making of pedestrians in shopping streets. The satisficing model is applied to the decision of terminating the shopping trip, or the Go-Home decision; the comparative model is applied to the decision of walking direction choice. Both models are c... | 1.640001 | 998 | 996 |
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Welcome in the official web site of the IFIP Working Group (WG) 5.1, a group of scientific and industrial experts active in the field of product development and engineering, under the big umbrella of IFIP (
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Document Type
Dissertation
Date of Degree
Fall 2010
Degree Name
PhD (Doctor of Philosophy)
Degree In
Epidemiology
First Advisor
Fredric Gerr
Abstract
The acute nervous system toxicity of organophosphate (OP) pesticides is well described. However, the reported long-term effects of OP pesticides on the nervous system are... | 1.134409 | 970 | 968 |
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A good umpire must know all the rules, but learning them is difficult because the rule book is hard to understand. An umpire must know how the rules should be interpreted and applied in real situations. You can't simply memorize the rule book and expect to be a good umpire.
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runner are arriving at the same time.
There is no such thing as a must slide rule. When a runner collides with a fielder attempting to field a batted ball, he should be called out in almost all cases. If the runner collides with a fielder attempting to catch a throw, the umpire must first decide if the collision was i... | 1.348273 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
he not been obstructed.
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Majoring in Curls
Out of all the phobias in the world, the one that I couldn’t imagine having is a fear of flying. Yes, it’s much more expensive than taking a bus or driving (road trip!). But it's worth it if you’ve got the finances.
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B.C.'s carbon tax, which takes effect July 1, has many British Columbians talking, but the debate has also stirred up a lot of confusion. To help clear the air, a coalition of environmental groups today released a "Reality Check" fact sheet on the top five misconceptions about the tax.
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ASSESSMENT SRIG BIENNIAL MEETING MARCH 30, 2012 NAfME NATIONAL CONFERENCE 3:45PM-5:45PM GRAND B TIMOTHY S. BROPHY, CHAIR KELLY PARKES, INCOMING CHAIR Teacher Evaluation: Issues of Validity and Reliability TODAY’S PROGRAM 3:45pm. Greeting and Welcome; Election results. Timothy S. Brophy, Chair 3:55pm. Program begins: Te... | 1.416756 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
well or not at all NAEP is one reference for validity and reliability NAfME continues to advocate for the arts as a core subject. Question: if music is a core subject, how do we define it? What is assessed? The 2008 NAEP analysis omitted validity, reliability, item analysis, regressions, factor analysis and other test... | 1.754653 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Obstructions to Migrations: Dams Significance
Humans need fifty liters of water per person per day on average (World Commission on Dams, 2000). Less than .007% of the water on earth is liquid fresh water that is regularly cycled and renewed (Human Appropriation).
The world population is increasing at an unprecedented r... | 1.654046 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Should the latest study detailing mammograms’ effect on the incidence of breast cancer deaths change how you approach this screening tool?
News flash: Millions of American women having regular mammograms each year are never going to die of cancer. And many of those women will have biopsies that turn out to be unnecessa... | 1.403862 | 1,022 | 1,020 |
Every week two deaf babies are born in Ireland. After a child is diagnosed as deaf, parents must make numerous decisions about what is best for their child's education, communication, language acquisition, social skills and identity. It can be a difficult process, and many parents report that it can be made harder by a... | 1.472475 | 1,013 | 1,011 |
Succinctly summarizing the positive and negative news, data, and market events of the week...
Positives Cyprus tried to calm market jitters, as it agreed to a last minute deal with the Troika. The deal secures a $13 billion dollar lifeline, as well as ensuring continued access to the ECB's emergency lending program. Th... | 1.887558 | 1,009 | 1,007 |
“She told me that my rape was not my fault, that I should feel no shame, that – simple as it may sound – I hadn’t caused it. No one causes rape but rapists. No one causes rape but rapists. No one causes rape but rapists. It was true. And it had not been obvious to me. And hearing it from someone else, a professional, s... | 1.847703 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
percent, 26 percent, and 53 percent, respectively. The ability to predict sexual and violent recidivism in this population of rapists was rather poor.
Recidivism rates for child molesters are worrisome. Here is one study published in Canada.
The initial follow-up of the child molesters found that 42% were reconvicted ... | 1.835176 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
further their on selfish gain and this includes molesters. Wake up! They are there among you and they are so good at what they do, you won't know it.
Should a known molester be allowed to attend church?
If he is repentant.
What does repentance look like?
I am not talking about cheap "I'm sorries." I am talking about o... | 1.841644 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
go about dealing with a mental disorder. Until they do, the church could be at risk from other such "imperfect people."
Naive: "Timothy (Tim) Heinz and his wife and children began attending Highpoint when the Collierville campus first began in the fall of 2013, with his disclosure of being on the Sex Offender Registry... | 2.093636 | 1,016 | 1,015 |
A View from Kevin Bullis Leaked Climate Report Implies the Need for Improved Technologies
The uncertainties about climate change discussed in an upcoming report highlight the need for ways to adapt quickly.
Scientists are more certain than ever that human-caused climate change is happening, according to on a leaked dra... | 1.537651 | 973 | 971 |
The country where the new mother-in-law gets in on the action Published 16/12/2012 | 06:00
Land deals in the midlands aren't what they used to be. On December 3, 1868, a lease was signed on a plot to be used to hold a sewage tank in Mullingar.
The terms of the lease stated that the land, beside the Colum Barracks, woul... | 1.764595 | 1,004 | 1,002 |
This morning, following very weak retail sales and an Empire State index that showed a negative forward looking orders component, US 10-years have been exceptionally well bid, with yields making new lows at 1.44%.
The last time yields got this low was early June, when the Dow (DIA) and S&P 500 (SPY) were making their 2... | 2.090919 | 992 | 990 |
As a result of these votes, the Commission will conduct expedited reviews to determine whether revocation of these orders would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time.
The Uruguay Round Agreements Act requires the Department of Commerce to revoke an antid... | 2.033458 | 1,016 | 1,014 |
In the Garden:
Southern California Coastal & Inland Valleys
August, 2011
Regional Report
Cherry tomatoes are the best of all snacks - healthy, tart-sweet, and juicy!
Tomato Problems #2: The Fruit
The August 11 column dealt with common tomato growing problems. Now we consider problems with the fruit.
Symptom: Light-colo... | 1.592804 | 945 | 943 |
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