The terminology used by brewers to describe varying levels of roasting intensity in the malting process tends to sound like words describing sweets: There are malt levels that are bisquity, toasty, caramelly, toffee-like and even chocolaty, Mr. Daniels said.

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In other words, greater and greater levels of debt act as larger and larger speed bumps for economic growth.

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And in healthcare, hospitals are adjusting emergency room staffing levels based on the frequency and proximity of key words in search engines (e.g. flu symptoms).

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Still, there was also acknowledgment that hackers reach new levels of sophistication with each new virus that is written, creating, in Cerf's words, a "cottage industry" of cyber criminals.

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In other words, chronically eating added sugar reduces BDNF, and then the lowered levels of the brain chemical begin contributing to insulin resistance, which leads to type 2 diabetes and metabolic syndrome, which eventually leads to a host of other health problems.

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