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Sat, 15 Dec 2012 05:13:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.askipedia.com/if-my-doctors-office-does-not-call-me-with-a-test-result-should-i-assume-that-it-was-ok/ http://www.askipedia.com/if-my-doctors-office-does-not-call-me-with-a-test-result-should-i-assume-that-it-was-ok/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:35:29 +0000 Joe http://www.askipedia.com/?p=3626 One should never assume that test results are normal if they do not hear from their Doctor.  As a patient you need to be responsible for your own health care.  If you have had something done such as mammogram or bloodwork (anything at all) and you do not hear from your health care provider within [...]]]> http://www.askipedia.com/if-my-doctors-office-does-not-call-me-with-a-test-result-should-i-assume-that-it-was-ok/feed/ 0 http://www.askipedia.com/how-do-you-setup-your-own-website/ http://www.askipedia.com/how-do-you-setup-your-own-website/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:32:30 +0000 Joe http://www.askipedia.com/?p=3623 Follow these steps to set up your own website: 1. Find a good domain name. The first step towards setting up your own website is to obtain a good domain name. It can be rather difficult to locate the domain name that you want. You will most likely find that many domain names that apply [...]]]> http://www.askipedia.com/how-do-you-setup-your-own-website/feed/ 0 http://www.askipedia.com/what-are-tax-write-offs-why-are-they-so-significant-for-business/ http://www.askipedia.com/what-are-tax-write-offs-why-are-they-so-significant-for-business/#comments Fri, 07 Sep 2012 14:30:42 +0000 Joe http://www.askipedia.com/?p=3620 A  tax write-off is a reduction in the gross amount on which a tax is calculated; reduces taxes by the percentage fixed for the taxpayer’s income bracket Small-business owners need to be tax wise throughout the year, not just during tax season. The following checklist can help you take advantage of all the deductions you’re legally [...]]]> http://www.askipedia.com/what-are-tax-write-offs-why-are-they-so-significant-for-business/feed/ 0 http://www.askipedia.com/when-do-humans-stop-growing/ http://www.askipedia.com/when-do-humans-stop-growing/#comments Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:29:56 +0000 Joe http://www.askipedia.com/?p=3617 There is no exact science as to when humans stop growing. The age ranges you mentioned are the general concensus. Sorry that there is nothing more definite. Ultimately, we stop growing because we are genetically programmed to do so. It is our genes, made of DNA, that determine how we grow and develop. We inherit [...]]]> http://www.askipedia.com/when-do-humans-stop-growing/feed/ 0 http://www.askipedia.com/if-someone-is-blind-from-birth-can-they-still-see-images-in-their-dreams/ http://www.askipedia.com/if-someone-is-blind-from-birth-can-they-still-see-images-in-their-dreams/#comments Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:27:59 +0000 Joe http://www.askipedia.com/?p=3614 Visual stimulus is necessary for the wiring of the brain centers that process and interpret vision. The way the brain works is to develop, early in life, a huge number of neural synapses (connection points between neurons that are used in cell-to-cell signalling). As you grow and learn, these synapses are pared away to make [...]]]> http://www.askipedia.com/if-someone-is-blind-from-birth-can-they-still-see-images-in-their-dreams/feed/ 0 http://www.askipedia.com/what-is-gang-stalking/ http://www.askipedia.com/what-is-gang-stalking/#comments Thu, 06 Sep 2012 16:26:10 +0000 Joe http://www.askipedia.com/?p=3611 Gangstalking is when a gang stalks a person, and harrasses them. Gangstalking” is not a mental health issue, it is an organized assault on a victim by a group of criminals. It is also called “cause stalking” or “vigilantly stalking”. The goal of the covert coordinated assaults and slander is to make the victim appear [...]]]> http://www.askipedia.com/what-is-gang-stalking/feed/ 0 http://www.askipedia.com/are-there-any-ghost-stories-associated-with-149-college-st-the-stewart-building-in-toronto-canada/ http://www.askipedia.com/are-there-any-ghost-stories-associated-with-149-college-st-the-stewart-building-in-toronto-canada/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:44:12 +0000 Chris Thomas http://www.askipedia.com/?p=3604 The Stewart building in Toronto Canada has had many tenants, from the police to the Ontario College of Art and Design.  While ghost stories can be difficult to verify, there have been alleged incidents at 149 College St (the Stewart building) which some attribute to ghosts. One such story involves a group of students who [...]]]> http://www.askipedia.com/are-there-any-ghost-stories-associated-with-149-college-st-the-stewart-building-in-toronto-canada/feed/ 0 http://www.askipedia.com/who-is-wild-bill-hickok/ http://www.askipedia.com/who-is-wild-bill-hickok/#comments Tue, 28 Aug 2012 12:40:13 +0000 Chris Thomas http://www.askipedia.com/?p=3601 James Hickok, born in 1837, was a skilled shooter even as a child.  He left home and travelled west in 1855 working as a farmhand, hired gun, even a stagecoach driver.  During the civil war James ‘Wild Bill’ Hickok worked as a Union spy in Missouri.  In keeping with his fight for what was right [...]]]> http://www.askipedia.com/who-is-wild-bill-hickok/feed/ 0 http://www.askipedia.com/what-is-the-significance-of-easter/ http://www.askipedia.com/what-is-the-significance-of-easter/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:37:51 +0000 Chris Thomas http://www.askipedia.com/?p=3598 Easter is the day in which Christianity recognizes and celebrates the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. In the King James Version of the Bible, it is used in Acts 12:4, but the original Greek word is “pascha”, meaning “passover”. Easter gradually became recognized as the day that Christianity celebrates Jesus’ resurrection, but the word [...]]]> http://www.askipedia.com/what-is-the-significance-of-easter/feed/ 1 http://www.askipedia.com/should-we-be-wary-of-fragrance-in-products-we-use/ http://www.askipedia.com/should-we-be-wary-of-fragrance-in-products-we-use/#comments Mon, 27 Aug 2012 12:35:03 +0000 Chris Thomas http://www.askipedia.com/?p=3595 Today most fragrances are not made from natural substances.  They are infact made up from synthetic chemicals.  There can be up to as many as 100 chemicals in a single fragrance.  In 1989, the US National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health evaluated 2,983 fragrance chemicals for health effects.  At that time they identified 884 of those [...]]]> http://www.askipedia.com/should-we-be-wary-of-fragrance-in-products-we-use/feed/ 0