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Rich Products' renovations aided by ESD grant
2014-12-24 00:38:03| Food - Topix.net
As it continues to work on its second phase of a nearly $25 million makeover of its Buffalo headquarters, New York state has delivered $2 million in incentives promised to Rich Products Corp. The Empire State Development directors approved the allocation for Rich Products, a move that helps the Niagara Street project advance. Rich Products has spent more than one year renovating its corporate headquarters including turning the Rich Renaissance space into an advanced meeting center.
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Climate Change Science Aided By Citizen-science Data
2014-09-04 22:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: Hundreds of thousands of volunteer data collectors are due for some thanks from scientists, according to a new paper that reveals the role of citizen science in studies of birds and climate change. Data collected by amateurs underpins up to 77 percent of the studies in this field, but that fact is largely invisible by the time the research appears in journals, according to a study published today in the open-access journal PLOS ONE. Our paper is a chance to say thank you to the many people who...
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Ghengis Khan's Rule Was Aided By A Warm, Wet Climate: Study
2014-03-12 18:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
RedOrbit: The 13th century Mongolian conqueror Genghis Khan relied on hordes of Mongol warriors to expand his empire. Now, according to a new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, it has been determined that Genghis was also aided by the favorable effects of climate change. In the report, a team of American and Mongolian scientists described how they used an analysis of tree rings to show that from 1211 to 1225 Mongolia experienced a period of relatively warmer and wetter weather...
Credit Suisse 'aided' US tax evaders
2014-02-26 02:56:36| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Credit Suisse "helped its US customers conceal their Swiss accounts" and avoid American taxes, a US report alleges.
Drought Aided the Spread of Typhus
2014-02-18 19:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: By combining epidemiological data with climate data, researchers at the University of Arkansas were able to provide evidence that drought contributed to the spread of epidemic typhus in Mexico from 1655 to 1918. Typhus, not to be confused with typhoid fever, can cause delirium, severe muscle pain, joint pain, rash, fever and headache. The mortality rate is estimated between 10 percent and 60 percent for the typhus strain studied, according to the US National Library of Medicine. The study, published...
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