Carpet and Rug Institute President Werner Braun has announced that he will retire from the carpet industry trade group at the end of March, 2014. Mr. Braun made the announcement at the CRI's annual meeting held November 13 in Dalton. ...
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A new poll released today shows a large gap between parents’ perceptions of their children’s weight and expert definitions. According to their parents, 15% of children are a little or very overweight, while national data suggest ...
Tags: parent, children, overweight, obese
Almost two-thirds of affluent young Australians would prefer to buy an imported vehicle to a locally made car, according to the results of a new study. A Roy Morgan survey of more than 40,000 Australians found that just 35.8 per cent of ...
In cash-strapped times even cycling parents may consider economising when it comes to buying a bike for their child; after all, they’ll outgrow it in a few years. But here’s the thing: you don’t get forever to sell ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released a Federal Register Notice seeking public input on a new insect repellent graphic for skin-applied insect repellent product labels. The graphic, which may be applied voluntarily by ...
The Philippine Department of Agriculture (DA) has opened Agri-Pinoy Tobacco Farmers Food Processing and Trading Center in Narvacan, Ilocos Sur. The PHP165m ($3.82m) food processing center produces meat products, including bagnet, ...
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The PPG Industries Foundation has donated $10,000 to Science Buddies, a nonprofit organization that provides millions of students, parents and teachers with highly personalized online resources to help build literacy in science and ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration, Coating
Facebook has admitted that teen interest in the popular social media website is waning, even though the number of users grew marginally in the last quarter. "We did see a decrease in [teenage] daily users [during the quarter], especially ...
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Kenda will help welcome back fans of the Cleveland Cavaliers for two years. The 2013-14 National Basketball Association season has begun, and Kenda U.S.A. is in the thick of the action. Kenda recently signed on to become an official ...
Tags: tire, tyre, auto parts, Rubber tyre
It has often been said that nowadays in order for a flooring store to be successful it needs to do more than just sell floors. Rather, it needs to become a one-stop shop and separate yourself from the competition. Floor Retailers Floor To ...
Tags: Construction, Decoration
Mighty Bright, designer and manufacturer of innovative personal LED lights, has launched Baby Bright, a unique line of LED Nursery Lights with nursery-friendly designs and utilitarian features to enhance and enlighten both parents’ ...
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Diana San Diego says suggestions that wired glass could have saved lives at the sites of various school shootings across the country by stopping bullets in their tracks or preventing forced entry are “false and potentially ...
Tags: Glass Experts, School Shootings
They may not be the cars teenagers have pinned to their bedroom walls, but the Fiat 500, Mitsubishi Mirage, Nissan Micra and Volkswagen Up! are among the cheapest ways first-time drivers can get into a new car. Particularly when parents ...
Tags: City Car, Mitsubishi, Volkswagen
The statistics can be staggering: one in six Americans will get sick from food poisoning this year (that's nearly 53 million people). A very likely place for food poisoning is in the home: the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ...
For the first time in nearly two decades, Ardagh Glass will be inviting the public inside its Salem plant to see how glass bottles are made. The tours will be part of an open house celebration set for Saturday, marking the 150th ...