One in every five of Australians aged 14 years or older consume a 'nutritious' snack bar in an average four-week period, and Uncle Toby's Muesli Bars is the most popular brand, according to findings from market research organisation Roy ...
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During the holidays, forget striving for the perfect -- you won't achieve it -- and set a course "between Hallmark and heartache," an U.S. expert suggests. Dr. Judith Akin, assistant clinical professor of psychiatry at Vanderbilt ...
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Nations that are considering nuclear energy must grapple with its high capital costs and Fukushima-scale risk. An energy-policy riptide along the English Channel shows how unpredictable the calculations can be: Both France and the United ...
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The chair of the National Farm Animal Care Council's Pig Code Development Committee says the update of Canada's Pig Code of Practice is on track for completion by mid-spring. The National Farm Animal Care Council's Pig Code Development ...
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The December Cattle on Feed report said the number of cattle in large feedlots was down 5.5% at the start of the month. November placements were down 3.1% and November marketings were down 4.5%, largely due to one fewer slaughter day. The ...
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Geometric patterns have been huge on the fashion runways in recent years, and these bold design choices are now dominating the home décor scene, a trend that is set to continue into 2014 with geometric designs playing an integral ...
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Following home-heating safety measures will help keep you and your family safe this winter, experts say. "Every year, tragically, people are burned, start fires, get an electric shock and even die from carbon monoxide poisoning because ...
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More than three-fourths of the honey sold in U.S. grocery stores isn't exactly what the bees produce, according to testing done exclusively for Food Safety News. The results show that the pollen frequently has been filtered out of ...
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The Internet of Things (IoT) is expected to grow to 26 billion units installed in 2020, according to Gartner. Avnet Electronics Marketing Americas, a business region of Avnet, Inc., sees opportunity in the key technologies that make the ...
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A mathematical pattern of movement called a Lévy walk describes the foraging behavior of animals from sharks to honey bees, and now for the first time has been shown to describe human hunter-gatherer movement as well. The study, led ...
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LED packaging house Everlight Electronics is likely to see the revenue proportion for LED lighting exceed that for LED backlighting in 2014, according to company chairman Robert Yeh. Everlight expects fourth-quarter 2013 revenues from LED ...
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Just because your newborn is too little to crawl or talk doesn't mean the two of you can't be active together. The American Academy of Pediatrics suggests how you can actively stimulate your young baby's body and mind: When baby is ...
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Can one person accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles? Sure, if he's Elon Musk. But what about one more typical person, who doesn't run a car company? Sven Thesen thinks that answer is yes. He calls himself an EV evangelist and ...
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Total smoking bans in homes and cities greatly increase the likelihood that smokers will cut back or quit, according to a new study. "When there's a total smoking ban in the home, we found that smokers are more likely to reduce tobacco ...
Sugar House Pies have developed new packaging cases for its new holiday flavors of pies including their Caramel Apple and pastries. The new packages are aimed to offer better look on the shelves to the customers and are claimed to offer a ...
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