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A few months ago there was a burst of enthusiasm for Twitter book clubs. We participated in some of the excitement around the Wossy bookclub. Like a lot of good ideas, this one seems to have fizzled. There have been other Twitter bookclubs, but like the Jonathan Ross experiment, it seems that they quickly need to invok... | 2.187074 | 969 | 968 |
The trend of decline in the Child Sex Ratio (CSR), defined as number of girls per 1000 of boys between 0-6 years of age, has been unabated since 1961. The decline from 945 in 1991 to 927 in 2001 and further to 918 in 2011 is alarming.
The decline in the CSR is a major indicator of women disempowerment. CSR reflects bot... | 1.268593 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
TV For 1 Hour Costs 22 Minutes of Your Life Did you know that watching one hour of TV could shorten your life by 22 minutes?… Skip the Gym, Go to Church Want to get healthy? Skip the gym, and head to church. Churches everywhere are launching get-healthy… Protect Yourself From Sexual Assualt on College Campuses College ... | 1.896378 | 1,024 | 1,022 |
Response of snails and slugs to fragmentation of lowland forests in NW Germany
Faculty of Sciences. Biology
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The Hague
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Biology
Landscape ecology. - The Hague
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University of Antwerp
Habitat fragmentation is a major cause for species los... | 1.165215 | 1,017 | 1,015 |
Something Different
Week of: September 15, 2014 Download 300 dpi photo Contact: Alice Bender, (202) 328-7744 Ways To Cook Colorful Chard
By Dana Jacobi
for the American Institute for Cancer Research
Don’t call it Swiss chard. To focus on the assortment of varieties now sold at many markets, this floppy-leaved dark gree... | 1.347791 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
GUEST POST: What the banks don't tell you - advice for first home buyers By Guest Blogger Paul Feeney, Founder, Map my PlanEverywhere you look, everyone is talking housing affordability. From young renters claiming they’ll never be able to afford a house to the media cycle debating whether Sydney and Melbourne are in ‘... | 1.502704 | 1,020 | 1,018 |
Long ago the electronic means of telecommunications have allowed people to keep in contact with their friends, colleagues and relatives far away. Due to the advent of integrated electronic chips, advances in computers, miniaturization of electronic devices and inventions in telecommunications fields, the revolution hap... | 2.035697 | 1,001 | 999 |
In the face of decreasing biodiversity and ongoing global changes, maintaining ecosystem functioning is seen both as a means to preserve biological diversity as well as for safeguarding human well-being by securing the services ecosystems provide. The concept today is prominent in many fields of ecology and conservatio... | 1.646708 | 1,018 | 1,016 |
An authority on global affairs, I am not. But as a taxpaying American, I do have an opinion about how we invest our money and human capital trying to police the world. After Sept. 11, 2001, none of us needs a lecture on the value of thwarting terrorism.
In 1960, Nobel Prize winner Bertrand Russell said, "A great many p... | 1.752532 | 1,020 | 1,017 |
As I have explained in a previous article, my focus from the 4
th quarter of 2015 going forward I will spend my energies on crude oil. Previously, I traded currencies, EURUSD and GBPUSD in particular. While I achieved a lot of success in that, I decided to experiment something new to challenge myself. This came in form... | 1.757463 | 1,015 | 1,013 |
U.S. Representative Ed Royce (R-Calif.) held a round of town hall meetings in Buena Park and Placentia Saturday and reported on the state of affairs in Congress. Royce currently holds the seat for the 40th District, which covers Fullerton, Placentia, Buena Park, Cypress and Orange.
Royce began the meeting with a large ... | 1.654503 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Your first question has to be "Why bother?" And the answer is simple. Homemade corned beef is better.
Why? The commercial stuff, especially the cheap stuff mass marketed for St. Patrick's day for Irish wannabes, is usually made by taking shortcuts that result in odd flavors and gelatinous textures. Home made corned bee... | 1.551597 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
cut. You can also use boneless short rib meat, flank steak, tongue, or round, but round can be very thick, so cut in into 1.5" planks. For that matter you can use any cut you want, but brisket is my fave. About the pickling spices. You can buy them premixed or click here for a recipe for pickling spices that you can m... | 1.312682 | 998 | 996 |
The real estate market is very active in all parts of the country. You can’t turn on the news or pick up a newspaper without it stating how hot a real estate market it is. Will the market slowdown is the question on many people’s minds. With historically low interest rates, there is no end in sight. The government intr... | 1.862104 | 1,012 | 1,010 |
The natural course of HIV-1 infection varies widely among individuals. A small proportion of patients remain free of HIV-related disease without antiretroviral therapy (ART) and maintain normal CD4 T-cell counts for at least 10 years of infection, often with low viral loads. Such individuals are known as long-term nonp... | 1.232229 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
5% CO
2 for at least 3 hours and then filtered through a cell sieve to remove dead cells prior to use. The viability of PBMCs after incubation and filtration was consistently >95%, as determined by Trypan blue exclusion. HIV-specific interferon-γ (IFNγ) release by PBMCs was assayed using enzyme immunospot (ELISpot) ass... | 1.152658 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
98 sequences. 14,16 There were no other clearly attenuating mutations or deletions detected in HIV-1 from this patient. Nevertheless, it is possible that single-base mutations may have influenced the pathogenicity of the HIV-1 strains, and thereby played a role in the nonprogressive and progressive phases of his diseas... | 1.147668 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
. 2B). In 2004, a detectable IFNγ response was seen to 12 class I peptide epitopes spanning 5 gene products ( p17, p24, RT, gp160, and nef; see Fig. 2B). There were insufficient cells to permit depletions or parallel intracellular staining (ICS) to confirm that class I epitope responses were CD8 T-cell mediated. The us... | 1.369416 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
did not have any. He was maximally heterozygous at his HLA loci but did not have HLA alleles associated with nonprogressive infection. To the contrary, 3 of his HLA alleles (A1, B8, and DR3) have been associated with a poor HIV-1 clinical prognosis elsewhere.
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Near-full-length HIV-1 genomic RNA sequence analysis of ... | 1.478977 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
gene products (
p17, p24, RT, gp160, and nef; see Fig. 2). The emergence over time of sequence variations within 2 epitopes (gp160 YL8 and nef WY20; see Fig. 3) was associated with a dramatic loss in recognition of new and wild-type epitopes, however, suggesting that immune escape in these regions may have contributed... | 1.197422 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
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7. Fang G, Kuiken C, Weiser B, et al. Long-term survivors in Nairobi: complete HIV-1 RNA sequences and immunogenetic associations.
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8. McDermott DH, Zimmerman PA, Guignard F, et al. CCR5 promoter polymorphism and HIV-1 disease progression. Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS).
Lanc... | 0.850796 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
23. Migueles SA, Sabbaghian MS, Shupert WL, et al. HLA B*5701 is highly associated with restriction of virus replication in a subgroup of HIV-infected long term nonprogressors.
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24. Smith MW, Carrington M, Winkler C, et al. CCR2 chemokine receptor and AIDS progression.
Nat Med... | 0.524249 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
K, Reinis M, Weiser B, et al. Methods for viral RNA isolation and PCR amplification for sequencing of near full-length HIV-1 genomes. In: Prasad V, Kalpana G, eds.
Methods in Molecular Biology: HIV Protocols
. 2nd ed. Totowa, NJ: Humana. In press.
39. Kemal KS, Foley B, Burger H, et al. HIV-1 in genital tract and plas... | 0.859994 | 998 | 997 |
I have been working for the past few months on a Repashy Superfood formula of my own, and it is now ready to be offered for sale. I am calling it Ted’s Most Excellent, because it is truly a food that benefits a lot of different kinds of fish. I have not found anything that will not eat it…. yet. Let me know if you do!
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Homeopathic Medicines for Nasal Polyps What are nasal polyps?
Nasal polyps are soft growths arising from the mucous membrane of the nose or paranasal sinuses. These growths are painless, freely movable and non-cancerous.
Can Homeopathy completely treat nasal polyps?
Yes, Homeopathy can treat nasal polyps. Nasal polyps ... | 1.025237 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
al sprays only provide temporary relief in nasal symptoms from nasal polyps. However, complete treatment can only be obtained by treating the root cause with proper Homeopathic medicines.
My doctor has advised surgery for nasal polyps, is it safe to put it on hold and go for Homeopathic medicines?
Yes, it is absolutely... | 1.192913 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
nasal polyps.
I have nasal allergies which seem to have led to nasal polyps, what do you suggest?
Homeopathic medicines for nasal polyps from nasal allergies are selected based on individual symptoms after a detailed study and analysis of the case. Therefore, a consultation with the Homeopathic practitioner would help... | 1.233771 | 970 | 969 |
You remember the beginning. Back when you could see the change you wanted to make. You were wildly excited about the new you that was just around the corner.
Seems a little naive now. Now it’s getting hard. You think, maybe where I am is ok. I can circle back to this later when I have more time and energy. Plus you fee... | 1.628898 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
, spending your energy on pushing through, instead of showing them you appreciate them.
So send your mom, your dad, your spouse, your sibling, or your kid a text.
. That’s it. It’ll take less than a minute. And it will feel good. It will also make them feel good. Tell them you were thinking about them and that you love... | 1.769942 | 1,022 | 1,020 |
In response to Madhav Khandekar and Tom Harris’s interview in PJ Media titled
which starts with
Subjected to a continual bombardment of catastrophism from climate activists, the public can be forgiven for assuming that recent extreme weather events, especially heat waves in North America, are unusual. Citizens would ha... | 1.669931 | 1,007 | 1,005 |
Welcome to EarthTurns
Douglas Labs Beta-Carotene Dry Capsules contain pure, synthetically-derived betacarotene. Each capsule provides 25,000 I.U. vitamin A activity.
Beta-carotene is a safe precursor of vitamin A. Human intestinal enzymes convert dietary beta-carotene into active vitamin A. The extent of this conversio... | 1.442821 | 1,007 | 1,005 |
Everybody can be great…because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. < Martin Luther King Jr.
Do you know how many people could use your help today? How about how ma... | 1.817838 | 992 | 991 |
When it comes to dreadlocks, there are many myths and misconceptions. One of the more common beliefs is that the only way to remove your dreadlocks is to cut or shave them off. While this is one option for removal, it is not the only one. Whether you are wearing your hair in this style or know someone who is, learning ... | 1.426018 | 1,018 | 1,016 |
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The A&P Park grandstand in Blenheim could be demolished because it would cost too much to bring it up to building code standards.
While the 90-year-old building has historic and sentimental value, most people involved seem to be looking for the best outcome for... | 1.638205 | 1,017 | 1,015 |
This guest post comes to us from Sean Sullivan, the author of Spectacularly Delicious a blog which features classic and unusual recipes for those looking for something out of the ordinary. Sean is an avid canner; visit his site for an index of his original recipes.
Backyard gardeners, farm stand fanatics, and regular f... | 1.828298 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Abstract
Purpose: The purpose was to investigate the effect of a 16-wk intrahospital supervised conditioning program including both resistance and aerobic training and a 20-wk detraining period on measures of aerobic fitness, muscular strength, functional mobility, ankle range of motion, and quality of life (QOL) in ch... | 0.959643 | 1,023 | 1,021 |
September is proving to be the month that many Wall Streeters thought would never arrive. A correction momentum is building in the stock market, according to analysts, and electronics stocks are feeling the heat as anxious investors look for safer grounds to park their money.
Electronics issues hit the skids again last... | 1.832314 | 1,010 | 1,008 |
May 18, 2013 at 10:31 AM by Dr. Drang
This is the post where I explain how I avoided shooting my older son with the head of a screw. Two heads of screws, actually, but we’ll get into the details later. The underlying topic is strain energy, its potential
1 for harm, and the respect it should be paid.
As I said a few da... | 1.324684 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
green piece.
I had clamped and loosened this pipe many times over the previous month of testing, and internal hex surfaces of the capscrews had rounded out. Finally, after the testing was over, the Allen wrench wouldn’t grip in the screwheads and I couldn’t loosen the clamp and remove the pipe.
So I grabbed a hacksaw,... | 1.724957 | 1,011 | 1,009 |
AAEP Convention: Nutrition Recent Developments in Equine Nutrition
A lot has happened in the field of equine nutrition research in the last five years. Ginger Rich, PhD, of Rich Equine Nutritional Consulting in Eads, Tenn.; and Leslie Breuer, PhD, of LH Breuer and Associates, updated veterinarians who attended the Curr... | 1.684425 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
horses supplemented with copper, zinc, and manganese found that exercising horses have an increased need for zinc. Exercise had no effect on the digestibility or maintenance requirements of copper and manganese. Rich said that National Research Council (NRC) values for zinc in working horses might be underestimated. C... | 1.527829 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
glycemic response could reduce the incidence of OCD.
Owners of young horses strive to make weaning time as stress-free as possible, and researchers wondered what the effects of weaning time are on body weight, wither height, and bone density. It was found that weaning had no effect; however, a decline in weight gain a... | 1.723459 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
within three hours of exercise are outweighed by a risk of hyperinsulinemia that might interfere with energy utilization in the performance horse. Grain should be withheld from horses before exercise, but small amounts of hay should be fed to ensure proper gastrointestinal tract function. Hay should not be reduced to ... | 1.575033 | 1,009 | 1,007 |
Thomas Rudel, Distinguished Professor
Cook Office Building, Room 214
848-932-9238 rudel@aesop.rutgers.edu Biography: Tom Rudel conducts research on land use change. He has researched the driving forces behind tropical deforestation both through case studies in the Ecuadorian Amazon and through quantitative analyses at ... | 1.70032 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
then increased in response to industrialization and urbanization seemed especially appealing because it promised to explain, with one idea, both forest destruction in the tropics and forest recovery in temperate places. This interest led to several investigations of the situations that encourage turnarounds in forest ... | 1.391419 | 1,018 | 1,016 |
Criterion for Selecting a Communication Standard for Environmental Data
The Galapagos Archipelago is a nearly pristine island system that is host to a number of diverse biomes. In order to keep these biomes in their currently pristine state a sensor network must be designed to be as inobtrusive as physically possible. ... | 2.116281 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
animal movement patterns throughout the zones based upon triangulation, or if enough sensor nodes are not available for connection, a more generalized area surrounding the sensor at a certain distance that can be determined by the relation of the difference between the timesamp on the packet and the time the sensor no... | 2.210926 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Are you ready to change the way you cook, eat and feel?
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one feel like they are truly eating for health and pleasure.
Less is more with Sarah and she chooses to go for a handful of good quality ingredients that are used throughout the book, so you don’t have to stock up on hundreds of new items for only one recipe. So who is this Sarah Wilson?
Sarah has worn many hats but s... | 2.082597 | 1,011 | 1,008 |
Insurance can help farmers to survive dry periods. However, it can also result in the long term in overgrazing and therefore threaten their existence if insurance companies pay out in periods of moderate drought and farmers change their management strategies as a result. This is the conclusion of the world’s first stud... | 1.188488 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
3 billion euros. Its work stands in the tradition of the naturalist Hermann von Helmholtz (1821-1894).
Tilo Arnhold | Helmholz Centre
Further information: http://www.helmholtz.de Further reports about: > Ancient African Exodus > Climate change > Ecological Impact > End User Development > Environmental Research > Food ... | 0.902751 | 998 | 996 |
Hundreds of individual donors stepped up to meet and surpass an inspiring challenge issued by Bohemian Foundation to raise $1.5 million for flood relief and recovery efforts in Larimer County. Bohemian Foundation pledged $750,000 to match dollar-for-dollar donations by individuals to three flood relief funds set up by ... | 1.416919 | 1,018 | 1,016 |
Many of you have requested details on what we are doing this year for our homeschooling. So, here is my annual post with all the details!
I am a “mish-mash” homeschooler, combining various methods and resources, and using what works best for us.
I rely on the
free Charlotte Mason curriculum from Ambleside Online, which... | 1.997199 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Our employees make us who we are and what we stand for—and many have inspired us with their dedication to diversity and inclusion. Below are stories of our Bank of America colleagues who have made an impact by volunteering with Special Olympics.
Jump to a spotlight story: Christine Costamagna, employee and Special Olym... | 1.595064 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
, you knew that you impacted the lives of so many people.”
Those experiences have stayed with him, even through his current work with Merrill Lynch. “Special Olympics made me realize that everybody can achieve to their own highest level. Whether it’s Special Olympics, or my clients, or my kids, I try to always encourag... | 1.612441 | 1,016 | 1,014 |
I think it would be folly to expect that women will ever dominate or even approach equal representation in a large number of areas simply because their aptitudes, abilities, and interests are different for physiological reasons.
So said Tony Abbott when he was a university student, reflecting the historical view that m... | 1.822478 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Home Purchase
This is where it all begins. This is when you’re checking out display homes and websites and floor plans, and you start talking to a builder or two. You also start dreaming about what that ideal home will look like, where you’ll put your furniture, who will sleep in which room, where your guests will sit ... | 1.686561 | 1,007 | 1,006 |
The mum, a nickname for chrysanthemum (Dendranthema x grandiflorum), is a long-standing garden favorite with a heritage dating more than 2,000 years in Japan, where it is the national flower. In U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 5 through 9 the mum is perennial and grown as an annual in colder climat... | 1.362182 | 1,003 | 1,001 |
“Fitness is not about being better than someone else…It’s about being better than you used to be”
The term ‘Fitness’ is very common among people now. Whenever we talk about fitness the only thing which comes to the mind is weight management. But,let me tell you that fitness is not only about weight loss or gain but inc... | 1.539975 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
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This, according to Dan Goldstein, who found the following chart:
For bar charts, one must start at zero... no exceptions. Chopping off arbitrary amounts of the base can create different perceptions of difference.
Here is another exam... | 1.615926 | 1,023 | 1,021 |
It's Time To Close This Loophole Putting Women's Lives At Risk
It's long been recognized in the U.S. that domestic violence and guns are a deadly combination. That's why people who have been convicted of domestic violence misdemeanors or who are subject to permanent protective orders can't legally own or buy guns.
But ... | 1.328645 | 995 | 994 |
The efficient moment estimation of the probit model with an endogenous continuous regressor
We propose an efficient moment estimator for the probit model with a continuous endogenous regressor. The estimation can be readily implemented using a standard statistical package that can estimate a non-linear system two-stage... | 0.582419 | 1,021 | 1,019 |
The primary mission of our non-profit association is to offer assistance to the Matsés indigenous communities so that this native Amazonian tribe can conserve their native culture and indigenous lands in a sustainable and autonomous manner.
Small donations do little to help and can create internal conflicts. Please not... | 1.962712 | 1,015 | 1,013 |
I am a labor lawyer, representing registered nurses at contract negotiations. While I consider my work to be Right Livelihood, it brings a myriad of challenges to my practice. One of my most rewarding challenges occurred in December 1999. I was negotiating at a large teaching hospital in New York City, and we remained ... | 1.668698 | 1,014 | 1,012 |
| Thursday, May 19, 2010 | A scathing report released Wednesday by the Orange County performance auditor revealed a culture of excess within the county’s human resources department in recent years that has allowed lavish pay increases for executives and sweetheart deals for labor groups while county revenues have plumm... | 1.659477 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
What a week it’s been. Just look at the ups and downs of the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note.
The week started with the safe haven play related to the Irish fiscal and financial crisis, which pushed the yield on the 10-year bond below 3 percent. In a spillover from last week, global investors increasingly ... | 1.758985 | 1,024 | 1,022 |
Proscar is a drug which helps in avoiding conversion of testosterone to DHT. This is used for treating BPH in men with enlarged prostate. It is also used for other medical conditions too.
Uses
This medicine is primarily used to treat hair loss in men. It is highly effective in the treatment of male pattern baldness whi... | 1.329417 | 1,006 | 1,004 |
As I’m slowly progressing through my first ever property purchase, I’m starting to understand why moving home is ranked highly as one of the most stressful moments in someone’s life. I say “starting to understand” because I’m at the bottom of the chain as a first-time buyer looking to become a landlord, so i’m not even... | 1.76751 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Click for full .pdf with details of the upcoming community workshops.
Be sure to join the Department of City Planning next week as the department hosts two community workshops for the Crenshaw Boulevard Streetscape Plan. The workshops will set the template for future streetscape enhancements, such as: street trees, str... | 1.55565 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
hashtag. For an alternate take on the meeting, Rick Risemberg (of BicycleFixation fame) has his notes from the meeting up at FlyingPigeonLA.
Over 30 people jammed room 721 this Tuesday
Below the fold, we’ll go through the details of this month’s meeting. Presentations by Pat Hines of Safe Moves, updates on newly finis... | 1.566057 | 1,019 | 1,017 |
To pay or not to pay? Citizens' views on taxation in local authorities in Tanzania
Widespread tax evasion reflected in persistent public resistance to pay is seen as part of the problem of raising local government revenues in Tanzania. Dealing with the policy problem of revenue enhancement and tax evasion requires some... | 0.749746 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Spirits are formerly incarnated individuals who are dead, Like living people, most spirits are good, some are not.
Negative Spirits, Evil Spirits, Demons
Just as there are negative people in the physical world, there are negative spirits. There are also demonic spirits who may or may not have ever been incarnated.
A ne... | 1.726546 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
In a recent comment posted on the blog, Erika Baker, contact person for Changing Attitude in the diocese of Bath and Wells, posed a question that I promised to respond to: “How can you be part of a pressure group created to change people’s minds when you can no longer engage in the mind-numbing nonsense that is the de ... | 2.102463 | 1,022 | 1,020 |
By Pastor Glenn Pease
A visitor to a drought stricken area was talking to some of the citizens about their no rain situation. As they were complaining about the difficulties it brought to them he sought to comfort them with the it-could-be-worse philosophy. He said, "If you think it is bad here, you should go South. Th... | 1.618158 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
all the more, and so we need not fear to sin. It was a subtle way of making sin lawful. Paul demolishes this idea by calling their attention to what they witnessed to in the water of baptism. They gave witness that were identified with Christ in His death. They were buried with Him, and the man of sin was no longer to... | 1.743981 | 1,015 | 1,013 |
Oh my
(for a bigger “oh my,” see UPDATE 2) — From Reuters, via CNBC:
US health care data point to much weaker first-quarter GDP
The U.S. economy likely contracted at a much sharper pace in the first quarterthan previously estimated with data on Wednesday showing weaker health care spending.
The Commerce Department’s qu... | 1.697592 | 1,016 | 1,014 |
St. Louis regional transit planning process as a model for what needs to be done in the DC Metropolitan region
The St. Louis transit planning process underway currently looks to be quite interesting. See the website Moving Transit Forward, as well as "MetroLink Expansion Would Take Many Years, Metro Official Says" from... | 1.917361 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
the centrality of transit to the city's economic and competitive advantages, and plan accordingly.
Another example
The Chicago region has a campaign called Moving Beyond Congestion, which could be the model for the St. Louis process.
It's the regional transportation plan normally created by the metropolitan planning o... | 2.104896 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
generates transportation demand.
Someone wrote a letter to the editor in the Gazette, "Metro funding essential to county growth policy," that Montgomery County shouldn't change its growth policy to a transit-complementary policy from the automobile-connected policy it has without being connected to transit planning an... | 2.232661 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
EY has been voted the UK’s top company for apprenticeships and school leaver programmes, by a survey of young people already employed on such schemes.
The Big Four firm emerged victorious in the latest
RateMyApprenticeship.co.uk’s annual table of the best school leaver employers.
Based on ratings and voted for by the y... | 1.475447 | 1,023 | 1,021 |
Hello! I have been knee deep in personal life shit recently and forgot to pick up my prescription, amongst other things. Nowhere is open until Monday so I have a weekend where I’ll be yelling, “HELLO! HELLO! I AM VERY AWAKE! ARE YOU AWAKE? WAKE UP AND TALK TO ME! I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WORMS” ahead of me.
One in Four’s n... | 2.013123 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
be a GP in her native Columbia. She has a serious crush on The Joker, a weak sense of smell and she suffers from recurrent depression and Avoidant Personality Disorder.
Nessa’s been writing her blog for over two years, and she vividly describes how her illness affects her life, and particularly her studies. The poetic... | 1.892406 | 998 | 996 |
Paralegals assist lawyers and private offices as well as large law firms. The National Federation of Paralegal Associates defines a paralegal as a person who conducts substantive legal work on behalf on an attorney. The manner in which a paralegal gains experience can vary greatly. Some paralegals are trained on the jo... | 1.79464 | 1,003 | 1,001 |
Last month
The Economist ran a frustrated editorial wondering why environmental groups would picket the upcoming World Trade Organization (WTO) meeting in Seattle. The headline read “Why Greens Should Love Trade.”
Actually greens see no particular reason either to love or hate trade. They don’t share the religious beli... | 1.410042 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Persepolis).
Summary
Analysis
Iraq gains new ballistic missiles called “Scuds”—very powerful and expensive missiles that can reach from Iraqi land all the way to Tehran. When the sirens go on, it takes just three minutes before the missiles make landing, which does not give people much time to hide. Marjane’s father sa... | 1.559733 | 1,009 | 1,007 |
Reaching out to the victim’s family can improve the way your client is perceived, but it can certainly backfire as you tread the volatile waters of grief and blame. Before extending condolences, consider defense attorney Patrick T. Barone’s DUI defense strategies for tactful communication from his book,
Defending Drink... | 1.387192 | 1,018 | 1,016 |
Omissions, corrections
Aristotle may have gotten a lot wrong, but I have to join MacIntyre in recognizing the Nicomachean Ethics as presenting a fundamentally sound way of approaching ethics. This is why I was profoundly disappointed by the way After Virtue dismissed the discussion of human nature and human goods found... | 1.920572 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
How your brain is trained to avoid the heartache of breakups and what you can do to untie the knot. Hurt feelings. Or rather a life without hurt feelings is the holy grail of relationship prospecting. At least that is true with the women who work with me. Each type, Scarlett, Snow White and Rapunzel are shocked to disc... | 2.245753 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
comfort and contentment to deepest hurt and disappointment. When you let someone into your inner circle, that person will remind you of being hurt by someone in your past. Maybe not right away, but I promise you with absolute certainty, you will feel that awful hurt-feelings feeling about someone you really care about... | 1.81158 | 1,012 | 1,010 |
As the height of hurricane season approaches, is your business prepared for power outages, flooding, property damage, lost work time and more? According to the New Jersey Business Action Center up to 40 percent of small businesses never re-open following a disaster. Don Newman, Director of Small Business Advocacy, New ... | 1.795632 | 1,015 | 1,012 |
A young lady's college years should be the most beneficial of her life. For many they are, but sadly for some who are unprepared their college days may not be looked back upon so fondly. If you are a young lady preparing to go off to college, or the parent of 1, please consider the old adage "an ounce of prevention is ... | 1.928954 | 978 | 977 |
th, among 13 countries including Japan, Sweden, France and Canada, based on the measurement of 16 health indicators, such as life expectancy, low-birth-weight averages, and infant mortality.
Victims of medical errors do have legal rights. If you or a family member has been injured due to a medical error, it may give ri... | 1.88671 | 1,014 | 1,012 |
Monday, December 22, 2008 On Unions
Some Republicans see the bailout of the car industry as a way to strike that last nail in the coffin lid of American unions. They see unionized labor as the reason why American cars are not competitive. Other countries can pay less to their workers and the U.S. should, too!
This is h... | 1.80651 | 1,015 | 1,013 |
Mediterranean Diet Basics The origins of Med diet
Obesity or being overweight is becoming a serious concern today in all countries around the world. According to studies, this is usually related and could lead to serious health problems such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, knee arthritis, high blood pressure, str... | 1.699691 | 1,023 | 1,021 |
New mango drying system set for commercial testing THE Philippine Center for Postharvest Development and Mechanization (PhilMech) has set for commercial testing next year a revolutionary mango drying system that is more energy efficient and less costly than the method being used today by the industry.
Sliced dried mang... | 1.525414 | 1,005 | 1,003 |
I was climbing the 30 Wall the other day on a high-gravity day. I was flailing; failing hard. You know those days when you can’t seem to get your footwork quite right? When the skin on your finger-tips is shredded down paper thin and your arms are pumped after a few attempts? One of those days.
Remember Austin Laurent,... | 1.779524 | 1,021 | 1,020 |
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Video calling has taken on a new life in the past two or three years as we’ve seen VoIP be rebranded in a sense as unified communication. Video on the Internet gained attention with YouTube, but it’s become much more as sites like Facebook integrate video messaging too. With tools like Skype video is quickl... | 2.027305 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
put video online, am constantly being photographed and having pictures of me posted somewhere, but also because I join conference calls and video calls where any number of people I don’t know may watch.
Besides that, I guess my thoughts on video are due to the fairly large segment of internet users who regularly use o... | 2.090774 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
struggle with market penetration. That’s changing as these tools become more integrated, but there’s still plenty of work to be done.
What About the PicturePhone?
No matter how much we may love the Internet, the basic tool for voice conversation for most of the world is still the telephone. Last week I wrote Why on ea... | 1.845854 | 1,020 | 1,018 |
There’s nothing worse than someone who takes themselves too seriously. Well, maybe AIDS. Or Hitler. But still, it’s pretty bad. The brown-nosers and know-it-alls of the world need to take a long look in the mirror, because it’s high time someone told them what we’re all thinking. No one likes you.
Now I’m not advocatin... | 1.492815 | 991 | 989 |
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