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Text Slides vs. A Presentation Rant Chalk and Cheese
I’m forever sensitive of the language used by presenters, and of the pitfalls of idioms and jargon when used inappropriately. But, more on this later. Here are two presenters who undoubtedly share something in common; the enthusiasm, drive, commitment and passion to ... | __label__pos | 0.965662 |
Planning on becoming the new homicide statistic over impressing the wrong girls? It is true. There are ways of impressing a girl that can get you killed. Considerations must be evaluated before coming up with an impressive plan. But where is that line drawn in the impressive sand? Consult the below seven ways impressin... | __label__pos | 0.985189 |
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WINE EDITION Female Winemakers
By George Starke
To many people, the word winemaker still conjures the vision of Asti's "Little Ol' Winemaker," a jolly fellow in lederhosen and a Tyrolean hat with a glass of wine in his hand. But the reality is that, today, a more accurate image may be a female in jeans and a baseball... | __label__pos | 0.991818 |
Presently employer-sponsored health insurance is the basis for America's health care system. The Affordable Care Act has brought some beneficial changes for individual consumers in the health insurance market. These changes make it easier to have health insurance without it being sponsored by the employer.
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1. NEW REPORT RANKS SUCCESSFUL ECONOMIES IN CHINA Best-Performing Cities China The Milken Institute's inaugural Best-Performing Cities China report delivers a comprehensive, data-driven framework for exploring the economies of the Asian giant’s urban areas. Our index weighs job and income growth, ... | __label__pos | 0.834794 |
The Labour MP Chris Ruane described it as a seminal moment, and it was certainly a startling one for many. In a packed Committee Room at the House of Commons last Wednesday, with 28 MPs and Lords in attendance, a UK all-party Parliamentary Group on Mindfulness was launched.
It was an arresting occasion partly due to th... | __label__pos | 0.99865 |
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Get in on the Next Big Thing -- either by using the technology as it emerges, or by investing in companies at the forefront of development.
Only hindsight will tell us if virtual reality (and its cousin, augmented reality) is the Next Big Thing, or the 21st centu... | __label__pos | 0.976226 |
By exercising 20 minutes a day average, you can reduce your craving for the wrong kinds of foods that result from your life stresses. SO let’s explore that concept of how the body really works! Your body has two ways to create energy. Your body can turn fat into energy, or it can turn blood sugar, glucose, into energy.... | __label__pos | 0.690848 |
In another example of journalists saying whatever they want whenever they want without regard to accuracy, CBS’s Anthony Mason on Wednesday’s “Evening News” declared erroneously that America’s debt declined during the Clinton years (video link to follow). Certainly, this is a myth that has been purported by the media s... | __label__pos | 0.934765 |
What awaits our young children now that they are back in their classrooms ["School must come first," News, Nov. 27]? Sadly, they will find themselves tossed into the grueling, pressure-filled work of preparing for state assessments.
While we all accept that the high-stakes testing train left the station more than 10 ye... | __label__pos | 0.999763 |
Economy 29 April 2013 Cutting the NHS to fund defence is bad politics and bad policy Raiding £500m from the health and schools budgets to fund defence might please Tory MPs but the voters won't like it. Sign up for our weekly email * Print HTML David Cameron and George Osborne have long rejected calls from figures such... | __label__pos | 0.980403 |
Leon Cooperman, the centerpiece of Chrystia Freeland’s article on the relationship between President Obama and super-wealthy voters, says he has a “willingness in principle” to pay higher taxes (“Super-Rich Irony,” October 8th). I’d be surprised if this included a willingness to support the enactment of laws that would... | __label__pos | 0.988632 |
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Why is GSA is involved with bSa?…"GSA supports the continuing research, development, and implementation of open standards in Building Information Modeling (BIM) such as the Industry Foundation Classes (IFC), the Information Delivery Manual (IDM) and the Model View Definitions (MVD) ... | __label__pos | 0.963828 |
Strange Rumblings Strike Again in the American Southwest 0 Comments December 24, 2015 Micah Hanks
The American Southwest has been recent home to an unexplained series of rumblings, described by some as being similar to earthquakes, which have caused widespread disturbance among residents in the region.
With several inc... | __label__pos | 0.797415 |
Well it was inevitable, after only a few months of dating she has decided to skip the vegetables and go straight for the donuts. Skin-hugging jeans are replaced with sweatpants, revealing shirts are now T-shirts and worst yet, you are subjected to her without makeup. So what is a guy to do?
There are many factors to co... | __label__pos | 0.969347 |
Fibre optic internet access is set to bypass digital subscriber line (DSL) in 2015 if the NBN Co continues its fibre to the home (FTTH) rollout across Australia but this is dependent on the Labor government staying in power, according to analyst firm Telsyte.
The study -- Fixed Broadband and Voice Report -- found that ... | __label__pos | 0.945033 |
Whichever method you use, take your time and make sure that the developer has the qualifications to do the various aspects of the site you need - or has access to specialists who have.
The myriad technologies used in Web development mean it is virtually impossible to find any one person qualified in all. Even the categ... | __label__pos | 0.995549 |
Monti unveils merger reform proposals based on US model
COMPETITION Commissioner Mario Monti unveiled his long-awaited merger reform proposals yesterday (11 December), which will result in the EU using similar criteria to the US when it considers whether to approve take-over bids in future.
The plans, which must be bac... | __label__pos | 0.773123 |
In the
New York Review of Books, George Soros pushes his “reflexivity” thesis, which as far as I can understand—I haven’t read any of his several books on the topic—is simply a refutation of the idea that we can’t argue with the equilibrium points markets move toward.
As a way of explaining financial markets, I propose... | __label__pos | 0.993466 |
Just in time for the fall manure pumping season, University of Minnesota engineers have released results on research that offers a solution to control foaming risks in deep-pit manure storage.
The report,
Monensin Addition to Swine Manure Deep Pits for Foaming Control, provides recommendations on using Rumensin when de... | __label__pos | 0.999813 |
Since World War II, University of Michigan economists have produced the definitive research on consumer sentiment. Their twice-monthly surveys of household spending are used by everyone from policy makers at the Federal Reserve to Wall Street traders.
But thanks to an arbitrary threat of prosecution by the attorney gen... | __label__pos | 0.829807 |
Two years ago, when the former Kraft Foods Inc. broke itself up, spinning off its global food and beverage business (now Kraft Foods Group, Inc. [KRFT]), the company renamed itself Mondelez International, Inc. (MDLZ). Now, the company is mostly a global snacks business. The new Kraft Foods Group has done pretty well on... | __label__pos | 0.99179 |
Laser Measurement Takes Hold
In the early 1980's, North American automakers were feeling the effects of increased competition from their Japanese counterparts. Of particular concern to U.S. manufacturers was a perceived quality gap between U.S.-built cars and Japanese-made vehicles, which was driving more consumers to ... | __label__pos | 0.50048 |
The present study was undertaken to explore the factors that influence decisions regarding wearing of gloves in the setting of private general practice. A survey of 250 dentists in Brisbane, Australia (41% of the total private general practitioners in the region), was conducted. Routine use of gloves was commonplace (8... | __label__pos | 0.97314 |
It happens to thousands of homeowners each year – the sale of their home falls through because of high radon in their basement. They have to hustle to get a radon mitigation system installed and hope that the buyer will not walk away. But for many years after, they may wonder about the long-term effects of the radioact... | __label__pos | 0.962981 |
A fair amount of folks have taken the last few posts (on making games more cheaply and on rigid programming philosophies) to a bit of an extreme further than I intended. So in the spirit of contradicting myself, here are some good reasons to write new code.
When you have something new to learn.
Writing your own version... | __label__pos | 0.960232 |
By Kari Williamson
Currently there are almost 2000 mono-incinerating biomass power plants with a capacity of 22.5 GW in over 40 countries worldwide, and there are more than 1000 active biomass plants in Europe alone.
Almost 800 biomass power plants with a capacity of over 8700 GW were commissioned in the past five year... | __label__pos | 0.926263 |
Based on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s records, a CAPA-decertified generic radiator lot at the heart of a recent collision industry controversy was never recalled at the federal level.
In fact, manufacturer Auto Power appears not to have recalled anything within the years of records stored in the... | __label__pos | 0.941967 |
Articles on "Reverse Mortgages"
Reuters reports that MetLife Inc, the largest U.S. life insurer and reverse mortgage lender, made a surprise shift on Thursday with the sale its reverse mortgage business as part of its exit from banking-related activities. Nationstar Mortgage LLC will buy its reverse mortgage servicing ... | __label__pos | 0.730856 |
Nov 09 - Further concentration and cost cutting is likely among a dwindling number of banks with more extensive capital markets operations, Fitch Ratings says. We expect more banks to stick to niches where they have strong franchises.
This week sees the third-quarter reporting season close for the large global trading ... | __label__pos | 0.996376 |
Irises are perennial flowers that offer a huge range of colors and patterns, heights, and bloom times, with variations on a common theme of flower shape and plant form. The basic flower shape consists of three inner (often erect) petals, called standards, surrounded by three other petals (usually arching out and down),... | __label__pos | 0.662505 |
Conqueror: To overcome or surmount by physical, mental, or moral force Value: A principle, standard, or quality considered worthwhile or desirable
One thing the U.S. business world knows is competition.
“I need to outperform so-and-so to get the promotion.”
“If we have more revenues, then we can invest more into XX pro... | __label__pos | 0.840349 |
Debt, Debt, Debt!
Above is an interesting chart that has been making the rounds on the internet. Oddly I have yet to find the original article that was the source from Haver Analytics an independent research arm of Morgan Stanley (MS-NYSE).
Normally when articles talk about debt to GDP the reference is government debt ... | __label__pos | 0.997486 |
Letters to the Editor, December 3, 2013 Wild weather no reason for alarm bells
I refer to the article ("City warned to brace for more powerful typhoons", November 22). Based partly on the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Hong Kong Observatory sounded alarm bells for local power... | __label__pos | 0.822178 |
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A water main break that erupted late Tuesday in front of the Shelby County Fairgrounds in Shelbyville has been repaired, and lanes along Main Street are in the process of being cleared and reopened.
The line, just west of the inter... | __label__pos | 0.939843 |
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When people don’t have a basic understanding of personal finance, the results can be devastating. The negative impacts aren’t just felt by the individual, but also by their family members and community. If students were learning personal finance in school, they wouldn’t find themselves in these terrible positions as ad... | __label__pos | 0.999916 |
It takes more than setting up a website to develop a quality online presence. If you are thinking of taking your brand online, you need to understand the way a customer shopping online thinks. Buying from a shop in the street and taking the product home, is very different from looking at a picture of a product and deci... | __label__pos | 0.987717 |
Editor’s note: What follows is an edited excerpt from The Modern Baseball Card Investor .
When talking about new card issues, one thing that should be clear is that secondary market values drive the entire value/supply chain. When supply is favorable and demand is relatively high, then secondary market values are high,... | __label__pos | 0.894024 |
When Janet looked at her pay stub, she was pleasantly surprised to learn that her company had deposited more than her normal wages into her bank account. However, on the next payday, her paycheck was significantly less than what it should have been, and she went to her boss to complain.
"I'm curious," her boss said, "W... | __label__pos | 0.916744 |
The current plight of the Rohingya refugees adrift at sea is painful to watch. Even more painful as a Muslim is the fact that three Muslim countries have refused them entry and assistance, instead choosing to cast them into the elements or at best giving some temporary reprieve. This to me points out a crisis that is a... | __label__pos | 0.986346 |
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Name: Shanieka Dijonai English
Subject: Caribbean History
Proficiency: General
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School: Convent of Mercy Academy “Alpha”
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Teacher: Mrs. Susan Nelson-Bloomfield
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The form of resistance being depicted in the picture is marronage. Another name for marronage is the running away of sl... | __label__pos | 0.722636 |
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The ability known as thermoregulation is a feature of an organism that help to keep the body temperature within certain thresholds, thus independently from external conditions. A dynamic state of thermal balance of human body between its internal environment and the territory is a model example of precise cont... | __label__pos | 0.765345 |
The canonization process has existed in Catholic religion for centuries. This process is steeped with history, as well as tradition, and rewards people for their unwavering commitment and faith to Catholicism. The process is long, arduous, expensive, and eventually requires authorization from the highest of Catholic of... | __label__pos | 0.779663 |
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One of the great problems with being a white, middle-aged male in New Zealand is that you are never cool, never in vogue and never given a fair go. There is a now cultural acceptance that your ethnicity, generation and gender is responsible for all bad things.
OPINION: And that the best way to redress y... | __label__pos | 0.997138 |
At first glance, an open letter published in last week’s
Forward seemed like business as usual. The letter, signed by about 70 Bay Area Jewish intellectuals including the biblical scholar Robert Alter and the poet Adrienne Rich, protests a decision by the San Francisco Jewish Community Federation to restrict its fundin... | __label__pos | 0.573664 |
BOYLSTON — The magnolias are in full bloom at Tower Hill Botanic Garden and the flowering cherries are waiting in the wings.
A more appropriate welcome for the Massachusetts Arborists Association visit Friday for the annual Arbor Day of Service would be hard to imagine.
For 35 years, the association has observed Arbor ... | __label__pos | 0.889529 |
A major work by one of the more innovative thinkers of our time, Politics of Nature does nothing less than establish the conceptual context for political ecology--transplanting the terms of ecology into more fertile philosophical soil than its proponents have thus far envisioned. Bruno Latour announces his project dram... | __label__pos | 0.999444 |
Many factors can lead to baby making this decision: differences in nipple shape, breast surgery, even differences in the taste of breast milk. And it doesn’t necessarily need to be an issue with mom’s breasts. In the story you are about to read, baby experienced birth trauma which made it excruciately painful for her t... | __label__pos | 0.911382 |
As economists continue to sort through the causes of the financial crisis (even though Congress already fixed the problem), there's one cause you don't hear very often: income inequality. Economist Raghuram Rajan explains this point in a recent article at Project Syndicate. He says that income inequality was growing pr... | __label__pos | 0.944144 |
Blasphemy, I know…but it is true. I am not talking about some calculation that I do in me head that says doing X isn’t worth the time for the money, but about
blatant laziness or avoidance. Sometimes when certain moods strike I am just unwilling to put in a little extra effort to save another dollar or two.
Three incid... | __label__pos | 0.912225 |
In 1964, the year after the March on Washington took place, I made my first trip to the City of Fort Lauderdale. On my first night there, I went to check-in to a Holiday Inn and was refused a room. I never intended to become a “civil rights lawyer,” but I have always been serious about what I believe in. The next day, ... | __label__pos | 0.842654 |
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At 5 a.m., when the sun is just be-ginning to rise over Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in Berkeley, the district’s cooks are already preparing thousands of meals. They have to start work hours before the students even hit the snooze button because these days—unlike the last several decades i... | __label__pos | 0.894342 |
Fox News analyzed the bill, and found a number of outrageous examples of earmarks in this bill, including:
• $5 million for a visitors center in San Francisco
• $23 million for indigent health care in Hawaii
• $18 million for the Edward Kennedy Policy Institute in Massachusetts
• $1.6 million to computerize hospital re... | __label__pos | 0.891288 |
Today, August 18th …
The prolific French writer Honore de Balzac died on this day in 1850 at the ripe young age of 51 years, the cause, it is said, being caffeine poisoning from the enormous quantities of coffee he consumed.
Depending on the source of the information, Balzac’s fifteen-hour writing days and prodigious o... | __label__pos | 0.980258 |
Today, August 10th …
General Orders No. 54, dated this day in 1861, specified the ration for a Civil War Confederate soldier to be:
22 ounces of soft bread or flour, or 1 pound of hardbread (hardtack) per day.
1 pound 4 ounces salt or fresh beef or 12 ounces of pork or bacon.
1 pound of potatoes three times per week if... | __label__pos | 0.910474 |
Protect America's Eagles
We must act quickly to urge Interior Secretary Jewell to reverse a recent decision to grant 30-year eagle permits to the wind industry.
Newer technology and siting information is available that could pose less risk to birds, but the Interior’s action has put Bald and Golden Eagles at risk.
Wind... | __label__pos | 0.844853 |
In this modern day, there really is no way to have a stress-less holiday season. Between school holiday parties, traveling, gift buying, meal planning, and even decorating–it can all become…a lot.
Even so, I completely reject the idea that the holidays should be stressful. There is a large area of wonderful between str... | __label__pos | 0.955139 |
I am in a hair fashion emergency. I dyed my hair back to its original black color about a week ago. I relaxed my hair today. I was washing it out and all my hair started falling out in clumps, I freaked out and had a panic attack. Now my hair is very thin and looks and feels weak.
I have a weave sewn into my hair and n... | __label__pos | 0.958536 |
If upcoming international talks with Iran on thwarting its nuclear program do not quickly produce a breakthrough, there will be “nothing else left” but a resort to force, the former head of the Mossad, Efraim Halevy, told The Times of Israel in an interview on Sunday.
And it’s “tragic,” added Halevy, that “I don’t see ... | __label__pos | 0.74952 |
A new type of very fast, low-power nanotube memory, developed by researchers led by Professor Eric Pop from the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of Illinois, may soon be commonplace in personal electronics like smartphones and laptops.
The nanotube memory uses just 1% of the energy requi... | __label__pos | 0.920639 |
In 2003 in the run-up to the Iraq War, tens of millions protested around the world. The New York Times was forced to take note and acknowledge there were two superpowers in the world - the United States and the people.
The people failed to stop that war, but the people are playing a critical role in resolving the crisi... | __label__pos | 0.761305 |
by Andrew Abbott
Spokane Valley, Wash., July 16, 2014 - If you had visited Spokane Valley Adventist Church on Wednesday evenings or the Spokane Valley Adventist School on Thursday mornings, you would have heard the snappy rustling of paper bags being stuffed with food. The kids were filling lunch sacks as fast as they ... | __label__pos | 0.99999 |
The Omega TWN30S Twin Gear Juicer is the iconic American juicer brand's first twin gear model, offering nutrient packed juices for the committed juicing enthusiast. Often used by people using juicing to combat ill health, the twin gear juicing process is believed to offer the best juice quality and the Omega TWN30S off... | __label__pos | 0.991361 |
Presenting its report to the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, the working group said that private security companies in such conflict-wracked countries as Iraq, Colombia and Afghanistan are recruiting former policemen and members of the military from developing countries as “security guards” in their operations.
Once... | __label__pos | 0.974706 |
New Moon Intentions - Start fresh and utilize this powerful cycle of the moon to activate the Law of Attraction in your life. This is an optimal time to seed your intentions and get ready to make positive changes.
The new moon is all about new beginnings. It is about setting your intentions for the upcoming month and p... | __label__pos | 0.985464 |
I am currently enrolled at Lincoln Memorial University at DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine. I will be earning a DO medical degree, and I am planning to practice as a geriatric psychiatrist.
The psychology department prepared me in many ways to get were I am today. In general, psychology has helped me better under... | __label__pos | 0.792568 |
For Lou Borie a core aspect of the Program that has stayed with him for 35 years is the way it allowed and encouraged people to pursue their environmental interests. “I think the program really empowered people to explore ideas and issues to find ways of expressing themselves that were not traditional.” Lou remembers i... | __label__pos | 0.976586 |
As UX professionals, we all pay a lot of attention to users’ needs. When designing for mobile devices, we’re aware that there are some additional things that we must consider—such as how the context in which users employ their devices changes their interactions or usage patterns. [1] However, some time ago, I noticed a... | __label__pos | 0.844744 |
Weast wants $60 million more for schools, few cuts
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Montgomery County class sizes would be maintained and school employees would get raises under a budget proposed Wednesday by School Superintendent Jerry D. Weast, opening what is likely to be a contentious budgeting season with an increase r... | __label__pos | 0.828924 |
BEFORE the dust has even begun to settle from the battle over the so-called fiscal cliff in Washington there were indications over the weekend that the New Year's Eve showdown might have been a warm-up act.
The Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell, a Republican from Kentucky, fired some of the first shots on Sunday ... | __label__pos | 0.996356 |
Key performance indicators (KPI) are the only means by which any Web professional should be measuring SEO success.
So, what are the right KPIs to use when measuring how well the techniques and tactics employed by in-house SEOs or consultants/agencies actually work? Today let's look at a few important KPIs to monitor, w... | __label__pos | 0.839202 |
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We talked about getting your garden planning started this week, now you can let your thoughts blossom and get more information. With Organic Gardening you can find specific articles on what you want to grow and how to grow it best and, strangely enough, sometimes even find a good recipe.
I am mad about lavender, and ha... | __label__pos | 0.902157 |
Step 1. Ingredient selection and testing.
A product is only as good as the ingredients that are selected. This in my opinion is where many products sometimes fall short of the mark with regard to efficacy. Part of the reason for this is that most consumers are blissfully unaware of the significant differences that ther... | __label__pos | 0.868847 |
There are many different forms of yoga and Power yoga is one of them.
Power yoga is a term coined in the West and it describes a vigorous fitness based approach to the Vinayasa style of yoga. The word “power” in the phrase describes the intensity this kind of yoga involves. Most of the exercises in Power yoga are model... | __label__pos | 0.880928 |
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from http://www.mediacoop.ca/newsrelease/16428
The Jeeter C. Gustavson School of Business at the University of Victoria is pleased to announce a $500,000 donation from Vancouver-based conglomerate Deathcorp Inc., to support the school’s Centre for Carcinogenic Sustainability and Staggering Immiseration (CSSI).
Establis... | __label__pos | 0.861806 |
1. Identify the factors responsible for creating organizational culture for transmitting it, and getting it to change.
2. Define organizational spirituality 3. What role if any does spirituality play in an organization. 4. Discuss the organizational spirituality within your organization. Solution Preview
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Hi, I just need some assistance understanding this assignment.
Historical Analysis Table:
Create a visual organizer, such as a table, describing how adult education through distance learning has changed during the past 50 years. Write a 700-word analysis of why some theories, delivery methods, and instructional tools h... | __label__pos | 0.989831 |
A comparative study of three river systems leading into Nootka Sound, British Columbia: implications for winter salmon populations Date2016-06 Author
Axtman, Rachel
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[author abstract] Data collection consisted of plankton tows, and temperature, pH, and salinity readings taken at mu... | __label__pos | 0.882085 |
Today’s blog comes from Eyefinity’s Jessica Leeson, who has worked in many facets of the optical industry. Her experience includes general management of large-volume retail locations and multi-unit management. Jessica is also an ABOC optician and licensed in California.
Your practice is busy. At times, when everyone is... | __label__pos | 0.985431 |
In Norman Doidge's first book 'The Brain That Heals Itself' he talks about brain exercises developed to work on brain plasticity. These exercises have undergone much research, putting them ahead of other brain exercises in cognitive enhancement, especially memory. One research study also found they reduced falls and be... | __label__pos | 0.990709 |
Community Harvest
[Picture: The Source Crew see page 19] | www.communitygarden.org.au
summer 2010
COMMUNITY HARVEST... Community Harvest is the journal of the Australian City Farms & Community Gardens Network. The journal reports on developments in community gardens and city farms, community food systems and associated... | __label__pos | 0.961174 |
When we walk down the street, or drive to work, we have thoughts running through our head, and we have an inner monologue going on. What if you could hear the inner monologue of someone else? You can’t ever, really, but an anthropologist came close, and the results are nothing short of fascinating.
We are all trapped i... | __label__pos | 0.999507 |
Providing videos and optional labs to support students acquire eLiteracy and ESL skills
Dr Sybil Nolan’s subject “Writing and Editing for Digital Media” has a diverse cohort who have differing levels of digital technology skills. She found in 2013 that tutorials were straying from the essential content, in order to sup... | __label__pos | 0.928576 |
I have been thinking quite a bit lately about the deep connection between learning and identify formation, and the implications for the work that I do every day.
These ruminations were begun when I read Herminia Ibarra’s book,
Working Identity. At its core, the book provides an unconventional view of the process of car... | __label__pos | 0.996577 |
Our research is composed of two studies. Our naturalistic observation study examined the chewing of participants as a function of gender, age, and location. The participants showed that 2/3 of people chew with their mouth open. The general conclusion is that etiquette has declined over time. Our second study examined t... | __label__pos | 0.994075 |
‘Our husbands are lying in enclosed graves and we are in open graves. We too ceased to live the very day that we killed our husbands.’ These are the words of a woman who spends her nights on the three-storey bed across from me who has nightmares about the death of her husband – a husband she stabbed to death.
This is t... | __label__pos | 0.954381 |
Sharing & Caring Michelle Burda, Network and Advocacy Coordinator
To continue delivering support for clinical care, research and education, a hospital library must be run like a business. The members of the MAR Hospital Special Advisory Group (SAG) recognized the need for hospital librarians to develop a strategic sens... | __label__pos | 0.920819 |
Learning and Production of Movement Sequences: Behavioral, Neurophysiological, and Modeling Perspectives View Download Date2003-12 Author
Rhodes, Bradley
Bullock, Daniel
Verwey, Willem
Averbeck, Bruno
Page, Michael
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A growing wave of be... | __label__pos | 0.936525 |
We can’t ride in a group without being asked about our bright green Paketa tandem. And, eventually the question comes… How much does it cost? …Yep, it’s not cheap. But, I always like to point out that a tandem is ONLY expensive, if you wind up not using it a lot.
If you had a road tandem that was LIGHT and FAST and FUN... | __label__pos | 0.938071 |
Every day hundreds of millions of dollars are wasted by allowing improperly tuned or misconfigured systems, misunderstood infrastructure, and inefficient IT operations to live and thrive in data centers around the globe. There are both direct and indirect costs associated with allowing these unhealthy systems to contin... | __label__pos | 0.972341 |
This is so damn important!
If I ruled the world, “listening” would be as much a part of the school curriculum as mathematics or language or history. It would continue to be a required course in higher education also! It’s the bottomless skill, the one you can use
everywhere, all the time – the one you can never, ever b... | __label__pos | 0.981304 |
Water is one of the most important of all the natural resources necessary to ensure human health and civilisation. Malaysia is fortunate to be able to call itself a water rich nation and possesses a number of rivers with great potential for recreation. The importance of rivers as the physical centre of a city and the s... | __label__pos | 0.948375 |
The Indian Ocean, an erstwhile “zone of peace,” is beginning to witness competition for strategic space. This change in security dynamics is only natural given the growing economies of Asia, increasing need for energy imports, importance of securing critical sea lanes of communication, and expanding strategic ambitions... | __label__pos | 0.974039 |
Donald Trump is quite possible one of the most controversial, divisive and unconventional presidential candidates in American history. While Donald is an incredibly successful (some would disagree) entrepreneur, he doesn't seem to be very popular in
Silicon Valley, which is the entrepreneurial capital of the world.
In ... | __label__pos | 0.986989 |
By Pete Dolack
Walking home on election night in 2008, my partner and I waded into a street celebration. Young people, primarily, had taken over an entire block to joyously celebrate Barack Obama’s trouncing of John McCain. Veteran activists that we are, we talked to many of the celebrants, cautioning them that the wor... | __label__pos | 0.983422 |
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