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In the realm of sound healing, I’m often asked the question, “Why Ohm?” Ohm is an ancient and sacred tone that is universally recognized and spiritually upheld. Ohm is our home tone and deeply familiar; its measured frequency is based on the elliptical orbit of Earth as it travels around the sun through four seasons.
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Documents Gordon McDougall
Customer retention strategies: When do they pay off? (ABSTRACT) McDougall, G.
published: 2001 | Research publication | Refereed Journals - Marketing
McDougall, G. (2001). "Customer retention strategies: When do they pay off?". Services Marketing Quarterly , 22 (1), 39.
ABSTRACT: Many firms ha... | __label__POS | 0.931048 |
Over the last few decades urban waterfronts worldwide have become places ofsignificant change. Many have essentially lost their working port functions and havebeen redeveloped for other purposes, often incorporating significant leisure and tourismfunctions. Others, however, have maintained a significant portion of thei... | __label__POS | 0.939817 |
Accessibility in User-Centered Design: Usability Testing The Evaluating for Accessibility page provides guidance on incorporating accessibility into common evaluation methods, including standards review, heuristic evaluation, design walkthroughs, and informal evaluation with users with disabilities. This section is an ... | __label__POS | 0.637141 |
Families of children with food allergies know that this invisible condition requires constant vigilance. The necessity of keeping these children safe cannot be overstated; however, their emotional well-being is equally important. Food is used in almost every type of celebration, and is often a focal point of these even... | __label__POS | 0.582553 |
familE™ contains all eight members of the vitamin E family, known as tocopherols and tocotrienols. These “Toco’s”-4 forms of tocopherols and 4 forms of tocotrienols, typically found concentrated in plant seeds and vegetable oils, are combined with the cardiovascular nutrients lutein and pantethine.
familE™ is specifica... | __label__POS | 0.821188 |
Senators José M. Serrano, Bill Perkins, Liz Krueger and Daniel Squadron held a public hearing on the construction of the Second Avenue Subway. The legislators heard testimony from MTA Chief Jay Walder and other stakeholders such as the Second Avenue Business Association (SABA) and area residents.
The Second Avenue Subw... | __label__POS | 0.619885 |
The standard cosmological model posits that the universe is homogeneous and statistically isotropic on its largest scales. However, there is no fundamental reason why these properties have to hold, and in fact they can be broken due to interesting new physics. Moreover, there is some evidence from recent WMAP observati... | __label__POS | 0.802385 |
Text size | | | Français Georgia: Internal displacment estimate rises Briefing Notes , 12 September 2008This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Ron Redmond – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 12 September 2008, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Based on detailed profi... | __label__POS | 0.705467 |
Young et al1 reported in the August 1991 issue of the Archives on fast-feedback inhibition of β-endorphin/β-lipotropin by hydrocortisone infusion that occurred in 16 control subjects but not in 16 depressed patients. Their data suggested a decreased sensitivity to glucocorticoid fast feedback in depression, and complem... | __label__POS | 0.876335 |
The deficits in Alzheimer disease (AD) stem at least partly from neurotoxic β-amyloid peptides generated from the amyloid precursor protein (APP). APP may also be cleaved intracellularly at Asp664 to yield a second neurotoxic peptide, C31. Previously, we showed that cleavage of APP at the C-terminus is required for the... | __label__POS | 0.988524 |
From the FLP mailbox, this call for contributions to an edited volume:
Demeter Press is seeking submissions for an edited anthology, edited by Andrea O’Reilly and Lynn O’Brien Hallstein, to be published in 2011. The idea for the collection emerges from recent conversations at the ARM and Brandeis symposium, ”The Matern... | __label__POS | 0.995694 |
Maryland State Highway Administration Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) is dedicated to efficiently providing mobility for their customers through a safe, well-maintained and attractive highway system that enhances Maryland's communities, economy and environment. As a team, they strive to know the needs of th... | __label__POS | 0.629516 |
Post M&A Integration and Improvement What defines a successful merger or acquisition? The answer is never found in the transaction itself. Success is truly defined after the integration is complete. At MainStream we know that the key to enhancing value through a successful integration is in the development of the integ... | __label__POS | 0.703509 |
You can't afford not to fast--considering we live in a toxic world. Dr. Don Colbert, author of the bestsellers "Toxic Relief "and the Bible Cure series, provides a twenty-eight-day protocol for detoxifying the body of harmful toxins that is designed to restore you to health--body, mind, and spirit.
Many have never fast... | __label__POS | 0.965996 |
Washington Regional Medical Center has been recognized by VHA Inc., a national healthcare network, for its success in improving operational efficiency and reducing costs from the supply chain while maintaining quality patient care.
Washington Regional was among nine healthcare organizations across the U.S. who received... | __label__POS | 0.591826 |
AAM Praises House Passage of China Currency Legislation Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2378, the Currency Reform for Fair Trade Act, legislation aimed at deterring China from manipulating its currency.
Scott Paul, Executive Director of the Alliance for American Manufacturing (AAM), praised the vot... | __label__POS | 0.943411 |
Though California Secretary of State Debra Bowen yesterday certified a November ballot measure asking voters to suspend AB 32, a landmark state law requiring a significant cut in greenhouse gas emissions, AB 32 supporters have been organizing for months and have formed a significant coalition to fight the initiative.
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The global IPTV industry has experienced impressive growth, but penetration levels are still modest. To spur further development and to avoid sub-optimisation based on multiple proprietary systems, a common standard will be increasingly important. Since no single proprietary standard for IPTV STBs is likely to emerge, ... | __label__POS | 0.999663 |
Contextualised Equality and the Politics of Legal Mobilisation: Affirmative Action in Northern Ireland Abstract This article examines the development of affirmative action and equality policies targeted at the two main ethno-national communities in Northern Ireland, as an example of ‘contextualised equality’. The argum... | __label__POS | 0.753179 |
Since the beginning of the 1980s, agricultural researcher numbers in Morocco have steadily risen. Agricultural R&D spending followed a more erratic trend in response to fluctuations in national government funding and (foreign) donor support, though spending has trended steadily upward in recent years, given the Morocca... | __label__POS | 0.569315 |
Stories of the Twentieth Century for the Twenty-First A key precursor of twentieth-century financial crises in emerging and advanced economies alike was the rapid buildup of leverage. Those emerging economies that avoided leverage booms during the 2000s also were most likely to avoid the worst effects of the twenty-fir... | __label__POS | 0.51092 |
Since 2004, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) Behavioral and Social Research Program has undertaken a research agenda to explore these factors, including a series of meetings, some held in collaboration with the National Academy of Sciences, to assess the state of the science in judgment and decision-making researc... | __label__POS | 0.987893 |
Social Theory and the Global Environment Published July 14th 1994 by Routledge – 280 pagesThis book marks a watershed in the social sciences. The qualitative, critical perspective of sociology and allied disciplines challenges the technocentric `managerialism' which dominates environmental policy, its discourse and its... | __label__POS | 0.999809 |
The system combines Harris wideband tactical communications with Cubic intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technology.
A new system enables autonomous aircraft to relay surveillance video from UAVs directly to friendly forces on the battlefield below. Here, an unmanned aerial systems technician with Insitu, I... | __label__POS | 0.798594 |
Investigating the effects of accent on visual speech Irwin, Amy (2008)
Abstract Speechreading is a complex skill affected by both the observer's method of extracting visual speech information and talker-specific variation in speech production. This thesis focuses upon accent, a factor that can influence both an observe... | __label__POS | 0.866376 |
An early frost damaged some soybeans in Minnesota, just after the USDA estimated a larger-than-expected soybean crop for 2011 in the U.S. Higher prices for the beans are also expected for this crop.
Frost across the upper Midwest nicked soybeans in Minnesota today, September 15. A drive across the southern part of the ... | __label__POS | 0.524567 |
Drought conditions in the upper southeast persisted into September. Charleston, West Virginia, went 25 days (August 19-September 12) without measurable rain. Louisville, Kentucky, received only 0.17 inches of rain from August 10-September 12 and Lexington, Kentucky, totaled only 0.09 inches during that period.
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Stephen A. Zahorian
Zongyao Zhou
Charles Brewton
Dept. of Elec. Eng., Old Dominion Univ., Norfolk, VA 23529
Acoustic methods for monitoring fetal heart rate are potentially advantageous over ultrasound methods, since, eventually, long-term low-cost monitoring would be possible for high risk mothers, with no concern for... | __label__POS | 0.837139 |
Oral Drug Prolongs Survival in Men with Late-Stage PCa ATLANTA—Enzalutamide, an investigational oral medication formerly known as MDV3100, prolongs survival by nearly five months in men with late-stage prostate cancer previously treated with docetaxel, according to data presented at the American Urological Association ... | __label__POS | 0.542389 |
buprenorphine/naloxone - sublingual, Suboxone (cont.)
DRUG INTERACTIONS: Your doctor or pharmacist may already be aware of any possible drug interactions and may be monitoring you for them. Do not start, stop, or change the dosage of any medicine before checking with them first.Before using this medication, tell your d... | __label__POS | 0.716296 |
The Facts Costs from poor medication adherence are estimated to exceed $100 billion annually.
Section 2713 of the Affordable Care Act implements value-based insurance design by giving patients access to primary prevention services recommended by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF). The Administrat... | __label__POS | 0.755732 |
What does it mean for a real number to be random? Quite a few definitions have been offered. For instance, one definition of a random real is based on the Kolmogorov Complexity of the initial segments of its binary expansion. Another definition has been given in terms of effective measure theory. A third definition, on... | __label__POS | 0.600054 |
The Runco Ideational Behavior Scale, RIBS, was recently created as a tool for assessing ideation.It is intended as a useful criterion for measuring divergent thinking, which includes originality, fluency, and flexibility. While studies have shown that the RIBS has internal consistency, there is no evidene for how it re... | __label__POS | 0.841353 |
PARIS — Solar photovoltaic systems have long been painted as a clean way to generate electricity, but expensive compared with other alternatives to oil, like nuclear power. No longer. In a “historic crossover,” the costs of solar photovoltaic systems have declined to the point where they are lower than the rising proje... | __label__POS | 0.983552 |
Alabama parents are advised to have their homes and children tested for lead as the state opbserves National Lead Poisoning Prevetion Week, October 23-29.
Nearly a quarter of a million children living in the United States have blood lead levels high enough to cause significant damage to their health, the Centers for Di... | __label__POS | 0.742335 |
In response to local community and environmental concerns, the Aspen/Pitkin County Airport is seeking the cooperation of all aircraft operators to adhere to the following described noise abatement procedures whenever possible. Your complete cooperation is necessary.
These NBAA noise procedures are recommended as standa... | __label__POS | 0.792418 |
Vasa vasorum in plaque angiogenesis, metabolic syndrome, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and atheroscleropathy: a malignant transformation
1 Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri, PO BOX 1140 Lk. Rd. 5–87, Camdenton, Missouri 65020 USA
2 Department of Physiology and Biophysics... | __label__POS | 0.751673 |
Dear Editor:
Recent reports estimate that the number of residents who are lacking health coverage in our nation has grown to 50 million. Of course, this increase is tied to the economic slump we are experiencing as employees have lost jobs, however, we must continue to address this problem or it will further spiral out... | __label__POS | 0.819542 |
BACKGROUND: Bipolar disorder (BD) is a leading cause of disability. Systematic reviews of randomized trials for the treatment of the maintenance phase of BD are lacking.
OBJECTIVES: To determine the efficacy and tolerability of mood stabilizers and antipsychotics in the maintenance treatment of BD.
METHODS: We systemat... | __label__POS | 0.95576 |
Luminos 1 is a highly effective electric fly killer using a glue board unit that has been designed for relatively low risk areas . This unit is particularly well suited for use within food retail operations, allowing for wall mounted or flat surface installation*.
*Bracket available as an accessory item.
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:: Enhanced warming over the global subtropical western boundary currents + 02.02.2012 + Subtropical western boundary currents are warm, fast-flowing currents that form on the western side of ocean basins.
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Whether it came from an animal on a fur farm or one who was trapped in the wild, every fur coat, trinket, and bit of trim caused an animal tremendous suffering—and took away a life.Animals on fur farms spend their entire lives confined to cramped, filthy wire cages. Fur farmers use the cheapest and cruelest killing met... | __label__POS | 0.773308 |
Japan’s Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Ministry will soon embark on a project to realize an “autopilot system” for automatic driving, a system for guiding motor vehicles on expressways without human assistance.
The system is expected to contribute significantly to such goals as alleviating drivers’ fatigue... | __label__POS | 0.77493 |
The brainstem nucleus hypoglossus innervates the tongue which must contract rhythmically during respiration, chewing and swallowing. Such rhythmic discharges are due to network bursting mediated by AMPA receptor-dependent glutamatergic transmission. The contribution by hypoglossal motoneurons themselves to rhythmicity ... | __label__POS | 0.935783 |
and asexually reproduced a distinct and new variety of plant, other than a tuber propagated plant or a plant found in an uncultivated state.
Benefits of a Plant Patent A plant patent lasts for 20 years from the date of filing the patent application and gives the inventor the right to exclude others from asexually repro... | __label__POS | 0.639345 |
She’s fast for her age! Older women and running culture Abstract In the 19th and early 20th centuries, running was the exclusionary sport of younger men. Women, particularly older women, were discouraged from participating in competitive running up until the 1970s. In seeking to understand the reasons for this interdic... | __label__POS | 0.723426 |
Carefree Car Ownership Repairing vs. replacing a cracked windshield Many windshields have fallen victim to a stray pebble or stone flying at high speeds along the highway. Most minor damages can be easily fixed thanks to modern glass repair techniques, but even a small crack can grow over time, due to bumps or aggravat... | __label__POS | 0.648185 |
Location: The Radiation and Biomolecular Physics Division of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Physical Measurement LaboratoryResearch Team Lead:
Lisa KaramSummary:
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In the next fifty years, the percentage of people aged 65 and over is predicted to increase to roughly half the UK population, yet handset manufactures are still more concerned with jam-packing the latest features onto a device, often alienating silver surfers.
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What is Aerial Surveillance?
Aerial surveillance is the gathering of surveillance, intelligence and reconnaissance (ISR) data (usually visual imagery or video) from an airborne vehicle—such as a unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), helicopter, or spy plane. Surveillance aircrafts use a range of sensors (e.g. radar) to monito... | __label__POS | 0.874417 |
No issue is more critical to the study of crime and delinquency than the
issue of measurement. At the heart of this have been ongoing debates
over the relative advantages and disadvantages of self-report measures
of delinquency. While it is widely accepted that crime rates increase
during adolescence to a peak close to... | __label__POS | 0.881686 |
Preparedness
Preparedness activities increase a community’s ability to respond when a disaster occurs. The National Incident Management System (NIMS) defines preparedness as "a continuous cycle of planning, organizing, training, equipping, exercising, evaluating, and taking corrective action in an effort to ensure effe... | __label__POS | 0.759902 |
The standard limit on FDIC insurance is $250,000 perdepositor and $250,000 for certain retirement accounts per FDIC-insuredbank. This means that the combined total of your savings, checking andother deposit accounts in a single bank covered by the FDIC is insured onlyup to $250,000 of the total value and $250,000 for c... | __label__POS | 0.953975 |
How to be my friend I've read much about how to raise children with additional needs, but nothing about being a good friend to their parents. People struggle to relate to parents in my position, but I'm not sure why. Maybe it's hard to understand without direct experience? If so, this may help:
1. Don't
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“Breathing Square” Illusion
Start by watching the demonstration on the right. In particular track the blue shape obscured by the orange squares.
After one cycle you
You can change the gap size manually. You can also change the transparency of the occluders and you may find a setting where one can “switch” between the b... | __label__POS | 0.946226 |
Adam Serwer flags a trend from the latest Gallup poll that should give Democrats pause. While Democrats has retained support from blacks, support among Latinos has collapsed:
Serwer rightly flags the declining support as a sign that Republicans managed to win the immigration debate: they've criticized and obstructed De... | __label__POS | 0.773365 |
Booster Shot How well do those energy drinks work? Page 1 )16 oz./220 calories Touts: Vitamins B-3, B-6, and B-12, taurine, ginseng, carnitine, guarana, caffeine. Warns: Of nothing. Tastes: Tart and vaguely fruity. Like Alka-Seltzer in Kool-Aid. Effects: I guzzle a can on the way to take an 8-year-old boy to play in th... | __label__POS | 0.515454 |
"Liquid Equivalent" the Key How Much Water in the Snow? Observed liquid-equivalent precipitation across the U.S. for the seven-day period ending 7 a.m. EST, Feb. 25, 2013. (Image credit: NOAA/Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service)
You likely have heard of the old rule of thumb that "ten inches of snow melts to one inc... | __label__POS | 0.578575 |
Studies have shown that bullying is a predictable psychological behavior; ts effects are significant and ripple through well into adulthood.
Social media is now both an avenue for hateful acts and a trigger for suicide, and the age-old question still stand: is it nature, or nurture?
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Abstract:The financial services industry is undergoing one of the most tumultuous times in its history and the consequence has been a precipitous decline in the public‟s trust in the industry and in its leadership. This article provides an overview of the construct of trust, describes why crisis events erode trust, and... | __label__POS | 0.951625 |
When a building receives EPA’s ENERGY STAR, the certification decal contains the year in which the certification was received. Similarly, buildings included on the ENERGY STAR registry of certified buildings and plants are listed with the year they received the award.
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IN 1971, President Nixon sought to forestall single-payer national health insurance by proposing an alternative. He wanted to combine a mandate, which would require that employers cover their workers, with a Medicaid-like program for poor families, which all Americans would be able to join by paying sliding-scale premi... | __label__POS | 0.679268 |
Rhode Island's plague of cigarette tax evasion by those looking to capitalize on the Ocean State's demand for cheap smokes appears to continue. That is the takeaway from recent announcements by the Rhode Island Division of Taxation, which in the last month has reported two separate instances of busts allegedly involvin... | __label__POS | 0.571857 |
Anaerobic digesters (methane recovery) Docklands has the capacity to collect animal manure from livestock operations such as farms, dairies and abattoirs and recycle it into a valuable energy source. We use anaerobic digesters (sometimes known as ‘biodigesters’) as a way to recover biogas (methane and carbon dioxide) f... | __label__POS | 0.862736 |
Mediating Asymmetrical Conflict Avdelning/ar: Publiceringsår: 2002
Språk: Engelska
Sidor: 69-91
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie: Mediterranean Politics
Volym: 7
Nummer: 1
Dokumenttyp: Artikel
Förlag: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group
Sammanfattning This article examines the characteristics of asymmetrical confl... | __label__POS | 0.794422 |
Don't worry if the garden bed looks skimpy when you plant it. Consider ultimate sizes before you buy plants. This is especially important with trees and shrubs, which may overgrow windows, power lines or views. A tree will be only a few feet tall when you buy it, but varieties such as the Colorado blue spruce at left t... | __label__POS | 0.965846 |
Across the Corn Belt, a Frost Advisory was in effect early Thursday in parts of the eastern Dakotas and northwestern Minnesota, where Thursday morning low temperatures generally ranged from 30 to 40°. Meanwhile, a band of generally light rain stretching from Upper Michigan to near the Iowa-Missouri-Nebraska triple poin... | __label__POS | 0.60277 |
Building a multicultural real estate practice may feel like a daunting task for any single agent. That’s one reason many global agents prefer to specialize in a particular niche market. Still, their efforts often rely heavily on building strong networking relationships with other key professionals.
That’s why this issu... | __label__POS | 0.902338 |
The authors present 3 cases of childbirth-related psychosis in youngwomen to illustrate an interpersonal psychodynamic pattern that maycontribute to such reactions. In each instance, the woman is the submissivepartner in a symbiotic relationship with her husband and/or mother. Thebaby's presence threatens the symbiotic... | __label__POS | 0.69892 |
Scale model tests at Texas A&M University were conducted as part of this study to investigate the bridge failure mechanism. A 1:15 (lab:prototype) scale model of a typical, simple-span highway bridge deck was subjected to wave attack. Wave height, period, and storm surge elevation were varied in the lab.
The laboratory... | __label__POS | 0.827409 |
Equitable Charges and Rent Charges are charges which indicate that there are payments due from the landowner to the chargeholder. In the Okanagan region often these charges are placed on lands by private utilities at resorts (for example: Big White, Silver Star or Apex Ski Resorts) to secure the payment of utility fees... | __label__POS | 0.662409 |
Objectives This study describes 5-year follow-up results of catheter ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF).Background Long-term efficacy following catheter ablation of AF remains unknown.Methods A total of 100 patients (86 men, 14 women), age 55.7 ± 9.6 years, referred to our center for a first AF ablation (63% paroxys... | __label__POS | 0.677656 |
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Title: Media Discourse and the “Truths” of Gender, Culture and Violence Authors: Barnard, MerrynSociology & Social Policy
Issue Date: 2010 Abstract: Indigenous Family Violence (IFV) became the subject of a highly politicised and me... | __label__POS | 0.890995 |
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Sunscreen potions, self-tanners and bronzing dusts proliferate as northern regions cycle into summer. Some consumers want a tanned, summer glow to their skin, while others demand safeguarding from UV radiation as skin cancer cases continue to rise worldwide.
Regardless of the season, p... | __label__POS | 0.970999 |
Practices to control ammonia emissions associated
with livestock production can be applied to animal housing, manure
and compost storage areas, and land where manure is applied. This
document provides an overview of control practices for each situation,
highlights their advantages and disadvantages, and allows producer... | __label__POS | 0.977743 |
I'm pedalling down the driver's lane of the dual carriageway with Jermaine Stewart blaring in my ear at 8.30am. But this isn't one of my anxiety dreams about losing control and being late for work. It's the very real – and far more enjoyable – experience I'm having with Bike Train, an innovative, volunteer-run project ... | __label__POS | 0.69583 |
Module Note
2011
(Revised from original 2011 version)
Investor Demand
Abstract
This conceptual note describes a series of cases on the investor demand approach to investment strategy and management. The cases demonstrate how and why securities market dislocations are driven by non-fundamental demand. I use the cases to... | __label__POS | 0.505359 |
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[Excerpt from authors]Background The growing AIDS epidemic in southern Africa is placing an increased strain on health systems, which are experiencing rising steadily patient loads. Health care systems are tackling the barriers to serving large populations in scaled-up operations. One of the most significan... | __label__POS | 0.990234 |
Immunohistochemical Evaluation of Inflammatory Mediators in Failing Implants
Yrjö T. Konttinen, MD, PhD / Jian Ma, DDS / Rejo Lappalainen, PhD /Pekka Laine, DDS / Uula Kitti, DDS / Seppo Santavirta, MD, PhD / Olli Teronen, DDS, PhD
PMID: 16642902
It was hypothesized that peri-implant tissue around loosening dental impl... | __label__POS | 0.751216 |
Standard Inventory - Furnishings Property Owners Should Include
Guests choose furnished apartments and holiday homes for several reasons. Perhaps the most important reason guests choose this type of accommodation is for the typically wide range of domestic facilities and features included. It means the guest is able to... | __label__POS | 0.996237 |
Obama's re-election could very well mark a shift in American attitudes toward a more expansive role for the government,
says economist Edward Glaeser at
Bloomberg . Indeed, a more
European role for government.
But two characteristics peculiar to America hold such change back, according to Glaeser: our political institu... | __label__POS | 0.592216 |
To investigate the contributions of amacrine cells (AC’s) to red-green opponency, a linear computational model of the central macaque retina was developed based on a published cone mosaic. In the model, AC’s of ON and OFF types receive input from all neighboring midget bipolar cells of the same polarity, but OFF AC’s h... | __label__POS | 0.880092 |
by George Ball
October closes with Halloween, the most misunderstood holiday, due to its roots not in horror but in rain. Just as seed is the first and the last—the seed and the fruit—so too are rains the alpha and omega of the growing season. Only after the dry heat of summer and early fall—unique to Western civilizat... | __label__POS | 0.65806 |
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When people seek to impress others, they often do so by highlighting in... | __label__POS | 0.956062 |
Many analysts have advocated using commodity prices as a guide for monetary policy. A necessary condition is that changes in commodity prices are good predictors of future aggregate price changes. This paper examines that proposition. It shows that while commodity prices can help produce more accurate inflation forecas... | __label__POS | 0.551073 |
In Our Experience: Recommendations by Prisoner Rape Survivors to the National Prison Rape Elimination Commission is a publication derived from the first Prisoner Rape Survivor Summit conducted by Stop Prisoner Rape. Participants pointed out the vulnerability of certain individuals (physically and/or mentally disadvanta... | __label__POS | 0.972185 |
Purée This article relies largely or entirely upon a single source. (August 2012)
Purée and (more rarely) mash are general terms for cooked food, usually vegetables or legumes, that have been ground, pressed, blended, and/or sieved to the consistency of a soft creamy paste or thick liquid.[1] Purées of specific foods a... | __label__POS | 0.667231 |
This core value has been carefully re-examined and re-affirmed in the strategic planning process. Despite the escalating scholarship needs of today’s students, Swarthmore is committed to maintaining its need-blind admissions policies and to meeting families’ demonstrated need. But what does this require today and what ... | __label__POS | 0.782656 |
A group of experts has developed a checklist and flow diagram called the CONSORT Statement. The checklist is designed to help authors in the reporting of randomised controlled trials (RCTs). This systematic review aims to determine whether the CONSORT Statement has made a difference to the completeness of reporting of ... | __label__POS | 0.522677 |
Industry-wide changes are causing automotive dealers, manufacturers and suppliers to take a close look at how to most effectively and efficiently market to customers. IBM® EMM solutions help automotive marketers acquire new customers, streamline marketing processes, and build ongoing relationships with existing custome... | __label__POS | 0.511642 |
Bright Nights Community Forum: Talking Through Depression - What We Know about Effective Psychotherapy for Mood Disorders This event was held on January 26, 2010 at Downtown Library: Multi-Purpose Room Research has shown that "combination treatment," both medication and therapy, is most effective for treating depressio... | __label__POS | 0.830125 |
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Two graphs, demonstrating the relationship between key events, such as increasing the national debt ceiling and the rising price of gold.
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Discover how to use essential oils including application methods and cautionary tips.
People want to know how to make essential oils for various reasons. Essential oils can be highly beneficial to people in many ways. Although people can make their own essential oils, they need to have at least a rudimentary working kn... | __label__POS | 0.860498 |
The influence of the clinically depressed state on personalityassessment was evaluated by comparing self-report personality inventoriesof patients while clinically depressed and at follow-up 1 year later. Theauthors examined two groups from the National Institute of Mental Health(NIMH)-Clinical Research Branch Collabor... | __label__POS | 0.580794 |
Small hearts can sometimes conceal big challenges, especially when it comes to congenital heart defects. As the mother of a baby born with this condition, I know firsthand. My son, Jonah, was born July 19, 2009, with numerous heart defects. A pulse-ox screening is what alerted the nurses and physicians that something w... | __label__POS | 0.817282 |
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act
Key Action: Interim Final Regulation
The Department's EBSA published joint interim final regulation on October 7, 2009 together with the Departments of Health and Human Services and the Treasury. The interim final rules provide guidance and clarifications regarding GINA's statu... | __label__POS | 0.515908 |
Rep. Sam Graves (R-Mo.) is sponsoring H.R. 6575, the Medicare Audit Improvement Act of 2012, with co-sponsors Billy Long (R-Mo.), Todd Akin (R-Mo.) and Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). The bill would provide guidance for medical necessity audits that include requiring physician validation for medical necessity denial of a claim... | __label__POS | 0.694187 |
This study revealed that the Igbo people, residing in the southeastern part of Nigeria, use mushrooms for food and medicine. On the average, each respondent consumes 8.64±3.70 species of mushrooms. Over 95% of the respondents consume edible mushrooms because of the taste, 86% use them as substitute for meat and fish, w... | __label__POS | 0.780537 |
I blog often about the importance of food journaling. It wasn't until I started journaling that I was really able to get a grip on my nutrition and make the changes necessary to lose weight. Journaling forced me to be accountable for what I was eating and how much I was eating.
The days of consuming a 6 oz filet mignon... | __label__POS | 0.902717 |
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