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Information literacy is a human right, according to the Australian Library and Information Association. I found this incredibly moving and inspirational fact out while researching a presentation on lifelong learning.
It is obvious to me that information literacy underpins lifelong learning — and that digital literacy s... | __label__pos | 0.917158 |
By Lynn Fitz-Hugh
Hyperbole? You decide if this is how you believe the police should
behave when citizens are exercising their constitutional right to free speech. On Monday, December 16, 16 people were arrested at two different locations on Hwy 26 outside John Day, OR. They were there in response to Omega Morgan Compa... | __label__pos | 0.972821 |
Advantages of Business Process Management Business Process Management (BPM):
Business Process Management has been implemented in many organizations in order to leverage the automation of existing and future business processes. BPM is a key to maximize an organization’s ROI(Return On Investment), Quality and service pro... | __label__pos | 0.99909 |
3 Ways to Maximise Space in a Small Apartment
Moving into a small space is a popular choice, and sometimes the only option for young professionals and couples living in bustling city centres. But it doesn’t have to be a cluttered, claustrophobic nightmare even if your daily commutes are. You can still make your little ... | __label__pos | 0.965145 |
Donald J. Trump is now the President-elect of the United States after one of the most surreal and unlikely campaign victories in American history.
Stock markets are already reacting negatively to the reality of a President Trump and the dollar is also falling.
The short-term prospects for the tech economy and Silicon V... | __label__pos | 0.98765 |
I join a host of others who are so grateful for the new day dawning at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Jason Allen and his team are transitioning the seminary to the forefront of theological education. How? By reclaiming the priority of “why?” – doing everything they do “for the church.”
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From the innovators of the most lightweight and easy-to-clean crib mattress comes the first waterproof AND breathable mattress of its kind. Parents have been asking for safe sleep products for temperature regulation and airflow. While breathable is the want, waterp... | __label__pos | 0.872941 |
Leftovers from a Scottish whisky distillery will be turned into fuel to power cars, after a world-first partnership was agreed.
Tullibardine Distillery in Perthshire has teamed up with Celtic Renewables, a spin-out company from Edinburgh’s Napier University.The facility will provide the leftovers, including draff and p... | __label__pos | 0.719248 |
Egypt Essay, Research Paper
EGYPT
The majority of people have various ways of viewing cultures. Because
of close-mindedness and lack of cultural education, people have a difficult
time interacting with different societies. I feel that people shouldn’t
stereotype because this might lead to misjudgment. For example, I ha... | __label__pos | 0.960079 |
Data Entry: November 2011
Name of local government
Sapporo City Government
Department in charge of eco-town program
Planning Section, Environmental Planning & Waste Management Department, Environmental Bureau
Approval of eco-town plan
September 1998
Target area of eco-town program
Sapporo Recycling Complex: 0.23 km
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EasyChild behavior modification software system
May 21, 2005 Planning, monitoring and assessing outcomes is the key to improving any system. In business we set and monitor KPTs (Key Performance Targets) and KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) and everyone is clear on the desired outcomes and their rewards. It makes sense... | __label__pos | 0.836834 |
CSUF News Service Panel Discusses Race Relations in Higher Education Campus Members Participate in "Courageous Conversations"
Dec. 18, 2013
Tami "Sunnie" Foy
Earlier this month, a panel of Cal State Fullerton faculty and staff members addressed the topic of race relations in higher education before a group of about 50 ... | __label__pos | 0.914045 |
The violent explosion on February 18 saw the 20-metre space rock split into fragments miles above the city of Chelyabinsk and was the biggest blast of its kind in more than 100 years.
It briefly outshone the sun and inflicted severe burns on observers below, as well as smashing windows and rattling buildings.
But resea... | __label__pos | 0.89679 |
My introvert side is really affected by phone calls. I really don’t like it most of the time. I especially don’t like how the phone intrudes when you least want it.
But I hate the phone. Hate it. Hate. It.
I can let the phone ring without picking up. I own a cell phone but don't give out the number. The only people I w... | __label__pos | 0.98029 |
Social scientists are also interested in whether bad first impressions can be overcome. Westport, Conn. Some students can find it alien, in effect, be stripping them of their culture. Chem. As we close this chapter, we cannot help feeling that, despite the great dif- ferences across cultures in peoples social behaviors... | __label__pos | 0.99432 |
The toll of the anti-vaccination movement, in one devastating graphic - latimes.com Waylan Choy stashed this in Infographics!
Council on Foreign Relations interactive map of "vaccine-preventable outbreaks" worldwide 2008-2014
Measles outbreaks (purple) worldwide and whooping cough (green) in the U.S., thanks in part to... | __label__pos | 0.953185 |
"This appalling example of how not to act when you believe that you may have an issue with a customer is a worthy reminder to employers that you will almost always be responsible for the actions of your staff.
Bear in mind that, as an employer, you have an obligation to treat all of your customers the same. Your staff ... | __label__pos | 0.919369 |
George W. Bush's "carbon footprint" vs. that of " BIG carbon footprint" Al Gore washingtontimeseditorial that gives us some interesting facts illustrating the hypocrisy in Al Gore's global-scare about "global warming."
While Gore is jet-setting all over the place and gobbling up fossil fuel faster than you can say "enr... | __label__pos | 0.980268 |
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Please NOTE: This paper is presented as a model based on the
way the author began the inquiry, (i.e. narrowing the reflection by posing
a question and focusing on it). There are areas for improvement in
the piece (e.g. carrying through with the author's initially posed question;
focusing more critically
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False testimony discredits entire Committee proceeding and outcome
Trenton, N.J. -- The New Jersey Senate Health, Human Services, and Senior Citizens Committee held a hearing last Monday to pass a bill that will ban therapy for minors who experience unwanted same-sex attractions while allowing gay affirming therapy to ... | __label__pos | 0.623786 |
Perhaps 8 klms north from Carantoña is the little fishing village of Camelle. It is remote, even for the Costa da Morte. Were it not for the Prestige oil spill disaster (more on this next blog), I doubt anyone would have heard of it. Even then, it was one of many whose fishermen saw their livelihood covered in layers o... | __label__pos | 0.981248 |
A hopping good harvest time
Its harvest time again, and I have been sharing in the crops from my neighbors garden. She has been taking any of the extra that we cant use to the food bank. I urge any of you that do have extra tomatoes, squash or the like to take it down there. They are open most mornings, and the produce... | __label__pos | 0.939546 |
Russian employers are using
stressovoye, stressful interviews, to find the best candidates: Throwing a glass of water in someone’s face is said to be especially revealing: the interviewee is considered to have strength of character and leadership qualities if they react aggressively. I think this mostly reveals somethi... | __label__pos | 0.999487 |
Austin, Texas (PressExposure) December 17, 2008 -- ACT Global Sports announced today a comprehensive program to address global warming. Its offices have become carbon-neutral through ACT Global's investment in reforestation projects around the world. The donations in certified reforestation projects in the U.S., Nicara... | __label__pos | 0.866458 |
There is something very naïve about the leadership literature.
For more than a year, I have been engaged in a comprehensive review of the academic literature related to the leadership of change. Since there are very few articles that deal specifically with the leadership of change, the job required delving into both th... | __label__pos | 0.94258 |
The snake plant is a boon to home owners and office workers round the world. The plant supplies an exceptionally rich source of oxygen will having uncommon hardiness and ease of maintenance. These properti es have vital implications in the fields of health and energy. NASA conducted a study that shows it can provide a ... | __label__pos | 0.834831 |
This section expresses my own view of some matters which are of a highly controversial and contentious nature. Much of the debate, however, is not about whether or not the various things I advocate here are beneficial, but about the relative merits of different measures. This doesn't prevent the debate from being vigor... | __label__pos | 0.853454 |
Chapter Four Kissing Ask
By Jamie McKenzie
Pretty bad pun - kissing ask!
But it captures an important aspect of organizational life. Too much energy and time is devoted to boss pleasing activities that are unhealthy, unproductive and sometimes even illegal. Some bosses invite ego massage and resent criticism or the dou... | __label__pos | 0.987465 |
The small dimples formed in the lower back in men and women are called dimples of Venus. They are created by a short ligament stretching between the posterior superior iliac spine and the skin, and they are thought to be genetic.
Dimples of Venus are a sign of good circulation and a healthy body, and a sign of beauty, ... | __label__pos | 0.912521 |
This week, heavy rains have lashed Chennai, the city where my parents live. All the reservoirs in the state of Tamil Nadu are overflowing, and rice paddy fields have been submerged in the flood. A lot of other regular activity has been suspended, due to the rains.
Despite the rain, the old lady who delivers flowers sho... | __label__pos | 0.998904 |
The focus of this book is upon the implementation of new technology, strategy, business models and innovations. It takes a social-psychological perspective on the management of change and technology/strategy implementation, and crosses the boundaries of change management, technology implementation and organisational st... | __label__pos | 1.000005 |
Thursday, September 20, 2012 Ed Glaeser weighs in
He advocates neutrality:
The government should neither encourage nor discourage home-ownership. Significant public interventions require evidence of significant market failure, and confidence that the costs of state action will be less than the costs of those market fai... | __label__pos | 0.98896 |
Don't be afraid of prepackaged foods, use them to your advantage. Learn how to use prepackaged foods to make a quick meal when unexpected guests arrive or incorporate them into a dish for shortcut cooking.
We may take canned food for granted. Certainly, there's nothing simpler than popping open a can of chicken soup an... | __label__pos | 0.999252 |
Maybe it's just the parent in me, but when I hear the words “social networking” and “kids” in the same sentence I get a little tense worrying about my
kids safety. There are so many things we need to worry about when our kids start using Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter: cyberbullies, online predators, sexting, loss of p... | __label__pos | 0.877103 |
Medicare Vs. Medicaid
Only a small suffix separates the two major health care programs run by the federal and state governments, but their relative political, budgetary and equity considerations are miles apart. When Obama lumps “entitlements” together, he inevitably means Medicare and Social Security. But the entitlem... | __label__pos | 0.821403 |
I've got six of these so far. Guess that qualifies as a series.
Granted, this comes from personal experience, and that requires taking it with a grain of salt, but in my experience, many woos prize personal experience above all other forms of evidence. This is precisely backwards. There's a reason anecdotes are conside... | __label__pos | 0.99143 |
Our diagnosis attempts to reveal whether large-scale conditions may have become more favorable for violent storms to occur over the lower Mississippi Valley, the region of the recent super tornado outbreak. Various data sets are used to estimate the time variability in column precipitable water (Fig. 1, top 2 panels). ... | __label__pos | 0.858765 |
Heavy Trucks: Appendix 9 Use of Lane Restrictions Involving Trucks (E) Lane Management
Lane restrictions fit under the umbrella of lane management. The FHWA Freeway Management and Operations Handbook (FHWA, 2003) defines managed lanes as:
The emphasis on efficiency is the original objective given by agencies for the in... | __label__pos | 0.652248 |
It's not too difficult to explain anecdotal evidence of ESP, but scientific data is a little trickier. The common skeptical view is that parapsychologists' positive lab results come from problems with the experiment or plain old bad science. If the researcher's mathematical model is faulty, for example, simple chance g... | __label__pos | 0.957556 |
As with most security challenges, the solutions for DNS in the cloud are incomplete and rely on a combination of...
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In an earlier article, we saw the might of China’s residential sector. An examination of the non-residential sector and infrastructure initiatives in China puts beyond doubt the support for metals from China alone. However, withdrawal of the effect of the stimulus combined with cautious investors expecting a correction... | __label__pos | 0.95134 |
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ:INTC) is a dominant semiconductor manufacturer, with a growing internet security presence thanks to its recent purchase of McAfee. With the upcoming launch of Windows 8, I anticipate there will be a PC upgrade cycle that would certainly boost demand for Intel's
The thesis of this article will ... | __label__pos | 0.930355 |
A Year in Yosemite: A Sense of the World
There were many reasons our family moved to Yosemite National Park three years ago. Prime among them was our daughter. She is a good student academically but she is also an ace fidgeter, a condition that does little to endear a child to a teacher. When we found Yosemite Park’s W... | __label__pos | 0.981506 |
Presentation on theme: "Oil Revenues and Fiscal Policy Philip Daniel and Rolando Ossowski Fiscal Affairs Department International Monetary Fund Petroleum Revenue Management Workshop."— Presentation transcript:
1Oil Revenues and Fiscal Policy Philip Daniel and Rolando Ossowski Fiscal Affairs Department International Mon... | __label__pos | 0.968272 |
Our farmhouse is over a hundred years old and consequently it has many funky charms such as several non-standard door sizes (tall people sustain more surprise head injuries in our house than anyone else) and windows installed at floor level upstairs. We love it. What’s less charming about a house this old is that it’s ... | __label__pos | 0.991125 |
International envoy Kofi Annan has arrived in Syria to boost efforts to settle the current Syria crisis. With the bloodletting continuing unabated, the international community should remember that Iran is deeply involved in the Syrian crisis. Iran is Assad’s biggest ally and financial backer, and Iran’s elite military ... | __label__pos | 0.960852 |
Walmart’s assertions are at odds with every national survey on employee satisfaction. In 2011, the Conference Board survey of U.S. households found that only 47 percent of Americans are satisfied with their jobs. Yet Walmart, which has among the lowest wages and worst benefits of any large
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By Heather Mackles, RN, BSN When the food you’re feeding your child is making them sick, what do you do? One mother, a member of The Leaky Boob Community group admin team, shares her family’s journey with food allergies and how it has changed them. A registered nurse, the author shares some points for families on poten... | __label__pos | 0.537337 |
At this time of year the desert is teeming with new life. (Unless, of course, you live in Chino Valley, Arizona. Then, Spring is a myth since it is still cold and windy! Yuck!)
But, if you live in other areas, it’s time to get spring critter smart. Many of those new lives may be cute and cuddly, let’s face it: They’re ... | __label__pos | 0.727761 |
What exactly is a modular home? What exactly is a modular home?
A modular home is one that is built indoors in a factory-like setting. The finished products are covered and transported to their new location where they are assembled by a builder. A modular home is
not a mobile home; it is simply a home that is built off... | __label__pos | 0.732473 |
The body of a desk jockey is similar to that of an athlete. That is the body adapts to anything that you do with it on a continuous basis. In this case, the body gets accustomed to sitting and this is not considered to be a good accomplishment. Pain may develop in the wrists and neck but the most popular issue for a de... | __label__pos | 0.956078 |
Ex-foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi echoed many TV anchors when he appealed to ‘qaumi viqar’, (national honour) as he disclosed why he had disagreed with the assertion by the US that the American killer Raymond Davis enjoyed blanket immunity as a diplomat.
This meant that the argument was not only legal. It had to... | __label__pos | 0.95391 |
Our view: Tax evaders benefit from spending plan
During this week, when millions of Americans are scrambling to finish their taxes, it’s hard to muster much sympathy for the Internal Revenue Service. But consider the agency’s plight: Virtually each year, Congress asks it to take on new duties and enforce a tax code tha... | __label__pos | 0.893195 |
The Spirit Level Delusionin 2010 I've been asked to speak at debates about income inequality. I wasn't interested in inequality when I read The Spirit Leveland I'm not particularly interested in it now. My view is that it could be a symptom of a problem but it cannot be a problem in itself. Material living standards, p... | __label__pos | 0.997941 |
Leadership and Student Learning: Examining the Cause and Effect of Privilege- and Learning-centric Assignment Practices within Florida Schools Working Paper No. 2015-07
Peter T. Goff and Gwendolyn S. Baxley
October 2015, 30 pp.
ABSTRACT: The strategies and norms used to assign students to teachers have garnered nationa... | __label__pos | 0.996437 |
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You may have heard the old mother’s tale that squirting breast milk in a baby’s eye can help unclog a blocked tear duct but does a bit of lactation fluid actually work? According to breastfeeding experts, it actually does! That’s because human breast milk is known to contain various antimicrobial compounds that can fig... | __label__pos | 0.999926 |
Federal Courts Struggle, Remain Open During Partial Shutdown< < Back to
The federal courts may be open during the government shutdown, but it’s far from “business as usual.” According to a Department of Justice memo (pdf), U.S. Attorneys across the country have been directed to “curtail or postpone” civil litigation “t... | __label__pos | 0.704682 |
This is going to be nothing short of a brilliant year for you Scorpios. There is nothing almost that can or will go wrong in this year.
Your energy will be optimum; you will have the push and the endeavor to surge ahead. Social life will be roaring, and you will be so focused on getting your career on fast track and mi... | __label__pos | 0.814572 |
HELP!!! I have been doing the FIRM for several years off an on. Now that I am close to 40 and just gained 4 pounds on top of the 15 I want to lose. I started working out with the FIRM again. Well, I can do #20 pounds for the squats and I am thinking in the past two weeks I have gained muscle! GRR! My pants and jeans ar... | __label__pos | 0.983624 |
Ensuring quality is a much needed move for the growing education industry in India, a new study suggests while linking it with funding.
The study, carried out by a non-profit research organisation RAND also said India should continue to develop and implement a student financial-aid system and gradually tie eligibility ... | __label__pos | 0.697518 |
Woolworths is believed to have approached the Laundy family about taking an interest in its growing hotel portfolio, possibly through a joint venture arrangement similar to Woolworths’ alliance with hotelier Bruce Mathieson’s ALH Group.
The Laundy Group owns about 47 hotels and has until the end of this month to decide... | __label__pos | 0.813658 |
Discrimination is something I hate with passion maybe because of what I've been through as an African. I hate discrimination and I speak against it whenever the topic comes up. I speak against discrimination because I consider all human beings equal. I have never heard of a human being with 3 hearts before. We all have... | __label__pos | 0.995436 |
“All the display pilots do this,” says MiG test pilot Pavel Vlasov. “You have to cut away the secondary data and concentrate on your immediate mission.” Vlasov and fellow test pilot Mikhail Belyaev approach their jets before each display, contorting their bodies to mimic the movements of the routine in a “walking sorti... | __label__pos | 0.993134 |
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Banco do Brasil signs zero deforestation pact for Amazon soy
Brazil's largest state-owned bank, Banco do Brasil, announced it has joined a zero deforestation pact for soy grown in the Amazon. The bank will now require farmers applying for credit to certify the origin of their soybeans.
The soy moratorium was estab... | __label__pos | 0.950392 |
For some time now the lines between biology and technology, reality and virtuality and humans and machines have been blurring. Now we’re seeing it happening in the mainstream marketplace.
Over time, gravity works on the body dragging it in directions that create posture problems. Often we don’t help the situation with ... | __label__pos | 0.995938 |
Lip Service
In “A Prayer for Malala” (11/5), the editors write, “The church has repeatedly promoted the full and equal dignity of women, and by extension girls, in a world where many societies are hostile to that notion.” I wish I could believe that statement, but I do not. I have one simple test for whether such a sta... | __label__pos | 0.940626 |
Each year, over US$1 trillion goes missing from the global economy through bribes, dishonest deals and tax evasion.
And corruption kills. Illegal tax evasion has been calculated to be responsible for 5.6 million children dying in developing countries from 2000-2015. That's 1000 children every single day.
Christians hav... | __label__pos | 0.970167 |
this is extremely dangerous - and can be deadly.
These phony medications are posing as "Frontline" and "Advantage" products. These brands are sold in many pet retail outlets and online stores.
Some of these counterfeit products substitute ingredients that can be deadly, especially for cats.
According to the EPA, the on... | __label__pos | 0.999043 |
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The concept of using roads as solar cells seems like a great idea until you start considering all of the damage that streets regularly have to handle. From freezing water to overloaded vehicles, the nation's highways take a lot of punishmen... | __label__pos | 0.80329 |
This is actually quite common, although your hormone levels are falling there is still a monthly cycle, not high enough to trigger a bleed but still high enough to give PMT-like symptoms.
One of the reasons for the periods being so heavy and painful is that it is taking so long for the build-up and when the period fina... | __label__pos | 0.99875 |
A recently revealed 2001 Chicago radio interview is very telling as to the intent and political philosophy of Barack Obama. The dissimulation of some in the Main Stream Media would have Americans focus on the semantics of “redistributive change” in this interview. They would also have us think that Obama’s detractors h... | __label__pos | 0.987407 |
Praise for
A Reasonable Response
No sincere question about God is out of bounds. Here, one of the world's foremost
apologists offers insightful answers to challenging inquiries sent to him-and models how
to help people get past their spiritual sticking points.
-Lee Strobel, author of
The Case for Christ and The Case fo... | __label__pos | 0.806169 |
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There are bridges in geography ... from Manhattan to Brooklyn There are bridges in music ... from B flat to C There are bridges in life ... bir... | __label__pos | 0.935865 |
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Let’s play Family Feud. Name something that you need to be able to do on your own in order to be a functioning adult. I’ll wait while you write a few things down. Here, I’ll even give you a little room
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Getting an exclusive appearance is a common dream of all females. For this, the young girls to mature women, all pay a special attention towards dressing, makeup styles and modern fashion trends. These fashion tools are definitely important to give you attention-grabbing appearance but none of them may provide you desi... | __label__pos | 0.915075 |
Space Savers Published 03/10/2015
Storage and order may not be sexy - but it is essential - unless you want to see your space eaten up by clutter, says Gabrielle Fagan
If all your possessions bring unadulterated pleasure, you are not only blessed but unusual. Most of us are apparently struggling with too much stuff, an... | __label__pos | 0.806673 |
The signs that we’re in another stock market bubble are there, experts say. Now, finance ministers and central bankers join in on sounding the alarm.
Just before Thursday’s largest stock market plunge in two months, with the Dow Jones ending nearly 265 points down, finance ministers and central bankers from the G20 gro... | __label__pos | 0.982795 |
Topic: saturated fats
It seems obvious: Swapping skim milk for 2% or whole milk is the healthy decision. After all,
skim milk contains the same nutrients as the full-fat stuff, but with less calories and less fat. But the diet dairy choice might not be as good for you as it was once thought. A number of nutritionists, ... | __label__pos | 0.953852 |
As a digital marketing strategist, one of your core responsibilities is to identify opportunities that will benefit a client’s online presence. While this often involves a thorough analysis of the client’s business and a deep understanding of the competitive landscape, a full SEO audit with a broad analysis on keywords... | __label__pos | 0.84672 |
Article Summary: The Truth Behind Vitargo
The post-workout or "anabolic/anti-catabolic"-window is without a doubt the most critical time frame for individuals wanting to transform their physique and, perhaps, for performance improvements.
The nutrients we consume during this time can have a tremendous affect on our phy... | __label__pos | 0.592998 |
The article by Kathleen Burge (“Studies in Charity,’’ Globe West, Jan. 19) highlighted a growing and important slice of civic life in United States philanthropy and how that sector is being democratized.
Whether high school or college students, our young citizens benefit by learning about the power they possess to addr... | __label__pos | 0.996396 |
This article
features Boulder City Council candidates’ answers to six questions taken from the Community Questionnaire, a unified questionnaire spearheaded by The Blue Line that involved the participation of numerous local organizations, including Boulder Weekly. The questionnaire, available at www.boulderweekly.com, i... | __label__pos | 0.960959 |
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Politics and corruption tend to go hand and hand. There has been corruption all the way back to the days of George Washington. Corruption is dishonest or fraudulent conduct by those in power, typically involving bribery. In this case, it involves political figures. ... | __label__pos | 0.904219 |
Current air traffic crisis precludes any forecast of full-year results
“Business at the Lufthansa Group up to September 11 was fully in line with our expectations. Our original forecast projecting an operating result of between 700 and 750 million euros in the business year in 2001 was realistic,” said Lufthansa Chairm... | __label__pos | 0.718291 |
Letter from the Chair
This has been an exciting winter for Political Science. We've hired another two faculty members: Katherine Levine, who joins us from the PhD program at Harvard, and Rosella Cappella, who joins us from the PhD program at the University of Pennsylvania. Katie is in the American politics field, focus... | __label__pos | 0.816585 |
If the web video industry wants to be taken more seriously, it needs to agree on some standards. For example, what is a "view"? Everyone defines this critical term differently.
For some, a "view" is recorded after a viewer watches just 3 seconds of video. Others are more conservative--taking the total number of bits tr... | __label__pos | 0.99754 |
You'll soon have access to a new nationally recognized test that can help you gauge entry-level applicants' job readiness. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is spearheading development of the Equipped for the Future Work Readiness Credential, which will become available next year.
The goal: Streamline your hiring process by... | __label__pos | 0.963608 |
Chicago-based United Airlines agreed to settle a disability discrimination suit stemming from practices at San Francisco International Airport. The case involved a United policy restricting overtime for workers who had been placed in light-duty assignments.
Samuel Chetcuti, who has epilepsy, worked as a storekeeper for... | __label__pos | 0.929168 |
Insulated Floor/Wall Junctions and Potential Weakness?
The provision of insulating mediums under or on top of floor slabs and to all slab edges reduces heat loss and improves the acoustic behaviour of the structure. But the question arises of whether edge insulation presence contributes towards conventional oversite me... | __label__pos | 0.9646 |
Family planning made it onto a list of urgent priorities at meetings in Iqaluit this week on how to reduce poverty in Nunavut.
Each year in Canada, about 11 babies are born for 1,000 people. In Nunavut, that rate is more than double.
It was elders who raised concerns about too many young people having babies.
"We're st... | __label__pos | 0.991515 |
A few weeks ago, on my way to the office, I was basically shoved off the sidewalk by a cranked-up throng of several hundred Occupy Wall Streeters.
They spent the rest of the day barging around downtown Washington, blocking traffic and desperately trying to attract the sort of coverage they'd commanded just a few months... | __label__pos | 0.987472 |
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President Obama is a pragmatist who has mostly resisted sweeping doctrinal reconceptualizations in foreign policy. But his response to the Libya crisis has caused many to see a new “Obama Doctrine” emerging with three main elements: humanitarian interests may justify U.S. military action; such military action sho... | __label__pos | 0.999975 |
Numbers Phobia? It’s Over.
Does numbers phobia have a serious impact on your life? It may not seem possible, but after more than a decade working with the most severe fears and phobias we know that – for anyone who is determined –
numbers phobia can always be overcome.
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ruptured adductors - possible inpingement on femoral nerve
10 months ago did splits while side stepping on moving treadmill during physical therapy. Have been unable to weight bear on L leg since that day so cannot walk. Severe pain from groin to knee only on inner thigh. Had 3 mri's, back, ms and left thigh, 2 epidura... | __label__pos | 0.696224 |
A former graduate student wrote me a note a few months ago to thank me for helping him drop out. What's wrong with that picture? Nothing, except that we don't see it often enough.
Not every graduate student will finish a dissertation. We know that truth to be self-evident. Nor
should every graduate student finish. Some... | __label__pos | 0.90848 |
The political transformation in Indonesia, followed by administrative decentralisation through the provision of regional autonomy, has had catastrophic consequences. The decentralisation of forest resource governance and management has engendered a parallel decentralisation of moral hazards such as opportunistic behavi... | __label__pos | 0.984168 |
A lot of attention is paid (here, as well as elsewhere) on the “Agile Manifesto“, and while it’s an important
component of the Agile way of thinking, it’s not the be-all, end-all statement that came out of the Snowbird conference around the turn of the century. Rather, there are twelve guiding principles in addition to... | __label__pos | 0.836866 |
When consumers go looking for new cars, they'll often say that they're looking for certain things. What kind of gas mileage does it get? What will it cost to maintain? What kind of safety features does it have? Again, that's what consumers will
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The calendar year is coming to a close, and the month of November is especially heartwarming for me. My birthday falls in November, as does National Philanthropy Day and, of course, the official day of “Thanksgiving.” I am grateful to be able to combine my personal and professional lives every day, living out my parent... | __label__pos | 0.966636 |
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