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Hot Topic: New York's certificates of insurance law now in effect
The new law addresses long-standing industry concerns and codifies opinions issued by the New York Insurance Department's (predecessor to the Department of Financial Services) Office of General Counsel, dating back to 1995, which generally state that a c... | 1.522144 | 1,024 | 1,022 |
Even though your eyesight is probably your most important sense in everyday life, there’s a startling amount of misinformation surrounding what makes good vision. Some believe that it’s all genetic and your actions don’t impact your eyesight, while others proclaim that shoveling down carrots before, during and after me... | 1.295204 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Indian Pediatrics 2002; 39:761-763
N.B. Mathur R.K. Alwadhi Pankaj Garg
Cerebro-oculo-facio-skeletal (COFS) syndrome was described by Pena and Shokeir as a combination of severe microcephaly and ocular abnormalities with characteristic facies comprising of large pinnae, blepharophimosis, prominent root of nose, upper l... | 1.3849 | 987 | 985 |
As parents, when our child is going through a medical issue, we often trust their medical providers to give us the answers and treat him accordingly. There are times, however, where we might want to get another professional opinion.
Is the recommended treatment more than you’d bargained for, or are you not jiving with ... | 1.584852 | 1,009 | 1,006 |
Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve SystemDepartment of Housing and Urban DevelopmentFederal Deposit Insurance CorporationNational Credit Union AdministrationOffice of the Comptroller of the CurrencyOffice of Thrift Supervision
Agencies Announce Answers to Frequently AskedQuestions About New HMDA Data
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How people find new videos on YouTube? How do people search for new videos? Do people search for videos by topic or type of video? Videos that display high in search results get more views. It is important to
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Ten Tips for Being a Good Party Guest (With Kids) »
If you're a guest at the season's events, make sure that you're part of the celebration, not part of the problem
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50 on a Valentine's Day bouquet as opposed to paying the florist a commission for an original design that could fetch a much higher price.
Custom-Made Arrangements Having both an eye for design as well as good people and customer service skills is a must for any florist. These professionals work with clients to find th... | 1.619574 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
, if you're looking for a deal, it's smart to buy your bouquets a few days ahead of time and keep them in a vase with water so they stay fresh.
Thanksgiving, Christmas and Hanukkah The holiday season is also one known for festive floral arrangements. Many families look to florists to come up with a Thanksgiving table s... | 1.68948 | 1,021 | 1,019 |
Views » March 2, 2016 Hillary Clinton Won Super Tuesday, But Bernie Sanders Won the Future
The millennials have spoken, and they overwhelmingly chose Sanders’ radical change over Clinton’s incremental reform.
With Clinton moving closer to the nomination, it looks like we're sitting down to a pretty lean victors banquet... | 1.563523 | 984 | 983 |
Two words – “behavioral targeting” – describe a technique that seems far too foreign to the world of online marketing and website optimization. In fact, it’s something that most web developers are not even aware of.
However, the possibility is quite high that the sites that you frequent and find pretty impressive alrea... | 1.993261 | 999 | 997 |
WASHINGTON (AP) — Just before the March on Washington in 1963, President John F. Kennedy summoned six top civil rights leaders to the White House to talk about his fears that civil rights legislation he was moving through Congress might be undermined if the march turned violent.
Whitney Young Jr. cut through the presid... | 1.424646 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
The proposed Ontario provincial budget lays the groundwork for four more years of restraint, using cautious revenue projections and flat spending through 2017, economists said.
The goal is to eliminate the $11.7 billion budget deficit in four years.
“Our government believes eliminating the deficit is the single most im... | 1.480085 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
In a former life I was a math teacher at a public high school in rural Mississippi. One day I put up a math problem about how to calculate the probability that you’d have to wait for a certain amount of time at a crosswalk. Now, there was always push-back on any new concept I introduced (math classes aren’t exactly win... | 1.848982 | 1,022 | 1,020 |
From tangles to messes, yarn can really start to be a hassle. Keeping your yarn in good shape is the key to great crochet projects! From what I’ve learned over the years, yarn maintenance is all about the storage. Read about How to Store Your Yarn so that you can avoid any unwanted crochet mishaps!
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It is important to set goals for your wallet, check up on them and change them throughout the year. So while you are thinking about making a fresh start to the New Year, take the time to complete and assess the three tasks below. If one doesn't apply to you, go to the next. Each month, we will check up on these goals a... | 1.672024 | 1,018 | 1,016 |
Have a summer trip planned? Taking a vacation means days and possibly weeks away from your normal fitness routine. That can spell disaster if you don’t have a plan for success before you depart. Use these 10 simple tips to stay healthy and avoid the after-vacation setback.
1. Commit Before You Go
You might have recentl... | 1.675591 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Securities Litigation Reform Bill on Track for Passage
(May 20, 1998) The Securities Litigation Uniform Standards Act passed the Senate on May 13 by a vote of 79-21, and was the subject of a House Commerce subcommittee hearing on May 19. The bill would create uniform national standards for class action suits involving ... | 1.349617 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
R-CA) testified as a witness in favor of the bill. He also spoke in favor of his own bill, HR 1653, which would go further than HR 1689 in weeding out frivolous securities lawsuits.
Arthur Levitt, Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, testified in favor of HR 1689. He stated:
"we have concluded that we ca... | 1.618116 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
there is a crisis in the economy. There is venture capital galore chasing investments across this country," Markey concluded.
The Subcommittee heard testimony from, and questioned, eleven witnesses:
Rep. Michael Oxley (R-OH), the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Finance and Hazardous Materials, presided at the hearing.... | 0.915503 | 1,022 | 1,020 |
The signal timer is off to its last 10 seconds, the light is set to turn green from red and you can finally zip away. The engine on the overpowering BEST bus comes to life on your right, the SUV behind you also lets out a roar and all the throttles to your left are pumping harder than ever. The light turns green and th... | 1.997856 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
whole, thus presenting a ‘me-too’ product won’t help. What you need is a clearly differentiated product to enter this competitive industry,” adds Panse, the COO at Sedemac.
Sedemac currently builds power train controls for engines used in two-wheeler vehicles and generator sets. Its 2-wheeler product, Smart Ignition i... | 1.805435 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
and is actively looking at pursuing more populous regions that tend to be disconnected from reliable power grids. “With no reliable power grid around, Africa ends up purchasing a lot of diesel gensets and not just as a source of back-up power but often as a primary source of power,” explains Panse. With a business dev... | 1.819197 | 963 | 961 |
Depends on who does your procedure and if they are doing true tumescent liposuction or not
The Smart Lipo part of the liposuction is only one, tiny aspect of the entire procedure. Unfortunately, it gets way more attention than it truly deserves, and I do the SmartLipo method, so I am not biased against it. The most imp... | 1.593096 | 1,005 | 1,003 |
Exclusive WT research explores prime-sub dynamic
Our first Insider Report is out, and it’s a piece of research that we couldn’t be prouder of. It’s an end product that focuses on the prime-subcontractor relationship, but it's also a beginning because there is so much more we want to explore.
In part 1 of our Government... | 1.559438 | 989 | 988 |
Discontinuing prophylactic for PCP
Jun 25, 2001
I was diagnosed pos in 11/00 after a bout with PCP. When discharged from the hospital I was prescribed 1 Bactrim daily, but it did not work apparently and I was back in the hospital within 2 weeks. Upon discharge I was prescribed dapsone. I have felt fine since, Vl is und... | 1.511979 | 953 | 951 |
Having wrinkles is one of the most common problems of women who are in their middle age. Likewise, people who suffer in different dermatological condition usually suffer from it as well as other unpleasant manifestations on their skin. Wrinkles may disturb women’s minds as most women still want to look young and not ol... | 1.994069 | 994 | 992 |
Businesses wouldn't bite on the last attempt to lure them into biodefense, so the Health and Human Services Department is changing its tune.
On the morning of Jan. 28, 2003, Bob Marsella received a tip about a surprise that President Bush would deliver in his State of the Union address that evening. Marsella had come t... | 1.458908 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
The department has taken too long to say what kinds of therapies it wants-and how many and at what price. It has delayed issuing solicitations and has failed to buy large enough quantities of what it has asked for.
Understandably, the critics contend, companies and potential investors have lost interest.
"In commercia... | 1.600518 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
2006 law gives HHS authority to pay companies up to 5 percent of a contract's value at completion of certain milestones and up to 10 percent of the award as advance payments. HHS and congressional backers hope this will help companies bridge what industry calls the Valley of Death-the long period between early drug dev... | 1.823005 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Investors from the Middle Kingdom are being aggressively courted by Indian entrepreneurs, and their backers, as they search for long-term pools of private capital to back their growth as well as prop them up to survive the ongoing funding winter.
Experts foresee Hong Kong and Beijing firms taking the lead as investors ... | 1.974006 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
“Sam” earned mostly B’s at Average High. Is he/she/they prepared to pass college classes? Maybe, if the B’s were for achievement rather than effort and teachers’ standards were high enough. Maybe not.
U.S. schools don’t tell students the truth about college readiness, writes Chester E. Finn, Jr., former Fordham chief a... | 1.664725 | 923 | 921 |
Two versions of farm legislation are now circulating in Washington. The House has adopted a measure including $141 billion in subsidies over the next five years. The Senate will begin work this week on a measure adopted by its Agriculture Committee so generous that its provisions would exceed the agreed budget ceiling ... | 1.979963 | 895 | 894 |
by Sean Lowe
Elie Wiesel lived a nightmare during the holocaust, the nightmare he
depicts in
His will to be with his father and his will to survive keep him alive at
Auschwitz Wiesel’s first residence. When
the SS march the recently arrived Jews past the crematory, Wiesel wants to kill
himself. He says,“ I gathered all... | 1.743095 | 1,021 | 1,019 |
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Ten Tips for Successful IT Disaster Recovery Planning
Businesses of all sizes rely on information technology as a crucial component of their day-to-day operations. Because data availability is a top priority, the need for companies to compile a thorough disaster recovery plan is essential.
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down to minutes rather than days.
Invest in theft recovery and data delete solutions for laptops: IDC reports that more than 70% of the total workforce in the U.S. will be considered mobile workers by 2009. Accordingly, laptops are increasingly replacing the traditional desktop PCs. Unlike desktops, however, laptops a... | 1.984231 | 1,013 | 1,011 |
Metabolic profile in two physically active Inuit groups consuming either a western or a traditional Inuit diet
Publication: Research - peer-review › Journal article – Annual report year: 2012
Objectives: To evaluate the effect of regular physical activity on metabolic risk factors and blood pressure in Inuit with high ... | 1.474474 | 976 | 974 |
Program Overview
Managers need to be good decision-makers, but many lack knowledge of the concepts, tools and frameworks that are most helpful in thinking strategically.
You may be aware of concepts such as competitive advantage and market attractiveness, but be unsure of their exact meaning, and how to use them.
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This Future Market Insights report examines the ‘Middle East Residential Water Treatment Devices” market for the period 2015-2025. The primary objective of the report is estimation of the market potential of the residential water treatment devices market, examining the marketing efforts and to identify the market oppor... | 1.518144 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
“If you have a stove, a saucepan and a bottle of cold water, how can you make boiling water?”
If you ask this question to a mathematician, they’ll think about it a while, and finally tell you to pour the water in the saucepan, light up the stove and put the saucepan on it until the water boils. Makes sense. Then ask th... | 1.619402 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Your life is a precious gift and you were born with talents and strengths that will help you throughout your physical journey to contribute in a very special way to the expansion of human consciousness as a whole. As more and more people realize that we are more than just our physical bodies and that we are a part of s... | 1.710696 | 1,024 | 1,022 |
MIGRATE Project ID: 701494 Źródło dofinansowania: MINERAL-SCALE HETEROGENEITY OF GRANITES: A NEW APPROACH INTEGRATING MICROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS AND THERMO-MECHANICAL MODELLING TO DISCLOSE THE THERMOCHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF THE CONTINENTAL CRUST Od2016-05-01 do2018-04-30, projekt w toku Dane projektu Całkowity koszt:EUR 187 4... | 1.219134 | 1,014 | 1,012 |
Two weeks after his cousin was stabbed to death by another cousin, a St Joseph man was gunned down in what was initially thought to be a reprisal hit for the murder of a gang leader in the area....
You are here Touchstone finds new oil in Trinidad
Toronto-listed Touchstone Exploration Inc, a company that already gets 7... | 1.42914 | 1,024 | 1,022 |
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read something like the following:
Woman One: “
How do I know when I have an orgasm?“
Woman Two: “
Trust me, if it happens you’ll know!“
Another version is the woman unsure if she’s having orgasms being told she’s not, because if she did she would know it.
This sounds good, but it’s... | 1.774557 | 982 | 980 |
This week on the College Prep Podcast with Gretchen Wegner and her co-host Megan Dorsey:
Ever considered adventure travel as an interesting summer option for your teen?
There are many companies that take teens on cool trips around the world and build their life and leadership skills, to boot.
On today’s podcast, we int... | 1.584512 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
to decide:
How important (e.g. life or death!) is the situation?
What resources does the school already provide, and is it enough?
Is this a topic for which there is limited time and chances in order to succeed?
Are your home relationships deteriorating because you’ve been doing it yourself for too long?
Will it be mo... | 1.714631 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
this ritual. Time will tell. I’m going to ask his parents NOT TO REMIND him about the ritual, so that his success is entirely dependent on whether he remembers to do it! If he doesn’t remember, I will process that with him, and we will go from there.
How Donnel Learned His Lesson the Hard Way
Another client, Donnel, i... | 1.919685 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
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One of the most radical and attractive things about Buddhist ethics is that the rightness or wrongness of an action is not to do with some arbitrary set of rules developed by a deity, but is based on the intention behind the action.
If an action is fueled by craving, hatred, or delusion, then it’s considered to be unsk... | 1.573705 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Offshore: an individual or team working offshore for low rates, usually as virtual employees. Freelancer: an individual skilled in at least one particular area of web design who will work for you on a temporary contract. Web design service: a company doing very simple web implementations very cheaply in a matter of hou... | 2.057249 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
do a proper website RFP response, some will not.
Another difference with the low end, is that in the mid-market people tend to be more “solution focused” than “product focused” or “feature focus”. The web design company will usually choose what CMS to use without the client having any idea about it.
The choice of CMS ... | 1.783643 | 998 | 996 |
Has your PC lost its pep? Do network file transfers merely creep along? How about your printer, or your camera? Do Web pages take forever to load on your smartphone? PCWorld's latest superguide, "Speed Up Everything," is full of helpful fixes to get you back into the fast lane.
First, PCWorld editors explain how you ca... | 1.639952 | 1,021 | 1,019 |
When you consider how the best creative advertisers build brand images that appeal to Baby Boomers, some important things come to light. First, many of them personalize their companies by using spokespeople who look and sound credible. Makes sense. After all, it’s a lot easier to buy from a human being than a faceless ... | 1.586117 | 1,008 | 1,006 |
BANK OWNED (Foreclosure/REO) HOME SALES DATA FOR FOLSOM, CA – APRIL 2012
This is the latest monthly report of our more than four-year study of bank owned (Foreclosure/REO) home sales in Folsom, CA. This report covers April of 2012.
There were 10 Bank Owned (Foreclosure/REO) homes sold in Folsom this month, exactly the ... | 1.312779 | 1,019 | 1,017 |
Paraguay Last updated: ET Still valid: ET Latest updates: The Health tab was updated - travel health notices (Public Health Agency of Canada). Risk level(s) Risk level(s) PARAGUAY - Exercise a high degree of caution
There is no nationwide advisory in effect for Paraguay. However, you should exercise a high degree of ca... | 1.353662 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
General security information
Tourist facilities are good in the capital but may be limited or unavailable in other areas. Mobile telephone services outside urban areas are sparse and poor. In rural areas of Chaco Paraguayo, there is no cellular phone coverage outside of most Mennonite towns.
Visiting most areas populat... | 1.041393 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
important to note that country entry requirements may not reflect your risk of yellow fever at your destination. It is recommended that you contact the nearest diplomatic or consular office of the destination(s) you will be visiting to verify any additional entry requirements. Risk Country Entry Requirement * Recommen... | 0.931639 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
is also responsible for his or her own personal safety.
Be prepared. Do not expect medical services to be the same as in Canada. Pack a travel health kit, especially if you will be travelling away from major city centres.
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The opinion of the court was delivered by: GOURLEY
This is an action filed pursuant to Section 205(g) of the Social Security Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 405(g), wherein plaintiff seeks review of the decision of the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare denying her claim filed on May 24, 1968 for disabled widow's insurance ... | 0.723742 | 1,015 | 1,013 |
TAMPA — Soon after taking over as Tampa city attorney, Julia Mandell attended her first meeting of Mayor Bob Buckhorn's senior staff. She instinctively moved to sit along the wall of the mayor's conference room rather than at the table.
“And I was called back,” Mandell said last week, sitting in her office atop Old Cit... | 1.533605 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
— almost without exception — positions in city government are largely held by women,” Buckhorn said. “I think women bring to the table a perspective that I may not have. For me, that's a good thing.”
But Buckhorn's inner circle is still 60 percent male. The police force is 72 percent male. Tampa Fire Rescue is 90 perc... | 1.682049 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
In my F.I.T. programs, I recommend to eat legumes on a regular basis. Legumes are not only for vegetarians and vegans but even meat eaters, like myself, benefit from including them. They contain more protein than any other plant-derived food and are also good sources of B-vitamins, potassium, iron, zinc, and other impo... | 1.193264 | 978 | 977 |
The University Record, November 23, 1998
By Rebecca A. Doyle
From homemade cherry chutney to devices that work within ultracapacitors, women entrepreneurs can be successful if they have the courage to pursue their own business interests.
That message was given to women interested in becoming entrepreneurs themselves du... | 1.945389 | 1,024 | 1,022 |
San Bernardino voters have revamped city government, but that is only a first step. Now the new mayor and reshaped City Council need to start the hard work of pulling the city out of its tailspin. That effort requires working cooperatively, putting the public interest first and making the choices necessary to stabilize... | 1.587225 | 986 | 984 |
“Helping You Get From Where You Are To Where You Want To Be With Your Healthier Eating Lifestyle!”
Whether you are just getting curious about your food journey, a vegetarian, or a long-term vegan, Anything Vegan coaches believe having expert support on your food journey will accelerate your success.
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Take the right steps to ensure proper drive belt alignment Misalignment is one of the most common causes of premature belt failure. Depending on its severity, misalignment can gradually reduce belt performance by increasing wear and fatigue. Or, it can destroy a belt in a matter of hours or days. While the forms of mis... | 1.313449 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
The total amount of misalignment recommended for synchronous, urethane 60-deg belts and poly-V belts is
When determining if a V-type drive system is aligned within these recommendations, the angular and parallel misalignment must be measured and quantified individually, and then added together. The sum of angular and ... | 1.46959 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
in February on a 10-point scale.
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Honeywell’s Jack Bolick: Changes will transform plant operations
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If Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba or the Bahamas are in your travel plans over the next few days, you may want to consider delaying your travel — or, at least, keep yourself updated as to the latest information pertaining to the weather.
Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba and the Bahamas Brace for Impact by Hurricane Matthew
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Author's note: I am a compulsive advice-giver-always have been. When my own son was in high school, he wasn't interested in his old man's advice so I wrote it down in the hope that he might change his mind one day. What follows is one piece of that advice. I trust it applies to all of us, regardless of age. Anyone with... | 1.659753 | 1,016 | 1,014 |
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Molluscum contagiosum is a viral skin infection characterised by clusters of distinctive small, firm, raised spots with a pus-like, pearly white substance in the centre.
These spots can crop up anywhere on the body, but most commonly affect the limbs, face, chest and tummy.
The good news is that although it isn't very ... | 1.272658 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
A report for Centrica warns prices may rise even more
Consumer groups have expressed anger as British Gas owner Centrica revealed £5m-per-day profits, after announcing a record price hike on Wednesday.
Centrica defended the price rise, and pointed to the high wholesale gas costs that had cut its profits by 20% to £992m... | 1.629437 | 1,007 | 1,004 |
272 pages, 15 col plates, 69 halftones
The origin of life is a hotly debated topic. The Christian Bible states that God created the heavens and the Earth, all in about seven days roughly six thousand years ago. This episode in Genesis departs markedly from scientific theories developed over the last two centuries which... | 1.664008 | 987 | 985 |
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for Thursday 25 April 2002
Delegates to the third meeting of the Intergovernmental Committee for the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (ICCP) met in two working groups during the day. Working Group I (WG-I) discussed and adopted Conference Room Papers (CRP) on: Articles 18.2(a), (b) and (c) under handling, tra... | 1.792472 | 988 | 986 |
APT helps you make the right decisions during your
first steps into FISH FARMING
How to choose the right aquaculture system for
me?
What is the best possible crop?
Aquaculture can be conducted profitably in a wide variety of conditions and
environments. The choice of production system and crop product for your
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As an undergraduate at Caltech in 1968, at the urging of our then student body president, Joe Rhodes, I became involved in a project bringing Caltech students and faculty to underprivileged Pasadena schools as science consultants. For me, and for most of the other Caltech students and faculty who participated, this was... | 1.696461 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
As the weather starts to improve, it’s the perfect time to get kids out and about and show them the joy of nature. It doesn’t have to be a structured thing—in fact, unstructured is almost always better when it comes to kids and nature.
If you’re looking for a little inspiration, here’s a list of ideas I’ve collected ov... | 1.77188 | 1,017 | 1,015 |
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To choose the best faux silk curtains, it's worth taking the time to find fabric that looks like the real thing. While finding synthetic fabric with all of the qualities of natural silk is impossible, the appearance of the material is all you need when it comes to cur... | 1.624576 | 1,015 | 1,013 |
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Introduction
"Of all the tons of studies done of our cities, it is to find any attempt to discern the city as most people see it." The Last Landscape, 1962, William H. Whyte complains,
Whyte was con... | 2.217319 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
of perceiving architecture through a series of static scenes, a series of picture postcard views, looking at each building and other elements individually or in fixed composition, and hence the term townscape was coined. The townscape is the urban counterpart of landscape.(Sharp 1968)
Townscapes are tools to visually ... | 2.074659 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
, and then air travel. Transportation has fundamentally altered our perception of the built environment.
We have become used to seeing architecture through abrupt shifts of viewpoint and via unexpected juxtapositions. Vehicles zoom our across great distances at tremendous velocities. While transportation and camera tec... | 2.178377 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
and passenger trains traveled at speeds between twenty and thirty miles per hour, three times the speed of a horse drawn coach. Toward 1900, train speeds of more than fifty miles per hour were common. And by the late twentieth century, bullet trains routinely charged across the landscape at almost 200 miles per hour.
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Sep 8, 2009
Raining on the cap-and-trade green parade
by Tim Mattingly
There are only sunny days in Washington, as all of America’s clouds are being swept away by President Barack Obama. And under green-thumbed democratic doctrine, America wanders toward its future — a place where the air is clean.
As politics in Washi... | 2.062082 | 943 | 942 |
Charities see alarming trends as donors become older, fewer
TheGlobeandMail.com – News/National
Published Thursday, Dec. 02, 2010. Last updated Friday, Dec. 03, 2010. Paul Waldie
Canada’s long tradition of supporting charities is showing signs of erosion.
The number of Canadians making charitable donations is falling s... | 1.318291 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
Building on AAAS's long-standing commitment to relate scientific knowledge and technological development to the purposes and concerns of society at large, the Dialogue on Science, Ethics, and Religion (DoSER) facilitates communication between scientific and religious communities.
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Like many other social workers I have waited patiently to see what changes may come from the numerous serious case reviews that have been in the press over the past five years. The Munro Review challenged the heart of current social work practise and challenged the Government and local Authoritys to make those changes ... | 2.025787 | 1,021 | 1,019 |
Make Art, Music And Even Dance Without Lifting A Finger
Forward-leaning projects that are helping us rethink the body’s physical relationship with digital technology.
As part of our ongoing Future of Entertainment series, we’re digging through the archives of Intel and Vice’s Creators Project to uncover real world exam... | 1.889927 | 999 | 997 |
A presentation is performance art – meaning that you need both great content and a great delivery to hit the proverbial public speaking home run. Here are nine ways to ensure that you’re covering both aspects of this difficult art and that nothing gets in the way of success. 1.Never Sell from the Stage. The best […]
Do... | 1.941646 | 986 | 984 |
Groundbreaking technological applications of nanotechnology in biomedicine: detecting emerging pathways from scientific and technological outputs
The purpose of this paper is to measure and analyze the rate of scientific and technological advances of nano-technological research in biomedicine. The approach, based on mo... | 0.959252 | 1,023 | 1,021 |
Victoria Williams Smith, the mother of a teenage boy, was booked into another upstate jail, in Dutchess County, charged with smuggling drugs to her husband in prison. She ... had only 10 days to live after she began complaining of chest pains. She phoned friends in desperation: The medical director would not prescribe ... | 2.083668 | 966 | 964 |
This post was updated on January 2, 2012 right before the Iowa caucus after the surge in Iowa polls of Rick Santorum
In the recent debate, Newt Gingrich made some of the most absurd statements I have heard. Statements which will hurt him if he gets the nomination. He proved himself to be not a viable candidate for the ... | 1.976064 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
worth considering. Even worse, when Gingrich does venture an answer, his responses are really really scary because they are impossible and unrealistic, even according to bi-partisan industry authorities.
I love President Obama, but I have always been someone who would cross party lines to vote for the best qualified c... | 2.101867 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
goals, etc. There are domestic concerns such as energy, the economy, pollution, energy independence, immigration, crime, education, consumer concerns, health and safety, and the list goes on and on.
Rick Santorum speaks often and virulently about school children's right to pray in school, the rights of consenting adul... | 1.65964 | 1,019 | 1,017 |
Organizational Change
Challenge: Reinvigorate Corporate SalesA large multinational corporation was struggling to adapt its 75-year-old sales process to changing market conditions. Sales were stagnant, largely due to difficulty attracting new customers. Solution: Rigorous Sales Certification ProgramTo reinvigorate its s... | 1.773991 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
acquired businesses, The Chatfield Group developed a customized goal-setting and performance appraisal system for the holding company that included management training as well as coaching in performance management.
To help build a common culture, The Chatfield Group facilitated a shared values discussion across all le... | 1.682404 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
To determine the root causes for the company’s high turnover, The Chatfield Group conducted a series of focus groups at the firm’s primary operating facilities. The lack of a clear chain of command and poor communications were identified as key concerns. So, too, were the needs to improve employee orientation and to pr... | 1.47973 | 1,012 | 1,010 |
English français Fundamental limits and optimal operation in large wireless networks
Wireless adhoc networks consist of users that want to communicate with each other over a shared wireless medium. The users have transmitting and receiving capabilities but there is no additional infrastructure for assisting communicati... | 1.303299 | 1,024 | 1,023 |
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