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Abstract
Unopposed estrogen (previously called ERT, now referred to as ET) increases a patient's risk of endometrial cancer. The addition of a progestogen to estrogen (previously called HRT, now referred to as HT) will decrease that additional risk of endometrial cancer although it will not eliminate it. Initially this... | 1.562861 | 1,019 | 1,017 |
From Now On The Educational Technology Journal
Vol 7|No 3|November-December|1997
A Questioning Toolkit continued . . .
Unanswerable Questions are the ultimate challenge.
They serve like boundary stones, helping us to tell us when we have pushed insight to its outer limits. When exploring essential questions (most of wh... | 1.924578 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
NESS
rant, ranting and raving, bombast, fustian, rodomontade, BOASTING
blether, blather, blah-blah-blah, flimflam
guff, hogwash, eyewash, claptrap, poppycock, FABLE
humbug, FALSEHOOD
malarkey, hokum, bunkum, bunk, baloney, hooey
flummery, blarney, FLATTERY
sales talk, patter, sales patter, spiel
talk, chatter, prattle,... | 1.827038 | 1,020 | 1,018 |
'We are particularly concerned about four bills that have been introduced this session,' says Levoy Knowles, TTA's executive director.
Nashville, TN (PRWEB) February 28, 2014
Leaders from Tennessee’s independent telecommunications companies met with state government leaders last week to discuss legislation impacting ru... | 1.892306 | 1,023 | 1,020 |
Under Construction Property is most profitable for builders as they charge hefty premium on same compared to prevailing Market Rate. In my post Resale Flat or Under Construction Flat – Which is better? i highlighted pros and cons of both Resale & Under Construction Property. Though i am not concluding either in favor o... | 1.688597 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
deceiving him that he is getting best deal of the town. This is not one of the case but till date this trick worked on each & every customer. The rate in secondary market for 4 year old complex is Rs 4000 psf in same area. Comparatively the rate of Rs 4500 psf for new complex sounds great. Fact of the matter is that m... | 1.994616 | 1,009 | 1,007 |
Alan and Laurie Jorgensen's daughter, Kellie, is a junior at the University of Wyoming in Laramie, Wyo.
The 2007 Moffat County High School graduate studies biology and is planning her wedding for this summer.
But, the Jorgensen’s daughter had to be a lot stronger than other girls her age to be able to live on her own, ... | 1.524643 | 1,022 | 1,020 |
1-888-744-0069. The Effects of Valium Use Table of ContentsPrint Is Valium Harmful? Short-Term Effects of Valium Side Effects Valium Long-Term Effects Valium Dependence Valium Withdrawal
Is Valium Harmful?
Valium, a popular sedative-hypnoticprescription drug, has
numerous effects on the body, many of which can be dange... | 1.375028 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
If you have a feeling that we’re in for in for a market slide, you’re in luck. While others complain about how much money they are losing you could be stuffing your pockets. For most people, investing comes down to buying mutual funds, stocks, ETFs and hoping that they increase in value, and the most common method to f... | 1.753964 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
a few comments up got lost.
Again, not a long-term strategy, but it is no different than when you buy put options when you are long a stock.
My point is that you will always do better if you take the full OFFSETTING assets (in your example, the 20% short and the 20% long that it offsets, for a total of 40%) and do cas... | 1.599431 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
position is earning a typical rate of 5% APY. Well, if the market moves 5% in a matter of weeks, the amount of interest you'll earn on your cash could amount to very little 0.41% per month.
Of course, if we could predict the future, certainly protecting your losses with cash will almost always win out, but if you keep... | 1.908555 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
strategy within a short ETF isn't just the opposite of a standard long ETF.
For example, if you buy the QQQ, you are essentially buying a long position of a small amount of each stock in the index. That is very straightforward. But, if you buy the Short QQQ, this doesn't mean the fund is simply selling short the same ... | 1.910316 | 1,017 | 1,015 |
Catholics are not blind followers. They use their consciences to vote. -CD2000 (Source:Opinion Inquirer)Many people will liken the notion of a “Catholic vote” to the alleged bloc vote of the Iglesia Ni Cristo. First, we must explain what it is not. The Catholic vote is not a bloc vote according to the dictates of the c... | 1.673206 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
President Obama's chief of staff on the White House's critics, the male invincibility complex, and Healthcare.gov's
actual load-time.
After years of debate and the embarrassing website fiasco this fall, the White House is now in full salesman mode trying to get people to sign up for Obamacare—especially young men who m... | 1.647342 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Environmental Health Sciences Courses
Ehs 500 Environmental Health for Teachers (3)
This course is intended for middle and high school teachers and will serve as a comprehensive introduction to the field of environmental health science. Topics covered will include environmental chemistry, epidemiology, toxicology with ... | 1.372399 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
extreme weather events become more severe and frequent, how climate change affects public health is becoming an important and growing concern in the US, and in other parts of the world. Climate related events such as heat waves, cold spells, hurricanes, flooding, severe storms, and power outages have affected multiple... | 1.521645 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
GIS) as applied toward epidemiologic research and surveillance. GIS software functionality, geocoding, use of global positioning systems (GPS), sources of data and spatial statistical methods are among the topics covered. Prerequisite: Epi 501.
Ehs 613 Pollution Ecology of Freshwater Invertebrates (3)
An introduction t... | 1.401838 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
00 and Bms 500B or equivalents; or permission of instructor.
Ehs 632 Atmospheric Environment and Human Welfare (3)
The course introduces and surveys the sources, dissemination, environmental modification, human exposure, susceptibility, and control issues related to global and local air pollution issues.
Ehs 640 Advanc... | 1.32065 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Discussions of such topics of current concern as: formation of chlorinated dibenzo-dioxins and related compounds and their analysis in environmental samples, origins and control of acid precipitation, pathways for the movement of organic pollutants in the environment. Prerequisite: One undergraduate course in chemistry... | 1.607207 | 999 | 997 |
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For the past few years, there have been persistent reports from across the country that Verizon was forcing end-users to switch away from copper networks by deliberately tearing out infrastructure, firing repair crews, forcing customers to wait months for repair, and then claiming to Congress that its fiber conversion ... | 1.763998 | 1,020 | 1,018 |
Tim Duy's Fed Watch:
The Greenspan era ended peacefully. I somehow expected that colors would look a bit dull, or the chirping of birds would become melancholy. Things instead seemed pretty much unchanged – we slid into the Bernanke era with an FOMC statement that contained little new information. We need to assume pol... | 1.928291 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
and another potential measurement problem, changes in the rates of non-responders, see Dean Baker at MaxSpeak.
In addition to the employment report, the bulk of this week’s data has also been supportive of another rate hike. Productivity growth stumbled (see David Altig) and unit labor costs gained. I would be somewha... | 2.073984 | 1,023 | 1,021 |
New statistics come after government offers hardship exemption to those who had their insurance policies canceled.
WASHINGTON — More than 500,000 people have signed up for insurance through the federal health exchange, HealthCare.gov in the first three weeks of December, President Obama said Friday.
"What that means is... | 1.322883 | 1,020 | 1,018 |
Prevagen
February 19th, 2015
Can a protein originally found in a jellyfish actually improve memory? “Our scientists say, ‘Yes!'” Prevagen declares in one of its commercials.
But TINA.org has found that the company does not have reliable scientific proof to back up its claims and has filed a deceptive advertising compla... | 1.45305 | 966 | 964 |
How To Get Your Kids to Talk to You
During Laurel’s last year of elementary school, so many things changed for her, it was totally mindblowing for me. Formerly hesistant and cautious, she found her feet in the world and thrived tackling new activities (soccer, guitar) and became very flexible and easy going about thing... | 1.616261 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
The Maryland House passed the septic bill Friday amid Republican protest that the measure is a sign of growing state control over rural and agriculture land.
The bill is Gov. Martin O’Malley’s signature land preservation legislation and would limit where residential septic systems can be installed.
Intended to reduce p... | 1.679577 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Depending on the home gardener's regional climate and growing goals, nearly anyone can grow some type of grape vine. Warm climates with hot, dry days and cool, humid nights are well-suited for growing wine grapes of the species Vitis vinifera. Gardeners in cooler regions, where growing wine grapes is more difficult, ca... | 1.471228 | 992 | 990 |
How Long Can Buybacks Continue to Support a Market Which is Standing on a Fundamentally Flawed Premise? By: Gordon Long FRA Co-Founder Gordon T.Long and Jeffrey Snider, Head of Global Investment Research at Alhambra Investment Partners discuss earnings, the Chinese Yuan, Japanese Yen and the falling credibility of cent... | 1.864509 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Definitions of "sexual orientation" The American Psychological Association (APA) definition & its interpretation
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Impact of Mobility and Wireless Channel on the Performance of Wireless Networks
From the network perspective, we study the impact of user mobility on radio resource allocation. The goal is to design resource allocation mechanisms that provide seamless mobility for voice calls while being fair to data calls. In particul... | 1.583973 | 982 | 979 |
I’ve been wanting to write this article for the longest time. Protein powder use has been ingrained in my brain for my entire fitness life. Protein, protein, protein – you can’t reach your goals without it…or so I thought.
Up until about a year ago, I used protein powder on a daily basis to supplement my intake. It wor... | 1.534399 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
NEW YORK -- Amid a housing market profoundly altered by stagnant incomes, declining wealth and Wall Street folly, the Museum of Modern Art displays a waterfall cascading down an atrium in a high-rise apartment.
It's a moment of refreshing whimsy from an exhibition that envisions what's possible when politicians offer o... | 2.043493 | 1,016 | 1,014 |
Oberlin, Ohio — ``Look at these faces!'' urged Audrey Pearson, pointing toward the wall at the framed origami work of her son, Jason. ``It's so extraordinary that such simple, geometric configurations can communicate an absolute likeness. There's no doubt as who these people are. And there are so few shapes, basically.... | 2.075768 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
for realism has a broad and crucial meaning for a child's life, according to John, and it must be handled carefully. ``That kind of skill gives them a feeling of control over their world,'' he says.
An example of Audrey's figurative work hit me in the eye as we walked into their dining room -- where Cadence joined us ... | 1.801888 | 978 | 975 |
Are you looking for ways to increase the effectiveness of e-learning; consider adding a facilitator to your program. That’s right, a facilitator for e-learning. Why would we want to introduce a facilitator into e-learning? E-learning is designed to allow individuals to take courses on their schedule. It is a way to rea... | 1.587355 | 1,019 | 1,017 |
Lansdale Hospital Achieves Pathway to Excellence® Designation
June 15, 2012, Lansdale, PA—Abington Health Lansdale Hospital is pleased to announce it has achieved Pathway to Excellence
designation by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Lansdale Hospital is one of only two facilities in the state of Pennsyl... | 1.469548 | 946 | 944 |
My mother is a self-taught painter—one of her watercolors hangs framed in our living room. I, on the other hand, can barely draw a dog. My lack of skill in the visual arts never really bothered me until I had a child. Now, suddenly, the ability to sketch a chicken, horsey or princess on demand has become very important... | 1.747452 | 1,023 | 1,021 |
[Photo taken at a teacher’s march in October. “Vandalism is beating up teachers”]
This piece, published this month in the Haldane Society, a British legal magazine, is a follow up to my June piece:
The third consecutive term of the leftist PT [Worker’s Party] government was ticking along relatively comfortably for Dilm... | 1.904184 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
vulnerable population continues at risk of human rights violations on a daily basis.
On a Friday evening in September I listen to three lawyers who have been voluntarily defending and accompanying protestors detained by police. Carol, Clarice and Natalia tell a story which leaves me depressed. I left Rio for three mon... | 1.861469 | 1,018 | 1,016 |
UV Light
Selling Disinfection to the Public
Summary: Disinfection
should be considered a minimum level of treatment for those relying
on private water supplies for their portable water needs. Oddly, it
often is not. Ultraviolet (UV) technology is one of the most
effective, convenient and affordable whole-house solution... | 1.527983 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
In Pursuit Of PerfectionDan Doyle
Out of context this statement might sound a bit cryptic. But what Paul is saying here is very important for each one of us to contemplate. This statement comes as part of Paul’s telling of his own biography to the Ephesians. He has given them some details about his own background as a ... | 1.468448 | 1,022 | 1,020 |
With Cuba’s move to offshore drilling just 60 miles off the coast of Key West, the USCG, along with partner agencies, continue to make preparations for a worst-case-scenario close to our borders yet out of our control.
MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard continues to work closely with federal, state and local agencies as well... | 1.326258 | 1,022 | 1,020 |
The shoot-to-wound debate continues Presenting levelheaded counterarguments to generally uninformed opponents of police deadly force practices requires perspective and patience
Last month, I read all three of the installments posted by Roy Bedard in his multi-angled approach to the subject of “shooting to wound.” I als... | 2.274256 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
New funding for the GEO fund came from Goldman, C.V. Starr, Perry Capital and Eli Broad. Goldman itself contributed $2 billion of the funding.
Goldman also reduced the risk and leverage for all three of these funds, which employ various quantitative strategies.
The GEO fund had a nearly $3.6 billion net asset value bef... | 1.656359 | 1,014 | 1,012 |
We’ve referenced science a few times in the previous posts. Even though this isn’t a series on Christian evidences, it’s still important that we place science in the right framework in light of the Creation.
Here are a couple of verses to ponder –
(Rom 1:20) For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities... | 1.221016 | 1,023 | 1,021 |
nothing at allabout gardening. I grew up in a city, with a little concrete patio that had some potted plants on it, which I dutifully forgot to water and killed every time my mom went out of town. Which was often. Then I lived in college dorms and apartments with no gardens or plants at all. So when I moved to the Huds... | 1.730033 | 1,008 | 1,007 |
Xiao, Lin (2013)
An experimental study on iron and manganese removal and optimum operating conditions for a small water treatment system. Masters thesis, Memorial University of Newfoundland.
[English]PDF - Accepted Version
Available under License - The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis.... | 1.307276 | 997 | 995 |
Getting tension headaches at the thought of financing a degree? Wondering how to use a degree you've already earned that doesn't reflect your actual job skills? More and more students and young professionals are thinking Israel and tasting success.
It's no news that U.S. tuition costs have skyrocketed. According to For... | 1.778459 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
a Master's degree.”
Not surprisingly Israeli employers share the pragmatic mindset of Israeli academia. More important than where you went to school or which degree hangs on your wall is whether you have the skills and the experience to do the job. “It's a skill-based economy,” Rosenberg explains. “So if you have know... | 1.84003 | 949 | 947 |
U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says the United States must prepare to fight insurgencies and similar types of wars for the foreseeable future, and put less emphasis on preparing for large-scale conventional wars. VOA's Al Pessin reports from the Pentagon.
It is an ongoing debate among military officers and defense... | 1.521517 | 1,023 | 1,021 |
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It is important that that time is available. Although private Members' Bills can be derided as ineffective, a surprising number are enacted each year. In the years between 1964 and 1993, 10 to 15 private Members' Bills, on average, were passed each Session. Twenty-one such Bills were pa... | 1.692473 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
to the objections that are likely to be raised by my right hon. and hon. Friends to the number of days allocated and to other matters connected with private Members' Bills and the business of the House.
Mr. Eric Forth (Bromley and Chislehurst):
As my hon. Friend the Member for Beaconsfield (Mr. Grieve) pointed out, we... | 1.579418 | 1,002 | 1,000 |
Further dilution of pictorial tobacco warnings feared
On 23 January 2009, the Group of Ministers (GoM) in India will again meet to assuage concerns of tobacco lobby on pictorial warnings, health activists apprehend. This group of ministers (GoM) consists of: Pranab Mukherjee (External Affairs Minister), Kamal Nath (Com... | 1.444816 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
idi Industry workers in an alternative vocation along with its phasing out should be prioritized. We consider that is the only way forward to eliminate their misery, ill-health and exploitation by all direct and indirect beneficiaries of this highly unregulated industry blatantly flouting laws, in particular those rela... | 1.672631 | 1,020 | 1,018 |
A bear in south Kashmir nearly escaped death after villagers, angered over the killing of nearly 24 people by wild animals, tried to set the animal on fire.
The bear had attacked a household in Mohammadpora village of Kulgam district, some 60 km from Srinagar, before climbing atop a walnut tree when villagers armed wit... | 1.690863 | 1,022 | 1,019 |
The state of Texas could face a 2.7 trillion gallon water shortfall by 2060, according to a recent report by Texas A&M University’s Bush School of Government and Public Service.
To address this potential shortfall, the state should offer tax incentives to oil and gas companies to substitute brackish groundwater for fre... | 1.552547 | 992 | 990 |
A U.S. Army helicopter brigade is set to pull out of Baghdad in December, as part of an agreement with the Iraqi government to remove U.S. forces. So the armed helicopters flying over the Iraqi capital next year will have pilots and machine gunners from DynCorp International, a company based in Virginia.
On the ground,... | 1.444979 | 948 | 947 |
Summer 2007
What Historians Want from GIS
An increasing number of historians, particularly those dealing with world history or the history of large geographic regions, are becoming interested in using geographic information systems for research and teaching. Historians are noticing GIS because they normally deal with p... | 1.933098 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
use, and thus, their research usually has a relatively narrow geographic and temporal focus. As one result, synthetic studies of cultural, institutional, and economic evolution over long historical periods often badly distort reality because this type of work has frequently been left to scholars from other disciplines... | 1.916333 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
much more to do to adapt GIS to a discipline, such as history, for which time is significant. I prefer to describe what we advocate as geographically integrated history because we cannot be locked into the questions and analytical techniques dictated by the available GIS software. Yes, of course, there are application... | 2.119653 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Blood Bank Blood bank, also called blood transfusion service, typically refers to one of hospital departments or laboratory that must be present in a health care facility. This is a highly technical service for collecting, testing, processing and distributing blood products. It is in this division where the storage of ... | 1.743476 | 973 | 971 |
Portion control and calorie calculations can become exhausting. Use the following new methods for quick weight loss and experiment with the easiest ways to shed extra pounds.
Get slimmer without exposing yourself to fatigue and starvation.The new methods for quick weight loss keep you up-to-date with thelatest innovati... | 2.024777 | 968 | 966 |
It sounds just like the hiss of a poisonous snake. And many women immediately sense danger when a strange man on the street calls out to them in this way. I don’t think Jamaican men even think about what they’re doing when they psssst women on the street. It’s a reflex action. A man sees an attractive women and he inst... | 1.827902 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Billy Nungesser is mad. This by itself is not unusual—as the president of Plaquemines parish in southeastern Louisiana, Nungesser has been dealing with the oil spill since day one, and since maybe day two he’s been angry with BP and the federal government’s sluggish response to the catastrophe. Nungesser—a constant pre... | 1.61828 | 999 | 998 |
Deutsche Bank announced today it has reached the USD 100 million commitment target for Global Commercial Microfinance Consortium II (“Consortium II”), a first-ever fund to support the growth of microfinance institutions (“MFIs”) that pursue a high level of client care, transparency of operations and pricing, and produc... | 1.3093 | 1,002 | 1,000 |
Tuesday, December 18, 2007
Bridget Beckman, MEDC
(517) 335-4590beckmanb1@michigan.org Projects include $378 million in capital investment, 866 new jobs
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm today announced seven brownfield redevelopment projects in Detroit and one in Dearborn that have the potential to create 866 jobs and invo... | 1.393082 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
the Blue Moon Building. The theater will be returned to its original use and the Blue Moon will house a new restaurant. A new, three-story building will be constructed with retail and commercial space. Plans also call for a 300-space parking garage. The project will generate $28.7 million in capital investment and cre... | 1.384301 | 1,015 | 1,013 |
How can one of the most popular chew sticks on the planet be so dangerous for your pets, you ask?
I mean, most dogs chew on rawhide for hours on end, and not only does it keep them busy, but they seem to last forever.
Well if you understood what it took to make this toxic “raw” leather stick, you would quickly understa... | 1.827912 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
I was raised in the tranquil, spacious, sometimes ghostly-empty city of Adelaide, Australia. Like many activists, there was something easy, privileged, even boring about my upbringing that made me determined to work with people at the other end of the scale.
So I find myself now working as a human rights activist with ... | 1.785442 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
couple of minutes, macho with their hands on hips, M16s hanging over their shoulders. But soon they begin pointedly preparing their weapons, then one of them throws a sound bomb into the space between the groups, and the whole hillside is shaken by a loud bang.
I have the strong impression of a Saturday football match... | 1.787983 | 1,007 | 1,004 |
The Gaze: Being Oneself and Being-For-Others
What kind of meaning?
Stereotypes -- think of the associations we were talking about when we looked at implicit bias
Norms -- ways in which certain bodies should:
Look
Behave
Life scripts -- stories about how certain lives are / should go...
"My body was given back to me spr... | 2.171063 | 1,011 | 1,009 |
There is scarcely a week that does not pass without some interesting new scientific discovery about the nature of life. You open the newspaper and read of observations of light emitted by distant stars from the very edges of the known universe, light that must have been emitted almost at the very beginning, over ten bi... | 1.570988 | 974 | 973 |
Health Complete IndexAcne | Addiction | ADHD | Advance Directives | AIDS | Alcoholism | Allergies | Alzheimer's Disease | Anxiety and Depression | Arthritis | Assistive Technology | Asthma | Autism | Back Pain | Beauty | Bipolar Disorder | Cancer | Cardiovascular Disease | Carpal Tunnel Syndrome | Celiac Disease | Chil... | 0.965716 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
cancer that starts in the bone marrow or other blood-forming tissue and spreads into the bloodstream. It is the most common type of leukemia.
Colon Cancer - April 09, 2008 12:52 PM
An estimated 150,000 people were diagnosed with cancers of the colon or rectum in 2009, according to the American Cancer Society (ACS). Th... | 1.214853 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
28 million Americans suffering from migraines, you know the unique agony. Armed with the information from this guide about diagnosis, treatment plans, prevention, medications and behavioral therapies, perhaps you’ll be able to reduce the severity and frequency of your own headaches.
Mental Health - February 28, 2008 0... | 1.365952 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
"We don't see the world as it is, we see it as we are." (Unknown)
As we have learnt, our thoughts play an influential role in our perception of the stress that we are under. Some of these stress inducing thoughts are what Clinical Psychologists call Cognitive Distortions. These stress inducing thinking errors can exace... | 1.251554 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
not count for much. For example your partner says you are good at something, but you say they are only saying it because they are your partner.
11. Hindsight Thinking
In hindsight thinking we look
back at decisions we made in the past and make judgements about the decision we made. We often think we should have handle... | 1.630445 | 1,022 | 1,020 |
SPRINGFIELD – Governor Rod R. Blagojevich today signed a law improving the way Illinois measures student progress under the federal
No Child Left Behind Act. House Bill 3678 recognizes the individual needs of students with disabilities and makes sure that schools receive credit for their successes in helping students w... | 1.503152 | 1,012 | 1,010 |
Quick! What do you do when you think you’ve been compromised?
It’s not a trick question (or the beginning of a bad joke). To investigate, you’d probably look for historical information that you could easily put your hands on. Usually that means pulling logs and NetFlow data to try and understand what’s going on. While ... | 1.766888 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
I can never trust our Muslim brethren who are living in Europe and the Americas while their leading preachers or imam (speaking in Arabic which most of us do not understand) during their Friday prayers announce publicly their intention to conquer Europe and Rome. If that would happen (God forbids), will Protestant chur... | 1.667043 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
ISIS fighter beheading American and British captives. In early November it was revealed that English police had foiled a plot by four Muslims to behead the Queen. The idea of a beheading is shocking to the sensibilities of an older person. But if you were born twelve or thirteen years ago and are just now beginning to... | 1.871749 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
In the wake of a state auditor's report detailing problems with the way schools manage money raised for athletic programs, officials are pledging to enact and enforce better policies. It is exactly the kind of response we expect from the education establishment.
Auditors looked at how four school districts manage the c... | 1.469905 | 1,017 | 1,015 |
The summer cruise ship season is like Christmas for a lot of coastal retailers, and they depend on the tourist income to stay open. But because the stakes are high, business can get a little dirty. For the first time, the Department of Law is cracking down on shady business practices allegedly taking place aboard vesse... | 1.637015 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
From humble beginnings in the 1970s, Ecuador's shrimp industry expanded rapidly and aggressively, targeting vital coastal ecosystems in which to build gigantic shrimp farms. Today, Ecuador's shrimp industry occupies 500,000 acres of former mangrove forests, salt flats and agriculture lands along the country's Pacific c... | 1.816691 | 949 | 947 |
Well, bringing in budgetary considerations... not sure if this is sobering, or just throwing gas on the fire:http://demonocracy.info/
Lots of excellent graphics there to put money in perspective. However, one needs to wrap one's mind around money in terms of pallets of $100 bills and football stadiums full of pallets o... | 1.722878 | 959 | 957 |
Marcia J. Slattery, MD, MHS Print Friendly PageFaculty, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Marcia J. Slattery, MD, MHS, earned her medical degree from the University of Wisconsin - Madison and completed her residency at the Indiana University Medical Center and the Mayo Graduate School of Medi... | 1.256991 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
A consensus has emerged since Pope Francis issued his very first “apostolic exhortation”: this is the most liberal pontiff since Pope John XXIII ushered in the ecclesiastical reforms of Vatican II.
I exaggerate, slightly. But after Rush Limbaugh characterized his exhortation as “just pure Marxism,” the die was cast. Th... | 1.67694 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Do university students with disabilities have access to alternative testing methods? Explanation This question refers only to university students. In the US, for example, some universities offer courses that require students to sit no exams – their performance is measured by way of course work, assignments etc. Please ... | 1.109319 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
I was at a Christian rock concert a few years ago and between songs the lead singer said, “Ok everybody let’s bring in the kingdom as we sing tonight.” I looked at my friend with a puzzled look. We pray “thy kingdom come,” but is it dependent on us to pray for it to come, or even sing that it will come…tonight? So ofte... | 1.377002 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
When you choose to go on a diet, you restrict yourself by eating less food and drinks to become thin, lose weight and even to become healthy but you don’t consider the
negative effects of dieting. Good nutritious diet can make your health better and also help in avoiding many health problems in the long term such as he... | 1.485169 | 938 | 937 |
SafeTravel: Log on before take-off
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade says increasing numbers of Kiwi travellers are heeding advice about registering with SafeTravel before they head overseas.
“We can’t stress enough the importance of checking SafeTravel (external link) information. We strongly urge Kiwis to see... | 1.626141 | 1,002 | 1,000 |
A risk-informed approach to safety margins analysis2 July 2013
The Risk Informed Safety Margins Characterization (RISMC) Pathway is a systematic approach developed to characterize and quantify safety margins of nuclear power plant structures, systems and components. The model has been tested on the Advanced Test Reacto... | 1.497022 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
components) and associated uncertainty will be required to interface with a systems analysis code (for example, RELAP5). Then, to characterize safety margin for a specific safety performance metric of consideration (for example, peak clad temperature), the plant simulation will determine time and scenario-dependent ou... | 1.857304 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
. After evaluating the proposed margin management strategies, the results indicate which of the associated safety margins are most preferential (Figure 4a). In this figure, we see that Case III would be preferred over the other two strategies when using safety as the sole decision factor.
Once we have an integrated ris... | 1.953142 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
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Investing and Finance
Dear Bahá'í Friends:
Thank you for your inquiry, via e-mail, dated May 10 [1996] and concerning several issues raised in a May 9 Internet posting by Mr. ....
These are all very timely questions, as the growing maturity of the friends and their institutions, as well as the generally great... | 1.83047 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
A podcast is a an audio file published on the web. The files are usually downloaded onto computers or portable listening devices such as iPods or other players.
Read more about podcasting from webcontent.gov (INTRO) HOST: Welcome to Diving Deeper where we interview National Ocean Service scientists on the ocean topics ... | 1.374841 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
’s not all doom and gloom though. There is potential for us to see a few benefits from climate change. There will be increased opportunities for tourism in some of the colder climates if they have a longer tourism season. And also the potential for longer growing seasons in cold climates.
HOST: Stephanie, are there way... | 1.607044 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
know what others are doing, “give me an example, give me something I can look at to see how other people are taking action.” So this site provides access to a lot of those examples. It also allows users to post questions and share lessons learned about their experiences, so they can learn from their peers.
We also hav... | 1.707797 | 1,019 | 1,017 |
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