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Maintenance put to the test TÜV SÜD is testing the maintenance measures at Vattenfall's "Schwarze Pumpe" power station, facilitating future budgeting for further sites
(Dezember 2010)
As modern power stations grow larger in size, the associated maintenance processes also increase in complexity and volume. Vattenfall Eu... | __label__pos | 0.992344 |
Mr. President of the General Assembly
Delegates:
I come from the city of La Paz to add Bolivia's voice to the universal support received by the United Nations Organization with the Nobel Peace Prize.
This award expresses more than all the speeches could manage to do the way in which the world appreciates the Organizati... | __label__pos | 0.903723 |
Days after the controversial Burger King Worldwide Inc (NYSE:BKW) tax deal was announced, the chief executive of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organizations warns that 2015 could be the year that the U.S. economy is defined by increasing capital flight.
America’s developing capital flight st... | __label__pos | 0.745139 |
SUNSHINE LIGHT EXERCISE MEDICATION: S.L.E.M. CHANCE OF GETTING RID OF SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS YOU'REtired, moody, irritable. Not getting enough sleep these days. Seemingly, in a permanent slump. Feeling … depressed. You may have a case of Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) aka the wintertime blues.“We are in the midst of t... | __label__pos | 0.792851 |
Billingsley’s Bullets: Cocktail hour for the like-minded
Cocktail hours are pretty popular these days. Bars and restaurants offer drinks for a lower price during the cocktail hours only.
If I owned a saloon, I would invite like-minded people for a specific hour. Most people would rather drink with people they like, and... | __label__pos | 0.935106 |
African officials have started a business and good governance forum in Nigeria, ahead of a weeklong African Union summit. Topics include investment, food security and poverty eradication.
Country representatives converged in Abuja Thursday to participate in a meeting of the Africa-wide good governance group called the ... | __label__pos | 0.870796 |
The Washington, Baltimore & Annapolis Trail (WB&A) in Prince George’s and Anne Arundel Counties promises to be everything that a first class rail trail can be. Following the path of an abandoned commuter rail line of the same name, the WB&A cuts a remarkably linear route through woods and suburban neighborhoods from Gl... | __label__pos | 0.996515 |
In the first issue of the fourth volume of the Whitman Science Magazine, we welcome several new writers who bring their unique perspectives on topics ranging from the environment to health to technology. The cover photo of a snapshot of nature, provides an opening for the environmental topics that you will find in this... | __label__pos | 0.999868 |
O'Bannon vs. NCAA: Trial adds up worth of amateurs In this April 3, 1995, file photo, UCLA's Ed O'Bannon celebrates after his team won the NCAA championship game against Arkansas in Seattle. Five years after the former UCLA star filed his antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA, it goes to trial Monday, June 9, 2014, in a C... | __label__pos | 0.871199 |
For various reasons I have gotten pretty involved in the literature on endogenous preference change. My first push came from reading Rawls. As I see it, the key difference between Rawlsian contractarianism and Buchanan/Gauthier rational choice contractarianism is not just that Rawls posits a sense of justice, a capacit... | __label__pos | 0.902814 |
New Year’s health resolutions don’t need to be overwhelming, here are 50 small steps towards a healthier 2016. Choose to be happy, rather than right. Don’t talk about your body like it is a war zone. Your words create your reality. Make peace with food. Live for questions, not answers. Try using a wakeup light instead ... | __label__pos | 0.86808 |
Man sells canned fresh air in China. Welcome to yuppie capitalism, comrades
By Tim Stanley World Last updated: January 29th, 2013
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This is a story that shows how deliriously capitalist China has become (for good and bad). Rapid industrialisation has covered northern China in a dense pea soup of toxic chemicals. I... | __label__pos | 0.974571 |
Recently, I decided it was time to refresh the creative on one of my e-commerce accounts. This account, specifically, was a bit of a niche market, but it had a decent chunk of competitors. Its industry has been around for a number of years.
I did a quick search on our largest volume queries, just to see what the compet... | __label__pos | 0.995719 |
These days, everyone has probably been laid off at least once. In fact, being between jobs is almost a normal state of affairs. If you’re in that boat, and since misery loves company, why not find a group of them and pool your resources? Forming a job club will help your own career development in a number of ways.
By o... | __label__pos | 0.922731 |
“I like my money right where I can see it: hanging in my closet.”
-Carrie Bradshaw
Post Trump parading around Cleveland, we’re all well aware of what it looks like to be big time. And I mean big time.
Big Daddy Rich. Money oozing out of their flow. Really expensive shoes and suits. These people are so rich, they don’t ... | __label__pos | 0.9373 |
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
By James Zilenziger
Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius speaks in Seattle on Feb. 9, 2011. (AP Photo)
(CNSNews.com) – Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told CNSNews.com on Wednesday that the administration’s new $500 million early learning initiative is desi... | __label__pos | 0.61858 |
Workers laid off Friday from Republic Windows and Doors, who for years assembled vinyl windows and sliding doors here, said they would not leave, even after company officials announced that the factory was closing.
Some of the plant’s 250 workers stayed all night, all weekend, in what they were calling an occupation of... | __label__pos | 0.685133 |
There is this little make believe company that I am struggling with. Bling-Bling Inc. is a struggling jewelry outlet that provides modestly priced gold, silver and gemstone jewelry via kiosks placed in large malls. Since their products are made with lower quality and less expensive stones and lower levels of key ingred... | __label__pos | 0.745464 |
The Heat of the Moment in Treatment: Mindful Management of Difficult Clients
Abblett, M. (2013).
The Heat of the Moment in Treatment: Mindful Management of Difficult Clients. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company.
How to warm up to the clients that stop you cold.
Have you experienced the anger, fear, doubt, and frustrat... | __label__pos | 0.913156 |
Russia’s annexation of Crimea in early March 2014 and subsequent confrontational policies in the Middle East and parts of Europe have spawned myriad debates assessing Vladimir Putin’s ambitions and their implications for global security. Many of these discussions conclude that Russia seeks little more than a revival of... | __label__pos | 0.996758 |
While I am absolutely elated and ecstatic about the SCOTUS ruling for both healthcare and marriage equality — for I never thought in my lifetime I would see marriage equality in the United States — I am also reflecting on how complicated the institution of marriage is, with its deep roots of misogyny and racism. I am a... | __label__pos | 0.98439 |
Are you the DIY type? Like to learn at your own pace, in your own place? Our interactive online training is just a click away. You’ll cover the same material as in an instructor-led class—and learn knowledge and skills you can put right to work.
Got Skills? Get Schooled in Privacy—Whenever, Wherever
There’s a real need... | __label__pos | 0.991481 |
English français Software verification and graph similarity for automated evaluation of students' assignments
Context: The number of students enrolled in universities at standard and on-line programming courses is rapidly increasing. This calls for automated evaluation of students assignments. Objective: We aim to deve... | __label__pos | 0.98979 |
On Thursday news broke that former House Administration Committee Chairman Dan Lungren (R. Calif.) – who lost his seat on November 6 – made an agreement in secret to increase by $500,000 the government’s budget to handle the defense of a 1996 federal law, which defines marriage as between a man and a woman.
The
Roll Ca... | __label__pos | 0.954671 |
Dr Melissa Gladstone, Clinical Lecturer in Child Health, has been awarded the David Harvey Memorial Prize by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health.
She won the award for ‘best abstract on research on child health in a developing country setting’. The research looks at outcomes of babies born prematurely in ... | __label__pos | 0.989119 |
Catholic ministers in India recently formed a group to offer pastoral care for transgender people, reported
ucanews.com, and they are already making an impact by helping to found a new school for trans students.
Clergy, religious, and lay people in the Indian state of Kerala have joined together to establish “one of th... | __label__pos | 0.902161 |
This guest post was written by Sean Sullivan, an active Oakland resident who lives in the Clawson/Dogtown neighborhood where he is co-chair of his NCPC and represents the 3rd district on the Community Action Partnership and Community Development Block Grant board. Sean was a director at Covenant House for over a decade... | __label__pos | 0.992795 |
Posted:January 28, 2012 | |
Equality. Everywhere.
Because my baby deserves it too.
Posted:October 25, 2011 | |
This report was released today:
“All Children Matter: How Legal and Social Inequalities Hurt LGBT Families”
“All Children Matter” was released by the Center for American Progress, the Family Equality Council, ... | __label__pos | 0.76434 |
Posted:January 20, 2012
“Amelia” over at the
HuffPost‘s Gay Voices page recently published an “Open Letter to Parents.” Though it is addressed to parents in particular, it offers useful and applicable insights to any person who interacts with humankind.
She writes:
Your child might be gay.
I’m not talking about your ne... | __label__pos | 0.996578 |
Hydropower Maintenance
Hydropower systems are capital intensive assets that can produce a significant income for many decades provided they are operated efficiently and maintained to a high standard. Conversely a hydropower system that is operated sub-optimally can suffer a significant reduction in energy production, a... | __label__pos | 0.817541 |
The project is based on well established methods , co-operations and results in the on-going project Energy Efficient Emissions Reduction where Volvo Technology and Volvo Cars Corp are partners. In the new project will the co-operation between the companies be more pronounced and the exchange with the universities more... | __label__pos | 0.998944 |
Evoking Movement Intentionality in Children with ASD
This project aims at harnessing and enhancing intentionality in the natural movements of children with ASD using a child-machine interface that in closed loop with external media co-adapts the statistics of the real time hand movements and the statistics of the media... | __label__pos | 0.980616 |
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I keep hearing this chant, variously phrased: “The Ten Commandments are the foundation of Western morality and the American Constitution and government.” In saying this, people are essentially crediting Moses with the invention of ethics, democracy and civil rights, a claim that is of course absurd. But its absurdit... | __label__pos | 0.981903 |
Verifying Performance for Autonomous Robot Missions with Uncertainty Date2012 Author
Lyons, Damian M.
Arkin, Ronald C.
Liu, Tsung-Ming
Jiang, Shu
Nirmal, Paramesh
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Establishing performance guarantees for robot missions is especially important for C-WMD applications. Software verifi... | __label__pos | 0.987553 |
The news this week that Ford is back in the black, and how they did so without becoming a ward of the US taxpayer, is impressive. Coincidentally, I took a look at two of the company’s latest cars to see what they are doing with installing technology there, and came away with mixed feelings. Yes, they are moving in the ... | __label__pos | 0.986021 |
In this chapter, I want to address a special type of programming that is universal with the Illuminati. It is programming that is linked to a story, movie, cartoon, or role play dramatization.
For countless centuries, Illuminati trainers and leaders have used role playing to reinforce as well as program children, and i... | __label__pos | 0.923562 |
Second language students are understandably nervous entering the writing classroom for the first time. Most have worked very hard to test in to CO150, completing Intensive English Programs (IEP) and one, two, or even three semester long Writing Center tutorials. And unlike typical CO150 students, ESL students are often... | __label__pos | 0.890871 |
The world of spirits is wide and vast.
When you’re trying to plan your bar’s roadmap through stocking the right liquor, it can be tough to navigate. Where exactly do you start? Where’s the safe beaten path, exactly? And how far can you stray from it?
We’re here to show you where our users went in their liquor checklist... | __label__pos | 0.98677 |
Emphasizing the connection between language and literacy, the fourth edition of
Teaching Students with Language and Communication Disabilities explores language development and language disorders within the context of specific disabilities.
Organized in a three-part format, the text examines language development and di... | __label__pos | 0.997239 |
Digital agencies and consultants have long been “fighting the good fight” trying to convince their big, traditional brand clients to shift more dollars to digital. But while some industries and companies have moved aggressively into digital, others still have not, as evidenced by their paltry allocation of budget to an... | __label__pos | 0.996505 |
Google.org is spreading some end-of-the-year cheer to about four dozen nonprofits with $40 million in grants, including recipients that are fighting to eradicate slavery.
Many of the grant recipients are typical tech world targets, such as groups that encourage students to study math, science, technology and engineerin... | __label__pos | 0.80934 |
There is no questioning how effective visual content is online and a photograph really can be a high value part of your site, but only if its presented properly and used in the right way. Most websites do not use online photography effectively and their images actually do more harm than done. Quality photography on you... | __label__pos | 0.844932 |
The Asian Trading session is The Best Time of Day to Trade Forex, as explained in the DailyFX Traits of Successful Traders series. This article will walk through the nuances and traits of this trading period, while providing ideas and strategies for traders use when ‘Trading Tokyo.’
Some traders from the United States ... | __label__pos | 0.930675 |
Fuzzy Math
Those who were in America when George W. Bush described Al Gore's economic figures as "fuzzy math," will remember how whilst he kept repeating the phrase, he never once discussed Gore's economic reasoning; a rather disconcerting situation, especially when framed in the context of his claim that as President,... | __label__pos | 0.99601 |
Minnesota working papers / University of Minnesota, Center for Economic Research, Department of Economics 318
Abstract:
We study a theoretical general equilibrium environment in which the only activity of interest is armed robbery. Agents choose whether to be citizens or robbers, and whether to purchase handguns. Armed... | __label__pos | 0.943688 |
Keywords: actor innovation systems, positive deviance, poverty reduction, R&, D, social inclusion, research and development, rural technology, agricultural technology, technological innovation, institutional innovation, rural poverty, social inclusion, pro-poor innovation
Building on the positive: an actor innovation s... | __label__pos | 0.99998 |
• arcleinSuch fusion eventually could produce reliable electricity from seawater, the most plentiful material on earth, rather than from the raw materials used by other methods: uranium, coal, oil, gas, sun or wind. In the simulations, the output demonstrated was 100 times that of a 60 million amperes (MA) input curren... | __label__pos | 0.99971 |
Submission Number:
00128
Commenter:
State:
Initiative Name:
Proposed Consent Agreement In the Matter of Phusion Projects, LLC, Jaisen Freeman, Christopher Hunter, and Jeffrey Wright, FTC File No. 112 3084
We respectfully request that FTC withdraw this agreement based on lack of science, as well as lack of support from ... | __label__pos | 0.948276 |
It is the ugly truth – the majority of pets that I see in my office are overweight. Some are so obese they can’t do much more than waddle, pant and lay still. These are the pets who are being slowly killed with kindness. Pet owners who can’t resist the big brown eyed sales pitch for another bite of table food or anothe... | __label__pos | 0.905442 |
Top10Doctor insights on:Congesive Heart Failure 2doctors agreed: 2doctors agreed: Chest pain:Angina is typically described as chest discomfort or shortness of breath brought on by exertion and relieved by rest
heart failure is usually associated with fatigue and shortness of breath both with exercise and sometimes with... | __label__pos | 0.966602 |
This oil spill boom is an impervious (non-absorbent) floating, fence-like boom used to contain oil spills on the water’s surface. Our fence booms are lightweight, compact and ideal for emergency response to contain spills in calm or sheltered waters, such as harbours, rivers and ponds.
This type of oil spill boom is ea... | __label__pos | 0.988337 |
How to avoid conflict with your roommates
You know the feeling, someone's only gone and taken the last of your milk or pinched your cheese, and you really, really want to find out who it was. Or worse, someone's woken you up at 4am the night before a big exam, or drunkenly put rotting chicken in your kettle (erm... per... | __label__pos | 0.952811 |
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Action verbs in your resume and cover letters increase the strength of your writing and make you sound dynamic to employers.
Luckily, there is no lack of sources for lists of action verbs; you can find them all over the Web (including Quintessential Careers’ Job-Seeker Action Verbs) and in nearly every resume a... | __label__pos | 0.931065 |
Public Scholarship "Common Sense" by Michael Napolitano
Considering all the hardships this country is facing, one of America's greatest founding fathers is becoming progressively more notable. As the government is shifting gradually towards liberalism, Tom Paine is now one of the more important ancestral figures. Paine... | __label__pos | 0.997568 |
From
Fourth International, July 1946, Vol.7 No.7, pp.198-199. Transcribed, edited & formatted by Ted Crawford & David Walters in 2008 for ETOL.
Japan today furnishes the most striking example of the process of radicalization which is taking place among the working class all over the world. No sooner had the last shot b... | __label__pos | 0.921077 |
'Viagra for women' being trialled Reaching orgasm remains elusive for nearly 30 per cent of women, but a new ad hoc treatment currently under trial, may drastically reduce that number.
One of the most common female sexual complaints, anorgasmia may be either life-long problem or acquired. Despite up to one-third of wom... | __label__pos | 0.839557 |
Independent advice is set to become the preserve of the wealthy and will be offered by significantly fewer advisers in the next five years.
That is the damning conclusion of internal EY analysis obtained by
Money Marketing, which has forecast how the frenetic pace of mergers, acquisitions and consolidations will change... | __label__pos | 0.898549 |
Injuries don’t have to set you back. All it takes is some home-remedy know-how and a few specific training tools to come back stronger, faster, and smarter. Click on the links below to learn how.
Keep Your Edge: How professional skier and Olympic gold medalist Ted Ligety recovered from a debilitating knee injury.
New C... | __label__pos | 0.999907 |
More than a dozen U.S. based tech firms filed legal briefs in support of Apple’s case against the U.S. Government over device security. Apple has been resisting demands from the Federal Bureau of Investigation to unlock the iPhone of San Bernardino shooter Syed Farook. The amicus brief received by U.S. District Judge S... | __label__pos | 0.984106 |
This book brings together Patricia F. Carini's concept of the developing child as a "maker of works" and M.M. Bakhtin's theory of language as "hero" to re-examine how we have defined and researched early written language development. Through a collection of five essays and a documentary account of one young writer, Him... | __label__pos | 0.994854 |
Compare reviews on navigation systems by reading articles on sites such as ConsumerReports.org or PCMag.com, because these often take user reviews into account. It is also possible to use the comparison tools from online retailers such as Amzon.com or BestBuy.com to see a summary of specifications and reviews for diffe... | __label__pos | 0.992018 |
The group’s migration of its beauty and grooming headquarters to Singapore come September 1 this year will play a part in boosting employment and highlighting Singapore’s position as Asia’s leading consumer business hub.
According to Euromonitor International, the Asia Pacific region accounts for nearly half the world’... | __label__pos | 0.854706 |
Are your SDI OW students requesting a referral to someplace “special” to complete their training? As a professional, you want to make sure your customers get the same kind of outstanding treatment that you give them.
Professional Level eNewsletter
SDI TDI ERDI has recently named Jürgen Hitzler as regional manager for S... | __label__pos | 0.91104 |
Is communication technology bad for religion, or does it simply change the way we worship? This question has been growing on the minds of parishioners and worshippers of diverse faith groups, who find it increasingly difficult to extricate new technological advances from their religious life. The answer seems to be a p... | __label__pos | 0.997751 |
Here are some handy smartphone apps to help make your everyday life — and not just Earth Day — a little bit greener.
Four Seasons: This is an Earth Day-themed children’s book that features environmentally friendly interactions on every page. Those actions include helping trees grow, cleaning up litter or picking fruit ... | __label__pos | 0.975097 |
PARIS—U.S. and coalition forces are battling Islamic State militants in the skies and on the ground across Iraq and Syria, and increasingly targeting it through the airwaves.
In Paris this week, Defence Secretary Ash Carter made clear the coalition must get better at projecting its own messages and touting its successe... | __label__pos | 0.995915 |
Employability
Chemistry provides support and mentoring for research students through discipline specific and advanced research training. Transferable skills and employability are developed further through bespoke courses and events offered through the Science Faculty Graduate School. Full details of all these training ... | __label__pos | 0.982013 |
This essay has been submitted by a student. This is not an example of the work written by our professional essay writers.
Knowledge is a collection of facts about the world and procedures for how to solve problems. Facts are statements like 'The earth is tilted on it's axis by 23.45 degrees' and procedures are step by ... | __label__pos | 0.956884 |
History Our Work Partnership for Growth Country Development Cooperation Strategy Transforming Lives Foreign Assistance Data Newsroom Evaluations Dollars to Results Careers Partnership Opportunities Democracy, Human Rights and Governance
USAID assistance is helping to combat corruption, promote the rule of law, strength... | __label__pos | 0.875386 |
I have learned some things about the causes of global warming. There are many things that cause the world to become warmer. ~R
Student or Learner
Watching the movie, I have learnt some thing related to the causes and effects of the global warming. There are many things that cause the world warmer and warmer. First is t... | __label__pos | 0.84516 |
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Target audience Women who are currently on maternity leave and preparing to return to work Women who have returned to work within the last si... | __label__pos | 0.919665 |
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Many of us don’t even know that our human mouth comprises of numerous bacteria. Basically our mouth endures favourable conditions that boost up the bacteria production. But these bacteria form a coating on the teeth which we know by the name of “Dental P... | __label__pos | 0.873088 |
A Pedagogy of Place: Outdoor Education for a Changing World
ISBN :9780980651249
Publisher :Monash University Publishing
Author(s) :Brian Wattchow
Publication Date :1 Jan 2011
OverviewA pedagogy of place refers to an alternative vision for outdoor education practice. This timely book, A Pedagogy of Place, calls into que... | __label__pos | 0.974094 |
A system of diagnostics and condition monitoring of the building structures is designed for identifying the objects with strained bearing structures or heel arising from external loads, temperature fields, and other factors.
Using the methods and means of strain gauging on structure elements, the research allows to det... | __label__pos | 0.966358 |
Don’t we just love family meals together? It’s the perfect time and place to reconnect and to show my girls that they are our priority. Sitting across the table is where and when I find out more about my children’s likes, dislikes, and daily life. Now that they are adults, it is the place where I discover their career ... | __label__pos | 0.915086 |
First, for a snapshot of the kind of compensation agreements that are out there, I got a copy of the "Trends in Agency Compensation" report, a survey conducted periodically for the Association of National Advertisers by Jones-Lundin Associates, Chicago. This survey, (with data from '97), included responses from half of... | __label__pos | 0.975451 |
by Gregory McNamee
Some random spottings this week from the animal world: The waters of the Antarctic are not hospitable to a wide range of life forms; they’re cold, turbulent, and very deep.And did we mention that they’re cold? Yes, they are, but they’re warming, along with the rest of the world, so much so that three... | __label__pos | 0.95252 |
A study shows a link between contact
allergies and a lower risk of cancer.
Scientists in Denmark have studied environmental allergens that cause contact allergies in adults, including nickel and other chemicals, and the study’s lead author Kaare Engkilde of the National Allergy Research Center at Copenhagen University ... | __label__pos | 0.951455 |
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In early December, Ju Hyun-u, a student at South Korea’s elite Korea Universi... | __label__pos | 0.969525 |
"Anytime you're responsible for something that weighs 30,000 or 40,000 tons," Capt. Michael Owens said as he cracked a smile, "you've got to be a little careful."
Moments later, Owens, necktie only slightly askew, jumped from a small boat just outside Los Angeles Harbor and onto a rope ladder dangling from the side of ... | __label__pos | 0.649918 |
ASTHO’s “Have You Shared” initiative systematically collects and disseminates stories that highlight promising and useful practices and implementation strategies developed by state and territorial health agencies. ASTHO created the Have You Shared campaign to solicit state stories and is working with our members to cap... | __label__pos | 0.552168 |
Kate Stone loves science. Her lifelong dream has always been to make awesome scientific research accessible to a general audience. However, most scientific research cannot be accessed by people who are not affiliated with a university or research institution. And yet voters, lawmakers, and global leaders need and want ... | __label__pos | 0.972108 |
Papaya is rich in components like Vitamin C, vitamin A. fiber. folate, minerals like magnesium, potassium, copper and an exceptional component papain which by and large not only battle a few wellbeing issues but rather additionally support the resistance framework in a man or lady. So wellbeing and nourishment speciali... | __label__pos | 0.981598 |
This week I invite John Palmer back to talk about brewing high gravity “big” beers. John shares some of his tips on getting the most from your high gravity mash, scaling recipes up to higher gravities, balancing your big beer and fermentation and aging.
Download the MP3 File – Right Click and “Save As” to download this... | __label__pos | 0.990142 |
"Pain" & disclosing tablets
OK, so yesterday I had my first proper session for a year. With anticipation I rolled out my mat outside feeling all warm and fuzzy, because whenever I put my mat out it feels like I'm creating a special space just for me, to work in. Kind of like that feeling that a long-suffering grandad g... | __label__pos | 0.957496 |
White Board Support on Computers
While students work on online practice problems, they use white boards to support their practice and show their work. When using white boards, students are very excited and engaged, being able to erase all or part of their work quickly to determine the right answer for their problem. Th... | __label__pos | 0.998169 |
Disclaimer: I received a sample of this product at a heavily discounted price from NEOSAN in order to facilitate my review. All thoughts and opinions are my own. I definitely don’t live at the beach, but I do take the kids to the lake during the summer. There’s sand, sun, and water, so it’s just […]
Ageless beauty is h... | __label__pos | 0.641185 |
What has shocked me the most about the so called carbon footprint is the one we leave by flying. Some of you who read this blog are either car-free or more likely car-lite, that is you drive a fraction of the normal American Household Average of 21,252 miles annually.
With the US Fuel Economy average at around 20.8 Mil... | __label__pos | 0.991766 |
2016 was a blast for the social media industry as it saw a whole lot of changes like several new features, consumer preferences, and brand opportunities, etc. And now we expect so much from 2017! We are looking forward to social media trends that will continue to evolve and surprise us!
While it’s simply impossible to ... | __label__pos | 0.91392 |
My beef with juicing
Juicing. It’s had a LOT of press recently. With lots of different brands offering juices for detoxing, skin, weight loss… The list is endless. Many of these brands came as a shock to me when I actually read the label.
So many of them were utterly packed with sugar. Either that or there was the bare... | __label__pos | 0.967679 |
It’s now Thursday, day seven for some of us (others arrived on day three). I am now sitting toward the back of a 45-seat Mercedes-Benz bus, returning to Warsaw after witnessing our fifth killing site, Chelmno. This location, about a 3-hour ride west of Warsaw, was the first exterminating “camp.” There actually wasn’t a... | __label__pos | 0.969327 |
Our opinion: Legislation to weaken the ability of citizens to contain their governments raises questions about just who lawmakers are representing.
New York took a solid step toward giving local governments back to citizens when it passed a law two years ago making it easier for people to dissolve the bonds that tax th... | __label__pos | 0.973435 |
Some call me a “control-freak”. This perhaps has negative connotations, but I admit I manage my life carefully, where it’s possible to. My music collection is an example of this.
The number of albums I own has naturally been increasing since my teens. Not forgetting,
although I sometimes wish I could, my wife’s music. ... | __label__pos | 0.996072 |
If you’ve read my book
Death from the Skies!, you may remember pages 103-105 where I wrote about a nuclear test called Starfish Prime. The U.S. detonated a nuke several hundred kilometers high in space to see what would happen, and the results were dramatic: the pulse of energy from the 1.4 megaton bomb blast overloade... | __label__pos | 0.958309 |
In honor of today’s presidential inauguration, I started making a list of exciting past, present, and future health policies advocated by the Obama administration. Thirty minutes later there was still just one word on my computer screen: OBAMACARE. Then, I came to terms with what the next four years represent for healt... | __label__pos | 0.933446 |
In this collection of essays Steward Clegg and co-authors envisage the end of bureaucracy, where big corporations and public sector organizations are open and free of constraints. Patrick Dunleavy is intrigued but not convinced, arguing that all forms of ‘beyondism’ and ‘post-x’ social theory are inherently dissatisfyi... | __label__pos | 0.997293 |
Right now, there are about 60 assorted cases of people trying to sue Britain’s intelligence services. Is that because our spies are unusually wicked, cavalier or brutal? Or because they may be caught in a legal trap with the laser beam of the human rights lobby moving ever-closer to their vitals? I argue the latter in ... | __label__pos | 0.991208 |
Animal rights are on the agenda in China.
Even as a large dog cull by local authorities in the central Shaanxi province has claimed the lives of 37,000 canines so far in an effort to halt the spread of rabies, the central government is drafting the country’s first animal welfare law, which could ultimately impose crimi... | __label__pos | 0.92785 |
KATHLEEN POTEMPA: The U.S. is becoming accustomed to breakthroughs in medical technology, even stunning news of lives saved by 3-D printing of body parts. Simultaneously, another trend is changing lives, as growing numbers of Americans are requiring complex care for multiple conditions, often at home.
CDC data confirm ... | __label__pos | 0.997824 |
In Boston early this month was held the Drug Discovery and Development of Innovative Therapeutics conference. Senior executives from the big firms showed up to tip their hands on their future research agendas.
Dr. Melvyn Turner, senior VP of external research at Merck, indicated that one of his company's prime goals wa... | __label__pos | 1.000001 |
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