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The online shopping experience improves at Christmas, while the in-store experience deteriorates, according to a significant minority of shoppers quizzed in a new study.
The latest eCustomerService Index (eCSI) from eDigitalResearch and IMRG found that 25% of the 2,000 online shoppers they surveyed for the report feel ... | 1.590228 | 994 | 992 |
Caution and Reassurance Amidst the Global Financial Crisis
Investors are reeling after the main stock index took a hit from the US financial turmoil last week to fall below 2000 points for the first time in 22 months.
But analysts said the Wall Street crisis might not have much direct impact on the mainland equity mark... | 1.850637 | 990 | 988 |
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Some think that hearing God means that you’ve experienced a miracle. Others think that it means you need to see a doctor immediately. An Psychological Anthropologist, writing for CNN, says that it could be one or the other, neither or both. The intriguing piece discusses the history of such revelations among those who ... | 1.554197 | 1,015 | 1,013 |
Examine whether contaminants in your water supply met two standards: the legal limits established by the Safe Drinking Water Act, and the typically stricter health guidelines. The data was collected by an advocacy organization, the Environmental Working Group, who shared it with The Times.
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you’ve selected the proper last. The Second Daughter found that the
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My sister-in-law is a pharmacist – not the kind who hands out your prescriptions at the drug store, but an expert in drug interactions, side effects and the use of medications in the elderly and chronically ill.
A few years ago, we were discussing the use of pain medications in patients with kidney disease. "You know,"... | 1.60763 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
and a potentially increased risk of urinary tract infections. And having a dog who constantly leaks urine can also be fatal, if it results in a frustrated owner taking her to the shelter. That has to be part of the "risk vs. benefit" math, too. So if you're considering a medication for your pet, be sure you examine al... | 1.645115 | 1,022 | 1,021 |
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Like air and water, we all need relationships; all sizes, all colors, all flavors.
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CEDAR RAPIDS, IA – March 20, 2014 – Now that spring has finally arrived and the weather is warming up, our thoughts begin to turn to spring cleaning, home improvement projects, and just plain outdoor fun.
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A transformer’s rated voltage may not match the system voltage exactly, or it may be necessary to raise or lower the output voltage to supply a certain load. In these cases, a portion of a winding can be removed or added to change the transformer turns ratio.
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big five personality test reveals your personality traits in 5 groups of characteristics based on the famous psychological model. You can discover more on the dimensions of personality by reading the text below the form. How does this big five personality test work?
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Skin reactions caused by other bugs(10 posts)
Hi
I had a question what other type of bugs can cause a skin reaction that reassemble a bed bug bite? I have read the hairs from a Capet beetle could but what other bugs (not inculding fleas) have the potential to make a person have a skin reactions?
Silverfish?
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Rob
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terminals, consoles, and computers also generate static.
Low Humidity: Low humidity increases static electricity and the movement and effect of paper splinters, carpet fibers, and other particles, and aggravates dry skin as well.
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Author: Sunitha Viswanathan, Investment Associate, Unitus Seed Fund
Why do most entrepreneurs sweat at the thought of pitching to a Venture Capitalist? Why do founders go through a gruelling amount of time to get their pitch deck in place? Why do they make those midnight calls to friends, family and neighbour’s cousin’... | 1.88622 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Abstract: The global pandemic of obesity and type 2 diabetes is often causally linked to marked changes in diet and lifestyle; namely marked increases in dietary intakes of high energy diets and concomitant reductions in physical activity levels. However, less attention has been paid to the role of developmental plasti... | 1.60335 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Dear All,
The ECF Board has issued a Consultation Paper on possible voting reform to replace, or significantly amend, the existing Council. The paper is available here
. If you haven’t already done so, I request that you read the paper with a view to the SCCU making a consolidated response, possibly coordinated with th... | 1.693386 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Astrobiology Is the New Modern Framework Encompassing SETI . . . and So Much Else
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is a scientific effort that has attracted wide popular interest over the past half century. We all ask “Are we alone?” and SETI programs provide a potential way to answer this question. ... | 1.503566 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
The story of The Vancouver Clinic is one of movement. It is also one of quality.
From our earliest days, our challenge has been to live up to the standards we created for ourselves—being the absolute best solution for patients in need of care. This philosophy has informed our expansion through years and decades, right ... | 1.851198 | 890 | 889 |
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A quantitative measure of restricted and repetitive behaviors for early childhood.
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Hyporesponsiveness to social and nonsocial sensory stimuli in children with autism, children with developmental delays, and typically developing children.
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Laura Bush was first lady of the United States from 2001 to 2009. In November 2001, she gave the first presidential radio address on the treatment of women under the Taliban.
On Tuesday afternoon, Malala Yousafzai was a 14-year-old girl riding home on a school bus. Now, after a masked gunman apparently boarded her bus,... | 1.340883 | 1,007 | 1,006 |
It can be a ``real jungle`` for buyers who are trying to obtain a mortgage--unless they know what they`re up against. With talk of margins, mortgage instruments, payments and points, first-time buyers need skillful financial planning, said James D. Nieds, executive vice president of Avondale Federal Savings Bank.
``It ... | 1.468072 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Weekly oil price monitoring
The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment carries out weekly monitoring of “importer margins” for regular petrol and automotive diesel. The weekly oil prices monitoring report is reissued each week with the previous week's data.
The Ministry revised its weekly oil price monitoring ... | 1.726392 | 988 | 986 |
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Artesian bottled water is a naturally pure form of water extracted from an Artesian well. Many consumers favorably compare it to natural spring water in terms of flavor and clarity. The main difference between the two types of water is that spring water is often mecha... | 1.372599 | 1,012 | 1,010 |
Brunei to mark World Tourism Day
Brunei, a member country of the UNWTO since 2007, has decided for the first time this year to mark World Tourism Day in its own modest but significant way.
As The Honorable Pehin Yahya, Minister of Industry and Primary Resources, under whose responsibility tourism falls, commented: “Tho... | 1.576341 | 1,022 | 1,020 |
Stories make it easy to communicate something but if the stories are flawed they can just communicate the wrong thing – and, in a compelling way. In other words, stories can help and if you are not careful, they can hurt.
Think about what happened last week. You heard stories from political leaders, you heard stories f... | 1.659752 | 1,024 | 1,022 |
Legal Introduction for Share Accommodation
Finding or offering share accommodation is a fun social interaction, however, a few simple steps can make the whole process a lot simpler and safer for everyone.
Discussing rights and responsibilities as a tenant or landlord can be awkward when moving in with someone you barel... | 1.646866 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Four in five NHS trusts in England and Wales say patients are suffering “unacceptable” delays for drugs to treat life-threatening conditions including cancer, Parkinson’s disease, schizophrenia and organ failure.
A survey of 60 NHS authorities found that the shortage was doing patients “serious harm”, with some having ... | 1.629832 | 1,002 | 1,000 |
A Conversation with Linda Thai
I actually can’t remember how I first met Linda Thai, although I’m guessing it was through her long-running Something Deeper blog about anime and manga. All I know is that back in 2009 as I prepared to write a long piece about cosplay for the Financial Times (of all places), her expertise... | 1.717621 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
literacy one related to representation:
no one in real life actually looks like an anime or manga character. It’s not possible. After we see that, then we realize that all of cosplay is a matter of approximation and interpretation. That’s a really important point. But teens—and certainly older pop culture geeks as wel... | 1.851912 | 866 | 864 |
This editorial is part of our GREAT DEBATE feature 'Should College Athletes Get Paid?' College sports are played for the pure joy of the game Players are there to get a “free education” Coaches and colleges care about anything but winning All we need is better policing and enforcement of the rules. The fact is college ... | 1.852154 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
they do not currently have), in order to track activities, movement of money, etc. Agents would have to agree to respond to all questions and make themselves available for depositions. Any certified agent who wishes to participate can register to lend money to athletes. Agent and player are allowed to meet openly to d... | 1.870922 | 1,007 | 1,005 |
In a country as serious about the art of braaing as ours, having strange or out of place braai equipment is certainly noticed. A new guest won’t NOT comment on my braai. They demand an explanation. No, more than that, they request a justification!
Why challenge the conventions of the classic braai. Why go against what ... | 2.217864 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Now that affordable implementations of continuous data protection (CDP) are available, SMBs can take advantage of technology that was once available only to larger enterprises with big IT budgets. By Heidi Biggar
Good things often do come in small packages, but for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) this hasn’t a... | 1.457407 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
more than one-third of SMBs two years ago either knew or worried that their current backup schedules did not provide an adequate level of protection against loss and as a result were looking to increase the frequency with which they backed up (see figure, below).
Other ESG Research shows that both large and small orga... | 1.67476 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
be accidentally deleted, CDP allows the user to roll back to a point in time before the deletion or corruption occurred. CDP means that, instead of waiting to recover last night’s—or last week’s-information, SMBs can recover from minutes ago. When this technology is applied as part of a solution that is “set and forge... | 1.722228 | 1,001 | 999 |
How to beat caffeine addiction?
Coffee is one of the most commonly consumed beverages globally and contains the highest amount of caffeine amongst all caffeinated beverages. In addition to coffee, caffeine is also present in tea, colas and energy drinks.
The urge to consume caffeinated beverages can be attributed to th... | 1.953655 | 1,022 | 1,020 |
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in a cage trap and use them for bait. The mother will come looking for them, and she will enter the trap to see if they are okay. Mother and babies can then be relocated together.
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Grand Rapids - About six years ago, Michigan Rep. John ... | 2.178962 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
You can learn almost as much about leadership from losers as you can from heroes. After 26 years of service with the Air Force, I have seen my share of both. I have had the honor of serving with superior commanders whom I would follow through the gates of Hell and the misfortune to suffer losers who stumbled blindly in... | 1.576493 | 1,007 | 1,006 |
ENERGY SECTOR SIGNIFICANT DEVELOPMENTS IN THE OFFING
The natural gas is gradually assuming a leading role on the economic development of Pakistan
By AMANULLAH BASHAR May 19 - 25, 2003
The energy sector is likely to take a new turn in Pakistan with the go ahead signal on the two gas pipeline projects from Iran and Turkm... | 1.721153 | 1,022 | 1,021 |
Internet is here to stay. No matter how hard we try, a life without the world wide web seems impossible now, and so is the exposure of children to the Internet. Torn between the pride in watching their tech-savvy children’s ease with smartphones or tabs and the concern over the rising addiction to gadgets and Internet,... | 1.841425 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Proving Myself Wrong
Wednesday, November 07, 2012
I am so full of emotion this morning. I had a weigh-in that I was dreading desperately. The stress has grown into physical symptoms (constipation) which does not make for a good weigh-in. I've also been concerned with my increased salt intake from yesterday as that alwa... | 1.890182 | 1,023 | 1,021 |
Dec. 15 (Bloomberg) -- In 1999, when the Irish government adopted the euro, most Irish economists disagreed with the decision. It was made partly to reduce the country’s trade dependence on the U.K. But to use currency policy to achieve this was to place the cart before the horse.
Ireland’s business cycle is out of syn... | 1.504925 | 1,000 | 998 |
No Queer Girls Are Queerer Than Others Resisting Femme Invisibility
Most people don’t think femme when they hear the word dyke. Femininity is often read as an indicator of a woman’s presumed heterosexuality—and most people don’t know just how queer femininity can be.
But there are many ways of being femme.
Femme is a t... | 1.540413 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
By Louis Kleyn
After four long years, Colombia’s negotiating team has returned home with an agreement with FARC leaders.
The guerrilla organization has been a security issue in different parts of the country since its inception back in the 1960s. However, it became more relevant in the ’90s, thanks to the cultivation, ... | 2.146352 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Regardless of what type of enterprise data storage media you house your data in, data migration can be a complicated...
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process. According to Bloor Research, an in... | 1.716929 | 928 | 927 |
Claim: According to a body language expert, a photograph of President Obama crying reveals he is a psychopath.
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Collected via Facebook, January 2015]
The origin of the claim contained in this graphic seems to come from a 2013 book by Lillian Glass titled, "The Body Language of Liars." Yet, as we all know, thi... | 1.50509 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
May 25, 2011 – (BRONX, NY) – Fifty years ago, adult-onset diabetes was relatively rare, affecting less than one percent of the adult population in the United States. Today, more than 25 million Americans over the age of 20 battle the disease – an alarming 11 percent of the population. The condition has been renamed typ... | 1.388781 | 991 | 989 |
Albany, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/04/2014 -- According to a new market report published by Transparency Market Research "Rapid Medical Diagnostic Kits Market (Applications: Clinical Testing, Home-Use, Infectious Disease and Veterinary; Technologies: Lateral Flow Technology, Agglutination Assays, Flow-through and Solid-phase... | 1.059887 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Think downloading a book for free is the same as borrowing it from the library? If it's a local author, you could be denying them renumeration. Twice.
When libraries buy books the author gets their royalties from the sale. In addition to this, many countries have a public lending right program, which pays authors based... | 1.657066 | 1,024 | 1,022 |
Poultry News
UK - The detection of a low-severity avian flu virus at a chicken farm in the county of Hampshire has prompted calls for increased awareness and biosecurity by the country's poultry farmers. The H7N7 variant is thought to be involved.
A low severity case of avian flu has been confirmed in chickens at a far... | 1.347608 | 1,023 | 1,021 |
Can’t figure out a problem in your child’s math textbook? Maybe it’s not you. “It could be that key information or steps are missing, that the problem involves a concept to which your child hasn’t yet been introduced. “Perhaps the problem is structurally unsound for a host of other reasons,” notes veteran textbook writ... | 1.878272 | 978 | 977 |
Ron Boucher, MD, chief of radiology at the VA Medical Center in Portland, Ore., and clinical professor of Oregon Health & Science University, spent nine months practicing radiology in a battlefield tent hospital only a mile from the front in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
In Part I of a two-part interview, the former chair of ... | 1.712843 | 908 | 907 |
ITHACA, NEW YORK Researchers have discovered the secrets to enhancing youth participation in school- and community-based garden programs. A 3-year study entitled Greener Voices proves that children will engage in learning more readily when given responsibility for decisionmaking and planning.
Childrens gardens have mus... | 1.305338 | 919 | 917 |
Flavor fusion fury intensifies Suppliers continue to see consumer acceptance for exotic flavors as well as interesting tweaks to classic favorites.
What once was exotic is now nostalgic. And what’s now exotic, well...it’s really exotic. Lemon-lime is just way too boring for candy flavors today. Expect to find blue hone... | 1.890262 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
SUPER COMMITTEE & THE VOTERS. What should they think about?
It was likely to cost politicians, if they maintained their ideological positions and ignored the needs of the people, who voted them into office.
They were happy to dig in their heels, knowing fully well that such action would be detrimental to national inter... | 1.897725 | 1,004 | 1,002 |
Flax seeds Quick Facts Name: Flax seeds Scientific Name: Linum usitatissimum Origin Native to regions of the Middle East and India. Shapes Round, dry capsule 5–9 mm in diameter Taste Nutty yet pleasantly sweet Taste Calories 1927 Kcal./cup Major nutrients Total Fat (622.74%)
Vitamin K (16.92%)
Vitamin E (6.80%)
Zinc (1... | 1.494832 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
), (8), (9)
2. Good for Heart Health
Early research found that flax seeds may aid in lowering total cholesterol and LDL cholesterol levels. They may also keep platelets from becoming sticky, thus decreasing the risk of a heart attack.
3. Digestive Health
Diarrhea and constipation are actually a major distress and may e... | 1.291351 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
intestinal tract.
Mucilage helps to keep food in the stomach from emptying too quickly into the small intestine which increases nutrient absorption.
Moreover, flax is extremely high in both soluble and insoluble fiber which can support colon detoxification, fat loss and reduce sugar cravings. You should consume 30-40 ... | 1.390071 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
and inflammation of the prostate, the small gland located below the bladder in males that tends to enlarge with age. Symptoms of such enlargement like urgency to urinate may lessen as a result. Apart from that EFAs also play a role in keeping sperm healthy, which may be of value in treating male infertility, and can i... | 1.497699 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
refrigerator or even freezer in order to avoid them from becoming rancid. How to eat Flax Seeds
It is best to grind the flax seeds instead of consuming them whole, since the lignans be more effective absorbed by the body if it’s consumed in the ground form. Make an effort to take lots of water together with the flax s... | 1.593867 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
allergic reaction. Flaxseed is known to reduce the process of blood clotting and therefore, this particular boosts the chance of heavy bleeding and simple bruising.
8. Toxicity
Do not eat raw or even unripe flaxseed. Flaxseed in these forms is believed to be toxic.Avoid using flaxseed oil to cook because the heat chan... | 1.542994 | 1,014 | 1,012 |
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If you've haven't heard about Apple's security flaw registered as CVE-2014-1266 on apple website, you probably were on planet Mars.
Basically, it was unsafe to use https connections. I couldn't help but write an article about this! Components dealing with secured connections are abolutely critical. Applying r... | 1.66257 | 982 | 981 |
SALT LAKE CITY — More and more holiday shoppers are choosing gift cards in lieu of individualized gifts. But researchers at Weber State University have found that not all gift cards are created equal.
What kind of gift card you give, for example, may suggest the type of relationship you have with the recipient.
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UPDATE: On November 20, 2006, the California Supreme Court reversedthe dangerous Court of Appeals ruling in the Barrett v. Rosenthallcase, upholding the strong protections of Section 230 of the federalTelecommunications Act of 1996. Section 230 protects Internetpublishers from being held liable for allegedly harmful co... | 1.488424 | 990 | 988 |
We believe that a clarification of the 10-Year Plan is needed to prevent a course of action at the University of Toledo that may jeopardize our ability to meet the strategic objectives of the State of Ohio to improve higher education. We, the undersigned, petition the Chancellor of the Ohio Board of Regents and the Gov... | 1.697932 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
During his May speech on civil liberties at the National Archives in May Obama argued for the idea of creating a legal mechanism for indefinitely detaining people without charges. He said at the time:
I know that creating such a system poses unique challenges. . . . But I want to be very clear that our goal is to const... | 1.71322 | 1,021 | 1,019 |
Polly Williams, a single mother who had recently lost her job, was desperate to lower the payments on her $23,000 in student loans. So, last June, she called one of the many companies advertising debt relief online.
For a $250 fee, the University of One, now known as Student Consulting Group Inc., offered to help. To c... | 1.477844 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
40 million Americans that currently carry student loan debt.”
Finding help from the government “can be a daunting task for those of us without Ph.D.’s in Law,” according to the website. Only “in the rare instance” can a borrower “locate a program and comply with requirements to participate.”
Student Loan Relief’s progr... | 1.694699 | 1,003 | 1,001 |
Summary and Analysis of the Poem "Mending Wall" by Robert Frost Robert Frost's Mending Wall
Written in 1914, Mending Wall is a poem in blank verse that remains relevant for these uncertain times. It involves two rural neighbors who one spring day meet to walk along the wall that separates their properties and repair it... | 0.961195 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
stay in the memory because they have a certain rhythm and music. They tempt the mind and please the voice.
As the poem progresses the differences between the two become more marked. By line 14 the two neighbors are walking either side of the wall, picking up and replacing various shaped boulders until they reach some ... | 2.044087 | 1,019 | 1,017 |
Of all the wild edible plants, fiddlehead ferns are some of the most unique and flavorful. Fiddleheads are the unfurled new leaves of a fern. They vary in size, shape and edibility from species to species.
If you look into a local field guide on plants of your region, chances are you have several species of ferns that ... | 1.556267 | 1,020 | 1,018 |
BCR (show BCR Antibodies) activation is accompanied by asymmetric conformational changes, possibly promoting the binding of Igalpha and Igbeta to differently localized signaling complexes
CD79a (show CD79A Antibodies) myeloid cells showed enhanced ability to promote primary tumor growth and metastasis.
Data indicate th... | 1.374381 | 1,008 | 1,006 |
More and more offices are moving towards an open-concept, family-style layout complete with sprawling work spaces and shared amenities. One of the most popular amenities of any large office space is a shared office kitchen. (more…)
They say entrepreneurs are the only ones who will work 80 to avoid working 40, but durin... | 1.794826 | 956 | 955 |
Low-impact cardiovascular exercise has traditionally been viewed as the gentlest of workouts, the domain of the mall-walking senior citizen. This misconception is corrected when assessed from a physiological point of view; low-impact exercise and low-intensity activities are entirely different physical concepts.
The am... | 1.762151 | 1,003 | 1,002 |
The NLRB Just Changed the Standard for Joint Employer Relationships; How Does This Impact Staffing Agencies?
In August, a divided (3-2) National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) handed down a decision that fundamentally changes the employee-employer relationship for staffing agency employees, independent contractors, and t... | 1.354037 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
? Who provides feedback on your employees’ work product?
4. Wages
Leadpoint was prohibited from paying a rate in excess of the rate BFI paid its full-time employees who performed a similar task. Since BFI could
potentially set wages in this manner, it was deemed to be a joint employer.
Does your agency have a ceiling o... | 1.779222 | 1,010 | 1,008 |
OUR LAND 2! November 9-17th, in Albuquerque and Santa Fe New Mexico.
ALL THE INFORMATION IS HERE: www.agrariantrust.org/2016symposium
This will be the second Agrarian Trust OUR LAND symposium, and once again we’ve got speakers from around the country and around the region focusing our attention, analysis, activism and ... | 1.733341 | 1,019 | 1,017 |
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To begin with, botanically speaking, olives are a fruit. This may come as a huge surprise to some people (myself included) who suffer from the delusion that olives belong to the botanical family
Garnish, comprising two sub-species, Olive greenus injars... | 1.643582 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
We all have the uncomfortable feeling that the education we received is serving us less and less well. The reassuring notion that the concentrated dose of education in our younger years would serve us well for the rest of lives appears increasingly suspect. And this doesn’t even address our concerns for our children an... | 1.640844 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
and not the bureaucratic constraints that educational institutions all too frequently impose upon both teachers and students. Tacit and explicit knowledge. The tension between tacit and explicit knowledge also frames the authors’ views on the increasing importance of new learning models. Tacit knowledge is “the compon... | 1.758034 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
I've written quite a number of posts about growing bookworms (i.e. raising children who love books). I've shared many, many other people's post and articles on this topic in my literacy roundup posts (with Carol and Terry) and my Twitter and Facebook links. But today I was thinking that it really boils down to a recipe... | 1.712078 | 1,023 | 1,021 |
Republican Lt. Brian Dubie’s campaign is working hard to portray Sen. Peter Shumlin, a Democrat, as a politician who is soft on crime.
At a press conference a week ago Monday, Dubie alleged that Shumlin’s plan to cut $40 million from the Department of Corrections budget is “reckless” and will result in the release of c... | 1.546004 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
The key to the delicious salad dressing from the hills of Tuscany is the high quality ingredients that must be minced and blended by hand. In the years that I spent traveling and studying in Italy, every time I tasted this delicious dressing, it was prepared in the most simple way with simple tools. Grab a bowl, wooden... | 1.493767 | 966 | 965 |
Signs and symptoms of Ativan addiction Do you think you know someone who may be addicted to Ativan?
Ativan (lorazepam) is an extremely addictive sedative that can cause euphoric effects similar to other benzodiazepines (especially if you take lorazepam to get high). In fact, you can become both physically and psycholog... | 1.704263 | 1,016 | 1,014 |
Decent Work Research Prize laureates Professor Jayati Ghosh and Professor Eve C. Landau addressed the ILO Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on 11 November, calling for economic policy reforms based on decent work to meet current challenges in global labour markets. The Indian economist Jayat... | 1.695839 | 997 | 995 |
Another case of shoddy infection-control practices is again making headlines. This time, said The Associated Press (AP), the outbreak involves <"http://www.yourlawyer.com/topics/overview/hepatitis">hepatitis B, some 2,000 people, and five states and Washington, D.C.
The 2,000 were urged to received hepatitis B testing ... | 1.731094 | 1,010 | 1,008 |
Below is the testimony I gave today in front of the NYC Council Education Committee, in favor of the resolution opposing the Governor’s proposal on receivership -- the state taking over our struggling schools. Albany's intervention ends Monday, after 11 years and more than $300 million in extra state spending. The peri... | 1.819533 | 1,020 | 1,018 |
Reaffirming Our Motivation and Review
Look at all the people around you, whether they are close or distant, rich or poor, all of us are equal in wanting happiness and no suffering. The best way to accomplish this is the practice of Dharma. We have fully endowed human bodies, have met with the complete teachings of ethi... | 1.712069 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
the Sangha is unnecessary. They think that we can forget about them. There is no need for everyone to be monks and nuns, but we need to check our own dispositions, and if it suits us, being a monastic is best. But, at least never criticize monks and nuns. We need to examine and criticize only ourselves. The Sangha is ... | 1.757075 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
grudges and to wish others ill. We can never solve problems by holding a grudge. Problems can only be solved through compassion, love, and patience; so never harbor ill will. Last is distorted antagonistic thinking: denying what exists or which is true, or making up something that does not exist or which is untrue.
Th... | 1.681864 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
wish for happiness and no suffering, the same as we do. They are so numerous and, if we ignore them and think only of our purposes, it is pathetic, not to mention unfair. We need to place ourselves on one side and all other beings on the other. We all wish happiness and not suffering; the only difference is that we ar... | 1.64037 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
, to attain enlightenment, we need to engage in bodhisattva behavior. If someone steals from us, there is the danger of becoming angry. But, if we are practicing to attain enlightenment and are giving away everything to others, then this so-called thief already owns our former possessions. He has taken them now because... | 1.625787 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Guardian of Wealth), never to be conceited, by seeing that worldly prosperity has no essence.
This is the other extreme, the other potentially dangerous situation. If we are highly esteemed and everything goes well for us, we can become very proud about that, lazy and arrogant. As this blocks our practice, we need to ... | 1.713863 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
if we can’t fulfill our own purposes without ethical discipline, the wish to fulfill the purposes of others is a joke.
Most important is to have ethical self-discipline, especially the discipline of refraining from destructive actions. Without it, how can we help anyone?
(27) A bodhisattva’s practice is to build up as... | 1.582013 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
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