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Exclusive: Japan Inc. averse to further yen drop, poll finds
ReutersTOKYO (Reuters) - Signs are that most firms in export-driven Japan Inc, having got the weaker yen they craved, now want the currency to either stabilize or recover ground, rather than continue a slide that will increasingly raise their costs. About...Tags: Nissan Motor Co., Nikkei, Manufacturing and Engineering, Photography Supplies and Services, Shinzo Abe
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How to buy happiness
Imagine that you woke up tomorrow morning to discover $1 million under your mattress. Leaving aside the obvious lumpiness issue, take a moment to think: What would you do with that cash? If you're like many people, contemplating your newfound wealth...
Tags: Human Interest, Starbucks Corp., Homes, Rentals, The Happiest News!
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Hopkins gun research is not biased
In reference to "Harford County Council passes resolution condemning state gun law" (May 15), the article quotes a Harford County councilman who questioned the objectivity of gun policy research at Johns Hopkins University because New York City Mayor...
Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control, Politics, Johns Hopkins University
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Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, expert on diabetes
Dr. Frederick L. Brancati, an internationally known expert on the epidemiology and prevention of type 2 diabetes who was director of the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, died Tuesday of...
Tags: Health and Safety at School, National Institutes of Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pancreatic Cancer, Colleges and Universities
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Cancer registry for pets to help people too
Theresa W. Fossum has launched the National Veterinary Cancer Registry, a national database for pets diagnosed with cancer. Its mission is to facilitate and promote medical treatments that lead to advances and eventual cures for cancer in pets and in...Tags: Women, Infants and Children, Nutrition, Sentara, Medical Research, Science and Technology
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Remote Alaska volcano spews ash plumes 15,000 feet in the air
Associated PressANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — One of Alaska's most restless volcanoes shot an ash cloud 15,000 feet into the air Friday in an ongoing eruption that is visible for miles when the weather allows. An air traffic controller in the region said small planes...Tags: Maxwell, Volcanoes, Volcanic Eruptions, Air Transportation Industry, Landforms
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GPS system can accurately predict post-quake tsunami, study finds
When the magnitude 9 earthquake struck Japan more than two years ago, there were 1,200 global positioning system stations recording ocean floor movement in real time. None was linked to that nation’s tsunami warning system, which underestimated...
Tags: Natural Disasters, Bodies of Water, Tsunamis, Oceans, Japan Earthquake and Tsunami (2011)
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Review: "Mickey and Willie" by Allen Barra
Baseball is a game of failure. The best hitters make outs almost seven times out of 10 at-bats, and the best pitchers don't win a third of their starts. Baseball biographies and autobiographies have a similar success rate. Too many are publicity-...
Tags: Metal and Mineral, College Baseball, Jackie Robinson, New York Yankees, Sports
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Nemours patients help firefighters 'Fill the Boot' for muscular dystrophy fundraiser
Starting today, community members will begin seeing firefighters holding out their yellow boots at many local intersections as part of the annual Muscular Dystrophy Association Fill the Boot Campaign. This year area firefighters have some back up...
Tags: Muscular Dystrophy, Hospitals and Clinics, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Fires
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Pursuing her passions
South Bend TribuneSOUTH BEND -- Mary Bevilacqua couldn't imagine giving up her art to pursue science, or sacrificing her science for an art career. "I was so passionate about art and science, I just couldn't see going through life without both," she says. As it turns...Tags: U.S. Army, Patents, Copyrights and Trademarks, Science, Corporate Officers, University of Notre Dame
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Study results in loss of job
A recent study by conservative think-tank the Heritage Foundation sheds a great deal of light on the sausage mill of policy research, and the courage and integrity of the process of policy research altogether. The Heritage study itself estimated that...Tags: Heritage Foundation, Migration, Politics, Ball State University, Immigration
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Sanofi says will keep Toulouse research site
ReutersPARIS (Reuters) - Sanofi said it would overhaul rather than exit its Toulouse research site, as it seeks to break an impasse with the French government which opposed the drugmaker's reorganization plans and the loss of jobs. Sanofi has been regrouping...Tags: Paris (France), Job Layoffs, Layoffs and Downsizing, France
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