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Administration Continues Push to Promote Outdoor Recreation and Tourism at Inaugural Meeting of FICOR Council

vees56hs — Wed, 16 May 2012 10:24:42 +0000

Following President Obama’s announcement yesterday of steps he’s taking to help boost U.S.
tourism, the Administration today announced an online effort to enhance access to information on public lands and outdoor recreation.Improving the quality and quantity of information available online is among five priority

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Administration Continues Push to Promote Outdoor Recreation and Tourism at Inaugural Meeting of FICOR Council

Tesoro’s Kapolei refinery operating at reduced capacity

vees56hs — Sun, 13 May 2012 10:24:37 +0000

Follow this company said Friday that its Kapolei oil refinery, the largest in Hawaii, has been partially shut down and operating at reduced rates since Sunday.
Tesoro (NYSE: TSO) blamed high winds for causing power dips to the refinery, which produces 94,000 barrels of oil per day.
Tesoro’s refinery is the larger of the state’s two refin…

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Home Depot buys Redbeacon home service referral business

vees56hs — Wed, 09 May 2012 10:24:33 +0000

San Mateo-based Redbeacon hosts a website that connects consumers with contractors for their home maintenance, repair and remodeling needs.addition to San Francisco and Silicon Valley, Redbeacon’s referral service is offered in Atlanta, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Seattle, Houston, Boston, Denver and Portland.

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Home Depot buys Redbeacon home service referral business

New Hawaii Energy program will detail home energy usage

vees56hs — Sat, 05 May 2012 10:24:27 +0000

As I checked my mailbox Thursday night, there was an envelope with a happy-faced Hawaii Energy logo, and I couldn’t figure how it arrived at my home mailbox instead of at work, considering I’m the energy reporter at PBN.
Then as I started reading the first of five pieces of paper, I quickly realized that it was actually meant for my personal mailb…

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New Hawaii Energy program will detail home energy usage

Hawaii study will focus on food for Mars mission

vees56hs — Tue, 01 May 2012 10:24:24 +0000

The study is looking for eight participants, six of whom would form a “habitat crew,” to spend four moths living and working in a Mars habitat. These people would wear space suits to venture outside and consume freeze-dried and Simulation, or HI-SEAS, aims to study food preparation, food monotony, nasal congestion and smelling acuity on food and nutrition in isolated, confined spaces that would be similar to what astronaut crews would experience on a long-term mission.

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Hawaii study will focus on food for Mars mission

Merck commits to Asia R&D headquarters in Beijing

vees56hs — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:26:57 +0000

“The establishment of the MSD Asia R&D headquarters represents an important milestone as we implement our strategy of building capabilities, and relationships to succeed in fast growing geographic regions,” said Peter S. Kim, Ph.D., president, Merck Research Laboratories. “By strategically locating in China, we are able to complement our existing R&D capabilities, and facilitate new collaborations with scientists in the region and across emerging markets.” The MSD Asia R&D headquarters will be in Wangjing Park, a rapidly expanding science and technology park in Beijing. The facility will consist of 47,000 square meters of office and laboratory space. Merck said the first phase of construction, scheduled to be completed by 2014, will provide capacity for approximately 600 employees working in the areas of drug discovery, translational research, clinical development, regulatory affairs and external scientific research programs. Merck (NYSE:MRK), which is based in Whitehouse Station, N.J., is known as MSD outside the United States and Canada. The company has research and manufacturing operations at its business campus in West Point, Pa.

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Merck commits to Asia R&D headquarters in Beijing

Agricultural firm signs up to use UAE rail link

vees56hs — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 10:25:10 +0000

Etihad Rail , the master developer and operator of the UAE’s national railway network, said on Saturday a leading agricultural company had signed up to use its transport system.
It said it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Al Dahra Agricultural Company, which will use the rail link to transport hay – the most commonly-used animal feed…

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Agricultural firm signs up to use UAE rail link

New laws target unscrupulous puppy farms

vees56hs — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:25:16 +0000

Agriculture Minister Tim Mulherin says unscrupulous breeders who usually run large-scale operations in isolated areas will be squeezed out under a proposed two-tiered breeder registration system.”These notorious operations generally have very poor conditions – sometimes with hundreds of dogs

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New laws target unscrupulous puppy farms

Horrific murder no surprise in meth capital of US

vees56hs — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 10:25:18 +0000

U.S. agribusiness giant Monsanto said Tuesday it will appeal a French court ruling that found it responsible for the poisoning of a farmer who inhaled a weed killer, in the first such case to reach court in France.

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Horrific murder no surprise in meth capital of US

Central Phoenix retail center sells for $13 million

vees56hs — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:25:24 +0000

Follow this company has purchased a neighborhood retail center in central Phoenix. Westwood, which has regional offices in Scottsdale, bought the North Park Plaza center for $13 million.
The 101,361-square-foot center at 530 W

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Central Phoenix retail center sells for $13 million