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Moving the Goalposts

February 1, 2012 - 11:59pm
Moving the goalposts (or shifting the goalposts) is a metaphor meaning changing the target of a process or competition by one side in order to gain advantage.[1] Contents  1 Etymology 2 As abuse 3 As logical fallacy 4 Feature creep 5 Other uses 6 See also 7 References  Etymology This phrase is a straightforward derivation from sports that use goalposts, such as football. The figurative use alludes to the perceived unfairness in changing the goal one is trying to achieve after...
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Papermaking

January 23, 2012 - 5:10pm
The Diamond Sutra of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, the oldest dated printed book in the world, found at Dunhuang, from 868 CE. Papermaking is the process of making paper, a substance which is used universally today for writing and packaging. In papermaking a dilute suspension of fibres in water is drained through a screen, so that a mat of randomly interwoven fibres is laid down. Water is removed from this mat of fibres by pressing and drying to make paper. Since the invention of the...
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Pulp(paper)

January 23, 2012 - 2:33pm
Fibres in wood pulpPulp is a lignocellulosic fibrous material prepared by chemically or mechanically separating cellulose fibres from wood, fibre crops or waste paper. Wood pulp is the most common raw material in papermaking. Contents1 History 2 Manufacture of wood pulp 2.1 Harvesting trees 2.2 Preparation for pulping 2.3 Pulping 2.3.1 Mechanical pulp 2.3.2 Thermomechanical pulp 2.3.3 Chemithermomechanical pulp 2.3.4 Chemical pulp 2.3.5 Recycled pulp 2.3.6 Organosolv pulping 2.3.7...
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Democracy Index

December 29, 2011 - 3:00am
Now it should be understood that I display this table because of what we as citizens enjoy under the framework of our democracy. That one would like to see all countries have a basis from which to "sign up to a dated version" of a Full Democracy. Now there would be some dispute here as to the legitimacy of this report, based on a scientific valuation, and the fact, that it had been pulled from the Internet, did not exclude the potential to store this information before it was pulled. The...
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