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How Oysters May Have Saved the Human Race National Archives and Records Administration
A hundred years ago, oysters and shellfish were a staple of a working person's diet in New York and on the east coast; they were cheap, plentiful and healthy. Maggie Koerth-Baker of BoingBoing writes that a couple of hundred thousand... | __label__pos | 0.99411 |
Current data storage techniques rely nearly solely on typical electronic techniques that have been used for years, but they are slightly limited if we wish our data to last for longer than 20 years in cold storage without being switched out. Microsoft is teaming up with Twist Bioscience to explore using DNA as a means ... | __label__pos | 0.963093 |
Dysphagia is a frequent complication after acute stroke. Published studies have shown that up to 50% of conscious acute stroke patients are found to have swallowing problems, less than half of whom have feeding precautions taken. (Smithard et al 1997)
As the importance of dysphagia management in reducing complications ... | __label__pos | 0.750203 |
Contrarian Capital Management is a value oriented hedge fund specializing in distressed debt. The firm currently has over $3 billion in AUM.
The flagship hedge Fund was up 0.31 percent in the second quarter of 2012 and declined 2.75 percent on S&P 500. The year to date gain is 9.36 percent. Since inception in 1986, the... | __label__pos | 0.848715 |
Leithner & Co. adheres strictly to the traditional “value” approach to investment pioneered by in the 1930s by Professor Benjamin Graham of the Columbia University Business School. Although it has been practiced with enormous success since then by his colleagues and students, including Warren Buffett, value investing i... | __label__pos | 0.936825 |
Our Living World is Dying
Stacey Worman, 2006-2007 Michael B. Keegan Traveling Fellow
Online Journal
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Date: September 4, 2006
To: Undisclosed recipients
Re: Under the Sea, with Scientific Spectacles
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Chew on this (appetizing facts):
Before I steppe... | __label__pos | 0.933582 |
April 16, 2009
Earth Day becomes Earth Week this year, with many events, activities
Earth Day is becoming Earth Week at the UW this year, with a host of events and activities at the UW Tacoma and on the Seattle campus. Mother Nature will be proud.
From work on its vegetable gardens to composting for home and office, in... | __label__pos | 0.806789 |
Napa Valley, one of the world's premier wine growing regions, has an uncommon problem these days: not enough new grapevine root stock is available to supply the massive replanting that's under way there.
A trifecta of developments has created the critical shortage:
Aging cabernet vines planted after a deadly phylloxera... | __label__pos | 0.999897 |
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Enterprise resource planning (ERP) hosting is cutting-edge integrated software used to gather, analyze and distribute data to those who need it. Businesses, for example, can reach vast new markets and develop quickly into industry leaders with ERP hosting information.... | __label__pos | 0.552323 |
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Class warfare is the struggle between classes in a society, often one based on capitalist principles. The term is often used by Marxists to differentiate the proletariat or working class and the bourgeois (upper class). There can actually be many other classes, as evi... | __label__pos | 0.557509 |
The Fourteenth WMO Congress (Cg-XIV), held in 2003, supported the conclusions of the Commission for Basic Systems (CBS-XIII) that the Table-driven Code Forms (TDCF) are the solution to satisfy the demands of rapidly evolving science and technology, in view of their self-description, flexibility and expandability.
Both ... | __label__pos | 0.975931 |
Some of us sit in front of our computers and at our desks for nine or more hours a day. This can lead to stress on the body and the mind. If you've done this for a number a years, chances are you might be experiencing some symptoms of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, or numbness and muscle weakness in the hands. However, to reg... | __label__pos | 0.979613 |
The Role of Science in Our Life
In every generation and in every century there always exist a number of people, who are afraid of everything that is related to possible changes. In various epochs they are called differently: luddites, anti-globalists, ecologists and so on; but their nature is always the same. They hate... | __label__pos | 0.996617 |
The tower will rise 358 meters over the Yangtze River, with a "tapering form" that "effectively unifies the office and residential uses within a gently curved volume and creates a unique presence on the city skyline."
The building's gentle curve helps maximize the continuity of the vertical form, blurring the boundarie... | __label__pos | 0.997046 |
Please complete the form below to download ZigBee Health Care.
ZigBee Health Care offers a global standard for interoperable products enabling secure and reliable monitoring and management of non-critical, low-acuity healthcare services targeted at chronic disease, aging independence and general health, wellness and fi... | __label__pos | 0.964891 |
Six years ago, give or take a couple of weeks, I was told that I only had a few days left to live.
I needed help to walk the ten or so steps between my hospital bed and the bathroom, my lungs were filling with fluid and plans were being put into place to get me onto a heart transplant list. My heart condition was diagn... | __label__pos | 0.90275 |
The true beauty of a garden is all in how you look at it, and a good designer knows to consider every angle.
A multitude of pleasing perspectives is just one of the reasons I like the garden at Brandon Woods. Another reason is closely related: Although the expansive, parklike setting is located along the street, its be... | __label__pos | 0.96025 |
Take $10 in single dollar bills and throw it away. That is what you are doing with coupons when you don’t even consider cutting them. Every household needs to try to save at least $50 or more on their grocery bill. The generalized view of cutting coupons is really tunnel vision; a person that has never done it, doesn’t... | __label__pos | 0.990328 |
Serendipity, this word has a profound meaning, at least for us three girls, now moms, oops correcting working moms. You must have read lots of trending self beliefs boosting articles of taking charge on one’s destiny and plan well in advance. So how do you take charge in a male dominated society where you have to move ... | __label__pos | 0.977202 |
Easy Pattern Drafting for Absolute Beginners by Cathy Hay
“Using your individual measurements, a pattern is drafted by scratch using the most exacting of standards. It's very clinical and scientific. Everything is measured with a ruler to the greatest degree of precision possible, much like an engineering drawing, usin... | __label__pos | 0.950923 |
Healthland has a post on the relationship between identity and health:
When is a label a badge of honor, and when is it a harmful stigma of sickness or deviance? This question is of critical importance to public health…
But what does any of this have to do with health care? One of the best ways to change health behavio... | __label__pos | 0.875836 |
Tomorrow we get the University of Michigan consumer sentiment reading for February and recent indicators, such as the ABC consumer comfort index, suggest that the consumer may be turning more UNeasy.
Last month, the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan final index of consumer sentiment decreased to 74.2 from 74.5 in ... | __label__pos | 0.986138 |
At speaking events, I frequently touch on the Butterfly Effect—a hypothetical premise that touches on chaos theory. The theory proposes that under favorable conditions, a tiny Monarch butterfly in Mexico could influence weather patterns half a world away.
Intriguing, you might well be thinking, but what does this have ... | __label__pos | 0.966328 |
In the series "A Modest Proposal," my colleagues and I will propose inventions and projects that I think are eminently doable and would love made real.
I had earlier suggested using games that are fun and popular to do useful work. The idea of such "game-sourcing" would be to make the most of human brainpower to attack... | __label__pos | 0.992352 |
The Next Big Thing Is Really Small: How nanotechnology will change the future of your business
What does nanotechnology have to do with your business? Plenty. If you don't believe it, go ahead and wait for the nanotech era to arrive. But don't be surprised when other forward-thinking companies get a head-start. Nanotec... | __label__pos | 0.998133 |
by Raymond Ibrahim
The debate around Muslim violence all too often centers around doctrine—around what the Koran and Hadith (words and deeds of Muhammad) really mean and say. Forgotten in this debate is that Islamic scriptures are unnecessary in determining whether Islam teaches violence and war against non-Muslims.
Hi... | __label__pos | 0.9241 |
In 1996 the European Space Agency lost their brand new Ariane 5 launcher on it’s first flight. Here’s a recently updated annotated version of that report. I’d also note that the software that faulted was written using Ada a ‘strongly typed’ language, which does point to a few small problems with the use of such languag... | __label__pos | 0.997819 |
Precious Metals Storm Back
Good day and welcome to March! This is one of my favorite months! Yesterday, there was a half-cent rally in the euro. With no profit taking overnight, the other currencies had a chance to move versus the dollar – especially the Icelandic Krona, which has moved back to the 64-cent handle and i... | __label__pos | 0.950553 |
The battle between Sanders and Clinton over the term “progressive” presented an opportunity to discuss some history. Now that Sanders is supporting the very person who misappropriated the term it is even more important to define what does progressive mean, if it is more than a euphemism for the vague term “liberal.” Th... | __label__pos | 0.916512 |
You may have heard some version of a cliché that, “We are our memories.”, but the more you think about it, the more it seems true.
What struck me the other day is the connection to happiness.
What happens when we can manipulate memories at the level of the brain? What happens, in other words, when we can create, insert... | __label__pos | 0.979567 |
As an advocator for Women’s rights, I’ve been keeping tabs on the Affordable Health Care Act and its effect on women’s health services; which includes, among other things, free birth control for insured women. As of yesterday, August 1, 2012, women will do longer have to dish out a co pay for numerous preventative serv... | __label__pos | 0.98578 |
Dear Cecil,
You were beloved by your people, a symbol of something precious, worth more than money could ever mean. And then, you were murdered, dying over two torturous, fearful, confusing, angry and disastrous days, starting with an arrow, ending with a bullet.
The man who paid a mere $50,000 for the pleasure (oh, ho... | __label__pos | 0.982557 |
Haiti’s Debt
International Herald Tribunereported that Doctors Without Borders (MSF), citing improved security, would be leaving the Port-au-Prince slum of Cité-Soleil.  John Carroll, a doctor living in Cité-Soleil, writes, however, that “structural violence is still at an all time high in Soleil.  The children are... | __label__pos | 0.825553 |
Comparing the performance of a large cap fund (Franklin India Blue Chip) and a mid and small-cap fund (Franklin India Prima) can be instructive in at least two ways.
It allows us to understand volatility and risk (associated with a investment duration) better It helps answer questions like, should I avoid large caps an... | __label__pos | 0.926281 |
In a highly informative article over at Slate, Chip Walter explains that the reason Homo sapiens outlasted other rival species from the genus Homo, like Neanderthals and those roguish hobbit people (seriously!), is that we have a prolonged childhood which allows us the time for rather frivolous but important developmen... | __label__pos | 0.980129 |
Zoning Changes Simplified, and the Moratorium
As promised, Councilmember Sabra Briere sent out an inquiry to her constituents in preparation for her vote on the proposed R4C/R2A moratorium. With it, she helpfully included a thumbnail summary of all the zoning decisions to be made in Ann Arbor’s near future, with a map ... | __label__pos | 0.855735 |
The 4th of July is coming which means you will be eating hamburgers and hot dogs off the grill sometime soon. Picnics and barbeques are wonderful ways to celebrate America’s birthday, but they are not the greatest for your losing weight after baby eating plan!
Here are a few things you can do to minimize your calories ... | __label__pos | 0.982617 |
Public Deliberation Overview
How can we create a vital and inclusive pluralistic democracy? Public Deliberation offers answers to this question by showing how democratic theory and democratic practice can be remade to face new challenges. Arguing against the skepticism about democracy that flourishes today on both ends... | __label__pos | 0.990927 |
Names, Social Security numbers, and medical diagnoses for more than 67,000 Massachusetts residents in the US were tossed into a public dump as is – no redacting, no shredding, no nothing – according to a press release put out by Attorney General Martha Coakley last week.
For the alleged mishandling and improper disposa... | __label__pos | 0.925447 |
At The Ottawa Mission, people of all ages and backgrounds take time out of their busy schedules to help people in need. Some are fortunate to work for companies and organizations that foster the spirit of giving back, and they come in as a group to volunteer. This month, there are a couple of prime examples of how thes... | __label__pos | 0.970753 |
Stoics are not unemotional!
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Why, they [the Stoics] maintain that one wise man is friendly to another even when he does
not know him. There is, in truth, nothing more lovable than virtue, and the man who has attained to that will possess our affection in whatever ... | __label__pos | 0.844232 |
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The Drive Up and Back
The drive up to the mountains and back was not as bad as it has been in the past. With gas prices so high some drivers appear to be slowing down. And in the summer heat we saw dozens of cars with their windows open to reduce gas consumption. I calculated we spent about $225 just getting there and ... | __label__pos | 0.988948 |
Ultimate Muscle Black Edition – Will it definitely help?
nyone will tell you that body building is not going to work without taking some form of supplement. If you are trying to achieve bigger and fuller muscles for your physique then great nutrition and exercise is a must, but alone – it’s not going to work.
The only ... | __label__pos | 0.873297 |
This has me wondering what steps can I take to ensure that outsiders know that my domain is in use, and not up for sale.
Probably using the domain, and not putting it up for sale would be a good start.
Not all domains are used for public websites. Is this a real problem, or is your domain likely to be confused for a pr... | __label__pos | 0.984042 |
Heard Any Good Games Recently?: Listening to the Sportscape
Sound and music play important roles in shaping our experiences of sports. Every sport has its own characteristic sounds and soundscape; some are very silent while others can be dangerously noisy. Barry Truax, in his engagement with R. Murray Schafer’s concept... | __label__pos | 0.995272 |
It can be very easy to slip into a negative pattern of looking at our children’s behavior and to spend our days barking out what needs to happen:
“Please put your shoes away!”
“How many times do I have to ask you to take your plate up to the counter when you are done eating?”
“Get ready now!”
“Brush your teeth!”
and th... | __label__pos | 0.781418 |
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One of the first rules that I learnt when I started as a research whisperer was that
grant applications are confidential documents. We should never talk about an application, other than with the applicants.
I’ve seen that rule applied with different levels of stringency at different times.
... | __label__pos | 0.956022 |
People look the same, but they think different, act different. Values have transformed. Yes, the place is booming with progress, but booming to the extent it makes an old fashioned me feel nauseated. Returning to my home town after only a few years, I find the world there has fast forwarded many many years.
Commerciali... | __label__pos | 0.998076 |
What did you find?This study confirmed that most of the organic wastewater contaminantscould be measured at low levels in many streams in susceptible areas(downstream from probable major sources). Although some (14) of the95 chemicals analyzed for have drinking water standards or other humanor ecological health criteri... | __label__pos | 0.999715 |
On the morning of October 14, one week into Occupy Philadelphia’s encampment beside City Hall, someone emptied the contents of a paint can on the building’s southwestern entrance. The unknown painter fled the scene, leaving behind a decidedly unsymbolic smear. Not of angry black or bloody red, but a smear of bland mint... | __label__pos | 0.988938 |
Forests are not only important for the 1.6 billion people who depend on them for their livelihoods, but for the world’s population at large. Forests play a critical role in the Earth’s life support system, including global carbon and hydrological cycles. To help communicate the value of forests to policy-makers and the... | __label__pos | 0.922824 |
The summer is approaching! That means it’s time to get those bikinis out and hit the beach. The only problem: you don’t have the body! Going to the gym every day is not everybody’s cup of tea. Therefore, burning off those extra calories in such a short time hanging is not going to be an easy task. You can use the follo... | __label__pos | 0.627583 |
Richard EBSTEIN
Nationality American , Israeli Year of selection 2010 Institution National University of Singapore Country Singapore Risk Socio-economic risks Type of support
AXA Projects
Granted amount
517 000 €
Duration
4 years
Risky Behaviour: Have you been encoded with the right genes?
Adam Smith meets Charles Darw... | __label__pos | 0.948229 |
This month, we’ll cover topics many of us struggle with: how to keep your resources booked up, busy, and billable, and how to get more out of your resources without adding headcount.
We’re declaring October to be the month of busy and billable! In this 5-part series, you can expect to discover actionable advice to help... | __label__pos | 0.942224 |
GM Filing Affects Industrial Sector, Local Economies Jun 03, 2009
A major part of bankrupt carmaker General Motors’ plans to fast track its reopening as a new, sleeker firm in 60 to 90 days, are a number of real estate-related decisions that could have an effect on commercial property industry, especially the industria... | __label__pos | 0.889314 |
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GM recently pulled its $12M advertising campaign from Facebook because it was not effective.
My question -- effective at what?
Let's give the multi-billion dollar company (GM, no... | __label__pos | 0.976788 |
Keywords: waste generation prediction, construction waste, probability distribution functions, recycling, solid waste management
A statistical approach to predict waste generation rates to support recycling programmes
Construction wastes constitute material with high potential for on-site reuse and off-site recycling; ... | __label__pos | 0.997905 |
The energy density of batteries is tremendously important as an enabler of new technologies. Meanwhile, the scramble to create ever more powerful batteries has even led some manufacturers to contemplate powering cell phones with energy-dense hydrocarbons like propane.
This is why the claims made for an extremely early-... | __label__pos | 0.997035 |
Financial Accounts: Segregated Accounts Financial Accounts: Segregated Accounts
Segregated accounts are accounts in which the customer’s funds are held separate from the funds of the broker or Financial Institution acting for them.
Where an investment manager [see IEIM401280] is appointed to provide direct investment m... | __label__pos | 0.990145 |
The Chronicle had a piece this week (behind the paywall) about a small college’s struggle to hire a President. It struck a chord. It’s about how difficult it actually is to get qualified and trustworthy people to step into leadership roles in academic administration.
It’s true. My own college has had similar issues wit... | __label__pos | 0.997966 |
With 2.3 million people in prison, the United States has the largest prison population in the world. An estimated 2.7 million American children have a parent in prison and the toll on families is immense. More than 80,000 people are currently incarcerated in New York State alone. After sentencing, prisoners are assigne... | __label__pos | 0.992054 |
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Do they? And are they a good choice?
If you take it easy, you should at least see temp gains.. I'm still waiting to see lasting results, mind you I've only tried it like 5 times so far. It's fun at least. Don't over do it
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A Brief History And Outlook Of Cannabis Extract Medicine Cannabis Extract Medicine Comes To Light
The news surrounding cannabis extract medicine, particularly the use of high-CBD oils for epileptic conditions in children, has been steadily increasing since the release of
Sanjay Gupta’s documentary on August 11th, 2013.... | __label__pos | 0.922544 |
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Mullen (2004,2005) conducted an impact assessment of two ACIAR funded economics research projects enquiring into domestic grain market reform in China. The benefit cost ratio to ACIAR was estimated to be in the range 5:1 to 33:1. The impact assessment was conducted when grain policy was viewed as being in a pe... | __label__pos | 0.997353 |
Matthew Butterick, author of Typography for Lawyers, gave a talk at TYPO Berlin last week on “Reversing the Tide of Declining Expectations.” The full video of his talk can be found on the TYPO Video Portal. The sketchnotes of his talk are here.
Of some interest to Jones McClure readers was this highlight:
Another topic... | __label__pos | 1.000008 |
Wheel Slipping and Stalling
Wheel slipping and stalling of freight trains is one of the major hurdles in running of trains during certain period of monsoon and dew during early hours of winter. Such happening are accepted as seasonal with steriotype repetition of age old instruction and action plan circulated every yea... | __label__pos | 0.756618 |
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... | __label__pos | 0.952336 |
Executive Summary
Today’s environmental concerns often involve invisible threats, such as the threat of global warming, the threat of ozone depletion, the threat of increasingly lower levels of air pollution, the threat of lowdose exposure to chemicals, and so on. Environmental problems today are often so subtle that t... | __label__pos | 0.949383 |
OmtaleAffirmative Action at a Crossroads: Fisher and Forward
The urgency of developing workable race-neutral admissions strategies that maximize the benefits of student diversity has increased. This practical guide offers: * concrete recommendations and strategies for the creation of a campus ecosystem that maximizes t... | __label__pos | 0.980049 |
Age-old ties
New Delhi, Aug. 31: The exclusively male Y chromosome in humans has remained intact over the past six million years, but damaging genetic mutations have struck the Y in chimpanzees, scientists will announce tomorrow.
It’s the price chimps have paid for having multiple sexual partners, and an advantage huma... | __label__pos | 0.965467 |
Moving a million people off benefits and into work is the bold aim of yesterday's welfare white paper. The immediate prospect, however, is of as many as a million people moving out of work and on to benefits - a reality overshadowing the proposed overhaul. Despite the prime minister's unfortunate slip in claiming to ha... | __label__pos | 0.976884 |
Mahipalpur is not a place you will find on many tourist guides to India. Once a village, now a cluster of cheap hotels, roadside restaurants and bus stops around a major road junction on the outskirts of Delhi, it is a place many pass by but few seek out.
The huge, new billion-dollar international airport terminal lies... | __label__pos | 0.991617 |
Ontario student groups welcomed as a first step provincial government plans to reform labour laws to give unpaid interns the same workplace safety protections as paid employees.
Unpaid interns, trainees and co-op students were not previously covered by Ontario’s cornerstone workplace safety laws.
The bill was introduce... | __label__pos | 0.973504 |
We've already perfected our signature prison wine, so it's time to move onto the main course: jail cuisine. It's acquired a reputation for being exceptionally nasty, but is that cred -- like White Power Bill's -- actually earned?
As it turns out, prison food
is pretty gross. But there's plenty of interesting backstory ... | __label__pos | 0.99821 |
Mr. Millard,
What an interesting question. This is an important variable that should be answered to a buyer's satisfaction BEFORE they make a purchase decision. How do you discover the answer?
First, your question covers quite a large geographic area, with many communities, and differing socio-economic data.. Start out... | __label__pos | 0.993119 |
We often talk about cultivating organic soil that is rich in microbial action, and full of organisms. Soil in your garden combines naturally occurring minerals with the various organic and mineral amendments you add. As the organic matter breaks down, it feeds layer after layer of soil biology — moulds, fungi, arthropo... | __label__pos | 0.995311 |
Wittgenstein argued that our entire conceptual framework, the very way we think, is defined by the form of life to which we belong. Words, and their content, take meaning from that. Many forms of life may have 'family resemblances' (points of similarity) but can often result in 'language games', or, conflicts in unders... | __label__pos | 0.841862 |
Building learning communities in schools requires leadership and demands time. The clinical observation process takes significant time to complete with integrity. From pre-observation conference to classroom observation, we recognize good instruction. It is our recommendations to the teacher however that allow us schoo... | __label__pos | 1.000009 |
``Do you have any dog bones?`` often was asked in the market where I learned my trade. My dad had a standard response, ``No, ma`am, but I think I might be able to find some bones for your dog.``
We used to give bones away in those days, and many, I`ll bet, went to make soup stock. You could feed a family for next to no... | __label__pos | 0.80537 |
reflection on packing:
Even though I tried to do all of this research and preparation, I feel like I didn't pack as well as I should. For the most part, I feel like my clothes are more casual than what is expected here. Everyone dresses in matching clothes and is always very well kept and looking nice, even if it is to... | __label__pos | 0.87786 |
Beauty retailers that are uneasy about the increasing frequency of unsolved hacker cases can take heart: With a bit of planning, it is possible to significantly reduce vulnerability to a computer break-in via the Internet.
So far, it’s been computer breaches at giant corporations, such as VISA, MasterCard and PayPal—pe... | __label__pos | 0.995366 |
Texas Department of Transportation
With a particularly cold winter nearing an end, millions of Americans are gearing up for the annual de-hibernation ritual known as spring cleaning. This year, Heart of Texas Goodwill is encouraging people to think of the spring-cleaning season as both a time to offer a fresh start to ... | __label__pos | 0.989408 |
U.S. companies are sitting on $2 trillion in cash, and the Obama Administration has just made telecommunications a less attractive place to invest. To health care and financial services, add one more industry that the federal government has drawn into that huge gray cloud called "economic uncertainty."They took this ar... | __label__pos | 0.998884 |
I looked out at the freshly filled bird feeders this morning and there was a male cowbird, all shiny black body and chocolate-brown head. The male cowbirds return first in spring and the females follow a week or so later. Once everyone is back, they begin their traditional business of courting and making whoopee. The m... | __label__pos | 0.988442 |
I hate mail-in rebates.
I very seldom buy something based on the possibility I might get a rebate after I’ve left the store. If I find a great deal on a rebate, I keep shopping until I find a similar price — either at retail or online — that doesn’t use the gimmick, and I usually find it.
Essentially, they’re a scam, a... | __label__pos | 0.920578 |
When we first wrote this blog, we called these new products. But CDPHP said that they’re enhancements to existing products. And it wanted to point out that its three-tier drug plan didn’t have a cap, and that its transitional plan had only copayments, not deductibles, for more frequently used services. So here’s the ru... | __label__pos | 0.969251 |
I’m Now on Ritalin – Is This What “Normal” Feels Like or Am I on My Way to Mania?
Through this wild and crazy adventure with Bipolar I have learned one thing: I am a bum. I’m lazy, I procrastinate, I have no focus, energy, or determination.
When a hypo-manic or manic episode takes control though, I am incredibly creati... | __label__pos | 0.977705 |
With so industries in decline, taking the time off to learn more about what kind of work you’ll eventually find fulfilling, can help you get back on the right career path. WSJ’s Alexandra Levit writes about how self-assessments can help you reexamine your priorities and pave the way to a career change.
Here, Ms. Levit ... | __label__pos | 0.878236 |
Thanks again, Larry, for your thoughts. I'll give you one of many coming recommendations for this post.But let's also get a bit philosophical. Basically you – and all other analysts – are projecting the past and the present into the future. We all do that. We HAVE to. Otherwise we can't exist, much less invest.Fundamen... | __label__pos | 0.999396 |
If creating great software takes very little capital,
copying great software takes even less. This means dissent can be resolved in an interesting way that is impossible in the world of atoms. Under appropriately liberal intellectual property regimes, individuals can simply take a copy of the software and continue deve... | __label__pos | 0.973385 |
Money Saving Monday: Get the Most for your Money at Wal-Mart with Price Matching
It’s Monday and we have been sharing tips each week to save money for 2013. Money Saving Monday should help motivate each other for the 52 Week Money Saving Challenge
One way to save some money is to price match at Walmart. I get a lot of ... | __label__pos | 0.818842 |
Evaluation of Tamil Nadu Afforestation Project- II Duration: 2014-15 Funding Agency: Evaluation and Applied Research Department, Government of Tamil Nadu
The objective of the project was the terminal evaluation of Tamil Nadu Afforestation Project (TAP-II) implemented by Tamil Nadu Forest Department. The study assessed ... | __label__pos | 0.986364 |
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFF &CC), Government of India has asked for comments on the draft Wetland (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2016 (http://envfor.nic.in/sites/default/files/GSR%20385%20(E).PDF), by June 6, 2016 which is an amendment to the existing Rules of 2010.
The draft ru... | __label__pos | 0.980107 |
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OPINION: is green growth just a fad? A review of the Green Growth Leaders report
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The news these days is full of stories detailing the lack of snow, the wild and windy weather. The doomsayers blame it on 'global warming' which is looking more and more likely to be at least part of the cause. Certainly my friends in arctic Canada tell me the weather is no longer what it used to be when they were youn... | __label__pos | 0.998079 |
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