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World War II, also called Second World War,  conflict that involved virtually every part of the world during the years 1939–45. The principal belligerents were the Axis powers—Germany, Italy, and Japan—and the Allies—France, Great Britain, the United States, the Soviet Union, and, to a lesser extent, China. The war was in many respects a continuation, after an uneasy 20-year hiatus, of the disputes left unsettled by World War I. The 40,000,000–50,000,000 deaths incurred in World War II make it the bloodiest conflict, as well as the largest war, in history.

Along with World War I, World War II was one of ... (100 of 52,158 words)

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Decision-Making Process

Helping People through the Decision-Making Process Using a Web-Based Application

Researcher was part of inaugural group of NSF Innovation Corps awards in 2011

Researcher Ali Abbas received CAREER and Innovation Corps awards from NSF. Credit and Larger Version

May 7, 2013

Not everyone likes to make decisions alone. People sometimes need feedback. Now they have a social media site that can give it to them.

"Think of it as 'Facebook for Decision-Making,'" says Ali Abbas, associate professor in the department of industrial and enterprise systems engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, who designed the new system. "The idea was to build a decision support site online through a social network."/.../

Linkedin

10 years, billions of connections, and 1 big thank you. Play now Aloyzio, you and your amazing network (400 connections and counting!) are the heart and soul of LinkedIn. As we celebrate our 10th anniversary, we want to say thank you by sharing some inspiration for the next 10 years.

Medical-Billing Secrecy?

An End to Medical-Billing Secrecy?

By Steven BrillMay 08, 201321 Comments

Quer dizer que estamos mais adiantados do que os gringos neste aspecto?

ATION BY SEAN FREEMAN FOR TIME

Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Sebelius will release a data file that shows the list — or “chargemaster” — prices by all hospitals across the U.S. for the 100 most common inpatient treatment services in 2011. It then compares those prices with what Medicare actually paid hospitals for the same treatments — which was typically a fraction of the chargemaster prices.

CMS public-affairs director Brian Cook told me that Sebelius’ action today comes in part in response to TIME’s special report on health-care-pricing practices in the March 4 issue, “Bitter Pill.”

(COVER STORY: Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills are Killing Us)/.../

lEITE ADULTERADO NO RS

ADULTERAÇÃO DO LEITE

Mandados são cumpridos nesta quarta (8) em três regiões do estado.Investigação Começou após denúncia ao Ministério da Agricultura.

Giovani GrizottiDa RBS TV

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Ministério Público faz operação na manhã desta quarta-feira no RS (Foto: Giovani Grizotti/RBS TV)

O Ministério Público do Rio Grande do Sul faz na manhã desta quarta-feira (8) uma operação contra a adulteração de leite no estado. De acordo com a investigação, para aumentar o lucro, os fraudadores misturavam água e até ureia ao leite. Cinco empresas de transporte de leite adulteraram o produto cru entregue para a indústria. São cumpridos nove mandados de prisão nesta manhã. A força-tarefa também reúne a Receita Estadual, além de policiais civis e militares./.../

Evolution

A FISHEYE VIEW OF THE TREE OF LIFE
We are also pleased to announce a new resource for exploring phylogenetics developed with partners at the University of Kansas.  A Fisheye View of the Tree of Life allows users to explore an interactive fish phylogeny and dive into stories about their evolutionary history.  Find it at:
http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/fishtree_01

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Browse our archive of resources for learning about evolution.

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What is evolution and how does it work? Includes: Evo-Devo, Examples of evolution, Genetics, History of life on Earth, Human evolution,Macroevolution, Microevolution, Natural selection, Speciation How does evolution impact my life? Includes: Agriculture, Conservation, Medicine Misconceptions about evolution

What is the evidence for evolution? Includes: Homology and analogy, Observations of evolution What is the history of evolutionary theory? Frequently-asked questions on evolution controversies in the public arena

Religious Divides

Face To Faith: Three Crucial Testimonies of Friendship Across Religious Divides

Posted: 05/06/2013 11:08 am

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Interfaith , Aditi Muradia , Friend Of a Different Faith , Jesus Guillermo Vargas , Mickey Roundtree , Tony Blair , Face To Faith , World News

In most communities around the world, religious diversity is a fact -- Hindus live next to Muslims, Mormons next atheists, Jews with Christians. One of the great tests of the 21st century is how we leverage this diversity into an asset that leads to more vitality and unity rather than leading to discord and disintegration.

In their book American Grace, Robert Putnam and David Campbell speak about the importance of 'my pal Al' and 'my aunt Susan' in changing the way people view people of another faith and the benefit of living in a cohesive pluralistic society. Simply put, when we know and like some one who is different than us -- such as a 'pal Al' or an 'Aunt Susan' -- it goes a long way in changing our attitudes towards the entire group to which Al or Susan belong./.../

Websites 2013

Best Websites 2013

The Sites We Love Right Now

By Harry McCrackenMay 01, 20131 Comment

As a wise-but-forgotten person once pointed out, any book you haven’t read is a new book. With websites, it’s the same thing.

So when we TIME editors publish our annual list of our favorite sites, as we’ve been doing for a decade now, our overarching goal is to tell you about a bunch that are new to you — whether they’re just-launched startups or under-publicized gems. Read on for our picks in ten categories, then share yours in the comments.

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Chemical Risk for children

Chemicals of High Concern Found in Thousands of Children's Products

An analysis of toys and other children's products finds low levels of dozens of industrial chemicals

By Jane Kay and Environmental Health News

 

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TOXIC TOYS?: The metals cobalt and molybdenum, used in pigments, were reported in some building blocks.Image: Flickr/Jeremy Page

Cobalt in plastic building blocks and baby bibs. Ethylene glycol in dolls. Methyl ethyl ketone in clothing. Antimony in high chairs and booster seats. Parabens in baby wipes. D4 in baby creams.

An Environmental Health News analysis of thousands of reports from America’s largest companies shows that toys and other children’s products contain low levels of dozens of industrial chemicals, including some unexpected ingredients that will surprise a public concerned about exposure./.../