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From Spokane, Washington, USA:
Last night, I was low while my boyfriend was with me and he sat down and went through the log book in my One Touch Ultra Smart meter and asked me how low my meter reads. So, I told him down it goes as low as 20 mg/dl [1.1 mmol/L]. After that, it reads "low" and he then turned an... | 1.462395 | 1,023 | 1,021 |
I like learning word origins, so I was pleased tonight, when reading about the winter solstice, to find out what solstice means. I’ve always had trouble keeping equinox and solstice straight, but if I stop and think about it I know equinox means “equal night,” which is when daytime and nighttime are the same length – w... | 1.321035 | 1,020 | 1,018 |
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Once again, the singer Elton John, known for his anti-AIDS activities, came to Kyiv - this time together with the band Queen - to celebrate the end of Euro 2012 and raise HIV and AIDS awareness through a concert-fundra... | 1.690275 | 1,004 | 1,002 |
World population projections, 2020
The world's population, today numbering some 5.5 billion people, may approach 12 billion by the end of the next century. By the year 2020, 26 years from today, it will most likely have increased by about 2.5 billion to a total of 8 billion people, an increase of nearly 100 million a y... | 1.252876 | 995 | 993 |
On August 20, 2005 my wife and I sat in the office of a world famous surgeon from Johns Hopkins Hospital. The Saturday appointment struck us as an unusual time to meet with such a prestigious doctor. The hospital was like a ghost town – darkened hallways, empty offices and a skeletal staff poised at the main entrances ... | 1.914732 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Did you watch the
World Series?
You may have noticed something hanging around the necks of players on both sides -- a twisted rope necklace in a variety of colors.
I became curious about it and searched the internet to find out what they are. And the answer is:
Phiten Necklaces!
Phiten necklaces have become the must-ha... | 1.685883 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Remodeling Poised for a Sharp Recovery
Remodeling may seem passé as the mortgage market and the economy at large strive to recover from the crisis, but research findings along with insider’s expectations show it is anything but. Far from a stagnant activity it is “poised for growth.”
That is the main finding of the lat... | 2.058899 | 1,024 | 1,022 |
Everybody needs a robot – something I have always said. Everybody needs a friend who’s got shiny metal head. Everybody needs a robot, even if you’ve found someone. Now and then you need a friend with hormones made from Mobil 1. Everybody needs a robot on the dashboard of their car. If you try to drive yourself you won’... | 2.04756 | 1,020 | 1,017 |
Format Pages Price 3 $40.00 ADD TO CART Hardcopy ( shipping and handling) 3 $40.00 ADD TO CART Significance and Use
In recycling PP and LDPE, it is important to the end product properties as well as to the processing conditions to know what the purity of the mixture is. In many cases, it is vital to know that the... | 1.03309 | 978 | 976 |
Study: Early mammal varieties declined as evolution of flowering plants took off FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- The dramatic explosion of flowering plant species that occurred about 100 million years ago was thought to have been good news for evolving mammals, providing them with new options for food and ha... | 1.170915 | 988 | 986 |
EMBRACE staff network Conference
Date: Thursday 3 May 2012
Time: 6-8pm
Venue: NAB2.04, New Academic Building
Speakers: Moshin Aboobaker, Lewina Coote, Professor Augustine John, Professor John Macnicol
Chair: Dr Chaloka Beyani
The conference covers experiences of BAME people in HE (staff and students) in relation to the... | 1.490936 | 1,024 | 1,022 |
That e-book is a collection of articles from this site which she’s edited to form an introduction to the events of 2012. (By the way Peter in Hungary and Frank in Germany are also writing introductory books. Peter is practically as fast as Pat). Pat and I argued about who should write the intro. “You write it.” “No, yo... | 1.957624 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
As traditional fields mature and marginalise across the region, deepwater exploration and development continue to drive the future of the oil and gas industry in Asia Pacific. From the Philippines to Australia and from India to New Zealand, new wildcat prospects are being explored and proven fields being brought online... | 1.929 | 1,020 | 1,017 |
Chapter 5 Single-Phase System. 5.1 Liquid and Solid Densities. specific gravity of solids and liquids at a single temperature . Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook pp. 2-7~2-47 and 2-91~2-120. density of liquids at different temperatures. Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook
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state is an approximation. It works well under some conditions – generally speaking, at temperatures above 0C and pressures below about 1 atm – but at other conditions its use may lead to
substantial errors.
Here is a useful rule of thumb for when it is reasonable to assume ideal gas behavior. Let Xideal be a quantity... | 1.013628 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
30% v/v CH4
70% v/v C2H6
ideal gas mixtures:
30 mole% CH4
70 mole% C2H6
Amagat’s law
Test Yourself p. 197
Example 5.2-5
Liquid acetone (C3H6O) is fed to at a rate of 400 L/min into a heated chamber, where it evaporates into a nitrogen stream. The gas leaving the heater is diluted by another nitrogen stream flowing at a... | 0.98107 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
is placed in a three-liter tank at -150.8C. Estimate the tank pressure using the ideal gas equation of state and then using the virial equation of state truncated after the second term. Taking the second estimate to be correct, calculate the percentage error that results from the use of the ideal gas equation at the s... | 0.990068 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Pr = P/Pc.
3.Look up the value of z on a generalized compressibility chart, which plots z versus
Pr for specified values of Tr.
The basis for estimating z in this manner is the empirical law of corresponding states, which holds that the values of certain physical properties of a gas – such as the compressibility
facto... | 1.101412 | 1,023 | 1,021 |
PR agencies, consultants, industry experts and your board of directors are all talking about it. Thought leadership! The latest industry buzzword, the serious business’s way of talking about social media and a more stoic way of saying “we’re gonna make you a star!”
What B2B company CEO doesn’t want to be considered a t... | 1.716383 | 1,000 | 998 |
2.3. Hermann Paul's Assumptions.
All this, aside from its extra-linguistic interest, gives us some measure of probability by which we can judge of etymologic comparisons, but it does not tell us how the meaning of a linguistic form can change in the course of time. When we find a form used at one time in a meaning A an... | 1.741531 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
The lawsuit filed yesterday by Shepard Fairey against the
Associated Press raises some basic questions about what copyright does and
doesn’t do. Today’s
New York Times describes
the background and displays the two
critical images. The first is a photograph snapped by Mannie Garcia for the
Associated Press (there seems ... | 1.586386 | 1,015 | 1,013 |
Delivering change – from the bench to the boardroom
Change is a concept close to IDBS’ heart. Our software and services are all about enabling science through positive change – helping clever people to create great things by freeing up their valuable time to better collaborate and innovate. In a series of three blogs, ... | 1.740923 | 1,006 | 1,004 |
Nursing is a rapidly evolving field. As the population ages and medical science uncovers new treatments and technologies at an increasing rate, nurses are at the forefront of delivering the latest advancements in care to their patients. Although nurses can enter the profession with a two- or three-year associate degree... | 1.44456 | 1,014 | 1,012 |
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation named 18 of the nation’s most innovative early-career scientists and engineers as recipients of the 2016 Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering. Each Fellow will receive a grant of $875,000 over five years to pursue their research.
“David Packard loved science and engine... | 1.120186 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
izing the many ways a star can die. For a subset of these explosions, he precisely measures their distances, with which he tracks the Universe’s expansion and investigates the Universe’s largest component, dark energy. Bo Li Department of Chemistry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Discipline: Chemistry The Li... | 1.441719 | 1,013 | 1,011 |
Long-time residents who patronize the city's downtown have some traditional stops when they visit hometown Cape Coral.
Among them?
Paesano's for a sub on the patio before hitting the deli for the week's fresh-sliced cold cuts and cheese; Sal's for a couple of slices following some stops at the specialty shops; and K C'... | 1.908054 | 1,023 | 1,021 |
When tenants move out of a rental unit, they are required to also move their personal property. (Personal property is everything which a person can own except for land. Personal property is also referred to as personal possessions or personal belongings.) California law has three different procedures which a landlord m... | 1.197347 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
, if all the tenant's property would fit in a storage space unit of 10 square feet, the landlord is not entitled to receive payment for the cost of renting 15 square feet.
However, before the tenant becomes legally obligated to pay those costs, the landlord must have followed certain steps. To properly claims costs, th... | 1.335055 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Pressure thresholds of the human foot: measurement reliability and effects of stimulus characteristics.
MedLine Citation:
PMID: 21390958 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Information related to reliable values of discomfort thresholds can help to improve the designs of various products. This stu... | 1.31079 | 1,019 | 1,017 |
Trevor Eissler, author of
N is for North Korea, is a father with deep concern for his children’s education, and places his faith in the schooling system first proposed by Maria Montessori. Montessori education states that children should follow their interests freely and be allowed to explore them fully in order to lea... | 1.818962 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Socially responsible investing is a trend that has caught on in recent years. The idea is to give investors control over the types of companies they entrust their money to, and not in terms of market capitalization or whether the stock is a growth or value play.
You can screen stocks under any sort of social criteria. ... | 1.769858 | 1,010 | 1,008 |
Translation Guy Blog
Google, aka the “Big Data Dredge in the Sky,” in addition to sucking up all your personal information in order to make you want to buy stuff, has also scanned 5.2 million books. Ten corpora consisting of about 4% of every word and phrase published are now available for public download. Also include... | 1.774328 | 1,022 | 1,020 |
Cecilia Castro
2008 Recipient of the Mary Fran Myers Award
Cecilia Castro García is an independent researcher and consultant who has dedicated her work to enabling practices to mainstream approaches of gender equity and integral disaster risk management in community activities, government programs, urban and social dev... | 1.955874 | 1,019 | 1,016 |
Regan Murphy, Senior Technical Evangelist, Microsoft New Zealand
On a recent trip to the US, I spoke to a colleague who said “I don’t have a single client that doesn’t have a storage problem.” There is a reason for this – we are consuming storage at an ever increasing rate and it’s putting massive pressure on our enter... | 1.920637 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Step Up To The Plate Show Your Support for Conservation at Your Favorite Restaurant!
In celebration of Earth Day in April,
The Nature Conservancy has partnered with select restaurants in Hong Kong through the Step Up To The Plate campaign to raise public awareness and support for conservation. Throughout the month of A... | 1.426033 | 1,012 | 1,009 |
Having made his name in Sydney restaurants, Longrain chef Martin Boetz is turning to the land, with a grand project for a market garden and a farm where he and other chefs can grow and raise food for their restaurants and learn lost arts such as preserving.
Boetz is starting his farm with the help of Joyce Wilkie and M... | 1.763232 | 1,013 | 1,011 |
Workout DVDs are the new gym.
Plainfield, IL (PRWEB) July 08, 2014
Remember the book Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Suess? Many adults have the wrong image of exercise videos and are refusing to try them. Instead, they end up pouring hundreds of dollars into gym memberships they don't use. The non-believers that have given ... | 1.649348 | 1,000 | 998 |
Geographic Information Systems and Marketing Education: Issues, Challenges & Solutions
Both researchers and practitioners claim that foreign investors acquire U.S. firms to gain access to reputable brands. There is, however, no empirical evidence to support this argument. This study uses 269 Japanese investments made i... | 1.186348 | 1,023 | 1,020 |
The mortgage process can be intimidating, particularly for first-time home buyers. Mortgage application requires numerous documents, and it may be wise to seek the help of your real estate agent or mortgage broker. However, before you even complete the paperwork, one of the most important steps to obtaining a mortgage ... | 1.368642 | 994 | 992 |
Details Published: 21 October 2011 21 October 2011 Organization focused on educating caregivers about child sexual abuse
According to a cross-country study commissioned by the Canadian government in 1984 known as the Badgley Report, however, 95 per cent of children who are sexually abused know their abuser. The report ... | 1.466277 | 1,016 | 1,014 |
Extranets offer a great way for hospitals and health systems to communicate securely with some of their most important audiences. They also provide the opportunity to make a good impression with those audiences.
Think of an extranet like an invitation-only microsite. Like a microsite, an extranet is a self-contained de... | 1.70294 | 980 | 978 |
IT'S THE KIND OF blood-and-money question that analysts were asking under their breaths this week after Boeing military jets, choppers, and missiles filled the skies over Afghanistan: Can war do for Boeing what peace wasn't doing?
"From an overall company perspective, yes," says Robert Toomey, aerospace expert with Dai... | 1.71736 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Veterans Day: Should 300 veterans be on death row in the US?
A new report from the Death Penalty Information Center says many of the veterans have post-traumatic stress disorder. But the center claims that juries rarely hear about vets' wartime experiences and mental health before they hand down sentences.
On the eve o... | 1.632451 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
How to Make Snow Cones With Snow: A Fun Kids Project
Do you want an easy way to turn snow into a delicious winter treat?
Make your own flavored snowballs at home!
Many people think of snow cones or shaved ice as summer fare, but they’re even better when you can make them out of real snow in the wintertime.
In this arti... | 1.396789 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Google: the mother of antitrust battles?
The internet, and how to own it
Comment The US Senate today embarks on what could become years of antitrust investigations into Google by the IT, telecoms and media industries.
The hearing today is just that - a piece of political showboating ordered by antitrust subcommittee ch... | 2.265497 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
ironic because Yahoo! "owns" the technology responsible for Google's dominance today, thanks to Yahoo!'s acquisition of Overture five years ago.
Embarrassingly, Google had to license the patents from Yahoo! just before its IPO to avoid a damaging court decision. How Yahoo! owned the future, then threw it away, deserve... | 1.945205 | 1,008 | 1,006 |
Where does your premium dollar go?
Posted on February 17, 2012
Based on Healthy Communities article (Winter 2012)
When you have health insurance, you pay a monthly amount to the company to ensure that you can go to the doctor or fill a prescription. For me and others who have their insurance through their employer, thi... | 1.620691 | 1,015 | 1,012 |
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Your body needs glucose‚ also known as blood sugar‚ for energy. This sugar doesn’t come just from sugary treats like candy and cookies. All carbohydrates are turned into glucose in the body and then sent to ... | 0.789689 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
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A bulb socket is a fixture into which a light bulb is inserted and which transmits electric current to the bulb. A bulb socket is connected to some type of electric current, which can come from any number of sources, such as household current or battery power. Most pe... | 1.526629 | 1,023 | 1,021 |
They say that one picture is worth a thousand words. No doubt this is true. But what is the guarantee that those words are truthful?
On September 30, 2000, The New York Times ran a photograph that, no doubt, for the photo editor, told the entire tale of the then two-day-old Palestinian terror war against Israel.
The pi... | 1.655631 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
victimized Palestinians. The fact that billions of dollars in international aid were stashed in Swiss bank accounts was of no interest. The fact that the Palestinian security forces established by Arafat were twice their permitted size was cosmically boring. The fact that terror reached unprecedented levels just a yea... | 1.905379 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Running is an excellent way to stay slim and boost your energy levels. You can burn a significant amount of calories running 5 miles each day, so will need to consume enough calories to help your body recover after workouts. The number of calories you should eat when running 5 miles a day depends on your gender, body w... | 0.996696 | 966 | 964 |
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Lackluster foreclosure-prevention efforts and the dearth of principal reductions risk plunging more homeowners into foreclosure, state regulators warned Wednesday in a new report.
Struggling homeowners are increasingly falling behind on their mortgage payments. Not enough of them are getti... | 1.525291 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
China enacts first fuel-efficiency standards
SHANGHAI (AP) China has introduced its first fuel-efficiency standards for passenger cars, moving to control soaring oil consumption and ensure foreign automakers share their latest technology, the government said Friday.
The standards, which set requirements for how much fu... | 1.380791 | 1,003 | 1,001 |
Synthetic biology and living processors
As crazy and sci-fi as it might seem to think of building a computer using cellular components, it was even more shocking to me to learn that the term, “synthetic biology” has a history that goes all the way back to 1910. In fact, in 1974, Polish geneticist Wacław Szybalski used ... | 1.94883 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Sport Injury Compensation
As well as having many benefits for our health, sport and physical exercise can actually cause real injury and have devastating long-term effects.
Although some
sport injuries are a person's own fault, perhaps because they have participated in a high risk sport or they haven't trained properly... | 1.603672 | 1,009 | 1,007 |
There aren’t many times when the airline industry deserves public sympathy, but the current flap over whether and how to deal with overweight passengers is a no-win situation.
The latest dustup involves a woman flying from London to Los Angeles on
The airlines are in an impossible situation here, and appear to be cavin... | 1.557976 | 1,001 | 999 |
The horse has featured in myth and legend from the earliest times. Equine representation in Palaeolithic art has been interpreted as indicating shamanistic practice, and horses are common in the folklore and mythology of Europe and Asia (the natural habitat of the horse). Lore and myth concerning the horse will be brie... | 1.814667 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
divine secrets. The legendary horse wasavailable for travel to other realms (e.g. the horse of Mannan MacLir couldtravel over land and water and between realms with equal ease). The Celtic horse was associated withfertility and vitality; white, black and red (chestnut?) horses were especiallysacred to the Celts and dee... | 1.901966 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
It's not that I don't appreciate the good parts or hate the bad parts. I'm not delighted to see social impact bonds tossed into the mix, nor am I pleased to see the doors opened here and there for performance based education. I take a bit of pleasure in seeing the ways in which the bill makes extra effort to spank the ... | 2.03164 | 983 | 982 |
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The overall health of the trucking industry is vital to our economy, but research shows it's still plagued by higher death and injury rates than many other industries - and not just as the result of highway collisions. Truckers need to be as careful on foot as they are behind the wheel. As of 2007, according t... | 1.482391 | 987 | 986 |
Ingredients
1 can of pilchards in tomato sauce
400g wholewheat penne 4tbs sunflower oil 100g olives, pitted 25g capers, drained 2 cloves garlic, peeled and sliced 2tbs basil, chopped 2tbs parsley, chopped 4tbs herbed croutons, roughly chopped Pinch of chilli flakes Pinch of pepper Method
1 Open the can of pilchards and... | 1.420305 | 1,022 | 1,020 |
Written by Katherine Boy. Join the US Rapid Response! Click here to sign up.
Last year at COP15, U.S. youth groups came up with the idea of Rapid Response Network, an innovative initiative that would allow youth at the negotiations to communicate breaking news and mobilize action back home. The purpose is manifold: to ... | 1.788237 | 968 | 966 |
by John Locke, edited by C.B. Macpherson (Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1980; originally published in 1690. 124 pp) Widely known as the Father of Liberalism, John Locke’s work in epistemology and political philosophy has influenced countless nations. Born in 1632 in England, Locke attended Westminster Schoo... | 1.458621 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
which every man having in the state of nature, has given up into the hands of the society, and therein to the governors, whom the society hath set over itself, with this express or tacit trust, that it shall be employed for their good, and the preservation of their property” (89).
Even though the
Second Treatise of Go... | 2.090022 | 1,021 | 1,019 |
Stabilization of the Palestinian state -- with Israel's help -- is Israel’s only chance to survive in more than its name. Dream vs. Nightmare Scenario in the Mideast Dahlia Scheindlin is conducting doctoral research at Tel Aviv University on unilaterally declared states. She is a lecturer at Ben Gurion University, an i... | 2.69388 | 1,020 | 1,017 |
In the divided world of sales and product expertise, the salesperson typically chats with a customer about a product or service with canned catchphrases and relatable industry jargon while the Subject Matter Expert (SME) cavorts with the C-suite and product engineers. One is on the front lines communicating the informa... | 2.104088 | 999 | 997 |
Study Overview:
The Little nets are commonly used to sample fish; however, little is known about post-capture effects of this gear type on the fish captured. We conducted experiments to evaluate the effects of trammel net sampling on survival and cortisol levels of razorback sucker ( Xyrauchen texanus), bonytail ( Gila... | 1.440751 | 1,020 | 1,018 |
At his April 12 news conference, West Hollywood City Councilmember John Duran, who is HIV-positive, said he wanted to make sure history didn't repeat itself. But unlike the beginning of HIV/AIDS, meningococcal meningitis is a known disease that is preventable, and curable if caught in time. Outbreaks in Toronto and Chi... | 1.699128 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
't validated that. And there are others that we want to talk to make sure that they will. And that's where we need the strength of the gay community, plus Public Health, to make sure that's not a barrier.
KO: So we're going to put pressure on you so you can put pressure on them to make it happen.
Fielding: No, you don'... | 1.829558 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
averages about 25 meningitis cases a year. My understanding is that 15 to 20 percent are generally fatal. According to Dr. Fielding from the DPH, the cases are generally rare and sporadic, not really centered anywhere. The concern would be if officials could point to a particular geography and say 'we see it spreading... | 1.999817 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
we knew and when we knew it and the like. But we always want to be sensitive to the LGBT community. We try very hard to do that."
Noting that many LGBT people were upset and distrustful because of the mess, Fielding apologized. "Well, I'm sorry. I'm really sorry for that," he said.
AHF President Michael Weinstein isn'... | 1.929363 | 982 | 980 |
Do First Things First
Where to start, huh?
No matter what system you use to plan your activities – paper or digital – sometimes it can be difficult to determine what to do first. Especially since *all* of it is important, right?
I’ve tried lots of approaches over the years, the ABC/123 method combined with a prioritize... | 1.744834 | 1,007 | 1,005 |
Cubes Are For Squares: The Startup/Corporate Matrix – Where Do You Fit?
Everyone wants his or her dream job, but few have the courage to take big risks. Two years ago I attended my Business School reunion and it was clear that I was part of the 1% who
effusively loved her job. I was also in the 1% of alumni who had a s... | 2.501564 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
There is only so much time in a day. If there is a dramatic shift in online use, then there must be a decrease in other areas, even if the total number of users has also increased. The Pew Research Center report notes that growth in the usage of Facebook has largely plateaued. The study reports that 85% of the adults i... | 1.580212 | 1,020 | 1,018 |
With the physical and virtual worlds becoming increasingly interconnected, INTERPOL Secretary General Ronald K. Noble told the Underground Economy 2013 conference at the world police body’s headquarters that the only way to protect cyberspace against criminal abuse is through a global network of partners.
Mr Noble said... | 1.669526 | 971 | 969 |
Boston, MA -- (SBWIRE) -- 05/23/2014 -- Acids & Nutrients in Animal Nutrition Market by Type (Amino Acids & Proteins, Minerals, Vitamins, Fibers & Carbohydrates & Organic Acids), by Livestock (Ruminant, Poultry, Aqua, Swine & Equine) - Global Trends & Forecast to 2019
The market for feed acids and nutrients is projecte... | 1.256635 | 1,013 | 1,011 |
California has never been far from crisis, but this time feels different say Joe Mathews and Mark Paul in their new book, "California Crackup: How Reform Broke the Golden State and How We Can Fix It" (University of California Press).
What makes this crisis seem different is that "at the heart of (this) civic moment is ... | 1.860302 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Clothes dryers are a household appliance that provides a convenient way to dry clothes without hanging them on a clothesline. Over time, the clothes-dryer drum begins to squeak or rumble causing irritating noise. Stop the noise by lubing the dryer drum with 30-weight oil. The process is relatively simple with the right... | 1.297201 | 955 | 953 |
Taxes may be as certain as death, but they've changed a lot. Over the centuries, governments have levied taxes on everything from facial hair to the right to cover up—and officials accepted payments of beers, beds, and even broomsticks.
Here, from history, are a few taxes we’re glad to not have to pay anymore:
Rome's T... | 1.627629 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
OK, so the good news is that we seem to have recovered from our bout of all-family diarrhea!!
The bad news is that we have recovered just in time to take our first airplane trip with all three kids on board.
Yes, tomorrow we catch a plane for Texas with our entire brood of travelers. I've written before about traveling... | 1.955183 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
This year, the Pacific Skyline Council of the Boy Scouts of America is celebrating 100 years of Scouting nationally. Having shepherded our four sons through the ranks all the way to Eagle Scout, we feel like we have chalked up almost 100 years of Scouting ourselves.
"Be prepared," the Scout slogan, is a family joke, mo... | 1.953123 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Oh December. It’s
biting me in the butt this year. To be blunt about it.
As a runner, it falls smack in the middle of my fall and winter training. That means long runs on the weekends, hydrating like crazy, and stocking up on the gear I need for races. (And by gear I clearly mean costume pieces, because, hey, who am I ... | 1.954178 | 998 | 996 |
Boy, do I have a treat for you today!
I mentioned on Monday that my friend Molly and I cooked up some delicious Fruity Pebble Pancakes while she was in town, and today, as promised, I have the pancake AND glaze recipe for you.
Prepare to be indulged.
But first, let’s stir up a little controversy on the beautiful Friday... | 1.467165 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Raspberry bushes are extremely susceptible to damage from beetles. Although a raspberry plant grows well in a variety of soil types and growing conditions, insect pests can prevent the bush from putting out a healthy crop of berries. Keeping raspberry bushes healthy is key to encouraging the production of berries each ... | 1.546743 | 981 | 979 |
Collaboration Tools
Collaborative learning is essentially people working together to solve a problem, create a product, or derive meaning from a body of material. A central question or problem serves to organize and drive activities, and encourage application, analysis, and synthesis of course material. While the lands... | 1.825052 | 973 | 971 |
The Disaster Resistant University (DRU) Project is a Federal Grant Program from FEMA
The mission of Southwest Virginia Community College (SWCC) Disaster Resistant University (DRU) Committee and the Office of Risk Management (ORM) is to protect the college’s assets from the consequences of loss posed by threats from all... | 1.868291 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
AF1q gene is associated with multiple myeloma and a condition that occurs in approximately one-fourth of very aggressive multiple myeloma, extramedullary disease or EMD, said researchers.
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The group of researchers from the University of Louisville, Japan and Austria will present their findings at the Europ... | 1.401229 | 1,012 | 1,010 |
Bill Bratton Scolds Giggling Audience at American Justice Summit
Anyone who has gone through what Bill Bratton has suffered over the past couple of weeks would be on edge, and no compassionate person would have blamed New York’s police commissioner if he’d bogarted a joint in order to relax.
After all, weed is practica... | 1.52617 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Canola in Alberta, Canada The recent decision by the European Commission to give EU member states the ability to ban GM crops on a state-by-state and crop-by-crop basis means that the EC has failed science and failed itself.
The EC plan announced in July is to allow individual member states the freedom to "allow, restr... | 1.683194 | 942 | 941 |
You can one and only meliorate the natural object by sanative the cognitive state. All diseases originates from within, and and so can with the sole purpose be cured from in. Medicine singular facilitates soothing but it does not heal. What matters is not the medicine, but instead how you ruminate of it. All disease th... | 3.650649 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
LONDON — Confounding expectations, the size of the UK Jewish community appears stable, with a decline in the mainstream Jewish population offset by growth in the Orthodox sector, newly released figures from the 2011 census indicate.
The numbers, published Tuesday, show 263,000 people in England and Wales identified as ... | 1.407423 | 1,006 | 1,004 |
While nuclear energy offers a source of greenhouse emissions-free electricity, it also poses dangers that are unique to it as an industry, for it is the only source of power that produces radioactive waste and has catastrophic consequences in the event of a massive safety failure. While the hazards posed by the waste p... | 1.553381 | 1,024 | 1,022 |
You'll no doubt be aware that the U.K referendum on remaining in the European Union is near, June 23rd to be precise. While there's a lot of propaganda floating around for reasons to leave and stay, we're looking simply at facts about what would happen to our environment either way.
Information, research and context fo... | 1.988708 | 951 | 950 |
ANN ARBOR, Mich., May 21, 2014 – A diverse group of library leaders are today participating in a forum that will provoke discussion regarding the emerging trends affecting libraries. Rapid changes in technology, education, economics and societal trends are contributing to new challenges and opportunities for libraries ... | 1.691044 | 999 | 997 |
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Bargepole Management is a business self-help book that breaks the mold—it’s not about improving yourself or achieving success through your own skills and merits, instead, it posits the theory of how managing information and perceptions of yourself through the “bargepole” system and approach can help you succeed re... | 1.962762 | 1,010 | 1,008 |
A new federal lawsuit could alter how candidates for statewide office get the signatures they need – and do it in a way that could leave voters in all but Arizona’s largest county out of the process.
Attorney Kory Langhofer claims it’s a federal constitutional violation to require would-be officeholders to gather signa... | 1.55154 | 1,021 | 1,019 |
Convicted sex offender registrieshave been widespread since the 1990s, but are slated to expand significantly under the Adam Walsh Act by July 2010. Child sexual abuse prevention experts say the public develops a false sense of security from registries, since at least 80 percent of children are assaulted by someone the... | 1.845713 | 951 | 949 |
5 Ways MSPs Can Derive Recurring Revenue From Office 365 5 Ways MSPs Can Derive Recurring Revenue From Office 365We look at ways MSPs can derive recurring revenue from reselling Office 365. This includes controlling margins and bundling value-added products and services. Owning the Customer RelationshipOwning the custo... | 1.447216 | 1,023 | 1,021 |
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