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The testing and monitoring of elite athletes in their natural training and performance environment is a relatively new area of development that has been facilitated by advancements in microelectronics and other micro technologies. The advantages of monitoring in the natural environment are that they more closely mimic ... | 1.88862 | 1,010 | 1,008 |
I'm still waiting for someone to come up with an operational definition of "free will" sufficient for me to not just infer whether someone else has it but determine whether I myself—with my privileged epistemic access to my own mental states—have free will. Until such time, the whole area of discussion bores me in the ... | 1.894373 | 1,018 | 1,016 |
The new funding will be available to help adoptive families across the country settle their children into their new home.
The Adoption Support Fund - to be rolled out nationwide from May 2015 after extremely successful pilots across 10 councils - helps pay for essential therapy services for adoptive families as and whe... | 1.189071 | 1,000 | 998 |
On Wednesday 24 June Christian Aid saw the Scottish Parliament vote on climate change legislation that is the strongest of any industrialised nation in the world.
MSPs have voted in favour of legislation that commits Scotland to:
at least 80% cuts of all greenhouses gases (on 1990 levels) by 2050;
a 2020 target of at l... | 1.237596 | 1,013 | 1,010 |
The Entrepreneurial Facets as Precursor to Vietnam’s Economic Renovation in 1986
In this research, we aim to develop a conceptual framework to assess the entrepreneurial properties of the Vietnamese reform, known as Doi Moi, even before the kickoff of Doi Moi policy itself. We argued that unlike many other scholars’ as... | 1.322113 | 1,018 | 1,016 |
Introduction You already have everything you need to be a long-distance athlete. It's mind-set not miles that separates those who do from those who dream.
There's a story about a hungry man who walks into the market square with only a pot full of water and a pocket full of stones. As he sets his pot on the fire to boil... | 1.516457 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
workouts and their sequence and intensity level. These chapters will provide the blueprint that you need to successfully follow the right training program for you and to alter that program to fit your personal needs.
In Part Three, you'll find important tools to help keep your training on track. Injury prevention, cro... | 1.702233 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
didn't know what to expect. I didn't believe I would finish. I worried that if I finished at all, I would finish last. Despite my fear, I found the courage through friendship and camaraderie to try.
Well, I did finish. And I didn't finish last. As I crossed that finish line, I smiled for the cameras.
I went on to run ... | 1.852567 | 1,020 | 1,018 |
Dr. Ron Eglash
Published in Numc Sumus Vol. 1 No. 1 Summer 2000
Chaos, Utopia, and
Apocalypse: ideological readings of the nonlinear sciences
It has long been noted that concepts from new scientific paradigms are recruited in the service of specific ideologies. The family of mathematical systems referred to as "chaos t... | 1.837103 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
rariness of the linguistic signifier." Analog representation is based on a proportionality between physical changes in a signal and changes in the information it represents (e.g. waveforms, images, vocal intonation). For example, as my excitement increases, the loudness of my voice increases. While digital systems use ... | 2.116602 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
of analog realism, "The Re-enchantment of the Concrete," made use nonlinear dynamics in neural systems, but specifically warned against any taint of artificiality suggested by chaos theory, maintaining that "cognition consists not of representations but of embodied action."
Briggs and Peat's
Turbulent Mirror was a
cru... | 2.28874 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
science
would be its own undoing. Hayles continued (more cautiously) in this vein, noting
that the recursive nature of fractal algorithms and nonlinear dynamical systems
increased uncertainty in ways that were analogous to the application of reflexive
thinking in postmodern philosophy and its undermining of truth
foun... | 2.256254 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
machine-mediated
battle organization of C3I ("AirLand Battle
Management" in DARPA's Strategic Computing
Initiative). The formulation of
operations doctrine for C3I was based in part on the use of "chaos"
by the German Army in World War II. Richey (1984) notes that many Allied
failures were due to conceptions of "battl... | 2.116489 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
: We
handed out leaflets on
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When I was in graduate school I used to receive daily emails from my mom telling me to sleep more. I won’t lie: the act became old really fast.
Each email included my mom’s one-of-a-kind sentiment, and then linked to some study about how a lack of sleep will kill you. Despite my frustration, it’s easy to look back and ... | 1.571629 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Chicago researchers found that insulin sensitivity dropped by more than 30 percent.
Here’s why that’s bad: When your insulin is functioning well, fat cells remove fatty acids and lipids from your blood stream and prevent storage.
When you become more insulin resistant, fats (lipids) circulate in your blood and pump ou... | 1.463301 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Jan Wright thought the emissions law was toothless ... so that's what she told the MPs. Andrew Stone reports
Jan Wright conceals her steely approach behind a comforting style.
Workplace images of the 63-year-old at her job show a woman with a warm smile and an easy grasp of confounding subjects
Yet this is the senior p... | 1.873036 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
June, 2013 Letter From the Founder
Dear Friends,
It's always nice to receive national recognition for the hard work that the Mirasol staff and family does to provide the best treatment to its clients. This month I want to share with you our recognition by CARF and Mirasol's Award for "The Best Eating Disorder Blog
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Turkey's first regulation for Islamic Finance was realized during the 1980s, during a period of liberalization as part of a plan to attract foreign direct investments. Interest free banking was introduced with the legalization of "special finance houses" which did not possess bank status and therefore did not benefit f... | 1.726912 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
or management on behalf of the ALC. Lease certificates backed by management contracts are issued so as to transfer the proceeds generated by managing the assets or rights owned by the originating institution to the ALC. Lease certificates backed by trading are issued for proceeds generated from the sale of assets and ... | 1.851966 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
I take my hat off to HR professionals every day. The things I hear about on the recruiting side of the business pale in comparison to the day to day drama that takes place in HR. I don’t know how you keep
your head about you as you go from one crisis to the next. I’m exhausted just thinking about it. As a hiring manage... | 1.958451 | 1,021 | 1,019 |
Gold declarations for the first part of this year have dropped compared to the corresponding period last year and government is pursuing measures to halt this decline including a crackdown on illegal gold trading entities country wide. “It must be emphasized that the closure of the (Guyana Gold Board) sub-office in Bar... | 1.79298 | 1,020 | 1,018 |
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The state is giving those who may have had no hope of ever owning their own home, those home buyers with low to moderate incomes in Ocean and eight other New Jersey counties hit hard by Superstorm Sandy, a $50,000 no-interest mortgage loan to assist in purchasing a home in those affected counties. And if they stay in t... | 1.261636 | 1,020 | 1,018 |
Monday, June 8, 2009
It's been awhile since my last post. And there are reasons for it, as I have intentionally tried to use this blog for a place to gain feedback and generated dialogue with people in our church over the future. There have been a couple entries that were simply generated out of my devotional times wit... | 1.715229 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
, but who can also provide and teach us what our fathers didn't?" To me, to couch the journey of discipleship in terms of a father and son/daughter relationship helps. That notion helps me become less focused and dependent on the right principles and the rules required to be a good Christian. It frees me to be in a mom... | 1.727803 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
'm in the mood for simply being "wow-ed" by a saxophone virtuoso. Michael Brecker passed away a few years back, but everyone remembers his musical legacy. He had a way of improvising that left you dumbfounded. I'm not even talking about his straight-ahead jazz projects. I'm talking about the soul, funk, blues stuff tha... | 1.625792 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
there" to reach. But maybe God is telling us to start in our "Jerusalem" with the people that, without any real evangelistic effort on our part, He is bringing to our church week in and week out.
So, in the end, I think there is some similarity between a Michael Brecker solo and the assimilation system of a local cong... | 1.669903 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
my NT Greek professor in seminar always told us when interpreting Scripture: "Context is everything". My thoughts gravitate to New Life Center, and I wonder if God will use the small, seemingly insignificant things within the context of our congregational life to prepare us for transformational growth (radical change)... | 2.018284 | 1,019 | 1,017 |
Individual abilities are contributing factors in determining how long a student will spend on any given task. Homework should make authentic use of students’ reading and writing skills.
Homework should be a meaningful experience, designed to develop independent work habits that will assist students during their years o... | 1.557629 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
18 April 2013 The Silk Commission
A conference was held in Cardiff on 17 April to look at the Silk Commission and how changes to the devolution settlement could affect people in Wales, including third sector organisations.
The Silk Commission is an independent body established by then Welsh secretary of state, Cheryl G... | 1.709868 | 1,009 | 1,007 |
Consumer Law for Vermont
Start your bankruptcy research here. You'll find links to all the information for Rutland, Vermont.
Every county has its own expense standards, which are applied in the Bankruptcy Means Test, also known as Form 22A. You must complete the means test before you can file Chapter 7 Bankruptcy. The ... | 1.456208 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Reflections on Southern Seminary, part 4 by Dr. Eric Hankins, pastor FBC, Oxford, Miss. Speaking recently at Southern Seminary reinforced some observations that have been coming clear to me during the last year of my involvement in the Southern Baptist discussion of Calvinism. As I interacted with a number of faculty a... | 1.659936 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
at risk. They really believe compatibilism works biblically, philosophically, and theologically. They believe it gives them a good way to speak of God’s love for and desire to save all, real human freedom, and the significance of personal engagement in the Great Commission. They believe it provides an intelligible res... | 1.770425 | 1,022 | 1,021 |
This week “The Historians” podcast features an interview with Christina Baker Kline, author of the novel
Orphan Train (William Morrow, 2013).
Kline’s book is the 2015 book selection of Amsterdam Reads, based at the Amsterdam Free Library. The orphan trains transported destitute children from New York and other Eastern ... | 1.505562 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
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Mission and Program Priorities Global Action to Prevent War and Armed Conflict: Mission and Priorities
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RFF Scholar Suggests a Way Forward for Earth Science
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WASHINGTON, DC -- Resources for the Future Senior Fellow Molly Macauley and other colleagues in the Earth sciences community have called for a National Earth-Information Initiative, to ... | 1.544528 | 1,013 | 1,011 |
Since those heady, optimistic days in the 1950s when scientists first dreamt of taming the power of the Sun, fusion energy has remained tantalisingly out of reach.
It will take between 20 and 50 years to build a fusion power plant. That is what scientists said at the height of the Cold War. They are still saying it tod... | 1.667191 | 1,014 | 1,011 |
Raleigh residents could soon get more notice about changes affecting their neighborhoods — at least for some cases.
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ScienceDaily reports that scientists at at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz are working on an innovative reference database to allow the identification of the origin of elephant ivory. The research sounds encouraging—it could be a useful tool in the fight against illegal trade in ivory.
But the report also suggests ... | 1.513357 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
4. T. Milliken, R. W. Burn, L. Sangalakula, The Elephant Trade Information System (ETIS) and the Illicit Trade in Ivory (CoP15, Doc. 44.1, TRAFFIC, Cambridge, MA, 2009); http://www.cites.org/eng/cop/15/doc/E15-44-01A.pdf. RESPONSE
WALKER AND STILES ARGUE THAT ELEPHANT populations are not declining. The facts say otherw... | 1.666049 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
INDSAY,4 GARDNER BROWN,1 PETTER GRANLI,3 ANDREW DOBSON2
1University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA. 2Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA. 3ElephantVoices, Sandefjord, 3236, Norway. 4Amboseli Trust for Elephants, Kenya. 5Tshuapa-Lomami-Lualaba Project, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo. 6Unive... | 1.100655 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
angered Species (CITES)–approved southern Africa auctions (3), black market ivory traders would have no buyers, regardless of corruption and weak law enforcement.
The 2009 Elephant Trade Information System (ETIS) report to CITES (4) did not acknowledge “that illegal ivory trade increased substantially in 2009 after the... | 1.570341 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
The Ivory Markets of South and South East Asia (Save the Elephants, London, 2002).
7. E. Martin, D. Stiles, The Ivory Markets of East Asia (Save the Elephants, London, 2003).
8. E. Martin, D. Stiles, Ivory Markets of Europe (Care for the Wild International and Save the Elephants, London, 2005).
9. E. Martin, D. Stiles... | 1.245546 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
08, when Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa were allowed to auction 100 tons of ivory collected from elephants that had died of natural causes. Those tusks went to Japan and China, which agreed not to re-export any ivory, and the $15 million raised went toward elephant conservation.
Ivory trade opponents — in... | 1.63746 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
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If you find a woman that you really like, there are some things you can do right from the start of the relationship to make your new relationship last. But, I find that many guys end up making some big mistakes that scare women away and keep themselves perpetually single. So, if you want to make your next relationship ... | 1.537149 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
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Monday, May 14, 2012
Brian Calle of
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Journal of Church and State Vol. 20, No. 1, (1978), 81-92.
By Donald J. Mabry
Every society has at least one episode in its history that attracts internationalattention because it
illustrates common problems or because it generates emotional excitement. Scholars enjoy the drama of war, ideological conflict, and intrigu... | 1.877543 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Villa, saw Catholicism as an irrelevant European doctrine and its servants as exploiters of the masses. Both clerics and laymen never understood the Mexican people and failed to reverse the tide of anticlericalism, even when they tried cessation of religious services, economic boycott, insurrection, and appeals to for... | 1.941519 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
only a small minority of the population backed the rebellion; the cristeros most apparently were not from the landless bottom of the social pyramid; the cristeros did not understand the complexities of the church-state conflict; Mexican Catholics were divided over the struggle, especially in the way it was terminated;... | 1.940219 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
, and leaders, such as Alvaro Obregon, who were desirous of avoiding unnecessary conflict. Government employees, including military forces, aided the cristeros at times either out of conviction or for material profit. Former revolutionaries, including zapatistas, joined the cristero rebellion. Morrow, representing the ... | 1.938868 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
that support of the United States government was the sine qua non of success. The church became a supporter of the Revolution, the victory of which came not with the Constitution of 1911 or the beginning of the Sonoran dynasty in 1920, but with the arreglos of 1929. The Mexican bourgeoisie had gained control of the co... | 1.90446 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
éxico: Instituto
Mexicano de Cultura, 1964) and The Conflict between the Civil Power and the Clergy: Historical and Legal Essay (Mexico: Press of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 1935); Alfonso Toro, La iglesia y el estado en México (Mexico: Talleres Gráficos de la Nación. 1927).
2. "The Mexican Revolution and the Cath... | 1.184472 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
The Global Market for Flavors and Fragrances Report Highlights
The worldwide flavors and fragrance ingredient market is worth approximately $6.3 billion in 2006. Poised for an average annual growth rate (AAGR) of 4.5% per year, this value should grow to $7.8 billion in 2011. Flavors and fragrances have similar economic... | 1.66747 | 1,022 | 1,020 |
The kitchen is one of the busiest (read, messiest) rooms of the home. But by keeping your kitchen clean and well-organized, you'll spend less time searching for the items you need and more time actually cooking and eating with your family. We've rounded up a few of our favorite creative organization hacks to help you k... | 1.623429 | 1,005 | 1,004 |
In recent months, new versions of the infamous Nigerian money and banking scams have come to the attention of the national news media. An unfortunate incident in a New York City condo last week provides an example of the latest variation: the Black Money Scam.
This is how the scam plays out.
First, a scammer will conta... | 1.918484 | 1,007 | 1,005 |
Bpd: brain scans show excitable pleasure response
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Within an experiment which had individuals with bpd playing roulette, brain scans says the ‘reward centers’ of the brains were activated greater than individuals of individuals with no psychological disorder formerly referred to as manic depression.
The study, print... | 2.132746 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
In a classic left-wing ploy, President Obama dealt the child health card during his weekly radio address from the Children’s National Medical Center to promote his new EPA rules targeting coal-fired power plants.
While the new rules to be announced June 2 are going to target carbon dioxide because of global warming fea... | 1.618365 | 1,018 | 1,016 |
The Controversy: "PSI" (private sector involvement) has been featured in other European rescue packages, but none have imposed losses on deposit holders. This one does, and it covers all deposits—through a tax that ranges from 6.75 percent to 9.99 percent, depending on the size of deposits. In addition to its highly re... | 1.89158 | 983 | 981 |
The virtual world is, most of the time, more enchanting than the real world. We love iPhone and other smartphones because they are portals that allow us to enter a world of our choice—when you have a good smartphone in your hand, you don’t care about your surroundings.
As a result, its not surprising that most of us en... | 1.632098 | 983 | 982 |
Equity in Architecture Survey 2016
The AIA San Francisco Committee - Equity by Design is pleased to announce the long awaited release of early findings from the Equity in Architecture Survey 2016 as part of the 4th Sold Out Symposium titled Equity by Design: Metrics, Meaning, & Matrices at the San Francisco Art Institu... | 1.757061 | 1,000 | 998 |
For many a wine drinker in the northern hemisphere, even (perhaps particularly) in the current economic climate, the chilly depths of winter is the time when pulling out all the stops seems not self-indulgent, but a necessary ritual. Social life can be a whirl of entertaining, and the season itself seems enough justifi... | 1.985241 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
ened up tired Rieslings and Liebfraumilch, or super-sticky and heavily sulphured Moscatel that was labelled 'Spanish Sauternes' before Europe demanded geographical truth in labelling. If a newish wine drinker is introduced to the idea of sweet wine via one of these examples, it is not surprising if they are put off for... | 1.834424 | 1,013 | 1,011 |
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