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Ed Maletis and Family Purchases Portland Bottling Company
Nov 10, 2016Beverage industry veteran Edward (Ed) Maletis' Limnes Bottling Acquisition Company has completed the acquisition of historic Portland Bottling Company from its existing ownership group, including majority shareholder Harry Merlo. The ...
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Popular Chinese Dishes in The US
Nov 4, 2015What comes to mind when we speak of cultural exports from China to the United States? Bruce Lee, the giant panda, or kung fu? Without a doubt, these cultural symbols are successful exports of Chinese culture, but another form of Chinese ...
Tags: Chinese Dishes, Popular in The US
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Peking Opera on Broadway
Oct 28, 2015With a history spanning more than two centuries, Peking Opera is regarded as the jewel in the crown of Chinese culture. Born in Beijing in the mid-19th century, it absorbed facets of a variety of performing arts from different provinces ...
Tags: Peking Opera, Zhang Shu, Broadway
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European Parliament Committee to Ban on Cloning of Farm Animals
Jun 19, 2015The European Parliament's environment and agriculture committee has voted in favor of ban on cloning of farm animals, as well as food products from both clones and their offspring in the EU. This comes in view of potential health risks ...
Tags: Food Products, Cloned Animals
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The Wine Fusion Has Launched New New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc
Dec 2, 2014The Wine Fusion has launched new New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc, which will be exclusively available for sale at Conviviality Retail, the UK’s largest off licence chain and owner of Bargain Booze and Wine Rack. Bay of Plenty has been ...
Tags: Wine Fusion, Sauvignon Blanc, Agriculture
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Belief in and Commemoration of Mazu
Oct 31, 2014As the most influential goddess of the sea in China, Mazu is at the centre of a host of beliefs and customs, including oral traditions, religious ceremonies and folk practices, throughout the country’s coastal areas. Mazu is believed ...
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Carhartt Announced FR Outerwear Are UL Classified to Nfpa Safety Standard
Jun 26, 2014Carhartt, America's premium work wear brand since 1889, announced that its insulated flame-resistant (FR) outerwear styles are UL Classified to the National Fire Protection Association's (NFPA) 2112 safety standard. Previously, UL ...
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Technology Analyst Rob Enderle Said The New Game Will Be a Critical Test for Microsoft
Mar 12, 2014Tech titan Microsoft—which has struggled to keep pace with Sony and its PlayStation 4—is pinning its hopes on a new action video game, ironically named "Titanfall." The highly anticipated game for the new generation Xbox One ...
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Researchers Announced to The Press That The Bones,The First Ruler of The Holy Roman Empire
Feb 14, 2014(Phys.org) —A team of German researchers has announced to the press that the bones they have been studying for almost 26 years are almost certainly those of Charlemagne, the first ruler of the Holy Roman Empire. Charlemagne is an ...
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A Substantial Fraction of The Neanderthal Genome Persists in Modern Human Populations
Feb 8, 2014A substantial fraction of the Neanderthal genome persists in modern human populations. A new approach applied to analyzing whole-genome sequencing data from 665 people from Europe and East Asia shows that more than 20 percent of the ...
Tags: DNA, Max Planck Institute, Vernot, Human Genome
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Researchers Have Color-Coded Cells in Female Mice to Display Silenced
Jan 13, 2014Producing brightly speckled red and green snapshots of many different tissues, Johns Hopkins researchers have color-coded cells in female mice to display which of their two X chromosomes has been made inactive, or “silenced.” ...
Tags: X chromosomes, Johns Hopkins, color-coded cells, genetic diversity
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After The Incandescent Light Bulb, What Is Next?
Jan 7, 2014Under a little-known requirement that went into effect this week, the last of the “general service” incandescent bulbs—descendants of the original light bulb invented by Thomas Alva Edison in 1879— can no longer be ...
Tags: LED, incandescent bulbs
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A Genetic Mutation Associated with an Increased Risk of Heart Disease Is Common in African
Dec 27, 2013A genetic mutation associated with an increased risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and other health problems is common in Africans and people of African descent worldwide, according to a new study. The findings may help explain why ...
Tags: cgenetic mutation, genetic mutation, diabetes, ApoE gene, African
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Black Women Will Lose Less Weight Even If They Follow Exact Same Exercise and Diet Regimen
Dec 25, 2013Black women will lose less weight than white women even if they follow the exact same exercise and diet regimen, researchers report. The reason behind this finding is that black women's metabolisms run more slowly, which decreases their ...
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The DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials Will Run Tomorrow and Saturday
Dec 20, 2013We're super excited for the DARPA Robotics Challenge Trials that run tomorrow and Saturday,and we hope you are too.Before we get all wrapped up in it,though,it's important to understand what's realistic to expect from the robots during the ...