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What: "A successful marriage is like growing a temperamental plant - you have to work hard and tend to it carefully, as Alice Buckle is just discovering." A book about marriage and figuring out what it's all about.

Writer: Melanie Gideon

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Date: Mar 8 2013 3:38 PM

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"Vaccine is a modified product from the infection organism (like a bacteria or a virus). Giving a vaccine is like deliberately introducing a mild, insignificant infection in the body to stimulate and prime the body defenses. So when there is a real infection, the defense system is ready and waiting to combat that infection successfully."

Writer: Dr. Mandar V. Bichu

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Date: May 13 2014 6:49 PM

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"In other words, an IP address is like a full address for postal mail while a MAC address is just the house number. For example, there are many addresses with a house number of 898 but there is only one address for 898 5th Ave, New York, NY United States . Simply mailing something to "898" will not get it there but "898 5th Ave, New York, NY, United States" is a globally unique address. "

Writer: Not Stated

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Date: Aug 29 2014 7:33 PM

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"Funding predominantly targeted research is like looking for your car keys only in lighted areas of the street. You are missing a whole lot places where the keys could be. Science is similar. Basic research is like adding new light posts-it opens up areas of research we didn't even know we could explore. "

Writer: Dr. Barry Starr

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Date: Jan 23 2015 1:55 PM