Aware that students in Oregon’s largest school district faced danger from lead paint, radon and tainted drinking water this year, the Portland school board pressed pause this week on buying something else some parents say could harm children’s health. Uncrustables. Yes, the individually packaged peanut butter and jelly sandwiches from Smucker’s lack ... Read More »
Health research studies come a dime a dozen, but here are some interesting, and sometimes quirky, recent entries into the U.S. National Library of Medicine: ▪ Farmers, fishers and foresters have some of the highest suicide rates in the U.S. – five times greater than the average adult, according to a ... Read More »
Scientists have found a way to turn waste byproducts from the olive oil production process into biosurfactants and monoglycerides, molecules immensely useful to the chemical and food industries. Biosurfactants and monoglycerides are surface active agents, or surficants — part oil-soluble component, part water-soluble component. Surficants are used to lower surface ... Read More »
Indian real estate, these days is buzzing with two words – affordable housing. Government’s initiatives towards achieving their dream of ‘Housing for all by 2020’ have paved way for this revolution. Today, sector is flooded with affordable homes being launched by every developer to get a pie of this big ... Read More »
The new stores just keep on comin’ to the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City, and now women’s boutique Altar’d State will be the latest to open its doors at the mall. The mall said in a statement that Altar’d State will be opening at the end of July, and it ... Read More »
The number of rigs actively exploring for or producing oil and natural gas in North Dakota is rising, state data show, despite a slump in oil prices. State data show 29 rigs actively exploring for or producing oil and gas as of Monday, which according to data from Baker Hughes ... Read More »
Two years since that fatal ski accident and Michael Schumacher went from being a legendary racer to an accident victim, losing life and hope with every passing day. The accident that occurred in the French Alps on Dec. 29, 2013, left Schumacher with a serious brain hemorrhage. Until now, not ... Read More »
With the full charges associated with the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico revealed, BP said it now has a clear plan for managing costs in the future. For the first time, the British energy giant revealed the total cost associated with the 2010 accident at the Deepwater ... Read More »
Imprivata, based in Lexington, Massachusetts, provides software and identity authentication tools for health care organizations to securely access and share patient information, collaborate, access medical devices and ID patients. In the first quarter, Imprivata reported a net loss of $6.7 million, the same loss reported for the first quarter of ... Read More »
Once seen as an economy buoyed by natural gas resources, the Asian Development Bank said Papua New Guinea is on pace for a severe contraction. The ADB said the country’s economy should grow by about 4.6 percent this year, but shrink to 2.4 percent growth in 2017. An inflation rate ... Read More »
Career and technical education (CTE) aka vocational education has been one of the alternative ways for high school graduates who are not interested in pursuing a college degree. Unfortunately, the program has recently been plagued with criticisms, from being a “second rate” education to the widespread gender inequality in CTE ... Read More »
What you need: *Scissors *Scrapbook paper *Wooden dowels *Wooden boards: 3.5in x 1/2in boards *Hole saw drill attachment *Paint brush *Wood Glue *Multi-saw *Sanding sponge *Hot glue gun *Pencil *Glue stick *Spray pain *Shellac Instructions: Cut the wooden boards into one 10in and two 4in pieces. Sand down the rough ... Read More »
