The World Floor Covering Association's (WFCA) third week-long CFI-led installation training workshop will take place in Wichita, Kan., beginning on March 18. WFCA Gold Standard Award winner, Star Flooring, will host the event. ...
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How people care for urban, suburban and rural lawns – the nation's second biggest crop behind corn – is less consistent than believed, according to scientists with the U.S. Forest Service, Clark University, the Cary Institute of ...
Meanwhile, PBS NewsHour looks at why enrollment lags among Latinos, the ethnic group with the highest uninsured rate, despite tens of millions being spent on outreach in states like California. The Washington Post: Maryland Lawmakers To ...
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Chesapeake Associates, PA, the premier urology practice in Maryland and the Mid-Atlantic region, introduces Chesapeake Urology for Kids, a comprehensive program to treat urologic conditions in children from pre-natal to 18 years of age. ...
J&E Transport and Northstar Services, both in Pennsauken, N.J., said they have merged. Terms were not disclosed. Carrier J&E offers drayage, domestic warehousing and distribution services. Northstar has terminals at the ports of New York, ...
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Even if you're not shouting it from the housetops, there's a good chance the structure of your Facebook neighborhood will identify your romantic partner. From a map of Facebook friends, a computer algorithm developed by Jon Kleinberg, the ...
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The faint background glow that exists throughout the Universe, called the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), is made of photons that have been scattering since the universe was just 400,000 years old. Now in a new paper, physicist Liang Dai ...
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Baltimore-based STX, LLC announced the signing of Major League Lacrosse (MLL) player Ryan Young for the 2014 season. As part of his role with STX, Young will serve as an official STX-sponsored athlete and will appear in the company's ...
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Following a highly successful launch in Chicago in mid-January, the remaining five 2014 installation training courses, sponsored by The World Floor Covering Association (WFCA) and taught by the International Certified Floorcovering ...
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Yokohama Tire Corp. has signed a multi-year agreement with the Robert Trent Jones (RTJ) Golf Trail to be the title sponsor of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) tournament in Prattville, Ala. The 2014 tournament will be held at ...
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In the first month of 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued 11 warning letters to food manufacturers and processors. The first two warning letters of the year were delivered to a seafood processing facility in Hawaii and a ...
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Japanese automaker Toyota has begun the export of Highlander SUVs that are manufactured in the US to five countries including Australia, New Zealand, Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan. The company expects to export approximately 29,000 ...
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ROSEVILLE, Calif. — The North American Home Furnishings Assn. announced nominees for its 2014 Retailer of the Year awards, recognizing outstanding achievement and leadership among small and large retailers. NAHFA members were ...
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Traumatic spinal cord injuries are on the rise in the United States and the leading cause no longer is motor vehicle crashes, but falls, researchers say. Dr. Shalini Selvarajah, a post-doctoral surgical research fellow at the Johns ...
Surgeons' best tools for locating tumors inside the body are often their hands. But during minimally invasive surgeries—which can reduce recovery time by days—the ability to examine tissue through touch, called palpation, is ...
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